*The Bedford Park PNO is only for adult participants.
Do You Need a Parent's Night Out?
If you are a parent of caregiver with a child(ren) with an intellectual/developmental disability, and are in need of a few hours of relief, one of these groups may be for you.
If you are new to CSS, you must contact our Intake Coordinator for an intake appointment. You do not need to be currently enrolled in CSS services to participate in a PNO. However, your child(ren) must qualify as having a diagnosed Intellectual/developmental disability. If you already receive services through CSS, you can ask your Service Coordinator about participating in a PNO.
To keep the groups manageable, space is limited. Reservations are required, and taken on first call basis. Reservations are taken only for one month at a time. You may drop off your child(ren) ages 3-13 who qualifies, along with their siblings for a few hours of small group activities, dinner, music and/or crafts. Trained professional staff from CSS supervises all children for the entire three hour period. Siblings may only attend with the child(ren) qualifying for services. Is there a fee? There is a $10.00 fee for families with only one child/ $15.00 for families with two of more children attending the group.


The old stagecoach raced along, the four horses gathering speed as it swept past the deer and black and white Jacob sheep grazing in Chatsworth Park. An elegant mansion nestling above a river loomed into view. Finally, the coach crossed an old stone bridge and drew up at the front door of Chatsworth House. Down stepped Mr. Pickwick, an Edwardian couple, and a team of 1980 trendies.
It was all part of the stagecoach tours run by the Red House Stables at Darley Dale in Derbyshire, about 130 miles north of London. A coachman called William Smith started collecting carriages as a hobby 50 years ago. For the past 20, his daughter, Caroline Dale, has been running the trips, designed to show the scenic Derbyshire countryside and some of its stately homes from a different perspective.
You can take your pick: broughams, landaus, an original Hanson Cab, the Siamese, Demi-Mail, or Spider Phaetons. Or the Gay Gordon Stage Coach that regularly did the Edinburgh-to-London run from 1832 to 1864.
Tickets can be booked for trips organized by the stables, or you can hire the carriages individually for weddings or other occasions. For L200 per person (the exchange rate is about $2.35 to the pound at this writing), there is a luxury three-day tour of Derbyshire's Peak District by stagecoach and four-in-hand, stopping at traditional coach inns like the Peacock at Rowsley which dates back to 1652. The price includes full board, VAT (England's ubiquitous sales tax), and service charges. Tours can be booked by parties of 10 or less "on dates to suit."
A three-day "Introduction to Driving" course comes in at L70, excluding food and accommodation -- but there is a well-equipped caravan for hire at L5 a day. Week-long riding holidays for unaccompanied children (8 to 16 years) cost L85, which includes room and board with the Dale family. Prices for other intermediate and individual driving courses vary.
Since you are riding in style, you may want to dress the part too, like Mr. Pickwick and the Edwardian couple at Chatsworth that day. For those interested, a firm named Nelly Smith's in Nottingham, 30 miles from the stables, will provide the costumes.
Both Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall are on the coach route, each only three miles from Darley Dale. Chatsworth, the home of the dukes of Devonshire, is one of Britain's finest stately homes. Originally built in 1552 by Sir William Cavendish and his wife, Elizabeth (Bess) of Hardwick, all that remains of the first building is the Hunting Tower on the hillside above the present house. That dates from the first duke of Devonshire's extensive rebuilding program between 1686 and 1707, and what remains is lavish.
Wonderful painted ceilings and tapestry-hung walls; brocade-canopied beds; the family's private chapel; huge libraries. Sets of old china -- 1760 Derby, 1725 Meissen, 1700 Imari. Pictures like Rembrandt's "Portrait of an Oriental" and Sargent's oil of Evelyn, Duches of Devonshire, in a black evening dress. Wherever you turn are treasures: a trompe l'oeilm painting of a violin on a door; a vivid set of Liberian malachite pieces, a present from Czar Nicholas I in the 17th century; and a huge vase made of Blue John, the Derbyshire spar found in the Castleton mines.
Chatsworth has had numerous connections with royalty. Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned there for 15 years while the earl of Shrewsbury was her jailer. The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire was mistress of the robes to the present Queen from 1953 to 1966. While for American visitors, President John F. Kennedy's sister, Kathleen, who married the 10th duke's son, William, marquis of Hartington, in 1944 and died four years later, is buried in the Devonshire family graveyard on the Chatsworth grounds.
Set in rolling parkland that was landscaped by Capability Brown, around 1760, Chatsworth also has beautiful gardens. The Great Cascade survives from the first duke's garden. But credit for much of the gardens goes to Joseph Paxton, head gardener to the sixth duke. His work included the new greenhouse he designed to grow exotic plants in an English climate; the Arboretum; and the Emperor Fountain to the south of the house, which remains the highest gravity-fed fountain in the world, thanks to the lake and miles of conduits specially built by Paxton.
Haddon Hall is very different. Located on the River Wye just ouside Bakewell , it is much older and more intimate. Sparsely furnished in contrast to Chatsworth, Haddon has been described as one of the most complete medieval manor houses in England. William Peverel, illegitimate son of William the Conqueror, held the manor at the time of the Domesday survey in 1087. It passed to the Averel family in 1153, later to the Vernons and Manners, and today is owned by the duke of Rutland.
The crusader Richard Vernon added the huge banqueting hall and kitchens in about 1370. The minstrel's gallery attests to past revelries.
In the dining room, heraldic ceiling paintings depict the Tudor rose and the Talbot dog (Sir Henry Vernon married one Anne Talbot). Above a fireplace is carved: "Drede God and Honor the Kyng." And throughout the house hang Haddon's famous tapestries, including the five "Senses" tapestries that were probably made for Charles I.
Haddon, meanwhile, is the stuff of legend. In 1563 Dorothy Vernon supposedly fled during a ball held to celebrate her sister's wedding to join John Manners who was waiting outside with horses for their elopement. Visitors, in fact, descend from the wood-paneled Long Gallery, or ballroom, into Haddon's terraced gardens by the same route, now known as Dorothy Vernon's Steps.
Behind the history of Hardwick Hall, another of Derbyshire's grand houses, lies an indomitable woman. If Louis XIV was France's master builder, Bess of Hardwick is England's contender for the title. Born in the old manor house at Hardwick in 1520, the third daughter of a country squire of modest means, Bess married her way up the social scale, outlived four husbands, and used their fortunes to indulge her enthusiasm for houses.
She spent 25 years rebuilding Chatsworth, built four houses herself, and inherited seven from her fourth husband, the earl of Shrewsbury. Following his death, when she was 70, she began her last and greatest house, Hardwick Hall. Infinitely more grand than her birthplace, 100 yards away, it bears her initials (ES for Elizabeth of Shrewsbury) in fretted stone on its four turrets. She also built her four marriages into the structure.
"The cellar window is one pane high," explains the house steward, George Hague, "representing her first marriage. The ground floor windows are two-high, as she married a little higher, a knight this time. The third floor three-high, as she next married a courtier at Elizabeth I's court, and the top floor four, since her last husband was an earl."
So the higher the rank of the marriage, the more panes of glass and the more light the rooms received. This also ties in with the use of the house: the ground floor was for servants, the middle for family, and the top for VIPS.
Various tapestries, furniture, and coats of arms complete the picture. But one of Hardwick's most impressive features is the Long Gallery, a positive portrait-fest. Among them, naturally, is Bess: head held high above a stiff ruffle, hand clutching fourm long strands of pearls.
Derbyshire offers various other stately homes and castles --Elvaston Castle, to name a few. It would be difficult to see everything the county has to offer in a couple of weeks: opera at Buxton; trams at the Crich Tramway Museum; lead mining paraphernalia at Matlock Bath's Peak District Mining Museum (especially good for children who are encouraged to touch and try everything in sight); stalagmites and stalactites in the caverns at Castleton; incomparable scenery and fishing in the Dales; even the "Stonehenge of the North" at Arbor Low.
The list seems endless, but for this visitor at least, the first step will be by stagecoach.
Check with the British Tourist Office, 680 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019 (Telephone:  581-4700) for dates and current entrance fees. Information on the stagecoach tours can be obtained from: The Red House Stables, Old Road, Darley Dale, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 2ER, England (Telephone: 062 983/3583).


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Yellow Jackets' size advantage proves costly for Pitt
By Dan Sostek / Staff Writer
The Pitt women's basketball team's season took a dramatic turn on Dec. 16, 2013.
The Panthers were 7-4 at that point and were coming off a 63-49 victory over Old Dominion the night before. Then it was announced that redshirt freshman center Marvadene "Bubbles" Anderson tore her ACL and would miss the remainder of the season.
Anderson was having a solid statistical season. The Jamaican-born center out of Rutgers Prep in New Jersey was averaging a respectable 7.8 points and 4 rebounds per game in her first season of Division I basketball. But it wasn't those statistics that the Panthers would miss most — it was her height. When 6-foot-11 Anderson, the tallest woman in Division I women's basketball, went down, the Panthers lost their biggest presence in the post.
That lack of height was on full display Monday night. The Panthers — whose tallest player without Anderson, reserve player Chyna Golden, stands at just 6-foot-2 — lost to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 77-66 at the Petersen Events Center.
Pitt once again trotted out a lineup of four guards and one forward, starting with Loliya Briggs, Brianna Kiesel, Marquel Davis, Ashlee Anderson and Asia Logan, who is tallest of the bunch at six feet. Compare that to the three of Georgia Tech's five starters who are taller than six feet, and it's a little easier to fathom the fact that the Panthers surrendered 42 points in the paint.
Pitt head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio understands that her team is lacking in the height department.
"Once we lost Bubbles, we just became so small inside," McConell-Serio said. "We realize that. But that's why we need to be more efficient offensively."
The Panthers were anything but efficient on offense Monday, shooting 22-for-68 from the field — a 32 percent shooting percentage — while making only five of 20 3-point attempts.
Davis, a senior guard who scored a team-high 20 points, didn't want to use the Panthers' small lineup as an excuse.
"I think we've adjusted [to the loss of Anderson]," said Davis, who also had seven rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two steals. "Having a paint presence makes players kind of sit inside and opens things up for the guards. But we've had games without Bubbles where the guards have been open to shoot. We just have to be more consistent."
McConnell-Serio was impressed by the Yellow Jackets offensively, particularly with their ability to drive to the basket.
"When they go inside, they do a lot of speed cuts," she said, talking about the Yellow Jackets' offense. "We didn't defend that well. We were just late."
The weapons McConnell-Serio was referring to were Georgia Tech's senior guard Tyaunna Marshall, freshman forward Kaela Davis and sophomore guard Aaliyah Whiteside. The three of them scored 23, 16 and 18 points, respectively, with a good majority of those coming from either the aforementioned speed cuts or free throws resulting from fouls on drives.
Despite the size differential and the Yellow Jackets' 46-39 rebounding advantage, the Panthers did manage to tally more offensive boards (a margin of 13 to 10). Part of that is because Pitt simply missed more often than Georgia Tech did, but some of it might also be attributed to the Panthers' effort, something that McConnell-Serio lauded after the game.
"Our players continued to fight," said McConnell-Serio. "They continued to attack."

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The original Soviet army coat-Bekes. Made of high-quality sheepskin (white, black, gray - depending on the batch of raw materials). At the top of his coat - a dense layer of skimmed skin beige. Shuba closes legs below the knee.
To the warm air does not come out from under the clasps, used the principle of negligent smell. The breast odor is fixed buttons. Downstairs floors are free, so as not to interfere with the running, jumping. There is an opportunity to pull together an army coat belt.
There are two spacious, warm pocket. A distinctive detail - collar. Unlike soldiers guards the options it a bit shorter. With his rise is completely closed from the wind neck and 2/3 of the neck, ears.
Since this is a model officer, has mounts for shoulder straps. Coat is recommended for very low temperatures. Sheepskin freely holds heat even to -50 ° C, with which is unmatched by any modern army winter jacket. Beautiful and comfortable - suitable for wearing by both men and women, linked more by the Soviet guests - not will tear and wear out quickly.
Universal color camouflage on the snowy expanses. An excellent choice for hunters, fishermen, reenactors and for free use in the country. Weight about 4.5 kilograms. The item "White sheepskin 100% coat jacket ORIGINAL military man fishing USSR Russian army" is in sale since Sunday, October 23, 2016.
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ABAIR In Conversation: Dáibhidh Stiúbhaird & Len Graham, hosted by Ruth Smith
Dáibhidh Stiúbhard
Is a traditional singer from County Tyrone. He is part of a new generation of singers who take their cues from legends of the Ulster tradition such as Paddy Tunney, Sarah Makem, and Rita Gallagher. He is passionate about promoting a message of shared culture and heritage, embracing both the Ulster Scots and Irish aspects of Northern Irish culture in his music.
In 2018, he became an Ulster traditional singing champion at the Fleadh Cheoil, and in 2020 he releases his debut album, An Sionnach Dubh: a collection of classic folk songs from Ireland and Scotland alongside newly-penned originals.
Len Graham
Has been a full-time professional traditional singer since 1982. After he won the All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann traditional singing competition in 1971 his reputation began to spread, and at the same time his own passion for the songs of his native Ulster was growing. He has released a number of albums and books and in 2002 was awarded the TG4 National Music Award for "Traditional Singer of the Year."
Abair:
Funded by the Arts Council of Ireland
Abair is a program of traditional singing and storytelling events exploring the oral folk traditions of Ireland. Taken from the Irish word meaning both 'to say' and 'to sing', the four-day program offers a broad range of intimate, unplugged performances, each highlighting the richness and beauty of the Irish singing and storytelling traditions still preserved and practiced to the present day.
The events will also feature a 'songs from the floor' session, giving audience members a chance to provide a song or story of their own, relevant to the theme of 'treasures'.
Doors 1:30 pm
ABAIR Series
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This Is How We Fly with Iarla Ó Lionáird
Liberty Hall Theatre
EUROPE: Stephen James Smith Poetry Tour
Various locations across Europe


SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMORAL EPIPHYSIS: A REVIEW OF 40 CONSECUTIVE CASES AT THE NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL ENUGU.
Mark O. Okolo, Esther Kim, Henrietta S.Tiri, Gyaran Z. Umar, Esther A. Envuladu, LindaY.Tiri,Erochukwu Nwodo, Kenneth I. Onyedibe, Edmund B. Banwat, Daniel Z. Egah.
Kadiri-Eneh NP, Uzochukwu BS, Tobin-West C, Azuike EC.
PREVENTION OF PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION IN TOTAL HIP AND KNEE ARTHROPLASTIES: EVIDENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS.
Knowledge And Practice Of Female Secondary School Students About Hiv And Sexually Transmitted Infections In Enugu, South East Nigeria.
THE CAUSES AND PREVALENCE OF ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AMONGST COMMERCIAL LONG DISTANCE DRIVERS IN BENIN CITY, EDO STATE, NIGERIA.
Okafor KC , Azuike EC , Okojie Pw .
THE PRACTICE OF MINIMAL ACCESS SURGERY IN NIGERIA. CHALLENGES AND PROSPECT.
MANDIBULAR FRACTURES CAUSED BY SPORTS: A DESCRIPTIVE CLINICAL STUDY OF 72 PATIENTS MANAGED IN A TERTIARY HEALTH FACILITY.
Reng Rifkatu S, Uloko Andrew E, Puepet Fabian H, Onwuegbuzie Gerald A, Ramalan Mansur A.
Akinmokun O I, Akinsulire A T, Odugbemi T O , Odogwu K C, Giwa S.O.
Monopolar Transurethral Resection Of The Prostate For Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia:What Are The Outcomes And Complications In Our Patients?
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Obesity in adult Nigerians: a study of its prevalence and common primary co-morbidities in a semi-urban Mission General Hospital in South-Eastern Nigeria.
Iloh GUP MBBS, MPH, FMCFM, FWACP(FM), MPA, Amadi AN B.Sc,M.Sc,Ph.D, Nwankwo BO B.Sc, MPH, Ph.D.
INTERVERTEBRAL DISC HERNIATION: PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATION WITH CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS.
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HISTOPATHOLOGIC PATTERN OF NEOPLASTIC TESTICULAR AND PARATESTICULAR LESIONS IN UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI TEACHING HOSPITAL: A 10-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.
PREVALENCE AND PATTERN OF OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE AT NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL ENUGU.
IMPACTED METALLIC FOREIGN BODY IN COLON FOLLOWING INGESTION: REPORT OF A CASE.
SELF-REPORTED ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT: A STUDY OF SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AND PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY AMONG MALE AND FEMALE PATIENTS WITH HIV INFECTION IN SOKOTO, NIGERIA.
Omotosho BA , Adebayo AM , Adeniyi BO , Ayodeji OO , Ilesanmi OS , Kareem AO , Akitikori OT ,Erhabor G.E.
Ekpe E. E. Ette V. F. Akpan A. F.
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Irabor D.O, Ogundoyin O.O, Ogunlana D.I.
MESENCHYMAL TUMOURS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: THE IMPORTANCE AND USE OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY IN CHARACTERIZING SPECIFIC TUMOUR ENTITIES.
TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL IN SECURITY CHALLENGED STATES OF NORTH-EAST NIGERIA. ARE THERE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT?
Gidado M, Obasanya J.O, Onazi J, Eneogu R, Chukwueme N, Joseph K, Useni S, Adejumo A. O.
Ogundeji S.P, Akunwata C, Aworanti O, Aken'Ova Y.A.
DETERMINANTS OF SPECIALTY CHOICE OF RESIDENT DOCTORS; CASE STUDY- AMONG RESIDENT DOCTORS IN NIGERIA.
OUTCOMES IN PALLIATIVE CARE FOR ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER IN THE RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, ZARIA.
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Ekwueme, OC, Chukwueneke, F, Ekwueme, AC, Ndu, AC., Idoko CA, Nwobi, EA.
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A NON-FUNCTIONING LEFT KIDNEY FROM RENAL TUBERCULOSIS AND A REVIEW OF LITERATURE.
Effa EE, Okpa HO, Arije A, Salako BL, Kadiri S.
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The World Is Gathering To Save Us From Climate Change. It's Not Going Well.
Expectations are lackluster for the year's most important climate meeting, starting today in Poland's coal country and sponsored by coal companies.
by Zahra Hirji
Posted on December 2, 2018, 3:01 pm
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World leaders are gathering now in Katowice, Poland, to discuss the fate of the world.
Following back-to-back-to-back dire warnings from scientists to more quickly respond to the looming climate crisis, experts are calling COP24 the most important climate meeting since 2015, when 195 countries agreed in Paris to tackle the problem.
But it does not bode well that the conference is starting with minimal fanfare, deep in Poland's coal country and sponsored by coal companies, at a time when climate change is not a priority on the global stage. That the attendees' main goal is to finish the rules for putting the Paris agreement in motion — and there's uncertainty this will happen — is also concerning for those want to see new, bold climate commitments.
The runup to the conference has been inauspicious. In response to a sweeping government report on climate change, President Donald Trump said, "I don't believe it." The administration also affirmed its intention to pull out of the climate talks "as soon as it is eligible to do so," according to a State Department statement emailed to BuzzFeed News. The administration sent a team to Poland in a bid to protect US interests.
What's more, after climate skeptic Jair Bolsonaro was elected president in Brazil, the country this week announced it wouldn't host next year's annual climate talks. (Costa Rica has since volunteered to host.) And at the high-profile meeting directly before this one, the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the climate was given little attention despite its direct link to food security, one of the meeting's stated priorities.
In the declaration that all 20 countries agreed to sign, 19 countries recommitted to the goals of the Paris agreement. But the US, in a separate paragraph, noted President Trump's decision to withdraw from the pact, and the country's "strong commitment to economic growth and energy access and security, utilizing all energy sources and technologies, while protecting the environment."
And although an earlier version of the document, seen by BuzzFeed News, included the line "We recognize the importance of climate change, energy security, and economic growth," that sentence does not appear in the final version. Climate change is only mentioned once, something signatories to the Paris agreement — that is, not the US — will "tackle," although the text does say all countries supported actions to help vulnerable countries battle extreme weather, discussed greenhouse gas emissions, and noted the upcoming climate conference.
"The global political environment is really challenging right now, with nationalism taking hold in many countries," and others focused on internal affairs, Samantha Gross, a fellow in the Cross-Brookings Initiative on Energy and Climate, said during a Nov. 30 press call. The UK, for example, is centered on Brexit negotiations, Mexico's new president takes office this weekend, and the US is backing away from its prior climate commitments.
"It's everything we can do to have the US play any sort of constructive role at all," Nathaniel Keohane, the senior vice president at the Environmental Defense Fund, told BuzzFeed News. The US held a pro–fossil fuel event at the talks last year, and Reuters reported the US delegation will do it again this year.
"Getting a global agreement among 200 countries is never an easy lift," Gross said. "Even with a bring-your-own-goals structure that is embodied on the Paris agreement, and countries still need to agree on the specifics of the rule book."
Starting Sunday, diplomats, activists, business leaders, and others are convening in Poland for about two weeks for the annual climate talks. In the first week, the negotiations, focused on hammering out the so-called Paris rule book, are run by each country's lower-level, technical staff. It's also when countries will wrap up their first and only trial run, publicly airing their climate goals and what steps they've taken so far before the official accounting launches in 2020.
One possible flashpoint in Poland is money: Who will pay for the poor and most vulnerable countries to prepare and respond to climate change?
Those finance conversations "are made more difficult because the US is not able to lead in the way it did," Jonathan Pershing, the top climate negotiator under former president Barack Obama, told BuzzFeed News. "That's a significant loss."
Not only is the US not going to rally support among other nations to help raise money, but it is reneging on its previous commitments. Under President Obama, the US pledged to give $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund. But only $1 billion was paid out, and Trump has vowed not to give anymore.
"Trillions of dollars will be required for developing countries to strengthen our resilience to climate change, address the loss and damage it causes, and pursue low-emission development pathways," Gebru Endalew, chair of the Least Developed Countries Group negotiating block, told BuzzFeed News in an email. "In Katowice, we need to agree on clear rules that will ensure the predictability and delivery of adequate finance."
Opinions differ about whether the rules will even get finished at the meeting. Todd Stern, another former US climate negotiator under Obama, told reporters he was optimistic. "I think it will get done," Stern said. "I don't think it will be perfect."
Others are less sure. "I think everyone acknowledges [the rules] won't be fully finalized," Alden Meyer, an international climate expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists, told BuzzFeed News.
If countries do not finish the rule book, "that would be the worst outcome," said Pershing. "It would indicate the momentum is slowly at precisely the moment when momentum needs to increase."
One topic that's expected to come up over and over is the bombshell October report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that found catastrophic climate change is coming faster than previously expected. In fact, it's already started.
"There is no time to waste," said Endalew. "Countries need to increase their levels of ambition now and implement rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society."
Although there will likely be repeated calls for new, more ambitious climate goals at the Poland talks, a half dozen or so climate experts told BuzzFeed News, there's little expectation that those commitments, especially from the world's largest countries and emitters, will be made anytime soon.
"I don't see any potential here for a big new commitment," Keohane said.
Every Country In The World Has Now Agreed To The Paris Climate Accord — Except The US Zahra Hirji · Nov. 7, 2017
Here's What 1.5 Degrees Of Global Warming Really Means For The Planet Zahra Hirji · Oct. 8, 2018
Trump Said "I Don't Believe It" About His Government's Climate Change Report Finding And Scientists Are Dismayed Claudia Koerner · Nov. 27, 2018
Contact Zahra Hirji at zahra.hirji@buzzfeed.com.
Emily Tamkin
Emily Tamkin is a foreign affairs reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, D.C.
Contact Emily Tamkin at emily.tamkin@buzzfeed.com.


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French Studies: A Quarterly Review
Montaigne: les formes du monde et de l'esprit (review)
George Hoffmann
Montaigne: les formes du monde et de l'esprit
Montaigne: les formes du monde et de l'esprit. By Philippe Desan. (En toutes lettres). Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, 2008. 219 pp. Pb €16.00.
Organized into short thematic chapters, this significant study identifies a crux in Montaigne's thinking: the claim to distinguish form from content. Departing from an Aristotelian framework in which 'form' imposed apprehensibility and intelligibility on brute matter, Montaigne depicts 'form' in human affairs as volatile and highly unstable. Rather than structuring the intersection of the material and immaterial realms as it had for Aristotle, form plays a purely phenomenological and markedly provisional role in the Essais, closer to the status it received in Epicurean physics, where it counted merely as the transitory effect of random aggregations of atoms. Desan covers numerous examples of this disengagement from universal, permanent forms, examples in which form reveals itself as contingent and incapable of being generalized. They include proper names (improperly extended in reputations), bodies (dissected to produce mistakenly universal lessons on anatomy), philosophers' faces (which betray the temperamental and particular origins of their thought), landscapes and topographies (speciously stretched into territories and cosmographies), opinions (wrongly applied as prejudice or dogma), ethical choices (promoted as rules for living, or even instituted as laws), and beliefs (erected into religions). Rather than merely [End Page 338] present these as yet more instances of Montaigne's scepticism, Desan includes doubt in this list as well; instead of constructing an alternative to thinking about and by forms, doubt remains conditioned by the same arbitrary, singular factors as any other type of mental apprehension. Montaigne's scepticism thus lies closer to a heuristic attitude than to an intellectual approach or to the philosophical position that one usually infers from 'scepticism'. Finally, in a deeply intriguing chapter, Desan suggests that Montaigne apprehends his own writing as an occasional, accidental form by analogy with the Epicurean notion of the clinamen, or random swerve that joins atoms (elementa, in Latin, designated both atoms and the alphabet). From this surprising sequence of analyses emerges one constant: Montaigne's radical refusal to generalize from his own judgements in the moment. In keeping with Montaigne's own project, rather than reify a timeless 'author' via the juxtaposition and conflation of various passages from the Essais, Desan scrupulously distinguishes between the different 'Montaignes' of the work through articulating his writing career into a succession of distinct phases. Happily, Desan combines scholarly approaches usually kept distinct, social and economic history with intellectual and philosophical history, which makes him keenly suited to examining the interface between the material and immaterial worlds implied in the concept of 'form'. Montaigne has recently begun to gain more recognition as a philosopher worthy of attention; this lucid study identifies why such attention makes sense, at the same time as it warns why we must qualify and nuance attempts to treat Montaigne as a philosopher. Montaigne, as Desan aptly reminds us, worked hard to limit his personal speculations to their particular time and place. He would have been aghast at the idea of expanding them into a 'philosophy'.
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Партизанске () е град в западна Словакия, административен център на окръг Партизанске в Тренчински край. Населението му е около 23 хиляди души (2017).

Разположен е на река Нитра в подножието на планината Трибеч. Възниква в края на 30-те години на 20 век около голяма обувна фабрика на "Бата" - първоначално се нарича Батовани, а в края на 40-те години е преименуван на Партизанске в чест на словашката съпротива по време на Втората световна война.

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Известни личности
 Родени в Партизанске
 Павел Ковач (р. 1974), футболист

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List of Light Novels
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Light Novels Translated and Published in English
LN Reading Program — June 14
(pictured: Mimizuku and the King of Night — art source)
For the first week of this summer reading program, we will discuss the first third of Kagerou Daze (volume 1) and Mimizuku and the King of Night. For Kagerou Daze, you need to have read the chapters titled "Kagerou Daze I" and "Jinzou Enemy" (ending at page 51). Meanwhile for Mimizuku, you need to have read the prologue and first three chapters.
If you have read further ahead, please refrain from spoiling anything past the points in the stories mentioned above. (Also, obviously, if you've experienced a manga or anime adaptation in the past, don't reveal what happens next.)
"Jinzou Enemy" is a self-contained story about a shut-in boy named Shintaro and a computer A.I. girl named Ene, who incredulously end up in a hostage situation the one day they leave their home. All in all I found the whole thing rather entertaining. The story had a strong "voice" (SEE: the melodramatic vending machine soda scene), and Shintaro made for an amusing first-person viewpoint throughout the strange series of events. I enjoyed all the banter between him and Ene.
There have been quite a few light novels (and anime, manga, etc) dealing with hikikomori in recent years. How does Shintaro's situation compare to those you're familiar with in other series? Generally it seems the shut-in situation is portrayed through a comedic lens, sometimes outright mocking the character in question. Is Shintaro a pitiable character? Is his particular lifestyle (i.e. sitting at his computer station 24/7) actually viable? And since Shintaro has proven capable of leaving his home, navigating a giant shopping mall, and even dealing with a hostage situation–how does this affect your interpretation of his decision to live as a shut-in?
Ene is an artificial intelligence that resides in Shintaro's computer and cell phone, and her sudden arrival via a mysterious email was apparently unexpected for the both of them. Whether or not this advanced level of computer programming is unheard of in this story's world is unclear (Shintaro at least doesn't appear to have made a huge deal out of it), but it seems at the very least Ene is special in some fashion. Would you consider her a legitimate friend of Shinatro, despite not being a living being? Interestingly the main conflict regarding their relationship stems more from their respective personalities, which I think says a lot about both characters. For Ene, it implies a lot about how unrestricted and individualistic (or self-aware) she is as an A.I. And for Shintaro, I believe it shows how much more he is "in tune" with cyberspace as opposed to the real world. To some degree it conjures up the whole discussion that has existed the last decade or so, in regard to whether or not "online friends" and online interactions hold the same value as "real-life friends" and outside social interactions.
Just a random aside, but the whole sequence with Shintaro and the pretty electronics store lady reminded me a lot of a chapter from the manga Watamote, in which the protagonist Tomoko considers it a pinnacle achievement in her life to mutter a few words to a cute guy at the convenience store. Introverts have to relish these small victories in life, I suppose? Will go ahead and say I can relate and empathize with characters like Shintaro, ha ha.
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Mimizuku and the King of Night
And now for something completely different? The prologue and first three chapters detail how a young girl enters a monster-filled forest in hopes of being eaten. From what I gather Mimizuku is an escaped slave who has been battered her whole life physically, mentally, and emotionally. Her effort to die in the dangerous forest however does not go as planned, as the King of Night (Fukurou) refuses to devour her. To say the very least, this is an unusual story both in tone and in subject matter. I've certainly found it interesting however, and am curious to see what direction the story takes in its subsequent chapters.
"My only happiness would come from being eaten by the King of Night," said Mimizuku, chuckling happily.
Mimizuku has a unique perspective on life, particularly for a protagonist. Considering all she has apparently suffered through however, it is understandable she has a negative viewpoint of humanity and the world in general. Her hope to die is also thus supported, though I find it intriguing that she has latched on to specifically wanting to be eaten–and eaten specifically by the king of the monsters, no less. Why is that?
So far the monsters of the story (Kuro and Fukurou) have each been portrayed in a sympathetic light. Why is Kuro helping Mimizuku out so much, do you imagine? And why does Fukurou refuse to kill Mimizuku? She has trespassed into the forest and in general appears to be deemed a nuisance, considering the improper manner she interacts with him. At the moment it appears to me that the two monsters simply consider Mimizuku a curious entity they haven't decided on how to deal with, but I can imagine there could be more to it all that simply hasn't been revealed yet. Fukurou in particular seems like he could have some connection to the human world, considering the way he is described.
In a roundabout way Mimizuku has found something to live for (at least temporarily) when she decides to acquire the magical red paint ingredient for Fukurou. By the end of chapter three this has already led to the two characters having full conversations, and Fukurou replacing Mimizuku's forehead number with a pattern she finds beautiful. In other words, she has managed to abandon the human world not through suicide, but by joining the monster world. I imagine this will lead into a significant confrontation once the human prince (curiously named Ann) enters the forest in an effort to "save" her from that world she has found some form of happiness in for the first time in her life.
As mentioned before, feel free to discuss any point you would like to bring up about either (or both) of these two books. General impressions, predictions for how the stories will play out, some compare/contrast between the two books, or any random observations and things you'd like to analyze are all fair game.
June 14, 2015 July 4, 2015 JustusRStoneFeatureKagerou Daze, LN reading program, Mimizuku and the King of Night
18 thoughts on "LN Reading Program — June 14"
Eric Barbosa (@erictbar)
As someone who is in some ways like Shintaro, I do find it hard to believe that someone can do that 24/7. I do sit in front of my computer/TV for hours a day but I do feel obligated to help my family out with things, try to find full time work, and get out of the house at least once in awhile especially if the weather is good. I guess i'm not as hikikomori as Shintaro. I don't think just because he was able to leave the house and deal with a hostage situation meant he didn't think it was wrong to live as a shut-in. Once you're in that mental state it is hard to get out of it. Maybe now he will realize he doesn't have to live that way. I have watched No Game No Life, which deal with hikikomori differently, giving the hikikomori a world they would rather live in, and just started watching Welcome to the N.H.K. so I can't comment on that yet.
Yes the sequence with Shintaro and the pretty electronics store lady reminded me of myself. Though I go through it a little differently. I will have the perfect thought in my head and then stumble when I actually say it. But, I do actually realize that I screwed up what I said…most of the time.
Random aside, I have read the first volume of the manga and watched the anime, and I have listened to the songs, though haven't been able to find many translations for the songs. It seems that the manga and anime were adapted from the LN since I don't know how you can get such similar stories just from a bunch of songs. If anyone can explain how the adaptations of this LN works without spoiling it for everyone else, that would be great.
Frog-kun
iirc the LN derives inspiration from the songs, which are rather narrative-driven. If you read the lyrics of Jinzou Enemy, you can see it's written through Ene's point of view and is a commentary on the hikkikomori lifestyle. (For anyone curious, you can find the lyrics here: http://kagerouproject.wikia.com/wiki/Jinzou_Enemy)
I don't think just because he was able to leave the house and deal with a hostage situation meant he didn't think it was wrong to live as a shut-in. Once you're in that mental state it is hard to get out of it. Maybe now he will realize he doesn't have to live that way.
I'd imagine Shintaro is probably even more adverse to going outside at this point, given how dangerous his brief foray turned out. But will he have a choice in the matter? He's already being rounded up to go to the amusement park, ha ha. And it appears his sister is going to be involved in whatever is to happen next, so he's already tied to the ensemble cast in more ways than one. No man is an island, even for a hikikomori it seems.
If anyone can explain how the adaptations of this LN works without spoiling it for everyone else, that would be great.
It appears the light novels are written by the same person who created the Vocaloid songs: Jin (or "Shizen no Teki-P"). I have not listened to the songs, but I wouldn't be surprised if the LNs mainly serve to expound on the material in the songs.
Random Kagedaze observations:
– "Jinzou Enemy" means "Artificial Enemy", which on first glance seems to refer to Ene the A.I., but I think it also refers to the hikkikomori persecution complex in general. Extreme introverts tend to think everyone else as out to get them and that their slightest mistakes are causes for great shame. At the same time, loners long for friendship and acceptance, so they don't see the outside world as the real enemy. Rather, they reserve a special loathing for themselves.
– Shintaro and Ene might become friends, but they have an antagonistic relationship at first. I think it's telling that their friendship only begins to deepen after Shintaro is forced to leave his house and venture into the outside world.
– I remember thinking this from reading the manga as well, but I don't know what to make of Shintaro being able to leave his house so easily. And I also find it hard to believe that he would be on his computer literally 24/7.
– One detail I liked from the LN is how it says that Shintaro spends all this time commenting on the internet and considers himself an artist, but hasn't actually made anything of worth. I've been there, Shintaro. Commenting on the internet is a huge time sink. I mean, look what I'm doing right now *cries*
Will comment on Mimizuku when I get 'round to reading it.
That's one thing I noticed from the first couple episodes of Welcome to the N.H.K., they always say they are doing something creative but it is just an excuse.
Shintaro and Ene might become friends, but they have an antagonistic relationship at first. I think it's telling that their friendship only begins to deepen after Shintaro is forced to leave his house and venture into the outside world.
I feel like they more or less already are friends, but Shintaro just doesn't realize it or (perhaps more likely) doesn't want to admit it. It's an interesting setup though, in that he eschews the real world in favor of the web, yet can't get along with a real-life Hatsune Miku. All part of that self-defeating cycle, I take it?
One detail I liked from the LN is how it says that Shintaro spends all this time commenting on the internet and considers himself an artist, but hasn't actually made anything of worth.
I imagine the author (Jin) was poking fun at himself a bit there, what with Shintaro claiming to be a music artist. Fortunately Jin was able to stick with his Kagerou Project and find success with that, but sadly I think Shintaro's situation is much more the norm when it comes to online creatives. How many times have you heard friends and acquaintances say they're going to write a book? (Or make a game, or film a movie, or get a good painting done, etc.) It's much easier to critique a work of art, than it is to create one.
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At the moment, Kuro looks like your resident osananajimi who is with you the longest and also supports you while Fukurou is like your dangerous senpai where Mimizuku could literally go "Please notice me senpai!"
…I better stop. I do find the choice of the characters' names and their meaning interesting.
Ha ha, you'll have to write the high school AU fanfic. ;P
I was curious about the character names as well, and find it an interesting point of discussion from a translation perspective. The setting leaves a fantasy medieval Europe impression, but the names Mimizuku, Fukurou, and Kuro are left in Japanese. Of course, the characters end up discussing the meaning behind these names, which perhaps necessitates leaving them as-is. Mimizuku went from "earthworm" to "horned owl," presumably in light of her escape and flying free from the toils of the village. This is followed by her naming Fukurou as another type of owl, as she sees him as a kindred spirit in some way. Perhaps a bit of foreshadowing there as well?
AnonymousMatcha
I'm not reading Kagerou right now (I probably will in the future when I have more time) but haha I can totally empathize with that too. XDD Small victories in life, yess!
As for Mimizuku… I haven't read it in a while, but I distinctly remember being reminded of the children's picture book "Where the Wild Things Are" (which I don't even remember the plot to). I wonder why? Perhaps because of the innocence of premise of being gobbled up by monsters? Because monsters come out of the closet?
I don't have a strong enough memory of things to comment on things particularly vividly, but I'm glad Cho started this LN reading program and I'll definitely be following it in the future!
Ahh, right. I do remember someone (forgot who, I think it's not the author herself), describing it as a children's picture book in the afterword, and I can certainly see it as that since the novel really gives off that vibe.
I can see the fairy tale vibe to Mimizuku, especially when considering the original tales were often very dark. Monsters turn up in folklore all around the world, and it's interesting to examine the roles they tend to serve. I'll be curious to see what direction the plot of this one takes.
Aya / Ibuki
Mimizuku and The Prince of Night sounds very interesting to me. I also like the style of the illustrations!I was wondering where I could buy/download it tough.
I might have made a typo while searching or something, but I can't seem to find it on Amazon? Do you happen to have a link for me?
Thank you for always informing us all about every new update! I appreciate it!
If you ask about English translation, there is only fan made one on Baka Tsuki.
The English translation of Mimizuku is here on Baka-Tsuki.
If you would like to purchase the Japanese copy of the book, I have a few links for it on the June Reading Program page here. Just scroll down to the Mimizuku section, and you'll find the links to Amazon, Kinokuniya, and YesAsia.
Well, I have only read Mimizuku.
Indeed I keep wondering about why she wants to be eaten. It's understandable she wants die, but it not relieved why exactly this way, however I think somewhere in discussions in which that "Holy Knight" participated is a hint about.
Other thing, Mimizuku hates people, but still she helped that old man who get lost in the woods, so I guess her hate is not only thing she feels towards humans.
Also I think Kuro known something about Fukurou, and also thing that girl can help him or is needed, for example when he told her to go to the mansion, or about that flower.
I'm pretty sure Holy Knight knows Mimizuku, the question is, if he a good or bad character, maybe he was involved and so he was thinking she is already dead? I guess I like hidden plots too much, so I'm anticipating one here ^^".
Yes, this part surprised me a bit. Despite her disdain for human society, she was still quick to assist an individual in need. We do know that she has always considered herself lower than everyone else (given how she has always been treated), so it may have been a straightforward reaction rather than an act of empathy. It certainly could be a combination of such factors as well, however.
I'm pretty sure Holy Knight knows Mimizuku, the question is, if he a good or bad character, maybe he was involved and so he was thinking she is already dead?
So far the story has presented the prince in a seemingly positive light, considering how he makes such an effort to spend his time among the everyday folk and be an approachable fellowman rather than an imposing figurehead. Whether or not there's any connection between him and Mimizuku remains to be seen, but I imagine there will still be a conflict that arises in the form of misunderstanding between the human and monster worlds.
Prince indeed is shown as a good person, it doesn't mean he don't do bad things, especially in order to protect those folks and other people.
Anyway, idea of misunderstanding happening seems to be well-aimed, especially if he consider what Kuro said – he (it?) have read a lot of books, but still he doesn't understand people, that's why he joined Mimizuku. Indeed it could be a hint what can happen next.
Anyway, book succeeded in hooking me, even if usually I don't read such kind of them.
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1Biblical narrative
2Shishak's name
3Shishak identified as Pharaoh Shoshenq I
4The Bubastite Portal
5Critical questions
6Fringe theories
7In popular culture
Shishak
Egyptian pharaoh mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, identified with Shoshenq I
Not to be confused with Sheshach.
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Shishak, Shishaq or Susac (Hebrew: שִׁישַׁק, romanized: Šīšaq, Tiberian: [ʃiʃaq], Ancient Greek: Σουσακίμ, romanized: Sousakim) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, an Egyptian pharaoh who sacked Jerusalem in the 10th century BCE. He is usually identified with the pharaoh Shoshenq I.[1]
Biblical narrative[edit]
The Bubastite Portal at Karnak, depicting a list of city states conquered by Shoshenq I in his Near Eastern military campaigns. Jerusalem does not occur in the list.[2]: 174–175
Shishak's campaign against the Kingdom of Judah and his sack of Jerusalem are recounted in the Hebrew Bible, in 1 Kings 14:25 and 2 Chronicles 12:1-12. According to these accounts, Shishak had provided refuge to Jeroboam during the later years of Solomon's reign, and upon Solomon's death, Jeroboam became king of the tribes in the north, which separated from Judah to become the Kingdom of Israel. In the fifth year of Rehoboam's reign, commonly dated ca. 926 BCE,[2] Shishak swept through Judah with a powerful army of 60,000 horsemen and 1,200 chariots, in support of Jeroboam. According to 2 Chronicles 12:3, he was supported by the Lubim (Libyans), the Sukkiim, and the Kushites ("Ethiopians" in the Septuagint).
Shishak took away treasures of the Temple of Yahweh and the king's house, as well as shields of gold which Solomon had made;[3] Rehoboam replaced them with brass ones.
According to Second Chronicles,
When Shishak king of Egypt attacked Jerusalem, he carried off the treasures of the temple of the Lord and the treasures of the royal palace. He took everything, including the gold shields Solomon had made.
—  2 Chronicles 12:9
Flavius Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews adds to this a contingent of 400,000 infantrymen. According to Josephus, his army met with no resistance throughout the campaign, taking Rehoboam's most fortified cities "without fighting". Finally, he conquered Jerusalem without resistance, because "Rehoboam was afraid." Shishak did not destroy Jerusalem, but forced King Rehoboam of Judah to strip the Temple and his treasury of their gold and movable treasures.[4]
Shishak was also related by marriage to Jeroboam. The wife of Jeroboam is unnamed in the Masoretic Text, but according to the Septuagint, she was an Egyptian princess called Ano:
And Sousakim gave to Jeroboam Ano the eldest sister of Thekemina his wife, to him as wife; she was great among the king's daughters... [5]
Shishak's name[edit]
The spelling and pronunciation of Shishak's name is not consistent throughout the Hebrew Bible. It occurs three times as Šīšaq (שִׁישַׁק), three times as Šīšāq (שִׁישָׁק), and once as Šūšaq (שׁוּשַׁק).
Shishak identified as Pharaoh Shoshenq I[edit]
In the very early years after the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs, on chronological, historical, and linguistic grounds, nearly all Egyptologists identified Shishak with Shoshenq I of the 22nd dynasty, who invaded Canaan following the Battle of Bitter Lakes.[1] This position was maintained by most scholars ever since, and is still the majority position. The fact that Shoshenq I left behind "explicit records of a campaign into Canaan (scenes; a long list of Canaanite place-names from the Negev to Galilee; stelae), including a stela [found] at Megiddo" supports the traditional interpretation.[6][7][8] There are however some notable exceptions, such as Jerusalem itself which is not mentioned in any of his campaign records.[6][7][8] This would seem contradictory to the biblical account which explicitly mentions Jerusalem. Nevertheless, a common variant of Shoshenq's name omits its 'n' glyphs, resulting in a pronunciation like, "Shoshek".[9]
The Bubastite Portal[edit]
The Bubastite Portal at Karnak, showing the cartouches of Shoshenq I.
The Bubastite Portal, a relief discovered at Karnak, in Upper Egypt, and similar reliefs on the walls of a small temple of Amun at el-Hibeh, shows Pharaoh Shoshenq I holding in his hand a bound group of prisoners. The names of captured towns are located primarily in the territory of the kingdom of Israel (including Megiddo), with a few listed in the Negeb, and perhaps Philistia. Some of these include a few of the towns that Rehoboam had fortified according to Chronicles.[10]
The portal is generally considered to record a historical campaign of Sheshonq I in Judah,[11] but it makes no mention of Jerusalem being sacked, nor of Rehoboam or Jeroboam. Various explanations of this omission of Jerusalem have been proposed: its name may have been erased, the list may have been copied from an older pharaoh's list of conquests, or Rehoboam's ransoming the city (as described in the Second Book of Chronicles[12]) would have saved it from being listed.
Critical questions[edit]
It has been claimed that the numbers of Egyptian soldiers given in Chronicles can be "safely ignored as impossible" on Egyptological grounds; similarly, the numbers of chariots reported in 2 Chronicles is likely exaggerated by a factor of ten—leading 60,000 horses through the Sinai and Negev would have been logistically impossible, and no evidence of Egyptian cavalry exists from before the 27th Dynasty.[13] The treasures taken by Shishak are also highly unlikely. Firstly, no United Monarchy of Israel and Judah occurs in Shoshenq's list of conquered enemies; second, the material culture of 10th century Jerusalem and surroundings is alleged by some scholars such as Israel Finkelstein to have been too primitive to allow for any treasure that an Egyptian pharaoh would have been interested in. Finkelstein concludes that the looting narrative "should probably be seen as a theological construct rather than as historical references".[2]: 175 By contrast, Krystal V. L. Pierce has pointed that a relief from Karnak records Sheshonq I presenting the tribute from his Levantine campaign to Amun-Re, and that the Pharaoh used the tribute to finance the construction of several monumental structures across Egypt.[11]
Fringe theories[edit]
Other identifications of Shishak have been put forward by chronological revisionists, arguing that Shoshenq's account does not match the Biblical account very closely, but these are considered fringe theories. In his book Ages in Chaos, Immanuel Velikovsky identified him with Thutmose III of the 18th dynasty.[14] More recently, David Rohl's New Chronology identified him with Ramesses II of the 19th dynasty,[15] and Peter James has identified him with Ramesses III of the 20th dynasty.[16]
In popular culture[edit]
Shishak is mentioned in Steven Spielberg's action-adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark as the pharaoh who seized the Ark of the Covenant from the Temple of Solomon during his raids on Jerusalem and hid it in the Well of Souls in Tanis.
^ a b Troy Leiland Sagrillo. 2015. "Shoshenq I and biblical Šîšaq: A philological defense of their traditional equation". In Solomon and Shishak: Current perspectives from archaeology, epigraphy, history and chronology; proceedings of the third BICANE colloquium held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 26–27 March 2011, edited by Peter J. James, Peter G. van der Veen, and Robert M. Porter. British Archaeological Reports (International Series) 2732. Oxford: Archaeopress. 61–81.
^ a b c Finkelstein, Israel (2006). "The Last Labayu: King Saul and the Expansion of the First North Israelite Territorial Entity". In Amit, Yairah; Ben Zvi, Ehud; Finkelstein, Israel; et al. (eds.). Essays on Ancient Israel in Its Near Eastern Context: A Tribute to Nadav Na'aman. Eisenbrauns. pp. 171 ff. ISBN 9781575061283.
^ 1 Kings 14:25; 2 Chronicles 12:1–12 English-Hebrew
^ Antiquities of the Jews - Book VIII, Chapter X.
^ 1 Kings 12:24e, New English Translation of the Septuagint
^ a b K.A. Kitchen, On the Reliability of the Old Testament, William Eerdmans & Co, 2003. pp. 10, 32–34, 607. Page 607 of Kitchen's book depicts the surviving fragment of Shoshenq I's Megiddo stela which bears this king's cartouche.
^ a b "The Jerusalem Archaeological Park - timeline". Archpark.org.il. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
^ a b 'The First Oppressors: Shishak of Egypt' - BiblicalStudies.org pg1
^ von Beckerath, Jürgen (1984) Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen, München: Deutscher Kunstverlag, page 257–258, 260–262, 264
^ 2 Chronicles 11:5–12
^ a b Pierce, Krystal V. L. (2022). "Egypt and the Levant in the Third Intermediate Period (Iron IB–IIIA)". In Keimer, Kyle H.; Pierce, George A. (eds.). The Ancient Israelite World. Taylor & Francis. p. 662. ISBN 978-1-000-77324-8.
^ 2 Chronicles 12, 7 - 10
^ Sagrillo, Troy Leiland (2012). Šîšaq's army: 2 Chronicles 12:2–3 from an Egyptological perspective. The ancient Near East in the 12th–10th Centuries BC: Culture and history; Proc. of the international conference held at the University of Haifa, 2–5 May 2010. Alter Orient und Altes Testament: Veröffentlichungen zur Kultur und Geschichte des Alten Orients und des Alten Testaments. Vol. 392. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag. pp. 425–450.
^ Velikovsky, Immanuel (1977) [1953]. Ages in Chaos. London: Sidgwick and Jackson. ISBN -0-283-35257-4.
^ Rohl, David (1995). A Test of Time. London: Century. ISBN 978-0-7126-5913-0.
^ James, Peter (2017). "The Levantine War-records of Ramesses III: Changing Attitudes, Past, Present and Future". Antiguo Oriente. 15: 57–147.
Rohl, David M. (1995). Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest. New York: Crown Publishers, inc.
Ad Thijs,'From the Lunar Eclipse of Takeloth II back to Shoshenq I and Shishak' In: P. James and P. van der Veen (eds.), Solomon and Shishak, BAR International Series 2732, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2015: pp. 42–60
Peter van der Veen, The name Shishak, an update, JACF 10(2005), pp. 8, 42
Peter van der Veen, 'The Name Shishaq: Shoshenq or Shyshu/q? Responding to the Critics and Assessing the Evidence ' In: P. James and P. van der Veen (eds.), Solomon and Shishak, BAR International Series 2732, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2015
Troy Leiland Sagrillo. 2015. "Shoshenq I and biblical Šîšaq: A philological defense of their traditional equation." In Solomon and Shishak: Current perspectives from archaeology, epigraphy, history and chronology; proceedings of the third BICANE colloquium held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge 26–27 March 2011, edited by Peter J. James, Peter G. van der Veen, and Robert M. Porter. British Archaeological Reports (International Series) 2732. Oxford: Archaeopress. 61–81.
Muchiki Yoshiyuki (1999). Egyptian Proper Names and Loanwords in North-West Semitic. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature.
The Campaign of Pharaoh Shoshenq I in Palestine, by Kevin A. Wilson
The Palestine Campaign of Sheshonq I
The Sack of Jerusalem on Templemount.org
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Cardinal Marc Ouellet writes to "his fellow brother", Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, responding to his accusations according to his own personal knowledge and documents in the archive of the Congregation for Bishops, and asks him to return to full communion with the Successor of Peter.
Today, the Holy See's Press Office published an Open Letter by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, regarding recent accusations against the Holy See.
Dear Pontifical Representative Emeritus, I tell you frankly that I believe it is incredible and unlikely from many points of view to accuse Pope Francis of having covered up after having full knowledge of the facts of this presumed sexual predator, and therefore of being an accomplice in the corruption rampant in the Church, to the point of considering him unfit to continue his reforms as the first Shepherd of the Church. I cannot understand how you could have allowed yourself to be convinced of this monstrous accusation which has no standing. Francis had nothing to do with the promotion of McCarrick to New York, Metuchen, Newark or Washington. He divested him from the dignity of Cardinal when a credible accusation of the abuse of a minor became evident. I have never heard Pope Francis allude to this self-styled advisor during his pontificate regarding nominations in America, though he does not hide the trust that he has in some of the Bishops. I presume that they are not preferred by you or by those friends who support your interpretation of the facts. I therefore consider it to be aberrant that you should profit by the horrible scandal of the sexual abuse of minors in the United States to inflict such an unprecedented and unmerited blow on the moral authority of your Superior, the Supreme Pontiff.
Dear fellow brother, I truly want to help you retrieve communion with him who is the visible guarantor of the Catholic Church's communion. I understand that bitterness and delusions have been a part of your journey in service to the Holy See, but you cannot conclude your priestly life in this way, in open and scandalous rebellion, which is inflicting a very painful wound on the Bride of Christ, whom you claim to serve better, thus aggravating the division and confusion in the People of God! In what other way can I respond to your request other than to say: come out of hiding, repent from this revolt and retrieve better feelings toward the Holy Father, instead of exacerbating hostility against him. How can you celebrate the Holy Eucharist and pronounce his name in the Canon of the Mass? How can you pray the Holy Rosary, the Prayer to St Michael the Archangel, and to the Mother of God, condemning him whom She protects and accompanies every single day in his heavy and courageous ministry?
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