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In this snippet, a minor character named Janie has wheedled her folks into letting her go on her first date with a guy named Ray, and lo and behold, they have a flat. After inspecting the tire, Ray gets back in the car and lights a cigarette. Here's what happened next:
Janie watched as he inhaled and exhaled lazily. "Shouldn't you be changing the tire?" she finally asked.
Ray smiled and let the smoke curl out of his lips and upward into his nostrils before he spoke. "Spare's flat, too."
Janie felt a sinking sensation in the pit of her stomach. Without thinking, she
opened the passenger door and stepped out into the night. They were on some rural
road south of Pine River. She wasn't really sure where they were.
For those of you who have been following, you probably know there is a serial killer in the area . . . in fact, that is the tagline of the book!
Thanks for visiting with me and the characters of Stutter Creek each week. Next time, I will begin to introduce characters from my next book, Stevie-girl and the Phantom of Crybaby Bridge.
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Amanda Myers was making a conscious effort to keep her heavy foot off the Toyota's gas pedal when she spied what appeared to be a small boy standing beside the road. An old fashioned newsboy cap nearly obscured his tiny face.
Mandy hit the brake and steered the Celica toward the gravel shoulder. With a practiced hand, she quickly texted her coworker, Myra, and asked her to concoct a cover story for her tardiness.
The kid had seemed very small in silhouette—maybe five or six years old—and no house or vehicle in sight.
When Myra texted back to say the boss was on the warpath, Mandy replied, "Well, just tell him I stopped to pick up a boy on the edge of town. That should really turn his face red!" It was an inside joke. Everyone knew when the boss's face was red it was wise to give him a wide berth.
Myra sent back a row of question marks.
"L8R," Mandy responded. She looked all around. She had assumed the little guy would come dashing up to the car as soon as she had come to a stop. But even when she could no longer hear the crunch of her tires on gravel, he still hadn't materialized.
I didn't pass him by that much.
Craning her neck to see past the Toyota's blind spot, Mandy dropped the phone into the center console drink holder and shoved the gearshift into park. A thick stand of live oaks cast a deep shadow over the bar ditch. The setting sun made the trees appear as black-paper cutouts in a landscape collage.
After checking her mirrors to make sure no one was behind her, Mandy pressed the button to lower the passenger-side window.
It was almost all the way down when a man yanked open the door and exploded into her world like a tornado into a trailer park. Her hand flew to the gearshift, but she couldn't engage it. Even as her flight instinct kicked in, part of her mind was telling her this was almost certainly the same strange guy who had requested her section at the restaurant the night before. His eyes had seemed to follow her all around the crowded dining room, and his oily stench had made him stand out like a spot of mold on white linen.
Mandy drew in breath to scream, her hand scrambling across the console for her phone or the gearshift, whichever came first, but he was too fast. With lightning speed, he dove across the seat and slapped a rectangle of duct tape across her mouth. At the same time, he buried his free hand knuckle deep in the thick blonde braid at the base of her skull even as his other hand slid down to her windpipe and began to squeeze.


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Well, it seems my curse is not so powerful as I imagined. Marcos at work told me he has often had great luck getting tickets to sold-out shows on the day of the show. Apparently it's all those blocks of great seats, reserved for various special groups (eg, American Express card-holders). On the day of the show, any reserved seats that didn't get sold will be released to the public.
I figured it was worth a try, so yesterday I started checking again for seats. Lo and behold! Some seats were available, and they were good ones! I bought up two tickets right away for Sabrina and myself. Paid the usual Ticket-Bastard extortion fees. Sabrina's not a Pink Floyd/Roger Waters fan, but she wanted to come anyway, in the grand old tradition of dragging wives and girlfriends out to progressive-rock shows that they won't enjoy.
We got to the show just in time, thanks to Toronto traffic. When they scanned our tickets, we were told we were being relocated due to kind of cable obstructing our view. Not sure why they sold the seats in the first place, then… but whatever. The seats they moved us to were actually even better still, so that was a big win.
The show was great… a blend of Pink Floyd classics, plus some of Roger's solo tunes from Pros and Cons and Amused to Death. Plus one unreleased tune, Leaving Beirut, which seemed to go over well despite (or more likely because of) the strong anti-war and anti-Bush lyrics.
The special effects, while modest by classic Pink Floyd standards, were still very effective. I find the reversal here interesting… 10 years ago, Roger Waters was playing small clubs while David Gilmour's Pink Floyd filled stadiums. Now, we have Roger Waters filling stadiums, and David Gilmour playing Massey Hall (I missed that one, dammit.)
Honestly, though, I would rather see just about any band in Massey Hall than Air Canada Centre. The huge Air Canada Centre setting seems to me to represent the exact kind of detached musical experience that famously drove Roger to spit in the face of a screaming fan in Montreal on the Animals tour, and later provided inspiration for The Wall's lyrics and stage show.
But Roger seems to have resigned himself to the stadium setting, and seems to do his best to play to the crowd in his somewhat understated way.
My only complaint with the show is the pair of stoner chicks in front of us that just couldn't keep their asses in their seats. Look around you… do you see anybody else standing? Just sit your white-trash ass down and listen, dammit! Cripes! And then, for the second half of the show, they were joined by some friends in the seats beside us. A big hill-billy tubba-bubba, standing in my view and smoking (regular tobacco). Perfect.
These chicks were probably not even born when I got into Pink Floyd. And I wasn't even born when Pink Floyd got started.
Anyway, Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming back to the Air Canada Centre this November. Sabrina and I saw that show last year, and we both really enjoyed it. I'll be looking to get us tickets for that next. I wonder, though, should I get the tickets now, or wait until the day of the show? Can lightning strike twice?

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Annual art tour Nov. 5-6 is the biggest yet
The first weekend in November is always marked with major traffic in the county for the annual Artists of Rappahannock Studio and Gallery Tour. The tour generally attracts about a thousand participants. Last year's zip-code analysis by Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community organizers revealed that that 75 percent were from outside the county.
This year's tour — the 12th annual — will be the largest and most comprehensive ever. About 90 juried artists will show their work at 22 studios and nine galleries. The tour begins at the Washington School on Mount Salem Avenue, where more than 130 representative works will be on display and, for $10 per person, participants can get their driving map to the destinations. (The fee is good for both days, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
With the closing of River District Arts in Sperryville, there had been concern that the artists there would be without an opportunity to display their work. It now appears that all of the RDA artists have found other venues. In addition to the artist studios and galleries on previous tours, there will be three new galleries and seven new studios. Profiles of the new locations and artists will be featured in upcoming editions of Rappahannock News. More at raac.org.
It's the chamber as much as the players
It all started when Wendy Weinberg, some 25 years ago, asked an acquaintance for advice on what sort of classical music program might bring folks out from Big Washington to the theater she'd recently taken on in Little Washington — the Theatre at Little Washington, actually, the 230-seat venue that Weinberg sold two years ago to Nancy Raines, who's now calling it the Little Washington Theatre.
Weinberg told the story a few weeks ago in the homey, sunlit green room at the theater, while Raines and a reporter listened, on the occasion of an upcoming notable anniversary of the Smithsonian at Little Washington chamber concert series — which starts its 25th year this Sunday (Sept. 11) on Gay Street.
The acquaintance, Weinberg said, was Joan Reinthaler, who reviewed and wrote about classical music for The Washington Post back then — and still does. Weinberg knew her because she was one of her son's high school teachers.
Reinthaler suggested she talk to Jim Weaver, the founder of the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society. Weaver invited Weinberg to come in and meet the society's artistic director, Kenneth Slowik — the pianist, cellist, violist and conductor who, Weinberg said, liked the idea of performing in the Little Washington theater's intimate environs, 70 miles from any National Malls — almost as a sort of dress rehearsal for the longstanding concert-and-lecture events that Slowik and the chamber group did at the National Museum of American History (and still do, now in a newly chic space).
Slowik sent Weinberg to an assistant to make the arrangements; Weinberg said the arrangements were quite work intensive and, toward the end of the process, she was told that the only remaining hurdle would be a visit to the theater by Slowik. This was a bit nerve-wracking, Weinberg said, considering how much work had already gone into planning the inaugural season.
In any case, Slowik came out to the theater, and walked down the center aisle, stood still and clapped his hands sharply.
"We'll do it," he said, indicating his satisfaction with the theater's acoustics. Weinberg said that after the Smithsonian group agreed, getting other high-quality acts to make the trip to Gay Street became increasingly easier.
"Wow," said Raines. "This is the first time I've heard that story."
Slowik will be performing at 3 p.m. Sunday (tickets are $25, visit littlewashingtontheatre.com) with the Smithsonian Chamber Players — violinist Cynthia Robert and cellist Allen Whear — for a program of piano trios composed by Joseph Haydn for his London friend, Mrs. Rebecca Schroeter.
If the past 24 seasons are any indication, it won't be Slowik but the rest of us who'll be sharply clapping our hands.
— Roger Piantadosi
'Arguing with God'
There's no arguing with the weather, so last spring's premiere performance of John Henry's play "Arguing with God" at his Stone Hill Amphitheatre in Flint Hill was rained out — twice! So it went indoors at the Hylton Performing Arts Center for a trial run in June. But the play was written by the master builder of the amphitheater expressly for that magnificent space, and so an encore production is now scheduled for 5 p.m. this Sunday (Sept. 11) at the Stone Hill Amphitheatre, with many of the play's Biblical characters being played by Rappahannock residents. Perhaps presumptuously, no rain date is offered this time. Tickets are $20 at the door or available at arguingwithgod.eventbrite.com. Parking and children's attendance free.
Community Drum Circles
Join in the music making at the first of a series of three Community Drum Circles at the RAAC Theater, Washington, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18. These events (there are two more on Oct. 16 and Nov. 19) are free and open to the all ages and experience levels, and are made possible in part by a grant from RAAC's Claudia Mitchell Art Fund. Lots of drums and percussion instruments to share, or bring your own. For more information, contact Wendi Sirat at 540-987-8417 or email@example.com.
Community Drum Circles are fun, family friendly, interactive events in which the participants show up as individuals and, with a bit of guidance by facilitator Wendi Sirat, end up creating music together like a spontaneous community orchestra. Participating in drum circles can help stimulate coordination, cooperation, self expression, listening skills, team building and stress reduction. They are used with school groups, "at risk" children, nursing homes, corporate offices and community events around the world. Feel free to bring the whole family!
Kid Pan Alley, back in Rapp
Kid Pan Alley started writing songs with kids 16 years ago right here in Rappahannock, and they're back this month for a songwriting residency with Rappahannock County Elementary, Hearthstone School and Childcare and Learning Center kids Sept. 12-23.
It all ends with a free concert featuring the children performing with Kid Pan Alley's Paul Reisler, vocalist Sahffi Lynne and sax virtuoso Marshall Keys 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23 at Rappahannock County Elementary School.
Learn Mental Health First Aid on Sept. 29
On Thursday, Sept. 29, Rappahannock residents have a unique opportunity to participate in a Mental Health First Aid course taught by Sallie Morgan and John Waldeck of the Mental Health Association. The full day class will be held at the Rappahannock County Library (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
One of the deepest and most destructive secrets our culture somehow keeps buried is the extent to which mental health issues affect us all in one way or another. One in four adults, and one in five children, suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem at any given time, and over our lifespan more than half of us will experience a mental health crisis or concern.
Chances are that all of us have a friend, loved one or coworker who is struggling right now with depression, anxiety or a similar condition. Yet we are still reluctant to talk about those issues, which means that people often do not seek help. On average, the time between the appearance of symptoms and actually getting treatment is 10 years — 10 years of pain and often worsening symptoms.
Taking mental health out of the shadows, providing information and reducing stigma is what Mental Health First Aid is all about. The eight-hour, evidence-based course parallels medical first aid instruction and offers in-depth information about the signs and symptoms of mental health disorders to help us recognize when someone around us is struggling. The course also provides information about how we can respond when we identify an issue and how we can assist the individual in getting help.
In 2015, Morgan and Waldeck provided Mental Health First Aid for teachers and administrators from the Rappahannock County schools, as well as other interested persons. One of the county's first responders who took the course was Harold Beebout, who reported a few weeks later that the course had been a great help in responding to a rescue squad call that involved an individual who was severely depressed. The course can be helpful in work settings and personal settings, and is appropriate for anyone over age 18 who in interested.
Morgan, executive director of the Mental Health Association, and John Waldeck, the association's board president, have both worked in the mental health field in this region for many years before joining the association. They believe that Mental Health First Aid has the power to transform our entire community's views on mental health, to break down the stigma that still lingers and to give us all tools we can use in reaching out to those in need of help.
As space is limited, pre-registration is required for the Sept. 29 course. Interested persons should contact Sallie Morgan at email@example.com or 540-341-8732. There is no fee for participation thanks to funding from the Northern Piedmont Community Foundation's Richard Lykes fund. Lunch will be provided.


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Ever feel uncomfortable travelling alone as a woman? Is the idea of potential aggression or harassment holding you back from going on a trip by yourself?
Perspectivity's Hanne Verhoeven gives trainings about safety for female travellers at the Centre for Safety and Development to women going on a trip by themselves or on field work and shares her advice with you. Here are her top 5 tips:
1. Prepare yourself well before you go
A wealth of information about almost anywhere in the world is available now, use that to your advantage. Read and ask about where to go and what places to avoid at night time. Information can go a long way.
2. Be alert
Listen with your ears and see with your eyes. When going through places you are not sure about, don't play with your phone or other things but have all your senses open and be aware of your surroundings. Being present is not only helpful for spotting potential dangers but also helps you to fully experience and enjoy your trip.
3. Follow your instincts
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Try to look and act confident. Your attitude, words and facial expression should be consistent. What can help with this is carrying a big bag around, giving you something to hold on to and literally makes you bigger and thus a less easy prey. Additionally, they work great for self-defence.
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Fresh Start in Life
Dear Ones,
How would you feel if you knew that today was truly the beginning of your new life?
What would you feel if you could actually face today, right now, without having any thoughts of the past? What if the past doesn't repeat itself? What new thoughts could you think today, would you think today if you weren't still carrying around the past? What if there were nothing to weigh you down? No past . . .no future . . .just present moment living . . .
Well, you can live this way if you choose to do so
. What you think today, what you allow yourself to think today, creates your experience. So if you want to have a dreary do nothing, accomplish nothing, no energy day, go right ahead and have one. Just remember to think the most limiting negative thoughts possible. Wake up depressed. Remind yourself that you are getting older, that you've messed up your life, that nothing has ever worked out in your favor and that nothing will. There you go, choosing to have an awful, self-limiting day . . .enjoy it, you created it with your very own thoughts!
Okay, perhaps we are being a bit harsh, but at least you get the point. You are 100% responsible for where you are in your life and for what you think and feel. If you are in a good place, that's great. If you aren't, remember what was already said in one of the other messages and we repeat it here:
"If you do nothing to change your life, you can be sure it won't get better."
Have you ever noticed that everyone handles things differently? One person is out of work and decides to go to the beach and goof off, another decides to use the time for self improvement and inner reflection, another sits at home and bites his fingernails with worry, and another gets up, goes out, and gets a new job. Each person is in the same situation, yet s/he always has the choice to make lemonade out of a lemon or to pucker up and drink the juice straight.
What if your past were wiped away?
This morning when you woke up you knew your name and nothing else. Now wouldn't that be an interesting day – actually living with no past. Imagine the day – you roll over and see the person next to you for the first time. You go to the kitchen and see your children for the first time. Who are those people? Wouldn't you like to get to know them today? In fact, this is the truth of the situation – the person you were with yesterday doesn't exist today. You change every time you make a decision, every time you have a new experience, every time you speak or are spoken to and so on.
How would your work look if you were doing it for the first time?
What if you are an artist and you look at a blank canvas for the first time? What would you create if you leave your style behind? What colors would you use if you were completely free to use any color you wanted?
What if you try something completely unknown today, right now?
What if you act in a way that you've never acted before? What if you put on that Indian outfit or that Hawaiian shirt that you bought on vacation? What if you decide to listen to foreign music, eat something you've never eaten before? What if you grab a poetry book and read a poem to the family at the breakfast table while you're eating a big bowl of chocolate ice cream?
What if you smile more and complain less?
What if you tell a joke for the first time in your life? What if you go online and use a dating service? What if you go out on the street and yell at the top of your voice? What if you call someone and tell him or her how much s/he is loved and appreciated?
Why don't you paint a whole new life on that blank canvas?
Who gives you the right?
Who gives you that blank canvas? You give it to yourself each time you agree not to relive the past, to forget you ever had a past. Don't try to paint on a canvas that you've already painted on – it never works – the colors always bleed through. If you take the old canvas filled with past experiences and thoughts, you will never be able to create something fresh and new.
We encourage you today to break out of your old patterns in order to break into a new life. Step into your new roles . . .let go of the past.
So, to sum it all up:
Why not wake up this morning and every morning thinking today is the beginning of your new life. You are the creator of your life. Start thinking about the excitement of being alive and about the possibilities that are offered to you in each present moment. You live in a world of infinite possibilities. Open to your happy life – break in to a new way of being. See sunshine before you and walk into it. Be optimistic no matter what and watch miracles happen everywhere.
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A three-part documentary on the great American film director Stanley Kubrick by his brother-in-law and long-time executive producer Jan Harlan. The film not only provides an insight into the way Kubrick worked, it also portrays Kubrick's life outside his career. Kubrick's wife, Christiane, has placed at the filmmaker's disposal rare photographs of Kubrick as well as hitherto unseen film footage shot during their married life together. Alongside Kubrick's wife and friends, former cast and crew members and prominent colleagues all share their memories of both the perfectionist filmmaker and the man that was Stanley Kubrick.
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Cast: Tom Cruise (Narrator), Ken Adam, Margaret Adams, Brian Aldiss, Woody Allen, Steven Berkoff, Louis C. Blau, John Calley, Milena Canonero, Wendy Carlos, Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Cox, Allen Daviau, Ed Di Giulio, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, Anthony Frewin, James B. Harris, Michael Herr, Mike Herrtage, Philip Hobbs, Nicole Kidman.


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Yes, this is a totally non-craft post, but I'm so excited. Some months ago, I spent eons talking myself out of buying something. Finally, caved and then Amazon was OUT!! Wahhhhh!! Ok. I whined about that for a few weeks and then discovered the item on Ebay. I immediately bought one. It came today. I'm doing happy dances all over the place! Here's my find!
In case you haven't figured it out, I'm a total Garfield fan. I'm not excessive (I have only a couple of Garfield trinkets), but this was sortof an ideal useful item! The jelly donut is a cup warmer, so this is a great treat for me while knitting or crocheting. For quilting or scrapbooking, I have a special cupholder (Creative Memories) or I end up with scraps in my cup. It's true, I have way too many coffee cups, but I tend to mostly drink out of only 4 cups. Now 5! Anyway, happy dance, happy dance. Back to our regularly scheduled program.
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I study in 9th standard of MBIIS. I try to study hard to make my parents happy an proud. I love my family and friends. This site is created by me and my friends; Priya, Priyanka, Drishti and Nikita as part of our physics project. We try to make it interesting and nice.
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A light and luscious cupcake and rich flavorful frosting--both made with 100% Unsweetened Chocolate.
3 ounces (1½ bars) GUITTARD 100% Unsweetened Chocolate, chopped
1¼ cups unbleached all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1¼ cups sugar
2 large eggs
¾ cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line 12 cupcake forms with paper liners. Place rack in middle of oven.
Melt chocolate in top of double boiler over low heat, stirring constantly until melted and smooth. Set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt until uniform. Set aside.
In large bowl of electric mixer beat butter and sugar on medium for several minutes until light. Add eggs one at a time until smooth. Mix in melted chocolate until uniform, stopping to scrape bottom and sides as needed. Stir in ½ the flour mixture just until incorporated. With the mixer on low slowly add buttermilk and vanilla scraping down bowl and beater before adding the remaining flour. Mix until blended.
Fill lined cups 3/4 full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until tops are rounded and puffy. A toothpick inserted in center will still have moist crumbs clinging to it. When cool enough to handle transfer to rack to cool completely before frosting tops.


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Justin's single "One Time" was released on 18 May 2009. First mainstream and on the radio, and from 7 July onwards, via digital download in the US and Canada. In most other markets it was only released during the autumn of 2009. "One Time" became a huge hit and the then 15-year old went top 20 in Canada, the US, Germany, the UK, France and New Zealand. On 22 December the same year, Justin released "My Heart Edition" on iTunes. "My Heart Edition" is an acoustic version of "One Time".


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January 1993: Bill Clinton was inaugurated as the 42nd president of the United States.
April 1993: Dave Golonski is elected to the Burbank City Council during the city's general election. At 34 years old, he receives 5,833 votes out of 9,961 cast.
September 1994: Acclaimed sitcom, "Friends," debuts on NBC, kicking off its 10-year run.
October 1995: After a long, heavily publicized trial, former football star OJ Simpson is acquitted of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
February 1997: Dave Golonski is re-elected during Burbank's primary election, having received 6,069 out of 9,153 ballots cast.
June 1997: The first Harry Potter novel, written by J.K. Rowling, is released, launching the seven-book series.
January 1998: News breaks of the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal.
April 2001: Golonski is re-elected during the general election with 5,733 out of 11,165 votes.
September 2001: Nearly 3,000 people are killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook.
April 2005: Golonski is re-elected during the general election with 5,429 votes.
August 2005: Hurricane Katrina strikes the Gulf Coast.
June 2007: Apple releases the first iPhone.
November 2008: Barack Obama is elected president of the United States.
April 2009: Golonski is re-elected during the general election, with 5,711 out of 11,889 votes.
June 2009: Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," dies.
April 2011: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Kate Middleton tie the knot.
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The Intellectual Formation of Jesuit Brothers and Scholastics: Initial Formation
1. The Goal of Studies
1.1. "The purpose of studies in the Society is apostolic" (NC 81). Studies are aimed at helping Jesuits grow in their capacity to fulfill the mission of the Society of Jesus today: the service of faith, the promotion of justice, dialogue with cultures and religions.
1.2. Thus, the intellectual formation of Jesuits should provide them with the ability to
1.2.1. Analyze profoundly the complex and changing CONTEXTS of our mission;
1.2.2. Understand deeply the CONTENT of Catholic faith;
1.2.3. Acquire the ministerial COMPETENCIES needed to communicate the Gospel and to help make real the Kingdom of God in our world;
1.2.4. Appropriate the meaning and implications of the Jesuit CHARISM for life and mission.
2. Fundamental Elements of Jesuit Studies
2.1. The study of the CONTEXT of mission involves all that allows Jesuits:
2.1.1. To understand and appreciate the complexities of the human condition (arts and humanities)
2.1.2. To analyze structures and developments in society and culture, especially those that are relevant to faith, justice, religious pluralism, and ecological issues (social and natural sciences)
2.1.3. To understand, through an encounter with important texts, how thinkers and cultures have sought to respond to fundamental questions and dimensions of human and social existence
2.1.4. To acquire a methodology for continually reflecting on changing contexts of mission
2.2. The study of the CONTENT of faith involves:
2.2.1. The study of the inspired Word of God and the rich and living tradition of teaching and theological reflection of the Church
2.2.2. Initiating a systematic understanding of how the mysteries of faith relate to one another and to human existence and history.
2.2.3. Dialogue with other ecclesial communities and religious traditions, and with the secular world and mindset.
2.3. Ministerial COMPETENCIES for kerygma-martyria, leitourgia, and diakonia (cf. CG35 D3, n19) include, among others, those for
2.3.1. ministries of the Word: preaching, social communications
2.3.2. sacramental ministry: presiding, liturgy
2.3.3. ministries of interiority: spiritual direction, pastoral counseling
2.3.4. educational ministries: education, pedagogy
2.3.5. leadership and management
2.3.6. skills for adapting to technological and social change
2.3.7. collaboration
2.3.8. language skills
2.4. Appropriation of the Jesuit CHARISM includes
2.4.1. The study of Jesuit history
2.4.2. A historico-critical and sapiential reading of: a) foundational Jesuit documents concerning our Institute, including the Constitutions, the Spiritual Exercises, recent General Congregations of the Society; and b) key thinkers who have written on Ignatian Spirituality
2.4.3. Theological reflection on fundamental elements of the Society's identity and way of proceeding.
3. Dynamic tensions involved in Jesuit intellectual formation: Aspects of pedagogy
3.1. Jesuit studies should be marked by both an appreciative and critical appropriation of one's own cultural, intellectual and religious tradition and a respectful openness and humble attentiveness to the Other (different cultural, religious, intellectual traditions).
3.2. Jesuit studies should be interdisciplinary, seeking to understand reality from the vantage points of different disciplines, frameworks, and schools of thought. Yet there should be a constant concern for integration, a way of correlating the diversity of what one studies towards a vision of the whole.
3.3. Jesuit intellectual formation should involve an ongoing inter-action and dialogue between experience (including apostolic and pastoral experience, and especially insertion with the poor) and reflection, between theory and praxis.
3.4. The intellectual formation of Jesuits seeks to develop conceptual rigor and clarity of thought and expression, on the one hand, and imagination and creativity, on the other.
3.5. The process of learning calls for the personal responsibility of the Jesuit: his personal interest, engagement, research, self-evaluation. At the same time, the Jesuit learns through the process of dialogue and collaboration with a community of learners.
3.6. While there should be a common program of studies for Jesuits in formation, a discerning flexibility should also be exercised to allow for adaptations and adjustments of this common program in response to special needs, interests, and talents of individual formands.
3.7. While Jesuit intellectual formation aims at the appropriation of content, the manner of learning should inculcate habits of life-long searching, inquiry, reflection, study, and critical thinking.
4. Promoting an Ignatian spirituality of studies
4.1. Professors should help formands develop an Ignatian spirituality of studies, which allows the Jesuit to live the joys and the challenges of studies, not as an external imposition or requirement, or as a matter of personal development, but rather as focused on better serving the mission to which God calls the Society and the individual Jesuit.
4.2. Excellence should be sought, diligently avoiding mediocrity or minimalism. However, this pursuit of excellence is undertaken so that Jesuits might be able to give the People of God the best possible service we can offer, rather than in a spirit of competitive rivalry.
4.3. While studies in the Society involve the development of gifts and talents and the cultivation of interests of the individual Jesuit, at the same time, Jesuit intellectual formation calls for constant abnegation and discipline, a willingness to die to self, to forego what might seem more immediately gratifying, even in apostolic work.
4.4. Spiritual and apostolic fruit should be sought and prayed for during the course of Jesuit studies: such as,
4.4.1. a more profound sense of the search of humanity for salvation and liberation;
4.4.2. great desires and apostolic zeal;
4.4.3. deeper awareness of and surrender to the beauty and the mystery of God.
4.5. Formands should be helped to integrate the fruit of their studies to personal and apostolic discernment.
5. Stages of intellectual Formation
5.1. Each stage of formation will have a primary focus:
5.1.1. Novitiate will focus on the element of Jesuit CHARISM;
5.1.2. First studies will focus on the CONTEXT of mission;
5.1.3. Regency is primarily aimed at the development of ministerial COMPETENCIES;
5.1.4. Theology will focus on CONTENT of faith.
5.2. Although the formative emphases may vary in different stages, all four elements of intellectual formation should be present during each stage, progressively building on what has been learned before.
5.3. Different ministerial COMPETENCIES should be acquired at every stage so as to equip the Jesuit for ministry. As a rule, the competencies needed during Regency should be acquired during First Studies, and the competencies required for priestly ministry should be given special attention during Theology.
5.4. While the study of the Jesuit CHARISM is more intensely focused during the Novitiate, this element of Jesuit formation should be systematically present in all stages of Jesuit formation.
6. Special Concerns
6.1. Philosophical studies in universities today: Our formands studying philosophy, particularly in a university setting, are often exposed to a very wide diversity of schools of thought. Those responsible for formation should help our men better integrate this diversity, and provide greater continuity between philosophy and theology.
6.2. Diversity of educational background and experience of Jesuit formands: Today, some men in formation enter the Society with advanced degrees and professional training. They should be helped to integrate and build on their former experience. It may also be necessary to help some re-orient attitudes and mindsets that may have been acquired in previous studies or work experiences.
6.3. Professors who are also formators: Major Superiors and those who share responsibility for the formation of Jesuits should ensure the identification and training of a team of professors, both Jesuit and lay, who are not only professionally competent, but are also committed to the vision, goals, pedagogy, and ideals of Jesuit intellectual formation.


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Hey guys, I recently updated from Snow Leopard directly to Mountain Lion and now I have a issue I can't fix by myself.
I'm using a Macbook Pro Mid 2010, 4gig Ram, 2,4 Intel Dualcore, GT 320M - now running OSX 10.8.3 I've got a 27" secondary display, where I usually enjoy my content Youtube e.g.. It used to work very fluently with no probs at all. I could run a Skype conv., a Youtube vid, eyeTV and various apps simultaneously without any performance issues.
NOW: I have no other app running but Chrome, open up any random youtube-video and it starts to lag within seconds. When I switch to my 27" screen it shows a CPU usage of around 100% for Chrome and 80% for Pepperflashplayer, going down to 80%; 70% when displaying on my macbook screen. I've read that RAM upgrade might be recommended for running Lion or ML on "older" macbooks.I can't even run a single Video without lags.
However during this lags and CPU peaks I still have around 1,5gig of free RAM.
I've already installed 'Memory Clean' to monitor my RAM usage and keep it at a certain level.
This happens using
Chrome: Pepperflashplayer + Chrome
Firefox: Shockwaveflash + Firefox
Safari: Flashplayer + Safari
always having almost full cpu usage and extreme graphic lags.
This does not happen when displaying HD content from my hard drive, eyetv and such.
Any suggestions?
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No, really. THIS is how I do it.I think about a lot of random stuff and I like to write it down. I believe in a lot of things and I think an equal amount of stuff is total crap. I am a cynical optimist. I am real. I like synchronicity and idiosyncrasy. My brain works quickly, which does not guarantee accuracy but is not A.D.D. Usually my mouth works even more quickly. I thought being really tall and living in Asia was pretty cool; but I am super glad to be back in California now. I want to be happy, bendy and satisfied... Because really, who wouldn't?
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A Different Blue by Amy Harmon
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Format: ebook, 454 pages
Source: Author for review
Description from Goodreads:
Blue Echohawk doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know her real name or when she was born. Abandoned at two and raised by a drifter, she didn't attend school until she was ten years old. At nineteen, when most kids her age are attending college or moving on with life, she is just a senior in high school. With no mother, no father, no faith, and no future, Blue Echohawk is a difficult student, to say the least. Tough, hard and overtly sexy, she is the complete opposite of the young British teacher who decides he is up for the challenge, and takes the troublemaker under his wing.
This is the story of a nobody who becomes somebody. It is the story of an unlikely friendship, where hope fosters healing and redemption becomes love. But falling in love can be hard when you don't know who you are. Falling in love with someone who knows exactly who they are and exactly why they can't love you back might be impossible.
I recieved an ecopy of A Different Blue for the blog tour. It landed in my inbox, I sent it to my Kindle, and then when I did what I usually do and took a little peek at the beginning. Why? Because I was curious. I usually am. Especially considering I send books to my Kindle/recieve them in the mail on a daily basis and have to put them aside for goodness knows how long until I have time to read them. (Seriously. I just started a book today that I got for Christmas. BLAH.) So I usually peek at the beginning. Not the middle, not the end, just the beginning. I don't want to spoil it for myself. That would be terrible. But I peeked at the beginning of A Different Blue. And then I peeked at the next page. And the next page. Next thing I know, it's 3 AM and I'm 80% through with the book.
Um. Yeah. This book is THAT terrific.
It just flies by in a daze of awesomeness that you don't even notice until you have to pee or want a snack or something. And even then, you don't really care because, um, hey, you need to know how this story is going to end. Goodness, I love this book. My heart is smiling just thinking about it. Amy Harmon's writing was fabulous and the story itself was captivating. GOODNESS, HAVE I SAID I LOVE THIS BOOK YET?!?!
Character Rundown:
Blue: Ahh, how I love her name. Blue and I...we kind of have a love/hate relationship. Her attitude was fun, and even reminded me of a friend I actually have in real life. But some of the decisions she made...I did not like. Don't get me wrong--I agreed with, approved of, and respected A LOT of her choices, especially the BIG choice she made in this book. But there were some little, petty choices that I did not like. They aren't TOO important, but they were there, nonetheless. Overall, I'd say I actually like Blue. WOOT!
Wilson: Oh, this guy. He has me wanting to name something Wilson. Or Darcy. Or one thing Wilson and one thing Darcy. I just want to NAME things after this wonderful human being. (Well, book character, but...meh.) He made me smile so much! And his character shifted so much from the beginning of the book to the end of the book. I. Loved. It. He made some decisions I did not particularly like, too, but still--I adore him and he's my boy. <3
Plot. It seems so straightforward when you read the description, but...this book goes places I never thought it would. And it does that while still being exactly what it said it would be. It was actually completely riveting. I didn't get bored at all, and this book (i.e. my Kindle) was glued to my hand as I read the beautiful that IS this story. Have I mentioned that I love it? I want y'all to know that.
Romance! Oh. Oh man. It is there. And it is...stunning. Blue and Wilson are a fantastic couple. Honestly, that is all that NEEDS to be said there. I could say a whole bunch of other things, too, but I don't feel it's necessary. Not with these two. Just...sweetness. And love. And MY HEART. Gah.
The ending. I'm leaving this one alone this time, actually. Just because. I will say that the ending left me loving this book. As did THIS WHOLE BOOK. This whole book left me loving this book. The ending included.
Overall, Amy Harmon is being added to my list of authors to watch for. A Different Blue has rendered me speechless. It was captivating and beautiful, and I don't regret the sleep I lost reading this for a second. Not one second. Totally worth it. I DEFINITELY recommend this book. No doubt in my mind about that. READ THE AWESOME!
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text: Flickr photo by fauxto_digThis is a great day! One more student is beginning to replace the I can'ts with I cans when it comes to math. I played math for an hour this morning with two new students, 5th and 8th grade sisters. Prior to today, the one word that described how the older one felt about math is FRUSTRATED. We played with addition, multiplication, and fractions. Both girls are bright, articulate, and eager to understand what math is all about. Their mom didn't want to overwhelm them, so our first session was just an hour. We made plans to get together again on Thursday, so she asked the 8th grader if two hours would be too much. The young lady replied, "I could do this all day!" I had told her when we met that I help kids understand math because it hurts my heart that so many kids feel defeated by it. Today I responded to her upbeat attitude and enthusiasm by saying, "My heart is so happy!" What a great day! I can't wait for Thursday.


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ACTE recently provided comments to the House Education and the Workforce Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee on the reauthorization of federal child nutrition programs. As we have previously reported, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 authorized the federal government to issue new nutritional standards for schools nationwide. In addition to creating enhanced requirements for reimbursable meals sold in school cafeterias, the law also established the first-ever national nutritional standard for "competitive foods" sold in schools, which went into effect in the 2014-15 school year. These regulations not only impact foods sold in vending machines, a la carte lines and school stores, but also CTE programs that operate school-based enterprises, such as student-run cafés, bakeries and restaurants.
In June, the House Education and the Workforce Committee held hearings on a range of topics being considered in this reauthorization, including regulatory compliance issues, additional administrative burdens and costs for school districts associated with the new rules, and concerns about food waste. With certain provisions in the law expiring on September 30, it was expected that both chambers would work to pass a bill this fall. The Senate Agriculture Committee had planned to unveil its reauthorization bill for a committee markup in September, but that bill has not yet been released and the markup has been indefinitely postponed. Despite the inaction, the committee's chairman remains optimistic about producing a bill with bipartisan support. "I am continuing negotiations with Ranking Member [Debbie] Stabenow to get a bipartisan, budget-neutral agreement to move forward with child nutrition reauthorization," said Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS). However, his counterparts in the House have also been unable to move a reauthorization proposal forward. No draft legislation has been publicly released by the Education and the Workforce Committee, and they have no plans to hold further hearings on the subject. For now, reauthorization efforts on Capitol Hill remain at a standstill.


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Crytek Recruiting Character Artist & Environment Artist
Senior Character Artist
Category: Character Artist
Company: Crytek
Location: Austin (United States)
Start Date: immediately
Job Description
Senior Character Artist
Crytek USA is looking for an amazing character artist with expertise in creating 3D character assets at a quality level consistent with the very top of the field. Join one of the best art teams in the world. Your peers will inspire you and drive your work to new heights. Candidates must be able to create eye-popping 3D characters, monsters, heroes and other assorted creatures.
The primary function of the Character Artist is to create incredible character and character related art assets.
Use commercial and proprietary software to create high quality 3D art assets to fulfill the necessities of the project's functional, art and technical specifications
Create high quality characters for Crytek's latest game
Understand the requirements and constraints of game design, engine and platform
Take direction in style and technique to match your work to style of the project
Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate your process and receive critical feedback
Estimate assigned tasks with a high degree of accuracy and break down the steps to completion, delivering on time and at the highest quality
Skills & Qualifications:
At least 5 years' experience in the industry as an artist, 3 or more years spent as a senior
Proven ability to create art assets exhibited through a stellar portfolio
Proficiency with Photoshop, Zbrush and 3D Studio Max
Strong modeling and texturing skills
Solid fundamental understanding of artistic principals and pipelines
Willingness to learn commercial and proprietary software
Solid organizational skills with adherence to asset budgets and management
Working knowledge of at least one game engine and integrating your work into it
Expert understanding of human and animal anatomy
Proven experience and understanding of art pipelines
Must have an active, passionate interest in current video games!
All applicants must submit an online portfolio to be considered
A portfolio should demonstrate the following:
Strong artistic background, with numerous examples of high quality character work
Heavy focus on highly detailed character art, including clothing and weapons
Strong ability to create detailed high poly models
Clear understanding of efficient UV layout for low poly objects
Keen eye for detail, realism, composition and color
Strong texturing skills
Experience working with the CryEngine
Previous lead experience
Animation experience
Shipped a AAA Game
Physically based material experience
Not a crybaby
Sense of humor
Apply here:- http://www.crytek.com/career/offers/overview/austin/art-animation/art-senior-character
Senior Environment Artist
Category: Environment Artist
Company: Crytek
Location: Austin (United States)
Start Date: immediately
Job Description
Senior Environment Artist
We are looking for an exceptionally skilled environment artist to help create high quality environments and assets with a strong understanding of player space, composition, functionality and performance optimization.
Collaborating with Art Leads to create visually impactful, functional (and fun!) game worlds and levels
Helping to block out and develop new areas and levels with a strong understanding of player experience, optimization and finalization
Creating realistic models and textures for both architectural, hard edged and organic environments
Create game play assets/props and props that fit the environments
Manage texture quality and fidelity to remain consistent with other assets
Mentor other artists and share techniques and tips
5+ years game experience
At least two console or PC titles shipped from concept through final as an Artist
Experience with Mudbox or ZBrush and the process of converting high-poly sculpted environments into lower poly game assets is a must
Strong texture painting skills
Superior eye for color and detail when creating texture maps
Ability to read a 2D concept and 'accurately' translate to model and texture
Good understanding of composition and player experience/player pathing when creating an environment space
Fluent knowledge of at least one major 2D package (Photoshop, Painter, etc.)
Strong polygonal modeling skills- able to generate clean and efficient models with efficiency and timeliness
Must have passion for Environmental Art and ability to see it as a character
Excellent verbal communication skills
Ability and willingness to accept and follow direction, collaborate productively with others, and work to meet deadlines as necessary
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to multitask effectively, prioritize competing demands, and follow through on details
Strong interest in games, preferably with specific industry experience shipping titles for Playstation 3, PC, Xbox 360, etc. XBOX One and PS4 experience a plus
A strong portfolio (must be submitted online), candidates who do not provide work samples will not be considered
Strong foundation in at least one of the traditional arts, sculpting, drawing or painting
Strong knowledge of human and animal anatomy
Experience with physically based materials
No crybabies
Sense of humor
Apply here:- http://www.crytek.com/career/offers/overview/austin/art-animation/art-senior-environment
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Eileen Allred BellApril 24, 1928 ~ May 9, 2017 (age 89)
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Surrounded by love and eternal gratitude, Eileen Allred Bell peacefully passed through the veil and returned home on the evening of May 9th after living and loving beautifully for eighty-nine years. All eight of her children were present and were given the gift of being able to hold their dear, sweet mother one more time as they bid her Godspeed to the other side, where they knew their father was waiting to embrace his sweetheart.
Eileen's journey began April 24th, in the Spring of 1928 in Raymond, Alberta, Canada where J. Urban and Edna Bingham Allred welcomed their twelfth child into the world. When she was nine years old, the Allred family moved to Logan Utah where Eileen spent her formative years. While attending college at Utah State University in Logan, Utah, she worked as a typist in the LDS Logan Temple. It was here, while working, that she caught the eye of a dashing, young, returned missionary, James Hyrum Bell, who knew from the moment he saw her she would become his wife. On June 13, 1949 they were sealed for time and all eternity in the very temple where they had met.
Over the course of their life together, school and work took them across Utah, Colorado and Idaho. They are blessed with eight children, five boys and three girls. Eventually, the Bell family settled in Bountiful, Utah, where there was rarely a fair day that one would not find Eileen outside working in her gardens. She loved to make things grow, and loved all things beautiful. Beyond raising Jim (Doc Bell), her eight children and tending to her yard, she held many church callings, including a 1992 mission to Nauvoo, Illinois and a 1997 Sesquicentennial Pioneer Trek from Illinois to the Salt Lake valley. One of her great loves was music, and she served as President of the Utah Youth Symphony Orchestra in support of her cellist son Mark.
She is survived by 8 children; David, Stan, Karen, Kristine Tanner, JoLyn Ure, Eric, James, Mark, 30 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren and infinite blooming flowers. At times like this when the question is posed, "Who was Eileen Allred Bell?", all one needs to do to find the answer, is to look in the face of anyone who has been graced by her and you'll know; she was, and still is, Love.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 16, 2017 at the Farmington South Stake Center, 695 S. 200 E. A viewing will be held from 9:00 – 10:45 a.m. at the church prior to the service.


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Why didn't I think of this before? @namespace xhtml url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); xhtml|head[profile="http://profile.org/#"] + * xhtml|em { color: #170573; } It works in latest versions of Mozilla/Netscape6; (fairly) CSS2 compliant browsers. You'd have to set a "normal" stylesheet:- em { color: #170573; } and reference it from the page as a stylesheet, and then prompt people who are using a CSS2 complient browser to add the profile style to a user stylesheet. Maybe it'd be a lot easier if people just embedded markup in different namespaces in their XHTML... but oh, what MMIE type to serve it as?! This has been another non-sensical late-night rant from... -- Kindest Regards, Sean B. Palmer @prefix : <http://webns.net/roughterms/> . :Sean :hasHomepage <http://purl.org/net/sbp/> .Received on Tuesday, 18 September 2001 23:15:35 UTC
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(All hand-painted by Me, all crafted by Me: Fuck, White Out, Grid, Love Sucks/Love Rules, Polka Dot Mirror Earrings)
Daylight Savings made for a super long day. I found myself anxious as hell and wanting to do something Strange-Crafty. So... this is what I came up with. I'd like to redo the ones with text on them because my handwriting is pretty awful when using a toothpick. I really want to make more with text on them. Curse words on your clothing + accessories are always fun and definitely statement makers.


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If you do not want to inherit the look and feel of the out of the box SharePoint application and content pages, you can change it using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Style sheets can either be deployed to the Layouts folder or Styles library using Visual Studio 2010. Files deployed to the Layouts folder reside on the machine's file system and the files deployed to the Styles Library reside in the content database. You can find more information on the pros and cons of deploying files to the Layouts vs. Styles Library in the following MSDN article, Implementing a Brand in a SharePoint Server 2007 Publishing Site. You can also deploy a style sheet to the Layouts folder using a mapped folder, which is not shown here.
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1. Create an VS 2010 Empty SharePoint project
2. Add a new "Module" Item named "Styles" to the project
3. Delete the sample.txt
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5. In the elements.xml file, specify the Url of the Module as "Styles Library" and set the file Type as "GhostableInLibrary"
<Module Name="Styles" Url="style Library">
<File Path="Styles\newstyle.css" Url="newstyle.css" Type="GhostableInLibrary"/>
</Module>6. Right click on the project and choose deploy.
7. The stylesheet should now be deployed to the style library which you can view by going to http://<MachineName>/Style%20Library/Forms/AllItems.aspx
You can reference the file like any other css file using the path http://<MachineName>/Style%20Library/newstyle.css.
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"For solitude sometimes is best society, And short retirement urges sweet return." (PL , IX.250-1)
I went to the Catskills to read in silence, to pore over a text I love and let it pour over me, to let it remind me why I love it and why much of my intellectual life has been devoted to studying it. The nearest village to the rustic cabin I rented was Big Indian, New York. If you are ever up that way, wending your way along scenic Route 28 past all the villages that were displaced by the creation of the Ashokan reservoir, you can't miss it. If you pass the statue of the Big Indian, you've gone too far.
In a grad seminar at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (more years ago than I really want to say) Professor Wally Kerrigan suggested that the class should read Paradise Lost in one sitting. This wasn't to suggest a marathon reading/tag-team performance of the sort becoming somewhat popular these days. No, Wally's suggestion was that we should find a private place and read the poem through from beginning to end. I'm somewhat ashamed to report that, back then, this seemed an unreasonable request. After all, my eldest daughter was still in diapers, another was on the way, and it was the final semester before I would depart for my first gig as an instructor at West Point. I read the poem in chunks, the way most read it, the way we typically assign it to undergrads. Sorry, Wally.
But I've realized recently and with some dismay that Milton's great poem has become something of a resource for me – I read it constantly, but constantly in bits and pieces, through passages encountered in critical articles, conference presentations, and books. I can leaf through the poem quickly to find the passage or two I'm writing about at the moment. I can dip into it like a reference to find some connection, some grist for whatever article I'm grinding out in the servile mill of academic achievement. I'm constantly reading it through the lens of some criticism or another – either the one I'm crafting or one I'm reading and evaluating. Having worked a lot on the poem's 18th century critics, my reading of the poem is often through their often-idiosyncratic perspectives. Read this way, the poem is put in service of some argument, and I read and reread it – pieces of it, like vivisectioned lexia in Barthes's S/Z – with its entire context in the background, but without letting it speak for itself, as a whole.
This is probably not uncommon among academics, even those of us who specialize in one author or one work. But you know, years can go by this way — and I'm sorry report that years did. I recently realized with something akin to shame that the last time I read Paradise Lost for itself, to enjoy it, was in about 2009. And incidentally, back in 2009, while in the midst of chemotherapy and radiation treatments, I read the epic with a particular frame of mind – one just a tad more pissed off at Milton's God than usual. So this Spring Break I found myself in Big Indian, belatedly following Wally's advice in a cabin that wasn't quite snowbound, but was private enough to allow me the luxury of simply reading.
My willingness – my desire – to go out of my way in order to read and reread without distraction is probably a reflection of my recent concern about how my students (and my daughter, now in high school) read. I've become increasingly concerned that for a segment of our population, time spent simply reading seems wasted if one isn't also streaming a movie on a second screen, checking social media every few minutes, or seeing what is new on Spotify. Have we lost the habit of getting lost among words? Are we in danger of losing the simple pleasure of settling in to read a significant amount of text without stopping every few lines to Tweet or check Instagram or play a few rounds of Flappy Bird? I might not be winning that battle with my students or with my daughter, but for myself I determined this would be the year to inaugurate a new annual tradition to reread the works that define me with the attention they deserve.
By clever course design or by fate, I had no grading to do over the break, so that wouldn't be hanging over my head. But with a mixture of reluctance and relief, I had to set aside the articles, chapters, and revisions that I'm (still) desperately behind in finishing. In order to minimize distractions, I used a clean copy of the poem so I wouldn't be distracted by my previous notes, and an edition without excessive annotation. The paperback Modern Library edition, edited by Wally, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon was perfect.
For the record, it takes me about eleven and a half hours to read Paradise Lost through. That includes a reasonable break to make a charcuterie and cheese plate to accompany the mead; for, in my opinion, one must quaff immortality and joy somewhere around Book V. It also includes time enough to read some of it aloud, at least those passages that seem to demand it – and there are many.
So what did I learn?
I experienced in a way that I never have before – or at least in a way I had perhaps forgotten – how the poem builds through its entire structure. It actually made me appreciate those passages of the book that Dryden dismissed as "flats" – the scriptural history unfolded by Michael in Books XI and XII. This may have something to do with becoming more aware of the role of the protoevangelium as a sort of riddle that Adam is trying to solve, an unfolding that is all the more powerful because it remains a riddle to readers.
I found connections that I hadn't consciously considered before, particularly between Milton's invocations and some of the descriptions and events and characterizations in the narrative proper.
I found a new appreciation for the differences in syntax between characters, particularly as I read some of the speeches aloud in my empty cabin. If, as we suspect, many early-modern readers mumbled as they read (and when did that stop, by the way?), the sound and syntax of these speeches probably resounded for them in much the same way.
Most importantly, up there in Big Indian, I found that I can indeed still silence the voices of four hundred years of critical thought that sometimes threaten come between me and the text. I could listen carefully to the poem itself and hear Milton again. That was worth the trip.
-David A. Harper , 2014


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Burlesque is a classic musical or theatrical entertainment of parodic humour.
Burlesque may also refer to:
- American burlesque, a form of variety show popular from the 1860s
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- Burlesque (play), by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins, filmed as The Dance of Life
- Victorian burlesque, an imitative work that derives humour from an incongruous contrast between style and subject
- Burlesque (2010 American film), starring Christina Aguilera and Cher
- Burlesque (2010 Australian film), a 2010 drama film
- Burlesque (Bellowhead album)
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As good as last year's 'Rewind The Film' was, there was always a nagging sense that the Manic Street Preachers had something more explosive they were working on: that while the largely acoustic sound of their 11th studio LP was a gentle, sophisticated return, it would be album number 12 when they tapped back into the passion, the fury and the anger which make them such a beloved institution.
And so we have 'Futurology': an album that's as strange as 'Rewind…' was subtle, brimming with ideas and new sounds and fuelled by anger and regret. For my money, it's one of the most interesting albums for a long, long time…
The Manics are waging war upon the plagues of modern society: corruption, greed, apathy and filthy wealth. These are the same sickening ills that they set about destroying and dismantling nearly 30 years ago, but the truly troubling thing here isn't that they're still here and as nasty and contagious as ever – it's that there are so few artists (hell, there's so few people, period) prepared to take them on. And so 'Futurology' – to me, at least, on this first listen – isn't just an attack on those who perpetuate that stuck-in-the-shit inequality, but a riposte to everyone who stands by passively and simply let it happen.
The title track, then, serves as a manifesto for all that follows: a declaration of positivity to tee-up the rest of the LP and a reminder that right can trump wrong in the end. There's a bubbling urgency and vibrancy and vitality here that was lacking from 'Rewind The Film', and a chorus that's a mantra for belief in a greater good: "We'll come back one day, we never really went away/ One day we will return, no matter how much it hurts – and it hurts."
'Walk Me To The Bridge'
It starts out fidgety, dank and dark, with lyrics that hint at suicide ("Driving slowly to the bridge, with nothing left that we can give/ We smile at the sickly world, it never really suited you"). And then, out of nowehere, there's a HUGE bridge into the chorus: a shiny, uplifting whomp that comes on like Simple Minds and a refrain that feels like a happy, long-forgotten memory suddenly bursting inside your brain: "So long my faithful friend/ I don't need this to end/ I reimagine the steps we took/ I'm still blinded by your intellect." Come the end, the sombre start will be blown skywards by a sax solo that's got the same kind of 'us against the world' hope as 'Born To Run'-era Springsteen.
'Let's Go To War'
A sidewinding guitar riff that has shades of Public Image Ltd and feels like a sinister, slinkier cousin to the koto-sounding keyboard melody from 'Tsunami' from 'This Is My Truth, Tell Me Yours' rubs against a stern and stark drumbeat. The title, the moody and tense friction, and the relentless-chant of the chorus make for something ominous and intimidating, but it also sounds a lot of fun, too – especially when James Dean Bradfield's voice breaks as he yelps "We need go to war AGAIN". A blow against the dearth of creativity and risk-taking in modern music, and a demand for art to remember its art and not just commerce once more.
'The Next Jet To Leave Moscow'
Rumbling, woozy power-pop that flicks in and out of focus, but lyrically it's one of the sharpest, sourest on the whole album and its got the Manics' own history at its core rather than wide-ranging polemic: "So you played in Cuba did you like it brother? I bet you felt proud you silly little fucker." If you're going to do battle with the past, then what better way to begin than with your own legacy? With about a minute to go, it's lit up by a fantastic, slightly scuzzy guitar line that's oh-so slightly reminiscent of 'Gold Against The Soul'.
'Europa Geht Durch Mich'
So far, one of the main reasons to fall in love with 'Futurology' is the Manics willingness to back up their words: it'd be no use knocking other people for having no ideas or ideals if they themselves were content to dole out more of the same. 'Europa Geht Durch Miti', then, is proof that they're determined to branch out and abandon their own comfort zones. This is a squelchy, whirring and industrial stomper with android-like backing (and German-sung) vocals from Nina Hoss. A weird, wonderful banger.
'Divine Youth'
'Rewind The Film' was a reminder that the Manics are increasingly comfortable with letting others take the spotlight: when I spoke to James before the release of the album, he was adamant that Richard Hawley's dulcet, velvety tones would bring something special to the track that wouldn't have been possible if he'd sung it on his own. 'Divine Youth' is a ballad that pits him against Welsh singer Georgia Ruth, and it's a stormer: a weird, warped take on Tubular Bells or even East 17's 'Stay Another Day' with demented, discordant keyboards and a strange sci-fi ballad that's got corporate power and domination on its mind.
'Sex, Power, Love And Money'
One of the strangest hotchpotches on the album: the riff is sludgy grunge reminiscent of Nirvana and the verse is delivered in a strange, barked-rap that's one of the most un-Bradfield like vocals I've ever heard. But then there's a giant guitar crunch and a storming chorus of "SEX… POWER, LOVE AND MONEY" and it all seems to make sense: a song that's deliberately gaudy and makes rhymes out of 'obsession' and 'recession' and culminates in a guitar solo last heard on 'Generation Terrorists'.
'Dreaming A City' (Hugheskova)'
We're still in the realm of the sci-fi, here – and it's so overblown you'll either think it silly (boring people) or stupendous (me). There's all sorts of futuristic city-at-night atmospherics at play which make you think of Blade Runner, the Jetsons, Coruscant or God knows where, but the whole thing is stitched together by a rumbling, relentless bass line and intergalactic riffs. A breather after 'Sex, Power, Love And Money', but still rather outre.
'Black Square'
One of the more straightforward tracks on the album – and also one of the best and most heartfelt. A loveletter to the power of art (like much of 'Futurology', it's as important to the Manics to work out how to respond to the shitness around them rather than just point at it and hold their noses) that also takes issue with the dumbing down of culture: classic themes for a classic-sounding MSP song.
'Between The Clock And The Bed'
Soft, splashy pop with a dreamy vocal from Scritti Politti frontman Green Gartside and one of the album's gentlest, warmest tracks. "Yes I'm as guilty as the rest/ A man of little consequence," sighs Gartside before a balm-like chorus blooms into life and James takes over vocals. Like so much of 'Futurology', he's got conflict on his mind, and he's stuck in the same sort of time loop as Billy Pilgrim was in 'Slaughterhouse Five' : "Hatred and fear grow perfectly together… I live through these moments again and again/ Repeating images of enemies and friends."
'Misguided Missile'
A spiky, sparse intro that reminds me – oddly – of Trent Reznor's score for 'The Social Network': it's got the same brittle, bristling tension and feeling of creepy unease. And then there's a walloping, sing-along chorus: "I am the Sturm Und Drang/ I am the Schadenfraude." For anyone not in the know, Sturm und Drang was a German literary movement which treasured extreme emotion and subjectivity, and insisted they still had a place in society despite the clinical logic of the Enlightenment. On a superficial level, of course, 'Futurology' was recorded in Berlin and there's hints of Bowie's work in the same city running throughout, but it seems there's a deeper meaning here, too: the idea that passion and hope can trump weary cynicism is a key theme. It's always been a key theme for the Manics.
'The View From Stow Hill'
Eerie but comforting at the same time: restrained acoustic guitar that's got the simple charm of a nursery rhyme mingling with darker, stranger forces – flashes and fuzzes of electronic noise and off-kilter rhythms reminiscent of German electronic groups such as Tangerine Dream and Kreidler. "How did this town get so old?" sings James, crushed beneath the weight of history. "The air I breathe feels so heavy and cold."
And so, fittingly, we end with another instrumental: a chaotic coda for the Manics' most radical albums in years, and a jumble of odd, distracting ideas and squiggles of noise that, according to the band, was influenced by everyone from Robert Fripp and Can to the Trans-Siberian railway. It might seem strange for them to sign off such a lyrically sharp and focused album with a track that's scant on words save for a few bellowings of the title, but right now, it feels as if no other ending would have made sense: what better way to reflect the saturation and confusion than with a mish-mash of oddball ideas and a score that sounds like it should soundtrack a hybrid of Star Wars and The Magnificent Seven?
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Of balloons and refrigerator magnets
The radio ad buy released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Tuesday was swiftly unmasked by Republicans for what it was: A (mostly) free media hit.
But it's not likely we in the salivating, content-hungry political reporting class didn't happily take the bait -- and there's little evidence we learned our lesson next time around.
The DCCC leaked its "messaging blitz" against 25 GOP members to the major D.C. morning newsletters including, POLITICO, The Washington Post and Hotline OnCall. It was then picked up later by other publications like Roll Call, and continued to trickle out to where it really matters, the local press.
Iowa's Quad City Times posted the headline: "DCCC Targets Schilling."
Minnesota Public Radio went with the same verbage in its head.
The DCCC even managed to get Chairman Steve Israel booked on MSNBC's Daily Rundown to drive its narrative.
The size of the buy, as the rule goes, was withheld.
Enter the National Republican Congressional Committee, which quickly exposed the tab: The entire ad purchase for 25 members totaled under $6,000. The biggest buy: $425 on WIRK-FM against Rep. Allen West. The smallest: $40 -- that's right -- $40 on WJLT in Evansville, Indiana to hit Rep. Larry Buschon.
The conservative group American Crossroads captured the impact in the most colorful way. "For the DCCC's next major initiative, we hear they plan to hand out balloons and refrigerator magnets in northwestern Pennsylvania. Recipients have to supply their own helium, though, and are expected to contribute $25 for the experience," said spokesman Jonathan Collegio.
It's not like the NRCC hasn't been equally guilty of the practice. The committee already put up small-dollar television ads in North Carolina and Utah last month to rattle Democrat incumbents on rising gas prices.
Obviously, television is much more expensive than radio and the NRCC reportedly spent less than $15,000 on a combination of broadcast and cable in one district.
If a committee was spending $400 on radio or $15,000 on television during the waning weeks of a fall campaign, it would widely be viewed -- and lampooned -- as a head fake.
But in these early months of a campaign still earning its sea legs, it counts for moving the needle.
A Democratic strategist familiar with the gamesmanship stressed Tuesday's buy was not a total smokescreen and actually had real value.
"These type of coordinated campaigns – with radio ads, phone calls, emails, etc. can begin driving home the message locally that House Republicans voted to end Medicare," mused the source, still refusing to waver off message.
Even so, those inside the hallways and cubicles over on South Capitol Street had to be hi-fiving their result on Tuesday -- fully confident they'd be able to do it again.
It's really a win-win. Fresh content for hungry journalists yearning to write the word "new" and amped up headlines for the committees looking to break through the clutter.


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