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Because there are no government funds available to home educators, we remain conscious that many home schooling parents are working to a tight budget. By keeping the production and marking of our courses under one roof we aim to keep our materials affordable to all. In fact, most of our correspondence courses are half the price of those available elsewhere.
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It is our aim to offer parents an alternative to school. Our courses cover the Maths, English and Science that children would cover in school but allow this learning to take place at home where the parent has control over the learning environment. At 14 we offer a choice of eleven International GCSE correspondence courses - not just the Maths, English and Biology type subjects normally offered in school but options like Environmental Management and Agriculture which are rarely available, even as home education courses, and for which there is a growing demand from young people themselves. Assignments are submitted by post and your tutor will mark and return work, answering any queries you may have. We find this personal approach far more effective than the "sample answers" or computer-generated responses often provided with courses.
On our site we offer a range of home schooling resources for parents and children including useful links, our full range of correspondence courses and, for International GCSE course students, there are links to Cambridge and Edexcel Exam Board web sites and a provisional timetable of exam dates. Home education requires time and commitment from both child and parent/s but with the help of our resources we hope it will be a very rewarding process.
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Date: Saturday September 15
Distances: 25 miles
Website: www.festivalofsport.net
The Festival of Sport had something for everyone, whatever their age. The brainchild of Nick Rusling, the director of Human Race, this is a weekend of sport, camping, good food and music that has since been dubbed the 'Glastonbury of sport'.
Athletes were encouraged to camp in the adjoining fields to the athletes' village. Piling in on Friday afternoon, the spirit of the campsite was already vibrant with gallant tales of what events everyone was doing over the weekend.
The cider was flowing and the music pumping from the stage arena as over 400 campers settled in for the weekend.A festival virgin, I found it only too easy to follow the crowd and get into the swing of things. Registration was easy for the four core sports of sportive cycling, open-water swimming, beach runs and triathlon.
I then headed to the Jamie Oliver food hall and started to work my way through the menu of delicious Cornish dishes. An early night was not in the festival guidebook as a line-up of five bands – Kezia, Moonlet and the Love Monks, Patrick James Pearson Band, Brother and Bones and Dry the River – rocked into the night.
Luckily the sun woke me as my phone died the night before – another festival virgin mistake. I was ready to head out on the bike for my first of four events for the weekend. I had entered the 40-kilometre Cycletta event so I could be back in time for the beach run at noon. Starting off first meant that the ladies-only ride had free roads to explore on before the 100 and 150 kilometre riders followed.
Hairy descents
Our route was one of the hardest on the Cycletta circuit of six events nationwide that attracted 2,724 ladies in 2012. Only for women, 178 riders all left with big smiles and more chatter than I had heard at any mixed sex sportive. This chatter soon stopped as the hills started and they were true to Cornish style – steep and sharp.
The descents were hairy with narrow country lanes: the worst were marshalled as we came screaming down a hill to a T-junction and an opposite brick wall. The ride was technical in both ascending and descending; many ladies having the full challenge and coming back overwhelmed yet wanting more. The longer-distance sportives headed out from Portreath to Porthtowan and then on up to St Agnes Head.
There aren't any standout climbs but the north Cornish coastline is full of climbs and descents meaning there is in excess of 1,450m of climbing on the route with Raginnis Hill and Chapel Hill firmly imprinted in the minds of each and every one of the 313 riders. Luckily the rides finished back at the village where medals, Vita Coconut and showers were ready. Some headed straight for the sea to chill their legs before hitting the cider and food tents.
I was back, refuelled and hitting the beach run. As the tide was out we started at the base of St Michael's Mount and ran along the beach towards Penzance. The sea swims were kicking off as the tide came in, the signature swim being three kilometres around the Mount itself. The 10-kilometre swim was well under way and times ranged from lightning fast to over four hours, many without wetsuits, in 13°C water.
Beach sports dominated the sandy bay with touch rugby, beach volleyball, gig rowing, paddle boarding and kite karts. All were free for festival-goers. The village was alive with exhibitors, Jamie's coffees and cakes, Zumba and even a children's dance class was held.
Tired legs
The headline acts for the evening were the Struts, Steve Smyth, Ruarri Joseph and the popular. Reef all after a very informative and inspiring seminar from James Goulding on his journey from cancer to cycling around the world. Sunday saw the tri-bars go on, sleeveless jerseys and triathletes out in full force.
Sprint, Olympic and Half Ironman distances were on offer. Coming from a triathlon club we were all entered in these events. The bike section included much of the 100km sportive, making for tired legs for a very hilly run.
Sportive soundbites
Hisayo Kaneko (32) From London
The sportive was a great ride for me – a very scenic and challenging route. The only point to mention is the locations of the feed stations for the long route. I would have liked if the feed stations had been more equally spread out. The first one was halfway through and the last two were pretty close to each other. The last one especially was just before the finish (about 10K to the finish), which I and many others decided to give a miss as we were desperate to finish the tough ride!
Euan Lees (38) From West London
I did the 100km ride so that I could be back in time for the 3km swim race in the afternoon! This was a moderately undulating ride with spectacular scenery in places, although we didn't see much of Land's End – just popped in and out of the car park. Like the rest of the festival, the organisation was low key but perfectly good; signs and feed stations were all there when needed. I'd recommend doing this sportive as part of a fuller festival experience.
This article was first published in the February 28 issue of Cycling Weekly. You can also read our magazines on Zinio, download from the Apple store and also through Kindle Fire.

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In July Fr. William Rowe, 73, pastor of the St. Mary Parish in southeast Illinois received an email from his bishop, Edward Braxton, telling him he had been removed as pastor and taking away his faculties to say Mass and offer the sacraments. Most likely Rowe had seen it coming. Braxton had complained for years that he didn't like Rowe changing some of the prayers in the new liturgy, adapting them so they would correspond to themes in the gospel readings, homily or songs, and adding explanations. Apparently, Rowe, who has been doing this for 20 years along with other priests he knows, felt he should give priority to the quality of communication between priest and people and he was confident that these modest changes were within his rights. Following a canon lawyer's advice he appealed to Rome.
He did not say this, but from my army experience, I suspect that Rowe picked up this practice while serving as a chaplain with the armed forces. A good chaplain looks out upon his men and loves them — Jesus loved the young rich man who decided against following him — and is determined to use every means available to make God's word penetrate and console these young men and women facing death at any moment. Judging from the letters in the St, Louis Post Dispatch, the parishioners knew Rowe loved him.
Meanwhile a collection of literature has grown up around this issue— not necessarily responding to the Rowe case, but rather to public opinion in the church. Both priests and people who love the church but find their devotion stifled by the new texts have spoken. They deserve a hearing. First is an article in Worship (January 2012), Jan R. Larson's "A Case for Changing Liturgical Words." Worship is not a left-wing rag, but is published by the monks of Saint's John's Abbey at Collegeville Minnesota, the most respected liturgical review in America.
On the same level is scripture scholar John R. Donohue, S.J.'s "Cup or Chalice" in Commonweal (May 21, 2012) in which he demonstrates conclusively that at the Last Supper, the word for the vessel from which Jesus drank is "cup." To make the priest say "chalice" rather than "cup" at Mass, he says, evokes an image that distances Jesus from the disciples and from us today. Jesus was a Jewish laymen who used a cup to demonstrate what he was saying. A "chalice" today is often a gold plated vessel encrusted with jewels. That's not Jesus.
Next is the special report in U. S. Catholic (December 2012) in which thousands of priests and laypersons responded to their survey on acceptance of the new Mass translation introduced a year ago. Seventy six percent of 1,200 priests polled prefer the old translations; 66 percent of laypersons agree. Seventeen percent like the new one as much as or more than the old; 25 percent know people who have left to worship in other churches. Three quarters of the priests say it interferes with their prayers, and 84 percent find themselves slipping into the old vocabulary as they celebrate. (The article runs over 20 pages of statistics and commentary).
The editors follow up with a canon law analysis "Language Barrier, by Fr. David M. Knight, Memphis Diocese, and author of best selling books on spirituality. Appropriately he opens with the same theme that inspired Father Larson's Worship essay: church laws are not to be taken literally, but must be interpreted. They are not to be taken only at face value, and so are not necessarily absolute (Worship, p. 61). First consideration goes to the purpose of liturgical reform: "especially the goal of full, conscious and active participation by all the faithful." To exemplify the effects of a too strict acceptance of church law, Fr. Knight recalls his philosophy studies in 1952 when the order arrived from Rome to teach the courses in Latin. Although neither priests nor students knew Latin they broke their backs to obey. At the Spokane campus, after six weeks struggling with Latin the logic professor had a nervous breakdown. The school went back to English and only three of the 65 seminarians left. In Mobile, they enforced the rule as they understood it; and a third of the class left. Studying theology in France, Knight was helped by a 1934 canon law textbook by Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, a conservative, who later became secretary of state, who cautioned that "some laws can lead to injustices that defeat the intention of the law itself." In that case the law should be set aside to achieve justice and the common good. He concludes after 50 years as a priest and teaching in three languages, including time in Africa, and written 30 books, that to not devote every talent to achieve what the Constitution on the Liturgy calls "the wish of the church," that the faithful take "full, conscious, and active part in liturgical celebrations," would be a sin.
Knight lists some of his liberties, which he takes — changes that I suspect most or many priests make in their hearts even when they go along with the changes out of obedience. He says "cup" not chalice; Christ's blood "poured out for "all" rather than "many"; "offering" for "oblation" and several more. We put a presider rather than a robot behind the altar, he says, to allow for human judgments and adaptations.
As far as I know, neither Fr. Larson nor Father Knight has been silenced by authorities, who probably realize they are good and learned men making rational arguments, who love the church and might be right. Meanwhile, Rome has backed Father Rowe on one point, reversing his suspension, but it has supported the bishop's right to remove him and withdraw his faculties (permission to say Mass). The Southern Illinois Association of Priests, in a statement signed by 16 priests, calls his punishment "irrationally disproportionate to the supposed crime."
Good for these priests who look out on their congregation and decide what will communicate best to them. I wish the Church hierarchy would revisit their changes after hearing from parishioners on what flies and what does not. I really struggle with seeing why they chose to change something as small as "cup." Is that really a hill worth dying for?
That does not disrupt anyone because everyone else is consciously or unconsciously doing the same thing somewhere along the way. Listening to the non-responses and old responses still being given, I have to conclude that the new translations have yet to be received - from "And with your spirit" which is actually "and with spirit your" in Latin, to the responses to the newly denatured "goes," which range from "amen" through "whatever" to "thanks be to God" to mumble-mumble..
many = a whole lot of people, not just a select few, maybe even everyone for all we know; we don't really know, but we hope it includes us
and with your spirit = same to you, and don't lose sight of the spiritual just in case you were not thinking of it, Father; everyone gets caught up in the everyday and it's our place as well as yours to set the right tone
chalice = Jesus was sitting at a formally set table for the last supper such that had this event taken place in the 20th century, he would have said "see this crystal wineglass, this a crystal wineglass of my blood"; hey you don't think cryst(al) and Christ have anything to do with eachother; wonder where crystal comes from, etc....(turns out they are not etymologically related)
I don't think this makes anything important more meaningful; it just makes me imagine irrelevant things. What was the real reason they made these changes? Hmmm?
I know what I believe and that is how I pray.
Of course, that is one of the original heresies, and I am wondering why, in the name of strict translation, we are opening the door for it to revive in the United States 40 or 50 years from now.
Meanwhile, I know what "died" means, and I can read about the agony in the garden, crowning with thorns, carrying the cross, etc.,, in the Gospels and see the whole story - part biblical, part traditional - on the Stations in church. I have to say, "suffered, died and was buried." Just like Father Rowe had to do what he did. We are not separating ourselves from the magisterium; we are uniting ourselves with what it taught us.
A lot of Catholics are doing the same thing, albeit with possibly less soul-searching.
I don't deny that elsewhere in Scripture (such as 1 Tm 2:4-6) Christ is described as the savior of all. I just also have to acknowledge that Christ is said to have used ''many'' at the Last Supper, and that the liturgical texts of the Church have used the phrase ''for many'' in whatever languages they were written in for centuries, drawing up the Matthean-Marcan tradition. It's not a change in belief, because the belief has never changed.
While Jesus is the savior of all, there's the possibility (which Jesus Himself appears to espouse) that not all will accept salvation, and so while it is true He did shed His blood for all so that sins may be forgiven, it is also true that He poured out His blood for many for (i.e. effecting) the forgiveness of (their) sins.
what about people who grow up with ''suffered death.'' ... I'd think something to the effect of ''... He allowed himself to feel what we'd feel if we died, but he never died. Not really. It only looked like that.''
But this is why there is catechesis, whether from your parish or your family or by your own initiative, so that you can understand what the faith is and what our prayers mean. For starters, ''to suffer X'' doesn't mean ''to pretend to do X'', it means ''to undergo X''. Catechesis on the ''mysteries'' (sacraments) and on the liturgy in general has been a constant practice of the Church (perhaps better emphasized in her earliest centuries).
Thank you again for replying to my post. I do see what you are saying about the words of Jesus. I believe the words that are spoken in the Mass are spoken not just as historical references but also as a way to teach the faith. And in our Catholic faith Jesus' death on the cross was for all and not just a select group. What we then choose to do with that gift is up to us (At least this is my understanding of Catholic teaching. Please correct me if I am wrong). I think we will just have to agree to disagree on the appropriateness of inserting "many" to replace "all" in such an important teachable moment. The first Mass I ever attended, I did not hear the "all" in other places throughout the service, but I heard it loud and clear while those words were being spoken over the cup and it played a large role in my choice to become a Catholic. Once again, I hear what you are saying concerning Jesus' words, and I thank you for showing me the reasoning behind the decision to change the words, but... I still feel strongly that it communicates the wrong message and so was a wrong choice. :)
To Greg Corrigan:
I love your reply. I wish there was a way to give a little thumbs-up under comments on here. Thank you. :)
The higher Christian churches–where, if anywhere, I belong–come at God with an unwarranted air of professionalism, with authority and pomp, as though they knew what they were doing, as though people in themselves were an appropriate set of creatures to have dealings with God. I often think of the set pieces of liturgy as certain words which people have successfully addressed to God without their getting killed. In the high churches they saunter through the liturgy like Mohawks along a strand of scaffolding who have long since forgotten their danger. If God were to blast such a service to bits, the congregation would be, I believe, genuinely shocked. But in the low churches you expect it any minute. This is the beginning of wisdom.
Memo to VOX CLARA:
I hope you don't get us all KILLED some Sunday morning!
It's very easy to see a liturgical sign and have the wrong idea about it. Liturgical/mystagogical catechesis serves to teach the person what the signs, symbols, gestures, actions, and words of the liturgy mean. If a person has an erroneous pre-conceived notion about what those signs, etc., mean, or misunderstands a word (e.g. "suffers"), then catechesis will correct that error.
You don't need to stop - you're not pestering, at least it doesn't seem that way to me.
In any case, polls schmolls; where are the follow up questions that ask why people don't like the new liturgy? I suspect that for many of those who don't like the new liturgy, it's because they find it bothersome having to learn something new, or some other reason based on adversity to change. I don't believe that many Church goers have given much thought to etymology and scripture.
For thousands of years people have been discussing, liking, disliking the liturgy and what the Church teaches. No doubt that many thought that even Paul had it all wrong. But the beauty of the Church, and for me one of the things that I love about the Church, is that Jesus gave the Church an authority who resolves all discussion: Peter, the Rock. "Rock," as in strong, reliable, changing little over time. Why are so many insistent upon these fruitless discussions as if there is ever going to be agreement across the board? All you do by it is weaken the Church, to the extent that you are successful in raising doubt amongst the devoted.
Give it up to the Holy Spirit. Jesus didn't come here to spur discussion; he came to tell it like it is, and he passed on his authority. What a blessing it is to have all of our questions answered in a world in which there is so much uncertainty.
As for "many," I was taught that some of us are going to go to Heaven and some are not; has that changed? Jesus knew that many would eat and drink his body and achieve salvation, but not everyone. He surely offered himself for "all," but only "many" would partake. In these days where anything goes as long as it doesn't hurt anybody, I can understand why the Holy Spirit had the Church remind us that although forgiveness of sins is there for us "all," we must act in order to attain that forgiveness.
"Among those who feel the language was changed to a great extent, a majority disagree that the new translation is a good thing (65 percent)."
This is not good news for those who heralded the new translations as a susbtantial reform.
I think the translation differences are substantive and are theologically important. Did you take a look at Fr. Donohue's article Cup or Chalice? In some cases however, I think we are hearing what we either feared or hoped for. You are right, we do endure but at what cost. However, I still contend that Schroth's larger point in the post concerns episcopal authority and relational ministry.
That is one reason why this new translation of the Mass texts is tragic. Instead of giving us prayers and ritual that demonstrate a deep understanding of our common prayer, we got a mechanical, mindless translatino of the Latin.
I also think the use of ''many'' instead of ''all'' is very misleading about what Catholics believe. I do not know what to make of all the ''merit'' language. ''winning and meriting salvation -instead of being gifted with it, graced by God.
The Greek word (and its Latin translation) can mean either "suffered" (in the sense of the Passion; we get the word "passion" from the Latin patior, passus, in turn coming from the Greek pathos) or "suffered unto death" (which removes a possible ambiguity about whether Jesus died or not... however, since the Creed also affirms that Jesus was crucified and buried, we can assume it expresses belief in His death). By saying Jesus "suffered death and was buried" we are indeed affirming His Passion which culminated in His death; just as if we were to say "suffered and was buried" we would still be affirming His death.
A possibly unintended side effect of the English translation "suffered death" is that we could (legitimately) read into the word "suffered" the sense of "endured, permitted, allowed" (e.g. "suffer the little children (to) come unto me"). This is also supported by the Latin patior ("suffer; allow; undergo, endure; permit"). Thus, Jesus not only suffered and died: He suffered death, He endured death, He permited Himself to die for us!
1 Timothy 2:4-6 "...God our Saviour, who desires ALL men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for ALL..."
This is probably a bigger sticking point with me than with others. I was was raised in a Baptist church that believed in (and preached on) pre-destination. The idea that Jesus only died on the cross for a select few who were pre-destined, before they even took their first breath, to be saved. For me, it makes a very big difference whether you say "all" or "many." Thank you for replying to my post, though. :)
Unfortunately, Fr Rowe insists that he can't change his ways. Of course, it seems ridiculous to say that he can't, as if Fr Rowe is not capable of reading the words in the missal. The plain fact is that he won't, despite repeated warnings and opportunities to stick to the prescribed liturgy. I won't speculate as to why that is the case. In any event, if he truly lacks the ability to do so, then he is no longer capable of functioning as a priest. That does not make him a lesser man, nor does it make him a martyr. We should be grateful for Fr Rowe's many years of service as an active priest, and pray for his success and happiness in his future endeavors.
So, if Jesus used a ''cup'' at the last supper and we call it a ''chalice,'' we change the simple meaning from what was expressed at a first century Hebrew passover meal into something akin to an Elizabethan royal banquet.
If Jesus died for ''All'' (and the Bishops even acknowledge that, ''though the text is now ''many'' it still means ''all'') then let's proclaim that Jesus died for all.
Cultures and institutions (including the church) have long refused to acknowledge the full dignity of women. What does restocking the liturgy with masculine pronouns and images say to women (and to the men, also feminists) who stand by them?
The preponderant use of ''merit'' may complement our culture which considers meritocracy a virtue; but it swings the spiritual hearer away from any notion of God's full and unconditional love and becomes a throwback to a time when we could determine our own future through the accumulation of indulgences.
Liturgical theologian Nathan Mitchell reminds us that liturgy's principal aim is to ''know and name connections between God, world, and humankind'' (Meeting Mystery, Orbis, 2006, p. 201). Such naming calls for language that is both available and poetic, words that inspire and edify. Clearly, the poets and grammarians were not consulted as regards RMIII. I prayed a Collect one day that contained eleven commas! How is that possible???
If Jesus died for 'All' ... then let's proclaim that Jesus died for all
But we're not proclaiming that Jesus died for all in the words of consecration over the wine. (We express that belief elsewhere in our liturgy.) We're using a patch-work of Scriptural and traditional words, through which Jesus is expressing the effect of the pouring out of His blood. The context of those words is clear: not how Jesus is the savior of all (which entailed dying for all), but what the fruit of His sacrifice would be, the forgiveness of sins of many.
You might equally argue that the Creed should have the word "all" in it where wa say that "for us men and for our salvation". It should read "for all men and for their salvation", no? Otherwise it can sound like we're being exclusivist about why the Son of God became incarnate. But that's not what the prayer says in Greek, Latin or English. It says "for us" because we're speaking of all humanity.
Let's just be clear - that's 65% of the 6% of those who responded that they felt the language was changed to a great extent. 63% replied that they felt the language had been changed a "small" or "moderate" extent.
My sense is that we endure. The language is clumsy; the translations are unprofessional.
That used to be called damning with faint praise.


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SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet Gary The Snail, lives in a pineapple-shaped house (alternately a ham house with an agave on top) located at 124 Conch Street (this is the address shown on SpongeBob's license). The house is three stories high and fully furnished.
Features Edit
The house is a pineapple house where SpongeBob, Gary, Shelley and Drizzle Jr. lives. There is a garage in the back of the house and two windows in the front. The garage can first be seen in the early short "Reef Blower" and the episode "Naughty Nautical Neighbors," although it was more recently seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?" when Gary left the house through it. It can also be seen in newer episodes of the show such as "The Gift of Gum". Out back of the house, the backyard is closed in by a square of flowers, much like the ones seen in the sky.
On the first floor, his house features a living room, coat closet, a room with a fireplace, and a kitchen. The living room features an inflatable sofa and diving helmet TV. SpongeBob spends a lot of time here. There is a small table with a phone shaped like a conch shell, called a "shell-phone". One of the corners in the living room contains his desk.
There's two fishing hook ornaments (one regular and one shaped like a fish) on the bamboo wallpaper. In addition, pictures of friends, family, and his favorite superheros are on the wall along with a porthole window. He also has a bookshelf. The kitchen contains a fridge, a stove, sink, a cupboard, and a table, and other typical kitchen tools. Gary's food bowl can also be found here. A green staircase is located outside of the kitchen.
SpongeBob's bathroom, a long hallway, and the bottom of his library/study are on the second floor. Another long hallway, the top of his library/study and SpongeBob's bedroom are on the third floor. The staircase leads up to a long hallway.
The hallway has doors leading to his bedroom and bathroom, as well as an additional staircase that leads to his library. In his bedroom, there is an alarm clock that is a loud foghorn. Above his bed (which has three mattresses) is a diving board.
He has a giant calendar on the wall and a porthole window looking to Squidward's house. From SpongeBob's bedroom, there is another door leading to his library. The library/study, the largest room in the house, there is a chair chained to the ceiling by a fishing hook, as well as a huge pipe organ, and SpongeBob's other closet.
It contains books such as Moby Dick, The Codfather, The Beach, and Silence of the Clams. SpongeBob keeps his comic books in this room too. Somewhere in his house is a room with a basketball hoop. There is also an escape hatch to the grassy roof of the house, that can be first seen in Jellyfish Jam and Something Smells.
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First Floor EditEdit
There is a small garage in the back of the house and two windows in the front. The garage can first be seen in the early short "Reef Blower" and the episode "Naughty Nautical Neighbors", although it has been more recently seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?", where Gary leaves the house through it. It can also be seen in other episodes such as "The Gift of Gum" and "Krabby Road". Out back of the house, the backyard is closed in by a square of flowers, much like the ones seen in the sky. But in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Video Game) (PC), SpongeBob's backyard had instead boards, not flowers. On the first floor, his house features a living room, coat closet, trophy closet, and a kitchen. The living room features an inflatable sofa, a regular chair with a life ring as a seat, and a diving helmet-shaped TV, and a small table with a phone shaped like a conch shell, called a "shell-phone". There are decorations such as a fishing lure above the sofa, a photo of Gary near the kitchen door, and on the left a fishing hook wall ornament, above a small table. On the small table is a potted coral plant. SpongeBob spends a lot of time here. The living room features bamboo wallpaper, two fishing hook ornaments and various pictures framed on the wall. The kitchen contains a window, a fridge, a stove, sink, a cupboard, a table, and other typical kitchen tools. Gary's food bowl can also be found here.
There is a set of stairs on the left that twists around the home and stops at a safe door behind the chute entrance to the second floor. In some episodes, there is a hallway behind the door.
Second Floor EditEdit
SpongeBob's bathroom is found on the second floor. The hallway contains doors leading to his library and bathroom, as well as an additional staircase that leads to his bedroom.
His bathroom contain a square-shaped toilet, a shower/bathtub, a sink, wringer, etc. as well as a porthole window that looks out onto Conch Street. His bathtub is decorated with a bamboo curtain.
The library/study is the largest room in the house, and occupies both the second and third stories. It contains books such as Moby Dick, The Codfather, and Silence of the Clams, as well as various comic books and SpongeBob's diary. The library also contains a reading chair chained to the ceiling by a fishing hook, a huge pipe organ, a fireplace, a porthole window, and a spare closet. There is also an entrance chute coming from SpongeBob's room, seen in "Boating School" and "A Pal for Gary".
There is a workout room, featuring teddy bears and other light objects, as seen in "Help Wanted", "MuscleBob BuffPants", Bummer Vacation,"No Nose Knows", and The Way Of The Sponge.
Third Floor EditEdit
The staircase to the second floor is also green-colored, and is found next to the library. SpongeBob's bedroom is found on the third floor, along with a hallway. SpongeBob's bedroom features a foghorn that serves as an alarm clock, and a diving board above his bed (which has three mattresses). The bedroom also contains a porthole window from which the inside of Squidward's House can be seen. There is also an escape hatch to the grassy roof of the house, which is seen in "Jellyfish Jam" and "Something Smells". This terrace is hidden by the leaves atop the pineapple. His pineapple came from a boat in Truth or Square. As seen in Battle for Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob's bedroom is on the first floor (but then, he appears to only have one floor).
There is also an escape hatch to the grassy roof of the house, which is seen in Jellyfish Jam, Something Smells, That Sinking Feeling, and Love That Squid. This terrace is hidden by the leaves atop the pineapple. His pineapple came from a boat in Truth or Square. As seen in Battle for Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob's bedroom is on the first floor (but then, he appears to only have one floor).
Roof Edit Edit
SpongeBob's third floor contains an escape hatch to the roof. Most of the time, SpongeBob climbs onto his roof to avoid danger, although he also runs up his wall to the roof in "Best Day Ever" where Gary is revealed to be at the top of. The roof contains one unfurnished room with no ceiling, and the wall is made out of the crown of the pineapple. Characters commonly climbed to the roof in the first 4 seasons, but it has barely ever been seen since.
Characters Edit
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Gary the Snail
- Shelley the Scallop
- Drizzle Jr.
Plot Edit
The hungry nematodes are getting expelled after they sip SpongeBob SquarePants's house.
Instances when Destroyed Edit Edit
- Home Sweet Pineapple - SpongeBob's pineapple-shaped house is eaten by nematoads.
- Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm - A giant worm, which ravages the entire city of Bikini Bottom, destroys parts of the house.
- Opposite Day - SpongeBob and Patrick destroy the house on purpose, only to be fixed by Squidward, shortly afterwards.
- Spy Buddies - SpongeBob's house gets fried and turns black when a self-destructed patty explodes in Patrick's pants.
- Sing a Song of Patrick - The house is destroyed by Patrick's Song
- Dying for Pie - The house was presumably destroyed (along with the rest of Bikini Bottom) when the pie/bomb blew up at the end of the episode.
- Frankendoodle - DoodleBob erases part of the house.
- The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom - Raarg threw SpongeBob's house, along with Patrick and Squidward's house.
- Big Sister Sam - Sam destroys the house in a rage, along with Patrick's house and Squidward's house.
- The Krusty Plate - Same as Dying for Pie. The house was also presumably destroyed (along with the rest of Bikini Bottom and the Krusty Krab) when SpongeBob makes a maximum power to get rid of the spot.
- Gone - Boatmobile crashes through the house's wall multiple times.
- New Fish in Town - Squidward threw SpongeBob's house off a cliff with a bulldozer, along with Patrick's Rock and Howard's Trailer.
- A Friendly Game - SpongeBob destroyed it by swinging his putter too hard and hit his ball while they were playing golf inside.
- Mermaid Man Begins - The house is blown away by a storm in a curly fashion.
- The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom - Swallowed by Giant Patty.
- Home Sweet Rubble- Due to being rotten, SpongeBob's house disentigrated, but was replaced by each of something of his friends' favorite things, but was soon replaced again by a fully furnished pineapple in a can.
- Gary's New Toy- The house catches on fire.
- Glove World R.I.P.- A Glove World roller coaster crashed in SpongeBob's library.
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water- SpongeBob's house was severely damaged by an angry mob during an apocalypse.
Residents Edit Edit
Permanent Residents Edit Edit
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Gary the Snail
- Unnamed Pet Scallop
Temporary Residents Edit Edit
- Rex
- Lary the Snail
- Jerry
- Junior
- Puffy Fluffy
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Flying Dutchman
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Mansion Butler
- Stanley S. SquarePants
- Shiny
Trivia Edit Edit
- It is shown in "Curse of Bikini Bottom," SpongeBob has a dinosaur skeleton under his house.
- In "Squid Baby," it was mentioned by SpongeBob that his house contains an attic.
- In the episode "Truth or Square," it shows that a sailor was painting a bowl of fruit in the sea, then a pineapple falls out of the bowl and lands near Squidward's house; a door and windows suddenly appear.
- It is impossible for a pineapple to be underwater because pineapples float. The furniture may be what makes it stay on the ground. In some episodes, it's made of wood.
- In the episode "BlackJack," the building was just referred to as The Pineapple on a letter from CousinBlackJack.
- The staircase inside SpongeBob's house is sometimes on the left side, and sometimes it's on the right side, or it could be on both sides.
- In the episode "I'm with Stupid," after SpongeBob crashed his house, Marty said "That's unhealthy," afterJanet said, "He lives in a fruit?" This is because of their stupidity.
- In "One Krab's Trash," his bedroom is on the first floor, while it is usually on the third floor. This may have had to be done because it would be impossible for Mr. Krabs to scare SpongeBob through the window on the third floor.
- There is a game on TLC.com in which players have to match coupons to the correct item and one of the coupons has the pineapple house on it.
- In earlier episodes, the blanket on SpongeBob's bed was blue. But in later episodes, it is purple.
- Although he may have just bought the purple one.
- In the episode "Help Wanted," when the first time SpongeBob's house was seen, there was only one window on the top left, but in future episodes he has two windows.
- Sometimes, the garage at the back of SpongeBob's house is directly in the center, and sometimes, more off to the side. Sometimes, there's a back door in the center.
- His house is sometimes shown as an actual pineapple and other times, it appears to be made of wood.
- When you compare the outside and inside of SpongeBob's house, his house looks a lot bigger on the inside.
- In the episode "Help Wanted" SpongeBob's bed is on the right side of the room but in other episodes his bed is on the left side.
- SpongeBob's house used to only have one window.
- If a straw is stuck in the side in the house, one could use it to drink the pineapple juice from it. This is demonstrated by nematodes in the episode "Home Sweet Pineapple."
- The only way SpongeBob's house is able to stay under water may be due to the stems keeping the house stationary as revealed in Home Sweet Pineapple.
- In the episode "Boating School," SpongeBob's library is located right where the staircase should be. Yet, in later episodes, the true passageway to SpongeBob's library is unknown though many instances show that it is located just before the stairs, supposedly if SpongeBob has a hallway connecting the stairs and the library.
- In the episode "Suds," SpongeBob's blanket turns to glass.
- There are 3 LEGO SpongeBob sets that come with his house and those sets are Adventures in Bikini Bottom, Good Neighbors in Bikini Bottom and Bikini Bottom Undersea Party.
- It is similar to the unlockable Club Penguin Pineapple Igloo.
- SpongeBob's pineapple home is rounded on the outside like a regular pineapple, but on the inside it has corners in each room.
- In some episodes all the rooms in the house are shown.
Errors Edit Edit
- Spongebob's house's interior has corners even though the exterior is round.


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One man's journey to the Faith
Volatile and controversial, Orestes Brownson made his mark on 19th-century intellectual history
At the very least, Orestes Brownson would have regarded it as odd. At the worst, he might have gotten hopping mad.
By the end of his life, Brownson, who was the most distinguished American Catholic public intellectual of the 19th century, had become a ferocious critic of the Americanist path that most of his fellow Catholics had chosen. Yet by one of history's quirks, Brownson today is buried in the crypt of the campus church at Notre Dame — flagship university of the Americanist impulse in American Catholicism.
How he would have viewed that is suggested by his acid comment that there's "scarcely a trait in the American character … that is not more or less hostile to Catholicity."
It goes without saying that Brownson was a difficult man — "one of the most rugged and forceful of personalities," historian Theodore Maynard calls him. But together with his fighting spirit he combined a powerful intellect that made him a thinker to be reckoned with. His book "The American Republic," published in 1865 immediately after the Civil War, continues to be read and discussed even today.
A diverse past
Brownson was born Sept. 16, 1803, in Stockbridge, Vt. His father died when he was 2, and he was raised by a non-practicing Congregationalist couple. Although he spent little time in school, he read furiously and he grew up self-educating himself on the latest ideas and intellectual trends of the day, especially those that had some bearing on religion.
First he became a Presbyterian, then a Unitarian minister, later a minister of the Congregationalist church, and then for a short time he was the minister of his own Boston-based "Church of the Future." It was there he came into contact with Transcendentalism, the post-Christian semi-religious movement that attracted members of the New England intellectual elite like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott and Margaret Fuller.
|Musings from Orestes Brownson:
"[The Catholic's mind] is no more restricted in its freedom by the authoritative definitions of an infallible church than the cautious mariner by the charts and beacons that guide his course."
— from "The Convert" (1857)
"Politicians may do as they please, so long as they violate no rule of right, no principle of justice, no law of God; but in no world, in no order, or condition, have men the right to do wrong."
— As quoted in "Catholics in America"(Fisher, 2000)
In 1837, he launched a journal named "Brownson's Quarterly Review" as a platform for his many social, political, economic, literary and religious views. Combined with frequent lecturing, the Review made him a national figure in a few years.
In the early 1840s, Brownson had a profound religious experience that opened his eyes to the reality of God as a benign father. Continuing his religious search, he drew ever closer to Catholicism. On Oct. 20, 1844, he was received into the Church.
A few years later, satirizing his well-known changeability in a verse that also spoke of Emerson and Alcott, poet James Russell Lowell said of him: "He shifts quite about, then proceeds to expound/That 'tis merely the earth, not himself, that turns round,/ And wishes it clearly impressed on your mind/ That the weathercock rules and not follows the wind."
Although that assessment had a measure of truth, Brownson nonetheless was a man of stature in the intellectual world of his time, so much so that when John Henry Newman, the eminent British convert and scholar, was preparing to launch a Catholic university in Dublin, the American "weathercock" was the first person he invited to join the faculty.
Brownson was attracted and flattered. But the Irish bishops vetoed the appointment of someone with a transatlantic reputation for holding sometimes controversial views, and Newman was obliged to suggest that he not visit Ireland just then. Seeing how things stood, Brownson said no to the offer.
Controversial figure
With the passing of time, he grew increasingly conservative in his religious views and more aligned with Ultramontanism — the school of thought that placed heavy emphasis on the authority of the pope. During and after the First Vatican Council (1869-70), he strongly supported the dogmas of papal infallibility and papal primacy. Not only that, with Rome and the Italian unification movement locked in a struggle that was to end with the pope's loss of the Papal States, Brownson wrote in favor of the temporal authority of the papacy, including even the power to depose secular rulers.
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Not surprisingly, outspoken conservatism like that made the distinguished convert an embarrassment to bishops who preferred a less in-your-face approach. Nor did it help that he made no secret of his distaste for the Irish-Americans who had become a dominant presence in American Catholicism. In a book called "The Convert" describing his own religious experiences, Brownson provocatively described many of these as "nominally Catholic."
His most famous tussle with a member of the hierarchy involved Archbishop John Hughes, the feisty Irish-American who headed the Archdiocese of New York from 1842-64.
Brownson moved to New York in 1845 at Archbishop Hughes' invitation, and there revived his journal, now called "Brownson's Review." But the combative editor and the no less combative churchman soon fell out over issues of style and substance. As a consequence, the editor took the prudent step of moving himself and the "Review" to the less stressful atmosphere of Elizabeth, N.J.
Brownson's long and sometimes contentious friendship with Father Isaac Hecker, the founder of the Paulist Fathers, has been called one of the great stories of American Catholic history. With good reason. For this is a story that sheds important light on the central issue in the Catholic experience in the United States — the Americanization of Catholics and their Church.
The two men had been close since the early 1840s, and Brownson was instrumental in Hecker's conversion to Catholicism even though the younger man actually preceded him into the Church by a few months. For a long time Brownson and Hecker shared the conviction that America was ripe for conversion, a theme expounded by Father Hecker in several books and his magazine Catholic World, to which his friend was a frequent contributor.
But as time passed, Brownson's thinking shifted. Like some other observers of the American scene — for example, Henry Adams, historian, author of a justly famous autobiography, and grandson and great-grandson of presidents — he came to believe that American democracy had suffered a sad decline since the glory days of the Revolution and the immediate post-Revolutionary period.
Brownson's critique also had a distinctively Catholic edge, expressed in his review of a book by Father Hecker, in which he repudiated the notion that evangelizing America would be an easy task. On the contrary, he wrote, the American people as a whole were "imbued with a spirit of independence, an aversion to authority, a pride, an overwhelming conceit, as well as with a prejudice that makes them revolt at the bare mention of the Church."
By 1870, the split between the two had become irreparable. In a letter written from Rome during Vatican Council I, Father Hecker spoke of the appreciation he'd found among Europeans for the friendly relations between Catholicism and "our free institutions" in the U.S. Brownson's reply was scathing.
Earlier, in "The American Republic," he'd said America was "chosen by God for the realization of a great idea." Now, while still supporting the American system as "the legal and only practicable form," he told Hecker: "I no longer hope anything of it." As for converting America, he added, "so far are we from converting the country, we cannot hold our own."
Citing an American spirit of "independence, freedom from all restraint, unbounded license" that he believed was infecting Catholics, Brownson wrote: "The Church has never encountered a social and political order so hostile to her … the conversion of our republic will be a far greater victory than the conversion of the Roman Empire."
Their friendship survived the shock, but Brownson soon stopped writing for Hecker's magazine.
He moved to Detroit and lived on until 1876, becoming testier as the years passed. After a rousing theological argument on Good Friday with his son Henry, he took to his bed, received the last sacraments and died on Easter Monday, April 17. He was buried in Detroit, but later his remains were transferred to Notre Dame.
Orestes Brownson left neither disciples nor an integrated body of work. He was an intellectual bomb-thrower, changeable and volatile, a volcano of provocative insights who repeatedly and without apology contradicted himself. But he holds a lasting place in America's intellectual history and in the history of the Church, where he at last found the truth. "I owe much … to your father," Isaac Hecker told his son. Others could say the same.
Russell Shaw is an OSV contributing editor. This is the third in a 12-part series. For more Great American Catholics, visit us at OSV.com.
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The Earl of Baltimore
Earl Weaver finally passed away this weekend after decades of chain smoking. Earl was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles during their glory years. Here is a tribute to Earl. And then, just to make sure you know Earl intimately, here is an adults-only, world famous rendition of Earl in an argument with Bill Haller, one of the best American League umpires.
Despite the inanity of the argument, Earl Weaver was one of the most intelligent managers ever. He was way ahead of his time.


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266120 Mfr. of prefabricated structural components for building or civil engineering of concrete
266300 Mfr. of ready-mixed concrete
266400 Mfr. of mortars
266600 Mfr. of other articles of concrete, plaster and cement
267000 Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone
268290 Mfr. of other non-metallic mineral products except asphalt, roofing felt and rockwool
272200 Mfr. of steel tubes
273500 Other first processing of iron and steel n.e.c.; production of non ferro-alloys
274200 Aluminium production
275100 Casting of iron
275300 Casting of light metals
275400 Casting of other non-ferrous metals
281100 Mfr. of metal structures and parts of structures
281200 Mfr. of builders carpentry and joinery of metal
282100 Mfr. of tanks, reservoirs and containers of metal
284000 Forging, pressing, stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy
285100 Treatment and coating of metals on a fee or contract basis
285200 General mechanical engineering on a fee or contract basis
286200 Mfr. of tools
286320 Mfr. of hinges
287100 Mfr. of steel drums and similar containers
287200 Mfr. of light metal packaging
287300 Mfr. of wire products
287400 Mfr. of fasteners, screw machine products, chain and springs
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287520 Mfr. of sanitary and household articles of metal
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291230 Mfr. of hydraulic and pneumatic machinery
291300 Mfr. of taps and valves
291400 Mfr. of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements
292100 Mfr. of furnaces and furnace burners
292210 Mfr. of conveyours and lifts
292220 Mfr. of cranes, tackles and hoists
292230 Mfr. of work trucks
292290 Mfr. of other lifting and handling equipment
292310 Mfr. of refrigerating and freezing industrial epuipment
292320 Mfr. of ventaliating plants and air-conditioning for industrial use
292410 Mfr. of weighing machinery
292420 Mfr. of packing and wrapping machinery
292430 Mfr. of high-pressure purifyring machinery, fire extinguishers and sand blasting machines, e
292490 Mfr. of automatic goods vending machines, heat exchangers and centrifuges, etc.
293220 Mfr. of agricultural machinery for soil preparation
293230 Mfr. of agricultural and forestry machinery n.e.c.
293240 Repair of agricultural and forestry machinery
295210 Mfr. of machinery for production of mortar, cement, concrete and articles of concrete
295290 Mfr. of machinery for contruction, etc.
295320 Mfr. of machinery for grain milling industry
295330 Mfr. of machinery for production of sugar confectionery and bakery products
295340 Mfr. of machinery for processing of meat, poultry, fish and shell fish
295390 Mfr. of other machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing
295400 Mfr. of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production
295500 Mfr. of machinery for paper and paperboard production
295610 Mfr. of moulds
295620 Mfr. of machinery for drying
295690 Mfr. of industrial machinery n.e.c.
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312010 Mfr. of electric distribution and control boards
312090 Mfr. of electric switches, relas, fuses, etc.
313000 Mfr. of insulated wire and cable
345000 Mfr. of lightning equipment and electric lamps
316100 Mfr. of electrical equipment for engines and vehicles n.e.c.
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316290 Mfr. of other electrical and electronic equipment n.e.c.
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322020 Mfr. of telephone setx, switchboards, and telex apparatus
323020 Mfr. of loudspeakers etc.
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334090 Mfr. of photographic and cinematographic equipment n.e.c.
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452520 Paving contractors
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453100 Installation of electrical wiring and fittings
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454200 Joinery installation
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454320 Floor planing and smoothing
454410 Painting
454420 Glazing
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455000 Renting of construction or demolition equipment with operator
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501020 Retail sale of motor vehicles
501030 Wholesale and ratail sale of caravans, etc.
502010 General repair shops
502020 Bodywork repair (plate smiths)
502030 Motor vehicle electricians
502040 Anti-rust treatment
502050 Motor vehicle painters
502060 Tyre and tube repair
502090 Other motor vehicle services
503010 Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
503020 Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
504000 Wholesale and ratail sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and acces
505010 Service stations without kiosk
505020 Service stations with kiosk
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511200 Agents involved in the sale of fuels, ores, metals and industrial chemicals
511300 Agents involved in the sale of timber and building materials
511400 Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft
511500 Agents involved in the sale of furniture, household goods, hardware and ironmongery
511600 Agents involved in the sale of textiles, clothing, footwear and leather goods
511710 Fish auctions
511790 Agents involved in the sale of food except fish, and sale of beverages and tobacco
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511900 Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
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512200 Wholesale of flowers and plants
512300 Wholesale of live animals
512400 Wholesale of hides, skins and leather
513100 Wholesale of fruit and vegetables
513200 Wholesale of meat and meat products
513300 Wholesale of dairy produce, eggs and edible oils and fatx
513410 Wholesale of beer and soft drinks
513420 Wholesale of wine and spirits
513490 Wholesale of fruit and vegetable juice etc.
513500 Wholesale of tobacco products
513600 Wholesale of sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery
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514310 Wholesale of white goods
514320 Wholesale of radio and television goods
514330 Wholesale of gramophone records, recorded and unrecorded videos etc.
514340 Wholesale of electrical household appliances
514410 Wholesale of china and glassware
514420 Wholesale of cleaning materials
514500 Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
514610 Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods and nursing requisites
514620 Wholesale of medical and hospital articles
514705 Wholesale of furniture
514710 Wholesale of carpets
514715 Wholesale of gold and silver articles
514720 Wholesale of watches and clocks and optical instruments
514725 Wholesale of photographic goods
514730 Wholesale of bicycles and mopeds
514735 Wholesale of sports goods, camping equipment and pleasure boats
514740 Wholesale of toys and games
514745 Wholesale of books and stationery
514750 Wholesale of suitcases, leather articles and handicraft
514790 Wholesale of other household goods
515100 Wholesale of solid, liquid and gasesous fuels and related products
515200 Wholesale of metals and metal ores
515310 Wholesale of wood and constuction materials
515320 Wholesale of varnish, paint and wallpaper
515400 Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and hearing equipment and supplies
515500 Wholesale of chemical products
515610 Wholesale of packaging articles
515690 Wholesale of other raw materials and semi-manufactured goods
515700 Wholesale of waste and scrap
516100 Wholesale of machine tools for working metal and wood
516200 Wholesale of constuction machinery
516300 Wholesale of machinery for the textile industry, and of sewing and knitting machines
516520 Wholesale of electronic components
516590 Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and accessories
516600 Wholesale of agricultural machinery and accessories and implements, including tractors
517000 Other wholesale
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521120 All-nights shops
521130 Supermarkets
522100 Retail sale of fruit and vegetables
522200 Retail sale of meat and meat procudts
522300 Retail sale of fish, game, crustaceans and molluscs
522410 Retail sale of bread
522420 Retail sale of chocolate and sugar confectionery
522500 Retail sale of alcoholic and other beverages
522600 Retail sale of tobacco products and wine
522710 Retail sale of cheese
522730 Retail sale of health food
522790 Other retail sale of food and beverages in specialized stores
523100 Dispensing chemists
523200 Detailhandel med medicinske og ortopædiske artikler
523310 Perfumery shops
523320 Chemists (not licensed to dispense medicines)
524100 Retail sale of textiles
524210 Retail sale of ladies clothing
524220 Retail sale of mens clothing
524230 Retail sale of mens and ladies cloting
524240 Retail sale of baby articles and childrens clothing
524310 Retail sale of footwear
524320 Retail sale of leather goods
524410 Retail sale of furniture
524420 Retail sale of carpets
524430 Retail sale of furnishing fabrics
524440 Retail sale of kitchen utensils, glass and china
524450 Retail sale of articles for lighting
524510 Retail sale of electric household appliances
524520 Retail sale of radio and television goods
524530 Retail sale of records, CDs cassettes, etc.
524540 Retail sale of musical instruments
524610 Retail sale of hardware
524620 Retail sale of building materials
524630 Retail sale of paints and wallpaper
524700 Retail sale of books, newspapers and stationery
524805 Retail sale of watches and clocks
524810 Retail sale of watches clocks and jewellery
524815 Retail sale of jewellery
524820 Retail sale of glasses
524825 Retail sale of photographic equipment
524830 Gift shops
524835 Art shops and galleries
524840 Retail sale of stamps and coins
524845 Retail sale of sports goods
524850 Retail sale of toys and games
524855 Retail sale of pleasure boats and parts thereof
524860 Retail sale of bicycles and mopeds
524870 Retail sale of telecommunications equipment
524875 Florists shops
524880 Retail sale of plants and seeds
524885 Retail sale of pet animals
524890 Retail sale of fuel oils and solid fuels for households
524895 Sex shops
524899 Retail sale of other goods
525010 Retail sale of second-hand books
525020 Antique shops
525090 Other retail sale of second-hand goods
526100 Retail sale via mail order houses
526210 Retail sale of fruit and vegetables via stalls and markets
526290 Other retail sale via stalls and markets
526300 Other non-store retail sale
527100 Repair of boots, shoes and other articles of leather
527210 Repair of electrical household goods
527220 Repair of radio and television goods
527300 Repair of watches, clocks and jewellery
527410 Repair of bicycles
527420 Locksmiths
527490 Other repair of personal or household goods
551120 Conference halls and seminar colleges
552100 Youth hostels
552200 Camping sites, including caravan sites
552310 Holiday centres
552390 Other short-stay lodging
553010 Restaurants
553020 Cafeterias, hot-dog stands, takeaway restaurants, ice-cream parlours etc.
553090 Community centres, village halls, etc.
554010 Public houses, bodegas etc.
554020 Discotheques and nightclubs
554090 Coffee bars, etc.
555100 Canteens
555200 Catering
602200 Taxi operation
602300 Other land transport
602410 Haulage contractors
631100 Cargo handling
631200 Storage and warehousing
632110 Operation of stations and terminal facilities for the handling of goods
632120 Operation of parking lots or garages
632240 Towing and lifeboat service
633010 Turist agency activities
633020 Travel agencies, tour operators
633030 Travel agencies, furnishing tickets
634010 Shipbrokers
634020 Forwarding agents
634030 Sampling and weighing of goods
702020 Private cooperative housing associations
702030 Other letting of real estate
702040 Letting of non-residential buildings
703110 Estate agents
703120 Allocation of housing
703130 Letting of holiday homes
703210 Manegement of real estate on a fee or contract basis, except houseowners associations
703220 Houseowners associations
711000 Car rental
712110 Renting of containers
712190 Renting of lorries, vans and other land transport equipment
712200 Renting of water transport equipment
712300 Renting of air transport equipment
713100 Renting of agricultural mashinery and equipment
713200 Renting of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment
713310 Renting of computers and computing equipment
713320 Renting of office machinery
713400 Renting of other machinery and equipment n.e.c.
714010 Renting of vidoetapes
714090 Renting of personal and household goods n.e.c.
721000 Hardware consultancy
723000 Dataprocessing
724000 Data base activities
725000 Maintenance, repair of office, accoun. and computing machin.
726000 Other computer related activities
731000 Research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
732000 Research and experimental development.on social sciences and humanities
741100 Legal activities
741200 Accounting, book-keeping and auditing
741300 Market research and public opinion polling
741410 Agricultural advisers
741490 Other business and management consultancy activities
742010 Engineering consult. act. related to construc., civil engin.
742020 Engineering consult. act. related to indus. mecha. engin.
742040 Consulting architectural activities
742050 Gardening and landscape architects
742070 Land surveyors, etc.
742080 Patent agencies
742090 Other technical consultancy
743010 Testing activities in the field of food hygiene
743020 Technical testing and control
743030 Environmental measures and analysis
743090 Other measurement and technical analysis
744010 Advertising
744090 other advertising activities
745010 Employment exchange
745020 Temporary employment agencies
745030 Consultancy and personnel search in connection with employment
746000 Investigation and security activities
747010 General cleaning activities
747020 Specialized cleaning activities
747030 Window cleaning
747040 Chimney cleaning
747050 Disinfecting and exterminationg activities
748110 Photographers
748120 Photographic laboratories
748200 Packaging activities, etc.
748310 Envelope addressing activities
748320 Tranlation and interpretation activities
748410 Activities of interior decorators
748420 Fashion design and industrial plant design
748440 Activities of fair, exhibition and congress organisers
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1. The NFL can't be too happy that the biggest game of the season's final week is a showdown between two losing teams. With no more meaningful games to choose from, the league decided to flex the Rams-Seahawks matchup to Sunday night. That tilt will decide the winner of the NFC West as well as the fourth seed in the NFC. If the Seahawks can pull out an unexpected home win, they will win the division with a 7-9 record—not exactly the publicity the league wants out of the biggest game on the final week of the season. As it stands, three teams in the NFC will finish with better records than the NFC West champions.
2. The Rams currently sit at 7-8 after going 6-42 over the last three years. While head coach Steve Spagnuolo took a lot of heat for going 1-15 during his rookie season in 2009, he is now poised to be one of the leading candidates for Coach of the Year honors.
3. The Colts have been a bit of an afterthought in discussions regarding who will represent the AFC in the Super Bowl. However, as the season winds down, Indianapolis is playing perhaps their best football of the year, and the Colts' ability to run the ball is a large part of the season for their success. Recently re-signed Dominic Rhodes has run well, and second-year player Donald Brown seems to be hitting his stride after struggling for most of his time in the league. With Joseph Addai back in the lineup, the Colts are as deep at running back as they have been in years.
4. The Panthers have been truly horrible this season, the result of several poor decisions by the team's owners and management. Owner Jerry Richardson inexplicably chose to allow John Fox to coach in the final year of his contract without offering an extension. In addition, Richardson put the handcuffs on general manager Marty Hurney in his attempts to re-sign the team's best defensive player, defensive end Julius Peppers, which led to his departure. Hurney further deserves the blame for thinking that Matt Moore could hold the torch at quarterback until second round pick Jimmy Clausen developed. Those three decisions were the biggest reasons for the Panthers' poor showing. But there was light at the end of the tunnel: Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck. Now the whispers are growing that Luck will stay in college for his senior year, which means the prize for being so bad in 2011 might not be nearly the coup Carolina's management and fans were banking on.
5. After weeks of purported investigation, the NFL announced this week that Vikings quarterback Brett Favre was fined $50,000 failing to cooperate with the league's investigation of inappropriate conduct against former Jets employee, game-day hostess Jenn Sterger. While that outcome may be hard to believe, it seemed clear that the longer the league took to conclude the matter, the better the outcome was expected to be for Favre. The league clearly had no interest in embarrassing one of its most iconic players during what is now expected to be his final season in the league.
6. After the 49ers were soundly beaten by the Rams in a must-win game this week, head coach Mike Singletary was given his walking papers. Despite having two years and $5 million remaining on his contract, San Francisco chose to go in another direction after a disastrous season that began with the 49ers as the consensus pick to win the NFC West. The team came out of the gate slowly, however, with Singletary adding to the disarray by firing offensive coordinator Jimmy Raye early in the season. He followed that up with several questionable decisions at quarterback, failing to settle on either incumbent Alex Smith or Troy Smith, who was signed after being released by the Ravens in the preseason. Singletary may have been a solid motivator, but it was clear during his time in San Francisco that his lack of head coaching experience was a hindrance, so his firing was hardly a surprise.
7. Despite the Chargers disappointing season, owner Dean Spanos is expected to retain the general manager-head coach duo of A.J. Smith and Norv Turner. Although Smith's decision to trade multiple draft picks to select running back Ryan Mathews in the first round hasn't panned out, he has found a number of gems late in the draft as well as several useful undrafted players. As for Turner, while many outside of San Diego felt his job was on the line, he retains the confidence of Smith, who appears ready to place the blame for the Chargers' lackluster showing in 2010 on special teams coach Steve Crosby.
8. Here's to Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for putting together another string of amazing performances and breaking the record for most consecutive passes without an interception, previously held by former Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar. Brady's last interception came in Week 6 against the Ravens.
9. Sticking with the Patriots, with Brady leading the way, New England is on pace to finish the season with the fewest offensive turnovers in the history of the league. The Patriots enter Week 17 having turned the ball over just nine times.
10. The Bengals convinced themselves in the offseason that the road to a deep playoff run lies in acquiring better receiving options for quarterback Carson Palmer. To that end, they signed veteran free agent wide receivers Antonio Bryant and Terrell Owens and used their first round pick on tight end Jermaine Gresham. Bryant washed out and was released before ever playing a down with the team, but Owens and Gresham have had productive years in 2010. However, with both Owens and fellow starting wide receiver Chad Ochocinco out of the lineup this week, Palmer had his most impressive performance of the season against a strong Chargers pass defense, completing 16 of 21 passes for 269 yards and four touchdowns. Owens certainly won't be asked back in 2011, and Palmer's performance this week may lead to Ochocinco's exit as well.
11. After two strong performances, Broncos fans are rightly excited over the future of quarterback Tim Tebow. Tebow has produced a 1-1 record as a starter, piling up 446 yards through the air and 105 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. As expected, he has proven to be a dynamic presence when running the ball, but he has struggled with his pass accuracy. While the 308 passing yards he recorded against the Texans were impressive, a closer look reveals that the performance wasn't quite the panacea Denver's fans made it out to be. Houston features the league's worst secondary and yet Tebow completed only 55.2 percent of his passes against them, going 16 for 29. That percentage was the second-lowest allowed by Houston this season, ahead of only Tennessee rookie quarterback Rusty Smith, who looked horrible as the Titans starter. That being said, Tebow clearly has shown a solid grasp of the team's offense and may be the type of quarterback who can post a solid record by making enough big plays late in games to pull out wins.
12. Texans tight end Owen Daniels has had a disappointing season as he has struggled since suffering a season-ending ACL injury midway through the 2009 season. In addition to that, he suffered a hamstring injury this season that caused him to miss five games and slowed him down in another. Houston failed to make Daniels a big part of the offensive game plan prior to his hamstring injury, with his being targeted five times or less in five of his first seven games and never getting more than seven targets in the other two. However, since returning from the hamstring injury, he has been targeted 32 times in three games and has shown the pass-receiving ability that made him so dangerous in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. In those three games, Daniels has caught 17 passes for 209 yards and a touchdown. His contract is up at the end of the season, and the Texans may be reluctant to offer him a lucrative long-term contract extension, given both his extensive history of knee problems and the solid play of reserves Joel Dreessen and James Casey this season.
13. Another player who faces an interesting offseason is Cardinals wide receiver Steve Breaston. While Breaston has been productive when healthy, with 692 yards receiving in 12 games, he has missed three full games and most of another this season. His inability to find the end zone (with only one touchdown) despite producing several big plays (averaging a healthy 16.1 yards per catch) continues a trend that Breaston has displayed for most of his career. In four seasons, he has caught 183 passes but found the end zone just seven times. Arizona has several young wide receivers such as Early Doucet, Andre Roberts, Stephen Williams, and Max Komar that team management has been impressed by. With the team clearly in a rebuilding mode, it won't be a surprise if the Cardinals decide to let Breaston walk after the season and instead go with younger players at the position.


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FULTON - The leader of the neighborhood group fighting a proposed hog facility met with Callaway County commissioners Monday to officially hand over the group's petition aimed at keeping the Eichelberger Farms out of the area.
Jeff Jones handed over a petition containing 1,371 signatures against the development of a 10,000 hog confinement on County Road 227. Jones gave to document to County Commissioners Randy Kleindienst and Donald Kritzer, with whom Jones also discussed the idea of county intervention on the issue.
Jones and his group, "Friends of Responsible Agriculture," are hoping for a resolution to halt the construction of the 3-building facility until more information can be assessed.
"It confuses me," Jones said, "when people will talk about the building when they need to be talking about the waste removal. How many acres it's gonna be spread across," he said. "We're talking about thousands of acres the way I see it."
Jones asked how soon a decision on a resolution would be made and Kleindienst said while he was not comfortable with signing a resolution at this time, an answer on whether or not a resolution would happen might be available by the end of the month.
Jones said the commission will research a health ordinance that he hopes would make it more difficult for Iowa-based Eichelberger Farms to move into the area.
"We would definitely form a committee if we're gonna pass any ordinance," Kleindienst said.
Jones met with land-owners Darren and Gary Horstmeier, who are selling their land to Eichelberger Farms for the confinement, about the resolution and whether it would be beneficial for the community.
"The conversation was very short and they asked me to leave," Jones said. "The last conversation with Darren and me he said there was no resistance here. Well I have 1,371 signatures saying that there is."
Kleindienst said he called the Iowa county where Eichelberger is based and said he heard "nothing but encouraging things" about the company. He also said he toured a facility similar to the proposed Callaway County facility and said he had no concerns about the smell or the way it was operated.
Jones is concerned the facility would lower property value, contaminate the water table, and produce an unwanted atmosphere and smell.
At an open forum in June, supporters of the facility said it would bring jobs to the area and fertilizer for local farms.