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As Iowa continues to move forward and lead in fiscal responsibility, this concept was evident in our legislators' request to explore the viability of sustainable funding for natural resources. In 2006, the legislatively appointed Sustainable Funding Advisory Committee began their in-depth four year internal and multi-state research in preparation for their comprehensive reports to the Governor and General Assembly. The results obtained by the Advisory Committee confirmed that supporting the benefits connected to natural resources would be a feasible financial investment. In addition to the many economic benefits Iowa would receive, it would also reap cleaner water, sustainable agriculture and soils, and healthy outdoor related opportunities. After thoughtful and thorough evaluation of the report findings, legislators deemed a dedicated funding source should be established to address Iowa's natural resource needs and that the people of Iowa should have a voice on this issue. In 2008 and 2009, proposed legislation was passed to allow the people of Iowa to vote on a Constitutional amendment that would create a dedicated trust fund. In November 2010, the people of Iowa chose to amend Iowa's Constitution and create the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund and a dedicated funding source. This passage activated Senate File 2310 (SF2310) into law on January 1, 2011, which provides the framework for the distribution, use, and accountability of the Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust Fund. Upon enactment, SF2310 was finalized into Iowa Code Chapter 461. As mandated by Code, annual reports relating to the Trust Fund are submitted to the General Assembly.
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Each year, the ICEHOTEL in the Jukkasjärvi, Sweden asked designers from across the globe to create themed art suites for their guests. Science-fiction fans would be delighted if they stay at the ICEHOTEL. After the TRON Legacy art suite from the British designers Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas-Jones in winter 2011, they could now experience a stay in a UFO themed ice room.
Pinpin Studio staged a room with four huge UFOs hover that stand tall over an ice forest. Instead of an art piece over the bed, you see a huge UFO beaming you up. I love the theatrical nature of the Beam Me Up room.
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The official Samsung vehicle dock allows you to securely hold your Samsung mobile phone within the car in a variety of positions. The holder is designed so that it can be adjusted to suit your preferences - with an angle and position most comfortable for you.
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Om, Aum, Amen. Paramahansa Yogananda was one of the first Indian spiritual teachers to reside permanently in the West. He taught the techniques of Kriya Yoga meditation and founded Self-Realization Fellowship. He is the author of Autobiography of a Yogi and The Bhagavad Gita: God Talks With Arjuna, The Royal Science of God-Realization. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST The Resurrection of the Christ Within You A revelatory commentary on the original teachings of Jesus "In
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In this stirring call to arms, the activist, spiritual leader, and New York Times bestselling author of the classic A Return to Love confronts the cancerous politics of fear and divisiveness threatening the United States today, urging all spiritually aware Americans to return to—and act out of—our deepest value: love.
America's story is one of great social achievement. From the Abolitionists who fought to outlaw slavery, to the Suffragettes who championed women's right to vote, to the Civil Rights proponents who battled segregation and institutionalized white supremacy, to the proponents of the women's movement and gay rights seeking equality for all, citizens for generations have risen up to fulfill the promise of our nation. Over the course of America's history, these activists have both embodied and enacted the nation's deepest values.
Today, America once again is in turmoil. A spiritual cancer of fear threatens to undo the progress we have achieved. Discord and hatred are dissolving our communal bonds and undermining the spirit of social responsibility—the duty we feel toward one another. In this powerful spiritual manifesto, Marianne Williamson offers a tonic for this cultural malignancy. She urges us to imitate the heroes of our past and live out our deepest spiritual commitment: where some have sown hatred, let us now sow love.
Williamson argues that we must do more than respond to external political issues. We must address the deeper, internal causes that have led to this current dysfunction. We need a new, whole-person politics of love that stems not just from the head but from the heart, not just from intellectual understanding but from a genuine affection for one another. By committing to love, we will make a meaningful contribution to the joyful, fierce and disruptive energies that are rising at this critical point in time. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "we must think anew, and act anew . . . and then we shall save our country."


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Retrofit Kits Help Businesses Meet New DOE Lighting Standards By Ariel Brouillard May 21, 2012
For years, many businesses have relied on T12 technology to light their offices. But starting on July 14, 2012, the Department of Energy (DOE) will begin phasing out most T12 fluorescent lights and replacing them with energy-efficient T5 lights. Once the new rule goes into place, the DOE estimates that fluorescent lights – when combined with new lamps and ballasts – could cost 13 times more than current retail value.
Companies that need to switch out their lights may struggle with how much to pay in labor and fees to replace their whole lighting system.
The solution? Retrofitting.
To help make the adjustment to T5 lights easier, one company in the United States has begun making retrofit plug-and-play adapters. These adapters let companies save money by replacing their lights without having to buy new fixtures for them.
LUXADD, a Miami-based lighting solution provider, designed an Express T5 Retrofit Kit Series for linear fluorescent lighting systems. The lights can go in parking garages, office buildings, schools, hotels and warehouses. LUXADD's 4-foot-long kit includes a replacement light and has a plug that snaps into T12 light fixtures. Each kit also includes an electronic rapid start ballast.
Priced between $29.95 for a single lamp and $55.95 for a double lamp, LUXADD says their products are more cost-efficient in terms of both labor and pricing.
"Our retrofit kit is the only one that has zero labor," said Katrin Mehler, president of the company. "It's the only snap-in, true plug-and-play where you don't have to bridge or replace the old ballast."
The kit reduces existing input wattage from about 48-52 watts to 23-31 watts and lamp wattage from 40 watts to 28 watts. The lighting solution can save up to 73 percent in lighting energy costs, the company says. The kit can also be used with any T5 lights on the market.
Mehler said the idea for the product originally came from Germany. Then, a U.S. inventor and lamp designer reinvented it for LUXADD in the United States. Now, LUXADD sells their products throughout the country and in Puerto Rico, South America and the Dominican Republic.
In addition to LUXADD, a couple of other companies have begun making similar products. Green Products Co. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., makes a T5 Retrofit Kit. Their solution promises to be a cost-effective complete conversion system design that will save energy, reduce cost and help the environment. A third company, Calex Global, produces T5 retro kits. However, Calex is based in the United Kingdom.
Retrofitting may be a good solution, but there aren't a lot of manufacturers making kits in the United States. In fact, LUXADD says they offer the only linear fluorescent lighting conversion adapter specifically designed for the U.S. market.
Businesses that wait until after the July 14 deadline could have problems finding replacement lights if there isn't enough supply. Light prices could also increase.
But even if company does choose to retrofit their lights now, it will still cost them money in the short term. However, the DOE thinks the new legislation will pay off in the long run. They say the new rules will in time help companies save money on their energy needs and contribute to overall energy conservation in the U.S.
"Despite purchase prices, the energy efficiency gains would result in lower energy costs that more than offset such higher costs for most," according to statements made in a DOE report. "The energy conservation standards for these products would result in significant conservation of energy, and are technologically feasible and economically justified."
Lighting is the single largest end use for energy consumption in the commercial buildings sector. Fluorescent lights are low-pressure lamps with a fluorescent coating that transforms ultraviolet energy into light.
Experts say the benefits of T5 fluorescent lights are that they're newer and more energy efficient than T12 lights. T5 lights are shorter and use 28 watts compared to 40 watts for T12 lights. As part of the new legislation, the DOE considered phasing out T8 lights. In the end, they decided it was more beneficial to continue allowing them even though they are less efficient than T5 lights.
"The best lighting is T5 tubes," Mehler argued. "They are the best replacements for T12 lights." Why? Mehler said businesses can improve not just their energy costs but also their air-conditioning costs with T5 lights. Older fluorescent lights produce more heat, driving up air-conditioning costs.
The DOE estimates that new standards will save about 3.83 to 9.94 quads of British thermal units of energy in 30 years. They will also reduce greenhouse carbon dioxide emission between 175 and 488 million tons and reduce air pollution.
The new rules are part of the 2009 DOE General Service Fluorescent Lamp Legislation.
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State Estate and Inheritance Taxes In a state with a low estate tax exemption level, such as Oregon ($1 million exemption with 16% top tax rate), even people who might not consider themselves "wealthy" could be subject to state estate taxes. As with federal taxes, state estate taxes do not apply to assets left to a surviving spouse. Only a few states have a portability provision allowing the unused portion of the exemption to be used by a surviving spouse. Source: Tax Foundation, 2024 Many states and the District of Columbia have their own estate tax or an inheritance tax (Maryland has both), and most have exemption amounts well below the federal exclusion level.
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The men of Full House (that's Dave Coulier, Bob Saget and John Stamos) have been making the promotional rounds all week to promote their appearance in a yogurt commercial — yes, really. But during their Jan. 30 visit to Watch What Happens Live, John Stamos admitted that there may be something particularly satisfying coming down the pike for fans of the classic sitcom.
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Topical conference on Strangeness and Heavy-Flavour production in Heavy-Ion Collisions
The International Conference on Strangeness in Quark Matter (SQM 2017) will focus on new experimental and theoretical developments on the role of strange and heavy-flavour quarks in high energy heavy ion collisions and in astrophysical phenomena.
SQM 2017 will be the 17th edition of the conference series following the recent events in Berkeley (2016), Dubna (2015), Birmingham (2013) and Cracow (2011).
The scientific topics are
- Strangeness and heavy quark production in nuclear collisions and hadronic interactions
- Hadron resonances in the sQGP
- Bulk matter phenomena associated with strange and heavy quarks
- Strangeness in astrophysics
- Open questions and new developments
The conference will take place in the Victor J. Koningsberger building that is located in the Science Park of Utrecht University. The venue is connected by frequent bus services to Utrecht city centre.
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The conference fee of 350€ (for participants who register and pay before 30 April 2017) and of 400€ (for those who register and pay after 30 April 2017) includes coffee breaks, lunches, the welcome reception, the excursion and the proceedings. All participants and accompanying persons are cordially invited to the conference dinner on Wednesday, 13 July 2017 (30€).
A graduate school on "The role of strangeness in heavy-ion physics" on 8-9 July 2017 will precede the conference. Students who apply and are selected for this school pay a reduced conference fee. Check this page for more information.


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Dornbracht opens up new perspectives in shower system planning. This focuses not on the individual series or fitting, but on the room as a whole. By clearly separating the shower heads, valves, and the controls, the entire appearance of the bathroom is redefined by the arrangement of the modules. This provides diverse application options for each area of the bathroom.
With a mix and match of textures, colours and materials, Dornbracht embodies progressive bathroom fitting design with extravagant accents and new opportunities for giving your bathroom personality. Dornbracht adapts perfectly to your personal design wishes with different rain shower options, accessories and finishes that are compatible with multiple ranges including IMO, CYO.
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A record number of 401(k) holders at Fidelity Investments hit millionaire status in 2018. Not one of them? You're in very good company: A seven-figure 401(k) balance is the exception, not the rule.
In fact, the average 401(k) balance at Fidelity — which holds 16.2 million 401(k) accounts and is consistently ranked as the largest defined contribution record-keeper — was $106,500 as of September 2018.
If that still seems high, consider that averages tend to be skewed by outliers, and in this case, that number is being propped up by those rare millionaires. The median, which represents the middle balance between the highs and lows, is just $24,800.
No matter which number is closer to your reality — and certainly for some, both will feel out of reach — it's important to remember that numbers like this are akin to train wrecks: They will tempt you to gawk, but they won't likely offer you much actionable information.
The median and average 401(k) balance at every age
Slightly more useful are the median and average balances by age. That's because the IRS sets contribution limits for 401(k) accounts, currently $19,000 per year ($25,000 for those 50 or older).
Even if you made the maximum contribution every single year and posted double-digit investment returns — both of which are highly unlikely; combine them and you'd be a retirement superhero — it would take nearly 20 years to hit a million. That makes it unfair and fruitless for, say, a 25-year-old to compare her balance to the average for savers of all ages.
The below numbers show how 401(k) balances increase with age, at least until participants start drawing on their money in retirement.
Ages 20-29
Average 401(k) balance: $11,600.
Median 401(k) balance: $4,000.
Many of the participants in this age group are new to working and new to saving for retirement. Yet even at this young age, it's important to prioritize contributing to your workplace retirement plan, especially if your employer matches a portion of your contributions.
Still, general recommendations suggest aiming for a retirement balance equal to between half and all of your annual salary by age 30. This group may be falling short of that, though these numbers don't reflect what they may have saved elsewhere, in individual retirement accounts like Roth or traditional IRAs.
» Learn more: IRA vs. 401(k)
Ages 30-39
Average 401(k) balance: $43,600.
Median 401(k) balance: $16,500.
At this point, whether measured by the average or the median, participants have increased their balances roughly fourfold.
One point that becomes increasingly important as participants age: Fidelity's analysis treats each account separately, which means balances aren't aggregated by account holder and then averaged. As people age and spend more time in the workforce, they're more likely to hold more than one 401(k), especially if they've changed jobs without rolling over or combining accounts.
» Need to simplify? Here's how to roll over an old 401(k)
Ages 40-49
Average 401(k) balance: $106,200.
Median 401(k) balance: $36,900.
Another solid jump by this age range, with both figures more than doubling — the last time we'll see a percentage jump that large between age ranges. That's likely at least partially a product of peak earning years: According to compensation research company Payscale, for women, pay tends to peak at age 39; for men, age 48.
Ages 50-59
Average 401(k) balance: $179,100.
Median 401(k) balance: $62,700.
This group has hit the age at which catch-up contributions are allowed by the IRS: Participants age 50 and older can contribute an extra $6,000 a year in 2019. That can be a helpful Hail Mary for those feeling behind at this point, assuming that extra cash is available to put toward retirement.
Ages 60-69
Average 401(k) balance: $198,600.
Median 401(k) balance: $63,000.
Growth has slowed here, likely due to the fact that the latter half of this group may actually be drawing down their 401(k) balance to start spending the money they've accumulated. IRS rules allow 401(k) distributions to begin at age 59½, though many people don't retire until later: The average reported retirement age for Americans who are currently retired is 61, according to Gallup, and the Social Security full retirement age for people in this group is 67.
Following this, 401(k) balances begin to fall as more people start tapping their accounts. The average balance for those 70 and older is $186,800; the median is $52,400.
What you can learn from the average 401(k) balance
Again: not much. This is a fairly arbitrary benchmark. In the aggregate, it can speak to how workers in general are doing when it comes to saving for retirement, but it does little to help you analyze your own situation. It's also limited to people who have a 401(k); many workers don't.
A better approach to benchmarking your efforts: A retirement calculator , which will give you a more personalized recommendation for how much you should have saved now, and how much you'll need at the end of the line.
Finally, it's worth noting that you may or may not want to put all your retirement eggs into a 401(k) basket. Once you've earned your employer match, there can be benefits to spreading your money around among other retirement accounts, such as an IRA. Here's how to decide how much to contribute to your 401(k).
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So I came up with a simple idea last year: why not have the students measure themselves and figure out the dimensions of a giant statue of themselves? They would have to make measurements, use measurements, and understand and solve proportions and ratios. Students would have to get up out of their chairs to make the measurements, do their own calculations with their own numbers, and would be forced to visualize a real life proportion problem.
After a successful trial during tutoring last year, I brought back the idea for this year's class. The only supply needed is yardsticks (ask the science teachers). Here's the plan:
- I introduced the activity by asking students to imagine that it's the far future, and they're all doctors, lawyers, engineers, scientists, and Presidents of the United States. They're so famous that their hometown wants to honor them with a giant statue in the middle of town. In order to make the statue lifelike, they need to use proportions to make sure that you don't look like a telephone pole or worse, Eric Cartman.
- Students make three measurements (in inches): height, shoulder width, and shoe length. They have to work together to get the measurements done quickly and easily.
- Optionally, they can measure a partner to give them something to compare their measurements to.
- Students return to their desks to make calculations; the teacher gives examples and then monitors independent work.
- If we wanted to build a 50 ft tall statue, how wide and long would it be?
- If we decided the statue would be a ratio of 5:1 bigger than you, what would the dimensions be?
- If we wanted to make a 4 in tall action figure, how wide and long would it be?
- If we were making an action figure that was a ratio of 1:10 smaller than you, what would the dimensions be?
Pitfalls and suggestions:
- When I originally tried this activity, I displayed the questions via document camera (fancy replacement for an overhead projector) with the idea that I would write in examples and how to set up the proportions and ratios so we could do it together. I lost their attention after so effectively gaining it with the initial part of the activity. I corrected this in later classes by including a clear graphic organizer.
- While getting them out of their desks once and a while is a good idea, you need to manage the activity effectively. Make sure you have enough yardsticks for pairs or groups of three. Give them a time limit and hold them to it. Most importantly, make sure their are no yardstick fights!
- Many of my students had trouble setting up proportions themselves because they wanted to do something with all three dimensions at the same time. Thus, it might make sense to start with a two-dimensional idea (giant painting, miniature cut-outs) and then add the third after you are sure they have mastered it.
- This activity is meant to be done after you have taught solving proportions, what ratios are and converting ratios to fractions.
- This can be a very difficult concept to grasp, and thus this activity might be better suited for later in the year when you are targeting students to help them pass standardized and end-of-year exams.
- Statue of Me initial activity - introduction and questions for display on overhead
- Statue of Me Follow-Up Activity - Complete activity with graphic organizer that helps spell out what to do with their measurements
- Weekly Quiz - Covers proportions, ratios, rates and percents. Included is an example problem connected to the Statue of Me activity.


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A fence is a garden structure that is easy to identify. A fence is a vertical element in a garden that separates one space from another. Twin fences with soil piled in between is an effective noise barrier. How so? Only soil absorbs and blocks sound. Plants and single layer fences do nothing to mitigate sound. An impossibly tall berm at the road is a fence of a green sort. It separates a personal and quiet space from a noisy and public space by filtering out the sound. Many communities permit the installation of what is known as a privacy fence. No matter the material, any fence of a substantial height (in this case, 6′ tall) provides a physical separation from adjacent properties. Those people who live in urban areas value their privacy. A fence is a simple structure that takes up very little space-in the interest of establishing a boundary. Your yard and my yard have a barrier in between that allows each of us to live our private lives.
Those people who live on vast ranges of land in Texas value a separation that keeps their cattle from wandering off their property. Electrical substations fence their properties to keep unsuspecting others from injuring themselves. The Berlin wall was an elaborate fence which came to symbolize a barrier to freedom. A firewall on my computer-a digital fence constructed to protect my computer from harm. A fence is a person who is a middleman between two parties. The fence is a barrier, or a facilitator, depending on the circumstances. Other fences are purely decorative in how they define a space. A low wall, should it be long enough, qualifies as a fence. This wall/fence does not provide privacy. It does not entirely enclose a space. It makes a beautiful and very friendly statement about the separation between the public street and the private home.
Iron fences designate a separation, but permit lots of light, and a view through. These pillars are massive, and the gate is solid and painted a dark color. The black iron fence can barely be seen, but for the hedge of yews planted on the inside. Why so much discussion about this particular fence? The choice of materials, the color, and the size make a visual statement about privacy.
Like the home in the previous picture, this property is a corner property. Other homes on the block have private back yards courtesy of the house itself. This fence is solid from top to bottom, and has a very contemporary feeling. Make sure that wood fence is installed slightly elevated from the ground plane. A garden fence made of wood needs to shed water and dry quickly. A fence in constant contact with the soil will deteriorate much sooner than it needs to.
This second floor balcony terrace has a fence which is primarily about safety. White or light colored fences usually stand out architecturally, but this fence has a landscape of water and sky behind it. This white fence in a green landscape would make a much more emphatic architectural statement.
This vegetable garden is entirely enclosed by a fence of cedar, and galvanized steel mesh. The idea here is to protect herbs and vegetables from the wildlife. The height of the fence is meant to keep the deer out. The depth of the wire fencing below ground is meant to deter ground hogs and rabbits. Keep out.
Fences of a clearly decorative design satisfy the need for beauty and visual interest as much as a need for privacy. Cedar is a highly rot resistant and evenly grained wood that can make a fence as refined in appearance as a piece of furniture. The design of this fence is especially pleasing, given the stone and grass path below.
Espaliered trees can provide a green fence. In a tight space that needed screening up high, a fence of espaliered lindens was a good solution. The property next door is vacant, and unattended-the property line is in front of the boulders. Were it to be sold and developed, a new house could be very close by. Anticipating the need for privacy permits the time it takes for a green fence to grow. The major horizontal arms have numerous small branches which will eventually grow together to form a green wall. This fence needs more care than most, in the form of yearly, or twice yearly pruning.
Pools require fences of a certain height, and a certain density. An iron pool fence in my area requires a picket every 4 inches. Most communities have rules about fencing swimming pools, as they can be dangerous to a child. These fences are not about privacy-they are about safety. The hydrangeas on the far side of the fence will eventually grow between the pickets. The fence itself will disappear from view, with its ability to enclose and protect unimpeded.
This garden/dog run has a hazel wood privacy fence along 2 lot lines. The Bowhall maples will eventually provide a green screen for the second floor windows. The iron fence encloses the dog run, and is meant to deter coyotes. Coyotes run at, and leap over a barrier. The 18″ wide shelf at the top of the fence, and the yew hedge at the bottom, is a strong deterrent.
I have only seen a fence such as this once. It is beautiful and dense. Fencing from natural materials are easy on the gardening eye while entirely functional.
But of any fence I have ever seen, this has to be one of the most inventive and original. Designed and built by Barry Harrison, partner in Art-Harrison Design Studio in Royal Oak, it satisfies both a need for privacy and a need for green. The cedar posts with integral bird finials were hand carved by Barry himself. It's easy to see that these pots of succulents would be tough to overwater. This is sure evidence that even the most utilitarian element in a landscape can have great visual appeal.


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There are three important versions of the Life of St. Paul: (1) the Latin version (H) of St. Jerome; (2) a Greek version (b), much shorter than the Latin; (3) a Greek version (a), which is either a translation of H or an amplification of b by means of H. The question is whether H or b is the original. Both a and b were published for the first time by Bidez in 1900 ("Deux versions grecques inédites de la vie des s. Paul de Thébes", Ghent). Bidez maintains that H was the original Life. This view has been attacked by Nau, who makes b the original in the "Analect. Bolland." of 1901 (XX, 121-157). The Life, minor details excepted, is the same in other versions.
When a young man of sixteen Paul fled into the desert of the Thebaid during the Decian persecution. He lived in a cave in the mountain-side till he was one-hundred-and-thirteen. The mountain, adds St. Jerome, was honeycombed with caves.
When he was ninety St. Anthony was tempted to vain-glory, thinking he was the first to dwell in the desert. In obedience to a vision he set forth to find his predecessor. On his road he met with a demon in the form of a centaur. Later on he spied a tiny old man with horns on his head. "Who are you?" asked Antony. "I am a corpse, one of those whom the heathen call satyrs, and by them were snared into idolatry." This is the Greek story (b) which makes both centaur and satyr unmistakably demons, one of which tries to terrify the saint, while the other acknowledges the overthrow of the gods. With St. Jerome the centaur may have been a demon; and may also have been "one of those monsters of which the desert is so prolific." At all events he tries to show the saint the way. As for the satyr he is a harmless little mortal deputed by his brethren to ask the saint's blessing. One asks, on the supposition that the Greek is the original, why St. Jerome changes devils into centaurs and satyrs. It is not surprising that stories of St. Anthony meeting fabulous beasts in his mysterious journey should spring up among people with whom belief in such creatures lingered on, as belief in fairies does to the present day. The stories of the meeting of St. Paul and St. Anthony, the raven who brought them bread, St. Anthony being sent to fetch the cloak given him by "Athanasius the bishop" to bury St. Paul's body in, St. Paul's death before he returned, the grave dug by lions, are among the familiar legends of the Life. It only remains to add that belief in the existence of St. Paul seems to have existed quite independently of the Life.
Besides the writings of BIDEZ and NAU, see BUTLER, Lausiac Hist., etc., pt. i, p. 285, where he critices Amélineau's view that the Coptic version published by him was the original (Amélineau's view seems to have found no supporters), and maintains the claim of the Latin. In Journ. of Theolog. Studies, III, 152, there is a notice concerning Bidez where Amélineau again expresses the same opinion; later in a notice concerning Nau (ibid., V, 151), while still inclining to his old opinion, he says that after reading Nau he is "unable to arrive at a decision." The BOLLANDISTS (I, Jan., 602) gave a Latin translation of a Greek version (the original will be found in Anact. Bol., XI, 563), maintaining it was the original. FUHRMANN in 1750 (Acta Sincera S. Pauli, etc.) published, as the original, another Greek version.
APA citation. (1911). St. Paul the Hermit. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11590b.htm
MLA citation. "St. Paul the Hermit." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11590b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by WGKofron. With thanks to St. Mary's Church, Akron, Ohio.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1911. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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Growth and Development, Ages 15 to 18 Years
Topic Overview
How do teenagers grow and develop during ages 15 to 18?
The ages from 15 to 18 are an exciting time of life. But these years can be challenging for teens and their parents. Emotions can change quickly as teens learn to deal with school, their friends, and adult expectations. Teen self-esteem is affected by success in school, sports, and friendships. Teens tend to compare themselves with others, and they might form false ideas about their body image. The influence of TV, magazines, and the Internet can add to a teen's poor body image.
For parents, the teen years are a time to get to know their teenager. While teens are maturing, they still need a parent's love and guidance. Most do just fine as they face the challenges of being a teen. But it is still important for teens to have good support from their parents so that they can get through these years with as few problems as possible.
There are four basic areas of teenage development:
- Physical development. Most teens enter puberty by age 15. Girls go through a time of rapid growth right before their first menstrual period. And by age 15, girls are near their adult height. Boys usually continue to grow taller and gain weight through their teen years.
- Cognitive development. As they mature, teens are more able to think about and understand abstract ideas such as morality. They also begin to understand other people better. Even though they have a certain amount of empathy and can understand that others have different ideas, they often strongly believe that their own ideas are the most true.
- Emotional and social development. Much of teens' emotional and social growth is about finding their place in the world. They are trying to figure out "Who am I?" and "How do I fit in?" So it is normal for their emotions to change from day to day.
- Sensory and motor development. Boys continue to get stronger and more agile even after puberty. Girls tend to level out. Getting plenty of exercise helps improve strength and coordination in boys and girls.
When are routine medical visits needed?
A teenager should see his or her doctor for a routine checkup each year. The doctor will ask your teen questions about his or her life and activities. This helps the doctor check on your teen's mental and physical health. It's a good idea to give your teen some time alone with the doctor during these visits to talk in private. Your teen will also get the shots (immunizations) that are needed at each checkup.
Teens should also see the dentist each year.
Teens need an eye exam every 1 to 2 years.
When should you call your doctor?
Call your doctor if you have questions or concerns about your teen's physical or emotional health, such as:
- Delayed growth.
- Changes in appetite.
- Body image problems.
- Behavior changes.
- Skipping school or other problems with school.
- Alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.
Also call your doctor if you notice changes in your teen's friendships or relationships or if you need help talking with your teen.
How can you help your teenager during these years?
Even though teens don't always welcome your help, they still need it. Your being available and involved in your teen's life can help your teen avoid risky behavior. It also helps your teen grow and develop into a healthy adult. Here are some things you can do:
- Encourage your teen to get enough sleep.
- Talk about body image and self worth.
- Encourage your teen to eat healthy foods and be active.
- Talk with your teen about drugs, tobacco, and alcohol.
- Be ready to address your teen's concerns and problems.
- Involve your teen in setting household rules and schedules.
- Continue talking to your teen about dating and sex.
- Encourage community involvement (volunteering).
- Set rules about media use.
Teens really want to know that they can talk honestly and openly with you about their feelings and actions. It is very important for teens to know that you love them no matter what.
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What To Expect
Teens grow and develop at different rates. But general teen growth and development patterns can be grouped into four main categories.
- Physical development. By age 15, most teens have entered puberty. Most girls are close to their adult height and have completed the phase of rapid growth that precedes the first menstrual period. Boys often continue to grow taller and gain weight. The growth spurt in boys tends to start about 2 years after puberty begins and reaches its peak about 1½ years later. Also, gender characteristics continue to develop in both girls and boys.
- Cognitive development, which is the ability to think, learn, reason, and remember. Teens gradually develop the ability to think in more sophisticated, abstract ways. They begin to perceive issues in shades of gray instead of black and white, as they gain a better understanding of concepts like morality, consequence, objectivity, and empathy. Although they may understand that people can see the same issue in different ways, they often are convinced their personal view is the one that is most correct.
- Emotional and social development. Attempts to answer the questions "Who am I?" and "How do I fit in?" guide much of teens' emotional and social development. This can be a painful process full of anxiety. In response, teens may behave unpredictably as emotions fluctuate seemingly at random. At times teens may seem mature. Other times, they may act as if they are still in elementary school, especially with parents and other close family members. Socially, teens form new friendships, often with members of the opposite sex.
- Sensory and motor development. After puberty, boys' strength and agility naturally continues to develop, while that of teen girls tends to level out. Both girls and boys can increase strength, coordination, and athletic skill through regular physical activity.
Growth and development does not always occur evenly among different categories. For example, your teen may have a tremendous growth spurt and look almost like an adult but may seem socially and emotionally young for his or her age. Eventually, most teens mature in all areas of growth and development, especially if given the right tools and parental guidance.
Common Concerns
The word "teenager" to many people brings up an image of a wild and reckless young person whose main purpose in life is to rebel against his or her parents. Most teenagers do not fit this description. Of course, there are times when any teenager may be hard to deal with. But many teenagers are trying their best to please parents while they work toward some level of independence.
Parents of teenagers ages 15 to 18 are often most concerned about whether their teens will be able to make good decisions. Parents know that the choices children make during the teen years can have an impact on much of their adult lives. It is normal to worry. But the chances are that he or she is going to be okay. Although your child may sometimes have lapses in judgment, know that you do have an effect on what your child decides, even if it doesn't always seem that way.
Know that you are not alone in these types of concerns. For example, many parents worry about whether their teenager will:
- Resist using alcohol, tobacco, and drugs (including misusing prescription drugs and supplements such as anabolic steroids). Many teens are exposed to these and other substances throughout their teen years. Offer strategies to avoid tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. Set firm, fair, and consistent limits for your teen. Talk about the immediate and long-lasting results of substance use, such as falling grades and poor health during adulthood. Help your teen practice how to respond when a harmful substance is offered, such as stating "No, thanks" and moving on to another subject. Look for community programs led by teens (peer education). And talk to your teen right away if you see signs of substance use.
- Focus enough on doing well in school. Typically, teenagers have many distractions. Friends, clubs, sports, and jobs can all compete for time that could be spent completing homework. Show your teenager how to set goals. For example, talk about and write down a goal for the week, month, and year. Help your teen think about the steps that need to be taken to reach the goal. Work with your teen to make a schedule for when to do each step and set rewards for when the goal is achieved.
- Drive safely. You can help teach your teen about safe driving. But what a teen does when parents are not around is the unknown. Remind your child often that driving is a huge responsibility that should not be taken lightly.
- Feel pressured to have sex. Talk about dating and sex early, before the information is needed. Focus on what makes a relationship healthy, such as trust and respect for each other. Also, kids have easy access to many websites with sexual or pornographic content. Keep the computer in a shared area where you can see what your teen is doing online.
- Find a career. Teens need to decide what they want to do as adults to support themselves. Before high school ends, some teens will have a good start on career plans. Most teens start focusing on career plans around age 17 and older. Help your teen find out what interests him or her. Find ways to help your teen talk to people in certain jobs or get experience by working or volunteering.
Try to understand the issues your teen faces. Although you may remember some struggles from your own teen years, the issues your teen faces are likely quite different. Stay involved in your teen's life, such as by going to school events and encouraging your teen to bring friends to your house while you are home. You can better see the world from his or her perspective when you are familiar with it. Also, learn to recognize your teen's stress triggers and offer guidance on how to manage the anxiety they may cause. But be careful not to get too caught up in your teen's world. If you try to take too much control, it will likely only make things harder for him or her.
Promoting Healthy Growth and Development
You can help your teen between the ages of 15 and 18 years by using basic parenting strategies. These include offering open, positive communication while providing clear and fair rules and consistent guidance. Support your teen in developing healthy habits and attitudes, help him or her make wise choices, and offer guidance in how to balance responsibilities.
The following are examples of ways to promote healthy growth and development in specific areas. But remember that many growth and development issues overlap. For example, having a healthy body image is important for physical development and emotional development. Use these ideas as a starting point to help your teen make good choices that will help him or her grow into a healthy and happy adult.
Promote your teen's physical development by doing the following:
- Be aware of changing sleep patterns. Rapidly growing and busy teens need a lot of sleep. The natural sleeping pattern for many teens is to go to bed later at night and sleep in. This can make it hard to get up for school. To help your teen get enough rest, discourage phone and computer use and TV watching after a certain evening hour.
- Teach your teen how to take care of his or her skin. Most young people get at least mild acne. Help your teen manage acne with daily facial care and, if needed, medicines. Also have your teen avoid sunbathing and tanning salons. Sunburn can damage a child's skin for a lifetime and put him or her at risk for skin cancer. Studies suggest that UV rays from artificial sources such as tanning beds and sunlamps are just as dangerous as UV rays from the sun. For more information, see the topics Acne and Skin Cancer, Melanoma.
- Talk about body image. What teens think about their bodies greatly affects their feelings of self-worth. Stress that healthy eating and exercise habits are most important for the short and long term. Help your teen recognize that television and other media often produce unrealistic images of the ideal body that are not healthy. For more information, see the topic Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, or Depression in Children and Teens.
- Help your teen choose healthy foods. By eating a wide variety of basic foods, your teen can get the nutrients he or she needs for normal growth. And he or she will be well-nourished. Help your teen choose healthy snacks, make wise food choices at fast food restaurants, and not skip meals, especially breakfast. Make a point to eat as many meals together at home as possible. A regular mealtime gives you and your family a chance to talk and relax together. It also helps you and your child to have a positive relationship with food. For more information, see the topic Healthy Eating for Children.
- Offer strategies to avoid tobacco, drugs, and alcohol. Set firm, fair, and consistent limits for your child. Help him or her understand the immediate and long-lasting results of substance use, such as falling grades and poor health during adulthood. Practice how to respond when a harmful substance is offered, such as simply stating "No, thanks" and moving on to another subject. If you believe your teenager is using drugs, tobacco, or alcohol, it is important to talk about it. Discuss how he or she gets the alcohol, tobacco, or drugs and in what kind of setting it is used. Seek advice from a doctor if the behavior continues. For more information, see:
Promote your teen's healthy emotional and social development by doing the following:
- Address problems and concerns. Build trust gradually so your teen will feel safe talking with you about sensitive subjects. When you want to talk with your teen about problems or concerns, schedule a "date" in a private and quiet place. Knowing when and how to interfere in a teen's life is a major ongoing challenge of parenthood. Parents walk a fine line between respecting a teen's need for independence and privacy and making sure that teens do not make mistakes that have lifelong consequences.
- Understand the confusion about sexual orientation and gender identity. Sexuality is a core aspect of identity. Hormones, cultural and peer pressures, and fear of being different can cause many teens to question themselves in many areas, including sexual orientation. It is normal during the teen years to have same-sex "crushes." Consider mentioning to your teen that having such an attraction does not mean that these feelings will last. But it is helpful to acknowledge that in some cases, these feelings grow stronger over time rather than fade.
- Encourage community service. Both your teen and community members are helped when your teen volunteers. Your teen gets the chance to explore how he or she connects with others. While helping peers, adults, and other people, your teen can gain new skills and new ways of looking at things. He or she can also develop and express personal values and explore career options. Your teen can benefit most by thinking back on the service experience and figuring out what he or she learned from it.
- Help your child build a strong sense of self-worth to help him or her act responsibly, cooperate well with others, and have the confidence to try new things.
Promote your teen's mental (cognitive) development by doing the following:
- Encourage mature ways of thinking. Involve your teen in setting household rules and schedules. Talk about current issues together, whether it be school projects or world affairs. Listen to your teen's opinions and thoughts. Brainstorm different ways to solve problems, and discuss their possible outcomes. Stress that these years provide many opportunities to reinvent and improve themselves.
- Offer to help your teen set work and school priorities. Make sure your teen understands the need to schedule enough rest, carve out study time, eat nourishing foods, and get regular physical activity.
- Be goal-oriented instead of style-oriented. Your teen may not complete a task the way you would. This is okay. What is important is that the task gets done. Let your teen decide how to complete work, and always assume that he or she wants to do a good job.
- Continue to enjoy music, art, reading, and creative writing with your teen. For example, encourage your teen to listen to a variety of music, play a musical instrument, draw, or write a story. These types of activities can help teens learn to think and express themselves in new ways. Teens may discover a new or stronger interest, which may help their self-esteem. Remind your teen that he or she doesn't need to be an expert. Simply learning about and experimenting with art can help your teen think in more abstract ways and pull different concepts together.
Promote your teen's sensory and motor development by doing the following:
- Encourage daily exercise. Exercise can help your teen feel good, have a healthy heart, and stay at a healthy weight. Help your teen to build up an exercise routine slowly. For example, plan a short daily walk to start. Have your teen take breaks from computer, cell phone, and TV use and be active instead.
Violence and teens
- Prevent teen violence by being a good role model. It's important to model and talk to your child about healthy relationships, because dating abuse is common among teens. For example, talk calmly during a disagreement with someone else. Help your teen come up with ways to defuse potentially violent situations, such as making a joke or acknowledging another person's point of view. Praise him or her for avoiding a confrontation. You might say "I'm proud of you for staying calm." Also, to help your child limit exposure to violence, closely supervise the websites and computer games that he or she uses. For more information on teen violence, see the topics Bullying, Domestic Abuse, and/or Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behavior.
- Reduce the risk of teen suicide and recognize the warning signs. If your teen shows signs of depression, such as withdrawing from others and being sad much of the time, try to get him or her to talk about it. Call your doctor if your teen ever mentions suicide or if you are concerned for his or her safety.
When To Call
Talk to your teen's doctor if you are concerned about your teen's health or other issues. For example, you may have concerns about your teen:
- Having a significant delay in physical or sexual development, such as if sexual development has not begun by age 15.
- Becoming sexually active. Teens who are sexually active need to be educated about birth control and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and screened for STIs.
- Being overweight or underweight.
- Having severe acne.
- Having problems with attention or learning.
Call the doctor or a mental health professional if your teen develops behavioral problems or signs of mental health problems. These may include:
- Expressing a lack of self-worth or talking about suicide.
- Acting physically aggressive.
- Regularly experiencing severe mood swings, such as being happy and excited one minute and sad and depressed the next.
- A significant change in appetite, weight, or eating behaviors. These may signal an eating disorder.
- Dropping out of school or failing classes.
- Having serious relationship problems with friends and family that affect home or school life.
- Showing a lack of interest in normal activities and withdrawing from other people.
- Seeking or having sex with multiple partners.
Routine Checkups
It's important for your teen to continue to have routine checkups. These checkups allow the doctor to detect problems and to make sure your teen is growing and developing as expected. The doctor will do a physical exam and ask questions about your teen's social, academic, relationship, and mental health status. Your teen's immunization record will be reviewed, and needed immunizations should be given at this time. For more information on immunizations, see:
Teens also need to have regular dental checkups and need to be encouraged to brush and floss regularly. For more information about dental checkups, see the topic Basic Dental Care.
Teens need an eye exam every 1 to 2 years.
Starting in the teen years, most doctors like to spend some time alone with your child during the visit. State laws vary about teens' rights to medical privacy. Most doctors will clarify expectations. Ideally, you will all agree that anything your teen discusses privately with the doctor will remain confidential, with few exceptions. This gives your teen an opportunity to talk to the doctor about any issue they may not feel comfortable sharing with you.
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Stephanie Bruce is a singer, pianist, songwriter, arranger, teacher, and producer who has been making music in a variety of styles for over three decades. Her original compositions draw on several influences including jazz, The Great American Songbook, contemporary Brazilian, sophisticated singer songwriters like Joni Mitchell, blues, folk, pop, and classical. Her arrangements of familiar material are approached with imagination, using adventurous reharmonizations, and fresh rhythmic ideas. Her lyrics cover a wide range of subject matter, from love to elephants, and are carefully crafted, with evocative imagery. As a singer, Stephanie's vocal sound has a multidimensional texture, and her phrasing draws on years of emulating the great vocalists in jazz and pop music. The variety of styles and moods represented in her music is held together with the cohesive thread of Stephanie's personal sound and perspective. Her three Cds are: "The Postcard" (1996), "April in Dogtown" (2002), and "Whispers From the World Next Door" (2011). "She has everything you look for and appreciate in a musician, a good clear instrument, good pitch, good articulation, range, et all. More importantly for me, she has developed a very personal approach to her music, due in part to the fact that she is also a working composer. She writes. Harmony like a piano player, melodies like a horn player, imagery and lyrics that tell stories... I have yet to see her perform when she hasn't developed noticeably in one way or several, and it keeps going. To see her is always interesting."
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One of the heroes that emerged from the 15 hour standoff with Kurt Myers, the alleged perpetrator in the shootings in Herkimer and Mohawk, was a German shepherd named Ape.
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The history of Balatonfüred
Baltonfüred is a small town with 13.500 inhabitants, on the north shore of Lake Balaton, sorrounded by gently sloping hillocks. Foreign travellers – may they come here by rail, by road or by boat – start to feel the harmonious blend of past and present at the moment of their arrival. First and foremost the location of the town captures everyone: tender mountains on the north, the beautiful lake on the south embrace the town, which radiates that special Transdanubian serenity for ages. The town was inhabited already when the Romans conquered parts of Hungary. Walking in the town the visitor every now and then faces relics of old times. Ancient living quarters, old buildings, churches, homely vineyards, parks, mighty old trees preserve and whisper their messages to the people living here today.
The name of the town was first mentioned in the estate register of the Tihany abbacy. In the middle age there were several different settlements in the area where Balatonfüred lies today. First and foremost the so-called Füred, which became truly important only during the Reform Era. The name "Füred" does not come from the Hungarian word: "fürödni" (=to bathe) or "fürdő" (=bath), it stems from the word "fürjes" place, that is a place filled with quails. "Papsoka" is the name of the area to the west, it changed into "Siske" from the 14-th century on, and these two areas blended soon afterwards. On the north the so-called "Kéki-völgy" (=Bluish valley) reserved the name of the "Kék" village (=Blue village) till today. This whole valley used to belong to the Tihany Abbacy, and this villlage was mentioned in the estate register of Tihany in 1211 as a church estate. It was demolished and depopulated during the wars with the Turks, only the name survived. The name "blue" may refer to the many blue-coloured plants growing here: blackthorns, violets. Today the name still exists in the following place names: "Kéki-völgy" (=Bluish valley), "Kéki-dűlő" (=Bluish fields), "Kéki patak" (=Bluish brook).
The northern-east part of Füred called Arács used to be an independent village till 1954. And Arács encompassed the settlement called "Magyaré" by the end of the middle ages.
Historic traditions play a crucial role in the life and attitude of the inhabitants of the town and of those who were regular visitors here. The town is a tourist attraction for ages and it became a so-called healing resort in 1971 when the acidulous spring water of the town was officially accepted as healing water. Balatonfüred achieved the title of "International Town of Grapes and Wine" from 1987 on.
Balatonfüred is mainly known by its climate which is very similar to the Mediterranean and its spring waters containing carbonic acid. Even the sun shines somehow more gently here. Balatonfüred and its surrounding settlements lie in the so-called "Balaton Riviera". This expresssion refers to the special micro-climate prevailing here. This climate is created by the foot-hills of the "Balaton felvidék" (=Balaton Highlands): the so-called "Tamás hegy" (=Thomas Hill), Sándor-, Péter- and Száka-hegy (=Alexander-, Peter- and "Száka" Hill) give protection against the icy winds coming from the direction of "Bakony" mountains. Continuous air movement between the land and Lake Balaton, constant winds provide clean air free of dust for people living here and the air heals diseases of the heart and blood-vessels, too. The water from the springs is used for healing in the National Heart Hospital. But anyone can taste and heal from the famous Füred acidulous spring waters at Kossuth spring, Berzsenyi well, Szekér Ernő spring and Schneider well. Thousands of people suffering from heart disease recovered in this hospital. Rabindranath Tagore, the famous Nobel-prize winning Hindu poet was healed here in 1926 and denominated a beautiful alley close to the shore of the lake.
The town is infinitely rich in historic memorial places. These were mostly renovated and restored. It may happen that some of these have been appointed different roles noawadys than their original one but they are part of our cultural life anyway. There are numerous villas and mansions in the town that contributed to the special beauty of Balatonfüred and made the town famous in faraway places of the earth.
The following buildings of great architectural value were constructed during the 18-th century, and still have definitive role in the atmosphere of our town: the "Nagyvendéglő" (=Great Restaurant), the National Heart Hospital, the spring –house of Kossuth Lajos spring, the bigger house of Pálóczi Horváth Ádám, the castle of Széchenyi Ferenc.
Balatonfüred started to truly develop in the 18-th century, during the so-called Reform Era. It became a favourite meeting place for progressive politicians and artists. In these times Balatonfüred played a really outstanding role in Hungary. There are many national monuments, important buildings, and numerous traditions that date from this era: for instance the first Anna Ball was held here in the Horváth mansion in 1825.
In 1831 Sándor Kisfaludy opened the first constant theatre of Transdanubia here, in Balatonfüred, which was a home to Hungarian language in an era when the official language of Hungary was German. It was made possible from donations and the help of Tihany abbacy. The historic, Reform Era atmosphere of the southern part of the town is made even richer by the Blaha Lujza villa, built in classsical style, where the famous actress and singer, the so-called "nightingale of the nation" spent her summers for 23 years. The building functions as a hotel and restaurant today. István Huray, the renowned doctor working in the spa also had several houses here, though the Dőry villa is said to be the most beautiful villa in Balatonfüred, which is well worth to visit. There is a circle-shaped building covered with a dome, with Ionian columns on the corner of Jókai and Blaha Lujza street. The "Kerek templom" (=Circle Church) designed by Fruhmann Antal based on the Pantheon building in Rome was built between 1841 and 1846. The Jókai villa was built in 1870 in early eclectic style. The building houses a constant exhibition showing the life of the greatest tale-teller of our nation and the way he lived here, in Balatonfüred.
The three churches of Balatonfüred arise in the upper part of the town as if protecting its tranquility: these are the "Református templom" (=Reformed Church), the "Katolikus templom" (= Catholic Church) and the freshly built "Evangélikus templom" (=Evangelical Church).
The old part of the town that used to be a village has numerous old houses that belong to the national heritage. Balatonarács used to be an independent village, but in 1954 it became part of Balatonfüred, and there are many beautiful old buildings here, as well. On the two sides of the main street leading to the oldtime village there are one-storied and two-storied old buildings built in a row. In the oldtime village, or oldtime city as it is called nowadays the following buildings preserve ancient folk traditions as shown on their memorial tablets. Siske street leads into a forest, and continues in a path, which offers a wonderful place to take trips around Balatonfüred.
The "Gombás-kúria" (=Gombás mansion), built in the second part of the 18-th century, is one of the most famous buildings of Balatonfüred. Those members of he lower nobility built cellar-mansions like these all around Lake Balaton who admired beauty and were endowed with a sense of style. They spent part of the year here every year. Balatonfüred used to be a favourite meeting place especially for the nobility living in Zala county, and they built dozens of similar cellar-mansions in Baroque or late-baroque style turning the Füred mountains into a truly colourful site.


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18. After this preface as to the falsification by heretics of the apostles, of both the Clements, and of Dionysius, he at last comes to Origen; and these are his words:
"I have shewn from his own words and writings how he himself complains of this and deplores it: He explains clearly in the letter which he wrote to some of his intimate friends at Alexandria what he suffered while living here in the flesh and in the full enjoyment of his senses, by the corruption of his books and treatises, or by spurious editions of them."
He subjoins a copy of this letter; and he who implores to the heretics the falsification of Origen's writings himself begins by falsifying them, for he does not translate the letter as he finds it in the Greek, and does not convey to the Latins what Origen states in his letter. The object of the whole letter is to assail Demetrius the Pontiff of Alexandria, and to inveigh against the bishops throughout the world, and to tell them that their excommunication of him is invalid; he says further that he has no intention of retorting their evil speaking; indeed he is so much afraid of evil speaking that he does not dare to speak evil even of the devil; insomuch that he gave occasion to Candidus an adherent of the errors of Valentinian to represent him falsely as saying that the devil is of such a nature as could be saved. But our friend takes no notice of the real purport of the letter, and makes up for Origen an argument which he does not use. I have therefore translated a part of the letter, beginning a little way below what has been already spoken of, and have appended it to the part which has been translated by him in a curtailed and disingenuous manner, so that the reader may perceive the object with which he suppressed the earlier part. He is contending, then, against the Bishops of the church generally, because they had judged him unworthy of its communion; and he continues as follows:
"Why need I speak of the language in which the prophets constantly threaten and reprove the pastors, elders, the priests and the princes? These things you can of yourselves without my aid draw out from the Holy Scriptures, and you may clearly see that it may well be the present time of which it is said31183118 Mic. vii. 5 'Trust not in your friends, and do not hope in princes,' and that the prophecy is now gaining its fulfilment,31193119 Jer. iv. 22 'The leaders of my people have not known me; my sons are fools and not wise: they are wise to do evil, but know not to do good.' We ought to pity them, not to hate them, to pray for them, not to curse them. For we have been created for blessing, not for cursing. Therefore even Michael,31203120 Jude 9 when he disputed against the devil concerning the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a railing accusation even for so great an evil, but said; 'The Lord rebuke thee.' And we read something similar in Zachariah,31213121 Zech. iii. 2 'The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; the Lord which hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee.' So also we desire that those who will not humbly accept the rebuke of their neighbours may be rebuked of the Lord. But, since Michael says, 'The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan,' and Zechariah says the same, the devil knows well whether the Lord rebukes him or not; and must acknowledge the manner of the rebuke."
Then, after a passage too long to insert here, he adds:
"We believe that not only those who have committed great sins will be cast out from the kingdom of heaven, such as fornicators and adulterers, and those who defile themselves with mankind, and thieves, but those also who have done evil of a less flagrant kind, since it is written;31223122 1 Cor. vi. 9 'Neither drunk512ards nor evil speakers shall inherit the kingdom of God;' and that the standard by which men will be judged is as much the goodness as the severity of God. Therefore we strive to act thoughtfully in all things, in drinking wine, and in moderation of language, so that we dare not speak evil of any man. Now, because, through the fear of God, we are careful not to utter maledictions against any one, remembering that the words 'He dared not bring against him a railing accusation,' are spoken of Michael in his dealing with the devil; as it is said also in another place,31233123 Jude 8 'They set at naught dominions and rail at dignities;' certain of these men who seek for matters of contention, ascribe to us and our teaching the blasphemy (as to which they have to lay to heart the words which apply to them, 'Neither drunkards nor evil speakers shall inherit the kingdom of God'), namely, that the father of wickedness and perdition of those who shall be cast out of the kingdom of God can be saved; a thing which not even a madman can say."
The rest which comes in the same letter he has31243124 Rufinus. set down instead of the later words of Origen which I have translated: "Now, because through the fear of God we are careful not to utter maledictions against any one," and so on; he fraudulently cuts off the earlier part, on which the later depends, and begins to translate the letter, as though the former part began with this statement, and says:
"Some of those who delight in bringing complaints against their neighbours, ascribe to us and our teaching the crime of a blasphemy, which we have never spoken, (as to which they must consider whether they are willing to stand by the decree which says 'The evil speakers shall not inherit the kingdom of God,') for they say that I assert that the father of the wickedness and perdition of those who shall be cast out of the kingdom of God, that is, the devil, will be saved; a thing which no man even though he had taken leave of his senses and was manifestly insane could say."
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