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I had an epiphany tonight. It didn't go down particularly well.
I was having a pleasant dinner at the local restaurant. It's a place that's always busy, and I'm not really sure why. The food is pretty good, but it's not fancy or fantastic, and the restaurant's décor is literally designed to look like the inside of a barn. I suppose it's where many city people go when they want to have a meal in the country. I was sitting on a high-backed stool in front of beautiful piece of honey coloured Douglas Fir that's been made into a bar. Above the bar is a valance with wine glasses hanging from it, not far from your head. It's where they sit singles when it's busy. Everyone else is spread out behind you at tables under the faux barn rafters. I don't mind sitting at the bar as I can watch the hockey games and flirt with the servers. Except for tonight. Tonight there is some old guy sitting beside me who is doing a full frontal flirt with all the woman, and most of them are about a third his age. "You're pathetic" I think, as the guy asks one of the servers about the significance of a crown she has tattooed on the back of her neck. She was making a drink for another customer and was trapped in front of him.
"She's wearing a wedding ring and you're OLD" I almost say out loud. But the server doesn't seem to mind, and although I can't make out what she's saying, she appears to be telling him all about the tattoo. And she's now smiling at him.
The old fellow is perhaps 60. He's got a full head of completely gray hair that's combed straight back. 20 years ago the hair probably started just above his eyes, now it begins much higher on his skull and that creates a pompadour effect. He has bushy eyebrows, a nose that's somewhat aquiline and the skin around his eyes crinkles when he makes an amusing point, as he seems to be doing now as he leans over the bar towards the waitress and says something in a low conspiratorial tone. She laughs, and leaves, taking the cocktail she's made over to another customer.
"Why don't you hit on someone your own age, you lecherous old fart." I think as I stuff a fork full of house salad into my mouth. I look over towards him and sneer, as I'm chomping on some arugula and lettuce.
Then it hit me.
It hit so hard and unexpectedly that I almost choked on my salad and nearly coughed a mouthful of greens all over the bar. It was a revelation as powerful and clear as anything I've ever experienced. I looked over to the old guy at the bar.
He is me.
He doesn't look like me, but if he wasn't here, I'd be the old guy flirting with the servers.
Like him, In many ways I behave and think in the same way I did in the early 1980's. Since then I've known love and loss, family and fatherhood, a certain measure of celebrity, success and failure. But while experience has tempered and altered my disposition, for the most part I still think like a 25 year old. Except, my body has just entered into the undiscovered country of a sixth decade. So, I'm a 25 year old talking to you through the lips of a 60 year old. No wonder I sound so weird. I can talk the talk, but in practical terms but I'm walking the walk with a sore heel, planar fasciitis and the occasional drop toe that has me wondering if I'm developing ALS. But overall things still work. For the most part. A lot of the time. I'll leave it at that.
At the restaurant I've managed to master my gag reflex and I'm now swallowing the mouthful of salad while staring at the guy next to me. It occurs to me that if he thinks the way he did when he was 25 he's probably contemplating punching out the moron beside him (me) who's been staring at him for the last 5 minutes.
And the server with the tattoo? She thinks like she's still 25 too. (Although the art on her neck is at least that old, and she didn't get it when she was 5.) She expects guys at the bar to flirt with her and has probably been serving long enough to know that flirting is harmless and it can be profitable.
To some extent we're all young people trapped in older bodies. And we don't know it.
The aging process takes place incrementally and our 25 year old minds don't really notice the inexorable change. That's why my father, shortly before he died, would sometimes get out of bed and say "What a beautiful morning. I think I'll go for a run." And he meant it. His body hadn't run in 2 decades, but his mind was ready to go.
Perhaps our mental denial is what prevents us from going mad. We're all headed for the same mortal destination. What happens then may be open to some conjecture but all of our days are numbered. As I'm pondering these esoteric and deep truths, the man beside me hands the server a wad of cash and says. "You keep it. I insist". She thanks him, and he leaves.
I make a silent vow to start acting my age and begin focusing on being a good grandfather.
Just then the sever comes by to fill my water glass. I smile at her, while at the same time trying to prevent her from seeing a partially chewed mouthful of jambalaya.
"Bye the way" I say, quickly swallowing,
"You're probably sick of hearing this question, but what's the story behind that tattoo?"


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The CIRCM program is a Major Defense Acquisition Program that will develop the next generation of aircraft survivability equipment to defend aircraft against man portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and other heat seeking munitions. According to the U.S. Army, CIRCM will "provide the sole acquisition of future laser-based countermeasure systems for all rotary-wing, tilt-rotor, and small fixed wing aircraft across the Department of Defense."
Daylight Solutions and its wholly owned subsidiary Daylight Defense, LLC, have leveraged their core technology in QCL modules to create multiple versions of its JammIR™ line of products. The company's modular approach allows for high flexibility, reducing the cycle-time from design to deployment, while providing significant improvements in reliability and lifetime over existing technologies.
Northrop Grumman is an industry leader in Directional Infrared Countermeasures systems with IRCM installations on over 800 aircraft, including large and small fixed-wing, rotary-wing and tilt-wing platforms.
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|Craig Borchard, President
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|Keith Schulz
|Steven J. Frevert, Secretary
|Roger Hatteberg
|Tammy McCoy
|Jeff Poulter
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Bob Brueck
The Capitol Theater Foundation of Burlington, Iowa was formed in 2005. It's main mission was to resurrect the then-defunct Capitol Theater, a 1937 Art Deco movie house that was once the heartbeat of a thriving downtown Burlington, Iowa. The intention was to restore the building which had been shuttered since 1977, update the infrastructure in order to present with first rate production values and position the facility to serve as an economic engine to help revitalize the once-vibrant surrounding downtown area.
The Burlington Capitol Theater re-opened its doors on June 1, 2012 and is currently serving as the county's premiere performing arts center. To date, diverse concert programming has been presented in various genre including Christian, Country, Pop, Rock, Rap, Broadway and Classical. Additional live programming has included theatricals, dance and variety artists. The theater also presents independent, foreign and classic films and plays host to an annual international film festival. The Capitol Theater and adjacent Annex facility are also available on a rental basis for performing arts groups, corporate gatherings and individuals. Such rentals have already included dance school recitals, a 50th Anniversary Party, an onstage wedding and a community informational forum.
The Burlington Capitol Theater serves as a milestone in the lives of most these residents. This is where many saw their first film as a youngster, saw their last film before they shipped off to war or had their first date. Depending on whose story you're honored enough to hear, the Capitol signifies the sum of their childhood, the end of their adolescence or, in the case of those who used an opportunity in the balcony to propose marriage, the beginning of their adult life. The special place it still holds in hearts here is evident by the smiles on faces and the occasional tears in eyes as they tour the new facility.
Restoring this building has been more than merely reopening an arts and entertainment venue; it's reminding people of the moments that make up their lives. While the Board and staff look forward to diverse programming opportunities, a watchful eye is being kept on how the Capitol can serve the greater Burlington community. The theatre is already proving itself as an economic engine, helping other businesses like restaurants, service stations, lodging establishments, gift shops, etc.. which are benefiting not only from the out-of-towners coming in for a show but residents, as well, who want to expand their night out on the town. The inclusion of this new venue has afforded opportunities for local performing artists to connect with fellow downtown businesses to create a stronger climate for culture, entertainment and co-operation. Its heartbeat once again restored, downtown Burlington, Iowa is alive and thriving once more.
Arguably, most important on the Capitol's agenda is the commitment to arts education and arts advocacy. So many social problems–truancy, drugs, vandalism and other issues with boundaries including theft, etc...–can be traced back to a lack of self-esteem. Exposure to and appreciation of the arts speaks to that issue, elevating the spirit and providing options to make better choices. We believe both an appreciation of the Arts and an understanding of the Creative Process are vital to the health of any society.
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A new national poll shows an American public overwhelmingly opposed to shutting down the government, or holding the federal debt ceiling hostage, as part of Congressional Republicans' effort to block the Affordable Care Act from taking effect.
By a margin of 72-22 percent, the Quinnipiac University poll found the public not wanting a government shutdown, and by 64-27 percent opposed to holding up an increase in the debt ceiling as a political cudgel to block Obamacare.
"Americans are certainly not in love with Obamacare, but they reject decisively the claim by Congressional Republicans that it is so bad that it's worth closing down the government to stop it," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
"On almost all questions, voters see President Obama as more reasonable and better able to handle the issues," Brown added.
The poll interviewed 1,497 adult Americans between September 23 and 29. It has a low margin of error, 2.5 percent. Its findings include:
–55 percent of those surveyed blame gridlock in Washington, D.C., as a product of Republicans' effort to block President Obama's proposals at every turn. Just 33 percent credited the impasse to lack of skill on the President's part.
–Americans remain split on the Affordable Care Act. Forth-five percent support the 2010 law, while 47 percent said they oppose it.
–Just 17 percent of Americans have a favorable view of Republicans in Congress; 74 percent disapprove of the Republicans' performance. Democrats score a little better at 32 percent. President Obama gets a 45 percent job approval rating, with 49 percent disapproving.
–President Obama is trusted more than Republicans in Congress when it comes to handling a variety of issues. The public prefers Obama 47-42 percent on managing the economy. He leads 47-38 percent on health care, and 51-38 percent on helping the middle class. Only on the deficit are the two camps essentially tied: 43 percent prefer Obama, 42 percent prefer Congressional Republicans.
–Republicans support the government shutdown by a 49-44 percent margin. Ninety percent of Democrats are opposed, and Independent voters oppose the shutdown by a 74-19 percent margin.
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10 Most Shocking Movies
When looking for the 10 most shocking movies of all time there are several factors to take into consideration. Certainly gore can shock an audience and that is why it is usually inserted in the first place. Of course, being shocked can merely mean that what we believed we knew about the story has been turned on its ear. This list includes gross-out movies that went for the big shock as well as films that went a direction we quite frankly just didn't see coming.
"Requiem For a Dream" A cautionary tale about drug use in general. One of the most darkly disturbing and depressing movies of all time. Three young kids start out experimenting with heroin and find themselves quickly addicted. As their lives spin out of control one of the kid's mother also becomes addicted to diet medication leading to a downward spiral all her own.
"Human Centipede" This would fit into the gore category of shocking as a mad German doctor dews people together, face to anus in order to complete his shocking creation.
"Hostel" This film was so shocking that it spurned a new movie genre. "Torture Porn" was born from a movie where some American kids travel to a European bordello only to find that they are the victims of a torture house for wealthy sadists.
"Saw" Eli Roth loves him some gore. He also loves to shock his audience, so its no wonder that he directed two movies on this list. Hostel went one way, but Saw went another. A film where a psychopath's victims have to commit unspeakable acts in order to go free. If they don't they die. This has spawned about a billion sequels, all a shadow of the original.
"Salo" Perhaps this was actually the grandaddy of torture porn. Set in a WWII concentration camp, prisoners are butchered in remarkably shocking ways including getting their tongues split down the middle.
"Hard Candy" The first almost gore free shocker on our list. Hard Candy is about a young girl (Ellen Page) who seems to be hooking up with an older man under the guise of taking her picture. Turns out he is a known pedophile and Ellen's character sought him out to exact some revenge for those children which he has molested. Finding out that she knew all along and turns the tables on the abuser is something you really don't see coming until it is there.
"The Usual Suspects" Who is Keyser Soze? Of course almost everyone knows now, but when Kevin Spacey abandoned his gimpy walk at the end of the movie, showing the audience that he was the kingpin of crime in the movie, there were audible gasps in the audience.
"Audition" A Japanese gore-fest, starting about halfway through. Initially it is cast as a romance schlock-fest but takes a decidedly left turn into "ohmygodwhatisshedoing!?" land.
"Deliverance" Banjo music was forever tarnished when this movie was released. The graphic man-on-man rape scene in this movie is burned into the brains of people who have never even seen the movie. It's that shocking!
"Clockwork Orange" The sheer vileness of the characters in this movie are what is truly shocking. Rarely do movies reach the level of the books they are based on, but Stanley Kubrick did a fantastic job of bringing this Sci-Fi tale to life and finding a way to still shock those who knew the story ahead of time.


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Cold hands, warm cocoa and newly-lit greenery filled the Lower Quad Tuesday evening as hundreds gathered for the annual tree and Nativity scene lighting ceremony.
Highlights of the Advent blessing included a prayer from the Rev. Dennis Dease and a reflection on the Advent season from Deborah Savage of the Saint Paul Seminary.
In her speech, Savage asked those gathered "can we allow the Advent season to heal us?"
Senior Undergraduate Student Government President Mike Orth said the tree lighting ceremony is his favorite event of the year because it "renews our St. Thomas spirit."
"Even though we're not out here for long it's exciting to have the amount of people we do come out here," Orth said. "We say a prayer, we sing some songs."
Freshman Jacob Gerhartz said he is excited to see what the lights will look like once winter season weather kicks in.
"It'll look really nice with the snow," Gerhartz said.
Jerry Anderley, associate vice president for facilities, said more cost-efficient lights are being used this year to illuminate campus.
"We can light the entire campus with the LED lights for a couple thousand dollars, where in the past it was more like $25,000 to $30,000 with the old C7 (bulbs) and C9 (bulbs)," Anderley said. "The energy savings there is significant."
While the lighting ceremony was financially conscience, it also brought students together.
Sophomore Laura Krake attended the tree lighting for the first time and didn't let the cold temperatures keep her spirits down.
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April 10, 2012
Set against the stifling conformity of pre–World War I English society, E.M. Forster's Maurice is a story of coming to terms with one's sexuality and identity in the face of disapproval and misunderstanding. Maurice Hall (James Wilby) and Clive Durham (Hugh Grant) find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. In a time when homosexuality was punishable by imprisonment, the two must keep their feelings for one another a complete secret. Sparkling direction by James Ivory, distinguished performances from the ensemble cast, and a charged score by Richard Robbins all combine to create a film of immense power. Maurice is a romantic, moving story of love and self-discovery for all audiences.
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|Clive Durham
|Hugh Grant
|Alec Scudder
|Rupert Graves
|Mr. Ducie
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|Denholm Elliott
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|From the novel by
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|Richard Robbins
|Pierre Lhomme
|Katherine Wenning
|Jenny Beavan and John Bright
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"As a teen I rented this as though it were a porno—hiding it under my coat, locking the door to watch it in secret. And it changed everything. Blu-ray!"
"A properly restrained adaptation of the classic Forster novel, with nuanced performances from Wilby, Grant, and Graves, and a moody musical score. "
"Love among the ruins of ignorance. Forster dedicated the novel to "a happier year." With all the recent LGBT strides, somewhere Forster is smiling."
"Wildly romantic adaptation of the E.M Forester novel. I refer my friends to this to understand why I get so hot and bothered by Rupert Graves."
"Love this film. Merchant Ivory's E.M. Forester trilogy is just poetry. Shame only one has a full Criterion release."
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The teen idol reacts to homosexuality and what he would say if one of his own kids came out.
What Cameron is suggesting is that should his child be gay, that he or she should make a choice between being who they are and doing what he thinks is "right." In other words, who they are in their very core is wrong. His message: be something else so you can be on the "right" side of things. When a parent questions the very essence of their child's identity and uses words like "unnatural," "detrimental," and "destructive" to describe their very selves, the wounds that are cut are deep and incredibly painful and rarely solved by choosing between "right" and "wrong" behavior. Kirk Cameron Responds To Backlash Over His Anti-Gay Remarks
The role of Dad
Children need both of their parents. The lack of healthy fatherly role models is correlated with many of the most grievous of the ills in society: poverty violence, incarceration, drug usage, suicide, and abuse. On the flip side, healthy fathers play an incredibly meaningful role in helping their kids grow into securely attached, healthy adults.
What Kirk Cameron may have forgotten as he answered Piers' question is the role that a father plays in his son's life. As Larry Cappel, licensed marriage and family therapist shares, "For a boy, his first and most important male relationship is with his father. It is the model for all of his future male relationships. If he doesn't get authentic validation from his father growing up, as an adolescent and young adult he'll try to deaden the pain of his shame through his relationships with other men." Parenting 101: Your Kids Will Model Your Behavior
Advice for Kirk: So what if your kid's gay? What's a parent to do?
Dr. Dorree Lynn recently shared how a parent who may be feeling sad, embarrassed, or even ashamed can best handle when their kid comes out of the closet. Her advice says it best: Advice For Parents
For me, the scary thing after researching this article is that I don't believe that Kirk Cameron wants to hurt his children; I simply think he's doing what his faith tells him to do. Yet, the impact of that belief system causes pain and suffering for any child born into a family with similar beliefs.
For all of the parents out there with kids who are struggling with their sexual identity, please think before you shame. Think before you blame and think before you speak. You are more important to your child than you will ever know and your words are like boulders on their heart when you judge or shame them. 5 Reasons Gay Men Have Bigger Balls Than Straight Men
Think about that Kirk, and God willing, this position you're discussing is something that if you're faced with the reality of having a gay child that you would re-think it. My hope for you, or anyone else in your shoes, is that you would deal with this in a more loving way instead of simply invalidating your child's experience by saying, "you don't have to act on all of your feelings." For the gay kid, it goes much deeper than that.
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The public is invited to this free event. The church is located at 767 Hwy. 64 B, Conway.
Rock Solid Easter Egg Hunt
The Rock Solid Church Easter Egg Hunt will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 12.
There will be egg hunts for ages pre-school to sixth grade with games and prizes. The church is located at 550 8th Ave.
Appreciation Services rescheduled
Christ Temple Holiness Church Appreciation Services will not be held for Pastor Willie L. and Sister Joyce M. Owens and family on Sunday, April 13, but have been rescheduled.
Faulkner County Singing Club
The Faulkner County Singing Club will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Springhill Baptist Church, located at 25 Highway 287 off of Highway 65 in Greenbrier. Shelby Sawrie is club president. For more information, call 329-5040.
Pastor Appreciation Service
New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church will celebrate 10 years of service by their pastor and his wife, the Rev. William and Sister Leora "Liz" Forte', with an Appreciation Service at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13. Their special guests will include Dr. Houston White and Greater Friendship Baptist Church, and the Rev. Ricky Garner and Union Baptist Church, both of Conway. The theme for this service is "Appreciating the Giver of Wisdom and Knowledge," coming from 1 Timothy 5:17. The public is invited.
Spring Concert
The J.R. Raynor Sanctuary Choir will present its 38th Annual Spring Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 13. The theme is: "It's Still Just Jesus," and is taken from Colossians 1:13-20; Psalm 105:1,2; and Romans 12:1,2.
Artee Williams is the pastor and Lloyd Hervey is the Minister of Music and Fine Arts. For more information, contact Jermanie Jones, 501-516-5867. The church is located at 601 Spruce St. The public is invited.
Musical at Woodland Heights
Celebrate Life! Vintage Musical, 6 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Woodland Heights Baptist Church, 4215 Prince St. (Corner of Prince and Hogan streets). This is a free event.
Salem Missionary Baptist to present play
Salem Missionary Baptist Church Drama Department will present the play "I Got The Keys!" at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 13.
The church is located at 4949 Prince St. and the pastor is Bennie L. Jackson Jr.
Community Sunrise Service
The Community Sunrise Service will be held at Union Baptist Church on Easter Sunday, April 20, at 6 a.m.
The public is invited to attend. The church is located at 1257 Lincoln St.


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From the FUV Vault: Divine Fits
Russ Borris Divine Fits as one of his Favorite FUV Sessions
For Words & Music this month, we're dipping into the FUV Vault to revisit some of our favorite sessions. My pick this week is our Divine Fits session from last September.
There was a lot of buzz surrounding the release of their debut record, A Thing Called Divine Fits. The band was seen as a bit of a supergroup since it included, Britt Daniel of Spoon, Dan Boeckner of Wolf Parade and Handsome Furs and Sam Brown of New Bomb Turks. The band was much more that a marquee of big names though. Their propulsive tapestry of drums and synths overlaid with hooky guitars and gritty vocals proved that the sum of their parts was indeed something special.
Their debut album, A Thing Called Divine Fits was one of my favorite releases of 2012 and their live performance in Studio A was outstanding. I was also really pleased that they chose Black Sabbath as their guest DJ Pick!
We'll air this session tonight at 9, but you can listen to it anytime by dipping into the FUV Vault yourself.
Divine Fits also played our SXSW show last March. Here's some video from that.
You can also check out Divine Fits at The Governors Ball Music Festival this June, here in NYC.


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But all that money couldn't give me Faith Mortimer, a damaged heiress with secrets of her own. I found her irresistible two years ago, and would've laid my empire at her feet…until she betrayed me.
Now she barges into my office, offering marriage, ostensibly to help me fulfill the conditions of my father's hateful deal. Although I toss her out, I'm curious. Once I realize how desperate she is, I make a counteroffer that leaves her vulnerable and defenseless.
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Brackett Construction
Phone: 908-229-4554, Ask For: Michael Brackett
Fax: 908-359-0475
Description: Professional, quality construction work in central New Jersey for over 30 years. Work includes: home additions, add-a-levels, roofing, siding, garages, basement remodeling, custom decks and much more.
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Phone: 800-794-5325, Ask For: Dennis P. Hogan
Fax: 732-381-6762
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All work is supervised and comes with a written contract and guarantee. CLARK BUILDERS INC. Established in "1969" by Dennis P. Hogan, CLARK BUILDERS has 41 years of experience in repairing and installing: ROOFING,SIDING,GUTTERS & WINDOWS ETC. for residential and commercial buildings.
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Phone: (973) 794-5263, Ask For: Anthony DeCaro
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PV Contracting
Phone: 201 866-9191, Ask For: Peter Campelo
Fax: 201 866-0812
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Description: Our specialties include painting, faux finishes, venetian plaster, wallpapering and skim coats.
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Founded in 1971 as a family-run operation P. V. Contracting & Co. performs residential and commercial work. As the company has grown and mature over the years, it has taken on new business service including faux finishes and plastering.
Our headquarters are conveniently located in New Jersey, just minutes from New York. We service Northeast N.J., Southern NY state and NYC Metro.
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For quality service at affordable rates, contact P. V. Contracting & Co. to meet your interior decorating needs. All service are guaranteed and warranted. Our employees have over 10 years experience in the business. We offer a convenient payment plan, which requires a small down payment and the balance to be paid in full upon completion of the job.
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We are wallpaper installers, our services include paperhanging, wallpaper stripping, wallcovering estimates, and wall surface repair and associated preparation for the application of wall covering. We have experience with most popular wallcoverings to include residential and commercial wallpaper, murals, photomurals, digital murals, grasscloth, reproductions and custom wallcovering. Please contact us for your wallpaper installation or removal needs. We look forward to becoming your professional paperhangers.
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Fax: 2035490578
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Round Hill Properties Inc
Phone: (203) 869-6267, Ask For: Greg Simms
Fax: 203-869-0812
Description: RHP is a high-end, luxury custom home builder building all architectural styles from classic Georgian to cutting-edge modern. We have been in the luxury building business for nearly three decades in the CT/NY/NJ area. We also do major renovations and res
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N P K Building Corp.
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Rosa Carpentry & Marine Inc
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Haigh Architects
Soundview Construction Advisor
Mockler Taylor Architect LLC
Darius Toraby Architects
Greenwich Pool Service LLC
Vincent Tavano Flooring
FEDA Drywall Inc
Westwood Flooring
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A Winnipeg woman says the kindness of a transit bus driver kept her from freezing on Monday, and she wants to thank him.
Anrea Zaslov said she waited outside the Health Sciences Centre for her bus late Monday afternoon, as the temperature was –27 C.
At the time, it felt more like –38 C with the wind chill, according to Environment Canada.
The bus ended up being 20 minutes late, but Zaslov said she kept waiting outside because she didn't want to risk missing it by going indoors.
Then, a driver on another route stopped and insisted that Zaslov get on his bus and warm up, she said.
"He said that he saw icicles falling from my eyelashes, and he knew he had to get me on that bus," she told CBC News on Tuesday.
Zaslov said her "transit angel" drove her to a stop on his route where she could wait for her bus inside a heated shack.
Zaslov said she wants people to know about the kind deed of the driver, known only by his first name, Dino.
She plans to write to Winnipeg Transit to commend the driver's actions, and she said she'd like to thank him personally.
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5 Laundry Room Essentials
Overwhelmed by laundry? Domestic CEO has the 5 things you need to make laundry day a cinch.
In theory, a laundry room is the place where laundry gets cleaned, folded, and distributed to all members of the family. It symbolizes order, freshness, and a new start with clean clothes. In reality, it's often the room where a pile of dirty clothes grows on the floor and the mountain of clean clothes grows on top of the dryer for each family member to sift through when they need a specific shirt. Instead of symbolizing cleanliness and order, the room often looks like the aftermath of a small tornado..
The house where my husband and I live has a great big laundry room, but not everyone has that luxury, especially if you live in a big city or on a farm, like I did growing up. In fact, to this day the washer and dryer are still sitting in my parents' kitchen. Regardless, there are a few key things that every laundry room (or space) should have to make the laundering process as quick and easy as possible. Today, I'll be giving suggestions that I use in my home, as well as in the homes of my clients at Moxie Girl Household Assistants. I'll also give you modifications in case you live in an old farm house or small apartment and don't have a whole room for doing laundry. The tips will still apply, they'll just look a little different:
Tip #1: A Hamper Divided
This first item is something that likely doesn't stay in the laundry room. Most of us keep our hampers in the closet, bedroom, or bathroom where we take off our clothes. If you don't, that's a bonus tip: Keep your hamper right next to where you change so you can immediately throw the dirties in the hamper and avoid a pile-up situation. It takes the same amount of energy as tossing them on the floor, but you don't have to waste time later picking everything up and doing the sniff test to determine if it needs to be washed.
If your dirty clothes already go straight into a hamper, make laundry day as easy as possible by sorting your clothes before you toss them in. It takes no extra time to put whites in a white bin and colors in a colors bin. This little step will save you 5-10 minutes of sorting per person on laundry day. It's a little change that makes a big difference.
See also: Laundry 101
This technique can be applied to little ones, too. As soon as your child knows his colors, you can teach him to put the whites in one bin and everything else in another. Not only will it save you time when doing the family's laundry, but it's also the first step in his learning to do laundry for himself. Think of it as early training to keep your child from having a load of whites end up pink when he goes off to college. Speaking of college, if you have any recent grads or college-age kids on your gift list, check our new ebook, Quick and Dirty Tips for Life After College. In it, I and 11 other Quick and Dirty Tips experts give real world advice on everything from getting a job to stocking your kitchen. It's just $3.99 and available on Amazon, iTunes, and Barnes & Noble.
Tip #2: Rack 'Em!
We all have items that shouldn't go through the dryer, but we don't all have good ways for them to dry. Laying clothes out over a couch or dining room table is just inviting clutter into your common areas. Besides, wet clothes on wood furniture and dark, wet clothes on cloth furniture are disasters waiting to happen. Don't risk having a warped dining room table or a jean-shaped blue stain on to your cream colored couch. Get a drying rack.
If you have the space, a wall-mounted rack is ideal. Get a handful of plastic hangers, some for shirts and some with clips for hanging pants, and you are ready for almost every hang-dry item. Added bonus: When you're done doing laundry, the top of the drying rack is a great place to store your laundry baskets. It keeps them accessible, but out of the way.
If you don't have a dedicated laundry room, you still have options for hang-drying. My mom had a giant drying rack that she pulled out every Saturday. For a few hours each weekend, the rack would come out of its hiding spot behind a dresser and stand in the living room covered in clothes. As soon as the clothes were dry, they came off and the rack went away. You could also use the shower curtain rod in the bathroom. Just like with the wall-mounted rack, use plastic hangers and clips to hang your items along the rod.
Tip #3: Counter Space is Key
Counter space in a laundry room is invaluable, as long as you use it correctly. If you're using it as a place to pile up clean clothes for your family to forage through each morning when they're getting dressed, you're wasting a great opportunity. There's a better way. When you pull your clothes out of the dryer, put them into a basket, not the top of the counter. Then, bring the basket onto the counter, pull the items out to be folded one by one, and put into neat sorted piles on the counter. By storing the clean clothes in a basket until you have a chance to fold them, you'll keep the chaos contained and reduce your risk of losing small items to the Sock Monster.
If you don't have counter space in your laundry area, simply dedicate a clean spot in your home for folding laundry. When I was little, my mom used to give me the basket of clean clothes on the floor of our living room and I would fold while watching cartoons. This can be a great option, as long as you don't have indoor pets and vacuum on a regular basis. Otherwise, a coffee or dining table will work better.
Tip #4: One Basket Per Person
Once you're done folding, the little stacks of clean clothes can be placed into a basket for each person in the house. Whether you have 2 or 12 people living in your home, I recommend having a basket for each person. That way, when everything is folded, you can grab the basket and take it straight to the room of the wearer. You can put everything away, or if you want to divide the chores (as Mighty Mommy recommends), require each family member to put away their own clothes. This may take a little incentivizing in the beginning, especially for teenagers, but you can make it part of their allowance—an empty basket for a few bucks. Just make sure to keep cash on hand so they can get an immediate reward, and double check that the clothes are actually put away, not just thrown in a pile in the bottom of the closet. (I've seen it all, folks.)
Tip #5: Commitment and Routine
Finally, the most important things you need to keep your laundry room tidy are commitment and routine. No matter how great of a setup you have, or how many amazing laundry gadgets you own, if you aren't committed to doing the laundry all the way through, you're going to have a disaster. Before you even start a load, make sure that you'll have the time to dry, fold, and put it away that same day. I allow myself to watch trashy TV while the washer and dryer are running, and I fold during the commercials. It's my way of rewarding myself for making sure our clothes are taken care of. Or you could follow Mighty Mommy's example and listen to audiobooks or podcasts while you're doing the laundry. Whatever you decide to do, come up with a way to make laundry day fun, and I promise those 3 (or 10) loads won't seem so bad.
Now that you know the 5 things every laundry room needs, all you need is a little motivation to get started. Kick everyone out of the house, put on some music or guilty pleasure TV, and get started. In no time, you'll have a solid routine that will keep your spouse from asking, "Where's my shirt?" and a tidy laundry room that'll make your friends and neighbors jealous.
Looking for more tips on making laundry and life easier? Check out the newest Quick and Dirty Tips ebook. It's available on Amazon, iTunes, and Barnes & Noble now for just $3.99!
Until next time, I'm the Domestic CEO, helping you love your home.
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BACKSTAGE: Supreme Supremes
From the desk of Hal B. Cook, Publisher; Billboard
The superb Supremes, Diana, Florence and Mary, brought joy to New York's Copacabana Club, July 29, just last week. Opening night Thursday brought an overflow audience which included Sammy Davis, Jr., Don Murray, Jack Cassidy, Marty Allen, Ed Sullivan, Bill Randall and Hal Jackson, radio personalities; Jim Schartz, Washington record distributor; Neil Keating and Bill Bell, Columbia Record Club executives, and a host of fans from other record labels.
The lovely Supremes shook up the entire block with their performance.
Berry Gordy, Barney Ales, Phil Jones, Harry Ascola and the entire Motown-Tamla organization can be proud that it was one of their groups who brought excitement to what in the summer in New York could be a pretty dull room.
A top-notch act will usually bring along enough extra musicians to get their sound. In the case of the Supremes, only two stand-in extra musicians were needed. Their attentive conductor, Gil Ashey, brought the Supremes' own bass man Joe Mack and drummer Bob Cuosar, who proceeded to whip the Copa band at a frantic pace giving superb backing to the girls.
Choreography by Charlie Aiken created a visual impact perfectly matched to the powerful Supremes musical arrangements.
A wind-up tribute to Sam Cooke and his music developed into a standing ovation from the audience for the girls. Their attempt to retreat with only one encore proved hopeless.
This group has had fabulous success on records. We have heard of their great "in person" ability. Now we have seen it firsthand. If you get the chance, catch the Supremes in person.
Hal B. Cook, PUBLISHER
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Napoli have the Three Tenors in full for their crunch match with high-flying Catania.
The Partenopei reached the Coppa Italia Final midweek by beating Siena 2-0 and now welcome the Sicilians to the San Paolo.
Christian Maggio, Miguel Angel Britos and Marco Donadel all miss out due to injury.
Some squad rotation was expected, but Marek Hamsik, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani are all present and correct.
Captain Paolo Cannavaro and midfielder Gokhan Inler are rested in favour of Federico Fernandez and Blerim Dzemaili.
Catania are the revelations of the current campaign and could push for a place in Europe this season, not to mention attracting fans with their forward-thinking 4-3-3 system. However, they've switched to a 3-5-2 for this game.
Marco Biagianti, Alessandro Potenza, David Suazo and Marco Motta are injured, while Sergio Almiron was a fitness doubt, but is in the starting XI.
Napoli: De Sanctis; Campagnaro, Fernandez, Aronica; Zuniga, Gargano, Dzemaili, Dossena; Hamsik, Lavezzi; Cavani
Napoli bench: Rosati, Cannavaro, Fideleff, Inler, Pandev, Vargas, Ammendola
Catania: Carrizo; Bellusci, Legrottaglie, Spolli; Barrientos, Izco, Lodi, Almiron, Marchese; Gomez, Bergessio
Catania bench: Kosicky, Capuano, Seymour, Llama, Ricchiuti, Ebangua, Lanzafame
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Al Murray
Biographical Information
The pub landlord is an English nationalist with a dislike for anything un-British, and with a particular dislike of Americans, Australians and the French; he will challenge the audience to name any country in the world, however, before producing some plausible instance of England bettering it. Catchphrases include "Time-waster!", "You DISGUST me!" and "Is your dad proud of you, son?" The character first appeared in 1993 when Murray was the tour support act for Harry Hill (Murray cut his TV teeth on Hill's show playing his 'little brother Alan': "If it's too hard, I can't undertsand it!"), and subsequently featured in a short film, Pub Fiction (1995). Murray's theatre show with this character My Gaff, My Rules was short-listed for an Olivier Award in 2002, and he has also appeared in character as the central focus of the television series Time Gentlemen Please, as well as a number of other television appearances, including the An Audience with... strand. Subsequent theatre tours, ...A Glass of White Wine for the Lady (another catchphrase) and Giving it Both Barrels also ran to critical acclaim.
Often in his shows, as a deliberate comic interruption, Murray offers at glimpse at the extremely intelligent and sensitive man behind his antithetical persona. This often involves a modest and subtle demonstration of his knowledge of philosophical and literary debates, and his appreciation of real-world political issues beyond the right-wing extremism he is lampooning (his act may be seen as a fresh take on the Alf Garnett idea). It is a testament to his skill as a comedian that he mainly uses this to deflate the egotism of anyone he invites on stage, who are mainly people with pretentious job titles from the first few rows. Although quite a lot of his act involves light-hearted 'attacks' on women, especially if they are drinking pints ("Tell me there's lime in it, darling!"), and people from other countries, the object is satire and ultimately the Pub Landlord is a deliberately pathetic creature, with Murray working in a background featuring a failed marriage, failure as a father and early homosexual experiences ("I was NEVER confused!") lying behind his misogyny and bigotry.
When asked about the sitcom during live shows, in character as the Pub Landlord, Murray claims to be unhappy with the television series, a joke some have taken literally. Murray has toured with other comedians (including Harry Hill, Jim Tavaré and Frank Skinner) and as other personas. He won the Perrier Award in 1999, after being nominated in 1996, 1997 and 1998. He started out with an act that involved sound-effect impressions, including of guns and animals; a combination that prompted an equal number of plaudits for vocal skill and complaints of tastelessness. In 2003, he was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. A quiz show, Fact Hunt (say it aloud), presented by Murray as the Pub Landlord and based on the fictional quiz machine of the same name from Time Gentlemen Please was shown on late-night ITV in 2005.
Since January 2006, Murray has being filling in for Tim Lovejoy on Virgin Radio
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and is the Ninth sign of the Chinese horoscope.
Birthday: May 10, 1968
A sacrifice must be made in order to gain something of great value.
Abundance, fruitfulness and fertility; perhaps marriage or children.
Birthday: May 10, 2017
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RAND PAUL: 'GOP of Old Grown Stale and Moss-Covered'
SEN. RAND PAUL (R-KY): The GOP of old has grown stale and moss-covered. I don't think we need to name any names, do we? Our party is encumbered by an inconsistent approach to freedom. The new GOP will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and the personal sphere. If we're going to have a Republican party that can win, liberty needs to be the backbone of the GOP. We must have a message that is broad, our vision must be broad, and that vision must be based on freedom.


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The Official Website of The Tellings of Xunar-kun Series!
YA / Adult Science Fantasy Series by Tina Field Howe
~ Book One:
Alysa of the Fields
~ Book Three, in development: The Monx of the Roaming Star
Alysa of the Fields Audio Book Auditions
Auditions for the audio book were held on three afternoons/ evenings in February 2009. Fifty actors auditioned, with 41 accepting roles!
Thank you Kathleen Richardson for running the auditions, and for taking the photos - you were terrific!
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So apparently Dell's new Latitude E6400 series notebooks come with optional built-in Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth (BT) Modules. Unfortunately when the notebook arrives from the factory, the generic Windows BT driver is installed. Although everything looks clean in the device manager, the generic Windows driver is incompatible and you'll notice this when you try to pair a BT device with your computer.
Besides not being able to pair BT devices, you'll find a number of peripheral devices with exclamation marks in the device manager. So how do you fix this? A normal person would head on over to the dell support site, enter your service tag and download the drivers for the Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth device and install it…right? NOPE! the driver available on Dell's site (download HERE) will not execute properly on the E6410 Core i7. When you execute the single Setup.exe file in Windows 7 x64, you'll notice a dos prompt flash and that's all she wrote. The setup application never starts. Here's how to get the driver for Dell Wireless® 375 Bluetooth module installed properly:
[step 1] Download the driver HERE.
[step 2] Extract the downloaded file R285455.exe to the default location C:DellDriversR285455.
[step 3] Navigate to C:DellDriversR285455 using Explorer and find the Setup.exe file. Right-click setup.exe and choose Troubleshoot Compatibility.
[step 4] Select the Recommended settings in the wizard that pops up then click Start the Program…
[step 5] Now the installation wizard for the Dell Wireless 375 Bluetooth adapter should execute properly and upon completion all drivers will be installed properly and up-to-date.
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OLYMPIA and SEATTLE – The youngest patients at Providence St. Peter Hospital will now receive 24/7 care from Seattle Children's pediatric hospitalists, pediatricians who specialize in caring for hospitalized children and infants. Six Newly hired Children's hospitalists began taking shifts at Providence St. Peter Hospital on April 1.
In addition to caring for children in the pediatric unit, Children's pediatric hospitalists will attend at high-risk deliveries, as well as care for healthy newborns and infants in the special care nursery. They will also provide onsite emergency department consultations and be available for telephone consultations with community healthcare providers.
Children's hospitalists will work closely with community pediatricians and the Providence Family Practice Residency Program to ensure care is well coordinated between local physicians and the hospital.
Mike Menen, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Providence St. Peter Hospital said, "Local doctors are integral partners with the hospitalists, so they know that patients and their families are receiving excellent care."
Carlos Villavicencio, MD, Medical Director of the Regional Hospitalist Program for Seattle Children's said, "Children's is honored to be working alongside the Providence St. Peter Hospital team to care for Olympia area infants and children." He added, "Our partnership helps ensure local families will not have to travel far to receive the best care possible, anytime they need it."
Providence St. Peter Hospital recently remodeled its pediatric unit and special care nursery in 2007 and 2008 respectively, with $3 million in funds, part of a larger gift to the hospital from the estate of Bill Jones. Jones, a successful business man and the founder of Yard Birds in Centralia and Sea Mart in Olympia left the bulk of his estate to the Providence St. Peter Foundation to aid in the care for children in our community. Both of the new units feature modern design elements to accommodate clinical care and efficiency as well as patient and family comfort.
Providence St. Peter Hospital is the fourth regional hospital to join the Seattle Children's Hospitalist program. Additional participants include Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland, Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, and Skagit Valley Hospital in Skagit Valley.
Consistently ranked as one of the best children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Children's serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical referral center for the largest landmass of any children's hospital in the country (Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho). For more than 100 years, Children's has been delivering superior patient care and advancing new treatments through pediatric research. Children's serves as the primary teaching, clinical and research site for the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The hospital works in partnership with Seattle Children's Research Institute and Seattle Children's Hospital Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.seattlechildrens.org.
Contact: Erin Schwantner, Public Relations Coordinator, 360.493.7247


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2nd annual fundraiser for Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston set for March 6
The second-annual "Put Your Hands Up for GPA" fundraiser to benefit the Gardner Pilot Academy in Allston is scheduled for March 6.
The evening will feature student performances and the presentation of the second Gardner Champion Award to Lisa Moellman, a founding member of the school's governing board and longtime partner in its after-school program.
A raffle drawing will give away a grand prize of two round-trip tickets on JetBlue Airways. There will also be cocktails and hors d'oeuvres.
Attendees asked to give a donation. The suggested amount is $25. Tickets for the raffle are $10 each or three for $25. Proceeds from the event support the school's after-school programming.
It will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Spangler Center on the Harvard University Business School campus along Western Avenue in Allston. Free parking is available at the Batten Way entrance.
RSVP's should be made to Lauren Fogarty by e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or by phone 617-635-8365.
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To read about last year's fundraiser, click here.
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|The Sánchez Archives
Patricia Datchuck Sánchez
During the liturgical season of Lent now past, the church called its members to tend to the reality of sin in their lives and to renew themselves in the daily process of conversion to Christ. During the Holy Triduum, believers were invited to join their struggles and sufferings to the passion and death of Jesus and to find therein the forgiveness and healing he promised. But now that Lent and its emphasis on the Cross has yielded to the blessed new life and hope of Easter, we are challenged to make manifest the fruit of our Lenten efforts. If indeed, we have been converted anew to the good news, if we have truly turned over a new leaf, then it is time to let our new leaves show.
Just as the church celebrates the liturgical season of Easter, the world of nature is experiencing the season of spring. Trees are remembering the leaves which fell so colorfully to the ground last autumn. Barren branches, which appeared to be lifeless are now beginning to bud with hints of green and a promise of flowers and fruit. Birds are returning from warmer places, ending the silence of winter with their song. With these audio-visual aides to help us on our way, the church puts before us readings from scripture which help us to understand the implication of Jesus resurrection and the challenge of living an Easter faith.
In the first reading from Acts, Luke describes the response of those who heard the first kerygmatic proclamation. When Peter declared, God has made both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus who was crucified (Acts 2:36), his hearers were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, What are we to do? (vs. 37). When Peter called them to repentance and baptism, they accepted his word (vs. 41) and from then on, their lives were different. Having turned to the word and turned over a new leaf, their Easter existence was characterized by life in common, centered on prayer, the apostolic teaching and the Eucharist.
The second reading from 1 Peter offers advice regarding the continuous challenge of turning toward Christ. Although life in Christ begins at baptism, as long as we are citizens of this imperfect world, there shall be conflict and suffering for those who take their commitment seriously. Ernst Käsemann reminds us that anyone knowing merely the risen Lord who has left his cross behind is no longer speaking of Jesus of Nazareth. . . there is no theology of resurrection without a theology of the cross. . . there is no sharing in the glory of the risen Lord except in the discipleship of the cross (Jesus Means Freedom, Fortress Press, Philadelphia: 1968). Nevertheless, there is cause for great rejoicing even in difficult times, because every small and great suffering will be resolved in joy and glory in the end.
Jesus in the Johannine gospel reminds the Easter church that the fruits of his dying and rising are peace, his abiding presence in the Holy Spirit and the forgiveness of sins. Therefore those who have turned toward him, accepted his word and who are baptized into his dying and rising have also been commissioned by him to exercise a similar ministry of forgiveness and reconciliation.
Traditionally, many of us will celebrate Easter by wearing new clothes. Pragmatically speaking, the changing season necessitates a change from heavier, warmer garments to lighter, cooler ones. Perhaps the spiritual roots of this custom could be traced to the fact that catechumens in the early church wore new white robes after their baptism into Christ at Easter. But todays liturgy would have us recall that turning over a new leaf requires a change that must begin within, in the heart, mind and will; only then will our new outfits be an authentic witness to our Lenten turning toward Christ and our resolve to live our Easter faith.
In 1969, the Latin American bishops meeting at Medellin in Colombia were determined to renew the life and ministry of the church in their respective countries. In their efforts at transformation, the bishops inaugurated the formation of Base Christian communities or a local environment of Christians which can provide for the basic needs of its members to live the Christian life. In order to meet these basic needs, the community must be the first and fundamental ecclesiastical nucleus, which on its own level must make itself responsible for the richness and expansion of the faith, as well as of the cult which is its expression. This community becomes then the initial cell of the ecclesiastical structures and the focus of evangelization, and it currently serves as the most important source of human advancement and development (Medellin Documents, # 15, Joint Pastoral Planning). Ten years later at their meeting in Puebla, Mexico, the bishops called the emergence and multiplication of the basic communities an important ecclesial event. In his encyclical, Evangelii Nuntiandi (1975) Pope Paul VI called them the hope of the Church.
Far from being a new concept of communal life, this pericope from Acts makes it clear that the base Christian community was the ideal toward which early church aspired as well. Through the centuries the church has attempted to reclaim and authenticate this ideal through a variety of movements, e.g. Christian Family Movement, Cursillo, Charismatic Movement, Renew, etc. Todays first reading reminds believers of the principles and values which must inform any viable Christian movement and/or community: (1) apostolic instruction; after their initial evangelization and acceptance of the good news, baptized believers should receive ongoing formation or catechesis concerning Jesus words and works and the demands of discipleship. (2) the mutual sharing of time, talent and treasure; by virtue of their baptism into Christ, believers assume a responsibility for one another as brothers and sisters in the Lord. (3) the breaking of the bread; source and summit of their existence, the Eucharist is the outstanding means whereby the faithful can express in their lives and manifest to others the mystery of Christ and the true nature of the Church (Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, # 11,2, from Vatican Council II). (4) prayer; without the continual contact with God and daily responses to his initiatives, commitment, whether personal or communal, is not possible.
In this his second volume, Luke included two other similar descriptions of the early Christian community (Acts 4:32-35, 5:12-16). On this Second Sunday of Easter, in each year of the three year cycle, one of these summaries is read, refreshing us in the ideals of Christian community and the manner in which we are to actualize the reality of the resurrection in our daily lives.
As early as 130 C.E. the teachers and preachers of the Church, e.g. Clement of Rome, Irenaeus, Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, were quoting from 1 Peter in an effort to encourage their respective communities to remain faithful despite the increasingly hostile environment in which they lived. Written ca. 90 C.E. by an unknown author who pseudonymously ascribed his work to Peter, this letter was originally intended for Christians in Asia Minor who were being harassed and ostracized by their pagan neighbors because of their Christian belief and life-style. Drawing together the most significant moments of salvation history as recorded in the Hebrew scriptures (viz. the exodus, wilderness trek, promised land), the author attempted to help the mainly gentile recipients of his letter to apply these moments to their own experience of turning to Jesus. For example, the exodus from slavery, through the Sea of Reeds to freedom could be compared to the watery passage of Christian baptism; the time in the desert could be likened to the struggles of living a truly committed life; and the promised land could regarded as a type of the eschatological glory to come. Because it contains so great a wealth of Christian doctrine, distilled into such a short and readable presentation, 1 Peter continues to guide all those whose turning over a new leaf in Christ has brought suffering into their lives.
The homiletic and liturgical character of these verses has led some scholars to suggest that todays second reading is an excerpt from a longer section (1:3-2:10) of ritual material which was probably read at early baptismal celebrations. Herein the author describes conversion to Christ as a change so radical that it could only be thought of as the birth of an entirely new person. Expanding on the idea of rebirth, the author underscored the fact that Christians are not self-made men or women but are, rather, reborn to a new life and a new hope through the merciful will of God (vs. 3).
Begotten of God, Christians thereby receive an extraordinary inheritance. Mention must be made of the special Greek vocabulary used by the author to make his point. Inheritance (kleronomia) is a word used in the Septuagint (LXX, Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures) to refer to the promised land which God gave to his people as a secure possession. But the inheritance of those who have turned to Christ is even greater than the promised land. Indeed the inheritance of the Christian is imperishable and incapable of fading or defilement. Imperishable (aphthartos) means unravaged by any invading army; whereas the promised land suffered many foreign invasions, the Christians inheritance can never be pillaged or destroyed. Defilement (amiantos) means to pollute or make impure. The promised land had been polluted by the worship of false gods as well as by idols thrust upon the Jews by foreign invaders; but the Christian is promised an inheritance which nothing can render impure. Fading (amarantos) referred to the inevitable decay of even the most lovely flower. But the Christian has been gifted with an inheritance which will never diminish or decay.
What precisely is this inheritance which the reborn Christian possesses? As William Barclay (The Daily Study Bible, The St.Andrew Press, Edinburgh: 1976) has explained, the inheritance of the believer is God himself. This is the cause of his/her rejoicing (vs. 6) despite the fact that this present existence is fraught with distress and trials. God, who begets, also guards (vs. 5) his heirs. The term for guard (phrourein) is a military term which implies that God stands watch as a sentinel over all our days and nights. His presence does not immunize the believer from harm but provides the power and strength needed to endure until gifted with the salvation to be revealed in the last days (vs. 5). Soteria or salvation is derived from the verb sozein which means both to save and to heal. Said Barclay (op. cit.), salvation is a many sided thing. In it there is deliverance from danger, from disease, as well as from condemnation and sin.
Fortified by his/her hope in this deliverance, believers can remain loving and faithful to Jesus even without seeing him, celebrating his presence in word and bread and sacrament until the last days.
Last week, the beloved disciple served as our guide in probing into the mystery of the resurrection. In this gospel. Thomas and his experiences of Jesus direct our understanding of this central event of our faith. Whereas in the synoptic gospels, Thomas was mentioned only as a name in lists of the apostles, in the fourth gospel he is featured as a figure of misunderstanding and doubt (11:16, 14:5). Reginald Fuller (The Formation of the Resurrection Narratives, Macmillan Co., New York: 1971) suggests that Johns assignment of a more precise role for Thomas marks the beginning of the Thomas legend and may have contributed to the formation of the Gospel of Thomas. In 1945, archaeologists unearthed the ancient library of Nag Hammadi; among their findings was the ancient Coptic Gospel of Thomas.
The theological and christological climax of this pericope is reached when Thomas exclaims, My Lord and My God (vs. 28). Consonant with and expressive of the high christology of the fourth gospel, Thomas words bring together for the first time the persons of Yeshua, or Jesus, the revealed name of the Savior (Luke 1:31), and Yahweh, the revealed name for God (Exodus 3:14). As Herbert Smith explained, He confessed our Savior to be Yeshua-Yahweh, Jesus-God (Sunday Homilies, Abba House, New York: 1989). Fuller (op. cit.) further explains Thomas was not making a metaphysical statement but a confession of faith that in Jesus he has encountered the eschatological presence of God at work.
Through Thomas movement from unbelief to belief, the evangelist has also made the apologetic assertions that: (1) Jesus risen body was not an illusion nor were his resurrection appearances the creation of the evangelist; the risen Christ, with wounds still in evidence but capable of gaining entrance into a locked room, was the same person as the crucified Jesus, (2) faith does not depend on physical evidence. Thomas did not actually touch Jesus, nor have generations of believers since Jesus return to the Father ever seen him. The macarism with which the episode concludes, Blessed are they who have not seen and have believed (vs. 29) indicates that Easter faith in Jesus will depend on the signs he performed (vs. 30), the word which continues to reveal him (vs. 31), and on his abiding presence with his own in the Spirit (vs. 22).
Assured of his continuing peace and presence with the church, believers continue to be sent forth (vs. 21) by Jesus to continue his ministry of forgiveness (vs. 23). Raymond E. Brown has noted that the paradigm for this commissioning in John is the Fathers sending of Jesus with all that implies by way of purpose, e.g. to bring life, light, truth. As the Father was present in the Son during his mission (12:45: Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me), so now must the disciples in their mission manifest the presence of Jesus to the point that whoever sees the disciples sees Jesus who sent them (A Risen Christ at Eastertime, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville: 1991). This is the privilege and challenge of being Easter people!
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Today is the last day to enter to win a brand-new, unopened copy of Yikes! Another Quirky Audio Book by humorist/author/radio personality Adele Park. Yikes! is a slightly risque audiobook, but nothing worse than your average Saturday Night Live sketch, so don't let the mention of marijuana in the tag line scare you off!
For anyone who's still sticking to New Year's resolutions, this is a fun one to listen to while you exercise – no lengthy descriptions or literary phrasing. It's all humorous dialogue. Please go to the Giveaways page to enter your name in the random drawing.
By the way, Adele Park featured Bay State Reader's Advisory on her new blog, Adele Park's Quirky Audio Books, recently, which was exciting for me! Please check out her post about Bay State RA and her other posts on topics related to audiobooks, podcasts, radio, etc.


text: Eclipse Community Forums - RDF feed https://www.eclipse.org/forums/ Eclipse Community Forums [MOFScript] Multiple nsURIs in metamodel breaks things? https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/191240/606577/#msg_606577 Originally posted by: matt.mcgill.gmail.com Hello all, I've been looking at MOFScript for only about an hour now, so pardon me if I'm missing something obvious. I'm hoping to write a MOFScript spec to generate some code from a UML 1.4 model created in ArgoUML. ArgoUML (as I'm sure you know) serializes its models to XMI by way of MDR. Happily, I found that the Acceleo Eclipse plugin has provided an Ecore implementation of UML 1.4 and a converter to take MDR-based UML 1.4 to EMF-based UML 1.4 models. Unfortunately, I ran into trouble straight-away when trying to generate code from a converted model using MOFScript. When I try to compile the following MOFScript: texttransformation ExampleTransformation (in uml:"http://www.obeo.fr/acceleo/uml14") { uml.Class::main () { 'testing...' } } I receive the following output from the compiler: ## Compiling 'broken2.m2t' (Using repository path: plugins/org.sintef.mofscript.editor_1.2.4/repository\metamod els) ## Parsing 'broken2.m2t' ## Finished Compiling. ## No errors Error: MTTParseError: Undefined type for metamodel ( uml ): Class, line: 0, column: 0 This is despite having Class show up via code completion. Here's a second transformation that might help shine further light: texttransformation ExampleTransformation (in uml:"http://www.obeo.fr/acceleo/uml14") { uml.Model::main() { self.ownedElement->forEach(c:uml.ModelElement) { 'model element: ' c.name newline(1) } self.ownedElement->forEach(c) { 'untyped' newline(1) } } } This compiles without error, and produces the following output when executed on a trivial input model with one Class and three DataTypes nested directly under the root Model element (no packages, in other words): untyped untyped untyped untyped Clearly something is amiss. My best guess is this: in the Ecore version of the UML 1.4 metamodel supplied by Acceleo, different nsURIs are supplied for the various subpackages that contain all of the UML elements. ModelElement, for example, is in the subpackage 'core' with nsURI "http://www.obeo.fr/acceleo/uml14/core". In fact, the *only* UML element defined in the Ecore metamodel is Model. For whatever reason, part of the MOFScript code (the part that handles autocomplete in the editor, for example) is OK with multiple nsURIs, and part of it (the important part) is not. I haven't started code-spelunking yet, but that's the next step. Could one of the devs/users perhaps provide an explanation and/or simple work-around, and save me the trouble of digging through the source myself? Thanks, -Matt McGill]]> 2007-08-13T17:41:05-00:00


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"State Of The Union" On Substance Abuse And The Workplace
Where are we these days with respect to mind-altering substances and the workplace?
Here's the latest, with the "substances" discussed in alphabetical order. This blog post is guaranteed accurate for at least the next five minutes.
ALCOHOL. Alcohol is legal, which means that it is generally recognized as the most abused of substances. Employers can prohibit its use in the workplace and can prohibit employees from coming to work under the influence. That's the easy part.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, it's more complicated. Alcohol is not an "illegal drug," meaning that alcoholics who are "current users" do have some legal protections, but alcoholism is not as protected as, say, cancer.
It would violate the ADA for an employer to take action against an employee just because she was an alcoholic. (As an example, you wouldn't want to fire the alcoholic employee for getting drunk at the office holiday party unless you fired everybody else who got drunk at the party, too.)
An employer may have to provide reasonable accommodations to an alcoholic employee, such as allowing time off for AA meetings or medical leave for the employee to enter a detox facility. (AA meeting time and detox time may also be covered under the Family and Medical Leave Act.)
On the other hand, it's legal for the employer to take action against an employee whose alcohol abuse causes her to fail to meet attendance, performance, or behavior standards, even if the employee is an alcoholic. And there's no duty to "accommodate" an alcoholic employee by letting her drink on the job or sleep at her desk because she's too hung over to work.
If the employee just likes to drink and isn't an alcoholic, then she's not "disabled" within the meaning of the ADA and has no protection.
Unless another federal law says differently, workplace alcohol testing must be "cause"-based, as opposed to random or universal. It also can't be done pre-offer. Although a drug test is not a "medical examination" within the meaning of the ADA, an alcohol test is. As a result, alcohol tests can be conducted (1) only post-offer or with current employees and (2) only if there is a job-related reason for the test.
More than half of the states have laws prohibiting discrimination based on an employee's use of "lawful products" or engaging in "lawful activities" off site and during non-working time. These laws were intended primarily to protect smokers and users of tobacco products, but they are not that limited. Most significantly, in Colorado a user of medical marijuana has sued over his discharge, citing the state "lawful activities" statute. His case was argued before the state Supreme Court in September 2014, and we're still waiting for a decision. The case is Coats v. Dish Network.
Of course, specific federal laws governing alcohol use apply to employers in certain industries, such as transportation, aviation, and nuclear energy. Those federal laws override any contrary state or local laws, as well as the ADA to the extent that there is a conflict.
CHOCOLATE, COFFEE, COKE. Legal, delicious, "the pause that refreshes," mind-altering (in a nice way), and as far as I know, not prohibited in any workplaces but also not legally protected — meaning you don't have to "accommodate" an employee who is insubordinate because he accidentally drank decaf instead of regular before coming to work.
DRUGS. (This has become very complicated, so I had to break it up into categories. See "Legal," "Illegal," and "Marijuana," below.)
Legal. A lot of legal drugs can adversely affect work performance and safety. Think about prescription narcotics. If an employee is taking a prescription drug because of a medical condition, then she is protected from discrimination under the ADA (as well as applicable state and local disability laws) and may also have a right to reasonable accommodation. However, you as the employer would have the right to remove her from safety-sensitive work if necessary until she was off the drug or transitioned to a safer one. It would be illegal to discriminate against the employee because of the medical condition that caused her to need the drug.
Illegal. Marijuana is now in a class by itself, so this category will include everything except marijuana — cocaine, heroin, crack, LSD, Walter White's legendary crystal blue meth, ecstasy, etc. Current users of illegal drugs have no protection under the ADA. If your employee has used illegal drugs recently enough to test positive, then he is generally considered to be a "current user." But be sure to check your state and local laws, too.
Under the ADA, a drug addict is protected if he is no longer a "current user." A recovered drug addict, like the alcoholic, would be entitled to reasonable accommodations such as time off for Narcotics Anonymous meetings or rehab.
A user who is not an addict has no protection under the ADA, even if he is no longer a current user. (Well, one exception – if he is "regarded as" being a recovered addict, he would be protected.)
Marijuana. If you're in a state that treats marijuana as an illegal drug, then see "Illegal."
If you're in a state that allows medical marijuana use, then the medical marijuana user may be protected under a state or local disability law, and she may also be protected under a state "lawful products" statute. However, the courts say she is not protected under the ADA because marijuana is still an illegal drug under federal law.
If you're in a state that allows recreational marijuana use, then the user would (1) have no ADA protection, (2) presumably have no protection under your state or local disability law, but (3) presumably would be protected under your state "lawful products" law if you have one.
And if you're in one of those highly regulated industries we talked about earlier, you would have to comply with the federal laws that govern your industry. Again, under federal law, pot is illegal.
TOBACCO. Employers can ban tobacco smoking in the workplace and even "on campus," and they can encourage employees to quit smoking through wellness programs. Smoking or nicotine addiction is not a "disability" within the meaning of the ADA, but medical conditions associated with smoking could be. In those cases, of course, the employer would have to make reasonable accommodations under the ADA and any applicable state or local disability-rights laws.
An employer in a "lawful products" state would not be allowed to discriminate against someone because he was a tobacco smoker. (Exceptions may apply.)
VAPES AND E-CIGS. There is a spirited debate right now about the health risks associated with "vapes" and e-cigarettes. We will leave that to the scientists. Legally, use of these products is neither protected nor expressly unprotected, meaning that an employer can prohibit their use in or around the workplace.
(Like I said, check back with me – anything in this post could change at any time.) by Robin E. Shea