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Between the crisp, cool air and shortened days, autumn weekends seem to be made for sleeping late, followed by long, leisurely breakfasts that fill your home with the aromas of brewed coffee, freshly baked sweet breads and sizzling sausages. Sadly, the reality is that most weekend breakfasts turn into harried, short-order affairs of bacon and eggs � or Pop-Tarts.
That�s when we should take a cue from bed-and-breakfasts. They are, after all, the masters of leisurely morning meals, says Pamela Lanier, a family travel expert who turned her B&B expertise into a new cookbook, �Cinnamon Mornings and Savory Nights� (Lanier Publications/Random House, $19.95, 160 pages), featuring recipes from inns across North America.
The hallmark of breakfast at an inn, the Petaluma resident says, is that it�s something out of the ordinary: �It�s not just eggs and toast. The dish has other elements to it � whether it�s stuffed French toast or a veggie omelet � that make it cuisine.�
Filled with recipes for baked apple pancakes, coffee cakes and at least nine kinds of French toast, each more decadent than the last, Lanier�s book practically exudes the heady aromas of autumn � crisp mornings, a crackling fire, cinnamon and sage.
�Cinnamon is a magical ingredient. It goes in so many dishes and wakes the whole thing up,� says Lanier.
Put a cinnamon-laced coffee cake in the oven in the morning, and even the sleepiest of sleepyheads will find his way into the kitchen in fairly short order. Add some herb-flecked country sausage to the mix � sage has a natural affinity for pork, which is why it�s so often used in breakfast sausage � and the result is breakfast nirvana.
There�s a reason we�re drawn to cinnamon and sage in cooler weather, beyond their delectable fragrances. Aromatherapists and herbalists say these plants have warming qualities. Practitioners of traditional folk medicine use them to prevent and treat colds. And even some over-the-counter cold medicines today contain the chemical compounds found in sage and cinnamon.
More to the point, cinnamon and sage taste marvelous, and they pair beautifully with apples, pears, pumpkins and mushrooms � the seasonal foods that give the morning meal such a cozy autumn feel.
At the Wine Country Inn & Gardens in St. Helena, Calif., it takes the form of a layered cheese strata, filled with cheddar cheese and mushrooms. At New Hampshire�s Greenfield Inn, that translates into a homely but delicious version of do-ahead French toast, drenched in caramelized brown sugar and topped with berries or saut�ed apples.
And for Emily Hoche-Mong, who runs Montara�s Goose and Turrets Bed and Breakfast with her husband Raymond, autumn breakfasts are all about celebrating the season with local fare: seasonal fruit plates, oatmeal with cinnamon, brandied cherries with creme Chantilly, and another local delicacy.
�As it gets to be crab season in the fall, we do a deviled crab in a cream sauce served in a pastry bouchee,� she says.
Hoche-Mong�s menu might sound complicated, but the key, she says, is preparation.
�It really pays to do something that you can fix ahead, simple kinds of frittata and casserole dishes. In the morning you can bring it out and pop it in the oven. It�s lovely for families because the cook can enjoy the morning,� Hoche-Mong says.
With long holiday weekends on the horizon, that�s especially good advice for cooks with a house full of company the morning after Thanksgiving. Hoche-Mong says her recipe for sausage biscuit pinwheels freezes beautifully. Lanier�s book also offers several dishes that can be made a day or two in advance and refrigerated. And a cinnamon bun recipe that gets its lift from baking powder, rather than yeast, can be thrown together at the last minute.
Of course, some might argue that if you want a delicious, no-fuss autumn breakfast, you could just go out. But that would mean denying yourself the ultimate indulgence on a chilly autumn morning: pajamas at the breakfast table.
For the bun:
1-3/4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg
1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
For the filling:
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the glaze:
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon maple flavoring
Milk to thin
In a food processor, pulse together the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Add cold butter and pulse until evenly distributed.
Whisk together the egg and 1/3 cup milk. Then, with motor running, pour the liquid into the flour mixture and pulse until just combined. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead lightly, adding just enough flour so the dough becomes smooth.
Roll the dough into a 12-by-12-inch square. Spread with softened butter, coat with brown sugar and sprinkle with cinnamon. Roll dough into a log and chill for 20 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350. Grease a muffin tin. Cut the cinnamon roll into eight to 10 slices, about 1/2-inch thick, and place cut-side down in the muffin tin. Bake 15 to 20 minutes. Let rest a few minutes, then remove hot muffins from pan.
Whisk the powdered sugar with melted butter, maple and just enough milk to reach a glaze consistency. Drizzle over warm muffins.
Makes 8 to 10
� Adapted from a Sherwood Forest B&B recipe, Lanierbb.com
12 slices lightly buttered extra-sourdough bread
4 cups grated cheddar cheese
1/2 medium onion, diced
1 cup thinly sliced mushrooms
10 eggs
4 cups milk
2 heaping tablespoons spicy mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
Cut bread into small cubes. Place half the bread cubes into a large, greased baking dish. Sprinkle with 2 cups cheese, onion and mushrooms. Add second layer of bread and top with remaining cheese.
Beat eggs, milk, mustard, salt and pepper together. Pour this mixture evenly over the casserole. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight.
Preheat oven to 325. Bake for approximately 45 to 50 minutes or until top is golden and lightly crusted.
Per serving: 790 calories, 32 grams total fat, 16 grams saturated fat, 335 milligrams cholesterol, 1800 milligrams sodium, 84 grams carbohydrates, 5 grams fiber, 10 grams sugar, 39 grams protein.
Servings: 8
� �Cinnamon Mornings and Savory Nights� by Pamela Lanier
1 pound bulk, well-seasoned pork sausage
2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch salt
1/2 cup shortening
3/4 cup buttermilk
Sift 1-1/2 cups flour in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the center and add baking powder, soda and salt. Mix well, then cut in shortening. Add buttermilk and mix well. Add last 1/2 cup of flour and blend until smooth but not sticky. Wrap dough in waxed paper and chill for one hour.
Roll out dough on a floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness, roughly an 18-by-18-inch rectangle. Spread sausage thinly over the dough. Leave 1/2 inch along one long edge free of sausage, so it will seal when rolled. Starting along the long end, roll dough into a log-shaped cylinder. Chill at least 30 minutes so logs will cut cleanly.
Preheat oven to 450. Cut logs in 1/2-inch rounds. Place 1/4-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 15 minutes or until sausage is cooked and dough is golden.
Note: Rolled, uncut logs can be refrigerated overnight or frozen.
Makes: 25 to 30 pinwheels
� Emily Hoche-Mong, Goose and Turrets Bed and Breakfast, Montara, Calif.
6 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons butter, divided
6 tablespoons flour
3 cups milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
Tabasco sauce
8 ounces crabmeat
3 tablespoons each minced onion, bell pepper, celery
1/4 cup peas or corn, optional
1/4 teaspoon gumbo file, optional
10 puff pastry bouchees or shells
Make a white sauce by melting 6 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Whisk in flour and continue whisking until mixture starts to bubble. Cook two minutes longer. Pour in milk and stir until it starts to thicken. Season with salt and a few drops Tabasco, to taste. Add crab and keep warm.
In a skillet, melt 2 teaspoons butter, add vegetables and saut�. When tender, sprinkle the file over them, then add vegetables to the crab mixture and keep warm.
Crisp the bouchee shells in a 325-degree oven for five minutes. Pour mixture into bouchees, allowing some to pour over sides. Top with slivers of bell pepper, parsley, nasturtium or other colorful garnish and serve.
Per serving: 370 calories, 25 grams total fat, 8 grams saturated fat, 40 milligrams cholesterol, 280 milligrams sodium, 26 grams carbohydrates, 4 grams sugars, 11 grams protein.
Servings: 10
� Emily Hoche-Mong, Goose and Turrets Bed and Breakfast, Montara, Calif.


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|System: X360, PS3, PC
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Rebellion
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Bethesda Softworks
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Dec. 1, 2009
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Matthew Walker
Feb. 1, 2007 - Games like SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs prove that SEALs are hardcore. Everyone knows that, but Bethesda, Zombie Interactive, and Richard Marcinko want to make sure no one forgets it. Rogue Warrior ensures no one ever will. Even with a market flooded with military first person shooters, Rogue Warrior is breaking the mold - forever.
Rogue Warrior is based on the autobiography Rogue Warrior, by former Navy SEAL commander and founder of SEAL Team Six, Richard Marcinko. In the autobiography, Marcinko retells the events of the Vietnam War for his team. The game takes a different route. Mirroring the headlines of today, you lead Marcinko and a team of three others into North Korea and infiltrate a submarine facility to acquire information on the nuclear capabilities of the country. While gathering information behind enemy lines, North Korea invades South Korea, thus the drums of war begin to beat with you in the middle of a hot zone. Now your mission is to navigate your team out of North Korea before you are captured.
Innovation is the admirable trait of Bethesda, developer for one of the top RPG franchises of all time, Elder Scrolls. Instead of using the same formalities of previous games, Rogue Warrior will not be using the "rail" system of a normal FPS. You will have to strategically map out which way you want to go, tactically, stealthily, or down in a blaze of glory. This broadens the depth of the game and allows the player options instead of just one locked path. Rogue Warrior will have the largest levels, in scale, of any FPS. Bethesda has even went the extra step to appeal to fans of military games, not just the FPS lovers, by including the option to switch from FPS to third-person. The AI of the enemies promises to be as innovative as the rest of the gameplay. You'll start out with low level North Korean soldiers, moving your way up to the elite, with the intelligence level becoming more advanced with each new confrontation.
Have a couple of friends that you would like to play with instead of against? The co-operative mode will allow any of your friends to jump in and out at their leisure, replacing them with AI controlled characters with ease. Another advantage to the co-op mode is that if you are injured during a mission, one of your buddies can step in and heal you. The cooperative play will be available online, along with a massive multiplayer option. While having up to 24 players competing in several gameplay modes, 11 so far with more possibly coming, is impressive, the new tiling system adds more player control over the online gaming experience. Where you compete against another team is up to you, them, and the server. You will be given several map options to choose from, each team selects one, the team votes on the map area, and then the server randomly selects the middle area of the map. For those players needing to refine their skills, you will able to participate in the gameplay modes with full AI bots. In addition to the tiling system, here are some of the modes currently being worked on:
1. DM - Straight up Deathmatch.
2. TDM - Team Deathmatch.
3. CTF - Capture the Flag variant. The team needs to move a "flag" from one capture point to another to capture it. Victory conditions can be based on number of capture points or total time capture points are held.
4. VIP - Only one member of each team (the VIP) can capture the control points. Each time the VIP is killed, a new VIP is chosen. Victory conditions can be based on number of capture points or total time capture points are held.
5. Hold and Conquer - The team must capture and hold all the domination points at the same time to win.
6. Squad Capture - To capture a point, the team needs more than 1 player alive at the capture point. Victory conditions can be based on number of capture points or total time capture points are held.
7. Capture Once - Once a control point is captured,s it can't be un-captured. The team that captures the most points the fastest wins.
8. King of the Hill - Only the Center Tile's Control point(s) is active. Victory conditions can be based on number of capture points held at one time or total time capture points are held.
9. Pure Time Capture - Time points are awarded for each control point held. Only one team member is needed to capture each point. The more points that are held, the more time bonuses are given. The team that holds the most points and for the longest amount of time, wins.
10. Promotion - For each successive kill you get, you are awarded more points, but you obtain the most points/highest rank, by killing those who rank above you, less points for killing those below you. Goal is to be the highest ranked player at the end of the match.
11. Demotion - One player is randomly chosen as the Fleet Admiral. Everyone else tries to kill them. The person that kills the Fleet Admiral becomes the Fleet Admiral. The longer they stay alive + more kills they obtain, the more points they accrue. The winner is the person who is the Fleet Admiral the longest.
Using the Unreal 3 engine, the same engine used for Gears of War, Rogue Warrior looks impressive even in this stage of development. The character models look smooth and capture the features of the SEALs nicely. Highly detailed environments will be interactive as well; shooting certain spots on a vehicle will leave certain kinds of dents. In addition to Richard Marcinko, the other SEAL members that are represented in the books provide their voices to their digital representations. With Marcinko's known language of choice, if you have read the series of books, being that of a sailor, you can bet that the dialogue will be insightful, colorful, and humorous.
Rogue Warrior looks to be the next big title to look for. With all of its features changing or updating how things are done currently in the genre, too much change could be a bad thing. However, with Bethesda, a company known for sleek environments, interesting characters, and desire to improve upon gaming experiences, and Zombie Interactive, the company that brought you the Spec Ops series, you can bet we are in for one heck of a ride. Rogue Warrior is set to be released Fall 2007.
Matthew Walker
CCC Project Coordinator

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To qualify for the Chief Dispatcher certificate you must:
Have participated in the operation of a model railroad, either home or club, for not less than fifty hours. A minimum of ten hours each must have been served in three of the five categories listed below, one of which must be #5, Dispatcher:
Engineer (mainline freight, passenger, or wayfreight)
Yardmaster (or station master)
Hostler (or power desk)
Towerman (or traffic manager, or road master)
This experience shall be accumulated on one or more model railroads having at least two mainline trains plus yard switching in simultaneous operation. Some system of freight and passenger car movements, including road switching, shall be used for controlling train activity.
The following descriptions are not designed to list ALL of the things that a particular job must involve - they list things that are typically involved in each job. Naturally, jobs, duties, and overall operating complexity will vary from one model railroad to another.
a. Mainline Passenger or Freight Engineer:
Shall run their train in a manner that simulates the prototype, following the rules of the model railroad being used, and operating according to the signal system (if present) or by direct instruction of the Dispatcher.
b. Wayfreight Engineer:
Will meet the requirements of Mainline Engineer. In addition, he or she shall perform all required switching with approval from the Dispatcher in a manner not to adversely affect the overall railroad schedule or operations.
Operating in a prototype manner includes no 'jack-rabbit' starts or sudden stops during normal operations.
a. Yardmaster:
Runs the freight yard. He or she makes up trains with the appropriate cars in the desired numbers to have trains ready when the timetable or Dispatcher requires them. Generally, the Yardmaster operates the switch engine, but in a large yard could direct other yard engineers.
b. Station master:
Is in charge of the passenger station and all passenger switching. He or she makes up trains with the appropriate consists so that the trains are ready when the timetable or Dispatcher requires them. Terminating trains are broken down appropriately and the cars are serviced and stored as needed. Through train switching is accomplished.
a. Hostler:
Shall run the engine facilities. He or she shall have each locomotive facing the correct direction, double-headed or lashed up, ready for the Engineer to easily leave the engine area. Service to locomotives shall be simulated. Returning locomotives are placed in their appropriate stalls or tracks. On layouts with advanced control systems, the Hostler can handle assignment of locomotives to the appropriate engineer' s throttle.
b. Power Desk:
Decides what is the correct motive power for each train. Assigns throttle control to the motive power. When assignment is finished, he or she returns control of that motive power to the Hostler, or to off.
a. Towerman:
Operates one or more towers (control panels) on a layout. He or she sets up appropriate routes at the correct time under direction of the timetable or the Dispatcher. Reports train passings to dispatcher if required.
b. Traffic Manager:
Determines which cars come and go from each industry, and the amount and location of traffic, and specifies the route. May create a computer program to do this automatically.
c. Road Master:
The operating trouble-shooter and repair person. He or she keeps things moving smoothly. Can take track in or out of service.
Coordinates all train movements, either by sequence, timetable and fast clock, or other operating system.
The applicant shall also do the following: (please note that the use of a computer to accomplish these requirements is acceptable)
Prepare a schematic drawing of a model railroad layout meeting the operating conditions described in (A), and indicating all pertinent simulated distances.
Normally, this would be a diagram of one of the layouts you put in your qualifying time on - but there is no requirement that it must be. The drawing must be neat and readable, but it does not have to be in ink.
Develop a timetable appropriate to this model railroad, simulating prototype time, covering a period of eight hours or more, during which at least three scheduled mainline trains move in each direction.
Develop an operating train chart (graph) which interprets the above schedule for timetable operation of the model railroad. Indicate at least one train meet on the schematic drawing required in (B-1) above. Show the position of the trains involved and describe the action, giving pertinent time and movement data to effect the meet.
Develop or adapt a system of operation for the layout in (A), including all the necessary forms and explanations for their use for controlling car movements, train makeup, and operation in a prototypical manner.
Members of the same club or home layout operating group who are applying for the Chief Dispatcher certificate can use copies of the same paperwork for requirements 1 and 4, but each must develop and submit their own timetable and train chart (even if they are all copies of the same one). Another possibility would be to have all the members who qualified submit their application at the same time. and just use one set of the paperwork for #'s 1 & 4.
Statement of Qualification
The applicant must submit a completed Statement of Qualification (SOQ) (PDF) which shall include the following:
The forms and drawings meeting the requirements in (B).
Description of the jobs held and the approximate number of hours in each.
The signed witnessed "Certification of Operation" showing that all the requirements have been met and the applicant has operated a model railroad in a prototypical manner.
Further Information
Contact National Achievement Program General Manager, Paul Richardson, MMR email@example.com, or your Region or Division Achievement Program Manager for more information.
Also refer to the article "Chief Dispatcher", NMRA Bulletin, May 1991.
Forms available for this category:
SOQ Form:http://nmra.org/sites/default/files/200 ... spatch.pdf
Record and Validation forms:http://nmra.org/sites/default/files/2006-rv-mrecd.pdf
This thread is to discuss, show off, and ask advice on your journey towards the Chief Dispatcher certificate. If you have any questions for the AP Chairman, please contact him direct on: email@example.com .
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Loyola to showcase 'My Louisiana Love' documentary
Loyola press release - April 23, 2012
A sneak preview of the documentary film "My Louisiana Love" will be shown on tonight, April 23 in Nunemaker Auditorium at 7:30 pm. The film, produced by Loyola alumna Monique Verdin '11 and Sharon Linezo Hong, traces a young woman's quest to find a place in her Native American community as it reels from decades of environmental degradation.
Verdin returns to Southeast Louisiana to reunite with her Houma Nation family, but soon sees that her people's traditional way of life - fishing, trapping and hunting in these fragile wetlands - is threatened by a continuing cycle of social and ecological injustice. She must overcome the loss of her father, her partner and her house and redefine the meaning of home.
A discussion with the filmmakers will follow the screening. The event is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in the West Road Garage.
"My Louisiana Love" is produced by Within a Sense, LLC, for Native American Public Telecommunications, Inc. and is presented by The Center for the Study of New Orleans, at Loyola University New Orleans, in conjunction with the Center for Environmental Communication and the School of Mass Communication.
Additional information about the documentary can be found at www.mylouisianalove.com. For more information, contact Matt Lambert in the Office of Public Affairs at 504-861-5448 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The HTC One S has been one of the most impressive Android powered handsets to launch this year. Since its debut, it's had to live in the shadow of the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S III, but HTC is hoping to re-capture consumer interest in the device by releasing a white HTC One S SE (Special Edition) with an impressive 64GB of internal storage.
Unfortunately, the color and storage changes are the only features which differentiate the HTC One SE from its predecessor. The device retains the same 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel camera with HTC's image chip with an f/2.0 lens and the same 1650 mAh battery. The HTC One S SE product spec sheet does not list which version of Android is running on the device, but the description of some of the new Sense features line up with those on the HTC One X+ which runs on Android 4.1 with HTC Sense 4+.
Right now, we do not know when the HTC One S SE will be released or which markets it will actually hit. The only listing we've been able to spot so far is on HTC's product site for Taiwan, but it could show up on more HTC sites as the week progresses.


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The Essentials
Name: Tanya Love
Birthday: February 20th
Location: San Diego, CA
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'8
Weight: 140
Measurements: 34D-27-34
Ethnicity: Mother: Mexican, Father: Costa Rican
Turn-ons: I love men that have there stuff together; work,car own place. A man with good hygiene, good taste in music, romantic and smart.
Turn-offs: Poor hygiene, not very smart and doesn't have goals in life.
Pet Peeves: People that chew w there mouth open.
The Interview
Is "Tanya Love" your real name or model name?
Tanya is real.
Where are you from? And, are you currently living there? If not, where are you currently living?
I'm from San Diego, California and yes, I am currently leaving there.
Does your personality match your Zodiac sign? Describe.
Yeah, kind of, but I like Scorpios, they're feisty.
How long have you been modeling?
For a little over 2 years.
What would you say are your strengths as a model? (ex. body, eyes, smile, certain poses and emotions...)
My personality because I always have good strength. I just go with the flow and my smile, poses, looks; everyone always thinks I'm filipino or asian, and I like that.
Do you have any birthmarks, scars or tattoos? Please state "what", "where", "how noticable?"
I have a tattoo of a hibiscus flower on my left hip with stars around it, which means happiness.
Describe yourself in 3 words or statements.
Pretty f**king awesome!!! Seriously, loyal, fun and motivate.
What is your best beauty secret?
I don't really know of any, haha.
What do you look for in a guy? What would he have to do to get your attention and to keep you interested?
I like guys that can make me laugh. If he can make me laugh then he already has my attention.
What gets you in the mood? What are some of your turn-ons?
Wine and good music always gets me in the mood.
How do you feel about pick-up lines? What was the best line that was used on you? Did it work?
I think they're cute, guys are kind of slow so if he comes up to me with a pick up line for sure he will have me laughing. Funniest pick up line someone told me was "Do you wash your pants with windex , because i can see myself in your pants"
So what is the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you on a date? How did the rest of the night go?
Weirdest thing was one time the guy I was on a date with grabbed some other girl's ass in front of me. So I excused myself from that date.
On a scale of 1 to 10, how wild are you in the bedroom?
Duhh, a 10, just kidding I'm a virgin.
What do you wear to bed?
Why Channel # 5 of course :D
What item of clothing or accessory makes you feel the sexiest?
Heels always make me feel sexy, they make my legs look long and sexy and they give my booty a nice lift haha.
Have you posed in the nude? If so, how did it make you feel?
Yes I have, but none of the pictures were published. I like being naked but I don't know about the whole world looking at my goodies.
Where can we see you? (ex. shows, tv, magazines, etc)
I've been in a couple of magazines: Super Street, Super Street Bike, Lowrider, Lowrider Girls and Black Menz magazine. I'm not really into doing television or music videos right now.
What is your dream car? What modifications/upgrades would you make, and why?
My dream car is the batmobile, but in purple, haha.
Do you have many traffic violations? Any stories you'd like to share with us?
Yeah, I actually have like three right now. All bad, but im taking care of them :)
With any 'spotlight' type of job, you are looked upon as a role model. What advice would you give out to aspiring models?
Never give up no matter how many times someone turns you down. If you really want something, work hard and you'll noting, getting there comes easy.
Words to live by?
Love conquers all.
Any shout-outs or last words?
Thanks for giving me a chance and keep supporting me, I promise you won't be disappointed :)


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A 36-year-old homeless man was sentenced to 30 years today after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting an 83-year-old woman who gave him money and food.
Dennis Dodson pled guilty to the attack in September of 2011.
Dodson, who was homeless, attacked the woman in a vacant area behind a Home Depot store where he had been living in Orland Park, according to a press release from the Cook County state's attorney's office.
The victim, 83, was walking home on Sept. 22, 2011 and was on a path behind the Home Depot store. When she encountered Dodson, she gave him $5 and walked home, the release said.
When she got home, she gathered a few items, including food and more money, to give to Dodson. She then walked back to the vacant area behind the store and gave Dodson $10 and crackers. She told Dodson she was going to make calls to local shelters to try to get him help, the release said.
The next day, she called her church and a social service agency and was told to call the police. She called the Orland Park Police Department the next day seeking help for Dodson, the release said.
After she called police, she went back to the area and told Dodson she called police to help him. At the time, Dodson was lying on the ground with several beer cans around him, the release said.
When the victim told Dodson about her conversation with police, he got angry and shoved the victim to the ground by her shoulders. He began kissing her and she screamed for him to stop. Dodson then put his hands over the woman's mouth and performed a sex act on her, the release said.
Dodson let the woman go and rode away on his bike. The victim crawled through a fence and went home and called the police, the release said.
Dodson was eventually caught and identified by the woman.
Dodson was sentenced to 30 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections today after pleading guilty to the attack.
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Let Me In (US - BD RA)
Gabe does his best to open his heart to this remake of the Swedish classic...
Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a miserable 12 year old. At school he's plagued by violent bullies, and at home he suffers a newly divorced mother obsessed with Evangelical Christianity. One day, an older man with a girl Owen's age moves into the apartment complex. Over a series of evening meetings, Owen and the girl, whose name is Abby (Chloë Grace Moretz), develop a friendship. Meanwhile, Abby's 'father' commits a series of murders, and saves the blood for his 'daughter'. A local detective (Elias Koteas) takes notice, and begins to close in on the truth behind the killings, while Owen and Abby continue to grow closer.
I've defended remakes, especially horror remakes, because there are just too many cases of great films coming out of old material to make generalizations. However, Americanizations of foreign films, specifically foreign films that are less than a decade old at the time of remake, rarely do anything but inspire negative comparisons to the originals. Of the American remakes of foreign horror/thriller only Gore Verbinski's The Ring managed to do anything particularly special with the source material. The American versions of The Vanishing, Insomnia, Abre Los Ojos, Night Watch, REC, and The Grudge are all decent-to-good movies, but it's difficult to find a compelling reason not to just watch the originals. Let Me In fits snugly into the 'it's a good movie, but why did you bother' category. Watching it is like experiencing the most vivid sense of déjà vu. Events are moved around, and the look of the film is definitively physically different than Tomas Alfredson's masterpiece Let the Right One In, but it's still very much the same indelible narrative experience. Director/writer Matt Reeves captures much of the danger, intrigue, melancholy, and even time period of the original film (and I'm assuming book, which I still haven't gotten around to reading), but the question of purpose penetrates every frame.
One of the better pieces of Americanization is the more obvious era placement. Reeves uses footage of Ronald Regan, Culture Club's music, and other key '80s sounds and images to key the audience in to the '80s time period without shoving it down the audience's throat. The more oblique period placement worked well for the original film, but I believe there are expectations for American films of this type; it's just the way we, as a country, experience period. Some of the more American culture specific changes don't work as well, specifically Owen's mother's obsession with religion, which is a excessively obvious character trait (though Reeves' insistence on keeping the actresses face out of frame at all times is kind of brilliant). Other areas of Reeves' audio/visual experience improve slightly over the original due to a strong sense of style, and a budget increase (though $20 million is still a pretty modest price tag by American standards). Reeves clearly had his own vision for the story, and it doesn't often mimic the eerie sterility of Alfredson's film, at least not in terms of photography. The sets and locations are actually quite similar, which doesn't really make a lot of sense considering the story's relocation to New Mexico, where it certainly does snow, but from what I've seen looks almost nothing like Sweden.
The acting matches the visuals in terms of surface value, especially Kick-Ass star Chloë Grace Moretz, who genuinely encapsulates an adult trapped in a child's body. She's scary-good. The one major disadvantage to her performance is that it's much more sinister than Lina Leandersson in the original. This sinister edge gives away too much of the story's subtext, and makes the audience unnecessarily question the actions of Abby's 'guardian' (played here by the consistently capable Richard Jenkins). This ends up being Let Me In's biggest folly in comparison to Let the Right One In – the comparative lack of compassion (comparative is a key word, especially to those that haven't seen the original film). I applaud Reeves for including sequences like the one where Abby and Owen share a bed, which could've easily been taken as exploitative to American audiences, but he never manages to capture the heartbreaking side of the tale, despite the cast's better efforts.
This 2.40:1 transfer is dark, dark, dark, but thanks to the power of 1080p video the important details are not lost in shadow. Reeves and cinematographer Greig Fraser utilize a lot of shallow focus, so there are often only one or two sharp points in a frame. These sharp points aren't quite as impressive as some of the discs on my shelf, but they definitely utilize the advanced definition of 1080p. Sometimes the heavily stylized focus creates a somewhat lumpy image, but I'm almost positive this is an unavoidable occurrence. Gold and blue quickly become the clear theme colours (occasionally mixing to create a sickly green), and (with the exception of those consistently rich blacks) many scenes are practically monochromatic, occasionally even flat out black and white. These frame encompassing hues are clean, and contrast effectively without any compression sound. The deep red of blood usually pops nicely against these simpler hues, but there's nothing particularly vibrant sticks out on the entire transfer. Grain levels are a bit inconsistent throughout the production, but never overtake the image.
Like the original film, Let Me In plays with the extremes of sound and silence, creating an almost too self-serious aural atmosphere. The larger budget affords this version of the story a more impressive 5.1 mix, which is presented uncompressed here in the form of a Dolby TrueHD track. It would be easy to ignore the high points and more impressive surround movement. Most of these refer to Abby's more supernatural moments, like her first feeding, or scenes where Owen eavesdrops on conversations through the wall. The car accident sequence is another of the track's more outstanding moments, including swirling directional effects, and frighteningly bassy impact sounds. Michael Giacchino's score is a hit and miss affair. Sometimes the more subdued moments play perfectly into the film's palpable sense of dread, while flamboyant stings hit the nose a bit too hard, and occasional plucking moments are needlessly funny. When it works the score is often the only major sound on the track, and so long as there aren't a lot of sound effects covering it up the music is warm and deftly mixed into the stereo and surround channels.
Special features begin with director Matt Reeves on a solo commentary track. Reeves is quiet and very serious about the process. He's clearly come to the recording studio well prepared, and he really fills the entire track with information without defaulting to describing on-screen actions. The tone reeks a bit of false modesty, there's an unfortunate lack of humour, and Reeves' whisper voices draws comparisons to self help books, but there's far too much information here for me to dismiss the track. This Blu-ray release augments the commentary with a PiP option that includes cast and crew interviews and behind the scenes footage. I couldn't get the sound to work correctly using this option, so for me it was just a series of images. I'd like to know if readers had the same problem, or if my player is having problems.
'From the Inside: A Look at the Making of Let Me In' (17:00, HD) runs on cast and crew interviews and raw set footage, and covers most of the behind the scenes story, including pre-production, locations, casting, direction, make-up and digital effects, inspiration, and final thoughts. Short and sweet, with all the important information, and little of the usual EPK advertisement edge, though I am disappointed with the near total lack of discussion concerning the rebirth of Hammer Studios. 'The Art of Special Effects' (6:30, HD) features a series of digital effects breakdowns of the more effects heavy sequences. This is followed by a step by step breakdown of the car crash sequence (6:30, HD) with literally phoned-in commentary from Reeves (who never mentions Fight Club). The extras end with three deleted scenes featuring optional commentary from Reeves, a trailer gallery, a poster and still gallery, and trailers for other Anchor Bay releases.
So long as Let the Right One In remains available on Blu-ray and DVD there's really no good reason to bother with Let Me In. Matt Reeves' second feature looks great, and features good performances, but simply pales in comparison to the Swedish original, and I'm simply not a good enough critic to not compare the two films. Reeves himself is two for two in the 21st Century as a technical director, however, and I'd love to see him take on a non-remake with a solid script the next time he's available. There's no reason to waste talent on great looking, but ultimately empty cinematic experiences. If I haven't convinced you and you still want to experience the film for yourself, go forward with the knowledge that the people at Anchor Bay haven't failed in bringing it to Blu-ray disc. The transfer is solid, if not perfect, the TrueHD soundtrack features a great dynamic range, and the extras cover a lot of the filmmaking process, including a Blu-ray exclusive PiP option that didn't quite work for me.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release's image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 1st February 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English
Subtitles: English SDH and Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Dissecting Let Me In PiP Option, From the Inside: A Look at the Making of Let Me In, The Art of Special Effects, Car Crash Sequence Step-by-Step, Deleted Scenes, Trailer Gallery, Poster and Still Gallery, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Matt Reeves
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elias Koteas, Richard Jenkins
Genre: Drama and Horror
Length: 115 minutes
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In his opus about French, Rule 5, and Alyssa Milano, Stacy McCain asks this question regarding The Film That Will Not Be Named:
What is all the more shocking is that The Movie I Will Not Name was directed by a woman, Anne Goursaud. You cannot tell me that Goursaud, whose primary career is as a film editor, could not have cut that scene down to eliminate its awful creeptastic lingering quality.
If it creeps me out? Yeah, it's just plain wrong.
So here was young Alyssa Milano, just a couple years past Who's the Boss? and trying to break out of the dreaded Hollywood child-actor career trap, no doubt hoping for a breakthrough role that would get her noticed as capable of starring roles in serious dramatic films. Instead, she gets subjected to this dreadful exposure — by a female director?
We sort of expect a French dude to display Valérie Allain's assets. We expect James Cameron to give us Kate Winslett naked. This we can explain either by reference to the ordinary impulses of human nature or (if we are feminist ideologues) as the typical oppression of the patriarchy. But I'm having a hard time understanding how anyone could explain Anne Goursaud's treatment of Alyssa Milano in that movie.
[Emphasis mine] For all of Stacy's shenanigans, he's obviously never eavesdropped on girl talk. So let me explain the obvious: Anne Goursaud Epstein started directing films in the 1970s. The internets are silent as to her exact date of birth, but she had to have been at least 45 when she directed The Movie That Shall Not Be Named. Alyssa was twenty. She's now 40 and is still absurdly hot. This is a semi-recent picture of Anne Goursaud.
In case anyone needs it spelled out even more explicitly, some older women can be complete twats to younger women. I'm not Anne Goursaud; I spent the early '90s in middle school, on the science team and not in Hollywood; but, having been around the block a few times, when an aging women gratuitously exploits or degrades a younger woman, it's jealously. Aging Anne Goursaud, who was probably never half as lovely as Alyssa, apparently couldn't resist the impulse to take the young beauty down a notch. Other directors may show off women's lovely bodies to get ratings, or to throw a bone to men who are dragged to Titanic by their girlfriends, but Goursaud's exploitation is nothing but jealousy – the jealousy of someone who competes by degrading the opposition.
Leave it to others to decide if this is a remnant of the patriarchy, evidence that sexism is okay, or some other twaddle. I'm just here, as the resident thirtysomething, to point out that older women can be dreadful to younger women. (Heavens, some of them will write in national publications about how they can't handle aging.) I think it's an individual thing – not a woman thing, not a patriarchy thing, but a conscious choice by certain people to be ugly inside. Because, after all, the world is also full of middle-aged men who hate young, successful women.


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-- NORD Names Discovery Health Media Partner and DISEASE DETECTIVES Program Partner for Rare Disease Day in United States on February 28, 2010 --
-- Discovery Health to Debut All-New Special DISEASE DETECTIVES on Sunday, February 28 at 8 PM (ET/PT) --
SILVER SPRING, Md. and Danbury, Conn., Feb. 3 -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) announced that Discovery Health and its new program, DISEASE DETECTIVES, will serve as media and program partners for Rare Disease Day on February 28, 2010. This year represents the second U.S. observance of Rare Disease Day, an event designed to call attention to the public health issues associated with rare diseases affecting nearly 30 million Americans and countless others worldwide. In the United States, "rare" refers to diseases plaguing fewer than 200,000 Americans - and according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) there are nearly 7,000 such diseases. NORD and its 150 member organizations serve as advocates for these patients by heightening awareness of their conditions and the need for increased research funding for effective treatments. Although progress has been made in recent years, approximately 15 million Americans have rare diseases for which there still is no approved treatment.
"NORD is the voice of the rare disease community in the U.S., and Rare Disease Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on certain problems that people with rare diseases have in common," said NORD president and CEO Peter L. Saltonstall. "For instance, studies have shown that it typically takes several years to get an accurate diagnosis. In addition, most rare diseases have no approved treatment and no research in progress. Patients also have problems related to insurance and reimbursement. With Discovery Health's commitment to patient and public education, this partnership will help us reach a broad national audience with information about these important issues."
In honor of Rare Disease Day 2010, NORD is collecting patient stories, photos and videos to raise awareness of specific rare diseases, to be featured on a special website for Rare Disease Day U.S. activities: www.rarediseaseday.us. In addition, NORD and its partners will unveil a Research Hall of Fame, host educational events across the United States and online, and debut a database of physician experts to help patients throughout the year.
On Sunday, February 28, Discovery Health presents a night of medical mystery programming, headlined by the premiere DISEASE DETECTIVES at 8 PM (ET/PT), followed by back-to-back encore airings of the network's award-winning series MYSTERY DIAGNOSIS at 9 PM (ET/PT). The all-new special, DISEASE DETECTIVES, brings viewers inside NIH's Undiagnosed Disease Program for the first time, following Dr. William Gahl�a real-life "Dr. House"�and his team of experts as they attempt to diagnose the most complex and problematic medical cases in just five days.
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This year represents the third Rare Disease Day worldwide, with the United States, Canada, Australia and China joining the nations of the European Union in observing the event for the second year. Overall, approximately 300 patient organizations, medical societies, companies developing orphan products and others have joined NORD as Rare Disease Day partners. For more information, visit NORD's website at rarediseases.org.
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DescriptionA unique combination of vertically-scrolling shooters and competitive puzzle games, Twinkle Star Sprites tells the story of the apprentice witch Ran, who searches for the fabled Twinkle Star that is said to grant any wish to the one that finds it. Unfortunately she is not the only one seeking the star, and thus must fight her way and defeat all the other characters that seek the star in shooter duels.
The game plays mostly as a vertically-scrolling shooter, with you controlling your avatar and attempting to shoot and avoid the incoming enemies. The difference in this game is that each player has his own play area, a la Puyo Puyo, and the enemies cause splash damage around themselves when shot. Thus chaining the destruction of several enemies creates a combo that performs an attack move on your opponent. These moves can range from targeted fireballs, to special moves unique to each character, to the summoning of special "boss" characters that the other player must destroy before continuing.
Each player has a lifebar, and as with most shooters there are bombs, and collectible power-ups to be found. The game features an arcade mode in which you can freely select what character you want to control, as well as a 2-player Vs mode and a story mode chronicling Ran's journey.
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Skip to comments.Meditations for this Feast Day of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Posted on 08/15/2006 4:23:45 AM PDT by Carolina
This reading on the Assumption of Mary is taken from the first homily of St. John Damascene on the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
But even though, according to nature, your most holy and happy soul is separated from your most blessed and stainless body and the body as usual is delivered to the tomb, it will not remain in the power of death and is not subject to decay. For just as her virginity remained inviolate while giving birth, when she departed her body was preserved from destruction and only taken to a better and more divine tabernacle, which is not subject to any death . . . Hence I will call her holy passing not death, but falling asleep or departure, or better still, arrival. . . .
"Your stainless and wholly immaculate body has not been left on earth; the Queen, the Mistress, the Mother of God who has truly given birth to God has been translated to the royal palaces of heaven. .
"Angels and archangels have borne you upwards, the impure spirits of the air have trembled at your ascension. The air is purified, the ether sanctified by your passing through them. . . the powers meet you with sacred hymns and much solemnity, saying something like this: Who is she that comes forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, elect like the sun? [cf. Cant 6:9] How you have blossomed forth, how sweet you have become! You are the flower of the field, a lily among the thorns [Cant 2.1] . . . Not like Elijah have you entered heaven, not like Paul have you been rapt to the third heaven; no, you have penetrated even to the royal throne of your Son himself . . . a blessing for the world, a sanctification of the universe, refreshment for those who are tired, comfort for the sorrowing, healing for the sick, a port for those in danger, pardon for sinners, soothing balm for the oppressed, quick help for all who pray to you. . .
Good Mistress, graciously look down on us; direct and guide our destinies wheresoever you will. Pacify the storm of our wicked passions, guide us into the quiet port of the divine will and grant us the blessedness to come.
St. John Damascene was one of the last of the Early Church Fathers. He died in 749AD and was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Leo XIII in the 19th century.
Catholic ping on this blessed Feast Day of Our Lady.
I say, it would be a greater miracle if, her life being what it was, her death was like that of other men, than if it were such as to correspond to her life. Who can conceive, my brethren, that God should so repay the debt, which He condescended to owe to His Mother, for the elements of His human body, as to allow the flesh and blood from which it was taken to moulder in the grave? Do the sons of men thus deal with their mothers? do they not nourish and sustain them in their feebleness, and keep them in life while they are able? Or who can conceive that that virginal frame, which never sinned, was to undergo the death of a sinner? Why should she share the curse of Adam, who had no share in his fall? "Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return," was the sentence upon sin; she then, who was not a sinner, fitly never saw corruption. She died, then, as we hold, because even our Lord and Saviour died; she died, as she suffered, because she was in this world, because she was in a state of things in which suffering and death are the rule. She lived under their external sway; and, as she obeyed Caesar by coming for enrollment to Bethlehem, so did she, when God willed it, yield to the tyranny of death, and was dissolved into soul and body, as well as others. But though she died as well as others, she died not as others die; for, through the merits of her Son, by whom she was what she was, by the grace of Christ which in her had anticipated sin, which had filled her with light, which had purified her flesh from all defilement, she was also saved from disease and malady, and all that weakens and decays the bodily frame. Original sin had not been found in her, by the wear of her senses, and the waste of her frame, and the decrepitude of years, propagating death. She died, but her death was a mere fact, not an effect; and, when it was over, it ceased to be. She died that she might live, she died as a matter of form or (as I may call it) an observance, in order to fulfill, what is called, the debt of nature,not primarily for herself or because of sin, but to submit herself to her condition, to glorify God, to do what her Son did; not however as her Son and Saviour, with any suffering for any special end; not with a martyr's death, for her martyrdom had been in living; not as an atonement, for man could not make it, and One had made it, and made it for all; but in order to finish her course, and to receive her crown.
And therefore she died in private. It became Him, who died for the world, to die in the world's sight; it became the Great Sacrifice to be lifted up on high, as a light that could not be hid. But she, the lily of Eden, who had always dwelt out of the sight of man, fittingly did she die in the garden's shade, and amid the sweet flowers in which she had lived. Her departure made no noise in the world. The Church went about her common duties, preaching, converting, suffering; there were persecutions, there was fleeing from place to place, there were martyrs, there were triumphs; at length the rumour spread abroad that the Mother of God was no longer upon earth. Pilgrims went to and fro; they sought for her relics, but they found them not; did she die at Ephesus? or did she die at Jerusalem? reports varied; but her tomb could not be pointed out, or if it was found, it was open; and instead of her pure and fragrant body, there was a growth of lilies from the earth which she had touched. So inquirers went home marvelling, and waiting for further light. And then it was said, how that when her dissolution was at hand, and her soul was to pass in triumph before the judgment-seat of her Son, the apostles were suddenly gathered together in the place, even in the Holy City, to bear part in the joyful ceremonial; how that they buried her with fitting rites; how that the third day, when they came to the tomb, they found it empty, and angelic choirs with their glad voices were heard singing day and night the glories of their risen Queen. But, however we feel towards the details of this history (nor is there anything in it which will be unwelcome or difficult to piety), so much cannot be doubted, from the consent of the whole Catholic world and the revelations made to holy souls, that, as is befitting, she is, soul and body, with her Son and God in heaven, and that we are enabled to celebrate, not only her death, but her Assumption.
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The Assumption of the BVM is a reminder of the promise Christ her son keeps for all the Christian Believers on being resurected on the last day.
WILD air, world-mothering air,
Nestling me everywhere,
That each eyelash or hair
Girdles; goes home betwixt
The fleeciest, frailest-flixed
Snowflake; that s fairly mixed
With, riddles, and is rife
In every least things life;
This needful, never spent,
And nursing element;
My more than meat and drink,
My meal at every wink;
This air, which, by lifes law,
My lung must draw and draw
Now but to breathe its praise,
Minds me in many ways
Of her who not only
Gave Gods infinity
Dwindled to infancy
Welcome in womb and breast,
Birth, milk, and all the rest
But mothers each new grace
That does now reach our race
Mary Immaculate,
Merely a woman, yet
Whose presence, power is
Great as no goddesss
Was deemèd, dreamèd; who
This one work has to do
Let all Gods glory through,
Gods glory which would go
Through her and from her flow
Off, and no way but so.
I say that we are wound
With mercy round and round
As if with air: the same
Is Mary, more by name.
She, wild web, wondrous robe,
Mantles the guilty globe,
Since God has let dispense
Her prayers his providence:
Nay, more than almoner,
The sweet alms self is her
And men are meant to share
Her life as life does air.
If I have understood,
She holds high motherhood
Towards all our ghostly good
And plays in grace her part
About mans beating heart,
Laying, like airs fine flood,
The deathdance in his blood;
Yet no part but what will
Be Christ our Saviour still.
Of her flesh he took flesh:
He does take fresh and fresh,
Though much the mystery how,
Not flesh but spirit now
And makes, O marvellous!
New Nazareths in us,
Where she shall yet conceive
Him, morning, noon, and eve;
New Bethlems, and he born
There, evening, noon, and morn
Bethlem or Nazareth,
Men here may draw like breath
More Christ and baffle death;
Who, born so, comes to be
New self and nobler me
In each one and each one
More makes, when all is done,
Both Gods and Marys Son.
Again, look overhead
How air is azurèd;
O how! nay do but stand
Where you can lift your hand
Skywards: rich, rich it laps
Round the four fingergaps.
Yet such a sapphire-shot,
Charged, steepèd sky will not
Stain light. Yea, mark you this:
It does no prejudice.
The glass-blue days are those
When every colour glows,
Each shape and shadow shows.
Blue be it: this blue heaven
The seven or seven times seven
Hued sunbeam will transmit
Perfect, not alter it.
Or if there does some soft,
On things aloof, aloft,
Bloom breathe, that one breath more
Earth is the fairer for.
Whereas did air not make
This bath of blue and slake
His fire, the sun would shake,
A blear and blinding ball
With blackness bound, and all
The thick stars round him roll
Flashing like flecks of coal,
Quartz-fret, or sparks of salt,
In grimy vasty vault.
So God was god of old:
A mother came to mould
Those limbs like ours which are
What must make our daystar
Much dearer to mankind;
Whose glory bare would blind
Or less would win mans mind.
Through her we may see him
Made sweeter, not made dim,
And her hand leaves his light
Sifted to suit our sight.
Be thou then, O thou dear
Mother, my atmosphere;
My happier world, wherein
To wend and meet no sin;
Above me, round me lie
Fronting my froward eye
With sweet and scarless sky;
Stir in my ears, speak there
Of Gods love, O live air,
Of patience, penance, prayer:
World-mothering air, air wild,
Wound with thee, in thee isled,
Fold home, fast fold thy child.
-- Gerard Manley Hopkins
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Luke 1:46-55
The Assumption of Mary
Michel Sittow, c. 1500
~by St. Alphonsus Liguori from the Seventh Discourse, The Assumption of Mary
"And now death came; not indeed clothed in mourning and grief, as it does to others, but adorned with light and gladness. But what do we say? Why speak of death? Let us rather say that divine love came, and cut the thread of that noble life. And as a light, before going out, gives a last and brighter flash than ever, so did this beautiful creature, on hearing her Son's invitation to follow him, wrapped in the flames of love, and in the midst of her loving sighs, give a last sigh of still more ardent love, and breathing forth her soul, expired. Thus was that great soul, that beautiful dove of the Lord, loosened from the bands of this life; thus did she enter into the glory of the blessed, where she is now seated, and will be seated, Queen of Paradise, for all eternity."
"Let us now consider how our Savior went forth from heaven to meet his Mother. On first meeting her, and to console her, he said: Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come, for winter is now past and gone. Come, my own dear Mother, my pure and beautiful dove; leave that valley of tears, in which, for my love, you have suffered so much. Come from Lebanon, my spouse, come from Lebanon, come: You shall be crowned. Come in, soul and body, to enjoy the reward of your holy life. If your sufferings have been great on earth, far greater is the glory which I have prepared for you in heaven. Enter, then, that kingdom, and take your seat near me; come to receive that crown which I will bestow on you as Queen of the universe."
For 200 years, every memory of Jesus was obliterated from the city, and the sites made holy by His life, death and Resurrection became pagan temples.
After the building of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 336, the sacred sites began to be restored and memories of the life of Our Lord began to be celebrated by the people of Jerusalem. One of the memories about his mother centered around the "Tomb of Mary," close to Mount Zion, where the early Christian community had lived.
On the hill itself was the "Place of Dormition," the spot of Mary's "falling asleep," where she had died. The "Tomb of Mary" was where she was buried.
At this time, the "Memory of Mary" was being celebrated. Later it was to become our feast of the Assumption.
For a time, the "Memory of Mary" was marked only in Palestine, but then it was extended by the emperor to all the churches of the East. In the seventh century, it began to be celebrated in Rome under the title of the "Falling Asleep" ("Dormitio") of the Mother of God.
Soon the name was changed to the "Assumption of Mary," since there was more to the feast than her dying. It also proclaimed that she had been taken up, body and soul, into heaven.
That belief was ancient, dating back to the apostles themselves. What was clear from the beginning was that there were no relics of Mary to be venerated, and that an empty tomb stood on the edge of Jerusalem near the site of her death. That location also soon became a place of pilgrimage. (Today, the Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition of Mary stands on the spot.)
At the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when bishops from throughout the Mediterranean world gathered in Constantinople, Emperor Marcian asked the Patriarch of Jerusalem to bring the relics of Mary to Constantinople to be enshrined in the capitol. The patriarch explained to the emperor that there were no relics of Mary in Jerusalem, that "Mary had died in the presence of the apostles; but her tomb, when opened later . . . was found empty and so the apostles concluded that the body was taken up into heaven."
In the eighth century, St. John Damascene was known for giving sermons at the holy places in Jerusalem. At the Tomb of Mary, he expressed the belief of the Church on the meaning of the feast: "Although the body was duly buried, it did not remain in the state of death, neither was it dissolved by decay. . . . You were transferred to your heavenly home, O Lady, Queen and Mother of God in truth."
All the feast days of Mary mark the great mysteries of her life and her part in the work of redemption. The central mystery of her life and person is her divine motherhood, celebrated both at Christmas and a week later (Jan. 1) on the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. The Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) marks the preparation for that motherhood, so that she had the fullness of grace from the first moment of her existence, completely untouched by sin. Her whole being throbbed with divine life from the very beginning, readying her for the exalted role of mother of the Savior.
The Assumption completes God's work in her since it was not fitting that the flesh that had given life to God himself should ever undergo corruption. The Assumption is God's crowning of His work as Mary ends her earthly life and enters eternity. The feast turns our eyes in that direction, where we will follow when our earthly life is over.
The feast days of the Church are not just the commemoration of historical events; they do not look only to the past. They look to the present and to the future and give us an insight into our own relationship with God. The Assumption looks to eternity and gives us hope that we, too, will follow Our Lady when our life is ended.
The prayer for the feast reads: "All-powerful and ever-living God: You raised the sinless Virgin Mary, mother of your Son, body and soul, to the glory of heaven. May we see heaven as our final goal and come to share her glory."
In 1950, in the Apostolic Constitution , Pope Pius XII proclaimed the Assumption of Mary a dogma of the Catholic Church in these words: "The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever-virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heaven."
With that, an ancient belief became Catholic doctrine and the Assumption was declared a truth revealed by God.
Father Clifford Stevens writes from Tintern Monastery in Oakdale, Neb.
Thank you. Blessings to you on this feast day. Mass this morning was wonderful. It was great to be able to chant and sing traditional hymns. I was amazed at how many families with young children were there this morning so early.
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MINNEAPOLIS – The injuries started immediately and never stopped, keeping the Minnesota Timberwolves out of the playoffs for the ninth straight season. That's the longest active streak in the NBA.
Now they head into another summer of uncertainty. Owner Glen Taylor has yet to say if he will pick up the option on team president David Kahn's contract for next season. Rick Adelman will not decide on coming back as coach next year until doctors assure him that his wife's seizures are under control.
And the Timberwolves will likely have to fight to bring back center Nikola Pekovic, who will be a restricted free agent.
The Timberwolves finished the season 31-51. It's the first time they've won at least 30 games without Kevin Garnett on the roster.


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Prepare for the British Invasion. This one, however, will be of the floral, not musical, variety.
The nearly 200-year-old Philadelphia Flower Show runs March 2-10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
This year's theme is "Brilliant!" with exhibits focusing on the landscapes, culture and beauty of Great Britain.
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which sponsors the event, has teamed up with Britain's Royal Horticultural Society to bring British designers, experts and presentations to the show, including Mark Lane, the head gardener for Buckingham Palace.
The show will offer a variety of exhibits that pay homage to all things British, including a digitally enhanced rendition of Big Ben, cottage gardens, a manicured cricket club, a floral take on the crown jewels and a greened-up version of the Union Jack. Visitors will step into a replica British village featuring products from England and a photo exhibit of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee appearance at the renowned Chelsea Flower Show.
A new attraction specifically aimed at men is "The Backyard," an exhibit devoted to outdoor living that features decks, grills, fire pits and garden tools.
For the first time, the show will add an extra day to the event, allowing visitors two full weekends to see hundreds of floral and garden exhibits.
Also new is a chance for the public to get an early behind-the-scenes view of the show during set-up week, Monday through Thursday. Visitors can purchase the Pre-Show Sneak Peek ticket package and watch as elaborate displays and exhibits are constructed.
The Philadelphia Flower Show is March 2-10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center at 12th and Arch streets. Admission is $32 for adults, $22 for students and $17 for children. The show is free for children under age 2. Hours vary. Go to theflowershow.com. Hotel packages are available, including some that include show tickets. Go to visitphilly.com/flowershow.
The British are coming — this time, with flowers
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