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Peter B. Lewis, a member of the Princeton Class of 1955 and a trustee of the University, is making a gift of $60 million to support the construction and the programs of a new science library at Princeton that will be designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Frank Gehry. The library is expected to be located near the corner of Ivy Lane and Washington Road, with a connection to the existing math-physics library in Fine Hall.
The announcement of the gift and the selection of Gehry were made by the trustees at their meeting this past weekend.
"This is a very significant project for Princeton in two respects," said President Shirley M. Tilghman. "It allows us to create library space for the sciences that is designed to meet the needs of the 21st century, and it allows us to bring to our campus the work of one of the most original and distinctive architects of our time. We are deeply grateful to Peter Lewis for making it possible for us to achieve both of these goals, just as he made it possible through his earlier gift for us to make major advances in the field of genomics."
In 2000, Lewis presented the University with a gift of $55 million, part of which established the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics . The building to house the institute is currently under construction across Washington Road and just south of the proposed science library site.
Lewis is chairman of the board of the Progressive Corp., one of the nation's largest auto insurers, and is also a long-time patron of the arts. He helped establish the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art and chairs the board of trustees of the Guggenheim Foundation in New York. In this latter capacity he worked with Gehry, who designed the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, Spain, a masterwork that opened in 1997 to worldwide acclaim.
Gehry, whose work often features bold, curved shapes that seem to defy the physical limitations of ordinary building materials, founded his architectural firm in 1962. In 1989, he received the Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture, and in 1999 he received the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal. His current work includes several academic buildings, including the Peter B. Lewis building for the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Construction is also under way for the Stata Center, a building designed by Gehry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, he recently has been commissioned to design a new wing for the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C.
The new science library is expected to serve researchers working on projects that cross scientific fields, provide services and facilities that take into account the revolutionary changes in scholarly publishing over recent years, and meet the needs of students far better than the current patchwork of small, discipline-specific libraries where seating tends to be tight and tucked away in corners.
According to University Librarian Karin Trainer, "Our experience with the renovated Firestone Trustee Reading Room shows that undergraduates are drawn to study in places with ample, contiguous seating and where it is easy to use a computer and to connect to the campus network. Our experience at the Stokes Library shows that we need to have classrooms where librarians can teach students how to find the latest information in their fields of study. From the new library at the Friend Center we know that undergraduates need rooms where they can gather to work in small groups. We expect to have all of these things in the new building, as well as a center from which we will run an electronic delivery service for faculty. We will also move our increasingly popular Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center from its current location in Guyot Hall to the new building."
Trainer added, "For an illustration of the extent to which science is crossing traditional boundaries, one needs only to look at the new course in microbial biogeochemistry and microbial ecology approved at last week's faculty meeting. Our goal in the new library will be to support teaching and research in continually evolving and newly emerging fields through traditional, new and still emerging technologies. This project presents us with a number of interesting programmatic as well as architectural challenges, and I join with others in thanking Peter Lewis for this splendid opportunity to address them."
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iPad: The High-Rez Digital Transport for the Rest of Us?
Does the iPad have a role to play for audiophiles, or for the new breed of iDevice-inspired audio enthusiasts? It's hard to beat the touchscreen interface for music listening - it provides a tactile browsing experience that hands-down beats the UIs on most high-zoot audiophile servers. On the desktop there are plenty of audiophile file players that load audio into RAM for supposedly improved fidelity - but the iPad offers all-solid-state audio storage to begin with, freeing your bits from jitter-inducing hard-drive-access. But is iOS - and the circuitry within - up to snuff?
Earlier this week, Daniel Kumin looked at some apps aimed at tweaking the output of iTunes and Music (its iOS equivalent) to compensate for the vagaries of the less-than-perfect desktop- and mobile-listening environments.
But what if you're striving for audio perfection, or something close to it? You're not likely to be happy with your tablet's onboard DAC and headphone amp, especially if you're going to be driving power-hungry headphones.
You're in luck. It turns out that Apple conveniently provided hardware and firmware loopholes allowing for high-resolution playback, and there are a number of software and hardware products on the market either designed (or ready to repurpose) to pull higher-quality audio from your iPad.
Depending on taste, commitment, and budget, you can choose from an assortment of relatively inexpensive gear to get far better audio out of your iPad than you might have thought possible - or you can go to town and use your iDevice as a dedicated transport in a cost-is-no-object setup, should you be interested in such things. Want an off-the-shelf solution? Those are out there. Or, if you tend towards the geeky, with a few little workarounds you can make many commonly available DACs pull double duty as part of your tablet-based portable setup by day, even if they're sitting comfortably on your rack after hours, driving your main stereo rig.

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TaxThe federal government is an equal-opportunity tax assessor. Even the dead can't escape taxes.
The final accounting required of the deceased is not limited to an estate tax filing, but a federal income tax return must also be filed for the year in which the taxpayer passes. Please consult a professional with tax expertise if you find yourself in this situation.¹
Filing for the Deceased
Of course, the deceased can't file his or her own return, so that responsibility usually falls to the estate's executor or administrator. Here are the highlights of how a tax return is filed in the name of a deceased individual.
- The form used is the same as the one that would have been used if the taxpayer were still alive, but "deceased" is written after the taxpayer's name.
- The filing deadline is April 15 of the year following the taxpayer's death.
- Some income that might appear to belong on the decedent's final return may in fact be taxable to the estate or to the beneficiary who receives it. Otherwise known as "income in respect of a decedent," this is income that the decedent was entitled to receive at the time of death, but is not reported on the final income tax return.
- Deductible expenses paid before death can be utilized on the final return. The cost of a final illness can be deducted on the deceased's return even if the bills were paid after the date of death.
- If the taxpayer was married, the widow or widower may file a joint return. The executor usually files a joint return, but the surviving spouse can file it if no executor or administrator has been appointed.
- When an executor or administrator is involved, he or she must sign the return for the decedent. For a joint return, the spouse must also sign.
- If a refund is due, you should also complete and file a copy of Form 1310, Statement of Person Claiming Refund Due a Deceased Taxpayer.²
- The information in this material is not intended as tax or legal advice. It may not be used for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties.
- IRS.gov, 2018
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[looking cake over] "Oh, yes, that's our Norwegian Leaves design. What's wrong with it?"
"I'll tell you what's wrong with it: these are real leaves, that's what's wrong with it."
"No, of course not! Those are just icing. Look!" [shuffling leaves]
"Look, Miss, I know real dead leaves when I see them, and I'm looking at some right now."
"No, they're icing. Remarkable leaves, the Norwegian ones, aren't they? Beautiful foliage."
"The foliage don't enter into it! You put real leaves on my cake!"
"No, they're not real, they're just shining in accords."
"Shining in accords? What does that even mean?"
"I dunno; I'm just trying to stick to this Monty Python sketch as closely as possible."
Emily E., it's like a pun. Or a, what you call it, palindrome. Yeah.
NOTE: Yes, folks, they really are real leaves. Kinda gives a new meaning to "all natural ingredients," doesn't it?
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By CONNIE CASS | Associated Press – 13 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — American women have served and died on the nation's battlefields from the first. They were nurses and cooks, spies and couriers in the Revolutionary War. Some disguised themselves as men to fight for the Union or the Confederacy. Yet the U.S. military's official acceptance of women in combat took more than two centuries.
New roles for females have been doled out fitfully, whenever commanders have gotten in binds and realized they needed women's help.
"The main driver is that it's been militarily necessary," says retired Capt. Lory Manning, a 25-year Navy veteran who leads military studies for the Women's Research & Education Institute. She points, for example, to creation of the Army Nurse Corps in response to the struggle against disease in the Spanish-American War.
Some milestones on the way to this week's lifting of the ban on women in ground combat jobs:
They didn't wear uniforms, but the Army hired women as nurses, cooks and laundresses during the American Revolution. Women were also spies and saboteurs. They carried George Washington's messages across enemy lines to his generals.
Many "camp followers" went to war with their soldier husbands, sometimes bringing children along. Some stepped into the places of fallen men in battle. Other women disguised themselves as young men to join the fighting.
A few hundred women secretly served as Civil War soldiers, historians estimate. There are records of some who were discovered only after they were wounded or killed.
For her service as a Civil War surgeon, Dr. Mary E. Walker was awarded her era's Medal of Honor. Harriet Tubman led a group of former slaves who spied on Confederate troops in the South and helped the Union Army free more slaves. A Virginia woman, Elizabeth Van Lew, ran one of the war's most sophisticated spy rings for the Union. Clara Barton's experiences tending battlefield wounded led her to found the American Red Cross.
Despite their record as volunteers and contract workers, women were denied a place within military service until 1901, when the Army Nurse Corps was created. Navy nurses followed in 1908.
What prompted the creation of the Nurse Corps? The devastating toll of typhoid, malaria and other diseases that killed far more soldiers than the fighting during the Spanish-American War.
Overwhelmed by the tropical diseases, the military rushed to find more than 1,500 female contract nurses to serve at military hospitals and aboard ships. Twenty-one nurses died in the line of duty. After the war, the Army's surgeon general called for creation of a permanent nurse corps with reserves at the ready for future wars.
The world wars brought large-scale proof that women could handle many of the military's noncombat jobs. They were recruited to "Free a man to fight!"
For the first time in World War I, women other than nurses were allowed to enlist in the Navy and Marines. They worked as telephone operators, accountants, draftsmen, clerks. Some went to Europe. Still, only about 35,000 women, the majority of them nurses, served among nearly 5 million U.S. men. They were promptly sent home after the armistice.
They were the advance troops for the wave of women to come in the next world war, including the Navy's WAVES and the Army's WACS. There were even civilian pilots — the WASPS — who repositioned planes and towed gunners' targets but were denied Air Force status.
The demands of a huge military buildup and a diminishing pool of male draftees crumpled resistance to enlisting large numbers of women for World War II.
More than 400,000 women served, at home and overseas, stepping into nearly all types of noncombat jobs. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, a teenager then, remembers women's eagerness to help.
"America was attacked," said Vaught, president of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation. "Women felt, 'This is my country, I've got to help defend my country.' They wanted to be part of it."
World War II was the turning point that earned women full-fledged military status. In 1948, after fierce debate, Congress approved allowing women to serve in the regular forces of all branches of the service all the time, not just in war.
In peacetime, the Pentagon retreated back to assigning females to "women's work." They got few chances at promotion and couldn't be admirals or generals. Although military nurses risked their lives in Korea and Vietnam, the military insisted women weren't fit for combat conditions.
The equal rights movement prompted some changes — in 1967, Congress got rid of a law limiting women to 2 percent of the military and opened up promotions to higher service grades.
But the armed services didn't welcome women back in a big way until the nation cut off its guaranteed supply of men.
In 1973, the draft ended and the all-volunteer military was born. Short on male volunteers, the Defense Department began seriously recruiting women and assigning them a wider range of jobs. In 1975, the service academies were opened to women.
Women grew to more than 10 percent of America's force by the 1980s.
More than 40,000 women deployed for the Persian Gulf War in 1990 and 1991. They worked alongside men, flying helicopters, driving trucks, guarding bases and firing missiles as Americans at home watched on television news.
Officially women were banned from combat. But there were no clear front lines. Women soldiers and Marines were at risk wherever Scud missiles fell.
"They always said the American public will not live with women coming back in body bags," said Vaught. "Well, they did. We found out there wasn't a big reaction from the public. They recognized that these women were there doing their jobs. We have adjusted to that as a people."
After the Gulf War, jobs flying combat planes and serving on warships were opened to women. And some restrictions on combat-related jobs in the Army and Marines were eased.
More than 200,000 women serve in the military now — 15 percent of a force of 1.4 million. And the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have obliterated any remaining notion that they can be kept out of the fight.
With the military straining to staff two wars at once, everyone was needed. But battle lines were jagged; insurgents could be anywhere. Women in support jobs found themselves in firefights and blasted by roadside bombs. And their gender made them especially valuable on some patrols: They could search and interview Muslim women whose culture forbid such contact with men.
In 2012, to reflect the new realities, the Defense Department changed its rules to officially allow women into many jobs they were already doing, but in units closer to the fighting. They were still banned from the most dangerous jobs, such as being infantry soldiers or Special Operations commandos.
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced an end to the ban on women in combat. Women have become an integral part of the service, fighting and dying alongside men, Panetta said. In fact, 152 women in uniform have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The time has come," he said, "for our policies to recognize that reality."
Associated Press writer Pauline Jelinek contributed to this report.
Follow Connie Cass on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ConnieCass
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When Jen revealed the January Daring Baker challenge, it immediately made me think of the Desperate Housewives lemon meringue pie episode. Bree, who everyone knows is the best cook and baker in the neighborhood, gets one-upped at a luncheon by Katherine, the new housewife on the block, who surreptitiously swaps Bree's pie with her own and conveniently sticks Bree's in the fridge. (*gasp* I know! The nerve right?!) Bree goes to no end to crack Katherine's secret recipe, which includes toiling away in the kitchen attempting to reproduce the pie but to no avail, an unsuccessful recipe exchange, and finally a friendly neighborhood breaking and entering into Katherine's house and padlocked recipe box. Who padlocks their recipe box? Luckily for us Daring Bakers, the recipe was given to us so no felonies were committed in the making of this pie. But there was a blow torch involved. Okay, okay, it was one of those little tiny kitchen ones BUT a blow torch nonetheless.
I think this is the first pie Daring Baker's challenge and it is actually my very first time making pie. I've baked tarts before but I've never baked a pie. I'm not crazy about pies because all of the ones I've tasted have had soggy crusts and theres really nothing worse than a soggy, greasy crust when a flaky crust is arguably the best part. Unlike a fruit pie where a wet filling is baked in the crust, a lemon meringue pie is must like a lemon tart where the crust is baked separately, filled with a lemon filling, and topped with meringue, then baked only briefly to color and cook the meringue. It sounded like the bottom crust had potential of being crispy and flaky. I held out hope. Then reports from other DBs around the globe started flooding in about watery, runny lemon fillings. I began to have my doubts.
Another thing I was a little wary about was the meringue. It seems like the meringue is still fairly fluffy and soft (to me that reads uncooked) when the pie is served. Some people love meringue, whether its the crisp, airy crunch when its baked into cookies, or soft, pillowy billows on top of meringue pies. Me? I'm not crazy about meringue. I think it tastes like sweet, sweet nothing. I was a little worried about eating uncooked egg whites because I get a little paranoid about food poisoning. But I was still eager to make the pie and play with my kitchen torch.
As a procrastinator, I didn't actually finish the challenge until the day before the due date. God that sounds like college all over again. But I did do my research. Before making the recipe, I read the Cook's Illustrated recipe to see what problems they encountered with lemon meringue pie (LMP) recipes. To my horror, LMPs are plagued with a multitude of problems some of which Cook's Illustrated wasn't even able to consistently solve. Cook's Illustrated is like my cooking bible. If they can't nail a recipe, how can I be expected to not screw it up? Conditions like humidity and temperature of your filling or oven can wreck havoc on your meringue. The filling can be too runny or the meringue can bead or weep. Crying meringue? That doesn't sound too happy. (Weeping meringue is when the egg whites start coming out of the foam state and back into liquid state and puddle on the top of your lemon filling. Yuck...) So by now I was a little intimidated.
But I made the pie and here are my thoughts.
Pie crust:
I used the food processor and it was easy peasy. Gimme a food processor and I can whip out a pie crust in less than a minute. Hand me a pastry cutter or 2 forks and I will look at you with a blank stare. Yes it is probably a bad thing I'm so dependent on my food processor but it is undeniably fast. Anyway the crust was the easiest part.
Lemon filling:
It started to get clumpy during the cooking stage after I added the egg yolks so I took it off the heat. I'm don't think it was boiling yet so I might not have cooked it enough so it probably could have been a little thicker. As for the clumps, they were nothing a fine mesh sieve couldn't take care of. After adding the lemon juice the filling seemed a tad thin.
Easy to make *pats trusty KitchenAid*. I made one tart with the classic tall billowy layer of meringue and another with little meringue kisses. I baked the billowy tart in the toaster oven and used a kitchen torch on the kisses tart.
The Verdict:
Meringue... still not a fan of it. I gave it a try. It tasted kinda spongy. Really bleh... Maybe I didn't make it right. I've actually never had a meringue pie so I don't know what it's suppose to taste like. It wept a little on the bottom so the fact that I had raw egg white running on my tart kinda put me off. I ended up scraping the meringue layer off. By now I had a plain lemon tart. I like lemon tarts. I found that the filling tends to run if you cut it when its warm out of the oven but after a chill it sets up nicely. But my god it was WAY too sweet for me. This is coming from someone who usually cuts the sugar in baking recipes by 25% to 50%. I know you're not suppose to fudge with baking recipes and their liquid to dry ratios but I do it anyway. I don't do it for DB recipes (they are the exception). So I found the filling cloyingly sweet. I ended up spooning out some of the filling out of my tart. But the crust. Oh the crust... it was the best pie crust I have EVER made. It was so shatteringly crisp and flaky. Oh my god, the little tartlet pie shell covered in a thin layer of lemon filling was deeeelicious. Good dinner. :P
Anyways enough of my rambling so here's the recipe. (Bout time you say?) I made half the recipe into little tartlets. I also included tartlet instructions.
Lemon Meringue Pie
from Wanda's Pie in the Sky by Wanda Beaver
Makes one 10-inch (25 cm) pie
For the Crust:
3/4 cup (180 mL) cold butter; cut into ½-inch (1.2 cm) pieces
2 cups (475 mL) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (60 mL) granulated sugar
1/4 tsp (1.2 mL) salt
1/3 cup (80 mL) ice water
For the Filling:
2 cups (475 mL) water
1 cup (240 mL) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (120 mL) cornstarch
5 egg yolks, beaten
1/4 cup (60 mL) butter
3/4 cup (180 mL) fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon zest
1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract
For the Meringue:
5 egg whites, room temperature
1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) cream of tartar
1/4 tsp (1.2 mL) salt
1/2 tsp (2.5 mL) vanilla extract
3/4 cup (180 mL) granulated sugar
To Make the Crust:
Make sure all ingredients are as cold as possible. Using a food processor or pastry cutter and a large bowl, combine the butter, flour, sugar and salt.Process or cut in until the mixture resembles coarse meal and begins to clump together. Sprinkle with water, let rest 30 seconds and then either process very briefly or cut in with about 15 strokes of the pastry cutter, just until the dough begins to stick together and come away from the sides of the bowl. Turn onto a lightly floured work surface and press together to form a disk. Wrap in plastic and chill for at least 20 minutes.
Allow the dough to warm slightly to room temperature if it is too hard to roll. On a lightly floured board (or countertop) roll the disk to a thickness of 1/8 inch (.3 cm). Cut a circle about 2 inches (5 cm) larger than the pie plate and transfer the pastry into the plate by folding it in half or by rolling it onto the rolling pin. Turn the pastry under, leaving an edge that hangs over the plate about 1/2 inch (1.2 cm). Flute decoratively. Chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Line the crust with foil and fill with metal pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Carefully remove the foil and continue baking for 10 to 15 minutes, until golden. Cool completely before filling. For smaller tartlets, bake first for 20 minutes then remove the foil and bake another 10 minutes until the shell is golden.
To Make the Filling:
Bring the water to a boil in a large, heavy saucepan. Remove from the heat and let rest 5 minutes. Whisk the sugar and cornstarch together. Add the mixture gradually to the hot water, whisking until completely incorporated. Return to the heat and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. The mixture will be very thick. Add about 1 cup (240 mL) of the hot mixture to the beaten egg yolks, whisking until smooth. Whisking vigorously, add the warmed yolks to the pot and continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in butter until incorporated. Add the lemon juice, zest and vanilla, stirring until combined. Pour into the prepared crust. Cover with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming on the surface, and cool to room temperature.
To Make the Meringue:
Preheat the oven to 375ºF (190ºC). Using an electric mixer beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar, salt and vanilla extract until soft peaks form. Add the sugar gradually, beating until it forms stiff, glossy peaks. Pile onto the cooled pie, bringing the meringue all the way over to the edge of the crust to seal it completely. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden. Cool on a rack. Serve within 6 hours to avoid a soggy crust.
For tartlets bake at 425 degrees F on the upper middle rack of the oven for 5 minutes or until the meringue is golden brown.
Cool before serving.
Now go and see all the other beautiful and daring lemon meringue pies made by my fellow bakers at the Daring Bakers Blogroll.


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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Why we abstain from meat, but not from fish or wine
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I always understood a reason to abstain from meat on Fridays was because Our Lord offered his flesh on Friday. This may have been derived from popular piety.
- March 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Eastern Catholics still fast from fish and wine as well as meat and egg/dairy products, though on mitigated fast days (such as Sundays in Lent) wine is the first thing to be permitted.
- March 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Thanks for the info! I knew of the tradition in the East of fasting from wine, milk and eggs, but I didn't realize that fish are also included. That is a great witness to the West! :)
Also, I am particularly interested to hear that wine is permitted before eggs/diary.
Peace! + - March 16, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Andrew, Thank you for this very pious explanation. Though it is probably not directly rooted in historical fact, I definitely think it is a good point to meditate on! Peace! +
- March 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Would pasta or bread made with eggs, be considered a violation of the egg prohibition of the ancient lenten fast?
Same question regarding milk. - March 16, 2011 at 7:21 PM
He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him? For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer."
- March 16, 2011 at 7:53 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
I myself am not much of an historian or canonist ... so I will simply give you what the Catholic Encyclopedia says (on "Lent") -- "None the less St. Gregory writing to St. Augustine of England laid down the rule, 'We abstain from flesh meat, and from all things that come from flesh, as milk, cheese, and eggs.' [...] This general prohibition of eggs and milk during Lent is perpetuated in the popular custom of blessing or making gifts of eggs at Easter, and in the English usage of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday."
The custom in some places to eat pancakes on Fat Tuesday seems to indicate that they couldn't eat them during Lent.
Thus, my inclination is to say that pasta or bread made with eggs would have been considered a violation of the ancient Lenten Fast.
Also, in the future, could you please leave a name, tag, id, or pseudonym with your comment [at least at the end]... Thanks! :)
- Reginaldus - March 16, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Anonymous (3:53am),
First, I'm happy to see that you know how to quote the Scriptures ... if only you will learn how to present them to others in a reasonable manner.
Second, I cannot imagine that our Savior is claiming that zinc (as well as other minerals) has no effect on the body.
Perhaps the Lord means only to say that pork is no longer to be considered "unclean"...
And now, just to show that I too have read the Bible -- "But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast."
Finally, in the future, I would ask that you give a name, id, pseudonym or something ... at least at the end of your comment. Like so...
- Reginaldus - March 16, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- Nick said...
This raises a theological question on fasting from wine.
Since the wine becomes the Precious Blood in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, what should one use when fasting from wine? I know Sundays are breakfasts, but I mean more about daily Mass for our Eastern Catholic brethern. - March 17, 2011 at 4:19 AM
Must disagree about the wine wearing off before the steak. For five years the wife & I tried to have a child. One Lent I give up drinking and, bam, we have our first son in November. Two years later I give up the drinking for Lent again and, bam, our second son is born in November. True story.
- March 17, 2011 at 4:56 AM
Fasting is different than abstaining. I have no problem with fasting, one of the reasons being the quote you listed above. Also, it may please you to note that I follow the church's law on both fasting and abstaining. I call myself a Catholic, therefore I follow the canons. My issue with picking and choosing which foods to abstain from is the very clear notion in all of the New Testament that abstaining from certain foods is part of the old law. Paul, Peter (what I have created, you call unclean) and Christ make that pretty clear. At the council of Jerusalem, the Apostles ask that the Gentile Christians to abstain from certain food, but the wording makes it sound as if it is simply good to do, not required. Christ fulfilled the old law. My bigger beef (pardon the pun) is with some Protestant sects who still abstain from pork and follow much of the Old Testament law, yet look down on me (and other Catholics) as being too tied down with Tradition.
I think it is okay to ask for clarification on the church's teachings. Remember, there was a time when 90% of the church's bishops were Arians.
I read the scriptures and early church writings quite frequently. Just so you know, since your first sentence appeared to be a tad sarcastic.
Matt - March 17, 2011 at 5:44 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Matt (1:44pm),
Sorry about the sarcasm earlier -- I meant it to be a bit more light hearted. In any case, thanks for continuing the discussion.
Regarding the real difference between fasting and abstaining -- you may like an article I wrote on that (posted last Monday). The essential difference is that fasting is an act, but abstinence is a virtue.
Though it is true that in Canon Law the Church generally uses abstinence to refer to not eating certain food and fasting to refer to eating less of all foods.
In any case... My point is that Christ was speaking about the Old Law and the proscription of unclean foods -- the Church does not intend to claim that meat is unclean, only that it tends toward concupiscence (and this is also a scientific fact).
Finally, I think you are quite right that we are able to ask for clarifications on the Church's teachings ... That is part of what I was trying to do in the article itself ...
Why does the Church ask us to give up meat? Does it make sense according to modern science?
And the answer turns out to be very interesting (I think).
Peace and blessings ... and, again, please do feel free to comment and discuss. I'll try to be more gentle and less sarcastic! :) - March 17, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
If I understand your comment correctly ....
It was GIVING UP wine that led to the conception of children.
This would mean that wine REDUCES libido (which is my claim). So that, less wine, means less libido REDUCTION, which means more libido, which can lead to more babies.
Thus, it makes perfect sense why the Church would not ask us to give up wine during Lent -- since, more wine means less libido.
[though I think it is perfectly fine, of course, to give up alcohol for Lent]
As far as whether wine "wears off" more quickly than steak -- my point was that a steak dinner sits in your stomach and stays in your system longer than a few glasses of wine.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful story from your family life! How good the Lord is! + - March 17, 2011 at 8:24 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Of course the Precious Blood would not break the fast ... however, it may be the case that in those Rites where the chalice is purified with wine and water (after Communion), they would use only water -- [I don't really know, just speculating].
In the Extraordinary Form, where wine is used to purify the chalice, the wine is omitted if the priest has to celebrate a second Mass immediately after the first (as may happen on All Soul's day)...
Peace. + - March 17, 2011 at 8:26 AM
I comprehend and agree with the article but also agree with the more mystical understanding of the fast's significance as put forth by Andrew. I venture to say that the latter has more virtue, capital V. The reason I don't eat meat on all Fridays throughout the year is because I try to be mindful of what happened to (and through!) flesh on that day. I am a rank sinner and it is only through His grace that I even ponder Him.
- March 17, 2011 at 10:07 AM
Thank you for your reply. This is all very interesting as is all of Church history.
It is great that we can get clarification around many of the Church's teachings. I have similar questions around the primacy of Rome...but that is another topic.
Matt - March 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
I would be very interested to find a source for the idea that the Friday fast from flesh-meat is related to the fact that our Lord offered his Flesh on Friday.
There is no reference to this in the Catholic Encyclopedia. It's not in the Summa. Nor is it in the Rule of St. Benedict. [just to pick important works from three ages of the Church]
I find it to be a very interesting reflection and I am inclined to agree with it -- as a spiritual interpretation, if not a literal/historical one.
But I would like to know of a solid source of Catholic doctrine or spirituality that speaks this way...
It is important for our piety to be rooted in the theology and spirituality of the saints (scientia sanctorum). - March 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM
Thank you for this thoughtful and informative post, particularly the quotes from St. Thomas. As a Traditional Catholic, we still observe a full Lenten fast as opposed to the "modern" version. (Yes, I know the law, but as a matter of discipline we do so anyway) It has changed the way we look at many things and it has helped us to have better control over our passions, so to speak. It has reminded us that sacrifice may lead to temporary suffering but in the long run we can conquer our sins and inherit the Kingdom of Heaven.
TradCathinNEPA - March 17, 2011 at 12:26 PM
Dear Reginaldus:
I too would like to find sources (time + google!).
Until then I rely on the sensus fidelium, which surely notices the Christ as new passover lamb parallel, wherein under Moses we were not allowed to eat any other flesh but the prescribed menu for that passover day: since the ultimate lamb was consumed on the historical Good Friday, and still is, in every host, that Lamb was our fleshly entree for Good Friday. No substitutions on this prix fixe menu! Thus, all subsequent weekly "little" good fridays echo the historical Good Friday and the Holy Spirit has prompted us to abstain, perhaps without many human mediums, shall we say. In essence, every calendar Friday is a little OT passover as fulfilled by the NT passover of Good Friday.
I know you know this, so please realize I'm just clarifying my own thoughts here with no inner monologue -- how gauche!
Scott Hahn has an excellent CD out called The Fourth Cup. - March 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- dcs said...
The issue with that interpretation is that for centuries the faithful did not receive Holy Communion on Good Friday, only the priest did. In fact I believe that particular change was as recent as 1962. Before then, the faithful did not receive Holy Communion at the Mass of the Presanctified. Also the sacrifice is not offered on Good Friday, so the analogy between receiving Holy Communion on Good Friday and the eating of the Passover lamb is not a strong one -- less strong, I think, than receiving Holy Communion at any other celebration of Mass.
Dr. Hahn's speculations about the Fourth Cup are just that -- speculations. We don't know what the structure of the Passover seder was like in the time of Christ. Furthermore our current Pope holds that the Last Supper was not even the Passover seder but rather a todah meal. - March 18, 2011 at 7:44 AM
sapiens said:
Lenten hot cross buns are made without eggs or butter.
There is a wonderful story about the German Advent "log" called Stollen.
In the Middle Ages a German nobleman was prepared to make a large donation for the building of a great church. He had a condition, however. He asked that the use of butter be allowed for breadmaking in the penitential season. He argued that a ban on using butter was little penance for those in the south because they could then use rich olive oil. Those in the north had only the oil of the rapeseed at hand (canola oil, which means Canadian oil). Rome granted the permission he sought, and so we have the rich Advent break called Stollen. - March 18, 2011 at 10:33 AM
sapiens said:
The thought has occurred to me often that ON THE DAY WHEN WE "PUT TO DEATH THE LORD/AUTHOR (ARCHEGON) OF LIFE" (PETER'S WORDS AT ACTS 3: 14), WE DO WELL TO GIVE UP OUR MASTERY OF LIFE.
Indeed, I have wondered if we would not then do well to give up the eating of fish as well on Fridays. I realize that this would be disastrous for parish fish fries UNLESS some VERY tasty substitute could be found.
My thought continues that on Good Friday we might give up the wearing of leather as well. We see how the priest goes to the sanctuary unshod on that day. On the Day of Atonement, Jews refrain from wearing leather belts and footwear; you will see them dressed to the nines on their way to the synagogue/temple but wearing tennis shoes or running shoes or sandles made of materials other than leather. - March 18, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Hi Sapiens, as I read your last post I am eating carefully chosen salmon sushi...now guiltily! Thanks!!!
But seriously, I think the fish has such special significance to Christians, surely there is in a way a reason TO eat it during Lent, specially if one ponders the many allusions to it while eating it. I can't explain it well. It's sentimental I guess. I feel close to our Lord somehow. Silly, I know.
To be said on Fridays: the Fishy Mysteries! (More than 5 could be created!) - March 18, 2011 at 1:57 PM
"I would be very interested to find a source for the idea that the Friday fast from flesh-meat is related to the fact that our Lord offered his Flesh on Friday."
It's in Saint Augustine's work, who cites the connection between fasting and the Passion as tradition; though whether he meant Sacred Tradition or popular piety is beyond me. - March 18, 2011 at 11:00 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
The problem is that (as you know) St. Augustine is an incredibly prolific writer... hence, saying "it's in Saint Augustine's work" really doesn't help anybody.
Moreover, it is one thing to say that we fast because Friday is the day of the Passion; it is another to say we fast from flesh meat because Christ's Flesh was offered in the Passion. - March 19, 2011 at 8:13 AM
The ancient physiological reason for not eating meat is sound and confirmed not only by modern science but also by revered medicinal systems such as Ayurveda and TCM.
But there is another reason for not eating meat, and that is not shedding blood. The Bible tells us that man originally did not eat meat (although he occasionally sacrificed an animal). The Divine permission to eat meat came only after the Flood. It must be understood as a special grant given by God in view of the greater fragility of later humans. The reason for not shedding blood is intuitive. All killing, all death is in principle a bad thing. Not shedding blood is, in a way, a going back to the primordial non-violence of Eden.
The reason for the distinction between the meat of land animals and fish is that the latter are cold-blooded. The same ancient science that recognized the link between meat and lust also postulated that cold-blooded animals do not feel pain in the same way as warm-blooded animals do. As such, their killing is less of a violence and less conducive to violence than the killing of warm-blooded animals.
It is only fitting that in celebrating the death of the Redeemer, who had to shed his blood for our sins and the sins of all humans, we also abstain from shedding the blood of other beings. Shedding blood was the prototypical sin after the Fall and, as such, stands as the epitome of sin in general. By not shedding blood, we make manifest our intention to love our fellow beings, including animals.
Any thoughts on this? Best,
Marcelo - from Brazil - March 20, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Macrelo, Your point about the pre-lapsarian state (indeed, the state before the flood) is well taken. It is true, there is some sense in which refraining from meat calls us back to a lost innocence.
You mention that "all killing, all death is in principle a bad thing." Just to qualify that statement (which I agree with) -- we would say that all killing/death is a physical evil, though not necessarily a moral evil.
Hence, in heaven, none will need to eat and none will die.
The difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded is also interesting -- I wonder if all warm-blooded have more zinc? This would link the medieval science with modern science.
In any case, there much to think on here! + - March 20, 2011 at 12:39 PM
For what its worth, mollusks (particularly oysters) contain substantially more zinc than any other food.
MM - March 23, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
MM, Thank you for the note...this is why I said in the article that oysters are among the foods highest in zinc.
Nevertheless, in general, meat has more zinc than fish. Moreover, meat, milk-foods, and eggs are the most common high-zinc foods in the normal western diet.
Pax. - March 23, 2011 at 12:21 PM
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- Matt Beck said...
So, do people who unknowingly continue to take their multivitamins obviate the usefulness of their Lenten fast?
- April 3, 2011 at 10:19 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
I suppose we might consider not taking zinc supplements during Lent ... but, on the other hand, zinc is really helpful for not getting colds...
[myself, I do take zinc in the cold months]
I would say that simply not eating meat on Friday's already does a little something...whether or not we take zinc supplements, we will still probably be getting less zinc than usual (since we won't have as much of it in our meals).
Mostly, I was hoping to show in the article that there is a reason to the prohibition of meat on Fridays. What we do from there is a matter of personal prudence.
Peace! + - April 4, 2011 at 1:08 PM
About oysters, at least formely in the East, on many days shellfish was prohibited even when fish was not.
Joshua - April 7, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
You are quite correct...in fact, in earlier times (both east and west), shellfish, eggs, and dairy products were all prohibited.
I seem to recall hearing that, at least for some monks, there was even a custom of abstaining from certain lentils and beans (which also have a lot of zinc, as it turns out).
Thanks for the info! + - April 7, 2011 at 2:26 PM
In answer to Nick (above):
"Since the wine becomes the Precious Blood in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, what should one use when fasting from wine? I know Sundays are breakfasts, but I mean more about daily Mass for our Eastern Catholic brethern."
In Great Lent and other fast-days we also practice a Eucharistic fast, so no Divine Liturgy is celebrated then (as Roman Catholics do on Good/Great Friday). So we don't have "daily Mass" on days when we fast from wine. We do intensify our prayers, though, during Great Lent, and although daily Liturgy is typically not celebrated on weekdays (we have a tradition of married priests, and a rule prohibiting a priest from engaging in conjugal relations the night before Liturgy - you can probably guess how our reasoning works on this one!), we do say a "Liturgy of the Presanctified" in which commmunion consecrated the previous Sunday is administered. We do administer communion as normal then, including the Precious Blood. Once it's consecrated it's not wine any more. - June 19, 2011 at 9:49 AM
I hope comments are still open on this post! I am late to the conversation, just finding this while researching the reasons behind our Lenten menu.
For me, at my current stage in life (homeschooling mom of five), I can't say that lustful temptations are something with which I struggle. As for anger, I have room for improvement. Lack of sleep, cloudy days, wacky hormones, and too much sugar seem to be more likely culprits than the consumption of zinc-rich foods such as flesh meat. I feel the most stable when I eat a diet high in meat protein and low in sugar.
Could it be that the practice of abstaining from meat is geared more for men than women?
I am curious, but willing to give this a try by planning meat dishes only once a week this Lent. - February 9, 2013 at 7:16 AM
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Recipe below makes one 6 inch round cake
1/4 cup ie 60 gms unsalted butter at room temperature
1/2 tin sweetened condensed milk ie 200 gms
1 cup all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
2 tbsp coco powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 to 3 tbsp of coke or thumps up
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda and coco powder together and keep it aside.
- Grease and flour a round 6inch cake tin. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C.
- Beat together unsalted butter and condensed milk, until light and creamy.
- Add in the flour + coco powder mixture in 3 additions, beating well each time. In between the flour additions, add thumps up or coke little by little and beat well after each addition.
- Finally add in the vanilla essence and mix.
- Pour the batter in the cake pan and cake for 25 to 30 mins. Mine was done under 30 mins.
- Check by inserting a tooth pick, if it comes out clean, the cake is done. Remove the cake from oven and cool is completely before proceeding.
- Once cooled, depending upon your requirement slice the cake into 2 or 3 layers. For this cake sliced my cake in 2 layers.
- Beat butter and essence together until light and creamy.
- Add one cup sifted icing sugar at a time and beat well after each addition
- If making roses, make sure your consistency is stiff, add a tsp of milk or more for medium consistency icing.
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Love the window planters. I want to hang some on my house, but I'm nervous about drilling into the brick. Any chance you have a post on how you hung those babies?
WOW I love how you turned the closet into a little sitting area!!! Very clever. TFS
LOVE your porch! We have a small porch too and I have been searching HIGH and LOW for a bench! I couldn't find the bench on Ikea's website so it must not be available anymore. Do you know the name of it? Maybe I can source it on Craigslist.
MichelleB E A U T I F U L!!
I love your entry way. It seems so functional! Can I ask how you deal with the rug by your front door inside? We have a classic mud-rug (ugly, grey, industrial looking) at our front door now and I hate it! I want to get something prettier but my husband says it will be impossible to maintain. We live in Alberta, so we have lots of snow, etc that comes in during the winter. How does your Ikea rug make out? Did you treat it with anything?
wow gorgeous results! i love the entry way soooo much, please come over and help me fix mine!
Oh it all looks so Lovely. Is that your Sweet Daddy helping out again… we SERIOUSLY need to borrow your him over in these parts.. 🙂 I was so glad you posted your entry closet redo. I have only recently come back to blogging after an absence due to Extreme Morning Sickness. I believe you were still in the process of the redo when I Vanished!! It looks absolutely Beautiful.
Have a Lovely day!
AngelinaThis looks amazing!!! It is such a transformation. I really love the mudroom nook. Its utilizing the space much better than the small closet. Please feel free to check out my design blog for inspiration! designerinteal.blogspot.com
Beautiful!!! Love it all! How did you hang your greenery wreath thats hanging on the door inside?
Jen 🙂
This is so fab-o 🙂
I love the black door and the pops of black here and there. It's such a great base for other colors.
You're so fun.I love it!! I have a cubby in my dining room that I'd like to covert to a sitting area with storage. Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
You have a very pretty and functional entry! We also painted the back of our front door black several years ago and still love it.
Beautiful work!!! I adore your mudroom type nook 🙂
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I absolutely love everything you do and your style!! You have amazing taste and I love how you and your hubby do it all together! Beautiful entry way
SO pretty, Shelley! it's amazing what you all have done & accomplished in your entry way. goes to show, never under estimate a small space!
love it all!
kelliep.s. oh, yeah ~ girl you are the queen of photo collages! 😉 love how they tell a story.
Ok so will you please come to my house and help me redecorate! I love your style so much but sometimes just need that push. And I am totally painting my door black on the inside! It would totally make a statement. Your hard work shows, amazing!
You are SO talented. I absolutely adore your home. It doesn't matter how many times I scroll through your posts and look at each transformation, I am in awe every single time. 🙂 Makes me excited to own my own home hopefully someday soon!
Wow, Shelley. That was amazing! I'm a fairly new reader, so now I'm off to click all the links. Thanks for sharing!
you forgot MASTER bath!!!!! lol
Beautiful spaces and perfect timing on your post…I've been struggling with my front door. You've definitely given me some inspiration. 🙂
Beautiful spaces and perfect timing on your post…I've been struggling with my front door area. You've definitely given me some inspiration. 🙂
Shelley, I love your entry way! There are so many great parts about it, I can't even name them all!! I'm kind of in the same place you are…when we purchased our first home, we loved the richness of reds, oranges and golds. Now I'm over it, and trying to convert everything to fresh, clean colors. Anyway, the reason I'm writing (aside from telling you how awesome you are) is that I'm wondering where you got the gray & white jars on your entry table? I've been looking for something similar for a few weeks now. If you know, or have seen something with a smiliar pattern, I'd love to have more details. Thanks so much!
Your bench area is gorgeous! Loving this idea…. Hmmmmm, might have to put the hubby to work!
A few year ago I wanted to change my dark furniture and accessories to a lighter look. So I googled it and your blog came up!! I have been a huge fan and follower ever since! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Thanks for sharing. I have no idea how to decorate and I mean at all! Seeing what you have done is a great resource! Everything is beautiful!
You seriously INSPIRE me!
Thanks for adding comments on how long it took you to get things looking just so. I often get frustrated when it takes me forever to get a project finished. Thanks for being real!
I love your entryway and front door area. I just built my house and have only lived in it for 3 months and can't figure out what to do with my front porch. Yours provides good inspiration! Garrdenoflove.blogspot.com
You have done such a wonderful job with your entry. So light and inviting! I still DIE over that converted coat closet!!
looks great! You mud room are is GENIUS! and I think you just talked me into painting the inside of our exterior doors…will you please tell my husband for me? 🙂
Also, I was wondering what you have framed in the entry way? I love seeing what kind of art people choose and I'm trying to get some ideas for myself.
It doesn't even l;look like the same house! Beautiful! Love your choice of colors.
Such a great change! I just got this month's This Old House and it was fun to see your guys' entryway coat closet make over in there.
For the reader who mentioned the bench not being available… I think I found it! At least one that is very similar. However it is listed as $70, boo! ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30101111/
You are a bundle of creativity. Anyone would enjoy living in a house decorated by you. I liked all your entry ideas, from the colors, to the accessories and furniture.
That mudroom is to die for! Very inspirational
Gorgeous! Love the black shutters and closet turned mudroom area! xoxo Kristin
Love the black shutters and the closet turned mudroom area! xoxo Kristin
Oh Shelley, your making me want to go decorate my front entrance! You are one talented lady! Can I borrow your Dad for oh, maybe a year or so? JK
Love your black door – your so right, it adds so much to your foyer. Love your house, love your style . . . just love your blog {not in a stalking kind of way}!Love the changes. The room seems so much brighter and larger.
What a difference…Looks fabulous!!! Love.Love.Love the new look! I too want to paint the inside door black! Did you spray paint it? WHy?
Wow! Love.Love.Love the new look! It looks fabulous! I too want to paint my inside door black. Did you spray paint it? Why?
ARGH!! I'm so jealous! I tried to do the exact same hall closet-turned mud room in our small entry way but the hubby could not imagine what I envisioned and he shut me down. 🙁 But yours looks fabulous! I knew I had a great idea, I just knew it! Enjoy!
Love love love!!!! Where did you get your narrow soda table? I have been looking for something like that forever!!!!
lokks amazing!!!
door251.comI was looking through This Old House and saw the section about your closet make over!
Drool, LOVE!!!! Where did you get your white console table? I need/want it! Wish we lived closer….Would beg you to let me hire you for a makeover in my home! Come to Virginia!!!!!!
(middleton.jessica[at]gmail.com)Such a beautiful and welcoming entry! I love how you turned your closet into *mudroom* nook! Fabulous color palette, too!
I LOVE that you painted the inside of the door too- I would have never thought of that. It definitely gives a nice focal point as you look down the entry way…not to convince my husband to do the same…. 🙂
Really love what you did with the closet Shelley!
WOW, gorgoeus! You have an amazing sense of style. I have always wanted to see all teh rooms in your home so I am really looking forward to more house tour posts. Can't wait. Thanks
Wow looks gorgeous. I ahve always wanted to see each room in your house so I can't wait for the house tour. So exciting. You have amazing style.
This looks amazing! Absolutely love your home!
Wow!!! Absolutely lovely!!!
Can you please let me know or post a blog posting about where you purchased your entry table items. I love the yellow frame, gray and white lanterns are amazing. I would love to know the specifics. Please email me at alissa.renee[at]hotmail.com
Shelley. Love the house tour idea. Could you also provide a list of sources of colors and where you purchased items? Thanks so much!
waouhhhh c'est magnifique (wonderfull ?)
votre entrée est superbe, que ce soit la couleur de peinture, votre tapis, votre nouvel dressing, et votre porte noire (black door?) superbe !!!
tout est fait avec beaucoup de goût, c'est pas cher et super
bravo Family Smiths
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velvetsoleil[at]hotmail.comlove your blog!! what is the print hanging in the entry as you walk in the front door?? I would love to see it…
I love everything about your space. I'm searching high and low for a narrow entry table. How wide is yours? I can't find one less than 14 inches.
For those looking for the lanterns on the table, I found some on Amazon…
amazon.com/Carthage-Pierced-Lantern-TALL-WHITE/dp/B006W6TEEE/ref=pd_sim_sbs_hg_2I love how you transformed your front porch and entry way from Tuscan to modern look. You also did a good job on creating the space near the main door. Overall, the entryway/porch progress looks beautiful.
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Wow it all looks so beautiful and modern and clean!!! You have completely inspired me! I love the black inside door, the green wreath, the "mudroom" – what an inviting way to welcome people into your home!
WOW – I love how bright, modern and clean it all looks! You have completely inspired me! I love your black inside door, the green wreath strung up by ribbon, the "mudroom"… what an inviting way to welcome your guests!
Love your style! I did a little foyer make-over of my own as well. 🙂
This is a wonderful and lovely job! I would love to have an entrance like that! I really love it! I have a weekly post where I gather a list of posts that inspires me and makes me dream! This week I'm featuring yours!
Hope you are having a lovely weekend
Cami @ TitiCrafty by CamilaLovey, lovie, love LoVe lv lov LOVE! This is a master idea! So, I just found your blog today and this other lady's blog today, and wasn't even looking for mudrooms, but how crazy you two both had the same idea, so cool! Your molding/doorway frame for the mudroom just makes it look stunning.
Here's the other one I found if your curiosity is getting to you:
housetweaking.com/2010/07/29/feature-friday-my-mini-mudroom/#comment-46551I'm a little late finding this post but I'm glad I did! Everything looks so amazing. You both did such a great job. I live in a tiny home with a husband that is really handy so we are constantly making changes like this to our home. One of our areas we would like to tackle next is the closet/front door area. I love how yours turned out but I do have a question. In the "before" picture it shows several items that don't seem to be stored in the "after" picture. The coats, baskets, iron. I was just wondering where you store those now. Again, I know I'm a little late finding this blog so maybe you answered this already. If so, sorry! Any help would be appreciated!
I'm a little late finding this post but I'm glad I did! Everything looks so amazing. You both did such a great job. I live in a tiny home with a husband that is really handy so we are constantly making changes like this to our home. One of our areas we would like to tackle next is the closet/front door area. I love how yours turned out but I do have a question. In the "before" picture it shows several items that don't seem to be stored in the "after" picture. The coats, baskets, iron. I was just wondering where you store those now. Again, I know I'm a little late finding this blog so maybe you answered this already. If so, sorry! Any help would be appreciated!


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Louise Bundy, who was a staunch defender of her serial killer son, Ted Bundy, before he made a series of death-row confessions, has died. She was 88.
She died last month in her hometown of Tacoma after a long illness, The News Tribune newspaper reported Wednesday (http://is.gd/G8BVv7 ).
Her death was confirmed to The Associated Press by the Rev. Melvin Woodworth, pastor of Tacoma's First United Methodist Church, which she attended from 1951 until a few years ago, when her health prevented her.
In the mid-1970s, Louise Bundy was a married mother of five working as a secretary at the University of Puget Sound when authorities across the nation began to accuse her eldest son in a series of gruesome killings.
For years, she refused to believe the charges.
"Ted Bundy does not go around killing women and little children!" she told The News Tribune in 1980 after Ted Bundy was convicted in the Florida killings. "And I know this, too, that our never-ending faith in Ted - our faith that he is innocent - has never wavered. And it never will."
Her stance softened after Ted Bundy made a number of death-row confessions, the newspaper reported.
He ultimately confessed to murdering more than two dozen women and was executed in 1989 after being convicted of killing two Florida State University sorority members and a 12-year-old girl.
Louise Bundy spoke with him twice on his execution day, telling him at the end of the second call, "You'll always be my precious son."
Ted Bundy was among some of the notorious criminals who have been represented by Seattle lawyer John Henry Browne. He recalled Louise Bundy as "very quiet, very much concerned about her son."
In a telephone interview Wednesday, Browne said he hadn't spoken with Louise Bundy in several decades but had flown to Florida with her several times after Bundy was arrested there.
"I do know her insistence on Ted's innocence actually waned even before he started confessing, but her love for him certainly didn't," Browne said.
Louise Bundy remained in Tacoma following her son's execution and was an active member of the First United Methodist Church.
Her son's troubles took a toll, the newspaper reported. Louise Bundy and her husband, John Bundy, endured jokes and dirty looks over the years and often changed their telephone number to avoid angry calls.
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POPLARVILLE — Pearl River Community College's women's and men's soccer squads, the reigning 2012 MACJC and Region 23 champions, wrapped their seasons with shutout losses in their respective NJCAA District H and District P post-season playoff games.
The Lady Wildcats finished their year at 12-3 overall with a 4-0 setback to Brevard CC, the NJCAA No. 1-ranked Division I women's team, out of Melbourne, Fla., in District H play Saturday in Poplarville; while the Wildcats suffered their first loss of the season with a 1-0 semi-final loss Friday to Paris (Tex.) at Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Tex.
Brevard's Lady Titans improved to 13-1 and hosts Nov. 11-7's NJCAA National Women's Tournament.
Paris' men faced host Tyler, 8-0 winner over Region 23 men's runner-up Meridian CC on Friday, at 3 p.m. for the District P title (results unavailable) and a berth in Nov. 11-17's NJCAA National Men's Tournament on tap at Darton College in Albany, Ga.
In Saturday's District H contest, Brevard went up 2-0 on back-to-back goals in the first 12 minutes of the game by Courtney Hueston (37:37) and Lois Edwardsson (33:30) before Amanda Lodge booted a third goal 13:31 before the break to give the Lady Titans a 3-0 lead at the intermission.
Brevard scored the game's final goal at the 38:00 mark of the second half.
Lady Wildcat head coach Jack Byrd applauded his squad.
"We had a heckuva run this year," Byrd said. "In my opinion, this is the best women's team this school has ever fielded. I couldn't be prouder."
In Friday's District P semi-final game, Paris' Alberto Garcia scored the game's only goal off a free kick midway in the first half.
Wildcat head coach Paul Martin lauded his team's season.
"When you win state and region titles, there's not a lot more you can say about a group like this one," said Martin, who was named Region 23 'Coach of the Year' last weekend. "This (Paris setback) was the first loss of the year and we were in it (game) right until the end.
"This year, for men and women, is something that we can build and build upon. I proud to be a Wildcat."
Since 1999's inaugural season of Pearl River soccer, it's women previously won MACJC state titles in 2005 and 2009, as well as a total of six MACJC South Division championships; while its men were also state champs in 2003 and boast three division crowns. Neither squad had ever won a regional title or a berth in the district playoffs prior to 2012.


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1. Garment construction: McCalls 4144 has an interesting skirt feature. It's actually a pencil skirt with a big fluffy overskirt. Take a look at the line drawing and the pattern pieces. You basically make a pencil skirt in lining fabric (I made mine in coordinating ombre silk charmeuse), and then cut 8 of the overskirt panels that get gathered over the pencil skirt.
Since the skirt lining is slim, I knew the design wasn't intended to be worn with a crinoline underneath. So, the fullness was meant to come from the overskirt on its own.
2. Fabric choice: Since I decided on chiffon for the dress, I knew I couldn't count on the fabric to provide a poofy look like on the envelope. For me, this was kind of a plus since I wasn't looking to have a huge skirt going on. I also decided to minimize the poofy effect by cutting 6 overskirt panels, rather than 8.
Now, if I really wanted the poofy effect, I would have to choose another fabric, like organza or tulle.
3. Body type: This is the trickiest thing to analyze, and you have to be brutally honest with yourself. Is your waist this small?
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Given these three factors, I expected the dress to have more of this silhouette, but on my body.
And now! A couple other reader questions.
Anonymous asks: I love love this dress!! I do have a couple of technical questions. When looking at the pattern and then your dress, the front darts appear to be much shorter on the pattern front, did you lengthened them? if so why? Did you encounter any problems gathering and attaching the silk chiffon overskirt? One of the things I love about your blog is your attention to details.
Why thank you! I did not lengthen the darts. Looking back, I wish I'd shortened them! They looked great on the muslin, and then behaved a little differently in chiffon. By the time I'd sewn and pressed them, though, it was too late. Ripping stitches in chiffon is almost impossible, because it always shows. Also, the creases from pressing really wouldn't have come out. So, I decided the lesser evil was to have dart points on my boobs, rather than damaged, creased chiffon on my boobs. The gathering of the chiffon was one of the easiest parts since chiffon is so lightweight. I basted it by hand to the underskirt once it was gathered, and it was very easy.
Another Anonymous says: I'm in the minority on this, but while attention grabbing, this is not a look that flatters. Your eyes have disapeared between hair and the the undulating green waves of the dress. The darts at the shoulders are also not restful. I think the light pink dress from the top of the site is more complementary.
Okay, that's not really a question but I thought I'd address it. I agree that this isn't my best dress, but not every dress can be the awesomest, most flattering. One of the things I love about sewing is that we can try out different styles. Even if light pink shift dresses are the most flattering thing on me, that doesn't mean that I have to make only that for the rest of my life. I want to sew with chartreuse ombre chiffon! And wear swishy skirts even if I know dirndls make my hips look bigger! Screw it! As a sewing blogger, I post everything I make, not just the things I think will be unanimously agreed-upon as successes. It's all about the process. (As for the shoulder darts, they're actually tucks/pleats. They're not meant to lay flat. I can see how they might look weird, but I really like them!)


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The binding fabric caused much grief, only because I was so very indecisive. In the end I have gone with a Joel Dewberry stripe from his Aviary Collection. A good decision, I am very happy with these colors.
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Normally I would've backed down. But after just a couple months of – I feel like I can defend myself. I'll never back down again.
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One of the things we learn in class is not just how to control our bodies – but how to control our minds and emotions too.
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Here are a few more of the life-changing
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Adult Martial Arts is a full body workout that helps you get in SHAPE.
Of course, when you eat right that makes the weight loss even faster. But either way, you're going to drop pounds if you have any pounds to drop.
Having FUN...
This isn't like running on a treadmill for hours and hours... You'll be learning something new and exciting... Accomplishing challenges you never thought you could... Growing in physical strength, and in mental and spiritual strength...
MAJOR Stress Relief...
Nothing relieves stress more than good, hard exercise. Add to that punching and kicking – and you're looking at the most powerful form of stress relief known to man!
This alone makes Adult Martial Arts worth it to so many people who don't have an outlet for their stress. When stress is suddenly gone from your life, it leaves space inside of you for good feelings to come.
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Often after just one class people tell us how they feel like they've known everyone for years. That's
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Parents find themselves more patient with their kids... Teachers find themselves more patient with their students... People who work with customers find themselves more focused and calm, even when the customer gets out of line...
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"So what exactly is Adult Martial Arts?"
Technically, Adult Martial Arts is simply the art of punching and kicking. And preventing other people from punching and kicking you.
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People who do Adult Martial Arts are never the ones to start fights. They're the ones who do everything in their power to avoid fights.
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The Martial Arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practices. They are practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental, physical, and spiritual development.
The term martial art has become heavily associated with the fighting arts of eastern Asia, but was originally used in regard to the combat systems of Europe as early as the 1550s. An English fencing manual of 1639 used the term in reference specifically to the "Science and Art" of swordplay. The term is ultimately derived from Latin, and means "Arts of Mars," where Mars is the Roman god of war. Some Martial Arts are confsidered 'traditional' and are tied to an ethnic, cultural or religious background, while others are modern systems developed either by a founder or an association.


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