#look at Uroš

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kosovo maiden (könig x reader)

Well, I did it again, gang. I wrote another story based on a painting. This one is by Uroš Predić in 1919, and was posted to Tumblr here (thanks to arcana-imperii for posting!)

I don't know anything about Kosovo, so the reader here isn't explicitly Serbian ;; please forgive me. Also, apologies for possibly inaccurate ambiguously late-1800s setting, medical information or German. Please enjoy!

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There are soldiers in the field.

You heard the sounds of battle early in the dawn, the piercing explosions of gunfire and cannons ringing out as the sun rose. You weren’t concerned at first: it was far enough away that you felt safe enough to carry on as usual. But the gunfire drew closer and closer, and by noon you could hear the shouting and the battle cries, driving you trembling into your attic with terror. Mercifully, the fighting peters out as the sun sinks lower in the sky, but when you finally work up the nerve to peek out of your window, you find to your horror that the grassy field adjacent to your humble little home is littered with the bodies of dead and dying men.

Without a single further thought to your own safety, you grab a lantern and a pitcher of water and rush into the night.

It’s awful. Most of the men left behind are already cold, some whose eyes you have to shut yourself. The ones who were able to be saved were likely evacuated by their comrades, so the only ones left to face the cruel nighttime are the ones who won’t see the morning after. A few are still conscious when you find them, but you have little more to offer them than a gentle touch and one last drink of water. Their eyes are what will haunt you most after today: slick with tears as grown men weep, all semblance of courage and proud masculinity stripped from them as they face down their imminent demise. It’s terrible, heart-wrenching, but you can’t bring yourself to stop. You’re the only living thing left that can offer them comfort in their last moments.

The jug of water dangles from your hand as you trudge through the field, looking for anyone at all that you can provide help to. You’ve long abandoned any hope of finding someone you can save when you come across him: the giant in the grass.

It’s well and truly nighttime at that point, your lamp the only source of light upon what seems like a sea of human misery. The light hits his face, and you gasp. Your first thought is of how huge he is, at least 200 centimeters if he were standing. Your second thought is of how handsome he is…

You jolt to attention as he shifts and groans. He’s alive! Shaking some sense into yourself, you don’t hesitate to rush to his side. Your hands roam across his body, assessing the severity of his injuries. To your surprise, he doesn’t seem to be mortally injured. They’re severe, to be sure—he won’t be able-bodied for weeks. But he’s far from at death’s door, only confused and dazed…had his comrades only left him due to his sheer size?

Using your hand to support the back of his head and neck, you tip some water into his mouth in an attempt to revive him. The man cracks an eye open, regarding you with feverish wonder.

“Ein Engel…” he murmurs. You’re too elated that he’s alive, so you don’t actually properly hear what he said. With light, deft fingers, you tear strips of his tattered shirt and use the cloth to wrap up a scrape on his arm and stem the flow of a very nasty-looking wound up along the broad plane of his torso. To your alarm, however, the man seems to slump, his head laying back as if he’s about to lose consciousness.

“No, no,” you cry in panic, shaking him without heed of his injuries. “Sir, you cannot sleep here, I am unable to carry you…you will die out here!”

He mumbles something inaudible, and you breathe a sigh of relief. He hasn’t passed out on you yet, but you have to act quickly to properly care for his wounds. You shift your body so you can maneuver his uninjured arm onto your shoulders. Luckily, he seems to comprehend what you’re trying to do, and manages to stumble to his feet while leaning his weight on you.

It’s an awkward, fumbling dance, considering your earlier assessment of his height was correct—he’s a huge man, and his torso alone nearly dwarfs your entire figure. But with a good measure of patience, you manage to get him moving towards your house. It’s high time you returned home, as well: your stomach roils as you remember what happens to corpses left outside for scavengers to find.

The two of you stumble through the doorway of your home, you murmuring soft affirmations and encouragement to the man. He makes no indication that he understands what you’re saying, but he’s nodding along, responding to your gentle tone. You guide him to lay on your bed, his body visibly relaxing as he sinks into the mattress.

You bustle around, lighting candles, stoking your fireplace, and rummaging around for medical supplies. You return to him with a basin of warm water, a cloth, and some bandages—before stopping dead in your tracks.

In the low lamplight out in the field, you hadn’t noticed the color of the man’s uniform, much too preoccupied with his signs of life. But now the truth is laid bare in front of you as you take in his attire, eyes traveling over his broad body—

You’ve just taken in an enemy soldier.

The man has seemingly fallen asleep, likely exhausted by the battle and the effort it took to get into your home. That does nothing to assuage your fear, though: what are you going to do if he passes away right in your bed? Even worse, what are you going to do if he wakes? Will he be hostile? Will he attempt to take you as a hostage to secure safe passage out of his enemy’s territory?

It's clear to you, though, that if you don’t help this man, he will die. His wounds could easily turn septic, and then he’s a goner. You steel yourself and approach him, kneeling at his bedside.

You work slowly and carefully to reveal his injuries, wincing when they’re completely exposed. He’s no longer bleeding profusely, but he will absolutely need stitches. For now, you settle for cleaning them with a damp cloth, trying to keep infection at bay.

He must be well and truly knocked out, because he doesn’t even stir as you wrap his arm securely with clean bandages. You’re much more hesitant to deal with his chest wound: if he wakes and struggles, he could make it much worse. But his unconscious state affords you the best opportunity to stitch him up…

You furrow your brow and go to find a needle.

You’re awoken by a gentle touch on the shoulder.

You stir from your sleep, wondering what your mother could possibly want at such an early hour. At least she put the fire on—you can hear the crackling. But why is your bed so hard? Did you fall asleep on the floor? Actually, now that you think about it, you do recall dozing off on your sheepskin rug last night, because—

Your eyes shoot open to see a huge, hulking figure standing over you.

The soldier startles when you scream, scrambling to move away from him. He cuts an intimidating figure in the early morning light: he towers over you in a state of undress, the bandages you put on him last night splotched with rusty dried blood. But you calm down as you realize he means you no harm, his hands outstretched in front of him as a show of peace: no weapons.

“Wo bin ich?” he asks. You squint at him. That sounds like German, but you can’t speak a word of it.

“I don’t speak German,” you try. He tilts his head, looking as puzzled as you feel right now.

“Never mind all of that,” you say, shaking your head and pushing yourself to your feet. “You shouldn’t be out of bed!” The soldier watches with amusement as you press your hands against him, careful to avoid touching his chest where you know his wound lies, in an attempt to get him back into bed. He allows you to do so, lying back down like an obedient dog.

“Muste pissen,” he murmurs as you fuss over him. You shoot him another confused look as you check the stitches you put in his chest wound. All seems well, you note with relief.

“What?”

He huffs a sigh. He gestures towards the door, and then then to his…oh.

“I see,” you say, cheeks feeling hot. You can’t bear to look at his face, but when you do, you find he’s watching you with amusement.

You tap his chest with a finger, then mime a sewing motion. “Don’t get up on your own from now on, you could tear your stitches,” you tell him, pointing to the door and then to patting your own chest. “I’ll help you.”

He snorts, but nods. You start to unfurl the bandages on his arm, heart twinging with sympathy as he grits his teeth in pain. You bite your lip in chagrin as the wound is revealed. It was much less severe than the one on his chest, but it’s doing much worse: pus and fluids are leaking everywhere, and to your horror, you think some parts of the torn flesh might actually be turning green.

“Es sieht schlecht aus?” he asks, concerned. You put on a smile you hope is comforting and rise from his bedside to go downstairs and rummage through your cupboards.

You return to him holding a bottle of liquor, the strongest you could find. He seems to realize what you intend to do, and shifts slightly to allow you better access to his arm.

“I’m sorry,” you whisper to him. “This is going to hurt.” Without further warning, you dump a good amount of alcohol on his wound.

“SCHEIẞE!” The bellow of pain that rips out of his throat seems to shake the very foundations of your home. You wince as he hollers and lays back heavy against your poor little bed, forehead covered in a sheen of sweat. That can’t have been pleasant…

“Das tat schlimmer weh, als die verdammte Wunde überhaupt zu bekommen,” he grits. You give him a sympathetic little pat before withdrawing to get the bandages.

He’s calmed down by the time you return to him. He watches you curiously as you wrap him up nice and snug, then turn your attentions to his chest wound. The stitches are still in place—it seems he was careful when he relieved himself—but you still need to clean and dress the wound. He lets out a sigh of relief when you opt for a clean cloth to dab away the dried blood instead of the liquor bottle.

You work quickly and efficiently, worried about him catching a cold with his chest out like this. You also can’t deny that the whole situation is starting to make you a bit shy—a foreign man, and an attractive one at that, is in your bed, shirtless, and you’re all but sprawled out on top of him to get up close to his injury. By the time you’re done, you’re fully blushing at the closeness of the contact between the two of you.

“You should be alright, it’s a good sign that you lasted through the night and haven’t developed a fever yet,” you tell him as you gather up the soiled bandages to be washed. “You’ll need to stay in bed so I can keep an eye on you—”

You’re drawn up short when you look up to see his face. Far from the angry scowl he wore when you disinfected his wound, his expression now is almost…admiring? You shift slightly, caught off guard by the adoration in this stranger’s stare, and your arm brushes against something solid and warm.

You stand up as if burned, turning to see what you just touched. To your chagrin, you find that the soldier is…well, he’s hard.

You whirl around to fix him with an outraged look, but he only laughs at you with obvious delight. What a pervert! You’re so flustered you don’t know what to do or where to look, but you’re stopped by the sensation of him reaching up and pressing a hand to your face.

You stare at him, wide-eyed, as he strokes your cheek with a sort of reverence that stops you in your tracks. “Mein Retter…” he murmurs. “Entschuldigung. Ich konnte nicht anders.”

You huff, recognizing that he’s trying to apologize. “You don’t act like an injured man at all,” you complain. A spark of mirth comes into his eye at your pouting tone as he just chuckles at you. You turn to walk away, yelping when you feel his hand brush against your bottom. You shoot him with a deadly look as he laughs again.

You scurry away, feeling awkward and hot all over. You had been so concerned last night about whether you should stay in the same house as the potentially dangerous soldier, pacing the floor and biting your nails as you pondered whether you should give him up to the local authorities. In hindsight, you’re glad you didn’t—they would surely have locked him in a cold cell with nobody to look after that festering gash on his shoulder, to say nothing of his chest wound. It was worth it to risk waking up to a man angry and spitting hatred at you, if you could save his life.

But now you’re realizing that you hadn’t considered the opposite possibility: that the soldier might like you a little too much.

ein Engel = an angel Wo bin ich? = Where am I? Muste pissen = had to piss Es sieht schlecht aus? = Is it bad? Scheiße = shit Das tat schlimmer weh, als die verdammte Wunde überhaupt zu bekommen = That hurt worse than getting the damn wound in the first place Mein Retter = my savior Entschuldigung. Ich konnte nicht anders = I'm sorry. I couldn't help it

Once more, I wrote this in a frenzy akin to being possessed, so it's a little short. But there will definitely be more! Thank you for reading <3

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[mckitterick]

have you checked out the comet yet?

(photo by Uroš Todorović Mikšaj, 18-minute exposure)

tonight and tomorrow are Comet 2022 E3 ZTF's closest approach to Earth!

we just spotted it with binoculars and then spent some time enjoying the view through a telescope in the back yard

(it's just above the tree behind us in this photo by @bugs-are-buddies )

without a long exposure (and with the icy haze and bright Moon), this diffuse object looks pretty faint, like a nebula, and the green isn't visible to the naked eye under such conditions

but what an experience to witness a once in 50,000-year visitor!

more info and where to look: X

[kilar]

CAS - creativity & service - ECI PECI CRES

From March 31st until April 2nd, I accompanied my peers along with prof. de Karina, Uroš Krčadinac, Ivona Petrov and Kruno Lokotar on the island called Cres. There was 10 of us students and four authority figures. We all went to Cres together for a project which I will explain in this blog post. We stayed in "Palača Moise" for 3 days and explored Cres. The idea of the project was tocollect as many signs (photos, videos etc) on the island as possible. The signs differed from person to person. We all collected a bunch of photos we found interesting, we explored Cres, listened to the locals talk, even went biking to really get the full experience. Then, when we collected all our materials, we exported it to a big document. After what felt like an eternity we finally got to work. We were supposed to write either poetry or short stories to explain our collected material."For what?" you may ask. Well, to answer your question; the project idea was to create an online interactive map of Cres for people to play with. The site would consist of a map that's numbered with all our experiences, and when you click on a certain point of the map youwould be lead to a specific story that happened in that particular spot - we decided to call it ECI PECI CRES.Now, in order to do this we needed to go over all of our texts, photos, videos and find the exact coordinates of the moments that occurred. There was a lot to fix, we were struggling with the text (as students) and were left on our own to figure out what to write. I found that bit very confusing and hard since I didn't really know what kind of form I want to write in. In the end I wrote mostly poetry to accompany my photographs. In the end we managed to get the document somewhat sorted and semi-complete. What was left was to finish our texts, check for mistakes and find the coordinates. Looking back this was an amazing project to participate in. It was both creative, active and serving to a point:Creativity – taking photographs, exploring the Nikon camera settings, writing the poetry and short stories, thinking creatively and analytically to create works/art that will leave an impact on others Service – globally engaging with community around me, expressing interest in my surroundings and voluntarily participating in a project that will expand a community and show its significance, its culture and beautyI went to Cres feeling overwhelmed from all the tests back in school. It felt like a vacation walking around Cres and noticing the little things. I realized how special the people and things around me are. I connected with my peers and learnt a lot about what surrounds me as well as a lot of new hacks for photography. It was very calm and it introduced a somewhat new perspective. I always liked to notice the small things but recently I've been so busy with school and my projects I've failed to notice the good small things that we take for granted every day. I loved the project because it took me out of my comfort zone and let me engage in the community around me. I think it's very important to look for small details because it will lead to a greater story that needs to be told. Engaging with the locals and realizing the importance of the nature and Cres itself was really inspiring, especially because Cres is an island in my country and has a big influence in tourism. I loved the creativity aspects, especially photography which I engaged in mostly. Writing the texts was a bit harder than I expected but I think I did an okay job, definitely something I need to work on. I also learned a bit more about the art of creating, especially writing. In all the project was amazing and I think it will leave a good impression on people visiting Cres, it's very detailed and it shows a lot of different perspectives and stories that might have a big influence on not only the people visiting, but the locals as well. 

[prowind9]

Team Diatec Trentino for season 2017/18.

[traverse-our-universe]

we are not looking up into space, we are moving through space

1, 2, 3 by Uroš Novina

[witchbitchheadedtoaditch]

The Basics of Kemetic Philosophy (without the appropriated shit from Judaism)

I'm starting a series on Kemetic philosophy because a lot of my readings on it have included things like Kabbalah (Kabala, Kabbala, Qabala, etc.) which is directly appropriated from Judaism, and definitely would not have been included in ancient Kemetic philosophy.

This series relies heavily on the following books/independent publications (this continues to be updated as the series continues):

The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ka'Gemni: The Oldest Books in the World translated by John Murray

Teachings of Ptahhotep

Maat: The 11 Laws of God by Ra Un Nefer Amen (somewhat, this book literally has the Kabbalistic tree of life on its' cover so I don't take a lot from it--it's really just a good jumping-off point because it covers so much)

Maat: The Moral Idea in Ancient Egypt by Maulana Karenga

The Literature of Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry edited with an introduction by William Kelly Simpson. Authors include Robert K. Ritner, Vincent A. Tobin, and Edward F. Wente.

I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy by Fred Lee Hord, Mzee Lasana Okpara, and Johnathan Scott Lee.

Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms by Miriam Lichtheim (2006 Edition)

Current Research in Egyptology 2009: Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium by Judith Corbelli, Daniel Baotright, and Claire Malleson

Old Kingdom, New Perspectives: Egyptian Art and Archaeology 2750-2150 BC by Nigel Strudwick and Helen Strudwick

Current Research in Egyptology 2010: Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Symposium by Maarten Horn, Joost Kramer, Daniel Soliman, Nico Staring, Carina van den Hoven, and Lara Weiss

Current Research in Egyptology 2016: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Symposium by Julia M. Chyla, Joanna Dêbowska-Ludwin, Karolina Rosińska-Balik, and Carl Walsh

Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History by Annette Imhausen

The Instruction of Amenemope: A Critical Edition and Commentary by James Roger Black

"The ancient Egyptian concept of Maat: Reflections on social justice and natural order" by R. James Ferguson

The Mind of Ancient Egypt: History and Meaning in the Time of the Pharaohs by Jan Assmann

Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions by Jan Assmann and Guy G. Stroumsa

Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism by Jan Assmann

Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt by Jan Assmann

Cultural Memory and Early Civilization: Writing, Remembrance, and Political Imagination by Jan Assmann

From Akhenaten to Moses: Ancient Egypt and Religious Change by Jan Assmann

Book of the Dead: Becoming God in Ancient Egypt edited by Foy Scalf with new object photography by Kevin Bryce Lowry

It also relies on the following journal articles/book chapters:

"A Modern Look at Ancient Wisdom: The Instruction of Ptahhotep Revisited" by Carole R. Fontaine in The Biblical Archaeologist Volume 44, No. 3

"The Teaching of Ptahhotep: The London Versions" by Alice Heyne in Current Research in Egyptology 2006: Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Symposium

"One Among Many: A Divine Call for Gender Equity" by Sandra Y Lewis in Phylon (1960-) Volume 55, No. 1 & 2.

"A Tale of Semantics and Suppressions: Reinterpreting Papyrus Mayer A and the So-called War of the High Priest during the Reign of Ramesses XI" by Kim Ridealgh in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur

EDITORIAL: African Philosophy as a radical critique" by Alena Rettová in Journal of African Cultural Studies Volume 28, No. 2

"Sanctuary Meret and the Royal Cult" by Miroslav Verner in Symposium zur Königsideologie / 7th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Royal versus Divine Authority: Acquisition, Legitimization and Renewal of Power. Prague, June 26–28, 2013

"The Ogdoad and Divine Kingship in Dendara" by Filip Coppens and Jiří Janák in Symposium zur Königsideologie / 7th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Royal versus Divine Authority: Acquisition, Legitimization and Renewal of Power. Prague, June 26–28, 2013

"The Egyptian Temple as a Place to House Collections (from the Old Kingdom to the Late Period) by Roberto A. Diaz Hernández in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 103, No. 1

"Death and the Sun Temple: New Evidence for Private Mortuary Cults at Amarna" by Jacquelyn Williamson in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 103, No. 1

"Mery-Maat, An Eighteenth Dynasty iry '3 pr pth From Memphis and His Hypothetical Family" by Rasha Metawi in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 101, 2015

"A New Demotic Translation of (Excerpts of) A Chapter of The "Book of the Dead" by Joachim Friedrich Quack in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 100, 2014

"The Shedshed of Wepwawet: An Artistic and Behavioural Interpretation" by Linda Evans in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 97, 2011

"(De)queering Hatshepsut: Binary Bind in Archaeology of Egypt and Kingship Beyond the Corporeal" by Uroš Matić in Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Volume 23, No. 3 "Binary Binds": Deconstructing and Gender Dichotomies in Archeological Practice.

"Egyptian Maat and Hesiodic Metis" by Christopher A. Faraone and Emily Teeter in Mnemosyne Volume 57 Fasc. 2

"Maat and Order in African Cosmology: A Conceptual Tool for Understanding Indigenous Knowledge" by Denise Martin in Journal of Black Studies Volume 38, No. 6

"Memphis and Thebes: Disaster and Renewal in Ancient Egyptian Consciousness" by Ogden Goelet in The Classical World Volume 97, No. 1

"A Radical Reconstruction of Resistance Strategies: Black Girls and Black Women Reclaiming Our Power Using Transdisciplinary Applied Social Justice, Ma'at, and Rites of Passage" by Menah Pratt-Clarke in Journal of African American Studies Volume 17, No. 1

"Emblems for the Afterlife" by Marley Brown in Archaeology Volume 71, No. 3

"Human and Divine: The King's Two Bodies and The Royal Paradigm in Fifth Dynasty Egypt" by Massimiliano Nuzzolo in Symposium zur ägyptischen Königsideologie/8th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology: Constructing Authority. Prestige, Reputation and the Perception of Power in Egyptian Kingship. Budapest, May 12-14, 2016

"The Block and Its Decoration" by Josef Wegner in The Sun-shade Chapel of Meritaten from the House-of-Waenre of Akhenaten

"The African Rites of Passage and the Black Fraternity" by Ali D. Chambers in Journal of Black Studies Volume 47, No. 4

"Review: Translating Ma'at" by Stephen Quirke in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 80, 1994

"Additions to the Egyptian Book of the Dead" by T. George Allen in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 11, No. 3

"Types of Rubrics in the Egyptian Book of the Dead" by T. George Allen in Journal of the American Oriental Society Volume 56, No. 2

"Book of the Dead, Book of the Living: BD Spells as Temple Texts" by Alexandra Von Lieven in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 98, 2012

"Fragments of the "Book of the Dead" on Linen and Papyrus" by Ricardo A. Caminos in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Volume 56, 1970

"Herodotus and the Egyptian Idea of Immortality" by Louis V. Z̆abkar in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 22, No. 1

"Theban and Memphite Book of the Dead Traditions in the Late Period" by Malcolm Mosher Jr. in Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt Volume 29, 1992

"The Conception of the Soul and the Belief in Resurrection Among the Egyptians" by Paul Carus in The Monist Volume 14, No. 3

"It's About Time: Ancient Egyptian Cosmology" by Joanne Conman in Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur Volume 31, 2003

"Egyptian Parallels for an Incident in Hesiod's Theogony and an Episode in the Kumarbi Myth" by Edmund S. Meltzer in Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 33, No. 1

"The Book of the Dead" by Geo. St. Clair in The Journal of Theological Studies Volume 6, No. 21

"The Egyptian "Book of the Two Ways"" by Wilhelm Bonacker in Imago Mundi Volume 7, 1950

"The Papyrus of Nes-min: An Egyptian Book of the Dead" by William H. Peck in Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts Volume 74, No. 1/2

[scifigeneration]

Black holes ruled out as universe's missing dark matter

For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, astronomers held out hope that the universe's mysterious dark matter might consist of a plenitude of black holes sprinkled throughout the universe.

University of California, Berkeley, physicists have dashed those hopes.

Based on a statistical analysis of 740 of the brightest supernovas discovered as of 2014, and the fact that none of them appear to be magnified or brightened by hidden black hole "gravitational lenses," the researchers concluded that primordial black holes can make up no more than about 40 percent of the dark matter in the universe. Primordial black holes could only have been created within the first milliseconds of the Big Bang as regions of the universe with a concentrated mass tens or hundreds of times that of the sun collapsed into objects a hundred kilometers across.

The results suggest that none of the universe's dark matter consists of heavy black holes, or any similar object, including massive compact halo objects, so-called MACHOs.

Dark matter is one of astronomy's most embarrassing conundrums: despite comprising 84.5 percent of the matter in the universe, no one can find it. Proposed dark matter candidates span nearly 90 orders of magnitude in mass, from ultralight particles like axions to MACHOs.

Several theorists have proposed scenarios in which there are multiple types of dark matter. But if dark matter consists of several unrelated components, each would require a different explanation for its origin, which makes the models very complex.

"I can imagine it being two types of black holes, very heavy and very light ones, or black holes and new particles. But in that case one of the components is orders of magnitude heavier than the other, and they need to be produced in comparable abundance. We would be going from something astrophysical to something that is truly microscopic, perhaps even the lightest thing in the universe, and that would be very difficult to explain," said lead author Miguel Zumalacárregui, a Marie Curie Global Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics.

An as-yet unpublished reanalysis by the same team using an updated list of 1,048 supernovas cuts the limit in half, to a maximum of about 23 percent, further slamming the door on the dark matter-black hole proposal.

"We are back to the standard discussions. What is dark matter? Indeed, we are running out of good options," said Uroš Seljak, a UC Berkeley professor of physics and astronomy and BCCP co-director. "This is a challenge for future generations."

The analysis is detailed in a paper published this week in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Dark matter lensing

Their conclusions are based on the fact that an unseen population of primordial black holes, or any massive compact object, would gravitationally bend and magnify light from distant objects on its way to Earth. Therefore, gravitational lensing should affect the light from distant Type Ia supernovas. These are the exploding stars that scientists have used as standard brightness sources to measure cosmic distances and document the expansion of the universe.

Zumalacárregui conducted a complex statistical analysis of data on the brightness and distance supernovas catalogued in two compilations -- 580 in the Union and 740 in the joint light-curve analysis (JLA) catalogs -- and concluded that eight should be brighter by a few tenths of a percent than predicted based on observations of how these supernovas brighten and fade over time. No such brightening has been detected.

Other researchers have performed similar but simpler analyses that yielded inconclusive results. But Zumalacárregui incorporated the precise probability of seeing all magnifications, from small to huge, as well as uncertainties in brightness and distance of each supernova. Even for low-mass black holes -- those 1 percent the mass of the sun -- there should be some highly magnified distant supernovas, he said, but there are none.

"You cannot see this effect on one supernova, but when you put them all together and do a full Bayesian analysis you start putting very strong constraints on the dark matter, because each supernova counts and you have so many of them," Zumalacárregui said. The more supernovas included in the analysis, and the farther away they are, the tighter the constraints. Data on 1,048 bright supernovas from the Pantheon catalog provided an even lower upper limit -- 23 percent -- than the newly published analysis.

Seljak published a paper proposing this type of analysis in the late 1990s, but when interest shifted from looking for big objects, MACHOs, to looking for fundamental particles, in particular weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, follow-up plans fell by the wayside. By then, many experiments had excluded most masses and types of MACHOs, leaving little hope of discovering such objects.

At the time, too, only a small number of distant Type Ia supernovas had been discovered and their distances measured.

Only after the LIGO observations brought up the issue again did Seljak and Zumalacárregui embark on the complicated analysis to determine the limits on dark matter.

"What was intriguing is that the masses of the black holes in the LIGO event were right where black holes had not yet been excluded as dark matter," Seljak said. "That was an interesting coincidence that got everyone excited. But it was a coincidence."

[teki-lxrin]

new books from today :)

[elija-oc-art]

Ah yes, they’re two sunny ladies since one has a sun on the current flag and the other is basically a sunny region, then here are their way more younger looks together!

Mrnjavčević was a nobel family which Mrnjava, a nobleman from Zachlumia (rouguly today's Herzegovina) was it’s eponymous founder during the Serbian Empire. Vukašin, the son of Mrnjava was appointed by Emperor Stefan Dušan as the župan of Prilep in Macedonia in 1350.

Vukašin was crowned as the title of king in 1365 by Emperor Stefan Uroš V and became the co-rulers, added to his domain the territories around Skopje, Prilep, Ohrid, and Prizren in present-day Kosovo. In 1371 Vukašin and his brother Uglješa were both killed by the Ottomans during the Battle of Maritsa.

Vukašin’s son Marko, who was crowned as “young king” by his father. While Uroš died without an heir on the same year then Marko which would technically become became the formal sovereign of Serbia, however, was unrecognized by the rest of the nobility, then become a petty prince in western Macedonia and Prilep was the only sizable town kept by him.

In the meantime Marko also became an Ottoman vassal, and he was killed in 1395 during the Battle of Rovine against Wallachia while Marko fought for his Ottoman suzerain. Also, it should be mentioned that Marko is also a popular heroic figure from the epic folk songs and legends of the South Slavs.

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Living in Montenegro

Montenegro is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe and it’s also a famous tourist destination. Even though it covers solely around 14.000 km2 and it only has about 670.000 citizens, its contribution to the world cultural heritage is impressive comparing its size.

During centuries of its rich history, Montenegro has survived and remained one of the brightest models for the fight for freedom, its own existence and a place of which people always spoke with respect. Christian, Muslim, Illyrian, Byzantine, Turkish, and Slav civilizations merged there, making Montenegro a crossroad of culture and history.

Montenegro has changed its name many times, from the Latin era under the name of Prevalis, to the medieval state Zeta, and then to the modern name Crna Gora (Montenegro). As the name changed so did the land, thanks to the influence of all the civilizations which for a shorter or longer period settled the territory of Montenegro, turning it into a mosaic of cultural heritage. Even today, Montenegro’s mosaic of cultural heritage is its most valuable aspect.

No one surely knows the origin of the name. Crna Gora, literally translated as Black Mountain, was mentioned for the first time in the 1200s by Serbian King Stefan Uroš I in his edicts to the Serbian Orthodox Zeta Episcopate seat at the Vranjina island in Lake Skadar, Montenegro. Legends say that it got a name from very dense and thick forests on and around mountain Lovćen which is a heart of Old Montenegro. These forests were so dense and thick that they looked black to outside observer. Another version is that sailors gave it a name – mountains start where the sea ends and because of the clouds shadows on the

Legends say that it got a name from very dense and thick forests on and around mountain Lovćen which is a heart of Old Montenegro. These forests were so dense and thick that they looked black to outside observer. Another version is that sailors gave it a name – mountains start where the sea ends and because of the clouds shadows on the mountain they really look black. Maybe a favourite story comes from the Middle Ages, when the Venetians traded with independent city states along the Adriatic. Kotor, one of these independent city states at the far end of the Boka Bay, was the only passageway into today’s mainland Montenegro. Once they had arrived in Kotor, the Venetians had to cross the city walls behind Kotor and travel up and over Mount Lovćen to reach Cetinje, at that time the capital, which was located at the foot of the mountain. The Venetians would therefore, in speech, refer to today’s mainland Montenegro as the place over the dark mountain.

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Black Holes Ruled Out As Universe's Missing Dark Matter

For one brief shining moment after the 2015 detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, astronomers held out hope that the universe's mysterious dark matter might consist of a plenitude of black holes sprinkled throughout the universe.

University of California, Berkeley, physicists have dashed those hopes. Based on a statistical analysis of 740 of the brightest supernovas discovered as of 2014, and the fact that none of them appear to be magnified or brightened by hidden black hole "gravitational lenses," the researchers concluded that primordial black holes can make up no more than about 40 percent of the dark matter in the universe. Primordial black holes could only have been created within the first milliseconds of the Big Bang as regions of the universe with a concentrated mass tens or hundreds of times that of the sun collapsed into objects a hundred kilometers across. The results suggest that none of the universe's dark matter consists of heavy black holes, or any similar object, including massive compact halo objects, so-called MACHOs. Dark matter is one of astronomy's most embarrassing conundrums: despite comprising 84.5 percent of the matter in the universe, no one can find it. Proposed dark matter candidates span nearly 90 orders of magnitude in mass, from ultralight particles like axions to MACHOs. Several theorists have proposed scenarios in which there are multiple types of dark matter. But if dark matter consists of several unrelated components, each would require a different explanation for its origin, which makes the models very complex. "I can imagine it being two types of black holes, very heavy and very light ones, or black holes and new particles. But in that case one of the components is orders of magnitude heavier than the other, and they need to be produced in comparable abundance. We would be going from something astrophysical to something that is truly microscopic, perhaps even the lightest thing in the universe, and that would be very difficult to explain," said lead author Miguel Zumalacárregui, a Marie Curie Global Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Cosmological Physics. An as-yet unpublished reanalysis by the same team using an updated list of 1,048 supernovas cuts the limit in half, to a maximum of about 23 percent, further slamming the door on the dark matter-black hole proposal. "We are back to the standard discussions. What is dark matter? Indeed, we are running out of good options," said Uroš Seljak, a UC Berkeley professor of physics and astronomy and BCCP co-director. "This is a challenge for future generations." The analysis is detailed in a paper published this week in the journal Physical Review Letters. Dark matter lensing Their conclusions are based on the fact that an unseen population of primordial black holes, or any massive compact object, would gravitationally bend and magnify light from distant objects on its way to Earth. Therefore, gravitational lensing should affect the light from distant Type Ia supernovas. These are the exploding stars that scientists have used as standard brightness sources to measure cosmic distances and document the expansion of the universe. Zumalacárregui conducted a complex statistical analysis of data on the brightness and distance supernovas catalogued in two compilations -- 580 in the Union and 740 in the joint light-curve analysis (JLA) catalogs -- and concluded that eight should be brighter by a few tenths of a percent than predicted based on observations of how these supernovas brighten and fade over time. No such brightening has been detected. Other researchers have performed similar but simpler analyses that yielded inconclusive results. But Zumalacárregui incorporated the precise probability of seeing all magnifications, from small to huge, as well as uncertainties in brightness and distance of each supernova. Even for low-mass black holes -- those 1 percent the mass of the sun -- there should be some highly magnified distant supernovas, he said, but there are none. "You cannot see this effect on one supernova, but when you put them all together and do a full Bayesian analysis you start putting very strong constraints on the dark matter, because each supernova counts and you have so many of them," Zumalacárregui said. The more supernovas included in the analysis, and the farther away they are, the tighter the constraints. Data on 1,048 bright supernovas from the Pantheon catalog provided an even lower upper limit -- 23 percent -- than the newly published analysis. Seljak published a paper proposing this type of analysis in the late 1990s, but when interest shifted from looking for big objects, MACHOs, to looking for fundamental particles, in particular weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, follow-up plans fell by the wayside. By then, many experiments had excluded most masses and types of MACHOs, leaving little hope of discovering such objects. At the time, too, only a small number of distant Type Ia supernovas had been discovered and their distances measured. Only after the LIGO observations brought up the issue again did Seljak and Zumalacárregui embark on the complicated analysis to determine the limits on dark matter. "What was intriguing is that the masses of the black holes in the LIGO event were right where black holes had not yet been excluded as dark matter," Seljak said. "That was an interesting coincidence that got everyone excited. But it was a coincidence." Read the full article

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Fine ass looking lad Sv. Dimitrije done with all the drama, by Uroš Predić

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Serbia win men’s European Volleyball Championship with victory over Slovenia

Serbia have won the men’s European Volleyball Championships after a 3-1 victory over Slovenia at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris.

Co-hosts Slovenia won the first set before Serbia fought back and eventually won the game 19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 in just under two hours.

Slovenia were surprise finalists after beating world champions Poland in the semi-final, and also upset Bulgaria and Russia in previous rounds, and started well.

Alen Pajenk and Jan Kozamernik were sensational in the opening set, scoring 100 per cent of their attempts, and finished the game with 12 and nine points respectively.

Co-hosts Slovenia won the first set, however Serbia fought back and eventually won the game 19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20 ©EuroVolley

Roared on by a crowd which was majority Slovenian fans, it looked as though they had the momentum only for the 2011 European champions Serbia to up their game in the second set.

Srećko Lisinac was sensational in defence, while in attack Uroš Kovačević was near unstoppable on his way to 20 points in the match.

Serbia won the second and surged into a 7-1 lead in the third set, and though Slovenia did their best to stem the tide, the match now only had one course.

Eventually, Serbia saw the match out for their third European crown – having won in 2001 as Yugoslavia – while Slovenia matched their previous best finish of runner-up from 2015 when they lost to France.

It also sees Serbia avenge their World Championship disappointment from last year, when they finished fourth and missed the medals.

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My OC the municipality( and village) of Ranilug. Despite looking young,he’ s really old! He was first menchined in 1258 during the reigh of King Stefan Uroš. His population as of 2015 is 5800( with Serbs being 98.5 % ) He is located in the Gljilan District and is wearing the traditional costume of that area. He’ s a positive guy,for the most part. To strangers he may come of as rude,but once you get to know him ,he’ s a really nice guy ! His human name is : Velibor Mišić. Fun fact- His name,acording to legend,comes from the leaves of the early forest.( Lug) His name was created by the fact that the village where they were settled, was covered from the north wind, exposed to the sun, and it was the scrub-lugom, so very early in spring developed trees, and the fact that the early developing leaves of the forest was named in two words Ran Lag and then those two words eventually merged into a single word : Ranilug.

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60 People Reveal The One Thing They Love Most About Their Life Right Now

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60 People Reveal The One Thing They Love Most About Their Life Right Now

Uroš Jovičić

1. “My dog. No matter how I feel, no matter what I’ve done today, I can come home and he will be there as happy as ever. He will be there for me whether I’m in a happy mood, a sad mood, or an angry mood. He’s just thrilled to be there with me. Sometimes, that’s all you need. Someone to just be there.”

2. “My parents. They are just humble people who worked hard and gave my sister and I the best they could. They are currently enjoying their retirement and being grandparents. If I have a fraction of their happiness when I’m their age, I’ll be blessed.”

3. “My children, who kept me going, kept me focused & kept me motivated after losing their father in a work accident. It was my children that saved me & kept me going. They are my everything & all I have worth living for.”

I4. “I love my family. They are with me through good times and bad times. I cannot thank them enough! Especially my mother who has been the most supportive parent.”

5. “My daughter…she keeps me grounded and reminds me when i need to take a step back. I love my family and my friends!!!”

6. “My son, he has changed me!”

7. “I become stronger as I move forward in life.”

8. “Even though it is burdensome sometimes, but I love the way I’m thinking.”

9. “The people I have in my life and the love they give to me unconditionally.”

10. “The love and support of friends and family.”

11. “The lessons i’ve learned.”

12. “I have a couple friends that I trust more than anything.”

13. “My intelligence and common sense. It’s helped me out a lot in life.”

14. “My ability to write. I just got a job where I write and it’s amazing. It’s the one thing I know I’m good at.”

15. “I love the fact that I woke up this morning to see another day! Thank you Jesus!”

16. “I have so many opportunities to write my heart out.”

17. “My family, which includes my close friends and dogs!!”

18. “All the amazing people in it.”

19. “My grandchildren they are the joys of my life.”

20. “The love and support from my family, friends and workmates.”

21. “My family. Including my friends who have become family.”

22. “Life itself and everything in it whether bad and good.”

23. “Where I live! It’s paradise! Durango Colorado! I also love my Job!!!”

24. “My job, my artwork, my husband, my 2 dog babies….”

25. “Reasonably healthy and retired!”

26. “Strength… the strength to carry on and let God lead the way…”

27. “The fact that there are very few things in life that I regret.”

28. “I opened my eyes today.”

29. “I thank God every time I see myself in the mirror and praise him for creating such wonderful creation.”

30. “My loving and supporting fam and crazy friends.”

31. “I don’t look my age, even though I’m beyond burned and stressed out.”

32. “I have my sight and hearing so I can read books and listen to music.”

33. “My perfectly imperfect family and even crazier friends.”

34. “Becoming more of my own woman, Not afraid to be who I am or say what I think.”

35. “My family = blood relatives, my dog, my boyfriend.”

36. “My wife and kids, they constantly challenge me but, I would be lost without them.”

37. “The gift of absolute peace and equinamity that I find in solitude.”

38. “Friends, those that I surround myself with. And those that would fight with me.”

39. “No matter how annoying they can get.. Most of the time.”

40. “I love being a mother. My two sons are my world.”

41. “That feeling after conquering a challenge that I thought I would never be able to overcome.”

42. “Ability to forget.”

43. “Every day I wake up is a gift!”

44. “I am happy being alone anywhere.”

45. “Being blessed in so many ways.”

46. “All the support I have!”

47. “The love from the power.”

48. “My boyfriend.”

49. “My family and career!”

50. “Freedom to travel.”

51. “My life itself. I am blessed!”

52. “My kids. The end.”

53. “Being healthy.”

54. “Being a mom of beautiful twins.”

55. “Coffee. Coffee and me are world.”

56. “I’m a warrior… a creative mind.”

57. “My makeup chair.”

58. “I have a great husband.”

59. “Just one?!?”

60. “Everything!”