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This is an article that I was commenting on at Dan Porter's Shroud of Turin Blog, when I decided to post it with my comments here on my own blog! My comments are bold to distinguish my words from the article's.
[Above (click to enlarge): Diagram including Texas A&M's plasma chamber: Tabacaru, G., et al., "The Light Ion Guide CB-ECRIS Project at the Texas A&M University Cyclotron Institute," Proceedings of ECRIS08, pp.194-197, p.195. Note the plasma chamber's very small size.]
"New dating technique could establish age of the Turin Shroud," Telegraph.co.uk, Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent, 24 Mar 2010 ... The Turin Shroud could finally be dated accurately thanks to new technique that determines the age of ancient artefacts without damaging them, claim scientists. This tacitly admits that the Shroud was not "accurately dated" in 1988 (see further below)!
See also the same story at: "Could new test settle Shroud of Turin debate?," Discovery News, March 24, 2010; "Researchers Introduce `Non-Destructive' Carbon Dating" Scientific Blogging, March 23rd 2010; "New Method Could Revolutionize Dating of Ancient Treasures," ScienceDaily, March 23, 2010 & "Method would `revolutionize' dating of ancient treasures," World Science, March 23, 2010.
The researchers said the new method was so safe it could allow scientific analysis of hundreds of artefacts that until now were off limits because museums and private collectors did not want the objects damaged. For those who are new to the Shroud and/or radiocarbon-dating, a major limiting factor in radiocarbon-dating the Shroud of Turin, or any priceless artifact, is that the sample must be reduced to carbon by burning it, which totally destroys that part of the artifact (see below).
"This technique stands to revolutionise radiocarbon dating," said Dr Marvin Rowe,
[Right: Dr. Marvin Rowe: Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University.]
who led the research team at the Texas A&M University. It expands the possibility for analysing extensive museum collections that have previously been off limits because of their rarity or intrinsic value and the destructive nature of the current method of radiocarbon dating. "In theory, it could even be used to date the Shroud of Turin." This last is highly significant coming from a senior Professor in the field of radiocarbon-dating archaeological artifacts, as Dr Rowe is. That is because it is a tacit admission by him of what is probably now widely accepted in the radiocarbon-dating community, that the 1988 carbon-14 dating of the Shroud as "AD 1260-1390 ... mediaeval":
"The results of radiocarbon measurements at Arizona, Oxford and Zurich yield a calibrated calendar age range with at least 95% confidence for the linen of the Shroud of Turin of AD 1260 - 1390 (rounded down/up to nearest 10 yr). These results therefore provide conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval." (Damon, P.E., et al., "Radiocarbon Dating of the Shroud of Turin," Nature, Vol. 337, 16 February, 1989, pp.611-615, p.614).
was flawed, otherwise why bother proposing to radiocarbon-date the Shroud again?
Traditional carbon dating involves removing and burning small samples of the object. Scientists remove a small sample from an object, such as a cloth or bone fragment. Then they treat the sample with a strong acid and a strong base and finally burn the sample in a small glass chamber to produce carbon dioxide gas to analyse its C-14 content. Although it sometimes requires taking minute samples of an object, even that damage may be unacceptable for some artefacts. The Shroud could still be radiocarbon-dated conventionally by taking tiny samples of a few threads each from several different inconspicuous areas (e.g. under the side-strip's seam, at the sheet's ends and sides, etc) with no significant visual loss or risk (see next) to the Shroud itself. In fact, even the charred areas from the 1532 fire, that were removed in the 2002 restoration and have been kept, could be carbon-dated, with no loss to the Shroud, whatsoever:
"A significant amount of charred cellulose was removed during a restoration of the shroud in 2002. Material from different scorch locations across the shroud was saved in separate containers. The elemental carbon could be completely cleaned in concentrated nitric acid, thus removing all traces of foreign fibers, sebum from repeated handling, and adsorbed thymol from an unfortunate procedure to sterilize the shroud's reliquary in 1988. In addition, the separate samples would give a `cluster' of dates, always a desirable procedure in archaeology. A new radiocarbon analysis should be done on the charred material retained from the 2002 restoration." (Rogers, R.N., 2005, "Studies on the radiocarbon sample from the shroud of turin," Thermochimica Acta, 425, pp.189–194, pp.193–194).
The new method does not involve removing a sample of the object. Scientists place an entire artefact in a special chamber with a plasma, an electrically charged gas similar to gases used in
[Above (click to enlarge): University of Arizona's similar plasma oxidation chamber for radiocarbon-dating: Jones, K.B., et al., "A new plasma oxidation apparatus for radiocarbon dating," University of Arizona, October 1, 2005]
big-screen plasma television displays. The gas slowly and gently oxidises the surface of the object to produce carbon dioxide for C-14 analysis without damaging the surface, he said. As I commented on Dan Porter's blog (with corrections):
"I cannot imagine that the Roman Catholic Church would ever allow the entire Shroud to be placed in a chamber of gas which is then electrically charged up to a plasma state. Nor should us Shroudies want them to take the risk, if there was even the slightest chance that something could go wrong and the Shroud be destroyed or permanently changed (e.g. the image disappear into the background). I personally do not want to gain a 1st century radiocarbon dating of the Shroud but lose it in the process."
"... there is effectively zero probability that the Pope would allow the whole Shroud to be put in a chamber of gas which was then electrically charged up to a plasma state."
This was confirmed by what I later read, "it would take a significant amount of data to convince museum directors, art conservators and ... the Vatican that the ... method ... causes no damage":
".... Rowe and his colleagues ... conceded, however, that it would take a significant amount of data to convince museum directors, art conservators and possibly the Vatican that the non-invasive method indeed causes no damage." (Lorenzi, R., "Could new test settle Shroud of Turin debate?," Discovery News, March 24, 2010).
The problem is, as I commented above, there would always be a possibility of something going wrong, and the artifact being damaged or destroyed. I predict that few (if any) museum directors (let alone the Vatican) would consider that the risk, no matter how small, of losing one of their priceless artifacts, is worth knowing more precisely how old it is.
Anyway, having now seen how small the plasma chambers are in the above diagram of Texas A&M's and photos of the University of Arizona's, and reading another article on this "small ivory figurine called the `Venus of Brassempouy'" which "is small enough to fit into the chamber used for analysis" and that, "The chamber" would have to "be sized to accommodate large objects, such as ... the Shroud of Turin":
"The chamber could be sized to accommodate large objects, such as works of art and even the Shroud of Turin, which some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, Rowe said. He acknowledged, however, that it would take a significant amount of data to convince museum directors, art conservators, and others that the new method causes no damage to such priceless objects The scientists are currently refining the technique. Rowe hopes to use it, for instance, to analyze objects such as a small ivory figurine called the `Venus of Brassempouy,' thought to be about 25,000 years old and one of the earliest known depictions of a human face. The figurine is small enough to fit into the chamber used for analysis." ("New Method Could Revolutionize Dating of Ancient Treasures," ScienceDaily, March 23, 2010)
I realised that it is not currently possible to date the Shroud using this method, and it remains to be seen if it ever will be.
Dr Rowe and his colleagues used the technique to analyse the ages of about 20
[Right: Venus of Brassempouy: Wikipedia, 24 March 2010. Note this figurine's tiny size: "She is 3.65 cm high, 2.2 cm deep and 1.9 cm wide" or 1.44 x 0.87 x 0.75 inches.]
different organic substances, including wood, charcoal, leather, rabbit hair, a bone with mummified flesh attached, and a 1,350-year-old Egyptian weaving. The results match those of conventional carbon dating techniques, they say. The chamber could be sized to accommodate large objects, such as works of art and even the Shroud of Turin, which some believe to be the burial cloth of Jesus Christ, Dr Rowe said. Again, why would Dr Rowe even bother to date "the Shroud of Turin" by this method if the 1988 radiocarbon dating had provided "conclusive evidence that the linen of the Shroud of Turin is mediaeval"? Presumably he knows it didn't.
The origins of the shroud and its image are the subject of intense debate among scientists, theologians, historians and researchers. Some contend that the shroud is the cloth placed on the body of Jesus Christ at the time of his burial, and that the face image is the Holy Face of Jesus. The evidence is overwhelming that the Shroud of Turin is the burial sheet of Jesus!
Others contend that the artefact postdates the Crucifixion of Jesus by more than a millennium. They are simply wrong. The only evidence that the Shroud "postdates the Crucifixion of Jesus by more than a millennium" is the 1988 radiocarbon-dating and that has been found to be wrong because what was dated was a medieval patch, not the Shroud itself:
"Radiocarbon 14 dating of the Shroud of Turin ... Once generally accepted by the scientific community by those who consider the shroud to be inauthentic, and by some members of the Catholic Church, these results have since been questioned in peer-reviewed journals by Raymond Rogers in Thermochimica Acta and by M.Sue Benford and Joseph G. Marino in Chemistry Today. Criticisms have been raised about aspects of the study as doubts were raised regarding the original nature of the sample that was taken for testing, not the quality of the radiocarbon testing itself." ("Shroud of Turin: Radiocarbon dating," Wikipedia, 31 March 2010. Footnotes omitted).
Moreover, a thread from the Shroud itself has been radiocarbon-dated at "about AD 200" (my emphasis)!:
"A very interesting finding is that a single weft thread has been extracted at about the midway level of where the Raes sample was removed, beginning about 1 cm medial to the rolled seam that reattached the Shroud to the backing cloth. The space of the missing thread appears to be about 8 cm in length. We do not know the history of this particular thread, but Dr. Alan Adler had a thread about 8 cm in length that came from the Shroud that he acquired in the early 1980s from an unidentified source. He detected what he referred to as starch on one end of this thread. He then had a very unofficial and admittedly inadequate radiocarbon dating done on each end of this thread in 1983. Reportedly, the starched end tested about AD 1000 and the other end of the same thread tested about AD 200. At a minimum, this would indicate that carbon dating the Shroud might be very technically problematic. Assuming that the thread that Dr. Adler had might have been the one that had been extracted at this site, we may have a highly significant, even if inadequate, finding, since the lateral 1 to 2 cm of this thread would have been in the continuation of the area from which the 1988 specimen was extracted. If this scenario is correct, we may not only have evidence that the 1988 sample-extraction-area is abnormal, but we may also have a much more accurate dating of the body of the Shroud, namely, in the range of AD 200." (Whanger A.D. & Whanger, M., 2005, "Excerpt from Radiological Aspects of the Shroud of Turin," Council for Study of the Shroud of Turin: Durham NC, pp.1-15, p.5).
[Left: Missing 8 cm thread near where the Raes' sample was taken, which is presum- ably the 8 cm thread that the late Dr. Alan Adler had privately carbon-dated in 1983, and which returned a date at one end of AD 1000 and at the other end AD 200: Figure 19 in Whanger & Whanger, 2005, "Excerpt from Radiological Aspects of the Shroud of Turin," p.15.]
And since contamination by newer carbon-14 (e.g. by human handling, microbe and fungal invasion, smoke, etc) makes an artifact's radiocarbon age appear more recent than it actually is, a radiocarbon dating of AD 200 is consistent with the linen of the Shroud dating from the time of Jesus!
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5) While blessing the community, the bishop recites some verses of the Psalm the first line of which reads: "O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep". Why was this particular Psalm selected?
The blessing with trikeri and dikeri takes place at a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy (where a hierarch is both President and Chief Celebrant). It takes place during the chanting of the Trisagion within the Bema by the assembled clergy (which, itself, takes place during an expanded Trisagion)). It is done three times, once to the west, once to the south, and once to the north, and while the hierarch is blessing, he chants, "Lord, Lord, look down from Heaven and visit this vineyard, which Your right hand has planted." This verse is normally chanted at least once in Greek.The trikeri and dikeri are candelabra, the trikeri holds three candles (for the Holy Trinity), and the dikeri holds two (for the Two Natures of Christ).
My special thanks to all people who have responded to my opening post. However, all my questions are still unanswered.
A partial answer, from Fr. Thomas Hopko: http://www.gocstanna.org/clergy_orthodox_vestments.phpIn relation to the bishop's service in the Orthodox Church, the use of two special candelabra with which the bishop blesses the faithful also developed. One of these candelabra holds three candles (trikeri) (at right) while the other holds two candles (dikeri) (at left). These candelabra stand for the two fundamental mysteries of the Orthodox faith: that the Godhead is three Divine Persons; and that Jesus Christ, the Saviour, has two natures, being both perfect God and perfect man.and another: This article is quoted on numerous sites, this is the first one on google... http://www.antiochianarch.org.au/Candles.aspxSince ancient times, at hierarchical services special candle-holders have been used. The faithful reverently bow their heads when blessed by the Bishop with the dikeri, representing the two natures of Christ His Divinity and His humanity, and the trikeri, representing the Holy Trinity. Candles are also lit during the celebration of the Holy Eucharist.Beyond that, perhaps a member of the clergy or graduate of a theological program could offer more information.
I've seen the candle blessing you are talking about done by a bishop at an OCA parish. It is very impressive. I don't think it predates Chalcedon, though, as I've never seen it done, or heard of anything like it done, in any of the OO Churches.
1) Was this blessing with candles a part of St John's rite or introduced to the liturgy later?
2) When was this blessing introduced into the liturgy? Before or after the Council of Chalcedonia?
3) Is this practice affiliated with the use of candles in Judaism or the Old Testament (menorah or Hanukkah)?
4) Who decided that the blessing must be added into the divine liturgy right after the Trisagion hymn?
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:30 pm
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I've bought a handful of green almonds a few days ago, hoping to find some recipe I could use them in. But I still have no idea what to do with them. Are they like vegetables? Or like olives? Is the green skin edible or only the white and soft almond in the middle? -- Lots of questions - does anybody know more?
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birgit- Altho I am not too far from almond growing regions, I have never heard of uses for unroasted almonds. I am intrigued. I would imagine they have quite a different taste and texture.
I have written to the almond growers professional group at
You'll note their home page shows what I take to be a nut in the same state of growth/prep you are describing. Let's see what they come up with.
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Green almonds are used in middle eastern dishes. Here's a link:
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Rainey, thank you very much for writing to the almond board, I'm looking forward to hear what they'll say. Indeed the almonds are looking like the one in the second picture on the left. Lovely green, a little bit furry at the outside and altogether very pretty.
Thank you Mike S as well for the link. I've already googled a lot, but I couldn't find much, actually there are different opinions out there. Some say you should never use the green shell, some say chill them whole, dip in coarse salt and mumble, some only use the almond and some say only take the inside of the white almond. Sometimes green almonds seems to be simply another word for pistachios and sometimes they're mentioned in the ingredients list but have disappeared in the recipe. So I thought about asking here in the forum.
And there is something else: You can find lots of lovely stories about people wandering beneath almond trees (... including lots of green almonds of course), the air full of herbal scents, warm and sunny days ... or something like We had a picnic with green almonds ... These little fruit seem to incorporate some kind of literary quality ...
At least the white almond in the inside tastes somehow, hm, I would say, green? Interesting ....
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You know, I never heard from the almond growers. BUT this morning's LA Time Food Section has an article that mentions that these green almonds (which they say taste a bit like cucumber) are showing up in markets on the East and West coast of the US.
I didn't have time to read the article but if it isn't too late for you, birgit, you could go to LATimes.com and then navigate through to the Food Section.
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Birgit, here's the link to that L.A. Times article:
I read it this morning and will now be searching for them at Monterey Market! They seem very versatile in terms of prep.
The article mentions that vendors in the Middle East will rub off the fuzz, soak them in salt water and serve them in a paper cone. There are people here from all over the globe; has anyone tried or even seen this? Should they be very salty like roasted nuts?
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thanks a lot, Rainey and Feste, for the link, the article is really great. I hope I'll find some more green almonds, last time I bought them in my favorite turkish shop where they sell very tasty lamb chops, too. the sales people in there told me just to nibble the almonds as they are, with fuzz and all, and I, being courageous (thinking of the proverb which says you'll get an additional day in your life each time you taste something new), found the whole fruit tasting similar to slightly unripe yellow plums (Mirabellen, as they are called here, the tiny species). At least I now can imagine what is meant in wine descriptions where they sometimes say that there are undertones of fresh green almonds
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I should (Rouge) Coco - The new lipstick from CHANEL
Lipstick has been overshadowed by its less mature sister, lipgloss, for ages. No, it's not groundbreaking (or, really, important in the larger context) but the recent change in the beauty landscape back to full-on lipcolour is comforting for those of us who brave even the most inhospitable environs in matte red lipstick.
The renaissance of sophisticated lipwear over the last few seasons is, I think, a boon for pouts the world over. Lipstick 2.0 is gives us an amped up version of this ancient beauty aide -- from quality packaging to innovative formulas. Who's leading the charge? CHANEL, of course, the brand that always seems to do the same thing but by doing so ends up on the cutting edge. Defies belief and probably riles the competition. However, they know what they like and what they do well, and they like lipstick so much that its cult 2.55 handbag has a dedicated pocket just for the prized product.
This lipstick revolution has a name - Rouge Coco, and it's happening quietly. What makes it so revolutionary? The devil's in the details, dears, and the details have been overlooked far too long in the name of the bottom line. Have a quick rummage through your makeup drawer. Pluck out the lipsticks and look at them, really look at them. Roll them around in your hand. How do they feel? Certainly not like Rouge Coco. The new lipstick comes in a metal tube... when was the last time you bought a lipstick swathed in anything other than plastic? It feels luxurious cupped in the palm - heavy, cool to the touch. The cap snaps on to the base, making the most satisfying sound, within are the intertwined double Cs, as well as atop the lid.
Once you get passed the extraordinary exterior, a glossy but highly pigmented product is revealed. All 33 colours in the new range are based on a backlog of colours, some digital, dating back to the 1960s. Most are supremely wearable, falling into the nude, taupe, rosy, dusty pink hues. The texture is slick and easy to apply in just two swipes. While out to coffee with the lovely CHANEL beauty team in London, I applied the Cambon in one go without even using a mirror. Once on, the lipstick has the faintest and very pleasant smell of roses and feels hydrating.
My favourite colours are Perle (a pearescent Mauve, La Pausa (a coral), Legende (a rosy pink), Mademoiselle (like Legende but a shade more nude. No double wearable by all) and Cambon (a wonderfully flattering red).
Peter Phillips is attempting this lipstick coup by bringing down a generation lipgloss rule with a formula that we can get our collective, lipgloss-wearing heads around, helped along with a return to quality, glamour and longevity. Gloss is for throwaway fashion and beauty culture.
Lipstick that's a full-on sensory experience, like Rouge Coco Hydrating Crème Lipcolour, is for life and a beautifying investment to see you through the hard times (looking good on you day and night, nurturing the quality over quantity lifestyle) and the good. It's meant to be as classic as the 2.55. While I'm not willing to shell out the dosh for the latter, I'm happily going to be stocking up on the former this spring. It feels luxurious to own, wear and use everyday, chipping away at the mundane one tube at a time.
CHANEL Rouge Coco Hydrating Crème Lipcolour launches in February 2010 with campaigns a-go-go bringing Vanessa Paradis back in all her whistling, Parisienne glory.


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My favorite part is when they explain how three Marines are left by their selves with few supplies. But, they manage to escape from a brigade of about 2000 soldiers. I think that for that mission you need all heart. Something special about this book is that it has diagrams of the roles that people play from a simple infantryman to a commander of the USMC. When I read this book I felt encouraged to join and also I felt patriotic about my country. I am in fact going to the Marines when I graduate from high school.
My opinion of this book is that it explains itself well enough for you to understand the United States Marine Corp system, and the author did a great job wrapping up the whole story of the Marines in just a single book.


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One of the things that's bothered me is the way the charms bar frequent popping out as my mouse moves to the upper or lower right. I do this as I'm trying to reach the "x" to close a window or adjust time zones. The bar pops out and it's annoying.
I initially searched for a way to stop this, but didn't find one. However I must not have searched correctly as I found an article recently that shows how to do this.
It's a registry hack, so hit the Start menu and type "regedt32" and hit enter. Nothing returns in search, but it runs. Follow the instructions, and the charms bar won't appear as you move your mouse around.
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The Lehman Percussion Ensemble was revived in the spring of 2007, after a long period of inactivity. The group plays music composed for only percussion instruments, although occasionally additional vocal and/or instrumental musicians are included. The concept of a "percussion ensemble" is only about 50 years old, but has gained a large following and now has a huge literature written for assorted drums, melodic percussion, sound effects and pots and pans. The repertoire ranges from camp to dead serious.
The ensemble has already premiered a number of works and each spring hosts the percussion ensemble from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. In 2008 Lehman traveled to Dublin to perform in a festival of contemporary percussion works. The plans for this year include a performance of a commission written by Don Knaack, "Healing 2010" for ten percussion, four saxophones and soprano.
Spring 2011 Percussion Ensemble Concerts:
Thursday, March 10, 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Studio Theatre
Works for percussion ensemble, including a joint performance with students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. This year marks the 11th annual collaboration between the RIAM and CUNY. (Please note, this date is tentative. Exact scheduling of the RIAM students was not known at time of publication).
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I have built an iso for my favorite netadmin tools. I've actually had it for quite a while, but I've finally cleaned it up and
squared it away to make a "clean" iso.
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5.28-4 Netadmin
I ported everything to 5.28-4 because I found that, for me anyway, I could get best bang for my buck with supported
wireless devices, drive types, and BIOS features on this distro for right now. I'll eventually port them to more
current kernels as is warranted.
It has the following compiled refinements:
1) current version of the ppptp VPN app, Gpptp, with all the mods already in the /etc/ppp directory so you can VPN
into your MS datacenter and save the day.
2) Wireshark!
3) TS Client, the supersweet RDP to connect to all your NT servers, etc ..
4) RealVNC client and x11vnc-server
5) Iron browser 15.0.9 - This is my favorite browser ever. Forks before chrome, so none of the google snoopware.
6) XF-Prot/f-prot virus scanner - all set up and working properly. Boot on USB thumb/CD and scan windows machines.
7) PrtSc button actually does a print screen and copies to mtpaint
8 ) Programming! Devx installed and the "include" links for GTK are set up
9) The "inetutils" ver. 1.6 full versions of all the ANSI internet tools (more options than BusyBox variants)
10) "chntpw" password resetter for the windows SAM database. Works on all versions thru 7 so far
11) Command line "hexedit". I can't live without this. Seriously.
12) "gip" subnet calculator
13) Geany IDE filedef types with my favorite schemas for programming (may not be your cup of tea, but give it a try)
14) A hotkey shortcut (Ctl+Alt+C) to your necessary swiss army calculator (change the "view")
15) And of course, a console window that looks like a console window
16) Autosave is turned off. When you create a usb thumbdrive the rc.shutdown file will ask if you want to save your sessions. This is so you can experiment to your heart's content and not worry about borking up the OS. Naturally, the LiveCD will always have to ask ..
I played around with various wireless scanners, and based on the code size, decided that while it would be nice, it's
not worth the 250-300 meg footprint in the sfs file and the quirkiness. Barry's scanner works for me for wrench
twisting ("spanner", for the brits). If I want to do hardcore site audits for wireless, I'll use win 7 and "inSSIDer".
Who knows, mayhaps one day we'll get a "lean & mean" version for linux.
This beast has a 500 meg memory footprint, which means "no problem" on modern machines. Runs within a gig, but
on older hardware results in long load times. So far I'm booting and fixing 10 year old machines with it.
I had to set the the "pmedia" variable to "usbflash" because on the CD boot it would look for all possible "save"
files, and choosing "0" would result to the equivilant of "pfix=ram" (probably not a bad thing), but a virgin puppy.
UPDATE: Ok here is what was happening; If you boot to a machine that has other saved sessions on it and select "0" for no save file, it will still load the last "lupu_528.sfs" it found on the disk scan instead of the one on the CD. So to get around that you need to "puppy pfix=ram" when you boot the CD.
There will not be a "For Idiots" FAQ. If you are struggling to understand these tools but can't find help via a search
engine, don't download it. This distro is for the people that already understand these tools and don't need
instructions. It's a puppy "collection" for professionals, if you will ..
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Just upload it mate.
This is a good site...
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Nooby proof....I salute you.
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Hi Chris you mean that
Nooby proof....I salute you.
That if Nooby is able to use that iso then so can everybody else?
What a challenge. Should I take it on
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
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Ok, let's see if this will work ..
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Thanks mate...downloading it already.
Now....for my first question.....oops...ha!ha!
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If you plan on using the x11vnc-server it has a bug where it doesn't recognize when the "shift" key is pressed by the vnc viewer.
The /usr/X11R7/bin/x11vnc-gui file needs to be edited so that both lines 53 & 59 read:
x11vnc -nomodtweak -nolookup -forever -bg -passwdfile /root/.x11vnc/read:password
So we're adding the -nomodtweak switch to the command line in both cases.
Once that is done, run the x11vnc-server again from the "Network" menu, make your selections and all should be fine once the edited script re-reruns.
I've made the mod to the original, so it will be included when I update the iso.
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" The /usr/X11R7/bin/x11vnc-gui file needs to be edited "
Thanks mate....even though my lips were sealed.
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Ok, I've updated the ISO file.
I changed from tightVNC viewer to the RealVNC viewer because I couldn't get tightvnc to do the fullscreen stuff right.
So I have it set up with the x11vnc-server and the RealVNC viewer.
The x11vnc-server has the "Shift" issue fixed.
I hope someone finds this useful ..
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For those who prefer it, I have also uploaded an encrypted 512meg "save" file with all the same mods.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A four-time champion of Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race was first to reach the halfway point at a one-time gold mining settlement for which the wilderness trail is named, before quickly losing his nominal lead to another musher, race officials said on Thursday.
Lance Mackey, the only musher to win the 1,000-mile Iditarod four times in a row, drove his dog team on Wednesday night into the interior Alaska ghost town of Iditarod. His prize for being first to Iditarod is $3,000 in gold nuggets, officials said.
The race, which has grown from an obscure contest many considered a one-time lark into a world-famous, big-money sports extravaganza, began in Anchorage on Saturday and will finish in the Bering Sea town of Nome. Winners in recent years have reached Nome in about nine days.
In Iditarod, Mackey was joined by four other mushers - fellow four-time champions Jeff King and Martin Buser, and race veterans Sonny Lindner and Aaron Burmeister. All rested their teams at the checkpoint on Thursday afternoon.
But Buser later departed, snatching the lead from Mackey, who won the race in 2007 through 2010. Other teams could also overtake him as Mackey has yet to take a 24-hour rest that is required of all Iditarod competitors.
Buser has already taken that day-long mandatory layover, as have Burmeister and other top contenders who were on their way to Iditarod on Thursday, including 2012 runner-up Aliy Zirkle and 2004 winner Mitch Seavey.
There are no longer any people living in Iditarod, but every other year tents are erected and equipment flown in for a race checkpoint. The race route varies slightly by year, and in even-numbered years, the halfway point is Cripple, another abandoned mining settlement.
The Iditarod race commemorates a 1925 rescue mission that carried diphtheria serum to Nome by sled-dog relay. The Iditarod winner will receive $50,400 and a new truck. Other top finishers will also be awarded cash prizes from the race purse, which totals $600,000.
The name "Iditarod" derives from a local Athabascan term meaning "a far, distant place," according to race officials.
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Marysville native Luke Johnson swept both matches Friday in the high power matches at the Ridgway Rifle Club. Johnson won the standard rifle match with a score of 35. Laura Goetsch (Whites Creek, Tenn.) took second with a 34 and William Zander (Houston, Texas) was third with a 33. Greg Engel (Flossmoor, Ill.) was the master class champion with a score of 31. Mark Varner (Lewistown) was second with a 30 and Mark Pharr (Round Rock, Texas) took third with 30. Kenneth M. Haupricht (Johnsonburg) was fourth with a 30 and Enrique Kuess Jr. (Laredo, Texas) had a fifth-place mark with a 29. Gabriel Guerra (Monterrey, Mexico) was sixth with a 29. Dennis Martinen (Yakima, Wash.) had a seventh-place finish with a score of 28. Fred Kielbowick (Ridgway) was eighth with a 28 and Ben Marzella (Ridgway) was ninth at 28. Wally Howard (Hazel Hurst) was 10th with a 28. Angelica Kuess Davila (Laredo, Texas) was the AAA class winner with a 33. Susan Peery (Churchton, Md.) was second at 31 and Jerry Tureau (Baton Rouge, La.) was third at 29. Matt Pavlik (Russellton) was fourth at 28 and Jorge Moreno (Saltillo, Mexico) had a fifth-place finish at 28. John Shaw (Blackwood, N.J.) was sixth at 27 and Anthony Finn (Bracken Ridge, Australia) finished seventh at 27. Brian Wakefield (Smethport) placed eighth at 27 and Larry Medler (Taylor, Mich.) was ninth at 25. Brian Launer (Johnsonburg) was the AA class winner with a score of 29. Mary Watkins (Merritt Island, Fla.) was runner-up with a 28 and Bruce Finley (Calhoun, La.) was third with a 25. Jason Peterson (Bell Buckle, Tenn.) took fourth with a 24 and Kevin Burge (Terra Alta, W. Va.) took fifth with a 24. John Vandorick (Factoryville) took sixth with a 23 and Owen Peters (Richmond, Va.) took seventh at 22. Adam Hostetler (Lebanon, Pa.) took eighth at 22 and Harold Frey (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) was ninth with a 21. John McInchak (Erie) was the A class winner with a score of 19. Frederick Janeczko (Sterling Heights, Mich.) was second with an 18 and Larry Armstrong (Export) was third with a 16. Nick Opperman (Lalucia, Durban, South Africa) was fourth with a 15 and Jim Pendleton (Markdale, Ontario, Canada) placed fifth with a 13. F. Woody Walk (Metairie, La.) was the B class winner with a 19.


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"At first I was in disbelief when I found out through email about the closure … I didn't hear from the Crafts Center directly, so I didn't believe the news at first," Magboo said. "I was in the midst of preparing for classes when I found out this information. I found out two days before teaching that my extension class was cancelled, in addition to the non-credit adult enrichment jewelry courses. Our catalog of classes was printed and mailed out. Our online registration was live and we had already started registering students for classes. The information completely caught everyone by surprise."
Interim center director Joyce Rooks, who had only found out about the closure earlier that same day, said the news came as more than a bit of a shock.
"There had always been funding issues, but the thing that was a surprise was how this happened so quickly," she said. "We were preparing for the fall quarter, had already printed up our brochures, were planning all our events, and it just took us by surprise. That's what hurts the most."
The Crafts Center, which has offered non-credit courses in disciplines like ceramics, jewelry making, glass blowing, metal works, silk screening, photography, weaving and more for 40 years, had been the potential target of budget woes for several years, Rooks said. Most notably, the building, which Rooks said has been "cobbled together over the years," was not quite up to current building standards, and would need substantial renovations.
"[The center] started with a couple of old guard shacks, and it's become a patchwork of artist spaces," she said. "Everyone loves the funky nature of it, but when it comes to 21st-century standards, it's not quite there."
Packaged under the purview of the University Centers — under which the Price Center and Student Center facilities also operate — the Crafts Center was opened in 1972 with the idea that students, under constant pressure from their regular academic pursuits, could come and relax among the kilns, metal-working machines and wheels, perhaps learning an artistic craft in the process. The center was open to students, faculty and staff, and members of the community — some traveling from as far away as Los Angeles and Orange County to attend its highly acclaimed courses, which are offered on a sliding scale basis, with UCSD students paying the least.
"This place was developed as a place for students to come blow off steam," said Rooks, who started taking courses — then eventually teaching them — at the center in 1975. "It's a social outlet, a great place to meet friends, to learn and to have a good time. There's no pressure of getting a grade. You can just learn to make something and take it as far as you want. And we've actually had a lot of great artists come out of the Crafts Center."
Apart from the budding artists who won't be able to fire pottery or blow glass this year, the closure of the center also affects the more than 35 instructors who taught there.
Magboo, a jewelry-making instructor at the center for nearly five years (she spent seven years before that taking courses there) said the void left by the center's closure has been taken up by efforts to save it. An online petition has been created to help save the center, and community members have been urged to write letters to administrators protesting the decision. Magboo has even been in the process of creating a short film in support of the center.
"The university's decision has been devastating to this entire community … Instructors lost their teaching positions and hundreds of students lost their ability to learn in this wonderful facility," she said.
The administration hasn't said why it's decision to shutter the center came so abruptly before the start of the quarter. On Sept. 25, those visiting the center's website were greeted by a letter, signed by Gary Ratcliff, assistant vice chancellor of student life, outlining the bare details surrounding the closure:
"The UCSD Crafts Center will be closed during the 2012-13 academic year pending resolution of budget shortfalls and renovations needed to the Crafts Center facility. Workshops, non-credit classes and art exhibits through the Crafts Center will not be offered this academic year.
The Crafts Center is funded by the University Centers, which operates the Price Center and Student Center facilities. Risings costs have triggered the need for budget reductions in the University Centers, which is funded primarily by the University Centers student fee. Decisions about reductions were based on students' priorities and their usage of University Centers programs, service and facilities.
Anticipated expenses related to facility renovations were factored into the decision. A recent facility condition analysis of the Crafts Center identified $1.5 million in needed renovation work.
This year, the University Centers will work with student leaders in the University Centers Advisory Board, Associated Students and Graduate Student Association to explore options for funding, renovating and reopening the Crafts Center."
The university's explanation didn't satisfy Magboo, her colleagues or students.
"Both students and instructors are angry, shocked and deeply saddened by the loss of the Crafts Center," Magboo said. "The university was not transparent in communicating the closure of the Crafts Center. We were not notified prior to the closing that this was going to take place. The way the university handled the situation was both cold and inhumane. Many instructors have been working here since the creation of the crafts center … We were thrown out without having any time to make preparations for our own livelihoods."
At press time, university administrators declined to elaborate on the online announcement.
The one glimmer of hope for members of the Crafts Center's community, meanwhile, is the possibility that, as indicated in Ratcliff's letter, the center could be reopened next year. For that to happen, Rooks said, she believes the issue would have to stay at the forefront of university affairs.
"We hope it will be reopened next year. We would like to see [the administration] held to their 'academic year' promise," she said. "We'd like people to send letters to the administrators and let their opinion about the arts be known. [The arts] are being cut everywhere, this has been a great place for people who never had them, and I honestly think it's detrimental to our society. We're seeking positive solutions. If it's really important to people, we have to make sure it stays up front."
Rooks urged community members to send letters in support of the center to UCSD chancellor Pradeep Khosla, vice chancellor of student life Penny Rue and Ratcliff. Contact information for all three is available on the group's Facebook page.
Supporters of the center have also drafted petitions, which can be signed here (for Facebook users) and here (for non-Facebook users).


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Smith Auto Parts is proud member of the Aftermarket Auto Parts Alliance, serving customers in the south San Joaquin valley of central California.
Smith Auto Parts was started in Dinuba California 1933 by Elmer Smith. At the tender age of eighteen Elmer was the sole supporter of his entire family. He worked in the fields picking fruit, cutting fire wood or doing any odd job he could find to make ends meet.
While hauling wood in his model "T" truck Elmer blew the head gasket. He didn't want to go to the dealer and buy a new one. That was too expensive. The only other auto parts store Elmer knew of was a wrecker. It was a one room, one window, dirt floor building in downtown Dinuba.
When Elmer arrived at the store the owner and the landlord were having words. Being a man who would rather drink than work, the owner had fallen behind on the rent and the landlord was there to evict him. Several customers witnessed the event. After the eviction was completed the landlord turned to all who were still present and stated that the business was for sale and that the asking price was one months rent.
After no one had spoken up and everyone had left, Elmer approached the landlord and asked how much one months rent was? "Fifteen dollars" the landlord said, "And that price includes everything in the store and the cars out back". Fifteen dollars was a lot of money in 33, especially for an eighteen year old. Having just sold all of his wood, Elmer reached into his pocket, handed over the cash and started his new career!
Smith Auto grew steadily until the outbreak of WWII. Elmer joined the U.S. Army and served our county for four years. He returned to Dinuba after the war and restarted the business in 1945. By 1965 SAP had grown with the aftermarket to three full service jobber stores and machine shops. In 1982 Elmer sold the business to Ron Cochran, an employee of Smith Auto since 1951.
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Australia Zoo is thrilled to announce the birth of its second ever giraffe calf, a beautiful baby girl.
At 4.30pm AEST on Thursday 10th July, first-time mother Sally gave birth to the gorgeous calf at Australia Zoo on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. The little girl by the name of Tulip is "tall and spectacular", as her name suggests.
The winning name was selected from over 7,000 entries submitted through Channel 7 Sunrise's naming competition. From those – ten special names were passed over to the Irwin family to make the big decision, based on their reason for the name.
Australia Zoo curator Kelsey Engle said that both Sally and little Tulip are doing well.
"We are so excited to announce the birth of a beautiful, healthy baby giraffe. The calf is just under 2m in height, would weigh approximately 50kg and is doing extremely well. She made her first attempts at walking around half an hour after being born, and it only took around another 30 minutes for the youngster to fully master those long gangly legs.
"We're really happy with the progress – Everything is looking good so far."
This delightful outcome has been a long time coming for the staff at Australia Zoo, with giraffe gestation periods typically spanning over 15 months.
"First-time mum Sally had a great pregnancy and we could see the development of the baby as we carried out regular ultrasounds throughout," says Kelsey, "It was an extremely active calf and often gave us a kick during the procedure during the last couple months!
"Although seeming a little surprised to see the baby at the end of the labour, Sally did an amazing job as her motherly instincts kicked in. She was extremely attentive, licking and cleaning the baby immediately."
The new calf is Sally's first, but she is welcomed into a strong family of giraffe including her half sister Skye, born at Australia Zoo in October 2013. One of our other giraffe, Penny is also expecting a calf in the very near future!
This new calf and the upcoming birth are signs of a healthy giraffe breeding program at Australia Zoo. With a dedicated crew and lots of hard work, we have been able to achieve extraordinary monitoring of the girls through their pregnancies, extending the knowledge base on giraffe reproductive biology in areas rarely examined before.
Australia Zoo also hosts giraffe encounters with the general public that directly contribute funds to conservation projects with animals in Africa.
Mum and bub will now be taking some precious time out to bond, but you can stay up to date on all the news about Australia Zoo's growing giraffe family at: www.australiazoo.com.au/giraffe
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Hailing from Belfast with a sound that is self-confessed "hobo-chic", Duke Special - AKA the endlessly inventive Peter Wilson - is once heard, never forgotten. Blissfully at home in his own alluring genre of beautifully bruised romanticism, Duke Special inhabits a world unlike any other - a world filled with vaudeville-esque sensibility, sing-a-longs and addictive melodies .
Those who know him for the platinum album "Songs from the deep forest", including the hit song "Freewheel" and other radio mainstays like "Sweet sweet kisses" and "Last night I nearly died" may be surprised by the breadth of his work. Duke Special's immense creative talents have seen him involved in projects as diverse as writing the theme tune for Sesame Tree (the Northern Ireland edition of Sesame Street where he also got to sing with The Muppets) to writing the music for and appearing in Deborah Warner's critically acclaimed 2009 production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage and Her Children at London's National Theatre. He then recorded an album of the twelve songs from the play, which was to form part of his ambitious project for 2010 - the release of a 3 CD box-set, The Stage, A Book & The Silver Screen. This box-set also included a 5-track EP called Huckleberry Finn, the first ever recording of an unfinished musical written by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson based on the Mark Twain classic, and the album The Silent World of Hector Mann, featuring 12 songs based on The Book of Illusions by contemporary American author Paul Auster.
In 2011, he presented a TV documentary for RTE in Ireland on the life and times of 50s megastar Ruby Murray. This was broadcast in January, and accompanied by 2 orchestral concerts in Dublin and Cork, showcasing Duke's interpretations of Ruby's songs. He also released a charity single of recordings of 3 of Duke's favourite Ruby songs, donating all the profits to the Irish charity Depaul Ireland (www.depaulireland.org).
Also that year Duke Special was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for their exhibition on the photographers Stieglitz, Steichen, and Strand. He was invited to write a series of original songs based on the photographs featured in the exhibition, which he then performed at the Museum's concert hall (and later in London, Dublin and Belfast) to a backdrop of the photographs. The songs were released on CD as "Under the dark cloth."
Of the new album "Oh Pioneer", Duke says "Wooden Fingers Puppet Theatre Company, The Bank of Ideas, a banned Iranian children's book about a fish, a pirate who wants to retire, a bar man who hears people's stories whether he likes it or not, the human condition and late night conversations with friends on the roof of the 'Oh Yeah' building in Belfast about your dreams are just a few of the ingredients to go into "Oh Pioneer"."
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Attorney General Kathleen Kane's rejection of Gov. Tom Corbett's deal to privatize the state lottery doesn't resolve the question of whether private or public lottery management is superior. It does, however, answer an even more fundamental question: whether the governor has the authority to do so without legislative approval and the public input inherent in such legislative decisions.
State law requires the attorney general's legal review of contracts. Since Saturday was the deadline imposed by the would-be lottery contractor, Camelot Global Services PA LLC, Kane could have let the deadline pass and allow the contract to die on the vine.
Instead, she forthrightly rejected the deal, finding that it violates the state constitution and is not authorized by state law.
Camelot was the sole bidder to take over the lottery. Beyond Kane's findings, there were practical issues that called the deal into question.
The contract had a potential term of up to 30 years, which is far too long for any public contract. It guaranteed a return of $34 billion over the first 20 years, but that turned out to a rate of increase roughly equal to the rate of inflation. That, in turn, rendered plausible the assertion by lottery employees that the current management arrangement could generate as much or more.
And the entire process was needlessly opaque, despite the administration's assertion that it had complied with public disclosure requirements. Because the lottery generates more than $1 billion for services used by older Pennsylvanians, it is of vital public interest. Its conversion to private management required political leadership and public salesmanship, rather than the governor's raw assertion of power that might, or might not, exist under the constitution and law.
Inherent in the failure to seek public and legislative approval is a failure to debate the vast expansion of gambling that would attend the private-sector conversion. Camelot likely would have produced its promised returns by introducing keno games and online gambling to lure new players. Whether gambling-saturated Pennsylvania should expand gambling even further in the name of government revenue itself is a subject for debate. Yet it hardly was mentioned even in the perfunctory, after-the-fact hearings that the Legislature cobbled together relative to Camelot.
If Corbett remains committed to private lottery management, he should convince the Legislature and the public of its merits rather than challenging Kane's decision in court.


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The kicks in my belly grow stronger with each day, the ripples moving beneath my shirt have my thoughts turning to summer. Our patio out back, the playhouse and garden casting bits of shade on the wading pool. I imagine how there will be another person, a downy head against my breast and tiny fingers at my side, while Briar and Avery splash and squeal in gingham sundresses and floppy madras hats.
The girls desires and demands have changed so much, even in the last couple of months. They each yearn for independence, while still reveling in closeness, weaving their fingers in the folds of my clothes, clinging to shirt tails and burrowing in my neck. "Uh huh" and "mmm" buy me nothing but sighs. The cold slap of my own bad habits hit me as I ask for help with things, "In a minute" and "yup, right after I do something." My skin crawls thinking of how many times I've had to say that to them to have them be able to lob it back to me with such perfect inflection and off-handedness. And so it is that I try to be present, work to be aware of each request, each touch.
It's tough living up to, and I often fail, sighing with frustration and speaking in clipped tones as I struggle to juggle the many balls I've tossed in the air in the interest of creating the best situation for my family. The balls end up being obscured by mango scented ringlets and Pirate's Booty dust, stress and panic making me forget the motivation behind it all. Our girls, the blessing of keeping the ratio of sitter to mom falling strongly in my favor. Oh, the irony of trying to explain to a three year old and a 20 month old that you have to talk on the phone and work on the computer to be with them.
Blink. Blink. Blink.
"Mommy can get in trouble too."
More blank stares and then timid steps toward me from time out, wide eyes asking to climb in my arms. I feel not unlike what I imagine a bear in a trap must feel; core-rocking remorse and a chew-through-my-own-leg-to-loose-my-bonds determination. I take them in my arms and turn from the computer, if only for a moment.
I am restored.
And guilty.
A mom.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Living up to it
The kicks in my belly grow stronger with each day, the ripples moving beneath my shirt have my thoughts turning to summer. Our patio out back, the playhouse and garden casting bits of shade on the wading pool. I imagine how there will be another person, a downy head against my breast and tiny fingers at my side, while Briar and Avery splash and squeal in gingham sundresses and floppy madras hats.
8 comments:
- carrie said...
How is it that our children can always find that little guilt button that we try to hide so well?
Keep well.
- jen said...
i could have written this myself. i so know. you are a good mom, honey. we all do our best.
- amanda said...
all i know is that you are the mom who is in my ear everyday - whispering to me to stay present in the moment. i thank you and i know those girls thank you always!
- Occidental Girl said...
Moms must stay in the moment in order to connect with our kids, but also plan for the next moments. Work, and everything, await.
It's the toughest balance I can think of, and that includes comparisons to this land's economy!
- Amy said...
Oh the guilt. Another lovely, heart-tugging, and oh so true post.
- Trenches of Mommyhood said...
I, too, am restored.
And guilty.
A mom.
Thank God for weekends, huh?
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Deacon at Dachau -- UPDATED
Here's a video in Italian (but with English and Spanish subtitles that gives some of the details).
I think it's important that these kinds of stories remain current in our minds and hearts as we consider what ministry today should look like! We take so many things for granted! And yet, it was from experiences such as these that the dream of a renewed permanent diaconate was brought forth in concrete terms. It was thought, by men like Leisner and Pies, and women like S. Imma, that deacons could help create a world where this kind of madness might no longer exist.
Now, let's talk again about "doing diaconate right."
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Thanks so much for refocusing the discussion this way. A few weeks back, I was talking with the candidates in my formation class about Franz Jägerstätter, beatified just 3 years ago. Jägerstätter was very involved in the life of the church as a lay Franciscan and as sacristan of his parish. It strikes me that if the permanent diaconate had been an option, he would have been an ideal candidate.ReplyDelete
I would hate to think he would have been turned away because he lacked the education and polish of the local clergy, most of whom discouraged his courageous refusal to serve in Hitler's army. I think it is important that men in training for the diaconate be capable of reading their course materials with understanding, but I am very bothered when I hear (as I did at a recent gathering of the formation faculty) that our ideal candidates should write like graduate students.
I would vastly prefer to work with less polished candidates who entered formation with hard-won holiness and commitment to serve God whatever the cost.
Thanks, Ron.ReplyDelete
I have to admit, I'm rather surprised that there has been no other comment to this posting! Maybe no one else thought it had anything to say to us today; I hope not, but. . . .
While I agree with what you say, I try to steer a middle path. I have never supported efforts that would REQUIRE a certain academic level for deacon candidates (and neither the Vatican or the USCCB imposes such a requirement, although many folks mistakenly think otherwise). At the same time, the educational level of the people we serve is quite high, and since deacons also serve as official preachers and teachers, they need to have competence in speaking to all people in the church.
One of the finest deacons I've ever known was a man in my own formation class who never finished fourth grade. Not only was he a deeply spiritual man, he was also a gifted pastoral theologian and competent across the board. I would never want to see a formation program that would not have him as a part of it.
The good news is that I have only rarely seen any diocese impose an ABSOLUTE academic requirement; even when one is imposed, there are always exceptions made. Even when the occasional bishops has started out with an absolute, he usually finds that he has to reverse himself within a couple of years.
God bless,
We here in the Archdiocese of Mobile are in the second year of a four year formation. It was only restarted after the installation of Archbishop Rodi whereas our previous Archbishop Emeritus Lipscomb deferred to his successor as stated in previous posts. This resulted in an 8 year lapse in our program and thus we have had to start from scratch. Only with the hard work and assistance from those at the USCCB and NADD have we a viable program in place. Academic credentials are not a criteria for our formation program as we try and evaluate the whole person and discern the Holy Spirit's intentions.ReplyDelete
Being able to work at the college level is a plank in our evaluation process, but it is not nailed down to the detriment of the individual or the Church of Mobile.
Please give my regards to your Archbishop! Had the occasion to work with him following Katrina/Rita as part of the bishops' task force on hurricane recovery efforts.ReplyDelete
God bless,
My view on the education is a bit of a middle ground. I think that an educational prerequisite is a very bad idea. You could limit out some very qualified candidates. However, I think that there should be reasonably rigorous standards for academic/intellectual formation. I think this is a balanced approach that doesn't unreasonably close the door, but still produces fully formed / well-rounded deacons.ReplyDelete


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