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Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield admits he has not thought about his future with his contract due to expire at the end of the season.
Langfield is in his ninth season at Aberdeen and he has held off the challenge of Nicky Weaver to remain No.1 keeper at Pittodrie.
The 33-year-old concedes he may not be everyone's favourite at Aberdeen, but that his commitment to the club cannot be questioned.
"I have not given it any thought. I am just focusing on now and enjoying my football," Langfield told the Daily Record.
"People can talk negatively about me but one thing I guarantee is every time I put on an Aberdeen shirt I will give 100 per cent.
"I may not be everyone's favourite but no one can doubt my commitment to the club.
"I am close to playing 300 games for Aberdeen. If I do reach that it would be a great achievement for me. It's always a challenge whenever a new keeper and manager come in to a club.
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The sun scrapes away the first layers of the day
Nothing is meant; this is a beautiful accident
This could be the sunrise, or I could be wrong
'cause sometimes what looks like the sunrise
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Stephanopoulos to McCain: Is There Any Issue You'll be 'Joined at the Hip' with Obama?
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A 'Switch' on male-female roles
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'SNL' star Michaela Watkins joins 'The Back-Up Plan'
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I first met Jennifer Lopez when she filmed Selena and was on the cusp of stardom. Many years have passed, much divaness has gone down the pike — a designer clothing line, a successful (for a while) musical career, scandalous fashion statements, ...
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If electronics is the cutting edge of new technology, UK university electronics research is the cutting edge of the cutting edge! Keep up with all the latest electronics-related research and development taking place across the UK.
Imperial rolls out cashless payment YoYo app
Imperial is walking the talk when it comes to its cashless payment app YoYo.
The app, allows students, staff and visitors to purchase food and drink on campus without the need for cash or cards, is being pioneered at Imperial says the university:
Yoyo was co-founded by Imperial Innovations, a technology transfer company set up by the College, and launched for the first time last month at Imperial's South Kensington Campus. Since then the app has attracted more than 2,400 staff and student users.
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"We're building an app that is intuitive, exciting and simple to use, and feedback from our customers is key to achieving that," said Michael Rolph, Co-Founder of Yoyo. "Imperial, being a unique community of exceptionally bright minds with high expectations of mobile technology, represented a tough audience for Yoyo – making it an ideal launch-pad for our product."


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Rob Liefeld to Former DC Editor Brian Smith: Nyah Nyah Nyah Nyah
- Written by Jude Terror on Wednesday, September 26 2012 and posted in News with Benefits
Rob Liefeld's former editor at DC has left the company, and Rob is nothing but professional and courteous in his response.
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Last month, Rob Liefeld left DC Comics in a hail of Twitter ranting worthy of Charlie Sheen. Most of the complaints centered around DC's editorial interference, specifically from a certain editor who Liefeld noted, in behavior worthy of awards for candor if not tact, had a small penis. Today, Brian Smith announced that he was leaving DC Comics on Twitter:
Last day at DC this Friday! Good times, learned a LOT (good and bad). Back to freelance and creator owned comics for me. :-)
Liefeld, a courteous professional who always treats his colleagues and employers with the utmost respect, responded:
So I walked out of DC due to my editor's incompetence. Now he's gone. #funny
Responding to fan questions about whether this could signal a return to producing 10% of DC's books, Liefeld responded "No chance."
Ladies and Gentleman, Rob Liefeld, a true gentleman.
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If you've ever thought of donating your body to science, read what happened at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galvestonand then ask yourself if a good, old-fashioned burial might not be a better idea.
Photographer Kenny Braun has been surfing the Gulf Coast for about thirty years. So naturally, when the water's just right, he grabs his . . . camera.
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The multi-purpose DCU Center in Worcester hosts some of the best concerts in the Boston area, including Life In Color on Saturday, October 04, 2014. Get in on the action by looking through the detailed concert venue information below.
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The stage at the DCU Center will generally be located at one end of the arena, with the remainder of the floor either as general admission or reserved seating (Sections 1-6, with 1-3 closest to the stage). The first level of seating above the floor will be the 100 section, which starts with Section 101 in the far right corner, and runs clockwise around the venue through Section 125. In some cases, the seating behind the stage from Sections 111-120 will not be available to sit in, but will be open for other concerts. The 200 level starts with Section 201 directly down the center of the venue, and runs clockwise to Section 240 adjacent to Section 201. Like the 100 level, some of the seating in sections 215-227 may not be open for some concerts but may be for others. The 300 level only runs along the long sides of the venue, with the west balcony consisting of Sections 307-315 and the east balcony containing Sections 327-335.
DCU Center General Information
All guests entering the DCU Center are subject to search, with the following items being prohibited from entering the venue: weapons, bottles, cans, lasers, bags, backpacks, coolers, tablets, and outside food and beverages. The camera policy varies by event, but generally small, personal cameras are allowed, and video cameras, audio recorders and cameras with detachable lenses are not permitted. Smoking is prohibited throughout the venue, but a smoking door is designated at Door 19. No re-entry is permitted with the exception of the smoking section.
DCU Center Parking Information
Parking is not included in your ticket price, and there is no parking onsite for the DCU Center. However, there are many outside parking garages and lots available surrounding the venue, including the Major Taylor Blvd. Municipal Garage, Commercial Street Garage, Dwight Foster Parking, Exchange Street Parking, First American Realty Parking, and Pearl-Elm Municipal Garage. Fees will vary depending on the event.
Public transportation is also available via the MBTA Commuter Rail, while the Union Station stop is less than a half mile from the DCU Center.
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Heavy rain fell during the past 48 hours. Some storm totals include:
Indianapolis National Weather Service office: 2.50"
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Patchy drizzle will be possible tonight as a cold front exits Indiana.
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BetterRelations (beta): some updates
Well, in a hopefully last coding "flash" this night I included some frequently requested features, most important: a "can't decide" button: Enjoy (also see the first post)
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Introducing: BetterRelations – a Game with a Purpose
As many of you know I'm developing a game called BetterRelations for my MasterThesis. It is now available: BetterRelations (alpha) The game collects pairwise user preferences, which are then used to rate Linked Data triples by "Importance". Would be cool … Continue reading
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Data Updates
Keeping you up to date on the latest data releases.
October 2014
- 08.01.2013
- Construction Spending
- Private construction spending rose in June to $622.8 billion, 0.4 percent below the revised May estimate of $625.4 billion. June's results are 9.7 percent higher than a year ago. Residential construction spending rose $332.1 billion in June, nearly the same as the revised May estimate of $332.2 billion. New multifamily construction spending fell 3.3 percent and is up 40.6 percent year-over-year. New single-family construction posted a monthly decline of 0.8 percent and is up 28.2 percent since last June. Private nonresidential construction spending was at $290.7 billion, 0.9 percent below the revised May estimate of $291.3 billion.


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Name: Andrew Alberts Age: 32 Position: Defence 2013-14 stats: 0-0-0 in 10 games Career stats: 8-47-55 in 459 NHL games Contract status: Coming off a one-year, one-way deal that paid $600,000, he's a pending … Continue reading
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Culture-conscious Canucks back suspended Torts, but they now need victories
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Van Provies: Sweet Danish, still streaking, adios Cammy, heart for Hartley, she said yes
CALGARY — With the Brian Burke trade watch in full swing — now that the NHL roster freeze has ended — here's what transpired before and during a 2-0 victory by the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday: BEST HIGH-FIVES "We knew … Continue reading
Tweet it Five Hole, July edition
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Tweet it five hole – First week of March edition
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Update: Bosco really needs a home by the 1st!! The worst case has happened and we need to find him a home immediately so if you know anyone who wants to love him or can foster him indefinitely please PM me and let me know! Let's help my good dog and try to keep this on the first page!
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MonkeyProof and I are looking for a forever home for our 6/7 year-old GSD, Bosco. Unexpected things have come up forcing us to move to an apartment, and we are not able to take him with us as he is very much an outside dog. If anyone here is looking to adopt or know someone who is.. please send me a PM!
Bosco needs a home where he can preferably be the only dog with a nice yard to stay outside and roam. His big thing is that he is scared of water (unheard of for a GSD) because of a previous owner's actions. He is not fixed, and is micro-chipped and in the process of being up to date on his hots. He really is a handsome, beautiful boy!


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A measure that would eliminate a woman's ability to obtain an abortion through the South Carolina state health plan if she's a victim of rape or incest was passed unanimously by a South Carolina Senate panel on Tuesday. The clause, which was included within the 2012-2013 budget, allows for just one exception — "when the mother's life is in jeopardy." Opponents argue that the measure re-traumatizes the crime victim, but Republican Sen. Ken Bryant claims the proposal protects the rights of the unborn child. A similar clause was approved by the House during a budget debate in 2010, but was removed by the Senate. Fatima Najiy
South Carolina Advances Measure Banning Abortions In Cases Of Rape Or Incest
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Friends Season 9 Episode 23 – The One in Barbados (1)
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Plot summary: Chandler gives David advice that culminates in David deciding to propose to Phoebe. However, Phoebe is still in love with Mike. Monica meddles and calls Mike, who shows up in Barbados and interrupts David's marriage proposal with one of his own. Phoebe chooses Mike, although she doesn't accept his proposal. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Ross and Charlie when they spend some time together rewriting his speech, and Rachel struggles with the idea of telling Joey that she's crazy about him.


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I was surprised at how much I enjoyed my Fit & Well class this semester - I dabbled with dance throughout high school and always really enjoyed it, and being able to dip my feet back into it felt really great. The overarching message of the Fit & Well program also really resonated with me: that all seven aspects of wellness (intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, social, environmental, and occupational) are essential to living a balanced, happy, and wholesome life. Put in another way: you gotta take care of yourself at college and do things for FUN and just for you, because otherwise the studying will drive you crazy.
For my Fit & Well class, we had to make seven goals for ourselves related to all seven areas of wellness. My goal for my intellectual wellbeing is to attend more lectures/concerts/etc. simply for the sake of learning - not for a grade. Yesterday I did just that and attended the Collegiate Choir Homecoming Concert!
I fell in love with Collegiate Choir when they sang "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming" at Christmas at Luther this past year, and I was so excited to get to hear more of the choir. They definitely did not disappoint, and I thought the concert had a good variety of music that captured my attention and left me with goosebumps more than once! My favorite piece of the concert was titled "David's Lamentation" and was actually composed by 2003 Luther graduate Joshua Shank. It was hauntingly beautiful and so sad - but in the best of ways.
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|Syunik (Albanian), Sunno (French), Sanasar of Mihr (Arabic), Valinak Siak
♂ # Tiberius Julius Rhadamsades I ? [Volturi] d. 323
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369 birth: Province of Siak, Overtaken by the Persian Empire
child birth: ♀ Pharandzem [Marzpanate]
occupation: Général Franco-Allemagne
345? child birth: ♂ # Septimus Claudius Pharamondus Varasdates (Pharamond) [Mihran/Merovingan] b. 345? d. 398
357? other: Battle of Argentovaria
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History of Syunak (A province in dispute between the Roman and Persian Empire)
The first known governor of the province was Valinak Siak (c. 330 - 369) [Sunno the Frank]. The province was occupied by the Persian Empire, c. 369. Siak's successor was his brother Andok (b.c. 340) who was later removed by the Persians in order to establish a more loyal Persian dynasty in his place. However in 379 with the aid of Rome, in particular the Mamikonian emperors, young King Babik (the son of Andok) was re-established as a Roman allied ruler. Babik's mother Pharantzem, daughter of Valinak Siak and acting regent in during the minority of her son Babik, re-married to Gnel, nephew of Arshak II, King of Armenia. This regency lasted for less than ten years until 389.
With the crisis of leadership a vast number of refugees were fled toward the territory occupied by the Franks and Alans who at the time were engaged by Rome as territorial foederati. Under the leadership they florished in a semi organized culturally identified quasi military unit under the leadership of Valinak (c. 400-409) Upon the death of Valinak in 409, leadership of this migrant nation and its military units was assumed by Vasak (409-452) [a son/grandson of Radimistus]. Vasak had two sons, Bagben and Bakur, and a daughter who married Vasak's successor, Varazvahan [Paranzemund](452-472) the son of Valinak Siak. Varazvahan's great grandson [Claudius] Gelehon ruled from 470 to 477 and died in 483. Babik (Bagben) a descendant of Varazvahan's brother in law, became the new king in 477. [Claudius Hadrianus] Hadz, brother of Gelehon, died on September 25, 482.
The original province of Syunik was later ruled by other, related, governors but their kinship ties to Valinak Siak remain uncertain: Vahan c. 570, Philipo c. 580, Stephanos c. 590-597, Sahak c. 597, and Grigor until 640. ~~~~
Origin of the Sicambrian Franks
It appears that the migratory people later identified as the Sicambrians who merged with the Franks originated in the territory of Syunak (Siak). And were set in motion in the late 4th century by a series of political battles between the Persian and Roman empires.
Reputed to have been a brother or Brother-in-law of Marcomir (of the Marcomanni) and a relation to Gennobaud (Garmen)
Relative of Fritilas (Gabina, ?)
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- ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus 16,12,1; 17,10,3; 10,9; 27,2,8.
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunno
- ↑ http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suomar
- ↑ Caucasica IV by V. Minorsky p. 505
- ↑ Borisov "Inscriptions of Artaxia (Artashes), King of Armenia, 1946, No 2
- ↑ Historical-Philological Magazine, 1965, No 4
- ↑ A.G. Perikhanyan, "Aramian Inscription from Zangezur"
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siunia_Dynasty
- ↑ MS Vat. Gr. 156 v 1 (Codex Vaticanus Graecus). Zosimus "Historia Nova" Book - Rescued by Rome and pardoned under condition of allegiance
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♂ Bahram III
death: 293
♂ Meribanes (Mirian) (Mihran) III Chosroidi
marriage: ♀ Nanna ? (of Pontus Ibericus)
title: 268 ? 345
death: 342
♂ Tiberius Julius Theothorses
death: 309
♀ Zenon Apvallah (The Dancer)
death: 379
♀ # Abeshura (Aspas) ? (Paygospanan-Banu)
birth: 292
marriage: ♂ # Meribanes (Mirian) (Mihran) III Chosroidi
♂ # Tiberius Julius Rhescuporis VI (Randver I of the Rosomanian Bosphori)
title: 303?, King of Bospore
death: 342
♂ # Tiberius Julius Rhadamsades I ?
marriage: ♀ Zenobia ? (Daughter of Mithridates)
title: 308 ? 323, Prince of the Rosomanian Bosphori
death: 323
♂ Varaz-Bakur I Aspacures II
title: 363 ? 365
== 3 ==
♂ # Tiberius Julius Priarios de Toxandrie (the Parthian)
birth: 324?, from Parthia
marriage: ♀ # Merowna ? (de Thuringe)
occupation: Roi franc en Toxandrie
death: > May 378?
♂ Mithridates III (Mihrdat) Chosroidi
title: 365 ? 380
♂ # Tiberius Julius Saromates (Suomar) ? (Sunno the Frank)
birth: 320?
other: 357?, Battle of Argentovaria
birth: 369, Province of Siak, Overtaken by the Persian Empire
occupation: Général Franco-Allemagne
death: 401
== 3 ==
♀ Blesinde der Alemannen
birth: 350?
occupation: Princesse Suève
other: ♂ # Septimus Claudius Pharamondus Varasdates (Pharamond)
death: 403
♀ ? (Sister of Marcomer of the Marcomanni)
♀ Argota ? (Cambri de Rosomoni)
birth: 376, França
title: Rainha dos Francos Salianos
residence: wurtemburg
♂ # Septimus Claudius Pharamondus Varasdates (Pharamond)
birth: 345?
birth: 384 ? 386, Armenia, Roman Foederatus
marriage: ♀ ? (Sister of Marcomer of the Marcomanni)
occupation: Roi de Cologne
other: ♀ Blesinde der Alemannen
religion: Langobard, Salii Priest
title: Prince of Lentienses
title: Orkades, Britain, Dux Romani(in Exhilos)
death: 398
♂ Arshak II ? (Tiberius Julius Arsaces)
birth: 340?
marriage: ♀ Pharandzem
title: 350 ? 367, Armenia, King of Armenia
♂ Théodemir de Toxandrie
birth: 374?, Constantinople, Turkey
marriage: ♀ Blesinde de Cologne
occupation: Chef Franc
death: 15 August 414, Rome, Italy
♀ Blesinde de Cologne
birth: 375?
marriage: ♂ Théodemir de Toxandrie
♂ Clodius (Clovis) Capillatus (Long Hair) (de Salii)
birth: ~ 390
residence: Dispargum
title: 425 - 450, Roi des Francs Saliens
death: 450?
♂ Adelbertus (Athelbert) de Moselle
birth: 405, Westphalia, Germany
death: 491
title: 491, Duque de Moselle
♂ Fredemund (Varasdates) de Nuestria
birth: 390, Nobre
occupation: Witness of the law of Gundobad
♂ # Faramarz (Faramir) ? (Pharamond)
birth: 390?
♀ Zarmandukht ? (Daughter of Sarman the Magi)
♂ Papes (Pap) of Armenia (Tiberius Julius Pharsanzes)


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Ninette Dreyfus, a young girl from grand Parisian stock, the Louis-Dreyfus family, did not know she was Jewish until the war broke out. When the Germans approached the capital, she and her family left for Marseille in a chauffer-driven Chrysler.
When it comes to film, "Jewish men are smoking hot, Jewish women are non-existent and/or awful". So says journalist Hadley Freeman in her new book on feminism, the media, and the myths perpetuated by Hollywood.
What was the earliest English novel?
Though preceded by such eminent works of fiction as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), Samuel Richardson's Pamela (1740) is often cited as the first "proper" novel written in English.
Hungary is not the best place to be Jewish at the moment, with rising antisemitism and the extreme nationalist Jobbik party a major force in the country's parliament. Earlier this month, on the eve of the World Jewish Congress's defiant plenary assembly in Budapest, Jobbik was allowed to stage a quasi-military antisemitic rally.
If you're a regular JC reader, you'll have seen - and, I hope, laughed at - the columns of Peter Rosengard.
The 1930s are fondly remembered as the beginning of a golden age for Hollywood. The studios were dominated by Jews who operated a highly sophisticated oligopoly - the "dream factory"- and churned out as many as a film a day.
It can't have been easy being Saul Bellow's son. He was a towering genius, a womaniser, sharp of tongue and hard of mind, yet with a fragile core that shrank away from the type of personal criticism he was so adept at dispensing. Bellow's heart and mind were consumed by his work, producing novels that helped define post-war US literature.
The Chief Rabbi may now represent less than half of British Jews but no communal office attracts greater interest. In the third of his studies of the chief rabbinate, former JC Judaism editor Dr Meir Persoff looks at how six of its incumbents were chosen, from Nathan Adler in 1844 to Lord Sacks.
Let Me Tell You A Story
Renata Calverley
If you buy only one quirky, surreal collection of comedy short stories about relationships this year, make it Simon Rich's The Last Girlfriend on Earth (Serpent's Tail, £9.99).


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HAMPTON -- Two Hampton men are charged with selling pit bull dogs for fighting.
A Hampton Animal Control officer contacted the Humane Society of the United States to help conduct an undercover operation.
On Thursday, authorities say they made a deal with Kendal Lamonte Hargrove Jr., 18, and Robert Linwood Hymes, 38, and then arrested them on three counts of animal fighting.
The men, who live on Marlborough Court, are free on bond.
According to HSUS officials, five dogs, some with scars consistent with dogfighting, and dogfighting paraphernalia were seized.
Chris Schindler, manager of animal fighting law enforcement for The HSUS, said, "One of the dogs rescued was a victim for more than a decade; it's good to know that the cycle of violence has ended for this helpless animal, and for the others."
The HSUS' recently-launched Mobile Animal Crimes Laboratory was used to conduct evidence identification and documentation at the scene.
According to the Hampton Courts Website, Hymes is due in courts on June 23; in September 2009, three charges of failure to have a dog license were dismissed.


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Andrew Jarecki
Andrew Jarecki is an American filmmaker, musician, and entrepreneur. He is best known for Capturing the Friedmans, which won eighteen international prizes including the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival and the New York Film Critics Circle award, and was nominated for an Academy Award.[1] It has also been the subject of scrutiny from child sex abuse victims and the Nassau County district attorney's office.[2]
Jarecki graduated from Princeton University in 1985.[3] The co-founder/CEO of Moviefone, which provides film schedules over the internet and telephone and was sold to AOL in 1999.[4] He is the brother of documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki[5] and half-brother of filmmaker Nicholas Jarecki.[6] With producer J. J. Abrams, Jarecki cowrote the theme song to Felicity, "New Version of You."[7] His first narrative feature, All Good Things, starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, and Frank Langella, was released in 2010.[8] He also produced the documentary Catfish with his filmmaking partner Marc Smerling.[9]
He also plays the drums and sings backing vocals on Bikini Robot Army's single, "Joe Strummer's House."[7]
Capturing the Friedmans controversy[edit]
Jarecki's 2003 documentary Capturing the Friedmans covered the case of Arnold and Jesse Friedman, the father and son convicted of child molestiation in 1988. Jarecki raises questions over their guilt in the film and has since been campaigning for Jesse's conviction to be overturned.[10] The documentary was nominated for an Academy Award, however, the Seattle Times wrote, "'documentary' may be a misnomer, according to child-abuse experts who point out that director Andrew Jarecki intentionally omitted lots of damning evidence against the Friedmans to maintain a "Rashomon"-like film with no clear judgments — and effectively acting as son Jesse Friedman's advocate."[11]
The Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence wrote, "Our research into the case shows that the director of the film sacrificed truth in favor of creating artistic ambiguity. Clear evidence is omitted and facts are distorted. In addition, the film relies on popular but erroneous myths about child sexual abuse. As a result, uncertainty is created about the guilt of two confessed pedophiles -- who are recast as victims -- while the real victims -- the boys and their families -- are portrayed as untrustworthy."[12]
Victims speak out against film[edit]
Several victims have spoken out against the film and the actions of Jarecki in its production. A mother of one of thirteen molestation victims told The New York Times that Jarecki, "ignored and hid evidence that Jesse was guilty and didn't reach out to actual victims, because I never heard from him." When asked by the Times how many victims he spoke to, Jarecki said, "I don't know how many I spoke to."[13]
Two victims, who in 2004 were a 24-year-old law student and a 27-year-old businessman, authored a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, telling them, "We did not lie. We did not exaggerate. We were never hypnotized to tell our stories." The Times wrote that the victims said Jarecki had "twisted the facts." The two victims went on to tell the Academy that if they award the film an Oscar, "it will be won at the expense of silencing the plaintive voices of abused children once again, just as our own voices were silenced 16 years ago by the threats and intimidation of our tormentors."[13]
Another witness "deeply regretted participating in the film" and added "when he later saw how Jarecki distorted his interview, it "made [him] nauseous."[14]
One other victim said "he was upset to learn that his previous conversation with Andrew Jarecki had been covertly recorded and that he felt "tricked" by Jarecki.[15]
Evidence omitted from film and investigation[edit]
One of the victims' mother also told the Times that the film omitted co-defendant, Ross Goldstein, who also pleaded guilty to the same charges and had also supported the accusations made by the victims. Jarecki also omitted Jesse's prison confession that aired on Geraldo Rivera's talk show in 1989. The mother further added, "What fame is there in making a film about a pedophile who's a pedophile? He had all the evidence, and for some reason he chose not to use it."[13]
The New York Times reported that Jarecki had been "inconsistent in responding to some questions about his research." He was "asked repeatedly" by the Times whether he knew of a lie-detector test that Jesse had failed during the investigation. Jarecki said he had no knowledge, but in an online interview, had said, "he spoke in detail about the lie-detector test, saying he considered it inconclusive."[13]
Nassau County upholds conviction[edit]
In a June 2013 review of the investigation, evidence and new materials, Nassau County district attorney, Kathleen Rice, wrote in the 155 page report that, "By any impartial analysis, the reinvestigation process prompted by Jesse Friedman, his advocates and the Second Circuit, has only increased confidence in the integrity of Jesse Friedman's guilty plea and adjudication as a sex offender."[16] Rice assembled an independent advisory panel to conduct the review. The panel included the founder of the Innocence Project, an organization which works to overturn wrongful convictions.[17]
The review team specifically took issue with information both provided and not provided by Jarecki, writing, "And, filmmakers Jarecki and Smerling were not forthcoming with evidence under their control. Though both told witnesses and the public that they possessed swaths of evidence capable of "proving" Jesse Friedman's innocence, this material was not shared with the Review Team or the Advisory Panel until 2012. Even then, the information that they chose to share was partial, thereby rendering it of poor evidentiary quality."[18]
The team wrote that Jarecki took two years negotiating his role in the process, and that he "imposed several unrealistic demands," while providing "only parts of recorded interviews." They went on to note that interviews with Jesse Friedman, members of the Friedman family, and with the codefendant, Goldstein, were never shared by Jarecki with the review team.[19]
Betty Beauty pubic hair dye[edit]
Andrew Jarecki's wife, Nancy Jarecki, founded Betty Beauty, a company that sells colored dye for pubic hair.[20] Andrew Jarecki serves as treasurer of the company, and when asked if he has used the product, Nancy told the New York Post, "He's very supportive, it would be safe to assume that everyone close to me has tried it."[21]
- ^ King, Loren (December 19, 2010). "Making dysfunction work for him". Boston Globe. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Wallach, Van. "Portraying ambiguity". Princeton Alumi Weekly. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "AOL buys MovieFone". CNN Money. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (February 4, 2011). "The Reagan Evolution". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Baumgarten, Marjorie. "From the Vaults: Keeping Up With the Jareckis". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Andrew Jarecki". Bikini Robot Army. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Andrew Jarecki Interview: Director Discusses "All Good Things"". FilmSlate. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Longworth, Karina. "Doc or Not, Catfish Is Stranger Than Fiction". The Village Voice. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Sacks, Mike. "Jesse Friedman On His Sex Abuse Conviction". HuffPost Live. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ Rahner, Mark (30 January 2004). "Capturing a family's disturbing, riveting story". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "Capturing the Friedmans". The Leadership Council on Child Abuse & Interpersonal Violence. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d Waxman, Sharon (24 February 2004). "Victims Say Film on Molesters Distorts Facts". Retrieved 20 December 2013.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. p. 105. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. p. 113. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. p. ii. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Applebome, Peter (24 June 2013). "Teenager's 1988 Sexual-Abuse Conviction Was Justified, Report Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. pp. 62–63. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
- ^ "CONVICTION INTEGRITY REVIEW: PEOPLE V. JESSE FRIEDMAN". Nassau County. p. 153. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ "Betty is Born". Betty Beauty. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ Smith, Austin (30 November 2008). "'DOWN THERE' DYES FOR GUYS!". The New York Post. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
External links[edit]
- Andrew Jarecki at the Internet Movie Database
- An Interview with Jarecki
- British Film Institute interview
- NPR Interview


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Comments on the previous post's negative use of the word "religion," seem to suggest the need to say more. The use of "religion" as a name for something negative associated with belief in God is not new with me, nor within Orthodoxy. It has been a significant part of the most serious levels of discussion for the better part of the 20th century. Another word would have done just as well, perhaps, but another word was not chosen. "Religion" has thus become ambiguous.
In the American movement associated with recovery from addictions, "religion" is almost always used in a negative manner, even though its very programs are deeply involved with a spiritual way of living. Some people in the US describe themselves as "SBNR," "spiritual but not religious." They do so with some humor, but with a very serious intent. When a video in which a Christian says that he "hates religion but loves Jesus" goes viral, something deep within a culture's consciousness has been touched, whether the words were well chosen or not.
As I've noted, Fr. Alexander Schmemann very famously made use of the term "religion," to describe a very negative, even neurotic set of behaviors involved with the belief and worship of God. He was not alone. Other leading figures in Orthodoxy had used the word in the same manner. Fr. John Romanides wrote about the "disease of religion." Christos Yannaras uses the term in much the same way. In an article discussing Fr. Alexander's Journals, the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus, made this observation:
Throughout Fr. Alexander's books, and especially the journals, is a running polemic against religion, as distinct from authentic Christianity centered in the revelation of God in Christ. The unspeakably tragic error, he insisted, was to think that Christianity is a subcategory of "religion," when in fact Christ explodes from within history all human constructions of reality, religious or otherwise, thus illumining with the divine the world of which we are part. I have not gone back to check out all the books, and I never asked him about it, but it is striking that in the journals there is no reference to Karl Barth. In twentieth century theology, that running polemic that pits Christ against religion is most closely associated with Barth. One wonders if there was not some significant influence, or, quite possibly, Fr. Alexander arrived at these insights on his own. He clearly had no use for the proponents of "religionless Christianity" who had their fifteen minutes in the 1960s, but he just as clearly wanted to distance Christ and Christianity from what he viewed as the stifling habits and thought forms of "religion." Even "piety" is regularly dismissed as a distortion, and he rails against those who came to confession with all sorts of complicated "spiritual problems." (He spent endless hours hearing confessions, and hated it.) His answer to the scrupulous and the spiritually self-preoccupied was, "Live!" Which is to say, his answer was, "Christ!" Although Barth is not mentioned, and maybe was never seriously read, Fr. Alexander's thought was, in important respects, strikingly Barthian. Barthianism with a real Church and a real Liturgy.
It is also useful to hear some of Fr. Alexander's own words in this matter:
Christianity, however, is in a profound sense the end of all religion. In the Gospel story of the Samaritan woman at the well, Jesus made this clear. 'Sir,' the woman said to him, 'I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.' Jesus saith unto her, 'Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall, neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father. . . . But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such a worship to Him.' (Jn 4:19-21, 23). She asked him a question about cult, and in reply Jesus changed the whole perspective of the matter. Nowhere in the New Testament, in fact, is Christianity presented as a cult or as a religion. Religion is needed where there is a wall of separation between God and man. But Christ who is both God and man has broken down the wall between God and man. He has inaugurated a new life, not a new religion. [note - the word "cult" is used here in its technical meaning, i.e. the system of ritual]
If there is a complaint against "religion," it is a complaint about its substitution of a merely human activity for the world-shattering work of the Kingdom of God. The Church, the Body of Christ, does not exist to underwrite the institutions of this world, no matter how noble or well-intended. The Church is not the guarantor of any culture or ethnic structure, though it frequently carries the burden of culture. The Church is not the mainstay of morality, though it teaches all to love all. The Church is not our protection against fears of the dark, for it thrusts us squarely into the heart of the unknown God, made known to us in Christ.
Those who take time to read Fr. Alexander's journals discover the heart of a true priest, one who longed always for the reality of Christ's Kingdom, and was sometimes privately dismayed by how quickly others settled for something less. He was particularly impatient (within himself) with those who substituted the trappings of religion for the true pursuit of God. Throughout his years as a priest he served as a professor and later a seminary dean. He was responsible for training priests. He communicated the fire of his heart and much of his vision to those around him. Most of the Church has been unworthy of the vision that was shared and settles too often for the comforts of the religion of which he warned. But this is to say that we become spiritually lazy, content with so much less than the Kingdom and with the spiritual poverty of our half-measures.
I rejoice, however, that God does not raise up voices to be unheard – and that the vision of the inbreaking reality of Christ's Kingdom has been so well proclaimed in my lifetime. God give us grace to join the struggle!
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Father Stephen,
As always, I find your posts thought-provoking and enlightening.
However, I found myself distracted by your repeated use of the term "neurotic", as in "a very negative, even neurotic set of behaviors". My understanding of the term neurotic is that it is an outdated term for certain psychological problems, usually related to excessive anxiety. While excessive anxiety is not desirable, you seem to be suggesting a more pernicious meaning.
As a God-loving neurotic, it would help me if you could clarify the meaning you intended in this and the previous post. This will help me to re-read them with deeper understanding. Thanks.
I find the whole world tends to be a bit neurotic. Think of it as a whole world of people running around missing the point, and all the while quite certain they have the inside track on reality. I'm just glad God keeps a remnant so he's not too terribly tempted to end it all. P.S. been doing a Dr. Who marathon, and appear to be using his voice for my internal monologue.
Sometimes I think the NT people saw something in Christ that we don´t see because of our religion…just like some of the NT people like the pharisee-types and others who did not see in Him back then and now as the source of "life"!
To be quibblesome(my word I call dibbs). There is something to be said for religion. Like you said in a sermon, if you can't pray cross your self, do prostrations, if your body is there your mind might decide to jump in and see what's going on. 'Religion' is the wrong way to go about it, but there are definitely less advantages starting points.
Oh how I agree with you Father!
I have witnessed the watering down of the genuine Fire – compromising for "Religion". It makes a feeble caricature of the authentic life we are called to live and the authentic death we are called to die. The Martyr is the true Christian example. The minute we lose what is termed the martyr's "phronema", we miss the whole point. We mustn't just take up our Cross and follow, we must be inflamed, honored and enamoured with these 'crucifical sufferings'. (We even turn into voluntary what befalls us involuntarily).
There is no better evangelizing than an authentic Christian who is aflame with the martyrs' 'phronema'
p.s: That's why fasting is seen as joyous and energising by the lovers of Christ's way.
I believe it was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who said that Religion could be the enemy of true faith (http://www.religion-online.org/showchapter.asp?title=1572&C=1513)
But the apostle James uses the word θρησκεία – usually translated 'religion': can we allow 'the world' to corrupt a Biblical word??
"Even "piety" is regularly dismissed as a distortion, and he rails against those who came to confession with all sorts of complicated "spiritual problems." (He spent endless hours hearing confessions, and hated it.)"
Am I the only one who finds this attitude unsettling and less than admirable — not to say quite rude? His sheep came to their shepherd for help, expecting charitable attentiveness, and they received instead secret loathing?
There is much that is good about Schmemann, but I can't deny that I've been left cold or disconcerted by some of his work.
On the other side of the coin: Many of the SBNR folk I have met over the years are that way because the fundamentally don't want anyone or anything interfering with their will. They don't want to be accountable to anyone (even God) for the state of their soul. The occult is frequently involved.
The negative connotation of religion and SBNR have this in common, they are both idols created by the human mind to replace God.
Legalism and amorphous 'spirituality' are opposite sides of the same idol.
The Church is an icon, each parish is an icon and each person in each parish has the oppourtunity to become an icon (and already is at some level). Even icons eventually pass away as we experience the presence of the Holy Trinity in the sacramental life of the Church and attempt to live in a sacramental fashion. In the opening of one's mind and heart, the kingdom is revealed even in the person sitting next to you.
Perhaps it would be better to frame the question in those terms rather than over the defintion of a particular word.
Nevertheless, almost everyone needs guideposts (rules, training wheels if you like). Any created thing can be either an idol or an icon. It depends on whether we worship the created thing or the one who created it.
I also noticed that, but instantly stifled the criticism in me like a dangerous serpent. Nothing good ever comes out of it and one can never know things the way the Lord knows them.
Let us remind ourselves that:
"He who busies himself with the sins of others, or judges his brother on suspicion, has not yet even begun to repent or to examine himself so as to discover his own sins…"
—St. Maximos the Confessor (Third Century on Love no. 55)
"Fire and water do not mix, neither can you mix judgment of others with the desire to repent. If a man commits a sin before you at the very moment of his death, pass no judgment, because the judgment of God is hidden from men. It has happened that men have sinned greatly in the open but have done greater deeds in secret, so that those who would disparage them have been fooled, with smoke instead of sunlight in their eyes."
—St. John Climacus
I know this is potentially dangerous territory, but given that this "hatred" of listening to confession is apparently linked to his skepticism about "piety," I think it is fair game. I'm not trying to judge Fr. Schmemann, who was surely a much better Christian than I — I'm just rather bewildered and disappointed. You have to admit, it's strange. Especially in an age where almost nobody goes to confession (at least in the Catholic Church).
Maybe I am misunderstanding Fr. Neuhaus.
Religion is deed. It is interaction with a god and the resultant parameters which determine our behavior. Different gods beget different behaviors because our god is whatever thing we show deference and worship. Our god is whatever we allow to determine our behaviors. It is the constant upon which all else depends. For us men this constant should be the one true eternal God who is Incarnate in Christ.
The resultant interaction with Christ is the communion with Him which is the Church. For the Church is where is Christ and Christ is where is the Eucharist because the Eucharist is the Incarnate Word of God which is Christ. This is the Orthodox Church for the Eucharist is not where is the Orthodox Church but rather the Orthodox Church is where is the Eucharist.
I make no pretense to know how the Church works. Its rites and rituals I shall defend because somewhere within them is Christ. From them I am given the one thing needful and so I need nothing else.
PJ, in context, it seems that Fr. Alexandre Schmemann hated hearing confessions because of how the religious and cultural neuroses had corrupted people's practice of it. He perhaps hated it in much the same way that Jesus hated the hypocritical "piety" of the Pharisees. Think of how many times God in in the OT Scriptures rejected and expressed His disdain for the prescribed sacrificial offerings from the hands of the Israelites because of the hypocrisy in their hearts. I am frequently frustrated by my own attempts to confess because of the difficulty of honestly discerning and laying bare the real burdens and needs of my own heart. One of the things I've had on my "to do" list for a while is to meet with my Priest to discuss the practice of Confession and specifically ask for his directives of how to make a good one.
Father, I'm not sure, but I think one term for the opposite problem to neurosis is anti-social personality (sociopath) or something like that. Both reflect a kind of narcissism, but in different ways.
The main point of this piece is the wisdom of avoiding 'Churchianity' as Antony Bloom put it, the worship of the Church and tradition, and turning its means into ends in themselves. Probably this has always been a serious danger and always will be.
But here is what stands out for me. Fr Schmemann is a controversial figure and I have seen him described as anti establishment and even almost heretical in his teachings and as egostistical, and far from an ideal priest in his personality. And to some , all of St Vladimir's seminary as suspect as well.
And he is not alone in attracting negative press. Fr Seraphim Rose is loved or scorned depending on who is talking. I have wandered the internet and found sites where Karl Barth ( and I much admire his strong and principled voice) and Bonhoeffer and Tillich and Merton were all said to be people to avoid reading because of their personal failings. Kallistos Ware and other ecumenical clergy are also disdained as semi-heretics.
For me, this just turns into noise and confusion. Everybody has enemies ,it seems. How does the average lay person even begin to know which voice to listen to? Not everything the Fathers said is without contradiction and controversy. Is that not why we are supposed to be able to trust what the Church teaches us? Or do we lean on our own understanding? We are attracted to people who think the way we do, but what if we are all astray? I get confused and the Epistles tell us that God is not the author of confusion, but of peace.
Scott Peck, from _The Road Less Traveled_:
"The neurotic assumes too much responsibility; the person with a character disorder not enough. When neurotics are in conflict with the world, they automatically assume they are at fault. When those with character disorders are in conflict with the world, they automatically assume the world is at fault."
RE: Confession
I suppose I have a rather realistic outlook about the whole thing. I think that it's a miracle that people humble themselves, admit their sins, and ask forgiveness. I don't doubt it gets tedious; we owe our priests an enormous, enormous debt of gratitude. But is it so bad that people simply recognize their transgressions and earnestly confess their sorrow? Is the average confession insufficient somehow because it lacks an existential epiphany? Isn't the remarkable nature of the sacrament found precisely in its almost pedestrian nature? Grace is right there for the taking! Just humble yourself and open your heart!
You orientals need a Cure of Ars to teach you a thing or two about hearin' confessions.
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Re: Confession
When you've walked a mile in another man's shoes, then you can comment (with love & grace) and expect to be heard. Until then listen, watch & wait. Silence is golden.
can we allow 'the world' to corrupt a Biblical word??
In my estimation, only those claiming to be Christians can "corrupt a Biblical word" by virtue of not being like Christ. "The world" has nothing to do with it.
> There is no man who lives and does not sin, and nobody's
> thought is without flaw.
This understanding is necessary when looking at any person, even the recognised saints. We hear about the saints often enough, but with a little digging, we see something that they say that makes us do a double take. No one is infallible.
Religion, presumably Christian, is mentioned in James 1:27 – "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." I intend to find and read Fr. Schmemann.
Might I caution my fellow commenters not to get so bogged down defending a word that we miss the point the word is being used to convey?
I come quite late to this conversation, but I thought it might be worth offering a quote from St. Nikolai Velimirovic that might have some bearing on the conversation about the word "religion." This is from his "Faith of the Saints" catechism, which was given to me upon becoming a catechumen years ago:
"The Christian faith should not be compared with other religions and, strictly speaking, it ought not to be called a 'religion' at all, in the pagan meaning of the word. For it is not a religion among religions, but it is the faith in Christ and Christ's revelation. It is God's personal, unique and final revelation to men for the sake of men's enlightenment and salvation. …"
That being said, I never begrudge anyone for calling the Christian faith a religion or talking about a devout believer being "religious." I use those terms myself. I just try to discern what the person means when they say the word, and I try to make sure people know that when I use it, they understand what I mean.
William – I wonder if people of other faiths could make similar statements that theirs is a "faith" and not a "religion." If they did so, would you regard them as religions or would you give them the same legitimacy as your faith (other than that you disagree with the basis of their faith)?
John Shores,
If people of other faiths wish to make similar statements about their faiths, I would not waste a moment trying to contradict them. I think St. Nikolai's quote above serves not so much as a statement about other religions but more as a way to direct attention away from a sense of Christianity as a "system" (even if it does have something of a system to it) or some other abstraction and instead toward a sense of Christianity as being entirely connected to Jesus Christ as a person and all that he reveals by his appearance and the apostolic preaching of it — and our response to that.
As for whether I'd regard another faith as a religion. Why not? I already said above that I refer to Christianity as a religion sometimes. There's a general use for the term, well understood by most people I've ever spoken with. There's also a use for specifically disowning the term when it serves to make a point, such as the one St. Nikolai makes above.
I don't know how much it matters how I view the "legitimacy" of other faiths. I feel it is legitimate for people to follow their consciences as best they can in an attitude of humility. And with this in mind, I grant that people find themselves in multitudes of circumstances that in so many ways condition how and what they will believe. I try not to judge anyone about that. But in the sense of whether I could view another faith in itself to be as objectively legitimate as the Orthodox Christianity to which I am committed, well, how could I?
Modern religious "syncretism" seems to also ignore that Christianity appeared in the history of mankind as the end of religion (John 10:8), and as the experience of the Church/Ecclesia. Its Founder is not (like Mohammed, Buddha etc) a man revealing to us stuff about someone else, namely God (this is what we have in all "Religions"); but God revealing to us stuff about Himself directly (more correctly called an "Apocalypse/Revelation") . No other person in the history of mankind is, or even would claim to be, "the true Vine"…
William, I really appreciate the perspective in your last comment to John and how simply and straightforwardly you have put everything–and especially the last paragraph. Thanks for sharing that.
dinoship: also, some hindu gurus claim to be the manifestation (or incarnation, if you will) of a god. I think I've even read a book (whose name I have forgotten) from an Orthodox perspective of someone who went chasing gurus in India. (There is no claim that searching for Hindo Gurus is an Orthodox activity — just a description of his eariler life.)
There's no end of trouble, when hobbies get thought of as religion, and vice-versa!
Messiahs were also a dime a dozen in the centuries preceding and following Jesus as well. I think the estimate is ca. 150? The historical Jesus denyers may have it partly right. I can imagine there being so many charismatic preachers of a restored and improved kingdom, more than a few named Joshua, that oral tradition settled on a composite of the best of. Pure speculation on my part, but who knows?
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I can imagine there being so many charismatic preachers of a restored and improved kingdom, more than a few named Joshua, that oral tradition settled on a composite of the best of.
Healthy pursuit, so long as it's the proper kingdom (= "Pascha") being espoused. Isn't this the issue in the Church today?
I should have made it at least a little bit clearer:
There are no witnesses that gave every last drop of their blood for one who claimed that he is "only true Vine". Not one of the apostles testified and was martyred for a belief in an 'ideological' system, for "love thy neighbour" etc. they were martyred for what they witnessed. A Crucified and Resurrected claimant of being Truth and Life Himself.


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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been using historical satellite imagery for their Atlas of Our Changing Environment for years - now you can access the same historical imagery right in Google Earth! With today's launch, you can view their historical imagery for five locations! Imagery for all locations is planned for the near future.
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One of the biggest benefits of traveling and camping in an RV is having a refrigerator to keep your food cool and fresh for long periods of time. You avoid the hassle of dealing with coolers and ice with a refrigerator. By having a refrigerator in your RV you can enjoy your vacation without worrying about keeping your food and drinks cold. There are many models, makes, and options when you are choosing your RV and refrigerator. You want to be sure you purchase a refrigerator that will provide you and your family with enough storage to keep all your food fresh for your entire trip. You also have the option of purchasing one with a freezer to keep some food fresher for longer periods of time. They come in wide ranges of cu. ft. and sizes making it possible to find a fridge for any size motorhome.
There are a numbers of reasons why you will need to purchase a new RV fridge. If you're old one goes out, you want to upgrade, or you buy an RV without a refrigerator in it. As you begin to look you will notice that the price range from hundreds to thousands of dollars. The price will depend on the voltage, size (cu. ft. and dimensions), brand, and quality. One way to save money on your RV refrigerator is to buy it used. By purchasing a used refrigerator you can save hundreds of dollars off the full retail price.
Where To Buy a Used RV Refrigerator
There are many places to buy a RV refrigerator in used condition and your options can change depending on your location. You have options like online classifieds website, online selling services, appliance stores, RV parts dealers and RV retailers. The models and options available will always change depending on how many people in your area are selling refrigerators.
To begin your search it is easiest to look online on sites like Craigslist.com, PennySaver.com, and Recycler.com. These are classified sites designed for people to buy and sell used and new goods locally. By searching these sites you will find anyone selling any used RV refrigerators in your area. The problem with buying used refrigerators from another person and not a business is the fact that you may not be able to get a warranty on the fridge. Although, you may not be offered a warranty it is still possible to purchase one on sites such as squaretrade.com.
Another website you can try searching is eBay.com because they allow anyone to sell new and used goods worldwide. If you are unable to find a used RV refrigerator you will almost always be able to find one on eBay. A benefit to purchasing a used refrigerator for your RV on eBay is that you may be able to purchase a warranty with it, if you are buying from a retailer.
If all else fails you can try fixing it yourself or contacting motorhome refrigerators companies like Norcold, Domestic, and Engel to see if they have any used or discounted models for sale. They will sometimes carry old refrigerators that were sent in under warranty or old models that they couldn't sell. If you want to fix it yourself, try to locate the problem with the fridge. Once you do, you can find a used parts dealer and attempt to fix it yourself, if successful this will save you loads of money. It is important to remember that gas or propane RV refrigerators use ammonia to keep the fridge cold and should not be repaired by yourself unless you have extensive knowledge of refrigerator repair. Lastly, finding a repair man to fix or rebuild the refrigerator can save you money, but buying a used motorhome refrigerator may be cheaper at this point. Always price out your options.
What To Look For When Buying Used
When you buy a used RV refrigerator there are a few things you want to look for, with the most important being that you should always test before making a purchase. By plugging in the refrigerator and testing it before you purchase you save yourself from buying a broken fridge or one that is on its way of becoming broken. This is important because if it is running and sounds like it is struggling chances are it will soon break down, and could be why the person is selling it. You will also want to ask for any paperwork and documentation that came with the refrigerator. This gives you information on the refrigerator you may need at a later time. Lastly, you want to check for cosmetic damage. If the refrigerator looks dented, dirty, or banged around, chances are the owner did not take very good care of the item. This is a red flag that it may be on its way to becoming broken. If you are covered by warranty then this may not be an issue, but it something to be aware of.
How A RV Refrigerator Works
Some of the older refrigerators run on ammonia gas but most of the new refrigerators now run on electricity or propane. The electric refrigerators run on 12 volts or 120 volts and use a non-flammable chemical called, Freon, as their refrigerant. They rely on fans, motors and compressors to keep the refrigerator cold. The gas refrigerators run on propane or a compressed hydrogen gas and an ammonia-water solution. They use no moving parts, unlike the electric option, which gives them a smaller risk of breaking down.


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A world tour of integrated reporting - 12 September 2012
'Progress towards the adoption of integrated reporting around the world may be mixed, but momentum continues to build' says ACCA's Rachel Jackson.
Re-assessing the value of corporate reporting - 12 April 2012
1 January 2012 This report summarises research that ACCA carried out with investors to get their views on whether they still valued the annual report and what they needed from it.
CFO and Investor Perspectives on Global Reporting Standards - 12 April 2012
1 October 2011 This report canvasses the views of both CFOs and investors globally to gauge their appetite and views on global standards for reporting.
Narrative Reporting | Research & Insights | ACCA Global - 01 April 2011
Predicting an uncertain future reviews the state of risk and business forecast information disclosure in narrative reporting.
The Importance of Global Standards - 31 March 2011
This paper outlines the benefits of global reporting standards and describes research that ACCA has carried out that confirms their value.
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This report examines the extent to which narrative reporting adds to the value of annual reports and suggests ways in which this value could be enhanced.
Integrated reporting: a framework for the future - 01 January 2011
Watch Integrated reporting: a framework for the future to hear an overview about integrated reporting from the deputy chairman of the Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC).
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ACCA in partnership with Deloitte, presents the views of CFOs in a number of leading companies around the world on the challenges of narrative reporting.
ACCA has over 100 years' experience of working with the SME sector. We lobby governments, regulators and standard setters in the long-term interest of a healthy SME sector, and we support professional accountants so they can continue to function as the sector's most trusted business advisers and finance managers.
If you're interested in corporate reporting, you may like to read some articles and reports held in our technical library.
The future of corporate reporting is currently the subject of considerable debate. Financial reporting standards have been criticised for over-complexity and requiring more and more disclosures, sparking accusations that reports are too long and not fit for purpose.
An important part of ACCA's institutional work is to contribute to the debate on technical issues affecting business and accountancy and to represent the interest of its members in relation to the legislation and professional standards that they have to comply with in their work.
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Vales: Louder Than War - New Band Of The Day →
As you know I went to see Suis La Lune & Vales on Tues. Was a fucking rad night though in part that was coz for a mere £1 you could also get into the show in the front room which included the brutally powerful Notebooks who were astonishing. Fucking no idea why more people didn't do it in fact, go into the front room, fucking incredible how people are so musically unadventurous. "Ooh, they don't quite fit into our pretty little scene & they're not signed to one of our pretty little labels so I'll be fucked if I'm gonna go pay a quid to go see them". Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh. (Tempted to go off on one now but I'll Raein myself in).
Anyway, Vales were sick (natch) & as I'd been meaning to do summat about them on Louder Than War for several months it served as a stimulus to get my motherfucking shit together & do iiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
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Here is one of my many watermelons!!! 5-17-12
My sugar baby watermelon! I have to this size and about five more that are half this size!
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Top 5 Secrets to a Happy Marriage
A psychologist/love expert gives us the 411.
By The Married Chick Jul 13, 2012 8:16PM
The other day, my friends over at The Nest had the pleasure of interviewing Elizabeth Lombardo, PhD, psychologist and author of the best-selling A Happy You. She's got tons of really great tips for bringing more joy into a marriage.
Here's what she shared:
1. Get rid of the "There is no time" mentality
Yes, life is busy -- but where there's a will, there's a way. The average American watches over four hours of TV a day or spends that same amount of time surfing the Internet. Swap out just one hour a day with together time, and that's a whopping seven more hours to share with your hubby each week.
2. Surprise him
Life can sometimes feel like you're just going through the motions. So do something to spice things up. Consider sending him a text telling him about a fantasy or flashing some fun lingerie when he least expects it. You can even take a simpler route and leave a love note where only he will find it.
3. Remember (and be thankful!) that he can't read your mind
Think your minds are in sync? Often, he's not thinking what you're thinking. Not because he doesn't love you or doesn't want to be helpful -- it's simply because he has a different brain. Plus, we all know men are wired differently.
4. Remember the 5:1 rule
Research shows that happy couples have a 5:1 ratio when it comes to positive vs. negative interactions. This means for every time you have a less-than-positive interaction (conflict, disappointment), you want to have five expressions of positivity.
Positive interactions can include expressions of gratitude, such as:
• "I feel so lucky to have you in my life."
• "I am so proud of what you've done at work."
• "You look so handsome today."
• "You are such a terrific father."
5. Stop "shoulding"
When you feel like you should be doing something but you're not, you tend to feel guilty or shameful. And when you "should" your spouse, you can feel angry and resentful.
Instead of resorting to what you feel he should be doing, think, I wish he would help more around the house. Thinking this way, you're more likely to be assertive and figure out together how you can divide up the chore. You're also more likely to be grateful when he does help out.
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I've been married to the same woman for the past 33 yrs. and I don't see the word compromise anywhere in your Top 5 secrets to Marriage advice. Compromise & Communication are so very important in a marriage. Your a "Team" and not an "Individual" player in the union. Until people realize this, divorce will always win out. Alot of people forget the line in their vows "For Better or Worse" and when the chips are down that door seems to be the winner for most people. Not to mention, that alot of people today are just plain self centered. You have to give to get. Marriage is a two lane highway, not a bicycle path. Personally, I don't see advice of any kind helping people out today. Too many people just aren't interested in "long term" anything. No one really believes in marriage enough to honor their vows. It's the "grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence" syndrome. Believe me when I say, honey, there are "weeds" in everyones yard. You just trade one set for another.
Jul 24, 2012 8:07PM
Remember that you are in it together; as long as both partners are doing their best to work for the common good (keeping in mind that each partner will need help from the other along the way because isn't that what marriage is all about), your realtionship will flourish; after almost 27 years, the words "for better or worse, richer or poorer, in sickness or health" have real meaning; if all husbands and wives lived their vows, there would be far fewer dvorces.
Jul 24, 2012 7:54PM
To summerize this whole article with something that I learned when I was just entering my teens: Communicate. That means talk and listen, honestly.
I can save so many people from so many things, but they don't ask me or listen because I didn't take 8 years to learn what I already knew and, sadly the main reason, because they didn't pay me for it. They will get a book or talk to a psych doc and get the same advice that I gave them, and they wonder why I get mad at them.
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Research @ Fox
As an integral part of a major research university, the Fox School is committed to creating, analyzing and disseminating knowledge in the business disciplines. We believe that quality education derives from serious discipline-based, pedagogic and practice-focused research. At Fox we celebrate the accomplishments of our renowned research faculty. Many of our faculty are leaders in their respective disciplines.
Our doctoral programs are integrally linked to the research agenda of the school. Our students regularly collaborate with faculty and support them in their research. In turn our faculty provide substantial mentorship and excellent research training to our students, many of whom have gone to become leaders in their respective fields. Doctoral students benefit from the high quality research produced by our faculty and at the same time are a catalyst and energizer of even higher levels of research output.
Faculty actively engaged in research bring new and timely information to the classroom, helping students become more productive members of the workforce. Research faculty contribute to the ongoing education of colleagues as well, enhancing the effectiveness of others striving for excellence in the classroom.
The Cochran Center at Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management is named for Dean Harry A. Cochran. Dean Cochran served from 1934 to 1960. He shaped the School of Commerce into a modern, accredited business school and initiated graduate education. Under his tenure the Journal of Economics and Business was founded. The journal continues to be housed at Fox under the editorship of Professor Kenneth Kopecky.
The Cochran Center is located in the Dean's office and supports the research agenda of the Fox School and the School of Tourism. We value the contributions made by our research faculty to the larger society and the link they create between our educational mission and our larger mission to engage the world around us.
Our goal is to become a leader in business and management research and community engagement to better serve our constituents – students, faculty, industry and the people of Pennsylvania. The Cochran Center provides support for faculty research through access to data, information about grants and review and presentation of research output both internally and to our larger group of constituents.
The Cochran Center publishes an annual newsletter, On the Verge, that highlights the research of our prestigious faculty and the research accomplishments of faculty and students.
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The Fox School Research Agenda is based on our primary objective to continuously improve our research contributions and as a result become increasingly recognized as a premier center for business research.
Designed to maintain and increase faculty involvement in research, The Fox School Research Agenda commits resources to support faculty research awards and fellowships, and publicize research by Fox School faculty. The Cochran Center monitors faculty research which in turn helps to shape and advance the research agenda.


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"You have a stalker?!?"
The Brians played it down a bit, but not me. My friends have a real live stalker. This is something I'd put on t-shirts if I could. I love the story of the stalker and egged them on to tell it. It was agreed that Devine would give the timeline and Leubitz would read the last letter they received. Basically, a woman stalking their neighbor found the Brians a more attractive target. She's written letters, dropped off gifts and worn their wet dog towel as a turban.
Brian performed his dramatic reading of an actual letter from the stalker. Does it make sense? No. Is it incredible? Yes. Enjoy!


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Amish Country, Ohio bed and breakfast you will find Coblentz Chocolate Company in Walnut Creek. Their 25th anniversary is coming up and they have a special chocolate tasting event to celebrate on September 14, 2012. If you want to attend you must purchase a ticket in advance to attend the tasting at 6:30 p.m. We have attended in past years and it was like being in Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. When we first walked in, everything that Coblentz makes was available to taste. I went for things that I had never tried before like their Sea Salt Caramels and Key Lime Truffles. After doing some tasting they gave me a hair net and I got to go in the chocolate factory itself. They had several stations set up to make your own chocolates. One year we dipped caramel covered pretzel sticks in chocolate and the next year we dipped apples. Another station we got to choose things like peanut butter-filled Ritz Crackers or Oreo cookies and send them through the machine that covers them in chocolate. There was a section that the kids loved to make "fruit kabobs" from gummy candies. Everything that you make you get to take home with you. You may taste as much as you like while you are there but if you want to take any chocolates home you must purchase them. The 2012 event costs $15 and you can contact Coblentz Chocolate Company to purchase them.
Written by Carol Steffey, Garden Gate Get-A-Way Bed & Breakfast, Millersburg, Ohio (330) 674-7608 www.garden-gate.com
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