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Prepare to taste the most delicious tacos you've ever had, made with fresh smoked Gulf tuna, smoked Gulf shrimp or savory meats and poultry. We also serve up our delicious brisket burritos, veggie tacos and salads made with fresh ingredients and lots of love. No frozen food, just homemade specialties with premium ingredients.
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30 U.S. Code § 411 - Establishment and operation of experimental plant
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The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized and directed to establish, equip, and maintain a research laboratory at Reno, Nevada, for research, investigation, and as a center for information and assistance in matters pertaining to the mining, preparation, metallurgy, use, and conservation of the rare and precious metals of the Sierra Nevada mining region, and pertaining to other problems affecting the mining industry of that region.
Source(June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 1,64 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b),May 18, 1992, 106 Stat. 172.)
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"United States Bureau of Mines" substituted in text for "Bureau of Mines" pursuant to section 10(b) ofPub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of this title. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 1 of this title.
Act June 21, 1950, ch. 338, § 3,64 Stat. 248, provided that: "In order to carry out the purposes of this Act [enacting this chapter] there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of (a) $750,000 for the erection and equipment of a building or buildings, including plumbing, lighting, heating, ventilation, general service, experimental equipment and apparatus, the necessary roads, walks, and ground improvements; and (b) $250,000 annually for the maintenance and operation of the experiment station, including personal services, supplies, equipment, and expenses of travel and subsistence."
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NEWS BLOG (WSAU) I live under an umbrella of freedom and
security that's provided by others. There's been no draft in my adult
lifetime. There have been wars and
military actions, but nothing like the great wars in
Steven Spielberg has created two memorable movie war scenes that are worth reflecting on. His opening 22-minute sequence in Saving Private Ryan is gut-wrenching; it's probably the most graphic war scene ever filmed. I taken by the randomness of who lived and who died. The hatch is opened on a troop transport that's speeding towards the beaches. Inside are 50 soldiers. Some are shot and killed before their boots even hit the shoreline. Others make it to the beach and take out hostile machine gun fire. It seems as if the hand of fate decides who lives and who dies.
Spielberg's War Horse was not as popular as Saving Private Ryan… but it gives us a modern-cinematic look at World War One fighting. There are very few modern WWI movies; most were filmed years ago without the production quality that modern audiences expect. You'll see soldiers fighting in mud and in deep trenches for a few yards of ground; they could give back that same footing during the next counter-attack. Some soldiers are on motorcycles; others are on horses. The early 1900s were a time of industrial invention, and new tools of war came into being – the machine gun, poison gas, tanks, airplanes.
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Wars and battles change. The sacrifice is constant. We remember all who gave their lives defending out country on this Memorial Day.
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It's the time of year for high school graduations -- and senior pranks, but police in Orono say one person went too far after squad cars were vandalized and pelted with large fish.
Since graduation took place on Wednesday night, investigators are wondering if any recent grads or high school students were involved, but they don't know for sure. What they do know is that they have one squad car with a broken window and obscene words spray painted on the sides -- along with four big carp.
The culprit was caught on camera when they struck the back lot of the Orono Police Department at 1:30 a.m.
"Began to just throw the fish at the cars," recalled Sgt. Tony Wittke. "They landed on the sidewalk and on top of one of the cars."
In the process, the fish broke the back window of the department's newest squad.
"Still a brand new car, with about 200 miles on it," Wittke told FOX 9 News.
When the odd call went out to inform officers that someone had smashed out a squad window with a fish, other departments came to help form a perimeter and look for a fired-up fisherman in nearby cars.
The carp were all about 32 inches long, and all had been shot with a bow and arrow.
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While Axis provided the car and NuFormz provided the forced induction, the actual engine tuning was carried out by another of Chen's associates, Loke Je-Kin; we'll call him Luke. Luke also handled the electronics and fuel supply side of the project, fitting the existing fuel system with the aforementioned S2000 injectors, which now produces 65 psi fuel pressure, a MSD in-line pump to feed the injectors and an SX regulator to ensure smooth operation. Additionally, at Luke's behest, an array of electronic monitoring equipment was installed in the car's cockpit to allow fine-tuning of the air/fuel ratio and boost from inside the vehicle. Two system-monitoring boxes from Split Second collaborate on supplying the correct air/fuel mixture. The Split Second ARC II fuel calibrator allows the larger injectors to be assimilated smoothly into the system and provides for comprehensive fuel mapping from idle to full throttle. Working in tandem with the ARC II, a Split Second ESC I (electronic signal conditioner) allows for the transition from naturally aspirated to positive boost conditions and fools the ECU into allowing open loop fuel mapping under boost. Rounding out the interior electronics are an APEXi turbo timer and AVC-R boost controller, the latter specially mounted inside the glove compartment along with an APEXi Peak/Hold boost gauge and a Split Second air/fuel ratio meter.
With phase one of Project MR2 Spyder under wraps, Chen and Axis turned their attention to the handling side of the performance equation. Fortunately, this is the one area where the mid-engined Spyder is brilliantly competent directly from the factory assembly line. While it's a fact that convertibles do tend to flex more than solid-topped coupes, word is the MR2 Spyder is as solid as they come. To put any potential problems to rest, a chassis brace kit from TRD, including upper strut braces and lower braces front and rear. APEXi World Sport coilover springs and strut assemblies drop the car above 17-inch Axis VPD five-spokes wrapped with Yokohama A520 rubber, sized 205/40-17. The Axis VPD wheels are the company's latest performance offering and incorporate high-quality alloy construction for great strength and incredibly light weight; the 17x7-inch wheels on the Spyder weigh in at a mere 16 lbs each. Axis also offers the VPD wheel in a 13-inch diameter for drag applications and you can bet the Spyder has a pair of slicks ready for when the time comes to hit the strip.
Which brings us to the Axis Spyder's overall performance. While on the phone with Chen, he threw out a few performance measurements gleaned from the car's track test day. Running 8 psi boost pressure, the topless Toyota vaulted down the quarter mile in 12.9 seconds-without the slicks-ran 0-60 mph in 4.5 seconds and clocked 73.9 mph through the slalom. More recently, the Spyder spun the Dynojet rollers at Swanson Performance in Torrance, Calif., to the tune of 282.5 hp; that's more than double the factory rating. Currently the car is under the knife again, and the motor is out; this time it's getting cracked open to see what can be altered within the block to allow for even more power. Chen said the 1ZZ-GE will probably benefit from new pistons, rods and possibly cylinder sleeving in order to bolster it against his ultimate dream of turning up the boost, while keeping the engine's compression ratio at the 10.0:1 factory setting. Given what has already been accomplished, it should be interesting to see what falls out of the Axis sleeve this time.


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The George Washington Foundation - "Educator Workshop at Ferry Farm"
Mon., Jul. 21 - In this interpretive workshop, educators will engage in scientific and anthropological methods used by archaeologists and historical researchers to understand artifacts and how they inform us about everyday life at the Washington home farm.
12U Fauquier Freeze Fastpitch Softball Tryouts
Mon., Jul. 21 - The 12U Fauquier Freeze Travel Team will hold tryouts for the 2014/2015 season on Saturday August 2nd at 10:00 a.m. and Saturday August 9th at 10:00 a.m.
Blandy Experimental Farm - "Introduction to Mindfulness"
Mon., Jul. 21 - Mindfulness meditation can help reduce stress, pain, and illness and increase well-being.
Culpeper County Library Presents - "Individual Job Coaching with Brenda Curlee"
Mon., Jul. 21 - Bring your resume for a free, personal assessment!
Virginia News Group sells Culpeper Times
Thu., Jul. 17 - It was announced Friday, July 11, that the Culpeper Times, a local weekly under the umbrella of the Virginia News Group, was sold.
Town planning commission recommends car wash expansion
Thu., Jul. 17 - Despite neighborhood concerns about noise, traffic and light shining in windows, the Town of Culpeper Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the expansion of a Culpeper car wash from two bays to four at its regular meeting Tuesday.
Defendants respond to Settle suit
Thu., Jul. 17 - Culpeper Police Captain Chris Settle and his attorney will soon be reviewing documents and answers provided to them from Allison Brophy-Champion and BH Media Group, the owner of the Star-Exponent, in the $1.35 million defamation civil suit filed by Settle against the two May 27, 2014.
Brad arrives for the blessing
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Turn Classic Movies Into Gaming Gold!
Inspired by Gus' pained review of the Godfather II, I realized that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
So, hey, big name videogame companies! Here's my picks for some classic films that desperately need games. I've even helped you out with my elevator pitches for each game:
Casablanca: Duck and cover, Call of Duty, when Rick Blaine hits the streets of this dusty Moroccan burg, nothing, and no one, will stand in his way as he blasts Nazi's and saves the girl. Produced in evocative black and white, this game redefines the emotional and artistic possibility of the first person shooter.
The Wizard of Oz: Pull over Mario Karts, there's a new king of the road. The trip to Oz has never been faster or zanier in this over-the-top reimagining of Dorothy's trip home. Select your favorite character from the film and hop in your ride and roll! Jet down the Yellow Brick road in the Tin Man's Rocket Car, the Scarecrow's Hay Buggy, the Lion's Jungle Cruiser or Dorthy's souped up '57 Chevy. And the fun doesn't stop there. Unlockable character include Dorothy's lovable little brother, Jimmy!
Memento: Think Braid meets, well, Memento. A story told in reverse, the game is a puzzle-oriented mediation on the nature of loss and identity. The hook? You start out with a maxed-level assassin character and have to figure out how to make him loose all his XP!
Napoleon Dynamite: In this gentle, story-rich role-playing game, you take on the character of a small town idiot as he quests for love and acceptance. Set in the rich and evocative world of Idaho, you battle jocks and home town ninjas with the innovative "dance off jerk!" music-matching, turn-based combat system. Collect all the llama tokens for special powerups like moonboots!
Citizen Kane: The granddaddy of art hour cinema now becomes a giant of hidden object games! Learn the secret of Charles Foster Kane through a series of hidden object puzzles. Find lost loves! Discover disguised mining deeds! Finally, locate the elusive Rosebud! It's there, just keep your eyes peeled.
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The purposes of this chapter, together with the provisions of other laws applicable to the Federal Columbia River Power System, are all intended to be construed in a consistent manner. Such purposes are also intended to be construed in a manner consistent with applicable environmental laws. Such purposes are:
(1) to encourage, through the unique opportunity provided by the Federal Columbia River Power System—
(2) to assure the Pacific Northwest of an adequate, efficient, economical, and reliable power supply;
(3) to provide for the participation and consultation of the Pacific Northwest States, local governments, consumers, customers, users of the Columbia River System (including Federal and State fish and wildlife agencies and appropriate Indian tribes), and the public at large within the region in—
(A) the development of regional plans and programs related to energy conservation, renewable resources, other resources, and protecting, mitigating and enhancing fish and wildlife resources,
(4) to provide that the customers of the Bonneville Power Administration and their consumers continue to pay all costs necessary to produce, transmit, and conserve resources to meet the region's electric power requirements, including the amortization on a current basis of the Federal investment in the Federal Columbia River Power System;
(5) to insure, subject to the provisions of this chapter—
(A) that the authorities and responsibilities of State and local governments, electric utility systems, water management agencies, and other non-Federal entities for the regulation, planning, conservation, supply, distribution, and use of electric power shall be construed to be maintained, and
(B) that Congress intends that this chapter not be construed to limit or restrict the ability of customers to take actions in accordance with other applicable provisions of Federal or State law, including, but not limited to, actions to plan, develop, and operate resources and to achieve conservation, without regard to this chapter; and
(6) to protect, mitigate and enhance the fish and wildlife, including related spawning grounds and habitat, of the Columbia River and its tributaries, particularly anadromous fish which are of significant importance to the social and economic well-being of the Pacific Northwest and the Nation and which are dependent on suitable environmental conditions substantially obtainable from the management and operation of the Federal Columbia River Power System and other power generating facilities on the Columbia River and its tributaries.
Source(Pub. L. 96–501, § 2,Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2697.)
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This chapter, referred to in provision preceding par. (1) and in par. (5), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 96–501, Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2697, known as the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, which enacted this chapter, amended sections 837, 838i, and 838k of this title, and enacted provisions set out as notes under this section. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
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Pub. L. 96–501, § 11,Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2735, provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter, amending sections 837, 838i, and 838k of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] shall be effective on the date of enactment [Dec. 5, 1980], or October 1, 1980, whichever is later. For purposes of this Act, the term 'date of the enactment of this Act' means such date of enactment [Dec. 5, 1980] or October 1, 1980, whichever is later."
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Pub. L. 96–501, § 1,Dec. 5, 1980, 94 Stat. 2697, provided in part that: "This Act [enacting this chapter, amending sections 837, 838i, and 838k of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the 'Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act'."
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One thing that's pretty clear about comic fans: They can sometimes be an ornery bunch... or at least the vocal ones can.
Just look at the number of blogs and message boards and Facebook posts about comics - and particularly negative or outraged posts - and it becomes clear just how fired up some comic fans can get.
Now you can paint a group of diverse people with a similar interest with only so broad a brush, but there are certain things lots of fans do share in common.
Some fans are still voicing anger about DC's reboot two years later, particularly now that company announced another weekly series and another line-wide September event with "gimmick" covers. Fans and bloggers moan about each and every Marvel relaunch (which, to be fair, are now frequent). Heck, even today's somewhat obscure first look at the costume of TV's new Flash brought out some complainers.
So with all that in mind Newsarama is counting down its Top 10 Sure-Fire Ways to Get Comic Fans Riled Up.
Retcons are common in comic books. But when retcons are used to explain away continuity errors, comic fans have a tough time accepting it.
And when we say tough time, we mean there will probably be blood.
Fans can be forgiving about little glitches, like when Batman's former Robin Tim Drake was no longer called Robin (adding "Red" in hindsight), or when Bucky Barnes' time as a cute kid sidekick got changed to make him a special forces super-assassin. But the big problems arise when comic writers get a little wild with their explanations of continuity glitches. Then again, they can do that because...well, this is comics.
I mean, come on... when you have aliens, ghosts and flying men, why can't it follow that it wasn't really Magneto under that Xorn mask, but was actually Xorn's brother pretending to be Magneto pretending to be Xorn? And sure, Jason Todd died, but in a world where Superboy-Prime can watch reality from behind a glass wall, couldn't his punch also crack that reality and bring characters back to life?
Uh... maybe not.
But whatever the explanation, the word "retcon" is usually met with a type of disdain reserved for few other things in comics, except maybe...
Kudos to all the manga fans out there, because they've had an uphill battle when trying to sell those wares to American comic book fans.
For many die-hard superhero fans, the words "manga-inspired" might as well be accompanied by an insult of their mother. The response is often just as violent.
All the ire probably stems from the fact that, about 10 years ago when the Japanese "manga" style was the hot new thing, many American comic book companies tried to tap into what they thought was a gold mine. Manga spin-offs and imprints started popping up everywhere, with manga interpretations of many tried-and-true superheroes.
Some fans were so angered by the "invasion" of manga-inspired art into superhero comics that they revolted against anything even resembling the style. And some of them still do. As one blogger recently put it, "Marvel MangaVerse made me drop the company altogether for years. I still haven't completely forgiven them."
Hollywood has to tread lightly with this one, because it's a very fine line. There are, apparently, plenty of small changes to comic book characters that are OK to make for the movie adaptations. Jarvis the butler as a computer? OK. Joker's smile made by scars instead of chemicals? Alright.
But other changes are seen by some as comic book blasphemy.
Yet the plethora of superhero films that are hitting the big screens have tempered the outrage a bit, as fans get used to the changes. After the heated online fan discussion about Perry White in Man of Steel being played by black actor Laurence Fishburne, fans were a little more accepting when Marvel recently announced that black actor Michael B. Jordan was cast as the Human Torch in its new film version of Fantastic Four.
But a lot of fans didn't give the Iron Man franchise the same flexibility, reacting negatively when the third movie's "twist" changed Marvel's villain, The Mandarin, into a bumbling idiot. Now The Avengers sequel, titled Age of Ultron, apparently doesn't even include Ultron's creator from the comics, the heroic Hank Pym. Will comic fans accept the omission? Maybe Avengers director Joss Whedon has earned the same type of leniency as Nolan. Plus, Marvel is likely throwing fans a bone by announcing that their Ant-Man movie will feature Pym.
No, we're not talking about the Garth Ennis/Steve Dillon comic.
It's the comic books that take an "issue" and explore it from a character's point of view.
Some of the most respected writers in fiction wrap their plots around thinly veiled stands on socio-political views.
But in comics, it has to be thickly veiled.
In fact, hidden would work better for some.
Fan outrage over preachy comics probably reached its height in 2008, when the U.S. presidential election had comics like DC Universe: Decisions exploring superhero politics, and characters like Savage Dragon taking sides.
While the 2012 election didn't see as many political comics, the past year has seen creators tentatively tying into the "Occupy" movement, to mixed results.
As Geoff Johns once told Newsarama when we asked about the potential for environmental issues in his Aquaman run: "Aquaman cares about that, and it's central to who he is. But you have to be careful not to be preachy."
Yeah, that's a broad title, considering a lot of changes in comics go unexplained. But in the case of loyal comic fans, who know all the details of their favorite characters' pasts, not knowing or understanding is akin to torture.
And it's exactly where DC finds itself since its reboot, as the publisher has slowly been revealing drastic changes in the history of several iconic characters and timelines that don't seem to add up... but it hasn't yet explained how all those changes happened. Even the #0 issues that DC released in September 2012 didn't address all the questions. Walk into any comic shop, and you'll surely hear someone ask, "How could Batman have three Robins and a 10-year-old son fathered by a villain's daughter when he's only been a superhero for a little over five years?" Maybe the current Batman: Zero Year will finally clear that up?
That type of unexplained continuity change is enough to make some comic fans' heads explode.
If anyone understands the importance of explaining details for a change, it's the people behind Spider-Man and Mary Jane's marriage elimination. For most of the "Brand New Day" era of Spider-Man, fans wouldn't recognize even the best of the storylines because... well... there were still things not explained.
You might as well strap them down so their forehead is under a dripping faucet.
It's becoming the trend in stories about superheroes, whether it's the constant releases of new #1 issues from Marvel, or DC's still-controversial reboot — and announcement this week that their slew of upcoming future-based comics are only "possible futures" (and thus will probably change).
Heck, even the movie industry is going at it — in less than 10 years, we've seen multiple versions of the Hulk and Punisher, with a new Fantastic Four and Batman coming soon.
When something isn't working — or the story seems to be finished — or someone sneezed too hard or something — companies and/or writers just start over, either discarding or ignoring the last creative team's work. That's all well and good in some storytelling media, but in ongoing comics? That are supposed to be, you know, ongoing? Let's just say, fans are getting a little heated over it.
Comic fans like to have a knowledge of their favorite characters. But when there's a new #1 issue, a new origin story and a new actor or approach every couple years — or months — they're going to start voicing concern. And not in a nice way.
For the last few years, a hot topic on the angry comic book blogosphere has been women in comics. And that includes female characters, who have had a tough go of it over the years.
In 1999, now-famed comic book writer Gail Simone and a handful of friends started a website called Women in Refrigerators that bemoaned the all-too-frequent use of female characters as disposable plot devices.
By disposable, we mean women were being killed in comics. A lot. Like, chopped up and shoved into refrigerators.
And according to the website, it appeared the women were being killed and suffering other indignities (see left) solely for the sake of challenging male comic heroes.
It didn't take long for the phrase "women in refrigerators" to catch on. And the idea became ingrained in the minds of comic fans.
Earth 2 writer Tom Taylor just used the term a few months ago when he told Newsarama he was "unfringing" Lois Lane — in other words, bringing her back to life from an allegedly meaningless death. Woe to the writer who kills a woman (or even creates any character solely to kill them for motivation of the "hero") on a comic page flippantly. Watch out writers — the "Women in Refrigerators" phrase will get whipped out quicker than her blood can run onto the floor. And scandal will follow.
We're treading lightly here, because wow.... the reaction to DC's announcement in 2012 that a Green Lantern would go from being a straight character to a gay one spurred a huge reaction in the mainstream press, as well as among comic fans (incidentally, it didn't seem to affect Earth 2's sales, which have been steady but not overwhelmingly good or bad). DC has made it clear that more characters will have their race and gender changed to add diversity, after Marvel added a half-black, half-Hispanic Spider-Man in 2011 to heated fan reaction.
It's an ongoing issue that Newsarama explored in detail in 2011, when a lot of feathers were being ruffled. At the center of the controversy is not whether there should be characters of color, but instead whether they're characters of color for the "sake of diversity."
Apparently, that matters to a sect of comic fans.
And we're not the only ones treading lightly. Even Dan DiDio, co-publisher at DC, was careful to temper his language when asked about diversity a few years ago...
"What we've always said is that we don't want to push this in," he said," so that it feels natural and the fans come on board if it's part of the overarching story not a 'program.'"
Sure, this literary device can tick off readers of just about any fictional story, but in comics, even something that resembles a complete surprise will get many fans worked up as they label it a "deus ex machina."
Never mind that comics have a long tradition of using the device. For years, Batman's utility belt, or Reed Richards' handy devices would act as clever little surprise saviors. And magical characters like Doctor Strange and Phantom Stranger were always around for a quick, last-minute save.
But maybe that's the problem. Because comic fans have been reading so many stories over the years that anything surprising can be upsetting to the point of outrage.
As writer Bill Willingham once explained to Newsarama readers, "one of the operative elements of deus ex machina, which is looked upon in writing as a cheat to readers, is that it comes out of nowhere."
This one could actually just be called "deaths," because if it's a comic fan's favorite character, it'll be near impossible to make that death "meaningful."
But really, the more hurried and unexplained a death is, the worse the outcry from fans of the character is.
And the higher the quantity or more violent the destruction, the worse the reaction. Whether it's a whole slew of Avengers members in Disassembled or a bevy of Titans in Infinite Crisis, the response will be predictably angry.
It's such a bad prospect for a fan to lose his/her favorite character that even the threat of a death can get an outraged response. The insinuation by DC that Nightwing might, maybe be dying in Forever Evil has the blogosphere threatening boycotts before the story's outcome is known. And copy for Futures End that talks about a hero dying has fans busting out the eye rolls emoticons months before the story even starts.


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Season Opener Wednesday at The Dunk
Springfield, MA - The Providence Bruins fell to the Springfield Falcons 3-2 in a shootout Saturday evening at the MassMutual Center. The P-Bruins got goals in regulation from Mikko Lehtonen and Johnny Boychuk and in the shootout from Jordan Knackstedt. The P-Bruins are back at home Wednesday at the Dunkin' Donuts Center for opening night versus the Lowell Devils at 7:05 p.m. The P-Bruins finished the pre-season with a 2-1 record.
After a scoreless opening period, the P-Bruins scored at the 2:53 mark with a delayed penalty coming. Jeff Penner worked the puck from the left board to Brad Marchand in between the circles. Marchand passed the puck to Lehtonen, who was parked just outside the left side of the net and he scored his first goal of the pre-season. Providence took a 2-0 advantage at the 7:13 mark. Boychuk netted his first goal of the pre-season, while Levi Nelson and Kirk MacDonald picked up the assists.
The Falcons pulled within a goal at the 4:49 mark of the third period. Sebastien Bisaillon scored from the right point with Bryan Young and Liam Reddox grabbing the assists. Springfield tied the game at two at the 7:14 mark. Tim Sestito tallied from between the face off circles with Viacheslav Trukhno and Young recording the assists. The game went into overtime tied at two.
After a scoreless overtime, Trukhno scored the first shootout goal for the Falcons. Carl Corazzini scored in the third round giving Springfield a 2-0 advantage. Providence cut it in half when Knackstedt scored in the fourth round, but the P-Bruins were unable to score in the fifth round as the Falcons went on to the 3-2 shootout victory.
Kevin Regan stopped all 12 shots he faced and Kevin Nastiuk stopped 11 of 13 shots for the P-Bruins, while Devan Dubnyk made 20 saves for the Falcons. The P-Bruins were 0-for-8 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the penalty kill.
The P-Bruins open the season at home Wednesday at The Dunk versus the Devils at 7:05 p.m. Information on P-Bruins tickets can be obtained by calling the team ticket office at (401) 273-5000 or by logging onto the team website at providencebruins.com.


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Donna Bartholomew, 74, of Turlock, passed away at Emanuel Medical Center. Donna was born in Marshfield, Wisconsin, to Arthur Elmer "George" and Abigail Elizabeth Tessmer. She grew up and attended schools in Wisconsin before the family moved to Vallejo, CA in 1953. She graduated from Armijo High School in Fairfield. In September of 1957 she married John Bartholomew and they had three children during their 18 years of marriage before his death in 1975. In October of 1979 she married Nelson Woodside of Ann Arbor, MI and resided there for 19 years before his passing in 1998. After Nelson's ...
Teresa Louise Robinson Burns was born in August 1952 and passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2012 at the age of 59. She loved spending time outdoors and was known for having a "green thumb"; always taking care of plants and flowers. Teresa also enjoyed shopping for various antiques.
Joan Elaine Swallow, of Turlock, passed away on Feb. 13, 2012 after a brief illness.
Alice Pera Yonan, 88, passed away peacefully on September 16, 2014. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Joseph Una Yonan, and sister, Diane Pera Yohannan. She is survived by her son, David Yonan, and daughter, Dina Yonan Gehring, her two sisters, Lillian Pera Abraham and Mariam Pera Miroo, and brother-in-law Albert D. Miroo. She was a Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother, who will be loved and missed dearly. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Assyrian Church of the East: Mar Addai Perish.
Our precious mother, Olive Elaine Dill, passed away peacefully on September 13, 2014 into the arms of her Lord & Savior Jesus Christ at her home in Turlock, California.
Shara Nickole Valadez, 21, died September 9, 2014. She was born December 10, 1992, in Salinas, California to Moises Alvarez and Sandra G. Alvarez. She grew up in Salinas until grade 4 when the family moved to the Central Valley. Shara attended Wakefield School, Dutcher School and Turlock High where she met the love of her life and future husband Chris Valadez. She attended Merced College as an Ag Business Major and worked at Home Depot. She is preceded in death by her brother Moses Alvarez, and Grandfather Guadalupe Alvarez.
William "Bill" Hartzell passed away peacefully on September 5th in Hughson, California. He is now with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He is gone from our sight but forever in the hearts of his family and friends. Bill is survived by the love of his life, his wife of 67 years, Sylvia; children Bill Ball (Paula) of Portland, Oregon, Beverly Hatcher, (Steve) of Turlock, California, Dan Hartzell, (Noreen) of Turlock, California, Dave Hartzell (Lynn) of Tracy, California and Teresa Miller (Mark) of Medford, Oregon. There are also five grandchildren and five great grandchildren who are true blessings to him ...
Claudia was preceded in death by her mother. She is survived by her father and three siblings: Sophia Alexi of Turlock, Robert Brimoanbi of Hawaii, and Albert Brimoanbi of Turlock.
Ila passed away peacefully in Turlock at the age of 94. She is predeceased by her husband William Versol Crow. She is survived by her three children, Sandy Snelling of Turlock, Judy Forrette (Gary) of San Mateo, and Gary Crow (Donna) of Cahone, Colorado. She was grandmother to nine, great-grandmother to 15, and great-great-grandmother to six. She is also survived by her sister Muriel Hartsell of Sonora, her sister-in-law OnaLou Lovelady Carter of Modesto, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Everett Beasley of Ceres CA passed away peacefully at Elness Convalesent Hospital in Turlock on September 7, 2014 at the age of 96. Born on July 11, 1918 in Rogersville, Missouri, Everett was the only child of Ernest and Eva Beasley.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014 from 12pm - 6pm at Allen Mortuary with the Rosary to follow at 8pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Turlock.
Margaret Vasconcellos, age 93, passed away peacefully at her home in Turlock on September 1st.
Gus Coutrakis, 75, entered into rest August 31, 2014 at his self constructed hillside home near Lake Don Pedro. His beloved wife and best friend of 30 years, Vicki (Seagraves) Coutrakis was embracing him as he left his finger prints on our world. Also by his side, his devoted dog of 12 years Tula, who protected him, followed him and unbelievably understood him when others had no idea what he was saying…..
Hilda Ventura, age 79, passed away peacefully at Alexander Cohen Hospice House with her family by her side. She was born in Modesto to Frank and Rose Oliveira and lived most of her life in Turlock. She was married to her husband Louie Ventura for 60 years. Hilda worked for American Thread Company for 20 years until they closed. She retired from Emanuel Medical Center as a cook. She was a talented seamstress and enjoyed cross stitching as well as taking family outings to Black Oak Casino. Hilda and her husband, Louie, loved camping with their friends Lorene and Howard ...
Cmdr. Kenneth T. Sanders (1919-2014), pilot US Navy (retired), passed away peacefully on August 31, 2014 in Pensacola, FL. He was born in San Francisco as a 5th generation Californian whose family had migrated to CA in the late 1770's as part of the first overland expedition to the small hamlet of San Diego commanded by Juan Bautista de Anza travelling across the desert from Mission San Javier near Tuscon.
In loving memory of Dennis Lee Lewallen, 71 years of age. He served in the US Army from 1965-69, in the 7th infantry division during the Vietnam war and was awarded a Marksmanship medal. He was a truck driver for over 54 years and earned the California Truck Driver of the Year award for over 3 million miles accident free. He was currently working for G&G Trucking in Turlock; he loved his job. Dennis never knew a stranger and everyone that met him loved him. His personality accompanied by his smile was a blessing to everyone. He loved hunting ...
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"Let distances not cause us to miss the aim toward which we should tend always, yes, always. It is in this unique sense that I am all yours, in life as well as in death."
"To the heart nothing is far away" (Good Mother)
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19.09.2014Activities of Picpus / Saint Gabriel communities in Paris (Brs)
The community of St. Gabriel is pleased to welcome Nicolas Viel, a Chilean brother, who is in Paris to learn French (at the Alliance Française) and to explore the historical places of the founding of the Congregation.
Currently, our community is trying to finish as ...
17.09.2014Preparation for final vows in Manila is soon finishing (Srs)
The program of preparation for final vows that the sisters of PPC Asia are having in Manila is soon finishing.
From the 1st of August, the sisters are having different experiences and programs to recapitulate all that they had lived during the Juniorate in order to ma...
16.09.2014Enlarged General Council in Rome (Brs)
The SSCC Brothers Enlarged General Council that will last for 8 days has just begun this evening. It is made up of members of the General Government and the Major Superiors (Provincials and Vice-Provincials). This time the participants are composed of 21 members: the Supe...
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The greatest commencement address ever is now more than three decades old. And it's safe to say it will never be surpassed or even equaled. It belongs to the ages.
In 1979, its author summed up the condition of modern man by noting that, quote, more than at any other time in history, humanity is at the crossroads: One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness; the other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. Unquote.
Bang. That's all she wrote. With that one paragraph, Woody Allen, filmmaker and philosopher-king, made Graduation Day his bitch for all time. No point in any of us trying to bring anything new to this game; Woody has killed it dead. That he never actually gave the remark at any commencement is beside the point. True, it appeared only as a column in The New York Times, but so what? Linked as it is to no actual college or university, Allen's address is now the preserve of graduates everywhere. It was mine when I slipped the surly bonds of the University in Maryland in 1983, and it belongs to you all now, here today. And if this forlorn little planet is still spinning when your children roll up and smoke their diplomas a couple short decades from now, it'll be theirs as well.
Now, I can hear you out there muttering. What's so great about Woody Allen's words? What is there to admire, save for a nice one-liner, delivered with all the pitch-perfect, neurotic self-doubt that Allen made famous?
Well, for thing, it is a funny line. And marching out into this beleaguered world of ours — you suckers are gonna need all the laughter you can get. Take solace in humor, people. As much as you can.
But more importantly, Allen was entirely, exactly and permanently right. He was right 30 years ago. And he's right at this very moment. And if we're lucky — if the odds don't catch up with us and the human race continues to stagger forward into fresh decades of a new century — then he'll be right 30 years from now.
We do indeed live at the brink of extinction — nuclear, or ecological, or epidemiological. Technology and Malthusian population scenarios — tethered as they are to man's innate potential for inhumanity — all of this may indeed be conspiring at this very moment to bring about a sudden apocalypse. That's true now, and it's going to stay true for all of the foreseeable future.
On the other hand, if we are lucky, we will endure and fight on, never vanquishing any of the fundamental threats to society but never capitulating either. Our problems will remain our problems, our solutions will always be incomplete. War will come again, famine too, and for every half-step forward, for every careful and reasoned moment of maturation in the human condition, there will be another moment in which greed or brutality prevails.
Okay, now you're starting to get a little restless. You're out there under those mortarboards, trying to enjoy this day. You did the work, you got the grades. Your parents are out there with you, prouder than hell. This is your day. And theirs. And who the hell is this lumpy white guy to come here and drip doom and despair all over the lawn in front of the Healy building? For the love of God, he's sucking the life out of the big moment.
Well, OK. Maybe so.
But the thing of it is, 30 years ago, when I sat where you now sit, my generation made the mistake of reading Woody Allen's words as a function of wit only. We got the joke. We were in on the joke. But we were pretty sure that it was, after all, only a joke.
After all, 30 years ago, the darkest days of the civil rights struggle were behind us, or so it seemed. Race relations were improving. Our nation seemed to be moving closer to a just and inclusive society. And, too, our country seemed to have learned some painful and tragic lessons about America and the limitations of overseas interventions. The Cold War was ongoing, true, but two decades removed from the Cuban Missile Crisis, it was becoming increasingly clear to most sensate observers that the Soviet Union was even more overextended than we were, that for our Vietnams, they had their Afghanistans. The stalemate was just that, and with détente, there was a growing sense of thaw.
Economically, the American middle class remained ascendant. In the post-World War II years, industrialization and collective bargaining had created the greatest consumer class the world had ever seen — once-poor laborers were working jobs with union scale and benefits. Many became homeowners and middle class, pushing their children toward college and something more then they had. Income was often rightly called discretionary, and worker wages were used to power the greatest economy in world history. We sold each other not just the things we needed but the things we didn't need. We were the fuel for our own unrelenting economic engine.
With all that going for us, how could it not get better? How could tomorrow be anything but more than today?
When I sat where you now sit, I simply assumed that my generation couldn't help but seize the reins and deliver a great society. And later, when the Berlin Wall fell — when Cold War ideology no longer dictated American behavior around the globe, when our worst ideological fears were at last overcome — my, didn't the future seem bright indeed for a moment or two.
Well, here we are. And here you are.
And every day, it seems, the headlines offer fresh examples of the greed and selfishness with which my generation has laid waste to its own possibilities. And it doesn't end with Wall Street's kleptocracy. In the world at large, we have proclaimed ourselves to be a peace-loving nation, yet we wage prolonged wars of choice. We declare our devotion to free and open markets, yet time and again unrestrained capitalism, while an effective tool for generating short-term profit, proves itself a useless metric for calibrating a just and inclusive society. We insist that we are still a great people, that an American Century is still to come, yet many of us feel no call to citizenship if citizenship has any actual cost. Even during wartime, with our armies afield, we whine about paying taxes, though our tax rates are the lowest in modern American history. Meanwhile, though less prone to overt racism, we have nonetheless abandoned the precepts of upward mobility for all Americans, conceding the very idea of public education, of equality of opportunity. And as our society further stratifies, as the rich get richer and the poor become less and less necessary to our de-industrialized economy, we wage a war against our underclass under the guise of drug prohibition, turning America into the jailingest society on the face of the earth. And as to reform? As to the political leadership and responsive government? That hardly seems possible when our high court permits capital to purchase our electoral process at wholesale prices.
Am I'm bringing you down with all of this stuff? Am I bumming you out? I can't help it. I'm sorry. But hey, if you watched "The Wire," or "Generation Kill," or "Treme" — then you knew I was gonna go there, right? Those are angry narratives. They are saying angry things about the American future.
And now, forgive me, that future is yours. And Woody Allen's clever turn of phrase, once played for laughs, now has a real and ugly echo, doesn't it?
For starters, my generation probably owes yours an apology. Because, hey, we definitely shanked it. We choked. We let ourselves get distracted with greed, with gloss, with the taste of the bread and the glitz of the circuses. We took our eyes off the prize — which was always this:


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Monday, April 29 2013
The Civil War's 'Young Napoleon': An Interview with Richard Slotkin
Renowned cultural critic and historian Richard Slotkin discusses his new book, The Long Road to Antietam, and shares his thoughts on the future of American Studies. He indulges us with his favorite movies, too.
Sunday, April 15 2012
Reluctant Gunslingers and Incorrigible She-Devils
Can classic Hollywood films help us navigate today's environment of political apathy and cynical media saturation?


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Visit Buffalo Niagara and NTCC release Canadian shopping researchby jmaloni
Longwoods International study illuminates Buffalo Niagara's strengths and opportunities
Press release
This past winter, Visit Buffalo Niagara and the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. engaged Longwoods International, a world leader in tourism marketing research, to conduct a study on Buffalo/Niagara as a shopping destination for Canadians.
Longwoods International Senior Vice President and Director of Research Michael Erdman presented the results of the research Monday, during a pair of events at the WNED Studios in Buffalo and the Niagara Falls Conference and Events Center in Niagara Falls.
The research was designed to capture the following strategic information on the Ontario market:
- Drivers of shopping destination selection
- Buffalo Niagara's image as a shopping destination vs. competition
- Behavioral and demographic data
- Surveys were conducted from Feb. 7 to 27, 2012
- Longwoods surveyed 655 travelers from Ontario, ages 18 and older, who claimed to have traveled for shopping in the past three years
- Buffalo/Niagara was compared to the following Canadian destinations: Montreal, metro Toronto and Hamilton
Demographics of Canadian shoppers in Buffalo Niagara:
- Skews slightly female
- Younger - 50 percent are 25 to 44 years old
- Employed full-time, with kids at home
- Well educated - 85 percent have received some post-secondary education
- Significant Asian market, which is in line with the Greater Toronto Area's population
- Above average income
Behavioral characteristics and impressions:
- Strongest season for day trips and overnight trips is July to September
- Short planning cycles - 44 percent of day trips to Buffalo/Niagara are planned in one week or less
- Top information sources for travel planning are the Internet and the shoppers' own personal experience from past visits
- The average overnight trip to Buffalo Niagara is for 2.3 nights for 3.1 people
- The most commonly visited shopping areas were the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, the Walden Galleria and the Boulevard Mall
- 53 percent of day trip visitors and 34 percent of overnight visitors engaged in no other activities in Buffalo Niagara other than shopping
- Relative to competitors, Buffalo/Niagara has an image deficit outside of shopping. Many visitors are missing out on the region's dining, local culture and entertainment/nightlife.
Report Conclusions and Recommendations:
- Ontario shoppers are not downscale bargain-hunters. They are urban, young and upscale.
- Buffalo Niagara is clearly positioned as a shopping destination
- In absence of destination marketing initiatives, shopping trips will be driven by affordability of goods
- Buffalo/Niagara's unique selling proposition is that we are a "fun place to shop." This is an important differentiator that our region delivers very well on.
- There is a huge untapped opportunity in the high proportion of visitors who do nothing besides shopping.
- Encourage Canadians to expand their experience in Buffalo/Niagara through promotion, aligning the region's product with their interests and way-finding.
- Buffalo Niagara should have a frequent and consistent advertising presence in key markets to:
- Cater to an audience with a short planning cycle
- Keep the region "top of mind"
- Increase the frequency of visits and the length of stay
"We've always known that Canadian shoppers play a tremendously important role in Buffalo Niagara's economy," said Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, president and CEO of Visit Buffalo Niagara. "This study gives us a thorough understanding of their demographics, behaviors and motivators; illuminates Buffalo Niagara's strengths and opportunities; and provides a clear roadmap for a targeted marketing and public relations plan across the border, which will improve our image and increase visitation and spending."
"It's no surprise that the Southern Ontario shopper is a vital character in our marketing landscape," said John Percy, president and CEO of NTCC. "This survey allows us to have a deeper knowledge of the Canadian shopper's interests, which will be important as we undertake more projects and see more development in Niagara USA, making the link to the tourism and hospitality industry even stronger."
In addition to Visit Buffalo Niagara and the NTCC, The Buffalo News, Seneca Niagara Casino, Eastern Hills Mall and Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls, USA provided support for the study.
The mission of the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. is to expand the economic prosperity of the Niagara USA communities by generating individual and group visitation.
Visit Buffalo Niagara sells and markets our assets and attractions to visitors outside of the Buffalo Niagara region as a convention, tourism and leisure destination for the economic benefit of the community.
Established in 1978 as a market research consultancy, Longwoods International is a respected leader in brand strategy and ROI research. With offices in Toronto and New York City, Longwoods conducts strategic market research for public- and private-sector clients throughout North America, Europe and the Pacific Rim.


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Chia Seed
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I wish you'd posted that a few months ago when I bought some almond milk on clearance that was expiring in a few months. I never had a use for it. I figured some kind of pudding, but never looked up a recipe. So simple.
Posted 29 May 2013 - 03:23 PM
Fruit jam thickened with chia seeds rather than a lot of sugar.
I'll be experimenting with this. Although I don't have that much use for it since I rarely eat bread. There's always all the pancake recipes posted on the better breads and alternatives thread...
For Strawberry chia seed Jam:
- 2 & 1/4 cups chopped strawberries, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces
- 3-4 tbsp sugar, to taste
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
Directions: In a medium sized pot, add the chopped strawberries and sugar. Heat over low until the strawberries begin to sweat and it gets a bit watery. Once it heats down a bit, add in the chia seeds, and stir well. Bring to a boil and then simmer over low to medium heat for at least 10 minutes. Once it has thickened a bit, remove from heat and cool for 5-10 mins.
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MOSINEE, Wis (WSAU) -- A portable propane tank exploded inside of a Mosinee residence Wednesday night, injuring one person and causing extensive damage.
Mosinee Fire Chief Josh Klug says the doors and windows on the right side unit at 501 Maple Street were blown out, and the lone female inside was out of the building when they arrived. She was taken to Aspirus Wausau Hospital for treatment. The victim's name and the extent of her injuries has not been released. Klug believes both of her dogs survived the blast.
Klug says the incident remains under investigation, but confirms a portable propane tank similar to what is commonly used with gas grills and garage heaters exploded inside the structure.
Emergency crews were called to the scene just before 9:30 p.m.
The neighbors on the other side of the duplex were home at the time of the explosion. They are safe, and were allowed to go back into their residence after firefighters cleared the scene.
Klug reminds people not to use portable propane devices inside your living quarters, and you should never try to hook a portable tank to a home furnace. He says there are programs available to help get emergency propane for families that need it.
(The unedited video of Mosinee Fire Chief Josh Klug talking to reporters after the explosion can be seen above.)


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Buck 113 Ranger Skinner Fixed Blade Knife 3.13" Drop Point 420HC Stainless Steel Blade Macassar Ebony Dymmondwood Handle Brown
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Remember Me
On Xmas Day, "pastor" Rick Warren, the currently-celebrated evangelist who is on every TV screen and front page as the hand-picked preacher to deliver the invocation of divine magic at the Obama inauguration ceremony, gave an effusive, rambling account on the NBC Today Show that demonstrated his incredible naivety about rational thinking and how disconnected his brand of religion - at least - is from reality. He was gushing over a miracle that he said had "blessed" his family.
The facts: Warren said that his daughter-in-law Jaime gave birth to her first child six weeks prematurely, though he can't seem to remember whether it was five, six, or seven weeks, since he gave all three figures... The hospital, he said, performed a C-section to save the baby's life - and the mother's. In that procedure, Warren said, they discovered that it was a "breech baby," that the umbilical cord was wrapped around the baby's neck and it was not receiving oxygen.
If Jaime had tried to give birth in the normal way, at the normal time, and if she'd "pushed" during the delivery, it might have killed both her and the child. What they didn't know at the time, but then discovered, was that the mother had what Warren described as a "three-inch" brain tumor - which may be hyperbolic, since I think that such a growth might be visually evident.
But consider: the baby was in a breech situation, a critical position arranged by God; this was remedied by medical science during the Caesarian procedure, an invention by Man to thwart natural disasters brought about by a not-uncommon imperfection of the human body - which is also God's design. And the baby's umbilical cord had shut off oxygen-rich blood, another design error, or maybe a purposeful Act of God. The mother had a sizeable brain tumor, placed there by God, who we're told creates all these things.
And the Divine solution to this problem, according to Rick Warren? God - who, remember, is the Creator of Heaven and Earth, Omnipotent and Omniscient, knows all, the One who can do anything He wishes - arranged the oxygen-deprived baby in a breech position, bringing about a crisis that medical science had to avert by performing an operation. And He thereafter allowed medical science to detect the tumor, which is still in place, being poorly placed for access by surgery. Who designed this scenario - Rube Goldberg...?
I ask, is this God character a comedian, using humans as His marionettes for amusement? Does He get His kicks by manipulating us just for laughs? Was this near-disaster for the Warren family just a sort of Divine whim? How can Rick Warren see this as a demonstration of God's mercy - a miracle, yet! - rather than as a cruel, capricious, joke? A caring God would not have created and placed that brain tumor in the mother, would not have designed the process of gestation-and-birth so that oxygen starvation and breech delivery are possible, and would not be playing with the lives and security of humans, who He claims to have designed and created - out of dirt, yet. Doing this, putting humans in danger of death, is a purposeful act that He Himself has already declared to be a sin. Just who makes the rules in this stupid morality play...?
Since I'm dealing here with reality, let me return to the real world to close this subject of my tirade. The actual questions we have before us, are these: Does Rick Warren, personally, actually believe that the fantasy he preaches is true? Did he deliver that nonsense on NBC with the conviction that it made sense? Does he believe that this God of his is a capricious, vengeful, jealous, cruel, bored deity, who delights in threatening humans, and expects total obeisance, fear, and trembling as insurance against further bullying - or death? Or is Warren well aware of reality and of the deception he supports, riding his way to financial and influential success on the backs of the naïve?
Those are four heavy questions, of which I personally suspect the last one is answered by "yes."
Far more politically-savvy persons than I have opined that President-elect Obama made a good move by asking Warren to fill that prominent position on January 20th. Yes, I can see the truth in that; the move will happify the California Christian Right, I'm sure. I only hope that there'll be a minimum of this sort of appeasement from the Oval Office, and that the promised return to critical thinking and common sense, along with an end to science-bashing, will become significant characteristics of Washington politics.
The NBC Today show followed this dreary plug for righteousness with another, an interview with Franklin Graham, President of "Samaritan's Purse" and the chosen successor to his father, the Rev. Billy Graham, and with Rabbi Irwin Kula - demonstrating how incomprehensive the network's representation of "real" religion can be, since some 21% of the world's population embraces the religion of Islam, 33% espouse Christianity, and only .22% Judaism. The two savants delivered, through fixed and rather forced smiles, appeals for viewers to return to traditional superstitious beliefs while of course still enjoying the gifts and pagan associations that Xmas has taken on. Giving presents, overeating, overspending, and believing in absurdities, were touted as being "okay," perhaps primarily to keep the two gentlemen employed, but to me, their appearance on the show had all the atmosphere of a desperate stand against the creeping rationality that they saw threatening their respective Ivory Towers...
There's little doubt, I think, that our species is very slowly recovering from this centuries-long Dark Age, though another three generations or so will surely suffer through the remnants of the debris... Churches will become museums... And yes, I can anticipate the amusement that will be expressed by folks in 2070 C.E. if/and/when they read these words...
But I note that there are real steps forward being made. Most of us now treat Santa Claus and flying reindeer as myths, though devils and angels, along with eternal life and Heaven, are still held by millions around the world to be attractive and probably-true delusions...
Hang in there...