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The CEO of the Associated Press said yesterday that the government is dramatically interfering with the newsgathering ability of the press:
What I learned from our journalists should alarm everyone in this room and I think should alarm everyone in this country. The actions of the DOJ against AP [the Department of Justice bugging AP's phones] are already having an impact beyond the specifics of this particular case.
Some of our longtime trusted sources have become nervous and anxious about talking to us, even about stories that aren't about national security. In some cases, government employees that we once checked in with regularly will no longer speak to us by phone, and some are reluctant to meet in person.
I can tell you that this chilling effect is not just at AP, it's happening at other news organizations as well. Journalists from other news organizations have personally told me it has intimidated sources from speaking to them.
The government may love this. I suspect that they do. But beware the government that loves secrecy too much.
Indeed, the Attorney General of the United States isn't sure how often reporters' records are seized.
Further, the Department of Justice is prosecuting a whistleblower regarding North Korea … as well as the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News who reported on what the whistleblower told him. As the Washington Post notes:
[Department of Justice investigators] used security badge access records to track the reporter's comings and goings from the State Department, according to a newly obtained court affidavit. They traced the timing of his calls with a State Department security adviser suspected of sharing the classified report. They obtained a search warrant for the reporter's personal e-mails.
Moreover, a CBS News reporter's computer was spied upon while she was working on stories about government hijinks (more).
And ABC News' reports that an armed minder trailed reporters … preventing them from being able to talk to whistleblowers:
As we traveled the public hallways of the building – watched over by security cameras – an armed uniformed police officer with the Federal Protective Service followed us. We were looking for a particular office—of someone who would not want to be seen talking to reporters–but chose to bypass it because of our official babysitter.
Asked why we were being escorted in a public building, the officer identified himself as Insp. Mike Finkelstein and said he was only trying to make sure that the newsmen were not a "nuisance." He brushed aside further questions. The cop said a supervisor would call to explain.
One of the reporters wanted to know if the act of following the journalists was an effort intended to scare off any federal employee who might have considered speaking to the press. That's sure what it looked like; and, even if that wasn't the goal, it was the effect.
As of Friday night, no supervisor had called back.
After ABC News phoned and e-mailed the spokespeople in Washington repeatedly for more than 24 hours, a low-level staffer with Homeland Security finally responded. "After review by a supervisor, it was determined that the inspector acted according to proper security procedures and that no improper conduct occurred," the spokesman said.
There have been many similar scandals over the last couple of years. For example:
- The Pentagon recently smeared USA Today reporters because they investigated illegal Pentagon propaganda
- Reporters covering the Occupy protests were targeted for arrest
- The Bush White House worked hard to smear CIA officers, bloggers and anyone else who criticized the Iraq war
- After Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges, journalist Naomi Wolf, Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and others sued the government to enjoin the NDAA's allowance of the indefinite detention of Americans – the judge asked the government attorneys 5 times whether journalists like Hedges could be indefinitely detained simply for interviewing and then writing about bad guys. The government refused to promise that journalists like Hedges won't be thrown in a dungeon for the rest of their lives without any right to talk to a judge
- An al-Jazeera journalist – in no way connected to any terrorist group – was held at Guantánamo for six years … so the U.S. could find out about the Arabic news network. And see this
- Indeed, reporters who even speak with whistleblowers may be treated as terrorists. And see this
In an effort to protect Bank of America from the threatened Wikileaks expose of the bank's wrongdoing, the Department of Justice told Bank of America to a hire a specific hardball-playing law firm to assemble a team to take down WikiLeaks (and see this).
Wikileaks' head Julian Assange could face the death penalty for his heinous crime of leaking whistleblower information which make those in power uncomfortable … i.e. being a reporter.
But – whatever you think of Wikileaks – that was the canary in the coal mine in terms of going after reporters. Specifically, former attorney general Mukasey said the U.S. should prosecute Assange because it's "easier" than prosecuting the New York Times.
Subsequently, Congress considered a bill which would make even mainstream reporters liable for publishing leaked information.
Journalist and former constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald notes:
The Washington Post's Karen Tumulty [says that "The alternative to 'conspiring' with leakers to get information: Just writing what the government tells you."]
That, of course, is precisely the point of the unprecedented Obama war on whistleblowers and press freedoms: to ensure that the only information the public can get is information that the Obama administration wants it to have. That's why Obama's one-side games with secrecy – we'll prolifically leak when it glorifies the president and severely punish all other kinds – is designed to construct the classic propaganda model. And it's good to see journalists finally speaking out in genuine outrage and concern about all of this.
Here's an amazing and revealing fact: after Richard Nixon lost the right to exercise prior restraint over the New York Times' publication of the Pentagon Papers, he was desperate to punish and prosecute the responsible NYT reporter, Neil Sheehan. Thus, recounted the NYT's lawyer at the time, James Goodale, Nixon concocted a theory:
"Nixon convened a grand jury to indict the New York Times and its reporter, Neil Sheehan, for conspiracy to commit espionage . . . .The government's 'conspiracy' theory centered around how Sheehan got the Pentagon Papers in the first place. While Daniel Ellsberg had his own copy stored in his apartment in Cambridge, the government believed Ellsberg had given part of the papers to anti-war activists. It apparently theorized further that the activists had talked to Sheehan about publication in the Times, all of which it believed amounted to a conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act."
As Goodale notes, this is exactly "the same charge Obama's Justice Department is investigating Assange under today," and it's now exactly the same theory used to formally brand Fox's James Rosen as a criminal in court.
Indeed, this is not a partisan issue. Bush was worse than Nixon on unlawful spying and harassment of reporters … but so is Obama.
Whistleblower Witch Hunt
But Obama has gone after whistleblowers more viciously than Bush, Nixon, or any president in history. Indeed, the Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all other presidents combined.
And the government goes out of its way to smear whistleblowers and harass honest analysts.
Even high-level government employees are in danger. For example, after the former head of the NSA's digital spying program – William Binney – disclosed the fact that the U.S. was spying on everyone in the U.S. and storing the data forever, and that the U.S. was quickly becoming a totalitarian state, the Feds tried to scare him into shutting up:
[Numerous] FBI officers held a gun to Binney's head as he stepped naked from the shower. He watched with his wife and youngest son as the FBI ransacked their home. Later Binney was separated from the rest of his family, and FBI officials pressured him to implicate one of the other complainants in criminal activity. During the raid, Binney attempted to report to FBI officials the crimes he had witnessed at NSA, in particular the NSA's violation of the constitutional rights of all Americans. However, the FBI wasn't interested in these disclosures. Instead, FBI officials seized Binney's private computer, which to this day has not been returned despite the fact that he has not been charged with a crime.
Other NSA whistleblowers have also been subjected to armed raids and criminal prosecution.
After high-level CIA officer John Kiriakou blew the whistle on illegal CIA torture, the government prosecuted him for espionage.
Even the head of the CIA was targeted with extra-constitutional spying and driven out of office. Indeed, the government will use information gained from its all-pervasive spying program to frame anyone it doesn't like.
The mainstream media is finally awakening to the fact we are flirting with tyranny … and is finally starting to push back.
The best defense is a strong offense, and it is use it or lose it time for the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The press should shake of its sleepiness and start talking to the whistleblowers it's been ignoring for years … to find out what the government is working so hard to hide.


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In the past few years I have learned a few things, some life lesson, some business skills and the far reaching fact that most husbands of my clients HATE four things: The Saarinen Tulip Table, Armless Chairs (specifically of the Barcelona variety) and Anything Lucite…and their most hated accessory THROW PILLOWS! I cannot explain to you why this is, just state the fact that it is so.
1) The Tulip Table– I have NO IDEA of all these three things why the design masterpiece that is the Tulip table is hated by so many men. It's not feminine in material or design (in my opinion) but is in fact STONE and METAL! Things men love! Raaaawwwrrrr! I have had THREE client husbands in the past year alone veto this out of design projects! Whhhyyyyy??
2) Armless Chairs– I think when men see a chair they think "how would it feel to watch football in this?" and therefore they think that all slipper or armless chairs are pointless. Even the Barcelona chair, which is again, METAL and LEATHER (Rawwwwrrrr!) does not change their minds about this. My husband refuses to allow a (faux) Barcelona chair on the premises unless it's in our bedroom to hold my mound of clothes (he is a neat freak and would NEVER). The lack of arms almost always means I'll be getting an email to find new options.
3) Lucite– Oh lucite. One of the most polarizing materials in design. It in fact caused one of the most explosive arguments of my entire marriage in which I actually stormed out of a restaurant on Andrew. It went a little like this:
Me: I think I'm going to order a lucite console for the entry.
Andrew: What's lucite?
Me: You know, thick clear plastic.
Andrew. No.
Me: What? Why?
Andrew: Because we don't live in an episode of Miami Vice, that's why.
Me: You don't know what you are talking about, I'M THE DESIGNER!
Andrew: But it's OUR house and I hate it.
Me: But our house is where I show off my skills! It's my laboratory! Don't stifle my creative work!
Andrew: No. It's hideous.
Me: You'll like it.
Andrew: No I won't.
Me: I'm getting it.
Andrew: I will throw it out.
Me: (gets up and storms out- might have something to do with the three Sangria Margaritas I had, because I got to the curb and realized we had valet parked and Andrew had the ticket…..Ruh-Roh).
I think that clearly illustrated the strong opinion men have about lucite. They also cannot FATHOM paying $400 for a chair made of plastic. Which I will agree is a bit silly. But still, nothing funks up a room (in a good way) better than lucite!
4. Pillows– I nearly forgot this one, but thanks to a reader reminder I can very enthusiastically state that the most hated home accessory of men is the throw pillow. They do not understand the need for more than 2 on any given large piece of furniture. Especially on beds. I can't tell you how many times I've had to explain the need for sleeping pillows, euro shams, regular shams and then accent pillows to men. They get exasperated, as if removing these pillows is simply too exhausting to bear! They look puzzled and pained when presented with too many pillows. If they could, I think they would stab pillows to death.
So, any insight into why I've had repeated negative feedback on these items from men??

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Petty Operations Reaps Benefits of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability
Published on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 9:18am
Ever since David Petty began farming in the 1970s and building his herd of commercial Black Angus cattle, one of his prime objectives has been to be environmentally conscious to leave the land in better shape than it was when he began working the land. From leased pasture land to starting his own ranch in 1987, Petty has continually worked to make improvements on the fragile, hilly land that had previously been turned black and planted to row crops. Petty's Iowa River Ranch, which is located along the east side of the Iowa River near Eldora, IA, has been shaped and molded on that premise. "Our goal has always been to continue to improve the environment while at the same time enhancing productivity and profitability," says Petty.
Over the years, Iowa River Ranch has become a showcase to others as a crop/livestock operation that reaps the benefits of both environmental stewardship and sustainability. This has meant making wise decisions as to which land should be row cropped and which should be turned into pastureland that both protects the land and provides valuable nutrients for his cattle herd.
As a result of Petty's ongoing efforts, Iowa River Ranch has earned several awards over the past eight years. First came the NCBA's National Award for Environmental Stewardship in 2000, followed by the Environmental Protection Agency's Administrators Environmental Excellence Award in 2002. Then came the 2003 Spencer Award for Sustainable Agriculture, an award that honors landowners for their contributions that affect, influence and/or advance the ecological and economic stability of the mainstream farms in Iowa and finally in 2005, the Master Farmer Award from Wallace's Farmer.
These awards, Petty notes, are the result of a willingness to learn from other producer's successes and the advice of successful producer leaders. "You know, my wife, Diane and I are first generation producers. We don't have enough time to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes. Some people wonder why I go to so many conferences and conventions, but I learn so much from those who have been successful."
With that in mind, Petty has stayed true to his conviction of establishing a goal and commitment and sticking with it. Even when prices change and the temptation is there to plow up some of the pastures in order to capitalize on the spike in grain prices, Petty says, "We always go back to our philosophy of staying the course. We are in it for the long term. Over all of these years, cows have paid for this operation. It's very difficult to react to price fluctuations and not end up on the backside. For us, it always comes back to the cattle."
Petty's formula for success brings two things together: environmental stewardship and sustainability. They go hand in hand. "With every decision I make, at the end of the day it has to show me that it is sustainable."
Petty's environmental stewardship philosophy is simple but highly effective: manage the resources available. With steep hillsides and draws on lands adjacent to the Iowa River, Petty quickly saw the effects of erosion and the need to turn the most sensitive land into productive pasture and hay land that would sustain his cattle operation. The rest remained as cropland, rotating between corn and beans. Petty protects this cropland with contour farming and minimum till practices, along with grassy headlands, grass waterways and seeded buffer strips. The ranch totals over 12 miles of terraces and more than 11 miles of waterways. Along the way, Petty, Diane and their daughter, Dresden have picked rock, cleaned out unwanted brushy areas and filled in eroded areas so that their environmental practices could be implemented. Petty has also worked to protect the river and its banks by fencing his cattle off from the river.
It is what Petty has done with the management practices of his pastures, however, that has most impacted the cattle operation. "When you start a pasture, you can't just do it in one year. It takes at least three years for the pasture to reach its optimum potential. If you start grazing too early, the pasture never has a chance to mature and reach maximum productivity."
Petty believes that his decision to interseed birds foot tree foil and red clover into the brome grass has made a huge difference in the quality of his pastures by providing nitrogen to help strengthen the pasture. The grassland is divided into 25-26 different-sized pastures with cattle rotated through the different pastures.
"Every year is a little different when it comes to pasture rotation. We rotate pastures to give the grass a rest and to help build the root system."
The real key to the rotation comes down to timing and realizing that every year can be different. However, Petty finds the 10th of May to mid-June to be crucial weeks for pasture sustainability. "It's at this point that the grass just seems to explode and grow like crazy." The goal, according to Petty, is to try to keep the pastures in that 4" to 14" height. "You don't want it shorter than that or the pasture just can't grow enough to make a good pasture. If it gets taller than 14 ", then the quality diminishes. So, we try to pasture the cattle and after they take the height down a few inches, they are moved to the next pasture."
Using this philosophy, the pasture has the base to regrow so that it will be ready for further grazing later in the fall. By keeping the cattle on quality grass, Petty is able to shorten the feeding period and his feeding costs during the winter while at the same time keeping his cattle on good quality grass. "It's a fine line, and each year is different. The goal is to come out of that period of time with optimum grazing potential."
When late fall comes, if the pasture has been handled correctly, Petty is able to open fields of corn stubble adjacent to a pasture, thus shortening the days of feeding. The headlands at the end of the fields are mowed for hay in the summer (with two mowings because of the rainfall this year). Petty is always monitoring the pastureland so that a pasture doesn't get in trouble because the cattle have grazed the grass down too close.
Petty does feed out his own calves to a target weight of 1200 pounds, using a combination of hay, silage and corn. He also collects individual carcass information. "This allows me to evaluate what kind of product I am producing for the consumer."
As April arrives and if the pasture is of sufficient height, the cattle are able to utilize the extra growth as a food source. "I really like to have at least 6-8 inches of length if I am going to utilize the pasture in early spring."
Years ago, Petty saw that with this many pastures, he needed to maximize the water opportunities for the cattle. Petty realized that having just a couple of main watering areas was not conducive to keeping the pastures in good shape. "We found that water in a couple of places meant that is where the cattle spent their time. We have since added four ponds, seven wells and several miles of underground pipe so that we can spread the cattle out more."
Throughout the years, Petty has worked with several agencies to help him get a better grip on how erosion affects not only the land but also the adjacent river. "Iowa State University is completing a study on water quality and stream banks, along with data on the effectiveness of the use of the legumes as a nitrogen source for the grass." The spring and summer of 2008 was a true test of Petty's environmental plan, when Mother Nature dumped nearly 20 inches of rain over a five-week stretch. This soil can handle two inches or so at one time. With nearly 10 times that amount, had the land all been in row crop production, it could have totally devastated the land. However, with environmentally sound practices in place, losses were kept to a minimum. "The impact was far less than it would have been if we had not put in these practices." Once again, it was all about sustainability for the long run.
Over the years, the Petty family has hosted several tours and pasture walks of their operation. Visitors have come from as far away as Russia.
This past January, Petty attended the NCBA convention in Arizona. Petty is chairman of the Environmental Stewardship Award and on the Ag policy-making committee. Petty says, "I certainly believe that policies are made by people that attend and are active. If you just stay at home, your voice is not heard. I always ask myself at the beginning and at the end of a day at the convention: "What can I learn today and what did I learn today?"
At age 56, Petty continues to look to the future and to search for better ways to increase environmental stewardship and maximize the sustainability of Iowa River Ranch.


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ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have re-signed left wing Aaron Volpatti to a two-year contract, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today. Volpatti will earn $550,000 in 2013-14 and $600,000 in 2014-15.
Volpatti, 28, has recorded one goal, one assist and 33 penalty minutes in 31 games with Washington and Vancouver this season. The native of Revelstoke, British Columbia, has collected three goals, two assists and 86 penalty minutes in 69 career NHL games with the Capitals and Canucks.
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|Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code: A Critique
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Review by Andrew Greeley -- this is no longer online, but I wished to preserve this quote: He depicts the Vatican as conspiring with Constantine to suppress the Gnostic gospels in the early 4th century. However, the Vatican Hill was a disorderly cemetery at that time. The Vatican is also involved in the suppression of the Templars, though the headquarters of the pope at that time was the Lateran Palace (and the pope was in Avignon anyway). Brown also refers to an individual he calls the Secretariat Vaticana who has charge of papal finances. Presumably he means the secretary of state, though that official does not in fact control Vatican finances. Brown knows little about Leonardo, little about the Catholic church, and little about history.
Lake Magazine -- an expert critic cited some of the same errors we did. The old link went dead; here are some quotes I wished to preserve:
1. Jesus' life was not recorded by thousands of followers across the land (p.231). Nor is it at all clear that Jesus inspired millions to better lives if by that he means (as the sentence suggests) that Jesus did so in his own lifetime. Jesus was not a cause of much comment in any contemporary ancient sources (Jewish or Roman); any historical figure who had such an impact would have left a much larger blip on the radar screen of the Roman Empire.
2. The figure 80 or more than eighty gospels (p.231) is, as far as I know, completely fabricated. There were indeed more gospels than the canonical four (nothing new here, these have long been known and are widely available in the standard collection, The New Testament Apocrypha edited by Hennecke and Schneelmelcher [there are also other editions]). They list about 31 other gospels, but that number depends on which texts qualify as gospels, and there is a big debate about what the genre is. Some works, even the Gospel of Mary, are thought by some to be more apocalypses than gospels, etc.
Of course, we do not know what we do not know (a major principle of historiography!). So there were probably other gospels we arent aware of, but that just compounds the error of the factual-sounding number 80.
3. No gospels were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran, nor any other Christian documents (as the paragraph on p. 234 implies; see also p. 245). On p.245 the author has erroneously placed the Dead Sea Scrolls within The Gnostic Gospels. The Dead Sea Scrolls are not Christian (they are Jewish); the Nag Hammadi texts are not earliest (by anyone's reckoning for the whole corpus; some scholars hold out for one document, The Gospel of Thomas, as not necessarily being itself so early, but as containing within it traditions that were earlier, but by no means is even this a consensus position). Hence the statement that these (the Nag Hammadi and Dead Sea Scrolls] are ... the earliest Christian records (the sentence is grammatically in apposition with the one preceding) is false on two counts.
4. Of the Nag Hammadi codexes (p.234), only four in the standard edition are called gospels (43 other documents are letters, acts, apocalypses, and various other genres). These documents (i.e., the Nag Hammadi codexes), far from speak[ing] of Christ's ministry in very human terms (p.234), are famous for their Gnostic account of Christ as more divine than human. See, e.g., The Gospel of Truth 38: Now the name of the Father is the Son. It is he who first gave a name to the one who came forth from him, who was himself, and he begot him as a son ... (Nag Hammadi Library in English, ed. James M. Robinson, p. 49). I could cite many more examples, but the point is that the Gnostic Gospels hardly represent a lower, more human view of Christ/Jesus than the divine Christ supposedly created by Constantine (see pt. 6).
5. To say that Mary Magdalene's marriage to Christ is a matter of historical record (P.244) is simply false. Browns appeal to an Aramaic term to explain a word in the Gospel of Philip (usually translated companion) is extremely weak (p.246). GPhil is a second- or third-century Coptic translation of a Greek original. Brown is probably trying to make reference to a Syriac term (a dialect of Aramaic) that is supposedly in the mind of the Greek author, who may have written in Syria (there are other references in the document to Syriac terms, but this is not one of them). But even if the three-stage translation equivalents (from Syriac to Greek to Coptic) are allowed (with all the problems that involves), the terms in all three languages still have a range of referents, including friend or companion (but by no means restricted to spouse). The same text does, however, say Jesus used to kiss her often (55b), likely to set her in competition with the disciple whom Jesus loved in Johns Gospel. Mary of Magdala was, however, called a female disciple of the Lord in the 2nd century Gospel of Peter (§50, which accords with Mark 15:40-41); she was likely a very important early Christian, but nowhere in ancient sources said to be Jesus wife, let alone mother of his children.
On the general point that Jesus may have been married, that is possible, by inference from general practice (as Brown argues, p. 245), but there are also reports of first century Jewish ascetics, such as the Essenes, who are said by Philo not to marry (Hypothetica 11.14). By the way, our author also does not reckon with the fact that even the source he appeals to, the Gospel of Mary (p.247), roots Marys special knowledge in a vision Mary had of the Lord (10), apparently post-resurrection, not in some special relationship with Jesus in his lifetime.
6. On Constantine's invention of the divinity of Jesus and exclusion of all but four canonical gospels: there are thousands of problems here (such as Irenaeus's defense of the four-fold gospel ca. 175-189[adversus haereses 3.11.8]!). Perhaps the most egregious error is that in his enthusiasm, Brown has left out the rather inconvenient testimony of the letters of Paul, (historical sources dated to the 50s or early 60s CE) in which Jesus is already the Son of God, one who was the very agent of creation (see 1 Cor 8:6, and many other places). This is hardly the very human Jesus that Brown says was the only view of Jesus for three centuries until Constantine struck it down. To add another witness: Ignatius of Antioch, in letters written ca. 110 CE, refers to Jesus as God (Letter to the Romans, prescript, etc.). Way too much, in other words, is attributed to Constantine here. Also, Constantine did not make Christianity the official religion (p.232). He issued edicts for its toleration, and gave it institutional backing, but that did not happen until Theodosius I outlawed non-Christian religion (Theodotian Code, 380-381 CE).
7. Constantine did not invent the term heretic (p.234); the word is Greek (it is a loan word in Latin, as Tertullian notes in de praescr. haer 6.2), and it does refer to choice, but was used already by Paul and Luke to refer to divisions or factions (1 Cor 11:19) or schools of thought (Acts 5:17; 26:5). It becomes technical bad boy language for people not us long before Constantine (Irenaeus in the 2nd, Clement of Alexandria and Origen in the 3rd century).
Gray Areas:
1. It is absolutely true that The vestiges of pagan religion in Christian symbology are undeniable (p.232). But the conclusion drawn from that Nothing in Christianity is original is not, and, from the point of view of the history of religions, an old, long-disqualified claim. Even new arrangements of existing materials are original! (and the Christian movements represent more than just that). Current scholarship recognizes that the relationship between the Christian cult and the world around it, and the ways in which it was culturally embedded in that world sometimes unreflectively, sometimes reflexively, sometimes in deliberate accommodation, sometimes in deliberate cooptation are far more complicated than noted here. Conspiracy theories sell books, but they do not explain complex human phenomena which are both local and more wide-spread and hardly could have been instituted as a wide-spread, Stalinesque program of cultural totalitarianism as Brown has conjured up for Constantine.
For one thing, the papyri of Egypt (as well as the Christian literary record from Alexandria and elsewhere) already show a wide dissemination of early Christian literature (with a prominent place for the four gospels) before Constantine, which he could hardly have clamped the lid down upon singlehandedly.
Brown should have taken recourse to the Ebionites, but he apparently does not know them (these Christians, according to Irenaeus, adv. haer. 1.26.2, rejected Paul and apparently did hold to a human Jesus as Messiah), or to the tradition attributed to Hegisippus that says Domitian, near the end of the first century, interviewed blood relatives of Jesus and found them innocent of insurrection (Eusbius, historia ecclesiastica 3.19-20). But I do not offer this to try to improve a completely improbable hypothesis that Jesus married Mary Magdalene and had secret offspring. I know of nothing in the ancient sources which supports this. Is that itself a sign of a massively successful cover up? I think not.
2. Paganism is treated throughout The Da Vinci Code as though it were a unified phenomenon, which it was not. Pagan is just the Christian term for not-Christian. The religions of the Mediterranean world were multiple and diverse, and cannot be all boiled down to sun-worshippers (p.232). Brown has Teabing say that Rome's official religion was sun worship (232). That is inaccurate; Rome's official religion was the cult of Roma the goddess and of her deified emperors, and the Capitoline trio Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. Nor did all pagans frequently and eagerly participate in the hieros gamos ritual, which Brown presents as a universally acknowledged and revered practice. We actually have texts in ancient sources, such as Josephus and others, which lampoon this sacred sex act idea as a nefarious way to lure gullible women into intercourse (Antiquitates Judaicae 18.65-80).
3. Constantine's religious life whether, when, how and by what definition he was Christian and/or pagan is a hugely debated issue. Literary as well as non-literary sources (such as coins) are in conflict. Some coins issued under his name have what appear to be Christograms (the famous labarum sign on the helmet), but also continue to associate his with the sun (Sol). The fact that he was not baptized until his deathbed reflects some current Christian practice (deferring baptism for maximal absolutional benefit; see Augustine, confessiones 1.11.17). That Constantine the emperor had political motives (p.234) is hardly news to anyone! The question is how religion and politics (which cannot be separated in the ancient world) were interrelated in him. My own sense is that he is as hard to figure out on this score as Henry VIII, Osama Bin Laden, Tammy Fay Baker and George W. Bush (can you think of another sentence in which to put these four?!). Brown has turned him into a cartoonish villain.
4. The Church is used throughout the book as though there were a clear, uniform and unitary referent. For early Christian history this is precisely what we do not have. The Christian movement was a much more complex, varied and localized phenomenon. Brown presumes the Church is the Holy Roman Catholic Church which he thinks had this tremendous power always and everywhere, but ecclesiastical history is a lot messier!
5. The church and women/wisdom: Brown gives the full-dress conspiracy theory here. Feminist scholars and others have been debating different models of the patriarchalization of women in Christianity for decades. Elisabeth Schuessler Fiorenza's landmark work, In Memory of Her (1983), argued that while Jesus and Paul (on his better days) were actually pretty much pro-women, it was the next generations (the authors of letters in Paul's name like 1 and 2 Timothy and others) who betrayed their feminist agenda and sold out to the Aristotelian, patriarchal vision of Greco-Roman society. Others, unfortunately, sought to blame the misogyny on the Jewish roots of Christianity. More recently it has been argued that the picture is more mixed, even for Jesus and Paul. That is, they may have been more liberal than many of their contemporaries about women, but they were not all-out radicals, though they had ideas (such as Gal 3:28) that were even more revolutionary than they realized (in both senses of the term).
But one of the other accomplishments of feminist scholarship has been the retrieval and highlighting of elements even within the extant documents which, despite their decidedly male perspective, portray Jesus himself as divine wisdom, sophia (e.g., 1 Cor 1:24; Mt 11:19; Lk 11:49). Hence there are materials within the New Testament that preserve some of the traditions Brown claims were utterly expunged by the Church of the 4th c.
The Da Vinci Code also ignores completely the rise and incredible durability and power of Marian traditions in late antique and especially medieval Christianity. The Mary in question is, of course, the mother of Jesus, and devotion to her follows many patterns of goddess veneration (she even gets Athenas Parthenon dedicated to her, after all!). Side-stepping this complex issue, I should also note that in his zeal for these secret gospels Brown does not reckon with rather patriarchal elements to be found in them, as well, such as Gospel of Thomas 114, which says a woman must make herself male to enter the kingdom.
This list is by no means exhaustive but only representative. We would need a full editorial and bibliographic full-press to present the black light edition, which neither you nor I have the time to do, and which would make it something other than a novelistic thriller. However, these examples should serve sufficiently to refute Browns prefatory statement, presented under the headline Fact in boldprint: all descriptions of ...documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate. Margaret M. Mitchell, PhD
Extended critique by Envoy magazine, a Catholic publication
Other Notes
Book Reviews
A veritable cottage industry of books have been spawned by TDC; here, we'll comment on some of those.
A new entrant is Bart Ehrman's Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, which has the same stuff as Bock and Witherington, and which I do not recommend because it was not necessary.
I noted here earlier a note from Abanes about the claim that some "computer study" revealed points of correspondence between Leonardo and the Mona Lisa. I replied that Abanes found no evidence of such a study anywhere, and that any finding of correspondence seemed unlikely, since the only depiction of Leonardo we have is a self-portrait drawn when he was an old man -- with a full beard. A reader has since pointed me to this story (though not this site) about a computer graphics specialist, Lillian Schwartz, who created a "morphing" picture of the two, which seems to be what Brown had in mind.
Based on the non-resemblance of most of the two faces (and especially that the hair on the Mona Lisa, and the beard and eyebrows on da Vinci, cover so much detail of the faces), I find the whole thing rather contrived.
An art critic here calls Schwartz's idea "silly".
"Punkish" now adds this note about the claim of "Shekinah" in Ch. 74, and some more miscellaneous notes:
This is found in Starbird p165 and her source is Raphael Patai, the Hebrew Goddess, Hoboken NJ: KTAV publishing house 1967. Amazon gives ISBN: 0814322719 and Wayne State University Press as a publisher. (One website calls him a "leading anthropologist, Jewish folklorist and biblical scholar.") Bear & Company basically sells occult literature.
Interestingly on p54 Starbird correctly states the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the 1940s and 50s. Brown is not reporting his own sources properly.
Starbird cites the Gospel of Philip bit about Jesus kissing Mary Mag on the mouth without discussion on p53.
The book is presented in a popular style, not a scholarly one. She writes "I have included footnotes when necessary, but basically I have told the story in a form that can be easily received and digested." (xxiv) We recommend readers go for a doctor's check-up for food poisoning, as one of her sources is Barbara Walker's Women's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects!
The sexual rite hieros gamos described in Brown gets a lot of mentions here also (though without Brown's descriptions) and words like "anointing" and certain well-known bible verses get sexual reinterpretations (I won't go into it) and although not cited, Walker also gives these interpretations.
Also got Holy Blood, Holy Grail. (frequently used by Starbird) A scholar called Marina Warner (a historian) called this work "a heap of hooey."
It tells us Leigh received a PhD, though not in what subject. He's primarily a short-story writer & novelist.
Baigent has also been a professional photographer.
Templar Revelation by Picknett & Prince, sources include: Baigent and Leigh (what a surprise!) and Margaret Starbird... so Brown's sources are not independant.
Starbird's Goddess in the Gospels. This is her personal journey (not a historical work, contra Brown's historian), describing how she came to believe in the Holy Grail theory. Baigent appears in the bibliography.
Some extra links from a reader:
The author has a Ph. D. in history.
1) Crash Goes The Da Vinci Code Dr. Ron Rhodes http://www.leaderu.com/theology/crashdavincicode.html
2) Was Jesus Married? Darrell L. Bock, Ph.D. http://www.leaderu.com/theology/wasjesusmarried.html
3) The above two articles plus an article by Ben Witherington III titled 'Mary, Mary, Extraordinary' and more articles (and even lectures)! are all linked to from this page http://www.leaderu.com/focus/davincicode.htm
4) Catholic Answers Special Report Cracking The Da Vinci Code http://www.catholic.com/library/cracking_da_vinci_code.asp
5) and finally, a lecture by Mike Licona that refutes the 5 major claims of The Da Vinci Code is available here http://www.risenjesus.com/articles/index.asp?pagea=mike&pagea2=website
The Movie Verison
The main issue I wanted to look at was, "Is there anything new in the movie that is not in the book?" My suspicion was that most of the "fact" claims (as found in Ch. 55 of the book) would be left out, narrowed down to just what was absolutely essential to the plot, because Teabing's long speech just wasn't the stuff of an action thriller. That turned out to be right; the lecture was still there, much shorter (I didn't hear my favorite factoids about Mithra, for example), and spiced with tech wizardry and historical flashbacks.
And there's an even bigger surprise...
Tom Hanks (Langdon) actually comes out arguing the other side now and then.
It's most apparent during the lecture. Teabing says that the Council of Nicea decided on Jesus' "immortality" (not "divinity," oddly, but it's still wrong!); but then Langdon shoots back that it wasn't that way at all (and Teabing dismisses his reply as "semantics" in action).
Later it's Langdon who says a truer version first, stating that 50,000 women were killed by the church in witch hunts; Teabing shoots back, "some say millions" (true, but "some" are not professional historians).
Langdon expresses doubts about who the real instigators were in Constantine's time: pagans or Christians. He rolls his eyes and has an "aw, come on" look while Teabing waxes eloquent about hidden meanings in The Last Supper.
What's going on here?
I can only guess, but I have the idea that one of two things happened. Either the movie's producers decided they could try and avoid controversy by giving both sides "equal time" now and then, or....
....more likely, given what else we see, it's a case of Ron Howard trying to make peace. When Teabing and Langdon start shouting, Sophie dons referee stripes and puts a stop to it with a sermonette about how people have so often killed each other over these things, so "let's not argue." And nowhere is this peacemaker posture made more clear than the final discussion between Sophie and Langdon, in which Langdon suggests that "maybe human is divine" and who knows...Sophie could have healed him of his claustrophobia, and maybe she could also turn water into wine if she tried. (She dips her foot in some after that, and of course, does not; or maybe she was trying to walk on water??)
Langdon indicates that it is belief that matters and suggests that it would not be good for Sophie to reveal the truth because it is better to preserve faith than to destroy it (which is interesing as a counter to Teabing, who is very angry over alleged historical injustices). He professes to have been a Catholic, and as a child was trapped in a well and prayed to Jesus, whom he seems to think answered his prayer.
Perhaps Ron Howard figured he'd throw the Christian community some bones. Or perhaps they tried to correct some of the errors to avoid more controversy. Or maybe all of the above, with the bottom line held firmly in vuew.
It's not just the lecture scene, either; at the beginning, there is what I may be imagining as a subtle "retort" to Brown's use of the Mona Lisa: Those factoids from Brown about the painting are never used, other than a brief hint about the left side of the woman being larger as a sign of the feminine, but tight focus is put on a little sign that gives the Mona Lisa's original French name, and spells the later name properly, Monna Lisa -- am I imagining it, or could this be their way of saying, "No, we'll skip all that stuff about it being Leonardo in drag and about it being an anagram of Egyptian gods"?
And some of the minor errors are preserved untouched. Paris is still wrongly the site of the first Prime Meridian. Pope still erroneously presided at Newton's funeral (though that is essential to the plot, after all). At the end, we get to see a library of documents hidden under Roslyn chapel, with dates to the first century, preserved by the Priory of Sion (which is said to be real), but nothing is said of what is in them.
Opus Dei isn't seen in quite so bad a light; Silas and his friends are part of a smaller rebel core that the Vatican would excommunicate if it got wind of them. (There is a rather excessive focus on Silas' self-flagellation at the beginning; perhaps they figured some buttocks would ensure a more tantalizing rating.)
But the core message, and what it seems Howard thought was, "let's not fight, huh, because it doesn't really matter, does it?"
Mmm, well, yes, it does. If this WAS a bone thrown our way, we're not touching it.
If I am right here Howard and the crew behind this may think they were offering us a compromise. But I'm sorry -- there is no compromise with truth. At the very beginning there are shades of the "blind man and the elephant" routine as Langdon fools students into misidentifying symbols by only tightly focussing on small parts of pictures they are in.
But the message refutes itself. Langdon corrects the errors by pulling back on the perspective so it is clear what the symbol really means. And so it has been done with history.
But what else? Teabing reads from the Gospel of Philip and The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, and about Jesus kissing Mary, but is interrupted by Sophie before he can say the word "mouth" for the spot where the kiss is given. (That word isn't in the fragmentary text.)
Teabing says Mary wrote her gospel; Langdon says, "maybe" she did, with a tone of serious doubt. (In reality, there is no doubt at all; and of course they still don't seem to know that the Gnostic authors would have not been on their side, rejecting any idea that Jesus and Mary had sex, much less children.)
Teabing remains uncorrected, though, when he makes the statement that Philip was rejected at Nicea. (It wasn't even discussed; Nicea was not about the canon.)
Technical notes....the film was very dark, and the word "corny" kept popping into my head. This may be because cryptography just doesn't make for good cinema. There is a valiant and sometimes successful attempt to spice things up with historical flashbacks (eg, into the Crusader era), and rather amusingly, Teabing's lecture now features PowerPoint.
I also think people who did not read the book will find it hard to follow, and the one person I metr who saw the movie but did not read the book agrees. There are other plot changes as well, but I will stick to issues apologists care about where that is concerned.
In sum....it can be said that some effort was made to make things more palatble to those who pointed out the book's errors. I can't be sure of the reason, but I can be sure that it was an effort in vain. Errors remains errors. On the other hand, perhaps we can suppose that the apologetic effort to correct these errors in the book had some effect on the decisions made about the movie.
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It has been reported that the film bombed at the Cannes film festival (see here, with our thanks to a reader) which is interesting but probably not very significant in terms of what popular audiences will think of it.
A theater chain turned down an ad from Campus Crusade about the film: See here.
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2) Sure, Jobs could generate more money for himself and his developers by opening up his platform to outside ad networks. But you could make the same "open it up" argument about his App Store, and that's not happening. Instead, Apple insists on approving every app, by hand. Apple also insists on approving the tools developers use to build their apps. If you want to build for a platform that lets in every app, Jobs argues, head over to Google's (GOOG) Android. It will even let you use Flash.
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I'm Learning Not To Worry
What a wonderful article I just read about worrying, and it sums up many things I have written in my journal in the past 2 months about what I have learned about worrying. I've been learning a lot in the past few months. The article is written by I. Davey Crocket III, so please include his name if you pass it on.
What, Me Worry?
-J. Davey Crocket III
We may laugh when we think of the old MAD Magazine character Alfred E. Newman, whit his famous line: "What, me worry?" And we do all worry, though some of us worry more than others. Worry uses up our mental energy, our time and our resources, yet it produces nothing, and does not give us joy or peace of mind. As the old proverb says, "Worry is like a rocking chair; it gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines "worry" as "mental distress or agitation resulting from concern, usually for something impending or anticipated." It seems that anticipating problems, real or imagined, brings trouble and anxiety to most folks' minds.
Most of us realizes that worry is counterproductive, though we do it anyway. But what does it do for us? The late motivational speaker Earl Nightingale wrote, Many years ago: "Worry is like a dense fog that can cloud our vision, knock our perspective out of kilter, and slow us down." Nightingale categorized our common worries as follows:
Things that never happen 40 %
Things in the past 30%
Needless worry about health 12%
Petty, miscellaneous worries 10%
In other words, according to Nightingale, "92 % of worries are pure fog with no substance at all." That leave 8% of our worries as legitimate matters worthy of our concern. You might arrange the numbers a bit differently than Nightingale did, but his point is a good one.
What does your Bible say about worry? Its most famous instruction is found in these words of Jesus Christ: "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?' For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." (Matthew 6:31-34).
Those who love God are not called to be apathetic; they are to have care for one another ( 1 Corinthians 12:25). And when there are serious concerns--Nightingale's 8 percent--we need to act on those concerns. But when we act we should take comfort in knowing that God will see to our needs if we follow His guidance. As the Apostle Paul wrote, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God, and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." (Phillippians 4:6-7). Paul understood that to worry is to doubt God's ability to help.
Israel's King David also understood this when he admonished, "Fret not yourself" (Psalm 37:1). If you find you are prone to worry, take your cares and anxieties to God in prayer. In doing so, you can gain the real peace of mind that comes only from Him.
A wise grandmother once put it this way: "There is no sense in making mountains out of mole hills; all it does is exhaust the mole!" If you build a close relationship with God, you will gain the understanding that will give you transcendent peace. "


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Dynah necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 169 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
I am an entrepreneur looking to embark on a new adventure. I am a Christian who is looking to place Jesus in the garment industry. Not too long ago I had an idea to create clothing that has meaning. There are so many different clothing brands being created everyday and no one knows what these labels mean. People worship, die and kill for brand name jeans and sneakers. That is why I believe that if I can create hope, faith and love and make those elements concrete it will make the world a better place.
This line will primarily speak to the urban market. Since the line will debut with T-shirts and sports wear. I will reach out first to woman/girls from the age of 15 to 35. Then expand.
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I desire a logo that can be identified by just the outline. (Sort of like the Baby Phat Cat). I am not in particular about color, because I want to be able to take this logo and fill it with any color that I desire in the future.
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At Your Service: Ophthalmology
The Ophthalmology Service at the Foster Hospital for Small Animals is home to two faculty board-certified ophthalmologists, two ophthalmology residents, an ophthalmology technician and a primary liaison, all dedicated to providing medical and surgical management related to injuries and diseases of the eye. We recognize that, in most cases, as a primary care veterinarian you can identify and treat most routine eye problems. In some cases, however, you may want to seek the advice of a specialist. We view our relationship with referring veterinarians as a partnership and welcome referrals for patients who clearly need the care provided by an ophthalmic specialist, as well as those for whom you may just be looking for advice or a second opinion. Through our evaluation process, we will maintain an open line of communication with you and, if appropriate, the pet owner, whereby we provide clear and complete explanations of the diagnostic testing results, treatment options and the cost so that you and your client can make the most informed decisions.
The Foster Hospital for Small Animals Opthalmology Service offers among the most advanced and comprehensive diagnostic and treatment practices in New England for small and large animals. The majority of our cases are canines and felines, and we also treat horses and exotics. We provide both scheduled and emergency services for animals with vision or eye problems. From routine eye exams to specialized surgery, including laceration repair to corneal grafting to cataract removal, we provide a full range of diagnostic and surgical services. Our ophthalmology team works closely with its peers in anesthesia, pain management and other specialty areas, providing a full continuum of coordinated care for your client.
Specialized Services
All patients will receive a complete examination of their eyes and in many cases patients will require specialized diagnostic testing procedures. Our ophthalmology clinic is fully equipped with the most advanced diagnostic equipment, including:
- Low and high resolution ultrasonography
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Electroretinography (ERG)
- Computed tomography (CT)
- Slit lamp biomicroscopy
- Gonioscopy
- Ophthalmoscopy (direct and indirect)
Tufts is also proud to provide access to advanced diagnostic technologies that are not readily available in this region. These include:
- Optical coherence temography (OCT), which is helpful in diagnosing corneal and retinal problems
- Fluorescein angiography, which provides insight into the circulatory system of the eye through the use of a camera, allowing early detection of changes to the blood ocular barrier
As New England's only veterinary school, we also have clinical research studies under way that offer your clients access to innovative treatments not available elsewhere.
Surgical Procedures
Tufts Ophthalmology Service offers a wide variety of surgical procedures, including but not limited to:
- Numerous eyelid procedures, including laceration repair, correction of entropion/ectropion, eyelid mass removal
- Replacement of prolapsed glands and scrolled cartilage involving the third eyelid
- Conjunctival grafts
- Corneal transplants and corneal laceration repair
- Cryotherapy for removal of distichia
- Cataract removal surgery – phacoemulsification
- Diode laser therapy, allowing non-invasive treatment of cysts and/or intraocular masses
- Glaucoma management
- Cyclosporine implants for the control of equine recurrent uveitis
Referring to Tufts
Upon referral, our clinical liaison team will facilitate care, schedule appointments and serve as the contact point between Tufts clinical specialty departments, referring veterinarians and pet owners. Their commitment to keeping the lines of communication open ensure that you receive the highest standard of care for your patients. If you are in need of emergency services, the Ophthalmology Service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To make a referral, you may contact the Ophthalmology Liaison at 508-887-4696 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. After regular business hours, you may call emergency services at 508-887-4623.
For large animals, please contact the Tufts Hospital for Large Animals at 508-839-7926 for care during any time of day.
Ophthalmology Team
Christopher Pirie, DVM, DACVO, a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist and faculty member, is a graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, where he pursued a veterinary degree. He later pursued an ocular pathology fellowship at the Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory, University of Wisconsin. Dr. Pirie joined the faculty and ophthalmology staff following completion of his residency in ophthalmology at Tufts in 2009. His research interests include clinical optics and diagnostic imaging. He is focused on the development of more cost effective ophthalmic imaging devices, with the ultimate goal of increasing availability, improving upon early detection and treatment of a variety of ophthalmic conditions.
Stefano Pizzirani, DVM, PhD, DECVS, DACVO, a 2004 board-certified ophthalmologist and Tufts faculty member, is a 1979 graduate of Pisa University (Italy) and a 1999 PhD graduate from Messina University (Italy). Dr. Pizzirani spent 22 years in a specialty practice in his hometown of Florence before relocating to the United States and serving as clinical assistant professor at North Carolina State University. In 2004 he joined the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University as assistant professor. Dr. Pizzirani is also a board-certified, inactive-member of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. His fields of interest include intra- and extra-ocular surgery and the pathophysiology of canine glaucoma.
Kara Gornik, DVM, a third year ophthalmology resident, is a 2010 graduate of the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed her internship at Michigan State University. Following her rotating internship, Dr. Gornik spent a year pursuing research in vision and genetics at Michigan State University before starting her ophthalmology residency at Tufts in 2012.
Alex LoPinto, DVM, a first-year ophthalmology resident, is originally from New York, graduating from New York University in 2009 with a degree in Biology. He subsequently received his veterinary degree from Cornell University in 2013, where he performed a research project on methicillin resistant staphylococcal infections of the canine cornea. After graduation, he completed a small animal rotating medicine and surgery internship at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Dr. LoPinto enjoys all aspects of veterinary ophthalmology, but is particularly interested in corneal diseases, cataracts, and intra-ocular surgery.
Tracy Elmes-Young, a veterinary technician specialist, is a 1987 graduate of Mt Ida College and an integral member of the Small Animal Internal Medicine team. She came to Tufts in 1986 and worked for the department of small animal medicine as a technician and senior technician until 2011 when she joined the Ophthalmology department. She is a charter member of the Academy of Veterinary Internal Medicine and is currently the credentialing committee co-chairperson.


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Cat Cora's Grilling Tips
Celebrity chef Cat Cora offers her tips on how to get perfect grill marks and more.
"The greatest thing about grilling this time of year: Produce is at its peak, so nearly everything is in season," Cat says. "I'll throw virtually anything on the grill, from bread and pound cake to even romaine lettuce! It brings a nice smoky flavor to a salad."
1. To cut down on cooking time, make sauces and prep meats a day before.
2. For perfect grill marks, coat meat and veggies generously with oil and make sure your grill is really, really hot before cooking.
3. Don't overcook shrimp. Remove them from the grill as soon as they turn pink, which should take no more than one to two minutes per side.
4. When using tongs to flip raw meat, be sure to wash them well before using again on another ingredient.
5. Enhance the smokiness of grilled food with wood chips. Soak them in water for 30 minutes prior to cooking, then wrap them in aluminum foil and place the packet directly next to food on the grill.
6. For a great, instant glaze over grilled stone fruit, try the Greek-style aged balsamic from my Gaea collection (Oxymelo Barrel-Aged Vinegar with Thyme Honey; catcora.com).
7. Microwave root vegetables such as beets, potatoes, and carrots prior to throwing them on the grill—it will make them more tender and cut down on cooking time.
8. If there is a lot of char left on the grill when you finish cooking one dish, brush it away to keep the next item that goes on the grates from picking up those flavors.
Cat and Co-Host Curtis Stone's new show, Around the World in 80 Plates, is a culinary adventure she describes as "a combination of Top Chef, Survivor, and The Amazing Race." It premieres May 9 at 10 p.m. EST on Bravo.


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- 50 State Emissions
- Transmission w/Oil Cooler
- Front-Wheel Drive
- Engine Oil Cooler
- 650CCA Maintenance-Free Battery w/Run Down Protection
- 180 Amp Alternator
- Gas-Pressurized Shock Absorbers
- Front Anti-Roll Bar
- Electric Power-Assist Steering
- 19 Gal. Fuel Tank
- Single Stainless Steel Exhaust
- Strut Front Suspension w/Coil Springs
- Trailing Arm Rear Suspension w/Coil Springs
- Side Impact Beams
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Seat-Mounted Side Airbags
- ParkSense with Stop Rear Parking Sensors
- Tire Specific Low Tire Pressure Warning
- Dual Stage Driver And Passenger Front Airbags
- Curtain 1st, 2nd And 3rd Row Airbags
- Airbag Occupancy Sensor
- Driver And Passenger Knee Airbag
- Rear Child Safety Locks
- Outboard Front Lap And Shoulder Safety Belts -inc: Height Adjusters and Pretensioners
- 4-Way Passenger Seat -inc: Manual Recline and Fore/Aft Movement
- Driver And Front Passenger Armrests and Rear Seat Mounted Armrest
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Has anyone heard from TRU that their Anakin's Jedi Starfighter/Mandalorian Assault Transport 2-pack shipped? I ordered a figure in addition to the bonus packs and received notice that he shipped today, but no notice on the Shuttle. Hrmmmn.
Has anyone been able to successfully liberate their minty boxes from that infernal sticky tape? I had to give up and admit defeat, though I wonder if heating the tape up with a hair dryer might have worked.
good luck. most of the time retail stores will not do any returns during Black Friday - they are focused on putting product out the door and fixing problems at customer service. Not only that but, if you even do get to return it, they might pull some crap like "sorry, we will not be putting this item out back on the floor so every customer has the chance to get it".
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"I believe the study of public policy and administration
needs to blend theoretical knowledge with real-world
applicable knowledge and skills." -Valerie Werner, Ph.D.
Valerie Werner, Ph.D., LMFT
Program Director, Public Policy & Administration
My combined personal, academic and professional experiences had a profound impact on my academic trajectory, and my desire to teach the theory and practice of social change through the discipline of public policy and administration. As an instructor I believe the study of public policy and administration needs to blend theoretical knowledge with real-world applicable knowledge and skills. This combined learning experience provides students with the opportunity to develop a comprehensive understanding of the policy process, public services and building healthier communities. This is done by educating students on existing social structures and inequalities and teaching students the skills to be agents of positive social change in our global society.
I use a variety of pedagogical practices to help students effectively comprehend the theories and practice of the public policy process and administration. Classroom learning is a combination of lectures to teach the fundamental theories and concepts, while class room discussions and student presentations are used to help students think critically about the topics. Related documentaries, movies/TV segments, and current events are also shown and discussed to introduce students to the connection between theory and real-world realities. Engaged learning experiences also provide students with the opportunity to learn by doing, associating and observing. As a result, students develop a more in-depth and complex understanding of poignant issues that demonstrate social and environmental injustice and they are able to apply the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom to real-world situations. This type of learning helps students think critically about their own social identities, which is fundamentally valuable to their success as future leaders and facilitators of positive social change.
Please email or call me (312.662.4328) if you have questions or would like more information about me.
- Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
- M.A., Counseling Psychology, Concentration: Marriage, Family and Children's Counseling, University of San Francisco
- B.A., Sociology, Goshen College
- Licensed in the State of Illinois: Marriage and Family Therapist, 166000507
- "Core Competencies in Civic Engagement," a working paper in the Center for Engaged Democracy's Policy Papers Series. Funded by The Center for Engaged Democracy, Merrimack College, June 2012.
- "Living With Welfare Reform, a Survey of Low Income Families in Illinois." Work, Welfare and Families; the Chicago Urban League; the Center for Urban Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago. Funded by a grant from the Lloyd A. Fry Foundation, January 2000.
- "Welfare Reform at Age One: Early Indicators of Impact on Clients and Agencies Based on Reports from Community-Based Service Providers." Work, Welfare and Families; the Chicago Urban League; with The Center for Urban and Economic Development, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Conference Presentations and Papers
- Normandy Conversations On Mary P. Follett, University of Rouen, Normandy, France, "Early Childhood Experiences that Informed Mary Parker Follett's Thoughts on Civic Engagement" (a working paper). October 2012
- Future of Higher Education in Higher Education: 3rd Annual Summer Research Institute, "Core Competencies - Civic Engaged Learning, Starting a National Dialogue." June 2012
- Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italia "How Race and Ethnicity Shaped Chicago's Neighborhoods" May, 2009
- Planners Network Conference "Women of Northern Ireland Creating a Fair and Equitable Society." June, 2006, University Of Illinois at Chicago
- IV International Conference "Women on the Threshold of the XXI Century. November 2001, University of Havana, Cuba.
- Gender and Power: "The Shaping of a Theoretical Feminist Perspective: Mary Parker Follett on a New Way of Communicating".
- Women and Health Care:"The Effects of Case Management on Families Stress Levels in Home Care for Chronically Ill Children."
Professional Memberships
- American Society for Public Administration
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs
- American Psychological Association (pending)


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FDA asserts its authority to oversee cigarette alternatives
In 2009, Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration wide authority to oversee tobacco products. The agency has moved cautiously in flexing that power. On Thursday, for the first time, the FDA "deemed" several tobacco products to be under its watch, including cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, hookahs and e-cigarettes. This move is welcome, if overdue. The FDA now has to conduct the tricky work of figuring out when further restrictions, particularly on e-cigarettes, help and when they might actually harm public health.
As long as the FDA steers clear of direct regulation of products other than cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco, public health advocates rightly worry that potential smokers -- particularly children and teenagers -- will find it easier or more appealing to use unregulated products with varying or unknown public health effects. The agency says that expanding its oversight, which Congress gave it the power to do, is the first, "foundational" step toward broad regulation of these alternatives to cigarettes.
The FDA is demanding some concrete steps of manufacturers upfront. They will have to register their products with the agency and reveal their ingredients. They will have to attach warning labels. Many vending machines will become off-limits. And the federal government will ban e-cigarette sales to minors. Once regulators gather more information on the harm various products can cause and on how people are obtaining and using them, they can do more in the interest of public health, such as consider bans on Internet sales, candy-like flavorings or certain kinds of marketing.
The FDA is also accepting feedback on whether to exempt "premium" cigars from regulation, since people often do not smoke them habitually. That strikes us as unnecessary, because cigars, too, can do harm. If regulators determine that premium cigars do not pose the same public health risks as other products, they can keep the demands on their manufacturers relatively light.
But for one product there is good reason for caution. E-cigarettes, which deliver a nicotine-laced vapor that presumably contains many fewer harmful ingredients than tobacco smoke, could help addicted, lifetime smokers to reduce their consumption or quit. On the other hand, e-cigarette use among young people is soaring, and there is concern that it might be a gateway to conventional smoking. In addition, some adult smokers may use e-cigarettes to augment their traditional cigarette habit when they otherwise might have kicked it.
Unlike with many other nicotine-containing products, the FDA has to determine how to keep e-cigarettes available to those who might benefit from them while minimizing their capacity to hook young people or encourage continued smoking. Thursday's announcement is just the beginning of that process.
This editorial was originally published in The Washington Post.