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Grocery Cart Challenge Recipe Swap
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That sounds delicious--I eat granola and fruit in yogurt this way--my children might like the addition of crunchy cereal! :)
- February 5, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Christy said...
I am definitely making this! Sounds so yummy and great for breakfast on the go! Thanks Gayle!
My latest favorite breakfast is Blueberry Oatmeal Bake, and I just love the stuff. I tried it with a 6-grain hot cereal and it was fabulous. Highly recommend!
- February 5, 2009 at 9:55 PM
This sounds yummy. I have a few kids who would love this combination!
- February 6, 2009 at 5:23 AM
- Sherry @ Lamp Unto My Feet said...
This sounds delish! :D I love trying new breakfast dishes!
- February 6, 2009 at 5:41 AM
- Christine said...
I am going to try this! Thanks!
- February 6, 2009 at 6:12 AM
- Elizabeth said...
I love to start my morning with fruit and yogurt - adding a crunchy cereal is a great way to mix things up a bit! Thanks for a great idea.
- February 6, 2009 at 6:56 AM
- Rachael said...
yum...such a great idea!
- February 6, 2009 at 7:21 AM
A lot of us on Weight Watchers enjoy fruit and yogurt with plain Fiber One cereal mixed in. It gives sort of a graham crackerish taste and adds a lot of volume for no "points".
- February 6, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Rita said...
Thanks for hosting the recipe swap! I love the idea of making my own yummy cereal!
- February 6, 2009 at 8:31 AM
- Susan said...
Everything looks so tasty today! It's too early to be this hungry.... ;-)
- February 6, 2009 at 10:01 AM
I love healthy breakfast ideas that are quick and easy!
- February 6, 2009 at 11:19 AM
- Katchmo said...
No recipe to share yet....I was excited to find your blog because I am working on keeping our budget to $100 per week. Things that are different in our house is that my husband wants meat, a good chunk of it, every night, I have six children, four of whom are teenagers, and three of us have dietary restrictions that make baking more expensive (no sugar or wheat). So I will be thrilled to get it down to $100/week! Looks like you are doing great and I look forward to exploring your site.
- February 6, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Andrea Holloman said...
This breakfast idea sounds delish. I think even my kids would like it!. Love the site. Thanks for all the hard work.
- February 7, 2009 at 6:51 AM
- Frugal Passions said...
I cant wait to try some of these recipes!
- February 9, 2009 at 7:18 AM


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When the Dolphins admit fans to their open practices for training camp, they announce on the public address system that folks are not allowed to photograph or video any portion of practice.
Apparently, some person or persons attending Dolphins practices this year have been videotaping the team for extended periods of time without the team knowing. The videos, at least six of them, are quite long and quite clear. One extends 15 minutes. One extends 14 minutes. Several extend six and seven minutes.
Many of them show team periods where the first team offense is running plays against the first team defense. They show the Dolphins use of Reggie Bush. They show Miami's blitzes.
And they are on the Internet.
I will not publish the videos on here for obvious reasons. I won't even tell you where to find them.
But obviously somebody didn't think enough of protecting the integrity of Miami's practice to keep from posting them.
I had a short conversation with Dolphins vice president of communicatons Harvey Greene to alert him about the videos. He was surprised they exist and none too happy about it.
I'm expecting a statement from the team in the coming minutes.
By the way, the folks that uploaded the videos go by Dolphins fan handles -- such as Dolphinsfan911. If indeed fans that video taped the practices were Dolphins fans, what does it say about them?
This is, after all, only a week after Dolphins fans chanted "Kyle Orton, Kyle Orton," during an open and free practice at Sun Life Stadium. Taken together it gives Miami fans a black eye on the reputation front, in my opinion.
[Update: I looked around and my Armando and the Amigo radio show producers searched and we found no similar New England Patriots practice videos. The Dolphins play the Patriots Sept. 12 in the regular-season opener for both.]

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Statistical Inference: A Short Course
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A concise, easily accessible introduction to descriptive and inferential techniques
Statistical Inference: A Short Course offers a concise presentation of the essentials of basic statistics for readers seeking to acquire a working knowledge of statistical concepts, measures, and procedures.
The author conducts tests on the assumption of randomness and normality, provides nonparametric methods when parametric approaches might not work. The book also explores how to determine a confidence interval for a population median while also providing coverage of ratio estimation, randomness, and causality. To ensure a thorough understanding of all key concepts, Statistical Inference provides numerous examples and solutions along with complete and precise answers to many fundamental questions, including:
- How do we determine that a given dataset is actually a random sample?
- With what level of precision and reliability can a population sample be estimated?
- How are probabilities determined and are they the same thing as odds?
- How can we predict the level of one variable from that of another?
- What is the strength of the relationship between two variables?
The book is organized to present fundamental statistical concepts first, with later chapters exploring more advanced topics and additional statistical tests such as Distributional Hypotheses, Multinomial Chi-Square Statistics, and the Chi-Square Distribution. Each chapter includes appendices and exercises, allowing readers to test their comprehension of the presented material.
Statistical Inference: A Short Course is an excellent book for courses on probability, mathematical statistics, and statistical inference at the upper-undergraduate and graduate levels. The book also serves as a valuable reference for researchers and practitioners who would like to develop further insights into essential statistical tools.
Preface xv
1 The Nature of Statistics 1
1.1 Statistics Defined 1
1.2 The Population and the Sample 2
1.3 Selecting a Sample from a Population 3
1.4 Measurement Scales 4
1.5 Let us Add 6
Exercises 7
2 Analyzing Quantitative Data 9
2.1 Imposing Order 9
2.2 Tabular and Graphical Techniques: Ungrouped Data 9
2.3 Tabular and Graphical Techniques: Grouped Data 11
Exercises 16
Appendix 2.A Histograms with Classes of Different Lengths 18
3 Descriptive Characteristics of Quantitative Data 22
3.1 The Search for Summary Characteristics 22
3.2 The Arithmetic Mean 23
3.3 The Median 26
3.4 The Mode 27
3.5 The Range 27
3.6 The Standard Deviation 28
3.7 Relative Variation 33
3.8 Skewness 34
3.9 Quantiles 36
3.10 Kurtosis 38
3.11 Detection of Outliers 39
3.12 So What Do We Do with All This Stuff? 41
Exercises 47
Appendix 3.A Descriptive Characteristics of Grouped Data 51
3.A.1 The Arithmetic Mean 52
3.A.2 The Median 53
3.A.3 The Mode 55
3.A.4 The Standard Deviation 57
3.A.5 Quantiles (Quartiles, Deciles, and Percentiles) 58
4 Essentials of Probability 61
4.1 Set Notation 61
4.2 Events within the Sample Space 63
4.3 Basic Probability Calculations 64
4.4 Joint, Marginal, and Conditional Probability 68
4.5 Sources of Probabilities 73
Exercises 75
5 Discrete Probability Distributions and Their Properties 81
5.1 The Discrete Probability Distribution 81
5.2 The Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation of a Discrete Random Variable 85
5.3 The Binomial Probability Distribution 89
5.3.1 Counting Issues 89
5.3.2 The Bernoulli Probability Distribution 91
5.3.3 The Binomial Probability Distribution 91
Exercises 96
6 The Normal Distribution 101
6.1 The Continuous Probability Distribution 101
6.2 The Normal Distribution 102
6.3 Probability as an Area Under the Normal Curve 104
6.4 Percentiles of the Standard Normal Distribution and Percentiles of the Random Variable X 114
Exercises 116
Appendix 6.A The Normal Approximation to Binomial Probabilities 120
7 Simple Random Sampling and the Sampling Distribution of the Mean 122
7.1 Simple Random Sampling 122
7.2 The Sampling Distribution of the Mean 123
7.3 Comments on the Sampling Distribution of the Mean 127
7.4 A Central Limit Theorem 130
Exercises 132
Appendix 7.A Using a Table of Random Numbers 133
Appendix 7.B Assessing Normality via the Normal Probability Plot 136
Appendix 7.C Randomness, Risk, and Uncertainty 139
7.C.1 Introduction to Randomness 139
7.C.2 Types of Randomness 142
7.C.2.1 Type I Randomness 142
7.C.2.2 Type II Randomness 143
7.C.2.3 Type III Randomness 143
7.C.3 Pseudo-Random Numbers 144
7.C.4 Chaotic Behavior 145
7.C.5 Risk and Uncertainty 146
8 Confidence Interval Estimation of m 152
8.1 The Error Bound on X as an Estimator of m 152
8.2 A Confidence Interval for the Population Mean m (s Known) 154
8.3 A Sample Size Requirements Formula 159
8.4 A Confidence Interval for the Population Mean m (s Unknown) 160
Exercises 165
Appendix 8.A A Confidence Interval for the Population Median MED 167
9 The Sampling Distribution of a Proportion and its Confidence Interval Estimation 170
9.1 The Sampling Distribution of a Proportion 170
9.2 The Error Bound on ^p as an Estimator for p 173
9.3 A Confidence Interval for the Population Proportion (of Successes) p 174
9.4 A Sample Size Requirements Formula 176
Exercises 177
Appendix 9.A Ratio Estimation 179
10 Testing Statistical Hypotheses 184
10.1 What is a Statistical Hypothesis? 184
10.2 Errors in Testing 185
10.3 The Contextual Framework of Hypothesis Testing 186
10.3.1 Types of Errors in a Legal Context 188
10.3.2 Types of Errors in a Medical Context 188
10.3.3 Types of Errors in a Processing or Control Context 189
10.3.4 Types of Errors in a Sports Context 189
10.4 Selecting a Test Statistic 190
10.5 The Classical Approach to Hypothesis Testing 190
10.6 Types of Hypothesis Tests 191
10.7 Hypothesis Tests for m (s Known) 194
10.8 Hypothesis Tests for m (s Unknown and n Small) 195
10.9 Reporting the Results of Statistical Hypothesis Tests 198
10.10 Hypothesis Tests for the Population Proportion (of Successes) p 201
Exercises 204
Appendix 10.A Assessing the Randomness of a Sample 208
Appendix 10.B Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test (of a Median) 210
Appendix 10.C Lilliefors Goodness-of-Fit Test for Normality 213
11 Comparing Two Population Means and Two Population Proportions 217
11.1 Confidence Intervals for the Difference of Means when Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations 217
11.1.1 Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations with Equal and Known Variances 217
11.1.2 Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations with Unequal but Known Variances 218
11.1.3 Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations with Equal but Unknown Variances 218
11.1.4 Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations with Unequal and Unknown Variances 219
11.2 Confidence Intervals for the Difference of Means when Sampling from Two Dependent Populations: Paired Comparisons 224
11.3 Confidence Intervals for the Difference of Proportions when Sampling from Two Independent Binomial Populations 227
11.4 Statistical Hypothesis Tests for the Difference of Means when Sampling from Two Independent Normal Populations 228
11.4.1 Population Variances Equal and Known 229
11.4.2 Population Variances Unequal but Known 229
11.4.3 Population Variances Equal and Unknown 229
11.4.4 Population Variances Unequal and Unknown (an Approximate Test) 230
11.5 Hypothesis Tests for the Difference of Means when Sampling from Two Dependent Populations: Paired Comparisons 234
11.6 Hypothesis Tests for the Difference of Proportions when Sampling from Two Independent Binomial Populations 236
Exercises 239
Appendix 11.A Runs Test for Two Independent Samples 243
Appendix 11.B Mann–Whitney (Rank Sum) Test for Two Independent Populations 245
Appendix 11.C Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test when Sampling from Two Dependent Populations: Paired Comparisons 249
12 Bivariate Regression and Correlation 253
12.1 Introducing an Additional Dimension to our Statistical Analysis 253
12.2 Linear Relationships 254
12.2.1 Exact Linear Relationships 254
12.3 Estimating the Slope and Intercept of the Population Regression Line 257
12.4 Decomposition of the Sample Variation in Y 262
12.5 Mean, Variance, and Sampling Distribution of the Least Squares Estimators ^b0 and ^b1 264
12.6 Confidence Intervals for b0 and b1 266
12.7 Testing Hypotheses about b0 and b1 267
12.8 Predicting the Average Value of Y given X 269
12.9 The Prediction of a Particular Value of Y given X 270
12.10 Correlation Analysis 272
12.10.1 Case A: X and Y Random Variables 272
188.8.131.52 Estimating the Population Correlation Coefficient r 274
22.214.171.124 Inferences about the Population Correlation Coefficient r 275
12.10.2 Case B: X Values Fixed, Y a Random Variable 277
Exercises 278
Appendix 12.A Assessing Normality (Appendix 7.B Continued) 280
Appendix 12.B On Making Causal Inferences 281
12.B.1 Introduction 281
12.B.2 Rudiments of Experimental Design 282
12.B.3 Truth Sets, Propositions, and Logical Implications 283
12.B.4 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions 285
12.B.5 Causality Proper 286
12.B.6 Logical Implications and Causality 287
12.B.7 Correlation and Causality 288
12.B.8 Causality from Counterfactuals 289
12.B.9 Testing Causality 292
12.B.10 Suggestions for Further Reading 294
13 An Assortment of Additional Statistical Tests 295
13.1 Distributional Hypotheses 295
13.2 The Multinomial Chi-Square Statistic 295
13.3 The Chi-Square Distribution 298
13.4 Testing Goodness of Fit 299
13.5 Testing Independence 304
13.6 Testing k Proportions 309
13.7 A Measure of Strength of Association in a Contingency Table 311
13.8 A Confidence Interval for s2 under Random Sampling from a Normal Population 312
13.9 The F Distribution 314
13.10 Applications of the F Statistic to Regression Analysis 316
13.10.1 Testing the Significance of the Regression Relationship Between X and Y 316
13.10.2 A Joint Test of the Regression Intercept and Slope 317
Exercises 318
Appendix A 323
Table A.1 Standard Normal Areas [Z is N(0,1)] 323
Table A.2 Quantiles of the t Distribution (T is tv) 325
Table A.3 Quantiles of the Chi-Square Distribution (X is w2v) 327
Table A.4 Quantiles of the F Distribution (F is Fv1;v2 ) 329
Table A.5 Binomial Probabilities P(X;n,p) 334
Table A.6 Cumulative Binomial Probabilities 338
Table A.7 Quantiles of Lilliefors' Test for Normality 342
Solutions to Exercises 343
References 369
Index 373


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Yamiesse Lawrence, left, and Quaresha Boston, standing next to Lawrence, a cousin and niece, respectively, of Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, read a statement to the media in West Babylon, N.Y., on Monday.
After receiving a call about a disturbance involving an armed person, police officers arrived at the parking lot of the Kansas City Chiefs' practice facility, where they spotted several people. Then one of the people — who turned out to be linebacker Jovan Belcher — spotted police, and moved behind a vehicle.
"From that position Belcher shot himself one time in the head," according to one of two incident reports released by the Kansas City (Mo.) Police Department on Monday. Belcher, 25, was taken to a hospital, where he died.
The reports begin to piece together the events around the apparent murder-suicide by the Chiefs linebacker on Saturday.
According to the Associated Press, police hope to deliver an investigative report to prosecutors Tuesday laying out what prompted Belcher to kill his girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, who was mother of his 3-month-old daughter, and himself.
"They're moving it along just like any other case," Kansas City police Sgt. Marisa Barnes told the AP. "There's a formal process it has to go through."
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Inside linebacker Jovan Belcher of the Kansas City Chiefs watches from the sidelines during his final game, against the Denver Broncos at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 25.
The other report released Monday recounts police responding to a call reporting a shooting that came in just nine minutes earlier, pointing them to the home Belcher shared with Perkins, 22. Upon arrival, they found Perkins on the floor of the master bedroom, unresponsive and suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.
After shooting Perkins, Belcher drove his black Bentley to the practice facility, about 7 miles away, where he spoke briefly to Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli, head coach Romeo Crennel and an assistant coach, before shooting himself.
Kansas City police spokesman Darrin Snapp confirmed that the gun was one that Belcher had purchased legally.
Snapp also said Monday that Belcher's mother, who had been staying with the couple, was given temporary custody of the couple's daughter, Zoey, the AP reported.
Perkins' family released a statement Monday. They thanked the public for an outpouring of concern and support.
"Our hearts are truly broken for Kasi was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, cousin and friend," the statement said. "At this time we request the media respect our privacy during this difficult time as we grieve for our loved one. Please keep us in your hearts and prayers as well as the Belcher family for two lives were lost."
Perkins was a cousin of Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles' wife, Whitney, and it was through Whitney that she met Belcher, a friend told the AP on Sunday.
Jamaal and Whitney Charles also released a statement.
"Our family has suffered a personal tragic loss...." they said. "Kasandra was not only family, but a friend and a loving mother. As my actual family and my Kansas City Chiefs family have been altered forever, we ask that you keep us and most importantly their child in prayer."
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Casket (coffret; frise d'arcatures) (End, right)
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Secular. Courtly love.
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London, Victoria and Albert Museum
Brass (mounts);glass-paste gems;block-print paper (19th-century lining);ivory
Height: 64 mmWidth: 134 mmDepth: 88 mm
Youth with a hawk on his wrist; long hood with chevron decoration. Standing lady raising her hand. Youth with a hawk on his wrist; trees. Standing lady holding a flower.
Body, front
Bearded male musician playing string instrument (citole). Couple holding the lock; trees; seated female musician playing the psaltery.
End, right
Couple playing chess; lady holding two chess pieces in her left hand. Lady crowning her kneeling lover with a chaplet.
Body, back
Courting couples (meeting of lovers); seated lady holding a squirrel; seated man holding a bow (?); seated lady holding a flower; trees.
End, left
Courting couple (meeting of lovers); seated couple; couple conversing; lady holding a squirrel; couple conversing; lady holding a dog.
Pointed trefoils in the spandrels.
Koechlin Number: 1270
Griggs 1904-1907: English (?), 14th century.
Koechlin 1924: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Longhurst 1929: France, 2nd half of the 14th century.
Williamson and Davies 2014: French (Paris), middle of the 14th century.
Carved on all sides.
Object Condition
Lid cracked through to the left of the handle, held together by interior metal plate and pins.
The brass mounts and feet are probably a 19th-century addition.
Collection of Prince Petr Soltykoff, Paris: sale, Drouot, Paris, 8 April 1861, lot 338; purchased by John Webb (b. 1799, d. 1880), London; purchased from him by the Museum in 1867.
Inventory of Art Objects acquired in the Year 1867. Inventory of the Objects in the Art Division of the Museum at South Kensington, arranged according to the dates of their acquisition (London, 1868), I, p. 6.
W. Maskell, Ivories Ancient and Mediaeval in the South Kensington Museum (London, 1872), p. 106.
W. Griggs, Portfolio of Ivories [London, 1904-1907], pt. XXVI.
R. Koechlin, Les Ivoires gothiques français (Paris, 1924), I, pp. 479, 483; II, no. 1270; III, pl. CCXVII.
M. Longhurst, Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2 vols (London, 1927 and 1929), II (1929), p. 52.
P. Shoppe, Reading Romances. The Production and Reception of French Gothic Secular Ivory Caskets in the Context of Late Medieval Literary Practices, thesis from the university of Urbana-Champaign, (Illinois: CAA publishing, 2000). p.207
P. M. Carns, 'Cutting a fine figure: costume on French Gothic Ivories', in Medieval Clothing and Textiles, Vol. 5 (2009), pp. 55-91 (pp. 72 and 88).
P. Williamson and G. Davies, Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550 (London, 2014), no. 230.
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July Sales Struggle as Tax Rebate Cash EndsBy Reuters - Print
Retailers are watching the start of the back-to-school season closely to see how consumers choose to spend their limited dollars and what that might mean for the crucial year-end holiday season.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retailers posted disappointing July sales results on Thursday as shoppers ran out of extra tax rebate cash and tentatively began their back-to-school shopping.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, said its July sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, or same-store sales, rose 3 percent, missing Wall Street expectations for a gain of 3.4 percent.
"With the end of the stimulus checks, we know consumers are spending more cautiously, and we continue to see a pronounced paycheck cycle at the end of the month," said Eduardo Castro-Wright, head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations.
Shares of Wal-Mart fell 3.2 percent in premarket trading.
Retailers typically use the month of July to clear out summer merchandise and kick off the back-to-school shopping season, which is the second most important season of the year behind the December holidays.
Retailers are watching the start of the back-to-school season closely to see how consumers choose to spend their limited dollars and what that might mean for the crucial year-end holiday season.
June sales were boosted by tax rebate checks, which put extra cash into the hands of consumers. But the final rebate checks were mailed in July, and retailers are watching to see how shopper spending holds up once the excess cash disappears.
Also reporting disappointing results were clothing retailer Gap Inc , Pacific Sunwear, Hot Topic and Children's Place.
With no more tax rebates on the horizon, Wal-Mart issued a cautious forecast for August.
"We still see sales volatility from week to week, especially around paycheck cycles," Tom Schoewe, Wal-Mart's chief financial officer, said in a statement.
Retailers have eked out small sales gains this year as shoppers' ability to spend has been limited by soaring gasoline prices, a crumbling housing market, tighter credit and higher grocery bills.
The U.S. government distributed roughly $100 billion in tax rebate cash to consumers between late April and mid-July, hoping to kick-start the economy. But benefits from the checks were expected to be short-lived as consumers confront inflationary pressures and a weak job market.
U.S. consumer prices jumped at the sharpest rate in more than a quarter-century during June, according to government data released this week, while the U.S. unemployment rate hit a four-year high during July, a Labor Department report showed last week.
To navigate the difficult climate, consumers have been shunning splurges and sticking to buying the basics.
Sales at discounters like Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Costco Wholesale Corp and BJ's Wholesale Club Inc had been outpacing competitors as shoppers seek out lower prices on food, toiletries and gasoline.
Costco, which operates gas stations at many of its warehouse locations, reported a better-than-expected 10 percent rise in its July sales at stores open at least a year.
"We are of course continuing to benefit from some inflation on the food side as a result of the recent run-up in the cost of commodities and the continued run-up in the price of oil and gasoline," the company said on the recorded call.
Gas prices hit a record of $4.11 on July 7 but have been dropping since due to lower gasoline demand and cheaper crude oil costs, which are being passed on to consumers at the pump.
Clothing retailers continued to struggle as shoppers stick to the basics.
Teen retailer Pacific Sunwear of California Inc posted a disappointing 4 percent drop in July same-store sales, hurt by weak sales of swimwear and accessories, while Hot Topic Inc's same-store sales fell 2.1 percent, compared with analyst expectations for a decline of 1.3 percent.
At Children's Place Retail Stores Inc same-store sales were flat, while analysts expected a gain of 7 percent.
But department store operator Bon-Ton Stores Inc said its July same-store sales rose 0.7 percent, beating Wall Street estimates for a decline of 1.0 percent.
(Reporting by Nicole Maestri, editing by Dave Zimmerman)
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Gold Nanoparticle-Chromophore Systems: Assembly and Photophysical Interactions
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Thin films of gold nanoparticles and photoactive organic molecules were prepared and studied with photoelectrical, spectroscopic and microscopic methods. Photoinduced electron transfer takes place from a poly(hexylthiophene) layer to the gold nanoparticle layer, and in the case of a porphyrin or a fullerene layer, the gold nanoparticles donate electrons to these chromophores. The photoelectrical measurements indicate that the particles can function either as electron acceptors or donors to the photoexcited chromophores. The highest photoelectrical signal was observed for films combining gold nanoparticles and porphyrin-fullerene dyads. Porphyrin-fullerene dyads are known to undergo intramolecular photoinduced charge transfer via an exciplex intermediate state. A gold nanoparticle layer enhances charge transfer of the dyad, when placed near the porphyrin moieties of the dyads. In addition, fluorescence measurements indicated that the gold nanoparticle layer affects the relaxation of the exciplex state of the dyad. The photoelectrical measurements demonstrated charge transfer in the films of porphyrins and gold nanoparticles, but energy transfer was considered to be possible as well. Time-resolved spectroscopic measurements showed that most, more than 80%, of the photoexcited porphyrins decay by energy transfer to the gold nanoparticles, whereas charge transfer is a minor relaxation route. Porphyrin- and phthalocyanine-functionalized gold nanoparticles were prepared using a ligand exchange method and characterized with steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques. The photoexcited porphyrins transfer energy to the gold cores very rapidly, in few picoseconds. The packing of the porphyrins on the gold nanoparticle surface and their fluorescence lifetimes are dependent on position of the linkers on the porphyrin core. Time-resolved absorption measurements were used to study the fast photoinduced processes of the phthalocyanine-functionalized gold nanoparticles. The selective excitation of the gold cores leads to energy transfer to the phthalocyanines. Photoexcitation of the phthalocyanines results in energy and electron transfers to the gold cores. As a conclusion, the photoinduced charge and energy transfer processes of the gold nanoparticle-chromophore systems studied are dependent on the choice of the chromophore and on the design of the system.
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Founded in 1979, Quilt National was intended to demonstrate the transformations taking place in the world of quilting. Its purpose was then, and still is, to carry the definition of quilting far beyond its traditional parameters and to promote quiltmaking as what it always has been — an art form.
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"The works in a Quilt National exhibit display a reverence for the lessons taught by the makers of the heritage quilts. Many of the works hold fast to the traditional methods of piecing and patching. At the same time, however, the Quilt National artist is intrigued by the challenge of expanding the boundaries of traditional quiltmaking by utilizing the newest materials and technologies. These innovative works generate strong emotional responses in the viewer while at the same time fulfilling the creative need of the artist to make a totally individual statement."


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Hammerin' Hero (Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari [JP], GenSan [EU]) was delisted by August 11th, 2011 in Japan on PlayStation Portable. The Western dates are unconfirmed but the game would have been delisted no later than August 7th, 2012. Continue reading for more details.
Irem's Delisting History – 2011
Through Spring 2011, several factors resulted in Irem canceling two of its major upcoming releases and backing away from the console video game industry. The company changed its focus to the pachinko and slot machine business where it got its start and as a result began delisting most of its digital console titles.
On July 22nd, 2011, import gaming site Andriasang posted a notice that Irem would be delisting many of their digital PlayStation releases on August 11th. This included demos, videos, themes and the following titles:
- R-Type Command (R-Type Tactics [EU, JP]) (PSP)
- Puzzle Guzzle (Mousukesu based on Carton-kun [JP], Mawaskes [EU]) (PSP)
- Steambolt Chronicles: Battle Tournament (Poncotsu Roman Daikatsugeki Bumpy Trot: Vehicle Battle Tournament [JP]) (PSP)
- Hammerin' Hero (Ikuze! Gen-San: Yuuyake Daiku Monogatari [JP], GenSan [EU]) (PSP)
- R-Type Tactics II Operation Bitter Chocolate [JP] (PSP)
- Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Ran [JP] (PSP)
- Sengoku Efuda Yuugi: Hototogisu Tairan [JP] (PSP)
- Narisokonai Eiyuutan: Taiyou to Tsuki no Monogatari [JP] (PSP)
- R-Types (PSN)
- R-Type Delta (PSN)
- Gussun Paradise (YoYo's Puzzle Park [EU]) (PSN)
- Irem Arcade Classics [JP] (PSN)
The Andriasang announcement also confirmed that several of Irem's "spaces" for PlayStation Home would be shut down on September 1st, 2011. By September 30th, both the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Master System versions of R-Type were delisted from the Nintendo Wii Virtual Console in North America; in Japan they were delisted by October 18th. The Japan-exclusive Spelunker Black on PlayStation 3 was delisted by December 20th, 2011.
Irem's Delisting History – 2012
According to Irem's website, the following titles were delisted in Japan by March 30th, 2012:
- R-Type II (Wii Virtual Console)
- R-Type III: The Third Lightning (Wii Virtual Console)
- Super R-Type (Wii Virtual Console)
- Image Fight (Wii & Wii U Virtual Console [JP Only])
- Image Fight II (Wii & Wii U Virtual Console [JP Only])
- Legend of Hero Tonma (Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console [JP Only])
- Spelunker (3DS, Wii & Wii U Virtual Console)
- Vigilante (Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console [JP Only])
- Ninja Spirit (Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console [JP Only])
No later than August 7th, 2012 the Western releases of all the titles above were delisted in their respective territories except where noted below.
What Remains
As of May 2017, only two R-Type titles remain available digitally worldwide. R-Type Dimensions from Tozai Games is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 while the TurboGrafx-16 version of the original R-Type is available on Wii U and 3DS Virtual Consoles from Konami. Tozai has also re-released the original versions of Spelunker and continues developing new titles in the series.
R-Type Tactics (Command) is available to purchase but only on the PlayStation Store in select European countries (EU, DE, FR) where it is published by Rising Star Games. Europe is also the only territory where Mawaskes (Puzzle Guzzle) and GenSan (Hammerin' Hero) are available digitally. Both titles are now published in the territory by DHM Interactive, though the company seems largely inactive in 2017.
Irem themselves released several delisted titles from the Wii Virtual Console on the Wii U eShop in Japan in 2015. Image Fight, Image Fight II, Legend of Hero Tonma, Vigilante, and Ninja Spirit are all currently available. Several of their digital PachiPara titles are also still available on PlayStation Network for PlayStation 3 and PSP in Japan.
Nearly all delisted titles are available on physical media.


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I have two hard drives in my computer. Drive 1 is XP only. Drive 0 has Bootit BM, and Windows 7 on drive C. I am trying to install Windows 10 on drive K but it will not let me. If BM is disabled, Windows 10 will install on K and do it's own dual boot with Windows 7, but will not recognize XP. If I install BM, Windows 10 will give a BOOT/BCD error. I tried a BOOT/BCD repair, but it failed.
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Shutdown 'Lawnmower Man' rewarded | News
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- The South Carolina man who brought his lawnmower and chainsaw to the National Mall during the federal government shutdown is being rewarded.
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Chris is a woodcutting artist who inspired a nation by mowing, clearing fallen trees and emptying trash during the government shutdown.
Chris worked during the shutdown without accepting any tips or other forms of compensation. The Crowd It Forward campaign was set up without his knowledge.
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A Note From The Comic Book Pusher:
Richard Lee Byers is a lifelong comics fan, a good friend of The
Comics Club, and the author of more than thirty fantasy and horror novels,
including a number set in the Forgotten Realms universe and the X-Men
novel Soul Killer. His short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines
and anthologies
Bad Dads by Richard Lee Byers
I liked everything about the new Thor movie, including the fact that
the plot was based on father-son conflict. As fans know, this has
often been a crucial story element in the comic.
I was bemused, though, that Thor starts out reckless, immature, and
irresponsible while Odin is compassionate and wise throughout
(although his wisdom doesn't keep Loki from getting up to
shenanigans.) Don't get me wrong; in the movie, this works great. In
the comics, though, it's often been Thor who's noble and Odin who's a
douche bag, arrogant, blind, and impossible to please, perpetually
pissed off that his son loves a mortal woman and regards it as his
mission to protect mankind.
That's one reason I'm enjoying the Fear Itself miniseries. In the
first issue, when an Elder Evil arises, Odin commands the Asgardians
to abandon Earth to the enemy. All he cares about is defending his own
turf and his own kind. When Thor protests, Odin smacks him down and
drags him off in chains.
Then, later on in the story, we find out things are even worse than
they first appeared. Odin has decided to destroy Earth and humanity
with it to deny the Elder Evil the strategic advantage it would gain
by seizing control.
This is cowardly, callous, selfish, and, in general, dickishness on a
cosmic scale, and it's great to see the All-Father back in top form.
Loathsome as Odin can be, though, he's not my pick for the worst
paternal figure in comics. That distinction goes to the Guardians of
the Universe.
Let's look at their record:
It was Krona, a Guardian, who sought forbidden knowledge by looking at the Big Hand at the moment of creation. This is the DC Universe's version of original sin, and, essentially, the origin of evil (also of the multiverse, but let's not get into that.) The Guardians' first response to this unfortunate development was to create the genocidal Manhunters, who wiped out life in Sector 666 and so caused the rise of the Red Lanterns, the Guardians' sworn enemies. When Sinestro betrayed the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians could have executed him or imprisoned him forever in the Sciencells. Instead, they exiled him to the antimatter universe of Qward, from whence he returned to found the Sinestro Corps and become another huge ongoing problem. After the destruction of Coast City, the Guardians failed to treat the grief-stricken Hal Jordan with any trace of compassion or understanding, with the result that their greatest champion flipped out, killed all the other Green Lanterns, and temporarily became the supervillain Parallax. To this day, the Guardians make one lousy decision after another, consistently hampering the GL's in their fight against evil. Meanwhile, the defenses and security on Oa are so inadequate that the planet gets attacked and the Corps brought to the brink of annihilation every month or so. (I keep thinking they ought to hire Wackenhut.) In the current storyline ("War of the Green Lanterns"), evil has possessed all but a handful of the GL's and the Guardians, too. When you come right down to it, these little blue brain monkeys have never gotten anything right. Hal, John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, and Guy Gardner constantly have to bail them out after they screw up. You'd think that would inspire some humility, trust, gratitude, or at least a little warmth, but you'd be wrong. The Guardians are unfailingly haughty, aloof, and dictatorial, never willing to listen to a Green Lantern and always looking for a chance to bust his balls, no matter how many times he's saved their asses. Even when you step down from the cosmic scale, the parenting of comic- book fathers can be iffy. Green Arrow abandoned one son at birth and didn't notice when another started shooting smack. Reed Richards frequently neglects his family to pursue his super-scientific research. He also once shot little Franklin with a ray that shut down his brain. Admittedly, this was to save the solar system from destruction, but it's still not the kind of a thing that gives you a lock on a World's Greatest Dad coffee cup. In fairness, comics have provided some worthy father figures as well. Jor-El, Thomas Wayne, and Uncle Ben spring immediately to mind. These characters all share one characteristic in addition to good parenting: they all died horrible, violent deaths. This phenomenon is actually pervasive enough that I'll offer a piece of advice: If you ever find yourself a father in a superhero universe, be mean or neglectful to your kid once in a while. It's not abuse. It's insurance.
Comics do have one good father figure who's very much alive and well, and that's Batman. Although the character has sometimes been portrayed as relentlessly cold and grim, that's obviously not the whole story, because look how well Dick Grayson and Tim Drake turned out. Jason Todd, not so much, but two out of three isn't bad. Now, some have argued that it's not good parenting to dress your kid in a brightly colored costume and send him out to fight adult criminals and psychopaths, but I think you have to put that in context. In a superhero universe, isn't it basically just the equivalent of encouraging him to go out for sports?
-- Richard Lee Byers
PS: And now the shameless self-promotion . . . The Q Word and Other Stories, an ebook collection of my fantasy and horror short fiction, is available here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/rleebyers I hope you'll download the free sample. You can also get the Kindle version of the ebook, and all my other books, here: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_17?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=richard+lee+byers&sprefix=richard+lee+byers If you enjoyed what you read here, you may want to check out my blog: http://rleebyers.livejournal.com/ One of my recent posts deals with Superman renouncing his American citizenship in Action Comics #900.
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Toggle Bandz
Review and Giveaway
Review and Giveaway
Are you frustrated with hairbands that are either too big to stay on or too tight for your Lil Princess to want to keep in her hair? I sure was! My youngest Diva has fine hair and headbands never seem to stay put in her hair for very long. I tried buying smaller ones but they are too tight and she always ends up yaking them off quickly.
I was thrilled to have the opportunity to review The Original Toggle Bandz. These headbands were created by Amanda Duke, a Stay-at-Home Military wife who was frustrated with headbands that would fall off her daughter's fine hair! What did she do? It's ingenious really! She has added an adjustable plastic toggle to her headbands that ensure a perfect fit!
Toggle Bandz are extremely easy to use - just put them over your head and adjust to your liking! That's it! Amanda has so many colors and themes to choose from and she also welcomes custom orders so you can easily match all your outfits with a headband that finally fits!
So now the million dollar question - Does it work? YES!
I received 2 Toggle Bands to try - 1 for each of my Lil Divas. The Oldest Diva is pretty good about her headbands but she usually complains about them hurting right near her ear. She opted for the blue floral Toggle Band and when I asked how it felt - she said it was "comfy". No pain behind her ears! She happily wore it all day with out any complaints. :)
My youngest Diva is the real problem! Headbands are almost always too big for her head. She absolutely loved the pink striped design that Amanda sent and requested to put it on immediately! I was thrilled with how it fit and looked on her and she kept it on all day! It did not fall off and it never bothered her at all. I think she actually forgot she had it on! We definitely set a record for length of time wearing a headband with our new Toggle Bandz!
Toggle Bandz
definitely get 2 Lil Diva Thumbs Up!
definitely get 2 Lil Diva Thumbs Up!
I am so excited to announce that Amanda has generously agreed to giveway
1 Toggle Bandz to 2 Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas readers!
Win It:
**Contest ends on 2/15/11**
TWO lucky Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas readers
(US Residents Only!) are going to receive:
(1) Toggle Bandz
Mandatory Entry:
Visit Toggle Bandz and tell me which ribbon choice you would like to win!
**This must be completed in order for any extra entries to count**
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Extra Entries (Optional)
Please leave a seperate comment for each entry!
If you are already a follower be sure to leave a comment and let me know as that will count as your entry
Please leave a seperate comment for each entry!
If you are already a follower be sure to leave a comment and let me know as that will count as your entry
- Follow Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Publicly via Google Friend Connect (2 comments - 2 entries)
- Follow The Original Toggle Bandz Facebook (1 comment - 1 entry) & tell Amanda I sent you
- Follow Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas on Twitter - (2 comments - 2 entries)
- Subscribe to Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas emails (2 comments - 2 entries)
- Blog about this giveaway and leave a link (3 comments - 3 entries)
- Make a comment on any non-giveaway post on Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Blog and leave a link (2 comments - 2 entries) You can do this for up to 3 posts for a total of up to 6 entries (for 3 comments). Please note that comment must be dated after the start date of this post - not valid on previous comments.
- Tweet about this giveaway and leave a link - can be done once a day (1 comment - 1 entry)
Tweet: #Win an Original Toggle Bandz Hairband at Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas Ends 2/14 http://goo.gl/fb/EUgao #Giveaway
Giveaway Rules:
Giveaway ends 2/15/2011 at 11:59 (PDT)
Giveaway ends 2/15/2011 at 11:59 (PDT)
Winners will be chosen via random.org and will have 48 hours to claim their prize.
Winner will be posted on blog & contacted via email if an email is given
Disclaimer:I received 2 Toggle Bandz for the pruposes of trying them out for this review. That being said, this review is my 100% honest opinion of this product - I am not paid for my reviews or optinions! They are 100% mine! Please remember that your opinions and tastes might differ from mine.
Good Luck,
Don't forget to enter my CRUNCHY N YUMMY & PetCakes Giveaway
Don't forget to enter my CRUNCHY N YUMMY & PetCakes Giveaway
Check back during the week for more great giveaways during our Lil Diva Birthday Review & Giveaway Extravaganza!


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Well, allow me to welcome myself back to the wonderful world of blogging. I've left you guys hanging. I'm sure you are all on the edge of your seats wondering what has happened to me, right? No? Oh. Well I'll fill you in anyhoo.
The running. Gracious. I started running in 2010 and have found that in the fall and winter, somehow my brain and my body decide to boycott moving around more than necessary. I mean, I haven't been dormant or anything. I still do a little treadmill running about once a week. Not anymore than 3.5 miles at a time though. I don't feel bad about it. I have 3 kids and a husband who, if we are being honest, is a little bit like a kid. But alas, it is March and time to get out there and beat some pavement. I'll kick it off (like always) with Tacoma's annual St.Paddy's day 5k run. If I'm being honest, I'm not expecting to break any world records on speed here. If I can bust it out with an average mile at around 10 minutes, I'll be pleased with myself. As of late, I don't have any life threatening illnesses (like the last two years around this time) so it should be doable and a fabulous time. I'll keep you guys posted on the events that ensue, naturally.
I promise to be a better blogger. I need some new and interesting topics. Any ideas? Is there anything running related that you would like me to investigate (and by investigate, I mean read a little bit about and form my humble opinion on)? I suppose it's the time of year to focus less on Angry Birds, and more on sweating.
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Thomson Reuters already had a market-dominant product—Westlaw—a legal research tool used by 98% of large U.S. law firms. "But good companies don't sit still," says Cary Felbab, vice president, Technology, Thomson Reuters Professional Division. "As we looked around at a new breed of lawyers who grew up searching on the Internet, we saw an opportunity to widen the Thomson Reuters competitive advantage by dramatically raising the bar on the quality, speed, and ease of legal research."
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Big night of wrestling from Pickens, SC from New Generation Wrestling featuring the return of Ricky Morton to action in the Rock 'n' Roll Express! Plus tons more legends and up-and-comers! Ladies 3-Way includes closeup views that will never be on broadcast TV because the FCC wouldn't ever allow it! Wardrobe malfunctions galore!!! WOW!!!
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A spokesperson for superstar Beyoncé has dismissed reports suggesting the singer has been secretly romancing U.S. President Barack Obama, calling the story "absurd".
Gossip bloggers in Europe were sent into a spin on Monday (10Feb14) when French paparazzo Pascal Rostain made the bizarre claim during a radio interview to promote his new memoir. He said, "You know, at this time, in the United States, there is something big that is happening. It'll go out tomorrow in the Washington Post… an alleged affair between President Barack Obama and Beyonce."
Washington Post editors were quick to deny any such article, and now Beyoncé's representative has shot down the suggestion of a secret affair.
Rostain has since insisted he meant the comments in jest.
Beyoncé and her husband of six years, rap icon Jay Z, have been longtime supporters of Obama and they befriended the politician and his wife Michelle during their campaign for the White House in 2008.
Speaking of their friendship in 2012, the President said, "I've gotten to know these guys over the first several years (of my presidency). They're good people. Beyoncé could not be sweeter to Michelle and the girls. So they're good friends. We talk about the same things I talk about with all my friends."
The Crazy In Love hitmaker, who performed at his first inauguration ball in 2009 and again at his swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. last year (13), headed to the White House once more last month (Jan14) to sing at Michelle Obama's 50th birthday celebration.


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"Gotham" won't focus on the Caped Crusader's exploits, Deadline reports. Rather, this series is an extended origin story for Gotham PD Commissioner James Gordon and all the villains that will eventually get pummeled by Batman.
DC Comics made the announcement on the same day Marvel's new television series debuted on ABC. Fox won the bidding war for the series.
"Gotham" is reportedly being helmed by "The Mentalist" creator Bruno Heller.
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A good liturgy draws people in, challenges them, allows them to pariticpate, and gives a sense of awe, Father Keith Pecklers, S.J. says in this interview from May 2007.
As a professor of liturgy at Rome's Pontifical Liturgical Institute, Jesuit Father Keith Pecklers has a unique perch from which to view the current liturgical controversies. "I've gotten to the point where I can read a Vatican document and have a sense of which part of the world it's directed at," he says. He points out that a recent rule directing the presider to offer the sign of peace only to those close by might be directed more at Italy, where the peace can go on for 10 minutes, than at the United States.
What is key for Pecklers, however, is that the assembly celebrating the liturgy connects what goes on inside church with the world outside. "You can have the most beautiful liturgy in the world, but if you don't have people on board, it won't matter," he says. His own efforts to make that happen include co-founding Caravita, an international Catholic community that meets in Rome's St. Francis Xavier Caravita Church.
Still, Pecklers is concerned by the trend toward the liturgical past. While acknowledging that today's liturgy isn't perfect, going back is no solution. "The pre-Vatican II liturgy was as idiosyncratic as the post-Vatican II liturgy, but in different ways. There's no golden age there either."
We Catholics talk a lot about the centrality of the Eucharist, but do you think everyday Catholics, even priests, really get what Mass is all about?
I still am not convinced that 40 years after the second Vatican Council the average Catholic actually grasps what it is that we're being called to when we go to Mass on Sunday.
I think perhaps those of us who are clergy, pastoral ministers, or liturgical leaders take too much for granted, even when it comes to basic things like why it is important that we sing, why it is important that we recite the Creed or the Gloria when half of the assembly isn't. Why does that matter?
Why is it important? Why sing?
Active participation in the liturgy is about professing that we believe. I look around at Mass and wonder if we really believe that Christ is risen. The simple answer to your question is why shouldn't we sing: We sing because Christ is risen, because we presumably believe it, or we wouldn't be at Mass.
I think we still have the idea that we go to church because that's what Catholics do, that we're fulfilling our obligation. People don't talk that way, but I think it's still hi the back of our minds. When people ask why we need to go to church when we can pray any tune, I always say that from the earliest centuries of Christianity, to be a Christian has meant to be together on the Lord's day. We need to hear the baby crying next to us or see that old person on the other side of the church, because we're linked together and it's not just about us as individuals.
How does that connection affect us?
What I'm talking about is liturgy transforming moral behavior, liturgy shaping the way we think and act. A professor from Notre Dame, recently deceased, used to ask whether we find ourselves living any differently this week because of having been to church. The honest answer for most people is no. But I can remember experiences at parishes where I felt so nourished by the preaching, by the singing, by the participation, by the worship itself, that I would look forward very much to the following week, to be back there in that community.
Are there aspects of our current culture that make it harder for liturgy to foster that connection?
If you're talking about North America, immigration is a key one. Our parishes are evolving multiculturally, and really celebrating together can be a challenge in a parish that has both immigrant and native-born Americans of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. That obviously is something quite different from 40 years ago when the second Vatican Council launched the liturgical reform.
The other reality is demographic, specifically the many divorced and remarried Catholics, gays and lesbians, and other different groups of people who are on the edges of the church. How are we reaching these people?
We also have an increasing number of lay Catholics who are very well educated theologically, which is a wonderful gift, fust think of the number of women who are doing graduate degrees in theology and the number of lay Catholics involved in adult education groups. What happens of course is that in some situations, you have very intelligent lay Catholics who have to endure week after week of poorly prepared homilies or in some cases homilies that are condescending, patronizing, or simply out of touch with their experience.
A third challenge is the fact that not only in Latin America, but increasingly in the United States and Canada, and now also in Europe, there are people leaving the church, many in favor of more fundamentalist communities. We know of the migration of Anglicans toward the Roman Catholic Church, largely over the ordination of women, but what has been largely underreported is the number of departures from the Catholic Church to Anglicanism, largely over issues where the church's credibility has been called into question. I think we need to be asking ourselves what we are not doing and what we could be doing in order to reach these people.
Does liturgy exacerbate some of the realities that you identify in either driving people away or bringing them in? Or is it not liturgy's problem?
It is liturgy's problem, especially for those responsible for its preparation and execution. Whether this is right or wrong, I think it's true that much of the liturgy rises and falls on the quality of the homily. If we hear a good homily, we can put up with quite a bit in the rest of the Mass. But a negative or exclusive message is going to drive people away. Very concretely, if someone is ranting and raving about the divorced and remarried, and somebody's sitting there who is divorced, that person may remain and roll his or her eyes or the person may eventually move on.
What does a good liturgy look like?
Good liturgy happens when everyone is on board, everyone is participating, the ritual functions well, the music is well prepared, the preaching is good, and there is both a sense of transcendence and immanence. You're drawn into the sense of mystery and awe, and at the same time it's not removed from life.
There are parishes that do this consistently well. I walked into a church in Munich, Germany maybe 10 years ago for a Sunday Mass, and I noticed that the first thing people did was go over to the baptismal font and bless themselves, even though the font was in an alcove. As soon as the Mass began, it was an overwhelming experience. Everyone had hymn books in their hands, booming out the music.
I didn't know anything about the history of the church but I knew there must have been a few very good pastors there. I went back and did my homework and found out that it was Romano Guardini's church; he was one of the pioneers of the liturgical movement who was living in Munich in the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. This was 1995.
You mention transcendence as one aspect of good liturgy. Many people say that after Vatican II we lost that. Do you think that's true?
I actually agree with much of that critique. A lot happened very quickly after the council. The fact that we had all the prayers translated from Latin in only four years is pretty amazing, and therefore the results, which are rather uneven, should not surprise us.
When we started worshiping in English, we also began talking our way through everything. I remember as a kid the commentators with constant announcements throughout Mass, "Please stand for the Good News," for example. I remember thinking, "This isn't good news at all!"
One of the problems of the Vatican II liturgy is that it has evolved in many places into something that can become too mundane, too self-referential, leaving little room for awe and mystery.
I think we can be mainstream Catholics and still long for awe and mystery, even try to recover it, for example, by not putting words on top of words on top of words but attending to silence. Incense on holy days or on Sunday need not be seen as a conservative gesture.
We have in some ways bought into the kind of efficiency model of consumer culture. We want to do what's expeditious. Some people don't want to give the cup to the people because it takes too long or is too complicated. We don't want to take time after Communion because people want to get out.
Is there a middle ground between awe and mystery and the more down-to-earth feel of many parish liturgies?
The example I use is Grace Cathedral, the Episcopal cathedral in San Francisco. The church reeks transcendence when you walk into it. The liturgy is beautifully celebrated, the people are fully participating, so it's awe-filled and mysterious, but it's also very earthy and very real, especially the preaching. There's not a sense of phoniness about it or a disconnect between the people and the liturgy. That same parish has extraordinary social outreach ministry.
For me the middle ground is liturgy that is prayerfully celebrated, that draws us in through our symbols–the sprinkling of water, the blessing and sharing of bread and wine–into the mystery of God that is beyond us. But the mystery I'm talking about is not disconnected from life.
Beyond just good preaching, how can we better draw people into Mass?
Obviously music is key. Many parishes sometimes choose music that isn't very singable. I like much contemporary church music, but I notice that classic hymns that are easy to sing are being used less and less, and that can discourage people from participating.
A study that has yet to be done is this whole question of why women sing more at church than men. How is it that men have absolutely no inhibitions screaming and hugging each other at a football game, which is ritual too, but when we move to liturgy they don't?
Part of it's probably cultural: If you're a man it's not cool to sing–except in the shower! Men are not supposed to be forthright about their feelings, particularly in front of other people; obviously when you're singing you're revealing something about yourself to other people, a certain conviction, your love for God.
Context is very important. If music or liturgy is too cute or sweet, it may work well with children but probably not with adult men. I guess it's about knowing your audience.
One response has been the way some parishes have a variety of liturgical styles that appeal to different groups. There's a liturgy on Sunday evening at a church on Park Avenue in New York that New York magazine picked as one of the 10 best places to find a mate. Not surprisingly the church is packed. That parish has been quite successful in learning how to reach young adults, and they turn up because the liturgy is credible.
On a given Sunday in a parish, there may be a more quiet Mass, a more solemn Mass, a more contemporary one. Sometimes there's a danger of giving people what they want, of course, but it is still possible to communicate in a way that's both authentic to the liturgy and accessible to the people who are there.
Does that mean we should also split up the different cultural groups?
Context dictates to a certain degree the need for variety, and I think that's OK. It makes sense to me that a parish in a Hispanic community would have a Spanish Mass or several rather than having all of them bilingual. Why? Because on one hand it allows bonding within the Latino community, and it's also just more practical. It makes sense that there would be these different Masses, with the assumption that everyone is always welcome at any Mass.
It's expected that the pope will soon give permission for wider use of the Tridentine liturgy. Can we think of that liturgy as just another liturgical style to be offered?
No, for several reasons. In this case it's more than just the liturgical style that's being offered. Such a move would be an ultimate negation of Vatican II. It would say basically that Vatican II was not right in abolishing the Tridentine liturgical style.
Secondly, the real issue is actually not the liturgy but ecclesiology, the way we understand what and who the church is. I think that those who want the old liturgy back never accepted the ecclesiology of Vatican II. The language of being a pilgrim church, for example, implies not having it all figured out, having more questions than answers. It implies a certain equality because a rich and famous lawyer and an uneducated person are on the same pilgrimage together.
So, were we to move back to the Tridentine liturgy, it would not only be a negation of Vatican II's liturgical reform but a negation of Vatican II's ecclesiology. That's the fear on the part of a number of cardinals and bishops, and several cardinals have directly asked the pope not to expand the permission.
Having written about the "liturgical movement" of the early 20th century that set the stage for Vatican II's reforms, how do you think those early pioneers would judge where their work has ended up?
I think they would agree with some of the critique on the part of the more conservative voices who are calling for a recovery of the mystical and transcendent. But I also think they would be pleased at the kind of lay ownership that currently is present in many places, which has been one of the most successful elements of the reform.
At the same time, I think they would lament the fact that in general their call to a socially conscious worship really hasn't taken hold. Of course you'll find some great examples of parishes where it has taken hold, but I rarely hear a prayer for the people of Iraq, for example, or a prayer for the Muslims during Ramadan. I hear prayers for those in the armed forces, for their health and safety–and by all means we should be praying for that–but if we really believe in God's mission in the world, of which we're a part, we should be praying not only for the Iraqi people but for terrorists and all those we see as enemies. Those kinds of connections need to be made, and yet I'm not always so convinced that we do it.
How can we strengthen the connection between liturgy and justice?
The justice connection gets made in how we treat the elderly or the infirm or the poor or the foreigner. The liturgical scholar Mark Francis asks how often we see a person in a wheelchair proclaiming a reading.
At a Jesuit community liturgy on Holy Thursday with the superior presiding, an attendant from the infirmary brought in a priest in a wheelchair during the first reading and left him in the back corner of the chapel behind a pole. So the superior, being a good Jesuit, broke all the liturgical rules and got up during the reading and wheeled that man up to the front of the chapel, in the middle of everything.
The liturgical purists would say the presider was upstaging the reader. Why didn't he wait until after the reading? But his instincts were right. There was no need to wash any feet that evening; that gesture alone embodied the connection between liturgy and justice.
The article appeared in the May 2007 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 72, No. 5, pages 18-22).


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Credit Ashley Broadway
Ashley Broadway, left, married her 15-year companion, Lt. Col. Heather Mack, in November — their first chance to hold a formal ceremony after the 2011 repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
The newlywed wife of a female lieutenant colonel stationed at Fort Bragg, the largest Army installation in the country, has been denied membership in a base club for officers' spouses, igniting accusations from a national military spouses organization that the woman was blackballed only because she is a lesbian.
Ashley Broadway married her 15-year companion, Lt. Col. Heather Mack, in November — their first chance to hold a formal ceremony after the 2011 repeal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell," the policy that kept gays from openly serving in the military. The couple has a 2-year-old son and Mack is 8-months-pregnant with their second child.
"I was really hurt by the denial. Living for years under 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' I couldn't be a part of the military family," Broadway said, breaking into tears. "After 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' I thought, wow, I can finally be part of something, finally give back to the military community in ways other than just writing a check. So it was a blow. A real blow. Here, I thought things were progressing. I was knocked back down."
During a phone call Broadway received last week from a representative from the Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses, Broadway said she was told her application was rejected by the group's president, Mary Ring, because Broadway does not have a military spouse identification card.
But that rule was added only after Broadway asked to join several weeks ago, according to Babette Maxwell, founder and executive director of both Military Spouse Magazine and the annual Military Spouse of the Year Awards. Maxwell and others advocating for Broadway said they have been monitoring and chronologically noting changes in the website for the Bragg spouses club.
Several weeks ago, Broadway repeatedly asked the club for a copy of its bylaws so she could read its membership rules. The club did not send them to her, she said, so Broadway obtained the bylaws from Fort Bragg's Morale, Welfare and Recreation office, where they were on file — and those pages later were shared with NBC News. Under the membership requirements, the bylaws state that the club accepts "spouses of all commissioned and warrant officers" who are on active duty and who reside "in the Fort Bragg area" or live on base. In those bylaws, which also say the group "will not seek to deprive individuals of their civil rights," there is no mention of a requirement that members must posses a military spouse identification card.
On Thursday, the spouse club noted on its website that: "Our constitution and Bylaws are currently being reviewed. Thank you for your patience during this process. We will have them posted as soon as possible."
In recent days, Maxwell said, the club deleted from its website its phone number — a number that is now disconnected — as well as the last names of its board members. On Thursday, those first names were still publicly listed on the site.
On Friday morning, every link beyond the website's welcome page was password protected.
The U.S. military does not recognize same-sex marriage under the Defense of Marriage Act and does not offer benefits — or ID cards — to same-sex spouses.
The club, in a statement emailed to NBC news, said: "In response to recent interest in the membership requirements of our organization, we will review the issue at our next board meeting." The letter cites a "busy holiday season" and notes the club's board has been "extremely busy" with a pair of recent fundraisers.
"Too busy with the holidays? Really? Since when has equality taken a back seat to Christmas?" asked Maxwell, whose mother once served as president of the Fort Bragg officers wives' club when Maxwell's father was stationed at the North Carolina base.
"My mother would say: It didn't matter if a spouse was black, or was a he, and it most certainly wouldn't matter if she loved a woman," Maxwell said. "Back in the day, I never once recall having to present my military ID at any spouse club event, ever. We regularly had the girlfriends and fiancés of officers participate in the club. They didn't have military IDs. So I find their explanation that Ashley's membership requires a military ID a bit weak."
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The Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses is a nonprofit, according to its website, meaning it is not directly associated with the Department of Defense.
"That does give them a little bit more legal latitude with their abilities to discriminate, which would be sad," Maxwell said. "But their decision is certainly not in keeping with the military's directive and they do have Fort Bragg in their name."
While investigating the matter on Broadway's behalf, Maxwell also has been placing calls to the Fort Bragg public affairs office and to the Fort Bragg garrison commander's office.
"When I called the garrison office (Wednesday), asking when we could expect some type of response from that office about Ashley Broadway, I got hung up on," Maxwell said. "Meanwhile, (the club) has made course correction after course correction on its website to cover their butts.
"They are part of and affiliated, by definition, with Fort Bragg. They need to understand the Army and the military's directive on this by the repeal of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell.' They need to step in line with that. If it comes down to the president (Mary Ring) of the spouses club imposing her personal beliefs on an organization, I would ask her to step aside and she may found her own nonprofit. But the Fort Bragg Officers' Spouses club belongs to Fort Bragg."
A voicemail message left by NBC News with the Fort Bragg public affairs office was not returned. But on Friday, the American Military Partner Association (AMPA) — a support network for spouses or partners of LGBT service members - released a statement, revealing that Fort Bragg's commander will meet with Broadway on Dec. 20 to discuss her application.
According to both the AMPA and OutServe-SLDN, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, Fort Bragg Col. Jeffrey Sanborn, the Garrison commander, will meet with Broadway "to address the discrimination she is facing with the Association of Bragg Officers' Spouses."
"By agreeing to this meeting, the post leadership is affirming that, indeed, it does have a role to play when a family in its community is treated unfairly by a group that holds itself out as representative of all military families," the AMPA's statement read. "Ashley looks forward to discussing not only the challenges her family has faced, but those faced by other same-sex military families in the Fort Bragg community."
AMPA earlier had said it was "disappointed to see such exclusion." (AMPA also has been monitoring the Bragg spouses club website and shared the recently removed bylaws with NBC News).
"The Fort Bragg Officers' Spouse Club would not need to review the membership requirements if they had not changed the membership qualifications after Ms. Broadway requested to join their association," the AMPA added in a statement Thursday emailed to NBC News. "The bylaws on which the FBOSC board has voted and approved are sufficient to allow all spouses of any military officer to become a member, ID or not."
Said Maxwell: "We expect them to do the right thing. We are looking for them to be the model for other organizations that are going to face this issue in the near future. This is going to come up again. This is an opportunity for Fort Bragg — their spouses club — to step out and be the leader we know they can be. They need to be the template by which others follow."
At their home near Fort Bragg, Broadway and Mack are preparing for the arrival of their second child. But next year, Mack expects to head to Afghanistan to serve with her unit, Broadway said.
"My wife puts on the uniform like every other soldier," Broadway said. "She knows she's probably going to have to deploy as soon as she comes off her six-month maternity (leave). She's prepared to give her life for the country that she loves. She's prepared to save one of her soldiers in a time of attack. (Due to benefit inequalities for same-sex spouses in the military), she shouldn't have to worry if her family is going to be taken care if, God forbid, something happens to her."
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