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BIG WHEELS: Joe Furey is Connecticut's weatherman
HIS RIDE A 2004 Lexus GS300.
Tell me about your first vehicle.
It was a 1972 reddish-orange VW Beetle. It was a family car I used because my dad drove a company car. I drove it to high school when I was a senior and to my job at Stew Leonard's, where I worked in produce.
What was your favorite vehicle you owned?
My 1990 Saab. I put 260,000 miles on it, mostly driving my first born daughter around in it. That's how she got her best naps.
What is the most meaningful conversation you ever had inside your vehicle?
It was with my dad as I was driving him to the hospital from his house where I grew up. It was his last ride in a car … he seemed to know that. He told me I had a job to do raising my family. He told me he was going to a better place and passed away in the hospital two weeks later.
If you could describe yourself as a vehicle, what would it be?
Something big … maybe a snowplow. I had to go with something weather-related.
What is your favorite driving destination?
Anywhere I go with my family. We love the Connecticut shoreline.
What's your favorite stretch of road?
I love Highway 179 through the beautiful Red Rock Country of Sedona, AZ.
What song or artist do you most like to sing along with when you're driving?
I have no say. My daughters are in charge of the radio.
What's your favorite place to eat or grab a snack when you're driving?
Shady Glen in Manchester, especially in the summer when they have Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream.
Who is the most intriguing person you have ever given a ride to?
Dr. Mel Goldstein. I spent almost five years with him as his graduate assistant and as assistant director of the Western Connecticut State University Weather Center. He was one of the most intelligent persons I have known — a terrific person, an amazing writer, and a talented pianist.
What is the most interesting destination you have ever driven to?
After college, I went on a cross-country road trip with two buddies in a 1980 Dodge Aspen. We stopped at Hoover Dam and I was awe-struck by its enormity and what it took to build. What man can do when we put our mind to it!
Do you have any superstitions or apprehensions about driving?
No, but my mother blesses herself whenever she gets in the car with me.
What's the most annoying thing other drivers do?
Drive in the left passing lane at a slow speed while clearly jabbering on the phone.
Who would you most want to take for a ride in your car?
Sir Isaac Newton, Ben Franklin or Ronald Reagan.
Do have any advice for driving in wintry weather?
Don't, especially if your vehicle does poorly in the snow. Try never to be on the road when it first starts to snow. That's when you're bound to get in the biggest trouble because so many people are trying to get home "before it gets bad," when oftentimes it already is bad. Let the snow plows do their jobs.
Do you have "philosophy of the road"?
Always anticipate what might happen.
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I sometimes see terms like +1 thrown around for example Zealots. I kinda figured out it's related to upgrades but what upgrade? Protoss have melee, armor, shields and air weapons. Does +1 mean all of them?
When ever casters use the term +X/+X They are referring to the weapon upgrade first, then the armor upgrade next. In your example +1 zealots would be a regular zealot with +1 weapon upgrade with nothing else.
You'll often hear them say casters saying "They're going for a quick +1 timing attack" which means that the person researching the weapon upgrade is building an attack for when the weapon upgrade finishes, giving them a timing window/advantage over their opponent (assuming the opponent doesn't have any upgrades).
It appears to mean all of the tier 1 upgrades to weapons, armor and shields. Also seems to potentially include leg upgrades at least in the first game. It would not include air weapons.

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Last year Kinectimals allowed you to fulfill your dream of having a big cat as a pet, without the risk of demolished furnishings or legal problems. Now the Windows Phone version allows you to have one travel around in your pocket with you. BUT the coolest thing about this new Windows Phone game is the cross platform interaction with the Xbox 360. Check it out to see how it all works!
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why do you have to generate a ms code for the black panther?
does kinectimals not have a clound syncing feature?
My guess is that will come but the idea of having your animal jump out of your phone and into your XBOX is quite a nice one for kids to see.
I've got a lion in my pocket, and baby he's ready to roar.
Prince FTW.
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The New Vintage TinWritten by on April 10, 2012 The Dates and Places Have Changed, but the Hot Rod Raw Material Is Out There
In the dark ages of this thing called hot rodding, you could go out in the desert, the farm fields, or along the river banks and find all sorts of old cars, bodies, and parts just lying there, free for the taking. Maybe you'd have to slip the land owner $10 or $20 to keep his dogs at bay. That's exactly how Norm Grabowski and Tommy Ivo built their seminal, historic hot rod T roadsters: They drove up into the desert, found the T body with the fewest bullet holes, and hauled it home for free. Today we might call it recycling.
But that was nearly 60 years ago, and the bodies were 20-some years old at the time. Think about that. A decade or two later, when roadsters and coupes were reborn as "street rods," Tom Medley or Tex Smith coined the term Vintage Tin to describe this increasing-in-value stuff and instituted a monthly column in Rod & Custom magazine from 1968 to 1974 to show amazing and forlorn old cars that the readers could find. The editors stated, "We're ostensibly looking for worn-out or badly frayed potential street rod material to prove to non-believers that out behind that barn, over yon hill, or under a hay pile, there's much more to meet the eye than 'glass replica Ts." The only requirement was that the cars and parts be pre-'49. They claimed it was the most popular column in the magazine.
That was 40 years ago. That vintage tin is gone. What wasn't gathered up and turned into actual hot rods was either squirreled away by collectors (or hoarders) to become today's pricey "barn finds" or else literally recycled into new Hondas or Toyotas. Barn finds are today's hot topic, but those cars in desirable body styles are quite rare and usually expensive. Then there are the lost hot rods—the surprisingly plentiful rods, customs, or race cars from the '40s to '60s that may or may not have been famous and that still sit in suburban garages nationwide (and is the subject of your author's new book, Lost Hot Rods; see Amazon.com). This story is not about any of those.
This is about the cars you can see and buy. There are tons of 'em—quite literally. These new Vintage Tin are cars are from the '50s, '60s, and early '70s—ones now 40 to 50-plus years old, if you can believe it—that are sitting along rural highways, in plain sight in people's yards, in vacant lots, behind repair shops, in a few remote "classic car" sales yards, or in other odd places. Take a look at the photos. The cars range from drivers to derelicts, from cool coupes to less desirable (but perhaps now more acceptable) four-doors. These cars are (mostly) not abandoned. They're sitting where they are because someone has already collected or saved them. That means they're "collectible" models—at least in someone's opinion—and that their owners believe they are worth something. Some are for sale, some not, at least in theory. Just like the original Vintage Tin, these cars are all potential hot rod or custom car material. The New Vintage Tin is not as cheap as the old Vintage Tin. But then nothing is, is it?
So where are the cars in the photos? I'm not going to tell you, exactly, but I'll offer some clues. There are a million-plus readers of this magazine, and I don't want to create chaos at some old car lot in the middle of nowhere (plus it would escalate prices immediately). I will tell you that my wife and I spent two weeks late last summer driving 4,025 miles, mostly on non-Interstate highways. Our primary stops were in Denver, Colorado, and Longview and Austin, Texas. Nothing seen here is from those cities. But our route took us through Utah, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arizona, and back to California. You will note that these are all in the Southwest, where you will find an abundance of rust-free New Vintage Tin, not so much because the climate is so dry but because these areas don't have snow, slush, and salted roads all winter. Two years earlier, we traveled similar highways north through Eastern Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, and saw just as much raw material in similar condition.
The cars shown here are just examples of what's available. Sure you can find similar stuff on your computer, but you can't see it and you can't haggle on the price face-to-face, and sitting in your computer room is not nearly as much fun as getting out on the highway and searching for vintage tin treasure sitting around the next corner or over the next hill. This stuff is out there. It's available. Go find it.
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First night of our trip, driving into town to find our motel, we spied the once-candy-red '69 SS Camaro surrounded by other New Vintage Tin, as we're calling it. The nice garage owner said, "That's a parts car. Kid in town owned it. Been rolled three times; it's more plastic than metal." Honest guy. The '58 Merc two-door hardtop was his grandpa's, new. The '37 Chevy flatbed could be made into a pickup."Here's a better one," he said. This '69 SS has surface-only rust and one small dent, but it's a 350, four-speed, Posi, A/C, P/S, P/B car with matching numbers. He said this would be in the $5,000 to $8,000 range. Parts cars were less. He had five '67 to '69s to choose from.In the back row, next to the owner's high school drag-race '33 Plymouth coupe, we spotted this even cherrier '69 RS. If you're lucky, you'll find one with the windows up, which helps preserve hard-to-replace interior parts. What's under the tarps next to it?This stash was spotted in a very small town in central Utah last year, and it's still there. Maybe 20 cars surround a closed tin building, most of them '55 to '56 Chevy two-doors, '63 to '67 Impala hardtops, Chevelles, and a couple of other gems.Forget the old coupe in front--check out the complete, straight, rust-free '55 Bel Air hardtop, not to mention the '65 Chevelle and others behind it.The patina on the '56 Bel Air is a work of art, but Mopar lovers would die for the extremely nice '67 Plymouth GTX 440 next to it. We had lunch at the small cafe next door and asked the amiable waitress about the cars. Her surprise answer was, "That's my boyfriend's place. Used to be his dad's repair shop in the '60s. That '67 Buick Gran Sport convertible is mine. Got it last week. It's a GS 400."Same small-town Utah lot. The '64 Impala SS has very minor rust. But see that '67 Imp in the background? It's a 427/four-speed car with the original driveline. The owner, Allen, dropped by the cafe for coffee and told us he had many more at home, maybe 35 total, most of which are '64 to '70 muscle cars, including two '70 Chevelle SS 454 LS6s and a 409 '65 Impala. It's all for sale, "If you have enough money," he said. Find it, and find out.Hot rodders love vintage pickups, and there were too many of them to photograph. F-100 Fords are the priciest, but did you know the bigger trucks have exactly the same cab? The one on this abandoned dump truck is pretty cherry—it even has wipers. Get a pair of repro front fenders, a repro bed, and an aftermarket chassis, and you'd have a very cool '56 F-100 shortbed pickup to haul your rod parts.This was the biggest "classic car" lot we found, somewhere on Highway 50 between Denver and Dodge City. There were about a hundred vehicles, mostly surface-rusted '50s four-doors, with prices ranging from $1,200 to $3,500. The '52 Buick was marked $1,800, the '56 Plymouth $1,750. The straight front sheetmetal is worth that, but either would make a great starter custom.
The best bet on this lot was this '49 Olds ($3,500). It appears to have original paint, trim, glass, and even a decent interior. The perfect hood fit indicates it's never been hit. Too bad it's a four-door, but don't forget all these parts fit on a similar Chevy body. Also note that chrome doesn't rust out here.Always check the back rows of used car lots along the highway, but be wary. The '56 coupe had quickie paint over very wavy bondo. The wagon had rear quarters sheetmetal-screwed in place. When we called from home, the owner said he'd sold the '57 Ford for $4,500, and wanted $8,500 for the wagon, "It has a 350, runs good. I got a who'll bondo and paint it for $500," he said.This was the biggest "classic car" lot we found, somewhere on Highway 50 between Denver and Dodge City. There were about a hundred vehicles, mostly surface-rusted '50s four-doors, with prices ranging from $1,200 to $3,500. The '52 Buick was marked $1,800, the '56 Plymouth $1,750. The straight front sheetmetal is worth that, but either would make a great starter custom.Early Chevy Suburbans are currently cool, and you couldn't patina this one better if you tried. Check the license plate. We saw no rust below the surface. Also note the '58 and '65 Chevys in the background. On the other side was a complete '65 Impala hardtop. All just sitting on a vacant lot in a small town.This T/A is a year newer than the Bandit's, but it's got the shaker, flares, and snowflake wheels. It was sitting in someone's front yard next to the highway in Texas.A road sign said turn left in one of those North Texas towns with lots of boarded up buildings, so we pulled over to check the map. When I looked up, this was sitting right outside the passenger window. It's a green '52 Chevy two-door—complete, undented, with a little rust around the rear wheelwells. It was just parked there.This lot, at a crossroads in Oklahoma, had the best '50s cars we found. This '55 wagon appeared to have factory paint and upholstery, with no dings, dents, or rust. The owner said it had a good-running 350/350 driveline and was asking $9,800. Worth it? This is the way you want to find them—original, not repainted. And remember, that's just the asking price.Here's what you hope to find--a row of '49 to '53 Fords and Chevys lined up on blocks along Highway 82 in North Texas. Nobody around, but we called the number on the nearby tin building, and a guy called Zach said these were all he had left (unfortunately all four-doors) among the 60 cars he started with. Price? How about $1,000 each—OBO?
This '68 Ford Torino GT, sitting in front of a closed parts store, had a hole in the hood, a missing scoop and deck wing, and a rollbar inside. Obviously a one-time racer, now engineless, so we'd guess it was an FE car. The best part was the squiggly '70s paint on the slightly rusty rear deck.This Highway 79 roadside attraction was selling BBQ firewood and old cars, including mid-'60s Novas. But we just liked the looks of this evenly rusted '56 Ford Tudor that appeared complete. A lady drove up in a pickup. We asked how much. She said, "That varies. They're Grandma's. And there's lot's more back there," pointing into the woods.Parked by the highway in another grain-elevator Texas town, we spotted this obviously nice '55 Buick hardtop and a bit lumpier four-door Pontiac. This is what you want--all the gauges, trim, and knobs intact. I called the number and literally couldn't believe what I heard: "Thirty-eight thousand. It has 28,000 original miles. Been in storage 30 years. It was my recently departed wife's." What can you say? I hung up. But be prepared for this.Too much! Not one, but two red, T-Top Trans Ams hiding in the same bush that was growing over them. This was behind a big, busy repair shop surrounded by old cars and trucks on a highway somewhere west of Austin. Seek and find, if you're so inclined.OK, it's a six-cylinder and a four-door, and it had a minor gonk in the left-front headlight, but this is a very straight, unrusty '57 Chevy Bel Air ready to rebuild however you want. Next to it is an early '60s Dodge crew-cab shortbed.We finally quit taking pictures because there was too much stuff (like twelve '54 Chevys), and we'd already shot 200 of them that were pared down for this story. But I wanted a muscle Mopar, and found this forlorn '73-ish Dodge Charger in a small town off I-10 in West Texas, parked next to a repair/towing shop. Guess what? "Not for sale. Going to restore it. Not at any price," said the owner. Then why let it sit with the windows down? Don't ask why. Expect this, too. Happy hunting! HRM


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The purpose of the Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) is to provide a document that guides future vegetation restoration projects and vegetation maintenance activity at this limited development natural area in the Seattle Parks system.
Existing site conditions have been well documented by previous reports that are included in the appendix. The VMP seeks to identify, integrate, and prioritize projects that will direct the long term vegetation composition, and contribute to the return and rejuvenation of this site to a healthy ecology. The VMP will identify vegetation management zones and recommend plant communities appropriate to this setting. The report will also provide relevant information on invasive plant removal, and provide a list of further helpful resources.
2006 Hitt's Hill Project Priorities
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My family really liked Puerto Rico, and I'm curious what the expansion is like. The only thing it adds are new buildings and some weird rules for drafting buildings at the beginning that some reviews say are pretty bad. I assume the buildings don't really make the game much more complicated, but do they change the game drastically or just add to it? When would you recommend getting the expansion? Does anyone who has it have any other comments on it?
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Short answer: I don't like the first expansion ("The Buildings" expansion in the Treasure Chest [BGG] set), as there are only a few good buildings; I do, however, enjoy the second expansion ("The Nobles" expansion in the aforementioned Treasure Chest). If you are a completist and want some variety, go for it, but I don't feel the first expansion adds much to the game.
Long answer: I feel that the Nobles expansion is the better expansion, as the buildings have good synergy, the Nobles colonists put a much larger emphasis on Mayoring (you replace one colonist on the ship each phase with a red Noble piece; each Noble is worth 1 VP at the end of the game and some buildings function differently if it is occupied by a Noble) and the expansion as a whole seems to try and put more emphasis on roles that might not have been taken as much in the core game. The Nobles expansion does have a few arguably degenerate combos, though.
The Buildings expansion to me just has some random buildings with weird rules for the sake of being "different", like the Forest House and the Black Market. There are a couple of bright spots in the first expansion, though, such as the Storehouse, Library and Statue.
The drafting rule: very much slows down the start of the game, and while I could be judging harshly, I think the drafting is a major turn-off and slows down the start of the game pretty severely. I don't want to pick buildings, I just want to play!
I do like the Variant 2 suggestion in the link you provided to speed up the drafting process, but I find it simply easier to say "We're playing with all of Expansion 1", "We're playing with all of Expansion 2"), or "We're playing the core game".
I'm going to cover both expansions, just for the sake of thoroughness, so you can decide if the expansion is right for you.
Cost 1
Small Market vs. Aqueduct (Expansion 1)
The Aqueduct will give you one more barrel of indigo or sugar for a large plant when crafting, but the Small Market is practically the de facto opening move and a fantastic buy; other than trying something new, I can't see why you would want to take the Aqueduct over Small Market.
Verdict: Small Market, hands down.
Cost 2
Construction Hut and Hacienda vs. Forest House and Black Market (Expansion 1) vs. Land Office (Expansion 2)
The Forest House does give you a discount above and beyond a quarry at the cost of spending 2 turns doing nothing but getting a forest; I rather just have a Construction Hut for the guaranteed Quarry. I don't like the Black Market because you can almost always do something with the discarded good (sell it or ship it), and who wants to discard VPs? The noble-occupied Land Office is amusing if you get stuck pulling a plantation you'll simply never use, but the colonist-occupied Land Office is a Hacienda that you have to spend an extra doubloon for.
Verdict: The Expansion 1 buildings are the worst of the bunch. Construction Hut and Hacienda still probably win, although Construction Hut and Land Office isn't bad.
Cost 3
Small Warehouse vs. Storehouse (Expansion 1) vs. Chapel (Expansion 2)
Now we're getting to some actual decisions! Small Warehouse is great when you and someone else are producing the same good, but he gets the drop on you and captains first and fills a ship up. In addition to your one barrel kept after captaining, a Storehouse allows you to get 3 more goods (of any type), so you effectively get to keep up to four barrels after captaining. The Chapel, during the craftsman phase, gives you 1 doubloon if occupied by a colonist, and 1 VP if occupied by a Noble.
Verdict: All three are great. If you have diverse plantations, I think Storehouse is actually better. If you want a free doubloon or VP almost every turn, the Chapel is pretty tempting.
Cost 4
Hospice vs. Guesthouse (Expansion 1) vs. Hunting Lodge (Expansion 2)
Verdict: All three are great again. Hospice is very straight-forward and good at what it does, but Guesthouse is a really versatile building, and Hunting Lodge is really hilarious if you can stay behind in plantations, especially early in the game.
Cost 5
Office and Large Market vs. Trading Post and Church (Expansion 1) vs. Zoning Office (Expansion 2)
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Verdict: Office and Large Market all the way. Trading Post suffers because you don't get Small or Large Market bonuses, and Church and Zoning Office really don't give great returns. Selling Coffee over and over again, and at a possible +2 doubloons is fantastic.
Cost 6
Large Warehouse vs. Small Wharf (Expansion 1) vs. Royal Supplier (Expansion 2)
Verdict: Large Warehouse or Royal Supplier. Small Wharf is reasonably costed, and if you miss out on a Wharf, it's not bad, but I think the Royal Supplier does it better, because you're going to want Nobles anyways; it only takes 5 barrels to get 5 VP with the Royal Supplier, whereas it takes 10 barrels with the Small Wharf. Large Warehouse is great simply for how much it can hold.
Cost 7
Factory vs. Lighthouse (Expansion 1) vs. Villa (Expansion 2)
My wrist is cramping. The Lighthouse gives 1 doubloon for each shipment (much like the Harbor, but with doubloons instead of VP). If you have a Lighthouse and you select Captain, you get another doubloon just for being awesome. During the Mayor phase, an occupied Villa lets you take a Noble from the supply.
Verdict: They're all fantastic picks. If your opponents will allow it, the Villa. The Villa may just be the single most broken building in the game, as an early Villa can fuel Jeweler and Chapel, plus you're getting a free guy worth 1 VP.
Cost 8
University and Harbor vs. Specialty Factory and Library (Expansion 1) vs. Jeweler (Expansion 2)
Verdict: Library and (Jeweler if playing with Nobles, Harbor without Nobles). I hate the University; it is way too expensive for what it does. The Specialty Factory is nice, but I think there is more money-making opportunities with the Jeweler.
Cost 9
Wharf vs. Union Hall (Expansion 1)
During the Captain phase, before captaining, you get 1 VP for every two of the same good you have.
Verdict: The Wharf is just better. If you have a Large Market and the Union Hall, and you somehow keep being unable to ship anything, I could see some big decent VP bonuses there, but I much rather just be able to ship everything at 1 VP per barrel.
Cost 10
I'm just going to cover the new ones here.
Boy, I sure hope this helps!
I think the first expansion works very well, with most buildings being useful except for maybe the forest house. I always play with random choice on buildings, and found that it really keeps the game interesting to have things changed around.


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Tropical Storm Hermine moved ashore, and plenty of tropical moisture moved into the Brazos Valley, bringing with it severe weather on Tuesday and more heavy rains Wednesday.
Wednesday Evening Update
6:37 p.m.
Fortunately, the strong thunderstorms earlier this afternoon did not produce any significant damage in Brazos County, and the shower activity has really decreased early this evening. However, scattered showers are still possible overnight for Bryan/College Station and surrounding areas.
Another strong rainband is developing along the I-35 corridor where widespread flooding is still occurring from rains earlier today. For that reason, a Flash Flood Watch continues tonight for much of North and Central Texas, including Milam and Robertson Counties in the Brazos Valley.
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1:34 p.m.
A strong thunderstorm is moving into Bryan-College Station from the East. Dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning, strong, gusty winds and heavy downpours are possible with this storm.
Wednesday Morning Update
As of 9am this morning, Dallas/Ft. Worth had already broken their daily record for rainfall with 3.22" falling in a nine hour span (12am - 9am) Waco at the same time reported a two day total of 8.06 inches. A retired National Weather Service employee located in Arlington gave a report of 9.83" of rain between Tuesday and 10am Wednesday morning as rain continued to fall.
Small scattered showers are dotted across the western side of the Brazos Valley with the bulk of our rain falling across Burleson and Milam Counties. Heavy, flooding rains continue to crawl slowly to the north through Dallas and the East side of Fort Worth. Flood Warnings are sprawled up and down I-35 still from Hillsboro to Austin with many road closures due to high water over roadways.
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Flash Flood Watches continue for Robertson, Milam and Lee Counties until Thursday morning.
Flash Flood Watches for Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker, Waller and Washington have been allowed to expire as of 5am Wednesday morning. That being said, with saturated grounds and the chance of scattered, heavy showers and storms this afternoon, should rain fall at a good rate there still could be a few isolated spots that see brief, flash flooding as a storm passes.
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As Hermine holds on to Tropical Depression status, winds around the center of circulation have finally dropped off considerably since the storm first made landfall on Monday evening. As this system continues to downgrade, winds at its core remain sustained around 35mph.
Heavy rains, along with spotty flood warnings are extended from the center of this storm system through Dallas/Fort Worth and down the I-35 area through Austin to San Antonio, one location that was already hit hard by flooding rains as the center of this storm passed through on Tuesday.
This area of rain is slowly beginning to move towards the western portion of the area this morning as the main circulation continues it's slow crawl to the north and northeast. Heavy rains as of 4am were located across Lee, Milam, Robertson and Burleson Counties. After Tuesday's rains, ponding of water on the roadways is not out of the question for your morning commute, but as of this time no reports have come in of area roadways being closed due to high water.
A bit of good news is over the past few hours, rainfall rates have slowly decreased as it falls along I-35. That being said, more rain will greet you to start your morning and will be possible through Wednesday...some of which will have the potential to be heavy downpours at times.
Past Weather Updates From Tuesday
A Tornado Warning was in effect for Brazos county including Bryan-College Station. A possible tornado was reported in south College Station Tuesday morning. No damage has been reported and a touchdown has not been confirmed. Brief, small funnels are not uncommon with these kinds of tropical airmasses.
In the Brazos Valley, 1-3 inches of rain could fall in association with the tropical moisture moving from the storm as Hermine continues on its northward path, just to the west of our area. Localized areas could receive over 4 inches.
Tropical Storm Hermine made landfall along the Mexican coast at 8:30 Monday night, about 40 miles south of Brownsville.
Shortly after coming ashore, more than 30,000 homes lost power in south Texas.
An online outage map for electric provider AEP Texas says more than 26,000 homes in Cameron County. Some 4,400 homes in neighboring Willacy County were without power.
Rainfall totals of 4-8 inches will be possible in Mexico and South Texas, with isolated amounts of 12 inches possible.
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I have friends who have a tendacy to ABUSE the share button. I don't want to see the stuff they share, but I want to see everything else? How can I do this? Or is this something I can't change? Thanks
I'm not sure if you can block only shares and likes.
What you can do, though, is clicking the downward arrow on a post by one of those users, and selecting "Only important" from the "Subscribed to X" section.
True, you will see very few of the things they post (guess what? Only the important ones!), but odds are good that if they constantly share dumb crap, they won't post anything worthwhile of their own either.
You can change what types of stories get posted to your newsfeed.
When a friend posts something, you can:
The resulting menu will not only allow you to select "Only Important" stories like @sm's answer states, but it will also allow you to choose what types of stories appear from your friend.
In your case you might try unselecting "Comments and Likes" and "Other activity," but I suggest fiddling with the different types of stories and seeing which selections best serve your preferences.


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NEW YORK -- Many retailers surprised with solid January revenue reporting on Thursday, despite snowstorms that raged across the country during the month.
The reports, many of which surpassed Wall Street expectations, offer encouragement that strength in consumer spending is continuing after a merry holiday season.
Costco Wholesale Corp, Victoria's Secret parent Limited Brands and teen retailer Wet Seal were among those that beat analyst expectations. Target, however, lagged, behind.
"The early going looks good, despite the multiple snowstorms," Ken Perkins, president of research firm RetailMetrics LLC, said in an Associated Press report. "It's encouraging, and you're seeing other economic signs that things are turning around."
In recent weeks, analysts had lowered expectations as a series of snowstorms in several parts of the country kept shoppers at home. But it appears that consumers persevered.
Limited, boosted by its Victoria's Secret division, reported a better-than-expected 24% gain in same-store revenue. Wall Street expected a 6.7% boost.
In other apparel sector news, Gap same-store sales in January rose 1%, solidly beating the 3.1% decline that Wall Street expected.
Wet Seal reported a 6.2% gain, well surpassing the 4% decline that Wall Street anticipated.
The Buckle's same-store revenue rose 4.3%, missing the 5.7% gain expected from Wall Street.
In other news from the apparel category:
- Hot Topic same-store sales declined 3.3%.
- Zumiez same-store sales soared 15%.
- Aeropostale same-store sales edged up 1%.
- American Eagle reported a 6% decrease.


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Preventing Chimney Fires
In This Article:
Dirty Business
Tool Chest
Creosote is a flammable tar-like substance that's created when hot smoke flows up into the chimney.
As mentioned, dirty chimneys—or, more properly put, dirty flues—are prime breeding grounds for chimney fires. But it's not just the ashes and wood particles that travel through chimneys that make them dirty. Creosote, a natural by-product of burning wood, makes them dirty, too, and is at the heart of most chimney fires.
Wood smoke consists of tar acids, organic vapors, and water. When it goes up into a chimney, it wafts over cooler surfaces. As it does, the substances it contains condense and forms a residue—creosote—that sticks to the inner walls of the chimney.
How much creosote forms and how quickly it forms depends on the following:
How thick the smoke and fumes are
How hot the fire burns
The temperature of the stove pipe or flue
A Fine Mess
Creosote buildup in a chimney or stovepipe can be compared to cholesterol building up in arteries. Both substances reduce the diameter of the structure they flow through. As they build up, things don't function as well as they used to. Creosote, which has amazing insulating properties (even better than asbestos), impairs chimney function by putting down a layer of insulation on chimney walls. This hampers effective heat passage in and out of the chimney. When this happens, the temperature inside the chimney goes up fast. If it reaches 1,000°F, the creosote can ignite.
A Fine Mess
Some people believe that having a chimney fire from time to time is a good way to clear creosote from a chimney. Bad idea! Allowing a chimney to catch fire on a regular basis increases the chances of damaging your home. Even a small fire can make a chimney unsafe to use.
Cooler temperatures and slow-burning fires cause greater buildup.
Creosote is pretty unsightly stuff. It can be black or brown, crusty or tar-like, and drippy, or even shiny and hard. Look up inside your chimney, and you'll probably see more than one form of it. But appearance is secondary. What's most important to know is that all forms of creosote are highly flammable. Even small amounts of it can cause a fire. Let it build up over time, say over a winter or two, and there will be enough to fuel a long, hot fire that can destroy your chimney -- and possibly your home.
Getting rid of creosote buildup in its entirety isn't possible. Moisture and cooler temps produce the gases that form creosote. All wood contains moisture and no fire can burn bright and hot forever. But you can keep creosote in check by using wood-burning appliances correctly, and by taking good care of them.
As mentioned, every fire produces creosote, and it builds up in every chimney. However, certain factors can make it worse. They are
Poor air supply. Fires need oxygen to burn well. On fireplaces, not opening the damper wide enough or closing glass doors restricts the amount of air that flows into the fire. When this happens, the heated smoke from the fire can't travel as quickly up the chimney as it should. The longer the smoke stays in the flue, the more creosote it forms. With woodstoves, stopping down the damper or air inlets too soon or too much or not using the stovepipe damper correctly can cause the same problems.
Green wood. Green wood is higher in moisture than seasoned wood is. Burning it takes a lot of energy, which results in a cooler-than-normal fire that doesn't burn very efficiently.
Cool chimney temperatures. Creosote-creating condensation forms faster in exterior chimneys that are exposed to the elements than in chimneys that run through the interior of a house. Packing woodstoves tightly for an all-day burn creates large, cool fires instead of small, hot ones. When fires burn cool, chimneys can't heat up like they should.
Burning things other than wood. Plastic substances in things like boxes, wrapping paper, and trash can emit a corrosive acid that can worsen an existing creosote problem.
In the Nick of Time
Wondering how much creosote is in the stove pipe on your wood-burning stove? Here'san easy way to find out: Give the pipe a sharp rap or two with your knuckles. A clean stove pipe will answer back with a ping. If you hear a dull thud, creosote buildup is hampering the pipe's ability to sing.
Woodstoves, fireplaces, and the chimneys they're attached to cause an estimated 100,000 residential fires every year and some 200 deaths. Makes you want to avoid one at your home, doesn't it? What's more, chimney fires are not only deadly, they're expensive. A good-sized chimney fire can warp a metal chimney and crack or break the tile liner on masonry chimneys.
These are major repairs, and they should be made before using the chimney again. Let even a small crack or hole in a flue go unfixed, and the next chimney fire could be much more serious. Sparks from a regular fire could float into the attic or framework near a chimney and cause a house fire.
As already mentioned, there are two basic ways to keep chimney fires from happening: using fire-burning appliances correctly and keeping chimneys clean.
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I really like your fireworks photo Andrew. It was very nice to meet you today at NSU. You left before I returned to the office I think or I didn't see you pass me? Just wanted to say goodbye and tell you I loved hearing about your adventures in China. I wish you all the best in your future travels..stay safe and keep clicking away!! Hey, send me photos of your travels or updates of where in the world you are...Saudi, Hong Kong or Peru...wherever!! I'm firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook I'm DONNA HUDGENS (but when it pulls up you'll see a photo of the Bollywood superstar, Hrithik Roshan in a red sweatshirt), but it is my page. I'm just a huge Bollywood fan. Take care!! Donna
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Nice! I like the symmetry.
WOw!!! xD
my breathing stopped
This looks awesome!
Perfect timing getting the fireworks at the exact right moment.
so beautiful, like the red China.
red tan background is making difference
cool red !!!....
nailed the composition...nice work
Its beautiful. Its really a lot like observing the past with the present. Fireworks have been a part of Chinese history for many millennia but the smart phones, tablets and cameras used to capture this image are very new. Its a beautiful picture.
wooooow !!! nice photo :)
The ships under the fireworks reminded me of another photo: http://imgur.com/ltpVY1j
i kno
I am awesome lol ^_^
So many phones
I like this picture its awesome just like me lol
yeh your cool
Cool Makela (;
I would love to know what settings these daily images are taken with i.e. shutter speed, aperture, and ISO.
@Shane Hughes I took ts on bulb setting and held for around 3 seconds. The iso was at 100 since the fireworks are so bright
It's just a very wonderful shot of all the times!
"the crowd in the foreground with cell phones aglow, capturing the festivities in the harbor." Liked it!!!
fireworks is loved in the mind of Chinses people. it occured in many articles in Chinese poems, and novels and other works. it is beautiful, resplendent and transient, just like people's lives, bright for a moment, and then fade away. it's a feeling of wonderment and pity.
Normally the use of electronic devices at events is a pet hate of mine. Why can't people enjoy the experience in real time rather than attempt to view a majestic fireworks display on a 2 inch screen? In this case, it perfectly portrays the modern China. Enjoying fireworks in the ancient land they were invented - juxtaposed against the people of tomorrow.
The framing of the crowd in an arc across the bottom of the picture is the pièce de résistance of this shot. Congratulations Mr Crane.
Technicality / Composition / Content / X factor / originality = 9/10 zoom lenses
@J S Thanks for the detailed message. Im constantly surprised by cell phone addiction in China. I remember seeing Life of Pi in 3d and there were many people taking photos of the screen. At the gym people use their phones more than they exercise. Even when I climbed the mountain last week my Chinese friend would check her phone every 5 minutes.
excellent shot
very beautiful picture...Awesome!!!!!!!!!
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Using all 7 tiles nets a Scrabble player a 50-point bonus and is sometimes referred to as a "Bingo". I'm curious: how did that term come into use and why does it have such meaning?
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There is a good detail on Scrabble Bingo's on the Wikipedia page here.
Bingo is a game where each player is issued a card with numbers. A caller calls out numbers drawn at random and the player will cross of numbers on their card. The first person to have all of their numbers crossed off will shout out Bingo! So there is a parallel between this game where all of the numbers have been marked on the card and using all of your tiles in Scrabble.
You can read more about the game Bingo on its wiki page. Note the wiki page mentions that game has its earliest recording in 1776. It is my assumption it was long popular before Scrabble and that is why the term was borrowed for Scrabble because of the parallel mentioned above.
I checked the Online Etymology Dictionary and it says the origin of the phrase is unclear.
If you want to know more about the word itself you should try asking as a separate question on http://english.stackexchange.com/
As xiaohouzi (little monkey?) said, "bingo" comes from the game of Bingo. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "bingo" comes from the word "bing" for a pile of something. In this case, presumably, it would be a pile of coins that you win for getting the right pattern on your card. The word "bing" is an old-fashioned word but still in use in northern England. Here's an example from Robert Burns's poem, The Brigs of Ayr. Robert Burns is a well-known Scottish poet.


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5 Grossly Inappropriate Jokes on Kids' Comic Book Covers
We live in the age of gritty comic book movies and adult graphic novels, where you expect a little torture and/or horrific monsters to show up. You'd like to think the writers of, say, Little Orphan Annie would keep things more lighthearted.
Yet a quick perusal of kids' comic book covers tells you that the shit upon these pages can be the stuff of freaking nightmares ...
#5. The United States Government Tortures a Blind Ninja Turtle
Archie Comics
"Waterboarding isn't torture! He's a reptile!"
Oh, shit. Did the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seriously tread into some kind of political anti-torture message by having Michelangelo get his fucking eyes gouged out by the government? This is a franchise about sentient turtles learning martial arts from a giant rat that tried to get a whole generation of children to start using the word "cowabunga." What it's not known for is presenting an unflinching look at the horrors of the modern world.
In their world, pizza saves kids instead of killing them slowly.
And yet inside that very comic we get a horrifying torture scene involving a pair of pliers:
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Turtles don't actually have balls. This is why.
In the story, a government official is convinced Michelangelo is actually an alien (because that is clearly more plausible than being a Ninja Turtle) and injects him with truth serum. When the serum fails to get results, he decides to go the pliers route instead while video recording it like some kind of snuff film. After all, who wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who made contact with alien life and then strapped it to a table to yank its teeth out?
We do have good news, though -- the interrogator didn't gouge out Michelangelo's eyeballs, as the cover implies. No, he's blind because a Molotov cocktail blew up in his face during a prior battle in Jerusalem (we're starting to think that all comic book plots sound like utter madness when presented out of context). Still, when Michelangelo continues to insist he is in fact a mutant turtle even in the face of grueling torture, you might think the worst is over. But that's when the official breaks out the electric cattle prod:
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Mikey = Marsellus Wallace, Leo = Butch.
He is rescued by the rest of the gang before that can happen, and the young readers of the comic are left with the lesson that the United States government is far more evil than even the Ninja Turtles' nemesis, Shredder, who looks merciful by comparison.
"Shredder 2016: Relatively Quick and Painless."
#4. Hot Wheels Comic Teaches Children Santa Claus Is a Psychopath
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Or just a really reckless ambulance driver.
The good boys and girls get presents, the bad kids get run down by Santa's hot rod. Look at his face! Saint Nick is freaking pissed. To top it off, Santa's soon-to-be-victims are a girl whose leg is too injured for her to run away and the good Samaritan trying to administer first aid.
And while you could argue that there are some older teens in the Ninja Turtles audience, this is freaking Hot Wheels here -- tiny miniature racing cars intended for 9-year-olds to build make-believe stunts and races in their bedrooms:
Miniature Jaws of Life sold separately.
This was a short-lived comic book series created in an effort to take advantage of every possible marketing tie-in for the toys. Where most covers show cars racing and doing other car shit, some scenarios appear purely Quentin Tarantino-inspired. Here's a couple of gangsters actively trying to murder a pair of cops:
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Plus, we're pretty sure no one is wearing their seat belt.
But then, with this final issue, things got dark.
In the story, it turns out the deranged driver is not actually Santa. It's some guy named Ebenezer from the fictional European country of Kalvania, who is trying to assassinate the royal prince of Kalvania in order to claim the throne. ("And remember to buy Hot Wheels, kids!") Like some gimmicky Batman villain, the gun-toting Ebenezer even has his own henchmen dressed as elves.
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Sexy elves.
While it's nice to know that Santa Claus is not actually a bloodthirsty killer in that universe, it's hard to imagine that kids who were age-appropriate for Hot Wheels toys weren't left with nightmares of a psychopathic Santa coming after them in a murderous rage. After all, when you hear those sounds coming from downstairs on Christmas Eve, who knows if you're getting Santa or Ebenezer?
#3. The Scalping of Tintin
"With your hair, this is a mercy."
Like many old-timey comic book characters, Tintin's primary threat was crude racial stereotypes. So when Tintin visited America in this 1932 comic, it was just a matter of time until he fell into the hands of a crazed, child-murdering Indian chief.
Look closer and you'll find that the cover is even more horrifying than it appears. First, you have the two members of the tribe casually sitting on the ground and watching without any emotional reaction whatsoever. Even better, you can see an empty gun belt around Tintin's waist:
"What kind of asshole brings a nothing to a something fight?"
This raises two possibilities: Either young Tintin had a toy gun that the Native Americans viewed as a threat and it was all a wacky misunderstanding, or Tintin was carrying a real loaded firearm for some reason. Want to guess which one it was?
Of course, Tintin is from Belgium, and we know what gun nuts the Belgians are.
Yeah, the plot of the comic is that Tintin goes to Chicago to clean up Al Capone's crime syndicate and pursues a gangster to "Redskin City," where he buys a gun. The hero is then captured by the Blackfoot tribe, tied to a post, and told that the entire tribe will torture him. Slowly.
After which they'd send him to Brussels? Ouch.
Fortunately, Tintin is able to work free from his ropes and escape. Then he's captured by cowboys, and this happens.
"We don't take kindly to Half-Macklemore/Half-Opies 'round these parts."
That is not Photoshopped. They hang both him and his freaking dog.
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Sung by Holly Hodges and Julias Cato Prairie Grove, Ark. Dec. 17, 1960
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Brahmie Bull (Old Flyin' U)
I was snapping out broncs from the 01' Flyin' U At forty eight nothing not much to do When the boss come around and says my lad You look pretty good riding horses that's bad.
As straddling the rough ones why you ain't so slow As you might do some good at the big rodeo You see I hain't got no more horses to break But I'll buy you a ticket and give you a stakes.
So sack up your saddle and be on your way You look like you might be a champion some day Go right up and choose him and when you get through Just tell him you learned on the 01' Flyin' U.
Lay off your liquor and don't you get full And think you can ride that big brahmie bull He's mean as they make 'em and don't you forget He's hurt lots of twisters and never been set.
So wrap up riggin' and start raisin' dust
The hunting that's showin' that bad bull to bust
I'll enter the contest and pay in the fees
And I'll tell them to look at the champion, that's me.
So bring on your bad ones, you've never had one They'll set me to guessing or bother me none I'll bet you this bankroll and outfit besides You haven't got nothing I can't scratch and ride.
They looked me all over and says guess he's full Let's give him a seat on that big brahmie bull Says I'm good enough, I ain't here to brag They come a long ways to gentle that stag.Reel 368, Item 2
You claim he's a bad un and I guess he may be But he looks like a suckler or weanerto me So let's git him saddled, I'm ready right now If you want him rode why I'll show you how.
So while they are puttin' him into the chute I clinches my spurs to the heel of my boots Then I looked the bull over, and to my surprise There's a foot and a half between his two eyes.
He's got big high horns that looks pretty bad He weighs a good ton and that whole ton was bad Right over his withers he packs a big hump So I'll take a deep seat right back o'er that hump.
Says come my companion just jerk that gate wide I'll be back in a minute and bring you his hide I jab in my spurs and he bawls like a moose He ease from the chute and then he cuts loose.
I've got a deep seat and I'm sitting down tight When he jumps to the left and then rears to the right At sunning his belly he couldn't be beat He shows the grand stands in the sole of his feet.
That crowd was a-cheering both me and the bull But that was no he'p, I got my hands full It is just nip and tuck and you can't tell who'll win He's a-waving them long horns right under my chin.
He's snapping the buttons right off of my clothes A-bucking and a-bawling and a-blowing his nose He's dipping so low my boots full of dirt He's making a whip out of the tail of my shirt.
He's starting on to spinning and weaving behind My head goes a-snapping, I sort of go blind,
Next thing he high dives and he turns a half spring And I take to the air just like I had wings.Reel 368, Item 2
Up high I turn over and below I can see
He's a-pawing the dirt and a-waiting for me
I pictured a grave, a big slab of wood
Reading here lies a twister that thought he was good.
I hits on the ground and I let out a yelp I plumped and I strickened and I hollers for help I jumped to my feet and I got enough sense To outrun that bull through the hole in the fence.
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It seems we haven't yet linked from dotCommonweal to Paul Elie's excellent profile of Rowan Williams in the March issue of The Atlantic. In this we have been very much remiss, and we owe an apology to our friend Paul, as well as to any of you who didn't find the story on your own. Fortunately, it's available online, and it's very much worth your time.I've always liked what little I knew about Williams -- especially since he's a fellow admirer of James Alison. (I love his comment -- quoted in Christopher Ruddy's January 30 Commonweal article -- that Alison's books "leave you with a feeling that perhaps it's time you became a Christian.") Elie's profile fills in the details, and I came away admiring Williams even more. As Elie describes him, Williams is a leader who is convinced that the path through conflict -- not the path that avoids it -- is the one that leads to deeper fidelity and a more thoroughly Christian church. The article also offers food for thought about how the Anglican/Episcopalian community's leadership differs from the Catholic hierarchy, for better and for worse. Journalistic shorthand often describes the Archbishop of Canterbury as a C-of-E pope, but Williams sounds very un-papal when describing his role at the head of the Anglican Communion:
"The responsibility is not to argue a case from the top or cast the chairmans vote. Its to hold the reins for a sensible debateand thats a lot harder than I thought it would be."
Elie elaborates on the Catholic/Anglican contrast in an interview published online:
"I think any real leader has to engage with these issues. The question is what does it mean to engage? In the view of the people at the Vatican, to engage with the issue is to state very clearly what your position is, and then to keep stating it in every situation. Rowan Williams engages somewhat differently. He insists that these are issues that have to be discussed as questions, and that people on all sides have to admit that we don't know everything."
For Williams, the debate about the status of homosexuality in Christianity (the main focus of Elie's article) is not a matter of holding the line and playing defense, but rather a "discernment process." I certainly like hearing that language from a bishop.Elie (who wrote our November 21 cover story about Flannery O'Connor and Catholic culture today) recalls that "Flannery OConnor joked that the churchs policy in naming bishops was 'The Wrong Man for the Job.'" Given the difficulty of explaining how the issue of homosexuality challenges Christians, and the complicated nature of the Anglican Communion's response, I'd say Elie was definitely the right man for this job. He sums it all up clearly and dynamically, without neglecting the theological dimension. If you haven't read it yet, I recommend you make time for it this weekend.
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Thank you so much Mollie, for presenting this to us about the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. I do believe that he has more than just a point in his comments about dealing with issues in the Church, and his role, "to hold onto the reins for a sensible debate."There are several issues in today's world, today's church, that require, deserve sensible debate, but are not receiving it----because the Catholic Church is still operating on the 'state the same position always, stick with it and admit no other possible answer.'We do not live in a black and white world any longer. We must engage in intelligent discussion not only with other Christian Churches, and other world-wide religions---but we must do so within our own church---the Catholic Church. The concerns of the people should be brought to the forefront. Our Church leaders need to be able to discuss issues of importance without hurling ecclesiastical invectives at people, or groups, who have well-researched evidence and proof that runs conter to what the 'official Church holds.'For this reason, I say "Cheers, and God's Blessings" to Archbishop Rowan Williams.
Very good and interesting post Mollie.I am intrigued by William's "The Body's Grace". It seems like a prophetic work and I hope to read it soon.I read an interview with Williams and Philip Pullman the author of the Golden Compass. It was very penetrating and not at all polemical. Williams embodies someone who truly understands Bernanos' famous insight that grace is everywhere. And Williams has the gift to draw it out.I think his greatest contribution is in conflict resolution, not sidestepping conflict but passing through it, setting the context for the dialogue to occur. That, at least in my mind, is inspired leadership.At my age, the liberal/conservative, traditional/progressive divide is wearying, troubling and discouraging. I see in Williams the kind of leader who embraces the grace to be found in all and is able to draw it out.Impressive (and underrated) religious leader.
It seems to me that Abp. Williams' great virtue as an archbishop is that he truly believes in collegiality. It seems obvious which side of the homosexuality dispute he is on, but he refuses to impose his thinking on others Would that Pope Benedict were more collegial, that he would, for instance, allow debates among the bishops as Rowan Williams has done. Just this week we learned that Cardinal Eagan might have joined in such debates had he been given the opportunity. I wonder how many others would. .
I think Rowan Williams is an interesting guy. I have past posts about his The Body's Grace and also his talk with Pullman, plus one with a poem of his on my blog :) but I have to say, I think he let the Episcopalians down during the Lambeth Conference, especially Gene Robinson.
Sorru - forgot to mention an article from the Guardian that illustrates what I meant about the Lambeth Conference - The archbishop's hands are tied, not ours.
I'm very pleased to see that Rowan Williams admires James Alison. I have an essay on Rowan Williams and Dostoevsky in The Furrow this month. All three of the above-named show that Christianity makes perfect sense when people speak it as they live it.
Thanks for this post, Mollie. There is reveiew of Rowan Williams' latest book about Dostoevsky in America."In the last three years or so, Rowan Williams has not only continued to lead the worldwide Anglican Communion through challenging times, but has published seven books, including two substantial contributions to the field of religion and literature. The first, Grace and Necessity:Reflections on Art and Love (2005) illuminates the work of three Catholic writersJacques Maritain, David Jones and Flannery O'Connor. With Dostoevsky: Language, Faith and Fiction, Williams has written one of the very best studies of the greatest Christian novelist. In areview for the Times Literary Supplement, A. N. Wilson called itthe 'best book of 2008'..."http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=11463
Ann, would it be responsible and practical for Pope Benedict to be more collegial? And on what issues? It seems to me that Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury have very different job descriptions.Crystal, how do you see Archbishop Williams letting down the Episcopalians and Bishop Robinson?As I see it, a double standard of chastity was applied to Gene Robinson. Heterosexual priests may marry with their bishop's permission, or, in the case of divorce, to remarry only once after examination and permission from the bishop.Robinson was divorced and living outside of marriage with a man in a sexual relationship without benefit of marriage. So he was ordained according to a different standard, and that fact casts doubts on the validity of his office, though it should in no way cast shadows on his sincerity as a Christian and dignity as a person.Moreover, the roil in the Anglican communion isn't just over Robinson or gay clergy or same-sex blessings or homosexuality in general. There are divisions among theologians in the various national churches other matters of morals and, to a lesser extent, faith.ABC Williams can only try to guide a discussion to keep those disagreements from fracturing the communion, regardless of his personal opinion.
Spurred on by Paul Elie's piece and Michael Miller's link to Paul Contino's review of Williams' book on Dostoevsky, I ordered the book.I saw that Williams' small book, "The Dwelling of the Light: Praying with Icons of Christ" is available through Amazon. I have quoted on dotCom from the meditation on "The Transfiguration." I think the book is superb and would make for wonderful Holy Week reading and reflection.
Fr. Imbelli,Thanks, I didn't know about Williams' book, "The Dwelling of the Light: Praying with Icons of Christ". I will be ordering it. Vladimir Lossky wrote a book with the title "The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church". Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote his doctorial dissertation based on Lossky's theology. Lossky talks about Dionysius the Areopagite, who some say was a direct disciple of Paul. Here is a paragraph from that book."Dionysius distinguishes two possible theological ways. One - that of cataphatic or positive theology - proceeds by affirmations; the other - apophatic or negative theology - by negations. The first leads us to some knowledge of God, but is an imperfect way. Theperfect way, the only way which is fitting in regard to God, who is of His very nature unknowable, is the second - which leads us finally to total ignorance. All knowledge has as its object that which is. Now God is beyond all that exists. In order to approach Him it isnecessary to deny all that is derivative of Him, that is to say, all that which is. Now If in seeing God one can know what one sees, then one has not seen God in Himself but something intelligible, something which is derivative from Him. It is by unknowing that one may knowHim who is above every possible object of knowledge. Proceeding by negations one ascends from the inferior degrees of being to the highest, by progressively setting aside all that can be known, in order to draw near to the Unknown in the darkness of absolute ignorance. For even as light, the especially abundance of light, renders darkness invisible, even so the knowledge of created things, (and especially excess of knowledge), destroys the ignorance which is the only way by which one can attain to God in Himself."
"The Anglican Church is trying to have it both ways-affirming traditional notions of marriage and family while seeking to adapt its teachings to the experience of gays and lesbians."This can not be done without changing God's intention for Marriage and the Family from the beginning.
Jean --How might Pope Benedict be more collegial? Let me count the ways.First, he should deal with what is most negative in the Church: the power and incompetence of the curial bureaucrats. Some bishops have complained that the Curia treats them like altar boys. It should be the other way round The Williams fiasco is just one example among many which show that those bureaucrats are too powerful and incompetent. Even Benedict apologized for their ignorance of the real world. If they were powerful and competent it wouldn't be so bad, but they aren't. Second, once the curia is swept clear of the deadwood and real bishops (i.e., ones with much pastoral experience) put in power, then, when the Pope calls a synod, the bishops should set the agenda together with the Pope. If they want to talk about divorce, contraception, married priests, women priests, whatever, then their very office demands that they be heard. Cardinal Egan's recent surprise statement is clear evidence that they don't count at the Vatican.Third, it seems to me that the world is simply too large not to have another layer of authority in the Church, We already have bishops' conferences, but they have very little status in the Churche, and so far as I know they have no authority to make any sorts of demands of Rome, not even a demand to be heard! This is nonsense.I see room for both synods, which would draw on wider regions than one country, and bishops' conferences which deal with more local problems.Fourth, the Pope needs to allow the theologians to reconsider the dogma of the infallibility of both the bishops in council and the popes. Ssometimes the Church seems to teach that the pope is mainly supposed to be a reporter of what the bishops think, but at other times it seems that he has infallible authority apart from them. (I think the whole dogma needs to be re-addressed. AS far as I can see the only presence in the Church Who is infallible is the HOly Spirit, and it's the function of the popes and other bishops to discovere what He/She is trying to tell us.)What does "collegiality" MEAN anyway? Why does it seem to be a dirty word to so many Catholics? Is it too Anglican? I too have a great deal of admiration for Rowan Williams. He could teach Benedict a LOT.
Hi Jean. You asked ... "Crystal, how do you see Archbishop Williams letting down the Episcopalians and Bishop Robinson?"Rowan Williams would not allow Gene Robinson to attend the Lambeth Conference because he was openly gay. Bishop Robinson was punished for being honest. Here's a little from a Guardian story ...."He [Robinson] is not the only gay bishop in the worldwide Anglican communion, of course - there are understood to be two in the Church of England, at least one with a partner, and two of the 38 primates of the worldwide denomination - but Robinson's sin is to admit it; and to refuse the calls of conservative evangelicals to repent. This is not to mention the hundreds of gay clergy - some active, some celibate - in the church and all denominations, in Britain and around the world. Robinson is staying with two of them in London during his current visit.Without such partnerships, the established church in many areas, particularly the inner cities and especially in London, would probably cease to function. Most of them, it hardly needs saying, keep quiet about it - so deep in the closet, it is said, that they are almost in Narnia. Their bishops turn a blind eye too, even as they accept their invitations to dine, or quietly attend their civil partnerships.Alone among the episcopate however, Robinson has made no secret of his homosexuality and, because of his orientation, he alone of all the world's 800 Anglican bishops has been denied an invitation by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, to attend this week's Lambeth conference ...."But it's not just that Rowan Williams treated Gene Robinson unfairly, it's that he made to me what seemed like a weird distinction between what he himself believed to be true (that same-sex marriage has the cpacity to be as ok as heterosexual marriage - <a href = "the Pitt letters) and what he represented at the Lambeth Conference. I had written something about it then myself, so let me quote me :) ...."I first started blogging back in 2003/4 because a writing friend who was a Quaker asked me to join his group blog. I didn't know a lot about Quakers and I asked him if someday he wanted to be a priest or minister. He told me that Quakers don't have priests/ministers and that one reason was that the priests came to believe one thing but preached something else. I was shocked and said that wasn't so. I was naive.Have you ever read The Grand Inquisitor by Dostoevsky? In it, a priest, the grand inquisitor, explains to Jesus why he made a mistake in telling people the truth, and of how much a better job the church is doing than Jesus, by misrepresenting the truth to Christians. I believe the grand inquisitor was wrong and that we in the pews look to people like Rowan Williams to be sincere. We are done an ill if they roll out the party line instead, while keeping what they believe to be the truth to themselves. Someone once said that a priest should be a living example of the Gospel because his life might be the only Gospel his brothers and sisters ever read. What Gospel will they read in Rowan Williams' disrespect for both the truth and our capacity to hear it?"Maybe I'm being too hard on him, or I just don't understand, but if a person of his calibre can't be counted on to speak truth to power, then who?
Crystal and Ann, thanks for the food for thought. Re The Anglican Church is trying to have it both ways-affirming traditional notions of marriage and family while seeking to adapt its teachings to the experience of gays and lesbians. That's a load of, well, I can't say what it's a load of without becoming vulgar.The Anglican Communion worldwide seeks to clarify its teachings to better do the work of Jesus Christ. Attitudes and rules about homosexuality in general and the role of practicing homosexuals in the clergy vary widely within the communion, from the ordination of openly gay Bishop Gene Robinson to the call by some African bishops to criminalize homosexuality. The communion's effort has been to address these and other issues to repair the rent in the Church. What's going on in Anglicanism can't be reduced to a two-line quip. It's distorting and unfair, just as it would be distorting and unfair to say that Catholics say women are valuable--but not valuable enough to be priests.
Jean - you're right, of course, that the situation in the Anglican Communion (or any religious community) is too complex to be explained in a sentence or two. But in context, the line Nancy quoted -- actually, paraphrased -- didn't strike me as a "quip." At that point Elie is trying to set the scene, explaining roughly where the various Christian churches are on the question of homosexuality before getting into Williams's personal situation. He has to do so in a hurry, but I interpreted that line as a way of saying that, for most of the Anglican leadership, it isn't a question of either condemning homosexuality or tossing out every Christian belief about sexual morality. Anyway, here's the full context:
More than the future of a church is at stake. The crisis over homosexuality and the place of gay people in the church is one of the bitterest disputes in Christianity since the Reformation. Christian leaders grasp its importance: that is why they are so agitated about it. But it is hard to tell positions from prejudices. The mainline churchesPresbyterian, Congregationalistare at the front of the equal-rights parade. Evangelicals are happily against homosexuality, the black church uneasily against, the fundamentalists fundamentally against. The Vatican insists its teachings on homosexuality are settled doctrine; the Mormons fund ballot measures such as Californias Proposition 8 against gay marriage. Ironically, many Christian leaders in Africa, the legatees of European missionaries, treat homosexuality as a dangerous import from the West.In all this, the Anglican Communion is a dramatic testing ground, because italone among the churcheshas sought to have it both ways: at once affirming traditional Christian notions of marriage and family, love and fidelity, and adapting them to the experiences of gay believers.
Of course that's all oversimplified to an extent. But in the next paragraph he goes on to discuss the diversity within the Communion. He concludes, "If this church cannot find a way forward on homosexuality, then none can."
First, thanks to Mollie for this excellent thread and the piece re Bishop Williams.Rowan Wiliams strikes me as heroic.In some ways he's trying to do what many Christians are struggling with: resolving the problem of gays in Christianity.If we think it's only an Anglican problem, we're purblind.Commonweal had a superb endpiece by Ned O"Gorman on the gay man's struggles in the faith a while back and a subsequwent letter to the Editor by Fr. Tos from Geenwich Village noted how little help he had received from leadership in preaching the Gospel to the gay community there.The problem is in our own Church very much.I see the Presbyterians are struggling at the higher levels of their Church with the issue.The issue resonates across the communities of Christians.What can BXVI learn from Rown Williams someone asked?Because Wiliams is dealing with issue not only as an individual but as a major leader, his role is special like BXVI. What I think he brings to the tabl;e that Benedict could use is a sense of balance, balancing out the needs of the here and now and the future in their respective churches.The painful difficulty of that is why I think he's heroic.
Mollie, yes, I understand what Elie is trying to say--that the Anglican Communion has, alone of all the mainline denominations, has lived with factions that teach about and treat homosexuality and gay people in very different ways. And saying it that way doesn't really take any more words.To extend that to saying that "the Anglican Communion" SEEKS to have it both ways is a distortion, and sloganizing that comment merely spreads distortion.Moreover, the homosexuality issue is one of many vexed questions for Anglicans, one that has torn the communion in places it had already worn thin. Rubs have and continue to occur over the ordination of women, Scriptural authority, and even lingering objections to the 1979 BCP. Resolving these issues requires more than a simple ruling about homosexuality and gay clergy; it requires clarifying exactly where the teaching authority in the communion lies.
I want to thank Mollie for this thread. I am a 64 year old cradle Catholic who has been in a same-sex relationship for almost 44 years. I have always been Catholic. However, I could not advise young Catholic homosexuals or their families or their friends to remain Catholic. It is very difficult for these people to preserve a minimum of mental and spiritual health within the Catholic Church. Just a note on the topic of doctrines. Most doctrines were meaningful to thoughtful people at one time. Meaningful, however, does not always mean sufficient or correct. We know very little about heterosexuality or homosexuality. Contradiction and anomaly are the effects of our limited understanding. I think the Anglican Communion seems to be allowing for the certainty that it is in error in ways that are significant and unknown by it. Instruction means correction. I hope the Anglican Communion remains humble enough to proceed in ways that brings life and encouragement and well being to all its members The Anglican Communion is a site of struggle. This Communion will survive if it can demonstrate that it continues to be faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If it cannot, it will become a meaningless and monotonous institution that neither supports nor inspires nor intructs its minorities or majorities.
Yesterday my parish was visited by a delegation from the Pacific School of Religion (UCC) in Berkeley, including the President and his wife, and 12 MDiv and DMin students from various denominations. After liturgy (with which they were very impressed, even the 2 who are former Catholics), they met with a few of us and very politely asked rather inconsequential questions. I felt that there was an unspoken question on many of their minds, so I raised it: Why do we LGBT people remain in the Roman Catholic Church? A few of them giggled in an embarrassed manner and the Presidents wife then asked us outright. Two of the MHR parishioners gave a variety of answers and when it was my turn I could only fall back on my old standby: just because your mother is a whore doesnt mean that she still isnt your mother. Even that doesnt convince me anymore and, very frankly, I cant come up with a good convincing answer anymore. I usually say that I am NOT a Roman Catholic, but, rather, a protesting MHR Catholic. All church is local and the rest ..
Bob Nunz is right: the Anglican controversy is only a practice run for the Roman Catholic one.Look up www.thinkinganglicans.org for the latest hate speech from Archbishop Akinola: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/andrewbrown/2009/mar/13/religion... Rowan Williams thinks that people like Akinola will self-deconstruct or will prompt a movement of enlightenment in their own churches by reaction. The Catholic Cardinal of Lagos has said things that are not very different from his Anglican confrere.


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Faculty member Liz Deschenes' Right/Left photography exhibition was on display last month at the prestigious Sutton Lane art gallery, marking her third solo exhibition of 2009 (and her first-ever in Paris).
The exhibition is composed of four large "photograms"—photosensitive sheets of paper that have been exposed to outdoor light and coated in silver toner—which serve to record the physical conditions that they were exposed to, as well as the chemical interactions between certain substances and light.
"Deschenes uses this exploration of photographic processes as a tool to investigate photography itself, the way the medium has been positioned and historicized as well as its relationship to other practices," the gallery said in a statement.
For a slideshow of Deschenes' work, click here.


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