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Monday, July 9, 2012
Summer Tart
Tart Dough
- 1/2 cup Earth Balance margarine (1 baking stick)
- 200g (1.25 cups) cake and pastry flour (or all purpose)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp vegan cream cheese
- 3 tbsp ice cold water (more if needed)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
1. Place margarine in the freezer for 30 mins.
2. Meanwhile, whisk together flour and sugar in a medium bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk together cream cheese, water, and vanilla until smooth. Place in fridge until needed.
3. Grate cold margarine into the flour and gently work with your fingers until it resembles coarse bread crumbs (it should not take too long). Add cream cheese mixture and use a fork to bring together into a dough. Add a few drops of water if needed.
4. Immediately roll out into a 12 inch circle on a floured surface and transfer to a 9.5 inch tart pan. Gently press dough into the bottom of the pan and trim to allow 1/2 inch overhang. Fold overhang back into the pan and press into the sides. Refrigerate until firm (30 mins).
5. While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 375 degrees with rack in the bottom third of the oven. Cover dough with foil and half fill with dried beans.
6. Bake for 20 mins, then lift up foil to see if crust is light golden and no longer wet. Return to oven for a few mins if it is not. When crust if light golden and dry, remove foil and beans and bake for another 5-10 mins, or until golden. Allow to fully cool on a wire rack.
Summer Tart
- 1 tart shell (above)
- 1 recipe pastry cream, cold
- summer fruit of your choice (halved strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries is what I used)
- 1/3 cup apricot jam
1. Remove tart shell from pan and place on a serving dish. Fill with pasty cream and smooth. Top with fruit.
2. Heat apricot jam in a small saucepan over medium heat until runny. Strain out chunks then brush fruit with the jam to glaze. If jam gets too sticky, just return to heat until it is runny again.
Posted by Vegan Dad at 9:11 PM
Labels: baking, blueberries, raspberries, strawberry
11 comments:
- earthgiven said...
That's gorgeous! And it looks soooo yummy! Great idea to put cream cheese in the tart dough.
- July 9, 2012 at 10:11 PM
- Janae Wise said...
Beautiful presentation, love the layout of the strawberries & blueberries.
- July 9, 2012 at 11:56 PM
- Janae Wise said...
Beautiful presentation, I love the layout of the strawberries & blueberries.
- July 9, 2012 at 11:57 PM
- Kathleen Richardson said...
Gorgeous photos. Save me a slice, please!
Keep writing...
- July 10, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- glutenfreehappytummy.com said...
what a beautiful tart! love the patriotic colors!
- July 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- little.empty.room said...
I don't have any idea about vegan food, but your cake looks absolutely tasty.
- July 10, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Shannon said...
Very lovely! Tarts are by far my favorite dessert.
- July 10, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- Gary's third pottery blog said...
OH WOW :) gotta try this!
- July 11, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- It's Carmen said...
Looks tasty and simple. I'd love to make this once I get some berries!
♥ It's Carmen
- July 11, 2012 at 11:37 PM
- dcfitnessguru said...
Do you have a preferred began cream cheese?
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Boys basketball: Raiders beat Cross; Wamogo stuns Chiefs
David Canny scored 24 points as the Torrington High boys basketball team defeated visiting Holy Cross, 76-68, on Tuesday night to qualify for the Class L state tournament after a two-year absence. Austin Kelson had 18 points for Torrington (8-7), and Zak Mancini chipped in with 10.
Nick Warren netted a game-high 29 points for the Crusaders (4-11).
Wamogo 40, Nonnewaug 36: Nick Nemergut scored 16 points to lead the Warriors to the upset in Woodbury. Mark Davis had 14 points and Bill Grambo added eight for Wamogo (7-7).
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Crosby 79, Sacred Heart 60: Tyshon Rogers poured in a game-high 28 points for Crosby as it defeated Sacred Heart in an NVL Copper showdown at Alumni Hall in Waterbury.
Rogers also converted 10-of-10 free throws during the third quarter to help extend the lead.
Asiem King, Lex Perez and Jarron Chapman added 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs (14-1).
Isiah Rascoe led the Hearts (5-9) with 18 points, and Malik Petteway chipped in with 12.
Watertown 69, Ansonia 57: Eddie Hill registered a game-high 20 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as the Indians jumped out to a 42-13 halftime advantage and never looked back.
Jonathan Mitchell had 19 points and 15 rebounds, and Anthony Chacho also recorded a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds for Watertown (8-6), which clinched a berth in the state tournament.
Tyron Black scored 15 points while Rashawn Pender finished with 12 for Ansonia (4-11).
Seymour 64, Derby 62: Tyler Stevens scored a game-high 19 points with six rebounds for the Wildcats, who held off a late rally.
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Northwestern 69, Housatonic 13: Ted Bremer scored a team-high 12 points and John Lippincott added 11 for the Highlanders (12-0) in Falls Village. Jeremy Stiewing had a team-high eight points for the Mountaineers (0-11).
Gilbert 71, Lewis Mills 39: Robert Skinner scored a game-high 25 points for the Yellowjackets in Burlington. Luis Cardova and Yoharkey Sarmiento each had 15 points for Gilbert (9-3).
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Terryville 75, Wolcott Tech 45: Jacob Johnson scored a game-high 21 points, including eight in the first quarter as the Kangaroos jumped out to a 23-11 lead in Terryville.
Tyler Trillo added 16 points for Terryville (12-2) and Sean Huria netted 12 points and eight rebounds for the Kangaroos (12-2). Luke Pergola had a team-high 15 points for Wolcott Tech (0-12).
Shepaug 72, Litchfield 60: Lucas Guliano led five Spartans in double figures with 17 points en route to the BL victory over the Cowboys in Litchfield.
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Kaynor Tech 87, Wolcott 70: Terrance Thompson registered a game-high 34 points to propel the Panthers over the Eagles in an out-of-league game at Wolcott.
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The 10 Most Terrifying Video Game Enemies of All Time
Since the Golden Age of Atari, there have been video game enemies who are so unpleasant that they made us question the existence of a higher power. We at Cracked pay tribute to the rogues' galleries of yesteryear with this list of the 10 most trouser-soiling bad guys in gaming history.
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The Pope under criticism
Heres a very interesting piece in the Times of London, on Pope Benedict and criticisms he is receiving even from among Cardinals for his leadership (or lack of same).
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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Ah, that great Catholic theological journal the TIMES of London!
Mr. Austin: I don't know what point you want to make by your clever comment, but you might have assumed that I in sending it and surely most of those who might read it, are quite well aware that the article referenced is a piece of journalism, not of Catholic theology, and would be read as such. In fact, I think it a rather good piece of journalism.
And I didn't think Mr. Austin's commenmt was clever.One wonders if the surrounding Cardinals and curia were operating om a modern communication mode, would they still be able to communicate effectively up the line?Personally I think BXVIU suffers from the problem of being an extremely bright, quite well read, but remote and non-empathic kind of leader who can easily have practical decision making problems which then his colleagues have to smooth over or clean up afterwards, but, in the interim alienates many affected by those decsions.
I feel sorry for the Holy Father, honestly. I hope I'm still up to spending an afternoon in my study when I'm 85. But no matter how capable I might be, I wouldn't want to be responsible for the welfare of a pet, let alone the Church militant, in my ninth decade!
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Fr. Komonchak, what about the article makes it a good piece of journalism? The unattributed sources or the speculation?Was there a scibe noting down Re's comments? It is presented as verbatim.Imagine a personal secretary being strict! Imagine a pope who is a theologian! Omigosh, gold-rimmed plates!!!
(I meant "scribe," obviously.)
Kathy: No, the attributed sources, who include people I know and trust. And the fact that it confirms what I had suspected and heard told. That enough for you?
Much of the criticism seems to be that the Holy Father offends a lot of people. Good for him. In our "feel good" culture, nothing is worse than offending someone, as if Christ had elevated that to the worst possible sin. That is a steaming load of you-know-what.
I suppose I like less admixture of bad journalism in my good journalism.There is a lot of innuendo, and some blatant silliness.
Fr. KomonchakI'm with you. It is a good piece of journalism. Some Catholics confuse loyalty to the Pope with the mindset that the Pope is always right--which is evidently absurd--or even with a kind of quasi-idolatry as if the Pope truly were God on earth--which seems to me to be almost blasphemous. Loyalty, as to any friend, does not exclude and may even require honest criticism. Certaily no pope can dispense with honest advice from curial figures and others who take pursuing the good of the Church to be more important than humoring the Pope.
My granny had fewer people to lunch than Pope John Paul, and she ran a soup kitchen.I'm as uncomfortable as the next person with unilateral authority, and if I had less in common with this pope I would want to see him criticized too, I suppose. But I've worked for pastors who are prayerful and theological, and for others who have their ears to the wind, and the latter have seemed to me to be very prone to panic. Saying Mass in private is not the same as eating kippers with Rasputin and the Tsarina. He said at the beginning of his pontificate that he would be listening to God, and that seems like a very good plan. I hope that he's listening to bishops, too--but curial cardinals?The long-range results of Regensburg have been good, not bad. The prospects for Vatican-Israel relations have undergone a thaw. Does he seem wrong? Darn skippy. Has he been wrong? I just don't see that as his track record.
Thanks for the heads up on this piece, Fr. Komonchak.If the situation in Rome is accurately described in the article, we can expect no end to the blunders any time soon. The picture of Benedict at the outset reminded me of the old Victorian Fairy Tale about the Little Lame Prince, imprisoned in a lonely tower away from the world. What saves the Prince and his kingdom is the intervention of a Fairy Godmother who provides him with the ability to discover the world from which he has been protected. Of course, the deeper problem with Benedict is that he is not the victim of a conspiracy of kindness, but its architect. Those obsequious appointees of his who echo what he wants to hear are a serious problem. That part of the article rings very, very true. Sad for him and disastrous for the Church. And there is an interesting side link on the TImes page to a piece on Gordon Browns extremely warm reception by the Pope, and Brown's invitation to visit Britain. The Vaticans treatment of Browns visit certainly points up the "short shrift," so to speak, given Nancy Pelosi the other day.
Thank you, Fr. Komonchak. I found the article helpful, and well done. The very interesting bit about Cardinal Castrillon Hoyos caught my attention too. The idea that this move was made in haste, due to personal presure of some sort, is an interesting one. Of course it may just be an exercise is passing the hot potato.We've seen what seems to me a strange dynamic playing out with the SSPX. Namely, they were offered reconciliation not long ago. What was it, a month or two? And they turned it down. So what happens next? They are given a better offer. Unconditional lifting of the excommunications, and the promise of reconciliation, however long it takes to work out the details.Clearly, Williamson is laying low until the storm blows over. And since evidently nothing, nothing at all, will cause the pope to deviate from his quest to reconcile with them, the SSPX can hold out as long as they want. If I were them, I'd wait too. Look at how much more they got when they turned down the last offer.All this is to say that the Pope not only needs some better advisors generally, he needs those who are better skilled in the art of diplomacy. He's not exercising prudence with this. And it the meantime, other people are being alienated and confused by the whole thing. The reaction of the European Catholic Theologians pointed out the ill effects of the whole affair on our other dialogue partners. That is another as-yet unmeasured cost of the present crisis.
The article rings true. There still is goodwill, by and large, for the institutional Church in the world. Many people are cutting the Church slack for old times sake and to be neighbourly and friendly. The response from other religious leaders (Jews and Muslims) to the Pope's faux pas have the feel of generosity to me. This should be appreciated and remembered. But being in a position of having to accept generosity, too often, impedes the ability of the Church to assume strong moral leadership. The Church is also a human institution located in history. I agree with Kahty that too much ear to the wind does make one prone to panic. But too much detachment impedes proper discernment of the work of the Spirit in the world and in the Church.The only way it can be 'fixed' is by having solid, strong people around the Pope. Men (and women) he can trust and who share his vision of Church in the Modern world (and that isn't even exactly clear).
Kathy"He [Benedict] said at the beginning of his pontificate that he would be listening to God, and that seems like a very good plan."It is an excellent plan but the problem is knowing when God is speaking and when some phantom projection of ourselves is speaking. God also speaks to us through others. He even speaks to the Successor of Peter throught others.
It is a fine piece of journalism and interesting at that. One thing that it does not account for, however, is that Benedict leaves very little to chance (witness his election). I have heard from people, who have known him a long time, and people whose opinion I respect, that he is very shrewd and calculating. In the end, I think the truth is a mixture of both perspectives, even if that complicates the picture presented in this article. In my opinion the article parrots too easily the notion of Benedict in an ivory tower disconnected from reality -- a great defense for him, including plausible deniability. It seems somewhat simplistic to me. Sorting it out will be the job of historians.
Fr. Komonchak, I want to apologize for attacking your opinion in my first comment above. I do think the article is of mixed quality, and paints a misleading picture. But that's no excuse for such sarcasm towards someone I respect very much.
I find the Times article not only interesting, but also in a sense sympathetic to Benedict XVI, yet pointing to some serious administrative missteps which have got in the way of his goals. Perhaps it is in its own way an example of fraternal correction of the sort that no doubt we all could use (certainly I could).Two slight demurs not from the article itself but from its surroundings. a) where on earth did the Times dig up that picture that makes Benedict look almost exactly like Chief Inspector Morse of the Oxford police, the music-loving protagonist of the PBS Mystery series some weeks ago? b) I was depressed (yet again) by some of the readers' comments at the bottom of the Times article, particularly those that take it upon themselves to remind us (yet again) that the Church is not a democracy. Of course it isn't. Nor should it be, any more than Harvard University, or Oxford, for that matter, should be a democracy. But surely there is some wiggle room between a) flat-out democracy and b) monarchical absolutism, and I hope someone is at least examining the possibility that changes in governance and administrative practice might enable to Church better to fulfill the mission entrusted to it by the Lord.
The Pope believes he doesnt need to take account of public opinion. He studies the files that are brought to him and decides very much on his own. The atmosphere around him is that he mustnt be disturbed by criticism or visitors. Except for Humanae Vitae, one would have to search far to find so many bishops opposed to a papal action. First we should remind that Benedict was a par excellence "curial Cardinal." Secondly, many, many bishops opposed his actions. Exraordinary for a pack mostly appointed for their loyalty and orthodoxy. In the end this may indicate that Joseph Ratzinger never got his identity straight.Makes one think what might have been if Ratzinger had stayed with his early insights and not succumbed to comfortable orthodoxy.
This is not the only article that has posted statements and comments outlining papal decison-making or lack thereof. Was waiting for David Gibson to weigh in given his biography on B16.One comment Mr. Gibson made on an earlier blog: B16 was the pre-eminent curial master for 20+ years. He was elected and he stated that he was not an administrator - he acts and sees himself as a theologian and lives the life of a professor doing research.Two things are greatly needed today in a pope:a) pastoral skill in terms of building relationships across conferences of bishops, cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious divides; (that is not B16''s strong suit)b) someone who is outside of the curia and willing to make significant changes to the way the modern church governs itself. (again, his role as head of the CDF may limit or compromise his chances of doing this)What this article does not touch on are the other skills and accomplishments that observers have noted:a) relationships with the eastern orthodox, Russin orthodox;b) his "dream" to end schism created/caused by Vatican II;c) his tentative steps to address global warming as a ethic of life issue, initial efforts to connect "natural law" and the NGOs/United Nations/Common World Ethic whose mission is to reinforce a world that defines and supports human dignity in all aspects.Unfotunately, if he is unable to change his current style or curial leadership, my feeling is that much of his good initiatives will be impacted, if not lost.
Nicholas: reading comments on online newspaper articles is nearly always depressing! I try never to give in to the temptation.
Nicholas, I'm pretty sure that the answer is not a governmental model at all, but the model of communion. I think the mystery of VII is the sharing of authority among the pope and bishops. It's not overlap, but it's not divided into distinct areas of responsibility, either. It's not checks and balances and it's not turf. If the East-West schism is on the agenda, that means the relationship of pope and bishops is going to have to be very communal indeed.
If the article is correct, and the Pope is leaving issues of administration to others, then this is the second pontificate in a row to do so. I myself think that the chief roles of a bishop, including the Bishop of Rome, are to preach/teach and to lead the Church's worship, and that administration comes in a distant third. But this must also mean that someone has to be looking after the shop, and the impression right now is that no one is doing that. The problem is that so many people, and not only in Rome, think that the Church can be centrally administered. Bureaucracies are notorious for (1) turf-wars and (2) thinking that they know better than the folks on the ground. It is paradoxical that a Council that so stressed communion and community has given rise, at every level, to unprecedented expansion of bureaucracies. I believe that sociologists would tell us that community-responsibility and bureaucracy are usually at best in tension with one another.
Very interesting. I must say that I find it hard to sympathize with someone who likes to eat his meals alone...Jokes aside, our Pope, by his willingness to take even unpopular decisions when he feels that they are the right thing to do; by his relative disregard for the reaction of media; and by his tough, demanding attitude towards the faithful, is ideally suited for one obvious goal: dealing effectively with the sexual abuse crisis. Maybe that's his mission! And that's my prayer for him.
This is definitely a story that was waiting to be reported. Has any American news organization run a similar piece?
Fr. Komonchak,From the article, it seems like the people who are miffed are the bureaucrats.
Nothing particularly new here. The Times combox suggests that the majority of vocal Catholics are enraptured with Benedict's personality and his monarchical style. Remember that Americans almost adored George Bush, the worst US president ever, and it took Katrina and economic meltdown to dint their enthusiasm. Benedict is a far better thinker and governor than Bush, and the deficiences of his polity are apparent only to the theological sophisticates who may pore over the History of Vatican II. I hope Benedict rules for another 15 years in order to teach everyone, painfully, the same critical theological sophistication.
We are going to learn what "the majority of vocal Catholics" think from a combox? That's about as trustworthy a source as the one that suggested that "Americans" [sic; not just the majority] "almost adored George Bush" before Katrina and the economic meltdown.
I am heartened to learn (from Claire's post) that Benedict is on a mission to deal effectively with the sexual abuse crisis. Perhaps someone could point me towards the evidence for that? Dealing with Maciel and his followers -- yes, there's that. But that's only a very small part of a crisis that has affected many countries in many different parts of the world. Perhaps some effective steps are being taken to deal with it and I've missed them. It would seem to me (getting back to the themes of governance and administration again) that a first vital step would be a forthright look at the question of how, if at all, the Church's governance structures might themselves have to bear a substantial amount of responsibility for the abuse crisis. I see no evidence that any of those in positions of authority are willing to engage the question. As for the pope v. bureaucrats: yes, bureaucracies can be dangerous animals, primarily looking out only for their own turfs, in democracies, monarchies, dictatorships, and everything in between. The ideal certainly would be to have a "creative tension," as Fr. Komonchak suggests (perhaps along the lines of the creative tension that has historically existed between "Roman" and "Catholic." I had a medievalist colleague, now since departed this earth, a devout Episcopalian, who used to tell me that the Vatican had invented bureaucracy. My response was that while that might be true in the West, the Chinese were developing it long before the Vatican came along. And the fortunes of the Chinese bureaucracy have survived millenia of imperial rule, imperial breakdown, and now what Beijing still (sancta simplicitas) likes to refer to as "communism."
I will admit that the thought has occasionally crossed my mind that JPII and Benedict might have been sent to open our eyes to the wrong direction in which church governance has gone with an imperial, absolutist Papacy, Papally appointed bishops, and a dysfunctional bureaucracy, all unable or unwilling to deal with the sexual abuse crisis and many other crucial matters. But HOPING for another 15 years of this? What is it they used to say in geometry? Q.E.D. Weve had enough proof.
Fr. Yves Congar liked to quote an Anglican theologian who said that one problem Anglicans faced with regard to the role of the papacy was that the modern popes had all been decent, even holy men. What we needed, he half-jokingly said, was "a really good bad pope". Congar translated this as "un tres bon mauvais pape", and he too was only half-joking when he said that it would teach people that the Church is not the pope and does not rise and fall with the fate of the pope. He made a similar point with regard to the millennium-old discussion among canonists and theologians about the possibility of a pope's becoming a heretic, a literature important to consult for a balanced ecclesiology. Still, I agree with Susan on what to hope for and not to hope for.
Nicholas: true, not much has happened since that moving occasion when the pope met with abuse survivors during his visit to the US. I'm not saying that. I am only saying that, should he decided that that was his top priority, he seems very well suited to the job.
I've often wondered what people have in mind as an alternative process of episcopal appointments. Wider consultation, or a vote?I suppose that I especially wonder about the practical wisdom of democratization, given the collapsing viability of the mainline denominations. But since Tradition is very much on the side of the involvement of the people of a diocese in the selection of its bishop, what forms could that take?
Fr. Komonchak:As far as the necessity of an "administrative" Pope is concerned, let's remember Paul VI, who was said to have administrative skills, but no theological skills that I could discern, to say nothing of his lack of skills in dealing with people. What I find ironic is that even given his reputation as an administrator, Paul VI was singularly inept when it came to the chaos after Vatican II, particularly in his episcopal appointments or those who represented him (e.g., Jadot). He (and John Paul II) ended up with people who thought they could "administer" change. One example is that of ecumenism, where we had two cardinals in a row, Cassidy and Kasper, who thought it was only a matter of administering ecumenical agreement, which really meant reducing everything to the LCD, just the kind of administrative mindset that should be anathema to the Church. It's reminiscent of the Rahner-Fries book, which Joseph Ratzinger called a "forced march to unity." While there should perhaps be some improvements in the Curia, I don't see where Paul VI was such a stellar success; he was arguably the worst Pope since Leo X, in terms of generating disunity in the Church, principally BECAUSE he "governed" rather than set the example by his holiness, as Benedict XVI does.
While "running" the Church may not be the most important thing a pope does, there is a three-fold munus for him as every bishop, I believe: to teach, to sanctify, and to govern. So governing is an element of this. If some popes were not good governors (as Benedict, by his own admission) seems not to be (or it's not his interest), that doesn't mean, to my mind, that we do away with it. There have been notorious popes, personally and spiritually. But I don't think because of that we'd toss out the idea that the personal sanctity of a pope matters. There are ways to govern that are not in absentia, or dictatorial, or kumbaya hand-wringing. I appreciate Fr. Komonchak's Congar story--excellent! And Michael Miller's reference a few posts back to Rahner's analogy about popes and chess clubs presidents seems spot-on, too.
Thanks, Fr. K. Excellent post and points made. But, reflecting on various contributions, I get the feeling that it is a little like the famous movie, Rashomon; it all depends upon who is doing the viewing and analyzing.Mr. Gibson makes an excellent point - there are 3 roles/skills that a pope needs. We now have two popes in a row (30+ years???) who either do not have administrative skills or no interest. The curia desperately needs to be overhauled to better reflect:a) K. Rahner's Vatican II call that the church is now a WORLD-CHURCH;b) Vatican II marked a division in ecclesialogical history equal to the Jerusalem Conference and the establishment of the Roman church;c) the curia/Rome needs to mirror the call of Lumen Gentium/Gaudium Spes - more lay and female inclusion; fewer ordained bishops/cardinals - ability to manage - age issue......can we really expect popes and curia to manage a 24/7 job in their eighties?BYW - I do not agree with the analysis that Jadot did not lead, did not have administrative skills, or appointed bishops that lacked them. There were a number of articles recently that compared Jadot (who was sleighted if not insulted by JPII) and his replacement. On the whole, it appears that bishops who took office after Jadot's time have responded to the sexual abuse crisis in a very authoritarian and legal fashion which has only deepened the crisis. Also, look the record of JPII's personal prelatures and support of various "new" communities - not sure that they have expressed the ecclesiology of Vatican II, much less a new World Church.
I've felt, ever since his pontificate, that if Paul VI could be so vigorously criticized, as he was, from both left and right, he must have been doing something right!A "world Church" (global Church) is nearly as ambiguous a phenomenon as "globalization" in the many other senses it receives today. It could be taken in a sense similar to that used when one thinks of manufacturers of goods marketed globally, as erasing or minimizing local differences. Rahner himself had a strange view of the college of bishops as the Board of Directors of the Universal Church, which I think is quite wrong and simply adds a collective Board to the monarchical CEO in charge of the multinatinal religious corporation, centrally governed. This was in some tension with his view of the parish as the local realization of the Church. Rahner probably meant the term to refer to a Church that seeks to be at home in the various cultures of the world.His point of comparison with what he thought was going on at and after the Council was the cultural transformation that occurred when Christianity moved out of the Jewish into the Greco-Roman cultural world. He didn't mean "the establishment of the Roman Church."
Fr. Komonchak:Last I heard, Rahner wasn't running the Church. And his interpretation of the significance of Vatican II, with which I assume you agree, would probably have been shared by John Paul II, who constantly spoke of a "new Springtime." But that characterization went in the face of much evidence to the contrary, including the greatly falling numbers of Catholics at the end of John Paul's pontificate (for all of his evangelizing). Benedict's interpretation of the Council has always differed from John Paul's (or Rahner's), particularly as to the "event" status of the Council and also as to the "establishment of the Roman Church."
Mr. Florent: Did I say anything to suggest that Rahner was running the Church? Why the admonition, then?
Fr. K - i was trying to describe the transition from one cultural mind-set to another at the end of Vatican II. Agree with your much better expressed summary.I do believe that his insights are helpful - add that currently more Catholics live in the southern hemisphere and ecclesiology does begin to change.Not sure that the current curial set up either helps or supports an non-eurocentric church.
Hmmmmmmmmm According to J. H. Newman, the Church exists solely to further the realization of Christ. Any lesser aim would be theologically deficient. "Realization" is the very life of true developments; it is peculiar to the church, and the justification of her definitions. Just as Christ is endowed by God with a threefold office of prophet, priest, and king, so, Newman holds, the church shares in this threefold reality. It is engaged, at one and the same time, in teaching, worship, and governance. It is inseparably a philosophy, a religion, and a polity. All three elements are essential to the being of the church; their creative interaction is necessary for her well-being; their inevitable tension can be life-enhancing; their individual imperialistic claims constitute her perennial temptation and agony. Robert P. Imbelli, The Newman Legacy: Realizing Christ (article), Church, Spring 1991.Jesus founded a Church not a school or a magisterium, and he organized a college of apostles, not of rabbis, and he proclaimed love, not torah. John McKenzie, S.J.
The administrative disarray (or lack thereof) in the Vatican is certainly an important and timely issue, especially in light of the lifting of the SSPX excommunications, but while reading John Wilkins's "Why I Became Catholic" in the current issue of Commonweal (I think the online version is available to non-subscribers as well), I was moved by how Vatican II played such an important part in Mr. Wilkins's faith journey to Catholicism, and how what he perceives as a pull back from the reforms of VII (including outreach to a group like SSPX that can never accept VII's reforms) has been so painful for the many Catholics like him for whom John XXIII and the council itself were the magnets that drew them to the faith. For a cradle Catholic like me, Mr. Wilkins's candid comments were something of a revelation about why VII resonates so personally with some converts.
Between 1978 and 2000 the number of Catholics increased 38%.
Miss Ferrone,If John Paul's pontificate was so successful, why did the cardinal electors make the failure of his programme of evangelization one of their discussion points prior to the conclave? It was very plainly a failure in Europe.A large percentage of that 38% are only thinly-evangelized, poorly-catechized "Catholics."
Steven Florent:Just saw your quick reply to Rita Ferrones comment.Will you be replying to Joe Komonchaks?
Mr. Florent,It won't do to change your ground now that you've been caught with your facts in error. So it's a quality question now, eh? You can't possibly know that "A large percentage of that 38% are only thinly-evangelized, poorly-catechized 'Catholics.'"
I am sick and tired of the Paul VI bashing that conservative Catholics are reveling in for the last few years. It is sad that Benedict, created Cardinal by Paul VI, has done so much to undercut his legacy."lets remember Paul VI, who was said to have administrative skills, but no theological skills that I could discern, to say nothing of his lack of skills in dealing with people."His theological skills (he was a moral theologian) were evident in his encyclicals, which are of higher quality than those of his successors, and in his incandescent sermons as Archbishop of Milan.He was a man of exquisite sensitivity, who touched many hearts, and certainly he alienate far fewer people than his successors." What I find ironic is that even given his reputation as an administrator, Paul VI was singularly inept when it came to the chaos after Vatican II, particularly in his episcopal appointments or those who represented him (e.g., Jadot)."He appointed many wonderful bishops, including Jadot; it is well known that his successors have appointed yes men and mediocrities to such a degree as to seriously enfeeble the world episcopate." He (and John Paul II) ended up with people who thought they could administer change. One example is that of ecumenism, where we had two cardinals in a row, Cassidy and Kasper, who thought it was only a matter of administering ecumenical agreement, which really meant reducing everything to the LCD, just the kind of administrative mindset that should be anathema to the Church."If this outrageous claim has any merit it might be in the LCD-ism prevailing in the 1999 joint statement on Justification. But that statement, which the present pontiff approved theologically, had the practical merit of opening a corridor of shared thought among Catholics and Lutherans on Luther's (and Paul's) great theme. Bickering has given way to serene sharing, to the benefit of the Gospel." Its reminiscent of the Rahner-Fries book, which Joseph Ratzinger called a forced march to unity. Not sure what book you mean, but this sounds like one of Ratzinger's poorer moments, where he indulges a penchant for Adorno-esque Besserwissen."While there should perhaps be some improvements in the Curia, I dont see where Paul VI was such a stellar success; he was arguably the worst Pope since Leo X, in terms of generating disunity in the Church, principally BECAUSE he governed rather than set the example by his holiness, as Benedict XVI does."I met Paul VI three times and was convinced of his utter sanctity. I studied under Ratzinger and never thought of him as a saint. But that is all in the eye of the beholder I suppose.As to generating disunity, note that it was John Paul II with Ratzinger who pushed Kung to the margins and excommunicated the Lefebvrites. Paul VI was a man of inclusiveness, which his successors have failed to understand.
Dear Fr Komonchak, I thought my adjective "vocal" Catholics made the point that most Catholic voices today, and certainly the loudest, are rabidly ultramontane. That these are not the majority of Catholics as such I fondly hope.On papal longevity, never forget how Gregory IX, who may have been as old as 80 when he was Pope, lived until 94 and reduced to pulp the advanced German emperor Frederick II, who had been flourishing under the previous Pope. Also remember how many who prayed for John Paul II's resignation were long in their own graves by the time he departed this life. So if we do not hope for a long continuation of the present style, let us at least be reconciled to the hopeful thought that much would be learnt from it by an over-ultramontanizes people of God.
Father O'Leary:In my last post on this wonderful site, I wish to thank you most sincerely for your defense of Pope Paul VI. I was surprised when these calumnies were left to stand. I thought of posting but have no talent for it. Paul VI was a man of profound culture, deeply read in the theological, philosophical, Catholic belle-lettres tradition of 20th century France. Much of this tradition, as we know, prepared the way for the Second Vatican Council. His great encyclical Ecclesiam Suam, his addresses and homilies were (and are) unparalelled in the history of the modern papacy. His homilies in the parish churches of Rome and general audience talks on implementing the liturgical reforms are markedly pastoral and full of the realization of the need for the reform. For a man nearing 70, it is clear that he experienced the implementation of the reforms with a certain, wrenching, personal regret. But he held steady and determined, convinced of the pastoral benefits of the reform. A man of exquisite sensitivity, he suffered much in the papal office. It was clearly a burden for him, hardly an exaltation. As for his sanctity, one has only to read his Last Testament.The most dreadful pontificate since Leo X! As a church historian, I find this statement shockingly ignorant. We have seen failed papacies, and will see them yet again. Not so that of Paul VI.
I lost in my typing the above;Paul VI, in an uncertain hour, chose to continue the great Council and brought it to its enduring conclusion. "Gigantes erant super terram in diebus illis." ("There were giants on the earth in the days of old." Genesis)
Instead of "unparalelled," now two above, I should have said are on a parallel with the great encyclicals of his immediate predecessors -- Divino afflante Spiritu, Mystici Corporis, Mediator Dei of Pius XII; Mater et Magistra, Pacem in Terris of John XXIII. Enough from me.
A sincere "thank you" to Joseph O'Leary and to John Page for their heart-felt tributes to the greatness of Paul VI. His death on the feast of the Transfiguration marked the blessed fulfillment of his own transfiguration in Christ.As a young seminarian in Rome, I was part of a group of New Yorkers who had an audience with him just days after his election as Pope. I still have on my office wall a photo of the vibrant, smiling young successor of John XXIII.But the other indelible image is of the gaunt Patriarch, fifteen years later, in the pulpit of the Basilica of St. John Lateran (just months before his own death), during the funeral of his dear friend, the murdered Aldo Moro. Almost Job-like Paul Vi chided the Almighty for the death of "this good man." But, in a great act of faith, surrendered his friend to the mercy of God.After "Humanae Vitae" Paul never wrote another encyclical. But his magnificent apostolic letter, "Evangelii Nuntiandi" is still unsurpassed.
Hello John and Fr. O'Leary (and all),Late into the discussion again! Hope everyone had a blessed Ash Wednesday.Thank you for your moving comments regarding Paul VI. I hope this additional comment will prove helpful. I have long thought that Paul VI's pontificate has been evaluated solely through the lens of "Humanae Vitae" alone, and that this is unfair. As I read matters, Catholics on one side were outraged by what Paul VI taught here, while Catholics on the other side were outraged when he took no punitive measures against the Catholics who disagreed and even disobeyed him. I still think it is terribly unfair that Paul VI's pontificate is often evaluated as if "Humanae Vitae" were his only contribution.That aside, I also thing the approach Paul VI took with respect to "Humanae Vitae" was remarkable. In "Humanae Vitae" he called on Catholics to continue to follow a moral standard more demanding than that of other sects. And he took much angry criticism and rejection for what he taught with no complaint. He also took no vengeance against those who disobeyed him, but still never wavered in what he taught. Maybe a little like Jesus' approach?
"I ask the Lord... for the grace to make my approaching death a give to the church. I can say that I have always loved her. It was love for her that drew me out of my petty, uncontrolled egotism and began me in her service. I seem to have lived because of her, and not anything else. But I would like the church to know it, and I would like the strength to say it, as a secret from the heart that a person has the courage to share only in the last moments of life" (Pensiero alla morte, cited in Cardinal C. M. Martini, The Gospel According to St Paul, p. 67)


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What is the difference between a periódico and a diario? If both mean exactly the same thing, which one is preferred in regular colloquial usage in Mexico vs. other Spanish-speaking countries?
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"Periódico" in México. I live here.
diario is the common word -by far- in Argentina.
periódico is understood here as a formal (or "foreign") synonym.
Stricly speaking, "diario" is more restricted in meaning (daily newspaper), but common usage does not respect that much anymore - one could even hear about a "diario semanal".
Periódico is the common word to say in Spain.
It has some sinonyms, including diario:
Mainly are the same, but Diario is a Periódico published daily.
I have always used the word "periódico" for newspaper.
Actually in some cases it can be used as just simply "paper" (not as in plain regular paper that you write with).
Diario can mean "every day" (which I am certain is not what you mean), "daily", or "diary".
If the conversation is about some text and I hear the word, "diaro", I think of a "diary". I personally do not use the diaro to describe a "newspaper".
I hope this helps.


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The 9 Most Insane Vehicles That Are Street Legal
#4. The WaterCar Python
Via Diseno-art.com
If you suddenly woke up tomorrow as a rich douchebag, you'd have a difficult decision to make: "Which do I buy first? A sports car, or a speed boat?" Fortunately, the WaterCar Python means you only have one trip to make.
You can now cruise the streets around the beach in a neat, Corvette-based convertible that can -- should the need arise to shut up that competitive jerk at the traffic light -- easily hit 60 mph in around 4.5 seconds. Then, you drive down to the actual beach. Swimsuit-clad members of the opposite sex stare in awe as you steer right into the water and hit a button to retract the wheels. Instantly, the Python becomes a fully functional speedboat with a top speed of 60 mph -- more than enough to make most actual boats look bad in comparison.
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"Nice turn signal, asshole!"
It's powerful, too -- you can totally have a water skier or six in tow, should the occasion arise (it will). You can also stop whenever you feel like relaxing for a while -- the car is a stable floater. Hell, even the doors are designed to be able to open without flooding the car.
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The only time that's ever happened without preceding the words "Oh shit."
Pretty much the only thing that isn't a built-in feature is a beach party. Although, with the Python in your corner, it shouldn't take you long to acquire your own.
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"Great. Now my seats smell like sun tan oil and Kahlua."
Of course, if you were a true rich douchebag, you'd need to look at something like the ...
#3. Jet Limousine
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Yes, that's exactly what it looks like. Dan Harris, the creator of the LimoJet, took an actual 1974 Lear jet fuselage and converted it into a high-end limousine. Why the hell not?
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When life gives you decommissioned jets, make something to ferry overprivileged teens around on prom night.
The tail stands 11 feet high, and the whole thing sits on custom 28-inch chrome wheels. Its length is a respectable 42 feet from nose to rear, and its 101 inches from side to side are exactly one inch away from making it illegally wide. Oh, and it's a freaking jet plane. We really can't stress that part enough.
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We would totally require a naked security check before entering that thing.
It is equally impressive on the inside: The 18-seat vehicle has a 42-inch HD plasma screen, an 8,000 watt sound system and several cow herds' worth of leather.
Harris markets his creations under the unfortunate brand name Jetmousine and charges around a million dollars per vehicle (flight attendants not included). However, if you don't happen to have that kind of money lying around, you can just rent one -- the first jet limo is already out there, flying under the flag of a Chicago based limo company. It's going to be the best prom night ever!
#2. All-Terrain Gamer
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Video game companies have clearly been doing "portable" gaming completely wrong. You need to be able to bring the whole high-def experience with you -- four-player multiplayer, full-size monitors, a thumping sound system and a fridge full of Mountain Dew. Meet the All-Terrain Gamer:
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You ain't shit until you can snipe while driving up the side of a mountain.
The ATG is basically a Transformer that decided to skip the "robot" phase in favor of a "badass entertainment center" one. Its base mode is that of a perfectly ordinary Toyota Tacoma pickup. But at the flick of a wrist and the push of a button, it becomes the magic car we all always really wanted.
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Ironically, no racing games.
The sides of the car are actually two giant gull-wing doors, which rise up to provide shelter for the front and back seats that rearrange into a neat, four-seat row. Four 24-inch LCD screens fold out of the paneling, providing everyone with their own monitor. The custom made Kicker sound system fires up, the drinks cooler unveils itself and the controllers emerge. You and your friends are now sitting in the best Game Cave around, and as the vehicle comes with four Xbox 360 consoles, it looks as if you're going to be staying for some time.
As the icing on the cake, a giant 66-inch monitor pops out the back of the vehicle, so everyone stuck behind your now traffic-stopping gaming party can see exactly how much fun you're having.
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All the fun of a dope-ass game room with the added ability to endanger human lives.
And, once the angry trucker stuck behind you finally reaches his limit and comes ramming into your ride, just grab a bike from the ATG's bike rack to make your escape.
What could possibly top this?
#1. The Sofa Car
Let's say you're lying on the couch when you're hit with a sudden, all-consuming craving for Cheetos. It's a lose-lose scenario -- the couch is comfortable and you're feeling far too lazy to run to the store, but you need your delicious artificial flavorings and you need them now.
Sure, you could just have your snacks delivered, but that's not enough for you. What you need here is clearly a motorized goddamn sofa.
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"I don't want to freak you out, but it's also a toilet."
The leopard-print Casual Lofa is precisely that. In fact, it holds its own against plenty of other, decidedly less couchy vehicles on the road -- with a top speed of 87 mph, it is a former record holder for being the fastest piece of furniture in existence.
Much to the chagrin of law enforcement -- and despite boasting features such as a pizza pan steering wheel, a chocolate bar to change gears, indicators in two flowerpots, a speedometer inside a clock and a working television -- the Casual Lofa is a completely street legal, registered vehicle. Not that it's likely to stop you from getting pulled over -- the vehicle's builder has been stopped by the police as many as 12 times within a single day.
Which just makes it that much funnier.
For more absolutely ridiculous vehicles, check out 8 Awesome Cars They Won't Let You Buy. Or discover the 7 Items You Won't Believe Are Actually Legal.


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My harmonica went out of tune, what should I do? Do i need to dissemble it for tuning?
Harmonicas should be in tune when you buy them, and should stay in tune for a long time. Tuning them is not something you should expect to do often.
However, it is possible. You need to open it up to expose the reeds. You can remove metal from a reed using a filing tool, and you can add small amounts of solder to the end of a reed.
To sharpen a note, remove some metal from the tip of the reed, making it vibrate faster.
To flatten a note, remove some metal from the base of the reed, making it vibrate slower (because the weight at the end is higher relative to the base)
Or, to flatten a note, add solder near the tip.
Use lead-free solder; this thing is going in your mouth.
More details, and my source, at this web page.
There are videos online which detail this, but the key is, the longer the reed, the deeper the note. Problem is, of course, that it is easy to sharpen a note and hard to make it flatter.
And yes, you have to open up the harp to get to the reeds, but that is just two screws. Or, entry level harmonica are like $5 and my Marine Band was $20, so they are very replaceable.
I go to Adam Gussow (KudzuRunner on YouTube) for all my harmonica questions, including how to tune them.
If a harmonica suddenly goes out of tune it's probably due to a reed that has gone bad (e.g. cracked). You may be able to tune it up, but it will likely go out of tune again very quickly. It is possible to replace a reed, but probably not worth the effort.
Bleth! It is very often needed to to tune them right away on just buyed harmonicas, many very links on that (of course you have to practise skills): http://www.harplog.com/faq4_tuning.shtml ++ + http://www.patmissin.com/reviews/toolkits1.html and many many moore...


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1Not subjected to testing or investigation by screening: transfusion with unscreened blood
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Police have received complaints saying a man flashed himself to several women in the Greenwood Square parking lot.
One alleged victim says she couldn't believe it happened.
When Amy Cash got out of her car to go into the Kroger on Scottsville Road Sept. 2, she says that's when a black Ford Explorer pulled in behind her car.
"He yelled at me. He said, 'Hey lady,' and that's when I turned around. That's when he exposed himself to me. And I was pretty shocked. Too shocked to actually say anything," Cash says.
This isn't the first or only exposure that has happened recently.
Bowling Green Police have received five complaints between July 28 and Sept. 2.
"The complainants have stated that he's both exited his vehicle and stayed in his vehicle," says Officer Ryan Dillon with Bowling Green Police.
Amy Cash says the man who exposed himself to her stayed in the vehicle.
Two other instances have occurred where victims say the man got out of his car.
Both complainants have given the same description.
"The complainants called the Bowling Green Police Department, and stated that there was a black male with tattoos on his face driving a black SUV that exited his vehicle. And exposed himself to her," Officer Dillon says.
Police say the complaints they're getting are often delayed by ten or fifteen minutes, making it difficult to locate the person doing this.
"If this happens to you we know that it's traumatizing but do your best to get that description for us as soon as possible. That way there isn't a delay in the call time," Officer Dillon says.
Amy Cash says she did not contact police immediately.
"I posted just a little blurb on Facebook and I was like, 'Man in the black Ford Explorer, next time I'm going to get your license plate', and that is when a former student of mine, Brad Hague, who is on the police force, messaged me," she says.
Cash's complaint was the fifth complaint.
There has not been a complaint since Sept. 2.
If this man exposes himself to you, police are asking you to call 911, immediately.


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A brand new summer festival is setting out to re-affirm that Toronto is a mecca for live music. This week, pre-eminent concert promoters Collective Concerts in conjunction with Eggplant, Funtime and NOW Magazine, unveiled the complete line-up for a brand new multi-day outdoor festival happening in the heart of downtown Toronto.
The Toronto Urban Roots Fest, dubbed "TURF", runs from July 4 through 7, 2013. It marks the return of an outdoor multi-day roots festival to downtown Toronto, for the first time since 1995 – which, incidentally, was the last year that the Mariposa Folk Festival was held in Toronto. TURF's creative director and founder, Jeff Cohen – co-owner of the Horseshoe Tavern, Lee's Palace, The Collective, and Toronto Island Concerts, was also the Artistic Director of Mariposa way back in 1995.
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A home-cooked meal, gifts, door prizes, entertainment, a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus and certificates of appreciation all combined to be part of a special day for veterans of area nursing homes, courtesy of the men and women of the Steubenville American Legion Argonne Post 33 and its auxiliary unit.
Approximately 60 veterans from nursing homes in Jefferson, Harrison and Belmont counties were brought Dec. 11 to the Legion post on 808 N. Fifth St. where Legion and auxiliary representatives joined forces to extend holiday cheer to those who have served our country.
The party is a long-standing tradition for the Legion, according to its commander, Terry Channel.
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Steubenville American Legion Argonne Post 33 representatives, from left, seated, Vince Monti, Dan Zapolnik, Terry Channel, Ben Turnbaugh, Mike Boka and Ron Mitchell, and standing, Jim Horan, Eugene Williams, Joe Holliday, Norman Potenzina, Santa, Al Pasco, Arguell Harris, Kenny Walter and Ken Mazik.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Steubenville American Legion Auxiliary members are, from left, seated, Bea Johns, Jeannette Spear, Louise Holliday, Mary DiMichele, Marge Juresko, Dorothy Mazik, and standing, Maria Hayes, Mary Alice Mitchell, Santa, Mary Louise Boka, Sophie Sanders, Terri English and Reta Horan.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Joe Holliday, left, and Terry Channel, right,
present Bill Hill, a Navy veteran, with a
certificate of appreciation.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Louise Holliday and veteran Ron Lucas
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Santa chats with one of the many veterans attending from area nursing homes.
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"The auxiliary and post have been doing this a long time, as long as I can remember," Channel said.
"We do this for the veterans in nursing homes because a lot of them don't have anyone, and we just want to help them out because they deserve something," Channel said. "They served our country and helped us, and we're just trying to give back a little bit."
"We will give everyone a lunch, we have door prizes, and we have gifts. We're giving everyone a gift, and ones that never made it here today, if they were sick or unable to come, we've got gifts to send back to the nursing homes for them," Channel said.
Louise Holliday, president of the auxiliary unit, said that in addition to the veterans from nursing homes on hand for the party, the event also included nursing home representatives, about 15 Legion members assisting and 15 to 20 auxiliary members helping out with the food.
"This year we're doing something a little bit different," Holliday said as the party was about to begin. "We're giving all the veterans a certificate of appreciation."
A visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus also was on the agenda in addition to welcoming words from Steubenville Mayor Domenick Mucci and musical selections by Tom Graham, a Jefferson County commissioner.
Among nursing homes represented were the Laurels of Steubenville, Gables Care Center, Villa Royal, Villa Vista, Carriage Inn, Belmont Manor, Carriage Inn in Cadiz and Country Club Manor, according to Holliday.
"These men came out and gave their lives for our country, and we should honor them," Holliday said of the significance of the event.


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Population counts are typically referred to as discrete or quantitative data. Why is population density a continuous data type when it is typically measured for aggregate areas such as census tracts or districts/neighbourhoods (ie, it can't be measured at any point on a surface like gradient or temperature).
There are two definitions of continuous data ( at least that I could find online).
continuous data
spatially continuous data
So to answer your question, it considered continuous in the sense of the first definition. Population densities are ratios and therefore, have values that vary continuously, unlike population counts which have values that vary in discrete increments. It is not spatially continuous data. It is areal data as @Radar have said.
The measurements themselves are discrete, but how you represent them need not be.
For example, you could represent them as a continuous density surface:
Or, as discrete 3D bar charts extruded from the census tracts (in this case a grid):
A population count is a point measure. Density is an areal measure and in itself implies that there exists a container variable (e.g. jar that holds water, or in this case a census tract that holds people).
For a census tract you can ask the question: How many people exist per unit area? This is a means of aggregating many point measures.


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Saturday, January 30, 2010
A Technique for Defusing Trading Stress and Anxiety
A very simple technique that I use in my own trading for containing stress consists of several steps:
1) Observing the Stress - Openly acknowledge to yourself that you're feeling fear and threat. The idea is to become the observer of your emotions, not the person who is lost in those feelings;
2) Reducing the Stress - Take a few deep breaths and focus your attention. It is difficult to lose control and perspective if you're under control physically and cognitively;
3) Identifying Why You're Stressed - Locate the source of your threat. In my case recently, for example, a trade had gone my way and then stalled. I was afraid that we'd see a sharp reversal that would eliminate my profits in the trade;
4) Questioning the Source of Stress - I double down on my market observations. Is anything happening in the market right here and now to lead me to abandon my position? I look at correlated indexes, sectors, and asset classes; I look at buying and selling sentiment. If the picture has not substantively changed, I tell myself that the rationale for the trade has not changed;
5) Facing the Threat - I actively tell myself that I can live with the scenario of losing my paper profits. It will be annoying, but not catastrophic. I also remind myself that I will feel much worse abandoning a good idea for no reason other than fear than incurring a stop at breakeven due to a rogue market move.
In other words, my technique involves distancing from my feelings, establishing control, and reworking my self-talk to regain perspective. This kind of self-talk is really the coach in me talking to the trader in me. When the technique works particularly well, I can even use my anxiety to remind myself that others must be feeling the same way--and add to my position at exactly the time I'm tempted to bail out. That transforms fear into opportunity.
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- Market Monkey said...
Fantastic post. I completely "get" where you're coming from.
Some time ago, I made the crucial shift from focusing on Technical Analysis to focusing on my thought process as it relates to trading (which I think is a microcosm of life...balancing fear/greed, risk/reward, avoidance of pain/pursuit of pleasure etc etc)
So I've been taking the cues from my own experience, the most important teacher IMO, along with authors on the subject (you, Mark Douglas...) and have been keeping an "open diary" within my blog- talking to myself in the 3rd person and anybody else who is interested in the things I've learned. Please take a look if you get the chance.
The results have been significant.
Thanks for the role you played in getting me from passive "knowledge" to true deep understanding of what this is about and where we ought to be focusing the best part of our energy if we want to be around for the ong haul.
- eric said...
Hey Doc,
Do you have a Easy button?
- positiontrader said...
Great Post!! And very aptly timed :)


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5 Terrifying Animals That Could Save Your Life Someday
#2. Shark Skin Bacteria Repellent
Between Jaws, Shark Week and the blood-curdling choreography from the Latino gang in West Side Story, most of us have gained a healthy appreciation of sharks. Sure, we know that more people are killed by cows than by sharks every year, but you can't look at those soulless beady eyes and that mouth full of gum razors and not shiver until the pee comes down.
"Wet suit? Yes, I did."
Maybe it's our irrational fear of the scapegoats of the sea that kept us from noticing something important about them: Nothing sticks to their skin. While whales are dripping in barnacles and manatees collect enough algae to host garden parties on their backs, sharks stay smooth. And it's not just because the bacteria is scared.
It turns out that a shark's skin has special denticles to repel everything from it. That's because their skin isn't skin skin, it's scales. You just thought they had smooth skin because the scales are so freaking awesome in how they work. Rub their skin one way, and the scales are as smooth as a baby's butt. Rub it the other way, and the scales are as rough as a full-grown man's butt. That's because the scales are arranged in a diamond pattern that creates an air cushion when you rub them toward the tail, but go rough when you rub them toward the head. And what scientists figured out is that algae and bacteria don't like to live on shark skin, because its unique texture makes it hard for the tiny organisms to attach themselves to it.
Via Popsci.com
This illustration is drawn to scale -- HAHAHAHA, GET IT?!
It only took a little research to figure out how to duplicate the pattern that made shark skin bacteria-repellent. So the first thing scientists did with this technology was cover Navy ships and subs in a plastic sharkskin film that also repelled algae. The second thing they did was make Michael Phelps a special suit so he could win medals. The third thing they did was say, "Holy shit! This could also save millions of lives!"
Up until now, in the war against deadly bacteria, we've usually employed one tactic: kill it. Kill every bug we can with antibacterial soap, medicine and tiny knives. And in response, the bacteria has just gotten resistant, thanks to the miracle of natural selection. Which is why 99,000 Americans a year die from infections they got in the hospital. But if we could make surfaces the bacteria simply don't like to grow on ...
That's why a company called Sharklet Technologies is now marketing a sticky film covered in the sharkskin pattern to use on all of the hospital surfaces that collect diseases -- the bedside tables, door handles, even those plastic bracelets no one ever thinks to disinfect. So the next time you're swimming in the ocean and a shark bites off your arm, give him a little wink of thanks. His skin might keep you from losing the rest of your body to infection.
#1. The Pit Viper Has Probably Already Saved Someone You Know
The jararaca snake is a pit viper who really doesn't deserve a name as fun to say as "jararaca." Its bite can do a whole host of shitty things, including something called compartment syndrome. Sounds harmless, right? Well, compartment syndrome squeezes muscle tissue into a dense space until the skin suffocates and dies. And it looks like this: WARNING: CLICKING THIS WILL SHOW YOU A MAN'S LEG WITH THE SKIN SPLIT OPEN, SHOWING A BASEBALL-SIZED CHUNK OF EXPOSED MUSCLE TISSUE.
Via Wikipedia (uncensored)
The size of the censored area should give you a pretty good clue as to how severe this thing is.
That actually has nothing to do with this entry. We just wanted you to know how serious the pit viper is. For the most part, the jararaca bite works a number on your blood, causing your blood vessels to dilate and your insides to hemorrhage. But before all that takes place, the victim collapses in a heap because of a sudden drop in blood pressure. And in the 1960s, researchers figured out why: The venom contains a protein that blocks angiotensin-converting enzyme, or ACE. That's the enzyme that keeps your blood pressure at the right level. Block it and your blood pressure falls; block it enough and you die.
"Looks like someone's been hitting the ol' snake juice, huh, Grandma?"
At this point, you can already guess where this is going: High blood pressure is an indicator of a future stroke, heart disease, aneurysms, death and a medicine cabinet full of pills. Oh, and 31 percent of Americans over age 20 have it. So high blood pressure kills way more people a year than pit vipers, is what we're saying. But what if we could use the pressure-dropping power of jararaca snake venom to help people who can't stop eating potato chips? In 1975, that's exactly what the pharmaceutical company Bristol-Myers Squibb did. By the early '80s, yuppies everywhere had access to a drug that would reduce the blood pressure that came from playing the stock market game and constant cocaine use, with its most common side effect being a cough.
And ... "other things."
Not bad for a poison that can turn your leg into a giant vagina, huh?
And for animals that are just going to straight kill your ass, check out The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You and The 6 Deadliest Animals Too Adorable to Run Away From.


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This was a fun one to do. This is a horizontal pole panorama taken from the 30th floor (mid way up the East Tower) of the Cosmopolitan Hotel/Resort in Las Vegas on Christmas Day. The winds were cold and moderate so a little swaying was going on (hence the terrible stitch lines). My only regret was that the Bellagio fountains weren't operating at the time.
We were also given 2 nights free accommodations for a future attempt on higher up floors compliments of the Cosmopolitan Vegas.
Always keep the PR resident manager in the loop on shoots.
As usual lots of room for improvement needed and still learning the proper workflow when doing horizontal panoramas. The workflow is quite different from standard pole panoramas.
This was done using D700, Nikkor 10.5mm lens, R1 Ring Clamp pano head and 30ft carbon fiber pole. I had about a 15-20ft extension. This was not a Fanotec carbon fiber pole.
I must add doing horizontal panoramas like this is not for the faint-hearted. Kids do not try this at home.
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A 15-year-old male remains in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Facility after allegedly going on a rampage Tuesday at the Baptist Children's Home near Carmi.
White County Sheriff Doug Maier said Thursday morning deputies were called to the home Tuesday on a report of an out-of-control juvenile.
Maier said when deputies arrived the juvenile continued to smash windows out of vehicles and a home cottage, however, he did not resist deputies' efforts to take him into custody.
Further investigation revealed the damage was not limited to windows, but included some items inside the cottage. Maier categorized the damage as "substantial."
The sheriff also said the juvenile will remain in a detention facility pending further proceedings in juvenile court.
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Historic Saratoga in Upstate New York has a reputation for shabby treatment of favorites in its major races, and nothing that happened last weekend at the track known to its admirers as "The Spa" diminished that reputation.
Churchill Downs-based Shackleford finished last behind a 36-1 shot for trainer Dale Romans on Sunday as the heavy favorite in the six-furlong Alfred G. Vanderbilt, while Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens, the 83-year-old New York legend best known for his upsets of the mighty Secretariat with Prove Out and Onion in 1973, notched a surprise win in the Grade I Prioress with Emma's Encore.
Another weekend upset provided wonderful moment for a Churchill Downs-based trainer Ian Wilkes, who picked up one of the biggest victories of his career when he saddled Janis Whitham's Fort Larned to win the $750,000 Whitney Stakes, a Grade I race for older horses that is among the most prestigious races offered each year at Saratoga.
The four-year-old Fort Larned avenged a defeat to runner-up Ron the Greek in June's Grade I Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. The son of E Dubai finished last of eight that day, but was roughed up leaving the starting gate and never recovered from the trouble.
He got a new jockey in his next outing in Brian Hernandez Jr., who guided Fort Larned to a frontrunning victory in the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker in his next start and turned in a flawless ride in the Whitney. He opened a big lead in mid-stretch and Hernandez brought Fort Larned home under a confident hand ride.
The victory earned Fort Larned an automatic berth in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, along with some travelling money for the November trip to California's Santa Anita. It also put Wilkes' colt near the top of a wide-open group of older horses, headed by Ron the Greek, Hollywood Gold Cup winner, 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up Game On Dude and Wisel Dan, the runner-up and beaten favorite in the Stephen Foster Handicap.
Wilkes' star now has four wins in seven races this year and seven victories in 17 lifetime races. He is bearing down on millionaire status as his $450,000 first prize in the Whitney pushed his career earnings of $881,236.
Fort Larned came out of the race well and Wilkes affirmed that the Breeders' Cup Classic is the major 2012 goal for his rising star.
"He's happy, although not as happy as I am," Wilkes said. "Really, I was expecting that kind of performance from him. I believe in him. He's a very good horse. He ran the same type of race in the Cornhusker. In that race, he beat Successful Dan; yesterday, there were more good horses."
Fort Larned had lost to Successful Dan, a talented Charles Lopresti-trained stablemate to Wise Dan, in the Alysheba at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Oaks Day, but turned the tables on that rival in the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker at Iowa's Prairie Meadows. That setback, in which he lost by just a length, and the Foster are his only losses in his last four races.
Wilkes, a native of Australia, was best-known for years as the top assistant to trainer Carl Nafzger, who saddled Unbridled and Street Sense to win the Kentucky Derby. Since going out on his own in 2006 he has continued to work closely with Nafzger and the two share barns and training facilities wherever they go.
He has settled in Louisville with his wife, Tracey, and their two children. Tracey Wilkes is an exercise rider who works many of Wilkes' top horses in the mornings, while working as a guest service supervisor in the afternoons during live racing meets at Churchill Downs.
The Wilkeses and Nafzger and his wife, Wanda, have shared many wonderful moments during their more than two decades of partnership. And Fort Larned could provide several more vivid memories.
His immediate schedule could include a run in the Grade I Woodward at Saratoga on Sept. 11, but Ian Wilkes continues to work on that plan.
"We have to think about how to get to the Classic and work backwards," he said. "The main thing is, he'll tell me. He's been going since early in the year. We'll see how he is, and he will tell us."
The victory by Fort Larned joined Grade I triumphs on Wilkes' resume by Warrior's Reward in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct and Capt. Candyman Can in the 2009 King's Bishop at Saratoga.
He'd like to add a couple more before the end of the year – with that race at Santa Anita on the first weekend in November being the obvious target.
In terms of personal achievement, the victory was even bigger for Hernandez, a Louisiana native who enjoyed his first success in Grade I company in the Whitney.
Hernandez has long been a steady rider just below the radar at Churchill Downs, but was quietly excellent in the recent Spring Meet. He won 24 races and finished sixth behind runaway win leader Corey Lanerie.
One of the nicest people in Kentucky racing, Hernandez's victory at Saratoga produced a lot of smiles from those who know him and have worked with him in the Bluegrass State. The son of a jockey, easy-going Hernandez is known for his strong work ethic during morning training hours and always strong effort during races in the afternoon.
Still only 26, the career of Hernandez is moving in the right direction and his victory aboard Ford Larned figures to help him gain momentum.
"I don't think it's set in yet," Hernandez said after the Whitney. "It's still kind of surreal being at Saratoga and wining a Grade I. This is definitely the biggest. This tops them all."
Hours after his most exciting moment, Hernandez was back at Henderson, Ky.'s Ellis Park, where he is riding this summer. He could manage only a runner-up finish from Sunday afternoon's work, but that's OK.
The Whitney victory and the potential for bigger things from Fort Larned will have Hernandez smiling for quite a while.
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(Dothan, Al)—Houston County Schools will no longer be accepting out-of-district students. On Monday board members voted in the first-ever school zone for the school system.
"It's unusual that there hasn't been a distinct school zone for Houston County Schools, "Superintendent Tim Pitchford said. "We are constantly building and adding to our schools, however we need to maintain a set district so we can continue to adapt to growth," he said.
Under the new zone students must live and Houston County and will have to attend the school assigned where they live.
"Schools need to have a balance of students," Pitchford said. "You can't have one school that's overcrowded and another one that's almost empty, new zoning regulations will help with this," he said.
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That poor dog has already lost his master, can he at least keep his dignity? A console command would be preferred over having to use a mod.
I realize you said "no mods" but what about making one yourself?
You could use the GECK: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/eng/downloads/geck.php
There is a way to edit attributes of NPCs: http://geck.bethsoft.com/index.php/Category:NPC
Then you would save your mod as an ESP and it wouldn't break achievements.
Here is how you do it with the console:
Open it up, click on Dog Meat to make sure he's selected, then type in:
Note, opening the console will prevent you from earning any achievements for that session. You'll have to save the game and then exit the game and go back in to continue to earn achievements.


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Homeschooled Six-Year-Old Has Trouble with Reading
Q: I am having a hard time teaching my six-year-old to read. It just doesn't seem to be clicking. I do a letter a week and we work on the sounds it makes. Do you have any other suggestions?
A: If you're doing a lot of pencil and paper work, that might be your problem. I would continue working on the sounds of the letters, but try a different method. For instance, rather than writing the letters, which can be difficult and often tedious for six-year-olds, I would try turning it unto a verbal game or contest. Let's say the letter you're working on is "S." Maybe Saturday can be "S" day. When you're driving your car and you come to a stop sign, point out and emphasize the "S": "Oh! I found an 'S' word!" Maybe you'll pass a "Sam's" club or "Sally's Luncheonette." The first words my girls learned to read were the names of gas stations! (You can tell my family spends a lot of time on the road!) How about "silly salad" for lunch or "sausages" for breakfast? Do this throughout the day. We also like to cut out pictures from magazines and catalogs that represent the letter we're working on. Paste the colorful images on construction paper to form a visual alphabet book.
If you or your child are feeling frustrated, perhaps it's time to take a break. Some children are simply not ready to read at six-years-old. Sounding out letters is just one aspect of learning to read. Developing a love for stories and books is just as important. This is accomplished by reading to your child every day. For more advice and helpful tips, read Helping Your Homeschooler Learn to Read. Good luck!
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Isabel Shaw is a freelance writer and homeschooling mom of 15 years. She and her husband Ray homeschool their two daughters, Jessica and Amanda. Besides being a contributor to FamilyEducation.com, Shaw has written for Home Education Magazine, The Link, Homeschooling Horizons Magazine, The Homeschool Gazette, and other publications.