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Thousands Of New Yorkers Feeling Effected By Government Shutdown From Harlem To Hollis
Thousands of New Yorkers from Harlem To Hollis have felt the real effects of the longest federal government shutdown in history as it enters its 27th day. The week of January 7th was the first-week federal government employees that are furloughed did not receive a paycheck. There are 18,000 federal employees that work at affected agencies in New York City and an unknown number of low-wage federal contractors. Additionally, millions of New Yorkers and their families who rely on various federally funded government programs, such as food stamps, the New York City Housing Authority, school lunch, and rental assistance, also are at risk of being affected by the shutdown if it continues into March. At a minimum, two million New Yorkers stand to lose these vital programs come March 1st.
New Yorkers will lose out on $500 million monthly if the federal government shutdown continues past February. Filling this void with City funds would be unsustainable, leading the City to run out of money before the end of the year. However, the City does have a number of resources that may help those experiencing hardships because of the shutdown. New Yorkers experiencing hardships can visit nyc.gov/federalshutdown to stay updated on the latest developments and to find a variety of City programs that provide relief, including food pantries, employment referrals, landlord mediation, eviction prevention, rental and mortgage arrears assistance, veterans' services and more.
"In my six years as Mayor, New York City has faced storms, attacks, and political crises. During each of these crises, I told New Yorkers the truth: that we'd be okay," said Mayor Bill de Blasio. "On the 27th day of the Trump shutdown, I cannot promise we'll be okay. Beginning March 1st, millions of New Yorkers will lose a total of $500 million a month in vital federal supports, such as food stamps and rental assistance. Any attempt to backfill the void left by our federal government would be woefully inadequate to the scale of this crisis. However, there is help. Anyone facing hardships can visit nyc.gov/federalshutdown or call 311 to access our City resources. We'll continue to do what we can and fight in Washington, but one thing is clear: this Trump shutdown must end today – our people are counting on a functional government."
Beginning today, many New York City food stamp recipients will see their February benefits released early rather than in the month of February. The release of March benefits is uncertain due to the federal shutdown.
Programs at risk include:
The fight against opioids – The City has trained more than 1,000 health care providers on prescribing buprenorphine to their patients suffering from opioid addiction. Some new prescribers have reported experiencing a delay in receiving approval from the DEA to prescribe buprenorphine since the shutdown started. If you are a provider or a patient in need of help, please call 311 or 1-888-NYC-WELL to find a buprenorphine prescriber near you.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)/Food Stamps – City residents receive nearly $230 million in federal SNAP benefits per month. Nearly 1.6 million New Yorkers rely on this critical benefit to feed their families. The federal government has authorized a release of February SNAP/food stamps benefits as early as today. People should plan accordingly, as this is not an additional benefit.
Section 8 – NYCHA and HPD respectively spend $97 million and $34 million in federal dollars per month for this program. More than 280,000 New Yorkers utilize Section 8 to pay their rent.
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Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) – The City receives approximately $1 million in federal funding per month for this program. New York City relies on these funds to help fight homelessness.
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) – City residents receive $26 million in federal funding for this program. More than 300,000 New Yorkers and their families rely on this program to put food on the table.
Continuum of Care – The City spends $5 million in federal dollars per month for this program. This program provides rental assistance for more than 4,000 homeless New Yorkers.
New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) – NYCHA spends $79 million per month for operating expenses such as salaries. Approximately 10,000 NYCHA employees will be affected by the government shutdown.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids (HOPWA) – The City receives more than $4 million in federal funding per month for this program. This is the only federal program dedicated to the housing needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. Thousands of New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS rely on these funds for housing and support services.
School Lunch – The City spends $43 million per month for this program. More than 1 million New York students rely on this program.
New Yorkers facing hardships can visit nyc.gov/federalshutdown
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Amazon Fire TV adds 600 new channels, games, apps in the past three months
by James Risley on June 2, 2015 at 8:19 am June 2, 2015 at 8:19 am
Amazon Fire TV is continuing to rapidly expand consumers' selection for new games, channels and apps. Amazon said this morning that it has added more than 600 options to the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick in the last three months.
Some of the new titles include Popcornflix, Funny Or Die, Candy Crush Saga, and Fox News. Game options have also expanded due to the new GameFly game streaming service. At launch, Amazon Fire TV was touted as a low-powered game console. GameFly takes advantage of that by offering games on demand for a monthly subscription fee.
"Amazon Fire TV selection has grown 127% in just the last 6 months, and is continuing to accelerate," Amazon Appstore vice president Steve Rabuchin said in a press release.
Amazon now has more than 1,600 different channels, apps and games on its streaming devices. Roku still has a greater selection, with more than 2,000 options, but many core channels can be found on both streaming devices.
James Risley is a technology writer living in Seattle. He's written for the Medill News Service and helped build small, news-focused web tools for covering transportation and politics. You can follow James on Twitter or Instagram and reach him at james@geekwire.com.
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"Boss 302"
Engine: Boss V8, matching numbers car
Displacement: 302cid/4.95L
Horsepower: 290hp at 5,800RPM
Torque: 290 ft-lbs at 4,300RPM
Right before the release of the Cobra Jet engine in the 1968 model year, Ford hired former General Motors executive Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen to take over production in Dearborn, MI. Knudsen felt that there were some inherent problems with the Mustang, mostly that they looked good but lacked performance.
The Cobra Jet engine debuted to stellar reviews, but Knudsen wanted more. He wanted to create the best-handling street car on the market. To do so, Knudsen turned his focus to an engineer who had followed him over from GM, the man responsible for the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the designer Larry Shinoda. Shinoda was tasked with designing something even better for Ford – the result was the Boss 302 engine.
Though the Mach 1 body was aesthetically similar to the Z/28, it was a toss-up on the track. The Z/28 won SCCA laurels in 1969, but the Boss 302 engine put Ford back on top in 1970.
This 1970 Mach 1 model, in comparison to the 1969 model, received a rear-end sway bar to help with the handling, the factory-optional Shaker hood, the "Boss 302" decals on the front fenders, as well as the black matte body paint, hood pins, and chin and rear spoilers.
The car was only produced in 1969 and 1970. As of the 1971 model year, both the Boss 302 and the Boss 429 had become factory options for the Mach 1 body.
The slats on the rear window were not only a fashion statement, but were also used to keep the sun from heating up the inside of the car during long track races. By 1972, the Boss 302 and Boss 429 were altogether eliminated from production.
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Chandra, Yenny, Stanciulescu, Ilinca, Virgin, Lawrence N., et al.. "A numerical investigation of snap-through in a shallow arch-like model." Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332, no. 10 (2013) 2532-2548. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2012.12.019.
Slender curved structures may experience a loss of stability called snap-through, causing the curvature on part or all of the structure to invert inducing fatigue damage. This paper presents a framework for analyzing the transient responses of slender curved structures. A numerical study of snap-through in a shallow arch-like model under periodic excitations is performed on a simplified model and on a detailed finite element model. The boundaries that separate the snap-through and no snap-through regions in the forcing parameters space are identified. Various post-snap responses are analyzed. The effects of initial conditions on the snap-through boundaries and post-snap responses are examined. Forcing parameters that lead to chaotic response are identified.


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Pope Clement VII (; ; born Giulio de' Medici; 26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign was marked by a rapid succession of political, military, and religious struggles—many long in the making—which had far-reaching consequences for Christianity and world politics.

Elected in 1523 at the end of the Italian Renaissance, Clement came to the papacy with a high reputation as a statesman. He had served with distinction as chief advisor to Pope Leo X (1513–1521), Pope Adrian VI (1522–1523), and commendably as gran maestro of Florence (1519–1523). Assuming leadership at a time of crisis, with the Protestant Reformation spreading; the Church nearing bankruptcy; and large, foreign armies invading Italy, Clement initially tried to unite Christendom by making peace among the many Christian leaders then at odds. He later attempted to liberate Italy from foreign occupation, believing that it threatened the Church's freedom.

The complex political situation of the 1520s thwarted Clement's efforts. Inheriting unprecedented challenges, including Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation in Northern Europe; a vast power struggle in Italy between Europe's two most powerful kings, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France, each of whom demanded that the Pope choose a side; and Turkish invasions of Eastern Europe led by Suleiman the Magnificent, Clement's problems were exacerbated by King Henry VIII of England's contentious divorce, resulting in England breaking away from the Catholic Church; and in 1527, souring relations with Emperor Charles V, leading to the violent Sack of Rome, during which Clement was imprisoned. After escaping confinement in the Castel Sant'Angelo, Clement—with few economic, military, or political options remaining—compromised the Church's and Italy's independence by allying with his former jailer, Charles V.

In contrast to his tortured pontificate, Clement was personally respectable and devout, possessing a "dignified propriety of character", "great acquirements both theological and scientific", as well as "extraordinary address and penetration—Clement VII, in serener times, might have administered the Papal power with high reputation and enviable prosperity. But with all of his profound insight into the political affairs of Europe, Clement does not seem to have comprehended the altered position of the Pope" in relation to Europe's emerging nation-states and Protestantism.

Clement left a significant cultural legacy in the Medici tradition. He commissioned artworks by Raphael, Benvenuto Cellini, and Michelangelo, including Michelangelo's The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. In matters of science, Clement is best known for approving, in 1533, Nicolaus Copernicus's theory that the Earth revolves around the Sun—99 years before Galileo Galilei's heresy trial for similar ideas.

Early life

Giulio de' Medici's life began under tragic circumstances. On 26 April 1478—exactly one month before his birth—his father, Giuliano de Medici (brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent) was murdered in the Florence Cathedral by enemies of his family, in what is now known as "The Pazzi Conspiracy". He was born illegitimately on 26 May 1478, in Florence; the exact identity of his mother remains unknown, although a plurality of scholars contend that it was Fioretta Gorini, the daughter of a university professor. Giulio spent the first seven years of life with his godfather, the architect Antonio da Sangallo the Elder.

Thereafter, Lorenzo the Magnificent raised him as one of his own sons, alongside his children Giovanni (the future Pope Leo X), Piero, and Giuliano. Educated at the Palazzo Medici in Florence by humanists like Angelo Poliziano, and alongside prodigies like Michelangelo, Giulio became an accomplished musician. In personality he was reputed to be shy, and in physical appearance, handsome.

Giulio's natural inclination was for the clergy, but his illegitimacy barred him from high-ranking positions in the Church. So Lorenzo the Magnificent helped him carve out a career as a soldier. He was enrolled in the Knights of Rhodes, but also became Grand Prior of Capua. In 1492, when Lorenzo the Magnificent died and Giovanni de' Medici assumed his duties as a cardinal, Giulio became more involved in Church affairs. He studied canon law at the University of Pisa, and accompanied Giovanni to the conclave of 1492, where Rodrigo Borgia was elected Pope Alexander VI.

Following the misfortunes of Lorenzo the Magnificent's firstborn son, Piero the Unfortunate, the Medici were expelled from Florence in 1494. Over the next six years, Cardinal Giovanni and Giulio wandered throughout Europe together—twice getting arrested (first in Ulm, Germany, and later in Rouen, France). Each time Piero the Unfortunate bailed them out. In 1500, both returned to Italy and concentrated their efforts on re-establishing their family in Florence. Both were present at the Battle of Ravenna in 1512, where Cardinal Giovanni was captured by the French but Giulio escaped; this led to Giulio becoming an emissary to Pope Julius II. That same year, with the assistance of Pope Julius and the Spanish troops of Ferdinand of Aragon, the Medici retook control of Florence.

Paternity of Alessandro de' Medici
In 1510, while the Medici were living near Rome, a servant in their household—identified in documents as —became pregnant, ultimately giving birth to a son, Alessandro de' Medici. Nicknamed "il Moro" ("the Moor") due to his dark complexion, Alessandro was officially recognized as the illegitimate son of Lorenzo II de Medici, but at the time and to this day, various scholars suggest that Alessandro was the illegitimate son of Giulio de' Medici. The truth of his lineage remains unknown and debated.

Regardless of his paternity, throughout Alessandro's brief life, Giulio—as Pope Clement VII—showed him great favoritism, elevating Alessandro over Ippolito de Medici as Florence's first hereditary monarch, despite the latter's comparable qualifications.

Cardinal

Under Pope Leo X

Giulio de' Medici appeared on the world stage in March 1513, at the age of 35, when his cousin Giovanni de' Medici was elected Pope, taking the name Leo X. Pope Leo X reigned until his death on 1 December 1521.

"Learned, clever, respectable, and industrious," Giulio de' Medici's reputation and responsibilities grew at a rapid pace, unusual even for the Renaissance. Within three months of Leo X's election, he was named Archbishop of Florence. Later that autumn, all barriers to his attaining the Church's highest offices were removed by a papal dispensation declaring his birth legitimate. It stated that his parents had been betrothed , (i.e. "wed according to the word of those present.") Whether or not this was true, it allowed Leo X to create him cardinal during the first papal consistory on 23 September 1513. On 29 September, he was appointed Cardinal Deacon of Santa Maria in Dominica—a position that had been vacated by the Pope.

Cardinal Giulio's reputation during the reign of Leo X is recorded by contemporary Marco Minio, the Venetian ambassador to the Papal Court, who wrote in a letter to the Venetian Senate in 1519: "Cardinal de' Medici, the Pope's cardinal nephew, who is not legitimate, has great power with the Pope; he is a man of great competence and great authority; he resides with the Pope, and does nothing of importance without first consulting him. But he is returning to Florence to govern the city."<ref>Gar, p. 64: "Il cardinal de' Medici, suo nepote, che non è legittimo, ha gran potere col papa; è uomo di gran maneggio e di grandissima autorità; tuttavia sa vivere col papa, nè fa alcuna cosa di conto se prima non domanda al papa. Ora si ritrova a Fiorenza a governare quella città''".</ref>

Statesmanship
While Cardinal Giulio was not officially appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Church (second-in-command) until 9 March 1517, in practice Leo X governed in partnership with his cousin from the beginning. Initially, his duties centered primarily on administering Church affairs in Florence and conducting international relations. In January 1514, King Henry VIII of England appointed him Cardinal protector of England. The following year, King Francis I of France nominated him to become Archbishop of Narbonne, and in 1516 named him cardinal protector of France. In a scenario typical of Cardinal Giulio's independent-minded statesmanship, the respective kings of England and France, recognizing a conflict of interest in Giulio protecting both countries simultaneously, brought pressure to bear on him to resign his other protectorship; to their dismay, he refused.

Cardinal Giulio's foreign policy was shaped by the idea of "la libertà d'Italia," which aimed to free Italy and the Church from French and Imperial domination. This became clear in 1521, when a personal rivalry between King Francis I and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V boiled over into war in northern Italy. Francis I expected Giulio, France's cardinal protector, to support him; but Giulio perceived Francis as threatening the Church's independence—particularly the latter's control of Lombardy, and his use of the Concordat of Bologna to control the Church in France. At the time, the Church wanted Emperor Charles V to combat Lutheranism, then growing in Germany. So Cardinal Giulio negotiated an alliance on behalf of the Church, to support the Holy Roman Empire against France. That autumn, Giulio helped lead a victorious Imperial-Papal army over the French in Milan and Lombardy. While his strategy of shifting alliances to liberate the Church and Italy from foreign domination proved disastrous during his reign as Pope Clement VII, during the reign of Leo X it skillfully maintained a balance of power among the competing international factions seeking to influence the Church.

Armed conflicts

Giulio de' Medici led numerous armed conflicts as a cardinal. Commenting on this, his contemporary Francesco Guicciardini wrote that Cardinal Giulio was better suited to arms than to the priesthood. He served as papal legate to the army in a campaign against Francis I in 1515, alongside inventor Leonardo da Vinci.

Achievements

Cardinal Giulio's other endeavors on behalf of Pope Leo X were similarly successful, such that "he had the credit of being the prime mover of papal policy throughout the whole of Leo's pontificate." In 1513, he was member of the Fifth Lateran Council, assigned the task of healing the schism caused by conciliarism. In 1515, his "most significant act of ecclesiastical government" regulated prophetic preaching in the manner of Girolamo Savonarola. He later organized and presided over the Florentine Synod of 1517, where he became the first member of the Church to implement the reforms recommended by the Fifth Lateran Council. These included prohibiting priests from carrying arms, frequenting taverns, and dancing provocatively – while urging them to attend weekly confession. Similarly, Cardinal Giulio's artistic patronage was admired (e.g., his commissioning Raphael's Transfiguration and Michelangelo's Medici Chapel, among other works), particularly for what goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini later called its "excellent taste".

Gran Maestro of Florence
Cardinal Giulio governed Florence between 1519 and 1523, following the death of its civic ruler, Lorenzo II de Medici, in 1519. There "he was permitted to assume almost autocratic control of State affairs," and "did very much to place public interests upon a firm and practical basis." U.S. President John Adams later characterized Giulio's administration of Florence as "very successful and frugal." Adams chronicles the cardinal as having "reduced the business of the magistrates, elections, customs of office, and the mode of expenditure of public money, in such a manner that it produced a great and universal joy among the citizens."

On the death of Pope Leo X in 1521, Adams writes there was a "ready inclination in all of the principal citizens [of Florence], and a universal desire among the people, to maintain the state in the hands of the Cardinal de' Medici; and all this felicity arose from his good government, which since the death of the Duke Lorenzo, had been universally agreeable."

Under Pope Adrian VI

When Pope Leo X died on 1 December 1521, Cardinal Giulio was "widely expected to succeed him"—but instead, during the conclave of 1522, the College of Cardinals elected a compromise candidate, Adrian VI of the Netherlands. Of why this happened, historian Paul Strathern writes, "it was common knowledge that [Cardinal Giulio] had been Leo X's most able adviser, as well as manager of the pope's financial affairs. The fact that Leo X had blithely ignored his cousin's advice, on so many occasions, was widely seen as being responsible for the plight of the papacy—not the influence of Cardinal Giulio de' Medici. On the contrary, Cardinal Giulio appeared to be everything that Leo X was not: he was handsome, thoughtful, saturnine and gifted with good taste. Despite this, many remained steadfast in their opposition to his candidacy."

In conclave, Cardinal Giulio controlled the largest voting bloc, but his enemies forced the election to a stalemate. Among them were Cardinal Francesco Soderini, a Florentine whose family had lost a power struggle to the Medici "and held a grudge"; Cardinal Pompeo Colonna, a Roman nobleman who wanted to become Pope himself; and a group of French cardinals who "were unwilling to forget Leo X's treachery to their King."

Realizing that his candidacy was in jeopardy, "Cardinal Giulio now chose to make an astute tactical move. He declared modestly that he was unworthy of such high office; instead, he suggested the little-known Flemish scholar Cardinal Adrian Dedel, an ascetic and deeply spiritual man who had been tutor to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Cardinal Giulio was sure that Cardinal Dedel would be rejected—on the grounds of his obscurity, his lack of political expertise and the fact that he was not Italian. The selfless suggestion that had been made by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici would then demonstrate to all that he was in fact the ideal candidate. But this move backfired badly, Cardinal Giulio's bluff was called and Cardinal Adrian Dedel was elected as Pope Adrian VI."

During his 20-month papacy, Adrian VI "seemed to set great store by Cardinal Medici's opinions... And all the other cardinals were kept distinctly at arm's-length." In this way, Cardinal Giulio "wielded formidable influence" throughout Adrian's reign. Splitting time between the Palazzo Medici in Florence and the Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome, Cardinal Giulio "lived there as a generous Medici was expected to live, a patron of artists and musicians, a protector of the poor, a lavish host."

Assassination Plot of 1522
In 1522, rumors began to swirl that Cardinal Giulio—lacking legitimate successors to rule Florence—planned to abdicate rule of the city and "leave the government freely in the people." When it became clear that these rumors were untrue, a faction of mostly elite Florentines hatched a plot to assassinate him and then install their own government under his "great adversary", Cardinal Francesco Soderini. Soderini encouraged the plot, exhorting both Adrian and Francis I of France to strike against Giulio and invade his allies in Sicily. This did not happen. Instead of breaking with Giulio, Adrian had Cardinal Soderini imprisoned. Afterward, the principal conspirators were "declared rebels", and some were "apprehended and beheaded; by which means Giulio was again secured [as leader of Florence]."

Pope
Following Adrian VI's death on 14 September 1523, Cardinal Giulio overcame the opposition of the French king and finally succeeded in being elected Pope Clement VII in the next conclave (19 November 1523).

Pope Clement VII brought to the papal throne a high reputation for political ability and possessed in fact all the accomplishments of a wily diplomat. But his contemporaries considered him worldly and indifferent to the perceived dangers of the Protestant Reformation.

At his accession, Clement VII sent the Archbishop of Capua, Nikolaus von Schönberg, to the Kings of France, Spain, and England, in order to bring the Italian War to an end. An early report from the Protonotary Marino Ascanio Caracciolo to the Emperor records: "As the Turks threaten to conquer Christian states, it seems to him that it is his first duty as Pope to bring about a general peace of all Christian princes, and he begs him (the Emperor), as the firstborn son of the Church, to aid him in this pious work." But the pope's attempt failed.

Continental and Medici politics

Francis I of France's conquest of Milan in 1524, during his Italian campaign of 1524–1525, prompted the Pope to quit the Imperial–Spanish side and to ally himself with other Italian princes, including the Republic of Venice, and France in January 1525. This treaty granted the definitive acquisition of Parma and Piacenza for the Papal States, the rule of Medici over Florence and the free passage of the French troops to Naples. This policy in itself was sound and patriotic, but Clement VII's zeal soon cooled; by his want of foresight and unseasonable economy, he laid himself open to an attack from the turbulent Roman barons, which obliged him to invoke the mediation of the emperor, Charles V. One month later, Francis I was crushed and imprisoned in the Battle of Pavia, and Clement VII went deeper in his former engagements with Charles V, signing an alliance with the viceroy of Naples.

But deeply concerned about Imperial arrogance, he was to pick up with France again when Francis I was freed after the Treaty of Madrid (1526): the Pope entered into the League of Cognac together with France, Venice, and Francesco II Sforza of Milan. Clement VII issued an invective against Charles V, who in reply defined him a "wolf" instead of a "shepherd", menacing the summoning of a council about the Lutheran question.

Like his cousin Pope Leo X, Clement was considered too generous to his Medici relatives, draining the Vatican treasuries. This included the assignment of positions all the way up to Cardinal, lands, titles, and money. These actions prompted reform measures after Clement's death to help prevent such excessive nepotism.

Evangelization
In his 1529 bull "Intra Arcana" Clement VII gave a grant of permissions and privileges to Charles V and the Spanish Empire, which included the power of patronage within their colonies in the Americas.

Sack of Rome

The Pope's wavering politics also caused the rise of the Imperial party inside the Curia: Cardinal Pompeo Colonna's soldiers pillaged Vatican Hill and gained control of the whole of Rome in his name. The humiliated Pope promised therefore to bring the Papal States to the Imperial side again. But soon after, Colonna left the siege and went to Naples, not keeping his promises and dismissing the Cardinal from his charge. From this point on, Clement VII could do nothing but follow the fate of the French party to the end.

Soon he found himself alone in Italy too, as Alfonso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, had supplied artillery to the Imperial army, causing the League Army to keep a distance behind the horde of Landsknechts led by Charles III, Duke of Bourbon and Georg von Frundsberg, allowing them to reach Rome without harm.

Charles of Bourbon died while mounting a ladder during the short siege and his starving troops, unpaid and left without a guide, felt free to ravage Rome from 6 May 1527. The many incidents of murder, rape, and vandalism that followed ended the splendours of Renaissance Rome forever. Clement VII, who had displayed no more resolution in his military than in his political conduct, was shortly afterwards (6 June) obliged to surrender himself together with the Castel Sant'Angelo, where he had taken refuge. He agreed to pay a ransom of 400,000 ducati in exchange for his life; conditions included the cession of Parma, Piacenza, Civitavecchia, and Modena to the Holy Roman Empire. (Only the last could be occupied in fact.) At the same time, Venice took advantage of his situation to capture Cervia and Ravenna while Sigismondo Malatesta returned in Rimini.

Clement was kept as a prisoner in Castel Sant'Angelo for six months. After having bought off some Imperial officers, he escaped disguised as a peddler and took shelter in Orvieto and then in Viterbo. He came back to a depopulated and devastated Rome only in October 1528.

Meanwhile, in Florence, Republican enemies of the Medici took advantage of the chaos to again expel the Pope's family from the city.

In June 1529 the warring parties signed the Peace of Barcelona. The Papal States regained some cities and Charles V agreed to restore the Medici to power in Florence. In 1530, after an eleven-month siege, the Tuscan city capitulated and Clement VII installed his illegitimate nephew Alessandro as duke. Subsequently, the Pope followed a policy of subservience to the emperor, endeavouring on the one hand to induce him to act with severity against the Lutherans in Germany and on the other to avoid his demands for a general council.

Appearance

During his half-year imprisonment in 1527, Clement VII grew a full beard as a sign of mourning for the sack of Rome. This was in contradiction to Catholic canon law, which required priests to be clean-shaven but had as precedent the beard Pope Julius II wore for nine months in 1511–12 as a sign of mourning for the papal city of Bologna.

Unlike Julius II, however, Clement kept his beard until his death in 1534. His example in wearing a beard was followed by his successor, Paul III, and indeed by 24 popes after him, down to Innocent XII, who died in 1700. Clement was thus the unintentional originator of a fashion that lasted well over a century.

Ancona

In 1532, Clement VII took possession of Ancona, which definitively lost its freedom and became part of the Papal States, ending hundreds of years when the Republic of Ancona was an important maritime power.

English Reformation

By the late 1520s, King Henry VIII wanted to have his marriage to Charles's aunt Catherine of Aragon annulled. The couple's sons died in infancy, threatening the future of the House of Tudor, although Henry did have a daughter, Mary Tudor. Henry claimed that this lack of a male heir was because his marriage was "blighted in the eyes of God". Catherine had been his brother's widow, but the marriage had been childless, so the marriage was not against Old Testament law, which forbids such unions only if the brother had children. Moreover, Pope Julius II had given a dispensation to allow the wedding. Henry now argued that this had been wrong and that his marriage had never been valid. In 1527 Henry asked Clement to annul the marriage, but the Pope, possibly acting under pressure from Catherine's nephew, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, whose effective prisoner he was, refused. According to Catholic teaching, a validly contracted marriage is indivisible until death, and thus the pope cannot annul a marriage on the basis of an impediment previously dispensed. Many people close to Henry wished simply to ignore Clement, but in October 1530 a meeting of clergy and lawyers advised that the English Parliament could not empower the Archbishop of Canterbury to act against the Pope's prohibition. In Parliament, Bishop John Fisher was the Pope's champion.

Henry subsequently underwent a marriage ceremony with Anne Boleyn, in either late 1532 or early 1533. The marriage was made easier by the death of the Archbishop of Canterbury William Warham, a stalwart friend of the Pope, after which Henry persuaded Clement to appoint Thomas Cranmer, a friend of the Boleyn family, as his successor. The Pope granted the papal bulls necessary for Cranmer's promotion to Canterbury, and also demanded that Cranmer take the customary oath of allegiance to the pope before his consecration. Laws made under Henry already declared that bishops would be consecrated even without papal approval. Cranmer was consecrated, while declaring beforehand that he did not agree with the oath he would take. Cranmer was prepared to grant the annulment of the marriage to Catherine as Henry required. The Pope responded to the marriage by excommunicating both Henry and Cranmer from the Catholic Church.

Consequently, in England, in the same year, the Act of Conditional Restraint of Annates transferred the taxes on ecclesiastical income from the Pope to the Crown. The Peter's Pence Act outlawed the annual payment by landowners of one penny to the Pope. This act also reiterated that England had "no superior under God, but only your Grace" and that Henry's "imperial crown" had been diminished by the Pope's "unreasonable and uncharitable usurpations and exactions". Ultimately, in 1534, Henry led the English Parliament to pass the Act of Supremacy that established the independent Church of England and broke from the Catholic Church.

Marriage of Catherine de' Medici

In 1533, Clement married his cousin's granddaughter, Catherine de Medici, to the future King Henry II of France, son of King Francis I. Due to an illness, before setting out to Marseilles for the wedding, Clement issued a Bull on 3 September 1533 giving instructions on what to do if he died outside Rome. The wedding ceremony took place at Église Saint-Ferréol les Augustins on 28 October 1533 and was conducted by Clement himself. It was "followed by nine days of lavish banquets, pageants, and festivities." On 7 November in Marseilles, Clement created four new cardinals, all of them French. He also held separate, private meetings with Francis I and Charles V. Charles' daughter, Margaret of Austria was set to marry Clement's relative, Duke Alessandro de' Medici in 1536.

According to Medici historian Paul Strathern, Clement marrying Catherine into France's royal family; and Alessandro becoming Duke of Florence and marrying into the Hapsburg family, "marked perhaps the most significant turning point in the history of the Medici family—the ascent into nobility in Florence, and the joining of the French royal family. Without the guiding hand of Clement VII, the Medici would never have been able to achieve the pinnacles of greatness that were yet to come" in the following centuries.

Death
Clement returned to Rome on 10 December 1533 with a fever and complaining of stomach problems. He had been ill for months and "was aging rapidly."  Strathern writes, "his liver was failing and his skin turned yellow; he also lost the sight of one eye and became partially blind in the other." He was so ill at the beginning of August 1534 that Cardinal Agostino Trivulzio wrote to King Francis that the Pope's doctors feared for his life.  On 23 September 1534, Clement wrote a long letter of farewell to Emperor Charles. He also affirmed, just days before his death, that Michelangelo should paint The Last Judgment above the altar in the Sistine Chapel.  Clement VII died on 25 September 1534, having lived 56 years and four months and reigned for 10 years, 10 months, and 7 days. His body was interred in Saint Peter's Basilica, and later transferred to a tomb in Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, which was designed by Baccio Bandinelli.

Clement's biographer Emmanuel Rodocanachi writes, "in accordance with the custom of those times, people attributed his death to poison"—specifically, poisoning by death cap mushroom., who completely rejects the theory of poison.  Clement's symptoms and the length of his illness do not support this hypothesis.

Legacy

 Political legacy

Clement VII's papacy is generally regarded as one of history's most tumultuous; opinions of Clement himself are often nuanced. For example, Clement's contemporary Francesco Vettori writes that he "endured a great labor to become, from a great and respected cardinal, a small and little-esteemed pope", but also that "if one considers the lives of previous popes one may truly say that, for more than a hundred years, no better man than Clement VII sat upon the Throne. Nevertheless, it was in his day that the disaster took place while these others, who were filled with all vices, lived and died in felicity—as the world sees it. Neither should we seek to question the Lord, our God, who will punish—or not punish–in what manner and in what time it pleases him.'"

The disasters of Clement's pontificate—the Sack of Rome and the English Reformation—are regarded as turning points in the histories of Catholicism, Europe, and the Renaissance. Modern historian Kenneth Gouwens writes, "Clement's failures must be viewed above all in the context of major changes in the dynamics of European politics. As warfare on the Italian peninsula intensified in the mid-1520s, the imperative of autonomy [for the Catholic Church and Italy] required enormous financial outlays to field standing armies. Political survival perforce eclipsed ecclesiastical reform as a short-term goal, and the costs of war necessitated the curtailment of expenditure on culture. Clement pursued policies consistent with those of his illustrious predecessors Julius II and Leo X; but in the 1520s, those policies could but fail.... Reform of the Church, to which his successors would turn, required resources and concerted secular support that the second Medici pope was unable to muster."

Regarding Clement's struggle to liberate Italy and the Catholic Church from foreign domination, historian Fred Dotolo writes that "one might see in his papacy a vigorous defense of papal rights against the growth of monarchial power, a diplomatic and even pastoral struggle to retain the ancient division within Christendom of the priestly and kingly offices. Should the new monarchs of the early modern period reduce the papacy to a mere appendage of secular authority, religious issues would become little more than state policy.... Clement VII attempted to restrain the expansion of royal power and maintain the independence of Rome and of papal prerogatives."

Ecclesiastically, Clement is remembered for orders protecting Jews from the Inquisition, approving the Theatine, Barnabite, and Capuchin Orders, and securing the island of Malta for the Knights of Malta.

In a final analysis of Clement's papacy, historian E.R. Chamberlin writes, "in all but his personal attributes, Clement VII was a protagonist in a Greek tragedy, the victim called upon to endure the results of actions committed long before. Each temporal claim of his predecessors had entangled the Papacy just a little more in the lethal game of politics, even while each moral debasement divorced it just a little more from the vast body of Christians from whom ultimately it drew its strength." More charitably, modern historian James Grubb writes, "indeed, at a certain point it is difficult to see how he might have fared much better, given the obstacles he faced. Certainly his predecessors since the end of the Schism had experienced their share of opposition, but did any have to fight on so many fronts as Clement, and against such overwhelming odds? At one time or another he battled the Holy Roman Empire (now fueled by precious metals from America), the French, the Turks, rival Italian powers, fractious forces within the papal states, and entrenched interests within the Curia itself. That the precious liberta d'Italia (freedom from outside domination) should have been lost irrevocably seems more an inevitability than a product of Clement's particular failings. He tried his utmost...."

 Portrayals
The life of the second Medici pope has been portrayed in numerous films and tv accounts, notably the Netflix show 'Medici; The Magnificent' where the figure is portrayed by British actor Jacob Dudman.

 Patronage

As both a cardinal and Pope, Giulio de' Medici "commissioned or supervised many of the best-known artistic undertakings of the cinquecento." Of those works, he's best known for Michelangelo's monumental fresco in the Sistine Chapel, The Last Judgment; Raphael's iconic altarpiece The Transfiguration; Michelangelo's sculptures for the Medici Chapel in Florence; Raphael's architectural Villa Madama in Rome; and Michelangelo's innovative Laurentian Library in Florence. "As a patron, [Giulio de' Medici] proved extraordinarily confident in technical affairs," which allowed him to suggest workable architectural and artistic solutions for commissions ranging from Michelangelo's Laurentian Library to Benvenuto Cellini's celebrated Papal Morse. As Pope, he appointed goldsmith Cellini head of the Papal Mint; and painter Sebastiano del Piombo keeper of the Papal Seal. Sebastiano's tour de force, The Raising of Lazarus, was produced via a contest arranged by Cardinal Giulio, pitting Sebastiano in direct competition with Raphael over who could produce the better altarpiece for the Narbonne Cathedral.

Giulio de' Medici's patronage extended to theology, literature, and science. Some of the best known works associated with him are Erasmus' On Free Will, which he encouraged in response to Martin Luther's critiques of the Catholic Church; Machiavelli's Florentine Histories, which he commissioned; and Copernicus' heliocentric idea, which he personally approved in 1533. When Johann Widmanstetter explained the Copernican system to him, he was so grateful that he gave Widmanstetter a valuable gift. In 1531 Clement issued rules for the oversight of human cadaver dissection and medical test trials, a sort of primitive code of medical ethics. Humanist and author Paolo Giovio was his personal physician.

Giulio de' Medici was a talented musician, and his circle included many well-known artists and thinkers of the Italian High Renaissance. For example, "in the days before his papacy, the future Clement VII had been close to Leonardo da Vinci," with Leonardo gifting him a painting, the Madonna of the Carnation. He was a patron of the satirist Pietro Aretino, who "wrote a series of viciously satirical lampoons supporting the candidacy of Giulio de' Medici for the papacy." As Pope, he appointed author Baldassare Castiglione as Papal diplomat to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V; and historian Francesco Guicciardini as governor of the Romagna, the northernmost province of the Papal States.

 The Clementine Style
Italian Renaissance artistic trends from 1523 to 1527 are sometimes called the "Clementine style," and notable for their technical virtuosity. In 1527, the Sack of Rome "put a brutal end to an artistic golden age, the Clementine style that had developed in Rome since the coronation of the Medici Pope". André Chastel describes the artists who worked in the Clementine style as Parmigianino, Rosso Fiorentino, Sebastiano del Piombo, Benvenuto Cellini, Marcantonio Raimondi, and numerous associates of Raphael: Giulio Romano, Giovanni da Udine; Perino del Vaga; and Polidoro da Caravaggio. During the Sack, several of these artists were either killed, made prisoner, or took part in the fighting.

 Character

Clement was renowned for his intelligence and counsel, but maligned for his inability to take timely and decisive action. Historian G.F. Young writes, "he spoke with equal knowledge of his subject whether that were philosophy and theology, or mechanics and hydraulic architecture. In all affairs he displayed an extraordinary acuteness; the most perplexing questions were unravelled, the most difficult circumstances penetrated to the very bottom, by his extreme sagacity. No man could debate a point with more address." Historian Paul Strathern writes, "his inner life was illuminated by an unwavering faith;" he was also in "surprisingly close contact with the ideals [of Renaissance humanism], and even more surprisingly was deeply sympathetic to them." For example, "Clement VII had no difficulty in accepting Copernicus's heliocentric idea, and appeared to see no challenge to his faith in its implications; his Renaissance humanism was open to such progressive theories." Of Clement's other qualities, Strathern writes "he had inherited his murdered father's good looks, though these tended to lapse into a dark scowl rather than a smile. He also inherited something of his great-grandfather Cosimo de' Medici's skill with accounts, as well as a strong inclination to his legendary caution, making the new pope hesitant when it came to taking important decisions; and unlike his cousin Leo X, he possessed a deep understanding of art."

Of Clement's limitations, historian Francesco Guicciardini writes, "although he had a most capable intelligence and marvelous knowledge of world affairs, he lacked the corresponding resolution and execution.... He remained almost always in suspension and ambiguous when he was faced with deciding those things that from afar he had many times foreseen, considered, and almost revealed." Strathern writes that Clement was "a man of almost icy self-control, but in him the Medici trait of self-contained caution had deepened into a flaw.... If anything, Clement VII had too much understanding—he could always see both sides of any particular argument. This had made him an excellent close adviser to his cousin Leo X, but hampered his ability to take matters into his own hands." The Catholic Encyclopedia notes that while his "private life was free from reproach and he had many excellent impulses ... despite good intention, all qualities of heroism and greatness must emphatically be denied him."

See also
Republic of Florence
Italian Wars
Medici family
List of popes from the Medici family
Cardinals created by Clement VII

References

Sources

Further reading

 Rodocanachi, Emmanuel. Histoire de Rome. Les pontificats d'Adrien VI et de Clément VII. Paris : Hachette, 1933.

External links

  Catholic Hierarchy, Popes Clement VII
 Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, Cardinal Medici
His son Alessandro de Medici
Paradoxplace Medici Popes' Page
 Adriano Prosperi, "Clemente VII," Enciclopedia dei Papi'' (2000) [in Italian]

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Summer spots in Seoul
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While heading for famous vacation spots bustling with people is a good idea, why not find unique getaways in the city for a special summer far away from the army of parasols along the coast? Keep reading for some Seoul summer spots where the air is cool and the iced coffee cooler.
Platoon Kunsthalle – A cultural space pushing the boundaries of art
Uniquely built of 28 ISO cargo containers, Platoon Kunsthalle is operated by Platoon, a group dedicated to non-mainstream cultural campaigns. The containers, which are the main construction material, aptly express the philosophy of the group to break stereotype ideas for a more open line of communication. Platoon Kunsthalle is a special cultural space that values exhibition itself rather than space. Depending on the day's events, the space takes on the functions of a gallery, a bar, café, workshop, party venue, club, performance space, or library.
First established in Berlin, Germany, the structure in Seoul is Platoon Kunsthalle's second location. Since its opening in April 2009, this unique cultural space has drawn visitors from all over the world as it often hosts events that cross cultural barriers. Four galleries on the first floor, which are on the street side of the building, present the works of young upcoming artists. The interior space is a café and bar that serves coffee, beer, cocktails, and German food.
On the second floor, there is a small sitting room with books on art and four art studios. These studios are given rent-free to young, talented artists from Korea and abroad who have been awarded the opportunity to stay for up to six months creating works of art. At the conclusion of their stay, these works will be exhibited on the first floor.
On weekend nights, Platoon Kunsthalle turns into a club scene, and on the first Saturday of every month, a flea market is organized with a number of unique products up for sale. Also on the schedule are independent films, indie bands and multi-media performances designed to push the boundaries of what is considered "art." Though the space may at times seem wild, Platoon Kunsthalle offers the opportunity to spend a summer day in freedom and explore your artistic sensibilities.
Platoon Kunsthalle
☞ Location: 5, Eonjuro 148-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
☞ Tel: +82-2-3447-1191~7 (Korean, English)
☞ Hours: 11:00–01:00 (Closed on Sundays)
☞ Webpage: http://www.kunsthalle.com (Korean, English)
☞ Getting there: Hakdong Station (Seoul Subway Line 7), Exit 10. Walk for about 200m and cross the street. Turn left and walk down for another 600m. Turn right at the corner where Hana Bank is located and walk down the street to find Platoon Kunsthalle.
Hongdae Sangsangmadang – Combining art and Hongdae's youthful vibe
Located in Hongdae, Sangsangmadang is a multi-cultural space run by KT&G. Hongdae Sangsangmadang is housed in an eleven-floor building with seven floors above ground and four below ground. The building features a theater, performance hall, design shops, galleries, studios, and cafes. This establishment supports the creative activities of artists and offers the public a chance to enjoy various forms of art.
Come and enjoy exhibitions, performances, movies, and other cultural activities in this cultural space that shines with great ideas. Visiting Hongdae Sangsangmadang is a great way to escape the sizzling summer heat of Seoul. Note that the cafes, galleries, and design shops open after noon.
The Design Square on the first floor shines with unusual style and original ideas. All the design products on exhibit are for sale. The space exhibits the works of a new designer every two to three weeks. The gallery on the second and third floors features special exhibitions with a different theme each time, such as media art, illustration, or calligraphy. Most works are of emerging artists. The exhibitions are organized in tandem with performances, seminars, or concerts to further engage the public into the exhibitions.
The theater on the fourth floor of the basement level is dedicated to independent artistic films from various countries. Visitors can enjoy rare movies with a unique theme in a cozy environment that is very different from the large, impersonal multiplex theaters.
KT&G Sangsangmadang – Hongdae
☞ Location: 65, Eoullimmadang-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
☞ Tel: +82-2-330-6205 (Korean, English)
☞ Webpage: http://www.sangsangmadang.com (Korean)
☞ Getting there: Hongik University station (Seoul Subway Line 2), Exit 9. Walk 150m straight ahead and turn left. Walk 150m more and cross the street. Walk on to the Tony Moly alley, and Sangsang Madang is located 400m ahead.
Times Square – From dining and shopping to entertainment and relaxation
Opened in September 2009, Times Square is a gigantic mall with department stores, a hotel, shopping malls, theaters, and a discount shopping mart all under one roof. The Main Atrium, which is the center of Times Square, stretches up five stories to meet a glass ceiling, filling the spacious interior with natural light. Take your time to explore all that Times Square has to offer. Visit the Ecology Park, square, fountain, or roof-top garden to experience the greener side of this major shopping complex.
● Namu Geuneul – A gallery, bookstore & eco-park all in one place
The book café Namu Geuneul is located inside Times Square's Ecology Park. The café has paintings by famous artists and books for visitors to enjoy while relaxing in the café. The building in which the café is housed was built in 1936 and was home to Gyeongseong, Korea's first textile manufacturing plant. Part of the café has even been designated a national cultural asset. Every order comes with refillable house coffee and bread/toast.
● "I like Dalki" Kids' Park – A day of fun for the kids
Located on the second basement floor of Times Square, "I like Dalki" is a children's playground featuring the famous Korean logo-turned-cartoon character, "Dalki". The children's playhouses, classrooms, and other play facilities create a unique space for children to have fun and develop their curiosity, creativity, and motor skills.
☞ Location: 15, Yeongjung-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul
☞ Tel: +82-2-2638-2000 (Korean)
☞ Hours: 10:30–22:00 (Open year-round)
☞ Webpage: http://www.timessquare.co.kr (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
http://www.timessquare.co.kr/en/
☞ Getting there: Yeongdeungpo Station (Seoul Subway Line 1), Exit 5. 5 min on foot using the direct underground connection
☞ Admission: Children (12 months-12 years of age) 12,000won / Adults 3,000won for two hours / 500 won additional for each 10 minutes after (applies to kids only) *Children must be accompanied by adults.
*No re-entry after exiting.
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DDP – A landmark of Korean design
Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) officially opened its doors to the public on March 21, 2014. The acronym DDP also stands for 'Dream', 'Design', and 'Play,' and represents the plaza's function as a multi-purpose design center that aims to foster innovation, creativity and talent. Designed by renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, the DDP was built on a 62,957 square-meter site. The plaza, with its four above-ground stories and three underground levels, is characterized by the lack of straight lines, a curved shape, and a three-dimensional atypical architecture that make everything in sight blend seamlessly.
From the curved windows to the coiling staircase, the absence of angles gives the impression that there is no beginning and end. The interior is divided into five themed areas that serve as an international meeting venue, a concert hall, and a learning space supporting children's creativity and imagination. At the Design Market, visitors can find some restaurants, cafes, and multi-brand shops.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza
☞ Location: 281, Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
☞ Hours: 10:00–19:00 (Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun)/ 10:00–21:00 (Wed, Fri)
*Closed on Mondays, January 1st, national holidays (Chuseok, Seollal)
*Some areas are open all year round
☞ Webpage: http://www.ddp.or.kr (Korean)
☞ Getting there: Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station (Seoul Subway Line 2, 4, 5), Exit 1
● Lotte World Indoor Ice Skating Rink
Located on the third basement level of Lotte World Theme Park, the indoor ice skating rink is open year-round. The rink is popular both in winter as well as in summer, when the ice provides a refreshing retreat from the heat. Seats are available around the rink and the rink side restaurants serve up delicious international cuisine. A trip to Lotte World Indoor Ice Skating Rink is a great one-day getaway for families and couples.
Lotte World Indoor Ice Skating Rink
☞ Location: B3 of Lotte World, 240, Olympic-ro, Songpa-gu, Seoul
☞ Tel: +82-2-411-2000 (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
☞ Hours: Mon–Fri: 11:00–22:30 (Jul, Aug, late Dec–Feb) / Mon–Fri: 11:00-21:30 (rest of the year) / Weekends and national holidays 10:00–21:30
☞ Admission fee: (includes skate rental) Adults and teenagers 15,000 won / Children 14,000 won
☞ Webpage: http://www.lotteworld.com/icerink/ (Korean)
☞ Getting there: Jamsil Station (Seoul Subway Line 2 or 8), Exit 4. The skating rink is directly connected to the basement plaza
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Figure 7. The Vegetation Condition Report for the U.S. for June 23 - July 6 from K-State's Ecology and Agriculture Spatial Analysis Laboratory shows that highest level of photosynthetic activity continues to be in the New England area and along the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Plant development has been favored by the warmer-than-normal temperatures. There is also an area of high biomass production in western Colorado. Lower biomass production is notable in eastern Montana, eastern Colorado, and western Kansas.
Figure 8. The U.S. comparison to last year at this time for the period June 23 – July 6 from K-State's Ecology and Agriculture Spatial Analysis Laboratory shows lower photosynthetic activity in across much of the Eastern U.S. Conditions in June of 2014 were much more favorable than this year, where cool, wet weather continues to hamper plant development. Higher biomass production is visible in the central and southern High Plains from southeastern Colorado through western Texas, where drought conditions have improved greatly. In the West, from Oregon through California, the changes have been minimal. Conditions were poor last year and continue to be poor this year.
Figure 9. The U.S. comparison to the 26-year average for the period June 23 – July 6 from K-State's Ecology and Agriculture Spatial Analysis Laboratory shows much of the country has closeto-average photosynthetic activity. Washington stands out with higher-than-average biomass production, as early season moisture has reduced some of the drought impacts. Favorable moisture in the eastern Plains of Colorado into the Panhandle of Texas continues to generate higher-than-average biomass production in this area as well. Lower-than-average production is concentrated in the Ohio River Valley, where cooler temperatures and saturated soils have slowed plant development.


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Memorial address est le premier mini-album de Ayumi Hamasaki sorti sous le label avex trax, entre ses  et  originaux.

Présentation

Le disque sort le  au Japon sous le label avex trax, produit par Max Matsuura ; il sort un an pile après le  original de la chanteuse : RAINBOW, et un an pile avant son  : . Il atteint la première place du classement de l'Oricon. Il se vend à  la première semaine, et reste classé pendant quarante-huit semaines, pour un total de  vendus durant cette période. C'est la meilleure vente d'un mini-album par une chanteuse japonaise ; en 2008, il devient le  japonais le plus vendu au Japon. C'est le premier disque de Hamasaki à sortir aussi en version CD+DVD avec un DVD supplémentaire contenant les vidéoclips des titres et des extraits d'un concert.

Le disque est présenté comme un mini-album spécial, bien que sa durée avoisine les 40 minutes. Il contient sept chansons, plus une huitième en bonus. Cinq d'entre elles étaient déjà parues en face A des singles sortis dans l'année : & (triple face A contenant ourselves, Greatful days et HANABI 〜episode II〜), forgiveness, et No way to say. Chaque chanson, excepté la chanson-titre en bonus, bénéficie d'un vidéoclip qui figure sur le DVD. Deux des chansons inédites, ANGEL'S SONG et Because of You, ont servi de thèmes musicaux pour des campagnes publicitaires pour des produits de la marque Panasonic.

Liste des titres

Liens externes

  Fiche officielle de l'album CD
  Fiche officielle de l'album CD+DVD
  Fiches des albums sur le site officiel, avec extraits musicaux
  Fiche de l'album sur le site de l'Oricon

Album d'Ayumi Hamasaki
Album numéro un au Japon
EP sorti en 2003


Entering the second round of the 2018 Kentucky high school football playoffs, six area teams remain in the hunt for state championships.
Breakdown: Friday's meeting will mark the 80th all-time clash between Bowling Green and Owensboro … The Purples hold a slim 39-38-2 lead in the all-time series and have won 28 of the last 33 matchups – including 14 straight … Bowling Green beat Owensboro 21-12 in the regular season matchup Sept. 7 … Bowling Green defeated Christian County 29-7 last week in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs … Quarterback Beau Buchanan threw for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the Purples' win … Owensboro earned a 47-14 victory over Greenwood in the first round and is riding a seven-game win streak … Quarterback Will Warren passed for 185 yards and a pair of TDs in the Red Devils' victory … The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the South Warren-Grayson County winner.
Breakdown: South Warren has won two straight against Grayson County, including a 41-7 win in the regular season on Sept. 14 … The Spartans enter Friday's contest with an undefeated 11-0 record … South Warren shutout Apollo 48-0 last week in the opening round of the Class 5A playoffs … Running back Cameron Harrison rushed for 105 yards and three touchdowns, while quarterback Gavin Spurrier threw for 106 yards and two TDs in the Spartans' win … Grayson County earned a 54-35 victory over Graves County in the first round and is riding a four-game win streak … Running back Q Daryius McHenry ran for 357 yards and six TDs in the Cougars' victory …The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the Owensboro-Bowling Green winner.
Breakdown: Franklin-Simpson and Logan County haven't met since 2014 … Both teams enter Friday's contest with 10-1 records … The Wildcats shutout Calloway County 41-0 last week in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs … Quarterback Luke Richardson completed 4-of-6 passes for 45 yards and three touchdowns in Franklin-Simpson's win, while running back Tre Bass rushed for 105 yards and a TD on six carries … Running back Carlos McKinney finished with 59 yards and a TD on four carries … The Cougars defeated Allen County-Scottsville 42-3 in the first round behind 113 yards and two touchdowns from running back Gary Hardy … The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the Madisonville-North Hopkins-Hopkinsville winner.
Breakdown: Glasgow and Carroll County will meet for the first time on Friday in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs … The Scotties defeated Owen County 54-6 last week in the opening round … Quarterback Tanner Abernathy completed 6 of 8 passes for 107 yards and four touchdowns in Glasgow's win, while running back Nick Mitchell rushed for 120 yards and two TDs … Wide receiver Jaden Franklin finished with three catches for 46 yards and a pair of scores … Carroll County beat Green County 35-6 in the first round … Quarterback Andre Mumphrey recorded 187 all-purpose yards and three TDs in the Panthers' victory … The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the Walton-Verona-Monroe County winner.
Breakdown: Monroe County and Walton-Verona will meet for the first time on Friday in the second round of the Class 2A playoffs … The Falcons defeated Gallatin County 58-6 last week in the opening round … Quarterback Gabe Henson threw for 95 yards and three touchdowns in the Falcons' win, while running back Jamison Geralds rushed for 86 yards and two TDs … Walton-Verona beat Metcalfe County 41-8 in the first round … Quarterback Garrett Jones passed for 98 yards and two TDs in the Bearcats' victory … The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the Glasgow-Carroll County winner.
Breakdown: Russellville and Campbellsville meet in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season on Friday in the second round of the Class A playoffs … The Panthers lost to the Eagles 50-26 last year in the second round … Russellville defeated Fort Knox 35-14 last week in the opening round … Quarterback Jacob Naylor completed 7-of-13 passes for 84 yards and three touchdowns, while also rushing for 130 yards on 20 carries in the Panthers' win … Wide receiver Lennon Ries reeled in three receptions for 54 yards and a pair of TDs … Campbellsville earned a first round bye and didn't play last week … The winner will advance to next Friday's quarterfinals and meet the Crittenden County-Bethlehem winner.


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DOGMA is a contribution to PQI from the Bornberglab. Please cite: Elias Dohmen, Lukas P.M. Kremer, Erich Bornberg-Bauer, and Carsten Kemena (2016) DOGMA: domain-based transcriptome and proteome quality assessment. Bioinformatics doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btw231.


Check out this week's episode of Accidental Tech Podcast for a nice discussion of where the Mac Pro might be going from some of its most passionate devotees; Marco Arment (employee #1 at Tumblr and creator of Instapaper), John Siracusa (Ars Technica's reviewer of every version of OS X and tech curmudgeon), and Casey Liss (iOS and Windows C# developer).
The Mac Pro segment starts around 51:15, but the whole thing is a good listen.
Agreed. These guys are great to listen to, even on topics I'm only marginally interested in.
Their MacPro discussion covers a lot of ground. Why it's taken this long? What it could be? Why Apple is investing the time? I caught this part of the ep live and can't wait to hear the rest as I toil away on motion graphics.
This was in response to the recent "really different" report from REDUSER.net. MacRumors tried to tie together that with the Facebook rumour of a locked down machine from a few posts down- but to me the two reports are fairly contradictory on a basic level.
Thanks for the link Andrew, great discussion. Apparently Thunderbolt is not a magical answer to everyone's prayers, it's just a connector with bandwidth limitations that still has to obey the rules of physics. Oh well.
Indeed. It's been really frustrating to see not just people but news sites get this stuff wrong.
Thunderbolt holds a lot of promise. It's already maddening for me to have to copy large amounts of camera files from anything else. And I think we're going to see TB2 as one of the key pieces to the 4K/retina desktop solution for Mac. But the "modular machine" people think is an option today just isn't possible. Invariably it will be, and probably not TOO long from now. But not today.
I blame the naming. Thunderbolt conjures images of Nordic gods with magic abilities. It is just a pipe not a magic hammer.
[Marcus Moore] "Invariably it will be, and probably not TOO long from now. But not today."
I think this proves it isn't ready. A card that expensive isn't really worth much when it only runs at 1/4 speed.
It's a proof of concept.
You can get a cheap macmini and trick it out like never before.
4x is better than 0x.
I do love my Mac Mini. I can see the use for this in a ton of things, just not GPUs yet. As a proof of concept it has me intrigued for sure.
To sum it up they want high res, high performance with out the need of a dedicated GPU which today isn't happening. Even the top of the line "Iris" GPU Is beaten by the 18 months old GTX 650M. I really hope Apple doesn't nuter this machine in this fashion.
Regarding the MacPro they don't really bring up that much news given it's quite a sane discussion.


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by Blake Carpenter | Nov 18, 2022 | Staff | 0 comments
What happens when an 8-year-old kid in 1972 gets his first transistor radio and his first musical loves on WABC-AM and WWRL-AM in New York are classic R&B, the symphonic soul of Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra, and the "pop Prog" of Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra? Then, some new friends a little later in jr. high introduce him to ELP, the virtuoso Southern Rock of the Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Molly Hatchet, and some more "pop Prog" by the Alan Parsons Project? Then, sprinkle in some symphonic disco love on New York's WBLS radio, and then the discovery of New York's WRVR jazz radio, and then college in downtown Manhattan literally right next door to the J&R Music World Jazz Outlet, and where does it all lead? Why to Jazz, Rock/Jazz Fusion, and Prog, of course…the genres where all that love of complex, well played and arranged long form music come together! But wait, there's more: Fold in the quite-accidental discovery of the great Japanese fusion band T-Square in 1988 and seeing them live at NYC's Bottom Line, and then learning about the whole J-Fusion subculture, and the fixation is complete…for the next 35+ years!
Hope you enjoy the "Fusion Plus w/ Dave", program, the culmination of 5 decades of "all that jazz".


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7/29/19 (Mo.) 10:00 PM FOOD (#103) From Science Fiction to Just Plain Science
7/22/19 (Mo.) 10:00 PM FOOD (#101) Imposters
7/15/19 (Mo.) 10:00 PM FOOD (#102) Life with Molly Yeh
7/8/19 (Mo.) 10:00 PM FOOD (#104) Christmas in July
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CUPCAKE CHAMPIONSHIP (FOOD)
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currently airing (summer 2019)
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(from Food Network's press release, May 2019) Food Network showcases the country's most creative cupcake makers this summer in the new five-episode series Cupcake Championship, premiering Monday, July 1st at 9pm ET/PT. Hosted by Kardea Brown, each episode features four world-class cupcake experts battling to achieve new levels of edible ingenuity in two rounds of competition for a $10,000 cash prize. Judge Maureen McCormick is joined by a revolving panel of guest judges, including Nacho Aguirre, Lerome Campbell, Amirah Kassem, Stella Parks, Gesine Prado and Joshua John Russell, to determine who is named each week's Cupcake Champion. "The cupcakes may be small, but the artistry these bakers accomplish is huge," said Courtney White, President, Food Network. "Our viewers will marvel at the creativity of these cupcakes - they are truly spectacular." Each episode kicks off with the Designer Challenge where the four contestants must create cupcakes to celebrate an event or theme, and the judges send the least successful baker home. The three remaining contestants then proceed to the Imagination Challenge, an amped-up battle to create a three-dimensional cupcake tableau with bigger displays and multiple flavor components.
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Law topnotchers (from left) Christianne Mae C. Balili, Ivanne D'laureil I. Hisoler, and Rheland S. Servacio.
Christianne Mae C. Balili placed second in the examination with a rating of 90.80, while Ivanne D'laureil I. Hisoler placed 4th (89.55) and Rheland S. Servacio 7th (89.00). Mark John H. Simondo, a graduate from University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, topped the examinations with a rating of 91.05.
Last year, Karen Mae Calam topped (89.05) the 2016 Bar Examinations, while Fiona Cristy Lao (88.88, 3rd place), Anne Margaret Momongan (87.8, 7th), and Jefferson Gomez (87.7, 8th) also figured in the top ten.
In total, 73 Carolinian lawyers hurdled the November 2017 bar examinations, results of which were released on April 26, 2018. Sixty five of 70 (92.86%) graduates in April 2017 passed the bar examinations, compared to the national passing of only 25.55%. Eight other graduates from Summer 2017 and previous years also passed the examinations.


This is an adorable personalized t-shirt to commemorate your fairy tale ending! Let the world know you found your "Happy Ever After" with this Personalized Princess Bridal Tee!
Fully customizable surname and date!


Growing up, before we grow old . . .
Following Jesus means becoming like him, and God brings this transformation about in many ways. We've found that many people benefit from meeting regularly with a couple of others. This practice often provides the support, challenge and encouragement that turns discipleship from a good intention into a reality.
Before meeting up, they each read and reflect on a passage of scripture.
When they get together, they discuss how their reading relates to their own lives.
They then pray for one another to be able to put these insights into practice.
They pray for others who might join them in following Jesus.
It's quite a commitment – some triplets meet weekly, some fortnightly, but those who are willing to make the investment seem to agree that it's worthwhile.
Of course, this is only one of many ways to support discipleship, and we're not claiming it's the best. But many of us have grown as disciples as we have met together in this way.


Global boutique hotel management company ICMI is set to launch its first luxury Caribbean hotel. The Liming will open on 1 November 2018 as a new concept of relaxation on the Island in the Clouds, Bequia (Bek-way).
The property will be a collection of nine private villas and suites ranging from one to five bedroom options.set amongst the outstanding natural beauty of the Caribbean, each a masterpiece of modern design, influenced by the serenity of the surrounding nature.
Each hilltop abode is a guest's private window to the world, with panoramic views stretching over the Grenadines archipelago and the Caribbean Sea, framed perfectly by the soft island light that each space is expertly designed to absorb.
Bequia, although small in size, holds a culinary reputation that extends beyond the Caribbean. To dine at The Liming is no exception. The Liming's exclusive restaurant extends above the roof of the Caribbean Sea, offering diners a tantalising choice of locally-sourced ingredients, including fresh island-picked fruit, aromatic vegetables and the ocean to table seafood for which the Caribbean is renowned.
Whether guests choose to partake in a little nothing while soaking, amongst the bright Caribbean colours, in their private infinity pool or by admiring the dark skies unspoiled by light pollution, each decision taken by The Liming has been carefully considered to provide guests with the freedom to just be.
Passing yachts will also have the chance to experience The Liming, mooring at the purpose-built marina within the resort's grounds.
To stay at The Liming Bequia is to be immersed in an experience shaped by the philosophy that doing nothing is an art form. Wake up in the Bequia state of mind, and then just be.


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Q: Swift Bridging header expected ';' after method prototype I've created a new Swift project and decided to make use of the "Bridging Header" feature of XCode to use several Objective-C files.
It all worked fine, except for one specific header, which when included in the bridged, throwed:
<unknown>:0: error: something/include/SomeClass.h:269: expected ';' after method prototype

Looking at the line, the code looked something like:
-(void) searchField:(NSString*) searchField
         notBetween:(NSNumber*) number1
                and:(NSNumber*) number2;

If I change the word and to anything else (qwerty) the compile error goes away!
The same code works fine with an Objective-C project.
Thoughts?

A: and is a C(++) macro, defined in < iso646 >.
You shouldn't use C/C++/Objective-C keywords and macro names in your Swift code exported outside Swift. This is a rule of thumb of most languages when interacting with the C family.

A: This was a bug, fixed in Beta 5.
http://openradar.appspot.com/17110619

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Former Speaker Paul Ryan poked his head up today to take a swipe at President Trump.
This is not the first time Paul Ryan has attacked Donald Trump.
Ryan regularly bashed Trump during the election and after his victory.
Paul Ryan also promised to fund the Trump border wall.
He lied about that for two years.