(a) BGS acquisition. By mixing with a frequency-swept microwave, the BGS originally observed in the frequency domain can be obtained in the time domain at high speed. (b) BFS acquisition. The BGS is approximated by a one-period sinusoidal waveform and rectified. Its phase delay, which corresponds to the BFS, is then detected using an exclusive-OR (XOR) logic gate and a low-pass filter (LPF). The output voltage is in one-to-one correspondence with the phase delay in the range from 0 to 180°. Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology A research group including members from Tokyo Institute of Technology and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science has developed a real-time fiber-optic distributed sensing system for strain and temperature. The system requires light injection from only one end of the fiber and can achieve a sampling rate of 100 kHz, an improvement of over 5,000 times the conventional rate. Aging degradation and seismic damage of civil infrastructure pose a serious problem for society. One promising technology for monitoring the condition of structures is optical fiber sensing. By embedding long optical fibers into a structure, strain and temperature distributions along the fibers can be detected. Among the various types of optical fiber sensors, distributed strain and temperature sensors based on Brillouin scattering have received much attention due to their high sensitivity and stability. In particular, Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR), which operates based on the correlation control of continuous lightwaves, is known to be an intrinsically one-end-access distributed sensing technique with high spatial resolution (Light: Science & Applications.
In all Brillouin sensors, the strain and temperature dependence of the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) is exploited to derive strain and temperature. In conventional BOCDR, the BFS is obtained by performing a frequency sweep over the whole Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS) using an electrical spectrum analyzer. Thus, the sweep speed of the spectrum analyzer limits the sampling rate to 19 Hz. By instead sweeping the frequency spectrum using a voltage-controlled oscillator, the researchers were able to achieve a higher-speed acquisition (Fig. 1(a)). However, deriving the BFS from the BGS still limited the sampling rate. To speed up the system further, the BGS was converted into a synchronous sinusoidal waveform using a band-pass filter, allowing the BFS to be expressed as its phase delay. Then, using an exclusive-OR logic gate and a low-pass filter, the phase delay was subsequently converted into a voltage, which was directly measured (Fig. 1(b)).
A strain sampling rate of up to 100 kHz was experimentally verified by detecting a 1-kHz dynamic strain applied at an arbitrary position along the fiber. When distributed measurements were performed at 100 points with 10 times averaging, a repetition rate of 100 Hz was verified by tracking a mechanical wave propagating along the fiber (Fig. 2). Thus, the researchers were the first to achieve one-end-access real-time distributed Brillouin sensing. A video demonstration of the system is available online . Schematic structure and photograph of the fiber under test, and the measured temporal variation of the strain distribution. Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology The sensing system is anticipated to be of benefit in monitoring the health of various structures, ranging from buildings and bridges to windmill blades and aircraft wings. The system also has potential applications in robotics, acting as electronic ”nerves” for detecting touch, distortion, and temperature change.
Explore further:New all fiber-optic system for monitoring structural integrity in harsh environments
More information:Light: Science & Applications, DOI: 10.1038/lsa.2016.184
Journal reference:Light: Science & Applications
Provided by:Tokyo Institute of Technology


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Dumped U.S. Attorneу Preet Bharara is reportedlу debating gigs at prestigious law schools, firms аnd in politics.
Thе former former federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fielding jobs offers frоm Columbia, Harvard аnd New York Universitу since thе White House delivered his pink slip, according tо thе Wall Street Journal.
Bharara defied thе Department оf Justice’s request tо step down amid ongoing probes against Fox News аnd President Trump allу Tom Price, thе head оf thе Department оf Health аnd Human Services.
He maу also consider a private sector return with a role at his old law firm, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, or Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale аnd Dorr LLP, thе Journal reported.
Political consultants are also knocking оn Bharara’s door, urging him tо enter this уear’s maуoral race аnd make a gubernatorial bid in 2018. Thе Dailу News first reported that former Michael Bloomberg aide Bradleу Tusk considered recruiting Bharara tо oppose Maуor de Blasio.
Bharara, thе sо-called “Sheriff оf Wall Street” often shunned thе political arena while prosecuting crooked lawmakers, such as Dean Skelos аnd Sheldon Silver, during his eight-уear stint at thе U.S. Southern District оf New York.
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text: Last month, Lee Smith left home for a three-day trip. When he returned, his garage was wide open and his prized 1960 Red/White Corvette was missing. His car was found last week just off a deserted stretch of Interstate 95 in South Florida. The classic Corvette, which was incorrectly identified as a 1958 or 59, made headlines as Brevard County’s Sheriffs office was trying to find the owner. Smith says he bought the Corvette on eBay four years ago for $32,500. The sheriff’s office still has custody of the Corvette and will be returing in to either Smith or his insurance company in the next few days.


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A screening series of work from Israeli filmmaker-in-residence Nitzan Gilady comes to Emory March 15 through April 22, 2017. One of Israel’s leading documentary filmmakers, Gilady is famous for directing and writing compelling, award-winning works about family relations, religion, and politics that have been screened at film festivals around the world.
Screenings are Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. in White Hall and are free and open to the public. The filmmaker will introduce the films and take part in a Q&A following each screening. Gilady’s residence at Emory is supported by the Israel Institute, which is dedicated to enhancing the knowledge and study of modern Israel.
The series is presented by Emory’s Department of Film and Media Studies in partnership with the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. For more information, contact the Film and Media Studies department at firstname.lastname@example.org or 404.727.6761.
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The subprime implosion continued today as People’s Choice Home Loan in Irvine became the second Orange County subprime lender to file for bankruptcy. The company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy papers in federal court in Santa Ana today. Wire services reported that the company listed more than $100 million in assets and liabilities. The company’s website said it has 1,150 employees nationwide.
ResMae Mortgage Corp. in Brea filed for bankruptcy last month. Two other subprime lenders outside Orange County filed for bankruptcy earlier this year: Ownit Mortgage Solutions LLC in Agoura Hills filed for bankruptcy in January and Connecticut-based Mortgage Lenders Network USA Inc asked for bankruptcy protection in February.
The bankruptcy announcements come as other subprime lenders, who target people with blemished credit, slashed their workforces to cut costs in the face of plummeting sales. Fremont Investment & Loan in Brea gave notice Monday to an unspecified number of workers who were sent home with pay March 5 that they would be terminated May 18. The company employs 2,400 nationwide. Last week, ACC Capital Holdings, parent of Ameriquest Mortgage in Orange, laid off an estimated 3,000 workers.
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Shea Patterson has yet to learn of his eligibility for the 2018 season. The Michigan quarterback is expecting good news, though.
The former five-star recruit transferred to Michigan from Ole Miss. He left the Rebels' program as a result of the impending sanctions hitting Oxford, Miss.
Late Tuesday night Patterson's attorney, Thomas Mars, revealed that Michigan has filed the quarterback's appeal to the NCAA. Mars broke down the details of the appeal and the appeal process to Michigan Insider.
"They’ve got 10 business days (to respond). They could let the 10 business days run, which by my calendar, expires on March 12th."
"The typical procedure in Indianapolis (for the NCAA) upon receipt of a waiver application is first of all, the assignment of a case manager to this particular application. The responsibilities of the case manager are to review the contents of the application, to review any information that Ole Miss submits within the 10 business day period, and if they don’t submit any information… to wait until 10 business days have passed."
After Ole Miss registers a response, a three-person committee from the NCAA will convene to ultimately determine Patterson’s eligibility. Patterson's eligibility is of massive importance to Michigan's 2018 season.
The Wolverines have some nice quarterback depth, but most think Patterson is clearly the best option. The hope for Michigan, Patterson, and his attorney is that the decision will be made before the Wolverines kick off spring practice on March 23.


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He gone to his home. Even though he obtained said he would his harem, he possessed no intention of actually proceeding anyplace. He wasn’t on the disposition for anything at all such as that any more. He didn’t believe he could be during the ambiance for any person other than her nowadays.
“Of course, I-I realize.” What else could she say? If she had to go through h.e.l.l once again to take her man backside, she would stroll in that area barefooted, which has a laugh in her face. “Zeke,” she carried on, “are you able to ensure he doesn’t… he doesn’t go… to his… to his ha…” Abi shattered out of. She couldn’t say it. She couldn’t request this male to quit Alex from planning to see another woman. She just couldn’t.
“I miss you a lot. Get back to me… Make sure you…” she uttered in her own slumber and Alex didn’t know why his center suddenly skipped a surpass.
Finding all those jewelry reminded her with their wedding day. She set back again on her your bed and closed up her view, seeking to try to remember every little thing concerning this day time. She kept in mind how satisfied she noticed as she dress yourself in her attire, knowing that in certain hours time, she would keep the t.i.tle of Alex’s better half. She spotted his attractive confront, awaiting her after the aisle and the point that she recollected the best was the design within his sight because he watched her step towards him.
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He changed into his pajama jeans and lay out about the mattress beside her.
His view have been blank. The ice cold wind caressed his complexion as his robe danced as well as it. He sat there, one particular knee bent and also the other, dangling.
“Thank you, Zeke,” she explained from the foot of her coronary heart. Abi was so grateful that she noticed like crying.
He evolved into his pajama slacks and lay out about the mattress beside her.
Alex was sitting on the castle’s best rooftop. His eyes were actually focused entirely on the dimly lit s.p.a.ce between moon as well as personalities above as well as the lighting on a lawn.
“I actually have to reprimand you for actual to display him the result of his steps. I am performing it to ensure that he will not ditch you again. It will need to be anything about the intense part, so snooze and prepare yourself for those most severe.”
“Thank you, Zeke,” she said from the bottom of her heart. Abi was grateful that she felt like sobbing.
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Abi went towards dining room table and found the engagement rings. People were all assemble inside of a diamond necklace. Managed he placed all of these alongside one another and wore it before he still left her?
Experiencing these jewelry reminded her of their own wedding day. She put rear on the your bed and sealed her eyes, trying to remember almost everything about that day. She remembered how happy she felt as she have on her apparel, knowing in certain time time, she would endure the t.i.tle of Alex’s better half. She discovered his handsome experience, awaiting her at the conclusion of the aisle as well as thing that she remembered by far the most was the style in their sight while he watched her go walking towards him.
Alex stared at them. People jewelry had been holding around his neck area but he didn’t remember anything about them. He remembered the jade engagement ring however the other two were enigmas. He couldn’t remember where they got their start in or the direction they even wound up within his ownership. These were just bizarre, as strange since this lady before him right this moment.
He sounded menacing. Zeke’s thoughts somewhat pushed decrease her devastation because panic suddenly kicked it out of the throne for any subsequent or two.
His eye have been blank. The cool wind flow caressed his skin as his robe danced in addition to it. He sat there, just one knee curved as well as other, dangling.
She wore them, improved the sheets, and paid out herself there. She had been a small nervous as to what down the road would bring her but she seen that Alex’s eye would only show comfortable h.e.l.lish glare of his everytime she nearly have injured like when she was nearly bitten by Zeke and whenever she drawn his hand to choke her. Probably Zeke’s prepare works.
“Thank you so much, Zeke,” she explained from the bottom of her heart. Abi was grateful that she felt like sobbing.
Another instant, she stretched her arms out and twisted it around him, drawing herself around him.
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She dried herself and went to his closet to decide on amongst his s.h.i.+rts and a couple of boxer shorts. She didn’t possess other garments and the maid’s consistent was now split to sections. She neglected to share with Zeke about individuals. She would have to accomplish this down the road.
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“Are we distinct?”
He considered encounter her and aimed to feel her facial area but his smirk washed out right after he observed remnants of tears in her own sight straight down her cheeks, as she held the rings in their fingers.
He gone to his area. However he experienced mentioned he was going to his harem, he experienced no intention of actually moving everywhere. He wasn’t in the ambiance for something individuals any further. He didn’t assume that he could be from the frame of mind for everyone above and beyond her nowadays.
She dried out herself and went to his clothing collection to select considered one of his s.h.i.+rts and a pair of boxer shorts. She didn’t possess any other apparel and the maid’s standard was now ripped to bits. She did not remember to know Zeke about people. She would be required to make it happen future.

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Pietersen desperate to nurse his back injury through England's big summer
Kevin Pietersen must nurse his back injury through the World Twenty20 and then the Ashes knowing that it could flare up at any time and again force him on to the sidelines.
Pietersen proved how integral he is to England's hopes of achieving anything tangible from their 'Great Exhibition' summer with the innings against Pakistan that saved them from the humiliation of being eliminated from their own tournament before the first weekend was out.
But he could wake up any morning with a repeat of the problem that forced him to miss the calamitous defeat against Holland, a huge worry because England would have little chance of progressing beyond the Super Eights stage of the World Twenty20 or making any impact against Australia without him.
Pietersen's crucial innings of 58 helped England to victory over Pakistan on Sunday
'I woke up on Friday and I couldn't walk down the stairs of my home,' said Pietersen after the convincing win over Pakistan at the Brit Oval which guaranteed England's advancement.
'It was a huge shock because everything had been going to plan and I'd been playing pain free in the warm-ups. It was as frustrating as anything because I love playing for England and hate missing games.
'I then had intensive treatment and it's been diagnosed as a back problem that affects the achilles. There's nothing wrong with the tendon as such. So I've had an injection in the nerve that runs down there and it seems to have settled it down.'
The problem is that it has required cortizone to make the injury bearable rather than cure it. 'I just have to deal with it on a daily basis,' said Pietersen.
'I've played with injuries before, broken ribs and other things, and you have to manage what you've got and try to make sure it doesn't flare up again.
'I can't say for sure that won't happen, but after a cortizone jab it would be uncommon, and if it does there are other steps we can take. What cures it is two or three months rest and that ain't happening.'
Pietersen knows that a prolonged period out of the game is impossible, at least until this Ashes summer ends with the final one-day international against Australia as late as September 20.
Then the England management, specifically managing director Hugh Morris, must decide whether to take Pietersen out of the fray for much of the winter in his and England's long-term interests.
Stuart Broad, Luke Wright and Pietersen couldn't hide their delight after victory over Pakistan kept England alive in the World Twenty20
The dilemma, with an overcrowded calendar, is when to do that. Pietersen said he does not want to miss any cricket and certainly it is difficult to imagine him skipping the tour of his native South Africa starting in November.
Not to mention the small matter of the inaugural Champions League in October when Pietersen is due to captain the Bangalore Royal Challengers.
A test then for Morris and one that could see him compromise and leave Pietersen out of the proposed tour to Bangladesh next March if his back problem still persists, while the debate rages over whether central contracts are still working.
Morris does not seem to have the strength to insist that England players miss out on the ever expanding lucrative Twenty20 tournaments instead even though the contracts should give him the power to do just that.
For now that debate can wait. The bottom line is that England are alive and just about kicking in the World Twenty20 after a powerful advertisement for the short form of the game at a packed and vibrant Brit Oval on Sunday.
England admitted their selectorial mistakes against the Dutch, brought in Dimi Mascarenhas and Graeme Swann as well as Pietersen, and hammered Pakistan.
'This is a huge tournament and there was no way I was going to miss this game,' said Pietersen after only his second half century in Twenty20 internationals.
England's hopes in the World Twenty20 and Ashes largely depend on Pietersen being fit
'The Dutch defeat hurt and there was no way I wanted to see us go out of the competition. The achilles bit a little while I was batting and in the field but adrenalin kicked in and we showed that we are a force to be reckoned with.
'The mood in the dressing room was calm before the game. I had talked with Andy Flower about the ned for us not to think too much about the consequences of a wrong result and just go out and play cricket.
'There have been times when some guys have played with fear or worried too much about what the media are saying. Tonight we said 'no, we're just going to go out there, play positive cricket and come good.' The performance was outstanding and the atmosphere was similar to the final day of the Ashes here.'
There was also the small matter of one of Pietersen's three sixes sailing towards the top of the Oval Pavillion, a huge strike that had been matched at this famous ground just 24 hours earlier by West Indies captain Chris Gayle.
TV technology said that Gayle's hit had flown 105 metres compared to Pietersen's 104. The former England captain disagreed.
'No, mine was a bigger hit than Gayle's,' insisted Pietersen. 'I've told him that already. We've had a laugh about it.'
There will need to be many more if England, second seeds from Group B whatever happens between Holland and Pakistan today, are going to upset the odds and get past India and South Africa to reach the semi-finals.
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Speaking at a news conference following FIFA Executive Committee in Zurich, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said that Platini will chair Bureau 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, which is a coordinating body on the organization of the global football event that would take place in Russia in less than four years.
FIFA chief coordinator on the organization of the recently concluded 2014 World Cup in Brazil was Eugenio Figueredo, who is the president of the South American Football Cinfederation (Conmebol). Platini was one of the four members of the Bureau 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil.Russia won the bid to host the 2018 World Cup over three years ago in a tight race against the joint bid from England, Portugal and Spain and the joint bid on behalf of Belgium and the Netherlands.
Shortly before Brazil’s fabulous city of Rio de Janeiro dropped the curtains on the 2014 World Cup with the final Germany-Argentina clash on July 13, the baton of the global football tournament’s hosting nations was passed on to Russia.
The symbolic hand-over ceremony of the right to host the World Cup tournament was held at the iconic 74,700-seat capacity Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro and was attended by FIFA President Blatter, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Russian President Putin.
Following an official ceremony held in September 2012 and attended by Blatter, Russia eventually selected 11 out of the earlier proposed 13 cities, excluding Krasnodar and Yaroslavl. The final list of the 2018 World Cup host cities includes Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Saransk, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Samara.


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There are quite a few places to fish in Larnaca, due to its coastal and marine location. You can take a boat out to sea or to the marina, and do some fishing on board. The two types of fishing in Cyprus are: Fishing in Dams, (you need a special license for this) and Amateur fishing. Spear-fishing, angling, fishing with vertical lines or trolling are allowed on the island.

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Lyrics for artist Blanco Brown song The Git Up coming soon. What does Chuck Norris think about this song lyrics? There is endless debate about the existence of the human soul. Well it does exist and Chuck Norris finds it delicious.
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A day after Pastor Carl Lentz was fired from the Hillsong megachurch for “moral failures,” he revealed what he did to warrant these accusations; he cheated on his wife.
In a statement on Wednesday, the church’s founder Brian Houston surprised many by confirming that Carl Lentz had been fired from the East Coast chapter of the church in Manhattan.
Houston said that the decision had not been taken likely but was the best for Lentz and the church.
He said the pastor, who has been associated with many celebrities, including Justin Bieber and Bono, was fired due to “leadership issues and breaches of trust, plus a recent revelation of moral failures.”
This startling revelation led to many folks speculating as to what those moral failures might have been.
Some crazy theories were touted online, ranging from Lentz coming out as gay to having dodgy political leanings. However, those who wondered if he had cheated on his wife were bang on the money.
Lentz took to Instagram last night, and in a lengthy post, he explained what had happened. He started by stating it had been an “honor” to lead the church and that he and his family had “given all that we have to serve and build this church.”
And then he dropped a bombshell: “I did not do an adequate job of protecting my own spirit. When you lead out of an empty place, you make choices that have real and painful consequences. I was unfaithful in my marriage, the most important relationship in my life and held accountable for that.”
Lentz then said he would take responsibility for his actions and try to rebuild trust with his family: “This failure is on me, and me alone, and I take full responsibility for my actions. I now begin a journey of rebuilding trust with my wife, Laura and my children and taking real-time to work on and heal my own life and seek out the help that I need.”
Carl Lentz asked for forgiveness for cheating on wife
He finished his statement by asking his parishioners for forgiveness: ” I pray you can forgive me and that over time I can live a life where trust is earned again.”
At the time of this article, his post had over 100,000 likes, and he was inundated with messages of support from fans and colleagues.
Pastor Stephen Chandler of the Destiny church wrote: “Love you @carllentz! Praying God’s best over you and your family!!”
Pastor Lucinho wrote: “You and your family will come out of this restored and stronger than ever! Praying for you all.”
Basketball player Josh Duinker thanked Lentz for the impact he had had on him: “thankful for your ministry that has impacted so many including myself. Praying for you & the fam. Love you brother.”
Former Cleveland Browns linebacker Emmanuel Acho told Lentz he was “Praying for you and your family brother.”
Who did Carl Lentz cheat with?
It is currently unknown who Carl Lentz had an affair with but, of course, that hasn’t stopped the internet from speculating. One name that was tossed about on Twitter was New York sports anchor Kayce Smith.
But these rumors are completely unfounded.
Carl Lentz was known for his association with various celebrities; Justin Bieber reportedly even lived with the pastor and his family for a brief time.
Lentz claims he baptized the Canadian singer in the New York bathtub of NBA veteran Tyson Chandler.
Lentz’s church has also been visited by U2 frontman Bono, the Jenner sisters, Selena Gomez, and Kevin Durant. The 41-year-old Pastor has always been considered unusually hip and fashionable for a man of God.
There was tragedy last year when another well-known pastor, Jarrid Wilson, committed suicide in southern California. The celebrity preacher was known for his battles with depression, an insight he used to help others.


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DEVELOPER REQUESTS PUBLIC FINANCING FOR $1.4 BILLION WATERFRONT PROJECT
By Andrew Cannarsa
The Baltimore Examiner
Westport Waterfront plans to turn a 54-acre industrial area into a $1.4 billion residential, retail and office development along the Patapsco River's Middle Branch.
"We have the excellent prospect of following the water," BDC President M.J. "Jay" Brodie said.
Owner-developer Patrick Turner has acquired the land, formerly locations of Carr-Lowery Glass Co. and a Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. plant, and plans to revive the area in the next six to seven years.
Turner has said it will cost $150 million to develop the land â€” including infrastructure, environmental remediation, roads and utilities â€” to be ready for a mixture of home, office and other construction.
Of that $150 million, Turner requested $90 million come from Tax Increment Financing â€” a form of public financing that allows the city to borrow money to cover a developer's nfrastructure costs; over time, the city is repaid from future tax revenues generated by the new developments.
While Turner requested $90 million, the city would have to borrow $117 million to build capital interest and debt reserve funds. The $27 million is added because loan payments need to be made while the project is being built, before project revenues start generating tax dollars.
There were just too many numbers for the Baltimore Development Corp.'s Project Review and Oversight Committee to give TIF approval Wednesday. The committee said it needed future discussion to agree on a recommendation for the BDC Board. That recommendation would ultimately go before the City Council for approval.
Brodie made it clear to the committee the city has no legal obligations to pay the loans. The responsibility falls on the developer.
Michael Pokorny, of BDC, told the board that Turner plans to sell lots to developers and believes he won't have a problem repaying the loans.
"The city's risk is [that] the project doesn't perform as we expect it to," he said.
The committee briefly listened to a similar TIF plan for a 27-acre Harbor Point project, planned by Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse, before agreeing to meet for future discussion on the TIF proposals.
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Isfahan is one of the central provinces of Iran and is one of the main tourist cities in this country. The province is the third populated province of Iran.
Isfahan is famous for industry, art, architecture and tourism.
Isfahan is bordered by Qom and Semnan provinces to the north, Lorestan, Markazi and Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari provinces to the west, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad and Fars provinces to the south, and Yazd Province to the east.
Isfahan is the provincial capital of Isfahan Province. In fact, the history of Isfahan Province refers to the history of this city.
the city is named “half of the world”. The city of Isfahan was the capital of Iran during the Safavid era.
History of Isfahan
There is no comprehensive information about the history of Isfahan and the exact time when this city was founded. What is brought here is based on most of the evidence that Iranviva Group has collected reading different sources.
Based on the evidence that was collected, the foundation of this region, as a place to live, may date back to the time of Tahmuras, the third king of the Pishdadian dynasty. However, this region was not known by its current name then; in fact it was named Isfahan since the 10th century. The initial name given to the region was ”Jey”.
Among other names that have been mentioned for the city is ‘Dar-al Yahudi’. According to what Iranviva Group has found, at the time of the Achaemenids, after the defeat of the king of Babylon by Cyrus, the Jewish captives, who were captivated by the king of Babylon, were released and some of them returned to Jerusalem, their own land, and others settled in Isfahan. Hence, the region was called ‘Dar-al Yahudi’, meaning ‘House of Yahudi’.
At the time of the Sasanians and the reign of Yazdgerd Sasani, military bases were established in some areas of Iran for support in times of crisis, some of these regions are Isfahan, Merv and Gorgan.
After the establishment of military bases in the region, it was named ‘Spahan’ meaning the ‘army position’.
After the Sassanian dynasty, Isfahan was occupied by Arabs in the 7th century AD until the 10th century AD.
In the 10th century, Isfahan was conquered by Ziyarid dynasty from Deylaman dynasty and was chosen as the capital.
In the Seljuk era, when the city was conquered by Seljuk ruler, Tughril, it was destroyed, but it was restored within three years.
In 1597, the capital was transferred from Qazvin to Isfahan, because of the predictions for Shah Abbas (saying that staying in Qazvin was dangerous for his government). Being selected as the capital of Iran was the reason for development and prosperity of the city.
During the Islamic era, Isfahan was in the state of highest prosperity, greatness and glory since the reign of Shah Abbas I until the death of Shah Abbas II. Its beauty and glory was so much that it was named as the most beautiful city.
Among the manifestations of indescribable beauty of this city are 137 Palaces, 162 mosques, 48 schools, 273 bathrooms and 12 cemeteries in the city.
Elevation above Sea Level
The city of Isfahan is located at an altitude of 1570 meters above sea level on average, which varies in different parts of the city.
Weather in Isfahan
Locating by the Zayandeh Rud River, the largest river of the Iranian Plateau in central Iran, and also neighboring the city of Shahrekord, the roof of Iran, Isfahan enjoys a moderate climate.
The best time to visit the city of Isfahan is in spring, summer and fall because it enjoys mild temperatures and you won’t experience scorching weather since it is located near Shahrekord (the roof of Iran).
How to Reach Isfahan
Isfahan is easily accessible by land, rail and air:
Isfahan has an International Airport which hosts many domestic and international flights.
Isfahan is also accessible through railway.
The best land access route from Tehran to Isfahan is:
Tehran, Qom, Kashan, Isfahan, which is about 450 km.
Tourist Attractions in
Owing to its numerous extraordinary tourist attractions and Iranian-Islamic architecture, Isfahan is one of the main tourist destinations in Iran for tourists who travel to Iran on a Cultural and Historical Tour.


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Instagram always provides a bit of a fun behind-the-scenes look at awards shows, and this year the stars of the Grammys didn’t disappoint with their backstage access.
Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez, as best friends do, were caught getting ready for the big night together when news came through that “Bad Blood” had taken home the Grammy for Best Music Video. The pair certainly were excited in the clip Swift shared.
Besides early wins, Grammy-goers also shared images of their extra-special dates. Justin Bieber and Kacey Musgraves both brought siblings for a bit of family love, and Meghan Trainor also shared a sweet shot with her dad.
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This is me forever..bawling my eyes out. Can't believe what happened. My dad whispered "you made it" before I walked up and I lost it. I love my family so much. Without them I wouldn't be here today. Thank you to my team and everyone who got me here. Gonna cry happy tears all night. AHHHHHH🎉❤
Lady Gaga had been previewing her David Bowie tribute all week on social media, and last night included a few shots of her Bowie-inspired ensemble for the red carpet.
Red-hot Broadway show “Hamilton” also got top billing last night, and the cast shared some behind-the-scenes shots ahead of the big performance.
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How Meditation Helps Reduce the Need for Opioids for Pain Relief
You suffer from pain. That’s why you have to take pain medications. Yet, opioid-based medications cause changes in your body and create an increased risk of addiction. If you are one of the many people who are facing this struggle, meditation may be able to provide some level of support and improvement for you.
You Need a New Method for Pain Management
Many people turn to opioids for pain relief because they can be very effective at blocking the communication between the pain-causing area and the brain. They also create a feel-good experience, minimizing the cognitive implications of ongoing pain.
The widespread use and misuse of opioids, including those in prescription pain medications, has made it far more dangerous for people with chronic pain to find relief. With over 130 people dying every day in the U.S. from opioid overdoses, you need a new way to get relief that doesn’t put you in this risk category. Mindful meditation may be able to help.
What Is Mindful Meditation?
Studies indicate that mindful meditation can significantly ease the stress factors related to chronic pain. It may help to reduce the sensory aspects of pain, the cognitive impact of pain, and the toll pain takes on a person’s life. Mindful meditation “tricks” the mind into reducing its pain signals.
Mindful meditation began as a type of Buddhist tradition centuries ago. Here, a person would sit in quiet stillness for long periods of time in the hopes of reaching enlightenment, a peaceful state of mind beyond cravings and reactions. In practice, meditation is an excellent way to help your body to stop focusing on the negative pain–and thus to stop feeling it so intensely.
Meditation and Pain Processing
For men and women with chronic pain, the damage to the nerve sending those pain signals cannot be repaired in most cases. Sometimes those nerves send pain signals even though there’s no real physical problem. In other cases, the pain is present, but traditional treatment can’t relieve it. In this case, meditation may help.
Meditation helps to reduce the intensity of pain a person feels. It does this even when the opioid receptors, which are used to receiving support from pain medications, are blocked. In other words, meditation works in a different manner than opioids to stop the sensation of pain. Instead of turning off the pain sensors like opioids do, meditation changes what the brain is focusing on, helping to block the focus on pain stimuli.
According to an article in The Atlantic, which quotes researcher Dr. Fadel Zeiden, “‘Meditation teaches patients how to react to the pain,’ Zeiden said. ‘People are less inclined to have the ‘Ouch’ reaction, then they are able to control the emotional reaction to pain.’ He explained that the meditator learns while sitting on the cushion that pain is fleeting and doesn’t deserve such a strong emotional reaction.”
How to Use Meditation in Addiction Recovery
Meditation is not the first line of therapy for those with a substance use disorder. If you are struggling with alcohol or drug addiction, be sure to turn to a treatment center that can help you detox and then treat the underlying cause of your addiction.
However, meditation can be a component of your recovery. Specifically, it can help to address the pain you feel during withdrawal as well as any ongoing chronic pain concerns you have.
While sitting down in a quiet area and focusing inward is a good step for most people to begin to use meditation, it’s best to work with a professional who can teach you firsthand how to deeply meditate. As a holistic treatment for drug use, meditation requires practice to be fully effective.
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At Victory Addiction Recovery Center, we encourage you to use holistic addiction treatments to compliment the professional support you are getting. Meditation may give you the boost you need to gain control over your health and your life.
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The wheat free version of Floradix is good, as the iron in it is naturally sourced. Rx iron pills and powders are usually very hard on an inflamed gut, and they feed the bad bacteria that drive UC.
The best source is from beef liver though. If you can't stomach it, there are desiccated beef liver pills available online. If you google beef liver, it will tell you that the amount of iron in it is low, but this iron is more highly absorbed than any other food source because liver has all of the co-factors and is nearly complete nutrition. The only two nutrients it lacks are magnesium and vitamin C. I would not be able to survive UC without liver.
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$700 Billion Bail Outs and Other Stresses
If Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson isn't already a household name to you, than certainly Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns, and Goldman Sachs must be. In fact, in light of these Wall Street investment institutions which have dominated the news headlines recently and the overall fallout of the financial market collapse, now more than ever is the best time to guard against growing angst, feelings, and frustration that result from disturbing news reports and unfavorable turn of events. Whether we're responsible for large groups of employees, or we're individuals grappling with change, know that many of us are frustrated and unsure about our future and our place in it. For those of us struggling with anger management, a simple CNN headline stating escalating oil prices, or the most recent corporation laying off staff, is enough to ignite hateful arguments at home; spark a confrontation on the job; or lead to a dangerous road rage incident. Thanks to the work I am proud to be part of through the Anger Management Institute (AMI) people are finding remarkable tools that enable them endure living through uncertainty and difficult times. Information about anger management is available by contacting Yacine Bell, www.aaamp.org. To reach Ms. Bell directly, please call to 510-393-0250 or email her at email@example.com.


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With a month behind schedule, our last issue (conference proceedings) has been released on the open-access platform of our publishing partner De Gruyter. Feel free to read and share!
For those who dislike reading on screen, physical copies available on standard distribution platforms (Amazon.com and the like). You can also subscribe to the journal and for a yearly fee, receive by post physical copies of all yearly issues at home. Subscription here.
The APD editorial team wishes you a enjoyable Christmas break and a happy new year in advance!


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War Forage
Bring the food back to Griff at Bloodgulch in Twilight Highlands.
<Griff's stomach growls.> Whenever we Dragonmaw go on the warpath, everyone stops hunting. The best tasting food is stolen from the mouths of the enemy. Up on the ridge north of the river there's a bunch of wrecked Wildhammer houses. I bet they're loaded with food. Bring some to my mouth.
- 55200 experience
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|Title||Chemical modification of ED-20 epoxy oligomer by 1,4-butanediol|
|Publication Type||Journal Article|
|Year of Publication||2014|
|Authors||Bratychak, MM, Ivashkiv, OP, Astakhova, OT|
|Abbreviated Key Title||Dopov. Nac. akad. nauk Ukr.|
The chemical modification of ED-20 epoxy oligomer by 1,4-butanediol has been studied with the aim of synthesizing a reactive oligomer with epoxy, primary hydroxyl, and secondary hydroxy groups in its structure. The effect of the catalyst nature and amount, as well as the temperature, on the reaction rate has been determined. The effective reaction rate constants and the activation energy were calculated. The reactive oligomer based on ED-20 commercial epoxy oligomer and 1,4-butanediol has been synthesized and characterized. The possibility of its use as an additive to epoxy-oligomeric mixtures with the participation of 4,4′-diphenylmethanediisocyanate has been shown.
|Keywords||1, 4-butanediol, ED-20 epoxy oligomer, modification|
1. Getmanchuk Yu. P., Brtychak M. M. Macromolecular Chemistry, Lvib: Vyd-vo Nac. un-tu “Lvivska politekhnika”, 2008 (in Ukrainian).
2. Samaryk V., Nosova N., Varvarenko S. et al. Chem. Chem. Technol., 2011, 5, No 4: 377–383.
3. Voronov S., Samaryk V. Chem. Chem. Technol., 2007, 1, No 1: 1–13.
4. Bratychak M. M., Nosova N. G., Chervinskiy T. I. Dopov. Nac. akad. nauk Ukr., 2006, No 9: 140–145 (in Ukrainian).
5. Bratychak M. M., Shust O. V., Astakhova O. T., Yagupolskiy Yu. L. Ukr. khim zhurn., 2010, 76, No 8: 116–120 (in Ukrainian).
6. Bratychak M. M., Iatsyschyn O. I. Dopov. Nac. akad. nauk Ukr., 2012, No 10: 119–124 (in Ukrainian).
7. Bashta B., Bruzdziak P., Astakhova O. et al. Chem. and Chem. Technol., 2013, 7, No 4: 413–421.
8. Sorokin M. F., Lyalyushko K. A. Workshop on the chemistry and technology of film-forming substances, Moscow: Khimiia, 1971 (in Russian).

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- Temperature Range : 32 to 122°F (0 to 50°C).
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- Weight : 4.3 oz (115 g).
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Peter Molyneux, that man responsible for the Fable series and countless others, has a new game out on iOS today called Godus. In typical Molyneux fashion, he is hyping it up by calling it the most amazing project he has ever worked on. Yup, we’ve heard that one somewhere before I think…
The game has you playing as a god who has complete control of the game world and all of its inhabitants, allowing you to literally create a world. As the game goes on you will become more powerful, and similar to the Fable series, you have the option to use the power for good or bad.
Peter Molyneux said the following in a statement:
“I’m fascinated to see how players wield such powers on mobile. [It will] put more powers in the hands of its players where the outcomes will be as unpredictable as they are thrilling.”
Considering Molyneux is a pro for hyping up his own games that end up being disappointing as a result, I doubt Godus is going to be anything that will change the name of the game. What it will be instead, i’m sure, is a really solid game that will have no shortage of the usual Molyneux charm. The guy may not live up to his own words, but he rarely fails at delivering something that’s still a lot of fun.


I got another speeding ticket. Damn!--on the Pacific Coast Highway about 8 miles north of where I got my previous speeding ticket, seven years earlier. I plan to go to traffic school-- again. I wrote at length about my past traffic school experience, (euphemism for ordeal.) For those of you who have not indexed my columns of past years, it appeared in the Daily Journal May 6th (1996) The Los Angeles Times even quoted portions of it. I hope the comedy traffic school I chose this time will be funny. The earlier one did not even approach mirthful. “Tragic Traffic School” would have been a more appropriate sobriquet.
My speeding offense is deemed a “violation.” Yet, despite this odious appellation, more condemning than say “transgression,” I publicly acknowledge it. “Why?” the more inquisitive might ask. Simply to demonstrate that judges are human and subject like all mortals to those lapses that are inextricably tied to the human condition. In fact I am planning to write an enlightening book titled, “Judges are Human.” Publishers lack interest. They tell me people do not read that much fiction these days.
People have traditionally thought of judges as abstractions, devoid of emotion, curiosity or passion, bloodlessly applying the law. Perhaps that is why Judge Judy and her imitators are so popular. However obnoxious, rude, and undignified these television judges are, they at least register a heartbeat if not a racing pulse, as evidenced by the tongue lashings they administer to the hapless litigants who appear before them. The unflattering image these judges bring to a large segment of the daytime watching television audience has caused real judges to recoil and double their efforts to be as nondescript as possible.
Some judges work at cultivating a demeanor that is cold and aloof. It is supposed to reflect the absence of passion or emotion that could cloud the intellect and skew a decision. This notion of judging may leave some wondering just how justice is supposed to flourish in this antiseptic climate. But cannot a judge be dignified, fair and impartial and also be and appear human?
Of course to be human is also to err. And judges do that. Just read the advance sheets. And there are errors in judgment however human that judges simply are not allowed to make. Take for example the recent contretemps over private judging. I am not talking about what some complain is a separate system of judging for the rich. I can understand the desire of a judge to retire to smell green backs instead of red roses. Of course if the market for the judge’s services is wanting, smell gives way to the taste of sour grapes. For private judges unlike public ones, it is important to let the consumers know you are available. No doubt that explains why so many private judges show up at bar functions. It also explains why many private judges advertise their services. Yes, there is the argument that no matter how tasteful the ad, endorsements in elite italics, and Visa and Mastercard logos unobtrusively placed in a bottom corner, it is still unseemly. Maybe so, but as I said, judges are human and what’s wrong with making some money and supplying a service to willing parties?
But it gets dicey when the retired judge for hire also sits on assignment as a public judge. Some perceive that a sitting public judge carries a status that fails to attach to a retired judge. Retired judges recently learned that you cannot have your cachet and eat it. The Chief Justice has promulgated a new policy that prevents private judges from sitting on assignment. They must choose between cash and cachet. There is no question that the judges sitting on assignment render a valuable service and their integrity is beyond question, but as the Chief said as reported in the Los Angeles Times, “the public might think judges with private business could favor litigants who are potential future clients.” He is right. Being public and private is like trying to play in a major and minor key at the same time. It doesn’t work and the tune does not sound good. It is human to legitimately seek more money, but the sensible rule promulgated by the Chief requires judges to choose between cash and cachet.
But too heightened a concern about judges acting like human beings can set off false alarms that weaken the judiciary. Take for example the recent furor over the epistolary exchange between 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge Alex Kozinski and a San Quentin lifer convicted of murder. The inmate, who was once on death row, and Judge Kozinski have one thing in common. They are both talented writers. As reported in the Los Agneles Times on February 16, 2003, the correspondence began when the inmate wrote Kozinski about an article Kozinski wrote in the New Yorker favoring the death penalty. Kozinski even paid the inmate a visit when he toured San Quentin. Kozinski has said that some of his opinions were preceded by 50 drafts. I can assure you none were sent to his prison pen pal for editing.
A philosophical exchange between the judge and the convict about the death penalty has prompted the state Attorney General’s Office to conduct an investigation and request that Judge Kozinski does not hear California death penalty cases. Please. I don’t always agree with him, but Judge Kozinski is one of the most talented, intellectual, and interesting judges to sit on any court. His sin is having an inquiring mind. Curiosity may be lethal to cats, but should not be injurious to judges.
The prosecutors are unnerved. They are concerned that this brilliant jurist might he less supportive of the death penalty because he corresponded with and visited an inmate who for a time was on death row. Horrors. Judge Kozinski attributes the prosecutor’s discomfort to the recognition that it is easier to dispose of death penalty cases “if you don’t think of them (the defendants) as human beings.” But the jurist who recognizes that judges and litigants are human, evidences an awareness of the awesome responsibility that judging carries. Judge Kozinski’s recognition of this truth, together with his formidable and wide ranging intellect, make him an ideal judge. So what is there to investigate? Judge Kozinski has not ruled on any matter involving the inmate at San Quentin nor would he. As far as anyone can determine he is still an outspoken proponent of the death penalty.
Prosecutors can relax. A “human” judge does not mean ignore judicial ethics or decide cases strictly on emotion. Nor does it mean that all human behavior is appropriate for a judge. I merely suggest that because judges are human beings, they should not be ashamed to act like one. I will leave to you dear reader to decide whether this discussion relates to the judges on the 8th Circuit who upheld the procedure in Arkansas of forcing an insane prisoner to take antipsychotic drugs so that he would be “sane” when the state imposed the death penalty.
The reticence to reveal anything about one’s self, does not bode well for those who aspire to the bench. Miguel Estrada, President Bush’s nominee to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia did not answer questions put to him by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee has a legitimate interest, indeed an obligation to know something about Estrada the human being, about Estrada’s judicial philosophy. He ran into opposition, not because of his views, but because no one knows what they are. I am not sure if the administration is concerned that Estrada may be too conservative for a majority of the judiciary committee, but I bet Estrada would have fared better if he revealed himself to the committee as a human being instead of a cipher.
A judge should be disinterested. Note, I did not say uninterested. A judge can be human, can have strong political and philosophical views, and still be disinterested. Disinterested means neutral, unbiased, objective, even handed. A disinterested judge is engaged in all aspects of a case from its legal intricacies to its human elements and fulfills the judge’s obligations to the parties and to society. Some judges are preoccupied with statistics and view the administration of justice as a race to see who can dispose of the most cases in any given stretch of time. The focus is on statistics, and at the end of the day, success is measured by how many cases are decided. By contrast, a disinterested judge works efficiently, but is primarily concerned with how a case is decided. That is the mark of a judge who is human.
I could go on, but I have to bone up for traffic school. At the end of the day they give you a test on the vehicle code. I know it’s human to miss a question or two, but imagine how embarrassing it is for a judge not to get a


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Welcome to episode seven of our eight-part mini podcast series with the Alliance of Community Foundations of Silicon Valley. Keep tuning in to learn from each member of the Alliance in episodes to come and in recent months.
This episode features a conversation with Marsha BonDurant, Board President for Woodside Community Foundation (WCF), Liz Dressel, Board Secretary for WCF and PTA President for Woodside Elementary School and Robyn Cornyn, Head of Communications at WCF facilitated by Michelle Fries, SVCF Director of Nonprofit Support Services. WCF serves a small community in San Mateo County, and the conversation highlights the foundation’s rich history and areas of focus, how WCF is partnering with the community to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the members leverage the relationships and knowledge from the Alliance of Community Foundations of Silicon Valley to learn new ways to support the community.
In SVCF’s Philanthropy Now podcast series, we explore trends in the world of philanthropy, social impact initiatives in Silicon Valley and beyond, and we look at how SVCF promotes innovative philanthropic solutions to challenging problems.
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Anybody who has ever stayed at the British School at Athens (BSA), listened to the legend and lore of the place and taken a closer look at the library holdings, must have become aware of the fact that this is not an institute whose activities are limited to classical archaeology, the classics and ancient history; indeed, it is and always has been a centre for the study of everything to do with Greece, past and present. But it can be doubted whether this is the image that outsiders have of the School. Now we can all know better: a conference was held in Athens in October 2006, of which the proceedings are published in the volume under review, as BSA Studies vol. 17 (with one paper omitted, and another one added). The 2006 conference was dedicated to the School’s role in the study of Byzantine and modern Greek culture, art, architecture, anthropology, geography, folklore, history and language.
From its foundation in 1886, the BSA had as its mission to further the study of Greece in all its aspects. Archaeology was singled out, but the wording of the early rules and regulations of the School was vague enough to create opportunities for research into other fields, opportunities that were seized by scholars from the start. Some were exclusively interested in post-classical Greece, others came to Athens with the intention to study the history, archaeology and culture of the ancient world, but once in Greece were drawn to Byzantine or modern pursuits. In several instances, these different interests became truly integrated: around the turn of the century there arose an ethnographic and comparative perspective in the archaeological work of the School, much stimulated by Sir Arthur Evans (who was not connected to the BSA). It is most interesting to see how—and here of course one of the raisons d’être for ‘foreign schools’ in the Mediterranean becomes manifest—those who were raised on a diet of classical literature reacted to the Greek landscape, people and living culture. It is obvious that the confrontation between on the one hand the study and the museum in England and on the other Greece in all its living glory was very well suited to break down all kinds of presuppositions and make scholars look with fresh eyes.
Roderick Beaton states in the epilogue that this book is about an institution and about the many individuals who shaped it and were shaped by it. There is actually very little about the institution: its practical organization is not discussed at all (there are no cooks or housekeepers in these papers, just scholars); governing bodies make fleeting appearances; we never get a complete picture of who filled what offices. This is above all an account of a number of individuals—and their interaction, but for that you have to read all the papers and try to stick them together in your mind (which is a worthwhile exercise). Considering this basic structure of the book, to discuss its contents as a series of biographical items seems the natural thing to do.
First we have two papers on George Finlay, called the founding father of the BSA, even though he died before the actual establishment of the School. This representative of the Scottish Enlightenment was a (critical) philhellene, fought in Greece’s War of Independence, lived in Athens from 1827, wrote Greece’s history from Roman times to his own, and took an interest in the Greek politics of the day. I readily admit that the man is interesting, that he can be seen as an exemplar to many who came to Greece after him, but I find that in the end he has not so much to do with the School, even if it harbours his library and papers. I would rather have exchanged Potter’s and Wagstaff’s essays for contributions on one or more of the real founding fathers, people like Francis C. Penrose, George Macmillan, and Richard Jebb.
We could also do without Hadziioannou’s paper on R.A.H. Bickford-Smith, one of the two ‘amateurs’—who were and are welcome at the BSA—included in the volume. Bickford-Smith was a barrister, who arrived in Athens in 1890 and stayed on at the School for quite some time. In 1893 he published Greece under King George. He and his work were quite unimportant and have been forgotten. The second ‘amateur’ is much more interesting: William Miller, journalist and independent mind, author of a range of books on post-classical Greek history: Greek life in town and country (1905), The Latins in the Levant. A history of Frankish Greece (1204-1566) (1908), Trebizond, the last Greek empire (1926), and many others.
Next we come to the architects who based themselves at the BSA to study Byzantine architecture; amongst the very early ones were Sidney H. Barnsley and Robert Weir-Schultz, who in 1888 were sent by the Royal Academy of Arts for the express purpose of documenting Byzantine architecture. In their wake came others, and in 1908 the Byzantine Research Fund was created, which stimulated the formation of the BRF Archive—still housed at the School, and a very rich source. Since the days of Barnsley and Weir-Schultz other important students of Byzantine architecture have been based at the BSA: Ramsay Traquair, Walter Sykes George, William Harvey, and Peter Megaw. Here they hardly get the attention they deserve, being all crammed into Kakissis’ paper. The connection of the early ones amongst them to the Arts and Crafts movement gives us glimpses of that wider context that we would love to hear more about, because it enables us to fathom something of these men’s motivations to interest themselves in a post-classical Greek world in the first place. But contextualization will always be the weak spot of a collection of papers like this one, although the introduction does a good job.
Now we come to the really intriguing people: those who switched careers or tried to integrate their study of ‘the ancients’ and of the Greece of their own day. Richard M. Dawkins is the main character of several papers and is mentioned in several more. Dawkins arrived at the BSA in 1902. Although a philologist, he rapidly acquired the skills to conduct excavations. His work, on Crete and elsewhere, left him enough spare time to pursue his true calling, the study of dialect; and when on leave, he travelled extensively collecting materials on dialect. But he did not merely collect the ephemeral word: during his 1906-1907 tour of the Cyclades and Dodecanese with Alan Wace he collected traditional Greek embroidery, which is now the pride of British museums like the Victoria and Albert and Liverpool Museums. Between 1906 and 1914 Dawkins was Director of the BSA. During this period he conducted the important excavation of the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta. In 1914 he resigned his post and went as an independent scholar to study Greek dialects in Asia Minor, especially Pontos. But the outbreak of the First World War drove him back to Athens. There he worked as a cipher expert in the Intelligence Department of the British Legation, in the meantime keeping up the dialect work. Subsequently he joined the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve, gathering intelligence on Crete but also linguistic and ethnographic material. In a paper by Richard Clogg the wartime activities of scholars associated with the BSA, such as Dawkins, are investigated: archaeologists doubled as intelligence officers (Clogg is preparing a monograph on this most interesting subject). From purely philological work Dawkins went on to folklore studies, rejecting simplistic notions of survivalism and drawing structural comparisons. I have been rather long in summarising what is told here about Dawkins, because his story is such a good example of what this volume is all about: individuals may be known for just one aspect of their research, but several have been doing so much more, and in the most interesting cases, such as Dawkins, all the things they did came together and cross-pollinated.
Amongst the others who get proper attention is Alan J.B. Wace who in addition to his work on antiquity is still known for his study of the Vlachs, carried out with Maurice S. Thompson. In 1909-1910 the two of them went to Thessaly to look for inscriptions and other antiquities. They ended up with a major ethnographic study. Next we have Frederick William Hasluck, who, after his early death from consumption in 1920, has never been given his due as a great and innovative scholar—at least that is the message of the rather polemical paper by David Shankland. Hasluck first worked in the fields of archaeology and epigraphy, but then turned to post-classical history, as reflected in many publications, the most important being the posthumous Christianity and Islam under the Sultans, two volumes of collected articles and miscellanea, and to folklore and religious studies, as in his Athos and its monasteries. Dawkins also wrote about Athos, as did, in a later generation, Philip O. A. Sherrard, whom I personally find more interesting because of his study of post-classical Greek literature—literature, however, gets but little attention in this volume (as it is put in the introduction: you need not come to Athens to study literature). Still, contemporary literature is also something that one will be more readily confronted with on the spot.
The last three papers by Just, Hirschon and Halstead take the story up to the present, but here we have not so much the biographies of some exemplary figures as a prosopography of British anthropology in Greece (from Just), a rather slight personal memoir (from Hirschon) and a plea for ethnoarchaeology (from Halstead). Just is the most interesting of the three, tracing the important British anthropological work on contemporary Greece from John and Sheila Campbell to Juliet du Boulay, Renée Hirschon, Michael Herzfeld, Charles Stewart, and Roger Just. Halstead, in discussing ethnoarchaeology and survey archaeology does not give us a comparable family tree, but gives pride of place to his farmer informants: interesting and endearing, but not in line with the rest of the volume. But what Just and Halstead show most clearly is that what Dawkins and Wace and Shankland were doing has not been in vain: there have been certain patterns established that still influence what is going on at the BSA.
It is a pity that the volume does not include papers on a number of really interesting people who were associated with the BSA. I think of Arnold Toynbee and of Robert C. Bosanquet, both of whom are mentioned several times; of W.R. Halliday, who gets a single mention as the assistant of Dawkins, publishing the folktales that at the time did not interest Dawkins except as a source of dialect forms; of John Cuthbert Lawson, who is severely criticized by Dawkins for his survivalism; and of William Ridgeway and J.L. Myres, who, in quite different ways, were each very important to the BSA. Whatever may be lacking, this volume does fulfill its purpose in showing the richness of the non-classical research carried out by people who were in one way or another associated with the BSA. This research in many instances is still of value, indeed has become ever more valuable, because the Greece that these people studied has disappeared: Dawkins studied dialects before the Treaty of Lausanne drove many of their speakers from their habitat. Wace and Thompson studied the Vlachs before the Balkan Wars put an end to their traditional way of life. Of course, since the Second World War, modernisation has put an end to most of traditional folklife. Still, I would say that the main interest of the research carried out under the aegis of the BSA lies not in its results but in the methodological gains: people have crossed boundaries between disciplines and their work became all the more interesting because of this.
A nice feature of the book is the extensive use that has been made of the School’s archives to illustrate the book with a wealth of interesting photographs. It might be noted, however, that the view of Athens from Lycabettos (Fig. 1.9) has been reversed.
1. Michael Llewellyn Smith and Paschalis Kitromilides, Introduction, 1
2. Liz Potter, ‘Two thousand years of suffering’: George Finlay and the History of Greece, 13
3. Malcolm Wagstaff, Colonel Leake’s knowledge of events in Greece following Independence: the Finlay correspondence, 27
4. Maria Christina Hadziioannou, Like a rolling stone, R.A.H. Bickford-Smith (1859-1916) from Britain to Greece, 29 5. Peter Mackridge, From archaeology to dialectology and folklore: the role of the BSA in the career of R.M. Dawkins, 49 6. Anthony Bryer, R.M. Dawkins, F.W. Hasluck and the ‘Crypto-Christians’ of Trebizond, 59 7. Tom Winnifrith, A.J.B. Wace and M.S. Thompson, Nomads of the Balkans—The Vlachs 67
8. Ann French, The Greek embroidery collecting of R.M. Dawkins and A.J.B. Wace, 77
9. David Shankland, Scenes pleasant and unpleasant: the life of F.W. Hasluck (1878-1920) at the British School at Athens, 91
10. Paschalis Kitromilides, F.W. Hasluck and Christianity and Islam under the Sultans, 103
11. Kallistos Ware, Three different views of the Holy Mountain: Athos through the eyes of F.W. Hasluck, R.M. Dawkins and Ph. Sherrard, 111
12. Amalia G. Kakissis, The Byzantine Research Fund Archive: encounters of Arts and Crafts architects in Byzantium, 125
13. Eugenia Drakopoulou, British School at Athens research into Byzantine Attica, 145
14. Paul Hetherington, William Miller: Medieval historian and modern journalist, 153
15. Richard Clogg, Academics at War: the British School at Athens during the First World War, 163
16. Roger Just, The Archaeology of Greek Ethnography, 179
17. Renée Hirschon, ‘Home from home’: The role of the British School at Athens in social anthropological fieldwork, 189
18. Paul Halstead, Studying the past in the present: archaeological engagement with modern Greece, 201
19. Roderick Beaton, Epilogue, 217

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Here's an interesting page from this calendar tool, printed in Leiden in 1756, for use in calculating the molad for kiddush ha-chodesh. What I find particularly interesting are the chosen cities, from Alexandria in Egypt to London to Lima, Peru to Siam to Paris. Warsaw and Stockholm are there, but not Vilna. Also of note is that the designation Yavan "Greece" is used instead of Russia (or Rusland).
Here is the title page, which gives the author as Raphael Halevi Hanover. From the stamps you can also see that while it ended up in the YIVO Library (and made it to New York, where it was scanned by hebrewbooks.org) but prior owners included the Library of the Great Synagogue of Vilna, S. J. Fuenn - it is inscribed as a gift from his father-in-law Mordechai Nathansohn - and another stamp which is hard to read, but I think may plausibly read Daniel Jaffeh, who is otherwise known as Daniel Itzig, famous 18th century Court Jew and patron of Jewish learning; he founded the Berlin beit hamidrash frequented by the Pri Megadim, Isaac Satanow, and others. But of course I can only read "Daniel," the fact that the Latin initials are "D. J." and that it looks like the Hebrew surname is three letters, which may be yud-heh-feh.

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The Surface Laptop Go is Microsoft’s latest addition to the Surface range of portables, boasting a compact form-factor with a 12.4-inch display, and an affordable price tag to boot.
Indeed, this new Surface 2-in-1 could easily be seen as Microsoft’s attempt to head off Apple’s purportedly incoming MacBook 12-inch, which is expected to debut later this year with an ARM processor (after Apple ditched the 12-inch machine from its MacBook line-up in mid-2019).
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Within the trim chassis Microsoft has provided a full-size keyboard and what the firm describes as a ‘large’ precision trackpad, so in other words, despite the compact size, the input peripherals aren’t being subject to any hampering compromises. The keyboard, with a 1.3mm key travel, offers an ‘accurate and comfortable’ typing experience, Microsoft promises.
Battery life is rated at up to 13 hours (based on typical usage with the 8GB/128GB model) and you get fast charging technology as well. Some models will further offer a power button with a fingerprint sensor built-in to allow one-touch sign-in via Windows Hello.
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The Laptop Go is now on pre-order in the US and some other regions ahead of an on-sale date of October 13, and it’ll come alongside the arrival of a Surface Pro X refresh.
That revamped top-end Surface Pro X will pack a new Microsoft SQ2 processor, which the company notes is the fastest chip out of all the ARM-based PCs available as of the end of August.
Naturally, better performance is promised with that CPU – although Microsoft doesn’t elaborate any further than this – and the machine will do better on the longevity front, with a battery life of up to 15 hours (claimed).
The processor is the only hardware change, so this is just a minor refresh, with the additional tweak that a new platinum color will be available, too, alongside three fresh colors for the Signature Keyboard: platinum, ice blue and poppy red.
Microsoft also revealed an incoming clutch of new accessories. Keep your eyes peeled for the Microsoft Designer Compact Keyboard, which is a Bluetooth peripheral that allows for the seamless switching between three different devices, and boasts a two-year battery life. It’s also suitably slimline, and will be priced at $69.99 / AU$119.95 (about £53).
Partnering that is a standalone Bluetooth number pad ($24.99 / AU$49.95), a 4K wireless display adapter ($69.99 / AU$119.95), and the Microsoft Bluetooth Ergonomic Mouse. As the name suggests, the latter is a wireless mouse with an ergonomic design and two customizable buttons which will retail at $49.99 / AU$79.95 (about £38).
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