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One Church, One Call
This is from the archives. I originally wrote it in 1994, and republished it in 2006.
As the seeds of discord continue to be sown among us in the Missouri Synod and others regarding "the doctrine of the call," so also myopic declarations of "truth" continue to sprout.
There has developed a great uneasiness among us over "the doctrine of the call" in recent years, because, alas, our churches have at last begun to act out the part that was so unbecomingly thrust upon them when we first began to think of them as something other than what they are.
When our fifteenth-century fathers pointed out so clearly the sacred significance of each local place were the word of God is preached and the Sacraments administered, they did so in the interest of magnifying, ultimately, the word and the Sacraments themselves. It is preaching and the Sacrament that makes that place sacred. Jesus warned us not to forget this, when he declared, Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? The source of holiness, that is, is greater than that which it makes holy. The means from which the Church derives her holiness are of greater significance than the Church's holiness itself.
In this regard we must ask whether there has been a misguided exaltation of the local congregation among us. Indeed the assembled community of saints is engaging in the most sacred of matters, when they are attending to the preaching of the Gospel and the reception of the most sacred Sacrament of Christ. One could (and should) call even the smallest congregation's altar the most sacred place on earth, for that very reason. For there is one Lord, one faith, one Baptism, etc. So is there one mass, one Supper. The place from which the Supper is given is therefore the most sacred place in all the world, wherever it is, and in as many places as it is. Since the mass is one, that place is also one. There is only one most sacred place in all the world, but it is severally found, even as there is only one Christ, who likewise is severally heard and seen in the Predigtamt.
What seems to have obtained among us, however, is a loss of this perspective, due no doubt to the great American idol, which is Individualism. We have become hopeless nominalists, in the worst sense of the term. Reality, for us, is only in the individuals which comprise the whole, the sum total of all members of a given category. Thus the Church is only the individuals which comprise it, and nothing else or greater. "Church", then, is merely a name for this sum total, and nothing else. The expression of this "truth" is summed up in one of gaudy Jesus songs: "I am the Church, you are the Church, we are the Church together." Thus "Church" itself has become nothing, and might really be better identified with a plural noun, such as "believers". Yet believers do congregate in local places, and hence "the congregation" is also exalted among such minds, since it marks a visible collection of people, that is, one available to sight. This at the cost of the oneness of the Church, however, which is not available to sight. Where such nominalist individualism insists upon exalting the supreme holiness of the local congregation, any confession of the unity of the Church in its several places is not very convincing. Such minds tend rather to see a division of the Church into several entities.
When one loses sight of the holiness of the Sacrament as the source from which the Church's holiness is derived, and when the nominalist perspective on "congregation" obtains, the result is a greater emphasis on the holiness of the people there than on the holiness of the Sacrament there for which the people (presumably) have gathered. Gone now is the truth that the sacredness of the place and of the people is a derived sacredness, derived from the Sacrament, and in place of the Sacrament one finds instead a notion of the sacredness of the local congregation. Now it has become the assembly whose sacredness is supreme, whether or not the mass is celebrated, and even whether or not the word is heard, sung, and confessed. Since the holiness of the local assembly is no longer seen as being a derived holiness, now even the Voters' Assembly, since it is an assembly of the faithful, is regarded as sacred! The holy incense that once shrouded the ancient altars and Sacrament has been replaced by the cigarette smoke that fills the parking lot outside the meeting-hall where the "real" business of the Church is transacted some four times a year. This is the spirit of antichrist in our midst.
By this mischievous spirit a devilish twist has bewitched also our notion of the Church's call to her ministers. The call must now arise out of the local assembly, since the local assembly is the only true Church there is; moreover, for a pastor to be moved from one assembly to another he must receive a new call and be released from his old call. The reason? The Church is no longer one, but several. As the Church is no longer one, so the call is no longer one. So from one divine reality to another the pastor goes, and there is rarely a hint during any of the proceedings that this man is still serving, actually, the same Church. That is because, in the eyes of servants of the American idol, he is not.
But the Church is not several. She is one, and She is real, as one. This we confess: one holy Christian Church. One Bride for one Christ. One Christ who through his one Bride calls men to serve in his stead. "The Church is above the ministers," certainly. But what does this mean? It means that the ministers are bound to the Church's confession, to the unity of her faith. For the ministers to adhere to the Church's confession is for them to be obedient to their Mother, the Jerusalem above. The Church, their Mother, demands this obedience of them, and will not tolerate nor expect disobedience. One cannot really begin to grasp the truth expressed here with a nominalist mind-set, however, for these words say nothing, nothing at all, about sheep being authoritative over their shepherds. To the contrary, the Church demands that the shepherds feed the sheep.
Since there is one Lord, there is also one Church, and there is also one 'call'. The Bridegroom calls certain men from among the Bride's children to serve as their overseers in his stead. Rome has for centuries been known for declaring that the Pope is the Vicar of Christ on earth; against this we confess that every minister is Christ's Vicar; this is why Christ calls ministers, namely, to be as Aaron was for Moses: his voice. This call, however, can only come mediately, that is, through means. Since Christ always employs means when he distributes his grace, therefore he also employs means when he calls those who are to administer this grace. He calls, that is, through his Church. He speaks through his Bride. But it is no differently to be understood in the case of the call than in the case of Baptism, the Supper, or the word of Forgiveness. When the Bride of Christ gives birth to her children through Baptism, it is the vicars of Christ who administer this Baptism. Thus the Bride bears her children, while the Bridegroom begets them. The ministers are not vicars of the Bride, but of the Bridegroom (Were this not so, then certainly women could serve as acceptable vicars; no wonder the cries are growing louder among us for women's ordination!). So also in the Supper. The Bride is said to feed her children, but it is actually the Bridegroom, the family Provider, who administers the feed, the Sacrament, through his vicars. Thus also the preaching of forgiveness, or the word of absolution, does not arise out of the assembly, but flows from the Bride, whose mouth is one with the Bridegroom she kisses, so that, once again, it is the vicars of the Bridegroom, sons of the Bride, who do the preaching and the absolving.
And so also in connection with the call. The Bride calls her servants; the Bride, that is, not simply the local congregation, except inasmuch as the local congregation expresses the reality of the Bride in the holy mystery of the divine service. It is the Bridegroom who truly administers this call, however, since he is the source of it; this he does through the prophetic utterances and laying on of the hands of his vicars. This is why the laity do not take active part in the laying on of hands; only the ministers do.
And this, then, is the divine call. It is one. It is the holy call to be a minister of Christ in his one divine and holy Church. To be sure, the particular means of placing men in this or that parish is not unimportant, since order and decency must obtain in all things, but such placing here or there, or moving from here to there, ought never to be misconstrued as a replacement for the one divine call from the one divine Shepherd by means of the one divine ordination (or holy orders from him), administered through, in, and for the benefit of the one holy Bride, the one Church.


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Personal and community resilience education is at the heart of MOS's mission. We also believe that role modeling is one of the most effective educational techniques that we as educators can employ. It makes sense, then, that MOS should role model the kind of resilience we teach. We believe that incorporating and managing MOS as an L3C for-profit hybrid organization is the best way that MOS can model resilience.
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- By state law as a for-profit, MOS pays its taxes. That money helps the community by "pitching in" for public services--from snow removal to the school system.
- With fewer levels of management, being a for-profit allows MOS faculty and staff to respond more nimbly to challenges and opportunities we may encounter.
- By being a for-profit and seeking investors to support our venture, MOS is actively changing how investors view the return they receive on those investments. MOS offers a blended social, ecological, and economic return on investments (see image to the right). Being an L3C makes us legally obligated to do our mission-related work.
- By incorporating as a for-profit L3C, MOS's entire business model is an educational tool that demonstrates that business can be a source of profound good in the world--this challenges the very way business defines "profit."
- Lastly, being for-profit keeps us true to our goal of not competing with existing resources in Maine by taking us out of the running for grants and donors that nonprofits may be competing for.
Let's look at an example from the outdoors. Red and white breasted nuthatches are two separate species which are both quite at home foraging for food up and down the trunks of trees in our northern forests. They compete for the same pool of food resources on the same part of the tree and as a result, I have rarely seen them both in the same locality. On the other hand, chickadees eat the same food as the nuthatches but prefer to forage on the fine branches and twigs of those same trees. This difference of habit means that I have seen chickadees peacefully coexisting on the same trees as nuthatches, adding to both the beauty and diversity of a copse of trees.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - For the first time since becoming chief executive of Coca-Cola Co (KO.N) in 2008, Muhtar Kent looked at the sales scorecard he carries around all the time and saw no red marks.
That is because the world's No. 1 soft drink maker reported higher fourth-quarter sales volume in all of its worldwide operating segments, something that has not happened in five or six years, Kent said.
"That to me, is a cautiously satisfying thing to see," Kent told Reuters on Wednesday after the company reported better-than-expected sales, helped by market share gains in sodas and noncarbonated drinks and a recovering economy.
Shares of Coke, a component in the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI, closed up less than 1 percent after rising as much as 2.9 percent earlier in the session. PepsiCo, which will report results on Thursday, also rose less than 1 percent.
"It looks like we'll own Coke for the 32nd consecutive year," said Hank Smith, chief investment officer for Haverford Investments, which has been a Coke shareholder since its founding in 1979.
Smith said it was no surprise that Coke saw strong sales in emerging markets, something that has kept it in favor with investors despite an economic downturn.
"But they had good volume growth in the developed world as well, and that's a nice added kicker," Smith said. "We're very encouraged to see these results in light of the challenges on the commodity inflation front."
Since Coke bought its North American bottling operations in October, costs for commodities such as corn, juice, plastic and metal have a bigger impact on its profit margins.
The company said it planned to raise prices on beverages in the United States this year as it faces $300 million to $400 million in cost increases from commodities. Kent declined to give details except to say the increases would vary by market and keep Coke competitive with rivals like PepsiCo Inc PEP.N and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc DPS.N
Coke's comments diverged from those of its second-largest bottler, Greece-based Coca-Cola Hellenic (CCH) HLBr.AT, which said earlier on Wednesday that tough market conditions would prevent it from being able to raise prices enough to keep up with soaring ingredient costs.
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Coke's fourth-quarter net income rose to $5.77 billion, or $2.46 per share, from $1.54 billion, or 66 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, earnings of 72 cents per share met the analysts' average estimate, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Net revenue jumped 40 percent to $10.5 billion, topping the analysts' forecast of $10 billion. The bottler acquisition accounted for the bulk of the gain.
Price increases, and selling a larger proportion of higher-priced drinks, added 2 percentage points of growth, as sales in convenience stores — where drinks are refrigerated and usually cost more — started to recover after getting hammered in the recession.
Kent said in the interview that he expects that recovery to continue throughout 2011.
Worldwide sales volume rose 6 percent in the quarter. Excluding the distribution of some Dr Pepper brands taken over with the bottling purchase, volume was up 5 percent.
Including the benefit of those brands, Coke's volume rose 8 percent in North America, 5 percent in Latin America, 2 percent in Europe, 14 percent in the Eurasia and Africa segment, and 1 percent in the Pacific region.
However, one dark spot was China, where volume fell 3 percent, due in part to a tough comparison with a year-earlier period that saw a 29 percent increase. Coke also said it was not uncommon to see swings in quarterly sales trends in China, due to the change in timing of the lunar New Year.
Excluding the Dr Pepper brands, organic volume rose 3 percent in North America, an acceleration from 2 percent gains in the third and second quarters.
Excluding the new brands, volume of carbonated drinks rose 3 percent worldwide. The flagship Coca-Cola brand saw volume rise 4 percent, driven by gains of 37 percent in Russia, 20 percent in Turkey and 10 percent in India.
Volume for beverages such as Powerade sports drink, Minute Maid juice and vitaminwater rose 9 percent, with gains of 7 percent in North America and 11 percent internationally.
Coke shares closed up 0.4 percent at $63.15 on the New York Stock Exchange.
Reporting by Martinne Geller; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Dave Zimmerman and Bernard Orr


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TUESDAY, Aug. 23, 2011 (HealthDay News) -- The amount of fighting and arguing in your marriage isn't likely to change much over the years, a new study suggests.
Ohio State University researchers looked at data from nearly 1,000 couples who were followed from 1980 to 2000. Based on how often participants said they disagreed with their spouse, the couples were divided into low-, middle- and high-conflict marriages.
There was little change in any of the couples' levels of conflict over the 20 years of the study, which appears online and in a future print edition of the Journal of Family Issues.
The findings may be good news for the 16 percent of couples with low levels of conflict and even the 60 percent with moderate levels of conflict, but not for the 22 percent of couples who fight and argue a lot, the researchers said.
The study found that people in low-conflict marriages were more likely than others to say they shared decision-making with their spouses.
"That's interesting because you might think that making decisions jointly would create more opportunities for conflict, but that's not what we found," study author Claire Kamp Dush, an assistant professor of human development and family science, said in a university news release.
"It may be that if both spouses have a say in decision-making, they are more satisfied with their relationship and are less likely to fight," she suggested.
The study also found that those in low-conflict marriages were more likely to say they believed in traditional, lifelong marriage.
"People who believe marriage should last forever may also believe that fighting is just not worth it. They may be more likely to just let disagreements go," Kamp Dush said.
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'MySQL is not going to die,' Collaborate speaker claims
One question has been on everyone's minds since Oracle announced its acquisition of Sun Microsystems:
What is the future of MySQL now that it's in the hands of Oracle?
This question about the highly popular open source database is being debated in the Oracle and Sun communities — some are insistent that Oracle won't kill MySQL, but other open source executives are split. Some point out that this is Oracle's chance to innovate and prove it's serious about open source; however, the software giant has not shown a commitment in the past to open source even as it's grown in popularity, according to the ZDNet article.
Collaborate '09 presenter and Oracle and MySQL DBA George Trujillo addressed the question Monday at the conference in his session, "What Every Oracle Professional Needs to Know about MySQL." Trujillo said he could not say exactly what was going to happen with Oracle and Sun, but he did know one thing:
"I will tell you MySQL is not going to die," he said.
Trujillo said because of the simple fact that MySQL is an open source database — a free source code available to anyone — it will continue on no matter what Oracle decides to do with it.
So, maybe MySQL is not as much in the hands of Oracle as we are think it is.
"It's open source — if we wanted to get together tonight to get the source code and create our own version to start selling tomorrow, we could do that," Trujillo told session attendees. He said what's more important is that whoever is the leader of open source has to be innovative.
Trujillo also discussed common misconceptions users have about MySQL, one being that the database can be compared with Oracle. He said comparing MySQL to Oracle is like comparing a fast speedboat to an aircraft carrier — if you bought one, it was probably for a reason, and you won't be happy switching to the other.
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New Rules: October 11, 2013/
Every week, Bill lays down his own laws. Here is the latest set of New Rules from the last episode:
New Rule: [slide of Bruce and Kris Jenner now] Someone must tell Bruce and Kris Jenner, who have separated after 22 years of marriage, that if they wanted to see other people, they could have just looked in a mirror. [slide of Bruce and Kris years earlier]
New Rule: The Kansas Tourism's Board slogan cannot be "There's No Place Like Kansas." Clearly, there is. It's called Nebraska.
New Rule: Bill O'Reilly has to tell us why he's always thinking about murder. [slide of O'Reilly books: Killing Jesus, Killing Kennedy, Killing Lincoln] Since Obama was elected, Bill has written three books about killing major historical figures. And, Bill, I agree, how tragic that Kennedy, Lincoln and Jesus, these heroic, liberal, social reformers, had to die after being vilified by panicky, backwards-looking conservative blowhards.
Wow, you truly have done a great service pointing this out. And I look forward to your new children's book, Killing the Cat in the Hat. [slide]
New Rule: The Federal Aviation Administration must step in before Republic Airways sells Frontier Airlines to the guy who owns Spirit Airlines. One, it will hurt consumers. And, two, none of these airlines exist. They just leave those planes on the runway, so you feel better about being on Delta.
However, the FAA should let Virgin Airlines merge with JetBlue and form "Blue Balls." [slide of "Blue Balls" plane]
New Rule: Melissa Locker, who reported in Time magazine that a beaver's a** smells just like vanilla, has to tell us how she knows that.
Ms. Locker reports that the natural flavor in some vanilla-flavored food products is actually castoreum, a secretion that comes from a beaver's anal glands. So, the next time you're enjoying a vanilla cone...keep this in mind: At least when you lick a beaver's a**, it doesn't drip all over your hand.
Wait, how do I know that?!
And, finally, New Rule: [slide of Michele Bachmann] I know we can't establish a religious test for office, but if you believe we're living in the End Times like Michele Bachmann does, we get to take away the car keys.
Yes, let Jesus take the wheel. If you think the world is about to end, that's your right. But, you don't get to vote on next year's budget, because it DOESN'T CONCERN YOU!
Now, this past Saturday, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announced that President Obama is sending arms to terrorists, and said, "Rather than seeing this as a negative, we need to rejoice. Maranatha come Lord Jesus' day is at hand."
Of course, if Michele is right, and Jesus is on his way back, he'll be the first man she ever saw coming.
But, she's not the only person in Washington who'd be more comfortable on "American Horror Story." In an interview this week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says he believes the Devil is a real person who's running around getting people to not believe in God.
What can I say? I started to blush.
Blush and laugh, because reasonable people -- you know them -- they usually see Michele Bachmann as a total loon, but Scalia as a serious intellectual. When, actually, they're the exact same idiot. Scalia says in the interview that he's puzzled that the Devil is all over the New Testament, but we don't see him around anymore.
Oh, yeah, back in the old days, Satan was like Miley Cyrus's tongue: he was everywhere. But, you know, this Devil not being anymore thing, it's not something that puzzles me. In fact, usually, when I hear someone talking like this, it's because I'm dropping change in their cup.
But, somehow, the lack of Beelzebub sightings positively mystifies the leading legal mind in conservative America. Scalia says: [slide of quote] "In the Gospels, the Devil is doing all sorts of things. He's making pigs run off cliffs. He's possessing people, and whatnot. And that doesn't happen very much anymore."
I kept waiting for the transcript to say, "Ha-hah! Just f*cking with you!"
Pigs running off cliffs? Hey, leave the debt ceiling deniers out of this.
And, what is Justice Scalia's theory as to why we don't see the Devil anymore? Is it the logical answer, that fictions like the Devil are in the Bible because it was written before the age of science, when humans didn't know where the sun went at night, and is obviously a reflection of mankind's thinking in his intellectual infancy?
Of course not! That makes sense!
What Scalia said about the Devil is, "He used to be all over the New Testament. What happened to him? He got wilier."
Motherf*cker. Of course, wilier! He may be evil, but he's always looking to improve himself.
Antonin Scalia once said that people like him who adhere to traditional beliefs were, quote, "regarded as simpleminded. We are," he said, "fools for Christ."
You know, whether you're "fools for Christ" or "Cuckoo for Cocao Puffs," I really don't care why someone acts like a fool; just that they do, and that when they do, we keep them away from decision making.
It would be one thing if Mr. Scalia sold pizza for a living, but this is a man we go to, to interpret our laws. It's like smelling a gas leak and calling an exorcist.
Antonin Scalia put George Bush in the White House, and he believes the Devil went down to Georgia.
He gets to decide when life begins, and he thinks "evil" is a person, you know, like a corporation.
Here's the problem with believing the Devil exists. It means you see the world divided into teams of good and evil, and suspect the "wiley one" may be on the side of "them." And when you start seeing compromising with your opponents as a compromise with evil, well, there's your Tea Party.


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One of the dubious benefits of economy transcontinental air travel is the opportunity to watch "free" movies. I spent so much time with my knees in my face that I viewed several I wanted to see and a couple I tried (and quit) out of boredom.
The Book Thief was the best of the lot. Based on the book by the same name (which I also rated five stars). The movie evokes the same childlike—not to be confused with childish—innocence as the horrors of Nazi Germany and the Holocaust develop around Leisel, the "book thief." The movie follows the book closely enough, but what sets it apart is the cinematography and the performances by Sophie Nélisse and Geoffrey Rush. Nélisse performs the magic of aging half a dozen adolescent years. Rush, as usual, steals every scene he's in. The man is chameleon and a wonder.
Recently released on DVD and Blu-Ray, it's worth watching.


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Story in Parts is an event in which prompts are given to groups of people, each of which writes a different part of the same story, without knowing what the other groups are writing.
After all the groups have finished collaborating and writing, each part is read in succession to see how much continuity and ridiculousness we managed to achieve (hint: usually one is pretty high and the other pretty low).
If you're not into writing, no worries! You can contribute to discussions, throw out the occasional idea, or just hang out and watch the fun. Hope to see you there!


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If you choose, write a poem about a favorite (or least favorite) food or beverage and bring 8 - 10 copies for feedback. Or bring 8 - 10 copies of any poem for feedback. Prompts are always optional.
The Caribou is in the County Market grocery store in Champaign. The street address is Stoughton but it is also on Springfield. There is plenty of free parking on the north and west sides of the grocery store and they are open until 11.


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An assembled part is always checked before it leaves our factory. A visual inspection is always carried out and, depending on the application, electrical final tests in the form of measurements to ground, insulation measurements or protective conductor measurements and testing also take place.
We ship the article once everything fits. That way, we can ensure that you receive the accustomed high Spelsberg quality for pre-assembled, partially wired or turnkey enclosures.
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Of course, you can also provide us with your components or keyboards for the assembly process. If necessary, we can assist you with the development of components, the selection of components and plan the appropriate installation for you.
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(Image from http://www.volacci.com/content-strategy)
In a presentation this week, Altimeter Group partner, and social web decoder, Jeremiah Owyang made the point that the next social media title within organizations will be "content strategist". He didn't say what he meant by "content", but when used in the context of the web it tends to mean "what the user came to read, learn, see or experience" (from the Rach and Halvorson book referenced below).
A few people like C.C. Chapman have been talking for some time about the importance of what we put on our social platforms as companies or individuals. His book Content Rules is a guide to how to create "killer" content on a range of social platforms. Melissa Rach and Kristina Halvorson have also come out with the second edition of their book Content Strategy for the Web which dissects the elements of effective content-focused creation for social and digital platforms.
But there are a few things happening right now that are adding octane to the discourse:
- Having become 'social' by creating a presence on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest or what have you, some organizations are recognizing that simply inhabiting a social space does little to meet a business or campaign goal.
- Experience on social networks is leading enterprise social media specialists to realize that structured, rich, substantive, and energizing content -- not sanitized 'messages', or 'news' as defined by marketing departments -- drives the perception of a platform's worth and a desire on the part of a constituent or customer for an ongoing relationship.
- The quality of social content has become a natural differentiator when people choose to connect, stay on or come back to an organization's social site.
- Organisations are learning that with social web assets there isn't always a straight line between a visit and an action, but the tone, language, images and the authenticity of interaction they find there will keep people on the site perhaps long enough for the sale, recommendation or behaviour change to become far more likely.
- Online magazines, curators and aggregators have raised the bar for how we want news, ideas and products presented and stories told. Personalized social magazines like Zite and Flipboard create in us a preference for lively, eclectic and engaging visual and written material.
There is a need for someone within organizations to manage social content strategy with creativity, efficiency and discipline. The Chapman and Halvorson/Rach books can help provide guidance. For those who want to jump right in, though, here from the people at OpenText is a graphic representation of some of what content strategy involves.


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As the 2013 Seed Savers Exchange Conference and Campout approaches, featured speaker Jeremy Cherfas took the time to give us a preview of what to expect from his talk.
Is Everything Not Permitted Still Forbidden?
By Jeremy Cherfas
The European Union's current seed laws operate from a fundamentally strange foundation: everything not permitted is forbidden. In other words, if a seed variety is not registered on the Common Catalogue, it cannot be marketed. And marketing covers giving seeds away and swapping them. The new proposals do not change this fundamental principle. Instead, they expand somewhat the list of things that are permitted. Gardeners, for example, can now swap seeds.
These new proposals have provoked an outcry, especially among people who weren't familiar with the existing regime. People have also rejected the whole notion of rules and regulations concerning seeds. As one person commented on my website, "Also, WHY would you NEED regulation for seeds?".
Because seeds are fundamentally different from other goods one can buy and sell (except possibly computer software and 3D printers). As Jack Kloppenburg [editors note: Kloppenburg will also speak at SSE's 2013 Conference] has pointed out, they are both the product **and** the means of production. That is, you can eat a seed — possibly inside a fruit such as a tomato — or you can use it to produce more seeds. Furthermore, there is nothing visible on the outside of the seed that gives a clue as to the genes inside, and it is the genes inside that growers are actually interested in, because they determine the final product. As a result seeds have been subject to all sorts of sharp practices over the years.
We need regulations to protect people from fraud, to ensure that when you get seeds of a specific variety, they are what they say they are and that, given the right treatment, they will germinate. These conditions can be taken care of by existing legislation. In England, for example, we have the Sale of Goods Act, first passed in 1893, which says that things must be fit for purpose and of satisfactory quality, with tests for both.
Some seeds need more protection. Commercial farmers, for example, may want varieties bred for their specific needs. Seed companies exist to meet those needs (although some would say they also create many of the needs they meet) and they're not going to invest in research and development to create a new variety unless they can be reasonably sure that they will get their money back, with a profit. That's one reason why commercial breeders really like F1 hybrids, because they don't breed true, and therefore growers who don't want to get into breeding for themselves have no choice but to buy new seeds each season. F1 hybrids break the link between seed as product and seed as means of production. It is also why commercial breeders have lobbied long and hard for additional forms of protection, such as plant breeders' rights and plant patents.
More power to them, I say. If a grower is convinced that the extra cost of those highly-regulated seeds is worthwhile, why shouldn't they have the freedom to buy them? But the reverse is also true. If I want to grow a different variety which, for one reason or another, doesn't even try to meet the standards for additional regulation and protection, why should I not be equally free to make my choice? Of course there's a risk that the seeds aren't what they claim to be, or will fail to germinate, but I know that, and I know that existing laws might help me get redress if I really think that's what I want.
Around the world, that's possible. There are seed registration schemes, but there is also freedom not to take advantage of registered seeds. Except in Europe where, even if the new proposals are accepted without changes, everything not permitted will still be forbidden.
View the Conference website for more information on speakers, workshops, and activities planned for the July 19-21 weekend.
Our mission is to conserve and promote America's culturally diverse but endangered food crop heritage for future generations by collecting, growing, and sharing heirloom seeds and plants. Visit seedsavers.org


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Just some Wright State students asking questions to people who compose the Tea Party movement.
To pretend as if one side or group has a hold upon stupidity is unfair. Just as many people opposed Bush who were equally as clueless as to why they did. What is more dangerous is the fact that there are more specific outlets that feed into the current growth of Conservative extremism. Misinformation is peddled by Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, Levin, Church, Wilkow, Palin, Rove, Cheney (daughter and father) and so on.
This speaks to my previous post in regards to the fact the above listed figures have stirred people in opposition to something they do not understand. They are against it because they are told to be (again it works in both directions).
Maybe it is my entire disagreement with all that the people say and are told in the videos above that colors me in a way that is more bothered by them, but I think that it is not just a fringe with no voice that should be ignored.


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Preparing Your Landscape for Winter
The transition from summer to winter can be a tough one. The days are shorter, the air is colder, and you'll probably be spending a lot of time indoors. Unfortunately, not only are you affected by the seasons changing, so is your landscaping. You need to start taking steps now to prepare for the new season. Here are our top landscaping tips for the changing seasons. First Things First: Focus On Your Lawn Your lawn is the largest part of your landscape, meaning that it requires the most care and attention. As with most trees, shrubs and other plants, your grass won't actually grow during the winter. Because of this, many people tend to ignore their lawns until spring. After all, there's not much you can do for your lawn once the grass starts to die, right? Wrong. Late summer to early fall is actually the most important time for taking care of your lawn. This includes taking important measures to ensure your grass is as healthy and full as it can be once spring returns. One of the absolute best things you can do to improve the overall look and health of your lawn is to have it aerated once a year, and the best time to aerate is in fall while the grass is still green. Aeration provides a number of benefits that will both improve its health and ensure it is able to better fare the cold winter months. Aerating involves removing small plugs of lawn and soil or poking holes deep into the lawn, which makes it easier for water and nutrients to penetrate deep into the roots. The process also helps to break up compacted soil that will otherwise seriously impact the overall quality of your lawn. It's best to perform aeration in tandem with fertilization since it ensures that the fertilizer can much more easily reach the roots. If your lawn has any bare spots, fall is also the ideal time for spreading grass seed. This way, all of those seeds should germinate as soon as the warm spring weather hits to ensure your lawn looks fuller and healthier before next summer. Still, seeding in any bare spots won't just improve the look of your lawn, but it can also help to make...Read More »


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Supporters help annual Winter Ball reach $2 million goal on its 10th anniversary
Organizational leaders attribute gala's success to continued support of Central Massachusetts communities Read more.
The 20th Anniversary UMass Cancer Walk & Run was held on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2018.
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The State Council issued a circular on Oct 15 regarding the decision to cancel and regulate 89 intermediary services that will no longer be required as preliminary conditions for administrative approval by government departments.
The move, which will improve regulations and standards of intermediary services as well as the quality and efficiency of administrative approvals, is being made by the State Council to further transform government functions and deepen reform of the administrative approval system.
According to the circular, some intermediary services have been canceled as applicants will no longer be required to provide the review, assessment or certification that used to be issued by intermediary service institutions officially designated by government departments.
For example, applicants will no longer be required to submit an asset audit report by accounting or audit firms to the Ministry of Education in order to establish private colleges or universities.
Some intermediary services will be regulated, as government departments will commission related institutions to provide technical services.
For example, pharmaceutical manufacturers will no longer be required to provide quality tests for pesticides, which have enterprise standards but no national and industry standards, to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which will commission related institutions to do the test.
In some areas, applicants are still required to provide government departments with technical reviews or assessments. But they will not have to go to intermediary service institutions designated by government departments. Instead, applicants can make their own reports or commission them to related institutions.
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Oregon Assisted Living creates the right atmosphere that senior ones need. You can share your time and thoughts with people who will equally pay listening ears to you. Such companionship helps to get rid of loneliness. Replacing lonely feeling with warm companionship is one of the benefits of assisted living facilities. They also organize recreational activities for their residents. These communities or homes put smiles back on the faces of their residents. These exercises last for few hours in the day but the positive effect it has lasts for a long time. Rather than feel neglected, seniors are given a sense of life. As humans we crave for this feeling. Oregon assisted living facilities improve quality of life thus guaranteeing an extended life expectancy.
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Does Photo Rejuvenation Infrared LED Light Therapy Work?
Infrared LED Light Therapy Uses
Infrared LED light therapy uses concentrated beams of light to help remove skin blemishes, especially on the face. In general, infrared light therapy uses a combination of red light and infrared light to promote skin health because the Light-emitting diode (LED) lights emit light at red and infrared wavelengths. The red light helps stimulate healing, which can treat acne scars, rosacea, age spots and blemishes caused by broken capillaries. Infrared therapy tends to be used to treat wrinkles and other problems caused by poor skin support, such as translucent skin or coarse skin.
The difference in LED light therapy and laser light therapy is in the device that generates the light. The light that is emitted is the same in both cases, but LED lights are able to produce more light over time than a laser, even though they use less energy. Light therapy takes advantage of the sensitivity of some cells to light to achieve its effects. The human body, while not able to perform photosynthesis, is able to use light rays for various purposes (metabolism of vitamin D, for example). The effects of light therapy depend on the wavelength of light used (a light's wavelength determines its color). Infrared therapy uses relatively long waves of light, which are able to penetrate fairly deeply (1 to 1 1/2 inches) into the skin. Infrared light stimulates the activity of fibroblasts, which are responsible for making the proteins collagen and elastin. Collagen and elastin are responsible for supporting the skin and giving it its elasticity. Replenishing the collagen and elastin helps smooth wrinkles.
A 2005 study published in the Journal of Cosmetic Laser Therapy examined 31 subjects who received eight treatments of infrared LED light therapy. After the treatments were done, 52 percent of the subjects had significant improvement of their facial appearance as measured by a technique called photoaging scoring. In addition, 82 percent of the patients reported that they had a marked reduction in facial wrinkles, especially around the eyes. This study concluded that while infrared LED light therapy does not work for everyone, it does represent a valid and effective way of treating wrinkles and other blemishes for many people.
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Readers: Here's more on the Skunk Ape:
In 1972, one was sighted in the Meadowbrook area of West Palm Beach.
A month later, a Pahokee man said he and several large dogs fled from "a hairy eight-foot monster."
In 1974, seven suburban West Palm Beach youngsters reported a sighting.
"I may be a little kid," Laurie Holmes, 9, said, "but I know what I saw."
One mom said the kids had vivid imaginations.
In June 1974, a Lake Worth man said the thing lifted one of his hogs, weighing 110 pounds, and tore it into three pieces. Buddy Sterrett said several neighbors saw it too.
"It has a smell that would make the hair on the back of your head stand up," Sterrett said. "And it makes a weird sound, like a monkey chattering."
In September 1974, a guard at a Wellington construction site said he shot and wounded a creature.
Authorities found no footprints or blood trail. He said the thing had come out of the woods and ignored his order to stop.
"It smelled like it had taken a bath in rotten eggs," Cary Kanter said. "It made my eyes water."
Weeks later, a family west of Greenacres said they found strange footprints around their home.
Then there was the 1976 sighting at a watermelon patch near Fort Myers.
And in 1977, two workers reported seeing a 7-foot-tall, 3-foot-wide, hairy apelike creature drinking water at a lake on a golf course near Delray Beach.
They called Palm Beach County Animal Regulation.
"You'd think that a creature that big would have left some kind of tracks or something," department chief John Street said.
When a reporter demanded records, he snapped, "There are no records on this. That's how stupid it is. But that's my own opinion."
Palm Beach Post file photo: An artist's rendering of the Skunk Ape.


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Thursday, 1 September 2016
Proposals for Cosmeston
I learned with some apprehension this morning that Vale Council are looking for ways to bring more money into Cosmeston CP. An idea has apparently been mooted of a mountain bike trail. I'm not sure the park is big enough for such a facility - I would hate to see swathes of tracks cut through Cogan Wood, or indeed trackways running over W paddock and the hills by the dragonfly pond, where recently and in the past I have seen Redstarts and Wheatear, Wood Lark, and Wryneck. Also mooted - hiring out kayaks/canoes/boats to the general public - in my opinion this would definitely necessitate a decent barrier by the main bridge to prevent entry into W lake. Thus far, organised group users have been good at not entering the W lake although apparently a few did a couple of days ago. We await developments.
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BLUES are turning the clock back after they announced a new kit partnership with top brand Umbro today.
The club and the England kit manufacturers have agreed a three-year deal, beginning next season.
Umbro will become the official supplier of all Blues' playing and training kit, reviving a relationship that existed in the 1970s and 1980s when stars such as Trevor Francis, Bob Latchford and Kenny Burns sported the famous double diamond logo.
Blues are joining Umbro's UK portfolio of clubs, which includes Albion, Rangers, Everton, West Ham United and Sunderland.
Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady said: "I am delighted to be able to announce our partnership with Umbro.
"Umbro is not only an internationally recognised brand but also a leading figure in the world of football.
"We hope that this new deal will demonstrate our commitment and ambition as a football club and will take our merchandise to a new level in relation to value and quality.
"We have worked extremely hard over the last few months to find a technical partner that we feel share our future aspirations and brand values and believe that UMBRO are all of these things."
Umbro replace Lonsdale as Blues' playing and training kit supplier. In recent years previously, Le Coq Sportif and Diadora were their official partners.


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Well most of you already know that we was suppose to of originally had FTTP installed and go live on the 26th August.
Sadly due to a build issue at our Splitter Node (located the bottom of our road) it was delayed until October 13th for the external work and October 14th for the internal work where the fibre also went live.
Sadly FVA hasn't activated yet, so that's one issue that we are waiting to be resolved.
But the main issue is that BT have charged us Infinity 4 from the original go live date (i.e. 26 August) so that's two lots of £52 i.e. £107 even though it never went live until October 14th (i.e. 16 days ago) surly that's an error?
has anyone else had this issue and how did you resolve it?
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Field Generators | 2010
Field Generators | 2010
dvd, 16:9, 3d, color, 03`09" (loop) edition: 3) + 1 PA/ Video installation
Audiovisual installation for two independent video projections and two stereo independent channels.
Publicada por Hugo Paquete à(s) 09:01
Etiquetas: Hugo Paquete composition art sound electroacustic music new media performance contemporany visual sound zkm experiments avantgard
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Striping strings and broken objects
Striping strings and broken objects 2011 Hugo Paquete by paquetehugo
Striping string and broken object
Time: 16 minutes
This composition is configured as a dynamic study for prepared piano and other electronic sounds, generated and processed elements in an acousmatic means.
For compose this work i develop some patch's when I explore additive and subtractive synthesized signal processing from the material source and stochastic composition methods to construct oscillation of tons frequencies and granulation.
Constructing and deconstruction, there referential origins with sound collage technique.
In my compositions I explore a very progressive way the time notion, exploring expectations that can jump from the order of the composition and freezing the time of a note or the time of
a frequency.
But it's important that the organized sound can activated they materiality and give information's about their origins.
Something that I focus my interest is in the dynamics of the sound projection in the space its very important for the development of my compositions a notion of multidimensionality of the
time and sound progression.
That is fundamental in the research that I am developing in therms of sound compositions and installation.
Other factor its maintains a dynamic form of logic in the compositions in this case reflects the actual shape of the space where this piece was conceived, a surface of the 48 sound speakers the klangdoom in the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe integrated as resident artist in the department of | ZKM | Music and Acoustics Institute.
Zirkonium software
The Klangdom of the ZKM is controlled by the software Zirkonium. This moves the sounds sliding smoothly through the space following the "vector based panning"-method. Zirkonium is designed as an open instrument; thanks to modern programming and flexible interfaces the composers can play their spatial compositions in any room with different speaker configurations, no matter if 12 or 100 speakers are available.
With this system pre-produced sounds, but also sounds created live can be controlled. Via Open Sound Control protocol most software like Max or Super Collider can interact with Zirkonium. Any random controller, from the high-end lemur touchscreen to the cheap joy stick can be deployed. Additionally Zirkonium can also be used as audio unit plugin. Thus, the user can incorporate Zirkonium's panning capabilities into his preferred environment (including Digital Performer, Logic).
User interface of the control software Zirkonium, studio window
The idea and the concept of the Klangdom and Zirkonium were developed by Ludger Brümmer and implemented by Joachim Gossmann, Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan and Bernhard Sturm at the ZKM | Institute for Music and Acoustics. The software was coded by Chandrasekhar Ramakrishnan. Zirkonium has won the second prize at the Lomus 2008 competition.
More information: http://www.zkm.de/zirkonium
All the informations thanks to © 2011 ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe
Dispersive velocity of the masses
Dispersive velocity of the masses 2011 Hugo Paquete by paquetehugo
Dispersive velocity of the masses
Time: 16 minutes
This composition is configured as a formal operation on reflecting different dynamics inherent to sound spatiality in acousmatic music.
It is important to mention that for this composition conceived a dynamic logic organization of force and mass, that move in different directions upward and downward. Accentuating and also aspire an object dynamic that displace large sound masses suspended in the air in a space of tension in a fine line between order and chaos. Where in the process of being built while manipulated expectations and intentions deconstruct a constant dynamic tension-filled. Details of reactive actions force the logic of a physical event. In a programmatic acoustic peaks.
Where the use of cinematic sound design logics is an articulation of these methods with the use of low frequencies, (subs) that travel the area and effect the taxation of sound material in the bodies.And its origins,intentional bias in a physical sensorial level of disorder.
For this composition as for other work that I am developing I am concerned with this relationship between physical sound material that reflects both how sound moves in space as its characteristics and origin of raw sound. Reflecting their own materials by symbolism in their origin and psycho acoustics effectsand physical reaction in the listener. This factor should have come to be a predominant in my research.
Other factor its maintains a dynamic form of logic in the compositions in this case reflects the actual shape of the space where this piece was conceived, a surface of the 48 sound speakers the klangdoom in the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe integrated as resident artist in the department of | ZKM | Music and Acoustics Institute.
Espacialização sonora com o Zirkonium
Zirkonium é um programa para a espacialização do som originalmente desenvolvido para a Klangdom ZKM, um ambiente de alto-falantes instalado no Kubos do ZKM com 47 canais de audio, mas concebido para trabalhar com outros ambientes ou configurações de alto-falantes O objetivo do software é simplificar a utilização do espaço como um parâmetro de composição.
Ele pode ser usado como uma aplicação stand-alone para a criação de multi-track, composições de especializado, ou como um panner 3D, recebendo a partir de outro programa sinais de audio. Zirkonium também aceita dados de controle através de Open Sound Control (DSC). Assim, o usuário pode incorporar as capacidades de panning do Zirkonium no seu ambiente preferido (incluindo o Digital Performer, Logic, Max / MSP, SuperCollider, etc.)
Klangdom do ZKM
O Klangdom do ZKM | Instituto de Música e Acústica foi concluída em 2006, após três anos de planejamento, concepção e instalação. Quarenta e três colunas Meyersound estão ligadas a um sistema de plataforma elíptica em três dimensões na sala, quatro outros adicionais são colocados no chão. Como director do instituto Ludger Brümmer explica, " O complexo de som Polifónico explora o espaço-movimento do som, pode ser apresentado de forma realista e percepcionado em toda a dimensão da sala ". Esta instalação em conjunto com seu software de controlo desenvolvido especificamente para o Klangdom faz a espacialização sonora no espaço. Este Objecto e suas potencialidades possibilitam a realização do sonho com o qual compositores das músicas de vanguarda têm esperado desde o início do século.
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In the last 25 years United Cowboys has initiated a large amount of concepts and performances to do research on similarities and differences in art, in which dance and non-verbal performances are the starting points. Please see below a selection of work, some finalized pieces, and some ongoing creations to this day.
Since 2009, director Maarten van der Put has been working on a series of nudes; together they form a menu of performances that 'uncensoredly' show the body in confrontation with life.
For United Cowboys nakedness is intrinsic to Human wanting to hold on to - or rediscover - his authenticity. The series can be read as a collection of intimate documents.
Appearance 2015 - present
Appearance is all about the body and the light. In a refined composition, three dancers admit just enough light to either reveal themsleves or close again and leave us in a pleasant state of confusion and excitment.
Eternal Idol 2016 - present
The dance duet was created with the small female dancer Lucie Petrusova and the giant circus artist Marius Pohlmann. Once lifted, the girl never touches the floor. The duet stands for hope and determination, in the middle of world being destroyed around them.
A girl in between 500 broken beer glasses.
Like a snake she's searching for her own way in this labyrinth of glass. In a breath taking performance with the vulnerability of the body on the one hand and the sharpness and danger of the glasses in the other.
IN CASE - Festival Boulevard, Den Bosch 2018
Especially for Theaterfestival Boulevard, United Cowboys creates the ongoing performance IN CASE. During the entire eleven days of the festival, IN CASE shows the prices of "being".
WE WANT MORE - 25th anniversary 2018
Two evenings full of image, dance, music and performance to celebrate 25 years United Cowboys at the Parktheater Eindhoven. The production quoted freely from international successes & new work. Former 'Cowboys' & new pioneers were invited to join. Read Audience Feedback. Photos: Hans Spiegelaar
Created for Theater Festival Boulevard, in collaboration with dancers, performers and musicians from all over Europe, United Cowboys is creating live installations under the joint title Concept for new Development. Visitors walk around in this perpetuum mobile that is a challenge of theatrical viewing conventions.
Photos: Hans Spiegelaar
United Cowboys built a biotope, in which dancers, performers and musicians investigate and perform in an ongoing creating process. The audience is invited to observe this world from all angles; she can stay, sit, walk around, or leave to come back again later. United Cowboys hosted a two day Masterclass in this context.
This is not a SAD SONG - 2016
Created for Theater Festival Boulevard, United Cowboys investigates new forms to involve the audience with that what is shown, in a loose and informal atmosphere. Mostly presented on location and in a unorthodox setting and performance structure.
For Festival Boulevard, United Cowboys searches the abandoned spaces and their noticable history.
This collaborative piece by Maarten van der Put and Pauline Relents was performed in the Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenboch (NL). Dynamic sculptures were shown. Serene, iconic, and at the same time robust and combat ready. Like the sculptures at the gallery of Palazzo Veccio in Florence.
United Cowboys created Figures That Wander for and commissioned by Lichtfestival GLOW in Eindhoven. In this five hours lasting performance, light object show a play of lines, four dancers move behind a semi-transparant wall.
From 2009 on, Maarten van der Put created the living performance cycle of nude studies: WHO Final represents the third and final episode of nude studies. No doubt, upfront and confronting, but far from any commercial, sexual context in which people nowadays try to feel their individual nudity.
Apology 2011
This expressive and at times explosive dance idiom of Roelants, created by Pauline Roelants, allows itself to be described as 'the power of movement brought back to its essence'. Thus she bares dance to its core, through a fascination of the body and the power of the performer.
During Theaterfestival Boulevard 2011 United-C performed Negen Nieuwe Naakten, in the Museumkwartier in 's-Hertogenbosch Holland. The construction site was transformed into an inspiring location, where Maarten van der Put placed nine of his performances in a special version.
Who too 2010
From 2009 on, Maarten van der Put created the living performance cycle of nude studies: 'WHO Cycle' (2009-2010-2011) and WHO TOO (2010-2011), WHO Final (2012).
In the performances, van der Put defines the performers in purity and essence; back to the source of our appearance, of our bodies.
Who cycles 2009
The series, created by Maarten van der Put, concern performances that 'uncensoredly' show the body in confrontation with life. As nearly always in the works of United-C, what counts is the power and vulnerability of the individual performer.
2008 The glass performance
A girl in between 500 broken beer glasses.
Like a snake she's searching for her own way in this labyrinth of glass. In a breath taking performance with the vulnerability of the body on the one hand and the sharpness and danger of the glasses in the other. For 18 minutes you forget to breath. An hallucinating trip. One of the most exciting kind.


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Olympic Park (Buffalo)
Olympic Park is a former baseball ground located in Buffalo, New York, USA. The ground was home to the Buffalo Bisons baseball club of the National League from 1884 to 1885.[1] The park was located on the North East corner of Richmond Avenue & Summer Street, bounded by Norwood Avenue. Professional Baseball continued to be played here in the International League until the lease ran out on the Richmond Avenue & Summer Street location in 1888.
Prior to 1884, Buffalo's baseball teams played at an unnamed park (known today as "Riverside Park") at Fargo Avenue and Rhode Island Street from 1878 to 1884. The owner of the site, Alexander Culbert, decided to redevelop the stadium and the team left the site for Olympic Park.[2]
After the conclusion of the 1888 season the stadium was moved to East Ferry & Michigan Avenue with the last professional game being played in this park on September 28, 1888 when the Buffalo Bisons played the Cuban Giants.[3]
In 1890, the Players League Buffalo Bisons franchise played its lone season at Olympic Park. The ballpark they played in was actually the second incarnation of Olympic Park. When the lease expired on the first Olympic Park at the end of the 1888 season, the team's owner dismantled the structure, plank by plank, and moved it to another location. The new facility is known as both Olympic Park II and Buffalo Ball Park. It was first used in 1889 by the Buffalo team in the International Association. In 1891, it was used by the Buffalo team in the Eastern Association. The location is currently occupied by a residential neighborhood.
Preceded by
Riverside Park
Home of the
Buffalo Bisons
Succeeded by
Buffalo Baseball Park
- ^ Buffalo Bisons History bisons.com accessed 19-APR-2008
- ^ When Baseball Came to Richmond Avenue
- ^ When Baseball came to Richmond Avenue richomndavenue.org accessed 19-APR-2008


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Over the weekend, I had the eye-opening experience of accompanying my dad to Memphis, where he played a songwriter's benefit show for St. Jude Children's Hospital. I always knew they were a hospital with an incredible mission, but I had no idea the extent of their above-and-beyond generosity and progressiveness. In 1962 when St. Jude's was founded, the survival rate for children with cancer was four percent; today it's 96. It's easy to get overwhelmed by charities and statistics, but it's so important to be involved and aware -- no matter how insignificant one single person or contribution may feel. That's what I have to keep reminding myself, anyway. Baby steps lead somewhere!
On another note, I'm over on Freunde von Freunden today! Working with them has been such a pleasure. Take a peek here.
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Dragon Coast
One of many regions that a player can pick as their character's origin.
The Dragon Coast consists of the lands and islands on a south shore branch of the Sea of Fallan Stars. It has been said to be more a way of life than an actual geographical area due to the plethora of thieves, pirates and secret societies that call it home. Whilst there are 3 powerful city states, they are surrounded by no less than seven major thieves guilds, a dozen pirate bands, and many agents of Faerun's darkest secret societies.
The Dragon Coast is a nest of vultures and thieves conveniently nestled in the centre of many ideal trade routes. To all but the initiated, such as Sembian merchants, rogues, and corrupt caravan masters, many will find this place to be their last stop.
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Nathan Boerner
The host with the most... things to say. Nathan is one of the original founders, and started this podcast to fill his creative desire as his interest in creating music began to ebb. He usually presses the conversation forward, as his inquisitive mind and love for conversation takes the helm.
Often stepping int the role of Bad Cop, Nathan does his best to reveal the darker side of guests' daydreams.
farrin davis
The other original founder of the podcast, Farrin teamed up with Nathan to talk to people about their life's passions. That is, if he isn't currently busy with music, soccer, or the plethora of other extra-curricular activities that he involves himself in.
The counter to Nathan's Bad Cop, Good Cop Farrin can't help but to bring laughter and smiles to the guests' recollection of the brighter side of things.
Drew Broadbent
Primarily filling the role of producer, Drew was brought on a few episodes in to help manage the more technical side of things. Though, he'll say that 80% of what he does is trying to keep Rambo quiet.
Stepping in during the times Farrin is indisposed, Drew typically takes on the role of Bad Cop, giving Nathan a breather from the negativity.
Resident noise-maker, Rambo has become the unofficial, yet lovable, mascot of the podcast.