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Arizona's Anti-Gay Bill Hurt the Religious
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E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist, professor of government at Georgetown University, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book is Our Divided Political Heart: The Battle for the American Idea in an Age of Discontent (Bloomsbury Press).
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De-evangalization -- nothing is more effective in emptying the church of young people than the sight of bishops backing homophobic legislation. The Catholic bishops of Uganda have taken this to its extreme: http://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/474/0/catholic-bishops-and-churches-in-u... Will Pope Francis speak out or will he mutter "Who am I to judge?"
Would Mr. Dionne have Christians participate in activities that are immoral because "most Americans disagree with this" form of conscious objection? Because "most Americans" may come to think that religious liberty merely pertains to the freedom to walk into your spiritual building of choice on Sunday - I guess that means that Christians should stop fighting social injustice the rest of the week outside its doors. Freedom of religion is more than freedom of worship. I will retain my God given obligation NOT to participate in activities which violate conscience, irrespective of the consequences - especially when those acts have been clearly stated to be immoral by long standing moral teaching of the Catholic Church.
It is a sad day when those whose privllege it is to write for a supposedly "Catholic" journal of thought would join the side of the persecutors. It is one thing for Jesus (and his followers) to hang out, and claim solidarity with tax collectors and prostitutes. It's another to wring shekels from Jewish hands, or to help "pimp" for the prostitute. It's one thing to reject a bad Bill put up by obtuse politicians. It's another to give aid and comfort to those who ultimately, don't have the Church's best interests in mind, and who will not stop until they have destroyed it.
Perry, the so-called anti-gay law would not have affected only gays; it could have been used to justify discrimination against anyone, even you. Under this law you could be taken to a hospital in critical condition, only to have a doctor refuse to treat you because his/her "sincerely held religious belief" is that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon and Catholics don't deserve to live.
The arguments in support of this bill were the exact same justifications for denying civil rights to minorities in the Jim Crow era. They were wrong then and they're wrong now.
Where is your faith in the resilience of the Catholic Church? Since Jesus himself said the gates of hell will not prevail against it, I rather doubt it can be brought down by a cake.
Angela's example is a bit extreme. But she makes the point that it is a trivialization of the concept of religious liberty to use it to justify descrimination in the public marketplace based on class
Has anyone ever read of a Catholic florist refusing to provide flowers to a Catholic marrying a Protestant in a Protestant church? Or to a Southern Baptist refusing to cater a Catholic or Jewish wedding? How would Catholics and Jews react to the latter situation? Proposed laws such as this are simply an attempt to create a loophole to allow Jim Crow laws under cover of religious liberty. One can easily imagine how the sacred concept of religious liberty could be stripped of all true meaning, were laws like this to come into being. -- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach CA
The author does not explain just EXACTLY why it is that a branch of government -- any government -- can force an individual photographer to take a picture that he/she simply does not want to take. We live (or did live) in a free country. We supposedly have a right to privacy in the USA; the government that needs to stay out of our bedrooms also needs to stay out of our photography studios, and bakeries, and clothing stores. AND CHURCHES. The above article is nonsense. The issue is nonsense. The Arizona statute did no more than restate the federal DOMA act, signed into law by.....Bill Clinton. And BTW the stylist that typically does Gov. Susana Martinez's hair just announced that he would no longer do so because of her opposition to gay marriage. Might he be in danger of losing his license? Should he be penalized, Mr Dionne? If so why? If not, why not? ....Awaiting your response...
All human rights legislation contains exemptions for religious belief and practice, but requires that what would otherwise be considered illegal discriminatory practices be justified by explicit elements (texts, usually) in the religion, and also that such practices be limited to religious institutions (usually including schools) operating in their sacramental functions. The Arizona bill, and the almost identical bills introduced in a number of other state legislatures, would have eliminated these restrictions. Instead, any person could discriminate in employment (hiring, firing, conditions of employment), housing (accepting tenants or evicting them) and business services on grounds that the person simply stated were beliefs that he "firmly held", whatever they were. Also, the ability to discriminate was extended to businesses, so that there could be religious gas stations, drug stores, and whatever you wanted. (Keep in mind that most healthcare facilities in the United States, such as physicians' clinics and hospitals are private enterprises, or are run by, or on behalf of, religous organizations). Arizona does not have legislation that prohibits dicrimination on the basis of sexual orienation, but three of its municipalities do, and, in any case the proposed statute would have overridden all that existed. Human rights legislation is founded on he principle that citizens can go about their lives being treated on their individual merits as customers, emloyees, and tenants, and not on the basis of a category that they belong to. Employers, landlords, and businesses, if they advertise to the general public, must behave accordingly. This is intended to foster a more civil society, and less damage done to indviduals who are, or are perceived as being, members of unpopular minorities. These are evidently not considerations taken favourably by the proponents of these statutes.
Before this law was passed last month, it was not illegal for businesses in Arizona to discriminate against gays. The legislation was a gratuitous, in-your-face act of hostility --"We have a right to discriminate against all those immoral homosexuals if we want to." People across the nation were offended, and the governor and Arizona business leaders knew there would be negative economic consequences. So Jan Brewer vetoed the bill.
The really interesting question here is: Why are religious conservatives so hostile? Can't you foresee that this kind of action will backfire on you? Is that what you desire, so you can pity yourselves as persecuted victims? Is this what your supposedly beloved Jesus would have wanted?
The tension between the claims of civil authority and those of individual conscience (commonly but not necessarily guided by religious belief) is inevitable. Any permanent, definitive resolution would entail either tyranny (even the tyranny of a majority) or anarchy. General rules meant to fit all situations are, I believe, doomed to failure. The best we can do is try to muddle through each new kind of situation as best we can, whether it be that of parents opposed to blood transfusions or even antibiotics on religious grounds or that of selective pacifists, opposed to specific wars on the basis of just-war criteria.
In the present instance the specter of Jim Crow redivivus should not be hastily dismissed. At the same time, we should avoid the error of Mark Twain's cat: once burned, it never again sat on either a hot or a cold (or lukewarm) stove.
Jim Crow laws permitted denial of service for morally indefensible reasons, but that was not what made the laws so offensive to the most rudimentary sense of justice. Because they applied to private enterprises offering basic public accommodations, often the only ones practically available in a given area, they legalized denial of the most basic services to a whole class of citizens. It's not only that all citizens, including those denied service, were providing the public infrastructure those businesses took for granted. The Jim Crow laws not only permitted but required businesses to discriminate against the "colored" (to use a term incorporated into the name of the NAACP and even then less offensive than others).
The rush to legalize discrimination under cover of religious liberty, in Arizona and elsewhere, doubtless owes a lot to cynical political opportunism and is already proving to be based on a fatal miscalculation. But the reaction against this ill-conceived move is a bit simplistic. The analogy with Jim Crow, in particular, is very questionable. It's worth remembering that the legislative flail was largely in response to a New Mexico case, Willock v Elane Photography, in which a mom-and-pop photography business refused to provide photography for a wedding between two women. The photographers were sued, and finding was for the plaintiff. Those unfamiliar with the case may find some of the details of interest.
Apparently, some consciences are more equal than others.
All consciences apparently have the right to believe what they want locked away in the closet. Some consciences sometimes might have a right to speak about what they believe (provided it does not involve using any funds in public fora to disseminate that speech, like advertising or helping a candidate who supports your view). Even a more select few might sometimes be allowed to break a law when their consciences are especially sensitive (i.e., liked by columnist Dionne and/or Commonweal), e.g., burning draft cards.
But NO conscience should ever robustly have the right to say--when it comes to acting--NON POSSUMUS, especially if we can't do what is SOOOO politically correct (and might even get you a White House mention or Justice Department invitation)
If you are looking for a sacred text that confirms the primacy of the man-woman relationship, note that God gave Adam Eve, not Steve.
The need for a "conscience exemption" for Arizona businesses has a basis in fact. In December of 2005, the Diocese of Phoenix barred a Catholic Mass from being celebrated at a privately-owned Phoenix area events center because the same center had been rented for a Planned Parenthood event a few weeks earlier. The vicar general of the Diocese seemed to suggest in the press that the Diocese's sanction against the events center could have been more serious but "[the owners] might not be aware of what Planned Parenthood does".
Upon further review: My compliments to Mr. Dionne for setting up the framework for such a useful discussion. The different perspectives, analyses, and conclusions within the Comments on this article are worthwhile and thought-provoking, And this aside from one's own personal position(s) on the subject.
The issue is at once critical, complex, and in many ways subtle. (subtle: hard to arrive at precise answers because the questions themselves cannot be made precise.)
And remeber that the Church opposes Gay Marriage but at the same time forbids unjust discrimination against the Gay community or any member thereof: "....MUST be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity..." (My emphasis)
The issue is more complex than Dionne explains. Of course, Christians should be understanding of serving all of God's people, and in the context of serving them in most ways, Christians should love the sinner hate the sin. But photographing a wedding crosses a line. Additionnally why would a gay couple even consider having a photographer who did not beleive in Gay Marriage - except of course to create a lawsuit.
We must also ask ourselves the question in reverse and be sure we would respond the same way. What if a gay restaurant owner was asked to serve an Anti-Gay catering event. What if a Black hotel owner was asked to host a meeting of the Aryan Nation or the KKK? What if a fervent anti-gun photographer was hired to photograph the NRA National Meeting? All of the above must NEVER refuse service too. Can Mr. Dione live with that?
John Grondelski: do you believe that Adam and Eve actually existed?
And who gave Jacob not only Rachel, but also Leah and a harem of concubines?
"Religion" can muck up people's thinking between public and private. If, as a business, you are set up, establishing a judicial person or partnership or sole proprietorship, and rely on the secular state's power, such as the enforcing of contracts, financial agreements, collection of debts, police power, etc. there should be very little question as to where your private views stop and compliance with law begins. If one is to use the law to buttress one's ability to do business, one cannot pick and choose which laws to obey or disregard.
Nice try. Except that rights are by definition "inalienable." One does not, and can not give up God-given rights by engaging in business, or commerce, or working in the public marketplace, or by doing anything else. Rights exist above and beyond, and independent of government legislation. And we as Catholics know that the First Amendment goes far above and beyond the notion "freedom of worship" that is often slipped in as a would-be synonym for "Freedom of Religion."
Note as well that "involuntary servitude" was abolished well before the same happened to Jim Crow laws. If a photographer (or baker, or seamstress, or clergyman) chooses not to participate in a same-sex wedding, how is it that a government employee -- a nameless, faceless, meaningless bureaucrat -- can compel an individual to do so?
Again, looking forward to answers from Mr. Dionne or his supporters.
Kenneth Ray:
Everything you say was said in the Jim Crow South when business owners claimed it was their right to refuse service to certain customers. Those "nameless, faceless, meaningless bureaucrats" in the Congress and the Supreme Court reminded them that they had no right to refuse service to an entire class of people based on nothing more than physical characteristics. It isn't necessary for our Constitution to have a face in order for it to be the law of the land. And speaking of: if you provide goods or a service and receive remuneration, it's not involuntary servitude.
Quite apart from the civil rights aspect, discrimination makes bad business sense. Suppose I have a gay son and a straight daughter, and the son, with the full support of our entire family, wants to marry his gay partner. If a florist refuses to provide the flowers, he won't lose out on merely this particular job: the rest of the family will find other florists when THEY want flowers.
Had Gov. Brewer signed the Arizona "religious freedom" bill, I expected we would have seen businesses rushing to put "We do not discriminate" signs in their storefronts. Those that insisted on their "right" to discriminate would have been so conspicuous by the absence of signs in their windows that for economic reasons if nothing else, they would have capitulated and put up signs of their own.
Angela Stockton--good statement, but please remember that:
1. The Constitution's Bill of Rights imposes requirements on governments, not on individuals.
2. Bad business sense: Right v. wrong is not determined by the classic goal of profit maximization. An out-and-out non sequitor.
3. "We do not discriminate" signs? I am sorry, but this paragraph is nonsense, and only disproves your own contention.
You mention Gov. Brewer. What about Gov. Martinez? Should her former hair stylist be prosecuted for anti-Catholic discrimination? If so, why? If not, why not?
But again, Thanks for being well-reasoned and civil. KR.
Mr. Ray has repeatedly asked about Governor Martinez's hairdresser. There had been no response up to the time I began writing this comment. And the suit against Elane Photography in New Mexico has received little attention, with comments at best tangential. That was a case in which the customer denied service successfully sued the service provider for discrimination. Mr. Ray's question is whether the hairdresser should be sued too.
The responses that would be of most obvious interest would be from those who approved of Willock's suit against Elane Photography but also applaud Antonio Darden (dba Antonio's Hair Studio) for striking Governor Martinez from his customer list. I conjecture that they would see the two cases as sufficiently different to justify siding with the plaintiff in one and with the (hypothetical) defendant in the other. It would be interesting to see the distinction explained. (A key feature could be to point out that it was not the governor's faith that was at issue, just a policy position she saw as following from the tenets of that faith --a seductive but dangerous argument.)
For my part I'll risk suspicion of harboring an Emersonian hobgoblin and state that I would have sided with the photographers and would side with the hairdresser. In neither case did denial of service result in significant injury. Governor Martinez may have regretted losing the secret formula Mr. Darden created just for her, but she likely got over it and moved on to a new hair stylist. As for Ms Willock and her bride, they had no difficulty in finding another photographer. In neither instance did the denial of service come close to those of the separate-but-equal outrages of the Jim Crow era, in which basic public accommodations were effectively denied on the basis of race.
I can't help recalling the epigraph used by E.M. Forster (a homosexual, if that's relevant) for Howards End: "Only connect..."
If a professional wedding photographer who advertizes his services to the public, is licensed by the state and must abide by various state and federal laws, where do we draw the line between his or her freedom of religous conscience and civil laws? If we allow the wedding photographer to refuse to offer services to gay couples on freedom of religion and conscience grounds, then a restaurant owner should be able to refuse to serve food to gay people because they are in an immoral civil marriage/union that goes against his/her religious faith and religious conscience?
The question of injury, harm is an interesting point. Are we justifying the behavior because the gay couple can find another photographer or restaurant. Is that the litmus test? Does it make sense to anyone that half the businesses in any town can refuse goods and services to certain people who are living a lifestyle or practicing acts in the privacy of their households that are in violation with "their religious beliefs and religion conscience", while the other half of businesses decide they will? What kind of society would we have?
This is not a matter of "forcing" people to do things that violate their religious beliefs. This is a matter of violating someone's else's freedom and rights. Clearly, a black restaurant owner may not want to cater to a local conference of the KKK, but where do we draw the boundaries?
@Michael J Barberi:
My earlier comment (March 4, 6:22 p.m.) should help to put my more recent one in context. You'll see that in my view the tension between the claims of civil authority and those of individual conscience is inevitable; that any permanent, definitive resolution would entail either tyranny or anarchy; and that general rules meant to fit all situations are doomed to failure. We can only muddle through each kind of situation (each kind, not each individual situation, notice!) as best we can. I referred in passing to two difficult examples, refusal of medical care by parents (for a child, obviously --we still have no editing function on this blog) and selective conscientious objection.
Enough, I won't repeat that entire posting. My lack of support for both the legislative overkill of the Arizona bill and others like it, on the one hand, and simplistic reactions against them on the other should have been clear. And if I regard general rules as doomed to failure, I could hardly be proposing any sort of "litmus test."
The problem will always be to balance the competing claims I mentioned at the outset. In that balancing act we should protect the individual's freedom of choice up to the point where that would result in unequivocal social injustice (see my references to Jim Crow laws, in both postings). Neither the wedding photographer nor the hairdresser denied essential or scarce services. Had they done so, they might indeed have posed a threat to the common good dire enough to justify requiring them to act against their (diametrically opposed) personal convictions. And let's not pretend that such a requirement does not amount to coercion. We just need to be sure coercion is justified before we employ it. And yes, boundary drawing will inevitably be difficult (see "tension," above).
I would like to remind the proponents of what the Arizona law would have allowed that the (un)intended consequences could have been for anyone to refuse to do any business with any Catholics, individually or corporately, based on "religious convictions." Ditto for Jews, Muslims and atheists.
No constitutional rights are absolute.
No one argues that you have a right to vote, yet this right is limited to citizens, at least 18 years old and, in many states, not convicted of felony.
The right to a jury trial is restricted, too. In most states, you are not allowed a jury trial in family law cases, such as divorce and child custody, or when the maximum imprisonment is six months or less.
Just as freedom of speech doesn't allow us to yell "fire" in a crowded theater, or freedom of religion does not permit animal sacrifice, the Bill of Rights is regulated.
If you don't think that is true, ask Mormons, Christian Scientists and Jehovah's Witnesses about how their religious freedom has been regulated.
Julian J. Irias,
Your previous post was not completely clear as to what your specific solution would be. A so-called balancing of civil laws and freedom of religion/conscience is complex because there are dozens of circumtances that would make no sense because they would permit or not some other behavior that most people would find impractical, unreasonable or unconstitutional.
Unless such issues are resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court, we may have to acccept different laws in almost every state. Different laws in states do exist, such as the right, or not, of same-sex couples to civilly marry or enter into civil unions. This is why I would like to see such issues resolved, once and for all, at the Federal level. This may take a long time, or it may never happen. Therefore, unless a particular state can offer a standard for balancing freedom of religion/conscience and civil law that most people in other states can accept, our arguments will be likely frustrating and largely irrelevant.
We can certainly agree about the complexity. So I wonder about the qualification "so-called" when applied to balancing in this context. I hope you agree that there are legitimate claims in conflict.
If you expected me to be "completely clear" about a "specific solution," perhaps you did not fully appreciate my misgivings about resolving a tension that I think should endure, because resolving it "once and for all" seems to me impossible without privileging one kind of claim at the expense of the other. I did my best to explain my litigation-averse bias in stating why I would favor both the photographers and the hairdresser as defendants, despite their very different points of view. (I hope I don't need to add that I think litigation does have its place!)
But the ruling of the New Mexico Supreme Court in Willock v Elane Photography has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, so that case may yet get a resolution at the federal level.
Meantime, here's an attempt by Conor Friedersdorf to pour oil on troubled waters:
@ Kenneth Ray
What do you find hard to understand about the possibility of "We do not discriminate" advertising? A handful of florists and bakers who want to refuse service to gay customers don't speak for most businesses in Arizona. The majority would indicate--by signs, word of mouth, whatever--that they welcome ALL customers.
This issue is reminiscent of the debate over pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. Filling prescriptions is a pharmacist's job: a pharmacist who doesn't like his or her job should leave the profession. If your job is selling flowers, either sell to all customers or find another job.
@ Angela Stockton
Yes, I think I see your point. And the comparison with pharmacists who pick and choose is genial. Actually, the approach can be generalized much further. For instance, some opponents of requiring background checks before guns are sold have suggested voluntary background checks, with sellers given access to the NICS data base, so that they could refuse to sell if they found a good reason to do so. But some gun shop owners might regard even such a procedure as too restrictive. After all, the Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms, without silly exceptions (e.g., for convicted felons or psychotics with delusions of persecution). So if voluntary background checks became common, some dealers might want to let the public know "--by signs, word of mouth, whatever --that they welcome ALL customers." Selling guns and ammo is a gun shop owner's job: "sell to all customers or find another job."
Julian J. Irias,
I think we can agree there are legitimate legal and moral arguments on both sides. Hopefully, the U.S. Supreme Court will provide us with some wisdom and resolution, at least with respect to civil law. If not, different laws in different states will continue to be problematic.
I think it is time to stand back and examine this issue from a little deeper and broader perspective.
The first Europeans to settle on this continent were serious believers who came to the New World for the freedom to exercise their religion, 24/7. As was the custom of the time. The notion of "Freedom of Religion" as "Freedom of Worship", i.e., 1/1, is a relatively modern phenomenon. We all know this, or did know it by seventh - eighth grade.
Decades later a brilliant Thomas Jefferson wrote out the Declaration of Independence, describing our Rights as God-given, (not via legislation), and "inalienable." (Cannot be lost, stolen, or mutilated.) These specific, ringing ideas were signed onto by literally everyone at the time -- those who disagreed simply left the country.
Shortly thereafter another political genius, James Madison, codified these ideas into the First Amendment, ensuring that our rights would be forever save from an over-reaching government. We all knew these things by, say, tenth or eleventh grade.
In the following century the country fought a brutal Civil War to end slavery, via the 13th Amendment. ( "slavery: all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily." ILO, Geneva Convention, 1930.) We all knew this by twelfth grade.
Now comes the Far Left, commandeering any and all nearby professionals and tradespeople, citizens of the Republic, and compelling them to perform services directly contrary to their bona fide religious beliefs, and in the name of "Rights"..... Or else! The irony is exquisite:
A Constitutional Black Mass, is it not.?
How did we get so far from where we should be?
I AM CALLING YOU OUT, MR. E.J. DIONNE. You and your fellow travelers. I have posed, in the above comments, a series of hard, clear questions. Hard and clear, but basic. And answerable. Answerable because we are of the same culture--you, the readers, and me. (Culture: A system of shared values.)
Time to fish or cut bait, Mr. Dionne.
BTW, the always formidable and well-spoken Mr. Irias is NOT within the subset (fellow travelers).
Is there no one else?.....Is there no one else?...
There is no one interested in carrying on with the silliness that has been posted here.
In other words you have no worthwhile answer(s) to offer. Thank you for being honest.


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An Exciting New Idea From Germany
UEFA Finalists Use Quick Strikes to Top 'Tiki-Taka'
For the last five years the world's best soccer teams have tried every trick they could think of to neutralize the Spanish club Barcelona—and by extension the Spanish national team, which occasionally starts six Barcelona players. There have been countless nights spent in dark rooms pouring shots of Drambuie while scratching wild formations on dry-erase clipboards.
But when the German powers Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund take the field Saturday in the UEFA Champions League final at London's Wembley Stadium (2 p.m. ET, Fox), there won't be a Spanish team in sight. And perhaps more significantly, there won't be any sign of the short-passing, possession-hogging "tiki-taka" style the Spanish are famous for.
Several national federations have simply tried to copy the Spanish by training young players to mimic those intricate triangular formations. But Germany's two best teams set on a new formula instead: one that may crack the Spanish hammerlock on the game and that could be a preview of the style that will allow some lucky nation to win the sport's greatest prize: next year's World Cup in Brazil.
During the Champions League semifinals, which consist of two games, Bayern Munich dismantled Barcelona by a combined score of 7-0 with a perfectly executed game plan that called for high-pressure defense on the opponent's end and a quick-strike attack. The idea is to push the ball forward as soon as they win possession, even at the risk of quickly losing it again.
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"This is what you'll see with the Germans and the other world-class teams next year," said Arne Friedrich, who played for Germany from 2002-11. "If there is a chance to play fast and vertical, the German teams are always doing it now."
Over the two semifinal legs against Barcelona, Bayern Munich held the ball for just 40% of the match. In the first leg, Bayern completed just 271 of 331 passes. Barcelona, by contrast, completed a whopping 608 of 669. But while dozens of Barca's passes were harmless taps between defenders, Bayern's were often vertical bombs that advanced the ball toward the goal. As a result, they outshot Barca 21-19. Among Champions League semifinalists, Bayern was tops in passes longer than 35 meters, averaging almost 59 per game compared with 52 for Barcelona.
Bayern also ranked No. 2 in the Champions League in fast-break attempts—making the transition from the defensive zone to a shot within about eight seconds. (Another German club, FC Schalke 04, led the fast-break-attempts category with 15.)
Borussia Dortmund employed similar tactics throughout the competition, doing whatever it could—possession be damned—to get the ball onto the hot feet of Robert Lewandowski. The Polish striker scored four goals for Dortmund in the first leg against Madrid. Of the 35 passes sent Lewandowski's way that game, 17 came from behind the midfield. Dortmund sits near the bottom of the Champions League possession rankings, holding the ball for just 46% of the game. But it was fifth in goals, averaging 1.92 per game.
"If you keep the ball so long, it's hard to find the gaps in the defense because the opponent drops very deep, Friedrich said. "If you play the ball as soon as possible you really can outplay some better players."
The Pride of Germany
There are plenty of other reasons to watch the German clubs as they saunter into London to take over a a sport the English invented (as the English love to remind people).
Bayern Munich, considered soccer royalty, are the Yankees of Germany and the fourth-wealthiest team in the world. It's the club of Franz Beckenbauer, and of Germany's conservative political elite. Dortmund has a rich tradition, too, but the club identifies more as a scrappy upstart than an established mainstay. Its amber-clad fans are famous for their rowdy "yellow wall" that can help suffocate opponents at home. A city with deep industrial roots, Dortmund is the favored club of the working class social democrats.
The matchup between two German teams in the European final has evoked immense pride in Germany. Andrei Markovits, a professor of German Studies at the University of Michigan, finds this off-putting.
"There is this message being put out: 'This is about the way we run our teams, and the way we run our economy, so you better watch us, Italy, and Spain and Portugal,' " Markovits said. "To me that is sort of interesting—and disturbing."
The line between a country's national team and its top clubs can be a bit crooked. Club rosters are filled with players from other countries and these two clubs are filed with Poles, Dutchmen, even Spaniards. Still, in Germany the connection between its national federation and its clubs has proved both strong and successful.
A decade ago, Jurgen Klinsmann and Joachim Loew, respectively the former and current German national team coaches, led a push to transform Germany from the country that trained its players for a defensive-minded, physical style, into one that focused on a dynamic, fast attack and players with superb skills.
Germany's soccer federation pushed its clubs to invest in their development programs, conform to a specific curriculum and, whenever possible, to play that style instead of simply possessing the ball for possession's sake.
"They've reinvented themselves without losing what traditionally made Germany strong," said Alexi Lalas, the former American international.
The formula hasn't yet worked in international play. Spain has won the last two European championships and the 2010 World Cup. But Bayern's smearing of Barcelona in the semifinal now has the sport buzzing about how the next champions will advance the game, a cause sometimes considered more important than actually winning. "This final is a feather in Germany's cap and the way that country has developed both their national team and the Bundesliga the past 10 years," Lalas said.
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I have the "user's side" of the story, I think they want it better if it's on Spanish. But, what about the programmers? Do you make your programs multi-language? Why? Why not? Who translate your software? Are you ok with paying somebody to translate your app or you prefer doing it yourselves? Is the benefit bigger than the costs?
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If the demand is there then you need to look into translation. There may be political (both with a lower case "p" and upper case "P" - bilingual countries like Canada spring to mind), social or ethical reasons that need to be considered as well as the cost.
As to the methodology - when I worked on software that was translated we got our German and French distributors to do the translation. The benefit of this is that you are using someone who knows the product and will (hopefully) choose the most appropriate translation when more than one is available.
If you don't have distributors familiar with the language then there are services available that will do the translation for you.
Failing that there's always Google Translate :)
Often not, for a couple reasons:
I think the general rule of thumb is that if your app is targeted to techies or otherwise relatively internationally inclined people, you can save yourself some time and money by not translating.
I believe one should also consider the negative consequences of providing localizations.
If you are selling a reasonable number of units already and you have no reason to believe that the app would be any less applicable to Spanish speakers, then I think it's probably worthwhile to give it a go. If you are using the Android
There are online translation bureaus (such as this one) that will do translations for a few cents per word. I haven't tried them yet, so I can't vouch for them, but it's something I'm considering.
Unless you have a very wordy application, you can probably get it translated for less than $50, in which case you'd only need a modest increase in sales from Spanish-speakers to make it worthwhile.
In my own modest Android sales, 95%+ of orders come from English-speaking countries (over 90% of sales are from just the UK, US and Australia). That massive skew suggests to me that I would sell more if the apps were available in French and German too.


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In celebration of her later mother's birthday, Bobby Kristina and her boyfriend Nick Gordon, went to get matching tattoos in honor of the music legend.
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I love the colors in this photostream on Flickr, especially this photo and this one. How can I get colors like this in my photos? Is this done with post processing? Good luck? The lighting looks like either early morning or sunset (ie. the golden hour).
There are a number of techniques employed to get the look of the examples you posted.
Yes, it's mostly post-processing. The images have very high contrast, which also makes the colors more vivid.
You can also increase the saturation to get more vivid colors without getting too high contrast.
Your reflection on the lighting is probably correct; the images should have reasonably high contrast and color to start with, or they will look too unnatural if you force the contrast or saturation that high.
To the right I have increased the contrast quite a bit, and also the saturation somewhat:
You can get close to this kind of look by enhancing local contrast. This works a bit similar to HDR tone mapping, and can be archieved by using unsharp mask filters with high blur radius.
This example was a bit overdone so you can see how easily this can go wrong. Usually you'll get nicer looking results by using just a small amount of this, and perhaps using curves in more layers and then combining them manually if you have really high-contrast image.
Some of these effects can be achieved in camera using a polarizing filter. The images you indicate are likely popped in post processing, but if you haven't tried a polarizing filter out, you might be surprised at home much it affects color.
I'd say those photos you linked to were HDR's for sure -- given the tonal range between the land and the sky. Additionally the first one with the flowing water was done with an ND filter to slow down the light coming into the lens, resulting in a longer exposure time. Very nice photos though :-)


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STEUBENVILLE - The Calvin Jones documentary set to be shown Dec. 29 in the Steubenville High School auditorium is more than a story about a young African-American football star playing in the Canadian Football League,
It is also a story about a man who never knew he had a son.
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FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN ON COVER — Calvin Jones was the first African-American athlete to appear on the cover of Sport Illustrated in 1954. - Contributed
The documentary "The Crash" details the life of a young Calvin Jones who played sports at Steubenville High School and then joined his two best friends from high school at the University of Iowa for an outstanding college football career.
Jones, a 1952 graduate of Steubenville High School, was killed in a plane crash on Dec. 9, 1956, over the Canadian Rocky Mountains while playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers following a stellar career at the University of Iowa.
He left behind family members in Steubenville and a 4-month-old son in Houston.
"We had no idea Calvin had a son in Texas. He apparently had a girlfriend while he was at the University of Iowa who got pregnant. She was the daughter of a Methodist minister in Houston, who along with his wife, adopted Edwin Harrison I and raised him as their own son. You know what it was like in the 1950s when a girl got pregnant. It wasn't until he was in the fourth grade when he started questioning why his parents were so much older than his classmates' parents," Patti West related.
"His mother waited until after her parents died 10 years ago to contact Steubenville High School to find any relatives of Calvin Jones. I was involved at the high school and they told her I was Calvin's niece and that's when we first made contact," continued West.
"My mother, Mildred Minnifield, was Calvin's sister," said West.
West assisted Paul Cowan of Infield Fly Productions of Montreal in finding local residents who knew her uncle when he grew up in Steubenville.
"Paul sent me a copy of the film and it was a very emotional and moving experience to watch the documentary. It was a very heart-warming experience, but I had a box of tissues next to me. And I realized it is never too late to connect to family," West noted.
Cowan united Jones' son Edwin Harrison I and his son Edwin "Boomer" Harrison II with their Steubenville relatives when they flew into the Pittsburgh International Airport earlier this year.
"It is neat to see Calvin's grandson following in his grandfather's footsteps and playing in the Canadian Football League. I give all credit to God for allowing us to come together and to meet my cousin and his son," West added.
"This film is unique. It is a look at Calvin Jones the football player and also at his family both in Houston and in Steubenville. It was very moving to see the two families meet face to face for the first time," related Cowan.
"Someone else had the idea for this film. They phoned me and I accepted the assignment. I haven't done a sports film for a number of years, but this has been fun. I have really enjoyed every aspect of this film. This is the kind of story I enjoy," remarked Cowan.
"We also found a gentleman who had filmed the Big Red football games using 16 mm film back in the late 1940s. So we spliced some of that footage together with Boomer looking down at the field from the stands," explained Cowan.
Frank Gilliam, a teammate of Jones at Big Red and Iowa, said he came home to Steubenville for the filming of the game, "because Calvin was my friend."
"He was a big physical, tough guy, a good friend who loved football. He played hard and was an outstanding player. It has been a long time coming for Calvin, but I am glad Calvin is being recognized for who he was," said Gilliam, who played and later worked for the Minnesota Vikings.
Cowan said the movie was shown on the TSN Canadian sports network.
"It was part of a series of eight films that all had something to do with football. It was the 100th anniversary of the Grey Cup in Canada and the series and that documentary got good reviews. I was happy with the film. It wasn't an easy story to tell from the filmmaking perspective. But I thought we were successful in being subtle with the message. It was a story about how football brought a family together," explained Cowan.
Jones was elected the University of Iowa team captain his senior year and was awarded the Outland Trophy as the nation's top college lineman.
Jones became the first African-American to be pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, appearing on the front of the Sept. 27, 1954, edition.
According to Cowan, Jones declined offers to play in the National Football League because of lower wages for African-American professional football players and joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL.
Jones quickly made a name for himself in the league and was chosen to play in the Canadian League All-Star game in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Dec. 8, 1956, one day before he died.
"I never saw my grandmother smile or laugh after Calvin died. He was her youngest son and she loved him and was so proud of him. She would have loved to meet Calvin's son and his grandson," cited West.
"My mother and grandmother would be so proud. I never dreamed 56 years down the road this would all come about. I get chills when I think how this all came about and two families were united. And Paul Cowan did a fine job making this movie," according to West.
"I picked William Houst to play Calvin during the filming at Harding Stadium because he looks so much like Calvin. The way he walks and plays is just like Calvin looked, and he did a great job," said West.
"We will always be proud of the legacy Calvin left behind. He helped put Steubenville on the map. After the film everyone is invited to the commons area where we will have refreshments and talk about Calvin Jones. Angela Suggs will serve as the emcee. Coach Reno Saccoccia will give his reflections on football, and Dave Patton will give his reflections on basketball. Calvin was a good basketball player as well as a football star. And my uncle, the Rev. Alfred E. Hunt, will give the benediction," West said.
"I will be forever grateful to Calvin's daughter, Sandra, for contacting the high school and then sharing Edwin with us as well as his son," said West.
"This film also tells the story of a young man who persevered. Young people can be successful in life if they work hard and persevere," West noted.
And Cowan had words of thanks and praise for West.
"Every town should have a Patti West. She is a mover and a shaker. We would have made the movie, but Patti made it so much easier and brought us so many local resources, she made it a success," Cowan commented.


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My friend does not practice Rabbinical Laws unless he fully agrees with the reasoning.
He's totally fine with direct Torah Laws however.
I'm running out of arguments to convince him. Any ideas?
Here are some thoughts. I'm not familiar with the process of Jewish law (I'm not Jewish), so I'm not writing with authority. These are just answers to questions that I've asked in my own desire to understand where I can hear that God is speaking.
Questioning rabbinical law
In order to find some common ground, it would be helpful to listen to what his real concerns and reasons are. How did he come to this position, and why does he find it important to stay there? I would especially wonder how he knows what reasoning to apply to the written Torah without taking part in the wider rabbinic conversation and its traditions regarding that process. But there may also be some very important issues to consider from his point of view.
Judaism is a revealed religion and the commandments you follow are from God, so you can't just put words or commandments into His mouth. Sometimes your integrity before Him in prayer is directly at stake, as in brachot where you thank Him for giving particular mitzvot. There's also the objection that rabbinic law is much more detailed than the written Torah, so that sometimes a mountain of halacha is hung from a single thread from Torah; and that the Pharisaic approach to Judaism isn't reflected clearly in the earlier records of Tanach. The question arises about how much is new. Historically, why should a Jew believe that much of the oral Torah can be directly traced to the community in Moses' time, or that until the last part of the Second Temple period there was hardly any disagreement between rabbis? And how can you separate the commandments of God from human customs and traditions that are valid but not binding, when the two are presented to you inseparably? What about the issues of social dynamics, controlling attitudes from leadership, and the willingness of some crowds to follow like sheep? Or the fact that some decisions by trusted Jewish leaders are wrong, and it can take a long time for these things to become clearer to the community? How do you keep your personal responsibility in the short term?
Your friend needs to understand that God has preserved His words and a testimony about Himself, and His Law, among all the generations of Israel, but the reality is that not just any group can claim that they uniquely hold such truth and authority. Even among diverse groups who recognise each other's legitimacy but hold carefully to their own rulings, the differences might bring unnecessary divisions. And because of the many fences that have been instituted to protect and preserve both the letter and the spirit of Torah amidst Israel, it needs to be known that every stringency inherently holds a leniency, at least in the ability to be close to the reality of Torah and to have the peace of mind that is needed for following God according to the holiness and blessing of this covenant.
Reasons why rabbinic law is binding
That said, I don't believe that Jews can keep the Torah truly and completely without doing so in accordance with community, honouring the huge conversation of Judaism about how to keep and honour Torah, and submitting to the things that are agreed upon in the Talmud. As one who can't comment too much, I still believe that it's important in light of how God created His relationship with you as a nation, together, and the particular role that you have in His program for humanity. Here are some reasons.
In my observation, it seems like the tradition is most commonly ignored when the truth and original intention of the written Torah is doubted as well. It's so clear in Tanach and in our own experiences that God has given a unique kind of witness to Israel as a nation, in collective observance and preserving of the Torah. You are kept by the Torah and you keep pointing back to it, to the knowledge of God in our world. It's true that aspects of Judaism in each generation are wrong and need to be corrected; it's also true that such correction can take time to spread throughout Judaism, and that the discussions, arguments, and decisions can be painfully divided and complex. But in the generations before us and in our own generation, every Jew will find that there are others around them who have so much deeper familiarity with the spirit and details of the Law, and greater love and dedication for the Law, than their own. And finally, there's the quality of being able to make decisions concerning the law on the level of the eternal community, weighing out the ramifications of your decisions across the generations: a quality which each individual alone possesses none of.
Firstly, I don't know that you necessarily can convince your friend, but he might wish to consider the insufficiency of the Torah without any form of additional, correlative instruction. For example, how might he deal with contradictions within the text? How might he deal with passages that go into insufficient detail for their laws to be put into practice? And how might he deal with passages so horrendously barbaric that they are literally crying out to be expounded?
For some specific examples, consider the following three:
• Exodus 12:5 makes it clear that one may only use a lamb or a goat as the Pesach sacrifice, but Deuteronomy 16:2 allows one to also sacrifice cattle. The rabbis understood the second of these passages to be referring to the Chagigah instead (Sifrei §171, Mishna Menachot 7:6 [82a], etc). How does your friend reconcile these passages without recourse to the Oral Law?
• Deuteronomy 12:20-21 allows for the slaughter of animals in order to eat meat, but demands that they be slaughtered in the manner "that I have shown you". Given that nowhere else within the Torah is that method even alluded to, what might it have been? As the Rambam points out (Hilkhot Shechitah 1:4), the specific practices that we follow are entirely rabbinic - which is to say, entirely expounded in the rabbinic literature. How does your friend construe the passage from Deuteronomy without recourse to the rabbinic tradition?
• Deuteronomy 21:18-21 mandates of parents that they take their stubborn and rebellious son outside of the city and stone him for his gluttony. The Mishna (Sanhedrin 8) goes into great detail, interpreting this passage in such a fashion that it cannot ever be put into practice, without at all abrogating the actual law that it describes. How does your friend, without recourse to such a tradition, see fit to nullify or explain this particular law away?
These are only three examples; there are abundantly more for all three types of problems. But be aware: none of these arguments specifically justifies the rabbinic tradition. They speak to the fact that there absolutely has to be something more than just the written Torah, if your intentions are to live your life (and moreso, run a state) in accordance with its principles. Whether or not your friend chooses to embrace the idea that the rabbinic traditions are from Sinai, he must reckon with the fact that the written Torah alone is insufficient, and with the fact that all groups who have argued in favour of its sufficiency have, in time, developed their own correlative legislation anyway.
Here is another source: In Deut. 12:21, it says "Then [when Israel enters the Land] you may slaughter of your herd and flock . . . as I have commanded you." Ask your friend to find the commandment described in the verse. It cannot be found, this was one of the instructions on performing the commandments that was given ORALLY to Moses.
Also, he might refer to the story at Num. 15:32-36, where a man was found gathering sticks on the Sabbath. The congregation all knew he had violated the Sabbath. But where, in the Torah, is there a commandment about gathering sticks? It says you shall do no work, but the Torah really doesn't define the term. And yet, the people all knew that part of the law (they didn't know the method of execution though), and knew that the law-breaker also should have known better. Where did they hear the details? Moses got it from the Oral law given by Hashem.
However, these verses only help define those laws which the rabbis have concluded came directly from G-d in an oral tradition. It does not explain their authority to enact rules to help us avoid violating Torah laws. However, at Deut. 30:16, we have a Biblical commandment to keep G-d's commandments, statutes and ordinances. How are commandments, statutes and ordinances different. Commandments refers to the easily-found "Thou shalt..." commandments in the Torah. The statutes would refer to the Orally-transmitted laws such as I referenced above, or those we learned from the Naviim (prophets), such as the rule that no kohen can marry a convert. That leaves ordinances. These, I would submit (and -- others can help with a good citation I can't find right now -- I believe the rabbis agree) are the rabbinic rules necessary to apply Torah to an ever changing world. Their authority comes from Deut. 17:11 ("According to the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall not turn aside from the sentence, which they shall declare to you, to the right hand nor to the left").
You might also want to check out Moshe Koppel's 1997 book "Meta-Halacha: Logic, Intuition and the Unfolding of Jewish Law (Jason Aronson 1997) which whether rabbinic law is intuitive or Biblically based. I have not personally read it, but my Rav's father-in-law was giving me a review of it this past Shabbos.


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Your doctor will tell you if you need to change how much you eat and drink before the myelogram. You may be asked to increase the amount of water you drink before the test. Follow the instructions exactly about eating and drinking, or your test may be canceled.
Before a myelogram, tell your doctor if you:
- Are taking any medicines. You may need to stop taking some medicines for 2 days before the test.
- Have epilepsy or a seizure problem.
- Are or might be pregnant.
- Are allergic to any medicines, contrast material, or iodine dye.
- Have bleeding problems or take blood-thinning medicines, such as aspirin, clopidogrel (Plavix), or warfarin (Coumadin).
- Have asthma.
- Have ever had a severe allergic reaction.
- Have had kidney problems.
- Have diabetes, especially if you take metformin (Glucophage).
Arrange to have someone take you home and stay with you after the test.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
The test is done by a doctor in a radiology center or in the radiology department of a hospital.
You will need to take off jewelry that might be in the way of the X-ray picture. You may need to take off all or most of your clothes above the waist (you may be allowed to keep on your underwear if it does not get in the way of the test). You will be given a gown to wear during the test.
During the test
You will have a lumbar puncture to put the dye into your spinal canal. You will lie on your stomach or side on an X-ray table. The doctor cleans an area on your lower back. A numbing medicine is put into your skin.
After the area is numb, a thin needle is put into the spinal canal and a stream of X-rays (fluoroscopy) is used to help the doctor place the needle in the right area. A sample of spinal canal fluid may be taken before the dye is put in the canal.
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What's a good style or specific beer that would pair with mussels?
First off, mussels steamed in beer is FREAKING amazing.
Second off, the perfect pairing for mussels depends on the sauce in which they are prepared.
Mussels in white wine or wit beer sauce -- Flavor of mussels is light and delicate and need not be overpowered with extreme beer. This style goes best with a Wit Bier, Hefeweizen or a Saison.
Mussel marinara -- Tomato sauce is highly acidic and needs a beer with a higher hop content. I would go with a Pale Ale. If the marinara is spicy, I would go with an IPA.
Mussels in curry sauce -- Usually prepared with a cream (coconut) base. The heaviness of the cream and the spice of the curry makes this an excellent pairing with lighter styles -- such as a Czech Pilsners -- as well as maltier styles -- such as a Belgian Dubbel or Dobbelbach.
When in doubt, the saison style is my favorite pair with mussels.
Gueuze! Mussels steamed in gueuze, accompanied by french fries and more gueuze.
Belgian wit. Especially if the mussels are in a rich sauce, the spritzy carbonation of a wit will cut right through it and cleanse your palate between bites. Plus, pairing the delicate flavor of the wit will let the mussels shine!
Depends how you're cooking them, but if it's brothy dish or they're being steamed, it's tough to go wrong with a good witbier, saison or tripel. Maybe Bruery Orchard White, Saison Dupont, or Tripel Karmeliet.
Ever heard of an oyster stout? The delicate, earthy flavor of mussels goes very well with a dry Irish stout or a porter.
I had Moose Drool with mussels at Thomas Keller's Bouchon in Vegas and thought it was the perfect combination.
A Sauvin Pilsner using Hallertau and sauvin hops. A good example is the Twisted Hop Sauvin Pils from NZ


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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah yesterday.
King Abdullah congratulated the people of Saudi Arabia, Arabs and Muslims around the world on the advent of Ramadan, which began yesterday. The King called on all Muslims to demonstrate the values of tolerance, cooperation and unity during the holy month.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
My Current Skincare Routine and Favorites
I know you've heard THIS one before, but I'm going to try to get back into blogging again! I've got some new ideas to keep me motivated and interested in posting, so hopefully it'll stick this time.
So, on to today's post! This will be long, but please bear with me. I love to help people build a skincare routine that works for them, and I spend a lot of time explaining what I use and why I like it, so I thought I'd put it all in one place here (something I've been meaning to do for years, actually) so I can reference it in the future. For your information, I am 25 years old and have the epitome of combination skin: my forehead and nose get very oily, my cheeks are always normal, and my chin and the area around my mouth (as well as my lips) get very dry. I am also highly acne-prone.
I'm not going to pretend I'm a Skincare Saint and I always do everything exactly as I should every day. Sometimes I get lazy, and since I know sometimes you get lazy too, I'm going to be honest here! This is a bit backward, but I'm going to start with my evening routine (you'll see why later on):
1. EVERY NIGHT - Remove makeup, dirt, and grime with a makeup removing wipe. I use the Neutrogena Night Calming Makeup Removing Wipes (in the lavender package). I've tried all four variations of the Neutrogena wipes and also wipes by many other brands, and I keep coming back to my mainstay - it feels and smells refreshing, thoroughly removes all my face makeup (including long-wearing foundation), leaves no residue behind, and has never broken me out. That's the most important part to me. These will remove regular mascara with very light rubbing, but I can't get waterproof mascara 100% off using just these wipes without rubbing the heck out of my eyes, which I refuse to do. Usually, Lazy Kristina appears at this point and I just don't bother to fully remove my mascara (see? Honesty!). There are no other wipes I like anywhere near as much as these, but if I had to give them up, I'd start using the regular Neutrogena wipes in the blue package.
2. SOME NIGHTS - When I'm not feeling quite as lazy, I use Sonia Kashuk eye makeup remover with Shiseido Facial Cotton pads to remove the remaining eye makeup. My second favorite eye makeup remover is Neutrogena Oil-Free Eye Makeup Remover and my second favorite cotton pads are DHC Silky Cotton. If you throw Clinique Take The Day Off Makeup Remover or Lancome Bi-Facil at me for free in a GWP, I like and will use them, but I don't experience any better results from those than I do from the Sonia Kashuk or Neutrogena eye makeup removers, so I wouldn't buy them because I don't find they're worth the extra cost. I do, however, believe that the Shiseido and DHC cotton pads are worth the (minor) added cost versus cotton pads you might buy at the drugstore. They truly are lint-free and far less scratchy than "normal" cotton pads; you don't realize how scratchy normal cotton pads are until you start using Shiseido or DHC and then have to go back to drugstore cotton pads. OUCH. When you're talking about your sensitive eye area, it's worth it.
(Yes, that's right, I don't use a regular cleanser at night unless for some reason I'm exceptionally grimy.)
3. SOME NIGHTS (the nights when I've fully removed my eye makeup) - I follow it up with Natura Bisse Eye Recovery Balm. Right now I'm really liking the texture of this. I don't have wrinkles around my eyes so I can't speak to whether this will help with those, but it makes my undereye area look and feel smooth, silky, and rejuvenated. Another eye cream I have used extensively and like for the same reasons is Dior Hydra Life Pro-Youth Sorbet Eye Creme, but I dislike that it comes in a jar. Around the holidays, you can sometimes get a value set from Sephora and from Dior counters where, when you buy the Dior eye creme, you get very generous sample sizes of other Hydra Life products along with it for free.
4. EVERY NIGHT - I drip approximately 8-10 drops of Paula's Choice Skin Perfecting 2% BHA Liquid into my dry palm, rub my hands together vigorously, and rub the watery product gently but throughly into my face, neck, and upper chest. This is the most important step in my entire routine and the most life-changing product I've ever used. I've been through so many bottles of it I've completely lost count - at least 10. If Paula's Choice ever decides to discontinue it, I will furiously drive to their Renton facility in the middle of the night, break in, and steal all their remaining stock. Er, I mean... *shifty eyes* ... anyway. You can only buy this on the Paula's Choice website, but their customer service is excellent, they ship very quickly, and frequently run sale promotions. The reason I love this so much is because it smoothes out my skin overnight and keeps me blemish- and blackhead-free, without fail, and it has for years. When I'm consistently using this every single night, I never need to use any other scrub or physical exfoliant. I LOVE THIS STUFF! My boyfriend uses it too and has requested that I add on his behalf: "Each night that I use the 2% BHA Liquid, there's a noticeable difference when I shave the next morning. When I use it, I get less razor burn and a smoother shave. I also get noticeably fewer breakouts when I use it regularly."
5. AS NEEDED - I use Paula's Choice CLEAR Extra Strength Acne Fighting Treatment on the occasional hormonal zit, perhaps once a week. It's got a very milky consistency and a little goes a long way, so my tube has lasted me years. It's not even close to empty, but I should probably get a new one soon anyway... I'm sure it expires at some point, haha. I prefer this over Persa-Gel and other benzoyl peroxide treatments that are more readily available in stores. The consistency is thin enough that if for some reason my skin is going bonkers (like if I try a new foundation that doesn't get along with my skin), I can apply a thin layer of it all over my face and not dry out like a raisin in the sun, which I can't say is true for the other benzoyl peroxide treatments I've tried.
That's it for my night routine! So, here's what I do in the mornings:
1. SOME MORNINGS (if I didn't remove all my eye makeup the previous night) - I cleanse my whole face and remove all remaining eye makeup residue with Boscia Makeup-Breakup Cool Cleansing Oil. Another cleansing oil I like when my skin is feeling slightly drier than usual is Lumene Lift Touch Rejuvenating Cleansing Oil. Both fully remove my makeup effortlessly, feel good in the process, and don't leave any residue behind. If you've never used a cleansing oil before, you rub it into a dry face with dry hands until all makeup is dissolved/broken down, then you rinse it all clean. In my opinion, with a good cleansing oil, you shouldn't need to follow it up with a separate cleanser, and I don't follow either of these up with another cleanser. If I was Diligent Kristina the night before and I start my morning with no leftover eye makeup, I cleanse with Fresh Soy Face Cleanser (another product I've been using for many years and absolutely adore). It's refreshing, soothing, and not overly drying. It won't fully remove heavy-duty/waterproof makeup, but again, if I'm looking to remove heavy-duty makeup I use one of my cleansing oils instead.
2. EVERY MORNING - I drip some Paula's Choice Skin Balancing Pore Reducing Toner onto a Shiseido Facial Cotton pad and wipe it all over my face, neck, and upper chest. I find this toner tightens pores a little and helps keep my oilies in check without drying out my chin, perhaps due to the niacinamide. It tingles a tiny bit immediately after I put it on, but it's a pleasant tingle and dissipates quickly. Another toner I like is Shiseido Pureness Balancing Softener. As far as I can tell, that one doesn't do all that much, but it smells and feels totally refreshing and wonderful! Both of these toners are alcohol-free.
3. EVERY MORNING - I massage about a nickel-sized amount of Boscia Revitalizing Black Hydration Gel into my face and neck. This stuff is fascinating. Yes, it is a black-tinted gel and it has tiny gold shimmers in it (I have no idea why). Yes, it's got an airtight pump mechanism built into the jar so the product stays uncontaminated... and also so you can't tell when you're running out. However, my skin LOVES it. It's thoroughly moisturizing, really does feel revitalizing (it perks me up every morning!), melts into my skin effortlessly, and the black tint and shimmers completely vanish as I rub it in (and I'm about as pale as they come). It also seems to work very well with both my oily areas and my dry areas. Another moisturizer I really like is Dior Hydra Life Pro-Youth Sorbet Creme, but as with the eye cream, I hate that it comes in a jar you have to dig your fingers into each time. I've actually decanted mine into an empty pump bottle I had from another Dior product I used up but won't repurchase.
4. SOME MORNINGS - I use one of the eye cremes mentioned above. I say "some mornings" because sometimes I just plain forget.
5. ALMOST EVERY MORNING - I follow my skincare routine up with an excellent, full-spectrum protecting, mattifying sunscreen. I've been using Elta MD UV Clear SPF 46 for about a year and really like it a lot. It's the best replacement I've ever found for my old, discontinued, beloved Shiseido SPF 55 Lotion (no good for me anymore since they reformulated it around 1-2 years ago). The only time I don't use the Elta MD UV Clear SPF 46 (hence the "almost" above) is when I'm using my Clinique Age Defense BB Cream SPF 30 as foundation, because that has sufficient SPF in a stable enough base to protect my skin to the extent that I require. I'll review that separately later on, but I quite like it. I also recently learned of a tinted version of the Elta MD sunscreen (there's a great review on Cafe Makeup), which I may be trying next.
The only other product I want to mention here is the Paula's Choice Lip and Body Treatment Balm. I've been using this for years and have used up more jars than I can count. I keep one in my purse, one in my desk at work, and one in my car. Despite the fact that my apartment is only about 900 square feet, I also have multiple jars stashed throughout the apartment. I love that I can put this on at night and still feel it hard at work on my lips the next morning, and when my lips have been chapped and I've been picking at them (a nasty habit of mine) so they're all flaky/scabby/nasty (I know, I know!), it heals them STAT. I'm a big fan. It comes in a big jar, so I've even melted it down in the microwave and mixed it with pigments or lipsticks before to create my own tinted lip balms. Easy custom colors!
That's all, folks! If you actually read all this from start to finish, I commend you and thank you. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments and I'll try to address them the best I can!
Disclaimer: I purchased the product(s) featured in this post myself.
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Absolutely LOVED this post. I'm so curious about that Boscia Gel now! I just placed another PC order for toners and another lip balm--it's amazing, I can't believe I've completely finished one already!ReplyDelete
Great post!! Paula's choice 2% BHA liquid is my HG product too for blackheads. I have to try the Elta MD sunscreen now.ReplyDelete
thanks for laying this all out, it was helpful! my skin seems a lot like yours, except i'm more prone to dryness than i am oiliness. but i'm 31 and still get the most annoying acne.ReplyDelete
i've never tried paula's choice but you seem to like some of their stuff. i'm also impressed by the 'customer response' i saw to negative reviews of their products on the sight. i'm particularly interested in that BHA liquid you mentioned. any other PC recommendations you might have before i place an order?Replies
I do like several of their products, yes :) I definitely recommend the lip balm I mentioned above, and I think the Skin Balancing toner I use in the mornings (which is currently on sale) should work for your combination skin as well, even though you lean a little more dry. If your skin responds well to benzoyl peroxide I also recommend the Blemish Fighting Solution I wrote about. Different people's acne responds to different products; some people have better luck with sulfur products on acne, but sulfur does nothing for me. I think a lot of people with acne see good results from benzoyl peroxide products though (a small percentage are allergic, but it's a low enough risk that it's still worth a try in my opinion).Delete
Other than that, I don't have any strong recommendations. Their cleansers are nice if what you want is something basic and mild that won't strip your skin (but they also don't remove makeup all that well on their own). I've tried a couple of the antioxidant serums and they were too greasy-feeling for my tastes but I haven't tried the newer Resist line so they could be different now. Oh, if you have drier areas you might like the Hydrating Treatment Mask - it works great as a mask or even a night moisturizer if you're super dry for some reason. I used to use that a lot in the winters when I lived in PA and the weather would dry my skin out like crazy.
They give 3 free sample packets with every order and you can also buy sample packets for less than $1 each so if there are products you want to try without making the full investment first, you can do that. Their CS is so great though, I've never hesitated to just buy the full size of something I wanted to try because I know returns are easy if I don't love it.
The other thing you should know before you order the 2% BHA liquid is that it is exactly the same as the CLEAR Extra Strength Targeted Acne Relief Exfoliating Toner (here: http://www.paulaschoice.com/product/clear-extra-strength-targeted-acne-relief-toner-two-percent-salicylic-acid/on-sale) - it's one of her bestselling products so I guess she doubles up on the packaging and sells it across two of her skincare lines. The CLEAR version is on sale right now so I'd get that one to save a few bucks! :)
whoa! thanks so much for this information!Delete
by using Benzoyl Peroxide helps you to solve your problem about acne. it helps to remove the bacteria cause by acneReplyDelete
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Dr. Joseph L. Renda — Physician, teacher
He leaves behind his wife of 40 years, Rosemary (DeMennato) Renda; his daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine; a son, Dr. Matthew Renda; grandchildren Hayden and Justin; and daughter, Sara Renda Grauch, son-in-law, Jason Grauch, and grandchildren, Spencer and Charles.
Dr. Renda was senior partner in Associated Specialists in Nephrology and Hypertension in Waterbury and an active participant in the Yale Teaching Program at Waterbury Hospital.
Dr. Renda was born in New York City on Dec. 2, 1942, son of the late Paul and Mary (Guaratta) Renda. He attended New York University where he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1964 with a double major in medieval history and chemistry. He subsequently graduated from Yale Medical School in 1968 where he went on to do his internship and residency.
From 1970 to 1972, Dr. Renda served on the USS George Washington Carver nuclear submarine as chief medical officer and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant commander. He was then chosen to serve as chief resident and clinical associate at Yale University.
After his training, Dr. Renda was recruited to Waterbury Hospital to augment the newly formed academic teaching program with Yale University. At Waterbury Hospital, Dr. Renda distinguished himself as both an outstanding clinician and academician and received numerous teaching awards, including the Yale University Residency Teaching Award and the Dr. George Thornton Teaching Award.
Dr. Renda aided in expanding the Nephrology Service and Hemodialysis Unit at Waterbury Hospital and was instrumental in establishing a comprehensive Peritoneal Dialysis Unit in Waterbury. During his tenure at Waterbury Hospital he served on numerous committees including the Graduate Education Committee, the Research Committee and the Intensive Care Unit Committee. He had also served as chairman of the Nephrology Department and was a longtime member of the Waterbury Hospital Board of Trustees.
Dr. Renda was a supporter of the National Kidney Foundation and had served on its Medical Advisory Board, Patient Care Committee and Scholarship Committee. He also served on the board of directors of the ESRD Network of New England. Dr. Renda was Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Yale, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and the American Society of Hypertension, where he was certified as a clinical specialist. He was a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, was listed in the Best Doctors in America, and had been named as Top Doctor in Connecticut Magazine on numerous occasions.
In 2011, Dr. Renda received the National Kidney Foundation's Gift of Life Community Achievement Award. More recently, the Dr. Joseph L. Renda Inpatient Teaching Firm was established at Waterbury Hospital, along with a lecture series in his honor, citing him as an "outstanding physician and nephrologist, enthusiastic teacher and role model physician serving the Waterbury community."
A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, March 5, at 10 a.m. at Yale University's Battell Chapel, Corner of College and Elm streets, New Haven.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Yale School of Medicine. Donations should note: "In Memory of Dr. Joseph Renda" and be mailed to Yale School of Medicine Development Office, P.O. Box 7611, New Haven, CT 06519. Or donations may be entered online at: http://giving.yale.edu/
Chase Parkway Memorial/ The Albini Family Funeral Home, 430 Chase Parkway, has been entrusted with the arrangements. For more information or to send e-condolences visit www.chaseparkwaymemorial.com.
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