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Jeff Bercovici, ace media reporter here at Forbes, sits right down the hall from me. He's a nice guy. But there's one rather serious problem with him: he's a Green Bay Packers fan, one so devoted that he braved the wilds of Lincoln Financial Field—while wearing a hunk of fake cheese on his head (right, Jeff?)—to watch his team beat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card round of this year's NFL playoffs. (He made it back alive. Good thing he didn't wear his Santa suit.)
Now, normally I have no problem with Packers fans: blue-collar team, aw-shucks fans, hallowed tradition, cool logo, etc, etc. But this week I've declared war on all things Wisconsin. You see, I'm a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, indelibly dyed in Black & Gold. I've grown my hair out this season to near-Polamalu-like lengths. I've been fined for several helmet-to-helmet hits around the office in tribute to James Harrison. I've hiked the waist-band of my pants up above my navel to mimic the sartorial flair of Steelers owner, Dan Rooney. (Jeff, insert your obligatory Ben Roethlisberger joke here.)
Jeff's desk is well within reach of an arching spitball launched from my office. But we've decided to conduct our Super Bowl week dispute in the form of the 21st-century duel: we're going to go head-to-head in a blog.
The first topic of debate: team ownership.
February 1, 2011
Dear Jeff:
We'll start with the Steelers, one of the most well-respected and stable ownership groups in world sport. Legend has it that Art Rooney, Sr.—a cigar-chompin' visionary—bought the team in 1933 for $2,500. His friends laughed at his sure-to-be-housed investment. Seventy-eight years later, the team remains in the Rooney's hands (with a huge assist in 2008 from the NFL, of course). Art's son, Dan, ran the team until he accepted President Obama's assignment as the ambassador to Ireland. Now Art II runs the day-to-day show.
The Steelers are the model franchise because of the Rooney's consistency. They've had exactly three coaches in the last 42 years (Chuck Noll, Bill Cowher and current coach, Mike Tomlin). They never overpay for players or sign high-profile free agents and rely on scouting and the draft to put together teams. They will never be as flashy as the Redskins Dan Snyder or the Cowboys Jerry Jones. They will never make their team as valuable as the Patriots Robert Kraft. But neither will they let their team decay, like the Bills Ralph Wilson. Consistency.
Forbes has valued the Steelers at $996 million, right in the middle of the pack. The Rooneys are more concerned with winning Super Bowls (Jeff, that would be 7 6 and counting…) than making huge sums of money. Dan recently came out against the proposed 18-game NFL season, which seems to be the sticking point in labor negotiations, saying "I would rather not have the money." Steelers fans love this worldview.
Now, the Rooneys aren't perfect, mind you. They traded 2008 Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes to the Jets for a 5th round (!) pick, a move that nearly came back to bite them in the rear. They've been lenient with James Harrison's off-the-field indiscretions. They reportedly thought about trading Roethlisberger, the team's first great quarterback since Terry Bradshaw. They got a huge break from the NFL that enabled them to keep the team in their hands.
All that said, I would have no other owner in any sport. The Steelers are a top-down organization. Everything emanates from the Rooneys. Hard-work, consistency, stability, champions. They represent America as we'd like to be viewed.
The Packers, on the other hand, seem to represent communism. What's this? They're owned by the "public?" I know it's a for-profit enterprise (supposedly), but it certainly is, um, different.
The Packers are the only publicly-owned Big Four professional sports team in the U.S. By my count, 112,158 shareholders own around 4.8 million shares of the team. My math says that's $42 a share. Forbes has them valued at $1 billion.
So Jeff, what's your take on this ownership situation? Are you an "owner" of your team? Would you want to be? Also, is the bay there really green? If so, why?
Black & Gold, Monte
February 1, 2011
Dear Monte:
First things first: I didn't wear a cheesehead to the Linc. What am I, suicidal? I did wear my Aaron Rodgers jersey, but I made sure to zip my coat up whenever I went to the men's room after my buddy got shoved against a wall and pummeled for his Green Bay sweatshirt. Eagles fans, I salute you. You are animals.
One of the interesting things about this Super Bowl is how much respect exists between the two franchises. I've always considered the Steelers one of four or five "real" NFL teams. They have a lot of history; they play outdoors, in the elements, and not in some namby-pamby dome (I'm looking at you, Vikings); their fans are as loyal as they come.
That respect extends to the Steelers' ownership. How can you not admire what the Rooneys have done for both the city of Pittsburgh and the game of football? Your description of their team-building philosophy – "They never overpay for players or sign high-profile free agents and rely on scouting and the draft to put together teams" – applies equally well to the way Green Bay's general manager, Ted Thompson, has approached his job. We're simpatico.
All that said, man, am I glad Green Bay doesn't have to depend on the wisdom and generosity of some family to safeguard the future of the Packers. Sure, the last couple generations of Rooneys have been good 'uns, but what about the next couple? Covering the media beat, as I do, I can't help but think about the Bancroft family, which ran The Wall Street Journal as something approaching a public service for nearly 80 years – until Rupert Murdoch came along in 2007 and dangled $5 billion in their faces. Nothing like that could ever happen in Green Bay because no one could get rich off a sale. It's written into the articles of incorporation.
You say it's communism? I say it's something closer to democracy in its ideal form, while the Steelers' model (and the model of just about every other team) is more like monarchy. Sure, the Rooneys are benevolent despots, beloved by their people. Talk to me after Pittsburgh gets its first taste of a King George – or an Al Davis.
We Packer backers don't need a royal family to rally around because we're all royalty. No, I don't own one of those shares, but when I drop by Kettle of Fish, the amazing Packer bar in the West Village (if you plan on watching the Super Bowl there, I hope you got in line yesterday) and see the framed stock certificate mounted on the wall behind the bar, I get a warm glow in my heart. In so many ways, the Packers represent all that's right about sports.
Speaking of which: Why is it the Rooneys, with their salt-of-the-earth heartland values, seem to incubate questionable characters in their "top down" organization? I'm not just talking about Roethlisberger. (I admired their reported willingness to trade him, and found his recent defense of his QB – "I knew Ben, and I knew his parents" – creepily paternalistic.) I'm also talking about Harrison, with those off-the-field issues you mentioned and his admission to on-the-field headhunting, and even Hines Ward, the dirtiest player in the NFL, according to a 2009 survey of players.
I'm not so naïve as to think that the Packers are without their share of jerks and thugs, but I do think they're way above the league average in terms of the standard for players' conduct, and I think that starts with management. It's the kind of place where a player being late for meetings or missing curfew is a big fat deal. Just look at what it's done for Charles Woodson, who was nothing but a hyper-talented slacker in Oakland. Or, for the counterexample, look at Brett Favre: You think it's a coincidence that his first year out of Green Bay was the year he started sending naughty texts to sideline reporters and massage therapists?
In Cheese We Trust, Jeff
Jeff and I will do the remainder of our trash-talking in the comments section below. Other possible topics: fanbases; similarities between the two teams on the field; which winning team would be better for America; BJ Raji's bellybutton (life's certainties: death, taxes and that Raji does not have an "outtie;"); the hackneyed Roethlisberger redemption story...and much more.
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It's easy to imagine what awaits us in a war museum. But what comes to mind when we hear about a Peace Museum?
The Tehran Peace Museum (Muzeh-ye Solh-e Tehran), the first of its kind and unique in the Middle East, is located within Tehran City Park. After the central square of this park where stands the sculpture of a white dove in memory of the victims of chemical weapons, along the northern part of the central aisle, appears the museum building.
This young museum was created in 2005 at the initiative of the members of the association for assistance to the victims of chemical weapons. The latter were able to carry out their project in coordination with the international network of Peace Museums, following their visit to the Hiroshima Peace Museum, the world's first city victim of atomic weapons. The doors of the museum opened to the public in 2007.
Iran having been a victim of chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), the founders of the museum decided to expose the effects and consequences of the war by focusing on a central theme: the use of chemical weapons. Interesting detail: the guides of this museum are themselves victims of these weapons; survivors of the war who live daily in the suffering of the physical and psychological sequels of these attacks. They are therefore well placed to witness the violence of the war and to call for peace. Presented at the beginning of the visit's itinerary, the messages of two current guides to former museum guides who have died from the complications of their aftermath present a testimony of touching and profound peace.
The guided tour begins with the "war room", at the four corners of which are erected the wax statues of those who are considered the greatest warmongers - real or symbolic - of history and enemies of peace. In chronological order, we find Cain, the son of Adam who, by killing his brother Abel, is considered by many religious traditions as the first assassin and the symbol of evil; Zahhak, mythical and despotic character of ancient Persia; Adolf Hitler; and finally Saddam Hussein, former president of the deposed Baathist regime of Iraq. On one of the walls, a screen continuously broadcasts a documentary on the Second World War. On the others, other screens display statistics on the deaths of civilians and soldiers in the wars of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The massacre of the civilian population in Darfur, Sudan in 2003, the Iraqis who died following the occupation of their territory by the United States and their allies in 2003, the genocide in Bosnia during the years 1991-1995 and in Rwanda during the The 1994 civil war and the bombing of Guernica in 1937 confirm that civilians were the main victims of these conflicts.
Coming out of this room, a showcase exposing many badges and paper cranes offered by international anti-war activists and personalities draws attention.
A manikin wearing a khaki outfit and a gas mask announces the entrance to the part of the museum devoted to chemical wars. Iran was the target of chemical bombing during the Iran-Iraq war, this part of the visit takes on a particular dimension. The explanations of the guide accompanied by bilingual screens (in Persian and English) project us to the heart of this theme. The birth of modern chemical warfare dates back to 1915, during the First World War. But the culmination of the use of chemical weapons was achieved during the eight years of the war imposed on Iranians by Iraq. The Iraqi army, by violating the 1925 Geneva protocol that prohibits the use of toxic gases in wars, has carried out more than 350 chemical attacks. The 2003 United Nations report revealed that Iraq had used 19,500 chemical bombs, 54,000 chemical shells and 27,000 short-range chemical missiles. Iraq has also admitted to using 1800 tons of mustard gas, 140 tons of Tabun gas and more than 600 tons of Sarin gas. The bitterest dimension of this catastrophe is that Iraqi troops have not only carried out chemical weapons bombings targeting not only Iranian soldiers in war zones, but also towns and the civilian population. The chemical bombings of the border town of Sardasht in western Iran, the two villages of Zardeh and Direh in Kermanshah, the Kurds of Halabja in northern Iraq, as well as hospitals filled with wounded and Medical executives are among Saddam Hussein's war crimes that have been perpetrated under the silence of international bodies. According to a museum guide, in Sardasht alone, one-third of the city's population was killed or wounded in these chemical attacks. We find the same tragic stories in Zardeh, Direh and Halabja. The images left by these disasters are poignant. Ahmad Nateghi, an Iranian photographer, recorded these terrible moments in Halabja. His camera is now kept in the museum.
The terrible effects of toxic substances on the environment and human beings are innumerable and enduring. Even today, the consequences of these chemical attacks are innumerable. More than 65,000 people still suffer from the effects of chemical attacks and heavy medical treatments. They suffer from cancers and chronic pulmonary, ocular, cutaneous or psychiatric diseases. Tablets, capsules, eye drops and inhalers that are symbolically collected in a showcase, are their daily lot. The wishes of the survivors of chemical weapons such as Chiman Saidpour, one of the thousands of victims, who lost her mother, her sister, her childhood, her dreams, her health ... under the chemical bombs whereas she was only one year, are "a world without war, without chemical weapons".
The painful consequences of chemical weapons attacks are not unique to the victims of the Iran-Iraq war. The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the Americans and the use of the agent orange against the Vietnamese by the United States are also two other black spots in the history of humanity. These massacres still leave their terrible traces today on the environment and on the current generations. Museum officials also pay tribute to the victims of these events.
The museum tells the darkness of wars to expose the light of peace. To this end, he organizes various artistic exhibitions as well as workshops on peace. It thus addresses the concept of peace, humanitarian rights and the need for chemical and atomic disarmament. The library filled with works of international law and memories of war victims welcomes researchers and students. The museum also houses a studio to record and archive the stories of each of the war victims as a historical record.
A replica of Cyrus's cylinder, as what is currently considered the first Declaration of Human Rights and the symbol of Iran's peace and friendship, is also on display. The busts of four great Iranian poets Ferdowsi, Hafez, Rumi and Saadi are placed under the blue dome of the salon. The latter were, in their own way, apostles of peace whom they salute in their literary masterpieces. The famous verses of Saadi concerning kindness to others, in Persian and English, adorn the museum's enclosure.
Jean-Henri Dunant, Swiss businessman, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross and winner of the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, as well as Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the independence of India famous for his The theory of "non-violence" are two global pacifist figures whose busts also adorn the museum.
The visit ends with this message that is both profound and hopeful:
"Peace is more than the absence of war. True peace comes from our hearts (inner peace) and leads to peace relations within the family, the community, and between nations. Inspire each other every day with non-violence. Let's be messengers of peace for every interaction. "
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Dr. Philip Starr specializes in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, surgical treatment of movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease and dystonia, and the physiology of the basal ganglia. He finds that improving the quality of patients' lives is the most rewarding aspect of his specialty.
Dr. Starr earned a medical degree at the Harvard School of Medicine in 1989 and completed a residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in neurosurgery in 1996. He completed a fellowship at Emory University Hospital in surgery for movement disorders in 1998. He is a Professor of Neurological Surgery at the UCSF School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Francisco, holds the Dolores Cakebread endowed chair in neurological surgery, and is a past president of the American Society of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
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Combined forces: AFM boosts IR
- Published: May 1, 2013
- Author: David Bradley
- Channels: Infrared Spectroscopy
Instrumental resonance
A technique that combines atomic force microscopy (AFM) with infrared spectroscopy has allowed researchers, for the first time, to study the infrared absorption of semiconductor plasmonic microparticles on the nanometre scale.
In work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), Jonathan Felts, Stephanie Law, Daniel Wasserman, and William King of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, working alongside Christopher Roberts and Viktor Podolskiy of the University of Massachusetts, have demonstrated how nanometre-scale heating effects can reveal surface plasmon resonance.
Experimental optoelectronic devices based on plasmonic structures have come to the fore in recent years, offering up to technologists a new way to carry out high-resolution optical sensing and other applications. Unfortunately, until now, there were was a dearth of instruments capable of measuring the phenomena on the nanoscale to allow them to assess and understand device performance more precisely to confirm or refute the theoretical models built around such phenomena.
King and colleagues have now found a way around that problem. "For the first time, we have measured nanometre-scale infrared absorption in semiconductor plasmonic microparticles using a technique that combines atomic force microscopy with infrared spectroscopy," he explains King is an Abel Bliss Professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering (MechSE) at Illinois. "Atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy allows us to directly observe the plasmonic behaviour within microparticle infrared antennae," he adds.
Plasmonic metamaterials are usually composites that generate self-sustaining, propagating, electromagnetic waves, surface plasmons, when light interacts with the metal-dielectric. The phenomena exhibited by such materials are not known to occur naturally, and scientists hope to exploit them in controlling light as they can overcome the fundamental limits of conventional materials restricted by the shortest wavelengths in microscopy and nanotechnology for imaging and sensors, for instance. Negative refractive index materials and three-dimensional optical materials have already made their way into the popular psyche as "invisibility cloaks", for instance, although the applications are much wider than that.
Colleague Wasserman, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Illinois explains further how, "Highly doped semiconductors can serve as wavelength flexible plasmonic metals in the infrared. However, without the ability to visualize the optical response in the vicinity of the plasmonic particles, we can only infer the near-field behaviour of the structures from their far-field response." What the present study gives researchers is a "clear window into the optical behaviour of this new class of materials on a length scale much smaller than the wavelength of light."
In the field
The researchers compared near-field and far-field measurements on indium arsenide microparticles heavily doped with silicon with electromagnetic simulations to confirm the presence of localized plasmonic resonance. They were also able to obtain high-resolution maps of the spatial distribution of absorption within single plasmonic structures and variation across plasmonic arrays. An infrared absorption peak at 5.75 micrometres corresponds to a localized surface plasmon resonance within the microparticles, the team reports in the journal Applied Physics Letters. Having access to measurements on near field behaviour in plasmonic structures will help researchers expand the design parameters for plasmonic meta materials, which will open up the design of more complex optical materials.
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Appl Phys Lett 2013, 102, 152110: "Near-field infrared absorption of plasmonic semiconductor microparticles studied using atomic force microscope infrared spectroscopy"
Article by David Bradley
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Diet ready meal retailer Diet Chef has recently unveiled its new meal kits, which can be used when following the company's easy eating plan. Those on the diet can use the recipes and ingredients included in the meal packs to create a delicious dinner when they want a chance to cook for friends, or simply to have a night off from the chef-prepared ready meals.
Diet Chef is the UK's largest delivered diet service with over 80,000 customers. Customers are able to go online and choose from a wide range of over 100 meals and snacks. The diet includes everything you need for breakfast, lunch and dinner to ensure a calorie controlled meal every time. Snacks are even included for those hungry moments in between. All the meals are developed by Alan Mathieson – an experienced executive chef who is passionate about flavour and healthy food.
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Vincenzo Natali's sci fi thriller 'Splice'
David Cronenberg left a permanent mark on the film world with his early series of "body horror" pictures, peaking with "The Fly." The filmmaker has moved on to other things, but a fellow Canadian, Vincenzo Natali, is picking up where he left off.
Natali's "Splice," which screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival, is a Frankenstein story set in the world of genetic engineering. Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley play hip scientists who create a human-animal hybrid, Dren, and raise her as their child. She has endearing qualities, but her animal side emerges in scenes of bloody violence.
The selling point is Dren's uniqueness - the product of uninhibited imagination plus costly special effects - but the film also addresses bioethics issues and has a challenging sexual component.
Natali's previous work has been mostly in horror and science fiction ("Cube," "Cypher" and "Nothing"), though he took a surprising turn in 2006 by contributing to "Paris je t'aime," a collection of shorts about love in Paris.
The director was in San Francisco on a publicity tour.
Q:I read that it took 10 years to get the movie made.
A: It actually took 12 (laughs). It took a long time. I don't think the subject matter was in the popular consciousness when I started. I really began writing, or co-writing, the film shortly after Dolly had been cloned. In the time since, the fact caught up with my fiction. And as genetic science evolved exponentially, I started to find some of the things in my script actually coming to life. ... When we started shooting in 2007, they had actually legalized the creation of human-animal hybrids in the U.K.
Q:Guillermo del Toro is credited as executive producer.
A: Guillermo is like Dren's godfather - the godfather of my child! I think the material spoke to him, because a consistent theme in his films is finding humanity in the creature or the monster. And he was just there to help us. Any step of the way where we could use his name to open doors, we were allowed to do that. In postproduction, he gave me great feedback.
Q:In your Sundance blog, you said "Splice" is a "meditation on the relationship between creature and creator."
A: That was the reason to make the film. I never wanted to make a movie about the monster that goes on the loose and wreaks havoc. I was more interested in the relationship aspect of the scenario. ... The humans become more monstrous than the monster and end up making it their hostage, and it becomes this psychological drama. I felt that was an unexplored part of the Frankenstein mythology, even though some of those concepts are a big part of Mary Shelley's book. Where "Splice" goes much further than Shelley, and probably any other movie of this (type) is that it explores the potential sexual ramifications of creating something like this.
Q:There's a strong sexual element in the film.
A: That's really the raison d'etre of the film - if you took the sex out of the movie, I wouldn't have been interested in making it. Not just because it's sensational, but if you think about the subject matter, the creation of new life, the directive of life is to reproduce. So (science fiction) is going to go there.
One of the things that's so bizarre and exciting about the new science is that it really is kind of the embodiment of mythologies that have existed with us for thousands of years. Even the word "chimera" has been appropriated by the scientific community to describe hybrid organisms. The concept of falling in love with something that is partly human and partly animal crosses all cultures and has been with us for a long time.
Q:You have many credits as a storyboard artist. That must influence how you direct.
A: I wait until the script is a shooting script, and then when I start to draw it, that's the first time I actually start to see the film, and it's a very exciting process. It's also a process that isn't inhibited by money, or time, or other personalities. It's the only time when I'm completely free. But what I've learned over the years is that, while I prepare a lot, I'm also prepared to let my preparation go. You have to be responsive to what's right in front of you. If you're too rigid in your picture of what it should be, you miss opportunities.
Q:How did you get involved with "Paris je t'aime"?
A: I think it was because "Cube," my first film, while really just a cult movie, was actually quite financially successful in France. The French and the Japanese have been very kind to me. In fact, the only reason I have a career, and the only reason "Splice" exists, is because of those two countries. I'm a known director in France (laughs). ... It was like being back in film school with these brilliant directors. I had Alexander Payne come into the editing room. I met Wes Craven. In fact, he even had a cameo in my short. Everyone was happy. Well, of course - they were all in Paris.
Q:Most people interested in science fiction and horror were imprinted by certain movies.
A: My first memory of a film was "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad," which is a Ray Harryhausen movie, and has wonderful creatures in it. Then the next big touchstone would be "Star Wars." I was about 8 years old when that came out, and that was about as close to a religious epiphany as I've ever had. "Eraserhead" was very influential during my adolescence. Those films are in the DNA of "Splice."
Q:I understand you're working on a feature adaptation of a J.G. Ballard story called "High Rise."
A: I think he's one of the great writers of the 20th century. ... Filmmakers are attracted to his stuff, but not producers or film studios, because his stuff is dangerous, complicated and hard to define. "High Rise" is actually very prescient. It was written 30 years ago, but it's about a super-high-rise, almost like a vertical city, and almost identical to the Burj Khalifa (in Dubai), the world's tallest building, which just opened. The film's about how this vertically integrated society collapses and reverts to the worst kind of savagery. This is the time to make that movie, so I really hope it happens.
Q:Given your output, do you worry about getting typecast as a horror/sci-fi director?
A: No, not at all. Because I don't want to do anything else (laughs). But my definition of what constitutes fantasy, horror and science fiction is probably much broader than is typical. I want to make films that mutate those genres, that do things you haven't seen before. I'd say it's harder to make an out-of-the-box science-fiction or horror film than it is to do an art film. Because when it comes to those kinds of movies, the business is very conservative: "Here's what a horror film is. Here's what a slasher film is. Here's what a creature movie is. Here's what a space opera is." And if you try to step out of that, you really get into trouble. {sbox}
Splice (R) opens Friday at Bay Area theaters.
To see a trailer for "Splice," go to links.sfgate.com/ZJRR.


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Burna Boy Dating Stefflon Don
Burna Boy Dating Stefflon Don, A video simply advanced toward web based life by means of Burna Boy's Instastory on Monday, eleventh of February and it is a concise video of the Ye artist seen with British rapper, Stefflon Don dozing calmly on his chest… how adorable!
The video was posted by the vocalist a few minutes after it was later brought down and it accompanied one of the emoticons prominently used to express love 😍.
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Despite the fact that Burna Boy did not make reference to something besides the emoticon on the video, we can possibly accept they're dating however at that point assuming this is the case, why erase the video in the wake of posting? Conjecture we'll never know until the Burna gives an announcement concerning the issue.
Hahaha but fans have more to say. See the rection this clip got from his fans
You guys finally know about the Burna Boy, Stefflondon romance.
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Who is this King of Glory? Robert I of Scotland (1306-29), Holy Week and the consecration of St Andrews Cathedral
As an aspiring monarch Robert Bruce had the best of teachers – King Edward I of England. According to Sir Thomas Gray, Robert served in his youth as a 'bachelor' in Edward I's household. If so, this may have brought the young Bruce into direct contact with Edward's masterful deployment of ceremony, institutional space, image, text and liturgy.
Robert the Bruce and Leprosy
There has always been some doubt as to whether Bruce, who died in 1329, did suffer from leprosy.
Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland and mother of the Stewart dynasty of Kings of Scots
Marjorie Bruce, Princess of Scotland, was the only child of the first marriage of King Robert I the Bruce with Isabella of Mar. Marjorie would suffer greatly through the Scottish Wars of Independence, surviving to marry and become the mother of the child who would go on to found the Stewart dynasty of Kings.
What's the Matter?: Medieval Literary Theory and the Irish Campaigns in The Bruce
John Barbour's Bruce, composed in the mid 1370s, is the first long poem in the Scots vernacular. It contains twenty books, the first thirteen of which trace the Wars of Liberty from their origins until triumph at the Battle of Bannockburn. At this point the Irish 'matter' enters the poem.
Elizabeth de Burgh, Queen of Scotland
When Robert the Bruce carried on his fight for the Scottish throne, Elizabeth and the rest of Bruce's family were to suffer the consequences.
Letter from Robert the Bruce to Edward II discovered – attempt at peace before Bannockburn
New research has revealed a letter written in 1310 by Robert Bruce to King Edward II, presenting historians with fresh information about a pivotal time in the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Sacrilege, Sacrifice and John Barbour's Bruce
The narrative accomplished on this plane is critical to the foundation, or re-foundation, of royal order after a usurpation, yet it is more than a dynastic expedient;3 rather, it is a story that, even as it bridges the gaps in credibility and legitimacy attendant upon a new royal line, primally reinforces the governing fictions of kingship as an institution.
A Question of Truth: Barbour's Bruce, Hary's Wallace and Richard Coer de Lion
Tempting though it is to assume that these poems are simply peculiarly Scots, to do so denies them their place in British literature. A survey of English romances, moreover, reveals what appears to be an English equivalent: Richard Coer de Lion. It is also a hybrid poem about a recent king and military leader.
Robert Bruce's Bones: reputations, politics and identities in nineteenth-century Scotland
'We, on the whole, do our Hero-worship worse than any other Nation in this world ever did it before.' Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).
Aristocratic Politics and the Crisis of Scottish Kingship, 1286–96
In late 1292 the new king of Scots, John Balliol, did homage to Edward as his superior lord and during the next three years lived with the consequences of this act.
The verity of facts depicted in Braveheart
So our basic aim was to bring only true facts about the life of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence, to compare all these facts with the film version and to enlight the mind of readers and film spectators.
Bruce, Balliol and the lordship of Galloway: south-western Scotland and the Wars of Independence
Overshadowed by the better documented and more closely studied Bruce campaigns in the north east, the savage civil war which convulsed the lordship between 1306 and 1314, and again from 1332 to 1356, is a neglected area of potentially great value, as it stemmed from a failure of Bruce policies.
The acts of the Earls of Dunbar relating to Scotland c.1124-c.1289 : a study of Lordship in Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
The thesis seeks to analyse the nature of the Dunbar lordship, uncovering its particular and essential features, yet placing and assessing it in the context of twelfth and thirteenth-century Scottish aristocratic society.
Men for all seasons? The Strathbogie earls of Atholl and the Wars of Independence, c.1290-c.1335
When Edward Balliol died without direct heirs in 1364, the dynastic rivalry between the Bruce and Balliol families that existed since 1290 came to an end.
The Kingship of Robert I (1306-29)
The year 1318 was dramatically representative of the fortunes of the kingship of Robert Bruce. It was also typical of his flint-edged and adaptable response to such fates and makes it plain that Robert's strongest model for his own style of rule and the recasting of the office of King of Scots was surely that of his early antagonist, the formidable Edward I of England.
'With a Vertu and Leawté': Masculine Relationships in Medieval Scotland
When the subject of men in medieval Scotland is mentioned, it often conjures up images of muscular, kilted, claymore-wielding warriors intent on national independence, an image informed more by Mel Gibson's 1995 Braveheart than by historical fact.
'A fell coniuracioun agayn Robert the douchty king': the Soules conspiracy of 1318-1320
An anlysis of the plot against Robert I, discovered in 1320, and hitherto dismissed as a scheme led by a desparate minority: this paper argues it was in fact a Balliol plot to dethrone Bruce.
Reputations in Scottish History: King Robert the Bruce (1274-1329)
Have peculiarly Scottish circumstances and processes of change over time coalesced to leave this hero king with a reputation which would, in another country, have taken a more vibrant form far sooner?


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I cannot believe it's time to turn a page on the calendar already. This month went FAST. I know there are bound to be longer days and months ahead, but I hope we have some time that passes as quickly and quietly as June.
I think keeping busy is the key. I just need to remember that, for me, there is a thin line between busy and buried! I think I'll take Bon Qui Qui's advice, "...have it your way, but don't get crazy."
Tomorrow will be a gloriously fulfilling day (if M2 waked up refreshed). We are supposed to head to the state capital to visit the Secretary of State and then to a children's science museum for the day. M2 is exhausted. She's not been napping. She's been running around and playing very hard. She's been going to bed at night very late (for her). Tonight, she's tired and her throat is scratchy. She is also running a low grade fever. I think she's just tired out. Luckily, she has her 6-year-old appointment scheduled for Thursday so if something is going on, we can have her checked.
We have figured out a way to complete our adoption paperwork without Hubs jumping through hoops! It seems that ideally we should have both signatures notarized on the certified copies. However, it is acceptable for just me to do it. So, problem solved. I will be having two documents authenticated at the SOS's office tomorrow. Then, Thursday, I will have my doctor write a date on a form and have my friend, Paul, notarize all the remaining cover sheets I need. Thursday evening I will UPS plain copies of our dossier papers to our caseworker at the adoption agency. I will also send the real deal dossier paperwork and the certified copies to the Assistant Stork in Virginia for them to take our dossier to the Secretary of State (Sorry you broke your elbow, Hill! And, although it is one of the biggest regrets of my life, I did vote for Bill twice. Love to Chelsea! Mea culpa) and the Embassy.
Then...it's OFF TO ETHIOPIA WITH OUR PAPERWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ex. Cite. Ment.
I don't know what I'm more excited about at this point: emptying that dang binder or knowing we may beat the court closure. Both have me pretty stoked!
The girls and I talked to Hubs tonight. M2 refused to do it. I've figured out a trick, though. I hold the phone away from my ear as I'm talking to Hubs and before you know it, he's able to ask a question that she will answer and slowly but surely, she ends up with the phone plastered to her ear, telling her daddy all about it.
I'm going to cut it a little short tonight as M2 is trying to fall asleep and I think the light is keeping her awake. I plan to take tons of photos tomorrow and I'll post a few here to recap our trip.
Pray M2 sleeps well and feels well in the a.m.!


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Martial World - Chapter 752
Chapter 752 - Lin Ming's Wedding, the divine Kingdom Prince
South Horizon Region, Scarlet Peak City -
Scarlet Peak City was a relatively large city in the South Horizon Region. This was because it was where the headquarters of a top third-grade sect were located.
Just a few years ago, because of the invasion of the South Sea Demon Region, Scarlet Peak City had gone into decline with many of the martial artists relocating elsewhere. However, with the death of Xuan Wuji, Scarlet Peak City was once again booming with the hustle and bustle of vibrant crowds.
At this time, in a high class restaurant in Scarlet Peak City, there were several martial artists sitting together and talking. ''I heard that the Young Emperor of divine Phoenix Island will have his great marriage in another month! The entire divine Phoenix Island is now lively with countless guests from all around. Many important characters of the South Horizon Region and Five Element Region will be attending. Even the Sovereign of an ordinary third-grade sect doesn't have the qualifications to go into the main hall, they can only enter the side halls!''
''Whew, to think even a third-grade sect Sovereign can only go to a side hall.'' A martial artist commented with some emotion as he drank. All of them came from the third-grade Scarlet Peak Sect. It was rare for them to even see a Sovereign level character. To them, that was already a very high existence.
''Who did you say was getting married just now?'' As the several martial artists spoke, a lazy voice suddenly drawled out.
The several people followed the voice and saw that in a corner of the restaurant, there was a young man wearing a yellow Kirin robe, a purple gold crown on his head. The young man was fiddling with a wine glass, and beside him were three beautiful woman accompanying him, one of them a young nun.
As the group saw this, the reaction of a common man would have been to become jealous and upset, cursing at this man in his heart that he would be such a lucky pig.
And these martial artists were no exception. The leading Scarlet Peak Sect disciple couldn't tolerate this any further and shouted out, ''divine Phoenix Island's Young Emperor Lin Ming's wedding! It will happen in just a month!''
After Lin Ming killed Xuan Wuji he had become the shining star of the South Horizon Region. No one dared to call Lin Ming by his full name any longer.
From the start, they had referred to Lin Ming as the Holy Son of divine Phoenix Island, Great Hero Lin, and so forth. Later, the name of Young Emperor Lin Ming had randomly caught on and this name had spread out.
In their opinion, Lin Ming would inevitably become a Peerless Emperor in the future. Referring to him as Young Emperor now was also an appropriate matter.
''I see, so it really is him.'' The Kirin-robed youth was the divine Kingdom Prince, Li Yifeng. When he had arrived at the Great Zen Region, he had also heard of Lin Ming's name. Now, accompanied by his bevy of beauties, he leisurely made his way to the South Horizon Region where he learned of Lin Ming's great wedding.
''Young Emperor? This Lin Ming actually dares to refer to himself as Young Emperor?'' A young maid dressed up as a beautiful noble girl didn't take this very well. ''Not even my young master dares to take this sort of name. Yet this Lin Ming only comes from a small fourth-grade sect and he dares to call himself Young Emperor? That is far too arrogant!''
''Arrogant?'' The Scarlet Peak Sect disciple stared with wide eyes, as if he had heard wrong. What sort of small fourth-grade sect? It was like these people looked down on all fourth-grade sects in general. ''Humph, what would you know? Young Emperor is not a title that Lin Ming calls himself, but is what all the martial artists of the South Horizon Region have recognized him as. Young Emperor Lin is so young and yet he managed to defeat Xuan Wuji. His talent far surpasses anyone from the present or from ancient times. It is inevitable that he will become a Peerless Emperor, so what is so wrong with calling him Young Emperor now?''
The young maid curled her lips, apparently not convinced, ''Who cares about who you South Horizon Region martial artists have recognized? Over 90% of the Emperor level powerhouses are concentrated in the four divine Kingdoms in the center of the mainland. Your South Horizon Region is only a very ordinary region in the Sky Spill Continent. In these past several thousand years has an Emperor level powerhouse ever been born from here?''
The young maid's question left the Scarlet Peak Sect disciples speechless. It was indeed true that there hadn't been an Emperor level powerhouse born from the South Horizon Region in a very long time. In fact, even the Netherworld Great Emperor from 3000 years ago was not someone from the South Horizon Region but had come from somewhere else instead. This was not because the South Horizon Region was inadequate, but because it was hard to find a single Emperor level powerhouse in the majority of the Sky Spill Continent's ordinary regions. Even the Great Zen Region was in a similar state.
There were many Emperor level talents but very few Emperor level powerhouses. This was because an extraordinary young elite only had to come across a lucky chance and, coupled with their own astonishing talent, this was enough for them to join the ranks of Emperor level talents. But after that, there was still an extremely long road to cover before becoming a Peerless Emperor. It was possible that one wouldn't cross any more great lucky chances on this road, and these talents would easily exhaust their potential, finally stopping in Life Destruction.
Furthermore, many geniuses perished along the way. To cross the stages of Life Destruction was to risk your life every time. For a human to reach the divine Sea, they would have to overcome countless difficulties and make innumerable gambles with their lives.
This was still the South Horizon Region after all. After hearing the young maid's words, many martial artists refused to listen further. They all stood up together and said, ''You dare to bully my South Horizon Region?''
For a time, the young maid had become the target of everyone.
As Li Yifeng saw this, he laughed out loud and said, ''Everyone, please do not take offense. This young maid is just a silly girl and was speaking some nonsense just now. Please don't be too agitated, hm?''
As Li Yifeng spoke in a conciliatory tone, the standing martial artists didn't want to cause a stir because of a little girl and they immediately sat back down.
The young maid had a very morose expression. She said with a true essence sound transmission, ''Young Master, why do you apologize to these stupid fellows. You can beat them all up with just a finger!''
One of Li Yifeng's eyebrow curved up, ''What meaning is there in bullying these common mortals? Speaking of this Lin Ming's big wedding, it should be rather interesting. Let's go and have some fun.''
One month later, divine Phoenix Island -
After Xuan Wuji died, divine Phoenix Island finished rebuilding in just three months. And then, Lin Ming's wedding soon followed. Nearly all the Life Destruction level powerhouses from the southern point of the Sky Spill Continent had received invitations to divine Phoenix Island.
This great wedding was singlehandedly managed by Mu Yuhuang. The marriage of a divine Phoenix Island Saintess was a major event to begin with. And added with the fact that Lin Ming was the top master of the South Sea, it had become even more extravagant.
To be the top master of the South Sea at such a young age, his future prospects were endless.
Such a grand event naturally needed to be handled well and with the utmost care.
For several days, the skies above the entire divine Phoenix Island were covered by multi-hued rays of light like a kaleidoscope of colors. Everywhere one looked, there were shimmering clouds of iridescent light. Occasionally, a flaming Vermilion Bird or frost Blue Luan would fly back and forth between the clouds, as if this island were a true immortal paradise!
On the main island, all sorts of immortal grasses and trees bloomed at the same time under the driving force of an array formation. For a time, the entire divine Phoenix Island was filled with the vibrantly aromatic and sensual sense of the wild, fragrant scents floating in all directions. Among the scintillating clouds, grandiose palaces and temples of jade thrust into the heavens as if it were a scene from a dream.
With Lin Ming's fame in the South Sea, nearly every Life Destruction level martial artist invited came. Below Life Destruction, countless Revolving Core martial artists had already arrived early at divine Phoenix Island. As for the third-grade sects and above, even if their Sovereign didn't come, there would at least be a Vice Sovereign present.
And below that, there were even many unremarkable Xiantian martial artists that arrived;there were even some martial artists that weren't in a sect. These people didn't have an invitation, but had come anyway to experience such a grand celebration in the South Horizon Region that could only be seen once every several thousand years.
And several thousand years wasn't an exaggeration. With Lin Ming's current limelight, only the Netherworld Great Emperor of 3000 years past could compete with him in fame. In this situation, in just three short days, nearly 10,000 martial artists had arrived at divine Phoenix Island and more were coming every minute.
For those martial artist that weren't invited, divine Phoenix Island didn't turn anyone away. In order to hold a massive celebration for Lin Ming, Mu Yuhuang had several reception halls built in the surrounding miles around where the ceremony would take place. For this great wedding ceremony, divine Phoenix Island had spared absolutely no effort.
''Dire Space Sect Elder, Lian Chihue!''
''Storm Valley Vice Valley Master, Zhan Yuntian!''
''Sunfire Sect direct disciple, Huo Ruyan!''
''Nanyun Wang!''
The master of ceremonies announced the names of arriving guests in order. As Nanyun Wang's name was announced, Lin Ming's mind stirred. He looked around to see a middle-aged man in a nine-clawed dragon robe and wearing a purple gold jade belt. He walked forwards, laughing, with a beauty on each of his arms.
When Nanyun Wang was entering the Demon God Imperial Palace, he also had a similar appearance where he was surrounded by beautiful women. Nanyun Wang was a martial artist who followed the demonic path to begin with. It was rumored he had a harem of 3000 beauties, all of them as pretty and exquisite as flowers with a high martial talent. If any one of these women were placed in a small country then they would definitely be a proud daughter of heaven in their lands.
''Nanyun Wang!''
Lin Ming cupped his fists together in greeting.
''Haha, Lin Ming, if I didn't see you with my own eyes then I still wouldn't be able to believe that it's been less than three years since we ventured into the Demon God Imperial Palace. Originally, I thought you were just a common junior, but in the blink of an eye you've turned around and actually became the top master of the South Sea! That is truly incredible!''
Now that things had come to this, Nanyun Wang naturally wouldn't bother with the matter where he was played around with by Lin Ming in the Demon God Imperial Palace. In just three years, Lin Ming's cultivation had risen by two large boundaries. This sort of matter could be said to be unprecedented ever since ancient times.
As all of these high level characters arrived, all of them also brought along wedding gifts. There were all sorts of top-grade true essence stones, heavenly materials, treasures, and many other valuables.
Mu Yuhuang met every guest one at a time. Seeing divine Phoenix Island enjoying such a flourishing state, her heart was filled with emotion.
''Great Zen Temple's third abbot, Grandmaster Konghe!''
After Nanyun Wang, another esteemed guest arrived. Great Zen Temple had a total of three abbots;Abbot Whitebrow was only one of them. For Lin Ming's grand wedding, Abbot Whitebrow didn't come but Abbot Konghe did. He was similarly at the third stage of Life Destruction.
''Grandmaster Konghe.''
Towards this sort of venerable monk, Lin Ming politely bowed. Thinking about his trip into the Demon God Imperial Palace, he still had to thank Abbot Whitebrow for protecting divine Phoenix Island. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to depend on Mu Fengxian alone to contend with the South Sea Demon Region.
''Benefactor Lin is so young yet has reached the late Revolving Core realm. Moreover, your strength is above even a fourth stage Life Destruction master's. In the future, your accomplishments will be immeasurable.'' Grandmaster Konghe held his hands together and recited some Buddhist blessings.
''Grandmaster's praise is too kind. Please come this way, I've had a set of vegetarian dishes especially prepared for Grandmaster and other eminent monks.''
''Supreme Mystery Temple Temple Master, Guru Guang Shang!''
''Golden Bell Mountain Sovereign, Golden Sword Sage!''
''divine Kingdom Prince... uh... Li Yifeng!''
At the wedding banquet, the master of ceremonies announced visiting guests based on the identity they wrote down. At this time, there shouldn't be someone bored enough to pretend to be someone else. When the master of ceremonies read the title of divine Kingdom Prince, he almost stumbled over his words thinking that he had read it wrong. Was this divine Kingdom Prince real or fake?
Everyone's eyes turned as the master of ceremonies introduced this character. They only saw that at the entrance of the main hall, there was a young man in a purple robe walking in, playing with a folding fan as a young maid and a young nun followed on both sides of him.
divine Kingdom Prince? Of the four divine Kingdoms?
Lin Ming narrowed his eyes. This Li Yifeng's cultivation should be at the late Revolving Core realm - the same as him. From his appearance, he should be around 30 years old, just a bit older than Duanmu Qun.
The four great divine Kingdoms had Crown Princes and Princes. The rank of Prince was somewhat lower than Crown Prince, but they were still dragons amongst humans. If one didn't have talent then it was simply impossible for them to enjoy the title of Prince.


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Temple collaborates with ZLedLighting for more efficient lights on campus
The university recently replaced over 250 outdoor fixtures
Temple University recently upgraded to new outdoor lighting on its high-rise buildings with LED fixtures manufactured by ZLedLighting which is based in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey. ZLedLighting replaced 1000-watt metal halide lamps in Temple's outdoor light fixtures with ZLed's 300-watt Shoebox Fixture with standard mounting brackets. The new 300-watt LED fixtures represent a savings of 74%, worth approximately $40,000 per year.
"This project was about decreasing the university's carbon footprint by the reduction in about 750,000 kilowatts from the national grid and reduced CO2 emissions," said Jon Perper, founder of ZLedLighting. "This not only provides energy savings but also the same safe and well-illuminated environment around campus."
"The success of Temple's Climate Action Plan depends on projects like this. We need a lot more of them to reach our goals," said Kurt Bresser, Director of Utilities & Energy Management at Temple University.
Billows Electric Supply functioned as the distributor on this project. Billows Electric Supply is on the frontline providing energy efficient alternatives, along with controls, to help reduce energy consumption.
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It was 4pm on a Friday late last month. Alex (we will call him that) sat in his car at the gate of a property north of Yarra Glen on the outskirts of Melbourne.
It was drizzling in rain and he was waiting for a Tamil businessman he knew as Tirku who had insisted he meet a Hindu High Priest from Sri Lanka… Alex had no idea why.
A silver Prado pulled up and Alex followed it up a dirt path to a modest weatherboard house.
Tirku assisted a small tubby bloke in orange robes from the car. Alex went to greet him but the "priest" ignored him and his outstretched hand.
Another man who appeared to be Indian alighted from the car and was introduced to Alex as a builder.
Tirku owned many Melbourne rural properties and he was keen to show them around the 10 hectare Yarra Glen property.
Alex was confused because Tirku was not a close friend. They had briefly exchanged phone numbers at a council function where he had shown some interest in Alex's Croyden assembly plant.
It was an eerie one hour visit to the property as they appeared to speak Hindi while completely ignoring Alex.
The following morning Tirku phoned Alex. "That Hindu priest is the equivalent of a Tamil pope you know, mate." Alex still expressed total confusion so, after Tirku was assured of Alex's confidentiality, he proceeded to explain.
It was after Tirku had explained to Alex why he was needed that Alex decided to contact The Pickering Post… "You won't believe this", he said to me.
I was told by Alex that apparently only a fraction of Tamils arriving here illegally are sent home. The rest are given bridging visas and let loose in the community and ordered not to work while they are being processed.
As I reported in a previous article it would take about a week for these blokes to find jobs and on this occasion Alex's assembly plant was Tirku's target.
Tirku was the go-to man. He was well-known in Sri Lanka and fleeced only 20% from each wage.
Alex was told he would only have to pay them half the basic wage and Tirku would arrange to transport them to and from work.
He was told not to worry about the low wage because all bridging visa immigrants are entitled to an array of benefits including 89% of the unemployment benefit through ASAS (the Asylum Seeker Assistance Scheme) the Red Cross and SAS (Community Assistance Support).
Tirku had said that hundreds were already employed in landscaping, cleaning and gardening and that he had accommodation for them in Port Melbourne, Glen Waverley and Blackburn.
Others had been settled in the south eastern suburbs and Mill Park in the north.
"I thought I'd test him out", Alex told me. "I told him I had connections with a company that provides cleaning services to a string of shopping centres in Victoria.
"He was excited at the suggestion and said if we could get together for a chat, he would pay me a brokerage fee."
Alex continued relaying his story to me but by now he was angry, "Why should these kingpin guys be making a killing fucking with our immigration system", he said.
"The whole damn thing is so well organised and the government is falling for it at the expense of the Aussie workers they say they are protecting!
"There's no way one of these blokes will be working for me. You have to let people know about this, Larry, Gillard and Abbott haven't got a fucking clue what's going on."
Perhaps Labor luminaries rue the day they dismantled our border protection policy… or do they even care?


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New York Times Best-selling Author
Nadia Bolz-Weber
Coming to Ashland, Oregon.
Friday, March 22, 7:00 pm and Saturday, March 23, 9:00 am
at the First United
Methodist Church of Ashland
175 N. Main Street, Ashland OR 97520
Provocative Lutheran pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber, author of best-selling books that articulate an earthy and liberating approach to Christianity, will be coming to Ashland for two unique presentations on March 22 and 23.
Known for her prolific tattoos and sometimes salty language, she is the founding pastor of House for All Sinners and Saints in Denver. Bolz-Weber has struck a chord with millions of readers who find inspiration and reassurance in a radical approach to Christian faith that challenges traditional social norms yet nevertheless largely adheres to theological and liturgical orthodoxy.
On Friday, March 22 at 7 pm, Bolz-Weber will speak on the topic Christianity and Sexuality: New Views on Old Prejudices, in which she will explore themes from her latest book, Shameless: A Sexual Reformation.
On Saturday, March 23 at 9 am, her topic will be, Is It Too Stuffy in Here? Liberating Church from Rigid Cultural Expectations. Copies of Shameless will be available for sale and for signing by the author at both events.
Bolz-Weber's other books include Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People and Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint, both listed as New York Times best-sellers.
Bolz-Weber is open about her past struggles with alcohol and drug abuse, and she weaves accounts of her own flaws and missteps – and those of others she encountered along the way – into narratives that are hard-nosed and gritty yet also warm, funny and infused with spiritual subtleties. She is a force to be reckoned with when she walks into a room, with an imposing physical presence (she's over six feet all) and direct personality complementing her abundance of body artwork. One of her part-time past occupations was that of stand-up comic.
Bolz-Weber was raised in Colorado Springs in a fundamentalist Christian family. She briefly attended Pepperdine University, and recounts that she felt called to the ministry in 2004 when she was asked to give the eulogy for a friend who had committed suicide. Following ordination in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), she started the House for All Sinners and Saints, often referred to simply as "The House."
Initially her ministry focused on those considered outsiders in society, including the homeless, alcoholics and drug addicts, and the LGBT community. Almost paradoxically, her approach to ministry outside the mainstream resonated with Denver's more established community, with suburban professionals and businesspeople today worshipping side-by-side with the city's supposed 'outcasts'.
Tickets are available online at brownpapertickets.com and through sponsoring churches. Advance tickets will be $50 for both presentations or $25 separately for Friday or Saturday. For more information please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nadia Bolz-Weber's Ashland appearance is sponsored by Evolving Congregations, representing Ashland's First United Methodist, First Presbyterian, Trinity Episcopal and First Congregational UCC Churches.


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I recently reminisced on my inroad into cycling. Here are some recollections and thoughts on the matter.
As a virgin to cycling, I had no idea what level of fitness would be required to ride decently, especially around veterans of the sport. I thought after "some time" spent on the bicycle I would, seemingly magically, gain the results required to ride with any club group and dare I say, be able to race at an amateur level. After getting acclimated to some unfamiliar details of riding the road (clipless pedals, overcoming traffic fears), any aspiring mid-20s alpha-male in decent shape (by a commoner's standards) should be able to pick up the sport quickly and efficiently, and find himself comfortable riding among any others on the road. One quickly realizes the first step to improvement is realizing the falsehoods of one's unfounded presumptions steeped in ignorance generated by the sense of personal pride our 21st century first-world culture instills in us all. You can have anything and everything you want easily and without tons of effort if you just ask for it...except cycling.
It was the first couple of times out. I had in my mind to go out and "hammer" (unknown term at the time, but it was the same mental process)...5 or 10 miles. Having no idea what I was doing, I picked an arbitrary rails-to-trails path that was a few miles from my house. Of course the idea of riding in traffic was great and terrible. I drove to the start of the trail (which was less than a few miles from the house) and began a 20 minutes process of unloading, "checking everything", and warm up in the parking lot. I then set off and proceeded to ride. I don't really remember much about the first ride other than I thought I'd went a decent distance and felt rather proud of my self.
My experience on the bike grew very slowly. At the time I had no one to guide me or tell me what was "normal". I slowly started riding with traffic on the side roads around town, but never ventured outside of a 10 mile radius of my house. Riding out of town towards the country was way too dangerous, for sure.
Then I found out that a group of people gathered together on Saturday mornings for a "group ride" a few miles from my house. I thought for sure these were seasoned veterans who raced and would have no interest in allowing a noob like me to tag along. Eventually though, I got over my fear and rode up to the group as they started to gather. Fortunately for me, this turned out to be a casual ride that always re-grouped at certain check points. Everyone was extremely friendly and was glad to have another rider join the group, even a noob.
The pace was tough for me. I think it was in the 16mph range over a planned route of about 25 miles, but it was a lot faster and longer than I had been riding on my own up to that point. There again, I had not known what a "normal" pace would have been. I was heaving trying to suck in enough air to keep up while people were trying to make conversation - slightly embarassing. All I could do was nod or give short spurts of sentences while trying to maintain control enough not to run into the person riding very closely beside and in front of me. Very nerve racking indeed.
Luckily I managed to survive the first outing with the group, and my confidence and interest in cycling had a huge boost. I felt that I had joined "the club" and was on my way to becoming a part of the elite group who rode bicycles for the sake of progressing the community of the group and furthering a timeless tradition of riding the road. We record these milestones in our cycling lives as major life-changing events as we continue to invest our lives in The Work..