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You are quicker than I am....Re Level before taking Nadir2? Software covers a lot, but to make your life easy doing a bulk of interiors, re level. Yes, often you have to go beyond DPD. With the Feisol I move 32 cm instead of 28cm DPD. Sorry to ask, it's late for me after a busy day, what was your equipment? D300 NN5 10.5?
We will get you on the road...
BTW: Thx Dennis we now got the Nadir Adapter. As I already mentioned, Software covers a lot. So you can try to do the shots without re leveling. Dennis is using the "free fall out legs tripod of the Manfrotto 055". Plus he is the Master of Monopod. Thx to you Dennis!
I will have to reset the size of the pics for a quicker download later on. Plus real the power of this forum is that experts like Dennis are "watching" and step in to add on good advice. I like this forum.

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I like Connecticut because you are close to Boston and New York. You can go to the beach or be in the mountains in only a couple hours. I live close to Mohegan and Fox woods casinos, so there is always entertainment. There are just a lot of options available.
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I CAN'T SEE RETIRING HERE IN CT WAY TO EXSPENSIVE , COLD, AND LOTS OF TAXES MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO RETIRE HERE. [Comment on this Posting]
Connecticut - 1/30/2016
Connecticut offers a good diversity of cultures, religion,heritage and employment opportunities. We have a variety of geography ranging from the shorelines of Long Island Sound to scenic mountain ranges, and an established highway system crisscrossing the state allowing easy access to seaside restaurants, vineyards, orchards and ski slopes and all business and vistas in between.[Comment on this Posting]
Cost of living in CT - 12/6/2015
In the state of CT not only do we pay state income tax, but we have very high property tax. For a home about valued $200,000 we pay over $5000 annually. In addition we pay property tax on our cars, motorcycles, and boats. Then we have the sales tax of 6.35%.
Painful. The pay is more here becuase of the cost of living, but so are every other cost. Food, clothes, cars, houses, etc... [Comment on this Posting]
Want Out - 8/18/2015
Very general statement: very expensive and the people are nasty.[Comment on this Posting]
compare qol - 3/9/2015
Farmington/Hartford Connecticut (New England in general); Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids, Michigan (MI in general) (M), and Walnut Creek/Bay Area California (CA in general, which doesn't really exist there). Assuming an income of around 200,000. E, barely haning in there. Housing in desirable areas with top school systems, you will need more with kids factoring in sports and recreation singce nothing is free, it's all clubs, like the cadillac days of the 60s and 70s. M is manageable for a more modest decent education. There is a lot more that s free, like lakes and beaches and other recreation. Both Kalamazoo and Farmington share the inbetween two great and divergent cities, Chicago and Detroit and NYC and Boston, respectively. So access to culture and entertainment is the same better or worse depending on your cultural preferences, but cheaperin the M to be sure since CT, NYC, and Boston boast the highest COL anywhere in the country. To be sure you can afford anything anywhere at great sacrifice. The M is the easiest place to sacrifice without living in a crime ridden down and out city with bad public schools. On the W, it's more complicated because of the diveristy of economies in the Northern and Southern halfs of CA-NoCal and SoCal, and really within these spaces there is a lot of variation, but overall, places can be found that rival the M, but on the higher end of things in terms of QOL and of course, CA is the BIG CITY, anywhere you go you are permantly on vacation. Having said that, there is a somewhat homogenous feel to CA, fast, light, bright, grandiose, minimization of problem reality, but it's inescapable because of the environment and the weather and "possibilities", unless of course, you're in traffic. Speaking of which, there is only decent mass transit in NYC and to some extent, Boston. Both CA and MI are severely limited. The AMTRAK runs along the 95 corrider in the E from NYC (also to DC) to almost RI and up to Hartford. But it's slow and more expensive than you would think. The easiest lifestyle is in the midwest, all things considered. If your are into glizt and glamor, finance, and all things money, then the E is a good choice, if you are a dreamer and warm weather outdoors person, then the W is the best. On the E you will find more people who have lived there all their life (remember I'm talking NE, not South of CT), in the midwest some of the same but more movement, in fact, there's a lot of exchange between MI and CA mostly heading W but so[Comment on this Posting]
Bridgeport Lumber - 1/8/2015
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Worst State On Almost Every List - 12/13/2014
I grew up in CT; it is a very beautiful state with miles of coastline. There are extremely poor, crime-ridden cities (Bridgeport, Norwalk) but there are also extremely expensive safe cities. Farmington is one of the latter; although parts of it are dominated by woods, the Farmington River, farms, etc., it is right next to Avon and Simsbury, two extremely expensive suburbs of Hartford. CT is a one-party state with an abnormally large number of federal, state and municipal workers, all of whom have pension/health plans that they and and their unions guard jealously. CT is the bluest of blue states with a high income tax, high sales tax, high property tax, and punishing taxes on small business and the creation of small businesses. Bonuses are given to big, extremely successful companies for staying in the state. I've been priced out of my home state because my income hasn't changed in 10 years while the value of my house has gone down, the taxes on it have gone up, utilities and food have gone WAY up, cable/internet are very high, and there are 0-no job opportunities that would allow me to increase my salary. As I near retirement, CT becomes even less appealing because they tax Social Security and investments the same way they tax income. All my retirement $$$ will go to making sure that state workers, teachers and other union members will retire comfortably while I'll be lucky to be able to stay in my home. I'm getting out ... and so are 30,000 other people/year.
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why dont the people get a job - 9/28/2014
stop robbing people get off your butts and get a job.[Comment on this Posting]
One of the only places where you get the full expe - 2/24/2014
My favorite thing about CT is definitely how true the climate is to each season: you get the most beautiful autumns, the freshest springs, as well as the harshest winters, however that is what makes CT one of the best places to live. [Comment on this Posting]
Politicians here can't find enough ways to take your money. TAX,TAX, and more TAXES. Their favorite sport is to chase seniors out of the state.[Comment on this Posting]
Very liberal, very expensive - 12/26/2013
I like the CT town I live in, but it is becoming more and more expensive to live here. I hate the New England politics and with that, the cost to live here is high.[Comment on this Posting]
Beautiful - 11/17/2013
I am from the Northeast area NY, CT and Jersey. I can say the best thing about living up here is being so close to NY and always having something to do and being able to experience and enjoy the 4 seasons. Certain areas are absolutely beautiful but unfortunately the cost of living is just getting to out of hand therefore I'm looking to relocate to Valdosta please provide any information that would help aid me in my transition.[Comment on this Posting]
CT. Is a beautiful state. [Comment on this Posting]
CT schools - 8/10/2013
The schools in CT are considered over average but the have similar problems as others. The problem is not the school or curriculum or location but the system which presumes miscommunication between the educators- each teacher cares only about his/her subject.
The new trends are encouraging though- particularly teaching chess in middle schools.[Comment on this Posting]
Not good for asthmatics - 7/20/2013
CT is becoming so lush, in the summer it's more like a rainforest. If you are allergic to mold, this is not the place for you to live. If not allergic, CT is a reserved area except for the larger cities. The area is absolutely beautiful in spring and fall. Winters are icy and snowy, with average temps in the high 20s. Summers vary, but this current summer is sweltering with high temps and high humidity. [Comment on this Posting]
Education - 5/9/2013
Why did this website stop providing information about education levels in the places it's covering? It's very helpful information to have about an area.[Comment on this Posting]
Living in Brookfield, CT - 3/19/2013
I love it here. It's a typical suburban, white, middle class to upper middle class community. It was a great place to grow up. You feel safe and because it's a small town you tend to always see people from high school. It quiet, not too much craziness goes on around here. If you're considering a move to Fairfield County look into the greater Danbury area and the surrounding towns. It's a nice place to live.[Comment on this Posting]
cost of living in CT - 3/13/2013
Way to high. State ioncome tax, sales tax, real estate tax, car tax, gas tax. You name it CT taxes it[Comment on this Posting]
Living in Connecticut - 2/26/2013
I've living in CT my entire life. My entire family (children, mother & siblings) are all here as well. As you're probably aware, Ct is a small state, but packed with plenty to do and see. It's a wonderful place to live and raise a family. We have a shoreline, mountains (it's certainly not the Rockies), casinos (if that's your thing), historical sites and much, much more. The economy is no better or worse than most states these days. We enjoy 4 beautiful seasons each year and for the most part, the weather is more than manageable. It's not paradise, but it's home![Comment on this Posting]
Country life or Down South? - 2/7/2013
We just recently moved from LA to a small town on the Eastern shoreline of Ct. It's a village really with a number of towns nearby which blend together to form the shoreline. What an adjustment. We were looking for more nature and less expense as well as the change of seasons. We pretty much got it except its more expensive here for some items like food and of course heat.
We have lived in NY, Miami, La and now Ct. I am from Ct which is why we moved here. It's beautiful and familiar but now we see it might not be the ticket.
Both my husband and I are having a tough time adjusting to the cold winter and gray days and are not sure if this is really the right place for us. We like the abundance of nature and the lack of traffic and rude people that LA has but think maybe a smaller city would suit us better and more temperate weather.
Anyone know about Asheville or any other town on North Carolina that might work?
We are both liberal Obama people who are not religious, have no kids and are entrepreneurs so need to be in a hip area with good food, arts and opportunities for growth.
Any input wold be welcome![Comment on this Posting]


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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
I Should Also Tell You About How He Grunts When He Poops Which Is Adorable
If only I could tell you how much I miss simple things like my own pillow and hot baths and fresh peanut butter bars and pooping without relying on a tube threaded through my nose. If only I could tell you how life changing this week has really been.
Instead I'll tell you about how Andrew dressed Aston in a bright yellow onesie paired with black skull faced socks today. (Because, really, who wears that?) I'll tell you about how amazing Aston smells. How the nauseating cliche about falling instantaneously in love with your baby is one hundred percent true for me. About how Aston squirted breast milk directly into his ears while laying on my chest five minutes ago. About how perfect he is. I'll tell you all day long about how unbelievably perfect that burrito is.
I won't tell you about the number of desperate looks I've seen on Andrew's face over the last few days. I won't tell you about how he cried. How he promised me a vacation, dinner out at my favorite steakhouse, a new diamond necklace, fifteen new diamond necklaces, if I could just hold on, just hang in there, just stay with me stay with me stay. with. me. as I covered yet another room in a fresh coat of pea green bile.
I won't tell you about those things because I want you to know that we're fine. I'd rather tell you about Aston's baby butt and how it's to die for. I have another surgery tomorrow and a few more days at the hospital and then I'll be back. And better. And remembering that the complications we've had could have been so much worse.
We will get through this. Just a little while longer.
52 comments:
- Raina Cox said...
Oh my goodness, Kelly!!
You're in my thoughts, Sweet Girl.
And your Aston burrito is delicious!
- May 1, 2012 at 3:48 PM
- Lisa @ Trapped In North Jersey said...
Holy cow, it sounds like you had a scare (or two or three). Congratulations on the birth of your little man, and I hope that you are on your way to healing soon.
fyi, there is a website called www.solaceformothers.com that is a great support group for women who have had scary or traumatic childbirth experiences. I'm sure you're busy now, but you might find it helpful down the road. (I found it after my second son's elbows exploded my vagina.) I hope you feel better soon.
- May 1, 2012 at 3:50 PM
- Pine Tree Home said...
Best wishes. Glad you are enjoying your little bundle.
- May 1, 2012 at 3:57 PM
- ohnoawesome said...
It sounds so scary. I'm glad you're okay.
Congratulations on your gorgeous son!!!
- May 1, 2012 at 4:08 PM
- Nita {ModVintageLife} said...
Oh...my gosh...sounds like you had a terrible time of it. You are blogging, so that is a good sign. Congratulations on your little burrito. I can't wait till you are home safe and sound with your little family. I hope all goes well in the next few days. I will be thinking of you all.
- May 1, 2012 at 4:09 PM
- NotesFromAbroad said...
Oh honey, I know. I know exactly how you feel . I know exactly how if smells, looks and makes you all goofy. and yet, every mother feels this and it is brand new and wonderful and just for her.
I am so sorry that there were complications, that this was not the smoothest sailing and that you have a tube in your nose .. ick ick ick.
But I am glad Aston is here, Aston who is quite beautiful and very small, isn't he ??
And happy to see that look on his Daddys face ..
Welcome to the World Aston, we have been waiting for you !
much love. C
- May 1, 2012 at 4:19 PM
- Hartwood Roses said...
How wonderful that Aston is here!!! Sorry you're still in the hospital, facing more surgery ... but Aston is HERE!! Congratulations to both of you!
- May 1, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- Amanda- Hip House Girl said...
Hang in there girl! He is gorgeous! Hot baths in your own tub are just around the corner.
- May 1, 2012 at 4:40 PM
- Tracy said...
He's beautiful. I can't imagine what you went through, but your attitude is amazing and I admire you for that.
- May 1, 2012 at 4:56 PM
- Karen said...
Well I have the chills all over just reading this. I'm so glad to hear you are all doing well. Sending up prayers for your successful surgery tomorrow. All the best to you.
- May 1, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Sara @ Russet Street Reno said...
Oh no! You rarely hear about complications during childbirth these days, I'm so sorry to hear you've had it so rough! I hope you are back to 100% in no time and congrats on the new bundle!
- May 1, 2012 at 5:26 PM
- pendy said...
Glad that despite complications, you are going to be fine and have such a delicious little baby.
- May 1, 2012 at 5:34 PM
- And Kathleen said...
Oh gosh! Congrats. He's gorgeous. But gosh! Are you okay?
I'm sending all my love and healing vibes your way. That hippie bullshit works.
- May 1, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- craftosaurus said...
Congratulations to the whole family!
- May 1, 2012 at 5:45 PM
- Steph said...
Congrats lady!
Sorry you had such a tough time, but i'm so glad to see you and your little burrito made it through.
- May 1, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- Monica @ CreativeGator said...
Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful son! You did good momma! So sorry to hear you have had some complications. I hope everything goes smoothly from here on our so you will be home quickly to fully enjoy that precious baby in your own home.
Thanks for updating us Kelly.
- May 1, 2012 at 5:54 PM
- liz @ bon temps beignet said...
Oh my Lordy, girl it sounds like you've had one heck of a hospital stay. I hope yall are ok and I'll be praying for fast healing!
- May 1, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Life in Rehab said...
Baby, you hang on. The hard part is done, and now the joy, wonder, and grossness of motherhood is stretching out before you, just waiting. You're too strong not to make a full recovery.
And you have to be here to stop me from eating your baby. My God, that kid is gorgeous!
- May 1, 2012 at 6:51 PM
- Elizabeth said...
Glad he's here and healthy! Sending prayers your way.
- May 1, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Rachel said...
I have been following along on your journey but never commented. Just wanted to say you are in my thoughts and I am wishing you the best. So glad to see your little man Aston.
- May 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- Reenie said...
Oh gosh....My thoughts are prayers are with you.
He's adorable.
- May 1, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Kelly, so glad to hear that you are all ok. And Aston is beautiful!!! Glad you are so strong :)
- May 1, 2012 at 8:31 PM
- cat said...
Congratulations to you your family! Sounds like you're in good hands despite it all. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
- May 1, 2012 at 8:55 PM
- cat said...
Congratulations to you your family! Sounds like you're in good hands despite it all. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
- May 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- cat said...
Congratulations to you your family! Sounds like you're in good hands despite it all. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
- May 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- cat said...
Congratulations to you your family! Sounds like you're in good hands despite it all. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
- May 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- cat said...
Congratulations to you your family! Sounds like you're in good hands despite it all. Hoping for a speedy recovery...
- May 1, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- emily said...
I spent my fair share of time in the hospital in the last year... two words... ponds wipes... they have a lavender variety that made being stuck in the hospital bed so much better, that and watching alot of Weeds. Aston is gorgeous. Sending lots of good vibes your way... I agree with Kathleen, that hippie shit does work! Just keep going, you'll get home soon :)
- May 1, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- bill.tongay said...
Congratulations!....reading your post only reinforces how beautiful the birth of children are and the enormous miracle that only God can create. Enjoy your time with your new young man. Praying for your health and getting well and home soon. Sounds like you have a very wonderful husband/dad to help love and raise your new son. I am so happy for you both.
- May 1, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- bill.tongay said...
Congratulations!....reading your post only reinforces how beautiful the birth of children are and the enormous miracle that only God can create. Enjoy your time with your new young man. Praying for your health and getting well and home soon. Sounds like you have a very wonderful husband/dad to help love and raise your new son. I am so happy for you both.
- May 1, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- chacha said...
Well, I guess seeing as he was obstinate about keeping his head in your ribs, the exit likely wasn't going to be simple.
Happy that he is healthy and glad to hear you are almost done too.
- May 1, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- Kit said...
congrats with your little angel! ill pray for your fast recovery :)
kissess to your lil angel :*
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- May 1, 2012 at 11:47 PM
- Diana said...
Congratulations!!! You and your family will be in my prayers as you enjoy your little one and recover.
- May 2, 2012 at 3:33 AM
- Deb said...
First, Congratulations on the birth of your beautiful baby boy!! :)
Second -
Kelly!!! What the hell? You hang in there - do everything the doctors tell you and listen to them so you can recover and be able to really enjoy this time with Aston. I'm so sorry honey that this has been traumatic as well as amazingly wonderful. Get through your surgery and get home to rest (and collect those diamond necklaces) and snuggle that delicious burrito!
Deb xoxo
- May 2, 2012 at 4:32 AM
- Caroline @ The Feminist Housewife said...
Congratulations on baby Aston's arrival. I hope your surgery goes well, that your remaining recovery is complication free, and that you get to enjoy some snuggles with your boys at home very soon!!
- May 2, 2012 at 6:14 AM
- Jen Jensen said...
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
- May 2, 2012 at 6:15 AM
- Corey said...
the most important thing is that you are all still healthy and blessed. Good luck to you guys
- May 2, 2012 at 6:29 AM
- Cindy @The Flipping Couple said...
He's beautiful. So beautiful! Hang in there, keep fighting and I'm so glad you're ok. (Ok being a relative term)
Congratulations on a precious baby boy!
- May 2, 2012 at 6:43 AM
- Elisa @ What the Vita said...
It's amazing how you can write so well in the midst of this experience... I wish you a quick recovery and lots of snuggle time with the little burrito and your sweet man. It sounds like you're focusing on the good, not the bad, and that's a trait I so admire about you! Congratulations, Kelly, and get well soon! xo
- May 2, 2012 at 6:45 AM
You are all in my thoughts and prayers!
- May 2, 2012 at 7:43 AM
- Cara @ Live the Home Life said...
Kelly! Aston is perfect. Congratulations on your wonderful family! I'll be thinking about you but I'm not worried even one teeny tiny little bit. You are one tough cookie.
- May 2, 2012 at 8:19 AM
My thoughts and prayers are with you sweet girl. Wishing you, Andrew and Aston much happiness always. Hugs, Paula Dragutsky
- May 2, 2012 at 11:56 AM
- Tina Crespo said...
I have been a (quiet, non commenting) reader for a few months now. Past few weeks I have been waiting for this post. Reading that second paragraph, I said out loud "holy shit" in the middle of the studio, with a client in the other room.
Sending you good thoughts and best wishes to the new addition in your family.
- May 2, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Aston is so beautiful. I am sorry you have to have surgery. Hope and pray everything is okay. Hope you get to go home soon and enjoy your son. There is nothing more wonderful than the sweet smell of a baby. I must have kissed my babies a million times. (not really but it seemed that way. They are so wonderful and they fill your life so full. Motherhood has to be the most rewarding of all things we ever do. Enjoy your so fully.
- May 2, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Tasha said...
Oh my. Here's to hoping you're back with your own pillow soon!
Otherwise, Congratulations! It is very true, the whole falling-in-love at first sight and the very seemingly-realistic ideas that he might just be the best, most perfect and beautiful baby ever born. Very true. Glad you're experiencing that despite your troubles.
Best of wishes to You and Baby and Baby-Daddy.
- May 2, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- Clandestine Road said...
Oh good heavens. Hang in there, Kelly. He's amazing. You're (and Andrew) amazing for all you've been through. Here's to a quick recovery.
- May 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Kerry said...
Thinking of you!! Hoping for the best for all of you, and I am so glad to hear your little Aston is doing well... just hope you are doing well also! xo
- May 2, 2012 at 4:18 PM
Aston is adorable! Congratulations. I was checking for updates since Saturday, sorry to hear you had such a scary time. Hope your recovery is complete and quick!
- May 2, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- Jen @ RamblingRenovators said...
Oh Kelly. Hoping you're on the mend and that the tough part is behind you.
Congratulations on the arrival of little Aston. He makes it all so worth it.
- May 2, 2012 at 9:11 PM
- Tabatha Muntzinger said...
hang in there mama! sending you good vibes and squishies and that baby looks like he smells delicious. :)
- May 3, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- Melissa at HOUSEography said...
Oh he is just so sweet, Kelly. Hang in there and all of this will be behind you before you know it.
- May 3, 2012 at 7:10 AM
- Kim @ NewlyWoodwards said...
Oh my goodness. I was just thinking about you and had to stop by. Sounds like a scary time, but I'm so happy you and Aston and Andrew are doing okay.
- May 4, 2012 at 2:17 PM


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Dakota Wesleyan University has recently been selected as a featured university on Values.com – a website and nationwide campaign to promote values that make a difference.
Values.com is produced by the Foundation for a Better Life and the messages appear on television, movie theatres, billboards, radio and the Internet. Dakota Wesleyan has three students featured online alongside students from Marquette University, Colorado State University, the University of Nebraska, University of Texas, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Emporia State, Pepperdine University and Emporia State.
"You may be familiar with the billboards and ads that have the red rectangular logo for the Foundation for a Better Life and topics like inspiration, respect, optimism – this site is a new initiative for that organization," said Lori Essig, vice president for university relations at DWU. "Values.com recently reached out to us because they were establishing a page devoted to values on college campuses and had heard about some of the things we have been doing."
The three students' profiles featured include: Andrew DeVaney, junior, of Sioux Falls, and the nonprofit organization Win/Give that he created with a friend, which includes donating school supplies to needy children in other countries; also Ana Morel, junior, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, who has taken part in, as well as organized and acted as translator for several mission trips for the university; and Brent Matter, junior, Cavour, who mediated a partnership between the university and a local nonprofit, the Weekend Snack Pack Program, to help secure office space on campus as well as working with campus organizations to secure the nonprofit other amenities like donation boxes, volunteers, marketing and a vehicle.
These profiles are featured on the website, www.values.com/values-on-campus.


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Question pretty much says it all. I'm installing a sprinkler system in the yard, and discovered the pressure is too high (valves were leaking when on, and kick when turned on/off). I can see whichever device comes first reducing the work of the second device, but I expect it's the potential failure cases which would make it matter if one came before the other. If it matters.
I say BFP first.
The backflow preventer must be installed before any point in the system where the line becomes "open" to the introduction of pollutants that would make the water unsafe for drinking (fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, animal wastes, bacteria, and other things you generally find in your topsoil). While a pressure reducer's basic operation (most are similar to a gas regulator, where a spring-driven piston controls an inlet) is generally "closed", most designs also have overpressure reliefs that vent liquid from the regulator in cases where the "downstream" pressure becomes dangerously high (freezing temperatures, or conversely overheating). This relief valve opens the regulator (and the water in it) to the introduction of pollutants, and so it must be "downstream" of the backflow preventer to safeguard the potable water supply.
Now, as SteveR said, if the pressure reducer is designed and intended to regulate the pressure to the entire water service (reducing the pressure from the mains to a safe level for home plumbing) then its design will ensure that it cannot introduce pollutants in any situation (usually it won't have an overpressure relief) and so it's safe to place in front of a sprinkler backflow preventer. However, if this is a reg for sprinkler systems (i.e. drip irrigation) then it must come after the backflow preventer for the system.
I would think you would need the backflow valve first. I don't think it maters much for operating, but I think the water co. might want it that way.
Are you regulating the water pressure to your whole house? Or just the irrigation system? I ask because if you are doing the house, then you need to adjust the air pressure in your expansion tank on the water heater if you have one. The air pressure in the tank should equal the water pressure from the output of the water regulator.
On service protection pressure regulator should be first if you have high pressure ie:above 100psi I've installed 10 backflows at lake level with tanks being at least 500' higher Over night during low usage pressures at BACKFLOWS increased and actually blew out the washer on the relief valve Some of the washers actually dis lodged from the Backflow and we're laying on the ground So needless to say I thought I was a champ after the installs All to get a call the next morning that all the devices I installed were in full port discharge


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Well, "interpunction" is a new word for me, but them I haven't heard it all yet.
Quote from: Αριστοκλής on January 28, 2013, 10:12:02 AM Well, "interpunction" is a new word for me, but them I haven't heard it all yet.
Can anyone point me, where I've made a mistake here?
Quote from: Michał Kalina on January 28, 2013, 09:56:33 AMCan anyone point me, where I've made a mistake here?Can anyone point me to where I've made a mistake here?Definitely no comma. For me, "point (me) to" seems more natural. The use of "me" is perhaps optional, though it is what I would likely say.
Thank you. I'm starting to regret that no one explained me English interpunction comprehensively. I use these commas randomly.
There should also be a comma between HEY, and GIRL, don't you think?Hey, Girl!
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What nickname did you try to give yourself when you were younger?
I remember when I was in middle school I tried to go by "Brisco" because I thought Brisco County Jr (play by Bruce Campbell) was AWESOME! Well, I don't think anyone else really watched that show because the closet I got was everyone calling my "Crisco", like the cooking oil.
Any similar experiences?
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Well, much of the time I go by "Elf" as those actually are my initials, but during the mid 80's many people thought they heard it as "Alf". Fortunately I was able to master a rather convincing "Hey, Willie, I ate the cat! No problem!" before correcting people.
My nickname stories are all embarassing:
In fourth grade, our techer was taking role on our first day and asking if we had any nicknames, or any other names we'd like to go by. My real name is Brandon, but I told her to call me Bradley... No idea why, kids do stupid stuff. She called me Bradley for the year and I can't tell you how many times I thought she was talking to someone else.
At camp one year we got to choose our own nicknames, and I couldn't think of one so I was called Freckle.
I went by Gil at the Iowa state fair one year due to a hat I was wearing on the day I met the group of friends I hung out with. (Gilligan's Island)
And my last name earned me the nickname Snackbar throghout my life. It's actually on my class ring.
@woothulhu: I guess Snackbar is better than Admiral
I don't remember actually trying to give myself a nickname, although my family tried a lot of them for me before coming up with something that stuck. My first and middle name is Ruth Ann. I've always gone by both because that's what my parents called me (felt that "Ruth" was too grown up of a name for the little kids they had). I'm glad they never went with Ruthie, although that's what my maternal grandparents called me. They were just about the only ones who ever got away with that though.
The nickname that finally stuck, sometime around 4th or 5th grade, was "Rue". That's what my family has called me ever since.
I don't generally tell people to call me Rue, but if people ask if I have a nickname or ask what my family calls me I tell them Rue and that they can call me that if they'd like. Some do, a lot don't. As long as they pick either Ruth Ann or Rue, I'm okay with it.
For some reason, when I was younger I wanted to be called Jade. I don't think anyone ever did. They all that it was stupid. Heh.
However, the one nickname my super skinny self did end up with for many years at school was Bones. I had that one from elementary all through high school. It never bothered me until the guys started calling me Boner instead, which I overheard was apparently because I gave them one. Oy.
When I was growing up my nickname was Booboo, because I was an accident. True story.


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5 Amazing Buildings of the Future (And How They'll Kill You)
Every couple of months you hear about some new, fantastic space-age construction project they're building somewhere in the world. Towers that stretch a mile into the sky, or rest under the sea. Entire cities built into massive skyscrapers. You can't help but gasp in awe.
And by "awe" we mean pants-shitting horror. If this is the future, then the future is filled with terrible, terrible ideas.
#5. Hydropolis
Hydropolis is a sprawling underwater hotel under construction in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, the home of most of the world's ridiculous construction projects. Sixty-six feet below the Persian Gulf and covering an area equal to London's Hyde Park, this $5,500-a-night undersea pleasure dome caters to a very select clientele--obscenely rich folks who have never read Michael Crichton's Sphere.
Why It's Awesome:
Juxtaposing an aquatic city next to the world's biggest desert boomtown is such a goofily whimsical idea you can't help but smile. It's like the UAE hired Dr. Seuss as their urban planner. If you still can't picture the sheer ridiculousness of all this, imagine if, across the street from their famous ice hotel, the city of Quebec built a hotel made entirely of fire.
Also, you can look at the beautiful fish of the Persian Gulf. For $3.80 a minute.
"Look, a fish!"
"Want to go watch TV?"
Why You Will Shit Your Pants:
Hmm, what part of "experimental underwater hotel that literally costs the GDP of East Timor, is filled with moronic rich people and is in a politically tenuous corner of the world" does not sound like the next installment of the Die Hard franchise? Or the sequel to Bioshock? Or, hell, any episode of Sealab 2021? Could the potential for shit to FUBAR be any higher?
We'd compare this opulent, waterlogged enterprise to the Titanic, but the Titanic didn't have a built-in missile defense system waiting to malfunction in some horrifying way.
Other Inconveniences:
Forget booking your honeymoon here. If you're spending $5,000 a night, you're not going to close the drapes; you want to fuck like Namor the Submariner. And that means Hydropolis is guaranteed to be an aquatic Eden for scuba-diving peeping Toms. Enjoy your stardom on YouTube, kids!
#4. Dynamic Tower
Might as well hit this one since we're already in Dubai. This is an experimental skyscraper with 80 individually rotating stories powered by wind turbines. For a mere $3 million, you too can live in what is essentially the world's most expensive merry-go-round.
Why It's Awesome:
Each floor of the Dynamic Tower is prefabricated and attached to a central axis, thereby lowering construction time and costs. Turbines and solar panels also promise to cover energy expenses. If this structure actually makes good on revolutionizing the skyscraper, the fact that it wiggles like a belly dancer is just walnuts on the baklava.
Why You'll Shit Your Pants:
Right now most of you are thinking, "I know why it's dangerous. All the floors move. Sheiks will be barfing everywhere. Birds will get sandwiched between stories. Pissing will be like standing on the Tilt-A-Whirl at the state fair. And one day, inevitably, the top floor will go flying off the top like a Frisbee. Duh."
Although the Dubai zoning board probably sprinkles salvia in their coffee each morning (see: The World archipelago), they're not dummies. After all, no one would greenlight a $330 million deathtrap for the hell of it... or would they? On that note, let's meet Dynamic Tower architect, David Fisher.
In no particular order, here are some fun facts about Fisher:
#1. He's never built a skyscraper before.
#2. He hasn't a designed a building in years.
#3. His last big project was the "Leonardo da Vinci Smart Bathroom" (i.e., a fancy toilet).
#4. He claims to have received an honorary doctorate from Columbia University's Prodeo Institute, a school that exists only his resume.
Far be it from us to question Fisher's credentials, but let's just say you don't see the United Nations calling Cracked up to revise the Geneva Conventions.
Other Inconveniences:
Hey, did we mention the wind turbines built into every floor? You know, the things that in the animation up there look like giant helicopter blades that'll be spinning under your feet at every moment. Even if they're not continually making a sound like an electric blender, you'll have the joy of watching the occasional bird get sucked into it with a thump and a puff of feathers flying past your window.
Also, the Dynamic Tower is slated to open in 2010, so if it does crumble like a house of crap there's a good chance it'll wipe out Hydropolis, also.
#3. Sky City 1000
In 1989, the Takenaka Corporation pitched Sky City 1000 as a solution to Tokyo's land crunch. This 3,281-foot tower will accommodate approximately 36,000 full-time residents and 100,000 workers. Residents will live in the side pillars and 14 dish-like plateaus will fill the tower centers with foliage.
Why It's Awesome:
As you know, Japan has a problem with space. And we aren't talking about Mechagodzilla constantly coming down to Earth and stomping the Harajuku.
Japan has the highest land prices on the planet. Although Sky City 1000 is a pricey endeavor, a bulk of its expenses will be land costs. By smooshing the population of a small town into a structure three times taller than the Eiffel Tower, the builder can preserve greenspace and save enough yen to later retrofit the place with holodecks.
Why You'll Shit Your Pants:
Do you live or work in a skyscraper? Have you see what the fire drills (or, God forbid, actual fires) are like? Now imagine 130,000 people are in your building at the moment the disaster strikes.
Look at it. How the hell do you evacuate this thing? You're not going to use the elevators in a disaster; are you going to run downstairs? It's a freaking kilometer high (more than double the World Trade Center towers) and 400 meters wide. What are they going to do, equip everyone with jet packs?
Other Inconveniences:
Crime. In a future where living in an average apartment building is considered luxurious, chances are the poor and disenfranchised would get packed like sardines in this monolithic high rise. And with 36,000 folks crammed wall-to-wall, things would get so bad they'd have to send in the Japanese Robocop.
That's actually probably Mega Man.
Look, Japan, we understand land is limited, but how gigantic of a people-storage facility can you build before before the whole thing just gets ridiculous?


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LANCASTER - One of the most successful senior classes in Catholic Central's storied athletic history saw its time wearing blue and gold come to an end Friday at Beavers Field.
Newark Catholic, the defending state champions, pinned a 6-2 defeat on the Crusader baseball team in the Division IV regional championship game.
Don Young's club finished its year at 22-6. That showing combined with 9-3 and 18-8 marks in football and basketball respectively gave Central a 2013-2014 school year record of 49-17.
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Josh Merriman field on his knees and throws to pitcher Aleks Porreca for an out after a diving stop.
The year began with Central's senior-dominated football team advancing to the semifinals of the Division VII Region 25 playoffs, falling to Glouster Trimble.
Steve Daley's gridders reeled off eight straight victories to start the season, the first time since 1971 that a Crusader squad began 8-0. The seniors helped Central earn back-to-back trips to the playoffs, compiling a 15-8 record.
"They're a special a group," Daley said of the senior class. "Their goal was to get to the state championship game and they gave that kind of effort.
"They pushed each other to make each other better. They wanted to go out as winners. There is no doubt they contributed to getting us back on the map."
Daley pointed out the senior class did "a tremendous job of getting us back to what people are used to. When you look at last year and this year, they have been able to put us back on the map. All the credit for that goes to them. They are a great class. They worked hard and are talented."
The senior-dominated Central basketball team rolled to the school's best record since 1993. The Crusaders reached the OVAC Class 3A title game and won a sectional championship. Central had not earned a sectional crown since 1993.
In two seasons, Sean Tucker's cagers compiled a 35-15 season, a school record.
"We will go as far as our seniors want us to go and allow us to go," Tucker said prior to the start of campaign. "They've been playing together for a long time, they stuck it and they are fighters."
After Friday's defeat at Lancaster's Beavers Field, Young showered his seniors with praise.
"I've been here three years and these seniors have been part of 62 wins," Young noted. "A number of them have been on the varsity for at least three yes and have played a lot. That's quite an accomplishment to average more than 20 wins per season.
"They kept taking us farther and farther. I hated to see it end for them today."
Brenton Colabella, the only 12th grader to have played on all three years, pointed out "it was a great senior year."
"We are a tight group and we're all close friends," the three-sport standout stated. "We're a bunch of battlers and fighters. We never go down without a fight.
"The effort my senior class gave in all three sports, especially baseball, this year was just tremendous."
Colabella, who established numerous school records as Central's first-ever four-year starting quarterback, did admit he and his fellow seniors "wanted more."
"Central athletic teams haven't been this successful in a while," said Colabella, who will continue his football career at West Liberty University. "To say our senior class and the underclassmen that helped us get back to this was quite an accomplishment.
"I'm not real happy now but I'm sure when I look back at our accomplishments, I will be happy."
In two regional games, Colabella was a perfect seven for seven at the plate. The Crusader shortstop had a triple, double and five singles while knocking in four runs.
"I was just doing whatever I could to help the team," he said. "Everyone battled, everyone hit the ball. It was just a total team effort."


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Religious amnesia
On Beliefnet today, Rod Dreher has a column on religious illiteracy. Dreher refers to a three-year-old interview with Camille Paglia, with thesesobering paragraphs:
The decline of religion in Europe frightens this stalwart atheist. "The Europeans have become very passive, all of them," she said. "There's a fatigued worldliness typical of Europe right now, and that's why nothing very interesting artistically is coming out of there."Can you have a vibrant culture without cult? Traditionalist conservatives say no. Dr. Paglia is inclined to agree and says that our lazy secularism and superficial religiosity puts America at risk of succumbing to acedia, the Greek term for spiritual slothfulness. She is shocked to discover how few of her college students grasp basic biblical concepts, characters and motifs that were commonly understood one or two generations ago. This stunning loss of cultural memory renders most Western art, poetry and literature opaque."The only people I'm getting at my school who recognize the Bible are African-Americans," she said. "And the lower the social class of the white person, the more likely they recognize the Bible. Most of these white kids, if they go to church at all, they get feel-good social activism."What are they left with? "Video games, the Web, cellphones, iPods that's what's left," Dr. Paglia laments. "And that's what's going to make us vulnerable to people coming from any side, including the Muslim side, where there's fervor. Fervor will conquer apathy. I don't see how the generation trained by the Ivy League is going to have the knowledge or the resolution to defend the West."
Dreher also refers to the comment of a Christian theologian that "unlike ages past, when it was most important for the church to preach the Good News to the world, our situation today in the West makes it more important for the church to focus on articulating its teachings, and its distinct way of seeing the world, to itself."
About the Author
Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.
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I think this is exaggeration :) The idea that educated and/or well-off peoplelhave less interest in religion, aand also the idea that there can be no passion or erudition or depth of culture without a corresponding interest in religion, are just false.
It is interesting and confusing that an atheist (Camille Paglia) should be so concerned about religious illiteracy.
Fervor will conquer apathy. I dont see how the generation trained by the Ivy League is going to have the knowledge or the resolution to defend the West.Exactly. In addition, that cultural class of people wh routinely sneer at and disparage "the fundies" are infected with that same "fatigued worldliness" that saps the vigor of the Europeans. It is as if a deadly virus has invaded our cultural institutions and centers of higher learning. The spirituality of the gltteratti is in ascendancy.
Obviously, what we need are better hymns.
Let me take this a controversial step further. From the article:"Can you have a vibrant culture without cult? Traditionalist conservatives say no. Dr. Paglia is inclined to agree..."By that measure, then, Islamic culture should be percolating like, say, the thirteenth century. It seems not to be, at least from my perspective. So there seems to be a hole in the logic, or not all cults foster culture, or Christian culture is sui generis?
David: To say that you can't have a vibrant culture without a cult does not logically entail that whenever you have a cult you will have a vibrant culture.
I think I follow. And that is true. But Paglia (and Dreher) are stipulating that Muslim culture exists and indeed is so dominant that it will overrun Western "Christian" culture. I'm just not so sure about that parallel. The Romans had cults and culture, and look what happened.
Aside fom suicide bombers what does the West have to fear from Islamic culture?
Ed: What we have to fear is that the fundamentalist Muslims are vigorously propogating while the West, becoming hypnotized by entertainment and sexual excess, is slowly committing suicide as its population numbers decline. Vigor will win out over apathy and apathy every time. Islamic culture is high-energy, if fundamentally demented.
What we have to fear is that the fundamentalist Muslims are vigorously propogating while the West, becoming hypnotized by entertainment and sexual excess, is slowly committing suicide as its population numbers decline. Vigor will win out over apathy and apathy every time. Islamic culture is high-energy, if fundamentally demented.The idea that religious people do or should have more children and that that is the sign of a vigorous culture, is an assumption. Less developed cultures, poorer societies, tend to have more children .... high birth rates has been associated with health impairments and low life expectancy, low living standards, low status of women, and low levels of education. (Wikipedia). Wealthier, more developed societies have fewer, not because there's apathy but perhaps because the citizens have noticed there's more to life than reproducing themselves (and the women there have better access to reproductive health care).
I would like to express my thanks to Fr. Komonchak for the link to the wonderful article about religion. I seem to gather a wealth of information that reinforces what I am trying to teach at the highschool level and though I am certain my students think I am a nerd for bringing in these articles, I frequently do simply to show them that despite what they think, some of the discussions we have in class are pertinent to the outside world.Just yesterday I mentioned to my students that while at university one of my English Lit professors (an avowed atheist, feminist and pro-abortion activist whom I had little in common with other than a love for dark ales) told me that one of the major problems in teaching literature was that todays' students have no foundation to draw from when authors make such literary allusions to antiquity. Joyce's Ulysses and Michaelangelo's David are just 'some guys' without any context. Even my religion class (most of whom have 11+ years of Catholic education) were unaware that Isaiah was from the old testament and that gentile are not the same as Jews.So what one may ask. Well, maybe I am too Chestertonian but I would rather execute people for heresy than theft and murder because heresy is a much greater threat to our social order. I am reminded of an article from (I believe it was commonweal) that argued along the lines that highschools teach Shaw and Wells and Orwell and Huxley (and Sallinger) who spend so effort deconstructing their respective societies that our modern student no longer UNDERSTAND what they are tilting at because that society is long dead.And unfortunately it is in that void, that cultural vacuum where people are so disconnected to any past, that these fundamentalist groups emerge. Be it Christian or Muslim or even Catholic, fundamentalism remains a strong force in our respective societies because it is easy, it fulfills that need and it offers simple and simplistic solutions to complex problems.
And the lower the social class of the white person, the more likely they recognize the Bible."Yes, that's true. I live among rural, less well-educated white people who drive around in pick-ups with Confederate flags stenciled on the back window. They know a Bible taken out of context by fundies and pentacostals who emphasize proscriptions against sex (especially homosexuality) and the talkin' in tongues parts. This is not the group from which high culture springs. This is the group who cries over Lee Greenwood's "I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free." I agree with Adam that students have little knowledge of context. I was depressed for several weeks last semester when none of my students had ever heard or nor could recognize the Marx Brothers. I showed them some Google images and a YouTube clip, but that hardly begins to really explain the influence they had on American comedy and satire. But does it follow that being able to recognize cultural icons leads to vibrant culture? Paglia says that nothing culturally interesting is coming out of world-weary Europe. Yet the Europeans I know and correspond with DO know their cultural history far better than Americans. If there is a cultural problem in Europe, it's that the old culture is failing to inspire or inform new culture. Can we blame that on the decline of Christianity in Europe? I'm not sure I can really connect the dots in that argument.
I think that the late Irish author and artist Christy Brown once said "There are two kinds of art. Religious art and the circus."I think that in her usual clear and detached way, premier postmodern circus clown Camille Paglia has hit upon something. But only half a something. It isn't that one has to be religious to produce art. It's that good art comes from something real behind it. Religion is often (but not always) the place where people still look for this "something real". But if it is real, then it will be available to anyone; atheists or even Muslims.
In my humble opinion, as a little Church of Christ boy, I was taught the Bible cover to cover. None of my Catholic friends knew anything about the Bible, only the Church. As I grew up and closer to conversion to the Catholic Church, I found that the biblical knowledge I possess puts me heads and tails above the regular pew sitting Catholic. Teach the Bible to the children, teach it to the adults. Everything I've seen in parishes indicates that church school is about learning the lessons of the church and not the Bible. I teach a class at a Cistercian Monastery of the Strict Observance, to lay people, and am regularly astonished when I quote some passage and someone says, "that's in the bible?"
Do we dare try a biblical literacy test on this blog? Very elementary: How many have read the Bible all the way through? The Old Testament? The New Testament? Read any book of either Testament all the way through? Taken a course on the Bible? I'm sure we could go on forever with anecdotes. One of mine. After beginning a course on The Church and Social Issues with a two-day section on the relationship between faith and justice in the Old Testament, an undergraduate junior came up after class and asked: "Father, you've been talking about the Old Testament. What's the Old Testament?" When I showed her from my Bible that the larger part was called the Old Testament and told the story of the rise and fall and rise and fall of Israel, she said, as if she had just been told of a new planet: "Oh, that's so interesting!"
The experience of prison ministry around here (including mine) is that the lower the socioeconomic class of the resident, the more open s/he is to the living water. I'm told that the worst inmate population for Christian ministry is the minimum-security Club Fed inmates - the ones in for white-collar crimes. I'm told that they couldn't care less about prayer and the Bible. The lower-class teens I worked with were very open and enthusiastic about our sessions.
Regarding religion, culture and social class: it seems to me that a more or less permanent feature of American culture is that the cultural energy and innovation percolates up from the lower classes. If that is true, then it might explain why Evangelical Christianity has eclipsed Catholicism (and mainline Protestant denominations) as a source of religious cultural energy in the US for the last generation or so. And it might explain why Islam is ascendant in Europe.
"And it might explain why Islam is ascendant in Europe."Except that Islam is not ascedant in Europe.
Bravo again to Jean.If we want to attract younger folks back into the Church world, having them read the bible is not going to do it if we don't have a Church that shows them the values there. And then balmes them for ignorance.
"Except that Islam is not ascedant in Europe". you are right Unagidon.
Let's roll back here and clarify what we are talking about. Islam doesn't produce culture??? Muslims have a vast cultural patrimony: World class architectural monuments, artwork, minatures, calligraphy, music, mathematics, philosophy, poetry, literature--you name it. They are not all living in caves with a rifle and Osama Bin Laden! Just as we would not like Christianity to be defined by the most narrow-minded of fundamentalists in the pickup trucks that Jean Raber describes so well, we should also be careful in characterizing one of the world's great religions as bereft of "culture producing" attributes.
On biblical literacy -- does everybody know the American bishops came out with a new set of guidelines for high school students? Scripture study is now an optional course! It's back to the Catechism. We studied scripture copiously in my (Catholic) high school -- it was some of the best work we did. It used to be standard too, does anybody else have this recollection? Old Testament in freshman year, gospels in sophmore year, the writings of St. Paul in junior year... Catholics, at one point anyway, cared about biblical literacy. (This was in the 1970s.)
We studied scripture copiously in my (Catholic) high school Rita,When I was in Catholic school (grade school and high school, ending in 1965) there was little emphasis put on the Bible. I am sure some will argue with this statement, but I believe it to be true: Catholics were not encouraged to read the Bible, and in some ways were discouraged. In my experience, it was not a common practice for Catholics to read the Bible on their own, and there were no Catholic Bible study groups that I know of (or anything like them) in our parish. Furthermore, the only Bible permitted was the Douay-Rheims. My father, who was not a Catholic, had a copy of the RSV, and we felt obliged not to look at it. The common attitude was that it was the job of the Catholic Church to tell us what the Bible meant. Protestants read the Bible, but Catholics relied on the Church.We were not required to own a Bible in my high school (run by the Christian Brothers in Cincinnati). A few years ago, because of a discussion like this one, I called the school. It is now sort of a Christian Brothers' school without Christian Brothers. In any case, I was told that there is no religion textbook for freshmen. They are required to own a Bible, and that is what they study all year. I would have been shocked if they had introduced this change in their religion classes when I was a student. Sometime in the 1970s, I read the Pelican New Testament Commentaries (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and I was thunderstruck all the way through. It was my first encounter with modern Biblical criticism, and I felt I had been horribly cheated by my Catholic education. For many years after that, I avoided any Catholic works on the Bible and anything that had an Imprimatur or a Nihil Obstat. (People like Raymond Brown helped me get over that.)
Unagidon and Mary: you don't think it's true that the Muslim population in Europe is increasing? And that Muslim culture is becoming more visible and assertive?
We studied the Bible freshman year in Catholic High school (mid to late '70's). We had Christian morality sophomore year, Christian Marriage senior year ... I think we had electives as a junior - I took World Religions and Medical Ethics (those are two differenc classes!)In college, all undergrads were required to take at least three theology classes. Old and New Testament courses were offered and were pretty popular, although I didn't take them.
Fr. Komonchak, I don't know that the notion of "reading the Bible all the way through" is actually a helpful measure of biblical literacy. I know a lot of people who have tried this, found themselves bored or defeated, and concluded that reading the Bible is not for them, or that they've failed at it. So sad and unnecessary, really. Because of the nature of the material -- because it's a library of books, rather than a unified start-to-finish narrative -- it seems to me to be really fine to begin in a variety of places, as I'm sure you would agree. I also believe one can be highly biblically literate without having ever done a straight through reading. That's not to say that one should be satisfied with the "canon-within-a-canon" that is supplied, say, by an educational program or the Sunday Lectionary. We should value the whole Bible. There is much more there that could be read with profit. Also, let me hasten to add that I think a straight through reading of each of the gospel accounts is essential. But I wanted to add this nuance, because reading the Bible does seem daunting to people if they go about it in a naive way.
Paul, I think the Mexican population in the United States is expanding and becoming more visible and assertive. But I have no fears whatsoever that we are in any danger of being "taken over".
My Catholic formal education from 1939 to 1955 included occasional references to the Bible but no systematic study. I became interested in the OT as a child when I used to listen during one summer to a program on the radio that feature dramatization of stories from the OT. At the time I was listening there was a lot about Ahab, Jezebel, Jehu and of course Elijah. I tried to find the story in the Bible but the names of the books were different, and of course we called Elijah Elias in those days. I also read some stories in a reader for children. As an adult I had little interest in the Bible until some point about twelve years ago when I spotted Raymond Brown's Introduction to the NT in the Brown University Bookstore--I kid you not--and decided I ought to acquire a copy. I gradually became more and more drawn into the study of the Bible. I even took up Biblical Hebrew.On another note, this morning we learned from the homilist that Salome was Herod's "own daughter"!
Regarding biblical literacy, I wonder how many Christians ever spend much time reflecting on the idea of scripture as an imperfect (although still sacred) text:http://www.notsodeepthoughts.org/55-Reasons-Why-The-Bible-Is-Not-A-Perfe... religious and non-religious types would like people to know more about the Bible, should they know the above material as well?
I was fortunate enough to see Alec McCowen doing his solo performance of St. Mark's Gospelon stage here in New York.
About people seeking "something real" in religion --I'm not sure people are looking for reality at all these days. Last night at the end of one of the TV talk shows a singer sang a "Valentine" song. He promised his beloved this and that (all sexual) and at the end he promised, "I'll be your fantasy". Not "I'll make your fantasy real" but "I'll BE your fantasy", and he repeated it several times.It might partly be the hard times, but I think a trend towards escapism started some time ago, in the U.S. Possibly with the advent of the movies. It's so much easier to live in those virtual worlds, and to live movie stars lives' vicariouy when the vie is over. Hence the cult of celebrity. Somewhat the same thing could be said about books, of course, and don't we all know avid readers who seem to retreat into them. How to lure the escapists back to preferring reality might be one of our fundamental problems
Joe Pettit: It's not as if the things that unnecessarily shocked Bart Ehrman into unbelief were unknown before him. That says more about his prior education than about the Bible.Kathy and Joe Pettit: The same mistake is made in my edition of the NAB translation.Rita Ferrone: Yes, indeed, reading the whole Bible can be quite a slog, as I recall when I got to all those genealogies in the books of Chronicles (or Paralipomenon, as they used to be called in Catholic Bibles). I find it interesting that only one person above has said anything about a college-level course. Maybe I should add another question:How many courses in theology did you take in college? And what were their subjects?
If truth is one, then I cannot know the meaning of a single passage of the Bible without knowing everything about how things are, inside and outside the Bible. Otherwise I risk misinterpreting it. Plus, I have to be holy so that I am open to what it means and so don't play unacknowledged games when I turn to the business of sense-making.That is just depressing.
The other day I was recounting to one of my choirs the old MA exams in theology at CUA. We had to be able to outline any NT book, discuss authorship, etc. Some years the exam asked for a comparison between two books.
Mr. James: Your first criterion is too demanding. We don't know and will never know "everything about how things are, inside and outside the Bible." That would be like saying that we can't know anything until we know everything. Holiness can indeed be of great help.
Fr. Komonchak: Now who is not answering questions? You seem to indicate that the material from my lihk above (largely from Ehrman, indeed) is widely known. My experience is quite the opposite. So my question remains, should it be taught?As for undergraduate theology courses, my undergraduate life was rather unique. I was a theology major at Georgetown, and I spent my junior year at the University of Edinburgh where I studied nothing by systematic theology and New Testament (along with Koine Greek, which has largely gone by the wayside, I fear).
As with all things among Catholics, I find that biblical literacy varies. I direct an annual Institute on Sacred Scripture which will meet this June for the 47th consecutive year. Some people have been coming for a very long time, and they are quite knowledgeable about the Bible, the texts themselves and various methods of interpretation. They also expect high quality lecturers. I also speak in local parishes where there is still a high interest in the Bible. Usually the audiences are a bit more mixed, and literacy levels vary. But I think the interest is still there. I can remember several years ago how I was warned that the Institute on Sacred Scripture may see declining enrollments because most Catholics today are more interested in dogma than Scripture. I do not think that prophecy has been fulfilled. Our numbers have been steady for the past five years. My Catholic students are not as biblically literate as evangelical students in my classes are, but they are still very interested. We have a two course requirement in Theology, but many students take additional courses in their programs. The biblical courses are well subscribed. I have 41 students in my Portraits of Jesus in the New Testament this semester and 17 in an advance NT seminar on Paul, which is capped at 20 and meets at 8:50am.
Sorry, that should read "nothing but systematic theology." Serves me right for blogging without my reading glasses!
Mr. Pettit: I didn't say Ehrman's material was widely known but that it was known long before its discovery shocked him into unbelief. I don't have any problem with anyone's being made aware of those things as they arise in the various biblical books. That's how I learned about them. In the first serious course I had on the Bible--it was St. Mark's Gospel--we used the Nestle edition of the Greek NT, which had all the textual variants at the bottom of the pages.
When I attended Catholic primary school in the dark ages, we had 8 years of "bible history" which was effectively reading the Old Testament, with the goal of proving Catholic claims, of course. But we read it.I didn't go to Catholic high school so had to book larning in the New Testament.Is bible history simply an arcane course of studies that went the way of the Friday fast?
We had "salvation history" in the sixth grade (1970s).
I didnt say Ehrmans material was widely known but that it was known long before its discovery shocked him into unbelief. Fr. Komonchak,Bart Ehrman was not "shocked into unbelief" by the kinds of things Joe Pettit points out in his piece. Ehrman had been a fundamentalist who believed in the inerrancy of the Bible, but gradually came to the opinion such a position was untenable. He became a "normal" Christian. He is now an agnostic, and he has made it clear that is was wrestling with the problem of evil that caused him to lose his faith, not the kinds of problems he has pointed out in Biblical texts. I do think the average Catholic would be shocked or at least surprised by a good course on the Gospels by how many contradictions there are in the Gospels and particularly by the conclusion of perfectly mainstream Catholic Biblical scholars about how much of the Gospels aren't history, what liberties Matthew and Luke took with the Gospel of Mark, how much the Gospels were shaped by the communities they were written for, and things like foreshadowing and predictions not actually being such, but being additions by the post-Resurrection community.I think a lot of things just go right past people. I remember reading in the Pelican Commentaries the story of Jesus and his disciples going through a corn field and picking grain on the Sabbath, and the Pharisees accusing Jesus of violating the Sabbath. The commentary began something like, "It is idle to ask what the Pharisees were doing in a corn field on the Sabbath." I laughed out loud and realized I had heard the story innumerable times and that question never occurred to me!
It's been a while, but ... the three theology courses I had as an undergrad included a "101" introductory course (I recall learning about the difference between theism and deism), taught by a kind old Italiam Jesuit by the name of Fr. Petani who referred to me in class as the "bearded prophet" (it was the '70's, after all ...)The second class I had ... I don't remember the title or the subject matter. But I remember the reading list: Viktor Frankl's The Unconscious God and CS Lewis' Mere Christianity. So perhaps it was a course on God and Man.Finally, I took "Church of Christ". The teacher was a wonderful old Jesuit named Fr. Earl Weis - the only instructor I had in four years at Loyola who actually began each class meeting with a prayer. The text was Models of the Church by Avery Dulles. I remember three things about the course: Fr. Weis ejected an obviously-in-love (or -lust) couple on the first day because they sat next to each other and he thought that was improper; he disputed Dulles' interpretation of Lumen Gentium's statement that the church of Christ "subsists" in the Catholic church could possibly mean that other ecclesial communions somehow came under that umbrella ("I taught Fr. Dulles his Latin!" said Fr. Weis in some distress). And I persuaded him to let the entire class leave in the middle of class one sunny spring day because the Skylab (or was it the Space Shuttle? - would have been ca. 1981) was supposed to pass overhead. We stood outside and gazed skyward for 10 minutes but nothing transpired. He looked at me in a sort of disappointed way - I think he suspected I was pulling his leg - of which I was entirely capable, but would not have done to such a nice old man as him.I guess I remember the books more than the classes themselves.
Fr. Komonchak,To answer your questions: I took a few theology courses at the seminary while I was there. I also took some religious studies courses at my secular university. But as a high school teacher at a Catholic school, I am in the minority (even on religion teachers) having taken any theology courses. I took classes on the Old and New Testament, Sacraments, Ecclesiology and Christology.Unfortunately, most religion classes become sit around and talk about your feelings classes from my experience. Or worse, watch a movie and talk about your feelings. By time the students come to my grade 11 class few are aware of the distinction between OT and NT, many are even surprised that the bible is not one book written by one person. None are aware that the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant canons are different and as I said earlier, most seem unaware of the difference between Gentiles and Jews (ironically even one of my jewish students). I do agree with Jean's comments that historical knowledge will not produce a vibrant culture necessarily. But I cannot think that historical amnesia or ignorance will produce a culture worthy of the name. Without those roots to feel the budding culture and tie the culture to something larger than just trends, I think we end up with ahistorical sects that rapidly rise and fall leaving nothing but destruction in their wake.
Fr. Komonchak: Yes, that was silly of me. I have concerns about part-whole relationships in connection with the interpretation of the Bible, and I need to articulate them better.Quiz results:Never read the Bible all the way throughNever read the entire Old TestamentHave read this or that entire Old Testament book, but fewer than 5 totalAlmost read the entire New Testament, but not as a unified projectNever completed college-level courses on the Bible (though atheism doesn't stop all atheists from taking such courses, it stopped the atheist I was, and that goes for college-level theology too)
Apart from religious indoctrination, I'd always assumed that some measure of biblical literacy is a prerequisite for cultural literacy. In any event, the college-level introductory course I took also went into textual analyses, which was an eye-opener for me.
When I joined my RCIA class I was given a bible - my first, the NAB. We didn't actually use it much in RCIA, though. But I've read all the gospels through. And I've learned so much more about the bible since blogging ...... there are a number of biblio-bloggers online and one who's blog I especially like is a professor of NT studies at Duke University, Mark Goodacre. I have a recent post at my own blog on the synoptic problem and his podcast about it. Another resource - Jesuit Felix Just's Electronic New Testament Educational Resources page.
It has sometimes happened to me that a Calvinist (usually) will ask, well what about book x chapter y verse z? Since I almost never know the exact verse number I have to ask them to say what the verse is. My excuse is that Catholics know the words, not the numbers.A couple of decades of daily Mass and any regular exposure to the Office builds up a fairly "thick" knowledge of Scripture, even without extra study. Catholics know the words. Of course it would be even more so if we sang propers, or at the very least hymns that pointedly reference Scripture.
Answer to Fr K.'s quiz: "no" to all questions. But I am an avid reader of the Sunday Lectionary and mull over the Sunday readings throughout the preceding week (so as to prepare to hear the homily).True story about the loss of religious culture in France. -Middle school teacher: "What's a crucifix?" -Student:"It's a special kind of screwdriver for screws with a cross-shaped head".
the quiz: yes, I have read the Bible all the way through, and various OT and NT books from time to time. I have not taken a course in Bible study other than a "sacred studies" requirement in a Protestant school (which at least introduced me to Job and Isaiah). Two points. a) thinking back to pre-Vatican II days, how much of the OT did we ever hear in church? All I can remember are the Prophecies read on Holy Saturday. Perhaps I'm mis-remembering. But I certainly never remember being encouraged in church to dip into the OT.b) how much is the failure to recognize biblical references of the sort C. Paglia talks about simply part of the larger failure to recognize historical and cultural references in general? Graeco-Roman myths, references to Vergil, Dante, Hobbes, Locke, the social contract, the Reformation, the Franco-Prussian war, the state of nature, etc., etc. (and I'm only talking about western ones here -- forget Confucius, the Ming dynasty, the Meiji restoration, and so forth).
In the pre-conciliar liturgy, each the same readings were read on the same Sundays, and there were hardly any from the Old Testament. So, Prof. Clifford, your memory was correct. I suppose we learned parts of it from classes in Bible Stories. I don't remember whether the Baltimore Catechism had anything about it. I agree that there is a larger cultural illiteracy, too, and a quite discouraging ignorance of history.
Kathy and Joe Gannon: It turns out that there is a very well-attested variant reading at Mk 6:22, which apparently the NAB translation has followed, so I was wrong to call it a mistake.
I have read where some predict the Catholic Church will get smaller, but more devout. Maybe this "amnesia" is part of it.The problem of course is that a people without any religious convictions or philosophical foundation, have a very fragile culture and society. They live off the previous culture and as long as things go along smoothly, things seem Ok, but in fact their society is quite weak and is vulnerable to any number of moral attacks and/or political trickery and ultimately, to great tragedy.Think of German society during the Weimar Republic days. Both society and government were so corrupt, decadent and weak that the people did not notice old Hitler sneaking up on them or how dangerous he and his ilk were - until it was too late. The rest as they say; is history.I think it was old Abe Lincoln who said something like; 'People who do not stand for something will fall for anything.'
Fr. Komonchak wondered about the Baltimore Catechism and the OT.I can't say anything about Baltimore Catechism Nos. 1 & 2, but No. 3 includes one or more scriptural passages mobilized to support each one of its points. Many come from the OT. I guess people would be concerned over proof texting here. There is no question in the catechism about what the Old Testament is or how to classify and read responsibly its different kinds of books. There is a question about revelation that mentions the Old Testament and scripture generally though.Related to interest on the OT in the catechism is the topic of scripture more generally in the catechism. Scripture is not really singled out. There is no question about it. And the section on prayer in the standard No. 3 does not mention lectio divina or "devotional" reading of the Bible. But if you have the special Father Connell's Confraternity Edition of No. 3, things are different. There you will read in Connell's summary following No. 3's prayer section that spiritual reading advances the life of prayer, and that under the heading of spiritual reading fall (a) family Bible reading, perhaps after dinner (following Psalm 137: "Daddy, does the little baby cry when the 'happy man' smashes it against the rocks?") and (b) prayerful reading of the Bible for at least 15 minutes daily, for which Leo XIII set up a 300 day indulgence.On Scripture, the CCC smokes the Baltimore Catechism.
We had bible history in Catholic elementary school, and after about sixth grade had weekly visits from the pastor who invited us to ask any questions we had about religion , the bible, etc. As I recall we badgered him about Adam and Eve, original sin, limbo, free will, predestination, and Divine foreknowledge. Poor man. But we did appreciate him. We had four years of religion classes in high school, but not scripture but church history loomed large in that school. We were conscripted to work on a huge mural depicting the flow of European history and the church's role in it . I recall the invasion of the Huns, Henry shivering at Canossa, Francis Xavier on a missionary journey, St Ursula and a token few of her virgin companions being dumped into a river, but those were only from the parts I had to work on. In the first year at Catholic college we did at last a close reading of the New Testament, and it was an eye-opener. We used early Liturgical Press commentaries. I remember being impressed especially by Raymond Brown's on the Gospel of John. It was ahead of the curve then. And embedded in his later works, it still is. (I gave my old book to my daughter to use two years ago when our scripture group was doing John.) In college we had to take 18 credits in religion and 18 credits in (mostly) scholastic philosophy (not always very well taught, I am afraid). Christian Tradition and Culture was one of my favorite classes. It covered the early years of the Church, offering readings of the Didache, the Shepherd of Hermas, the letters of many of the Fathers, documents from early Councils, lots of St. Augustine, etc. The exams were fiendishly hard, with baffling short answer questions. At one class reunion we tried to remember some of the stumpers. But all we could recall was one of the more obscure answers: "Ibas of Edessa, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Theodoret of Cyr." The question probably had something to do with the Nestorian heresy, but exactly what, none of us could remember.
KathyThe text of Mark 6:22 says "and when the daughter of Herodias herself had come in and danced..." The NAB says "Herodias' own daughter". No one who knows anything about the persons in question would think otherwise. I shall not further characterize the person or persons who produced the lectionary. What have we come to?
KathyOops! Having looked further I see that that situation is more complex. The girl was actually named Salome and she was Herod's niece, not his daughter. The NAB says "Herodias' own daughter". But the translator of the NAB was fooled as I was. I failed to look at the Greek text carefully. It seems clear that Mark himself was confused and thought that Herod had a daughter by Herodias and that she was also named Herodias. That is the only way to account for the variations in the tradition. Philology triumphs again. The Codex Sinaiticus and the others that agree with it are surely right. So the editor of the lectionary properly corrected the NAB. But our homilist was wrong to believe Mark! And the lectionary desperately needs a footnote or we need better educated homilists.
Joseph,What I'm not sure about is, when did Herod take Herodias from Philip? Could Salome be the daughter of Herodias and Herod?
KathyHerod had been married to the daughter of Aretas IV, the king of Nabataea, for diplomatic reasons and he rather undiplomatically divorced her and married Herodias. Jerome Murphy O'Connor cites a source as putting the new marriage about 23 CE. John was probably executed in 28. Salome must have been at least fourteen at the time of the dance.
Kathy The hour is late but it seems that the half-brother of Herod was not named Philip either.
"eiselthouses tes thugatros autes tes Herodiados" in Mark 6:22 does sound like a cumbersome correction of "eiselthouses tes thugatros autou". But in 6:24 and 28 Herodias is called "her mother", suggesting that even if Mark wrote "autou" it was little more than a slip of the pen. The NAB translation emphasises this slip heavily.After reading the proposed new translations of the Eucharistic Prayers no mistakes amaze me any more. See http://www.whatifwejustsaidwait.org/readcomments.htmRecently I heard a preacher talk about Jesus taking Peter, Matthew and Mark up Mount Tabor with him.At an IAHR conference in Rome I heard a Catholic missionary denounce superstitious natives who claimed that someone in the Bible slew his own daughter in obedience to a vow made to God! He was embarrassingly corrected by a voice in the audience.In school in Ireland in the 1960s we read St Luke's Gospel and memorized the Farewell Discourse from John (the latter a rather ill-advised exercise). Handed the RSV on arrival in seminary we all thought of reading it right through -- but of course Leviticus put a stop to that!
:But in 6:24 and 28 Herodias is called her mother, suggesting that even if Mark wrote autou it was little more than a slip of the pen. The NAB translation emphasises this slip heavily.'I disagree on both points. In a family where more than one or two of the males are named Herodes it is hardly impossible that a mother and daughter could both be named Herodias. As to "autou" being a slip of the pen, really? In a context of feminines ending in -es it is "autes" that looks like and most likely is a slip of the pen.
Josephus has an account of the relations, but I am just copying what Wikipedia authors thought explained it. I can never follow these relationships, but if anyone cares to figure it out...I do think it interesting that Herodias is given an active role, divorcing her husband rather than being divorced by him. All of this reminds me of Bereneice, a later controversial woman in the family who was involved with Josehpus' patrons, the Flavian emperors, so there may be some manipulation to provide justification for whatever politics was important when Jospehus wrote. Josephus's Jewish Antiquities (Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4):Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great, who was born of Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the high priest, who had a daughter, Salome; after whose birth Herodias took upon her to confound the laws of our country, and divorced herself from her husband while he was alive, and was married to Herod, her husband's brother by the father's side, he was tetrarch of Galilee; but her daughter Salome was married to Philip, the son of Herod, and tetrarch of Trachonitis; and as he died childless, Aristobulus, the son of Herod, the brother of Agrippa, married her; they had three sons, Herod, Agrippa, and Aristobulus;
Has anyone checked the New Vulgate? That's supposed to be the "point of reference" for our liturgical translations of lectionary, according to Liturgiam Authenticam.Along with Joseph O'Leary, let me say that nothing would surprise me. Today's epistle reading informed us that Paul was born "unnaturally." Quite a few strange pictures flitted through my mind.
Since we've been asked to 'fess up to our scripture study, let me add mine. Besides a good program in high school, and one not very good course in college, in divinity school I had a fantastic year of studying the Old Testament with Brevard Childs (overview and Old Testament theology) another amazing year studying the New Testament with Luke Johnson (and with Alan Mitchell as my T.A.), followed by a further course, on Paul, with Abraham Malherbe. Still can't believe how lucky I was. But scripture was not my main focus, so I never mastered the languages that would allow me to pursue further study. So many books, so little time...
I had a class in OT prophets in college and our high school required a "Bible as lit" class. This year (church year that started in Advent), I'm following the Psalm readings in the daily lectionary (using the BCP Psalter), and trying to read prayerfully instead of literarily (though that's hard for an English major to do).
Has anyone checked the New Vulgate? Thats supposed to be the point of reference for our liturgical translations of lectionary, according to Liturgiam Authenticam.I have indeed and the New Vulgate cannot be squared with the current lectionary on this point. Of course following the Vulgate when it is wrong must seem absurd to most, but it seems to be the rule. I wonder what they will make of Matt 6:13b where the New Vulgate has "libera nos a Malo" which must mean "deliver us from the Evil One" if the upper case M is not a happy accident. However the Missale Romanum 2002 appears to ignore the New Vulgate and has "libera nos a malo" good old "delivers us from evil".
I meant to type "deliver us from evil"
FWIW: When I took classes in the divinity school and department of religious studies at a Protestant university, the professor was of the opinion that the Protestants in the class had a much firmer grasp of biblical texts than Catholics did, but that Catholics (even at that time) usually oustripped their Protestant counterparts when it came to Latin. Not one, but two of my very best English professors recommended that we all spend some time reading the NT cover to cover and keept it for handy reference. On the other hand, it is important to recognize that English poets and dramatists drew on sources well beyond the biblical -- particularly classical mythology, and Greek and Roman literature, and also, simply, the natural world that most of us no longer recognize with the same depth even of our parents. The equation of the western tradition to the Bible or Christianity is too simplistic, and just as we are not going to become devotees of Greek Gods anytime soon, certainly, cultural literacy need not be conditioned on religious belief. Just to take one poet, W.B. Yeats: does one "need" to be steeped as a schoolchild in Irish history or lore to "get" Yeats? Honestly, I shouldn't even start. Nothing Camille Paglia has ever said has struck me as anything more profound than flame throwing.
The "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar" of faith and the classical tradition from western thought and literature has been a subject going on now for two centuries. If you didn't get the reference in the quotes, I don't think that makes you culturally illiterate (I am astonished I remembered it going back to my high school days). What we have is an incredible cultural diffusion of an ever expanding tradition -- and, most alarmingly, a trending away from words altogether that rather dwarfs the other battles for cultural supremacy. Our only hope on that score is that, to a certain extent, to be human is to speak and give voice.
Thanks to Google, anyone can be an intellectual :-). Dover Beach, Matthew Arnold.


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I have two TV wall plate sockets in my house. One has a 12V power supply for a masthead amp plugged in to it. If I switch that off, both sockets stop working. I measured the second socket with my meter and did not detect the presence of 12V so I assume the amp must have multiple output sockets.
I would like to move the power supply to the second socket. I tried it and both sockets produce a good signal if I do this, and I didn't see 12V on the first socket.
So is it ok to do this? Do these amps usually accept DC on any input and filter it from the others?