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Florida Prosecutor Unapologetic About Sotomayor Affirmative Action Rant Posted On Facebook
These are some pretty insane blatherings from a state official!
Facebook, Law Schools, Romance and Dating, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Annoying Lovesick Humblebrag From Law Student
A law student in love on Facebook is the worst.
Inventors Will Lead the Legal Future not Licensees
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Biglaw, Fabulosity, Facebook, General Counsel, Goldman Sachs, In-House Counsel, Twittering
Just How Rich Is Twitter's General Counsel?
The current and former general counsels to companies like Twitter, Facebook, and Goldman Sachs earn eight-figure sums.
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* Cheerios is claiming that "Liking" them on Facebook constitutes a waiver of the right to sue. Let's take this moment to encourage everyone to Like Above the Law on Facebook. [NY Times]
* New study determines that the United States is an oligarchy instead of a democracy. You're telling me a government explicitly founded on the principle that only a handful of wealthy men should have a voice grew into an oligarchy? Quelle surprise!
* Oh look, John Edwards is back. [Slate]
* In the continuing saga of NYU's allegedly shady spending, there are now reports that former NYU Law Dean and current NYU President John Sexton used school funds to convert two apartments into a duplex for his son. His son was married to an NYU Law employee and as I've said before, a school located in housing-scarce Manhattan should be able to do something to house professors, but as they say, "the optics" aren't good. [Chronicle of Higher Education]
* Musings on what it's like to clerk in the midst of "flyover country" (presumably like my early childhood home of Des Moines). It makes a valiant effort to redeem itself at the end, but this article is exactly why most parts of the country think New Yorkers are elitist dicks. Which, we kind of are, but you don't want to broadcast that. [Ramblings on Appeal]
* The government is profiting handsomely from law students. Is that really a bad thing? [Law & Economics Prof Blog]
* A D.C. law professor is now a movie star. [Washington City Paper]
* The judge in the New Orleans Affordable Housing case may know the real identity of one of the anonymous commenters in the case. And if one of the anonymous trolls was a federal prosecutor poisoning the well in the case — like everyone suspects — it could aid the defense. [Times-Picayune]
* For those of you across the pond, there's a one-day event for lawyers on the business case for Corporate Social Responsibility. It's in England because American companies have already passed on the idea of corporate responsibility. [International Law Society]
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* ATTENTION LAW STUDENTS: Tomorrow is the last day to enter our annual Law Revue competition. The deadline is tomorrow at 5 so send them in. Entries have been coming in all day, so don't get left out. [Above the Law]
* It looks like the Supreme Court just made a decision even worse than McCutcheon. [SCOTUSBlog]
* New York's disciplinary procedures for lawyers are "deficient in design and operation." So come to New York if you plan on being a shady lawyer, I guess. [NY Times]
* More on the law school apology by Erwin Chemerinsky and Carrie Menkel-Meadow that Lat wrote about yesterday. [The Write Stuff]
* And, hey, while we're at it, here's Steven J. Harper's take on the same Op-Ed. [The Lawyer Bubble]
* UC Hastings Professor Osagie Obasogie is quoted in this informative piece about the changing nature of collegiate debate as it ventures more and more into the domain of critical race theory. As one of the people who helps run the CEDA tournament discussed in the article, I thought this was an interesting account. [The Atlantic]
* FBI makes a cheesy video to teach young Americans not to spy for China. It's really worth a watch. [National Journal]
* A high school teacher in Australia won a defamation suit against a student who said mean things on Facebook. [IT-Lex]
* The Legal Broadcast Network interviewed Kyle McEntee of Law School Transparency about how improved tools help law students. [Legal Broadcast Network]
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* Demand is down, but fees are up. The good news is that Am Law Second Hundred firms saw gains in billable hours purchased by corporate clients — and that's about it for the good news. [Am Law Daily]
* OMG, Dewey want to see the unsealed case records against D&L's ex-leaders. DA Cy Vance wants our prying eyes to see all but one document. Secret seven identities… incoming! [Bloomberg]
* It looks like that time Sheryl Sandberg refused to lean in is really paying off in court. Facebook is a witness, not a defendant, in an antitrust case about non-poaching agreements between tech giants. [Reuters]
* Gaming the rankings for dummies? Law school deans are now pushing the ABA to require that law schools post their transfer students' LSAT and GPA credentials. [Capital Business / Washington Post]
* The easy way to decide whether you should be working in law school is to determine what you like more: money or grades. One will help you get the other later in life. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News]
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Making law review doesn't help one's grammar on Facebook.
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* Dewey know who Zachary Warren is? Per this failed firm's insiders, he seems to be a "man of mystery" who apparently worked in the "bowels of the bureaucracy" that ultimately led to D&L's demise. [Am Law Daily]
* "You can cross-examine the witness. You can't cross examine an email." Defense of the Dewey defendants may be tough when it's time for trial — and you can bet your ass there'll be a trial. [New York Law Journal]
* Fear not, friends, because Patton Boggs has found a way to weather the storm. It's the same way most barely buoyant firms stay afloat: more layoffs. Expect more on this news later today. [National Law Journal]
* Paul Ceglia, the man who claims he owns half of Facebook's fortunes, can't toss his criminal charges. Sometimes wheeling and dealing with allegedly faux contracts will land you in the clink. [Bloomberg]
* Because no father wants to see his daughter become "tabloid fodder": Rachel Canning, the New Jersey schoolgirl who sued her parents, is being "savaged" by the public. Aww, poor little Millennial. [Daily Record]
Facebook, Screw-Ups, Social Media, Social Networking Websites
Daughter's Facebook Overshare Costs Dad $80,000
Facebook girl doesn't know what 'confidentiality' means.
Lean Legal: Three Techniques for the Agile Lawyer
A growing number of attorneys are turning to a set of project management and process improvement techniques commonly known as "Agile."
Crime, Facebook, Gay, Insider Trading, Non-Sequiturs, Patents, Supreme Court, Tax Law
* Congrats to Weil Gotshal and Fenwick & West for getting in on Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of WhatsApp, the biggest Internet deal in a decade. [The Recorder]
* In South Carolina, you can get arrested for crimes that aren't even things any more. Like "failure to return a VHS tape." [Lowering the Bar]
* Drunk lawyer at heart of alleged insider trading scheme. [Dealbreaker]
* Did LBJ colossally screw up the Supreme Court? [Concurring Opinions]
* Were you curious about who would be on the Mount Rushmore of Tax Law professors? No? Well, here they are anyway. [TaxProf Blog]
* The so-called "trial penalty" is really a myth and empirical data confirms that defendants who reject plea deals and go to trial actually garner a "trial discount." Yep, prosecutors aren't overreaching at all. [PrawfsBlawg]
* President Obama called for patent law reform in the State of the Union address. Now we have some insight into what he's thinking about. [Patently-O]
* Congratulations to Matthew Skinner, the next executive director of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York! [LeGal]
Bad Ideas, Facebook, Labor / Employment, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering
Wait Until The Courts Get Hold Of This Vague, Stupid Facebook Law
Do you use Facebook for business? A court will have to decide.
Conferences / Symposia, Crime, Drugs, Facebook, Murder, Privacy, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Twittering, Violence, YouTube
LegalTech 2014: The Internet Is For Porn (And Drugs, Contract Killings, And Other Illegal Activity)
How is technology shaping the world in which we live, affecting legal and illegal activities alike? Some thoughts from Jason Thomas of Thomson Reuters.
Facebook, Small Law Firms, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Solo Practitioners, Technology, Twittering
Social Media Matters For Solo And Small-Firm Lawyers
Here are three ways to use social media to get the most out of traditional, in-person networking, and to create new opportunities.
Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Technology, Tort Reform
File Your Own Frivolous Lawsuit Here!
A fun new app lets you generate absurd fact patterns with the click of a button.
Bad Ideas, Cars, Facebook, Law Professors, Law Schools, Quote of the Day, Rudeness
This Is Why You Shouldn't Give Your Law Professor The Finger
Flip off the person who grades you, great idea!
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* Morrison & Foerster just snagged a major government player for its global anti-corruption practice. Congrats to the firm on adding Charles Duross, formerly of the DOJ's FCPA program, as a partner. [Washington Post]
* General counsel are keeping more and more work in-house, "presumably in order to minimize outside counsel spend." In the alternative, it could be because the lawyers from the firms are too arrogant. [Corporate Counsel]
* If you dare to reject the Facebook friend request of the judge who's presiding over your divorce case, then you can count on some retaliation in court. You can also count on the judge getting removed. [WSJ Law Blog]
* If you postponed applying to law school, please think long and hard about why you stopped applying the first time. Only take this advice if anything's actually changed — like your grades, your LSAT score, or the job market. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News & World Report]
* "This is a case to restore faith in the old-fashioned idea that divorce is something that lasts forever." Steven A. Cohen is getting off when it comes to his ex-wife's RICO claims, but not much else. [Reuters]
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* Justin Bieber has hired Miami's Roy Black to represent him in his DUI and drag racing arrest. This news is most welcome to E! who is salivating over the prospect of The Biebs making a cameo on the Real Housewives where Roy's wife stars. [People]
* Oh, morons. If the police post that they're looking for you on Facebook, don't share that on your personal page. [Legal Juice]
* Virginia's Attorney General, Mark R. Herring, decided to "pull a Holder" and stop enforcing the state's gay marriage ban. Welcome, Virginia, to the ranks of progressive states like Utah and Oklahoma. [New York Times]
* Slate's Dear Prudence got a request for advice from a lawyer. To quote our tipster, "This is just the usual tale of (lawyer) boy meets (lawyer) girl, falls in love, and then gets an inferiority complex because she has been more successful than he." [Slate]
* Why make data-driven decisions, when rash emotional outbursts are so much more fun? Well, Jay Edelson and Chandler Givens explain why clients need to be counseled to make more logical decisions. [Legal Solutions Blog / Thompson Reuters]
* Husch Blackwell kicked off the 2014 layoffs. In a lot of ways, the folks worst off will be the laid off staff. [Law and More]
* Registration is open for this year's Lawyernomics conference. Our own David Lat will be speaking. [Avvo]
Biglaw, Facebook, Social Media, Social Networking Websites, Twittering
The Social Law Firm Index: Biglaw's New Media Mavens
The Social Law Firm Index: a review of the Am Law 50's use of social media in the areas of reach, engagement, and owned media.


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... Barnacle Billy's was the choice for lunch, our last Rum Punch and last order of onion rings for this trip. Good thing as I am sure our waists are expanding! We think the chicken salad was the start of a diet.
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... villagey. On the way home we drove down to see the Bush home up close only to find out we were looking at the wrong mansion. Bush compound is much bigger but to be honest, the one I thought was the Bush compound was much nicer. It has it's own church. Can't put the photo on insta, too big. I took a panorama shot.
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At first, it sounds a little like Leadbelly or Son House. The recording is grainy, warbled, soaked in tape hiss. There are a few flubbed notes here and there. This is obviously one-take material, but played by someone with a fair handle on the guitar. The vocals seem off-the-cuff, driven by stream of consciousness, and maybe slightly drunken. With no background information on the album, one's first guess was that this was a lost recording of some lesser-known Delta blues musician. But then comes "Gas Chamber", which bares some mildly apocalyptic warning of living in a dying atmosphere, and then veers off into a seemingly impromptu spoken word breakdown loosely pertaining to environmentalism. This was either some very progressive tent revival stuff, or this is much more modern than the recording quality suggests.
But the album didn't come out of 1930s Mississippi. It came out of this generation's prison walls. Air is the first part of a four record series by Charles Manson to be released by Magic Bullet Records. This record—as well as the upcoming albums, Trees, Water, and Animals—revolve around Manson's ecological philosophy that goes by way of the acronym ATWA.
Knowing that these eight songs were written and performed by one of the most notorious criminals of the 20th century totally alters the experience of listening to them. The laid-back and light-hearted "East Bound Train" comes across as eerily playful, as if the casual essence of the song is a dismissive shrug of the past. The closing spoken word piece "Air Is The King" comes across less like poetry and more like a prophetic mad rant. Spinning Air under the assumption that it's an old blues record is less of an experience in leisure listening than a historical study of American music. Realizing that this is actually a recent topical recording by one of America's most nefarious personas makes the process of absorbing the album even less frivolously pleasurable and far more fascinating as a psychological profile and a portal into the mind of a troubled and tormented soul.
Manson has always fascinated the public, perhaps more so than any other murderer in American history. This intrigue partially stems from Manson's ties to pop culture—his friendship to Dennis Wilson, his brief stint as a rock musician, his violent interpretation of "Helter Skelter". It also has something to do with his role in the hippie movement, particularly with regards to dismantling the optimism and goodwill of '60s counterculture. Additionally, a big part of the obsession stems from Manson's Jekyll and Hyde personality. As experts are prone to point out, Manson never actually killed anyone, but his magnetism and persuasive personality were apparently strong enough to convince others to do his ruthless bidding. His occasional post-conviction interviews show him playing two roles: the beaten, humble dog and the rabid angry animal. Not surprisingly, Manson is the subject of many conspiracy theories. Was he a patsy put in place to discredit the environmental movement? Was he a scapegoat of the drug culture? Was he really a murderous mastermind or was he a troubled individual that stumbled into adulthood by getting wrapped up in the wrong group of people?
Magic Bullet Records owner Brent Eyestone doesn't pander to these theories and is careful to neither defend nor demonize Manson. "You don't take 'what someone told me about him' as truth. You don't take the claims of some guy trying to sell you a book for his word unchecked. And you're most certainly not going to ascribe complete validity to how a District Attorney might paint a picture of an individual he's hoping to get a conviction on, especially considering the millions of dollars he gleefully raked in post-trial. You go and you find it all for yourself and figure out where you sit with it. What I found for myself was a 75 year old man whom, after having spent well over 75% of his life in institutions—countless orphanages, reformatories, and prisons—and under the microscope of society and the media at all times, has survived all of it and is now only concerned with two very specific things: music and ecology." Considering Eyestone's politics, as evident in the socially aware nature of both his own band Forensics and in a healthy percentage of the other bands on his roster, one would hardly assume a Charles Manson album was merely a cash grab by way of controversy. As a seasonal fisherman, Eyestone is particularly concerned with ecology. "Where this really hits me is every June, when I go to Alaska to catch my fish for the year. Each time, I dunk my waders into the Kenai and immediately stand aghast at the annual recession of what was Portage Glacier. When I first began making this trek, there was plenty of it to be seen. Now, you really have to try to see any evidence that it was even there."
If this is really about getting the environmental message out there, Manson surely isn't the best spokesperson. Isn't that a little like having Dahmer representing LGBT issues? "I delineate a marked difference between Dahmer and Manson on countless levels. I realize that most people won't ever make the effort to do this and will always lump the most notorious and popular criminals in the same category… If Charlie made a record about eating mashed potatoes, I wouldn't try to suppress the fact that I eat and enjoy mashed potatoes. ATWA is essentially ecology to a tee. There's no hidden context and no subversive theme to it whatsoever. So there's no reason for me to distance myself from the phrase 'ATWA' or avoid giving it credibility. I think Manson's passion toward ecology is a passion we should all have whether he endorses it or not. To put it in terms that a judgmental society at large can comprehend: if Charles Manson understands the value of protecting our natural resources, why can't you?"
This is certainly a valid point. But Charlie doesn't exactly offer up fifty simple things you can do to save the planet on these recordings. And the music on Air isn't exactly up there with The White Album. This project is still, to some degree, about the cult of Manson. So even if the sentiment behind the music is positive, it's still obscured by the artist's history. Let's face it: even the most forgiving takes on Manson's character are still less than flattering. The guy does have a swastika on his forehead, after all. Morbid curiosity is bound to be the primary appeal for most listeners, though Eyestone remains cautiously disinterested in playing up that element of the album's appeal. "We tend to love our media figures in the sensationalized context by which we came to know them. Relatively few people from the populace at large are going to make the leap over to the real, genuine musical side of his personality." And while Eyestone fervently puts Manson's ecological philosophies at the forefront of discussions on this project, he does make one concession regarding Charlie's personal stamp on the recordings. "Whether it's soulful and introspective or just straight fire and brimstone, there's one constant throughout: the visceral, undying spirit of a survivor."
Ultimately, Air isn't easy listening. But it's unlikely anyone would venture into an album by Charles Manson thinking it's going to come across like the latest Beach House. From a strictly musical standpoint, its primary appeal is it's casual, front-porch simplicity and it's haunting lapses into esoteric sermonizing. As a platform for the advocacy of better stewardship over the natural world, it's hampered by both the standard problematic restrictions of rhyme and meter and by the enormity of the persona behind the music. As a window into the mind of Manson, it's mesmerizing and shockingly human. But ultimately Air's strongest asset is its ability to catalyze discussion on the roll of the media, our undeniable interest in the macabre, and Manson's ongoing imprint on the cultural landscape.


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Ben, can you link us to the test you refer to?. The body to which you refer has either got it right and the fact is that wiltw's test and noparking's execution of it is simply luck or the body had got it wrong( seems unlikely) or there is a way of reconciling these apparent opposite conclusions which may be the most likely explanation.
I can't give you a link because I read it in the actual magazine about four years ago that I still have somewhere but can't lay my hands on at the moment, but I can assure you that Professional Photographer did extensive test with E6 and C41 film and several different DSLR camera sensors using a Minolta Autometer 1V F hand held light meter and the test results convinced me, anyway this isn't really a subject for a forum dedicated to film photography, and I only read the article out of interest since I let the digiheads worry about such matters, because I don't own a DSLR
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Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her loving husband of 50 years, Arthur Willis Cox, three sisters, Marie Kettering, Evelyn Bennett and Kathlyn Campbell, and three brothers, Arthur Chenot, Carl Chenot, and Richard Chenot. Survivors include a sister, Polly Jacob of Canton, children Thomas (Cherie) Cox of Hartville, Edward (Linda) Cox of North Canton, Christopher (Amy) Cox of Central, SC, and Jane (Donna) Cox of Kent, nine grandchildren, one great grandson, many nieces and nephews, and her faithful golden retriever, Rudy.
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Calling hours are Tuesday 4-7 p.m. at the Arnold Funeral Home in Canton and one hour prior to services Wednesday in the church (10-11 a.m.). Funeral services will be held Wednesday 11 a.m. at Zion United Church of Christ with Rev. Eli Klingensmith officiating. Final resting place is North Canton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Harbor Light Hospice, 25 South Main St., Suite 7, Munroe Falls, OH 44262 or Zion UCC, 415 S. Main Street, North Canton, OH 44720.
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Kat tweeted back that she's next playing the 50K in Macon, Ga. Oct 26.
|Oct 9th, 2015 09:21 PM
|auntie janie
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I've been wondering the same thing. She hasn't been entering any of the US challengers at all. So I just sent her a tweet to ask her when she's going to play.
|Oct 9th, 2015 02:22 PM
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Anyone know what's up with Kat?! Her scheduling is really weird..... She turned 18 this year, so she doesn't have any age restrictions, but has only played 15 tourneys this year...
|Sep 6th, 2015 07:19 PM
|auntie janie
Re: Katerina Stewart
Kat's not playing the juniors after all. Hope she'll turn up soon in a pro event somewhere; any level will do.
|Aug 30th, 2015 10:56 PM
|auntie janie
Re: Katerina Stewart
Great action pics! Thank you
|Aug 29th, 2015 07:31 PM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Was a rough draw
|Aug 26th, 2015 07:18 PM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Don't wanna be mean, cuz I like Kat, but..... That's what happens when you spend all summer, playing on clay. Clay is very natural for her, so she has to work extra hard to flatten out strokes on the hard courts.
|Aug 26th, 2015 07:02 PM
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|Aug 26th, 2015 05:32 PM
|auntie janie
Re: Katerina Stewart
Kat lost in 2 tb sets. But she was really close; not a bad effort after playing on clay all summer. And at least she lost to the lovable Osaka!
Good luck to Kat in the junior event, then! Now she can get in some more practice on the hard courts.
|Aug 26th, 2015 04:25 PM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Fight Kat!
|Aug 26th, 2015 04:21 PM
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Re: Katerina Stewart
Kat is playing Naomi Osaka right now in USO Q1. She had at least 2 set points in the first-set tb, but Naomi finally took the set 76(8).
|Aug 17th, 2015 01:08 AM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Some nice wins.
|Aug 16th, 2015 11:29 PM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Great results
|Aug 16th, 2015 10:55 PM
Re: Katerina Stewart
Swiss league is done now I believe so she will have a good week to prepare for USO qualies...
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Is she still playing Qualies for the US Open? Could be a LONG New York trip for her!
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ASIA/TURKEY - The properties of the Monastery of Mor Gabriel returned to the Syriac Orthodox community
Mardin (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Foundations, the highest deliberative body of the cartel authorities that in Turkey manage the assets of minority religious communities, approved that the ownership of the lands of the historic Monastery of Mor Gabriel is returned to the Christian Syriac Orthodox community. The Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arinc "tweeted" the news at the end of the meeting which ordered the return. According to Turkish sources consulted by Fides Agency, the General Director of the Assembly of the Foundations Aidan Nertem confirmed that the registration of transfer of ownership may be authorized without any problems. Last year alone, the Turkish Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of a Syriac Foundation asking to regain possession of the Monastery, so far considered state property.
The Monastery of Mor Gabriel, founded in 397, is situated in the Plateau of Tur Abdin, in the south eastern province of Mardin, and is the oldest operant Syriac Orthodox monastery. The return to the Syriac Orthodox community of 244 thousand square meters of land connected to the Monastery is by land extension the most consistent restitution of property ordered by Turkey in favor of religious minority groups .
Recently the Syriac Orthodox community has been recognized by the Turkish government also the right to establish schools where the children of the community can be educated in their mother tongue.
The seat of the Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch in the thirteenth century had settled near Mardin, in the Monastery of Mor Hananyo, and had remained there until 1933, then moved to Syria (Homs first and then to Damascus). According to several observers, the strategy of attention recently inaugurated by the Turkish authorities towards Christian Syriacs aim at promoting the "return" from Syria to Turkey of the patriarchal Syrian Orthodox Seat. (GV) (Agenzia Fides 09/10/2013 )
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For my little pouch, I was trying out free-motion quilting and I did it on my little sandwich of outer patched fabric, flannel interlining and lining. Since the sandwich is gelled together by the quilted lines and also the sandwich is rather thick, I felt the roly-nester way was the best option to create a boxiness.
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The finished patties should be about 5 to 6 inches wide, and 1/4 to 3/16ths of an inch thick.
Place one slice of American cheese in the center of half of the patties. How you fit the cheese is up to you—it doesn't really matter, any way you slice it.
Place the remaining patties over the cheese-covered ones and pinch all the way around the edges several times until the seal is not visible.
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Flip the patties with a thin metal spatula and pinch around the perimeter again, to ensure against blowout.
Use a paper towel to apply a thin layer of oil to a heavy stainless steel or cast iron skillet and preheat it over medium-high heat until lightly smoking. Season your patty, add it to the skillet, and press down firmly with a spatula for 3-4 seconds to help contact between the patty and the skillet. Cook until well browned, about 2-3 minutes.
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The Plan Commission approved a certified survey map for the construction of a new neighborhood park in the River Hills neighborhood, east of Oakdale Drive and northwest of River Place Blvd. on the southwest side of the city.
"We're very excited to see it approved and work together so we can put that park together," said Alderman Aaron Perry, who lives in the neighborhood and represents constituents where the park would be built.
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The Reformation of Latin America
By Pedro C. Moreno
Published September 1, 1992
WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF PROFOUND transformations in Latin America – both spiritually and socially. It has been said that the recent spiritual revival that is taking place in the continent – mainly due to the Protestant expansion, but also within Catholic circles – may well be one of the last hopes for the economic and social advancement of Latin America.
According to recent statistics, in a region once considered a Catholic stronghold, Protestants are growing at a rate of 400 per hour, which leads demographers to predict that Latin America will be evangelical before the end of the 21st century. Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo from Nicaragua, addressing the Vatican College of Cardinals in 1991 pointed out that "Protestants in Latin America have grown surprisingly, from 4 million in 1967 to 30 million in 1985."
Cardinal Ernesto C. Ahumada from Mexico stated that in the last 30 years "defections (from the Catholic church) to other religious groups have tripled in the Dominican Republic, have increased by 500% in El Salvador and Costa Rica, and have grown by 700% in Guatemala." No wonder an evangelical president was recently elected in this country. It is estimated that 20% of all Latin Americans are now Protestant.
One could ask, what are the reasons, the causes, the motives for this spiritual transformation that has gone beyond the religious realm into economics, politics, law, and other areas? Some would say it is something to worry about. Others may look with expectation and hope at what has been termed by FORBES magazine a situation "quite literally revolutionary – more so that Fidel Castro or Che Guevara could ever be." Referring to the specific Brazilian case, FORBES goes on to say that as a result of evangelical Protestantism having replaced Roman Catholicism as the country's most widely practiced faith.
"The old Brazilian order, based upon a rigid hierarchy and social immobility, has broken down. A new social atmosphere, one more compatible with capitalism and democracy is emerging. Upwardly striving urban poor are encouraged by religious teachings and support groups that preach the power of individuals to change their lives through faith. This contrasts sharply with the old attitude of resignation to one's fate and a glorification of poverty."
Before we go further into the economic and social implications of this spiritual revival, allow me to situate this transformation, or one could say, Reformation, into its proper context. Much of the modern spiritual condition of Latin America resembles the spiritual condition of pre-war Germany, aptly described by Lutheran minister Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In his work, The Cost of Discipleship, Bonhoeffer – who resisted the Nazi atrocities and was martyred at a concentration camp – referred to the grace of God, said that this grace is costly because it took the life of Jesus Christ.
Pure Grace vs. Cheap Grace
"It is the only pure grace, which really forgives sins and gives freedom to the sinner. We (WWII era German Lutherans) justified the world, and condemned as heretics those who tried to follow Christ. The result was that a nation became Christian and Lutheran, but at the cost of true discipleship…. But do we also realize that this cheap grace has turned back upon us like a boomerang? The price we are having to pay today in the shape of the collapse of the organized Church is only the inevitable consequence of our policy of making grace available to all at too low a cost. We gave away the word and sacraments wholesale, we baptized, confirmed, and absolved a whole nation unasked and without condition. Our humanitarian sentiment made us give that which was holy to the scornful and unbelieving. We poured forth unending streams of grace. But the call to follow Jesus in the narrow way was hardly ever heard. Where were those truths which impelled the early Church to institute the catechumenate, which enabled a strict watch to be kept over the frontier between the Church and the world, and afforded adequate protection for costly grace? What had happened to all those warnings of Luther's against preaching the gospel in such a manner as to make men rest secure in their ungodly living? Was there ever a more disastrous instance of the Christianizing of the world than this? What are those three thousand Saxons put to death by Charlemagne compared with the millions of spiritual corpses in our country today? … Cheap grace has turned out to be utterly merciless to our Evangelical Church."
Much of this description clearly reflects the general situation of spiritual life in Latin America with the Catholic Church as the established one. Moreover, it even applies to the current situation in the U.S. and some European countries where the Protestant church, as the established or traditional one has lost its vision and the true meaning of the gospel.
But what is now making the difference in Latin America? As Mexican author Richard Rodriguez, himself a Roman Catholic, puts it: "Evangelicals (in Latin America) are the most Protestant of Protestants. Evangelical conversion hinges upon the direct experience of Christ – accepting Jesus Christ as one's personal Savior. Evangelicals are fundamentalists. They read Scripture literally; they say yes when they mean yes, and no when they mean no."
This reminds us of the Reformers' principle of Sola Scriptura, the Bible and the Bible – only, which emphasized the paramount importance of the Bible over any other source of guidance in all areas of life. In describing "the problem of Catholicism" as Rodriguez terms it, he mentions that it is "all-embracing, so all-embracing that it defines an entire nation, a whole hemisphere.
"But when religion becomes so all-embracing. It is easily taken for granted. What does it mean that Brazil claims to be the largest Catholic country in the world if nobody goes to Mass in Brazil? The act of conversion does not define Catholicism. Catholicism is a way of life that need never come to a head; it never stands or falls on one decision…. According to evangelical faith, suddenness is holy. Change is a religious imperative. You can – you must – be born-again. Conversion defines faith…. I have sat in the back rows of evangelical churches, astonished by what I have seen: kids with tattoos, tough kids, kids to testify to having been on the streets as recently as last week, kids who spent their childhood on drugs, in gangs, in trouble; kids now in suits and ties, singing hymns to Christ. They are not converted to holy milksops. They are aggressive men who discovered spiritual empowerment.
"The genius of Protestantism seems to be that it is masculine," says this Catholic author. Evangelicalism demands that you must "become your own man, take responsibility for your own life."
The Call to a New Life
Of course, this is not new. Jesus Christ himself, emphasized the importance of an internal transformation through a new spiritual birth, as opposed to an external lifestyle, or what some would call a "cultural Christianity." In Matthew 16:24-26, He said: "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake shall find it. For what will a man be profited, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?."
The call to a new life in Christ seems not to be exclusively coming from the evangelicals (mainly Pentecostals and Baptists), but even from the Catholic church itself. Pope John Paul II, in a recent Vatican meeting of Charismatic Catholics, that gathered 6,000 priests, 100 bishops, and three cardinals, warned: "The Gospel is not the truths that Jesus proclaimed, but a person: Jesus Christ."
Ironically, in an age in which it is not fashionable to talk about sin, repentance, and modification of habits and lifestyles, it is precisely the call to repent and be transformed by the power of God which is hitting hardest the hearts and minds of men and women that have become tired of relativistic morality, religious syncretism, and humanistic attitudes and thoughts, that for all their good intentions, cannot and will not change their lives or their social and economic environment.
Lest we are deceived, we should also not forget that in order to drastically change our private lives, the life of our family, and the life of our society, spiritual salvation is not enough. The Bible clearly tells us that we should "not be conformed to this world", but should "be transformed by the renewing of (our) mind" (Romans 12:2). That means that going beyond the spiritual change we experience as we surrender to Christ, we should strive to develop such qualities as self control, respect for others, integrity, good work habits, and a sense of purpose in life, and thus improve our social and economic condition.
Not without reason The Washington Post recently stated that the poor need not only opportunities for work, but the instilling of moral values as the "restoration of the moral environment in which (they) live." The Post concluded: "(the poor) in New York, like in many other cities, needs a man on horseback. It needs John Wesley."
Finally, let us remember that all these changes, this peaceful revolution, or this new reformation of Latin America, can continue only if we remember that the force that drives it is not the class struggle, or the forces of history, or simply destiny or coincidence, but it is the power of God, expressed through his undeserved mercy and love that He, sovereignly has chosen to pour on these people and at this time of history. Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and we, as our final destiny and purpose in life, are to be conformed to His image and character. Not the other way around. As one theologian explains:
"The tension between God's holy righteousness and his compassionate mercy cannot be legitimately resolved by remolding His character into an image of pure benevolence as the Church did in the nineteenth century. There is only one way that this contradiction can be removed, through the cross of Christ which revealed the severity of God's anger against sin and the depth of his compassion in paying its penalty through the vicarious sacrifice of His Son. In systems which resolve this tension (between His righteousness and His compassion) by softening the character of God, Christ and His work become an addendum, and spiritual darkness becomes complete because the true God has been abandoned for the worship of a magnified image of human tolerance."
May we receive the blessings of Christ's sacrifice, and enjoy a new life that is not for the benefit of the self only, but that will abundantly be poured out on our families, and into our society.
Pedro C. Moreno San Juan, an attorney, is the President of the Rutherford Institute of Bolivia and its representative for Latin America.
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