The
East-West schism in 1054 split the Catholic Church into Greek and Latin
branches. The church broke along cultural, linguistic, geographical, political,
and theological lines. The two sides did not understand one another and vied
for control. The split reflected the schism that occurred five centuries
earlier when Rome fell and Constantinople remained a major power. The major
issues included whether leavened or unleavened bread was appropriate for the
Eucharist, papal authority, and Constantinople's rights within the church. The
breach remains to this day, led to each side excommunicating one another,
the massacre of Latins in 1182, the Crusader sack of Constantinople in 1204,
and nearly 1,000 years of mutual distrust. In the 20th century, Pope Paul IV and Pope John Paul II
worked with their counterparts to heal the rifts caused in 1054.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Benjamin Sisko timeline
Born: 2332
2350:
Enrolled in Starfleet Academy
2353:
Became captain of the wrestling team
2354:
Graduated
2354: Met
his wife, Jennifer
2354:
Served on USS Lexington
2355: Son,
Jake, is born
2360s: USS
Okinawa: First as Chief Engineer and then First Officer
2360s:
served in Tzenkethi War
2366: First
Officer on USS Saratoga
2366: Battle
of Wolf 359. Jennifer Sisko is killed. Saratoga destroyed in battle with Borg.
2366-9:
Served at Utopia Planitia Shipyards where he worked on the Defiant prototype
2369-75:
Commanding Officer Deep Space Nine
2369:
Discovers Bajoran Wormhole
2369:
Encounters the Prophets for the first time
2369: Stops
the “Circle” terror group (who had ties with Cardassia)
2370:
Federation-Cardassian Treaty of 2370
2370: The
Maquis forms; Sisko battles them on and off for three years. They are destroyed
by the J’em Hadar
2370: First
Contact with The Dominion; Defiant assigned to DS9
2371:
Promoted to Captain
2372: Coup
on Cardassia
2372:
Refuses Klingon Chancellor Gowron’s call for an invasion of Cardassia. Gowron
withdraws from Khitomer Accords
2372: Sisko
and Odo foil a Starfleet coup attempt
2373-5:
Dominon War
2373-4:
Captain of USS Defiant
2373:
Dominon win Battle of Deep Space Nine and capture the station
2374:
Promoted to Adjutant to Admiral William Ross
2374:
Recaptures DS9 and captures Gul Dukat
2374: Teams
with Garak to bring Romulans into the Dominion War
2374: Wins
the First Battle of Chin’toka; Dukat closes the wormhole and kills Jadzia Dax
2374-5:
Sisko goes on leave to New Orleans to mourn
2375: Breen
enter the war, Defiant destroyed at Second Battle of Chin’toka
2375: Wins
the Battle of Cardassia and ends the Dominion War
2375:
Marries Kasidy Yates; she becomes pregnant
2375:
Defeats Dukat in the fire caves; leaves for the Celestial Temple
2376:
Returns from the temple for his daughter, Rebecca Jae’s, birth
2376: Sisko
turns down the admiralty and goes on extended leave
2381: Borg
Invasion; Sisko returns to Starfleet
2381:
Captain of USS New York
2381-present:
Captain of USS Robinson
2382: Filed
for divorce, but it was never finalized.
2383: DS9
Destroyed by Typhon Pact
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Milt Wilcox: Detroit Tigers timeline
Born: April
20, 1950
1968:
Drafted by Cincinnati Reds
Debut:
September 5, 1970 (Reds)
1970:
Pitches in postseason at age 20. Goes 3 scoreless against Pirates in NLCS Game
3 win.
1970: Reds
lose World Series
1971:
Traded to Indians
1975:
Traded to Cubs
1976:
Purchased by Tigers
1983: Came
within one out of Perfect Game
1984:
Starts season 6-0. Next Tiger to do this is Jeremy Bonderman in 2007.
1984: 17-8,
4.00 ERA, 1.286 WHIP
1984:
Throws masterpiece in Game 3 ALCS
1984: Wins
pivotal Game 3 of 1984 World Series
1984:
Tigers win World Series
1985:
Injured
1986:
Signed by Mariners
1986: Goes
0-8 with 5.50 ERA
1986:
Retired
Currently:
Owns and operates Ultimate Air Dogs
Accomplishments:
1984 World
Champion
119-113
Record
4.07 Era
10 SHO
2016.2 IP
1137
Strikeouts
1.369 WHIP
73 CG
Won 10+
games: 7x
17 wins
(1984)
3.03 ERA
(1981)
Sub 4.00
ERA: 4x
10+ CG: 2x
215.1 IP
(1978)
Postseason:
3-1, 1.42 ERA, 19 IP, 1.000 WHIP, 19 strikeouts (4 series)
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Sci-Fi History: The Hulk (1962)
The Hulk is
a large green humanoid creature that grows more powerful as he gets angrier. He
is invulnerable and possesses super strength. His alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner,
is a reserved scientist that transforms into the Hulk during times of stress.
The pair represent schizophrenia and have a symbiotic love/hate relationship.
The comic has explored also explored Banner's past and the abuse he suffered
from his father. A gamma explosion transformed Banner's DNA. Throughout the
series, Banner was chased by the military that views him as a threat as well as
a potential weapon. He was inspired in part by Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde. Since his creation, the Hulk has appeared in comics, video games,
cartoons, a successful television series starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno,
and feature films.
The Incredible Hulk:
The Cartoon Theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj26N10Ymlg
Monday, September 2, 2013
Deanna Troi timeline
Born: 2336
2336:
Sister drowns chasing family dog
2340:
Genetically bonded with Wyatt Miller; the pair were scheduled to be married as
adults
2343: Her
father died
2355-9:
Starfleet Academy
2359:
Graduated from Starfleet Academy
2357-61:
William Riker assigned to Betazed, she has a relationship with him
2361: Riker
ends relationship to concentrate on his career
2363:
Assigned by Admiral Hansen to judge Jean Luc Picard’s mental state
2363:
Promoted to Lt Commander
2364:
Assigned to USS Enterprise-D as counselor
2364:
Reunites with Wyatt Miller. The pair mutually agree to break off their
engagement.
2365:
Becomes mysteriously pregnant, gives birth, and the child grows up fast. He
sacrifices himself to save the ship from a plague he caused unintentionally.
2366:
Kidnapped by Ferengi
2368:
Assumed command when a quantum filament crippled the ship
2368:
Suffered a telepathic attack and lapsed into a coma
2368: Her
body was taken over by an alien spirit
2369: Ves
Alkar attempted to steal her youth. She grew elderly quickly, but Alkar was
later stopped.
2369:
Kidnapped by Romulan underground and assumed role as a Tal Shiar agent. She
engaged in an undercover assignment and was rescued by the Enterprise.
2370:
Passed Bridge officer’s test
2370:
Investigated crewman Daniel Kwan’s suicide
2370: Had
relationship with Worf
2372:
Reassigned to USS Enterprise-E in wake of D’s destruction at Veridian III
2373:
Helped Zephram Cochrane’s warp flight in 2063
2375:
Worked with guerillas to liberate Betazed from the Dominion
2375:
Reignited relationship with Riker; helped Ba’ku in their struggle against the
Son’a
2376:
Assisted Reginald Barclay with Lewis Zimmerman
2379:
Married Riker
2379:
Shinzon Crisis: Telepathically raped
2379:
Reassigned to USS Titan with Riker
2380:
Suffered miscarriage
2381:
Suffered second miscarriage
2381: Third
Borg War
2381: Meets
Erika Hernandez from 22nd Century. With her help, convinces Caeliar
to help stop the Borg.
2381: First
child, Nathasha Miana Riker-Troi is born
25th
century: Captain by this point in charge of holoprograms and has three
grandkids.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Quotes of the Month: August 2013
Quote
of the Month: "I picked the wrong vice. I should have
picked alcohol. I should have picked drugs or I should have picked up beating
up my wife or girlfriend because if you do those three, you get a second
chance."
-PETE
ROSE
Dumb
Quote of the Month: “The fact of the matter is we will be running
on Obamacare in 2014. In fact, we set it up to run on it in 2014."
-JAMES
CLYBURN
“I am not a monster.”
-Ariel
Castro
"Bud Selig is trying to alter his legacy
from the commissioner who tacitly condoned steroids to the one who tried to
stamp them out."
-Bob
Wojonowski Detroit News
"Not worth it at all."
-Mark
McGwire on steroid usage
“I am the shooter.”
-Nidal
Hassan
"Federal Election Commission can't do
anything about it; they want the IRS to fix the problem. 'So everybody is
screaming at us right now, 'Fix it now before the election. Can't you see how
much these people are spending?'"
-Lois
Lerner on Tea Party Groups
“First of all, you got to be a good liar, a
good lowlife, and an imbecile. You gotta take steroids. You must take steroids!
And anybody that takes steroids is a garbage pail.”
-John
Gotti 1998 (tape recently released)
“the ACA as presently written could “destroy
the foundation of the 40-hour work week that is the backbone of the middle
class.”
-Labor
Leaders on Obamacare
“If you do watch the Al-Jazzera America
equivalent of "60 Minutes" and you hear a "Tick-Tick-Tick"
sound from the TV, dive out of the room.”
-Dennis
Miller
"The indiscriminate slaughter of
civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by
chemical weapons is a moral obscenity."
-John
Kerry
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Jessie Haines: Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1970
Born: July
22, 1893
1913-19:
Minor Leagues
1918:
Purchased by Cincinnati Reds from the Western League
Debut: July
20, 1918
1920:
Purchased by St Louis Cardinals
1924:
No-Hit the Braves
1926: Cards
win World Series (Haines 2-0, 1.08 ERA)
1927: 24-10
1928: Cards
lose World Series to Yankees
1930: Cards
lose World Series to A's
1931: Cards
win World Series
1934: Cards
win World Series
1937:
Released by Cardinals, retired
1970:
Elected to Hall of Fame (Vet's Committee)
1978: Died
Accomplishments:
3x World
Champion
No-Hitter
210-158
3.64 ERA
208 CG
23 SHO
3208.2 IP
981
Strikeouts
1.350 WHIP
Won 15+
games: 4x
Won 20+
games: 3x
Sub 3.50
ERA: 5x
Sub 3 ERA:
2x
Led league
in games (47): 1920
10+ CG: 11x
15+ CG: 6x
20+ CG: 3x
Led league
in CG (25): 1927
Led league
in SHO (6): 1927
300+ IP: 2x
200+ IP: 7x
Postseason:
3-1, 1.67 ERA, 6 games, 4 CG, 1 SHO, 1.237 WHIP (4 World Series)
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