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Thanks to everyone who attended our Girls Night Out event tonight! Even with the yucky weather, we had a nice turnout of wonderful ladies. Everyone seemed to enjoy our two tastings tonight so I thought I would share the recipes.
16 individually wrapped caramels, unwrapped
1/4 cup water
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
In a medium pan over low heat, melt caramels with water, stirring constantly. Once completely melted, remove from heat and set aside.
In a medium bowl, blend together cream cheese, brown sugar and vanilla (My Kitchen-aide mixer worked perfectly for this). Once the caramel mixture has cooled slightly, fold it into the cream cheese mixture.
Serve with apple slices.
I also served the dip with graham cracker pretzels (available locally at Penton's Farm Market or Miller's Apple Hill). Here's a tip for you — after you cut your apple, soak them in 7-up or Sprite to keep their bright white color. This recipe was originally posted by the blog How Sweet It Is.
1 bottle of Pinot Grigio
3 cups fresh apple cider
1 cup club soda
1/2 cup ginger brandy
2 large apples, chopped
Combine all ingredients, except apples, and stir. Refrigerate for several hours. Right before serving, add apples. I would recommend freezing some of the extra apple cider in ice cube trays. This will keep your Sangria cold without diluting it.
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In a continual effort to provide the safest roadways, the Nevada Department of Transportation installs roundabouts at selected state roadway intersections to improve safety and mobility.
What Are Roundabouts
Roundabouts are one-way circular intersections in which traffic flows around a center island without stop signs or signals.Vehicles entering the roundabout yield the right-of-way to traffic already in the roundabout. Because roundabout traffic enters and exits through right turns only and speeds are reduced, the occurrence of severe crashes is substantially less than in many traditional four-way intersections. In fact, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports that motor vehicle crashes involving injuries have declined by up to approximately 80% in intersections where roundabouts have been installed.The lower speeds within roundabouts also allow entering traffic to access smaller gaps between circulating vehicles, increasing traffic volume and decreasing delays, congestion, fuel consumption and air pollution.Modern roundabouts are often much smaller than the rotaries or traffic circles of decades past.
Benefits of Roundabouts
See full roundabout benefits here.
How Roundabouts Work
Driving in roundabouts is easy, and follows many of the same principles of other traffic intersections.Roundabouts do not use stop signs, but often use yield signs to notify drivers to yield to approaching vehicles already in the roundabout.In many ways, entering a roundabout is much like making a right turn from an intersection. Drivers approaching a roundabout must reduce their speed and yield to approaching vehicles within the roundabout, as well as pedestrians and bicyclists. When clear to enter, drivers turn into the roundabout to the right (counterclockwise), driving to the right of the center island while proceeding through the roundabout. Before exiting, drivers use turn signals to indicate where they will exit the roundabout.See full roundabout driving instructions here.
The first modern U.S. traffic roundabout was constructed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1990. Thousands of modern roundabouts can now be found throughout the United States, joining the over 30,000 roundabouts in France and the United Kingdom.

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By JAMES L. DAVISEditor, Emery County Progress
After years of a long and often frustrating struggle to get legislation into the hands of the President of the United States that addresses the San Rafael Swell, Emery County leaders and the Emery County Public Lands Council have decided that perhaps the answer to the problem might well be in the creation of two bills instead of one.
The San Rafael bill was written to address two separate issues; one being the management of public lands in the San Rafael and the other to manage the people who come to visit those public lands. Every time the legislation went before the floor of the House the bill was the focus of intense and often heated debate with environmental groups who did not feel that the bill went far enough in protecting the public land.
Last year members of the public land council began to quietly talk with some members of the environmental community to try and work out some of their differences when it comes to the San Rafael. While no agreement has been reached, the two sides have at least agreed to continue talking. While the land management portion of the bill is still being debated, Emery County leaders felt that perhaps it was time to separate the "people management" portion of the bill and send it out as its own piece of legislation.
"The opposition was always to the land management portion of the bill, but the heritage area bill always suffered the same fate because they were linked," said Val Payne of Emery County Public Lands.
After some discussion the lands council decided to separate the heritage bill and see if it could survive on its own merits. The end result is the San Rafael Western Frontier National Heritage Area, which would be a means by which the county could help manage the scores of people who visit the San Rafael each year.
"The best example I can give of a heritage area is like the travel council who collects a portion of the transient room tax for their operation," said Wes Curtis of the public lands council in a recent meeting. "The money would come from the government to build and create attractions in your heritage area. It would be for something specific, a theme. The money would flow through Congress to the Department of the Interior, through the National Parks Service and straight through them to the local level. The park service doesn't
manage anything. The agency can legally receive and pass money on through a 501(C)3 corporation. We already have the Emery County Foundation which qualifies. We could draw upon other entities for technical advice but there would be no direct management," Curtis said.
Although the heritage area bill would not be an answer for the land management concerns of the San Rafael Swell, it would be an answer for how the people of the county could benefit from the ever growing number of visitors to the county, visitors who are, for the most part, drive by tourists who visit the area but contribute little to nothing to the economy.
"What we're proposing is to help diversify the economy of the county. The decline in the coal industry is happening even quicker than we had surmised," said Payne. "Coalbed methane is a growing factor, but it won't replace the coal industry. People are coming here anyway but the county is deriving no benefit from those windshield tourists, in fact it is at times a burden to the county."
Supporters of the heritage area hope that if the legislation passes it will help to provide a quality tourist experience for visitors while generating a higher income than the standard service industry for Emery County people.
"That's why we talk about destination tourism. Those are the kind of things that will develop economic benefits. There are also artisans here that don't recognize the value of their own creations," Payne said.
The boundaries of the heritage area would be within the county itself and would be overseen by a heritage council, composed of members representing economic development, travel, tourism, recreation, heritage and historic organizations, public and private interests and state and local governments. If the heritage area is signed into law then a heritage plan would be required within three years.
According to the draft legislation the plan requirements would be that it recommends for conservation, funding, management and development of the area; be prepared with public participation; take into consideration existing plans; not supercede or take precedence over existing plans; include descriptions of actions that units of government and private organizations could take to protect, restore, develop, enhance or maintain the resources of the heritage area; and identify existing and potential source of federal and non-federal funding for the area.
The draft version of the bill is currently in the office of Congressman Chris Cannon's staff and legislative council, who will prepare it for introduction before the House. Congressman Cannon has historically been a strong supporter of the San Rafael legislation and, according to Payne, he has voiced his support of the heritage area as well.
Proponents of the heritage area realize that there are many in the county who do not wish to see a large influx of tourists to the area.
But they said the reality is that visitors to the area are coming whether they are wanted or not and after the worldwide attention of the Olympics, the number of visitors to the area are only going to grow. They hope that the heritage area would be a means by which the county could manage tourists, instead of tourists managing the county.
"I think a lot of folks would wish for the good old days as far as visitors to the county, but I don't think there's going to be a return to the old days. The visitors will keep coming," said Payne.


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Every retailer, from Walmart to Kroger to Home Depot is experimenting with different ways to bring technology to the checkout lane to ease the near-universal pain of waiting in line, which can easily add five to 10 minutes to the shopping trip. But what if you could skip the checkout lane altogether? A recent innovation from Ahold USA's Peapod and sister supermarket companies gave us the chance to find out first-hand. Called Pick-Up, it's a new, no-fee offering whereby customers shop and checkout online, and then pick up their groceries at their local Stop & Shop or Giant supermarket rather than receiving home delivery.
In the grocery home-delivery space, Peapod is the benchmark by which all others measure themselves. With over a decade of experience, and the largest geographical footprint in the space, they continue to evolve and innovate to meet the needs of their customers while improving operational efficiency. Yet Peapod knows that home delivery isn't for everyone.
As a Peapod customer and a resident of Sharon, Mass., I can relate—every Peapod order is a luxury, and a welcome break from the traditional trip: My wife and I can take days to build the cart from any device, add items 24/7, skip the parent/child battles that wage in the aisles of most any grocery store, bypass the long checkout lines and, best of all, a kind, courteous Peapod driver schleps the bags into the house for us! And yet, for one or more of the reasons mentioned above, we use Peapod only on occasion.
So… Pick-Up? What would it take to move from the near-luxury of home delivery to picking up the bags ourselves? Would this be the innovation that would tip us from occasional to regular Peapod customers? It took one sick child, 18 dinner guests, and one very jam-packed week to figure it out.
Dinner for 18 is a carefully orchestrated event, with a daily schedule of cleaning, shopping and cooking. What wasn't planned for was our son waking up with a 103-degree fever the morning before Grocery Shopping Day. With me out of town and the daily routine cast to the wind, the entire, perfectly planned schedule was crumbling before our eyes.
Was Peapod delivery the solution? Between doctor's appointments, coordinating carpools, and the general chaos of running a house with a sick child, the two-hour delivery window just wouldn't work for us. Even knowing Peapod would text us when the driver is on the way would be little help if my wife was sitting in a doctor's waiting room or picking up our daughter from school.
And that was when my brilliant wife remembered all the Pick-Up signs in our local Stop & Shop, Peapod's sister company, and realized that it made perfect sense: Let Peapod do the shopping and we would just pick up the groceries at our local Stop & Shop on our schedule. Genius.
It worked perfectly. In between taking temperatures and fixing snacks, my wife started shopping on Peapod.com. From my iPhone, I added a couple items as well. And before long, almost the entire menu was shopped for and in the Peapod virtual cart. From there, we chose a pick-up window for the next day, (8am-9am, which was right after drop-off time for our daughter), confirmed payment information and checked out. We were reminded via email that we had up until 3pm to add items to the order, which my wife certainly did as last minute needs were identified. And at 3pm, the order was finalized, paid for, and confirmed for the next day.
Having returned that night, I took our daughter to school the next morning. We were running later than usual, but no worry – I had an hour-long window to work with. After dropping her off, I pulled into the Pick-Up area at my local Stop & Shop around 8:30. I was immediately greeted by Sherri, who confirmed who I was, and had me sign for the order. She also let me know there was one item out of stock but because we had opted for no substitutions, a credit had been applied to the order. She then proceeded to empty a series of green totes filled with shopping bags and loaded them into the car. The entire process took less than three minutes. Glorious!
Along the way, we quickly realized another benefit to the pick-up option. Even though Peapod offers a huge variety of items, not every single random item is on there…like jalapeno stuffed olives, the dinner guest-of-honor's favorite. But since I was already in the Stop & Shop parking lot for the pick-up, it was easy enough to just run inside to top off the list – what could have been a two-hour shopping trip was done in eight minutes. Meanwhile, my wife was able to stay with my son, we stayed on Schedule, and dinner was saved!
That doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. For example, we would love to see all items added to Peapod.com so the extra run into the store for jalapeno stuffed olives isn't needed. In addition, we found communication the day of pick-up lacking: We didn't receive any e-mails or texts reminding us about the appointment, alerting us that the order was ready for pick up, or letting us know about the out-of-stock item. We also noted the service wasn't available on a recent national holiday.
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ORANGEVILLE - Bob "Buck" Davis, age 65, passed away March 15, 2002 at the Castle View Hospital in Price. His heart failed during treatment for severe pneumonia. He was born Jan. 19, 1937 in Richfield to Melvin "Micky" Harold and Emily Lucille Gissdorff Davis. He married Gwen Olsen in 1972, later divorced, though they always remained close.
Bob loved his children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces and they loved him. He had the soft heart of a child, willing to love and yearning for love in return. He enjoyed the peace and beauty of Utah's backcountry and spent a great deal of his life working and playing there. Bob loved to tell stories of his travels as a truck driver, oil roughneck and his other adventures. He was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He will be missed by all who knew him.
Bob is survived by his mother, Lucille of Sandy, ex-wife Gwen and their children Mike, Debora and Gail, brothers Fred, Terry and Kirk Allen and sister Margaret Millom. He is preceded in death by his father and one brother Jon.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 21, 2002 at 11 a.m. in the Orangeville LDS chapel, where friends may call one hour prior to services. Burial will be in the Orangeville Cemetery under the direction of Fausett Mortuary.


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Washing by hand - when washing by hand, avoid using scouring pads and/or abrasive detergents. Most stains can be removed by soaking the item in warm water before washing. Stubborn stains can be removed by soaking in a mild bleach solution for up to one hour. It is safe to warm your fine bone china and fine china plates and serving dishes in the warming compartment of your oven up to 150F degrees. Never place china in contact with a direct flame or subject it to extreme temperature change. Pieces with a gold or platinum band or detail are not microwave safe. Fine bone china should be used for cooking purposes. Fine china is suitable for us in both freezer and oven. Avoid storing plates directly on top of each other, as this may scratch the surface. Store with plate dividers or napkins separating each plate. A china storage protector would be the optimum choice. Do not slide plates out from the bottom of the stack, always lift them from the top.
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for those of you who had to go the hospital route..what did you do to prepare?
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Rachel ~ WOHM partner to lovely SAHD since 04/14/06 , Mom to beautiful daughter Margali born 02/19/08
Something that was really helpful for us was to take a tour of the Labour & Delivery area so we knew what to expect. Also talking to our doctor about what to expect was helpful. And the biggest thing of course was to have a fairly detailed birth plan. The doctor loved it and the nurses actually read it. We also brought chocolate to hand out w/ the birth plan. I believe that helped it go over better.
My biggest piece of advice for everyone is something I wish I'd followed myself. My hypnobirth teacher said over & over "Ask for forgiveness instead of permission." She was talking about things like eating & drinking when they tell you not to (completely unfounded reasoning for that) and for me, I was told I HAD TO sit on the bed & have the baby monitored for 20 minutes, which was torture for me not being able to move around. So, just do what you need to do (within reason of course) and ask for forgiveness later because you won't get permission to do what you feel your body wants to do in some situations. Don't feel bullied by the nursing staff to comply with outdated rules and regs, just do what you feel you need to in order to have the birth you want!
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Sonja, mom of a daughter born 11/3/2004 and a son born 1/18/2007
API resource leader, Takoma Park, MD
Two things I thought were important in my own hospital birth experiences:
1) Having a good relationship with my obstetrician. A lot of the worst hospital birth experiences I hear about come from women who had never met the OB who delivered their baby before showing up at the hospital. Because I had a good relationship with my OB, she was not only willing but proactive about going to bat for me with the nurses. She supported quite a few things that went against the hospital's usual practice, and even one thing that went against their actual policy (they wanted continuous monitoring after meconium was found in the amniotic fluid).
2) Hiring a doula. If you can't afford a doula, see if you can find a student doula who will work for free or a reduced cost. I found that having someone there whose only job was to support me very helpful.
I'll try to come back to this later with more thoughts.
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Sonja, mom of a daughter born 11/3/2004 and a son born 1/18/2007
API resource leader, Takoma Park, MD
More thoughts on my hospital birth experiences...
The phrase "my doctor said..." was very useful. As in, "My doctor said I didn't need an IV, but could have a heparin lock instead," and, "My doctor said I didn't need continuous fetal monitoring." I had also rehearsed (though did not need), "I'd like to discuss this course of action with my obstetrician before we proceed."
A birth plan was helpful to me, though I did not ask the nursing staff to read it. I viewed the birth plan as a way to ensure that my doctor and I were on the same page. Once my doctor had signed my birth plan, I also viewed it as a "permission slip" to be used as needed if the nursing staff gave me a hard time. But I never actually needed to show it to them, as the "my doctor said" line was enough.
This isn't really about the birth, but I would highly recommend finding a pediatrician who has privileges at the hospital where you're giving birth. That way, if there are any questions about your baby's health, you'll be working with your own pediatrician, rather than a random resident. Of course we all hope there won't be any concerns, but something as simple as whether your baby's level of bilirubin is too high, or whether your baby is nursing sufficiently well not to require supplementation, can cause a lot of stress if the wrong doctor is working with you on the situation. Also, at the hospital where I gave birth, the staff pediatricians have the nurses "round up" all the newborns and take them to the nursery to be seen at the same time (which I've heard can take a couple of hours!), while your own pediatrician comes to your room to see the baby.
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stephanie, mama to 3 lovlies ~ simone (5/03), kaiya (12/04), and ezra (5/07).
yes, hire a doula! there are tons of resources out there ~
Yes I agree!!!! hire a doula!!
Very very FABULOUS to have in a hospital setting!
Also a birth plan is good-I like the notion of getting it signed and taking it with you to the hospital.
Make sure to give it to the staff as soon as you arrive and have additional copies on hand.
Make a door sign that says exactly what you want..no lights no drugs, no visitors no tv..whatever..
Making sure your ped has rights in the hospital is great advice too!!
Keep them coming!
Here's what I did for my hospital births:
1.) Chose a very natural-minded OB, who fully supported drug-free birth. Not just saying the words, but she actually preferred her patients going drug-free. Let the moms catch their own babies, let moms birth in whatever position they wanted to, etc etc.
2.) Labor at home. We arrived at the hospital 30 minutes before DD was born. All the laboring was done at home, just me and my husband. It was fabulous. I ate, I drank, I felt very comfortable doing whatever I needed to do, without all the nurses hovering and telling me I *couldn't* do something.
3.) We had a doula, but everything happened so fast that she didn't arrive in time! LOL! The doctor had arrived just in time, and was still getting robed and gloved while I was pushing!
BTW - I see you're in Binghamton. I grew up in Endicott!
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I chose an OB who would support my ideals (no intervention, drug-free). This meant I also chose the local community hospital over the larger research hospital, as the former is more encouraging of natural CB. I read a lot about childbirth, both clinical texts and stuff like the bradley method book and others. I took the hospital's birthing class to prepare me for what they would expect, so that I could set up my support staff to best counter any possibly non-me-friendly situations.
I had a very close friend join us in the birthing suite. She acted as doula/support. She may not be a doula by trade, but she's very knowledgeable and I trust her. And she came back to the hospital first thing Sunday morning (ds was born sat night) with a big ol' hazelnut latt� breve.
I also put cardstock, sharpies, and tape in my bag to make signs (no latex, no circ), in case they were needed. I also knew my rights as a patient and consumer.
Turns out I had a great experience, aside from the hospital peds being upset about the vit K. Oh, and the cafeteria couldn't handle my dietary needs. I had a cooler and left after 18 hours, anyhow. Next time, I'll have our own crunchy ped.
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Shared my birthing preferences with my husband who was wonderful throughout. Was flexible and open minded -ended up with a wonderful waterbirth with no anelgesia. Went in planning to take each contraction as it came and to live in the moment. This is what I did. I also prayed in between each contraction to God to get me through the next contraction. This is how I got through and was blessed with a beautiful daughter Abigail her fathers or fountain of joy very appropriate.


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The Emery High Spardettes went to their region competition on Jan. 24 and came away with a second place finish. They performed in three categories including military, dance and character. All team members also participated in a drill down competition. The All-region awards were presented and Alyssa Mann from Emery was all-region. Rikelle Larsen was Academic All-region and on the All-state drill team. The team traveled to the Utah Valley University on Feb. 4 for the state competition.
Drill team members consist of: Haylie Cloward, Cassidy Curtis, Jessica Furner, Kelsey Gordon, Ashlee Guymon, Alexis Hall, Jessi Jennings, Rikelle Larsen, Cassidy Luke, Alyssa Mann, Makalie Morgan, Brittnee Murdoch, Lacey Murdoch, Brittany Payne, Madison Winn and Savannah Woolsey.
The drill team attends a number of competitions each year as they prepare for region and state. They attend a summer camp each year to learn new drills and techniques. The team begins their performing season with football, basketball and wrestling as they perform during all of the home sporting events at the school as well as traveling to state competitions to support the teams.


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"T" hit s his second ACE at hole 10!! What a great time at my favorite place to be. My Tag round blew up and my Dubs was pretty good but the ACE made my month for sure!!
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A state-directed teacher survey shows Douglas County educators feel supported by their communities, happy in their workplaces and trusted as instructional leaders. That, district officials say, is cause for celebration.
But others say the results reflect only conditions at the school level, and that satisfaction with the Douglas County School District overall is poor.
The state education department's Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning (TELL) survey is as anonymous statewide survey of educators, conducted every two years to assess teaching conditions at the school, district and state level.
More than 70 percent of DCSD's teachers participated in the 2013 survey, giving high marks to their communities for school support, clarity of policies and expectations, the work environment, professional standards and the curriculum. In total, 84.7 percent agreed their school is a good place to work and learn.
"We were really pleased," DCSD spokeswoman Cinamon Watson said. "We had lots of teacher participation, and we improved in two-thirds of the data points over 2011. Some of those important ones I'd say (are that) teachers are empowered as instructional leaders in their classrooms. Teachers feel there's a real sense of collaboration and trust. Our teachers feel very supported by the community."
Many report satisfaction
On most questions, DCSD teachers' satisfaction exceeded the state average.
"The TELL survey was very positive about teacher satisfaction in Douglas County," Watson said. "That's great news for our schools and our community."
Douglas County teachers' union vice president Courtney Smith said she isn't surprised by the results, but they don't paint a complete picture of conditions within the district.
"The TELL survey is designed to gather information at the school level," she said. "Teachers are happy at the school level because the principals are leading their schools; it's the only reason the district is still functioning. What's happening at the district level is a disaster."
DCSD's only notably low ratings on the TELL survey are about teacher evaluations. Fewer than half — 45.8 percent — agreed that the district's teacher evaluation process improves teachers' instructional strategies; about 65 percent agreed the evaluations are fair and only 37 percent said the process accurately identifies effectiveness.
Under DCSD's evaluation system, teachers are rated on a scale ranging from highly effective to below effective. Pay is based on that rating as well as the district's market-based salary ranges.
Kim Herman, a building resource teacher at Castle Rock's Clear Sky Elementary School, said teachers are frustrated and confused by the evaluations.
"We don't know how to use the system and don't know how it's being used against us," she said. "Hold me accountable, but let me know what I'm being held accountable for."
Info noted on evaluations
Watson said the district noted the TELL survey feedback on its evaluations.
"It's good baseline data for us," she said. "We'll continue to work with principals and teachers, and if they have questions about the evaluation, there are multiple sources of information and people to go to.
"Anything new takes time to learn. But we feel good about the evaluation tool, and it is something that is state-mandated."
Watson also noted the evaluation is new and not yet fully implemented, and that hundreds of teachers participated in its creation. Of Smith's comments, she said, "That sounds like more spin from disgruntled union leaders."
The district's longstanding collective bargaining agreement with the union expired in 2012.
ThunderRidge High School teacher Brian White, an outspoken critic of many recent district changes who is leaving for another district, also pointed out that TELL survey data shows 22 percent of DCSD teachers say they plan to leave the district or leave education entirely. That's more than twice the statewide response rate of 10 percent.
"Those numbers are pretty telling," he said. "Teachers are relatively happy about what's going on at their school. But the few things (in the survey) you can directly tie to district-level conditions are very damning to the district."
Watson said she DCSD will conduct its own employee survey, but she doesn't know yet when that will occur.


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Skip to comments.Mel Gibson is a lot like you and me
Posted on 07/17/2010 9:49:21 AM PDT by jackspyder
By now you have heard about Mel Gibson's recent foul-mouthed tirade. Apparently he said some pretty harsh things to Oksana Grigorieva the Russian woman he has been involved with lately. He used words that are considered offensive and racist and maybe he wasn't just angry, he might of also been drunk or having an emotional breakdown or perhaps he's bi-polar. People are speculating while some are wondering if it was even Mel Gibson's voice they heard on several recordings ...
On a personal note, I for one have not heard the recordings, and I don't want to hear them. I heard part of one, which was edited, and I have read a few things, also edited, and I have seen both a before and after picture of this woman. The before picture looked like the octo-mom, the "after" pic looked like a "before" picture from a dentist's office. Apparently Mel knocked the veneers right off her teeth.
Some people are sticking up for Mel, like Michael Savage and Whoopi Goldberg, and surprisingly enough, Mel's ex-wife of 28 yrs whom he left to be with his new Russian spy.
I don't want to stick up for Mel Gibson, I think what he has said and done are horrendous; however, I would like to point out that he is a lot like you and me and every individual who has ever lost his temper, said something stupid, evil, disgusting, or degrading, because we were angry or upset or hysterical.
He's a pervert? So are most people. He's a racist? It's hard to find anyone who has never had a racist thought. (like: what's that white boy doing with that black girl? or Democrats who claim they hear a racist tone whenever someone criticizes Obama.)
The fact is Mel Gibson is a sinner
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Thanks for posting - Mel's sins are ugly but no uglier than my own.
"Mel Gibson is a lot like you and me..."
I always tell people I have 99.9% DNA in common with Brad Pitt. Lot of good it does me.
I caught some of one of the tapes on radio last week.
The way her voice sounded compared to his, as far as sound quality, was very suspicious. Sounded spliced.
In any case, there are 2 sides to this story. There was a man who knows the woman on TV the other night and he says she is a real gold digger and to wait and see before harshly judging Mel.
If the quotes attributed to Mel are true, they are inexcusable, but it does seem that woman knew exactly what buttons to push to get him over the edge of sanity.
I am withholding any opinion on the matter until the facts are known from both sides.
oh yeaaaa - I remember hearing about that ... seems like his life has really gone downhill since then, but you're right - thanks for pointing that out.
I got to the point of "might of" and just stopped.
This guy sums up my position pretty much exactly.
After seeing her picture it is almost assured Mel did no such thing. If you look you will see there is not a single mark or any swelling in her lips. As someone who boxed competitively for 10 years I can assure you that you can't hit someone in the mouth hard enough to damage their teeth without busting their lip. I just doesn't happen. And I'm hearing now that experts are saying her tapes have been doctored.
That is all very true. I think he had a meltdown after the attacks on him for The Passion; God called him to make it, which meant that Satan was really lying in wait for him afterwards.
One of Mel Gibson's problems, however, is that he doesn't attend a regular Catholic church, but was in a Traditionalist "private chapel" situation. I don't think they're SSPX (it might be better if they were). Priests in these groups are usually legitimately ordained priests, but no bishop will actually incardinate them, although in many cases the bishop of the diocese permits them to have faculties as "visiting priests.
The problem is that this leaves their parishioners very isolated and in an uncertain situation, and also prevents them from getting the whole-hearted support of the Church when there is a problem.
This may be the reason some are cutting Gibson some slack and hoping that much of this tape business is altered, piled-on, B-grade movie script stuff. Unlike someone like BHO—who I almost consider beyond redemption and one who would NEVER view himself as flawed and who likewise would never offer his OWN hand as one driving in the nails—at least Gibson sees himself as the rest of us see OURselves—hopeless sinners without God's grace.
I wondered about that too. Now she's claiming he hit the child, but the judge ruled that there is no evidence he's a danger to the child. Now, either the judge is wrong (possible) or that woman is lying. If she's lying about that, what else is she lying about? It's completely possible that he was abusive to her (those tapes, even if tampered with, are pretty damning evidence of verbal abuse), and I'm not excusing him across the board... but I don't think he's guilty of everything she's accusing him of.
A lot like you and me?
Umm, I don't get drunk and head off into uncontrolled lunatic anti Semitism at a traffic stop. I don't break up with my wife after a full quiver (!!!) of kids for a shack up Russian honey who more and more appears like the bait in a honey trap.
It's almost as if he extracted all the good out of himself in creating the Passion, and all he has left is the evil. May God have mercy on his soul. I don't believe that his first bunch of kids will...
Maybe he's lost his mind because on one hand he claims to be a Christian and on the other hand is mired in sin — his ongoing adulterous relationship with this woman is just one example. Such tension — and the energy poured into denying the Holy Spirit — drives you crazy.
He needs to leave his religion, repent, and turn to Christ. Christ will help Mel come to his right mind.
Mel's divorce is not yet final. I am praying that they'll get back together.
SSPX priests are not validly ordained. That's the whole point of bringing them back in the episcopal fold so that they can be validly ordained. It's no different than if you or I were to declare ourselves a priest.
Meanwhile, Sarah Palin's garbage cans in Wassilla are still revealing nothing out of the ordinary.
And Gibson ain't pickin' my pocket...
Actually SSPX priests are validly ordained. The Church is absolutely clear on that point. That's why SSPX priests can easily be incardinated into other orders or diocese if they so choose. They do not have to be (re)ordained. I have known two such priests.
Mel, Go back to church—go to the first Roman Catholic Church you can find and seek out the confessional. You were drunk, angry and placed in a position where you lost it. I will still go to your movies—I liked Errol Flynn's films and he too hated Jews. Next time make a religious film. Maybe something on The books of Acts. Maybe Quo Vadis. Find forgiveness in good works. Use your God given talents to bring people to Christ.
Whether he goes to a Roman Catholic Church or some other Christian church is irrelevant. He doesn't need religion; he needs Jesus.
They were excommunicated for ordaining people without the permission of the pope.
Unlike the protestants, their ordinations were licit (ie, performed under the correct form), however they are not valid. They haven't been valid since Pope John Paul didn't recognise them. That's the problem. Everyone who was ordained by SSPX is not yet a priest of the Catholic church, not until they are brought back into full communion, and they accept the authority of the Pope.
The biggest effect of lifting the excommunioation is to bring their flocks back into the fold.
You wrote:
"They were excommunicated for ordaining people without the permission of the pope."
"Unlike the protestants, their ordinations were licit (ie, performed under the correct form), however they are not valid."
Sorry, you have that backwords. Licit means it would be "permitted" or "allowed". Valid would mean it was "properly done" or "effective". Please note that the Vatican does not doubt for a second that the 4 SSPX bishops are in fact bishops. The Vatican does not doubt for a single second that the men they ordained are really priests. What is not in doubt by the Vatican is that all of that was illicit - i.e. done withour permission.
I have seen this first hand. As I said, I know of more than one priest who was ordained as an SSPX priest who is now an FSSP priest. No conditional ordination was ever deemed necessary.
"They havent been valid since Pope John Paul didnt recognise them. Thats the problem."
Incorrect. Please note that all properly consecrated bishops are properly consecrated whether or not they are some how recognized by a pope. The pope does not need to recognize the bishop of Smolensk for him to be a REAL bishop. He's Eastern Orthodox, and he's a real bishop. Period.
"Everyone who was ordained by SSPX is not yet a priest of the Catholic church, not until they are brought back into full communion, and they accept the authority of the Pope."
They are full priests. They just aren't in full communion. Those are two separate issues. Again, look at the Eastern Orthodox. Are they validly ordained even though they are not members of the Catholic Church? Yes.
By the way, when the Society of St. John Vianney came back into full communion all they had to do was sign a piece of paper. No ordinations were necessary. http://www.latin-mass-society.org/ssjv.htm They were all validly ordained from the start.
"The biggest effect of lifting the excommunioation is to bring their flocks back into the fold."
I hope so. That's what we all want. What will not happen is a single conditional ordination of consecration, however. All of the SSPX priests will be accounted as priests and all of their bishops will be understood to be bishops. They were all validly but illicitly made so.
As Fr. Z notes:
Q: Is it okay for the SSPX bishops to ordain now?
No. The bishops of the SSPX are validly consecrated bishops, but the fact remains that they were illicitly consecrated. That hasnt changed. They are still not reconciled with the Bishop of Rome. They are still suspended a divinis. They still have no permission to exercise ministry in the Church. They may not licitly ordain. They have no authority to establish parishes, etc.
As the Ecclesia Dei committee has freely admitted:
b. While the priests of the Society of St. Pius X are validly ordained, they are also suspended a divinis, that is they are forbidden by the Church from celebrating the Mass and the sacraments because of their illicit (or illegal) ordination to the diaconate and the priesthood without proper incardination (cf. canon 265). In the strict sense there are no "lay members" of the Society of St. Pius X, only those who frequent their Masses and receive the sacraments from them. http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cedsspx2.htm
"Please note that the Vatican does not doubt for a second that the 4 SSPX bishops are in fact bishops."
Priests cannot make themselves bishops.
"The pope does not need to recognize the bishop of Smolensk for him to be a REAL bishop. Hes Eastern Orthodox, and hes a real bishop. Period."
Eastern Orthodoxy is a bit different. They've always had bishops and their priests are raised by the patriarch or their archbishops to the bishopric.
If the priest were to consecrate himself bishop, this is invalid. This is also problematic for all the ordinations performed by the bishops who elevated themselves.
Personally, bring them in, but don't elevate the priests into bishops. Put them under the oversight of someone who has been validly and licitly conferred.
You wrote:
"Priests cannot make themselves bishops."
True. These four SSPX men were consecrated by two bishops. It was illicit, but valid.
"Eastern Orthodoxy is a bit different. Theyve always had bishops and their priests are raised by the patriarch or their archbishops to the bishopric."
Yes, but the SSPX has always had a bishop too. First one, and then two bishops who were both consecrated DECADES before SSPX ever existed. Those two then made the other four bishops. All perfectly valid. All perfectly illicit.
"If the priest were to consecrate himself bishop, this is invalid. This is also problematic for all the ordinations performed by the bishops who elevated themselves."
Right, but all of the bishops in question were consecrated by other bishops. No one "made himself a bishop" in the SSPX.
"Personally, bring them in, but dont elevate the priests into bishops. Put them under the oversight of someone who has been validly and licitly conferred."
I think that would be best. I believe, however, that Pope Benedict will generously allow three of the four bishops to continue on as bishops for the SSPX.
Ok I was mistaken. That's a different problem entirely then. If they were elevated by a licitly consecrated bishop then they'll stay bishops.
Ironically, SSPX is a much more serious breach than any of the Protestants, we never lost a bishop there.
Oh, I'm sorry to say we lost at least a few bishops to the Protestants. Mostly in Germany, Scandinavia and England. When you think about it we're actually gaining bishops with SSPX! And soon that will happen (sort of) with the Anglicans too. Interesting times!
Who did we lose back then? We lost priests, yes, but I don't believe any bishops.
Well, there were several German bishops if I recall correctly (The Peace of Augsburg mentioned them but not by name). Here are mentioned two but not by name: http://books.google.com/books?id=fIhb4-iBk6EC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=bishop+german+converted+to+Lutheranism&source=bl&ots=3_IoLqE66s&sig=x68V2ffXo3F9AGz4DE9H0PqKfLA&hl=en&ei=hpBDTIGIC4T0tgOjmIzSDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=bishop%20german%20converted%20to%20Lutheranism&f=false
Although this says not a single German bishop did convert: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2543066
Huh! This one converted in the 19th century: http://books.google.com/books?id=gFZE8zTto20C&pg=PA333&dq=bishop+german+converted+to+Lutheranism&hl=en&ei=9JFDTPODPJTCsAOCq5DxDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false
I did the same thing, glad to know I'm not the only one who caught that.
I'm happy to give the general public leeway, but if someone's being published I expect more. "Would of, should of, could of, might of" just doesn't cut it. There are too many sites providing insight to typical grammatical errors.
And if one wants to make a name for themselves with writing, then they need to pay attention.
Some think the Russian secret police or Russian Mafia is behind it. If they are, then expect (in response to his ex-wife's statement that he has not ever been violent) one or more alleged mistresses to pop up who will claim to support Oksana that he indeed has been violent.
Did he really leave his wife for for crazy Oksana? I read that he and his wife had already separated in 2006.
Jesus is Mel's only hope.
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Richard Edelman on the "Conundrum of Media" at WEF 2009
Richard Edelman posted observations from the World Economic Forum 2009 on his 6 A.M. blog. They range from Climate Change, Middle East politics and recapitalizing banks without full nationalization to German PM Merkel's suggestion for a supra-national body of finance ministers (similar to the UN Security Council) that can act quickly and in unison on economic policy.
What I found most interesting were his observations about the so-called "Conundrum of Media":
- Distribution is the new hot area (YouTube is now the #2 search vehicle); content, which was king, now is not.
- There is expectation of free content, which may well mean more consumer-generated and aggregated material improved by democratization. Media companies must provide a "live" experience, allowing more continuous updates. [Read more]


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Fiji, England, Canada and Australia were all unbeaten at the end of an enthralling opening day of the 2014 Wellington Sevens.
Fiji, England, Canada and Australia won all three of their pool matches to progress to the Cup Quarter-Finals at the end of an enthralling opening day of the 2014 Wellington Sevens.
Ben Ryan's Fiji defeated hosts New Zealand 12-7 in their first match, before Samisoni Viriviri scored twice in their 26-5 defeat of France and 45-12 victory over Spain with Henry Seniloli scoring 15 points, and they will face Argentina in the quarter finals.
Defending Wellington Sevens champions England beat Portugal 36-7 and Wales 21-7 with Dan Norton crossing for his 150th career try before they proved too strong for the current Series leader South Africa in a 19-5 win with the Series' leading points scorer adding two tries in the win.
Simon Amor's side will face Samoa on day two while the Blitzbokke will meet Australia after Cameron Clark kicked another decisive penalty drop goal to give Mick O'Connor's side a 15-12 win over Samoa that saw them top their pool.
Peter Schuster had earlier scored three tries for Australia as they beat Tonga 33-5 and Kenya 24-0 on an impressive day for the Gold Coast Sevens runners-up.
Having finished a best-ever third in Las Vegas, Canada looked full of confidence as they beat Argentina 24-5 in their pool decider with the returning Ciaran Hearn scoring two second-half tries to secure the victory.
Earlier Harry Jones had scored a brace in a 17-14 win over Scotland and two tries from Conor Trainor ensured they beat neighbours USA 29-12 and they will face New Zealand.
The hosts bounced back from their opening defeat to Fiji to beat Spain 55-0 thanks to two tries from Tim Mikkelson and a Sherwin Stowers hat-trick, before beating France in the final match of day one 47-0, Stowers scoring his fourth of the tournament, captain DJ Forbes adding a brace and Akira Ioane scoring his first-ever Series try.
In the Bowl on day two Wales will play Tonga, Scotland meet Spain, Kenya await Portugal and France take on the USA.
Cup Quarter-Finals:
England v Samoa
Canada v New Zealand
Australia v South Africa
Fiji v Argentina
Bowl Quarter-Finals:
Wales v Tonga
Scotland v Spain
Kenya v Portugal
France v United States
Pool A: England, Wales, South Africa, Portugal
South Africa captain Kyle Brown, having conceded 14 points in seven matches: "We're just going to keep working on our consistency. But we need to cut down on conceding penalties against future teams."
England 21-7 Wales, South Africa 27-5 Portugal, South Africa 26-0 Wales, England 36-7 Portugal, Wales 45-19 Portugal, South Africa 5-19 England
Pool B: New Zealand, Spain, France, Fiji
New Zealand coach Sir Gordon Tietjens: "We prepared well for Fiji and when the rain came down it was a real leveler. We managed to get some young guys on and that really helped in our second match against Spain. It was good to bounce back and score 50 plus here, the starting side needed to prove themselves. I'm getting to know my best Sevens side and it's starting to come together."
New Zealand 55-0 Spain, France 21-15 Spain, New Zealand 7-12 Fiji, France 5-26 Fiji, Fiji 45-14 Spain, New Zealand 47-0 France
Pool C: Argentina, Scotland, Canada, United States
Santiago Gomez Cora, Argentina coach, on reaching the Cup quarter-finals:
"The first target is to get to the Cup quarter finals and we have done that so we are very happy to do that. The rain makes you change the entire way you play. Our team is trying to play very open and wide, but it is difficult to pass the ball and open the field, but it is impossible so we had to change all our ideas to just keep the ball and stay close."
On the Olympic qualification process: "It was awesome, for us, if Brazil is going directly we have a big opportunity to go with them and for the women's too. Brazil can be a great side in a few years, so it is great for them to have space to go to the Olympics."
Geraint John, Canada coach, on reaching the Cup quarter-finals:
"The big thing we wanted to do was pick up where we left off in Las Vegas. Very pleasing and also nice to ease Sean, Nathan and Ciaran back in. They have been out for a while so it is important for us to do that."
On the Olympic qualification process: "I think everyone knew, and us and USA our aim is to get in the top four. But we have another chance, we have our qualifier and as everyone says they are looking forward to that USA v Canada final, so I am sure everyone else will enjoy, but maybe not so much for the coaches. Our goal is to keep planning ready for that qualification process."
Argentina 17-12 Scotland, Canada 29-12 United States, Argentina 19-14 United States, Canada 17-14 Scotland, Scotland 19-19 United States, Canada 24-5 Argentina
Pool D: Australia, Kenya, Samoa, Tonga
Paul Treu, Kenya Sevens coach on a disappointing day one:
"Disappointing day, this is not where we want to be. Two rounds in a row where we didn't qualify for the Cup, but I think there are lessons for the players. Our error rate, it is incredible to think, we can't play without the ball and sometimes we have it and give it straight away. But valuable lessons learnt, and I am glad we could finish the day on a high."
On the Olympic qualification process: "It is going to be tough, with Brazil as the host team there are only 11 spots left. The Series next year will be hotly contested but it will be hugely exciting and it is all to play for. Most teams would like to finish in the top four, and we would rather not go through the regional route. But this is why we play this season, and why we play next season, there isn't going to be a bigger event than the Olympics and we all want to be a part of it. Every single team is going to go all out and make sure they are part of the spectacle."
Australia 24-0 Kenya, Samoa 31-7 Tonga, Australia 33-5 Tonga, Samoa 24-12 Kenya, Kenya 40-7 Tonga, Samoa 12-15 Australia
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In FY2015 State Bank Financial Corporation. (NASDAQ:STBZ) disbursed $0.14 in dividend paralleled to disbursement of $0.14, a year ago. This illustrates a sharp change of 113.3333 percent in distribution of fiscals. The market repeatedly compares the EPS year-on-year and QoQ. It helps market participants to take a call on stock investment.
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The professionals who scale organizations financial aspects and technical factors have predicted State Bank Financial Corporation. (NASDAQ:STBZ) to attain price of $24.625. It is average of 4 calls. The upward movement can prompt stock to high of $26. The low price forecast is $22 for next year. Due to the revised records, the arithmetic mean is 1.5. These numbers would be discussed by investors.
State Bank Financial Corporation. (NASDAQ:STBZ) trimestral report can come around 2016-10-27 for the quarter ending 2016-09-30. The EPS projection is $0.32 for the period ending on 2016-09-30.
In last quarter closed 2015-12-31, State Bank Financial Corporation. (NASDAQ:STBZ) earnings came at $0.37 suggesting a deviation of $0.06. The analysts targeted EPS of $0.31 for the quarter.
Mean forecasts are so prominent that even inconsequential deviations from predictions can make securities rise or plunge. In case, the firm can outstrip mean target, it is classically perceived touching higher price band. When a firm disappoints by not meeting the set targets, its equity price can plunge. This is also applicable when EPS just meets the given targets.
With so many stockholders conversing about consensus figures, the aberration between consensus and disclosed figures is conceivably the distinct component driving price of securities. It should just come as shock to people who owned holdings that failed to meet forecasts slightly and, hence plunged in value.
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Sarah Dusseau wears many hats at the brand new Café One24. She's the executive chef, general manager and also a business partner with owner Renee Shecterle. That's all in addition to her other job, as a personal trainer.
And, I'd like to add "clean eating" cheerleader to that list.
Dusseau is enthusiastic about eating organic, non-processed foods. So much so that she and Shechterle opened Café One24 because their "clean-eating" prepared meals offered at the Fit Food Trainer studio had become wildly popular.
Café One24 is located on 124th Street, on the border between Tosa and Brookfield. They are in the building that houses Culver's and Chipotle Mexican Grill. Currently open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday, Café One24 is a one-of-a kind dining experience that includes a wine bar central to the candlelit dining room.
"We focus on organic ingredients, completely unprocessed food - no processed flour, sugar or salt," Dusseau explains. "We don't use animal fats, heavy cream or butter. And we don't have a fryer in the restaurant."
If you're thinking that sounds like no fun at all, that's where you would be wrong: Although the meals are portion-controlled, they offer an abundance of flavor that would please anyone.
Café One24 has only been open a few weeks, but there are already several popular dishes, including sweet potato, wild mushroom or margharita flatbreads ($11-$12), chicken roulade ($14), blackened tilapia po'boy ($11) and the California or black 'n blue burger ($10.50-$11).
"I want people to not be gun-shy about trying a healthier restaurant. They don't even realize they're eating healthier food when they eat here," Dusseau explains. "We offer new twists on familiar tastes - healthier versions of favorite foods."
Café One24 uses ingredients from local "powerhouses" such as Empire Fish and Growing Power.
"It's very laborious and time-consuming to cook this way," Dusseau says. "We're not cutting corners, and we're making great food."
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NAME: Café One24 Wine Bar and Grill
ADDRESS:3705 N. 124th St., Brookfield
WEBSITE: CafeOne24.com
FARE: clean eating
HOURS: 4:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 4:30 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday
PRICE RANGE: $7 to $23 (approximate)
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ADA ACCESS: yes
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- Breakfast is back at Cosmos Cafe
- Elm Grove's Le Cakery more than just pastries
- Red Dot aims to duplicate East Side success in Wauwatosa
- There's No Place Like Hom Woodfired Grill
- Mo's Irish Pub: A lively Irish American neighborhood eatery
- Sluggo's Sports Pub & Grill: Back in business on Burleigh
- Tall Guy and a Grill: BBQ finds new heights
- Cocina DeLeon: Old-world gourmet Mexican you make at home
- Burke's Irish Castle carrying on a local Irish legacy
- Albanese's Roadhouse serves up generations of Italian blessings
- BelAir Cantina: A breezy, Cali-Mex casual eatery
- Jake's: More than just steak and potatoes
- Jake's: More than just steak and potatoes
- Sherbrooke: A bit of Canada right in Tosa, eh
- Colonel Hart's: A true neighborhood hangout
- Caroline's, with homemade lunch and sweets just like mom made
- Ted's: It's Cheers without the beers
- Penelope's: A labor of love in heart of Elm Grove
- Drink in a bit of island life at Jimmy's Island Grill and Iguana Bar in Wauwatosa
- North Avenue Grill Same name, new owner


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"I want to be able to smoothly read the newspaper in Koine Greek"!
Teachers and learners of Koine Greek come to the learning 'table' with goals that range as widely as methods employed to reach them. And this is healthy. I myself have been in teaching and learning settings where I have had goals ranging from, on the one hand, the bare bones analytic competency required to look Greek words in a Greek-English lexicon (a wonderfully valuable skill), to, on the other end of the spectrum, full communicative competency. Setting, time, purpose, etc. all are reasonable factors that lead people to pursue different learning goals. And I like that.
It is hoped that the following thoughts will be found of particular value to those who, for one reason or another, aim at the highest levels of (particularly) communicative competency.
"I want to be able to smoothly* read the newspaper in Koine Greek"!
(*'smoothly' is relative, but with a relatively low level of the herk and jerk caused by needing to look words up)
For those who aim to someday be able to have a communicative competency (including a listening comprehension system) that enables them to be able to sit down and read Koine texts with a relative degree of smoothness ... how much vocabulary will be needed?
Now, let's be honest, vocabulary is not the only piece of the puzzle, by any means. In fact, it is only one of the five "Big Five" principles offered by Professor Thomson. A learner will need to develop a feel for the grammar and structure for instance, as one teacher reminded me. I wholeheartedly agree. Vocabulary is only one piece of the puzzle. And so, the following post admittedly will be quite limited in that it limits itself to vocabulary. Even more particularly, it limits itself to the question of how much vocabulary is needed for the higher levels of communicative competency.
So exactly how much vocabulary is needed to understand how much?
The research has been done. It may be quite shocking. (Yet for those for whom it is shocking, let me say that it may be more easily attainable than first imagined)
Professor Thomson has a Masters in Linguistics and a Doctorate in PsychoLinguistics, and has been the leading second language acquisition authority in the organization with incomparably far and away the most hours of linguistic fieldwork in human history (S.I.L.). His "Growing Participator Approach" synthesizes insights from the best of second language acquisition. It is used in over 76 countries. And even if not all of it's strengths are customizable for learner's of Koine Greek, I submit my belief that those who wish to reach the highest levels of communicative competency in a maximally efficient manner will find incredible gems of insight in not a few of his principles.
The particular 3-activity demonstration of his (linked below) takes less than 15 minutes.
Those interested may find his 'iceberg principle' for vocabulary valuable for further reading. It can be found in a separate post of mine.
Professor Thomson's 3-activity demonstration: Google Drive (wasn't able to reproduce the charts in this post):


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Skip to comments.NEWSWEEK Isikoffed the Gonzales Memo (re: Geneva Convention)
Posted on 09/18/2006 8:13:55 AM PDT by lowbridge
NEWSWEEK Isikoffed the Gonzales Memo
Since Christopher Hitchens is correcting old Dowdified quotes, I thought Id correct one myself. This one, from a 2004 NEWSWEEK article, is a major Dowdification in my view, every bit as egregious as Dowds original. Whats more, its still influencing lefties even today.
Worse, unlike Dowds alteration of a Bush quote, the NEWSWEEK story didnt even use an ellipsis to indicate what was missing. By altering an Alberto Gonzales quote in this way, NEWSWEEK managed to make Gonzales and the Bush Administration appear unreasonably dismissive of the Geneva Convention.
The story was co-authored by Michael Isikoff the reporter behind NEWSWEEKs infamous Koran-in-the-toilet story that resulted in deadly riots in several Arab countries. Accordingly, I suggest that when a quote is altered without any hint that it has been changed, the quote should be described as having been Isikoffed.
Here are the details of how the Gonzales torture memo was Isikoffed by NEWSWEEK:
The quote is from a May 24, 2004 NEWSWEEK story by Isikoff, John Barry, and Michael Hirsh. Here is the quote, with the relevant portion in bold type:
By Jan. 25, 2002, according to a memo obtained by NEWSWEEK, it was clear that Bush had already decided that the Geneva Conventions did not apply at all, either to the Taliban or Al Qaeda. . . . "As you have said, the war against terrorism is a new kind of war," Gonzales wrote to Bush. . . . Gonzales concluded in stark terms: "In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.
There is no ellipsis at the end of the last sentence. If you believe NEWSWEEK, the sentence ended there. The way NEWSWEEK quoted Gonzales, it sounded as though Gonzales thought Geneva Convention restrictions on coercive interrogations were "quaint." Leftists across the nation went nuts.
Just one problem: NEWSWEEK altered the quote, chopping Gonzales's final sentence in half. This alteration completely changed its meaning. What's more, the NEWSWEEK quotation did nothing to indicate that the end of the sentence had been lopped off.
Let's go to the source — Gonzales's original memo. The following is Gonzales's entire quote, taken straight from Page 2 of his memo. I have bolded the part that NEWSWEEK removed:
In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions requiring that captured enemy be afforded such things as commissary privileges, script (i.e., advances of monthly pay), athletic uniforms, and scientific instruments."
Instead of including the bold material after the word "provisions," the NEWSWEEK article simply sliced off the end of the sentence, and put a period after the word "provisions" — as if the sentence ended there. Not even an ellipsis remained to signify that the sentence had been truncated, and its meaning distorted beyond recognition.
As is clear when one reads Gonzales's actual quote, Gonzales was talking about things that actually were quaint. As it happens, a New York Times magazine piece from yesterday described the warden of Guantánamo Bay struggling with the issue of how to apply the Geneva Conventions — and summarily rejecting the idea that he had any obligation to implement the antiquated provisions referred to in the Gonzales memo:
[Col. Mike Bumgarner, the warden of Guantánamo Bay] thought it obvious that many of the rights would never apply to Guantánamo detainees. No one was going to allow the distribution of musical instruments to suspected terrorists, as the 1940s-era conventions stipulated for the captured soldiers of another army. No one was going to pay the detainees a stipend to spend at a base canteen.
Despite the fact that Gonzales was on target with his observation regarding the Convention's "quaint" provisions, many lefty blogs linked the NEWSWEEK piece, and quoted the Dowdified version as evidence of the evil intent of the Bush Administration. TalkLeft, Kevin Drum, and Josh Marshall all reproduced the Isikoffed quote. The story was also linked by Duncan Black. Not one of these blogs noted the Dowdification — nor did any of the other major blogs that cited the story, as evidenced by a check of the Memeorandum entry for the NEWSWEEK story. The story is still repeated on lefty blogs. In May of this year, it was linked by Arianna Huffington — and it was even linked yesterday, by lefty HuffPo blogger Harry Shearer.
Indeed, to my knowledge, not a single blog on the Web noticed that the quote in the NEWSWEEK story had been
Dowdified Isikoffed — until today.
It's true that NEWSWEEK was not the only media outlet to distort Gonzales's memo. Many media outlets and commentators ripped the word "quaint" out of context to make it sound like Gonzales thought the entirety of the Geneva Convention was "quaint." In an ironic twist, Maureen Dowd herself did exactly this. In his outgoing piece titled 13 Things I Meant to Write About but Never Did, long-suffering New York Times ombudsman Dan Okrent complained:
Maureen Dowd was still writing that Alberto R. Gonzales "called the Geneva Conventions 'quaint' " nearly two months after a correction in the news pages noted that Gonzales had specifically applied the term to Geneva provisions about commissary privileges, athletic uniforms and scientific instruments.
It's bad enough that so many outlets used the word "quaint" out of context to smear Gonzales and his position. But to my knowledge, NEWSWEEK is the only outlet that purported to quote the relevant passage in its "entirety" — while chopping off the relevant context without any hint that it had ever existed.
The altered quote is obviously deliberate; Gonzales's sentence was truncated for a reason. What's more, Michael Isikoff, the co-author of the piece, is the reporter primarily responsible for the bogus "Koran in the toilet" story that resulted in deadly riots across the Arab world. You don't get things this wrong this often unless there's a reason. Fool me twice, won't get fooled again.
I mean, even Maureen Dowd had the decency to use an ellipsis!
Gonzales wasn't just Dowdified. What happened to him was worse: he was Isikoffed.
Spikey's been a naughty boy? Again? Who'd'a thunk it?
This is not surprising, from Isikoff.
Isikoff was the first reporter to get the Monical Lewinsky story. After discussing it with the editors, they agreed all round to spike it, because it was negative about their man Clinton, and they didn't want to be party to that.
Someone at Newsweek that disagreed leaked the story to Drudge, which is how Matt Drudge came to break the dominating story of Clinton's presidency.
A reporter that would spike s story to keep the public in the dark about important facts about a politician, is a reporter whose ethics allow him to alter a quote, as he does here.
As you see, the more and more you look at the enemedia the more its stars are exposed as Jayson Blair on stilts.
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Can you imagine someone doing this to Clinton(s)?
They'd have crashed his plane into Fort Marcy Park, before shooting him in the head.
Great post!
You have got to see this.
I would just as well support executions for "reporters" that purposely misquote sources that ends up aiding the enemies as the Koran story did.
Great description. Is it yours? May I use it in a tagline?
Please ping whatever lists you have and keep this one bumped.
There's a lot more here than just the duplicitous shenenigans of Spikey Mikey.
In my opinion it throws a whole new look at the antiquated Geneva Convention.
Worse, unlike Dowds alteration of a Bush quote, the NEWSWEEK story didnt even use an ellipsis to indicate what was missing. By altering an Alberto Gonzales quote in this way, NEWSWEEK managed to make Gonzales and the Bush Administration appear unreasonably dismissive of the Geneva Convention.
The story was co-authored by Michael Isikoff the reporter behind NEWSWEEKs infamous Koran-in-the-toilet story that resulted in deadly riots in several Arab countries. Accordingly, I suggest that when a quote is altered without any hint that it has been changed, the quote should be described as having been Isikoffed.
Ain't enough dirt in the whole state of Arkansas to put this down for a nap.
As long as we don't let 'em.
Text out of context has a pretext. This is why you cannot trust the MSM. Thank God for FR.
There has been many deaths as a result of faulty reporting because while most Freeper take with a grain of salt most of what they read in the MSM and press some people, including terrorist, hinge their lives on every distorted or lying view that is reported and the MSM knows it.
Thanks for your excellent summary of Ickyoff.
Ickyoff is a pimp, who lies and covers up for the rats and in particuliar the Clintoons, while pretending to be a journalist.
Ickyoff showed his true colors during the Monica Lips mess.
The owners and controllers of the Washington Post hired Ickyoff to pimp, lie and cover up for the rats in power.
Ickyoff as you noted is just another Jason Blair in white drag.
I agree that "enemedia" is an excellent description of the ABCCBSNBSTimesTimeTimesNewsweekGlobeEtcetera axis of evil, but I cannot claim to have originated it. I lifted it myself, from a poster in one of the Bilal Hussein threads yesterday.
Bilal Hussein is a sunni terrorist who moonlights for AP and is one of their Pulitzer Prize-winning gang of murderers.
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Oh...and is this the same ISIKOFF....that has written the book Hubris with David Corn??
I wonder how much he "left out" of that book that would make it even worse for Armitage, Powell and Fitzgerald?
He and Newsweek obviously have a habit of this..
Thank you SO much for the ping!
Is that enemy + media or enema + media?
Or both?
If it's not "both" it should be!
"Jason Blair in white drag"----heh----nice zinger.
Yes, one and the same Isikoff - not only did he have the ridulous hubris to write the "Hubris" screed with socialist scumbag David Corn, but he has a history of propagandistic behavior on behalf of the Demagogues and against Republicans.
p.s. This is my post #5,555 on FR! I wonder if that has any great numerological significance.....
Thanks for the ping and your commentary. So many literally dishonest and dishonorable people abound in the world of news media. And they are totally free to print their misinformation with the understanding that the masses are not educated enough to discern between their deceit and verifiable facts. Such is the world of freedom. The bitter two edge sword.
FGS --- what's next?
Good post devolve
Apart from not buying Newsweek, what can be done, legally yet effectively, to bring about the demise of this lying rag?
That scumbag Isikoff is one slimy snake in the grass.
If everybody tells their kids' orthodontists to cancel their subscriptions, that'll be the end of Newsweek.
Ditto :
"...another Jason Blair ..."
I'm glad that someone noticed the White Drag zinger.
Amazing how the left wing blogs and MSM mediots keep posting and printing the same garbage which has been proven to be nothing but liberal wet dreams and lies posing as news.
Might even get into the FReeper lexicon.
Congratulations!! I don't know, balloons should have fallen on you!!! LOL
CSPAN-2 .......... DAVID CORN ... ON NOW WITH "HUBRIS" .. (and he's got it.) I'm working (from home) and can't take notes, so if any of y'all can post what funk and dribble he spews, would be great.
If it's the same interview that was on over the weekend, I could only stomach the first egregious lie from the Corn-fraud before I clicked away, so I didn't catch much of it. I'll have to look for a transcript because I cannot stomach listening to that sleazoid fool.
Holy cow!
He's so damn cocky and slimey ...
Legally? Well, if you're gonna tie my hands....
On the subject of David Corn, to whom Isikoff has now been joined at the hip in new propaganda regarding Pflamegate.... there is a lot of juicy info from AJ Strata and Clarice Feldman, showing rather convincingly that not only has Corn been in cahoots with the Wilsons from the start, but they are apparently using Corn to push some very very sensitive info out into the public domain, both for current propaganda purposes and then also so that Valerie will be able to talk about stuff in her book that is already "out there" (otherwise she could never get this material past CIA censors):
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WELLINGTON-Dea is not gone, he has just rode off into the sunset on his favorite horse Ole Bay Boy on Aug. 11, 2010.
He was born in Wellington, Utah to Azel and Inez Rich Thayn on May 20, 1925 and grew up in Clarks Valley (Kiz) and Coal Creek.
Dea married his sweetheart of 65 years, Colleen Lisonbee on June 22, 1945 in Wellington, Utah.
He was a sergeant in the US Army during World War II. In his early years he served as both police and fire chief for Wellington City. He worked numerous jobs as a truck driver, mechanic and on the Alaskan pipeline. Dea retired as the Carbon County Road Supervisor, but his greatest love was farming and playing with his horses. He was a director for the USWRCA for 46 years and judged the Days of '47 All Horse Parade for many years. Dea was a founding member of the Wellington Mountaineers Riding Club and the voice everyone loved to hear at the Wellington 24th of July Rodeo for 57 years. He closed every rodeo by saying, "Drive safely, the life you save may be your own."
Dea is survived by his loving wife, Colleen, three children, Dea Ray (Danielle) Thayn, Jana (Brett) Abrams and Debra (David) Cloward, all of Wellington; brother, Jess (Renee) Thayn and five sisters, Azella Bradley, Donna Oviatt, Connie Erickson, Eva (Max) Tucker and Ora Keele.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers Lynn, Harold, George and Dell; sister, Ruth Nelsen; grandson, Joe Abrams and great-granddaughter, Kamdyn Cloward.
Funeral service, Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, 1 p.m., Wellington LDS Stake Center. The family was at Mitchell Funeral Home (233 East Main Street) in Price Friday evening from 6-8 p.m. and at the Stake Center Saturday one hour prior to service. Interment, Wellington City Cemetery. Friends and family are welcome at Mitchell's daily and may share memories of Dea at www.mitchellfuneralhome.net


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EAGLE, Colo. — Higher humidity today helped moderate fire activity on the Bull Gulch Fire, burning on Bureau of Land Management lands in the remote Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area. The fire grew only a few acres and is now estimated at 42 acres. Firefighters will continue to monitor the fire and expect it to continue to grow over the next several days, depending on the amount of rain it receives.
Smoke may be visible in the afternoons from the Colorado River Road and along the Interstate 70 corridor, including Gypsum, Eagle and Edwards. The fire was ignited by lightning Sunday and is burning above the Colorado River Road in western Eagle County.
The fire is burning in sage and pinyon-juniper and is not threatening any structures or private lands. If the fire reaches pre-established action points, firefighters will begin to suppress it. A crew of four firefighters will continue monitoring the fire daily throughout the active burn period and will call in additional resources if necessary.
Because the naturally-ignited fire is burning in a remote wilderness study area and not threatening structures or other values, firefighters and land managers elected to closely monitor the fire, but to not immediately take suppressive actions. This keeps firefighter safety at the forefront, brings the benefits of natural fire to the ecosystem, and helps reduce fuel for future wildfires.
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This dish is ravioli and garlic bread in one! To continue the Italian flavors, serve with steamed green beans tossed in Italian dressing.
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Designed for long distance trail performance, the Salomon XT S-Lab 5 is the weapon of choice for runners looking to challenge both nature and themselves.
Salomon is known for their highly technical, performance-oriented trail running products. From their footwear to their hydration packs, every product is designed to bring the serious trail runner everything they need to compete in nature. For this reason, we weren't surprised to see the intense features and bold styling of the XT S-Lab 5 – this is not a shoe for the faint of heart trail runner.
The XT S-Lab 5 sports a traditional geometry with a 10mm heel-to-toe offset – a departure from the low profile shoes that continue to be popular in the trail running world. With a medial post for mild overpronation support, this design remains ideal for high mileage running in which cushioning and protection take precedence over a close ground feel.
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This shoe has everything needed for a 40+ mile trail run. The cushioning is good, it has a bit of support, and a higher volume fit provides lasting comfort for day-long use.
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