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Week 9, Term 1 – 2018
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Over the weekend, I had the great delight of being in the audience at the Trinity-Ruyton Senior Play, Candide. The production was excellent, and the cast – led superbly by James Parry in the title role – were outstanding. The support of parents, friends and colleagues was palpable over four performances.
It struck me while watching that the Senior Play is a great example of how Trinity's boys and staff are continuing to engage in their passions during a testing period. It would seem that there is a firm grip on support for each other along with an obvious desire to not lose any of the invaluable experiences we have available to us now, and in Term 2.
I have marvelled at the fortitude and professionalism of my outstanding colleagues. They have ensured that classes have run well and that activities have continued. All with the wellbeing of the boys front-and-centre in their minds. The boys, too, have been outstanding. They have found comfort in routine and good distraction through their activities.
Our support and specialist service staff, particularly those engaged in counselling, have been generous, caring and ever-present over the last few weeks.
I hope everyone in the Trinity community is looking forward to Easter celebrations, the two-week break and the return for Term 2.
Hopefully the break provides opportunity for people to refresh and return ready to work together.
Michael Davies
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On behalf of all of the staff in the Junior School, we would like to say a heartfelt 'Thank You' to all of the Trinity parents and community members who have reached out and communicated their messages of support to us at this difficult time. This quiet tide of strength is most definitely heard and appreciated.
We also wanted to assure everyone that our resolute focus is caring for and minimising any disruption to the learning journey of the youngest members of our school community. The boys are happy, busy and going about their normal daily activities.
This is truly a time for us to put our core school values of excellence, truth, humility, integrity, courage and service into play.
Grant Nalder
Head of Junior School
AGSV Junior Swimming Carnival – Monday 19 March
The Junior AGSV Swimming Carnival was held at MSAC on Monday 19 March amidst the preparations for the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix. Our Trinity team performed exceedingly well and achieved the following results:
From a total of 37 events, Trinity achieved 12 first placings, 10 second placings, nine third placings, and three fourth placings.
The final event for the Carnival, the Open Years 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay, saw our team of Charles White, William Ball, Jayden Berti and Allan Liang break an AGSV record from 2007.
Congratulations to all boys who competed on the day and thank you to all of the parent supporters who were able to come along and cheer for our team.
David Ponsford
Director of Junior School Sport and Cocurricular Activities
For the Junior School, Term 1 ends at 3.10pm on Thursday 29 March, with Term 2 commencing for students on Tuesday 17 April. Students are also reminded that they are required to be in normal (winter) uniform for Terms 2 and 3. Please refer to page 144 in the Student Diary.
We take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, safe and restful holiday break and look forward to welcoming everyone back to school for Term 2.
SENIOR SCHOOL NEWS
Easter is an important time in the Christian calendar, and also a time when schools all over Australia stop to provide students and teachers (and families!) with an opportunity to refresh.
It is interesting to watch the students during this time. There is an obvious feeling of excitement as the holiday period draws near, but it is blended with an underlying understanding that another step on their educational journey is now complete. The Year 7 students can be proud of the fact that they have successfully navigated their first full term of secondary school. For those in Year 12, there is the growing realisation that they are effectively one third of the way through their final year of school … and it seems to be going much faster than they had anticipated!
Whatever you are planning to do during the break, enjoy the next two weeks. There are many exciting things planned for Term 2, including the beginning of winter sport, the first of our annual House Chapels and Dinners, several concerts by our music students, ANZAC Day commemorations, Year 7 Grandparents and Friends Morning, examinations for Years 9, 10 and 11, and much, much more. As always, your son's journey through the school – with all of its colour and excitement – will remain foremost in our minds.
Ben Hinves
Acting Deputy Headmaster, Head of Senior School
Senior School Play – Candide
Congratulations to the Trinity boys and Ruyton girls who put on four wonderful performances of Candide over the weekend. Audiences were kept entertained by this very amusing adaptation of Voltaire's 250-year-old satire, and the crazy adventures undertaken by Candide – 'The Optimist' – on his quest to be reunited with his childhood love, Cunegonde.
Thank you also to all of the parents and staff members who gave their time, skills and resources to help the students create these performances. The program from the play, which includes a full list of cast and crew members, can be viewed by clicking here.
Combined Summer Sports Dinner
On Wednesday evening, our annual Combined Summer Sports Dinner will be held in celebration of the 2017/2018 Summer Sport season, and the achievements of our Firsts and Senior teams. We look forward to our boys, and their parents, coaches and staff coming together for an enjoyable event. A highlights package from the Summer Sport season can be viewed by clicking here.
Formula 1 in Schools
On Thursday, our F1 in Schools World Champions, Hyperdrive, attended the Official Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix Welcome Event at Government House. They were welcomed by Her Excellency, the Honourable Linda Dessau AC, Governor of Victoria, and were given an opportunity to showcase their project. The large audience in attendance congratulated them on their achievements.
Peter Clinton
Teacher in Charge of F1 in Schools
HARAMBEE NEWS
Harambee BBQ – Thursday 29 March
This Thursday, a Harambee BBQ will be held to raise funds for child sponsorship. A challenging day on our recent OTG East Africa immersion was walking through the slums of Karamojong in Uganda. Here, children go hungry daily and are forced to search bins and rubbish tips for reused charcoal to sell for food. There are few opportunities for parents to earn an income so most of the children never go to school. Sausages and drinks will be on sale and if you would like to sponsor a child for a term please email me at purcellt@trinity.vic.edu.au.
Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal – Friday 30 March
This Friday, Trinity Grammar School and the Pied Pipers are again seeking student, parent and teacher volunteers to assist with this year's 87th Royal Children's Hospital Good Friday Appeal. We meet in the Junior School at 8.30am and return by 1.00pm. If you would like to join in, please email me at purcellt@trinity.vic.edu.au. Both the school and the Pied Pipers would greatly appreciate your involvement on Good Friday.
During the first term holidays Trinity, will undertake a fourth immersion to Uganda and Rwanda. These immersions are the heartbeat of Harambee and continue to build relationships with many of the communities Trinity supports. There are a number of important information evenings coming up next term regarding our immersions. Please email Tom Purcell, Director of Outreach, for more information about any of the immersions listed below.
Gone Fishing East Africa Immersion Meeting – Monday 23 April
From Saturday 15 September to Friday 28 September our very first Harambee Gone Fishing East Africa Immersion will take place. Gone Fishing is aimed at connecting decision makers in corporate Australia with the people of Africa. The program centres upon a twelve-day immersion, visiting a variety of projects supported by Trinity Grammar. Gone Fishing seeks to provide a unique opportunity for individuals who are looking to attend a meaningful and challenging international professional development program. The program seeks to harness and further develop the leadership, management and interpersonal skills of each attendee, while also presenting the human face of Africa with all its vibrancy and complexity. The Gone Fishing program is aimed at men and women who have influence over the decision-making structures that will determine the world of tomorrow. If you would like to find out more about this program, please attend our information evening in the Tudor Centre on Monday 23 April at 7.00pm.
Philippines Immersion Meeting – Monday 30 April
From Friday 7 December until Saturday 22 December, there will be an immersion to the Philippines open to all boys in Years 7-11. Trinity has been going to the Philippines for over seven years, and in 2018 we are looking forward to continuing to build our relationships and ministries. If you are interested in your son participating in this immersion, please attend our information evening in the Tudor Centre on Monday 30 April at 7.00pm.
Harambee OTG Immersion Meeting – Monday 7 May
There has been great interest shown for our third OTG Immersion to Kenya and Uganda, which will take place from Friday 11 January until Tuesday 29 January 2019. For more information, please attend our information evening in the Tudor Centre on Monday 7th May at 7.00pm.
Trinity Cafeteria
Click here to view the volunteer roster for Term 2.
Thank you to everyone who has generously given their time to assist in Term 1. To find out more about volunteering in the café or if you have any feedback, please contact Sue McNally, Parent Volunteer Coordinator, or Sharon Kendall, Community Liaison.
Year 5 Parent Catch-up
Date: Wednesday 28 March
Venue: Kew RSL (corner of Charles St & Cotham Rd)
Drinks and snacks at bar prices
Year 5 Family Picnic
Date: Sunday 22 April
Venue: Grange Road Park, Kew (off Cotham Rd, behind Kew Traffic School)
BYO food, drinks, bats and balls, bikes, scooters, frisbees, etc.
Parents' Association Meeting
All Trinity Parents are invited to attend the next Parents' Association meeting. To register your interest in joining the Parents' Association, please sign up by clicking here.
Date: Tuesday 17 April 2018
Venue: TBA
A Celebration of Australian Picture Books
If you love picture books, you won't want to miss our 'Celebration of Australian Picture Books' event featuring award-winning picture book creators: Jane Godwin, Anna Walker, Gus Gordon and Andy Joyner who will chat about their books (in particular their brand newbies), share secrets about their working life and the importance of beautiful picture books for our kids.
Join us for a glass of champagne as we celebrate the joy of beautiful picture books with some of the very best in the business.
Date: Thursday 19 April 2018
Venue: Tudor Centre
Bookings: via trybooking.com/USCJ
Enquiries: Erin Wamala via email to wamalae@trinity.vic.edu.au or on 9851 9492
Arabunna Tour
The Arabunna Tour is a unique opportunity to experience the Outback and the majesty of Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda while learning about the significance of the land to Australia's Indigenous people.
Trinity's long-standing relationship of over 20 years with the Arabunna People is built on trust and respect. With Reg Dodd, Elder of the Arabunna people as our guide and mentor, we are privileged to be able to learn from his knowledge of the country, his people's history and culture.
The tour is open to everyone – individuals, students, children, families or parts of families.
An information evening will be held in the West Room of the Centre for the Arts between 7.30pm and 8.30pm on Tuesday 8 May. Information flyers, including costs, are available by emailing Jennifer Poore.
Parents' Book and Poetry Group
Tonight – Tuesday 27 March – the Parents' Poetry Group meets in the Tudor Centre between 7.00pm and 8.00pm. The poet under discussion is Seamus Heaney.
Looking ahead to Term 2:
Book Group:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Poetry Group
Andrew Motion
Hugh MacDiarmid
For information regarding these events please contact me at bantickc@trinity.vic.edu.au.
Christopher Bantick
Senior School English Teacher
40 Charles Street, Kew, Victoria 3101 Australia
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«Слово о князьях» — русский литературный памятник с неясной датировкой, содержащий призыв к русским князьям прекратить междоусобицы. Традиционно датируется XII веком, но может относится и к более позднему времени.

Текстология
«Слово о князьях» приурочено ко дню церковной памяти святых Бориса и Глеба — . Известно в списках XV—XVII века. В разных списках памятник может иметь различные названия: «Похвала и мучение святых мученик Бориса и Глеба» (начало: «Слышасте, братие, что глаголеть Господь…»), «Слово похвальное на пренесение святых страстотерпец Бориса и Глеба, да и прочии не враждуют на братию свою» (начало: «Слышасте, братие, что глаголет Господь…»), «Неделя 18 по всех святых. Слово о князьях» (начало: «Слышите, князи, противящеся старейшей братьи…»). Отрывки из «Слова» под заглавием «О блаженном князе Давиде Светославичи, внуке Ярослава Владимировича чюдесная повести» присутствуют в Степенной книге.

Содержание
Поводом к написанию произведения послужили княжеские усобицы, раздиравшие Русь. «Слово» начинается прославлением почитаемых на Руси святых Бориса и Глеба, явивших собой пример братского послушания.

Основная идея памятника состоит в том, чтобы убедить современных ему князей прекратить усобицы, братоубийственные войны, приводящие к расколу Руси. Β нарушении порядка, установленного самим же князьями, автор видит основную причину всех современных ему неурядиц на Руси. Автор призывает «младших братьев» подчиниться старшим в роде, не считать обиды поводом к измене, не обращаться за помощью в борьбе к иноземцам, «половцам». Князья призываются не враждовать между собою, вспомнить своё «величество» и свою «честь» — славное прошлое своего рода и высокое место, которое занимают они как поставленные Богом правители Русской земли.

В пример приводится покойный черниговский князь Давыд Святославич (ум. 1123), «притчу» (рассказ) о котором содержит «Слово». Давыд в изображении «Слова» обладал праведным, миролюбивым нравом. Β «великой тишине» он княжил в Чернигове. Несмотря на то, что Давыд был старшим в роде, он не обижал младших князей, ни с кем не враждовал, всегда держал своё слово. За его праведность и миролюбие Бог наградил его, как не награждал и святых. Β доказательство этого автор упоминает чудесные обстоятельства кончины князя.

По мнению автора «Слова», для того, чтобы творить добрые дела, жить в мире и любви, исполнять «заповедь Господню» не обязательно отрешиться от мира. Спастись можно и в миру, владея «домом», с женою и детьми.

«Слово о князьях» имеет чёткую композицию. Произведение включает вступление и заключение, высокая риторика которых подчёркивает важность темы. Большое место занимают повествовательные эпизоды, составленные искусным мастером краткого рассказа.

Β той части, где осуждаются княжеские усобицы, «Слово ο князьях» перекликается по содержанию со «Словом о полку Игореве».

Источниковедение
По мнению М. П. Погодина, обнаружившего памятник, «Слово о князьях» было «говорено» в церкви в последней четверти XII или в первой четверти XIII века. Вслед за Погодиным исследователи, как правило, датируют «Слово» домонгольским периодом и относят к числу памятников учительной литературы торжественного типа. По предположению П. В. Голубовского, памятник создан в 1175 году по поводу конфликта между черниговским князем Святославом Всеволодичем и его двоюродным братом новгород-северским князем Олегом Святославичем. И. П. Еремин относил «Слово» ко второй половине XII века. По его мнению, произведение представляет собою «торжественную» проповедь в честь Бориса и Глеба и их похвалу. Β центре внимания автора, однако, не прошлое, а его современность. Еремин предполагал, что «Слово» имеет в виду не какой-либо один эпизод княжеских усобиц XII века, а обобщает факты, говорит о многих эпизодах.

М. А. Салмина считает, что ранняя датировка не доказана. Тема необходимости подчинения «младших» князей «старшим» был не менее актуален не только в XII, но и в XV—XVI веках.

Примечания

Издания
 Погодин М. П. Новая историческая находка // Москвитянин. — 1843. — Ч. 6. — № 11. — С. 412—413 (в отрывках);
 Погодин М. П. Исследования, замечания и лекции о русской истории. — М., 1856. — Т. 7. — С. 406—408 (в отрывках);
 Слово похвальное на пренесение мощей свв. Бориса и Глеба : Неизданный памятник XII в. : Сообщение X. Лопарева. — СПб., 1894. — С. 15—18 (Памятники древней письменности, № 98);
 Слово о князьях / Пер. и ком. И. П. Еремина // Художественная проза Киевской Руси XI—XIII вв. — М., 1957. — С. 237—239, 330—333;
 Слово о князьях / Подготовка текста Т. В. Рождественской, перевод и комментарии И. П. Еремина // Памятники литературы Древней Руси. XII век. 1980. С. 338—343, 671—674. Полный текст списка.
 Слово о князьях / Подг. текста М. В. Рождественской, пер. и примеч. И. П. Еремина // Повести Древней Руси. XI—XII вв. — Л., 1983. — С. 346—351, примеч. с. 553—554.

Литература
 Голубинский Е. Е. История церкви. — Т. 1, 1-я пол. — С. 824;
 Адрианова-Перетц В. П. Учительная литература // История русской литературы. — М.; Л., 1941. — Т. 1. — С. 362—363;
 Лихачёв Д. С. Некоторые вопросы идеологии феодалов в литературе XI—XIII вв. — Труды Отдела древнерусской литературы. — 1954. — Т. 10. — С. 89—90;
 Линдберг О. А. «Слово о князьях» : Проблема соотношения списков // Источниковедение в изучении литературы Древней Руси. — Л., 1987.

Древнерусская литература XII века

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Discussion in 'People' started by sommer, Jul 15, 2005.
This is my 6-year-old daughter, Melissa. I'm quite new to photography, so all comments/criticisms are welcome. Every little bit helps! The first picture is straight from my D70, just resized in PSCS2. The second is my attempt to crop....I know virtually nothing about photoshop, so any suggestions as to what I might do to improve the picture that way would be helpful as well.
Private Message Sent...Great images of Melissa. I sent a private message because it was rather lengthy.
Thanks for taking the time to PM me with the details, Frank. I appreciate it.
More comments/critique welcome...I'm learning a lot on this forum! Thank you all!
Both images are really great. What ever Frank advised, made them all that much better.
Only thing I woud add is use the clone tool and get rid it the distracting patch in upper left. You can use a lower opacity on that till you get it just right. Can go over area more than once if the opacity is lowered. Or may 100 % will work fine.
Beautiful little girl Very unusual gorgeous eyes.
Smiling eyes, like her big smile.
Yes, posting a bit bigger with some USM really helps your pictures come through. I personally think that you gave a little "too healthy" dose of sharpening, making the look somewhat unnatural (in the first image in particular). I would try 300%, 0.2, 0 or thereabout: the 0.2 pixel radius is what will make the biggest difference here. If you prefer 0.3, try lowering the amount to perhaps 100 to 150%.
I concur with Gale on the distracting patch. You could attempt to remove the lower left one too (it's a bit more challenging though).
Thanks, Gale and Philippe! I'm going to work with the USM a bit more and see how the different settings affect it....this is my first time using it, and I appreciate the input. The clone tool is next on my list! When I looked at my crop, I didn't even notice the patch on the upper left. It's so helpful to be able to post here and "see" my photo through others' eyes...I get so focused on certain parts that I fail to see the "big picture" so to speak!
Didn't I tell you that these folks here are great? Since I got PS CS2 I have been experimenting with the Smart sharpen filter instead of USM. You might give it a try. I use the lens blur option and usually use .2 for the radius and about 50 to 100 for the amount. Put a check in more accurate.
If you scroll to the bottom of this website there is a tutorial on smart sharpen. I found it very helpful.
Good luck and welcome. Just try to learn something new every day and before long you'll be an expert!!!
Yes the guys (and girls) here are great in sharing information!
Personally, I think the crop isn't necessary. the original composition looks very good!
You might want to take a look at this website, some very good tutorials about many subjects (download the PDF versions for more reading comfort!).
Awwwwwww........she is so cute. Priceless captures!!!
Welcome to the forum, its nice to see you here.
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News Analysis: NATO, Arms Control and Nonproliferation: An Alliance Divided?
NATO Sees Defense Spending Rise
Russia Showcases Military Capabilities
(November 1, 2017)
Oliver Meier
EU Nonproliferation Chief Sketches Transatlantic Agenda
NATO's April 3-4 summit in France and Germany is expected to initiate a review of the alliance's 1999 Strategic Concept, which is likely to lead to a lively debate over the role the alliance should play in arms control and nonproliferation efforts. Some alliance members, such as Germany and Norway, are expected to favor a broader role for the alliance on arms control and nonproliferation issues. Others, particularly those from eastern Europe, are likely to oppose such a departure from NATO's traditional mission.
The issue remains controversial among the 26 allies partly because it is a reflection of the debate about NATO's future more generally. Those who believe that NATO ought to concentrate on its core missions-defense of allied territory and interests-tend to argue that NATO's contribution to arms control is marginal and should remain so. According to this view, the alliance would be well advised to concentrate on successfully mastering key challenges, such as fostering stability in Afghanistan, and avoid getting distracted by secondary and potentially divisive issues, such as arms control and nonproliferation.
By contrast, others believe that, in order to remain relevant, NATO needs to speed up its transformation from a military alliance to a political organization. They tend to view arms control as a useful and necessary addition to the alliance's portfolio. From this perspective, arms control and nonproliferation are instruments that NATO must use to strengthen European and global security.
To be sure, NATO cannot avoid the issue completely. NATO members individually and the alliance as a whole regularly articulate positions on arms control, particularly conventional arms control. Moreover, NATO's military posture has an influence on efforts to reduce armaments and control the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Exactly how the debate over the Strategic Concept plays out and where the Obama administration places itself in the debate could affect issues from conventional arms agreements to the future of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT).
Moreover, as the debate unwinds, NATO members will have to answer a series of specific and difficult questions: What relationship do the allies want with Russia? Does NATO need to rely on nuclear weapons for collective security? To what degree should the military alliance become operationally involved in counterproliferation efforts?
Dealing With Russia
NATO's formal dealings with Russia take place through the NATO-Russia Council, which has a mandate to discuss arms control, nonproliferation, and confidence-building measures with Moscow. Consultations in the council were suspended in August 2008 in response to Russia's military action in Georgia, but on March 5, NATO foreign ministers agreed to relaunch formal discussions with Russia in the council "as soon as possible after" the Strasbourg/Kehl NATO summit this month.
The decision came after the Obama administration announced its desire to hit the "reset" button in U.S.-Russian relations. NATO allies right now are generally "following the lead of the U.S. in relations with Russia," a U.S. official told Arms Control Today in an interview March 16.
On March 5, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton argued during a press conference after the decision was taken to re-engage Russia that nonproliferation and arms control are among the issues where the United States believes "we not only can, but must cooperate with Russia."
Similarly, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has supported a quick resumption of the NATO-Russia Council and consideration of a proposal by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to discuss a new European security architecture.
In his March 5 statement announcing the resumption of formal discussions in the council, NATO's outgoing secretary-general, Jaap de Hoof Scheffer, concluded that "there's certainly a willingness in NATO...to discuss...the hard security aspects of the Medvedev proposals in the framework" of the council, although he pointed out that "the primary forum for discussing these issues was and is" the 56-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Some new and formerly Soviet-dominated NATO members believe that it is not the alliance's business to accommodate Russian security interests. Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves in a Feb. 7 speech to the Munich security conference warned against NATO taking up the Medvedev proposal. He said that "a security architecture of Europe based on this notion of privileged interests so egregiously violates the fundamental values and assumptions of liberal democracy that binds the West together that we have to approach such new structures with extreme caution." Ilves argued that the West first needs "to return to the core mission of NATO, the defense of the alliance, and only after that begin to discuss other, new structures."
In any case, two stumbling blocks will have to be removed before NATO can fully engage Russia on arms control. One is the future of plans to deploy parts of the U.S. national missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland. Indications that the Obama administration may suspend deployment until it has been proven that the system is workable and cost effective (see ACT, March 2009) have created a breathing space for U.S.-Russian relations but have also widened the gap within NATO on the issue.
Although most western European governments were visibly relieved by signs that the Obama administration intends to step back from immediate deployment, the Czech and Polish governments, which have each invested considerable political capital to secure domestic support, appear to feel betrayed. Part of the anger stems from a letter by Obama sent to his Russian counterpart in February, in which he tied U.S. missile defense plans to Russian pressure on Iran. As the U.S. official pointed out in the Arms Control Today interview the Obama administration "has carefully tied the system to Iranian behavior," not European security issues.
Some eastern Europeans take a different view. Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was quoted by the Czech news website ceskenoviny.cz as saying on TV March 15 that missile defense "is a project that has a European dimension, NATO dimension, and in this sense I do not expect Obama to make any breakthrough negative statement." Topolanek predicted that the United States will deploy a missile defense radar base in the Czech Republic. Two days later, however, Topolanek was forced to withdraw from parliament a bilateral agreement with the United States on the hosting of the radar base because opposition parties threatened to vote it down. Topolanek pledged to resubmit the agreement for parliamentary ratification after the NATO summit and a visit by Obama to Prague on April 5.
The Polish government also is fearful that the United States might not fulfill the promises made by the Bush administration. Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski was quoted Feb. 13 as saying that "regardless of what kind of decision the U.S. will take, we expect that the declaration on strategic cooperation will be fulfilled."
The bilateral declaration on strategic cooperation, signed Aug. 20, 2008, by the United States and Poland allows for U.S. missile defense interceptors to be based in Poland. In return, Washington pledged to base Patriot missile defense systems in Poland and to provide other military assistance.
Czech and Polish fears that the United States might hold off deploying the system appear justified. The U.S. official pointed out that the Obama administration is "open minded" about the future of missile defense bases in the Czech Republic and Poland. "There is no dedication to speed ahead with missile defense," he told Arms Control Today. NATO is likely to follow that line by postponing any decision on the alliance's involvement in strategic missile defenses.
Finding a way out of the deadlock on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty will be another major challenge for NATO. Conventional arms control has been a key arms control responsibility for the alliance since the 1980s, when allied positions on the negotiations on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions were coordinated at NATO's Brussels headquarters. To this day, the alliance is responsible for CFE Treaty implementation and coordination among its members.
Russia announced suspension of CFE Treaty implementation Dec. 12, 2007, bringing to a head a long-standing dispute with the alliance.
The 1990 CFE Treaty limits the number of tanks, armored combat vehicles, heavy artillery, attack helicopters, and combat aircraft that its 30 states-parties may station between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ural Mountains. Russia is upset that the 22 NATO members bound by the 1990 agreement have not moved to ratify the 1999 Adapted CFE Treaty, which sets national weapons limits for each country, as compared with the original treaty's equal bloc limits on NATO and the defunct Warsaw Pact.
NATO had maintained that Russia must first fulfill commitments to withdraw its military forces from the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Moldova. Russia made those political commitments at the Istanbul summit at which the Adapted CFE Treaty was concluded and signed. (See ACT, November 1999.)
Formally, NATO continues to insist that Russia needs to fulfill the Istanbul commitments, as outlined in its proposal for a "parallel actions package" that was agreed by NATO members March 28, 2008. (See ACT, June 2008.) According to that proposal, NATO countries would begin their national ratification processes, some of which could take several months or longer, while Russia resumes its military withdrawals from Georgia and Moldova.
The war in Georgia, however, has further complicated the issue, and it appears increasingly unlikely that a solution to the impasse can be found on the basis of existing proposals. (See ACT, September 2008.)
Privately, some NATO officials believe allies should make Russia a new offer to resolve outstanding questions. De Hoop Scheffer, in his Feb. 7 speech to the Munich security conference, appeared to support that case by saying that "Russia has a legitimate case to make in asking for a discussion of existing arms control treaties."
Yet, there are few concrete ideas on how to break the deadlock. The U.S. official said that, with few members of the Obama administration in place, it will be difficult to address crucial issues such as the CFE Treaty and missile defense early on when the NATO-Russia Council resumes its formal consultations, but argued that "getting the process right will be the victory." Moreover, Russia apparently has not yet indicated what issues it would like to include on the council agenda, leaving NATO officials unsure how to engage Russia in this forum. To foster discussions outside the council, the German government will host a meeting June 12 of high-level experts from CFE Treaty countries in Berlin.
NATO and Multilateral Arms Control
As a military alliance of 26 nations operating on a consensus basis with few collective resources, NATO is not well configured to support multilateral arms control. Guy Roberts, NATO's deputy assistant secretary-general for WMD policy, said in a Feb. 5 interview with Arms Control Today that "[s]ince NATO is not a party to these multilateral arms control treaties, it is sometimes very challenging to find ways where we as an organization can contribute. Nevertheless, we are constantly looking for ways in which we can support or participate in nonproliferation activities or initiatives."
At least the new tone in Washington will make it easier for NATO to take a coherent position on multilateral arms control and nonproliferation regimes. Most notably, the alliance is now unified in support of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and all 26 allies will be full members if and when the United States completes its ratification procedure.
NATO has consistently stated its "support for existing multilateral nonproliferation agreements," such as the NPT, and called for universal compliance with it. It remains unclear to what degree NATO can and should contribute beyond declaratory policies. In particular, NATO's contribution to a successful outcome of the 2010 NPT Review Conference is being discussed.
During the Clinton administration, NATO allies had explicitly endorsed the 13 steps on nuclear disarmament agreed by the 2000 NPT Review Conference. That position, as well as other recommendations to strengthen verifiable, multilateral arms control agreements, were the result of NATO's most thorough review of its arms control policies, recorded in the Dec. 14, 2000, report entitled "Report on Options for Confidence and Security Building Measures (CSBMs), Verification, Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament." The arms control consensus of that time did not continue during the Bush administration and might be difficult to re-establish, particularly on nuclear arms control.
France, for example, supported the Bush administration in questioning the validity of NPT disarmament commitments and has never recommitted itself to the 13 steps on nuclear disarmament, which are part of the political obligations Paris entered into by accepting the final document of the 2000 NPT Review Conference.
On March 11, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced the French intention to reintegrate into NATO's military structures. Yet, Paris will not return to NATO's Nuclear Planning Group and other bodies discussing NATO's nuclear weapons policies.
Votes by NATO states in the UN General Assembly's First Committee also indicate different perspectives among allies on nuclear arms control. For example, NATO in 2008 was divided on resolutions supporting the New Agenda Coalition's initiative on nuclear disarmament and a resolution calling for the de-alerting of nuclear forces, with NATO nuclear-weapon states France and the United States rejecting both resolutions. The United Kingdom, which recently has recommitted itself to the NPT and the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world, abstained on the New Agenda Coalition resolution but rejected the de-alerting initiative. (See ACT, December 2008.)
NATO Nuclear Sharing Questioned
NATO nuclear policies have been a point of contention at all recent NPT states-parties meetings. Nonaligned countries in particular have criticized NATO's practice of nuclear sharing as being inconsistent with the treaty. (See ACT, June 2008.)
NATO keeps details of its nuclear deployments secret, but it is estimated that the United States probably still deploys between 150 and 240 B61 bombs in Europe. Under nuclear sharing arrangements, as many as 140 weapons can still be assigned for use by Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey, none of which have their own nuclear arms. These weapons remain under U.S. custody during peacetime but can be released to U.S. allies for delivery in times of war. (See ACT, September 2008.)
There are differing views among NATO members as to whether changes in the alliance's nuclear deployments, doctrine, and policies can have an impact on a successful outcome of the NPT review conference.
Some NATO officials argue that NATO nuclear sharing has become more relevant, not less, in a multipolar nuclear world. Michael Rühle of NATO's policy planning unit, writing in his personal capacity, warns in the most recent issue of Comparative Strategy of "abolitionist delusions" and predicts that "it is only matter of time until Europe finds itself in a much less comfortable situation" because of developments in the Middle East and Russia. In such a situation, NATO nuclear sharing, Rühle writes, "is supposed to spare Europe the nervousness that is so palpable in the Middle East and Asia." Accordingly, in a Jan. 15 speech on the topic of NATO's upcoming 60th anniversary, British Secretary of State for Defense John Hutton stated that "the Strategic Concept needs to recognize the ongoing relevance of nuclear deterrence as one of its fundamental security tasks."
NATO officials concede that, as a result of the Strategic Concept review, nuclear deployment patterns might change. Roberts said that "although there are no plans currently to do so, there is a possibility that there might be further reductions." He said that such reductions in overall numbers would not imply the complete withdrawal of nuclear weapons from one or more countries where the United States currently deploys short-range nuclear weapons. Roberts cautioned, however, that any such changes to NATO nuclear deployments "will most likely not occur until the United States completes its mandated nuclear posture review and adjusts its policies accordingly."
It is not clear to what outcome that review will lead. It might result in a push for even more radical changes, particularly because the Obama administration has committed itself to the goal of a nuclear weapons-free world. Ivo Daalder, nominated as U.S. ambassador to NATO, in an article with Jan Lodal in Foreign Affairs argued that U.S. "non-nuclear allies are likely to embrace" a course by the United States that follows the "logic of zero" on nuclear weapons.
Daalder specifically recommended that the United States limit the role of nuclear weapons to the deterrence of other nuclear-weapon states and that it do so unilaterally. By contrast, the interim report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, released Dec. 15, specifically stated that the U.S. nonproliferation strategy "will continue to depend upon U.S. extended deterrence strategy as one of its pillars." The commission, headed by former Secretaries of Defense William Perry and James Schlesinger, concludes that, without credible U.S. security, many U.S. allies "would feel enormous pressures to create their own nuclear arsenals."
It would be a radical change for NATO to bring its own nuclear doctrine in line with Daalder's recommendation. NATO does not exclude the use of nuclear weapons in retaliation for non-nuclear attacks. The alliance also maintains the right to use nuclear weapons first, although in its current Strategic Concept the likelihood of having to use nuclear weapons is described as "extremely remote."
The U.S. official interviewed by Arms Control Today said that Daalder is "ahead of the administration" in advocating unilateral changes to the U.S. nuclear posture and predicted that "Washington is not going to impose these ideas on allies." The same official also predicted "fascinating discussions" on NATO's new nuclear policy when the alliance begins the review of its Strategic Concept at the April summit. In particular, proponents of nuclear sharing will have to make the case why U.S. security guarantees in today's world still hinge on the forward deployment of a few hundred tactical nuclear weapons on the territories of non-nuclear-weapon states and whether existing security guarantees by the United States and the two other NATO nuclear powers do not suffice to assure allies.
Despite much-improved NATO-Russian relations, NATO states generally tend to argue that a possible withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from Europe could only happen in the context of a negotiated agreement with Russia on tactical weapons.
Russia is believed to possess thousands of such short-range nuclear weapons. At the 2008 NPT preparatory committee meeting, Russia proposed an initiative to "concentrate nuclear weapons within the territories of the nuclear-weapon states."
The United States is currently the only nuclear-weapon state known to deploy nuclear weapons on the territory of non-nuclear-weapon states.
In a Nov. 14 interview with Arms Control Today, Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak stated that U.S. willingness to withdraw those tactical nuclear weapons from Europe would be a "serious factor" in changing Russia's position on consolidating, reducing, or eliminating its tactical nuclear weapons generally but warned that "we need to have a little bit more complex discussion between us and the United States and between us and NATO on the security environment in Europe" before such a decision could be taken. (See ACT, December 2008.)
In a March 7 statement to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov added an additional twist by pointing out that Moscow deems it "necessary to exclude possible deployments of strategic offensive arms outside national territories" in the context of negotiations on a follow-on agreement to START, due to expire in December.
An Operational Role for NATO in Counterproliferation and Disarmament?
Institutionally, NATO has prepared to play a stronger role in nonproliferation and counterproliferation ever since it launched its WMD initiative in 1999 and a Weapons of Mass Destruction Centre was set up at NATO headquarters in 2000. The center's role includes efforts to strengthen consultations on nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues.
In reality, NATO's operational role in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction remains limited, partly because of the lack of joint assets and partly because of disagreement among allies about the usefulness of counterproliferation as an instrument to prevent or roll back WMD proliferation.
Counterproliferation split the alliance in 2003 when the Bush administration asked NATO to support its invasion of Iraq in order to destroy Saddam Hussein's alleged WMD programs. Allies are not keen to repeat the debate.
Since then some have proposed more modestly that NATO could play a larger role, particularly in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI).
The PSI was launched in May 2003 as part of an increased effort by the Bush administration to address the risks of unconventional weapons proliferation. According to the statement of interdiction principles concluded by the 11 founding states at that time, the effort is intended to "establish a more coordinated and effective basis through which to impede and stop shipments of [unconventional weapons], delivery systems, and related materials."
Still, the alliance does not have significant assets to interdict relevant transports, and NATO as an institution cannot participate in the PSI. Leading PSI participants regularly inform NATO's Senior Politico-Military Group on Proliferation of PSI-related developments, but specific contributions by the alliance have remained small.
A NATO briefing paper states that NATO's Operation Active Endeavour "contributes to achieving the PSI's objectives by enhancing maritime security in the Mediterranean, and helping to detect, deter, defend and protect against activities by non-state actors." Under Operation Active Endeavour, NATO ships are patrolling the Mediterranean and monitoring shipping.
NATO also has recently established a Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Center in Greece to train NATO forces "to better execute surface, sub-surface, aerial surveillance, and special operations activities in support of Maritime Interdiction Operations."
The U.S. official interviewed March 16 believes that a larger role for NATO in counterproliferation is likely to remain a "red line for many allies." With the new U.S. administration showing less determination to use military force in nonproliferation, there is now "stiffening resistance" to the idea of giving NATO a larger role in counterproliferation, he said. "That wave has seen its crest," the official concluded.
NATO does continue to support demilitarization through member states' contributions to so-called Partnership for Peace Trust Funds. Under these programs, NATO and partner countries support specific programs through voluntary programs often coordinated and implemented by the Luxembourg-based NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency. According to the NATO Web site, some 40 million euros (about $54 million) have been contributed to such projects between 2000 and 2008. In the context of these programs NATO has helped to destroy 105 million small arms ammunition, more than 4 million landmines, 2 million hand-grenades, 270,000 pieces of unexploded ordnance, more than 160,000 small arms and light weapons, 8,700 tons of munitions, 1,500 tons of chemicals including rocket fuel, 1,000 man-portable air defense systems, and 530 high-altitude anti-aircraft missiles.
What Role for NATO in Arms Control?
With the new U.S. administration still sorting out policy and personnel, the two key documents to be approved at NATO's forthcoming 60th anniversary summit, a short declaration on alliance security and a longer communiquè, are unlikely to contain sweeping changes to existing arms control policies.
Any more radical changes are likely to be dependent on the outcome of a more general debate about NATO's mission, which allies hope to finish by adopting a new Strategic Concept at the next summit in Lisbon, to take place in late 2010 or early 2011.
The outcome of this debate likely will be influenced by the format of the Strategic Concept review. Some countries prefer a review by external experts similar to the process that led to the 1967 Harmel report, which for the first time established the political role of the alliance. Part of the rationale behind proposals such as the German idea to have a group of "eminent persons" review the strategic concept is to bypass the inertia of NATO's complex bureaucracy. Others prefer an in-house review that is likely to result in less radical proposals.
The brief history of an initiative launched in December 2007 by Steinmeier and his Norwegian counterpart, Jonas Gahr Støre, "to identify areas in which NATO can better define its profile on disarmament, arms control and nuclear non-proliferation" illustrates how difficult it is to give new impetus to arms control discussions in NATO.
Against the background of the demise of arms control during the Bush administration, deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and the resulting CFE Treaty crisis, the initiative was cautiously supported by a number of NATO members, including Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Spain. Yet, eastern Europeans supported by France and the United States rebuffed the proposal.
Instead of endorsing the idea of giving NATO a greater role in arms control, members commissioned a report on the issue, which remains classified but apparently lacked any specific proposals. Likewise, an idea to institutionalize discussions on arms control-related issues in the NATO Council by scheduling a regular, annual debate on the issue also failed. In the end, the April 2008 NATO summit in Bucharest merely "took note of the report prepared for us on raising NATO's profile in this field" and tasked the NATO Council "to keep these issues under active review."
As long as divisions within the alliance on NATO's role cannot be overcome, those 21 alliance members that are also members of the European Union are likely to continue to look primarily toward the EU as the central institution for coordinating their arms control and nonproliferation policies. The EU is at a comparative disadvantage vis-à-vis NATO because it has been unable to address the role of nuclear deterrence in its foreign and security policy and it does not have a permanent dialogue with Russia on security-related issues. The EU's arms control policies are far more integrated than those of NATO, however, and the EU has larger resources at its disposal.
While NATO is about to re-evaluate its role in arms control and nonproliferation, EU officials hope that the change of administration in Washington will kick-start transatlantic cooperation. In a Feb. 16 interview with Arms Control Today, Annalisa Giannella, the personal representative for nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, said that Europeans will have "a better chance of getting very good results in the next few years with the United States and EU working together in the same direction."
Giannella noted the broad convergence with Washington on a variety of arms control issues, with the possible exception of an arms trade treaty. "[T]he EU is in favor of and is actively promoting the beginning of negotiations on an arms trade treaty. I'm not yet sure that the Obama administration will be entirely supportive of this," she noted.
In 2006 the UN General Assembly voted to work toward establishing "common international standards for the import, export and transfer of conventional weapons." A UN group of governmental experts on Aug. 26, 2008, adopted by consensus a report that called for further study within the United Nations in a step-by-step manner and on "the basis of consensus" of the possibility of an arms trade treaty. (See ACT, December 2008.)
Giannella explained that the European Union recently made its internal code of conduct on arms exports legally binding in order to become a "very credible actor" as a promoter of the arms trade treaty. "This is a question of coherence," she pointed out.
In the interview, Giannella also provided background on a number of other recent EU arms control initiatives. She explained that consultations with third countries on a draft code of conduct for outer space activities, approved by EU member states in December 2008, are underway and stated that "if the modified version can be accepted by most of the countries, we will be able to convene an ad hoc conference maybe at the end of the year or beginning of next year."
Looking ahead to the 2010 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, Giannella admitted that on nuclear disarmament in the past "the lowest common denominator between EU members was extremely low" but said that the "situation has started to improve over the last couple of years precisely because there has been a modification of the position in United Kingdom and most recently in France."
On Feb. 4, British Foreign Minister David Miliband presented a six-point plan on nuclear disarmament, in which he described conditions for achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. After the interview, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in a March 17 speech further elaborated the British position and offered that the United Kingdom would be ready to participate in broader negotiations "as soon as it becomes useful for our arsenal to be included." On Dec. 5, 2008, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in his role as acting president of the EU, wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, outlining the EU position on nuclear arms control issues. Among other things, the letter calls for increased nuclear weapons transparency and initiatives on tactical nuclear weapons.
Describing the EU's NPT agenda, Giannella said that it would be a success "if we could have progress on multilateral nuclear fuel approaches and on disarmament" at the review conference.
Speaking about the Obama administration's new offer for talks with Iran, Giannella disputed that the United States would be prepared to unconditionally enter into a dialogue with Tehran on nuclear issues. "If 'without preconditions' is being taken to mean that there is no need for Iran to suspend or freeze enrichment activities, I am not sure if this is what is meant by the U.S. administration," she said.
She also expressed disappointment with Iran's reaction to the Obama administration's new stance. "Instead of saying 'Okay, happy to see that now we have an interlocutor who is ready to talk to us. We are ready to talk as well, and maybe both of us should calm down our rhetoric,' we hear 'The Americans should apologize for what they have done in the past,'" she said.
Giannella said she favors a direct dialogue between Tehran and Washington before the Iranian presidential elections in June, warning that "we should not waste time." With regard to the possibility of China and Russia supporting a new set of sanctions, she reacted cautiously and pointed out that "we haven't had maximum convergence of views on this element" with Moscow and Beijing recently.
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An implementation of Tetris in C++. I wrote this as a way of learning C++ and basic game development. It makes use of the [GLFW library](http://www.glfw.org) and [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/) to build the project.

![](http://andystanton.github.io/lana-tetris/images/content/1.0/lana-tetris.png)

![](http://andystanton.github.io/lana-tetris/images/content/1.0/lana-tetris-gameplay.png)

## Requirements

 * A C++11 compiler
 * [CMake >= 2.8](http://www.cmake.org/cmake/resources/software.html)

## Quick Start

Clone the project:

```sh
git clone https://github.com/andystanton/lana-tetris.git --recursive && cd lana-tetris
```

Run the following commands to generate the makefile and build:

```sh
./configure
make
```

This will create the lana-snake executable in the project directory.

## Generating project files for your IDE

Run the following command to generate the project files for your IDE:

```sh
cmake . -G {ide_name}
```

For more information on CMake's project generators and a full list of supported platforms and IDEs, see the [documentation](http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Generator_Specific_Information).

## Gameplay

## Controls

 * A : Rotate Left
 * S : Rotate Right
 * Left : Move Left
 * Right : Move Right
 * Down : Downward Acceleration
 * Space : Pause

## Debug Controls

### Gameplay Controls

 * Q : Regular Mode
 * W : Frozen Mode
 * E : Infinity Mode
 * - : Slow Down
 * = : Speed Up

### Tetromino Switching

 * 1 : I Tetromino
 * 2 : O Tetromino
 * 3 : T Tetromino
 * 4 : J Tetromino
 * 5 : L Tetromino
 * 6 : S Tetromino
 * 7 : Z Tetromino
 * 8 : Debug Tetromino

## Disclaimer

This software is written purely for academic purposes as an exercise in learning C++ and game development. Tetris is a registered trademark and copyright of Tetris Holding.

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La chiesa di San Nicola Vescovo è la parrocchiale ad Albarea, frazione di Ferrara. Appartiene al vicariato di Sant'Apollinare dell'arcidiocesi di Ferrara-Comacchio e risale al XIV secolo.

Storia
La documentazione storica cita la presenza di una chiesa ad Albarea già nel XIV secolo, e la descrive come orientata verso est.

Il vescovo di Ferrara Giovanni Tavelli descrisse la parrocchia nella documentazione relativa alle sue visite pastorali nel territorio ferrarese compiute nel XV secolo.

Nei primi anni del XVII secolo la struttura fu riedificata, ne venne modificato l'orientamento, verso sud, e la dedicazione fu decisa per San Nicolò di Bari. L'architetto ferrarese Giovan Battista Aleotti utilizzò un'antica torre in uso sino ad allora con scopi di segnalazione sulle valli attorno, in quel periodo, per trasformarla nel campanile della chiesa.

Nel XX secolo fu oggetto di due interventi di restauro, nel 1941 e nel 1963. Nel 2008 infine si pose mano al tetto e si realizzò il suo rifacimento.

Descrizione

Esterni
La chiesa parrocchiale si trova in posizione centrale a Jolanda di Savoia e mostra orientamento verso sud. La facciata a capanna è in cotto a vista con quattro paraste che reggono il frontone. Il portale è stato dotato di una nuova protezione moderna a vetrata. La torre campanaria si trova in posizione arretrata sulla sinistra e separata dalla chiesa.

Interni
La navata interna è unica ampliata da due cappelle laterali. In controfacciata la cantoria ospita l'organo a canne. Il presbiterio è leggermente rialzato e l'adeguamento liturgico è stato realizzato nel 1970 ponendo la mensa al popolo davanti all'altare maggiore storico.

Note

Voci correlate
 Giovan Battista Aleotti
 Albarea
 Ferrara
 Parrocchie dell'arcidiocesi di Ferrara-Comacchio

Collegamenti esterni

Ferrara
Nicolò Vescovo
Nicolò


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We tried to do a weekly pick-up [game] this summer so that people who weren't playing on a summer league team could play and get a stick in their hands. Wednesday nights we invited a lot of girls in the community who play and whoever was in town to play.
-Allie Flynn
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Q: Is there a canonical definition of a line? Normally the definition of a line is either via two points or its slope and y-intercept.  But both methods of defining a line have problems.  With the first one is the problem, that many points are passing through a single line so you can define a line using every pair of them, which mean that a definition method is not unique.  And the second one can't handle lines with slope infinity (like x=0).  I searched and thought about it a little bit, but could find anything.

A: Plücker coordinates of a line are in my opinion one of the best ways to represent a line. In $\mathbb{P}^2$, a line is represented by $[l_{01}, l_{02}, l_{12}]$, where $(l_{01}, l_{02})$ represent its direction vector and $l_{12}$ is called the moment. Given any point on the line $(p_1,p_2)$, $l_{12}=l_{01}p_2-l_{02}p_1$. Thus, the line equation turns out to be $$l_{02}x-l_{01}y+l_{12}w=0$$.

A: You can unambiguously define a line as a vector space of dimension 1 (the vector you choose for its basis will help describe it uniquely). Of course, depending on the vector space you are working in, some ligns are simply NOT ligns if you go up a dimension ($x=5$ is a plane in $2D$).

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A little bit of home
Dwight Peck's personal website
Rome, Italy -- a quick glance in May 2008
Kristin has been here in Rome for a week already, running errands and visiting friends, and we're joining her for a long weekend via FlyBaboo, who will fly you from Geneva to almost anywhere for the price of a good lunch.
The 37th meeting of the Ramsar Standing Committee commences in just a week's time, so we're doing this at a brisk jog. Kristin very thoughtfully came out to gather us off the plane at Fiumicino to save us wandering around the airport for most of the night befuddledly.
You may not find this terribly rewarding unless you're included here, so this is a good time for casual and random browsers to turn back before they get too caught up in the sweep and majesty of the proceedings and can't let go.
The flat has got the original ceiling beams but is otherwise unbargainly -- centrally located, true, but right on the Lungotevere thoroughfare along the Tiber, near the Vatican, which was horribly loud on most nights and much worse the night that FC Roma beat Milan for the Italian club football championships. And a broken toilet seat, lights you couldn't read by, a TV set with bullet holes in the screen, and kitchen chairs built for elves.
Kristin's daughter Emily's off to the train station in the morning to join a friend in Tuscany.
The Vatican looks so imposing. Which, of course, was the whole point.
Uncannily like the main train station in Irkutsk, 1935, but missing the giant portrait of Stalin over the front door
We can't linger! The last time we tried to visit the Vatican Museum, the line snaked around seven city blocks and never moved forward. We're determined to get there before the line forms.
It didn't work. Even at what is (for us) practically dawn, the line for the Vatican Museum already snaked around six city blocks, so we went for the offer of a guided tour, "just follow us, no lines, right in the special entrance".
Jason, Him with the Yellow Brolly, was an excellent guide, a Californian who's been in Rome for yonks and is working on an advanced degree in art history at the university Sapienza. The "no lines" turned out to be a placeholder lady the company had put on the regular line before dawn so that we (and all the other guided tours) could cut into the queue, condemning the unguided visitors to eight hours of watching large groups of clueless tourists bustle in ahead of them.
Here Jason is running through the wonders of the Sistine Chapel on a panel board, because in the Sistine Chapel he won't be allowed to talk to us. Good standard ART 101.
The Papal Pine Cone, and Jason marshalling his troops
The trick with these things is to follow the Yellow Umbrella. And don't fall behind, or you'll get lost and have to become a Catholic.
Lots of non-Catholic Roman leftovers; just follow the Yellow Brolly.
The famous Laocoön, a Greek original, back there in the shadows. Have a quick glance -- we'll pause for a moment if you can get close enough -- then -- Follow the Yellow Brolly.
Tramping through the Art Stuff like baseball fans pushing to get into Shea Stadium
The Yellow Brolly. This has been a perfectly awful experience. If you paused to soak in a bit of culture, you got rolled by the Germans behind you. Mr Yellow Brolly skipped the Raphael rooms entirely, so we slunk off the guided tour and never saw Jason again in this life. Eventually we made it to the Sistine Chapel and crowded in amongst all the nationalities shoulder-to-shoulder trying to stare up at the famous ceiling, ordered every two minutes over the PA system to be silent (apparently because it's a "holy place"). Horrible experience.
A much better experience -- functional Italian justice. A guy parked his little semi-car badly and blocked up all the traffic into the Piazza del Popolo, and he got the Magic Forklift.
We can't linger long at the Spanish Steps, alas. Looks like fun.
Saint Somebody in S. Maria della Vittoria, stuffed and embalmed and still looking great after all these years, except for the perfectly horrible teeth. (You can put money for her in the little box, but it's not likely to help her at this point.)
Kristin setting off to hike across the church of Santa Maria of the Angels and Martyrs, because it's there
The geometric markings on the marble floors can be converted to a football pitch on Saturdays, for the local boys, when no one else is using the building for other purposes.
Another of those old Roman things (not Kristin, the building!) that's four metres below the present street level. This is the church of Santa Pudentiana, late 4th century, built to honor one of two daughters of a Roman senator who gave hospitality to St Peter (of New Testament fame) on this site. "St Peter Slept Here."
The mosaic up in the apse dates from A.D. 390 and is the oldest of its kind in Rome. Here it is from just next door, the organplayer's balcony. The figures are said to be naturalistic in a manner that was superseded by the Byzantine formalism that came into vogue later. Christ has only got 10 Apostles here, because the original mosaic had to be trimmed a bit when it was fitted into this 16th century construction, so the Apostles' legs and a couple of whole Apostles ended up on the cutting-room floor.
Back down into Saint Pudenda's church
And her dome. Now we're moving on to see Pudentiana's sister's church, a few blocks up the street. Santa Prassede, she was called, or Praxedes if you wish, and this one, like her sister, was officially unsainted by the Catholic church in 1969, but luckily their churches were left there.
Chez Santa Prassede. Not much subtlety here.
Kristin checking out the former people semi-under Saint Prassede's church
Peck emerging from the Crypt
Sounds of exuberance and conviviality below
(Not) A Member of the Wedding
Saint Ignatius' home church. Lovely dome up in the ceiling, but it's another "jesuitical subterfuge". They ran out of money and painted a trompe l'oeil dome on the flat ceiling. Why not, I say? Bread is Body, Wine is Blood, what's a Fake Church Dome? Saint Ignatius of Loyola is a special patron of mine -- "He was often addicted to gambling, very contentious, and not above engaging in swordplay on occasion" -- because I spent a decade trying to understand what his followers, the Jesuit "English Mission" of the 1580s, thought they were doing when they kept infiltrating back into England with prayerbooks and papal bulls and getting executed for their troubles. I never reached any firm conclusions on that.
-- Hey Lady! Hey, Lady! Watch it there.
Kristin admiring high-up things in Rome, or awaiting the Rapture
The Tiber, recently flooded, with the wreckage of its accretions along the banks
Moped Culture, necessary in Rome and the Wave of the Future elsewhere
Roman branch of AIPAC, all shuttered up
The Fountain of Santa Tortuga. Bernini's little Fontana delle Tartarughe, or Tortoise Fountain, in Piazza Mattei
Cavalcade of Naked Guys and . . .
. . . Kristin
A Soviet Renaissance. We've just emerged from the fantastic Sebastiano del Piombo exhibition in the Palazzo Venezia and we've been confronted by this . . . this big thing!
Lovely panini. Well, grieved to admit this, but not so lovely this time. Days-old lettuce, actually. Almost inedible (but not quite inedible). I feel somewhat let down because this was my favorite snack wagon last time we were here. This very one! But, as everywhere else, standards do tend to slip. It's like US health and safety regulatory bodies in that respect.
An early parking garage with the building blown off the top of it
That's supposedly a sovereign country over there on the far side of the square, like the USA, Germany, or the Russian Federation. The Knights of Malta set up a hospital in Jerusalem in the 11th century to care for sick pilgrims during the First Crusade; they expanded, built more hospitals, and took a big knightly stick to the Muslim "infidels". When Jerusalem disgorged its Christian invaders, the Knights went elsewhere, eventually to Rhodes in 1309, and then to Malta in 1530. Napoleon gave them the boot in 1798 but in 1834 they got hold of this prime property in downtown Rome, and they're now recognized as an independent sovereign country of their own, right here in the middle of Rome. But only by the Vatican, so who gives a toss about that?
Presumably they're meeting all of Rome's building and sanitation codes, holed up in there waiting for the infidels to try to come back again.
Kristin's in there stocking up.
We're going to see if the accordion player takes requests. Something from Jerry Jeff Walker would be good right now.
In the Piazza del Popolo, we're teaching the kids how to fight fires. That could come in very handy someday.
And the outlined obstacle course teaches the li'l darlin's how to escape conflagrations.
Kristin getting another Caravaggio fix. Now we need to find up a bus up George Washington Street . . .
. . . to the Correggio exhibition at the Villa Borghese. Kristin booked us some days ago for 5 pm, right now -- if you walked in cold now, the best you could do would be to book for four days hence. THAT'S how well loved Correggio is by busloads of Japanese art freaks. (It was an excellent exhibit in an excellent gallery. No Photo!)
Mass transit for the future
-- It's a bird. It's a plane. It's a mausoleum!
My favorite human-made physical structure. The Castle of Sant'Angelo near dinnertime. Round and squat, like a Fat Toad.
The Bridge with the Statues On It. And the Africans Off It. As we were passing along home, the polite police ladies came along in a lot of police cars to move the unlicensed street vendors along to . . . somewhere else.
Such Big Roundness, and solidity as well
More Big Round Solidity. I love this big building, and the restrooms were very clean.
Who's that? That's the fake Marcus Aurelius. One of my favorite Roman philosopher-emperors was corroding, so now we've got a Body Double on the Piazza del Campidoglio.
Kristin trying to find where she got married (the present crop of marriage banns are on her right), but the original doorway now just sells tickets to the museum rather than tickets to marriage.
Holy Marcus Aurelius! Here's the original of my favorite soldier-philosopher from Classical Times, on his horse named Camus. And somebody's hand in the foreground with a hole in it. This is in the wonderful but unnavigable Museum of the Conservatori on the Capitoline hill.
Disgusting. Rome's founding wolf, with Romulus and Remus (added later) being rude.
Roofs of Rome
Here's the Santo Bambino of the Aracoeli -- this guy works miracles, visits the sick and what not, and receives letters from kids all over the world (the newest crop of letters are plopped on that little table in front of Bambino Boy). Well, Bambino Boy was stolen in 1994 and never returned, so this Bambino is another Body Double, but he still has to answer all the letters.
Right in Front of Us! Two guys disguised as priests snuck in -- with a ladder -- and fiddled about with the Holy Bambino, and guess what!
The little dude is GONE! Again!
But the priesty-gent with the ladder turned up again and stuck Bambino Boy up onto his favorite altar-spot for collecting money from. So we didn't witness a First Order Theft. We only witnessed a Second Order Theft.
Same church, a trompe l'oeil nun sensing the possibility of freedom and bursting out of her frame. Very likely the hooded guys caught her and dragged her back in to take care of the Fake Bambino for the rest of her life.
Not much of a sense of moderation here. But it sells.
Kristin appreciating art works on the Piazza Navona. Our favorite countertenor was not on the docket for the Borromini Sacristy concerts in the Saint Agatha in Agony, so we pissed off for a nice dinner elsewhere.
Flowers and senseless graffiti. It's nearly time to start packing up to leave again.
A last view of my favorite Big Round Building in the World, and we're off for FlyBaboo back to Switzerland for whatever adventures may await us there, if any.
Kristin back in Switzerland, catching up on the news on Raw Story
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Purpose: We use this provider to supply information about Your usage of the website.
In most circumstances We will not disclose personal data without consent. However, when We receive a complaint or communication from, for example, the Information Commissioner's Office or another regulator or relevant body (such as the Police), We may be under an obligation to share personal information.