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This week, the "Arts, Briefly" section of The New York Times included the rather offhand announcement that the Met "recently reached an agreement with the authorities at the Cairo Opera House to show productions there this season." Audiences in distant Cairo will now be privy (via the company's series of Live in HD transmissions) to a whole slew of performances taking place on the Met stage even as they watch.
We take such technological marvels in stride nowadays, but what, one wonders, would Verdi have made of this development? Back in 1871, it took endless, painstaking negotiations to arrange for the world premiere of his Aida at Cairo's Khedivial Opera House, and in the event the proposed January opening fell victim to the Franco–Prussian War, which trapped the sets and costumes (not to mention the scenarist, Auguste Mariette) in Paris. Verdi had to wait another eleven months before the project came to fruition, and it took place without the composer in attendance, as he had decided the trip was too arduous to be worthwhile.
Could any of the participants in that cultural milestone for Cairo have imagined that one day whole seasons of opera from another continent could be wafted over the airwaves to Egyptian shores?
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In 1993, OPERA NEWS published an article called "Front-Page Opera," in which we asked fifteen writers, reporters and other notables what twentieth-century news events they would like to see as opera topics. With the success of Nixon in China and The Death of Klinghoffer, the 1986 New York City Opera staging of the premiere of X (The Life and Times of Malcolm X), plus a couple of works in the pipeline dealing with the kidnapping of Patty Hearst and at least one on the Manson family, we thought at the time we might be on to something. Was the availability of twenty-four-hour news so exciting that opera librettists would be turning exclusively to CNN for ideas? Well, it would seem not.
The undeniably operatic life of Nelson Mandela (with the bonus character of his now ex-wife Winnie) was a suggestion that did end up onstage, if not yet in major international houses. The fall of the Romanovs, another proposed storyline, received royal opera treatment with the debut of Deborah Drattell's Nicholas and Alexandra at Los Angeles Opera in 2003, with Plácido Domingo (well, really, who else?) in the pivotal role of Rasputin. One of our contributors felt strongly that the lives and deaths of the Ceausescus, the evil husband-and-wife dictators of Romania, would be ideal grist for the opera mill. This one never happened — probably because nobody could think of a Romanian soprano to play the missus.
Not one of the group we asked in 1993 mentioned J. Robert Oppenheimer and the birth of the atomic bomb as a promising opera topic. Oops. In fact, none of the suggestions we received has inspired an opera with broad, mainstream appeal, let alone multiple productions.
Nobody considered TV talk-show hosts potential title characters, so Jerry Springer: The Opera, London's long-running, Olivier-Award winning musical wasn't on anybody's radar. Apparently we didn't realize that tabloid topics and "real" news would become almost indistinguishable within a few years. After all, could any of us have predicted that an opera about the life of Anna Nicole Smith would find its way to — of all places — the stage of the Royal Opera House in 2011?
Maybe we should forget the news (and what passes for news today). It does seem that now, perhaps more than ever, novels — from The Little Prince to Moby-Dick — lure librettists. This is by no means a new trend, but a surprising number of the resulting operas display considerable (for these times) staying power. So former Book-of-the-Month Club selections make for good operas, right? Not everybody would agree on that (check out the OPERA NEWS Archives and read Joel Honig's "A Novel Idea," OPERA NEWS's Aug. 2001).
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At InterHigh we prepare all our students thoroughly for their public examinations and assist with enrolling them at an examination centre convenient to their location. Many examinations are taken by our pupils as private candidates and their results are dispatched direct to the family. Some students are InterHigh entered candidates and sit their examinations at InterHigh Exam Centre in South Wales.
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Dear Ella,
I want you to know that I have thought about you and prayed for you in every step of this trip and your year of Becoming. Granted, our first date at the tea house missed your heart. But I needed that experience (epic failure that it was) to steer me on the right course: this year is about you. Of course, my own story is wrapped up in the telling, but you are the one it is for.
That is why we are now headed to Rumeli Hisari: a fortress worthy of your heart. Today we saw Dolmabahce Palace. Opulent is an understatement, right? The Ottoman Sultan of 1850 needed to show off to Europe and spent so much money (1.5 billion) that the Empire eventually went into bankruptcy and collapsed in 1922. Warning: Stay away from boys and men who have a need to impress. Flashy cars, all the right toys and gadgets speak to a need to cover an insecurity that you should distance yourself from. They need approval you'll never be able to quench.
Then we saw the Ciragan Palace: the high tea room which holds so many meaningful memories for me and speaks to the times in which God saw and blessed me with friends and beauty. While I wanted to share that with you at the tea house, what I realize is that your heart finds meaning in a different kind of palace.
If Dolmabahce is the palace which led to the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Rumeli is where it began. It was built in 4 months in 1452 as a means to control the waterway as Sultan Bayezid 1 conquered Constantinople and took over the Byzantium Empire. It is a fierce and strong fortress. Its walls were used to protect as soldiers patrolled the water. Its towers were used to see long. It can be climbed and traversed today and where else to take a strong, brave, fierce climber than here?
Ella, you are this fortress. No, no, not built for destruction, but made to protect what you value with tenacity and strength. I see this in you when your pulse races at injustice, when you are passionate about peers losing themselves to what is cool, or when you refuse to give up in the game, on the track, or in the pool. Your heart is full of courage worthy of Rumeli. This is the kind of palace you were designed to embody. Shall we climb?
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Yoga, meditation, and zen philosophy, has play a key role in shifting my thoughts with anxiety and depression after losing my dad. I'm not alone when I say the reason I started yoga wasn't pretty. It has since been a stream of both frustration and inspiration toward my photography, whether it's visible or not. I owe a lot of love to all my teachers like Brittanie Firth Yoga and homies who've practiced beside, and in front of me. Jab Bless and Namaste Mother f(praisinghandsemoji)ckers!
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On the first day of filming "Labor Day," her new movie, Kate Winslet had a chat with Gattlin Griffith, the 14-year-old actor playing her son.
"He was terrified," she recalled. "I just said to him, 'You're really nervous, aren't you?' And I said, 'If it's any consolation, so am I and so is Josh, and that" — here she used a robustly off-color noun — "over there, he's the most terrified of them all.' " (Josh was Josh Brolin, Ms. Winslet's co-star; the other person across the way was Jason Reitman, the director.)
She started relatively young herself, with no formal training, and was just 19 when she delivered an electrifying performance as a New Zealand teenager whose fevered passion propels her into a terrible crime in the 1994 film "Heavenly Creatures." She has since played a careerful of interesting characters, including a spoiled rich girl ("Titanic"), a haunted former Nazi ("The Reader"), a troubled suburban wife ("Revolutionary Road"), a free spirit in and out of love ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") and the young Iris Murdoch ("Iris"). But she knows how it feels to learn on the job and also how it feels to be overwhelmed.
"I know this age very well," Ms. Winslet continued, speaking of her young co-star. "They have a billion questions every day, and they don't know who the hell to ask. I wanted him to know that he could ask me what was going on at any time."
It was September, and Ms. Winslet had just introduced "Labor Day," a romance of sorts based on a 2009 Joyce Maynard novel, to an audience at a screening in a Manhattan hotel. During a free hour, she bounded into a meeting room, as much as anyone who is very pregnant and wearing very spiky stilettos can bound.
"Do you mind if I take my shoes off?" she asked. Fizzing with energy, her blond hair in a ponytail, her stomach round and her skin glowing, she was dressed all in black — stretchy top, pants and a fetching tuxedo jacket.
Meeting Ms. Winslet is a slightly disorienting experience. On the one hand, she is disarming, so instantly intimate, so easy and cozy. On the other hand, she is so deadly serious about her job. Regularly described by directors and critics as one of the greatest actresses of her generation, she has six Academy Award nominations (she won once, for "The Reader") and a reputation for being ultraprepared, ultraprofessional, without vanity, uncannily intuitive and willing to delve almost painfully deeply into her characters.
"She has a real power, both as an actress on screen — she's so believable, and you're so connected to her emotionally — and as a person," said Neil Burger, who directed her in "Divergent," a science-fiction blockbuster to be released next year. Ms. Winslet, who is 38, took her younger co-stars in hand on this movie, too, he said. Among other things, she accomplished the seemingly impossible task of getting them to attend to the tasks in front of them rather than to their electronic devices.
"They were young and distracted and scattered, like this lovely band of squirrels or wildcats, and she helped center them," Mr. Burger said. "She feels that when you enter this sacred circle of acting, all of the other nonsense should go away."
"Labor Day," which opens on Christmas, required all of Ms. Winslet's considerable powers of concentration. It is a powerful and intimate film in which her character, a single mother named Adele who is shattered by a string of miscarriages and her husband's rejection, and who is so frightened of the world she can barely leave the house, meets a sudden menace in the sinister, and then unexpectedly un-sinister, person of Mr. Brolin, an escaped convict. In the end, the movie is a love story.
The film requires almost Shakespearean leaps of faith and motivation, and it requires Ms. Winslet to be many things at once: scared and strong, suspicious and open, tentative and decisive. "What's really tricky is to play vulnerability and hidden strength simultaneously," Mr. Reitman said in a telephone interview.
"There are a lot of actors who can play strong, and a lot of actors who can play vulnerable," he added. "And the question is: How do you combine them? How do you play a woman who was once beautifully strong and has gone through so much trauma and is so shaken but is ready to bloom again?"
When it comes to her career, Ms. Winslet can very occasionally seem overextended. (She most likely did not need to be in "The Holiday" (2006), a slight romantic comedy in which she ends up, improbably, with Jack Black.) But she has a good eye for the kind of characters — interesting, intelligent, complicated — that she wants to play, and said she was drawn to "Labor Day" in part because of the restraint of the script.
"There isn't an enormous amount of dialogue, and I found that fascinating," she said. "So much of the story is told through the atmosphere of the piece — the tension and the joy and the growing connection between these two people."
As a strong person herself, Ms. Winslet said that she found it intriguing to play someone so vulnerable, "someone who has shaky hands and who feels fibrous and fragmented," and who changes so much on screen.
"Adele once was a very charismatic, passionate, vibrant woman with a big beating heart, and all that lifeblood in her has just drained away," Ms. Winslet said. "She's almost forgotten how to be those things. I love seeing a woman be reminded of her femininity in the way that she is, and how she changes so subtly and gently throughout the story."
The character, she says, begins the movie defeated by her broken heart. "When you lose love, it can do terrible things to a person," she said. "Any woman who's been through the experience of not being touched or being lonely — it does something to you chemically."
Ms. Winslet was not talking about anything in particular, but directors have spoken over the years about her facility for drawing on her own feelings to inform her characters. "She wouldn't dream of burdening you with anything of her personal life," Stephen Soderbergh, who directed her in "Contagion," once said, "but there is an emotionality that is right in front of you and very accessible."
Over the years, Ms. Winslet has done her share of loving and losing. Her first marriage, to a film director named Jim Threapleton, ended after three years and one child. Her second, to the Hollywood director Sam Mendes, ended after seven years and a second child. She is currently pregnant by her third husband, a British businessman who goes by the curious name Ned Rocknroll.
Mr. Rocknroll is the nephew of the Virgin Group founder Richard Branson, and he met Ms. Winslet under extreme circumstances when both were staying with Mr. Branson in the Virgin Islands and the house caught fire one night. As she escaped, Ms. Winslet picked up Mr. Branson's elderly mother — Mr. Rocknroll's grandmother — and carried her to safety.
She and Mr. Rocknroll are now living happily together in the English countryside, Ms. Winslet having moved back to her native England after a long spell in New York.
Inevitably, Ms. Winslet finds herself being asked about her husband's name, and says he knew when he changed it that most people would find his choice odd, if not idiotic.
"But if he explained it to you, you'd think, 'You are the only person I've ever met who could get away with it,' " she said. "He's so joyful, and he's all about irony and fun. He had his reasons, and whether he keeps it forever, I can't say."
Ms. Winslet makes a point of working around her children's school vacations and says that she and their fathers have adjusted to what is in effect a large blended family. "A family is a group of people who all love each other," she said. "The most important thing is that my kids are very stable, grounded, regular kids."
But on the set, she is a pro, Mr. Reitman said, describing working with her as a "fascinating collaboration" in which Ms. Winslet functioned almost as a co-director.
"I've never worked with an actor who goes as in-depth as Kate did," he said. "Her script had more notes on it than mine did."
"She understands how lights work and how cameras work and how beats work," he continued. "If I say, 'This is the shot,' she knows exactly what I mean and how to dial in for that shot. If I want a wide shot, she gets how it will work with the finished film, and adjusts her performance to it."
But what Ms. Winslet likes best, she said, is the chance to get inside someone's head as thoroughly as she did with Adele.
"I probably am more drawn to films that really delve deep into the human condition and relationships," she said. "It's playing those roles that you get to see how odd everyone is. I do love that. There's no such thing as normal."
A Career of Accolades
At 19, Kate Winslet made her film debut in Peter Jackson's "Heavenly Creatures." Fourteen years later, she became the youngest actor ever to have earned six Oscar nominations; she won once. Here's the rundown:
"SENSE AND SENSIBILITY" (1995, supporting actress)
"TITANIC" (1997, lead actress)
"IRIS" (2001, supporting actress)
"ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND" (2004, lead actress)
"LITTLE CHILDREN" (2006, lead actress)
"THE READER" (2008, lead actress winner)


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Tarek El Moussa opened up about his past health issues on The Dr. Drew Podcast. (NOEL VASQUEZ/GETTY IMAGES)
A bevy of serious health problems left Tarek El Moussa feeling depressed and ultimately contributed to the collapse of his marriage, the HGTV star says in a new podcast.
After going through testicular cancer, thyroid cancer and back surgery, El Moussa says he visited an anti-aging clinic in hopes of figuring out what was causing him to feel tired. But when officials at the clinic treated him by boosting his testosterone levels, his condition only grew worse, El Moussa recalled on "The Dr. Drew Podcast."
"I went to this botox doctor and hormone clinic that my ex said to go check out," El Moussa said. "Next thing I know I'm shoving a needle on my a-- and taking steroids. It was testosterone."
El Moussa says he later learned his testosterone levels were already normal when he first went to the clinic. The treatment he received left his testosterone levels more than double the normal amount.
But that wasn't the only medical issue he had to deal with.
"I got back surgery I went from 230 lbs. to 168 lbs," El Moussa told Dr. Drew. "So I had the cancer and then I got the second cancer. And then four months after, I recovered from the second cancer, I hurt my back. Then I lost 60 lbs., I was on like 10 Vicodin every day, and on top of that my meds are off, my hormones are off, I'm on pain meds and narcotics and I'm filming and I'm working. It was a really rough three, four years."
Tarek El Moussa and his ex Christina El Moussa separated in 2016. (RICHARD SHOTWELL/INVISION/AP)
El Moussa, who separated from his wife and "Flip or Flop" co-star Christina El Moussa in 2016, says none of his doctors were communicating with each other, and he suffered from side effects such as anxiety, heart palpitations and panic attacks.
"I would find myself just sitting alone and just being depressed," El Moussa said. "It's because of all the s--t that was being pumped into my body just turned me into someone that wasn't me."
El Moussa, 36, says he decided to examine his life after his separation from his wife, and while he didn't blame the divorce entirely on his medical problems, he believes they were part of it.
"It took losing everything I had to figure out what was wrong," El Moussa said. "I did lose everything. I not only lost my wife and my marriage and (the health issues are) not the only reason, but it is a big contributing factor."
He says he's doing much better now and wants to help people by sharing his story about the dangers of being over-medicated.
El Moussa and his wife, who have two kids together, announced their separation in December 2016, seven months after an incident where cops were called to their home because of a report of a man with a gun on their property.
El Moussa later confirmed he was the man with the weapon, but said he was only carrying it to protect himself from animals as he went for a walk.
He now says he made it his mission to "be the best person I can be" after separating from his wife.
"I can say standing here today I'm the best version of myself I ever thought I could be," he told Dr. Drew.
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P21 Framework Definitions New Logo 2015. Framework for 21st Century Curriculum and Assessment. Updated February 2013 Adopted by the NCTE Executive Committee November 19, 2008 Context for NCTE's 21st Century Literacies Framework.
Information Literacy. Access and Evaluate Information Access information efficiently (time) and effectively (sources)Evaluate information critically and competentlyUse and Manage InformationUse information accurately and creatively for the issue or problem at handManage the flow of information from a wide variety of sourcesApply a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information Additional resources: 1.
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To ensure the standards meet the needs of the entire community, this research centers on community consultation—you are the foundation of our work! Visit the FAQ section for more information on the research process, key findings, and next steps. Overview | Project Plan Milestones | Frequently Asked Questions. Coteaching: A Strategic Evidence-Based Practice for Collaborating School Librarians – School Library Connection Blog. Have you preregistered for Dr.
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Course Descriptions
Old Testament I: A study of the Old Testament books of the Bible comprising the Torah or
Pentateuch (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). Emphasis will be given to
biblical and theological meaning/interpretation. Special attention will focus on the use of modern
study materials, techniques, and interpretations while also acknowledging their limitations and the
contribution of traditional materials/methods.
Old Testament II: This course will consist of a study of the Historical Books of the Old Testament, including Joshua, Judges, I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, I & II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. The historical books of the Old Testament cover the life of the Jewish people from the time they entered the Promised Land under Joshua the son of Nun (ca. 1450s BC) to the time of Maccabees (150 BC), which includes the time of the Judges, the Monarchy, the Fall of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, the Babylonian Captivity, and the restoration.
Old Testament III: The Major Prophets are the focus of Old Testament III; Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel. This course will present a survey of the history and background of the major Prophets as well as their message to various groups to which they prophesied. The continuity of the Prophets and their message will be emphasized with their historical setting as presented in Old
Testament II.
Old Testament IV: Old Testament IV will be a study of the Minor Prophets (the Twelve) and the
Wisdom Literature which comprises the Writings or Kethuvim of the Hebrew Bible; including
Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs. The discussion of each of these books
will include a survey of the main theological issues and various approaches for their interpretation.
New Testament I: A survey of the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and an
introduction to the Acts of the Apostles. Special attention will be given to the interrelatedness of
the Synoptics as well as their individuality and the socio-political situation in which they were
written. The study of the Acts of the Apostles will focus on its genre as a history of the Apostolic
Church. Acts will also be revisited in NT III, when the Pauline corpus will be studied.
New Testament II: CThis course will concentrate on the Johannine literature, including the Gospel of John and the three Epistles of John. The uniqueness of John's theological perspectives will be explored as well as how those perspectives informed the theology of the early Church as it was forming, especially regarding Christology. The Epistles will also be examined considering their
relatedness to the Gospel and their contribution to theology.
New Testament III: The Pauline corpus will be the focus of New Testament III, with emphases on
the historical situation, intended audience, interpretation, theology, and dating of Paul's Epistles.
The epistles studied will include Galatians, I & II Thessalonians, I & II Corinthians, Romans,
Philippians, Philemon, Colossians, and Ephesians. The Pastoral Epistles of Paul will be studied in
New Testament IV.
New Testament IV: New Testament IV will concentrate on the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle
of James, I & II Peter, The Pastoral Epistles (I & II Timothy and Titus), Jude, and the Revelation of St. John the Divine (The Apocalypse). Emphases will focus on literary genres, interpretation, and theology of each work.
An Introduction to the Apocrypha: This course will focus on a survey of the books not normally
included in the Canon of Holy Scripture, called the Apocrypha or Deuterocanon, based upon their
history, significance, and literary genre. Apocryphal literature forms an important link between the
Old and New Testament. Books studied will include I & II Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The Additions to the Book of Esther, The Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, The Letter of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasseh, and I & II Maccabees.
Dogmatic Theology I: An overview of Christian Theology; the beginnings of its development,
external factors which shaped the theology of the early Church, the development of the Creeds,
early Ecumenical Councils, and an emphasis upon the Doctrine of God and the Holy Trinity,
Christology, and Pneumatology.
Dogmatic Theology II: A continuation of the development of Christian Theology with an emphasis on its development within Anglicanism. Topics included will cover Creation, Grace and Free Will, Theodicy and the Existence of Evil, the Providence of God, and the Seven Sacraments.
Moral Theology: The study of the imperative of Christian conduct as founded in the moral code of the Old Testament (The Decalogue) through the teachings of Our Lord in the New Testament
(Beatitudes) and as found in the witness of the Saints of the Christian Church. Equal emphasis will be placed on the positive method, the scholastic method, and the casuistic method, with special attention given to the Anglican tradition in moral theology and its application to hearing
Pastoral Theology: Practical study in the field of Pastoral Care and Counseling designed to enable
clergymen to address the pastoral needs/situations of individuals and congregations.
Patristics I & II: A two-semester study of the Early Church Fathers and their influence on the
development of Christian Doctrine.
Church History I: The study of the founding of the Christian Church from its beginnings to the
period just before the Reformation; with an emphasis on the rise and growth of the Church in its
cultural, intellectual, and political context. Topics included for study are Jesus and the beginning of the Church, the Sub-Apostolic Age, the Church and the Empire, Heresies and Schisms, the
development of the Church during the Third Century, Christological controversies to Chalcedon,
Transitions to the Middle Ages, the Eastern Church, Monasticism, and the Glory of the Thirteenth Century Church.
Church History II: Church History II is a continuation from the point that Church History left off; pre-Reformation to the Present, with an emphasis on the history of the Anglican Church; both in England and in the American colonies. Topics include The Great Schism, the Renaissance and the Christian Faith, the Continental Reformation, the English Reformation, the Counter Reformation, the Enlightenment, the rise of Protestant Liberalism, the Oxford Movement, and Global Christianity in the 20th and 21st Centuries.
Practical Liturgics: A study of the organization and celebration of Christian worship and the
Sacraments with special emphasis on the Anglican tradition. This course will also have a practicum component in which students actually prepare and rehearse aspects of Christian worship.
Historical Liturgics: The history and development of the worship of the Christian Church
throughout the Ages with a special emphasis on the liturgical history of the Eucharist.
Spiritual Formation I: A course in the study of processes and practices by which the student may
progress in their spiritual/religious life with an emphasis on specific techniques of prayer,
meditation, spiritual disciplines and practices, and an examination of the spiritual lives of the
Saints. The goal is for students to develop within themselves Christ-like lives and to be further
formed in Christ's image and likeness.
Spiritual Formation II: A continuance of Spiritual Formation I with special emphasis on English
Spirituality and the works of Anglican writers and theologians, including the works of Fr. Martin
Homiletics: A study of the proficiency and art of writing homilies to preach in the Christian worship setting. Students will become engaged with the biblical text(s) and will be taught both the
technicalities and ethos of preaching the Word of God. Students will be required to preach
homilies of their own composition several times during the semester.
VII. ECCLESIOLOGY, ECCLESIASTICAL POLITY, and CANON LAW
Ecclesiology: An in-depth study of the Church from Pentecost to the present with special reference to the Church as the New Israel, as ecclesia, and as the Body of Christ; emphasis will be placed on the organic rather than the organizational nature of the Church, including the mission, ministry, Sacraments, and marks of the Church, and the place of Anglicanism within the Catholic continuum.
Ecclesiastical Polity: The government, organization, and Order of the Church with emphasis on the Biblical basis for and the historical development of the three-fold Apostolic ministry within
Anglicanism, along with a comparative study of the government and ministry of major Christian
Canon Law: The history and development of Canon Law from the primitive Church through the
Seven Ecumenical Councils in the Eastern and Western Churches to the present; including Anglican and American modifications. Special emphasis will focus on the history and Canons of the Anglican Province of Christ the King.
New Testament Greek I & II: The purpose of this course is to introduce students to and make
them proficient in the reading and understanding of the koine Greek in which the early biblical
books were written. Mastery of the Greek alphabet and the reading of the Greek New Testament
are two of the main objectives of the course.
Ecclesiastical Latin I & II: These courses are offered so the student may become proficient in
reading and translating selections from the Latin Vulgate, the prayers of the Medieval Latin
Liturgies and the later writings of the Western (Latin) Church as its many aspects developed and
were translated from the Eastern or Greek-speaking Church.
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themselves in the traditional music of the Anglican Church; using the 1940 hymnal and the classic
choral repertoire; including plainsong and Anglican Chant. Church music informs and enriches the liturgy where time and eternity meet. The Chapel at St. Joseph's lends itself to the practical aspects of this course.


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Most proposals indicate that the tax world is converging now, with India rapidly adopting international practices
The thrust of tax proposals are anchored on nine principles. Symbolically, the number 9 represents wisdom and good leadership; this intent of the finance minister is visible in his rather well-balanced Budget with pragmatic proposals.
For the first time, a futuristic corporate tax rate of 25% appears in the tax code, albeit only for new manufacturing enterprises. This aligns with the desire to provide a competitive framework for Make-in-India. The eligible taxpayers can elect for this lower rate, or for the existing regime of higher tax rate with investment allowance, accelerated depreciation and the like. SMEs also benefit from a 1% corporate tax rate cut, whilst the reduction of tax rates for other corporates eludes, possibly until tax holidays start phasing out in 2017.
India now seeks to tax the B2B segment of the digital economy; the finance minister proposed an 'equalisation levy' (6%) for non-residents providing 'specified services' to residents, and non-residents with permanent establishment in India. Taxation of digital economy has been in the works in several developed nations. The government wishes to encourage patent development and registration in India—there is a proposal to introduce concessional rate of 10% in respect of royalty income, along with a shelter from minimum alternate tax (MAT). As expected, in line with the government's clarification on non-applicability of MAT to foreign companies, appropriate amendments have been proposed. Thankfully, the applicability of Place of Effective Management rules has been deferred by a year. Country-by-Country Reporting for large MNCs has been incorporated. Most proposals indicate that the tax world is converging now, with India rapidly adopting international practices.
To augment taxes and address 'vertical inequity' among non-corporate resident taxpayers regarding taxation of dividends, the minister proposed 10% tax for recipients in respect of dividend greater than R1 million, over and above DDT paid by the company. He also introduced a limited amnesty programme and a set of proposals to reduce litigation. Internationally referred to as the 'Vodafone Tax', this is one measure of 2012 which has been a persistent concern for investors. The minister has wisely proposed a solution involving payment of tax with waiver of interest and penalty. If accepted by the aggrieved investors, this could bring closure to one of the most controversial tax developments in recent times.
Balancing the attempt to improve India's position with the global investor community, the tax cuts have been mostly for small taxpayers, who will be pleased with lower tax costs, presumptive tax regimes for small enterprises and self-employed and tax holidays for start-ups.
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Lake Life
Growing up, my family and I made three nine hour trips each year to Perham, Minnesota. The first trip was always Memorial Weekend, followed by a week in June when Walleye fishing was good, then a two week family trip that included excursions to nearby attractions. I was the only one in my class that would vacation in the same place multiple times each year. Most of my friends when more normal vacation spots like visiting a grandparent in Texas or Mount Rushmore.
View of Little Pine Lake while Kayaking
Now that I live in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes and counting, I realize just how normal it is to have a cabin or if you don't have one to dream of someday owning one. About half of the people I work with have cabins further north and they visit them year round. Growing up at a cabin without heat or air conditioning that seemed strange to me at first because when the summer ended, so did the cabin use. Only a handful of the year round homes were equipped for year round use.
The New Cabin (center) with Two Lake Homes on Either Side
Something began to change about ten years ago though and now more than half of the new cabins are year round retreats. It has been interesting to watch the gradual shift as each spring we show up to find another new cabin that was built over the winter. The construction industry has the project timeline down to a science. The family clears out their processions at the end of the summer, demolition takes place soon after, and before November if they are on track the foundation is in. The crews work diligently to get the cabin framed in so when the harsh negative temperatures arrive, they can blast their heaters to keep warm while finishing the interior. By the time spring arrives and the first cabin goers return, the new cabin is finished, leaving no trace of the old once in its place.
A Rare Plot of Vacant Land (with a loon in the background swimming)
As a planner I find this change fascinating. Little Pine Lake was once home to 600 square feet, one-story cabins with a few like ours that had a separate guest cabin/boat house. The area was alive during the summers, but those that lived year round on the lake saw a stark drop off in activity in the late fall and winter months. This affected the economy and function of Perham, the closest town. Growing up the food options were Zorbas (incredible pizza joint on the lake that doesn't use the letter 's'), Pizza Ranch, the Lakes Cafe, and the Train Station restaurant. When opening up the cabin this spring Perham added two new restaurants, one focused on locally sourced foods and a brewery. The Train Station had closed a few years ago and is now used as a high end furniture store. A few years ago, the small gas station grocery store opened shop on the edge of town as a full service grocery.
The New Brewery Patio
It is interesting to think of the effect turning a summer cabin into a second home has on a city. One may not make a difference, but 7 or 8 will start to create a ripple. Planners no doubt thought of the potential effects this might have and remained cautious of the negative effects that increased development on the lake shore. In the end they welcomed the opportunity to populate their city beyond the last days of summer. In just the past five years I have watched at least seven cabins be replaced, including the one I spent my summers in since birth.
Downtown Perham, Minnesota
It is hard not to be a little nostalgic about the fate of these cabins. The preservationist in me wants to nominate them as a historic district for their contribution to the social history and development of Little Pine Lake. I know that would not work however, as these cabins were not built to last. Their original purpose was to provide a little shelter and a place to sleep after a long day of fishing. The sinking foundation in the old family cabin demonstrated this. It is time for them to come down and usher in a new wave of development, a little more permanent than the last.


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Concussion Training Required for High School Coaches as of January 1, 2013
As per Roger Blake, Executive Director of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) AB 1451, Concussion Training, was signed into law by Governor Brown that will now require coaches when renewing their CPR/FIRST AID certification to also complete training in signs and symptoms of concussions. The on-line class is FREE and available on the CIF web site through the NFHS at www.cifstate.org. The new law took effect January 1, 2013. The CIF was in support of this bill.
CIF Rule 313 states: "A student-athlete who is suspected of sustaining a concussion or head injury in a practice or game shall be removed from competition at that time for the remainder of the day. A student-athlete who has been removed from play may not return to play until the athlete is evaluated by a licensed health care provider trained in education and management of concussion and receives written clearance to return to play from that health care provider. (Approved May 2010 Federated Council, National Federation of State High School Associations ). For CIF rules see http://www.cifccs.org/meetings/Documents-Spring/spring%202012/V.B.912.%2... (This is more strict than NFHS rule 10-3-5. Follow California law NOT the NFHS rule book!)
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A very quick post this morning - i've just taken photos of my latest knit so i thought i'd pop them up here. I've decided that this will be her coming home outfit and i bought some matching leggings.
The lace pattern on the front turned out perfect, and the picot edge is super cute don't you think!!!
I'd like to knit the matching mittens and hat too, but i'm going to start my next pair of socks next so they might have to wait until after my socks!!


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A Perfect Nerdborg
I've never been much of a New Year's resolution guy. I'd like to think it's because I'm the embodiment of human efficiency, a perfect nerd cyborg hybrid (nerdborg?) of Bill Gates and David Goggins.
Sadly, no. What's closer to the truth is my high fructose corn syrup addiction, love affair with graphic novels and obsession with Lars Ulrich interviews on YouTube conspire to demolish any workflow or curiosity beyond determining whether it's a Red Hot or Very Cherry Jelly Belly I'm eating. Goddamn things look identical.
Like many musicians, a main reason why I got into this business was so I wouldn't have anything to do before 5pm. "I've never had a real job" was a favorite sound bite for a long time, something I wore as a badge of honor along with billowing khakis and the Same H&M Hoodie Everyday.
I've experienced some neat successes over the past several years- which is great, obviously- but a tragic side effect is having to drag my ass up in the morning and actually get shit done. And here I am, at the Red Bicycle in Nashville TN, sipping a cappuccino at 7 o'clock in the morning, writing this thing. It's where I'll be every morning unless I'm traveling, because I promised myself I'd write something everyday and don't want to drop the ball- that part's super important, the accountability.
And you guys subscribed. On the internet no less, where there are videos of puppies doing all manner of adorable shit. Or Lars Ulrich interviews. You have infinite access to anything, and you chose to follow me. Thank you, sincerely.
It's not a resolution per se, but I'm making an effort to spend a few minutes every morning reflecting on three things I'm thankful for. Rarely are they big things. Rather, they're fun, tiny details that keep me firmly planted in the present. I'd like to share them with you each day. Here goes…
Today, I'm thankful for:
Holy smokes what a beverage. I even like the acidic film a strong cap leaves in my mouth. I'm that broken.
-This finely lacquered hipster table in the coffeeshop.
To complete the picture, I'm wearing a fedora, thick rimmed glasses and Chuck Taylors. Sigh. Anyway, I dig this table, it looks like something a bleary eyed hipster should be slumped over, silently pecking away at a keyboard. It brings balance to the Force.
-The employees, at work since 4am, misspelled "dishes" over the bus tub.
"Dishs." Amazing.
There's a lot on my plate in the New Year, and this Mind of a Trevor project's already centering me and providing focus first thing in the AM. Thank you again for signing up early. Like I said in yesterday's post, if these daily blurbs inspire a discreet workplace chuckle, well, that's inbox real estate well occupied.
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WG1: Fundamental Understanding: Theory and Experiments
1. Spin-transport and spin orbit effects in oxides
2. Complexity in transition metal oxides: inhomogeneity, phase separation
3. Probing oxides at the nanoscale
4. Electrostatic modulation of the properties of oxides
5. Larger-scale, mesoscale modelling, effective theories based on ab initio modeling
6. Topological states and defects, including vortices, skyrmions, and lattice defects
7. Charge transfer across oxide interfaces
8. Quantum phase transitions and quantum criticality in transition metal oxides
9. Magnetic frustration in oxides
10. 2-dimensional metal oxide nanosheets
11. Strongly correlated electrons phenomena in oxides
WG2: Oxides Growth and Fabrication Methods
1. Advances in situ/real time monitoring of thin film deposition
2. Plasma plume diagnostics in PLD
3. Ferroelectrics and other oxides on Si
4. Introduction and segregation of nano-inclusions
5. Large area and/or low temperature growth of oxides
6. Growth of oxides on flexible substrates
7. Nanofabrication methods in oxides
8. 2D oxides
9. In situ TEM characterisation of operational oxide devices
10. Atomic scale mapping of electric and magnetic fields in oxides
11. The role of strain in oxide electronics
WG3: Oxides Applications
1. Oxide-based thermoelectric, electrocaloric and piezoelectric applications
2. Oxides for photovoltaic applications
3. Ion conducting oxides
4. Materials for thin film batteries
5. Oxide-based memories and memristors
6. Oxide-based sensors, actuators
7. Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric oxides
8. Oxide-based spintronics
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Ganesha Indonesian Rudraksha
Information about Ganesha Rudraksha
A Rudraksha having a trunk like elevation on its surface is known as Ganesha Rudraksha. The blessings of Lord Ganesha who is also known as " Vighna Harta " i.e. remover of Obstacles, are showered on the person who wears this Rudraksha.
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Any person who faces obstacles in life and problems in any venture that he undertakes should wear atleast 3 beads of Ganesha Rudraksha. The wearer not only gets the blessings of Lord Ganesha but also the blessings of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati since Lord Ganesha is their beloved Son. Hence, the wearer of this Rudraksha is able to achieve Success in life due to removal of obstacles and failures.
|Who should wear this Rudraksha
Those people who wants to achieve Success in every sphere of life should wear this Rudraksha.
|How to wear a Ganesha Rudraksha
A Ganesha Rudraksha can be worn around the neck or alternately it can be kept in the place of worship.
|Puja of Rudraksha
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Saint Aire is a boutique beef operation positioned on the elevated limestone hills of the picturesque Aire Valley at Glenaire, between Bass Strait and the Aire Valley Wildlife Reserve at the base of the Otway Ranges.
Ros Denney is the fourth generation to farm the limestone hills, which has been held in the Denney family since 1909. Having studied a Bachelor of Arts in Fashion and spent many years creating bespoke clothing, her career has now moved 'from couture to cattle.' With an incredible eye for detail evident in a past occupation, this eye has now been focused on transforming the 280 acre property.
Ros is passionate about her choice of Bazadais cattle as foragers on the perennial and native pasture, rich in calcium and herbs. She equally invests a lot of time in ensuring the farm plan has well designed areas for conservation. With a view to the wider eco-system, numerous natural resource management projects have been undertaken to establish a harmonious balance for both biodiversity and stock protection. The farm is home to an enormous display of australian birds, some small and seasonal like the Blue Winged Grass Parrot and some large like the broad range of more fearsome Falcons. By providing more shade and shelter over the undulating grassland hills, it is hoped the farm will become a treasure trove of more abundant bird life, mixing with the gorgeous Echidnas and Swamp Wallabies which like to call Saint Aire home, whilst protecting and enhancing pasture and soil management.
It is truly a unique tract of land to farm and raise cattle, and she is proud of what has been achieved so far and proud to offer the exceptional beef that is produced from this terroir for sale, but there is still much work to be done!


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Saturday, November 26, 2011
Speed Sculpts
I've been doing lots of lowpoly stuff. This tends to kill the creative spirit, so here are a few fast and messy creatures for your eyeballs. Each of these guys took between an hour or two.
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With streaming platforms such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hotstar and Voot competing for your attention, it can be overwhelming to browse all of them to pick the perfect show for your weekend bingeing.
So we got Kalki Koechlin, a self-confessed TV addict, to list the shows she's watching on Netflix, Amazon, and Hotstar.
The Fall (Netflix)
An intriguing serial-killer drama that's as edgy as it is addictive, this features one of the best performances by Gillian Anderson.
Ghoul (Netflix)
Netlfix's new show, starring Radhika Apte, is a cautionary tale for our times which features a stellar performance by the actor. Read our full review here.
Manchester By The Sea (Amazon)
Featuring a standout performance by Casey Affleck (who won an Oscar for the role), Manchester By the Sea is a heartbreaking window into the complexities and nuances of death, grief and grieving.
Nanette (Netflix)
Hannah Gadsby's comedy special on Netflix has pretty much changed the way we look at comedy. It's a transformative, dark show that challenges existing notions of what constitutes comedy and makes us deeply uncomfortable.
Newton (Amazon)
Given the current climate in the country, Newton, which talks about the need to safeguard democracy and democratic values, is an ideal choice for the weekend.


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MacIntyre's Thoughts: Cannibal media, the analytics altar and a game of poetry
My name in vain
I read Friday on Twitter the headline: "Don't believe what Iain MacIntyre tells you about the #Canucks and rebuilding."
Seemed a little over the top, but it's hard to say because I'd never heard of the writer.
It was not the first time I was vilified in print by another media outlet.
During the Vancouver Canucks' 2000 training camp in Stockholm, I noticed these words prominently in the pink stock of the Swedish-language national newspaper Aftonbladet: "Iain MacIntyre." Curious, I took the tabloid to a bellman at my hotel and asked what the story was about.
He read for a minute and informed me, aghast: "Some Canadian reporter ripped the Sedins. He said they can't skate."
"It says he's a Canadian hockey expert."
I, too, was aghast. Canadian hockey expert.
The Sedins were 20-year-old rookies Daniel and Henrik, who had snowshoed around the Globen Arena in their first National Hockey League practice. I devoted all of a couple of paragraphs to their skating in a notebook for the Vancouver Sun that said, essentially, they didn't "yet" skate like NHLers.
Not knowing who was empowered to tip him, a cab driver mentioned the story to me. It was referenced during a reception at the Canadian ambassador's residence, to which I was mistakenly invited.
To this day, former Canuck assistant coach Jack McIlhargey greets me with "Here's the Canadian hockey expert." Then he laughs.
I never shook that story. But the Sedins proved me right.
Today, a friend and colleague is fighting cancer for the second time. Our owners just announced that 29 dedicated journalists, perfect fools who still believed in this profession, will be laid off. I have children who are going to inherit this dying planet.
A blogger's attack on my character? Pretty sure I can survive that.
At the analytics altar
One thing I have learned during the rapid rise of advanced statistics, which have impacted the game and how many people judge it, is that the analytics community, generally, attacks and defends with ruthless fervour. It is easy to understand why.
What has an analytics blogger at his disposal? Some are trained journalists or, at least, writers. Many are not. Many – and this is not their fault – have no access to players, coaches and managers to ask questions and seek input from people whose lives and livelihoods are devoted to the game.
To be brutally honest, however, for some bloggers the idea of seeking input from their subjects is not just unfathomable but inconvenient. Questions? Accountability?
A hobbyist-blogger may or may not be able to craft a shopping list, but he can probably churn out a 2,000-word dissertation loaded with impregnable figures arguing how a young fourth-liner who doesn't know shit from Shinola at the NHL level isn't being properly optimized and a coach the blogger will never face is an idiot for using a veteran who makes $6 million US this season and scored 30 goals last season ahead of the prospect on the second-unit power play.
To be clear, there are good hockey-stats bloggers, too – often a journalist who has embraced the movement and attempts to make it digestible for readers.
But what is the only resource available to most? Numbers. Statistics. They have at their finger tips a vast ocean of data, unprecedented and endless and compelling when used in proper measure.
And when you make an argument that conflicts with what must surely be unassailable data, it is viewed not as contradictory view but an attack on the ideology of analytics. And this religion will be defended at all costs. Because if the numbers fail, what else is there?
The beauty of the game
With regard to hockey and stories and arguments about it based largely on analytics, I leave you with this verse from the great American poet Walt Whitman. The poem is When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer. If you do not understand the reference, I'm sorry, I can't help you. But I do appreciate you reading this, and reading me. You won't find either on CanucksArmy.
When I heard the learn'd astronomer.
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.


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The Seventh World Buddhist Summit
From 2nd - 7th November Lama Jampa Thaye was once again invited to take part in the World Buddhist Summit as representative for Buddhism in the UK. This year the event was held in Sri Lanka and amongst the prayers, meetings and discussions included some beautiful and interesting cultural events and visits.
During the summit delegates had the opportunity to share news about the current practice and proliferation of Buddhism in their respective countries. Below is the text of Lama Jampa's speech.
Lama Jampa Thaye's speech to the Seventh World Buddhist Summit
Most Venerables,
I am very happy to address you on the auspicious occasion of our Supreme Buddhist Summit held in a land blessed so profoundly by the teaching of Lord Buddha, a country that bears the footprint of great Arhats, Bodhisattvas, panditas and yogins.
I am pleased to report to the Summit that the Buddhadharma continues to enjoy support in the United Kingdom, as is evidenced by the new centres opened by followers of all three traditions – Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. Since no Census has taken place since the last occasion of our last Summit in 2014, it is impossible to be precise about numbers but all indications are of growth.
We are a medium sized organisation and as regards activities in our network of centres and groups, as an indication the highlight of this year was the visit of His Holiness Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, the new Throne Holder of the Sakya tradition. His Holiness visited and taught at our centres in London and Bristol and many were able to receive his instructions and blessings.
My own teaching activities – giving instructions on various topics of Mahayana and Vajrayana – continued throughout the year. In our centres and groups senior instructors conducted programmes on dharma education and meditation for local members and also for newcomers to Buddhism. Some classes and dharma activities for children also proved popular.
Our publishing house, Ganesha Press, brought out two new books in the last year as well as continuing its series of translations of Tibetan texts. Dharma work also continued in our centres outside of the UK, such as France, Germany, the USA and Mexico.
The International Buddha's Day on April 8th was enthusiastically celebrated once again in our centre in Manchester. No doubt it will continue to be seen as a vital way of bringing Buddhists from all traditions throughout the world together in the veneration of Lord Buddha. It is pleasing to see, in this way, the fulfilment of the heart-wishes of the Most Venerable Dr Kyuse Enshinjoh and all the supreme leaders of the Buddhist Summit that such a ceremony should be instituted.
In general, therefore, I think that we can say that the Buddhadharma is surviving to some extent. At a time when there is considerable hostility towards religion in certain quarters, the Buddha's teaching still enjoys a good reputation. However, for this happy state of affairs to endure, one might suggest that it is important that we present the practice of the dharma with an equal stress on each of the three trainings – ethics, meditation and wisdom. As the great Acharya Nagarjuna has said:
'One must continually train
In the highest ethics, wisdom and meditation.
More that one hundred and fifty trainings
Are truly included in these three.'
Unfortunately, some have decided to separate meditation from the other two trainings and teach systems of 'mindfulness' entirely disconnected from the dharma. However, although this may bring such people popularity in the short term, it is certain that it will not provide a path to true well-being in this world, let alone the transcendental state of Buddhahood, in which the qualities of wisdom and compassion come to fruition. So, for this to be evident, it is necessary to present the tradition in a way that brings out the intelligence of this fundamental truth of the dharma.
Another tendency that might prove deleterious for the successful transmission of the dharma is the assumption by some Buddhists in the West that Buddhism is entirely identical with their existing political or scientific ideologies. This assumption ignores the fact that, according to Buddhism and contrary to such modern ideologies, the route to freedom lies not through the manipulation and re-ordering of the external world but through an inner reform: a transformation in our understanding, experience and actions. Indeed, nirvana alone is the true freedom from suffering, since it is the extinction of the fires of ignorance and disturbing emotions that are the very source of suffering.
Thus, to conclude, I join my prayers to those of everyone else attending this Summit, that countless Arhats and Bodhisattvas will continue to manifest to light the way of dharma for those generations to come.


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Spring & Table Setting
Warm weather is just around the corner and spring is in the air!
Color is light and light is energy. Color can stimulate and excite us. It can make us feel happy, tranquil or even depressed. We experience the psychological effects of color all day. It is subconscious, yet effective.
Spring is the time of rebirth, renewal, and rejuvenation. Pastels are less saturated than primary colors, which makes them feel light, soft, and calming. In spring, they work well with neutral colors for creating a feeling of earthiness and sophistication.
There is still ambiguity as far as how and when the first flowers find their way on the table is concerned. The Romans used flowers to perfume their rooms and foods, as well as to decorate their dining tables. However, there was no special Roman way for decorating, and what they looked like is rather left to imagination.As far as it concerns how the first flowers find their way on the table, there would be strong arguments for any reasonable period. The Romans used flowers to perfume their rooms and foods as well as, to decorate their dining tables. However, there was no special Roman way for decorating, and it is rather left to imagination what they looked like.
Illustrations and descriptions of the 15th century show that single flowers were strewn on the table linen. After every course they were wiped on the floor and replaced by new ones, leaving a natural carpet on the ground. The habit of strewing flowers on the table is also reflected in a Swiss table linen from 1527. This fashion seemed to be still in use in the 18th century.
A new culture of table decoration was spread by florists who created simple and elegant arrangements. The last 200 years we have learned to enjoy a bunch of flowers on the table. Below two terms that may be confused sometimes.
Mise en place: to gather and arrange all ingredients and tools needed for cooking
Art de la table: how a table is dressed; from the tablecloth and napkins to the appropriate lighting


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