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This stunning regency townhouse truly has it all. Situated just a stone's throw away from some of the most scenic views London has to offer, our Gordon Ramsay restaurant and hotel near Regent's Park will make you feel right at home as you settle in. The picturesque setting and beautiful architecture of York & Albany also makes it the perfect London wedding venue too.
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Pipeline Fix to Lower Prices at the Pump
Enbridge Energy Partners planned to reopen the line in the Chicago area and begin supplying crude to those refineries Friday. Analysts say that should send pump prices lower.
The national average for unleaded regular gasoline has risen about 5.5 cents in the past week to $2.740 a gallon on Friday, according to AAA, Wright Express and the Oil Price Information Service. That's about 19 cents more than a year ago.
Drivers in the Midwest, including Wisconsin and Indiana, joined those on the West Coast in paying the highest prices, from $2.863 a gallon to $3.517 a gallon. Chicago-area drivers paid an average of $3.057 a gallon Friday, compared with $2.882 a gallon a week ago.
The lowest gasoline prices were in Texas, parts of the South and Missouri.
Although gasoline and oil supplies remain plentiful nationwide, the closed Enbridge Energy Partners pipeline caused concerns about supply problems for the affected refineries, said Tom Kloza, publisher and chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service.
Now that the leak is plugged, it is "calming" for the market, he said. Prices should begin to "drift down" in the Midwest, which will send the national average lower, Kloza added.
Benchmark crude oil fell slightly after a new report showed consumer sentiment moderated in September from the previous month. The University of Michigan/Reuters' preliminary reading of September consumer sentiment fell from August levels.
In addition, the Labor Department said consumer prices inched up 0.3 percent last month, excluding gasoline prices. The figure was essentially unchanged from July after three straight months of declines in prices.
August energy prices rose 2.3 percent following a 2.6 percent July increase. In the past two months, gasoline prices have been increasing and were up 3.9 percent in August, at the end of the heavy summer driving season.
Oil traders closely monitor U.S. economic growth and the equities markets to gauge consumer sentiment and potential shifts in demand.
Oil for October delivery fell $1.19 to $73.38 a barrel in midday trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In other Nymex trading in October contracts, heating oil lost 2.12 cents at $2.0778 a gallon, gasoline dipped 1.44 cents to $1.9103 a gallon and natural gas fell 2.2 cents to $4.040 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude dropped $1.01 to $77.47 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.


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Football is a role-playing game. That's how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, is approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We're going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up.
After opening the first half 5-3, Chris Warcraft's guild got off to an 0-2 start in the season's second half. So it was back to grinding against low-level foes in PvP today.
And the outcome ...
(Kluwe: 5 punts, average of 48.6 yards, one touchback, two inside the 20—and a tackle.)
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Result: QUEST FAILED (Kluwe, 3 punts, average of 48.3, long of 57.)
ChrisWarcraft has completed six quests and failed four so far. He will be AFK the next two weeks.


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2014 infiniti q60 Model Overview
Vehicle Overview
Although the 2014 Infiniti Q60 replaces the 2013 Infiniti G37 coupe and convertible in the automaker's lineup, the stylish two-door is a carryover model other than the new name. The Q60 competes with the new BMW 4 Series (previously the 3 Series Coupe), the Audi A5, and Mercedes-Benz C-Class coupe. All models are powered by a 330-hp 3.7-liter V-6 with 270 lb-ft of torque mated to a six-speed manual or seven-speed automatic transmission. Coupes are available in rear- or all-wheel drive, while convertibles are rear-drive only. Fuel mileage is EPA-rated 17/25 mpg city/highway for the coupe manual and 16/24 mpg for the convertible manual. Rear-drive automatic cars are rated 19/27 mpg for the coupe and 18/26 mpg for the convertible, while the all-wheel-drive automatic coupe is rated 18/25 mpg. IPL (Infiniti Performance Line) models get a revised computer tuning and freer flowing exhaust, which bump power up to 348 hp and 376 lb-ft. Other upgrades include revised suspension, larger brakes, 19-inch alloy wheels, and a limited slip differential.
In a 2011 comparison test against the Cadillac CTS Coupe, the Infiniti G37 Coupe Journey (Q60) came in second because of its inefficient use of interior space. "A lack of rear passenger legroom, limited front and rear shoulder room, and miniature trunk limit the G37's overall usefulness as a luxury car, outweighing its superior straight-line performance and attention to sporting details."
After driving the 2011 Infiniti IPL G Coupe, we said, "On the winding, grape-lined country roads of Northern California's Napa Valley, the IPL G Coupe feels much like Goldilocks' choice of porridge – not too hot, not too cold. Compared to the G37 S, the IPL-tuned coupe feels a little less rough, running to redline with increased intensity. Power gains feel more impressive than they likely are, thanks to the exhaust's improved vocal ability, which remains interesting but unobtrusive in normal driving. A conventional six-speed manual or seven-speed automatic transmission are available, and each feels well-suited to the car, the latter offering magnesium paddle shifters."
Other than the new name, the Q60 coupe and convertible are carryover models for 2014. The 2014 Infiniti Q60 (and 2011-2013 G37 haven't been tested by the NHTSA, though, the 2007-2013 Infiniti G earned a Good rating in the moderate front overlap and side impact tests and an Acceptable rating in the small front overlap and roof strength tests.
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A new name and badging is the only change to the 2014 Infiniti Q60 coupe and convertible. Last year, the IPL G convertible joined the IPL G coupe in Infiniti's stable.
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JTF (just the facts): A total of 9 Lambda prints, framed in white, with no mat and no glass, hung in the small single room gallery. All of the images in the exhibit are 44x37, and are printed in editions of 9. The negatives were taken between 2004 and 2008, and each image is titled with its exact date and time. (Installation shot at right.)
Comments/Context: A picture of a beach is perhaps the ultimate cliche in photography: the sun baked sand against the clear blue water, perhaps with an artfully captured windy palm tree or perfect sunset in the distance as an added bonus. And yet, there is a surprisingly long list of great photographers who have tackled the subject of the beach and come away with original results: Weegee, Erwitt, Metzker and Callahan to name a few black and white stand outs, Misrach and Vitali more recently in large scale color. In many cases, these images were less about the beach itself, but about the human spectacle that occurs when a large group of people in bathing suits and accompanying gear invade the pristine sand.
French photographer Christian Chaize has come at the subject of the beach with a slightly more formulaic and conceptual bent in his first solo show, now on at Jen Bekman. Over a period of five years, Chaize made color images of the same beach in Portugal, from the same medium distance, on high vantage point. The rugged rock walls of the secluded cove provide the constant frame for the action, and half a dozen variables change from picture to picture: the position and number of sunbathers and umbrellas, the color of the sky and water, the relative positions of ocean and sand (as determined by the ebb and flow of the tides), the angle of the sun (based on the time of day), and the weather.
Seen together, the body of work is inherently more about the passing of time and the evolution of geography than it is about the beach itself, with echoes of Christenberry's pictures of the same shacks and buildings in the South over decades. While not every image is strong enough to stand on its own, taken as a group, the work provides a fresh view of a subject most would have thought had little room for original ideas.
Collector's POV: The images in this show start at $3500 and range up to $5000, based on the place in the edition. Larger prints (88x68) are also available, in an edition of 6 (I didn't ask the price). Smaller prints are available at 20x200 (linked below), at $50, $500, and $2000 based on size. Given the undercurrent of taxonomy in this work, while the large prints are eye catching, this is another body of work that will perhaps perform best in book form, where more examples can be juxtaposed to get at the subtle changes over time.
Rating: * (one star) GOOD (rating system described here)
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Praia Piquinia, Photographs by Christian Chaize
Through July 11th
Jen Bekman Gallery
6 Spring Street
New York, NY 10012
From one photography collector to another: a venue for thoughtful discussion of vintage and contemporary photography via reviews of recent museum exhibitions, gallery shows, photography auctions, photo books, art fairs and other items of interest to photography collectors large and small.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Praia Piquinia, Photographs by Christian Chaize @Bekman
2 comments:
- Jenni said...
I really like your commentary on Christian's work; looking for a publisher now! - Jenni Holder
- July 12, 2009 at 3:20 AM
- Jenni said...
Just a note to report that Chaize has a show current on view at Jen Bekman gallery to celebrate the release of his Chronicle Books monograph...and to premiere the release of a new body of work - focusing on the moon.
- May 17, 2013 at 6:38 AM
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In this ongoing series, we ask executives, entrepreneurs and business leaders about mistakes that have shaped their business philosophy.
Jeff Sinelli
Jeff Sinelli is the founder and chief vibe officer of Which Wich, a chain sandwich shop that is known for its endless variety of customizable sandwiches and a fast-growing franchise system. Sinelli started with one restaurant in Dallas 14 years ago and now boasts 500 locations in 39 states and 12 countries.
Which Wich has also become known for giving back by providing food to the The Bridge, a homeless shelter in Dallas.
The Mistake:
Anytime you start franchises, you'll have your share of slick businessmen approaching you waving a lot of money. [In our case,] the dollar amounts were huge and so were the promises because they were excited to do business with Which Wich. At the time, I was just starting out and this was very attractive to me. But I quickly realized their philosophy differed greatly from mine.
I started Which Wich with the intention of having this company for the long-haul. I cared about providing great, quality food and building relationships with my franchise owners.
The franchise owners with the biggest checks cared more about getting the restaurants built out quickly so they could make a quick buck, flip them and move on to the next investment.
One such owner in particular caused a lot of bad juju in our office because it was so different from how we wanted to run things. We ended up with all kinds of problems.
The short-term vision is focused on costs. The long-term vision focuses on guests and having a generational experience. The costs are important if you run a business. But guests don't care about that. They care about experience, value and branding.
If you worry about the money, it will never come. If you put the relationship first, the money will come with the success. If you treat it like a stock on Wall Street, you won't succeed.
This is a generational business and I play a long game.
The Lesson:
I've been a part of several winning teams in my lifetime.
In 1991, I won a world championship in lacrosse. Our team was full of characters but it was built on respect and positivity. There was no infighting, jealousy or complaining. Everyone got along and we were pulling towards the same goal. I'm also married and my wife and I make a great team. Both of us are in this for the long-term, through the highs and lows.
I view Which Wich and its franchises the same way. This is a generational business and I play a long game. I've been in this 14 years now and I'm starting to see the fruits of my labor. We have the ability to give back to our communities now.
The young customers we had in our early days are now married with children of their own and continue to expect the same great Which Wich experience.
I purposely look for franchise owners who have the same philosophy as me, who want to own their business for a long time.
Just like my lacrosse team and my marriage, I want franchisees who won't run if the economy dips or things get tough. Our best employees have been with us for five to 10 years, a real testament to the character and competence of our business.
As Which Wich starts its international expansion, we are continuing this approach around the globe.
Jeff Sinelli is on Twitter at @JeffSinelli.
Photo courtesy of Which Wich.


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Gary Goldberg
Gary Goldberg is a Professor of Art at Midwestern State University, where he has taught for 27 years. He earned his B.F.A at Arizona State University and his M.F.A. at the University of Nebraska. Professor Goldberg has been awarded a grant from the Rotary Foundation international exchange program he has also been the recipient of an Emerging Artist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Professor Goldberg's photographs have been published in numerous magazines, including Texas Monthly, Harpers & Queen, and American Profile. His photo credits in books include The Family of Women, Exploring Color Photography, Photographic Possibilities, Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Creative Photography: Camera and Darkroom Manual, and Bonfire of Roadmaps. Public collections in which Professor Goldberg's photographs appear include the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and the Photography Collection in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas.


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Facts & Figures
President (Interim Head of State): Evans Paul (2016)
Prime Minister: Evans Paul (2015)
Land area: 10,641 sq mi (27,560 sq km); total area: 10,714 sq mi (27,750 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 9,996,731 (growth rate: 1.08%); birth rate: 22.83/1000; infant mortality rate: 49.43/1000; life expectancy: 63.18
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Port-au-Prince, 2.207 million
Monetary unit: Gourde
- Haiti Main Page
- Unrest Stifles Development
- Despite Intervention, Haiti's Infrastructure Remains in Tatters
- Political Turmoil Continues
- Devastating Earthquake Exposes Weaknesses in Infrastructure
- Former Dictator Returns to Haiti Where He Passes Away Three Years Later
- President Martelly Struggles to Form Government
- Prime Minister Resigns, Causing More Political Chaos
- Years After Earthquake, Haiti Still Struggles to Recover
Haiti, in the West Indies, occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. About the size of Maryland, Haiti is two-thirds mountainous, with the rest of the country marked by great valleys, extensive plateaus, and small plains.
Republic with an elected government.
Explored by Columbus on Dec. 6, 1492, Haiti's native Arawaks fell victim to Spanish rule. In 1697, Haiti became the French colony of Saint-Dominique, which became a leading sugarcane producer dependent on slaves. In 1791, an insurrection erupted among the slave population of 480,000, resulting in a declaration of independence by Pierre-Dominique Toussaint l'Ouverture in 1801. Napoléon Bonaparte suppressed the independence movement, but it eventually triumphed in 1804 under Jean-Jacques Dessalines, who gave the new nation the Arawak name Haiti. It was the world's first independent black republic.
Unrest Stifles Development
The revolution wrecked Haiti's economy. Years of strife between the light-skinned mulattos who dominated the economy and the majority black population, plus disputes with neighboring Santo Domingo, continued to hurt the nation's development. After a succession of dictatorships, a bankrupt Haiti accepted a U.S. customs receivership from 1905 to 1941. Occupation by U.S. Marines from 1915 to 1934 brought stability. Haiti's high population growth made it the most densely populated nation in the Western Hemisphere.
In 1949, after four years of democratic rule by President Dumarsais Estimé, dictatorship returned under Gen. Paul Magloire, who was succeeded by François Duvalier, nicknamed "Papa Doc," in 1957. Duvalier's secret police, the "Tontons Macoutes," ensured political stability with brutal efficiency. Upon Duvalier's death in 1971, his son, Jean-Claude, or "Baby Doc," succeeded as ruler of the poorest nation in the hemisphere. In the early 1980s, Haiti became one of the first countries to face an AIDS epidemic. Fear of the disease caused tourists to stay away, and the tourist industry collapsed, causing rising unemployment. Unrest generated by the economic crisis forced Baby Doc to flee the country in 1986.
Despite Intervention, Haiti's Infrastructure Remains in Tatters
Throughout the 1990s the international community tried to establish democracy in Haiti. The country's first elected chief executive, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist Roman Catholic priest who seemed to promise a new era in Haiti, took office in Feb. 1991. The military, however, took control in a coup nine months later. A UN peacekeeping force, led by the U.S.—Operation Uphold Democracy—arrived in 1994. Aristide was restored to office and René Preval became his successor in 1996 elections. U.S. soldiers and UN peacekeepers left in 2000. Haiti's government, however, remained ineffectual and its economy was in ruins. Haiti has the highest rates of AIDS, malnutrition, and infant mortality in the region.
In 2000, former president Aristide was reelected president in elections boycotted by the opposition and questioned by many foreign observers. The U.S. and other countries threatened Haiti with sanctions unless democratic procedures were strengthened. Aristide, once a charismatic champion of democracy, grew more authoritarian and seemed incapable of improving the lot of his people. Violent protests rocked the country in Jan. 2004, the month of Haiti's bicentennial, with protesters demanding that Aristide resign. By February, a full-blown armed revolt was under way, and Aristide's hold on power continued to slip. The protests, groups of armed rebels, and French and American pressure led to the ousting of Aristide on Feb. 29. Thereafter a U.S.-led international force of 2,300 entered the chaos-engulfed country to attempt to restore order, and an interim government took over. In September, Hurricane Jeanne ravaged Haiti, killing more than 2,400 people. Lawlessness and gang violence were widespread, and the interim government had no control over parts of the country, which were run by armed former soldiers.
Political Turmoil Continues
After numerous delays, Haiti held elections on Feb. 7, 2006. The elections, backed by 9,000 United Nations troops, were seen as a crucial step in returning Haiti to some semblance of stability. Former prime minister and Aristide protegé René Préval, very popular among the poor, was seen as the favorite. But when the election count indicated that Préval's lead over the other candidate was dropping and that he would not win an outright majority, Préval contested the election and charged that "massive fraud and gross errors had stained the process." On Feb. 14, the interim government halted the election count, and the following day, after the votes were retabulated, Préval was declared the winner.
In April 2008, Prime Minister Jacques-Édouard Alexis was removed from office by the Senate, which held him responsible for the poor economy. President René Preval designated Ericq Pierre as the new prime minister, but the lower house of Parliament rejected Pierre. In July, Parliament approved the nomination of Michèle Pierre-Louis for prime minister and she became the second woman prime minister of Haiti.
The Senate voted in November 2009 to oust Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis, who was considered by international donors as a competent leader who could efficiently and effectively use aid to improve the infrastructure of Haiti and boost the economy. The Senate, however, claimed that she had not done enough to lift Haiti out of its near constant state of misery. She was replaced by Jean-Max Bellerive.
Devastating Earthquake Exposes Weaknesses in Infrastructure
The beleaguered country was dealt a catastrophic blow in January 2010 when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital. It was region's worst earthquake in 200 years. The quake leveled many sections of the city, destroying government buildings, foreign aid offices, and countless slums. Assessing the scope of the devastation, Prime Minister Préval said, "Parliament has collapsed. The tax office has collapsed. Schools have collapsed. Hospitals have collapsed." He called the death toll "unimaginable." Fatalities were reported to be around 230,000 by early February.
Since then the numbers have been revised. According to a draft report commissioned for the United States Agency for International Development, the number of fatalities were between 46,000 and 85,000 people. The United Nations mission in Haiti was destroyed, 16 members of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti were killed, and hundreds of UN employees were missing. International aid poured in, and the scope of the damage caused by the quake highlighted the urgent need to improve Haiti's crumbling infrastructure and lift it out of endemic poverty—the country is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere.
Already a victim of regular hurricanes, this earthquake-devastated country quickly faced another challenge: cholera. In November, the Haitian government said that the death toll had reached 1,034, with 16,799 people treated for cholera or symptoms of the disease.
The country was thrust into further disarray following November's presidential election. There were widespread allegations of irregularities, such as ballot-box stuffing, people casting multiple votes, discarded ballots, vandalized polling stations, and voter intimidation. Opposition candidates called for a revote, but their requests were rebuffed. On December 7 2010, the country's electoral commission announced that Mirlande Manigat, the top vote getter, and Jude Célestin, the hand-picked candidate of Pré val, would face off in the second round of voting. These results seem to contradict what election observers conducting exit polls had expected. Michel Martelly, a popular singer, was a favorite among the urban poor and early results had him coming in second, behind Manigat. The results set off protests throughout Haiti.
In a leaked report reviewing the November 2010 presidential election, the Organization of American States found that Michel Martelly, a popular musician, had obtained more votes than Jude Celestin, the candidate of the outgoing government. The report said that Martelly, not Celestin, should face Mirlande Manigat, a former first lady, in the March 2011 run-off election. Following strong pressure from the United States, a member of the ruling party said its candidate, Jude Celestin, would withdraw from a run-off election for the presidency. Celestin's withdrawal was seen as a sign of the end of Haiti's political impasse.
In April 2011, it was announced that Martelly, also known as Sweet Mickey or Tet Kale (bald head), won the run-off election against Manigat in a landslide, receiving 68% of the vote. Martelly took office the following month and named Daniel Gerard Rouzier, a U.S. educated businessman, as Prime Minister. The new government continued to deal with the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake, including an ongoing cholera outbreak and the 66,000 Haitians still living in tent cities.
Former Dictator Returns to Haiti Where He Passes Away Three Years Later
In January 2011, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a former dictator, returned unexpectedly to Haiti, where he was questioned by prosecutors who charged him with embezzlement and corruption before releasing him. He remained in Haiti while the courts sorted through all the pending corruption charges and human rights charges against him. Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former president of Haiti, also returned. He returned home to Haiti from exile in South Africa. The return of both men coincided with a dispute over the result of the 2010 presidential election. Both Duvalier and Aristide claimed that they were interested in national reconciliation.
Duvalier would remain in Haiti for the rest of his life. On Feb. 28, 2013, he pleaded not guilty to the charges of corruption and human rights abuse. The following year, on Oct. 4, 2014, Duvalier died of a heart attack. He was 63 and living in at his home in Port-au-Prince at the time.
President Martelly Struggles to Form Government
By late August 2011, President Martelly had spent his first 100 days in office without completing his first objective: forming a government. Parliament, led by opposition, turned down his choice for prime minister twice. This left Haiti without a functioning government a year and a half after an earthquake devastated the country, stalling reconstruction efforts.
Other nations, who responded to the earthquake by offering the country aid, have grown impatience. For example, the neighboring Dominican Republic has started deporting Haitian refugees and turning others away at the border. In October 2011, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) received over 450 complaints from people in the Dominican Republic who said their citizenship had been revoked. The complaints came from people who have been recognized as citizens for decades. The IACHR condemned the policy, but on December 1st, the Dominican Republic's Supreme Court rejected a Dominican-born male's request for a birth certificate so he could relocate to the United States. The new policy could affect some 200,000 Dominicans of Haitian origin.
On October 5, 2011, Garry Conille was appointed prime minister by the Haitian Parliament. His confirmation came months after Jean-Max Bellerive's resignation from the position and after the Senate rejected the nominations of Bernard Gousse and Daniel Rouzier. Conille became the 16th and youngest Prime Minster since the country's 1987 Constitution.
Prime Minister Resigns, Causing More Political Chaos
In late February 2012, just four months after he assumed office, Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned. The resignation came after weeks of tension with President Martelly. Conille was Martelly's third choice for the position after Parliament rejected his first two nominees. Conille decided to resign after he called a meeting with his cabinet ministers and none of them attended. Conille's exit came at a time when Haiti was still recovering from the devastating 2010 earthquake. In early 2012, half a million Haitians were still living in tents. Also in early 2012, seven Haitian police officers were convicted in the prison massacre that happened a week after the 2010 earthquake. The officers were charged with murder, attempted murder, along with various other crimes. They received sentences ranging from one to 13 years in prison.
On April 12, 2012, cholera vaccines began, eighteen months after the outbreak of the disease. More than 7,000 Haitians have been killed and more than 530,000 have been infected with the disease. The delay in the vaccine was largely political. Finally, a national bioethics committee approved the vaccination plan, which will reach only about 1 percent of the population and uses the cheapest cholera vaccine available. A second round of vaccines was scheduled for late April. Organizers of the vaccine were racing against the seasonal rains, which spread the disease. On May 3, 2012, Laurent Lamothe was approved as Haiti's new prime minister by the Chamber of Deputies. The vote was 62-3 in favor of Lamothe.
In late August 2012, Tropical Storm Isaac hit Haiti with rains and winds that caused flooding and mudslides. According to the civil defense authorities, at least four people were killed, including a ten-year-old girl who died when a wall collapsed in Thomazeau. The storm did not cause the kind of widespread damage initially feared. However, the storm was the latest obstacle for a nation still recovering from the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Years After Earthquake, Haiti Still Struggles to Recover
Two and a half years since the January 12, 2010 earthquake hit Haiti, the nation was still knee-deep in recovery mode. Despite billions of dollars in aid, many people were still without safe, permanent housing in the fall of 2012. In fact, hundreds of thousands were still living in tent camps while tens of thousands were staying in buildings badly damaged during the earthquake.
Prime Minister Lamothe resigned due to personal reasons in December 2014. Former Democratic United Committee president Evans Paul became Haiti's new prime minister the following month.
With a runoff presidential election indefinitely postponed, President Michel Martelly's term ended and he left office on Feb. 7, 2016, without his replacement chosen. Parliament would elect an interim president by mid-Feb. In the meantime, Prime Minister Evans Paul would act as head of state.
See also Encyclopedia: Haiti .
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My dog is 12. Is there a certain age when there is greater risk of cancer?
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May pork exports posted "phenomenal" gains with an increase of 98.2% above a year earlier, according to a recent Hog Outlook report from Glenn Grimes, University of Missouri professor emeritus.
Grimes says pork exports in May accounted for $43.62/head slaughtered, up from $25.06/head slaughtered in May 2007. Pork by-product exports in May were valued at $6.23/head slaughtered vs. $3.57/head slaughtered in May a year ago.
In total, pork exports in May were worth $49.85/hog slaughtered in 2008, up from $28.62 a year ago.
For January-May, 2008, the value of pork exports for each U.S. hog slaughtered was $33.51, compared to $24.73/hog slaughtered in 2007 for the same period.
The value of pork variety meat exports for January-May amounted to $4.80/hog slaughtered, compared to $3.42/head slaughtered last year, says Grimes.
In total, for January-May, 2008, pork exports were worth $38.31 from each hog slaughtered. This is a 36% increase from the $28.51/hog slaughtered in the first five months of 2007, he adds.
During January-May, U.S. pork exports were up 16.2% to Japan, up 19% to Mexico, up 25% to Canada, up 13.5% to South Korea, up 145% to Russia and up 401% to China and Hong Kong. Exports were down 5.8% to Taiwan and up 4.4% to Australia.
Net pork exports represented 16.96% of production for January-May, 2008. This compares with net exports for January-May, 2007 of 9.56%.


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The first class at STBI began with twenty-six students but steadily gained in popularity among those seeking pastoral and ministry training, but also among those in the community seeking higher education from a Christian perspective.
STBI responded to this demand in the fall of 1955 by restructuring to a three-year institute to a four-year. In that same year, the board of trustees voted to change the name of the institution to Gulf-Coast Bible College (GBC). This allowed the school to move toward possible accreditation and the acceptance of GBC credits by other colleges and universities.
The relationship between the college and the Church of God began in June of 1968, when the university was known as Gulf-Coast Bible College, and still located in Houston, Texas. In June of that year, GBC became a general agency of the Church of God (Anderson, IN).
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In 1983, without sufficient room for expansion at the Houston location, and after a lengthy study of the situation, it was determined that the college should be relocated to Oklahoma City.
May 9, 1984, ground was broken for the new campus, and the new campus dedication occurred September 5-8, 1985.
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In 1990, Robinson was named the third president of the college. Robinson served nine years as president and retired in 1999.
As president, Dr. Fozard has played a significant role in securing the financial stability of the university. As further indication of the institution's growth, the college was renamed Mid-America Christian University in 2002.
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OAKLAND — A 48-year-old Oakley man was killed Monday night when the SUV he was driving was hit by an Amtrak train in East Oakland, authorities said Tuesday.
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LOWELL -- Three of the five Lowell police superior officers implicated in the department's Jan. 13, 2013, handling of Alyssa Brame -- whose death by alcohol poisoning in police custody fueled concerns of police neglect -- have agreed to less severe punishments in exchange for forgoing lengthy and costly appeals hearings, The Sun has learned from sources.
But two other officers, both of whom are facing termination for their behavior that early morning, have rejected city offers of less severe punishment, meaning their cases will be heard, The Sun has also learned.
The officers who have apparently accepted the city's offer are:
* Sgt. Michael Giuffrida: Giuffrida, who was facing a one-year unpaid suspension, will be suspended for 15 days, 10 of which will be served as punishment days. The difference between a suspended day and a punishment day is that under the latter, the officer remains on the payroll and can, for example, work a paid detail. The three-member Board of Inquiry that investigated Brame's death found Giuffrida was in a position to see Brame semiconscious and conscious. He was present, for example, when Brame was "mumbling or talking incoherently" and a few minutes later, when she lay unconscious.
* Sgt. Francis Nobrega: Also facing a one-year suspension, Nobrega accepted the same deal as Giuffrida. The inquiry board found Nobrega was also in a position to see Brame semiconscious and conscious, including when she was "barely able to walk, bumbling or talking incoherently.
* Lt. Michael Kilmartin: Kilmartin, who was facing a demotion to patrolman, plus a one-year unpaid suspension, is now looking at a temporary, three-month demotion to sergeant, plus a 45-day unpaid suspension. The board found that Kilmartin also saw Brame semiconscious and conscious, and was present when conversations took place as to whether Brame was sober enough to have committed the alleged sexual conduct she was arrested for. Kilmartin had a duty to act, and provided "very little appropriate information" to other staff, the inquiry found.
The officers who rejected the city's offer are Lt. Thomas Siopes and Sgt. James Fay.
To Siopes, the city offered a demotion to patrolman plus a 180-day unpaid suspension. Siopes was the officer in charge when Brame was brought into the cellblock and was alerted to concerns about the woman's condition, the board found. Brame had been arrested on Appleton Street on a prostitution charge.
To Fay, the city offered a demotion to patrolman for a year, plus a 60-day suspension. Fay, the board found, was in a position to see Brame in both a semiconscious and conscious state.
Police Superintendent William Taylor was unavailable for comment. However, Taylor has said repeatedly, and publicly, that what he found most appalling about the behavior of all five officers that evening/morning was their disregard for the Brame's well-being.
City Manager Kevin Murphy declined to comment. Also declining comment was Sgt. Thomas Fleming, the head of the Lowell Superior Officers' Union.
Taylor and Murphy inherited the Brame case, since her death occurred when Kenneth Lavallee was police superintendent and Bernie Lynch was city manager.
In late February, in one of Lynch's last acts as city manager, he selected Carolyn M. Murray, a lawyer employed by Kopelman and Paige, P.C., as the hearing officer. Lynch took himself off the case just a couple days after Gary Nolan, a labor attorney representing the five superior officers, questioned his impartiality and said the city was rushing hearings on the matter, leaving the officers with too little time to prepare their defense. Lynch's resignation took effect March 10.
Murphy, the former 18th Middlesex District state representative, took over as manager April 10. It has been one of his top objectives to resolve the Brame case short of hearings which, both sides have said privately, will raise issues the city will find uncomfortable.
Various city personnel, including Solicitor Christine O'Connor, are now working to schedule hearings with Murray. It remains unclear if those hearings will be open to the public. Siopes and Fay have until the start of their hearings to reconsider the city's offers, The Sun has learned.
It was in mid-February, more than a year after Brame died in Lowell police custody, that the Board of Inquiry report was released. On the same day that the document was released, Taylor and O'Connor apologized on the city's behalf to Brame's mother, Alice Swiridowsky-Muckle, in the Boston law offices of her lawyer.
The Board of Inquiry, which was overseen by Capt. Kevin Stavely, found that police officers had discussions among themselves as to whether Brame, 31, was sober enough to allegedly offer a sexual act to an undercover officer, as charged, on the night when she was arrested and brought into the police station where she would later die due to alcohol poisoning.
One officer noted how Brame could "barely speak" and another called her "severely intoxicated." When officers removed her handcuffs and loosened her jacket to make her more comfortable, she barely responded while being moved around.
But despite being aware of her condition, those responsible for her at the station also went 66 minutes without checking on her -- more than double the required length -- as her condition worsened, according to the report.
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A recent Seattle Times story on Maria Cantwell noted that,
By far the biggest single source of Cantwell's fundraising last year was ActBlue, a political-action committee that acts as an online conduit for individuals who want to give to Democratic candidates. ActBlue "bundled" $365,000 for Cantwell.
Oh, hey scare quotes. If you check out Cantwell's ActBlue hub, you'll see she's received 7,333 donations through ActBlue totaling $750,000. That works out to about $100 a pop. Those donations were made by folks (real people!) who decided they wanted to support Cantwell's campaign and the money was disclosed to the FEC. So, we've got lots of people choosing to participate in a campaign, and doing so transparently. Terrifying.
Let's return to those scare quotes. The author of the piece uses them to imply something inappropriate about small-dollar fundraising, as if totaling up grassroots donations were somehow the equivalent of, say, the K Street Project. It's ridiculous. Enabling small dollar donors to participate transparently and consequentially in the fundraising process only enhances democratic accountability. It's the opposite of the shadowy system of billionaire-financed campaigning that's kept the Republican nomination process going for so long. Bundling our "bundling" in with that sort of fundraising reflects a profound ignorance of what ActBlue actually does, and damages the credibility of the piece as a whole.
It also reflects a real blindness about the role of money in politics. Money that comes from individuals and is disclosed in a way voters and reporters can access is hardly a corrupting influence. It's just another way for (actual) people to express themselves within the political process; the fact that ~$100 individual donations through ActBlue account for the lion's share of Maria Cantwell's fundraising is something to be celebrated, not scorned.


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Create and identify a configuration for which you need to create a virtual server.
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Select the configuration from which you will need to add a virtual server. You can select the configuration from the list of configuration shown in the Configurations tab.
Click on the Virtual Servers tab > New button.
A pop-up wizard page appears to guide you through the Virtual Server configuration process.
From the wizard page, perform the following tasks:
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The wizard summary page appears. To change the configuration, go back to the previous pages by clicking Previous. Click Finish to complete the new virtual server configuration process.
The Results page appears. If you see any error, Configure the virtual server again by going back to the previous pages in the wizard.
Using CLI
To add a virtual server through CLI, execute the following command:
wadm> create-virtual-server --user=admin --password-file=admin.pwd --host=serverhost --port=8989 --config=config1 --document-root=../docs config1_vs_1
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I am currently out of work so I'm trying to stay busy during the weekDAY and possibly EVENING and to enjoy the daylight while getting some hits in. Looking for 4.0/4.5 doubles anywhere between Castro Valley and Berkeley (preference for Oakland/Alameda, but can be Emeryville, San Leandro, etc). Any doubles works, first preference is mixed but can be any mix of players...since most people aren't available during the day. I'm usually busy on the weekends with league matches but might have a free day or evening here or there.
Drop me a line and hopefully we can get some doubles set up! Thanks!!
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Berkeley resident here. ~4.5. Available weekday afternoon/evenings beginning this week. Just let me know if you get enough people to respond.
Hi Paul can you hit today?
If you are still looking for players, I can do most weekdays.
Can travel to Berkeley/Oakland
Are you available today Jen? Amazing weather!
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Jewish World Review April 1, 2002 / 20 Nisan, 5762
Jonah Goldberg
http://www.NewsAndOpinion.com | "The worst violence since … ."
Once you start listening for it, you will hear this phrase, or something very similar, almost every time there's news from Israel. "The worst violence since Sept. 11;" "the worst violence in the 18 months since the latest Palestinian uprising began;" "the worst violence since the acceptance of a cease-fire;" and so on.
Surely this formulation is partly attributable to the media's need to make a routine development seem especially newsworthy. If there have been a thousand dog-bites-man stories, the 1,001st will no doubt be reported as "the first dog to bite a man named Eduardo since the beginning of the year … ."
But this phrasing also can be seen as a sign of our unwillingness to draw sharp distinctions between wrong and right.
In 1993, then-Senator Patrick Moynihan wrote one of the most influential articles of the last decade. In the essay, titled "Defining Deviancy Down," Moynihan argued that deviancy - crime, mental illness, out-of-wedlock births, etc. -- had become so rampant, had so thoroughly soaked into the culture, that we simply had to redefine the abnormal as normal to cope. By setting the bar lower, we comforted ourselves with the notion that the percentage of abnormal behavior was still manageable.
Moynihan's most famous example was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. That event was a major turning point in American history, credited with helping to convince Americans to abandon prohibition. It warranted two entries in the World Book Encyclopedia. The actual details? Four gangsters murdered seven gangsters.
In the early 1990s, Moynihan noted, Los Angeles suffered from the equivalent of one St. Valentine's Day Massacre every weekend.
And, of course, we can say much the same about suicide bombings in Israel. Perhaps it's an admirable inclination to want to depict something like Wednesday's "Passover Massacre" as an aberration. But the fact is, suicide bombings and other violent acts are part of everyday life for Israelis and Palestinians. The aberrations are cease-fires and truces.
The United States suffered more than 3,000 casualties on Sept. 11. Proportionate to its population, Israel has lost 10 times that many to suicide bombers since 1993, when the Oslo Accords "Peace Process" began. And with women and children seen as the Palestinian's richest targets, who can doubt they've been far, far more terrorized?
The American reaction in the media and government to the perpetual violence is to rationalize it. More specifically, we, to use Moynihan's phrase, define deviancy down. Members of Hamas - the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for Wednesday's bombing as well as numerous other terrorist attacks -- are routinely called "activists" in the American media. NPR reports, "Palestinian anger increases each time Israeli troops attempt to kill one of their activists." The latest Time magazine cover story on Middle East violence uses the word "activist" synonymously with how most of us would use the word "terrorist."
In the United States, we are propagandized daily about how smoking is evil. Children are treated to endless commercials in which playground peers who encourage kids to smoke - or take drugs -- are depicted as awful human beings. Hamas pressures children to become suicide bombers. The Palestinian Authority encourages children to hate Jews with a bloodlust normally associated with Nazis. But these people are only "activists" because they aren't doing it to our children.
Such moral equivalence is perhaps the best example of deviancy defined downward. In May of last year, two 14-year-old Israeli boys were lured or dragged into a cave, beaten to death and then mutilated. This was around the same time a 4-month-old Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli tank fire in a battle with armed Palestinian militants who'd been firing mortars at Israel.
The media, as JWR's Charles Krauthammer noted at the time, treated these events as morally comparable. "The deaths of children have enraged both sides," reported USA Today. Or as CNN declared, "In a region seemingly numb to violence, the deaths of both Palestinian and Israeli youngsters have struck nerves on both sides of the conflict."
Both deaths were tragic. But the killings were not morally equivalent. Civilians die in urban battles. Israel didn't go looking to kill babies. The murderers who beat those Israeli boys went out of their way to do it. But the media in America - and much more so in Europe - treat such acts to be on the same moral plane. The United States undoubtedly killed plenty of innocent Afghans in response to Sept. 11. But that doesn't mean we're as bad as the masterminds of Sept. 11, does it?
America began the war on terrorism with a clear understanding of what terrorism is. Alas, that's been defined down,


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Alan Jacob McMullen, age 33 of Plymouth, and formerly of Comfrey died on Sunday, July 29, 2012.
Alan Jacob McMullen, age 33 of Plymouth, and formerly of Comfrey died on Sunday, July 29, 2012. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, August 6, 2012 at New Hope Church in New Hope, (corner of Hwy 169 and Rockford Rd) at 11 a.m. with visitation starting at 10 a.m. A private family burial will held on Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Cemetery in Comfrey. Flowers may be sent to New Hope Church in New Hope, early on Monday morning or to St. Paul Catholic Church in Comfrey early on Tuesday morning. Memorials may be made to the donor's choice. Arrangements are with the Sturm Funeral Home in Comfrey. On-line condolence may be left for the family at www.sturmfh.com.
Alan Jacob McMullen was born to Richard and Susan (Sellner) McMullen of Comfrey on May 17, 1979 in Springfield, Minn. He attended St. Paul's Catholic Elementary School and Comfrey Public School and graduated in 1997. He then went to Ridgewater College in Willmar and graduated in 2000 from their Pre-Engineering Program. Alan attended Mankato State University and graduated in 2002, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Alan worked at Endura Tech which later became BOSE in Eden Prairie as a Mechanical Engineer up until the present. Alan was a member of the Delton Doers 4-H Club of Cottonwood County, participated in high school football and baseball and Ridgewater College Football. He married Kirstin Hawes of Oakdale, MN on May 19, 2006. Alan died on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at the age of 33 years.
He is survived by his wife, Kirstin; daughters, Adelynn, Noelle, and Lydia; parents, Richard and Susan McMullen of Comfrey; brothers, Ryan (Miranda) McMullen and their children, Kylee and Paige of Mountain Lake, Philip McMullen of Plymouth, and Dale McMullen of Comfrey; grandmothers, AnnaMae McMullen and Beverly Sellner both of Comfrey.
He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, George Sellner and Donald McMullen.


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Forty-five years ago this week at United Western Recorders, near Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles, Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, along with a radio interviewer, were hanging out in a studio with a grand piano, a microphone and a work in progress called "Heroes and Villains."
Wilson and the disc jockey were discussing the band's 1966 artistic breakthrough that culminated that spring in "Pet Sounds" "This is the year that was," said Wilson, then 24. "We blossomed."
Beach Boys: A Nov. 6 Critic's Notebook about the Beach Boys' "Smile Sessions" said the deluxe box set was selling for $370. The correct price is $165. —
The conversation is captured on "The Smile Sessions," a comprehensive box set that Capitol Records just issued last week. It's the first time many of these recordings have been officially released, and the collection gives invaluable insight into one of the seminal and storied studio sessions in pop music's history.
On a tape from the set, Wilson, piano before him, has just explained the importance of repetition so that the music "gets really emblazoned in your mind." The singer, songwriter and producer had been working on "Heroes and Villains" for the past few weeks with the rest of the Beach Boys and some of the city's great instrumentalists. He screams out Parks' name — "Hey, Van!" — then kicks into the rolling piano rhythm of the song. He hits the keys hard, repeating the melody a few times, and what bursts out could be an early Philip Glass piece or a Ronettes jam. "I think this is a beautiful feeling," he says.
If you've heard "Heroes and Villains," chances are it's through the fully orchestrated version as later issued or in the wind-sprint opening sequence in Wes Anderson's "Fantastic Mr. Fox" or through the lesser rendition Wilson created alongside Parks in 2004. Originally imagined during a tempestuous artistic period for the group's then-troubled mastermind, who rose in the early '60s with his brothers and cousin as the Beach Boys and crafted one of the most celebrated pop albums of the '60s in "Pet Sounds," "Heroes and Villains" even in its most skeletal, earliest form, has an undeniable magnetism.
As is well known in musical lore, Wilson was pushed to the edge of sanity while creating the songs on "Smile." When he got resistance from fellow members of the band, Wilson, drifting further from reality, pulled the plug.
"Truly," writes Wilson in an essay on the project for the new box set, "my creative heart was broken. The music that was deepest in my soul had stayed there. Locked away." In 2004, he and lyricist Parks partly unlocked it when the team reconvened to make a finished version of the album by re-recording the parts, adding structure, and sequencing the tracks in a logical order to create "Brian Wilson presents 'Smile,'" released on Nonesuch Records. But this archival Capitol stuff, issued as a two-CD collection and a five-CD/hard-bound book/session masters deluxe box, nearly renders that 2004 effort moot.
This is especially true of the latter $165 deluxe offering, which presents the pieces of the puzzle that Wilson and Parks were unable to complete by the time the sessions were abandoned for good in April 1967. Compiled from more than 70 original 4- and 8-track session tapes, the magic within the five hours of tidbits, miniatures, rehearsals and trial-and-error recording experiments is at times astounding and offers a snapshot of some of the most visionary music ever to come out of Los Angeles.
Box sets of this scope aren't new; in past years the Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Neil Young and hosts of other artists have delivered comprehensive sets that aim to shine a light not only on the finished product but the process involved in the creation. Directed at fans who can afford to shell out hundreds of dollars for massive packages — which their kids know how to download off BitTorrent sites for free — some are more necessary than others.
"The Smile Sessions" content is essential history, the sonic equivalent to a film fanatic having access to the daily rushes of "The Godfather." Curious as to how Wilson managed to cram all that stuff into "Good Vibrations"? An entire disc is devoted to the layers of sound and offers a clear look at how it all works so well together.
"Things were happening so quickly," recalls Wilson in the book's introduction. "The world within my head, the world outside my house. It was all a whirlwind." It didn't hurt that, according to Wilson's autobiography, the genius brought in enough marijuana and hashish for a small army and he and Parks were eating "fistfuls" of amphetamines. For this reason and many more, Wilson sought to capture "the song of the universe rising and falling in wave after wave."
Even now you can hear this rising and falling, best evidenced on the disc devoted to fleshing out "Heroes and Villains." The parts, which comprise 33 tracks on the deluxe box, shine a light on the little things that make such a huge sound. From the demo that Wilson showcased on just piano, he added layers and layers: xylophone and alto saxophone sweetly intermingling; the five Beach Boys vocalists harmonizing the words "run a lot, do a lot, never be lazy"; and a section that sounds like Ennio Morricone fused with Aaron Copland, temple blocks clomping along like hoofs.
Is it worth dropping so much money for the deluxe package? If you're an obsessive fan, yes, though even they should ponder how often they dig into the similarly comprehensive "The Pet Sounds Sessions" multi-disc box that Capitol issued in 1997. But certainly every library of American recording history needs this; university composition departments, music professors, budding recording engineers and composers should study it. Anyone, in fact, who's ever wondered how "Good Vibrations" remains as fresh and vital 45 years after it was made needs to spend time with this box.
You can hear the evidence in one snippet from the "Heroes and Villains" sessions, even if on the surface it seems inconsequential. A bunch of musicians are in the middle of a playful experiment featuring toy train whistles, tubas, a duck decoy, and a jug banged on by a mallet — and someone hesitates. Wilson stops for a second. "Hey, listen," he says. "Remember one thing: There's no rules to this."


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Trajan, Latin in full Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus, also called (97–98 ce) Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus, original name Marcus Ulpius Traianus, (born September 15?, 53 ce, Italica, Baetica [now in Spain]—died August 8/9, 117, Selinus, Cilicia [now in Turkey]), Roman emperor (98–117 ce) who sought to extend the boundaries of the empire to the east (notably in Dacia, Arabia, Armenia, and Mesopotamia), undertook a vast building program, and enlarged social welfare.
Origins and early career
Marcus Ulpius Traianus was born in the Roman province of Baetica (the area roughly equivalent to Andalusia in southern Spain). Although his ancestors, whether or not original settlers, were undoubtedly Roman, or at least Italian, they may well have intermarried with natives. While his family was probably well-to-do and prominent in Baetica, his father was the first to have a career in the imperial service. He became a provincial governor and in 67–68 commander of a legion in the war the future emperor Vespasian was conducting against the Jews. In 70 Vespasian, by then emperor, rewarded him with a consulship and a few years later enrolled him among the patricians, Rome's most aristocratic group within the senatorial class. Finally, he became governor, successively, of Syria and Asia.
Although there is little documentation of Trajan's early life, presumably the future emperor grew up either in Rome or in various military headquarters with his father. He served 10 years as a legionary staff tribune. In this capacity he was in Syria while his father was governor, probably in 75. He then held the traditional magistracies through the praetorship, which qualified him for command of a legion in Spain in 89. Ordered to take his troops to the Rhine River to aid in quelling a revolt against the emperor Domitian by the governor of Upper Germany (Germania Superior), Trajan probably arrived after the revolt had already been suppressed by the governor of Lower Germany (Germania Inferior). Trajan clearly enjoyed the favour of Domitian, who in 91 allowed him to hold one of the two consulships, which, even under the empire, remained most prestigious offices.
When Domitian had been assassinated by a palace conspiracy on September 18, 96, the conspirators had put forward as emperor, and the Senate had welcomed, the elderly and innocuous Nerva. His selection represented a reaction against Domitian's autocracy and a return to the cooperation between emperor and Senate that had characterized the reign of Vespasian. Nevertheless, the imperial guard (the praetorian cohorts) forced the new emperor to execute the assassins who had secured the throne for him. There was also discontent among the frontier commanders.
Therefore, in October 97, Nerva adopted as his successor Trajan, whom he had made governor of Upper Germany and who seemed acceptable both to the army commanders and to the Senate. On January 1, 98, Trajan entered upon his second consulship as Nerva's colleague. Soon thereafter, on January 27 or 28, Nerva died, and Trajan was accepted as emperor by both the armies and the Senate. Before his accession, Trajan had married Pompeia Plotina, to whom he remained devoted. As the marriage was childless, he took into his household his cousin Hadrian, who became a favourite of Plotina.
Domestic policies as emperor
Trajan deified Nerva and included his name in his imperial title. In 114 he placed before his title Augustus the adjective Optimus ("Best"). This was undoubtedly intended, by recalling the epithets Optimus Maximus, applied to Jupiter, to present Trajan as the god's representative on earth. Trajan was a much more active ruler than Nerva had been during his short reign. Instead of returning to Rome at once to accept from the Senate the imperial powers, he remained for nearly a year on the Rhine and Danube rivers, either to make preparations for a coming campaign into Dacia (modern Transylvania and Romania) or to ensure that discipline was restored and defenses strengthened. He sent orders to Rome for the execution of the praetorians who had forced Nerva to execute the conspirators who had brought him to the throne. He gave the soldiers only half the cash gifts customary on the accession of a new emperor, but in general, he dealt fairly, if strictly, with the armies.
When he returned to Rome in 99, he behaved with respect and affability toward the Senate. He was generous to the populace of Rome, to whom he distributed considerable cash gifts, and increased the number of poor citizens who received free grain from the state. For Italy and the provinces, he remitted the gold that cities had customarily sent to emperors on their accession. He also lessened taxes and was probably responsible for an innovation for which Nerva is given credit—the institution of public funds (alimenta) for the support of poor children in the Italian cities. Such endowments had previously been established in Italy by private individuals, notably by Trajan's close friend, the orator and statesman Pliny the Younger, for his native Comum (modern Como) in northern Italy.
For the administration of the provinces, Trajan tried to secure competent and honest officials. He sent out at least two special governors to provinces whose cities had suffered financial difficulties. One was Pliny the Younger, whom he dispatched to Bithynia-Pontus, a province on the northern coast of Asia Minor. The letters exchanged between Pliny and Trajan during the two years of Pliny's governorship are preserved as the 10th book of his correspondence. They constitute a most important source for Roman provincial administration.
In one exchange, Pliny asked Trajan how he should handle the rapidly spreading sect of Christians, who, refusing to conform to normal religious practices, suffered from great unpopularity but were, as far as Pliny could see, harmless. In his reply, a model of judiciousness, Trajan advised Pliny not to ferret out Christians nor to accept unsupported charges and to punish only those whose behaviour was ostentatiously recalcitrant. Clearly in Trajan's time the Roman government did not yet have (and, indeed, was not to have for another century) any policy of persecution of the Christians; official action was based on the need to maintain good order, not on religious hostility. The correspondence also illustrates the wasteful expenditure of cities on lavish buildings and competition for municipal honours, an indication that the finances of the empire were already beginning to show inflationary trends.
Trajan undertook or encouraged extensive public works in the provinces, Italy, and Rome: roads, bridges, aqueducts, the reclamation of wastelands, the construction of harbours and buildings. Impressive examples survive in Spain, in North Africa, in the Balkans, and in Italy. Rome, in particular, was enriched by Trajan's projects. A new aqueduct brought water from the north. A splendid public bathing complex was erected on the Esquiline Hill, and a magnificent new forum was designed by the architect Apollodorus of Damascus. It comprised a porticoed square in the centre of which stood a colossal equestrian statue of the emperor. On either side, the Capitoline and Quirinal hills were cut back for the construction of two hemicycles in brick, which, each rising to several stories, provided streets of shops and warehouses.
Behind the new forum was a public hall, or basilica, and behind that a court flanked by libraries for Greek and Latin books and backed by a temple. In that court rose the still-standing Trajan's Column, an innovative work of art that commemorated his Dacian Wars. Its cubical base, decorated with reliefs of heaps of captured arms, later received Trajan's ashes. The column itself is encircled by a continuous spiral relief, portraying scenes from the two Dacian campaigns. These provide a commentary on the campaigns and also a repertory of Roman and Dacian arms, armour, military buildings, and scenes of fighting. The statue of Trajan on top of the column was removed during the Middle Ages and replaced in 1588 by the present one of St. Peter.
Military campaigns
Trajan's civil accomplishments were impressive but, except for the alimenta, not innovative. He is renowned chiefly for abandoning the policy, established by Augustus and generally adhered to by his successors, of not extending the Roman frontiers. Despite his title Germanicus, his first year on the Rhine-Danube frontier was not marked by any major conquest.
In 101, however, he resumed the invasion of Dacia that Domitian had been forced to abandon by Decebalus, the country's redoubtable king. In two campaigns (101–102 and 105–106), Trajan captured the Dacian capital of Sarmizegethusa (modern Varhély), which lay to the north of the Iron Gate in western Romania; Decebalus evaded capture by suicide. Trajan created a new province of Dacia north of the Danube within the curve of the Carpathian Mountains. This provided land for Roman settlers, opened for exploitation rich mines of gold and salt, and established a defensive zone to absorb movements of nomads from the steppes of southern Russia.
Trajan's second major war was against the Parthians, Rome's traditional enemy in the east. The chronology of his campaigns is uncertain. In preparation for them, in 105/106 one of his generals annexed the Nabataean kingdom, the part of Arabia extending east and south of Judaea. Next, about 110, the Parthians deposed the pro-Roman king of Armenia, whereupon in 113/114 Trajan campaigned to reinstate him. Meanwhile, Trajan undertook the construction of a road along the ancient caravan trail known as the King's Highway. That road, the Via Nova Traiana, linked the city of Bostra—which became the capital of the new Roman province of Arabia—with the Red Sea. In 115 Trajan annexed upper Mesopotamia and, in the same or next year, moved down the Tigris River to capture the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon. He reached the Persian Gulf, where he is said to have wept because he was too old to repeat Alexander the Great's achievements in India.
Death and succession
Late in 115, Trajan barely escaped death in an earthquake that devastated Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey). In 116 revolts broke out both in the newly conquered territories and in Jewish communities in several of the eastern provinces. Trajan, discouraged and in ill health, left Antioch for Rome. He died, in his 64th year, at Selinus (modern Selindi) on the southern coast of Asia Minor. His ashes were returned to Rome for a state funeral and burial in the base of his column. Just before his death was made public, it was announced that he had adopted Hadrian, who in 100 had married Trajan's favourite niece.
Although Hadrian differed completely in temperament from Trajan and initially had not been advanced with any unusual speed, Trajan, a few years before his death, had made him governor of Syria, where he was responsible for the logistical support of the Parthian campaign. But Trajan did not then adopt him or give any indication of a choice of successor. Hence contemporary gossip stamped the announcement of Hadrian's last-minute adoption as a fiction put out by the empress Plotina, though it was probably a genuine deathbed decision.
Modern historians differ in their judgments of Trajan both as a ruler and as a conqueror. Some think that his Dacian campaigns brought the empire new revenues and strengthened the Danubian frontier. Others regard his success as having been prepared by Domitian and his Parthian war as having overstrained the resources of the empire because of his megalomanic desire for military glory.Mason Hammond The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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