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It has been quite a while since I last posted here with any frequency, but this is the start of a more frequent posting pattern, work has settled down (in that I have a job now) and other things in my life have stated to improve.
These have given me, both, the space and time to write more and game more.
Though with the car just dying the gaming may become a bit more limited in the systems that I end up playing.
There are new pages to add with the Star Wars games that have been released by Fantasy Flight Games, such as Rebellion and Destiny.
I have to catch up with listing events, both the big and small, regular and irregular. So if you have any events you know about please let me know. I will be changing the Contact form to help with this.
I want to feature more galleries of painted miniatures throughout the range of games as there are some magnificent examples out there.
I also want to change the directory to a map so that it is more visual and I want to get all the clubs and suppliers onto it that I can, so again please let me know of any I've missed using the Contact from
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We have a lively, welcoming and well stocked library. We believe that reading on a regular basis is essential for building children's knowledge, confidence and a positive attitude towards books and literacy. We endeavour to keep up to date with the latest children's publications and are always open to suggestions from the children. All classes visit the library on a regular basis.
At the beginning of each year The East Sussex Children's Library Service runs a children's book award, which our school participates in. There are 5 titles chosen from children's books that have been published the year before. A group of about 20 children from year 6 read the 5 titles and will have the chance to meet authors, enter competitions and see their reviews published on the East Sussex Children's Library website. In May they vote for their favourite book and the winner is announced at a celebration event which the children attend.
The school library also runs a book fair twice a year. The proceeds raised from these fairs enable us to get new books through a commission basis.

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Step 1Peel the baking and sweet potatoes and slice them 1/8 inch thick.
Step 2Combine the eggs, whipping cream, garlic and shallot and blend well.
Step 3Heat the oven to 300 degrees. In a 13x9-inch baking dish, arrange 1 layer of sliced baking potatoes, then sprinkle them with some of the cheese and season to taste with salt and pepper. Top them with a layer of sweet potatoes, then more cheese, salt and pepper. Keep alternating layers until all potatoes are used, ending with a layer of cheese. Pour the cream mixture over the top and cover the pan with foil. Bake for 2 hours.
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Mascara. Your Chanel bag. Maybe your iPhone. Sunglasses. Jay Z.
What do all these things have in common? They're all black, and they're all betchy. Fucking duh.
Betches love black for reasons different from those of your average person or like, a grieving widow. We don't care that it's "slimming" because as betches who look ano in horizontal stripes, this is obvi not a concern. Betches love black because, as Anna Wintour or a Kamakura ninja will tell you, it is eternally trendy. Sure some losers might argue that black is unimaginative. They're called losers for a reason.
Black sends a fuck off vibe more extreme than Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell (off her meds). It's intimidating, never goes out of style, and it even comprises our favorite state of existence, blackout. I mean, can you imagine buying a pair of non-aviator sunglasses in like, perriwinkle? Good luck getting a nicegirl to do your homework when you walk into the library wearing that lame shit.
So betches, if you know what the fuck you're doing with your life, paint your nails black and take off whatever oxblood cardigan you're currently sporting and swap it out for a betchy all-black-everything ensemble. Be classy. Be chic. It's no coincidence that the betchiest shit takes place at night.
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The Crying Game: One Mom's Journey with Endless Infant Crying {Part One}
Once Amelia began really whaling, she didn't stop for nearly two months.
At first, I was in denial. People hinted at colic. I knew what colic was, but was sure that my child didn't have it. I believed that her 7 hour crying fits were caused more by her personality than a physical ailment.
All babies are different, right?
But, as time went on, her crying got worse and I started to lose my cool. It was time to say something at my mom's group.
The next Tuesday morning I shared my concerns with my fellow moms. As I described what was happening, I could see eyes start to widen. People either looked shocked or sorry for me. The more concerned looks I got, the more I began to fear that there was a problem; that her fits of crying were not normal. By the time I left that meeting, I was desperate to find someone else in my boat. And so, at each group meeting, I listened anxiously to each mom's share, hoping to hear a similar story of crying. It took a few weeks, but I eventually found another mom and baby who were in the same terrible predicament as Amelia and myself. But, unlike me, this mom seemed to know what was wrong with her baby. She said that her son had colic and that her doctor had diagnosed it. I left that meeting with a little bit of hope and an appointment to see my pediatrician.
My doctor's appointment did not go well. I had hoped to find knowledgeable doctors full of remedies for my dear daughter. Instead, I found out that they don't know why she is crying and the name for not knowing is colic. My heart sank and my hopes died. My doctor gave me a few sympathetic pats and sent me on my way. I walked to my car with my head hung lower than I would like to admit with a screaming baby in tow. I felt completely defeated.
Getting in the car didn't do anything to help my daughter calm down. The index finger that usually calmed her (yes, I would reach my arm behind my seat and let her suck on my finger ) was not even making a dent in her blood curdling screams. I had a very sudden and very strong erge to drive my car into the side of my doctors office. I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. I closed my eyes and counted to ten. I needed a minute to gather my thoughts without a screaming infant in the back seat or an audience of nurses peeking out the front windows. So, I drove across the street and parked my car. It was time to do some thinking.
I turned my radio to a static station and turned to the volume all the way up. I put one window down and got out of my car. After a few moments of contemplation on what to do next, I began walking laps around my car. After about the tenth lap, I took my still screaming daughter out of her car seat and began walking around the parking lot. I walked circle after circle around that parking lot, trying to come up with a solution to our crying problem. By the time my daughter stopped crying and I had gathered enough courage to face the car ride home, I had reached a decision. Come hell or high water, I was going to find a way to ease my daughter's suffering…
Did you deal with endless infant crying? How did you go about troubleshooting the problem? What support did you seek out to carry you through?
**come back Friday to read part two where Samantha shares how she finally found a solution and as a result some peace for her as well as Amelia.


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MIAMI — Hassan Whiteside has hinted at his frustration with his diminished playing time this season. But he was loud and clear on that subject Saturday night.
"Man, it's annoying. Why we matching up?," Whiteside said after the Miami Heat's 110-109 overtime loss to the Brooklyn Nets. "We got one of the best centers in the league. Why we matching up? A lot of teams don't have a good center. They're going to use their strength. It's bull—-. It's really bull—-, man. There's a lot of teams that could use a center. [Expletive]. That's bull—-."
The Heat announced Sunday that Whiteside has been fined an undisclosed amount of money for comments detrimental to the team. He will not be suspended due to the rant.
The Heat's starting center finished with 14 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes Saturday, but his anger stems from coach Erik Spoelstra's decision to use a small lineup down the stretch. Whiteside was subbed out of the game with 3:55 remaining in the third quarter and never returned, as Spoelstra turned to a small lineup that featured James Johnson at center to match up with Brooklyn's personnel.
It was Whiteside who took himself out of the game less than five minutes into the first quarter, though. He explained that with, "Coach wanted me to sub myself out as soon as I felt a little winded."
Whiteside, who has played in two games since returning from a strained left hip flexor that forced him to miss nine games, is averaging 25.6 minutes of playing time this season after logging a career-high 32.6 minutes last season.
"I don't know if it's because of a minutes restriction or what. The minutes have been like that all year," Whiteside said. "It's just really frustrating and its been frustrating. It's tough. I don't know, man. It's crazy. I don't understand it."
When asked if the lack of minutes has made him question his future in Miami, Whiteside said: "I don't know. Maybe."
Whiteside then was asked who he should discuss this with — the front office, the coaching staff or his agent.
"I don't know," he said. "I don't know."
A member of the Heat media-relations staff then ended the interview.
Spoelstra said after Saturday's loss that Whiteside's conditioning is still not where it was before the injury, and pointed to Brooklyn's small lineup as the reason he kept the 7-footer on the bench for the final 20 minutes and 55 seconds of the game.
"It's not where it was when he left against Philly, his last game [before the injury]," Spoelstra said of Whiteside's conditioning just minutes before the center's postgame rant. "He'll probably say something different. But game action is game action. You can do all you want behind the scenes. But you got to get those minutes in games. He had some good moments tonight. They went to the smaller lineup and it always comes down to that. Does the speed lineup get to size or size get to speed? And their speed got to our size for a little bit."
While Whiteside's words Saturday were eye-opening, he's provided hints throughout the season that he's not happy with his playing time.
Entering the All-Star break, Whiteside said his goal for the second part of the season was: "Get more playing time, trying to be out there a little more."
After sitting the final 16 minutes of the Heat's loss to the Magic on Feb. 5, Whiteside said: "I played my average minutes, you know. I average, what, 22 minutes, 23 minutes. So that's pretty much how it's been. But coach went with the team that he wanted to get the win with and it's coach's decision. I can't do nothing about that."
Following a big win over the Bucks on Jan. 17, Whiteside expressed his gratitude to Spoelstra for allowing him to play 32 minutes: "I'm just glad coach allowed me to play (32) minutes. He left me out there, he really trusted me tonight. I'm just really happy about that."
After not playing in the fourth quarter of the Heat's loss to the Bulls on Jan. 15, Whiteside said: "It's whatever Coach Spo wants. That's what Coach Spo wants to do, that's the lineup he wants to go with. … he thinks is going to get us the win. I can't do nothing about it."
When asked in January about his lack of fourth-quarter minutes, Whiteside said: "As long as we're winning. You know, we won. So as a player, of course you want to be out there. But we won the game, so I can't really be mad at that. That's what you're out there to do anyway. You're out there getting all them rebounds and blocks to win a game. So every point counts."
Whiteside is averaging 14.1 points, 11.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 49 games this season. He's missed 28 games due to multiple issues — 18 games because of two separate bone bruises on his left knee, one game because of a stomach illness and nine games with his recent hip injury.
Miami has posted a 14-14 record without Whiteside and a 27-22 record when he plays. But his plus-minus numbers aren't as good, as the Heat have been outscored by 79 points when Whiteside is on the court this season (second-worst plus-minus on the team ahead of only Dion Waiters).
After selecting Bam Adebayo with the 14th overall pick of last year's draft and signing Kelly Olynyk in free agency last offseason, Whiteside has found himself on a roster that features three centers battling for playing time. Adebayo is averaging 20.1 minutes and Olynyk is averaging 23.6 minutes, but both are averaging more fourth-quarter minutes than Whiteside.
In addition, Whiteside has sat out the entire fourth quarter in 20 of his 49 games. He played in the fourth in 71 of his 77 games last season.
The 28-year-old Whiteside is in the second season of a four-year, $98 million contract that he signed as a free agent in 2016. He's due $25.4 million next year and has a player option for $27.1 million in 2019-20.
Whiteside is making $23.8 million this season, tied with Andre Drummond, Anthony Davis and Bradley Beal for the 19th highest salary in the league.
The Heat are off Sunday before returning to the practice court Monday. With five regular-season games remaining, Miami hosts the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday.
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text: The Broccatelli Cheese Facory began in 1938,when the little boy Enrico started to work in another cheese factory in Santa Maria degli Angeli. After the war, March 3rd 1948, Enrico opened the activity in Via Patrono d'Italia, the actual factory born in 1956, since than they offer high quality cheese products, run by Enrico, his wife Tina, his brother Antonio and his sons. This is the story of this important local cheese facory, where past and present are connected thanks to the family and passion and emotion are the bases to make cheese made with love.


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In Israel, the design law in place is the 1922 Patent and Design Ordinance dating from the British Mandate.
The patent sections were canceled and replaced with the 1967 Israel Patent Law, but the design sections are still in force.
Now, nearly 100 years on, a proposed Design Law has been drafted (6 July 2015), and, if it undergoes three readings in the Knesset it may become law.
During the Knesset readings, it may undergo amendments, so it is by no means certain the the proposed law will be legislated as currently drafted. Nevertheless, the draft has a number of points of interest.
The term מדגם is being replaced with the term עיצוב to emphasize that the new design law does not only cover the design of physical objects of manufacture, but also the design of fonts and of computer icons and the like. This was largely to correct a wrong decision regarding fonts.
The previous law related to registered designs only. The new law offers protection for up to three years for non-registered designs, considered suitable for clothing fashions and other trends having limited shelf-life. This proposal will bring Israel into line with Europe where non-registered designs have limited protection. It is proposed that fonts, even if non-registered, will be entitled to up to 25 years of protection.
Currently, designs may be protected for up to 15 years. The proposed amendment will extend this period to 25 years, in line with Europe.
If a design is marketed in Israel as a non-registered design, it may, within 12 months, be registered.
The proposed Law adopts the Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs Signed at Locarno on October 8, 1968
Under the current regime, absolute local novelty is required. In an attempt to conform this to international practice, a Commissioner Circular M.N. 74 creatively interpreted disclosure on the Internet, particularly in Registered Design Databases from other jurisdictions, as novelty destroying. The proposed law requires absolute international novelty and significant differences from other designs.
Once the Law is passed, Israel may be able to join the Hague system for international design registration.
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the Supreme Court ruled that the catch-all Law of Unjust Enrichment can be grounds for suing 1998 copiers of non-registered designs where there is some additional element of bad faith. The Proposed law is intended to make this no longer possible. Sanctions can still be obtained under specific laws such as trademark and fair trade ordinance, but Unjust Enrichment cannot be used where a design could have been registered but wasn't. As a formalist, I am very pleased that A.Sh.I.R. is finally being put to rest.
Employee designs are considered the property of the employer. Here there is perhaps a lacuna in the Law. Designs are often, perhaps usually, created by subcontractors not employers. Consequently, instead of leaving everything to interpretation of contract law and work for hire, it may be sensible to clarify the status of industrial designs products by a design house for a company.


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PAGES would like to bring to your attention an opportunity to review the first-order draft (FOD) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 (WG1) contribution to IPCC's Sixth Assessment Report (AR6).
To facilitate your review of paleoclimate information in the FOD, PAGES and its Early-Career Network (ECN) have assembled a table listing the paleo contents from across the report. Download the excel document shown above.
AR6 does not have a chapter dedicated to paleoclimate. Instead, paleo information is integrated throughout the report. The table of contents will help you locate text and evaluate possible inconsistencies, gaps and overlaps across the chapters. It also highlights sections that contain assessment statements using IPCC controlled vocabulary (e.g. "high confidence"). These key statements are often featured in the Executive Summaries, which feed the Summary for Policy Makers.


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We are a national leader in all areas of criminal appellate work and members of chambers practice in all appellate tribunals. Our barristers appear in the Court of Appeal on a daily basis and frequently appear in landmark cases. We appeared regularly in the House of Lords and our counsel have been involved in significant cases in the Supreme Court, including R v Jogee [2016] UKSC 8, Gale v SOCA [2011] UKSC] and R v Maxwell [2010] UKSC 48.
In addition, many of our barristers have highly specialised areas of expertise and are continually sought out to advise and appear in niche and unusual cases. It is not unusual for complex matters to be referred to us for specialised appellate work after the conclusion of a trial. Certain members of Chambers also have discrete appellate practices.
They advise on old or concluded matters and will recommend new applications to the Court of Appeal or the Criminal Cases Review Commission. Carmelite Chambers has a history of high profile success in this area. Chambers also has an international appellate dimension. Our barristers continue to advise on international human rights and Privy Council appeals.


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Much of the corn in Minnesota is in the dent stage of kernel development. At this time, stress to corn from dry conditions can impact yield by reducing kernel size.
To evaluate the impact of this season's weather on corn yield potential and its spatial variability across the Corn Belt, including three locations in Minnesota, yield forecasts were made on August 24 by University of Nebraska researchers as part of a multi-state project. Statewide forecasts of corn yield also were developed. Updated forecasts are planned for early September.
These forecasts, along with USDA's statewide yield forecasts and weekly crop reports for Minnesota, indicate favorable corn yields for Minnesota as a whole. However, this year's weather-related challenges to corn production, including frost, excessive rainfall, hail, and wind damage, are expected to result in considerable variability in corn yield among fields and regions of the state.
Reports from across Minnesota are that some fields have greater-than-normal variability in kernel number among plants. Corn in these fields was typically injured by frost in May. Plants with fewer kernels may have been slower to recover following frost injury, putting them at a competitive disadvantage with neighboring plants and delaying their pollination until hotter and drier conditions.
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David Tennant says his latest play is being constantly tweaked to feature topical jokes – because the news keeps producing such good material.
Broadchurch star Tennant plays the debauched lead character in Don Juan in Soho.
Patrick Marber's play – first seen in 2006 – has been updated and now includes references to US President Donald Trump and vlogging.
Speaking after Tuesday's opening night, Tennant revealed that Marber had written in a line about the Daily Mail's controversial "Legs-it" headline, but it didn't make the show.
"We chickened out at the last second!" he told the BBC.
"We are sprinkling occasional contemporary references as we go. We add them on the day. Prince George is in his third day now. George Osborne lasted for a weekend. Donald Trump is in there."
Tennant added: "Obviously it has to relate to Don Juan and his world view. He's got this fury about the hypocrisy of the world that he's in.
"The world keeps presenting itself with fresh material and we can't really resist."
Marber's play is a loose adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century tragi-comedy Don Juan that transports the legendary womaniser to contemporary London.
Tennant's character – known as DJ – describes himself in the play as the "Dalai Lama of debauchery".
At one point his servant Stan, played by Adrian Scarborough, urges the audience: "Please don't be charmed, he's not a lovable rogue…"
"It's a delicious role," Tennant said, adding that he hadn't done a play that wasn't Shakespeare in about 14 years.
"I adore Shakespeare – I feel like it's in my DNA – but I'm just loving doing something that is this contemporary and that has this bite and extraordinary language."
Don Juan in Soho is at Wyndham's Theatre until 10 June.
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LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racist phone call to V. Stiviano spurs #BoycottClippers hashtag: 13 funniest Twitter responses
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling is currently being investigated for making incredibly racist statements during a phone call to his girlfriend V. Stiviano, who, ironically is black and Mexican. The recorded was unearthed by TMZ last night and ever since the Internet has been abuzz with theories and opinions and there's even a #BoycottClippers hashtag trending highly on Twitter. While TMZ has committed to the idea it was most certainly Sterling on the recording, the NBA has taken a more innocent-until-proven-guilty approach. The NBA's executive vice president of communication, Mike Bass said, "The remarks heard on the recording are disturbing and offensive, but at this time we have no further information," adding that the league is conducting a "full investigation." You can listen to the full audio below. It is, of course, not safe for work.
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The thing that started this discourse between Sterling and his girlfriend was that Stiviano posted a photo of herself with NBA legend Magic Johnson on Instagram; the photo has since been removed from her account, which has nearly 119,000 followers. On her Instagram account she describes herself as "Artist, Lover, Writer, Chef, Poet,Stylist, Philanthropist." In the recording, Sterling says things like, ""It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you're associating with black people. Do you have to?" and also, "…Don't put him [Magic] on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don't bring him to my games." But perhaps most absurd is this one: "You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that … and not to bring them to my games."
Since we here at Laughspin enjoy filtering our news, no matter how gross it is, through humor, we thought we'd post our favorite comedian responses to the Donald Sterling news. Here they are. Enjoy!
After listening to Donald Sterling's racist rant I have to go watch Django Unchained to lighten the mood.
— Dane Cook (@DaneCook) April 26, 2014
Wouldn't want my GF posting pics w/other men if I looked like I was from Middle Earth.
— Retta (@unfoRETTAble) April 26, 2014
If you're surprised a guy who owns an NBA team is a racist, you might want to look closer at the word "own." #DonaldSterling #asshat
— Kermet Apio (@kermetapio) April 26, 2014
Why are people shocked that an "owner" of a basketball team might be racist? I'm just surprised he didn't use the word "Mandingo".
— Ralphie May (@Ralphie_May) April 26, 2014
It's ironic #DonaldSterling hates blacks but has to pay them so much. guess its kinda like #realhouseniggasofbeverlyhills #teamdl
— DL Hughley (@RealDLHughley) April 26, 2014
#ClivenBundy, I see your racism and I raise you one #DonaldSterling, a racist who actually owns black guys. #RacistPoker
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) April 26, 2014
Shout out to all of the chill business savvy racists that have the same feelings but just journal that shit.
— Hannibal Buress (@hannibalburess) April 26, 2014
Breaking news: Old, rich white guys are racist but like black women. #DonaldSterling #StromThurmond #ThomasJefferson
— Ted Alexandro (@tedalexandro) April 26, 2014
Ladies… we've all been V. Stiviano. When a man is that fine, with a face that natural and abs that tight… its easy to miss the racism.
— Laurie Kilmartin (@anylaurie16) April 26, 2014
Please don't waste your time trying to understand the thought process of prejudice people. That's how you develop ulcers.
— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) April 26, 2014
Can Judaism suspend #DonaldSterling ?
— Gary Gulman (@GaryGulman) April 26, 2014
In defense of Donald Sterling: He's had very little experience being a racist in the post season.
— Ben Hoffman (@thebenshow) April 26, 2014
Didn't anyone tell Donald Sterling about hockey?
— Chris Franjola (@ChrisFranjola) April 26, 2014
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There are many unsung heroes among us, men who go to work every day and are employed to save lives. Today we are talking to firefighters, those individuals who risk their lives to save others from burning buildings. They are husbands and fathers, and men of courage. On this day during Black History Month, we'll take a look at black firefighters. Our guests today will tell their stories of heroism as they first fought to integrate a previously all-white fire department, then went on to affect the lives of many whom they risked their own lives to save from death,


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I want to thank everyone who has shared their testing results this last week. Results have been coming in, and new horses are being sent for testing. Meanwhile, I have been slowly updating the lists on the Splash Project Page as I get the information. You'll see a lot of horses have been added, including homozygous, heterozygous and negative tests. The only thing we are missing at this point is any horses that have tested for SW2 or SW3, so those remain a mystery for the moment.
There are still more results to add, and still more horses with pending tests. As some of you are aware, I was called home to Alabama for a family emergency. That means my ability to post pictures will be somewhat limited until I return home. When I get back, I will add those and get back to some of the unfinished blog posts on non-splash topics. (If you have a horse on that Splash Project Page without a photograph, but want one included, just send me a message. I do not post photos on this blog without specific permission, but I never turn down someone who will allow me to use a picture!)


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Evan Longoria felt Will Middlebrooks' pain. Literally.
As Middlebrooks recovered from a broken right wrist, which ended his 2012 season prematurely, Longoria knew exactly what the Red Sox third baseman was going through, because he too broke his wrist back in 2008. And despite the still developing rivalry between the two clubs, Longoria offered some advice to his AL East counterpart.
"I pretty much just told him he's going to be all right. He just needed to give it an ample time to get healthy," Longoria told reporters on Saturday. "He can't really push it. I just told him, 'You're going to be fine. It's not something that's a career-changing injury as long as you're healthy and you're right. It's not going to change the way you play the game.'"
The Red Sox would prefer if Middlebrooks didn't see too many changes in his game. The 24-year-old hit .288 with 15 home runs and 54 RBIs in just 75 games last season before getting hit by a pitch in August and missing the remainder of the season.
Middlebrooks received quite the scare early in spring training when he tweaked his right wrist on a check swing in a game against the Orioles. Fortunately, everything checked out OK and Middlebrooks only missed a few days, but Longoria understands that there may have been some anxiety after first coming back from the injury.
"My wrist hurt every day," Longoria said of his own injury. "It's kind of like an arthritic pain for a while. People don't really understand that you're not going back to a desk job. You're trying to use something that was broken to hit a ball coming 95 miles an hour. It's normal to feel pain. It's normal to have that kind of soreness. That just takes some time getting used to and understanding how much of a workload you can put on it. But being where he's at now, you may have a little bit of soreness, but he shouldn't have anything reoccurring."
Longoria has been selected to two All-Star Games and has earned two Gold Gloves since his injury. Your move, Will.
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Find answers to commonly asked questions about the Administrative Fellowships at Ochsner.
What is a personal statement?
A personal statement gives you the opportunity to set yourself apart from other candidates, tell a story, and introduce yourself to the Fellowship application review committee by bringing attention to things that don't appear on your resume or transcript. A comprehensive personal statement should include rationale behind your decision to enter a career in healthcare, why you are specifically interested in pursuing a career at Ochsner, and how the fellowship can assist in your development. A personal statement should be one-page long.
Can fellows influence their rotation decisions?
Each fellowship concentration has been structured in order to achieve core competencies and experiences defined by program coordinators. Upon completion of the defined set of capabilities, fellows are encouraged to develop and experience additional interests within the organization.
Before beginning their rotations, fellows will be asked to identify specific areas of interest and/or particular assignments they would like to experience before the completion of their program. Organizational needs will be matched with individual interest according to resource availability and program development.
Does Ochsner sponsor H-1 Visa's for International Applicants?
Ochsner reserves the sponsorship of H-1 Visas to our medical staff only and does not sponsor Administrative Fellows citizenship.
What qualities are you looking for in a fellowship candidate?
Candidates should possess outstanding qualities of integrity, compassion, excellence, teamwork, but most of all, put our patients first! Candidates should also exemplify being a servant leader and be self-guided.
Is this a full-time, benefits eligible, paid position?
Yes, each Program Concentration offers a competitive salary and benefits package for the duration of the 12-24 month fellowship.
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Prospective candidates MUST include all required documentation when submitting email application, including application cover sheet, 1 page personal statement, 3 reference letters (signature, name, title, and phone number) and graduate school transcripts. All must be legible to be considered and received by specified deadline for interested concentration. Please review each concentration tab for specific requirements and deadlines prior to applying. NOTE: References wanting to send letters directly to email address will be accepted, but only if they include student's full name in subject line.


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Update, 5/19/2016: I submitted this post to a confessional Lutheran pastor whom I am in contact with and whom I respect, asking him to please correct any egregious errors made by this Catholic layman, and he graciously responded to me with some crucial corrections. Therefore you must please read this post as an example of a Catholic layman's imperfect perceptions about Lutheran theology and methodology. I will integrate the pastor's responses in a future post. Meanwhile, you may refer to the Notes section at the end of this post for from-the-horse's-mouth information regarding this topic.
We Roman Catholics don't do "proper distinction between law and gospel." We've never even heard the phrase. Yet it is the cornerstone of orthodox Protestant apologetics and pastoral preaching. Attend any orthodox Lutheran Sunday sermon and you can't swing a smuggled censer without hitting a reference to the concept.
What It Is
The proper distinction between law and Gospel is the one-two punch proposition that
- you are born dead in trespasses and sin against God's law and cannot, by your very nature, through any volitional act of word or deed escape your divine desserts, which is death (sad trombone), and
- that by grace through faith nurtured by proper Gospel preaching, you are the recipient of God's mercy and eternal life won by Jesus Christ's death on the cross in your stead (triumphant trumpets.)
That's my paraphrasing.
Where It Came From
The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel is the title of an 1895 transcription¹ of a lecture series delivered to an 1884-85 class of seminary students by Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod² founder Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther (or C.F.W. Walther as he is known to anybody who ain't got time for that.) In that lecture, Walther extemporized over the course of 39 evenings on the topic to the future pastors in his audience, the goal of which was to show them how to preach such that congregations might be saved from death by grace through faith. It was a seminal event in the modern history of the Lutheran church in America.
However, any orthodox Lutheran pastor will tell you the rubric really began with the Old Testament prophets, especially Isaiah, and continued to be expounded upon and reiterated throughout the New Testament.
What It Accomplishes
Apart from salvation? Preaching using the proper distinction between law and Gospel effects two main groups of responses in the congregation:
- Horror, desperation, a pierced heart, sorrow.
- Rejoicing, gratitude, awe towards God's mercy.
Horror and so on, because in learning the full extent of God's law you eventually realize you're just not up to the task of saving yourself.; rejoicing and such because in learning about Christ's penal substitution for your sins you are filled with hope.
What It's Based On
Biblical exegesis. Sola scriptura.
What's at the Heart of It
Hope. Not hope in the weak, diffuse, and nerve-wracking sense that maybe you'll pass that school test you didn't study for, get that dream job you applied for, or eventually be able to chew through iron bars to escape that Isis death camp. No, the sort of hope this rubric delivers is something meatier, something solid. It is something akin to certainty, to a sense of inevitability. It strikes the listener with the finality of the last words the Gospel of John records Jesus Christ to have uttered before he died: "It is finished." (John 19:30.)³
What We Roman Catholics Think About That
We don't have any express position statement for or against the Protestant formulation of the proper distinction between law and Gospel. The topic is purely a Protestant obsession. However, we do have going a two-thousand-year-old water cooler debate⁴ around the doctrine of atonement, which is aimed at resolving questions similar to those the Protestants were asking when they were formalizing the distinction process.
What Should Roman Catholics Think?
I think we should think about it. I think we should listen to orthodox Lutheran pastors preaching using the distinction between law and Gospel.⁵ I admire the way these divisive heretics have heartily striven towards attaining a coherent system of understanding just what the entirety of the Bible is trying to tell us about our salvation.
We modern Catholics love our mystery, and our ineffability, our ancient sacraments and our incense. We're not about Head Theology, we're about Heart Theology and…wherever Mystical Theology and Kingdom Theology sit in our biological anatomy. We aren't into sola scriptura, we're also about apostolic tradition. (I think an argument can be made that Protestants are implicitly also about balancing sound Biblical exegesis with an unavoidable and necessary apostolic tradition that has become so ingrained in our dearly departed brothers and sisters that they don't even notice its ubiquity, but I digress.)
However, none of this has any bearing on whether the proper distinction between law and Gospel is a heretical or apostate concept. Nothing in it directly contradicts the Magisterium's murky teachings on atonement (none that I have seen, at any rate.) The fact that we don't have a doctrine that even begins to confront orthodox Lutherans on this topic should appear to the reader, not as a threat to the Church, but as an opportunity to explore what their 500-years-running efforts have to offer us as Catholics. We could even end up expanding our understanding of the Almighty such that, far from becoming less Catholic, we could become more Catholic.
Besides, isn't ecumenism⁶ what everyone is supposed to want these days, anyway?
- You can read the Walther transcript in its entirety at lutherantheology.com.
- The Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod is that "super conservative" branch of Lutheranism your friends in the esteemed liberation theology movement lamented at you about. The LCMS's About page.
- The Gospel of John, chapter 19.
- An excellent historical survey of Roman Catholic doctrines of atonement can be read many times over without resolving anything at the New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Chris Rosebrough of the Fighting for the Faith podcast is one such pastor I would commend you to. He is hard-hitting, eminently knowledgeable, unrelenting, and very funny.
- On account of His Hippie-ness, that is?


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This was the first epistle ever written to a Christian Church in Europe. Paul's visit to Europe, not ostentatious in character, had tremendous repercussions throughout the whole continent. His going there was the result of what we now know as the "Macedonian Vision," described for us in Acts 16:9. The context clearly shows that it was God's will for the Gospel to enter into Europe.
Philippi was a Roman colony. It was named after Philip, father of Alexander the Great (see Acts 16). Very few Jews lived at Philippi, probably because it was a "military colony," rather than a "mercantile city." This would account for the fact that the opposition Paul and his companions received was from the Philippians themselves.
The component parts of a spiritual assembly are clearly defined. Saints, bishops, and deacons are distinct functions (Philippians 1:1). They can be in the same person, but they spring from a different source:
- To be a saint comes from conversion.
- To be a bishop comes from desire and character.
- To be a deacon comes from spiritual gifts (see Romans 12:7).
Eldership is not in itself a spiritual gift. 1 Timothy 3:1 says, "If a man desire the office of a bishop, or elder, he desireth a good work." Another has translated this "If a man stretcheth himself to overseership." This implies deep and prolonged spiritual exercise before God, and a faithful ministry before men.
There are five duties that should characterize a true elder:
1. He should be a pastor or shepherd to feed the flock.
2. He should be a sentinel to protect the flock.
3. He should be a pillar to support the flock.
4. He should be an administrator to guide the flock.
5. He should be an example to encourage the flock.
In 1 Timothy 3:5, the Spirit reveals to us that the elder has to take care of the Church of God, but he must take care of his own home first. He has to act on behalf of the Great Shepherd as an under-shepherd. His duties to the flock are laid out in Isaiah 40:11:
1. He has to feed the flock as a shepherd.
2. He has to gather the lambs in His arms.
3. He has to carry them in his bosom.
4. He has to gently lead those that are with young.
Lesson 221: The Ascension Of Christ
in the epistle to the Philippians we find much more of christian experience, and the development of the exercise of the heart, than in the generality of the epistles. It is in fact proper christian experience. Doctrine and practice are found in them all, but, with the exception of the second to Timothy which is of another nature, there is none that contains like this, the expression of the Christian's experience in this toilsome life, and the resources which are open to him in passing thro...
The Lowly Mind (Philippians 2:1-4)
The last word of Philippians 2:4 is the keynote of this section: "others." The overpowering, dominating note in the life of our Lord on earth was "others," and because of "others" He died. He "came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for [others]" (Mark 10:45). He lived for others; He died for others. He did not know what selfishness was. Unselfish devotion for the good of others summed up His entire life, which was lived wholly in subjection to the Father's will.
God the Father Himself lives, reverently be it said, for others. He finds His delight, His joy, in lavishing blessings on others. He pours His rain and sends His sunshine on the just and the unjust alike. He gave His Son for others. And having not withheld His own Son, but having "delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" (Romans 8:32).
We are included in the "others" for whom the Lord Jesus Christ endured so much. It is not surprising then that if we follow His steps, we will find ourselves called on to live for others and even to lay down our lives for them.
The Epistle of Joy (Philippians 3:1-3)
Careful students of Paul's Epistles will notice the frequent occurrence of parenthetical passages. In Philippians, for example, it seems that the apostle was about to conclude abruptly in 3:1, for he had completed the main part of his treatise, but suddenly he was moved by the Spirit of God to launch into an altogether different topic. So he added a kind of parenthesis before he actually finished his letter.
Another example is seen in the Epistle to the Ephesians. All of chapter 3, after verse 1, is parenthetical, and in chapter 4 he concluded what he had started to say in 3:1. (Compare Ephesians 3:1 and 4:1.)
In Philippians 3:1 Paul wrote, "Finally, my brethren." Yet in 4:8 where he introduced his closing remarks, he used the same expression: "Finally, brethren." All of chapter 3 is a new subject, a message for which we can truly thank God, for we would have lost much precious ministry if it had been omitted.
It has often been said that this letter to the Philippians is the Epistle of joy, and indeed it is. As the apostle wrote, his heart was filled with the joyful recollection of his past experiences in scenes so dear to him. He wanted his fellow believers in Philippi to complete his joy by sharing with him in the gladness that was his in Christ, so he exhorted them to "rejoice in the Lord" (Philippians 3:1). Circumstances may be anything but conducive to either peace or gladness, yet the trusting soul can always look above the restlessness of earth to the throne where Christ sits exalted as Lord at God's right hand. He is over all.
Steadfastness and Unity (Philippians 4:1-3) Having concluded the long parenthesis of chapter 3, the apostle again exhorted believers to strive for steadfastness and unity. It is evident that there was incipient division in the assembly of believers at Philippi. The Epistle to the Philippians was written in order to deal with this problem, but Paul did not put his finger on the difficulty immediately. The ministry of chapters 1-3 was an attempt to prepare the hearts of the offenders for a ...
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Today's song is "Fly Me Away" by Annie Little.
Fly Me Away
Monday, May 23, 2011
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An Ice Cream War
by William Boyd
1982 / 397 pages
rating: 7 / historical fiction
Set in the summer of 1914 near Mount Kilimanjaro in German East Africa, now Burundi, Rwanda and parts of Tanzania, the ex-patriot neighbors live in relative peace, tolerating each other as they strive to make a living in the area. Then WWI breaks out.
This is the rather darkly humorous story of how the war affected ex-patriots from various countries in and around Kilimanjaro.
Walter Smith is an enterprising young man from the US who with his wife Matilda, the daughter of a minister, owns a small sisal plantation and a precious Decorticator.
Erich Von Bishop and his wife Leisl. Leisl has just returned from a visit to her family in the US and she hates Africa and was very ill. She works as a nurse.
Gabriel Cobb of Kent, England is sent to Africa but not until after he marries his long time friend Charis. He gets injured and is taken care of by Leisl. Leisl is big a breasted woman – this is important.
Charis is looking for something more in marriage than what Gabriel can give her. And she is not quite enough for him either. There are sexual issues. She lives on his parent's estate and is drawn to Felix.
Felix Cobb, Gabriel's brother, stays in England, studying history and feeling really lost. Big family and there's Charis, lovely flat-chested Charis. But he also finally has to go to war.
This book is basically really boring up to about half way. It's written well enough, but I think I don't get the humor. I generally don't like war books and this is no exception. I suppose quite a lot could be said about the characters and their motivations – what is most important to Walter, to Matilda, to Erich, to Felix, to Charis? – How does the war interfere with their plans? Etc. I'm not up to it.


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Last Saturday I went to the Selfbuild show in Waterford. I attended some seminars which where informative.
One of the products on display at the show impressed me.
Ecostar Majestic Slates they look and feel like natural slate.
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Two weeks ago my eldest daughter started primary school. It's been a fairly fraught summer, we didn't get into any of our 4 choice of primary schools and we lost our appeal. On top of that Alice's birthday is at the end of August so she had only just turned 4 when we waved her off Big School. Despite these initial concerns, she seems to be settling in well. There are some things however that we did not expect from her starting school:
1) Tiredness – I was prepared for tiredness, especially being a summer born baby, but I was unprepared for just how much. Almost daily we have a complete melt down about 6.15pm. What starts with a bit of whinging, quickly escalates to full on tantrum followed by face down on the carpet howling and screaming. I have been putting her into bed earlier as she obviously needs and has even been asking for it. Someone advised me that the trick is to move everything including dinner and bed earlier. So I seem to now start dinner as soon as we get home especially if I dare attempt to get her in the bath!
2) Reality Dawns – The first few days of starting school were a definite novelty. They were short days, there was lots of new and exciting things to do and see. Now reality has hit that school is happening EVERY DAY! I get asked the same questions every morning "Do I have to go AGAIN?" "When is it the weekend?" and the incessant "But I don't want to go." Despite the protests she does thankfully seem to enjoy it once she's there.
3) Missing Her! – It is only been 2 weeks, but I really miss having Alice around. My youngest daughter also regularly asks where she is. Alice used to go to pre-school but somehow this seems to be a leap up from that. I was used to having her around for a couple of days with me, so it's bizarre and a little sad now. I'm sure we will get used to it, but at the moment, it feels strange and I find myself constantly wondering what she's up to.
4) New Routine – All of us have had to adapt to a new routine and this is still something we are getting used to. We need to leave the house earlier and this results in a regimental routine with me shouting "Breakfast!" "Get Dressed!" "Teeth!" "Toilet!" and finally "Shoes!" and "Car!" at varying intervals between 7am and 8am. I feel like a sergeant major, but with little room for error in the morning, it can, and has already gone horribly wrong for example when Alice one day refused to put her shoes on or our youngest daughter wouldn't get off the potty. Mornings suddenly feel a lot more stressful!
5) Odd Behaviour – Along with many other new mums, we are seeing some "challenging" behaviour when Alice gets home from school as she seems to suddenly transform into a stroppy teenager. Shouting and door slamming are becoming the norm especially when I ask her to do something. Another mum said she thinks this is because they are having to be "good" all day that they let rip when they get home! I was also amazed to discover that Alice had wet herself at school which hasn't happened since she was 2!
6) You Have No Idea What They Get Up To – Despite asking on a regular basis "What did you do at school today?" I always seem to get a similar response "Not sure" or "Can't Remember." Little bits of information gradually drip through to me but they might involve the most random things like the process at dinner time or what colour coat another girl was wearing. It's infuriating as I long to be a fly on the wall and know what on earth is going on, but all you can do is be patient and wait for them to open up. I've also found that more general questions provoke a response like "What did you enjoy doing?" or "What did your teacher say today?"
Starting primary school is a huge event for any child. There's a big change to the daily routine as well as being in a new environment every day and meeting new people. It's bound to be overwhelming and this is bound to translate into odd behaviour. It can be a bit of a shock to the system for the parents as well as the kids! I suppose the key is to keep going, give them some time and (hopefully) things will soon settle into a new routine for everyone.
Has your child recently started at primary school? How are they getting on? Please let me know if you're experiencing any of the same behaviour, or do you have any other points to add to my list? I'd love to hear your comments!


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At the end of September, Grace and I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Dare Conf in London, Jonathan Kahn's labour of love. It is without doubt the best conference I've been to. I found every talk so inspiring and picked up something useful from each over the three days, but Dare delivered even more than the talks.
A meet and greet session was held on the Monday evening before the conference kicked-off. The enthusiasm everyone—and I mean everyone—expressed to be there immediately struck me. I could hear excitement in voices and the desire to make Dare something special.
The first three people I chatted to turned out to be speakers, which I found so cool because at conferences I'd previously attended, the speakers were almost like a separate entity, but at Dare they were as much a part of the gang as anyone. To add to the fun, on entry a pack of cards was given out to all attendees with the goal of collecting all six in the set. What was the only way to do this? By talking to other people at the conference of course, it was genius, the perfect icebreaker—and yes I collected all six, yay!
The talks began with a bang—not a literal bang—when Karen McGrane took to the stage! Karen was fantastic, speaking about how to deal with insecurities. One line I loved from Karen's talk was, 'Don't compare your behind the scenes to everybody else's highlight reel'. I've been guilty of this—in hindsight—but never had it articulated in such an eye opening way . It was inspiring to hear such a successful person reveal so openly how her 'highlight reel' essentially covers up her 'behind the scenes' disasters.
But then that's what made Dare so special. Every speaker on stage bared their soul to the 100 or so people watching on. There was an overall message at the conference that it's good to be vulnerable and in turn show vulnerability. Every speaker talked so openly about dealing with depression or having to close their business and how that made them feel, resulting in gazes of wide-eyed wonder, and in some cases tears, at their courage. Some speakers also talked about their work, their challenges, their experiences, their failings and the lessons they learnt from it all. There was such a great mix of stories that it would be quite a long blog post to talk about each one so I'll list a few of the lines that stood out for me:
'As we liberate ourselves from fear, we give others permission to do the same' – Karen McGrane.
'You have permission to believe in yourself. To be kind to yourself. Extend compassion to yourself.' – Karen McGrane.
'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' – Karen McGrane (referencing Marieanne Williamson).
'Fear is about the unknown.' – Neil Williams
'(Your job as a manager is to) Create space for your people to be the best they can be' – Meri Williams.
'Shit, we're all the same underneath… they're (successful people) scared too' – Meri Williams.
'I found that I was fine with the idea of help for other people. But for ME? Different story.' – Kerry Anne Galloway.
'I made the typical rookie mistake of hiring people for the business I wanted, not the business I had' – Kerry Anne Galloway.
'Feminism is the radical notion that women are people' – Kate Dreyer.
'USE MOMENTUM – you don't have to wait until things are perfectly lined up' – Daphne Shinn.
'I'm mostly here today because I was too scared to chicken out.' – Daphne Shinn.
'Courage requires vulnerability' – Nina Burrowes.
'Courage is a choice. Choose to be vulnerable, to leave your comfort zone and to grow' – Nina Burrowes.
'Courage isn't about trying the thing OTHERS are afraid to do. It's about doing the thing I'M afraid to do.' – Nina Burrowes.
'Success stories are always told from the end of the journey. It's survivorship bias.' – Sophie Dennis.
'Enjoy the journey. You may never make it to the mountain. But it's important to enjoy the scenery along the way.' – Sophie Dennis.
Check out the conference videos to get the full wow factor. They're worth it!
On the last day we were asked to answer a few questions about the Dare experience. One of those was 'Who did you meet?'. There was only word I could possibly write down… 'everyone'. At the start of the second day, I had gotten to know almost everybody at the conference, which was the case for anyone who attended, and that was amazing. I even stood up and spoke in front of a microphone for the first time—twice by the end of the event!—to a crowd, pushing through a personal comfort zone challenge—getting an awesome new book for my efforts—because I felt compelled to share my experience of the conference with everybody and that's also why I'm writing this post.
Dare was an awesome conference, gathering, party, and experience rolled into one that I'll always remember. If you do anything after reading this, check out the videos and then go to Dare 2014! You won't regret it.
- The featured photos of Dave Gray, Karen McGrane and myself were taken by Paul Clarke.


text: Theatre Please note this event has already taken place and you are viewing an archived page of the Lakeside website.For a list of current events, exhibitions and workshops, please click on 'What's On' in the menu above TINY FINGERS, TINY TOES A new opportunity for parents and carers with young children to participate in a series of early years workshops led by Lakeside's Drama Education Officer Rachel Feneley. Tiny Fingers, Tiny Toes will explore sensory experiences through stories, sound and songs. Places are limited and early booking is advised.


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Given that most of the players are Black, why not precede football and basketball games with "Lift Every Voice and Sing?" The first verse is moving, inclusive, relatively sing-able, and doesn't glorify bombs bursting through air. Fans singing along would be supporting their team "…till victory…"
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise,
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
I thought I'd had an original idea until I checked with Wikipedia and learned, "In Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiography, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' the song is sung by the audience and students at Maya's eighth grade graduation, after a white school official dashes the educational aspirations of her class."
The online encyclopedia also notes, "'Lift Every Voice and Sing'" was publicly performed first as a poem as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln's birthday on February 12, 1900, by 500 school children at the segregated Stanton School. Its principal, James Weldon Johnson, wrote the words to introduce its honored guest Booker T. Washington. The poem was set to music soon after by Johnson's brother John in 1905. In 1919, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dubbed it 'The Negro National Anthem.'"
The second and third verses are specific to those whose forefathers were enslaved and who have faith in God. And they're hard to get through without weeping.
YouTube has many renditions of "Lift Every Voice…" Most straightforward is the version provided by jsamruff, which scrolls the lyrics. Many performers do something special with the anthem. Ray Charles, the greatest piano player ever —backed by the Raelettes in pastel gospel gowns on the Dick Cavett show in 1972— modifies the words and jazzes it up. Aretha Franklin sings it slow and powerful.
The 'Star-Spangled Banner' was first played at a baseball game in 1918, when US Americans were fighting in World War I and there was such patriotic fervor that Gene Debs, the antiwar Socialist who got a million votes for President in 1916, was imprisoned for sedition. The hideous ballad was performed during the seventh-inning stretch of a World Series game between the Cubs and the Red Sox in Chicago. Fans loved it so much that the team made it a regular feature and ticket sales went up. Herbert Hoover designated it "the national anthem" in 1931.
The words "under God" were added to the pledge of allegiance in the 1950s when patriotic/religious fervor had been whipped up by the Cold War against atheistic Communism. "Under God" broke the rhythm for those of us accustomed to saying "…one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all."
The singing of "God Bless America" during the 7th inning stretch at baseball games was introduced in response to patriotic/religious fervor following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001.
The waves of fervor may subside a bit as the years ago by, but the pseudo-patriotic rituals never get retired. Sad.


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