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Pennsylvania's State Park System is One of Four FinalistsPublished by Dave Kile [dkile] on 06/12/2009 (1644 reads)
Pennsylvania's state park system is one of four finalists for the 2009 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management, acting Secretary of Conservation and Natural Resources John Quigley said today.
"We have spectacular natural assets in our state park system -- the darkest night-time skies east of the Mississippi; the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon; the largest known bat colony in the state and largest elk herd in the Northeast; and Pennsylvania's seashore on Lake Erie," Quigley said. "Beyond what we are blessed with, we have been very innovative in Pennsylvania in our efforts to draw people into our parks in new ways, and connect them to nature through outdoor recreation."
The Gold Medal Award is given by the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration and the National Recreation and Park Association. The winner will be announced by at the NRPA annual meeting in Utah in October. The other finalists are the state park systems in Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina.
The award honors excellence in long-range planning, resource management, volunteerism, environmental stewardship, program development and professional development.
Pennsylvania has 117 state parks and three conservation areas. The system's nearly 300,000 acres and 1,800 full- and part-time employees play host to more than 35 million visitors each year.
Some of DCNR's new and innovative state park programs include:
* The Get Outdoors PA program that offers hundreds of activities annually for people to learn about outdoor recreation such as kayaking, fishing and hiking, and learn about how we protect our natural resources, their role and why they should care.
* To increase exposure to natural experiences for kids in urban areas, the Bureau of State Parks teamed up with city parks and recreation programs and youth organizations to create the Adventure Camp program—summer camp program for teens. More than 150 kids attended camp in 8 metropolitan areas last summer.
* DCNR launched a Green parks initiative in 2007 to address climate change and energy consumption in our parks, both in words and action. The goal is to reduce the carbon footprint of our parks by 20 percent over the next 5 years.
* Construction is underway on the system's first nature inn at Bald Eagle State Park, to expand overnight accommodations and attract new visitors.
"We see ourselves not only as land protectors and recreation providers, but also as a model of best practices, conservation advocates, and educators of our future stewards," Quigley said.
For more information about Pennsylvania state parks, visit the DCNR Web site at www.dcnr.state.pa.us. For more information about the Gold Medal program, go to www.nrpa.org/awards.
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From my windowAuthor David GleasonSource: Without Prejudice 12 (2012)More Less
The news that the government doesn't want to review the Constitutional Court - it wants to review its powers (The Star) is a curious contradiction in the space of single sentence. It's the kind of gobbledegook that has come to characterise many aspects of the current administration.
Editor's noteAuthor Myrle VanderstraetenSource: Without Prejudice 12 (2012)More Less
This is the 10th year in which without prejudice has carried its annual Top Students at the Top Universities feature. In 2003 without prejudice was at the start of its second full year in the market place and there were 16 top final year LLB students from the five universities featured in the inaugural survey - UCT, Natal, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria and Rhodes. That year neither RAU (as the University of Johannesburg then was) nor Wits had finalised their top students of 2002. When it came to 2004 the students of all seven of the universities were included. 2007 saw the entry of Stellenbosch University and the University of the Free State contributed from 2010.
Construction bonds : the bedevilment of loose language : contract lawAuthors: David Vlcek and Clinton SlogroveSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 6 –7 (2012)More Less
A 2011 Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgement indicates that courts will find an on-demand bond exists only where it is clear (on a proper interpretation of the document as a whole) that the parties intended the liability of the guarantor to exist separately from the liability of the contractor. The loose use of the words "on demand" or giving the document that title does not necessarily mean that a bond is, in fact, one which can be called upon, in its entirety, literally "on demand."
Now the court expects private business to be the watchdog : property contract lawAuthor Lyle CupidoSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 7 –8 (2012)More Less
The Supreme Court of Appeal delivered a judgement on December 1 2011 dealing with the implications of a lease agreement concluded by the head of a department in contravention of the prescribed tender procedures. The facts in the case of TEB Properties CC v the MEC for Department of Health and Social Development, North West were, briefly:
Dealing with repeat offenders : competition lawAuthor Neil MacKenzieSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 8 –10 (2012)More Less
This article discusses how repeat offenders are treated under European competition law, and looks at how South African law may deal with recidivists.
A powerful dilemma - the constitution and competition law : competition lawAuthors: Mark Garden and Rutendo HlatshwayoSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 11 –12 (2012)More Less
The advent of the South African constitutional era brought with it a vigorous inquiry into the relationship between the exercise of power and the procedural framework by which power is constrained.
Misreading best international practice : competition lawAuthors: Desmond Rudman and Kathryn LloydSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 13 –14 (2012)More Less
The Competition Commission recently found a dual distribution restraint amounted to a market allocation agreement between competitors, which is outright unlawful under the Competition Act (89 of 1998).
Prescribed officers & the Companies Act : company lawAuthor Natasha BouwmanSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 15 –16 (2012)More Less
The Companies Act (71 of 2008) defines 'prescribed officer' as a person who (s1, s66(10) and Reg 38(1)):
- exercises general executive control over and management of the whole, or a significant portion, of the business and activities of the company; or
- regularly participates to a material degree in the exercise of general executive control over and management of the whole, or a significant portion, of the business and activities of the company.
To join or not to join, that is the question : company lawAuthor Hannelie SteenkampSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 18 –19 (2012)More Less
Boruchowitz J, sitting in the South Gauteng High Court in the unreported case of Erich Brack and another v Front Runner Racks 2000 (Pty) Ltd and three others, was required to consider whether one winding-up application can be brought against multiple respondents. He confirmed the position that applicants for liquidations should tread carefully on the joinder front.
Changing the face of cyberspace : intellectual propertyAuthor Shaun CothillSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 20 –22 (2012)More Less
The term "cyber-squatting", which means registering or using a domain name in bad faith with the intent to profit from the goodwill in another's trade mark, has gained significant exposure in the last decade with the exponential growth of the Internet and the concomitant increase in user traffic. Fortunately, the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) provides a quick, efficient and reasonably cost-effective mechanism with which to combat cyber-squatting in certain name spaces.
Greater clarity on tax incentives for R&D : intellectual propertyAuthor Tumelo MashabelaSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 22 –23 (2012)More Less
The second proposed amendments (introduced during October 2011) seem to provide more clarity on most of the provisions that govern the research and development (R&D) tax incentive compared with the first proposed amendments (introduced during June 2011).
Sharing information about taxpayers : taxAuthor Beric CroomeSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 23 –25 (2012)More Less
The first agreement for the exchange of information relating to tax matters concluded by South Africa with San Marino took effect on January 28 this year.
The saga of exempt dividends : taxAuthor Peter DachsSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 25 –26 (2012)More Less
S8E of the Income Tax Act introduced anti-avoidance provisions relating to, inter alia, preference share financing arrangements. This section operates to deem dividends received by or accrued to the holder as interest in the hands of the holder. The application of s8E results in the shareholder being subject to tax on the interest. The distribution is, however, still treated as a dividend for the issuer.
Shall we comply with the law?Author Paul GilbertSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 26 –27 (2012)More Less
The Compliance team is often seen as the poor relation to the in-house legal team in a business. I suspect this is all about to change.
Credit Provider's rights under the NCA : dispute resolutionAuthor Chanelle BristolSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 27 –28 (2012)More Less
The judgement in Collett v FirstRand Bank Ltd 2011 (4) SA 508 (SCA) provides much insight and finality into the past conflicting judgements concerning the termination of debt review by a credit provider provided for under s86(10) and (11) of the National Credit Act (34 of 2005) (NCA).
The case of the marzipan corpse : not the law reportsAuthor Nemo JudexSource: Without Prejudice 12 (2012)More Less
Estate late Mascarpone v Embalmers & Undertakers (Pty) Limited
Foss-Harbottle J : This case raises an interesting issue regarding the right of a deceased person to sue for impairment of dignity. Mr Mascarpone, who was reputedly a member of one or other mafia (I dare not say which one), met his end while playing five-card draw poker. At a point of high tension in the game he uttered the word "draw" seeking to replace some of his cards. A fellow member of his organisation (and apparently a poor loser) saw it as a challenge, drew his gun and shot Mr Mascarpone in the face.
Blind to his own faults : platteland perspectivesAuthor Carmel RickardSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 30 –31 (2012)More Less
If Namibia's Judge President Petrus Damaseb has his way, this could be the year that a whole crop of outstanding judgements are finally delivered. Among them will be two decisions where the parties have spent at least 10 years waiting for the outcome.
The Best of the best : DealMakers' annual rankingsSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 32 –33 (2012)More Less
There is no doubt that Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr walked away with the M&A Awards by some measure in both the Rankings by Deal Value and Deal Flow.
Local content for renewable energy : energy lawAuthor Happy MasondoSource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 34 –36 (2012)More Less
In the Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Department of Energy (DOE) to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) as well as in a total of nine briefing notes (issued as clarification points on the RFP), great emphasis has been placed on local content requirements. In setting out the specific prescripts on the local content requirements with which all potential project developers must comply, the DOE achieves a multiplicity of objectives beyond the mere production of energy from renewable sources.
Consumerism and healthcare : consumer lawAuthor Neil KirbySource: Without Prejudice 12, pp 36 –38 (2012)More Less
The advent of legislated consumerism in South Africa occurred, arguably, on April 1 2011 when the Consumer Protection Act (68 of 2008) came into full effect. One of the consequences of the introduction of the CPA is its impact on existing healthcare legislation.


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Battle of La Providencia took place in 1845 in California. It was a battle rooted in the fact that Mexico was choosing the Governors for California. In 1842, the Mexican government appointed Manuel Micheltorena as governor. The citzens did not like him and by 1844, a revolt began against him. After fighting near Los Angeles, Micheltorena finally decided to give up his fight. He withdrew his forces and Pio Pico became governor.
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Excerpt from Burbank - An Illustrated History by E. Caswell Perry.
"In 1842 an unpopular governor, Manuel Micheltorena, was appointed by Mexico City. Supported by his army of 300 cholos, or convict soldiers, he was bitterly resented by the Californios. In November 1844 an active revolt against him was initiated by both Northern and Southern Californians, themselves rivals but united in their desire to oust Micheltorena. Micheltorena defeated the northern faction, led by Jose Castro, near San Jose. But coming south to Los Angeles, even after building up his army to about 400, he was met by about the same number of Californios led by Juan Bautista Alvarado. The two small armies met between February 19-20, 1845, in the so-called Battle of Cahuenga. This was just west of Cahuenga Pass, on the San Fernando Valley side, at Alamos near present-day Studio City. One side had two small cannon, the other had three, and they limited their combat to a long-range artillery duel. The casualties totaled one horse and one mule, and both sides soon ran out of ammunition. The action could only be continued by each side's recovering the cannon balls of the other. Even today, an occasional cannon ball turns up when excavations are made in the battlefield area.
Micheltorena withdrew, stopping the desultory conflict. Finally, on February 22, Micheltorena agreed to leave California, taking his army with him. For all practical purposes, Mexico's control of Alta California was a thing of the past. Pio Pico was made the civil governor at Los Angeles and Jose Castro set up a rival regime at Monterey."
Excerpt from A History of Burbank, Burbank Unified School District, 1967.
"In 1845, the Battle of Providencia unseated the tyrannical Mexican governor, Manuel Micheltorena, and replaced him with Pio Pico. Micheltorena's Mexican forces had three cannons and the Californians under Pico had two. The two forces came within long cannon range of each other near Cahuenga Pass, February 20, 1845. They kept their cannons far enough apart to make sure no one would be injured. Heavy cannonading from these batteries continued throughout the afternoon, but as both armies kept in close shelter under the banks of the Los Angeles River, little damage was done. According to one account of the battle, "a Mexican horse's head was shot off and a California mule was injured by flying debris." The next day the battle resumed on the La Providencia Rancho. But still both armies were reluctant to fight. After two hours of cannonading from both sides without visible results, Governor Micheltorena raised the flag of surrender. Most of his men had deserted in favor of Pio Pico. For many years, Burbank residents in the vicinity of Warner Brothers Studio dug up cannon balls from time to time. La Providencia was a proud, slightly battle-scarred old rancho."
Excerpt from The Story of Burbank, The Publicity Department, Burbank Branch of Security Trust and Savings Bank, 1927.
"Directly south of Scott's portion of Rancho San Rafael was Rancho La Providencia, a Mexican land grant of some 4600 acres, which, when the Mexicans' enjoyment of independence from Spain was at its flood-tide, had been given to Commmandante J. Castro, Luis Arenas and Vincente de la Ossa. Upon its broad acres was fought the historic battle of La Providencia that was to end in the death of a horse and a mule but which nevertheless unseated Governor Emmanuel Micheltorena and placed Pio Pico in his place. As can well be imagined, the battle was fought at long range. Associated with Pico in the rebellion were Manuel Castro, Juan Batista Alvarado and Benjamin D. (Don Belino) Wilson heading a company of 22 Yankees. As Henry K. Norton says, Micheltorena managed to gather a force of nearly four hundred men and started south to crush the rebels. But the rebels did not wait to be crushed. They immediately retreated. In the pursuit, the governor was careful not to come within a hundred miles of them until the rebels picked up courage and returned from Los Angeles to meet him. The two forces mustered about an equal number of men. They came within long cannon range of each other at Cahuenga, the scene of a previous civil conflict. The Mexicans had three cannons and Californians two. Heavy cannonading from these batteries continued throughout the afternoon, but as both armies kept in close shelter under the banks of the Los Angeles River, little damage was done. A Mexican horse's head was shot off and a California mule was injured by the flying debris. During the night some flanking was attempted which brought the armies together again the next morning at La Providencia. For almost two hours the cannonading was again indulged in without visible result, when Micheltorena raised the white flag and proposed a capitulation. This was accepted by rebels and the erstwhile governor was unceremonially shipped out of the country. The real reason for his surrender was the desertion of a company of Yankees with him to the Yankees headed by Wilson on the other side.
To this day Burbank people dig up cannon balls from time to time in their gardens. One of them is pictured in this booklet. It was unearthed by Thomas Story, Burbank's first mayor."
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I am using the getItemsRequest on the System Address Book for fetching all email addresses for a user.
I am filtering with field=uuid , op=eq, and value=[the uuid of the user object].
I have the view specified as "default AllEmails".
If the uuid exists, I seem to always get one item returned in the response. (Which is what I am expecting.)
However, if the uuid doesn't exist, I also get one item returned!
It seems to be the login user from connecting as the trusted app, but this might be an incorrect assumption.
Shouldn't the filter with the op being eq prevent this?
Has anyone else had this happen or a simular issue?
Also can anyone imagine a senario where there would be more than one item (Contact) returned?
I can't seem to imagine this since I set the container to the SAB.
My current workaround is checking the id field from the (Contact) item returned to see if it begins with the uuid I am looking for.
This is not really an issue for the functioning of my application, however I am concerned about such behavior when dealing with other item types. (for example appointments)


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Tom Donell bought Club Paradise 10 years ago and transformed it into Club X-Cel. At the time, Donell — who also owns Spiral Dance and Video Bar in Old Town — said he wanted it to be a "New York- or Miami-caliber club," but that idea never took off. Last June, Donell sold the business to Darrin Sutton, who used to do promotions for him. Donnel still owns the building; Sutton will lease the space.
"I've never owned a club before, and I thought this would be good practice," says Sutton, who soon plans to open a nightclub in Chicago, where he lives. "But just because I'm a 'black business owner,' this isn't going to be a 'black nightclub.' We're definitely going to keep it multi-cultural and make sure everyone — blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians — gets to enjoy themselves in this beautiful space."
Sutton is a Lansing native and graduated from Michigan State University, but says he found success in Chicago promoting parties and bars, hence the move. His brother, co-owner Ryan Woods, manages the day-to-day activities.
He said Secrets will only be open Thursday through Sunday and music will range from hip-hop to Top 40. In a neat bit of synergy, this Sunday, Secrets will provide the after show to The Loft's comedy showcase, Chocolate Haha, and will double as a pre-party of sorts for President Obama's inauguration the next day.
Sutton says he plans on installing new flooring in the next couple weeks in preparation for a grand opening, which he thinks will happen in early February.
Meanwhile, just down the street, the House of Eden Rock has made its third (and presumably final) name change and has settled on a subdued color scheme — darker and richer than the powder blue tiki motif it had going last year. Owner/operator Jerome Abood also recently lured chef Sean Farney from the Wrought Iron Grill in Owosso to assemble an expansive new menu, allowing the former party bar to make the leap to full-time restaurant.
"We definitely want to keep the nightclub aspect, but by adding this menu, we're able to give downtown Lansing what it really needs — another quality restaurant that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner," Abood said.
The menu includes a full selection of appetizers, salads, sandwiches and entrées. All of them have playful names — an Asian-themed salmon burger is called Oppa Gangnam Style — and nothing on the menu is over $14. There's also a full selection of children's food and a $5 brunch menu, including house-made salmon gravlax (lox).
"We added the 'House of' to the name last month to cement the House of Blues feel we're trying to cultivate," says manager Andy Adamson. "We've changed gears big-time from when it was the Beaver. Now we're going with a less-is-more mentality."
Coming soon: An Old Town favorite returns and a downtown Lansing bar changes hands. Stay tuned.
Secrets Nightclub
224 S. Washington Square
10 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursday-Saturday
(517) 281-9502
The House of Eden Rock
205 S. Washington Square
11 a.m.-2 a.m. Monday-Friday (kitchen closes at 9 p.m.)
9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (brunch ends at 5 p.m.)
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Finding delicious and authentic cuisine can be a challenge. You often have to try several restaurants and may wind up disappointed many times. If you are seeking authentic and savory Korean food that will excite your taste buds, look no further. We at University Cafe are here to provide you with the finest Korean cuisine and most attentive and courteous service in the Ann Arbor, MI, area! We have many years of experience bringing the Korean food experience to our patrons.
We have a variety of menu items to choose from at University Cafe. Whether your favorite item is stir fry, noodles, ramen, or soup, we have something you will enjoy and that will thrill your palate. Our years of cooking experience means that you will have a meal that is authentic and has been perfected over several generations. That is why we are known as the "Best Korean Food With Heart."
When your stomach starts to growl, and you're in the mood for something different and delicious, University Cafe is the best choice to satisfy your hunger and provide you a wonderful dining experience. We make it a point to ensure that every one of our customers feels like they have sat down to a home-cooked meal with family. We know there is no substitute for courteous service along with fantastic fare, and we work hard to give you the wonderful dining experience you are looking for.
No matter what your preference, we at University Cafe deliver the best Korean food and would love to treat you to a spectacular dining experience. Visit us today and see what everyone is talking about!
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Jenna Louise Coleman
Jenna Louise Coleman is an English actress. She currently plays Clara Oswald in the British television series Doctor Who.
Jenna was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, and began her acting career at an early age. Jenna was frustrated by being short-sighted and came to see David Allamby at Focus Clinic to restore her vision.
Jenna's LASIK Procedure
Having always relied on contact lenses or glasses during her career, eye treatment was something that Jenna had considered but never taken the plunge until discovering Focus.
Jenna is delighted with the result of her treatment. Just 30 minutes after surgery, she could read the small 20/20 letters on the test chart.
One of the reasons Jenna chose Dr. Allamby as her surgeon is that our medical director has a 100% success rate for 20/20 vision for all common short-sighted prescriptions, including Jenna's.
The procedure took just 10 minutes for both eyes and was performed under local anaesthesia using numbing drops. As a patient, Jenna was very cool and calm. She said the intervention was painless. She sat down afterwards with a cup of tea and phoned her friends and family telling them how happy she was.
About Jenna Louise Coleman
New Doctor Who companion Jenna Louise Coleman is best known for appearing in Emmerdale and Waterloo Road. Born in Blackpool, Jenna has been acting since she began applying for a place at drama school in 2005, when she was spotted by Emmerdale's producers and given the role of Jasmine Thomas in the soap.
Her performance in the drama earned her best newcomer award nominations in 2006 and saw her tipped for best dramatic performance at the 2009 British Soap Awards. In the same year, she left Emmerdale and took a role in the BBC1 drama Waterloo Road, set in a school.
'Focus is just perfect. To be honest, that's just it!'
Being short-sighted
In common with over 10 million Britons, Jenna suffered from myopia, the medical term for short-sight, together with some mild astigmatism. It typically begins between ages of 6-18 and progresses often until the 20s. Once stable, most people are eligible for surgery. A comprehensive screening process is necessary to exclude patients who may be at higher risk.
As with Jenna, Dr. Allamby takes a very risk-averse approach and this has been rewarded with a 100% success rate for 20/20 vision for all typical short-sighted prescriptions.
After having LASIK advanced eye surgery at Focus, a technique pioneered in the UK by our founder and medical director Dr. David Allamby, Jenna no longer needs glasses for anything.
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The Holidays can be a fulfilling and rewarding time for couples, Couples plan for weeks in advance, how to surprise each other for the holidays while single folks everywhere might choose to become resentful over the season. They become a sort of reminder of just how lonely we have been feeling or how long we haven't indulged in the company of someone else..
The Holidays don't need to be dreadful, here's a list of things to do during the holiday.
1. Discover a new wine.
Wine has always been associated with Holidays or celebrations, and there's no reason why you shouldn't participate. Take the day to buy a new kind of wine you've never tried and enjoy it over a meal that compliments the wine. For folks who are intimidated by wine, try something easy and inexpensive like a Moscato. The trendy sweet wine pairs well with most meals and can be enjoyed by wine enthusiasts and wine amateurs alike.
2. Go to the beach.
The great thing about living on an island is within a few hours or minutes, you're at the beach. Use the day to call up a few friends you lost touch with and head to the closest beach for fish or get an amazing tan while snapping photos to make your Instagram followers jealous.
3. Play with your dog/cat
If you're lucky enough to have an animal companion, then you're never really alone on the holidays. Buy your pet a new toy and watch them light up with delight as they enjoy their gift. Some of the best things in life really are free (you will have to pay for the toy).
4. Masturbate
The holidays have a way of making people lonely, not just that, incredibly horny. You find yourself home alone with nothing to do and sexual urges. Instead of signing into Adam4Adam or checking who's closest to you on Grindr, get into bed, slip into some of your sexiest underwear, sign into MyVidster and find some steamy porn to watch (all the way through, not just the first few minutes of oral and then the orgasm). Touch yourself, tease your body, discover new ways to turn yourself on and new sensations that bring you over the edge. Don't just jerk off, take the time to make love to yourself.
5. Cook
Everyone loves food, that goes without saying. With the ease of the internet everyone can become an overnight #foodie. Find some easy recipes that can pass as gourmet with ingredients around the house or for even more fun, find an exotic dish online and visit the local market or supermarket for fresh ingredients.
6. Netflix
This goes without saying, there's no better way to spend an entire day at home in bed. House of Cards premiers with Orange Is The New Black in a few days so now is the best time to catch up on missed episodes. Netflix movie selection is truly God awful but who's complaining when you can binge watch Breaking Bad and the entire Gossip Girl seasons.
7. Clean or Reorganize your space
No one likes a cluster, the Chinese who practice feng shui will tell you the mystical experiences that come with rearranging your space. Even if you don't buy into all that, switching things up around the house is a good way to kill time. Sew buttons onto all the shirts missing a button, wipe that stain off the sofa that's been there since Christmas 2005, flip your mattress and give your old sweat drenched pillows a sun bath.
8. Read
Everyone has a tablet these days, even if you cant visit the local library its easy to find a book from Amazon. With reading apps like Kindle there's no excuse not to relive a fantasy vicariously through a protagonist. Give J.K. Rowling's latest thriller a read, The Cuckoo's Calling.
9. Home Spa Treatments
Lets face it, who doesn't want to look good on the outside, even if they try to convince us that it's what's on the inside that really counts. DIY spa treatments not only lift the mood but can boost confidence. Search for some easy DIY remedies online or try these few:
For Blackhead/Exfoliation – mix one part lemon/lime juice with baking soda and make into a paste, let dry on face for about 15-20 minutes then rinse with warm water.
For softer skin – Mix honey and dark sugar with coconut oil, rub on face concentrating on areas of interest and rinse with warm water in 5 minutes.
For tired feet – Soak feet in a warm bath of epsom salt and water for 15 minutes
For dark circles – Add a warm green tea bag under each eye lid for about 10 minutes. OR use a cucumber slice that has been cooled for 10 minutes under each eye.
10. Shopping
The holidays can be rewarding for selfish reasons. Revel in the joy of not having to worry about spending money on extravagant gifts for a partner, instead use the money to get those sexy jeans or shoes you've been fixating on.
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Metropolitan John of Pergamon [of the Constantinople Patriarchate] as co-president of the joint commission for Orthodox-Catholic dialogue is responsible for derailing the dialogue. His comments and the final text of the document work on which has finished in Ravenna without the participation of the Moscow Patriarchate may produce the impression that the Constantinople Patriarchate deliberately pushed the Moscow Patriarchate to withdraw from the dialogue so that decisions should be passed that would have been impossible with the participation of the Moscow Patriarchate.
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Was the Church of Estonia at the talks? I didn't think they were autocephalous.
I'm not going to fill out your poll, because you don't have a "No" option up there. ...So personally I think there is a lot of propaganda in his statement, which is really not helpful.
"Hilarion's tough stance should be seen as an expression of authoritarianism whose goal is to exhibit the influence of the Moscow Church," said Ioannis. "But like last year in Belgrade, all Moscow achieved was to isolate itself once more since no other Orthodox Church followed its lead, remaining instead faithful to Constantinople." (NT)
Speaking about non helpfull propaganda, I think comment of Mrt. Zlizious should be quoted also:http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10597&size=A%22Quote"Hilarion's tough stance should be seen as an expression of authoritarianism whose goal is to exhibit the influence of the Moscow Church," said Ioannis. "But like last year in Belgrade, all Moscow achieved was to isolate itself once more since no other Orthodox Church followed its lead, remaining instead faithful to Constantinople." (NT)
"Hilarion's tough stance should be seen as an expression of authoritarianism whose goal is to exhibit the influence of the Moscow Church," said Ioannis. "But like last year in Belgrade, all Moscow achieved was to isolate itself once more since no other Orthodox Church followed its lead, remaining instead faithful to Constantinople." (NT)
First, it was not only I who walked out. It was the entire delegation, which consisted of myself and Father Igor Vyzhanov. It was not my decision to walk out. It was the decision of the Russian Orthodox Church's Bishops' Council in the year 2000, which I could not disobey. Moreover, at the request of Metropolitan John (Zizioulas), I phoned Metropolitan Kirill to ask what I was supposed to do, and he said that both I and Father Igor had to leave. So, it was not my decision; it was the official decision. And it was not my ultimatum; it was that of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is very important to say this clearly. I do not think I was in any way responsible for the decision, which was not mine. But each of us represents our Churches.
Sorry, there was the possibility for five options only, so I couldn't post No as an answer.
Sorry, there was the possibility for five options only, so I couldn't post No as an answer. But that shouldn't prevent those who disagree with the question to say no.
Speaking about non helpfull propaganda, I think comment of Mrt. Zlizious should be quoted also:
I think that work on the Ravenna Document should have been delayed until the Russian Church returned to the talks.
They're a backwater bishopric without the Ancient pedigrees...
Don't believe everything you think.
The more I know, the less I know.
You're a backwater bishopric without ancient pedigree. nyah.
Why isn't there a "Who cares?" option. I find that all of this discussion with the papacy and papists is worthless and that these documents all try to feed papal primacy in through some loophole or backdoor. One need only look at the Balamand Agreement which is not worth the paper it is printed on.The tensions between the EP and MP and any other sees, for that matter, should be resolved first before there is any more negotiations with Rome to give a clear and undivided witness of the Orthodox faith.
It may be a more effective strategy for us to first work on our healing of our relationship with Rome, then the five Ancient Patriarchates could stand undivided, against Russia, forcing Her to fall in line and respect her place amongst the Patriarchates.
Effective strategy? Force her? This isn't a game of chess! This isn't even a competition of any sorts! We're talking about what is best for Christ's Holy Orthodox Church and you're wanting to bully another patriarchate into submission to the EP (which, I grant, you didn't directly say, but I don't think I'm far off, am i?)! In the words of some famous philosopher whose name I can't remember, "Get real!"
The tensions between the EP and MP and any other sees, for that matter, should be resolved first before there is any more negotiations with Rome to give a clear and undivided witness of the Orthodox faith.
How many Orthodox Christians live in the Ecumenical Patriarch's home territory?
Well, I appreciate your attempt to elevate me to the episcopacy, but even I am too much of a traditionalist to accept such an ordination over a web forum.
The best thing for the Church and the only long term solution to these problems at hand is for the Church of Russia to obey her tome of Autonomy and submit to her Mother Church of Constantinople.
So we can make the EP pope of the East? I'll pass.Rome would love to use Constantinople to grind Russia into submission. Not gonna happen.
Jerusalem might be a museum soon, due to mismanagement. Wolves for shepherds.
If it was not for the MP, the Church of Antioch would be languishing like the Church in Jerusalem. The Faithful of Antioch do NOT forget that.
And if the PoM isn't ancient enough, her daughter Church, Estonia (whose presence caused the walkout), certainly is not.
The tome is AUTOCEPHALACY, not autonomy.
If submission is the aim of that tome, how is it a tome of autocephalacy?
Moscow got its autocephaly because Constantinople submitted at Florence. Should Moscow (and the rest of the Orthodox) submit at Ravenna?
They're a backwater bishopric without the Ancient pedigrees, the MP wasn't even around at the time of the schism, they shouldn't even be included in the talks. The representatives should come primarily from Rome and Constantinople, since those were the sees of the initial dispute, with possible input from Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and Cyprus...the only Churches that were around in 1054; including such Churches as Russia simply unnecessarily complicates the prospects for reconciliation between Old and New Rome and, respectively, the Eastern and Western Christian Churches.
I believe that there are between 5,000 and 10,000 Orthodox Christians within the Ecumenical Patriarch's own territory, and there are no Christians living in Met. Zizioulas' diocese of Pergamon.
Well, Moscow could always schism against the Church...their loss.
Quote from: ialmisryMoscow got its autocephaly because Constantinople submitted at Florence. Should Moscow (and the rest of the Orthodox) submit at Ravenna? Perhaps.
Moscow got its autocephaly because Constantinople submitted at Florence. Should Moscow (and the rest of the Orthodox) submit at Ravenna?
...His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Vladimir of Constantinople and All the Russias.
Father, could it be His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Diomid of Constantinople and All the Russias?
Who is Diomid?
At present bishop of Chukotka (and something).
Would it sound appropriate to rephrase it and say that Mrt. Zlizious and his followers could always schism against the Faith...their loss?Perhaps.
Well, some of us perhaps aren't as submissive as you are.Do you do it often, or you just did it once and forever?
*Yes, absolutely. Let Russia return to her pre-autocephalic status as a daughter Church of Constantinople. This will bring the 180 Russian bishops into membership of the Holy Synod of the Throne of Constantinople. Guess what nationality the next Ecumenical Patriarch will be when the votes are counted? His All-Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Vladimir of Constantinople and All the Russias.
the last time a major question on the unity of the Church was approached primarily from the angle of submission to one church structure, we ended up losing the entire West.
I'm still fairly new to Orthodoxy and I've never heard anyone talk like this before, things I would expect from a Roman Catholic not an Orthodox. It calls to mind a column I read a couple of months ago about the prospects for a united American Orthodox Church.
1. For Zizioulas the true "problem of ecumenicity"" seems to be an issue of structures or functions like, for example, that of the papacy. The fact that there is no papacy in Eastern Christendom pushes Zizioulas to search for substitutes because he presumes the papacy as an unreservedly acceptable and necessary principle underlying the foundations of all Christian Churches. In truth, the absence of the function of the papacy poses no problem to Orthodoxy. For a millennium, the Pope had been the first amongst the orthodox Patriarchs and nobody had felt such a thing was strange or alien to Orthodoxy. The true problem of ecumenicity is quite another: Orthodoxy cannot recognize in any Western form of Church life the Orthodox Way of life. Orthodoxy finds, instead, the single mentality of western Church life that pervades all kinds of Christian activities in Western Christendom to be far away from that Orthodox Way. In such a context, the papacy itself is a mere consequence of the absence of the Orthodox Way of life. Zizioulas appears unable to discern this clear-cut difference.
2. The Orthodox Way of life does not imply uniformity. We see a legitimate diversity prevailing in customary issues amongst all Orthodox Churches. The Orthodox Way of life appears to have a common base: the common faith, the common life under the uncreated Grace of God and not according to the wisdom of this world, the taste and experience of the uncreated gifts of God which offer true guidelines to human life in all its aspects. All these escape to a great extend western Christianity even to the point to feeling free to substitute typically human sentiments or securities for the uncreated gifts of God! This explains why orthodox people cannot help defining western Christianity as "Arian".
3. As Zizioulas overlooks this serious problem, his perspective of ecumenicity becomes irreparably defective. His failure is comparable to someone's attempting to join in wedlock a man and a woman with characters so far apart that they cannot stand each other; nevertheless, he imperturbably discusses the organization of their household and their accommodation details, such as where to place their bedroom, etc. Such a discussion is truly illusory and abstract and aims at deceiving its listeners. Such a discussion makes the listeners believe that, in fact, no substantial difference between Western Christianity and Orthodoxy did ever exist! What would Catholics and Protestants think of Zizioulas once they discovered that his account consisted of academic theories without any real and concrete foundations in history?
4. By doing so, Zizioulas demonstrates a much greater love for himself that for the catholic world because he is obviously trying to gain support and approval of his own importance by choosing to speak the language the Catholics find to be music to their ears. If he did love the catholic world or the Reformed Christians, he would have duly the courage to unmask in front of them the false securities, which surround them. Once upon a time, the prophets did this same thing to the Israelites when the latter would not follow the ways of God, but those stemming from mere human wisdom.
Moreover, one can detect in Zizioulas' s thought some considerable theological anomalies that either verge on or, to some point, identify with heresy. In fact, he is greatly indebted to it, at least in the following instances:
1. Regarding a supposed correlative between the intimate life of the Trinity and the Church. Zizioulas asserts: "since the Trinity is communion, the Church must be communion too". This and similar parallelisms imply a primordial principle of analogy between created and uncreated reality (analogia entis), which is strictly forbidden in patristic theology. According to the Holy Fathers 's teaching, there is no analogy whatsoever between the created world and the uncreated Trinity! In fact, we can say nothing about the life of the Trinity, save that the Father generates, the Son is generated and the Spirit proceeds from the Father. We cannot "put our nose in the Trinity", as saint Gregory the Theologian said!
2. Zizioulas associates the concept of "communion" with that of "relation". Hence, for Zizioulas, a person in relation is a person in communion. This principle is born from personalistic philosophy and is contrary to the definition of the person the Fathers repeatedly cite in their writings. For them the Persons of the Trinity represent three "distinctions" within the Trinity, not three "relations" of the Trinity with Its own Self! Zizioulas does not consider this and he applies his philosophical principle of the person equally to both: the Trinity and all created human beings! Thus, his absolute philosophical principle renders incomprehensible and anomalous every human person, who is not in constant communion with other persons such as hermits, precisely because they are not "in relation" with the world! Consequently, Zizioulas promulgates a philosophical and sociological concept of the Church whereby each traditional element is reshaped according to this mentality or, if it cannot be reshaped, then it is abolished! Because of his Procrustean theological method, authorities such as saint Gregory Palamas or saint Maximos the Confessor create serious problems to his "theological system" and, therefore, he never quotes the former and the latter is quoted rarely!
3. On the other hand, Zizioulas owes his theological formation to authors like Henry De Lubac. There are very many similarities between the two, there is even an Oxford thesis examining their striking similarities, a sign that Zizioulas has assumed many theological elements from the catholic theologian De Lubac, and assimilated them to his thinking thus becoming himself a thoroughly catholic theologian. The same concept of "Church - Eucharist" is also found in the Russian theologian Afanasieff, but it is typically western. As the East emphasizes the life in the Spirit and the acquisition of the Holy Spirit (see saint Seraphim of Sarov) so the West emphasizes the Eucharist. Between the two emphases lies the huge difference in theological mentalities, which separate the two traditions. In the case of Orthodoxy, one discerns the freedom of man and the prominence of the Presence of God; in Western Christianity prominent is the human initiative in "achieving", "possessing" and "consuming" the Eucharist. As the Romanian theologian Dumitru Popescu has noticed: "By emphasizing the Eucharist in the typical manner pertaining to catholic theologians, Zizioulas has removed the vertical dimension of the Church and rendered the Eucharist from a means into an end in itself". No wonder then, in the light of such startling similarities, that a profound sympathy has developed between Zizioulas and the catholic world, wherein, out of mutual responsiveness, Zizioulas' s writings are constantly published and celebrated as expressive of the true spirit of Catholicism, as perceived by an "orthodox", recently rehabilitated into the catholic faith!
But in the present case, our "theologian" has betrayed his listeners twice: a) by denying them understanding of what his tradition truly stands for and b) by snatching from them unjustifiable esteem and honours for improper "services" he has falsely rendered to them…
In addition, out of respect for the Catholic and the Reformed world we must state that Zizioulas' s theological style and argumentation can be proven deceitful, as he often stands too far from the truth. This man' s individual thinking in no way represents the orthodox traditional theology but only personal and, at times, peculiar theological aspects having nothing to do with the common experience shared and faithfully practised by the great majority of orthodox believers down the Christian centuries.
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Well, if you continue to be involved in these matters you will find that, unlike amongst some of the more idealistic corners American Orthodoxy, the opinions I espouse are quite common and quite popular within the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Just read anything on the matter written by the Oecumenical Patriarch, or by the chief canonist for the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Panteleimon Rodopoulos, or by the late canonist and historian Metropolitan Maximos of Sardis, or by anyone intimately involved in the Synod itself. I didn't pull these ideas out of thin air, they date back to Balsamon, Zonaras, and Aristenos and before that to Leo VI the wise, and before that to the Synod of Chalcedon.
, the opinions I espouse are quite common and quite popular within the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Just read anything on the matter written by the Oecumenical Patriarch, or by the chief canonist for the Holy Synod, Metropolitan Panteleimon Rodopoulos,
Well, if you continue to be involved in these matters you will find that, unlike amongst some of the more idealistic corners American Orthodoxy, the opinions I espouse are quite common and quite popular within the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Could someone please change the manner in which the metropolitan is referenced in the caption? His name is Metropolitan John of Pergamon, his last name being "Zizioulas."
I see that Rodopoulos quotes Zonaras in his "Ecclesiological Review of the Thirty-Fourth Apostolic Canon" and the implication seems to be that at the present time the Ecumenical Patriarchate is ailing in some way and acting aberrantly:""Just as bodies, if the head does not maintain its activity in good health, function faultily or are completely useless, so also the body of the Church, if its preeminent member, who occupies the position of head, is not maintained in his proper honor, functions in a disorderly and faulty manner."Now if this is the case and the EP is indeed acting in a "disorderly and faulty manner" - whether in the Ukraine or Estonia or in its contacts with Rome - then we must be cautious in our own contacts with it and not allow the EP's aberrations to affect the entire body of the Church.
Not only does each Hypostasis of the Trinity have a relation to the other (Begetter, Begotten, Source, Procession, Father, Son etc), but for the good Bishop to assert that hermits are "not in relation" is strange, and in fact, bordering on unOrthodox. A hermit shows his/her relationship to the People of God who make up the Church every time they receive Communion. A hermit shows their relationship to the world every time they pray for the world. I think the good Bishop is confusing "constant contact" with "relationship".
I disagree with the good Bishop on this point. The Church is, was and always will be the Icon of the Holy Trinity- ...
As I said on another thread regarding papal primacy (http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php/topic,13495.msg187040.html#msg187040), we really must beware of any patriarch's interpretation of Tradition (be he the Patriarch and Pope of Rome or the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople) that gives the patriarch himself prerogatives of supremacy and authority that are not recognized from below, because such understandings are all too easily seen for what they really are: imperialist grabs for power.
I don't know, but I don't see the good Bishop asserting from his own opinion that hermits are "not in relation" to the world. I think it possible that he may be merely restating what he believes Metropolitan Zizioulas's to be saying about hermits.
Of course, Constantinople isn't inventng anything,...
I don't have the time now, but a short one is: If that novelty, not to say heresy, is really "quite common and quite popular within the Patriarchate of Constantinople", the outcome is quite predictible, I'm affraid.I'll avoid choosing between my Russ and Greek brothers, since I can't say I love ones more than another, but Mrt. Zlizious doesn't speak on my behalf. And, of course, I've never encountered as shocking statements from an Orthodox as "greekischristian" stated. An average Serb faithful would tell you that the only thing you can do with your reasoning is to stick where the Sun never shines.
Ravenna statement is shamefull, it embraced fallacies of historical facts and I'm looking forward to read the Orthodox response to it. For your info, no statement from any bishop of Serbian Orthodox Church about Ravenna has been heard, since Serbs have other problems at the moment, including the illness of H.H. Patriarch Pavle, but the disgusst and outrage among the faithfull is mounting.
I disagree with the good Bishop on this point.
I believe you are misunderstanding the quote, in which there is some complexity in grammar (though it is perfectly gramatically correct), perhaps this minor change in punctuation would make it clearer:'Just as bodies, if the head does not maintain its activity in good health, function faultily or are completely useless, so also the body of the Church, if its preeminent member (who occupies the position of head) is not maintained in his proper honor, functions in a disorderly and faulty manner.'(I separated the second nested dependent clause using parentheses)Basically, His Excellency is saying that if the Head of the Church (i.e. the Oecumenical Patriarch) is not maintained or held in proper honour by the Body of the Curch (including the other Patriarchates), the Church functions in a disorderly and faulty manner; this is exactly what I was saying, the lack of obedience and loyality to Constantinople has caused the Church to become disfunctional and is threatening to tear it apart.
And just to add:I don't give a d*rn wjat Zlizious is saying, anywhere, anyplace, anytime. I'll stick with St. Vincent of Lerins.
At the moment I'm speculating the actions I can undertake to contribute to the efforts Serbian Orthodox Church never participates again in any commission co-chaired by Mrt. Zlizious. Not much I can do, of course, but a small grain of resistance won't hurt.
Of course, Constantinople isn't inventng anything, it's simply objectively looking at the history of the Church, these perogatives claimed have traditionally been held by Constantinople since the Synod of Chalcedon.
His Eminence is too Latinized in your opinion, so you're going to side with a Frenchman over him? ...OK, that makes sense...
Well in my readings of His Eminence Met. John, I have found ideas about hermits and monasticism that relate much more to what George was saying; perhaps you have a reference from one of his works that suggests otherwise?
Fortunately the Patriarchate of Serbia, though traditional in many positive aspects, seems more open to dialogue and more tolerant that the mindset you are presenting.
Then why should we prefer Constantinople over Old Rome? What's the reason? None: all the Ecumenical Councils name Rome as the Head, not Constantinople.
Taking your reasoning to its logical conclusion, unity at all costs, submission without question, then we have no need to sepearate ourselves from Rome, and should start commemorating Benedict XVI, and not Bartholomew.
The fact that you suggest that the EP appoint a number of bishops to lock out the voice of the Russians, if the Russians have to be seen only as an appendage to Constantinople, shows that it is just an issue of power, not piety, theology or Faith. Luke 22:24-7.
Leo VI the Wise: wasn't this the same emperor, that when the EP refused to set aside the canons and recognize his fourth marriage, secured recognition from the Pope of Rome? (Ah, Henry VIII eat your heart out).
Balsamon: is this the same absentee Patriarch of Antioch, who, never setting foot in his patriarchate, received a delegation from Antioch, and, upon seeing their celebration of the Divine Liturgy accoring to the Apostolic rites of Antioch, issued a decree to suppress said rites, and ordered the immediate adoption of the recent rites of Constantinople? (And we thought the Tridentine mass was the only one imposed by force).
Zonaras: this is the same private secretary of the Emperor Alexis I. Do you have any info on his role in Alexis' role in welcoming the Crusades?'
And I'm tolerant, too. You are free to continue professing heterodoxy and open heresies, I'm to weak to help you. But just keep in mind that's not the Orthodox Faith.
Excellent points, but a quick question, was the article in question written by a Bishop? I only saw it signed as 'The editorial staff of the Magazine "Italia Ortodossa"'.
No offence intended, but I will take the teachings of the Oecumenical Throne as the standard of Orthodoxy, above and beyond your personal opinions.
His Eminence is too Latinized in your opinion, so you're going to side with a Frenchman over him? ...OK, that makes sense...Fortunately the Patriarchate of Serbia, though traditional in many positive aspects, seems more open to dialogue and more tolerant that the mindset you are presenting.
But, on the flip side, this difficult-to-read statement (source: http://orthodoxwiki.org/Primacy_and_Unity_in_Orthodox_Ecclesiology) could also be read legitimately to mean that the EP's failure to act in a way in keeping with the honor due his position also brings disorder to the Church. "... if the head does not maintain its activity in good health ..." = "if the head (the EP) does not act in a healthy manner" then the body (the Church) becomes sick and disordered.
Old Rome has the right of honour in liturgical precedence and as such maintains the right to be the first to sign any ecclesiastical documnet. New Rome is the Oecumenical Patriarch, the president of any General or Imperial Synod, she is the administrative head of the Church, whereas Old Rome is the liturgical head. I have no problem placing Rome first in the dyptics, allowing her to speak first in Synods after the address by the president (the Oecumenical Patriarch), allowing her to first sign agreements, allowing her to lead liturgies where she is present, etc. But on the other side of things, she should respect the role of the Oecumenical Patriarchate, the right to summon, preside over, and dismiss synods. And both sees have the canonical right of an ultimate Sees of appeal, but Constantinople alone, as the Imperial See, has right to give her rulings with Imperial Authority making them binding both temporally and spiritually.
One only commemorates their Bishop and the Patriarchates commemorate all the other Patriarchs, the argument is not over who to commemorate but in what order they are commemorated; and I don't believe that anyone has suggested that Rome should be denied her ancient honour of being listed first in the dyptics of the Church.
It would be a shame to see a City that has suffered so much to be again sacked, this time by the Rus.
He was a great Emperor and Lawgiver, respected in both Secular and Ecclesiastical circles; his decrees on everything from marriage to synodal order have formed the basis for Orthodox customs to this very day.
Patriarchs of the conquered lands living in Constantinople were quite common at the time, I believe there was a span of over 200 years where the Patriarch of Antioch lived in Constantinople. Of course, the canons specifically protect Bishops that were incapable of going to their Sees because of the barbarian invasions. Balsamon was a great Patriarch and Canonists, his interpretations of the Canons of the Orthodox Church remain to this day the standard and traditional interpretations; to defy the interpretations of Balsamon is no less serious than defying the canons proper, for, indeed, in the view of our Canon Law the two are inseparable.
Another great canonist and lawyer. I am not sure what role Zonaras played in welcoming the Crusades, but after asking the west for help against the mohammedan scourge for centuries the military aid was long overdue, Europe had, at that point, lived in relative peace and been kept safe for centuries by the blood of the Roman Legions. That they betrayed us is unfortunate, but the inital goals were noble and right.
I'm not going to fill out your poll, because you don't have a "No" option up there. I won't answer "yes" because the dialogue has not been "derailed." Only the MP thinks it has. I'm not going to answer "unsure," because I am sure. I'm not going to answer "it's beyond my competencies," because it most certainly is within them. And I want to state my opinion, which is why I won't pick the last option.No, the Metropolitan is not responsible for some supposed "derailing" of the talks; if the MP representative is unhappy, then he's the only one who took himself out of the talks. If he hadn't left, then he would have been there to discuss the text he was referring to, and more clearly voice his objections. So personally I think there is a lot of propaganda in his statement, which is really not helpful.
Sooo, that authority would be the President of Turkey now, no?
I've been to Constantinople several times (my baptismal cross was blessed at the Patriarchal cathadral). The emperor has not been there for some time.
The revisionism running around the Phanar now, relegating the pope of Rome a primacy of honor as the Orthodox say while arrogating (I chose the word carefully) to herself a primacy as those on the other side of the schism of 1054 have ascribed to Rome, has no basis in history. It is arising out of the vulnerability of the Patriarchate.
What canon gives the EP "the right to summon, preside over, and dismiss synods"? (Lumen Gentium couldn't have said it better). The EP didn't exist to open the First Ecumenical Council. The Second Ecumenical Council was opened by St. Meletios of Antioch. Pope Cyril of Alexandria led the Third Council (the apologist in Rome keep insisting he was acting as the legatee of Rome, but perhaps you want to say he was acting as legatee of the EP. Oopps! That was Nestorius. Just a little problematic for your "power to dismiss synods.").I think I've made my point.
The point is Old Rome is not in the diptychs for a reason, and the EP (again!) can put himself in a similar position.
Sorry, I hail from a part of the Orthodox world that wasn't under his rule, and had deeper roots.
Evidently not all his decrees: a fourth marriage is still forbidden.
Canons protect Bishops from what, their flock?
Balsamon's supression of the rites of Antioch were without warrant, and we can't complain of forced Latinizations if Balsamon is our model.
The Sultan had a claim of sorts and had he converted to Christianity he would have had an indisputable right to the Imperial Office, but it would be a stretch for a president to claim Imperial Authority.
And thus the Patriarch acts in his stead, as he has since the fall of the City.
No basis? Despite the fact that for centuries several other Patriarchs were elected by and served on the Patriarchal Synod of Constantinople, despite the fact that the Endimousa Synods of Constantinople have weilded the authority of Imperial Synods, despite the fact that the Authority of Constantinople as the ultimate See of Appeal is so well respected even today that the Russians still do not dare deny it, though they may fight rulings on technicalities?
I don't think you have, the title of Oecumenical Patriarch was held by several Sees in the past, prior to Chalcedon, but since Chalcedon (with Constantinople's final victory over Alexandria) it has been the undisputed right of the Patriarch of Constantinople; Imperial legislation as well as 1500 years of custom establish this as the role of the Oecumenical Throne within the Christian Church.
Dyptics that exclude the Oecumenical Throne are utterly meaningless, they would be the dyptics of a schismatic church.
To quote Patriarch Anthony of Constantinople (1395), 'The Basileus is anointed with the great myrrh and is appointed Basileus and Autokrator of the Romans, and indeed of all Christians. Everywhere the name of the Emperor is commemorated by all patriarchs and metropolitans and bishops wherever men are called Christians, [a thing] which no other ruler or governor ever received. Indeed he enjoys such great authority over all that even the Latins themselves, who are not in communion with our church, render him the same honor and submission which they did in the old days when they were united with us. So much more do Orthodox Christians owe such recognition to him...'
Actually it was his decree that established the limit of three marriages, which was given after his fourth marriage; this is just one example the decrees of Leo the Wise that to this day have force amongst the Orthodox.
Or from the barbarians.
He was the Patriarch of Antioch, it was perfectly within his rights to regulate and define the liturgical activities of his See.
HI belive that MP and our nation will always be on the side of Christ's Holy Orthodox Church. I'm really upset that the dialogue with Rome attracts Patriarch Bartholomew more than with Moscow. Together we stand, divided we fall.
*Sophia,I see you belong to the True Orthodox Church. Do you have a street address for that?
MP was founded on treachery of Metropolitan Sergius and many Saints of Christ's Holy Orthodox Church died rather than have anything to do with it, many Saints would died rather than have the Passport of your nation (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics).
That depends on your point of view. But one can see from the self-righteous nature of your post and your screen name that you don't appear to be interested in looking too closely at nuances or different sides of issues.
I notice how your ad homien aganist Sophia has gone unnoticed. Sophia means Wisdom in Greek- what is so objectionable about that?
The point of view of the Church it out laid below.
You think that's an ad hominem? lol!!! Nothing's wrong with "Sophia". Tell me, what does the date 1925 mean to you?
Y Never mind the fact that political allegiance has never been defined as a way of identifying one's Orthodoxy, until the 1920's, and that only by a minority, not the "majority" that you claim.
There you are just plain wrong.
As I said, I will not discuss this further with you. Go ahead and feel good about being "right". You are also of course welcome to harbour erroneous views about the nature of monarchy and government.
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Humorous infographic that visually explains some of the common golf terms from Beau and Alan Daniels at beaudaniels.com, where you can find a number of good examples of their infographic work.
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Humorous infographic that visually explains some of the common golf terms from Beau and Alan Daniels at beaudaniels.com, where you can find a number of good examples of their infographic work.
From the Telegraph in the UK, the idea is to use a kite to help pull a ship across the ocean. by using the wind power at high altitudes the ship would save on energy consumption.
Its inventor, Stephan Wrage, a 34-year-old German engineer, claims the kite will significantly reduce carbon emissions, cutting diesel consumption by up to 20 per cent and saving £800 a day in fuel costs.Found on digg.com
Holiday Infoporn from Wired.com.
Here's our theory: There is, in fact, a nonsupernatural Santa. It's a transnational corporation with one mission-critical fulfillment goal: Every kid who celebrates the holiday gets a toy on Christmas eve.Check out the side-scrolling timeline at the bottom. I think they should have included Chinese New Year.
This is one of the example infographics from Funnel, Inc. I got a postcard from them offering infographic holiday cards, FREE while supplies last. You won't find the link on their website, but the direct URL is http://www.funnelinc.com/holiday. Order yours quick!
By the way, the example infographic above is "How Books are Made" and shows the entire process to print books at Webcrafters, Inc. in Madison, WI.
NodeTrix was a study of social networks by Nathalie Henry, Jean-Daniel Fekete, and Michael J. McGuffin from France and Canada. Natalie presented their results at the InfoVis conference in Sacramento, CA in November.
Created by John D. Furber at Legendary Pharmaceuticals, this is a visual representation of the biology behind aging using a network diagram. A large format image is available for printing here.
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John D. Furber of Legendary Pharmaceuticals has put together a visual model of aging referred to as 'The 2007 Network of Biological Interactions in Human Aging' that shows the interactions between various subcellular, cellular, extracellular matrix and organ system. This is a great representation of aging as it demonstrates no root cause but rather a network of problem areas that are interlinked. The goal of systems biology would be to flush this out in great detail allowing one to zoom in down to the specific genomic and proteomic components of aging. Systems biology would also pursue such a model to have a functional runtime component to it such that variables could be tweaked and changes introduced to predict impact elsewhere in the various biological networks.
A subject near and dear to my heart, I found this poster on Visual Complexity. This map "illustrates the intricate, interwoven relationship between businesses and their brands." The source appears to be 300million.com, which is a Marketing agency in the UK.
I love this map, and I thought this would be a good entry to the VizThink Mind Map Contest.
How does Amazon turn your online book order into a physical shipment to your doorstep? One of a handful of great infographics from Ron Oden on the ronoden.com site.
Silver Bullet Comics has an article for aspiring comic artists, but I found this little gem.
A very simple infographic demonstrating that characters much each have a distinctive shape that makes them recognizable even from a distance. Very similar to the "silhouette test" for good character drawings to be recognizable in silhouette.
XPLANE is a company whose whole purpose is professional infographics. They do a bunch of infographics for big and small companies, but also do a lot of work for Business 2.0 magazine (a favorite of mine). Check out David's post that Business 2.0 might be in trouble.
A number of infographics (called XPLANATIONS...I love it) are available free for download here.
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Sander Young & Pieter Steijger have signed their brand new EP to the well known record label Global Underground.
The label had a short break and is back with a lot of new music next summer. After releasing music from DJ's like: Carl Cox, Danny Howels, Darren Emerson, Deep Dish, Dubfire, Felix The Housecat, John Digweed, Nic Fanciulli, Sasha and many more, it's now time for the two Dutchies to expose their sound on the English recordlabel.
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Originally posted by Kakarott View Post
Also not to mention the huge pool of resources and knowledge for Unity3D vs. nearly nothing for Unigine.
If all you want is eye candy you are going to be disappointed by Wasteland 2.
There is no doubt that there will be a stronger literary vibe to this game over some of the more recent RPGs. I suspect we will have a combination of approaches as some areas need to move quickly while others require taking in more information.
Originally posted by yogi_berra View PostIf all you want is eye candy you are going to be disappointed by Wasteland 2.
Eye candy is important.
If they go with Unity at this point Linux users are going to be seriously short changed (If somebody proves me wrong on this point I will be a very happy man).
I didn't know that Cry Engine had a Linux based client I remember when we were using it that I noticed that there was quite a bit of linux based code but no renderer.
Unigine is really optimised for DX10+ hardware but there is a second codepath using OpenGL ES with simpler shaders for mobile devices and as of the latest build Linux.
Heaven is a benchmark - it's main job is to stress the hardware. Oilrush is a much better indication of what the engine can do performance wise. Here I have found a 1-2 fps difference between DX11 and OpenGL.
Coding for Unigine is actually quite good (the programming language is somewhere between C++ and javascript and is relatively well documented). Most of the Asset files are written in XML and relatively easy to understand. There visual coding tools in early development.
For static Meshes the workflow is quite easy - Unigine provide a tool that will convert many common formats including obj and collada. For animated assets you need one of the packages supported by plugins Max,Maya or SoftImage. Better support for Collada,FBX is on the todo list for this year however.
Unigine does have a major disadvantage in the number of people who have access to and understand working with the engine. Maybe Unigine would consider a cutdown version of the editor
that is easier to get ones hands on.
oh yes -- and the new Valley Demo is quite Perty, especially loving the new weather system... (except - we would like to see a better looking sky at this point. Faking things the way CryEngine does would be fine ).
I have over 3 years development experience with Unigine - feel free to contact me here if you have specific questions.
Eye candy just allows you to sell your games to idiotic kids.
Originally posted by Kano View PostMaybe your 1-2 fps diff was using nvidia cards? Also how much effect has gave got the 4 possible tesselation settings (off,moderate,normal,extreme) on your project(s)? Best test with 1920x1200 res...
We don't use any tesselation at work - We want to but it adds a lot of artist hours to a project and we haven't found a situation where it's worth the payoff so I can't tell you a lot about the difference between the tesselation performance other than what you can figure out with the heaven demo.
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I usually create plaids by just fooling around with bands of color on scrap canvas - or by imitating plaids I see in magazines or on people at the supermarket.
This time I decided to see what I could do by dissecting a real, genuine, registered Tartan that's a little more complicated than my usual. I love green, so was truly "taken" by this one - called "Alpine Meadows."
The first thing to do is to determine how many colors it has, which is best accomplished by counting the solild-color elements. On this one, there are five. (not counting the white lines). The bright green seems the most predominant, but I was surprised upon further study, to see that actually, the main color is the low intensity green that isn't as noticeable as the dark and bright greens - low intensity does fade into the background in any situation!
Next, on scrap canvas, I played with determining the number of canvas threads that each element would occupy. This part isn't easy. One must remember that true plaid is a woven fabric, and even coarse muslin has about 120 threads per inch. I'm using 18 threads to the inch count canvas, so don't have the flexibility of choosing widths of stripes.
I never like using just one line of a color - in this case, white, - but if I had used two threads, the whole thing would be enormous, and not nearly as pretty. The top markings show the warp stripes set up (gotta love those Sharpie drawing pens in color) with a white line between each stripe. The next one shows the pink/green/gold element drawn without the white lines.
I determined that for the main greens, four threads looked much better than five, although the proportion of these on the real tartan is greater next to the very narrow stripes. Artistic license is necessary here - just trying to achieve the "look." The arrows on the right are pointing to my fun and games where I decided that I could make a bracelet and then a napkin ring.
I'll use the metallics, of course on these, and make them rather festive. This is one of those things, as I told someone yesterday, if it looks good, I'll take pictures. If not, I'll never mention it again.
Actually, I was quite surprised that the "setts" were right for this project, as this is a very busy tartan. The first thing to do, of course, is to stitch the warp stripes. It's a bit boring at first, but knowing it will be more exciting when the warp stripes are begun - I could do enough to get ready for the fun part.
The white line does a strange thing when crossing the warp and weft - but it's an interesting pattern, so I won't worry about it.
The arrow is pointing to where I could have stopped the warp stripes, leaving the center of the piece blank - for putting in a large initial or a monogram.
The motif as you see it here, including the dark green bands, is 2" square. The plaid could be extended across the top, and down the sides, leaving a center square blank of 2 3/4". The whole square I have set up on 18 mesh canvas is 6 1/2".
I've played with this tartan a lot, and found it would make a lovely checkbook cover, and even a little scissors fob or key ring - the square outlined by the dark green bands, and turned to make a diamond shape. Lots of things to do. Also, One could use larger mesh canvas and make a wonderful small pillow or pillow inset. I used to love stitching plaid footstool covers on 10 mesh canvas in wool. Gorgeous decorative accessories.
There will be more on this - I hope it gives you an idea of how you might adapt a tartan plaid of your own (I'm using U.S.A. terminology here). Once you know how to "dissect" them for adaptation to needlepoint, you'll look at them with a different eye -whether in books or on the internet.
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London: Some of the first large organisms on the Earth formed ecosystems that were much more complex than previously thought, an analysis of the feeding habits of a 555-million-year-old organism revealed.
An international team of researchers from Canada, Britain and the US studied fossils of an extinct organism called Tribrachidium, which lived in the oceans some 555 million years ago.
Using a computer modelling approach, they were able to show that Tribrachidium fed by collecting particles suspended in water. This is called suspension feeding and it had not previously been documented in organisms from this period of time.
Tribrachidium lived during a period of time called the Ediacaran, which ranged from 635 million to 541 million years ago.
This period was characterised by a variety of large, complex organisms, most of which are difficult to link to any modern species.
It was previously thought that these organisms formed simple ecosystems characterised by only a few feeding modes, but the new study suggests they were capable of more types of feeding than previously appreciated.
"Our study has shown that Tribrachidium and perhaps other species were capable of suspension feeding. This demonstrates that, contrary to our expectations, some of the first ecosystems were actually quite complex," said Simon Darroch from Vanderbilt University, US.
"The computer simulations we ran allowed us to test competing theories for feeding in Tribrachidium. This approach has great potential for improving our understanding of many extinct organisms," said Imran Rahman from University of Bristol, England.


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Tomato and Feta Salad by Roger Berkowitz
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Tomatoes came late this year but, boy, were they worth the wait! Our Executive Chef Rich Vellante came up with a great summer salad that we'll be featuring in our restaurants for the next few weeks, and he shared the recipe so you can make it at home after your next trip to the farmer's market. Bon appetit!
Tomato and Feta Salad with Watermelon Basic Vinaigrette
Ingredients Per Serving:
3 half-inch tomato slices
2 oz. feta cheese
2 oz. watermelon dressing*
1 T. olive oil
1 T. hand torn basil
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Preparation Method:
Slice tomatoes and shingle down the middle of the plate. Season with salt and pepper. Crumble feta cheese over the top of tomatoes. Ladle watermelon vinaigrette around tomatoes.
Garnish tomatoes and feta with olive oil, salt, pepper and hand torn basil.
*Watermelon Basil Vinaigrette
3/4 lb. diced watermelon
2 oz. rough chopped red onion
1 /2 T. jalapeno
1 T. basil
1/2 T. parsley
1/2 T. honey
1/8 c. champagne vinegar
1/8 c. olive oil
1/4 c. canola oil
1/2 t. kosher salt
1/4 t. fresh ground black pepper
Put all ingredients in food processor and puree until combined. Yields 16 ounces.