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How To Answer Your Mom's Questions About Lena Dunham This Holiday Season
The trailer for the second season of Lena Dunham's HBO show Girls just came out. The overwhelming consensus is that it looks pretty good, not that it matters much, as the show was recently picked up for a third season. In recent months, Dunham has also been nominated for an Emmy and scored a $3.5 million book deal. Esequire said she's "building an empire." And she casually goes out to dinner with Claire Danes.
When you head home for the holidays, there's a decent possibility your Mom will ask, "What's up with Lena Dunham?" Here's how you should answer.
2. Mom: Do you know this Lena Dunham?
You: Yes. People were kind of iffy on her back in 2011, but in 2012, everyone became obsessed with her!
Allow me to explain. About a year ago, her show Girls released the trailer for its first season. Bloggers wrote and tweeted about the series, mostly because, well, an HBO show about living in Brooklyn written by a then 25-year-old is the kind of thing lots of bloggers like to write about. It seemed promising, but also possibly doomed to fail — like I Just Want My Pants Back, MTV's one-season attempt at a "hipsters living in Brooklyn" show, did. Some film industry insiders and young culture-hungry types were Dunham fans, a credit to her 2010 film Tiny Furniture. But a large group of naysayers also existed, calling her a not particularly talented product of nepotism. She attracted attention, but as a tattooed 25-year-old who looks different from most other women in Hollywood, she was bound to. Besides, she was barely in Hollywood.
Now she has a show, and a book deal, and an Emmy nomination, and she's friends with all the celebrities.
4. What is her show about?
Girls is about a group of young women living in New York City. They have fairly disastrous love lives and even more disastrous professional lives.
5. Oh! So it's like your life.
I mean, in some ways! Like, I would probably eat a cupcake in the shower. But unlike them, I show up for work on time! Also, the sex is kind of messed up.
6. Oh, so it's like "Sex And The City"!
Well, yes, there are four female friends who live in New York and the main one is a writer who never really does anything. But they don't buy Manolo Blahniks and live alone in 3,000 square lofts.
7. Gotcha. So I heard she got a lot of money for her book.
She did — $3.5 million. Which is pretty crazy! Especially since she hasn't even written it yet. But as the creator and lead actor in a popular show, it's not THAT crazy. Tina Fey sold her book for an estimated $6 million.
8. Wait! So publishers will pay a person in their mid-20s millions of dollars to write about themselves?
Friends, this is the era of Thought Catalog. And Tumblr. And Twitter. And Facebook. Shake your head at young people writing about themselves all you want. But this is the culture we've created.
9. Didn't she make a video for the Obama campaign?
10. Is she successful because her parents are rich and famous?
Many have complained that Dunham is a product of nepotism — and certainly she's been aided by the benefits of a well-off, connected family. But as she put it herself: her mother is a feminist photographer most people aren't familiar with, not Angelina Jolie.
Besides, Girls got made because Judd Apatow saw her 2010 movie Tiny Furniture and emailed her about it.
11. Who's Judd Apatow?
The guy who made Bridesmaids and Freaks and Geeks.
12. Why does she have all those tattoos?!
I don't know, who cares?
She did talk about it once, saying, "I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality. So, Judd sort of was like, "Just say something honest about why." So, I wrote that scene and it is pretty close. I don't think I would have phrased it that way to myself at the time. At the time, it was like, 'My friend Marina has tattoos, and I'm gonna get one.'"
Got it?
13. Okay, so, do you like her? Is she, like, your idol?
Every young writer/aspiring writer/coffee-getter, or anyone generally drawn to creative pursuits I know has inevitably been asked this over the past year.
It's impossible not to be a little envious of a person near your age making a show about the kind of stuff you and your friends deal with every day — texting, bad sex, weird babysitting jobs.
If you're a high school football player looking to get recruited, are you going to look up at the people succeeding? Yes, you are.
Maybe so much of the confusion surrounding Dunham's ubiquity has something to do with the masses not being used to young women who don't look like runway models running the show. Everyone will just have to learn to deal.
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I'm sorry for the drought in posts. I recently moved to a new country (Switzerland) and the last 2 months were consumed with getting ready to move. We've been here 2 weeks now and things are starting to settle in. I have a few herbs growing on our balcony already and I started some seedlings. That may seem crazy to some but to me having things growing helps me to feel grounded and happy. I love seeing my basil and mint plants growing and it makes me smile to check on my 'babies' every day.
I wanted to write about pickled peppers. Being half-Vietnamese, I grew up eating hot, fresh chili peppers. I never ate roasted pickled peppers, however, until I came to Bulgaria. Pickling is a strong tradition there and they have wonderful pickled vegetables, peppers included. I had homemade roasted pickled peppers when staying with a friend in her village home this summer. She's Bulgarian and loves spicy food and these are a staple in her fridge. The peppers were absolutely delicious and SOOOOO spicy! They were pickled in vinegar and oil with some other ingredients. So simple and so wonderful.
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- Melki-Tsedeq Melchizedek... has no father, no mother, no lineage; His years have no beginning, His life no end. He is like the Son of God: He remains a Priest For All Time. Melki-Tsedeq = Tsaddik of Malkuth (Righteous/Just One of Malkuth/Kingdom/Earth) 36 Lamed-Vov or 36 Tzaddikim- Just Ones + Melki-Tsedeq = 37 The Messiah is said to be the 37th Tzaddikim The number 37 is linked to all repunits mathematically: 111222333444555666777888999 A repunit is described mathematically by the equation: 3n x 37 3x1 x 37 = 111 3x2 x 37 = 222 3x3 x 37 = 333and so on. Incidentally, the smallest magic square composed only of primes and the number 1 has at the centerthe number 37, of course (see Opus 111). Melki: King Tzedeq: Righteous (Priest) = 294 (Hebrew gematria) = mem lamed kaph yod - tzadhe daleth qoph Other words signified by 294 include: Warrior/Rebel Web/cloth/purple or purple cloth (Purple is the color of Kings) Early Born Bearer of the Bread and the Wine
- TRAILER FOR THE MELLOBOAT TRIP 2008 Promotion trailer for the upcoming boat trip. Contact:[email protected] or /melloboat for info and tickets. The following bands will perform on the boat. OPETH // COMUS // KATATONIA // LEAF HOUND // TRETTIOÅRIGA KRIGET // ANEKDOTEN // BO HANSSON feat Eric Malmberg & Nicklas Korssell // MATS/MORGAN All Star Team //QOPH //PLANKTON //THE COLINS OF PARADISE // PROMISE AND THE MONSTER // EMMA NORDENSTAM // CECILIA KLINGSPOR // PIU // EMIKA KLASDOTTER // MARTIN AXENROT and NATHALIE LORICHS. See also the site /melloboat for more info. Tickets include a cozy cabin with fresh towels and a shower. There will be lots of fun in an out-of-space atmosphere with cool music and hoards of nice people. It will actually be 39 wonderful hours. A special stage will be built in the shopping galleria. Onboard are their approximately 8-10 restaurants, bars, swimming pool, sauna and all other luxury facilities. See you in March!!!
- Qoph - Vansinnet Quote from their myspace and homepage: "Originally put together as an instrumental rock trio in 1995 by drummer Federico de Costa, guitarist Filip Norman and bassplayer Patrik Persson , music was spontaneously jammed out with a common thread of explosive psychedelic rock. During the golden age of the MTV endorsed lumberjack look, the Swedish music scene had little to offer a instrumental act, and Robin Kvist soon joined in and vocalised in the mother tounge. The unique stylings of QOPH started to come together and the band toured excessively on the Swedish live music scene during the following years. The bands debut effort, Kalejdoskopiska Aktiviteter (Record Heaven, 1998), sold a few thousand copies internationally, even though only a handful of the listeners understood Swedish. QOPH's second album "Pyrola", on the other hand, delivers a less subliminal message in English. It was released in Sweden, Germany and Japan in 2004 & 2005. At the moment QOPH are recording new songs for their 3rd, yet untitled, album." "Pyrola the brand new recording from Swedish psycho-naut institution Qoph delivers a new and rockier sound than ever before. Producer Per Wikström (Nicolai Dunger, Backdraft, David Fiuczynskis KIF etc.) has put focus on capturing the energy and power of the band, which has rendered Qoph a wellknown reputation as a sensational live act over the years. With an inventive twist of old and new, Qoph combines daring excursions of such todays acts as Trans Am and Mars ...
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- Elgibbor - QOPH Fifth track from the 2008 album "Repent or Perish" Lyrics: Psalm 119:145-152 I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes. I cry out to you; Save me, and I will keep your testimonies. I rise before the dawning of the morning, And cry for help; I hope in your word. My eyes are awake through the night watches, That I may meditate on your word. Hear my voice according to your lovingkindness; O Lord, revive me according to your justice. They draw near who follow after wickedness; Thy are far from the law. You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are truth. Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them forever. Band MySpace:
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"What is the deep wisdom that the Moon Tarot card is expressing to us? The card of the unconsciousness, the Moon signifies the allure of visions and dreams and their danger"
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"Psalm 119 – Qoph. Mars Heats Up " Good Friday. We want to take a moment Jesus is Lord, A Worshipping Christian's Blog is proudly powered by WordPress"
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"Tuesday, October 12. 2010. Hebrew: Qoph, by James O'Fee. Continued from of the Hebrew alphabet. Qoph. Form: ק. Transliterated as: q. Name: Qoph"
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"Winning Tip for Scrabble The secret to learning how to win at Scrabble depends on the skill level of your opponent, of course. Since you're reading an article"
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"Blog. Contact us. Search : Follow us on: Facebook. Vimeo. Flickr. Twitter. Pod1 Blog ">A little http://bit.ly/QOPH 2010/11/05. Sobriety Test Helps Stop Drunk Posting"
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This gradution ceremony was filled with religious students. But in the era of Obama, they were BANNED from praying during the ceremonies because of the courts who violated their Constitutional right to religious expression.
But those bright students came up with a brilliant way to get around that… and invoke God after all. You will LOVE this!
h/t: Church Funnies
Brilliant! Too often, Christians are told to keep quiet and not express their faith. Religious liberties are under attack. And this was a creative way by Christian students to fight back against religious bigotry. Amazing!
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He is the embodiment of terrifyingly sadistic, arbitrary power - and now Jack Gleeson has revealed the classic villains which have inspired his portrayal of King Joffrey in Game of Thrones.
The character of the boy king, who holds sway over the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, was influenced by Joaquin Phoenix's Commodus in Gladiator, as well as the monster Hexxus from FernGully, Gleeson told Entertainment Weekly.
And the 21-year-old actor, who studies philosophy at Dublin's Trinity College, said he enjoys playing such an evil character.
"It's interesting sometimes when an audience can empathise with a villain. But to get completely lost in it, it's exciting just to be intrinsically evil and not have a speck of good or humanity in their bones," he said.
However, Gleeson also conceded that there are more "familiar" elements to Joffrey: "Everyone has met Joffrey in some shape or form."
Ahead of the hit HBO show's fourth series, which screens on Soho in New Zealand on Monday night, Gleeson said that he has to completely lose himself in the role.
"Ninety per cent of the time I'm feeling what Joffrey would feel - glee or desire for attention or frustration or whatever. About 10 per cent of the time, there's a lack of focus, but that's fun as well; to take yourself out of it and appreciate [the moment]," he said.
"But you wouldn't be able to work if you did that all the time, you have to focus on what the character thinks."
The actor, who keeps a low profile outside of the show, said he had no desire to further his career once Game of Thrones has been wrapped up.
"The crux of it is that I don't want to be an actor after Game of Thrones. Interviews are good if you want to be an actor because they raise your profile. You're also more interesting to talk to if you're more passionate about acting," he said.
"I don't need to do those things, and I also suppose I'm just private. I find it slightly uncomfortable to see my face on a bus or a poster. I like just being known by my friends and family."
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Legislators and advocates are split over Gov. Charlie Baker's proposed bill that allows authorities to hold certain undocumented immigrants on federal detainers.
The bill, filed Tuesday, comes just days after the Supreme Judicial Court ruled that state law doesn't currently allow state and local authorities to hold an immigrant solely to enforce immigration law.
According to a statement released by Baker Tuesday, the bill authorizes, but does not require, state and local law enforcement to honor detention requests from ICE for immigrants "who pose a threat to public safety."
The bill focuses such efforts on immigrants convicted of serious crimes, including murder, rape, domestic violence and narcotics or human trafficking.
Any agency that wants to detain immigrants on that basis would be required to issue a policy identifying a supervisor who would initially authorize detention of people who pose a threat and have previously been convicted of one or more of the crimes listed in the proposed bill, Baker said.
Detention over 12 hours would be subject to judicial review.
A detainer is merely a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to hold an individual who has already been placed into state or local custody. The individual's information is then sent to other state and federal agencies and if ICE notices that the person is in the country illegally, the agency can issue a detainer – a civil request to hold that person.
Area police departments said the ruling cleared up ambiguities in local immigration enforcement, but Milford and MetroWest-area legislators have differing views on the Baker's bill.
Brian Murray, a Milford Democrat, said the bill "appears to strike the right balance between ensuring that violent and dangerous criminals subject to immigration laws are dealt with and folks who do not commit crimes do not have to be subject to the holding process."
Murray, who said he also opposes the Safe Communities Act – a bill that would essentially make Massachusetts a sanctuary state – said he doesn't support a proposed bill from Rep. James Lyons, R-Andover, that would authorize law enforcement to arrest someone on a civil immigration detainer request.
"I thought that was too far," he said.
However, creating a sanctuary state would be "nebulous," Murray said.
Murray's district colleague in the Senate, Ryan Fattman, R-Sutton, called Baker's legislation a good start.
In a statement, Fattman said officials should be authorized to hold immigrants for at least 24 hours prior to judicial review rather than Baker's proposed 12-hour rule.
The creation of supervisory officers, Fattman said, would burden local police departments and "doesn't align with past practices."
He also suggested providing U-Visa applications to undocumented immigrants reporting crimes to keep them safe from deportation as long as they cooperate with police.
"I thank Gov. Baker for setting us back on course after the SJC decision," he said. "Now it's the Legislature's turn to lead."
Immigration advocates and lawmakers on the other end of the spectrum called Baker's bill unnecessary and unconstitutional.
Sen. Jamie Eldridge, D-Acton, is sponsoring the Safe Communities Act and has been a supporter of pro-immigrant policies. He called Baker's bill "broad and dangerous."
Hear it straight from an immigration attorney how broad & dangerous @CharlieBakerMA ICE detention bill is, alarming for Guv to file bill https://t.co/nafFvIEhTI
— Jamie Eldridge (@JamieEldridgeMA) August 2, 2017
He couldn't be reached for comment on Wednesday, but tweeted and retweeted several times since Tuesday indicating that Baker's bill is aligned with Pres. Donald Trump's hardline stance on immigration.
Just as #DonaldTrump uses "public safety" as broad brush to deport immigrants, Mass Guv @CharlieBakerMA bill uses same language #NoBanNoWall
— Jamie Eldridge (@JamieEldridgeMA) August 1, 2017
Marion Davis, spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA), said the group is disappointed in the governor's attempt to "override" the Lunn decision.
Good thread by @MassaVianaLaw in response to @MassGovernor's bill to override SJC's Lunn vs. Commonwealth decision #immigration #civilrights https://t.co/KzTFOQb3qH
— MIRA Coalition (@MIRACoalition) August 1, 2017
She called Baker's bill "overly broad" and unconstitutional since it authorizes police to arrest someone "solely on a civil immigration charge."
"The governor says he wants to keep dangerous felons off the streets, but he doesn't need this bill to do that," she said. "Not only can people charged with crimes already be held on those charges; nothing in the Lunn decision (or even in the Safe Communities Act, which we support) would keep police from notifying ICE before a violent felon is released."
Carol Rose, executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, called the proposed bill "constitutionally suspect" and lacking due process.
"Last week's Lunn decision by the Court was a major victory for the residents of Massachusetts against the Trump deportation machine," she said. "Why Gov. Baker would attempt to aid President Trump is unsettling – as both a legal and political matter."
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You have a £20,000 debt on your credit card
You buy a house worth £200,000
You invest £10,000 improving the house.
The house is now worth £240,000
You use the equity to pay off your credit card.
There's more than one way to reduce the deficit Mr Cameron.
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AT&T Park in San Franscisco. (Flickr/CC, 2.0)
Picture AT&T Park, home of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants. Picture about as breathtaking a baseball stadium as exists in the United States with the San Francisco Bay, otherwise known as McCovey Cove, framing the outfield like a Norman Rockwell postcard as conceived by Leroy Neiman. Picture seats packed with people clad in their iconic orange and black reveling in the once hard-luck team that now defines the city and stands atop the game. What we don't picture when we conjure images of this or any ballpark are the people actually doing the work to keep it all running.
As idyllic as the aesthetics of the park remain, those prepping the food and cleaning the toilets make $11,000 a year in a city where, due to yet another round of tech-bubble gentrification, they cannot afford to live. Concession workers at the park earn their $11,000 in a city where a one bedroom apartment runs $3,000 a month and people are spending near that much to live in laundry rooms and unventilated basements. These same workers, who commute as much as two hours each way to get to the park, have now gone three years without a pay increase. This despite the fact that the value of the team, according to Forbes, has increased 40 percent, ticket prices have spiked and the cost of a cup of beer has climbed to $10.25. This also despite the fact that, as packed sellouts become the norm, the stress and toil of the job has never been greater. Now, the 800 concession workers, represented by UNITE HERE Local 2, have voted 97 percent to strike.
Team management, which subcontracted food services to a South Carolina outfit called Centerplate, claims no responsibility for the labor troubles, even though they receive 55 percent of every dollar spent by the Giants fans. I spoke with Billie Feliciano, who has been working at the park for over three decades. She said to me, "This is the first time in thirty-five years we've had to go to these extremes. Centerplate says talk to the Giants. The Giants say talk to Centerplate. If we stepped back for five minutes they'd figure it out after they started to lose all that money. All we are saying is we want a fair share."
Getting their "fair share" from Giants owner 80-year-old multibillionaire Charles Johnson will not be easy. A child of Wall Street wealth whose fortune has grown exponentially with the expansion of the financial markets, he now heads the mutual fund Franklin Templeton started by his father. As he said to The San Francisco Chronicle, quoting the company's namesake Ben Franklin, "A penny saved is a penny earned." (It would be far more fitting if he quoted the Ben Franklin who said of money, "The more one has, the more one wants.")


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We are at war! The military is on high alert. Radar has picked up enemy forces inbound to do battle. You must combat these dark forces and hold the line.For the Empire, For Honor and for Glory!Frontline Defender 3D is a tower defense RPG-style game in which you must defend your territory from the hostile forces determined to do it harm. Buy and place troops and weapons to defeat the invaders... but choose wisely. One wrong move could leave a gaping hole in your defenses!Best of all, the battlefield is in a 3D environment, with real shadow and fog effects. Even some tower defense veterans may need to mconcentrate harder to navigate this 3D world. Do you have what it takes to survive?Utilizes Opengl ES.Developed on Motorola Xoom tablet and HTC EVO smart phoneAlso check out our blog on the Making of FLD II for insight on how to create your own game.http://fld2.blogspot.com/Keywords: tower defense,sprinkle,fieldrunners,starcraft,minecraft,dungeon defenders,3D battlefield , Free 3D games,gr
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Back to New England, and three-and-a-half months of accumulated mail and magazines. Paper magazines. Real magazines I can hold in my hands.
Of course, I have been reading Science and Nature every week on the web, but with the dial-up line I had in Exuma, it wasn't easy. Now I get to browse to my heart's content, picking up stories I missed.
And there's Scientific American, a magazine I have subscribed to since November 1959. I was a graduate student in physics at the time and my new spouse gave me a subscription to the magazine for my birthday.
During the intervening years, geology was revolutionized by the theory of plate tectonics, the big bang theory for the origin of the universe was substantially verified, spectacular progress was made in understanding the molecular basis of life, computers permeated every aspect of science and society, humans left footprints (and tire tracks) on the moon and sent probes to the outer reaches of the solar system, the human genome was sequenced -- to mention just a few things that transpired in science. Throughout it all, Scientific American kept me (and thousands like me, both scientists and nonscientists) authoritatively informed.
The authoritativeness of Scientific American stems from the fact that the articles are written by the experts who did the work. Scientific specialists are not usually noted for the lucidity of their prose, so credit most go to the editors who skillfully insure that the words that reach the pages are in plain English. Secondly, the magazine's graphics are simply the best there are.
The contribution of this fine magazine to science education is seldom acknowledged. I am one reader and educator who would like to say "Thanks."


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Smart House Iran - خانه هوشمند
ّFirst Home Automation Company in Iran
The concept of Home Automation
Smart Home: It's all about having peace of mind, comfort, security and reduction of our environmental footprint.
This is easily said, but for many years engineers have been developing technologies to achieve these simple goals. Connectivity, Integration & Sustainability were ever since been keywords of Home Automation.
We, as service providers, have to be focused on these goals, not primarily on technologies and standards: Once it was the "European Installation Bus" developed by big European companies later to be called KNX, now it's the Internet of Things that is making the big difference and global players like Google, Apple and Amazon have entered the home automation industry for good, changing the way we live in modern homes, and this is only the beginning!
Integrated Home Control on Smartphone
Maybe the most popular and most frequently used feature of Home Automation is easy control of the lights, the home entertainment systems and simple change of the "mode" of the Smart Home.
This is done comfortably by using the smartphone. One can also use on-wall Touchscreens or control panels. For this to work, dimmers, smart light switches and connected plugs have to be installed first. The home owner can then control each light separately, in groups, or simply just by choosing the overall mood.
Using the same device or Smartphone to also control the TV and Home Entertainment system is what makes it really comfortable living in a Smart Home: This is when smart control of all in-house technologies become as easy as making a phone call!
Air Conditioning & Comfort Temperature
An important feature of Home Automation is smart control of the heating, cooling & air conditioner systems.
Most of the process has to take place "behind the scenes" in an automated manner. You just set your comfort temperature, then sit back and relax while your Smart Home takes care of the rest. Each room is controlled according to it's occupant's desired setting separately.
The best system is the one you don't even notice!
It's about comfort and ease of use for the home owners but also energy saving and minimizing the Smart Home's environmental footprint compared to houses without a smart control system are quite important features of Home Automation.
Fire detection, Security & Alarms
One of the most important features of Home Automation is taking care of the overall safety and security. It includes fire detection, theft detection, alarming in case of spread of dangerous gases or water leakage, etc.
It can be life saving that the Smart Home responds promptly to any kind of hazardous situation: The system informs it's habitats immediately. Also forwarding the alarm to responsible service providers such as security guards, the police or fire station is realized to guarantee the safety.
It's all about comfort, peace of mind & ease of use. This is what makes a house turn into a Smart Home!
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To see a more comprehensive selection of our top projects look here!
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is the future of Home Automation and this is what we are focused on today; new start-ups are emerging and global IT players like Google, Apple and Amazon have entered the home automation scene for good, changing the way we live in our homes at an affordable price and this is just the beginning!
We are committed to provide our customers with the most up to date technologies, achieving the goals of home automation. This is why we are encouraging top global companies enter the Iranian market making their solutions & products available to the Iranian home owner and also investing in IoT Startups.
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IPI Biochemotherapy for Chemonaive Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01409174
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Slow accrual, closed in Phase I.)
First Posted : August 4, 2011
Last Update Posted : May 31, 2017
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|August 2, 2011
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|August 4, 2011
|Last Update Posted Date
|May 31, 2017
|Study Start Date ICMJE
|February 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|May 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Tumor Response by Participant using immune-related response criteria (irRC) [ Time Frame: End of 2 cycles, 24 weeks ]
Tumor assessments using irRC modified World Health Organizations (WHO) criteria: Immune-Related Complete Response (irCR): Complete disappearance of all tumor lesions. Immune-Related Partial Response (irPR): decrease of 50% or greater. Immune-Related Progressive Disease (irPD): At least 25% increase in sum of products of all index lesions over baseline sum of products of diameters (SPD) calculated for index lesions. Assessment include photographic measurement of skin lesions, computed tomography scans and/or magnetic resonance imaging tumor assessments until documented tumor progression.
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01409174 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|IPI Biochemotherapy for Chemonaive Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
|Official Title ICMJE
|IPI-Biochemotherapy for Chemonaive Patients With Metastatic Melanoma
|Brief Summary
The goal of the Phase I part of this clinical research study is to find the highest tolerable dose of the drug Yervoy (ipilimumab) that can be given with the drugs Temodar (temozolomide), Intron-A (interferon alfa-2b), Proleukin (aldesleukin, IL-2), and Platinol (cisplatin) to patients with metastatic melanoma. The safety of this combination will also be studied in Phase I. The goal of Phase II is to learn if this combination can help to control metastatic melanoma. Note: The study was closed following Phase I enrollment.
Ipilimumab, interferon alfa-2b, and aldesleukin are designed to block the activity of cells that decrease the immune system's ability to fight cancer.
Temozolomide is designed to stop cancer cells from making new DNA (the genetic material of cells). This may stop the cancer cells from dividing into new cells.
Cisplatin is designed to poison the cancer cells, which may cause them to die.
|Detailed Description
Study Groups:
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will be assigned to a study group based on when you join this study. Up to 6 groups of 3 participants will be enrolled in the Phase I portion of the study, and up to 46 participants will be enrolled in Phase II.
***Study was halted early due to slow accrual in the Phase I portion without opening Phase II. ***
If you are enrolled in the Phase I portion, the dose of ipilimumab you receive will depend on when you joined this study. The first group of participants will receive the lowest dose level of ipilimumab. Each new group will receive a higher dose of ipilimumab than the group before it, if no intolerable side effects were seen. This will continue until the highest tolerable dose of ipilimumab is found.
If you are enrolled in the Phase II portion, you will receive ipilimumab at the highest dose that was tolerated in the Phase I portion.
All participants will receive the same dose level of cisplatin, temozolomide, interferon alfa-2b and IL-2.
If you develop intolerable side effects while on study, your dose of IL-2 may be lowered 1-2 times until the side effects get better.
If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, you will have a central venous catheter (CVC) inserted, if you do not already have one. A CVC is a sterile flexible tube that will be placed into a large vein while you are under local anesthesia. Your doctor will explain this procedure to you in more detail, and you will be required to sign a separate consent form.
Study Drug Administration:
The study drugs will be given in 3 stages: induction, consolidation, and maintenance.
Induction will last 12 weeks. You will receive the study drugs in up to four 3-week cycles:
Consolidation will last 12 weeks. You will receive the study drugs in three 4-week cycles.
Maintenance will last about 1½ years. You will receive ipilimumab by vein over 90 minutes on Day 1 of up to six 12-week cycles.
Other Drugs:
You will be given other drugs to help decrease the risk of side effects. The study staff will tell you about these drugs, how they will be given, and the possible risks.
Study Visits:
Before each cycle (+/- 3 days):
Every week, blood (about 1 teaspoon) will be drawn for routine tests. Before each cycle, some of this blood will be used to check your liver and kidney function.
At the end of each cycle, you will have a physical exam, including measurement of your weight. Any tumor that can be felt with the hands will be measured during the physical exam to see if it has changed size.
Every 2 cycles (+/- 7 days), you will have a chest x-ray and CT or MRI scans to check the status of the disease.
Anytime the doctor thinks it is needed, photos of the skin lesions will be taken. Your private areas will be covered (as much as possible), and a picture of your face will not be taken unless there are lesions on your face.
Length of Study:
You may continue taking the study drugs for up to 2 years. You will no longer be able to take the study drugs if the disease gets worse, if intolerable side effects occur, or if you are unable to follow study directions.
Your participation on the study will be over once you have completed the end-of-treatment visit and follow-up.
End-of-Treatment Visit:
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Every 2 months for up to 3 years, you will be contacted by phone or during a clinic visit to see how you are doing.
This is an investigational study. Temozolomide, cisplatin, ipilimumab, interferon alfa-2b, and aldesleukin are FDA approved and commercially available to treat metastatic cancer. However, it is investigational to give temozolomide to patients with metastatic melanoma.
Up to 64 patients will take part in this study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
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UCL is one of four universities taking part in a unique code-breaking competition as part of this year's Cyber Security Challenge UK. Four top-rated Computer Science departments – UCL, Edinburgh Napier University, University of Birmingham and University of Bristol – have accepted the challenge to develop their own cipher, a method for encrypting messages, that will be released to other participating universities and Challenge candidates to break. The four-week virtual tournament starts on Monday 21st January, with a new cipher released each week, and is designed to inspire students who are particularly interested in entering cyber security careers and practising their skills at code-making and -breaking.
The University Cipher Challenge is being coordinated by the Cyber Security Challenge UK and PwC as part of their strategy to engage with the education community and highlight and develop talent in the UK's student population. Cyber security professionals from PwC will be scoring each university on criteria including the ingenuity of their own cipher designs, their resistance to cracking by other Challenge candidates, and successful breaking of another university's cipher.
Stephanie Daman, CEO of Cyber Security Challenge UK, said:
"The UK has a world-class academic base in cyber security and this tournament represents a great opportunity for existing Challenge candidates and new players to test the hard code-breaking skills and out-of-the-box thinking that the cyber security profession requires. We are running this as a pilot with the ambition to encourage more university departments to take part in 2013/14, as we embark on a dedicated education programme featuring university based cyber camps and a set of competitions specifically designed for students."
Dr Nicolas Courtois, Senior Lecturer at UCL Computer Science, said:
"At UCL we believe that research should be competitive, experimental and rooted in real-life problems. Teaching a responsible and ethical approach to code breaking is a key part of training the next generation of security professionals and we spare no effort to make sure that our students have both the practical skills and the necessary expertise to solve any problem they face.
We have been able to integrate this year's competition into the curriculum for the UCL Applied Cryptography course so that students' contribution will be graded and count as coursework. The UCL team will also include PhD students and post-doctoral researchers. We expect that the spirit of this competition will enable our students to learn a lot in a stimulating and competitive environment and will have a lasting influence on their further research and professional careers."
The Cyber Security Challenge UK began in 2010 as three competitions run by a small group of supporters from industry, government and academia to address a skills gap in the cyber security profession. Now, in its third year, the Challenge has grown its range of competitions to better represent the variety of skills currently demanded within the profession, is backed by around 50 sponsors and also acts as a source of guidance for those keen to enter the industry.
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Will anyone stand in agreement with me that urban-lit and street-lit are NOT the same thing? As early as the year 2000, a rash of over-the-top African-American fiction began to flood bookshelves. Some are calling them urban-lit, some say they are street-lit, but what I've come to realize is that by either terminology, these stories are all deemed the same.
I know . . . and I hear you. You're saying, "But urban literature IS the same as street literature." Is that what you think? Then let me take you to school. When you hear "street-lit" what comes to mind? Stories about drugs, gangs, prostitution, money, sex, crime, prisons . . . what? That and then some—probably, right? I can certainly understand such thinking because those subjects definitely coincide with the nature of being "from the streets" or "on the streets." This is why "street" as an adjective in front of "literature" classify the genre appropriately. "Then what is urban-lit?" I'm glad you asked.
The word "urban" in front of "literature" is meant to be used as an adjective also. Urban is the redevelopment of something contemporary. When used in front of words like "renewal" or "medicine," it means reconstructed, restored or replaced. If I take a contemporary theme, add high-drama and an edge to it, am I not making it urban? Yes, I am. Somewhere down the years, people changed the connotation into everything urban is not supposed to mean. We left alone terms like urban beach, urban medicine, and urban renewal, but if it's urban fiction, automatically it's "ghetto-lit," "street-lit," or "something dark." If you don't believe me, check out what TheFreeDictionary by Farlex says, and guess what, we've fallen for it.
African-Americans have fallen for the okie-doke the same way we did when we accepted we were niggers and inferior to other races. Are we really the only ones writing true-to-life stories with intense themes and content? Absolutely not, I say. We're quick to place our literature under the wrong classification just because it was written by someone other than GOD that our work is all "dark and dirty." Farlex further goes on to say our African-American protagonists are often anti-heros as a rule. I'm not making this up. It's a free web. Read it for yourself. When are we going to stop falling for the okie-doke?
I've seen my titles listed on sites as street fiction, which is far from the truth for all but two of my books. Sites like Global Grind and Streetfiction.org have listed my sophomore title, I Don't Wanna Be Right, as street literature. Yes, the first book cover is racy—an attention-grabbing tactic on the publisher's part—but have they actually read the book, I wonder. No part of I Don't Wanna Be Right deals with street or ghetto themes. While I don't deny there are some works written by African-Americans out there that shouldn't have ever made the shelves, I'm also not fool enough to believe everything we write "focuses on the underside" of our culture. I've read some great street books, and I've read some bad ones.
One thing I've noticed about African-American readers is we tend to read more of the things to which we can relate. Okay, so the material isn't watered-down, but isn't that the way life is many times? We can read and write what we are accustomed to, but the key is that writers have to shut the mouths of those who love to label "urban and street fiction" as derogatory. We can do that by making sure that although we depict stories of sex, drama, lies, deceit, and survival, negativity is not the splendor of the story. The Bible tells of stories dealing with sex, drama, lies, deceit, and survival, but who calls it "ghetto?"
We can write for entertainment, but make it also rhyme and reason and have cause and purpose. Sex just for the sake of sex is sometimes a turnoff to many readers. A character being shot or killed just for shock-value could also backfire. If everything has a cause and purpose, then nay-sayers would have to close their mouths. Non-African-American writers also deal with some of the same topics African-Americans tell, but just as it's been for years, the browner skin-complexion alone has been enough reason for us to be chastised, scrutinized, and analyzed. Basically, we're always challenged to be at our best, and frankly, there is nothing wrong with that. I'm not the best writer in the industry, but I have an innate desire to be amongst the best—so should the rest of us. Let's all step it up, and stop falling for the okie-doke. Everything some other man says about us is NOT the truth.
I'm Alisha Yvonne, and that's my peace.


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Cannot start Microsoft Outlook
Please help guys!
Yesterday my outlook was fine in the morning and suddenly I keep getting this message and cannot open it to get my emails! I run a business from home so am desperate to access these emails.
The error message is...."Cannot start Microsoft Outlook. Outlook requires Microsoft Outlook Express 4.01 or greater. You can install Outlook Express by running IE5Setup.exe from the IE5 folder located on your CD or through the Windows Update website".
Now I've googled this and quite a few people have had this problem too and I've tried various answers that have worked for others but they don't work for me!
The most common answer is to go to regedit and then find........
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{44BBA840-CC51-11CF-AAFA-00AA00B6015C}
In the right pane there should be a value named IsInstalled. The data value for it should be 00000001. If yours ends with a zero, double click on IsInstalled and change the zero to a 1. Then try starting Outlook.
But when I got to that folder there is no IsInstalled file there to change the data value on. There is a folder below it similar ending 00AA00B6015F which has an IsInstalled file where the value is already '1' so doesn't need changing!
Any help would be very much appreciated and apologies for making this query so 'wordy'.
Many thanks guys.
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|18 Jul 2012
Hello Triscan and welcome to Seven Forums.
You could try this:
Start->run..then type the following -> "Outlook.exe /resetnavpane"
Cannot start Microsoft Office Outlook. Cannot open the Outlook window. - Microsoft Answers
Or you could try to repair Microsoft Office.
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How to install the individual 2007 Office features or to repair the installed 2007 Office programs
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Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
Triscan, Welcome to the windows 7 forums.
You could try to go to installed programs and try a repair on your oulook or ms office.
I find that everytime that ms issues updates, my outlook 2010 has problems starting and I now
go and do a repair each time that MS issues updates regardless of what they do.
Works for me
|My System Specs
|18 Jul 2012
Still no luck!
Hi there
Have tried your suggestions but still no luck, just cannot open it at all!
Just keep getting that damn error message, even tried a system restore but cannot access that either!!
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|18 Jul 2012
Are you saying you can't access system restore either? No restore points available or you really can't access it? If no access it could be malware on your machine. Would suggest running full scan with your installed anti-malware suite after updating. Then run full scan with free Malwarebytes.
You could also have damaged or corrupt system files. Try running system file checker scan from elevated command prompt (option two.) If problems are noted run scan 3 times rebooting in between each scan.
SFC /SCANNOW Command - System File Checker
You might have to run anti-malware scans in Safe Mode with Networking to get updates if computer is infected. SFC might need to be run in "plain" Safe Mode. Safe Mode can be accessed via Advanced Boot Options.
Advanced Boot Options
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|18 Jul 2012
Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
Maybe you have some other underlying system issue or program installed causing this?
I assume you don't have any backup images you can restore, right?
I suggest you learn and use a backup/restore strategy for your OS + programs, and your data.
I believe 99+% of the time backup and restore could quickly and easily fix issues like this.
You have a business, so this should be even more important to you.
I know this doesn't help with your immediate crisis, but it's something you should do soon.
If not, the next crisis is just waiting to happen, and it could be worse than today's!
There are many SF tutorials you can read, and many of the SF experts can help you and answer questions.
hope this helps,
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The second major city government office in Warren, Minn., has gone vacant within the past month.
James Todd Hanson, operations superintendent for the city of about 1,600, recently was put on paid leave pending his prosecution on three felony counts of theft by swindle of city funds.
On June 15, the city dismissed Administrator C.T. Marhula, citing difficulties with his handling of city employees.
Operations superintendent is a key job for the city because, like a few other northern Minnesota cities, Warren owns its own electrical and natural gas utility, buying the stuff wholesale and selling it retail to residents.
Hanson, 58, needed a certain basic-level certification in order to qualify for a pay increase for overseeing the city's natural gas operation.
The court complaint said Hanson told the sheriff's investigator that he had made up false documents, including a phony signature, showing he had the "gas certificate," in order to collect 50 cents more an hour on his paycheck.
Hanson is scheduled to appear Monday in Marshall County District Court in Warren on the three counts of swindling public funds, which each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and $10,000 fine.
Hanson, who has been in the position about five years, told the investigator he "knows what he did was wrong," the court complaint states. Reached Wednesday at his home in Alvarado, Minn., Hanson said he had no comment.
The complaint said the theft began May 7, 2008, and continued until June 12 of this year.
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Kliner said other city employees are picking up the slack, especially Nancy Holub, who as deputy clerk is the only one of the city's three supervisors who is on the job.
Holub referred all comments about the situation to Kliner.
Kliner said some "outside" help was lined up to step in if the city needed it and that he was doing more than usual in the interim.
Kliner said there's no timeline for hiring a replacement for Marhula, who said today he is appealing his dismissal to the state labor office.


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The Catholic Home
Meredith Gould
The Catholic Home
Meredith Gould
Using the liturgical calendar, The Catholic Home provides familiar and new ways to celebrate each season and its special days. Gould reviews major holy days, select saints' days, familiar prayers, and suggests meaningful ways to prepare as a family for such sacraments as Baptism, Confirmation, First Eucharist, and Matrimony.
This book includes a concise history of each ritual and clarifies the meaning behind it by highlighting celebrations of Catholic holidays from different parts of the globe. Your family will learn to make Advent wreaths, Jesse trees, St. Lucy's crowns, King's cakes, All Souls altars, traditional foods, and participate in family devotions.
Throughout The Catholic Home, Gould's down-to-earth practicality and sense of humor give the activities she describes modern relevance no matter how ancient their origins. Excerpts from the official Catechism of the Catholic Church are included to illuminate Church doctrine on matters of faith and ritual. This indispensable guide will appeal to Catholics young and old and inspire beloved family traditions to be handed down from one generation to the next.
- Publisher
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About "The Catholic Home"
For centuries, the Catholic Church has offered an abundance of splendid traditions that extend religious and spiritual practice into daily life. Now, Meredith Gould reintroduces these customs and rituals to modern Roman Catholics.
Using the liturgical calendar, The Catholic Home provides familiar and new ways to celebrate each season and its special days. Gould reviews major holy days, select saints' days, familiar prayers, and suggests meaningful ways to prepare as a family for such sacraments as Baptism, Confirmation, First Eucharist, and Matrimony.
This book includes a concise history of each ritual and clarifies the meaning behind it by highlighting celebrations of Catholic holidays from different parts of the globe. Your family will learn to make Advent wreaths, Jesse trees, St. Lucy's crowns, King's cakes, All Souls altars, traditional foods, and participate in family devotions.
Throughout The Catholic Home, Gould's down-to-earth practicality and sense of humor give the activities she describes modern relevance no matter how ancient their origins. Excerpts from the official Catechism of the Catholic Church are included to illuminate Church doctrine on matters of faith and ritual. This indispensable guide will appeal to Catholics young and old and inspire beloved family traditions to be handed down from one generation to the next.
- Publisher
Meet the Author
Meredith Gould
Meredith Gould is speaking from experience when she advises her readers how to successfully work from the comfort of their own cozy environments. She is a freelance writer and has been telecommuting from her own home office since 1989. Meredith has authored the Storey title, Tips for Your Home Office, which offers helpful techniques on creating a professional and productive environment in the home. She has also written Working at Home, a book offering over 500 tips on how to make working at home a successful venture, including the selection of office equipment and incorporating healthy work ha
Excerpt from: The Catholic Home
:Chapter One
The Value of Tradition
In addition to being shaped by its historical and cultural context, every religion has a set of informal practices that have emerged. These customs support liturgy, sometimes softening it to become more spiritually accessible. They provide yet another vehicle for expressing faith. Call your religion a "faith tradition" instead and notice how rituals become infused with meaning that, in turn, reinforces your identity as a Catholic follower of Jesus the Christ.
Since its beginning, the Church has recognized, sometimes with great dismay, the customs of people it has embraced and, put more bluntly, conquered. Around the thirteenth century, the Catholic Church took more formal notice of sacramentals--signs, symbols, and activities that serve to enhance faith and identity. These include actions (e.g., making the sign of the Cross, praying the Rosary, novenas, nonliturgical blessings) and objects (e.g., Advent wreaths, holy water, medals, rosary beads).
Unlike the sacraments instituted by Christ, the Church determines the use of sacramentals, promoting some and demoting others at different points in history. Perhaps you're old enough to remember when St. Christopher was unceremoniously removed from car dashboards. A goofy example? Not to anyone who experienced and mourned his demise as patron saint of travelers! This example illustrates the Church's major concern about sacramentals and, by extension, folk customs: how to prevent mystery from slipping into magic. At what point does superstition eclipse substance? Since this is a book about celebrating ages-old customs, you'll want to give this issue serious consideration. To evaluate the value of any particular custom, ask yourself:
* Does this custom bring me into a deeper personal relationship with God the Creator, Christ the Redeemer, and Holy Spirit, the Divine Counselor?
* Does this observance reflect, strengthen, and sustain my Christian values and beliefs?
* Does this practice help me express my Christian faith and enhance my participation in the Body of Christ?
And keep this in mind: Don't reject a custom because it seems too enjoyable to be pious! Fun is absolutely compatible with faith. If you need biblical proof, search scripture for references to celebration, feasting, and joy. (Hint: Where did Jesus perform his first public miracle? See John 2:1-11.)
Your Catholic Home
Were you raised Catholic? If so, what do you remember about your childhood home? How about your grandparents' home?
If you came of age before 1965, you can probably rattle off a list of items that distinguished your home as being a Catholic one. There was probably a crucifix over every bed wrapped, depending on the time of year, in either fresh or dusty palm fronds. Rosary beads hung from a bedpost or were coiled on a bedside table. The family Bible was displayed and, depending on your family's devotional fervor, opened to the day's gospel reading. The Blessed Virgin Mother appeared on the family altar (if you had one) as well as the front lawn. Maybe you had a statue of the Infant of Prague (with outfits!) as well as one of Mary in your kitchen. Your whole family prayed the Rosary. Everyone said grace before meals and made the sign of the Cross--in front of company, no less. And that's just what you remember off the top of your head.
Chances are that if you were born after 1965 you'd be hard-pressed to identify many distinctively Catholic objects or activities in either your childhood home or the one you're creating today. The preceding inventory, parts of which probably read like a movie prop list, may trigger feelings of curiosity, nostalgia, or loss. What will it take to make your home the "domestic Church" it was historically intended to be? Take a tour of your home, asking:
* Does my home reflect my Catholic Christian faith?
* Have I created a place in my home and time in my life to celebrate my faith?
* What would I have to add--or remove--so my home strengthens the presence of Christ in my life?
It doesn't matter whether you have four kids or seven cats, Grandma in the upstairs apartment, or other single friends within walking distance. You are heir to a venerable structure for creating a Catholic home--the Catholic calendar. Commit to marking time in alignment with the life of Jesus the Christ, and watch your own life be transformed.
Faith is a treasure of life, which is enriched by
being shared.
Getting Started
If you're reading this book, it's because you--or a well-meaning someone--has decided it's time to give fuller expression to your Catholic identity. Before you do anything else, you'll want to get or create a master calendar. You can either run off a calendar that you find on one of the many Catholic websites noted in Appendix D or visit a bookstore that carries Catholicalia. Somewhere, usually near the laminated prayer cards, you'll find a liturgical calendar that's snazzier than whatever your parish makes available.
Preprinted secular calendars generally note dates for big events during the year, but liturgical calendars also include saints' days and are color-coded for the season and feast days. Look for one big enough to include your personal notations about secular birthdays, name days, sacrament anniversaries, daily devotions, and other reminders. While you're at it, treat yourself to colored pens so you can make calendar notes in their proper liturgical colors! You'll need red, green, and violet.
As you'll soon discover, the Roman (or Latin) Rite calendar is a powerful tool for studying--and living--Christianity. Without a doubt, Catholics celebrate a greater number of events in Jesus' life than do Protestant Christians. Along with the Eastern Church, we have special regard for Mary, the Mother of God, and canonized saints. As a result, we are--or can be--very busy celebrating, memorializing, venerating, and adoring throughout the year. Following the Catholic calendar closely can teach you more--and more personally--about our faith tradition than attending CCD. And it can enrich your whole family's sense of faith, family, and tradition.
Technically, our liturgical year officially begins at Advent. It starts with this season for one obvious reason: Jesus is born; the Word is made flesh to live among us. And yet, as your own devotions deepen, you may find yourself "beginning" the year at different times, sometimes beginning again and again during the very same year. One year, it'll make perfect sense to start with Advent. Perhaps after experiencing a loved one's death, you may wonder why the liturgical year doesn't commence with Easter Sunday. If you earnestly celebrate your saint's feast day, you may secretly believe that the year should begin then!
In any case, this temporal cycle follows an unbroken succession of seasons commemorating events and mysteries of faith organized around the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus the Christ. Sunday, the new Sabbath affirmed by the risen Lord, is the key marker for determining:
Advent: Four weeks of preparation for the birth of Jesus the Christ
Christmas: Season celebrating the birth of Jesus the Christ
Ordinary Time: Weeks between the Baptism of the Lord and Lent providing time to contemplate and live the lessons of Christmas and prepare for Lent
Lent: Forty days of Easter preparation
Holy Week: Starting with Palm Sunday, a week of commemorating events leading up to and through the crucifixion of Jesus the Christ
Easter: Fifty days of celebrating the resurrection and ascension of Christ
Pentecost: Celebrating the manifestation of the Holy Spirit and the birth of the Church
Ordinary Time: Weeks between Pentecost and Advent providing time for living the lessons of the preceding great feasts
Christian liturgy not only recalls the events that saved us but actualizes them, makes them present. The Paschal mystery of Christ is celebrated, not repeated. It is the celebrations that are repeated, and in each celebration, there is an outpouring of the Holy Spirit that makes the unique mystery present.
At the same time, the Catholic calendar is organized according to a sanctoral cycle of days honoring men and women who have lived extraordinary lives in the service of Christ. By Vatican Council II (1962-1965), the calendar was crammed with saints and devotional feasts, especially ones to Mary. It was reconfigured in 1969 to reemphasize the temporal cycle, relegating a fair number of saints' days to local and regional celebration. Except for saints' days providing seasonal markers (e.g., the Feast of St. Andrew marks the end of Ordinary Time), we'll focus on the temporal cycle in this book. We'll also zoom in on daily devotions that are not necessarily linked to the calendar, and also home-based ways to prepare for celebrating the sacraments.
In sum, the Roman (Latin) Church's year of worship, beginning at Advent, is jam-packed with holy seasons and feast days of various types, inspiring and requiring various levels of observance. Some, like holy days of obligation, are feast days devoted to Mass attendance, rest, and contemplative renewal. Others, like the seasons of Advent and Lent, are times of fasting and penance. Virtually all have centuries-old church rituals and folk customs that infuse each celebration--and our hearts--with special meaning.
Holy Days of Obligation
These six holy days of obligation provide opportunities to restore body, mind, and soul. Easter isn't on this list because Sunday is already a holy day of obligation.
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God January 1
Ascension forty days after Easter
Assumption of Mary August 15
All Saints' Day November 1
Mary's Immaculate Conception December 8
Christmas December 25
The Value of Ritual
Religious rituals--activities that help create a sense of the sacred--provide continuity and comfort for faith communities. God knows, there's no shortage of ritual for Catholics to learn and follow. The challenge is keeping ritual not only alive, but also vibrantly well.
Consider Mass liturgy, for example. Non-Catholics seem somewhat stunned by the unwavering predictability of the Mass and its constituent rituals. Predictability does not, however, mean forever unchanging. Before Vatican II, the Mass was criticized (by outsiders and insiders) for its seemingly obscure formalism and way of excluding laity. These days, Mass is served in local language, priests face the pew-bound faithful, and both men and women are encouraged to participate more. Not that any of this automatically guarantees your full participation. No doubt, you've caught yourself zoning out at least once during years of church attendance.
At church, either the material or mystical can keep you from drifting too far. Perhaps there's something about the building itself--the vault of the ceiling or the unique olfactory blend of wood polish and incense--that invites you to become present. You might notice how a change in vestment colors shifts your sense of season. Sometimes the rhythm of the lector's voice recaptures your attention to God's word. At other times, music transports you deeper into the land of worship. You might find yourself mindlessly reciting the profession of faith when suddenly a word, phrase, or entire section comes to life--your present life--in a new way. The Host is held high and you are through Him, with Him, and in Him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
All of it--the physical structure of God's house and the rituals performed within it--serves to shepherd your meandering mind. But you face another challenge once you hear, "The mass has ended. Go in peace to love and serve the Lord and each other." This is the challenge of bringing your Christian faith into daily life and, more specifically, creating a home that reflects your Catholic identity. Here's where traditions help construct and sustain meaning.
The spiritual tradition of the Church also emphasizes the heart, in the biblical sense of the depths of one's being, where the person decides for or against God.
From the Hardcover edition.