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Gangs Affect Small CommunitiesOnce found only in large cities, gangs have invaded communities of all sizes across the United States. Gangs bring fear and violence to neighborhoods, traffic in drugs, destroy property, and drive out business. Gangs draw young people away from school and home and into a life of violence.
Learn About Gangs
- Gangs can be organized around race or ethnic group, money-making activities, or territory.
- Gangs signal their existence and solidarity through clothing and head coverings, a special vocabulary, tattoos, hand signs, and tagging their territory with graffiti.
- "Gangsta" rap paints a realistic picture of daily gang activity. The lyrics glorify violence, abuse of women, and disrespect for authority especially the police. Its popularity among the young has helped spread the culture of gangs, cutting across class, economic, racial, and geographic lines.
- Most gang members are male (but that is rapidly changing); they range in age from 8 to 22-years-old
- Young people give various reasons for joining gangs. Among the most common - to belong to a group, for protection, to earn money, for excitement, and to be with friends. For some, it's even family.
What Communities Can Do
- Cooperate with police and other agencies. Report suspicious activity, set up a Neighborhood Watch or citizen patrol, and volunteer to clean up graffiti.
- Develop positive alternatives, such as after school, weekend, and summer activities where children and teens can learn, expand their world, and have fun.
- Encourage parents to talk to one another through school forums, social events, networks, parenting classes, and support groups.
- Get organized and show gangs that your neighborhood has zero tolerance for their activities. Your community has many resources who can work together against gangs including law enforcement, civic groups, religious congregations, schools, youth agencies, Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA / YWCA, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, drug treatment services, and community centers.


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Hosted by Greg Stoller, "The Language of Business" is an independently produced news magazine / television program, which mixes in-studio and on-locations interviews with entrepreneurs.
Every episode deals with a separate theme, where entrepreneurs are interviewed for 5 minutes at a time. Recent topics have included Branding for Success, the increasing popularity of the Made in the USA label, Global Commerce with a Local Touch, Decoding the Alphabet of Finance and the Business of Sports.

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Myanmar (Burma)
Sacred python. Outside Mandalay.
Going up the Ayeyarwady river to Bhamo.
Refreshments are available on the shore during short stops.
Furniture store, Bhamo.
Monk, Bhamo.
The train leaves Myitkyina for Mandalay. Refreshments for sale.
Shwenandaw Kyaung Monastery, Mandalay.
Monks are offered food in morning. Mandalay.
Early morning on Inle lake.
Fisherman on Inle lake.
Fishermen on Inle lake.
Young Padaung (Kayan) girl. Nyaungshwe.
Padaung (Kayan) woman. Nyaungshwe.
Ox carts are still common. Bagan.
Evening. Bagan.
Early morning, Bagan.
Pagodas, Bagan.
Ananda Pahto. Bagan.
Inside the Ananda Pahto. Bagan.
Ox carts. Bagan.
Night. Bagan.
Playing outside the Ananda. Bagan.
Morning, Nyaung U. Bagan.
Shwezigon Paya, Nyaung U. Bagan.
Nuns are offered food in the morning. Nyaung U, Bagan.
Young girl. Bagan.
Smoking a cheroot. Bagan.
Monk. Bagan.
The Shwedagon Paya (pagoda) by night. Yangon.
Young nuns, Shwedagon Paya (pagoda). Yangon.
Shwedagon Paya (pagoda). Yangon.
Mrauk U in the evening.
Tattooed woman, Chin village. Mrauk U.
Chin village. Mrauk U.
Market, Sittwe.
Hermit, Kyaktiyo.
Kyaktiyo (Golden Rock).


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Friday, April 8, 2011
Breakfast Biscotti
So, this being a bake sale, I had a perfect excuse to pull out some recipes and bake several things in a couple of days. Timing was an issue since I couldn't bake everything at the very last minute, and that's how I decided on biscotti for one item. They're cookies that last well, so I baked them two days before the sale. I remembered there were several good biscotti versions in Chewy, Gooey, Crispy, Crunchy Melt-in-Your-Mouth Cookies, and that's where I found this recipe. As with all the recipes in this book, this one included an upgrade option for tweaking the main ingredients. It's a kind of healthy type of biscotti with whole wheat pastry flour, oats, walnuts, and dried fruit, and the upgrade was the addition of sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, and flaxseed meal. There were also additionl tips and an overview of biscotti making. For instance, in the US we have adopted biscotti and made it our own. So while the traditional Italian biscotti or cantucci are very dry and crunchy and usually flavored with anise, our American biscotti are slightly cakey in comparison with lots of additional flavors.
This breakfast biscotti recipe is of the American style, and this was an easy cookie dough to prepare since everything was just whisked and then stirred together. All purpose flour was combined with whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, brown sugar and oats were mixed. Then, milk and butter were heated until the butter melted, and that was added to the oat mixture and left to stand for a few minutes. Eggs and vanilla were added followed by the flour mixture, and then I added toasted chopped walnuts, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, and flaxseed meal. The dough was transferred to a silpat-lined baking sheet, and using wet hands, I formed it into a long, rectangular shape, not too wide. By using wet hands to shape the dough, it will become shiny as it bakes. I needed the biscotti to fit into the cellophane bags I had already bought, so I made the shape about four inches wide. The first baking was at 325 degrees F for about 35 minutes. The pan was removed from the oven and left to cool, and the oven was turned down to 300 degrees F. Once cool enough to handle, the baked dough was transferred to a cutting board and cut into half inch or so slices. The slices were set on a baking sheet, on their edges, and the second baking was for 25 minutes. I always worry biscotti might not be completely crunchy, so I moved the cookies around on the sheet and gave them five more minutes in the oven just to be sure.
My biscotti anxiety exists because I've tried a few recipes in the past that just didn't work quite right, but there was no need to worry here since this came from Alice Medrich. Her tips such as using wet hands to shape the dough and standing the cookies on their edges for the second baking as well as the timing and ingredients all worked very well. The biscotti were deliciously crunchy and the nuts and seeds added to that effect. Since I packed them all up for the bake sale, I'm going to have to make another batch just to enjoy at home.
Posted by lisa is cooking at Friday, April 08, 2011
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The whole wheat flour must give them an interesting crunch, got to try it...ReplyDelete
Nice recap, Lisa! I actually prefer a cakier "american" biscotti (maybe because I dont drink coffee)...these look delicious, am sure they went quickly at the bake sale!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Glad to hear the bake sale was a success! No wonder with such delicious treats like these :)ReplyDelete
Those are marvelous! A great breakfast item.ReplyDelete
I swear, you are like a professional baker lately!ReplyDelete
That cake below is to die for, and these are right up my alley.
Glad the bake sale was successful!
And now I wish for some coffee!ReplyDelete
Glad to hear that the bake sale was a success. I haven't made biscotti for ages and have most of the ingredients mentioned in my pantry to make some soon.ReplyDelete
Well, had I known about these biscotti, I would have requested them to go along with my biscuit! I need to break this book back out again. I've been neglecting it and now cookies are calling to me!ReplyDelete
What a healthy and scrumptious Biscotti! Love the seeds and wholewheat you have used in it.ReplyDelete
Yay! I'm SO glad the bake sale was a success! I made my first recipe from this cookbook yesterday (white chocolate macadamia nut cookies) and was SUPER pleased with them...so I can't wait to try more! these breakfast biscotti seem jam packed with deliciousness!ReplyDelete
The news about the bake sale is really good to hear. I love the recipe you are sharing with us today. I appreciate your use of healthier ingredients. I hope you have a great day. Blessings...MaryReplyDelete
Great idea to make a biscotti with all those healthy ingredients, Lisa. It sounds like a super cookbook, too.ReplyDelete
Standing the cookies on their edges for the second baking is an excellent tip.
So glad that your baked sale was a great success! Your biscotti looks so healthy and delicious!! Yum!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the success of the bake sale! So great to give back and help the folks in Japan. I just purchased the cookbook and saw this recipe. Now I have to make it for sure. Beautiful photos! Enjoy your weekend!ReplyDelete
These sound delicious, I love the addition of dried cranberries and seeds and nuts. It would taste like heaven dipped in a nice hot cup of Earl Grey :)ReplyDelete
I'd take that over bacon and eggs any day. ;)ReplyDelete
I see you are having really nice breakfast.. :)ReplyDelete
I am a big fan of biscotti and I have to confess that I have never made them myself. Not sure why... Yours look perfect!ReplyDelete
I would eat this for lunch and dinner too!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 10, 2011 at 10:55 PM
These biscotti look fantastic for sure, love all the seeds here!ReplyDelete
I've not had breakfast biscotti before but I'd definitely not mind having them, starting now! :)ReplyDelete
Wonderful cause Lisa & I'm in love with these breakfast biscottis, I love biscotti & these sound so filling, great flavours here.ReplyDelete
i'm not usually a fan of biscotti, but these look quite tasty! i like a little diversity in my breakfasts, and this'd make a nice alternative!ReplyDelete
The bake sale sounds like it went fabulously! That's a good thing:)ReplyDelete
I've never made my own biscotti. I too prefer them "cakey." I've got the coffee right at my side. Would you mind passing me one? I'd love to do a taste test:)
Thanks for sharing, Lisa...
This I MUST try. It's unfortunate that hemp seeds are so hard to find here in Australia. Australia is one of the only (?) countries left where they still consider it as animal food only! I can get hemp seed oil but that's about it. Hopefully the laws will soon change!ReplyDelete
I just found your blog via Sharon at Gunternation. I love the sound of this biscotto, sounds like it would be a perfect mid-morning treat to have with a cup of coffee. It has oats in it, so it's practically granola, right? :)ReplyDelete


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Revanite Planning Tent
- Source: Mid Rim Explorer's Pack
- Stronghold Decoration: Civic – Structures
- Hook Type: Floor Large
- Cost for Guild Stronghold Purchase: 75,000 credits
"The Order of Revan, also known as the Revanites, was a secret society within the Sith Empire that adhered to the teaching of the powerful Force-user Revan. Balancing the light and dark sides of the Force, the Order sought to change the Empire from within, and they accepted members from all levels of Imperial society and even alien species, just as Revan had done. The Order was founded by Tari Darkspanner, who discovered records of Revan on Korriban while training to be Sith in the decades before the Empire's Cold War with the Galactic Republic, and the Order was headquartered in a compound in the jungles of the planet Dromund Kaas. However, Revan himself took control of the Order during the Galactic War and transformed into a fanatical cult with members in the upper echelons of both the Galactic Republic and the Sith Empire." – Wookieepedia: The Star Wars Wiki http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Order_of_Revan


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Community Awareness Fliers
The following printable .PDF files are available for your use. Please print and freely distribute to your civic group, community organization, boys and girls club and classroom. All .PDF's are 8.5 x 11 and are set for bleed to edge (if available). They print great in color or black and white.


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My name is Kyle Johnson, and I'm the Landscape Maintenance Technician here at Joslyn Art Museum. I have a pretty broad background as far as landscaping and grounds maintenance goes, and this is my third season here at Joslyn. When people ask me what all I do here, I tell them, "If it's green, I take care of it." With that in mind, I'd like to share a bit about what's going on behind the scenes.
Last year as I was throwing some of our landscape waste from spring cleanup into the dumpster I thought, "I'm throwing away landscape waste, and then I'm buying compost… This doesn't make a lot of sense." And, that's how it started. Over the winter I began reading and doing research on composting, organic lawn and landscape care, and trying to gain a new perspective on effective, safe, and natural ways to care for our campus. Although it's experimental for us and in its early stages, I'm excited about some of the new things we're trying this season.
The goal with some of the new, more organic steps we're taking is two-fold. The first is to make our grounds as safe as possible for children, pets, and everyone who enjoys the Museum's gardens. The second is to improve the soil and growing conditions for our turf and landscape. Instead of using synthetic chemicals and fertilizers and heavy irrigation to force everything to "look" healthy, why not give the plants and turf what it wants so it can actually be healthy naturally? If bad soil is a problem (which it is), why not make it better?
My research quickly made it clear that a key element of any organic program is compost. So, with that in mind, I repurposed two, 250-gallon food grade chemical tanks, and built two large compost tumblers. Early this spring, with the help of chefs Adam and Dave, I started composting food waste from Joslyn's own Café Durham. I've also added old mulch, grass clippings, floral waste from events, horse manure, and landscape waste to the mix. In the beginning, we had about half a cubic yard of compost cooking, and it pretty quickly reached a toasty 110° in the tumbler despite the cooler spring temperatures. Not bad for the first run! Since spring I've produced 2 batches of compost, with the temperature inside the tumblers maxing out at a toasty 140°.
Once I got into the groove of making good quality compost, it was time to start making compost tea. Last winter I built my own compost tea brewer/sprayer using a repurposed 55 gallon barrel, and old mower cart, and the necessary pumps and plumbing. This season I used it to brew and apply about 8 batches of compost tea to the turf, and it has never looked happier and healthier. The compost tea, in combination with corn gluten pre-emergent/fertilizer and granular, dehydrated compost topdressing, are the core elements of the new lawn and landscape care program I'm developing that is almost completely organic. So far, I'm very pleased with the results.
The growing season is winding down for this year. Next year will bring opportunities to apply what I've learned this season, as well as try other new organic products and practices. If any of these subjects interest you, please keep an eye on our blog. I'll try to post updates and expound on what I'm working on, as well as what's on the horizon. Delving deeper into the world of organic lawn and landscape care will definitely be an interesting and educational process.
This is new territory for me, and for Joslyn Art Museum, but the rewards of reducing waste, using less water, making our campus safer, and providing a healthier environment are worth pursuing.


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1. The rise of Nazi Germany came out of a depression. The USA is heading into a depression. This was a confirmed goal (leaked) at the 2009 Bilderberg meetings.
2. The same powerful global banking "Elite" that funded Nazi Germany are currently driving the global monetary collapse. From the Federal Reserve through the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) these same extremely wealthy families are driving the world and particularly the US and the UK (leading countries) into complete chaos.
3. The 4th Reich is now rising in the United States. Our system of government is being destroyed from within. We have Czars assigned by the President that are not under the checks and balances of Congress. We have Presidential Directives 9 – 51 (Executive Orders) that have completely eliminated the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (at the stroke of the President's pen).
4. The United States, under REX 84 (Google it!) has established more than 1,000 concentration camps for the CIVIL population. Some of these have large "incinerators" (furnaces) and gas lines.
5. STUDY THIS WEBSITE there are tons of links to much much more damning information of what is coming.
Also Please NOTE:
This is not a battle against the world Elite and the common man or Christian; this is a battle between LUCIFER and JESUS CHRIST.
Nazi Germany was deep into the Occult and Satan worship just as the viscious Illuminati Elite Bankers are today.
Read this letter and think hard because the fact is that in our lifetime we Christians will be hunted like the Jews were in Nazi Germany.
Matthew 24:9
"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death, for you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake."
A Letter from a Nazi Survivor to warn Christians Today
Dear Believer,
Your nation, your country, your culture and future are all in turmoil no matter where you are right now reading this. We cannot as Christians take a passive fatalistic approach to all that is occurring. We need to cry out, warn, pray until our throats ache, and get the focus off of our small little selves.
Please read the message from a wise elder saint who has chosen to be a voice… …regardless of the what it has cost her.
In His Shadow, Mary Lindow … A German Lady Remembers and Speaks
Lori Kalner
In Germany, when Hitler came to power, it was a time of terrible financial depression. Money was worth nothing. In Germany people lost homes and jobs, just like in the American Depression in the 1930s, which we have read about in Thoene's Shiloh books. In those days, in my homeland, Adolph Hitler was elected to power by promising "Change."
He blamed the "Zionists" around the world for all our problems. He told everyone it was greedy Zionist Bankers who had caused every problem we had. He promised when he was leader, the greedy Zionist bankers would be punished. The Zionists, he promised, would be wiped off the face of the earth. So Hitler was elected to power by only 1/3 the popular vote.
A coalition of other political parties in parliament made him supreme leader. Then, when he was leader, he disgraced and expelled everyone in parliament who did not go along with him.
Yes. Change came to my homeland as the new leader promised it would. The teachers in German schools began to teach the children to sing songs in praise of Hitler.
This was the beginning of the Hitler Youth movement. It began with praise of the Fuhrer's programs on the lips of innocent children.
Hymns in praise of Hitler and his programs were being sung in the schoolrooms and in the playyard.
Little girls and boys joined hands and sang these songs as they walked home from school.
My brother came home and told Papa what was happening at school. The political hymns of children proclaimed Change was coming to our homeland and the Fuhrer was a leader we could trust..
I will never forget my father's face. Grief and fear. He knew that the best propaganda of the Nazis was song on the lips of little children.
That evening before he said grace at the dinner table, he placed his hands upon the heads of my brothers and me and prayed the Living Word upon us from Jeremiah 1:4-5.
'Now the Word of the Lord came to me, saying,"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you;
I appointed you a prophet to The nations."
Soon the children's songs praising the Fuhrer were heard everywhere on the streets and over the radio. "With our Fuhrer to lead us, we can do it! We can change the world!"
Soon after that Papa, a pastor, was turned away from visiting elderly parishioners in hospitals. The people he had come to bring comfort of God's Word, were "no longer there." Where had they vanished to while under nationalized health care? It became an open secret.
The elderly and sick began to disappear from hospitals feet first as "mercy killing" became the policy.
Children with disabilities and those who had Down syndrome were euthanized.
People whispered, "Maybe it is better for them now. Put them out of misery. They are no longer suffering. And, of course, their death is better for the treasury of our nation. Our taxes no longer must be spent to care for such a burden." And so murder was called mercy.
The government took over private business. Industry and health care were "nationalized." (NA-ZI means National Socialist Party) The businesses of all Jews were seized. (Perhaps you remember our story in Berlin on Krystalnacht in the book Munich Signature)
The world and God's word were turned upside down. Hitler promised the pe ople economic Change? Not change. It was, rather, Lucifer's very ancient Delusion leading to Destruction.
What began with the propaganda of children singing a catchy tune ended in the deaths of millions of children. The reality of what came upon us is so horrible that you in this present generation cannot imagine it. Our suffering is too great to ever tell in a book or show in a black and white newsreel.
When I spoke to Bodie about some of these things, she wept and said she could not bear to write them.
Perhaps one day she will, but I asked her, "who could bear to read our suffering?" Yet with my last breaths I warn every Christian and Jew now in the name of the Lord, Unless your course of the church in America is spiritually changed now, returning to the Lord, there are new horrors yet to come.
I trembled last night when I heard the voices of American children raised in song, praising the name of Obama, the charismatic fellow who claims he is the American Messiah. Yet I have heard what this man Obama says about abortion and the "mercy killing" of tiny babies who are not wanted.
There are so few of us left to warn you.
I have heard that there are 69 million Catholics in America and 70 million Evangelical Christians.
Where are your voices? Where is your outrage? Where is passion and your vote? Do you vote based on an ab ortionist's empty promises and economics? Or do you vote according to the Bible?
Thus says the Lord about every living child still in the womb.
"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you."
I have experienced the signs of the politics of Death in my youth. I see them again now.. Christians! Unless you stand up now, you will lose your freedom of religion.
In America priests and preachers have already lost their freedom to speak openly from their pulpits of moral danger in political candidates.
They cannot legally instruct you of which candidate holds fast to the precepts of scripture! American law forbids this freedom of speech to conservative pastors or they will lose their "tax exempt" status. And yet I have heard the words of Obama's pastor Damning America!
I have heard the words of Obama damning and mocking all of you in small towns because you "Cling to your religion."
But I am a woman whose name is unknown. My life is recorded as a work of fiction. I have no fear of reprisal when I speak truth to you from the pages of a book. I am an old woman and will soon go to be with my Lord. I have no fear for myself, but for all of you and for your children, I tremble. I tremble at the hymns to a political leaders which your children will sing at school. (Though even now a hymn or a prayer to God and our Lord Jesus is against the law in public school!) I pray you will personally heed this warning for the sake of your children and your grandchildren.. Do not be deceived..
The Lord in Jeremiah 1:7-8 commands every believer to speak up!
"Do not say, 'I am only a youth,' for to all whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.. Do not be afraid of them for I am with you, declares the Lord!"
I am in Prayer for you, and for the Church! Spoken to you in the authority of Jesus the Christ, the Name Above All Names


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East Kingston was established in 1738.
East Kingston is primarily a residential and agricultural community that proudly clings onto its rural roots. The town center and business district provides a small business community which includes Jones General Store, Rt. 107 Grille and numerous other businesses. On the seasonal side is Monahan's Farm Stand for fresh fruits and vegetables located in the heart of town. Horse farms are also abundant and operating in East Kingston.
Many residents commute out of town to work. Boston is 45 minutes away; Routes 93, 495 and 95 are all easily accessible from town. Portsmouth and Manchester are within 30 minutes and Exeter is 10 minutes travel time. Commuting residents returning home can escape to a small rural town after an easy commute either to work or larger community activities.
East Kingston is committed to preserving the rural character and environment of the town. The Conservation Committee has worked over the last several years in acquiring large tracks of land to maintain the rural character.
Students in East Kingston attend the East Kingston Elementary School for grades K thru 5 providing a nurturing small community for our young children. Grades 6 thru 8 attend the Cooperative Middle School in Stratham and students of grades 9-12 attend the newly built Exeter High School located off of Route 27 in Exeter, NH on Blue Hawk Drive. The town is part of the Exeter Regional Cooperative School District of SAU 16 located in Exeter NH. Here our students benefit from expanding technology, resources and environment of a six town Cooperative School District.
East Kingston is a wonderful rural community in the heart of southern NH and the seacoast area while maintaining pace with the area's economic growth.


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Avoid Future Hair Loss With These Tips
Hair loss can occur for many reasons, including things like age, illness and stress. These days, hair loss can often be a source of embarrassment. However, with modern technology and common sense, it can be dealt with, and sometimes it can even be prevented. Here are some helpful tips for people worried about hair loss.
If you haven't tried them already, use a product designed to promote hair growth. There are many different formulas for both men and women that are suffering with hair loss. This is definitely an option you may want to consider.
Try not to tie your hair tightly too often. What happens when you do this is that it trains your hair to grow closer to the surface and may eventually just loose the hold on your scalp and start falling out. The hair that is toward the front of your head is most vulnerable to this.
Avoid wearing your hair in styles like cornrows, braids or tight ponytails and do not use extensions while experiencing hair loss. All of these styles pull your hair tight, causing tension that can eventually lead to hairs breaking off or being pulled from the follicle, which is called traction alopecia.
Adding foods rich in biotin to your diet, or taking a pill form of biotin is great for keeping a healthy head of hair. Biotin is great for your skin and hair and has been proven effective in preventing hair loss, especially for men. Biotin is found naturally in brown rice, lentils, soybeans and sunflower seeds.
In order to avoid hair loss women should avoid hairstyles that pull the hair tight. Braiding and weaving the hair can cause pus filled bumps to form on the scalp. These bumps then form scars and lead to permanent hair loss.
Do not brush wet hair. When your hair is wet, it is stretched from the weight of the water. When you brush hair in this state, you contribute to breakage as the already taut hair cannot handle the forces placed on it by the brush. If you must untangle your hair before it is dry, gently use a wide-toothed comb, being very careful not to pull too hard.
Panax Ginseng can be taken in many forms and has been used for many healing reasons, including that of stimulation of hair growth and to combat hair loss. Panax Ginseng helps the body with vascular circulation and also is known to regulate cellular metabolism. Panax Ginseng can be taken as a tea or in pill form. It can also be found in shampoos, conditioners and hair tonics. Panax Ginseng will help strengthen existing hair as well.
If you are concerned about hair loss try lime seeds and black pepper. First, get equal amounts of both lime seeds and black pepper then grind them up. Next, mix them with water. Then you can apply this mixture to your scalp. This should give you results you can see immediately.
If you follow this advice, it should go a long way toward helping you find peace of mind when it comes to your hair loss concerns. Don't let the idea of losing your hair drag you down and interfere with your enjoyment of life. There are things you can do, as is shown by the above tips.


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Cairngorms, Scotland, in April.
After slaving for weeks on a top secret project, finally it was time to escape for Easter. After 90 mins sleep we gathered our gear and laptop and headed for the train. We planned to head for the wilds of Northern Scotland, working all the way there on the train. Unfortunately, however, a few thousand other Londoners appeared to have the same idea, meaning that work continued at our wilderness destination. Glenmore Lodge in the heart of the Cairngorm Mountains is the UKs premier outdoor training centre. I was in heaven...Read More


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ed to Joseph, before they came || in Beth-lehem of Judea, in the together, she was found with days of Herod the king, behold, child of the Holy Ghost. there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.
20 But, while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife; for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.
2 Saying, Where is he that is born king of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS; for he shall save his people from their sins.
22 (Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which, being interpreted, is, God with us.)
24 Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife;
25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son: and he called his name JESUS.
NOW, when Jesus was born
5 And they said unto him, In Beth-lehem, of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet,
6 And thou Beth-lehem, in the land of Juda, art not least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go, and search diligently for the young child; and, when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.


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Love is...
Growing old with you
When you cross paths with your soul mates, suddenly everything fits and you know that the two of you are destined to share the life journey together.
Our soothing "Growing Old with You" his and hers pillowcase set is a lovely way to show your love destiny to your beloved. This vibrant set also reminds you every day that the true love between the two of you grows by leaps and bounds. Sprinkle with water, give the perfect light, and your Tree of Love will grow with devotion and delight forever and ever!
BoldLoft's signature series, Boy Meets Girl, featuring heartwarming images of perfect pairs, brings the complex joy of everyday love to life. Selections include couple pillowcases, body pillow cases, t-shirts, and his and hers coffee mugs. Boy Meets Girl gifts are perfect for occasions like wedding, anniversary, and Valentine's Day. Whether you are miles apart or living together, Boy Meets Girl gifts show that special someone how much you care about being a pair.


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Skilsaw launched the world's first worm drive portable table saw back in 2015. Last year, they came out with a worm drive miter saw. Now, Skilsaw is introducing the world's first cordless worm drive circular saw.
But don't other brands already have cordless worm drive saws? No. Those are all rear-handle worm drive-styled circular saws. Skilsaw's new cordless circular saw is said to be the first and only cordless worm drive saw, designed to give you legendary Skilsaw power to go anywhere.
Skilsaw says that their new cordless worm drive saw features the same design, balance, and controls as their corded worm drive saws, and so "it feels familiar right out of the box." It's said to offer cordless convenience without any compromises in power or performance.
The new Skilsaw cordless worm drive saw is designed for high-performance use, for all of the types of wood-cutting applications you might use a heavy-duty corded worm drive circular saw for.
Construction lumber? Stacked sheet goods? Long rip cuts? LVL beams? It can handle it all.
The saw has a rafter hook on its right side. I'd say of course, but some other brands have released heavy duty cordless circular without hooks.
The saw features magnesium motor and gear housing, and a magnesium shoe, for lightweight and durable construction.
There are going to be a couple of different package options, including with a Diablo circular saw blade.
Other kit options will include a Skilsaw blade.
Features & Specifications
- 7-1/4″ blade size
- 13/16″ arbor with diamond knockout
- Brushless motor
- All-magnesium construction
- Electric brake
- Integrated dust extraction system with removable hose adapter
- Bevel stops at 0° and 45°
- 2-3/8″ cutting capacity at 90°
- 1-15/16″ max depth of cut at 45°, 1-11/16″ at 53°
- Weighs 11.09 lbs (bare tool), 15.34 lbs with 5.0Ah battery
Let's talk about that battery. Skilsaw's parent company, Chervon, is no stranger when it comes to high performance Li-ion cordless power tools. Chervon makes cordless power tools for other brands and also owns the Ego 56V cordless outdoor power tool platform. Basically, Chervon, and by extension Skilsaw, knows how to make a good cordless battery.
Skilsaw has taken their latest technologies and created the TRUEHVL battery system, a 48V Li-ion platform.
The cells are arranged in a unique configuration to evenly distribute heat. Their "Stay Cool" technology wraps each cell in a temperature-controlling material that helps to keep the cells cooler. All this is said to result in better performance and extended runtime.
An intelligent power management system maximizes power by monitoring and optimizing each cell.
Skilsaw says that a fully charged battery pack should power an entire day's worth of cutting. The saw can make 425+ cuts in 2x4s per battery charge.
Skilsaw's charger will fully charge a drained battery in 1 hour.
Price: $400 for the 1-battery kit (SPTH77M-12)
ETA: November 2019 (preordering will open in October)
Complete Availability and Pricing List
- SPTH77M-01: Bare tool with Skilsaw blade, $250
- SPTH77M-11: Kit with Skilsaw blade, (1) 5.0Ah battery, charger, $400
- SPTH77M-21: Kit with Skilsaw blade, (2) 5.0Ah batteries, charger, $600
- SPTH77M-02: Bare tool with Diablo blade, $250
- SPTH77M-12: Kit with Diablo blade, (1) 5.0Ah battery, charger, $400
- SPTH77M-22: Kit with Diablo blade, (2) 5.0Ah batteries, charger, $600
- SPTH14: Charger, $100
- SPTH15: 5.0Ah battery, $250
Wow, there's a lot to take in. Skilsaw has a saw on its way to us, and so we hope to be able to do some quick testing and comparisons before the new saw launches.
This is Skilsaw's first cordless tool on their new 48V Li-ion platform, and with the 5.0Ah rated at 240 watt-hours. Assuming they're using 2.5Ah cells and rating each cell at its max voltage of 4.0V, that would mean their 5.0Ah battery is built with 24 Li-ion cells.
In comparison, Milwaukee's largest M18 battery, their High Output 12.0Ah pack, delivers 216 Watt-hours max. If you use apples-to-apples calculations and consider Milwaukee's M18 battery to be a 20V Max battery, it would also be rated at 240 watt-hours.
But, if Skilsaw is using modern larger-sized battery cells, they have the potential to pack even more energy into their battery packs. The Skilsaw 48V battery presumably has 24 cells of 2.5Ah capacity. Milwaukee's largest M18 battery has 15 cells of 4.0Ah capacity. Skilsaw could potentially launch higher capacity battery packs, perhaps to power other heavy duty cordless power tools.
Dewalt's FlexVolt cordless power tool batteries also top out at 240 watt-hours with their largest 15-cell 12.0Ah battery pack.
If my math and assumptions are correct, the largest current-generation Makita 18V X2 cordless power tool, fitted with 2x 5.0Ah batteries, would top out at 200 watt-hours.
Correction: Makita 18V 6.0Ah batteries in 36V/18V X2 configuration would in theory deliver 240 watt-hours as well using the same calculation methods.
It's important to note that Skilsaw barely references the voltage of their TRHEHVL battery. They're focusing on power and cooling, which is a different but welcome approach. From what we know so far, Skilsaw's battery delivers high energy and features advanced cooling tech, and there's room for growth.
We've asked Skilsaw about how their new cordless worm drive circular saw compares to other rear-handle saws, and have been told that more information is on the way.
Why is it a big deal that their new TRUEHVL cordless worm drive saw is a "true" worm drive saw, compared to other brands' rear-handle "kind of but not really" worm-drive-like cordless circular saws? Skilsaw's response seems to be a wink paired with "you'll see."
From what I can tell so far, there are two potential downsides. First, this saw is going to be heavier than Skilsaw's corded worm drive saws. I asked Skilsaw whether their field testers remarked about the weight (a little of 15 pounds with battery) or if the cordless convenience provided more significant benefits, and they said "Only one delivers true Worm Drive power!"
Second, like all worm drive saws, this new cordless Skilsaw will require maintenance every now and then, as worm drive gearing occasionally needs to be relubricated. It's ready to rock right out of the box. Brushless rear-handle circular saws don't require worm drive gearing grease, but it's not much trouble to lube up a saw's gearing when needed. Heavy users shouldn't have to do this too often.
Skilsaw is very excited about their new launch, and who can blame them? We're excited about their new brushless worm drive saw, and also about the new 48V cordless power tool platform.
I asked Skilsaw about what can be said to readers who ask "why buy a cordless power tool from a one-tool system." They're still preparing a response to that, but I would predict that 1) the cordless worm drive saw might provide enough of a performance benefit to offset having to work with another charger and system, and that 2) this probably won't be a one-tool system, at least not for long.
In March 2016 I wrote a post: Skilsaw Should Come out with a Brushless Worm Drive Circular Saw. Woo! It took some time, and I was wrong about thinking about 18V-sized power, but it's finally a reality.
Skilsaw makes some very popular corded worm drive saws, and their saw tech is now supported by advanced battery tech. Meaning, this is a very big launch.
Are you excited about the first-ever cordless worm drive saw?


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Long lost cousin of T. rex identified by scientists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have identified a new species of gigantic theropod dinosaur, a close relative of T. rex, from fossil skull and jaw bones discovered in China.
According to findings published online in the scientific journal Cretaceous Research, the newly named dinosaur species "Zhuchengtyrannus magnus" probably measured about 11 metres long, stood about 4 metres tall, and weighed close to 6 tonnes.
Comparable in size and scale to the legendary T. rex, this new dinosaur is one of the largest theropod (carnivorous) dinosaurs ever identified by scientists.
Alongside T. rex and the Asian Tarbosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus is one of a specialised group of gigantic theropods called tyrannosaurines. The tyrannosaurines existed in North America and eastern Asia during the Late Cretaceous Period, which lasted from about 99 to 65 million years ago.
"Zhuchengtyrannus can be distinguished from other tyrannosaurines by a combination of unique features in the skull not seen in any other theropod," explains Dr David Hone from the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Ireland, the lead author of the scientific paper.
"With only some skull and jaw bones to work with, it is difficult to precisely gauge the overall size of this animal. But the bones we have are just a few centimetres smaller than the equivalent ones in the largest T. rex specimen. So there is no doubt that Zhuchengtyrannus was a huge tyrannosaurine."
"We named the new genus Zhuchengtyrannus magnus - which means the 'Tyrant from Zhucheng' - because the bones were found in the city of Zhucheng, in eastern China's Shandong Province," says Dr Hone.
A key member of the international team of scientists involved in the study is Professor Xu Xing of the Beijing Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in China. Professor Xu has named more than 30 dinosaurs, making him the world leader in describing new dinosaur species.
The tyrannosaurines, the group including T. rex and its closest relatives, were huge carnivores characterised by small arms, two-fingered hands, and large powerful jaws that could have delivered a powerful bone-crushing bite. They were likely both predators and scavengers.
Together with nearby sites, the quarry in Shandong Province, eastern China where the remains of this huge carnivore were found contains one of the largest concentrations of dinosaur bones in the world. Most of the specimens recovered from the quarry belong to a gigantic species of hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur. Research suggests that the area contains so many dinosaur fossils because it was a large flood plain where many dinosaur bodies were washed together during floods and fossilised.
More information: A new tyrannosaurine theropod, Zhuchengtyrannus magnus is named based on a maxilla and dentary, Cretaceous Research, doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2011.03.005
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Fandom Support QuiltSep 5th, 2008 | By Kallieross | Category: Featured Articles, Site News
Fans from around the Internet united to voice support for Stephenie Meyer in what has been a trying past month. In our first show of support is a virtual quilt comprised of submissions from members of the follwing sites. Coming this weekend will be our second show of support, a fan video.


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A look inside China's most notorious e-waste town
Guiyu is the town in China where your old electronics go to die. For years, it's been one of the main locations in the world where PCs, phone and other discarded products are shipped in to be pulled apart and recycled. The work is dirty and even hazardous, but lately Guiyu has been trying to clean up its act. Following is a slideshow to give you an idea what it's like.


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A Synagogue is a house of worship in the Jewish religion. The Jewish Sabbath is on Saturday, but observant Jews worship every day and many synagogues hold services every morning and evening. Synagogues often serve as a community center and have schools for religious and general instruction.
The layout of a synagogue is somewhat similar to a church. There are rows of seats for the congregation and a raised area in the front from which services are typically led (some synagogues have the podium in the middle of the congregation). In the front there is an ark contains handwritten scrolls of the Torah, the first five books of the Bible. The scrolls are taken out and read from aloud during morning services on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday and on Jewish holidays.
While most synagogues have a Rabbi and a Cantor, services can be, and often are, led by lay adults. Men are expected to cover their heads when in a synagogue as a sign of respect. In Orthodox synagogues, men and women are seated separately.
Synagogues in the United States
The first U.S. synagogue was build in in 1730 in the colony of New York. The oldest synagogue still existing in the U.S.. is the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island that opened in 1763.
During the colonial era the Jewish population grew to 2,000 and at least seven synagogues were built from New York to Savannah. In about 1830, 250,000 Jewish immigrants fled persecution in Bavaria to the United States, entering through Ellis Island. In 1881, a massive migration of 2 million began to flee pogroms in Russia to immigrate to the United States.
There are currently about 3700 synagogues in the U.S. [1]. There are synagogues in most major U.S. cities and in most other countries.


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Everyone dreams of an electronic display they can roll up and shove in their pocket—but now it's closer than ever. These flexible e-paper tablets are the stuff of dreams.
Developed by Queen's University, Plastic Logic and Intel Labs, the displays look pretty much like sheets of paper. Actually, though, they're 10.7-inch plastic displays which are flexible and touch sensitive. Here, a bunch of them are strung together and powered by some Intel guts.
Each display houses a different app, and the screens can interact with each other: tap one page on another to open a document or email, say, and then flick or twist to provide commands. The displays also know where others are, so they can be teamed up to produce a larger screen when placed next to each other.
All in, it's an amazingly realized concept, which feels a little bit like how people 20 years ago probably imagined modern offices should look. OK, maybe it's not perfectly polished— refreshing looks dog slow and it feels awkward with all those ribbon cables over the desk—but give it a break. If my desk looks like a neater version of this in a few years time, I will be a happy man. [YouTube]


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The "birthing season" in Tanzania comes with the rains and the Great Migration. Predators and prey both time birth to the rain. For the Wildebeest and Zebra, it means nutritious grass for their colts. For the Lions, cheetahs, leopards and Hyenas, it means food availability to feed their cubs and pups.Read More


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Web sites saw visitors deserting Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser in favor of Apple's Safari, Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome in December, according to Web analytics company Net Applications.
Internet Explorer was used by 68.15 percent of Web surfers monitored in December, down from 69.77 percent in November and 71.27 percent in October, according to preliminary figures published by Net Applications on its Hitslink Web site Friday. IE's share has slipped from around 75 percent since the start of 2008.
Safari, Firefox and Chrome all profited from the slide in IE's popularity.
Firefox's share rose to 21.34 percent, from 20.78 percent in November and 19.97 percent in October, while Safari's climbed to 7.93 percent, from 7.13 percent in November and 6.57 percent in October.
Google's Chrome browser topped the 1 percent mark in Net Applications' survey for the first time, with a share of 1.04 percent, up from 0.83 percent in November and 0.74 percent in October.
Opera's share remained steady at 0.71 percent.
Net Applications warned that decreased workplace use of the Internet in December may have biased its results.
"The December holiday season strongly favored residential over business usage. This in turn increases the relative usage share of Mac, Firefox, Safari and other products that have relatively high residential usage," it said.
However, Internet Explorer's market share actually declined more slowly in December than it had done in November, according to the company's figures.
Operating system statistics provided by Net Applications suggest that Macintosh owners are more faithful to the browser provided by their operating system manufacturer than are Windows users. Mac OS market share increased slightly in December to 9.63 percent, from 8.87 percent in November, mirroring the rise in Safari usage. while desktop Linux usage by Web surfers remained steady at 0.85 percent, compared with 0.83 percent in November. Windows usage dipped to 88.68 percent from 89.62 percent in November, a smaller decline than that in IE usage.
Net Applications tracks browsers visiting sites that use its traffic monitoring service, compiling data on around 160 million visitors per month, according to its site.


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During February, Black History Month, the Alzheimer's Association sat down for a one-on-one talk with Dr. Goldie Byrd, an African-American scientist who
has spent more than a decade researching the genetics of Alzheimer's disease. Early in her career, Dr. Byrd recognized the impact of studying the nature of
Alzheimer's disease on a genomic level. Here are some of her thoughts on her observations and her motivations for continuing her research.
"I decided to focus my research on Alzheimer's because it's a disease of disparity, affecting some populations far more than others; its genetics aren't
well understood; and it had an impact on my family.
There's a tremendous stigma about Alzheimer's. People perceive it as affecting their social standing, their professional opportunities … they don't want
be associated with that kind of stigma, especially coming from a community that's had an historical struggle to integrate.
I remember when people wouldn't talk about cancer — it was taboo. Now people are proud to say they're survivors. I want to create a buzz about Alzheimer's
so that people feel free to talk about it. I want more information out there and more literacy about the disease.
We need to do a better job educating people about how to care for those with Alzheimer's — that will help with the embarrassment. And we need to provide
resources to help caregivers who have an extraordinary challenge. This disease can strip a family of so many things, including their finances.
People also need to understand that the healthier we are, the healthier the brain will be. We need to increase physical activity, reduce stress, control
high blood pressure and cholesterol, reduce obesity and eat a healthy diet. Often, these things are related to socioeconomics. But where we can make
changes, we should. Education really is key."
Dr. Byrd and her team were recently recognized with a $1 million grant for outreach activities. It will be used in part to support "Keeping Memories Alive"
a project to bring better understanding about Alzheimer's to all those with the disease, caregivers and policy makers.
Thank you, Dr. Byrd, for continuing to make an impact on all those affected by this devastating disease, and especially on the African-American community.


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Syrian Activist: 'It's Snowing And We're Shaking Here'
According to activists inside and outside Syria, the government's 27-day siege against the opposition stronghold of Baba Amr has now succeeded. Initial reports suggest that forces are entering this neighborhood in the city of Homs, but details are sketchy at best because most of the reporters and citizen journalists covering the story have either fled or died.
One man, though, continues to bear witness. Sami, known as @samsomhoms on Twitter, is one of the last holdouts in Homs continuing to report on the dire situation there.
"I'm now near Baba Amr," he told us via Skype earlier today. "The shelling had increased yesterday in a very crazy way that was very intensive and concentrated, from morning til sunset... [But] now it's just shooting by live rounds."
While the end of the shelling is no doubt a relief to those inside the city, it's also a sign that the next stage of the army operation has begun: a mop-up operation by ground forces going street by street, door to door. By any reasonable measure, the Syrian opposition's most symbolic stronghold has fallen.
"Baba Amr is the most powerful center for the opposition — for the [Free Syrian Army (FSA)] and for the peaceful opposition," Sami explained. "I think we have to remember that Baba Amr has stood against barbaric force by the regime for a continuous 27 days. That's a very long time.... They are without water, without food and medications – without any support since the 5th of February. I think the next step of the regime, they will invade other areas near Homs where the FSA are. I absolutely hope they don't do that, but the regime considers this a big, important win."
"It's impossible to do anything without the Free Syrian Army," Sami lamented. "They [the opposition] are protected by them; they were protecting the protesters, even at the sit-ins and the strikes... That was all protected by the FSA. And without them we are unable to do anything."
"The FSA doesn't have weapons like the regime – just light weapons," he added. "They can't stand [against] the shelling and the mortars of the regime forces."
While the fall of Baba Amr is a major setback for the opposition, Sami's greatest concern at the moment is the humanitarian plight of civilians trapped in Homs.
"Water is still shut down by the regime for the third continuous day. And electricity too, for most parts of the city.... It's a terrible situation in that it's snowing right now; it's snowing and we're shaking here. We don't have any way to warm ourselves. There's no fuel, there's no electricity."
"The humanitarian situation is going so bad," Sami continued. "It's terrible, this military operation. The Free Syrian Army is making a withdrawal... They have withdrawn from the area of Baba Amr and the forces of the regime can enter it at any time."
"There is no food, no medication, no water. It's just a terrible situation. We need immediate help and aid, and we need humanitarian organizations to relieve our area soon."
Just one week ago, Baba Amr was teeming with media. Now, as far as reporting is concerned, it's a veritable ghost town.
"We've had to move our location," Sami said. "I was very near to Baba Amr; I was so close. In the past few days we had to flee from the area. I went to an area near it that was more safe."
Now that Homs has fallen, which city, if any, is positioned to become the opposition's newest symbol of defiance? It could be any of them – Deir Ez Zor, Hama, Idlib... Or none of them. For the moment, at least, Sami is more concerned about what's happening far from the watchful eyes of journalists and Internet-savvy activists, in villages and towns scattered across the country.
"Some of the small towns of Syria are facing the same situation just like Homs," he said. "There's no media concentrating on those areas because they're small villages...Homs is the third biggest city in Syria – that's why the media is focusing on it. There were a lot of media activists that were using their online connections to bring their voices to the world — to let the world know what's going on there."
Even though it's quite likely that Syrian forces will try to hunt down any remaining resistance in Homs, Sami has no intention of leaving.
"I don't plan to go out of Homs but I'm monitoring the situation," he said. "I can't judge if something new will happen. But I'm absolutely not planning to leave the city."
(Andy Carvin has followed the Arab Spring using Twitter and other social media. He is NPR's social media strategist.)
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Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Played by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman on 2 & 3 February 1991. Usually appears in lists as "Poison Glass Of Wine" or "Poison Wine." Thanks to Brad Dilli for the lyrics.
Come little girl, let's go get marriedNotes
My love is so great, how can you slight me
I'll work for you both late and early
And at [my/our] wedding my little wife you'll be (note 1)
Oh Willie dear, let's both consider (note 2)
We're both too young to be married now
When we're married, we're bound together
Let's stay single just one more year
He went to the bar where she was dancing
A jealous thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl, my own true lover
'Fore I let another man beat my time
He went to the bar and he called her to him
Said Willie dear, what you want with me?
Come and drink wine with the one that loves you
More than anyone else in the world, said he
While they were at the bar a-drinking
That same old thought came to his mind
I'll kill that girl, my own true lover
Give her poison in a glass of wine
She laid her head over on his shoulder
Said Willie dear, please take me home
That glass of wine that I've been drinking
Has gone to my head and done me wrong
He laid his head over on the pillow
Let me read you the Lord, let me tell you my mind
Molly dear, I'm sorry to tell you
That we both drank poison in a glass of wine
They fold their arms around each other
They cast their eyes unto the sky
Oh God, oh God, ain't this a pity
That the both true lovers are bound to die
"Its hard to tell what David was singing at the start of this verse, but I figure it was probably the beginning of the second verse. However, after Jerry messes up by starting the third instead of the second verse, David just tries to follow along and then anticipate. He waits to see what Jerry is going to sing to finish the verse and then joins in. When Jerry starts the third verse, David actually starts the fourth. I guess he was thinking after Jerry combined the second and third, they should just go to the fourth. He recovers quickly and finishes the third verse with Jerry. Ah, the joys of live music!"


text: Following a meeting of the ICANN executive team and New gTLD Program Director Michael Salazar on 3 January to review the readiness of the launch of its new generic Top Level Domain programme, it was determined that the organisation was ready to proceed as planned to open the application window on 12 January as planned.Writing on the ICANN blog, Rod Beckstrom, CEO and president, said the executive team and Salazar "carefully reviewed every critical aspect" and each executive "indicated approval to proceed" while noting "the ongoing presence of risks that were identified and highlighted to the Board and community in June."On Thursday 5 January there was an information call with the Board of Directors where Beckstrom informed the Board that ICANN was "prepared to move forward and to open the program as planned."Beckstrom also noted that "in the package of materials, available at www.icann.org/en/minutes, you can see the items that have been completed, as well as target dates for open items that require final resolution. These include support for needy applicants and a discussion of the timing of the next application round. The issues should be settled before the application window closes on 12 April but their resolution is not essential before the window opens on 12 January."


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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Giving Thanks to Who?
Let us give thanks to the Lord.
It is right for us to give him thanks and praise.
So Mohler notes how odd it is to give thanks without recognizing a Giver. Odd, but not surprising, since the same was noted by Paul: "they did not honor Him as God or give thanks" (Rom. 1:21).
I had been thinking about something similar, but with a different analysis. "Giving thanks" is a transitive verb that requires an object (person) to whom one is grateful. As I spent more hours than I should have watching football (a coy way to escape the mother-in-law), it struck me that NFL programming came up with a substitute–the American military. Indeed, all three NFL broadcasts were run like a Memorial Day ceremony. On this re-interpretation of Thanksgiving, we, in our "blessed" nation, end up being thankful to military might.
So while some try to give thanks without a Giver, others give thanks to another giver: the "chariots and horses" of military might (Ps. 20:7), which is no less idolatrous.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Our "Other Education"
Like many of you, I went to elementary school, high school and college. I took such and such classes, earned such and such grades, and amassed such and such degrees.
But on the night of Feb. 2, 1975, I turned on WMMR in Philadelphia and became mesmerized by a concert the radio station was broadcasting. The concert was by a group I'd never heard of — Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Thus began a part of my second education.
We don't usually think of this second education. For reasons having to do with the peculiarities of our civilization, we pay a great deal of attention to our scholastic educations, which are formal and supervised, and we devote much less public thought to our emotional educations, which are unsupervised and haphazard. This is odd, since our emotional educations are much more important to our long-term happiness and the quality of our lives.
While Desiring the Kingdom is very much interested in our "formal" education, a big part of its argument concerns what Brooks here calls our "second education" or our "emotional education." And in the book, I try to provide a news lens in order to see all sorts of cultural practices (the mall, the stadium, the dorms) as a powerful "second education," as well as the lineaments of historic, intentional, Christian worship as an arena of the same. And as I think I note in a footnote, it was some of Brooks' own columns--particularly his persistent forays into cognitive science over the past several years--that led me to think about this "formation" in dialogue with contemporary work in neuroscience (particularly work on "automation").
Today's column also points to themes I'll be developing in Volume 2 of the Cultural Liturgies trilogy about the "mechanics" of formation, or "how worship works" (cribbing on James Wood's How Fiction Works). Again, consider how Brooks paints the picture:
This second education doesn't work the way the scholastic education works. In a normal schoolroom, information walks through the front door and announces itself by light of day. It's direct. The teacher describes the material to be covered, and then everybody works through it.
The knowledge transmitted in an emotional education, on the other hand, comes indirectly, seeping through the cracks of the windowpanes, from under the floorboards and through the vents. It's generally a byproduct of the search for pleasure, and the learning is indirect and unconscious. [...]
I find I can't really describe what this landscape feels like, especially in newspaper prose. But I do believe his narrative tone, the mental map, has worked its way into my head, influencing the way I organize the buzzing confusion of reality, shaping the unconscious categories through which I perceive events. Just as being from New York or rural Georgia gives you a perspective from which to see the world, so spending time in Springsteen's universe inculcates its own preconscious viewpoint.
I'm particularly interested in the dynamics and mechanics of this "absorption," how this non-cognitive education "seeps" into us (a continual metaphor in Desiring the Kingdom, too). I think Brooks' rightly intuits--but doesn't articulate--that this is fundamentally a matter of aesthetics. This is precisely why what he "feels" (or "understands") can't really be described "in newspaper prose." I'm fascinated by that tension and dynamic. Thus in volume 2 (yet to be titled), I'll be working out an analogy between literature and liturgy, drawing on recent work at the intersection of cognitive science, literature, and poetry in order to find a framework for understanding how and why liturgical practice can also function as a "second education."
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Thanks Be to God for Robert Brandom
I had also just finished watching American Beauty (for about the 612th time), which ends with Lester Burnham's testimony that sounds like a page out of the Heidelberg Catechism:
"It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once, and it's too much; my heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst... And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it. And then it flows through me like rain, and I can't feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life."
So, in that spirit of gratitude, I wrote this little litany of thanksgiving to open our Philosophy of Language class. (The little shot at Rorty is a bit of an inside joke--jokes in prayers are OK, right? ;-)
We Give You Thanks
L: We give you thanks, gracious Lord,
for the leisure we enjoy
in our philosophizing,
grateful for what Aristotle would call
our moral luck,
but which we name as graced privilege.
All: We give you thanks, sustaining Lord,
for the gifts of friendship we enjoy,
in these halls, around this table,
in the welcoming space of the Jellema room,
for a community that nourishes our imagination.
L: We give you thanks, creating God,
for making and sustaining a world
that gives birth to our wise conversation partners,
and we're grateful that your world has gifted us
with Ludwig Wittgenstein and Robert Brandom,
even Richard Rorty.
You must take delight in their wranglings and questions,
their probing, idiosyncratic attempts to make sense
of our incessant words.
We are grateful to be part of their conversation,
to listen in and talk back.
All: We give you thanks, loving God,
for that geeky thrill of
being immersed in new ideas
and that strange delight in
being awash in unfamiliar concepts,
that makes us feel like uncanny explorers
of foreign territories.
L: We give you thanks, Word of life,
for giving us the words to give thanks—
You who are the Word become flesh,
speaking to us in the baby talk of our
furtive mumblings.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
January Series: Remote Locations
On January 13, I'll be speaking in the 2010 version of the series, focused on my new book, Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation. But I thought friends and family might take note of a number of remote locations that will broadcast the lecture live, including sites near some of my old haunts such as Bellflower, CA, Ancaster, Ontario, and Brampton, Ontario.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes
Here's a snippet from the opening paragraphs:
Is anything more sacred to democracy than freedom of speech?1 And in our late modern world, is anything more sacred than democracy? Indeed, despite all the laments about the erosion of absolutes and a proliferation of perspectives, isn't freedom the last absolute standing—the one prized universal that launches not only a thousand ships, but ten thousand missiles, a hundred thousand marketing campaigns, and a myriad of global protests? Freedom is that byword that unites the strangest conglomeration of devotees. It rolls off the tongue of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama; it is a rallying cry for both Thomas Friedman and Naomi Klein; it is the banner under which the American military and Hardt and Negri's "multitude" both march.2 Freedom is the minaret of global democracy calling us to pray—well, whatever we damn well want because, after all, it secures our freedom of expression.
Freedom is both a stern and lenient god, demanding to be worshiped, but letting us decide what that will look like. Freedom demands that everyone play its game, but playing the freedom game permits us to make up our own game. So freedom is like a strange circus master, a smiling but demanding ringleader who shows up in town and demands that everyone make room for the big top. But within his big tent, there's room for an infinite numbers of games and performances.
And nothing affects us more viscerally than the refusal of freedom. We might not know exactly what freedom is, but we certainly know when it is being quashed and denied. Indeed, our most powerful iconic images of martyrs have been images of repression: that lone figure standing in front of the tanks in Tiananmen Square; the anonymous faces in South Africa; the haunting images of the last moments of Neda Agha-Soltan on that street in Tehran. It's as if the body knows what freedom is, and the body marks the limits of repression. Our bodies recoil at images of repression that make their mark on the body of others, stirring our imaginations to both protest and imagine things otherwise. What tyranny does to bodies elicits a gasped whisper of "No. . ." from us, which then wells into a fist-raised shout, "No!" And that tiny monosyllabic "no" is the compression of a longer claim: "That's not the way it's supposed to be."
Read the rest of "Fearless Speech, Courageous Eyes."
Friday, November 20, 2009
Room for Martyrs?
Is There Room for Martyrs in our Church?
James K.A. Smith
Coram Deo Chapel | Indiana Wesleyan University | 18 October 2009
I recently had opportunity to enjoy a kind of reverse "Grand Tour" in northern Italy—a very foreign territory for Protestants. I found myself impressed—even haunted—by images that constantly confronted me on this journey: images of martyrs. The Venetian empire just oozes with images of Catholic martyrs: Sebastian and Barbara, George and Perpetua.
What made me uncomfortable with the ubiquity of these images of martyrdom is that I seemed to lack the imaginative space to make room for martyrdom. Or perhaps I should just say that my imagination lacked triggers that could be activated by images of martyrdom, as if the semiotics of martyrdom were a foreign language in a script I couldn't even make out. These images of witnesses (martureoi) who bore witness precisely by suffering for the faith are not part of the pantheon of Protestant saints that tend to populate our imaginative landscape.
Room for Martyrs?
I came away from this experience with a question: Is there room for martyrs in our church? Or, to put it a little differently: Do we North American evangelicals have space in our worldview to even make sense of martyrdom, let alone revere and celebrate it?
The tension, I think, is this: over the past several decades, North American evangelicals—especially evangelicals committed to colleges and universities—have steadily absorbed the idea that as Christians we are to be "transforming culture." We see our commission as a cultural mandate to redeem "all things," perhaps even to be "world changers."
Now, don't get me wrong: I do think God calls us to be engaged in the good work of culture-making. But I'm not sure that's the same as "transforming culture" or "changing the world." The reason is this: it seems to me that when Christians get hooked on "transforming culture," it often turns out that the transformation goes the other way. In particular, I think that when we see our mission as transforming culture or changing the world, we end up thinking that the church is out to win. We slowly but steadily become a people who are bent on "outcomes," on "success," on winning a culture war. And what we don't realize is that, slowly but steadily, it's the world that's changing us into people who are "purpose-driven" just like the rest of our success-driven world.
And in that world, martyrs are just losers. Because let's be honest, from the perspective of the ambitious project of renewing "all things," "transforming culture" and "changing the world," martyrdom represents a pretty stark failure. Somebody must have dropped the ball on transforming the structures of society if Christians are being executed. Has our penchant for renewing "all things" unwittingly made us allergic to failure?
Room for the Cross?
So what concerns me is not only that there isn't room for stained-glass depictions of martyrs in our puritanical worship spaces. Even more importantly, there doesn't seem to be room in our theological imagination for martyrdom. Our "worldview" seems to lack a place for a faithfulness to the scandalous radicality of the Gospel—the sort of faithfulness that gets you killed. Instead, we come up with scaled-down, comfortable versions of a "personal relationship with Jesus" that won't upset the status quo very much—as if Jesus' kingdom was just the best version of the American dream. As if embracing Jesus was just the best way to become a "success."
But if our churches don't have room for martyrs, then they don't have room for the cross; they won't have room for Jesus. Was Jesus a "cultural transformer?" A "world changer?" Was Jesus a "success?" Is execution a success? I think Jesus is, in fact, our exemplar of culture-making—but he also shows us that engaging in cultural labor is not a matter of cozying up to the powers-that-be. Faithful cultural labor isn't looking for ways to get Faith in the Halls of Power (Lindsay). If that were the case, the Son of God would have been born to the Emperor. But he wasn't—he was born in a stable to a family from the other side of the tracks.
And Jesus' culture-making didn't lead to the "transformation of culture"—it led to his execution, precisely because the kingdom he announced—the kingdom into which he calls us—will always scandalize the powers. As N.T. Wright provocatively puts it, "Jesus determined that it was his task and role, his vocation as Israel's representative, to lose the battle on Israel's behalf. This would be the means of Israel's becoming the light, not just of herself…but of the whole world."[1] If our vocation is to "follow Christ" as the way to take up our human vocation to be God's image bearers, then our image bearing should look the same. "When we speak of 'following Christ,'" Wright cautions,
it is the crucified Messiah we are talking about. His death was not simply the messy bit that enables our sins to be forgiven but that can then be forgotten. The cross is the surest, truest, and deepest window on the very heart and character of the living and loving God… And when therefore we speak […] of shaping our world, we do not—we dare not—simply treat the cross as the thing that saves us "personally," but which can be left behind when we get on with the job. The task of shaping our world is best understood as the redemptive task of bringing the achievement of the cross to bear on the world, and in that task the methods, as well as the message, must be cross-shaped through and through.[2]
We are a kingdom people just to the extent that we make room for martyrdom, make room for the cross. We should be a people for whom martyrdom doesn't take us by surprise. I don't mean the faux martyrdom of people like Sarah Palin who invent tales about their persecution despite all the while serving the god of the status quo that knows nothing of the scandal of the kingdom. I mean a commitment to the scandal of the kingdom which recognizes that faithfulness does not look like success, does not look like winning. Indeed, more often than not, it will look like losing. We make room for the cross just to the extent that we're willing to lose.
Saint Stephen shows us that martyrdom is inscribed into the very DNA of the church, this called-out people who are called to embody the coming kingdom in our worship of a crucified King. This is also why the advent of the kingdom pictured in Revelation 20:4 comes with the picture of "those who had been beheaded for their testimony to Jesus." They were martyred precisely because "they had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands." I fear that we have become a church with no room for martyrs precisely because we've become a church that's taken the mark of the beast in our devotion to wealth, power, and military might. May the God who makes room for a persecutor like Saul also have compassion on us, grab hold of us on our Damascus roads, and show us what it looks like to be the church of Saint Stephen.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
My Calling (or, Three Cheers for Dilettantes!)
He then contrasts this with a description of the "hermeneutic" philosopher in terms that would be abhorrent to most professional philosophers. But I find in them a liberating description of my own self-understanding, or at least my aspirations. As Rorty puts it, the hermeneutic philosopher is
an informed dilettante, the polypragmatic, Socratic intermediary between various discourses. In his salon, so to speak, hermetic thinkers are charmed out of their self-enclosed practices. Disagreements between disciplines and discourses are compromised or transcended in the course of the conversation.
Long live informed dilettantes!
Lest We Forget
By Carl Sandburg
I sit in a chair and read the newspapers.
Millions of men go to war, acres of them are buried, guns
and ships broken, cities burned, villages sent up in
smoke, and children where cows are killed off amid
hoarse barbecues vanish like finer-rings of smoke
in a north wind.
I sit in a chair and read the newspapers.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Korean Edition of "Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?"
As I've just noted over at The Church and Postmodern Culture, a Korean edition of Who's Afraid of Postmodernism? has just appeared from Sallim Books. Follow the link to access the new Preface for this edition.
A Korean translation of Introducing Radical Orthodoxy is also in the works.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
This Has to be Illegal, but I'll Take It
But lo and behold, a quick search turned up a treasure: the entire, definitive German-English edition of the Philosophical Investigations available online as a .pdf file (on scribd)! And downloadable for free! (Did I just hit this on a good day, in the small window of time before Blackwell issues a cease-and-desist order? If so, get there quick.)
Besides getting me through today, this will also be a great reference tool enabling electronic searches. Not a bad way to redeem a sick day.


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Napolitano: Immigration is 'No. 1'
Immigration reform is the "No. 1" legislative priority for the Department of Homeland Security this year, trumping cybersecurity issues, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday at a POLITICO Playbook breakfast.
"…I would say, frankly, that our No. 1 priority in terms of legislation is immigration," Napolitano told POLITICO's Mike Allen at a breakfast marking the 10th anniversary of the agency. "It is high time for immigration reform."
Napolitano appeared with the only other two secretaries to have led the department: former Homeland Security Secretaries Michael Chertoff and Tom Ridge, in their only joint appearance marking the department's anniversary.
Napolitano also addressed reports that DHS has released immigrant detainees from detention centers as a cost-saving mechanism due to budget uncertainties tied to last week's sequestration and other looming budget fights. Napolitano said that "several hundred" detainees were released — not "thousands," as news reports from last week had indicated. She stressed that those moved from detention centers were low-risk, and that the process would continue "for the foreseeable future."
"With sequestration looming and the end of the [continuing resolution] in a couple weeks, it's like the perfect storm," Napolitano said. "We really have to manage so many different things because we don't have a budget."
Napolitano said DHS secretaries are "between a rock and a hard place" on such issues, saying that even as Congress calls on the department to maintain thousands of beds for such detainees, the funding isn't there and there isn't the opportunity to shift money around. Ridge slammed Congress, saying the body is sticking DHS with needlessly complicated immigration questions.
"We've had three secretaries that had to do triage because Congress cannot find a way to create an immigration policy…a broad-based immigration policy for the United States of America," he said, adding, "But let's be very, very clear. The job of the secretary of Homeland Security… with regard to securing the borders would be a heck of a lot easier if the U.S. Congress would forget about partisanship [to] come up with a broad-based comprehensive immigration plan. The story ends right there," he said to applause.
The impacts of sequestration are also evident beyond releases from immigration detention centers, Napolitano said.
"Now that we are having to reduce or eliminate basically overtime both for TSA and for customs, now that we have instituted a hiring freeze…we will begin today sending out furlough notices," Napolitano said. "We are already seeing the effects," adding that lines are "150 to 200 percent as long as we would normally expect."
The three reflected on the brief history of the agency, which Napolitano called the "largest reorganization of the federal government since [the Department of Defense]." Chertoff, the second Homeland Security secretary, said that one of the challenges, but also the assets, of DHS, was that "no one was in the trenches…everything had to be dealt, really, from scratch."
The organization was then able to focus on the question of, "How can we promote people operating in a joint fashion?" Chertoff said. "Because that's really what the value proposition of the department was."
As for the mission of DHS?
"It's all about risk management," said Ridge, the first department secretary. "It has been since Day 1."
All three said technology has been a major driver of change at DHS, and Napolitano expressed hope that as technology continues to improve, air travel passengers will face fewer burdens going forward.


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The authorship of the Gospels is a matter of considerable debate amongst skeptics and critics of the New Testament canon. Mark's Gospel is an early record of Jesus' life, ministry, death and resurrection, but Mark isn't mentioned as an eyewitness in any of the Gospel accounts. How did Mark get his information about Jesus? There are several historical clues:
Papias said Mark scribed Peter's teachings
Bishop Papias of Hierapolis (60-130AD) repeated the testimony of the old presbyters (disciples of the Apostles) who claimed Mark wrote his Gospel in Rome as he scribed the preaching of Peter (Ecclesiastical History Book 2 Chapter 15, Book 3 Chapter 30 and Book 6 Chapter 14). Papias wrote a five volume work entitled, "Interpretation of the Oracles of the Lord". In this treatise (which no longer exists), he quoted someone he identified as 'the elder', (most likely John the elder), a man who held considerable authority in Asia:
"And the elder used to say this, Mark became Peter's interpreter and wrote accurately all that he remembered, not, indeed, in order, of the things said and done by the Lord. For he had not heard the Lord, nor had followed him, but later on, followed Peter, who used to give teaching as necessity demanded but not making, as it were, an arrangement of the Lord's oracles, so that Mark did nothing wrong in thus writing down single points as he remembered them. For to one thing he gave attention, to leave out nothing of what he had heard and to make no false statements in them."
Irenaeus said Mark wrote his Gospel from Peter's teaching
In his book, "Against Heresies" (Book 3 Chapter 1), Irenaeus (130-200AD) also reported Mark penned his Gospel as a scribe for Peter, adding the following detail:
"Matthew composed his gospel among the Hebrews in their own language, while Peter and Paul proclaimed the gospel in Rome and founded the community. After their departure, Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, handed on his preaching to us in written form"
Justin identified Mark's Gospel with Peter
Early Christian apologist, Justin Martyr, wrote "Dialogue with Trypho" (approximately 150AD) and included this interesting passage:
"It is said that he [Jesus] changed the name of one of the apostles to Peter; and it is written in his memoirs that he changed the names of others, two brothers, the sons of Zebedee, to Boanerges, which means 'sons of thunder'…."
Justin, therefore, identified a particular Gospel as the 'memoir' of Peter and said this memoir described the sons of Zebedee as the 'sons of thunder'. Only Mark's Gospel describes John and James in this way, so it is reasonable to assume that the Gospel of Mark is the memoir of Peter.
Clement said Mark recorded Peter's Roman preaching
Clement of Alexandria (150-215AD) wrote a book entitled "Hypotyposeis" (Ecclesiastical History Book 2 Chapter 15). In this ancient book, Clement refers to a tradition handed down from the "elders from the beginning":
"And so great a joy of light shone upon the minds of the hearers of Peter that they were not satisfied with merely a single hearing or with the unwritten teaching of the divine gospel, but with all sorts of entreaties they besought Mark, who was a follower of Peter and whose gospel is extant, to leave behind with them in writing a record of the teaching passed on to them orally; and they did not cease until they had prevailed upon the man and so became responsible for the Scripture for reading in the churches."
Eusebius also wrote an additional detail (Ecclesiastical History Book 6 Chapter 14) related to Mark's work with Peter:
"The Gospel according to Mark had this occasion. As Peter had preached the Word publicly at Rome, and declared the Gospel by the Spirit, many who were present requested that Mark, who had followed him for a long time and remembered his sayings, should write them out. And having composed the Gospel he gave it to those who had requested it. When Peter learned of this, he neither directly forbade nor encouraged it."
This additional piece of information related to Peter's reaction to Mark's work is important, because it demonstrates that Clement is not simply repeating the information first established by Papias, but seems to have an additional source that provided him with something more, and something slightly different than Papias.
Tertullian affirmed Peter's influence on the Gospel of Mark
Early Christian theologian and apologist, Tertullian (160-225AD), wrote a book that refuted the theology and authority of Marcion. The book was appropriately called, "Against Marcion" and in Book 4 Chapter 5, he described the Gospel of Mark:
"While that [gospel] which Mark published may be affirmed to be Peter's whose interpreter Mark was."
The Muratorian Fragment confirmed Mark's relationship to Peter
The Muratorian Fragment is the oldest known list of New Testament books. Commonly dated to approximately 170AD, the first line reads:
"But he was present among them, and so he put [the facts down in his Gospel]"
This appears to be a reference to Mark's presence at Peter's talks and sermons in Rome, and the fact that he then recorded these messages then became the Gospel of Mark.
Origen attributed Mark's Gospel to Peter
Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History Book 6 Chapter 25) quoted a Gospel Commentary written by Origen (an early church father and theologian who lived 185-254AD) that explains the origin of the Gospels. This commentary also attributes the Gospel of Mark to Peter:
"In his first book on Matthew's Gospel, maintaining the Canon of the Church, he testifies that he knows only four Gospels, writing as follows: Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I have learned by tradition that the first was written by Matthew, who was once a publican, but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, and it was prepared for the converts from Judaism, and published in the Hebrew language. The second is by Mark, who composed it according to the instructions of Peter, who in his Catholic epistle acknowledges him as a son, saying, 'The church that is at Babylon elected together with you, salutes you, and so does Marcus, my son.' 1 Peter 5:13 And the third by Luke, the Gospel commended by Paul, and composed for Gentile converts. Last of all that by John."
An Anti-Marcionite Prologue affirmed Peter's connection to Mark
There are three Gospel 'prologues' that appear in many Latin Bibles from antiquity. Known as the "Anti-Marcionite Prologues", they date to the 4th century or earlier. The prologue for the Gospel of Mark is particularly interesting:
"Mark declared, who is called 'stump-fingered,' because he had rather small fingers in comparison with the stature of the rest of his body. He was the interpreter of Peter. After the death of Peter himself he wrote down this same gospel in the regions of Italy." The consistent record of history identifies Mark's Gospel as a memoir of Peter's life with Jesus. Click To Tweet
Now, it can be argued that Papias' description of Mark's collaboration with Peter in Rome is the earliest description available to us. In fact, skeptics have tried to argue that later Church sources are simply parroting Papias when they connect Mark to Peter. But there is no evidence to suggest that Papias is the sole source of information related to Peter and Mark, particularly when considering the slight variations in the subsequent attributions (such as Clement's version). The subtle differences suggest that the claims came from different original sources. In addition, Justin Martyr's tangential reference to the 'sons of thunder' strengthens the support for Peter's involvement coming from a source other than Papias (who never makes this connection). In essence, a claim of dependency on Papias lacks specific evidence, and even if this were the case, there is no reason to doubt the accuracy of Papias' original claim in the first place. The consistent record of history identifies Mark's Gospel as a memoir of Peter's life with Jesus.
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To clarify the source of your quote from Papias, it is from "Church History" by Eusebius in Book 3, Chapter 39, paragraph 15. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250103.htm