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Freshman year, I attended the student activities fair with two intentions in mind: to join a student newspaper, and to find groups where I could develop my faith. As God would have it, an enthusiastic student approached me near the campus ministry tables with the offer of writing for the Catholic newspaper. I immediately let him know I was Episcopalian, but he insisted The Torch existed to address issues of faith more broadly—so I joined.
Recently, the Bible study I am part of read Psalm 82—a passage familiar to many who are passionate about working for social justice. At first, I struggled to find much new meaning in the passage in which God commands other powers and principalities who "show partiality to the wicked," to instead "give justice to the weak" (v.2-3). In this song of Asaph, like many of the Old Testament prophet texts, God admonishes rulers for being corrupt and concerned with gaining wealth and military power rather than with protecting His vulnerable chosen people. The first four verses in particular are a clear and classic example of God's preferential option for the poor.
While the Episcopal church, where I was raised, technically recognizes the communion of saints and the spiritual practice of venerating saints, I never felt like I had a special connection to any saint growing up. I didn't feel like I was missing out on anything by not having a personal understanding of saints until last year, when God put it on my heart to seriously explore the richness of the communion of saints. In studying the theologian Elizabeth Johnson, I was pointed to the Book of Wisdom for a portrayal of the communion of saints. Wisdom 7:27 says, "[Sophia] renews all things; in every generation she passes into holy souls and makes them friends of God, and prophets." Through this verse, I came to understand that these friends of God and prophets are not just those deceased and distant saints we read about, but also people whose holiness has had a profound impact on our own personal lives. However, figuring out how to relate to individuals in the communion of saints, or find meaning in the "great cloud of witnesses," proved a more difficult task.
I recently saw a photo on social media of my high school youth pastor holding his 1-year-old daughter, whose face was lit up with the colorful glow of Christmas lights, captioned "Wonder at the parade of lights." Aside from how adorable the photo was, it also made me recall the importance of wonder, especially during the season of Advent. Advent offers us time not only to sit in delighted wonder at Christmas lights, trees, and decorations, but also time to sit in wonder as we anticipate the mystery of the Incarnation.
In the last couple months, allegations of sexual harassment and assault have dominated the news, from Hollywood to Washington. However, the recent accusations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore have led to some difference of opinion among some Christians. Judge Moore has been accused by several women of making sexual advances on them when they were teenagers in the 1970's and he was a 30-something local politician. Two of the women, Leigh Corfman and Beverly Nelson, have said that Moore sexually assaulted them. In the wake of these accusations, Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler attempted to defend Moore by noting that he did not attempt or engage in sexual intercourse with the women, and by using the Bible to defend the ages of the women at the time of the incidences. Ziegler told the Washington Examiner "Take the Bible…. [T]ake Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus." This argument is problematic from a Catholic perspective for two reasons: because it misrepresents the relationships between the Holy Family, and because it assumes nothing harmful about Moore's relationship with and assault of teenage girls.
Recently in a Bible study I attend, we had some time to express what we are thankful for, in the spirit of Thanksgiving. As I thought about the beautiful ways God has worked in my life this semester, I kept coming back to one theme: the experience of being a woman. It sounds cheesy to say that I am thankful for sisterhood, or something like that, but really I am. This semester has been one in which I have been blessed in incredible ways by the many strong, intelligent, thoughtful, and caring women in my life. Being in all-women spaces has at times reminded me of the struggles we still face in the world, but more than that it has reminded me of the gift it is to be a woman and to know God in that unique context.
On Friday, October 20, thousands of Boston College students, faculty, and staff gathered to march in solidarity with black students. The rally was a response to instances of racism the previous week, including the defacing of a Black Lives Matter sign to read "Black Lives don't Matter," and a Snapchat of a burnt steak and cheese sandwich with the caption "I like my steak and cheese like I like my slaves."
Recently, I went on a retreat on which the speaker focused all of his talks around 1 John 1, which makes the claim that "God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all" (v. 5). The concept of God as Light has always been intriguing to me, but I came to understand it in four new ways that weekend.
1) Pray-as-you-go
This daily podcast from the British Jesuits offers guided prayer through one of the readings each day. Each episode begins with some kind of music--often a chant, hymn, or psalm. The second part of the podcast offers an opportunity to pray and meditate on the reading through a series of repetitions and questions, that seem to loosely base themselves on the Lectio Divina model. At around ten minutes long, the podcast is loosely designed to be listened to on a commute. It's perfect for listening to while eating breakfast, walking to class, or as a quick moment of mindfulness in the midst of a busy day.
This past summer, I had the pleasure of working at GLIDE, a United Methodist Church and non-profit foundation in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco. Though GLIDE is in part a church, more so it is a beloved community of people who seek to be radically inclusive and love unconditionally. Not everyone at GLIDE believes in God, but as a body, they live out the teachings of Jesus in a uniquely action-oriented way. Built into their core values is the notion that as people committed to justice and inclusion, we all must "walk the talk." This idea of walking the talk—of not just holding beliefs and spiritual ideals but actually acting on them—challenged me to re-examine the way I live as a Christian.
I have long suspected that most Christians who say they want to love their enemies really only want to love some of their enemies. For most Christians, I think, there is a line where loving your enemy stops feeling like a command worth listening to. For students at BC, I think that line is at loving Donald Trump, or loving members of ISIS. I understand that those are two extremely different examples that don't belong in the same group, but just for the sake of relating to a broader political, spectrum I will talk about both.
Like many of my fellow millennials, in the last several months I've become obsessed with Chance the Rappers newest album, Coloring Book. I'm not typically much of a rap person, but I am a Theology major, so a friend of mine recommended the album because he thought I would be interested in the lyrical themes of the album. He was absolutely right. I have been fascinated by the way that Chance combines more typical rap themes ("Drinking All Night") with his deep Christian faith. Chance has discussed his faith extensively in interviews, and was very public about it at the 2017 Grammys as well, where performed segments of "How Great" and "All We Got" complete with a gospel choir, and began his acceptance speech for Best New Artist with this simple invocation "Glory be to God."
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Recently I had the opportunity to go on a Kairos retreat, which was both wonderful and overwhelming. My leader that weekend helped me to connect the feeling of being overwhelmed in the Connors Center, with a similar overwhelming feeling I had three months ago.
Earlier this month Father Greg Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries and author of Tattoos on the Heart, spoke at BC. Of all of the wise things he said, it was one of his responses during the Q&A that hit me the hardest. Someone asked him what role faith plays in the recovery and integration of gang members at Homeboy, and he responded first with another question: "what is faith?"
On January 27, President Trump issued an executive order indefinitely banning refugees from Syria, and placing a 90-day suspension on immigrants entering the country from seven other predominantly Muslim nations. Two days later, Boston College President Fr. William Leahy and other top university officials joined the ranks of higher education administrators who spoke out against the ban. In an email sent out to the entire Boston College community, the administrators clearly stated their opposition:
Last spring on the Arrupe post-trip retreat, we received letters that we had written to ourselves 7 months before, on the fall pre-trip retreat. In the fall, one of the things I had written in my letter was a list of all of my greatest fears at the time. In the spring, when I read that letter, every single one of the things I had feared had happened. And yet, when I read the letter back, I felt this overwhelming peace. I remember sitting outside on a snowy ledge at the Connors Family Retreat center, thinking about fear, and feeling overwhelmed by the goodness of God, in the realization that he is so much bigger than my fears.
Five days after his landmark peace treaty with the Colombian guerilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC, was rejected by popular vote, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize.
On October 2, Colombians voted against a peace treaty that would have ended the 50-year civil war between the Colombian government and the Marxist rebel group. Since the war began in 1964, 250,000 Colombians have been killed and thousands have been displaced in the conflict.
Santos and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez signed the deal after almost four years of negotiations, only to have the deal rejected by Colombian voters a week later by a margin of 50.2 to 49.8 percent. According to the BBC, that's a difference of less than 63,000 votes out of 13 million.
I'm not much of a planner, but living in South America has certainly made me realize how much of my life has been dependent on the aggressive planning and thorough organization we are so accustomed to in the United States. Here, the world operates on a different system of time altogether, what sociologists call polychronic time. In Chile, time is not seen as strict and single track. This is a world where class registration happens the night before classes begin, with all the students in one crazy room at the same time, and the administrators don't even bat an eye.
As a theology major, I came to Chile knowing I wanted to study liberation theology, but living in a community where liberation theology permeates all things has made me realize it is much more than something you study. Liberation theology is a lens for looking at the world; it is the fundamental belief that Jesus' words "Blessed are the poor" (Luke 6:20) are uncompromisingly true. For the past three months I have been studying at the Universidad Alberto Hurtado (UAH) in Santiago, Chile, which is named for Chile's Jesuit Saint, Alberto Hurtado. Padre Hurtado was a champion of the poor, and fought both legal and social battles to achieve greater justice for them. He firmly believed that there is no such thing as caridad sin justicia, love without justice, and UAH is firmly rooted in this belief. Adapting to this sometimes extreme academic adherence to liberation theology has had a profound and sometimes challenging effect on my personal faith. I have struggled to decide how seriously we must take the claims of Gustavo Gutierrez and others that God offers a preferential option for the poor. Is it just one reading of Scripture, which is important but not central? Or is this the Gospel, that Jesus came to set captives free, bring sight to the blind, and rescue those who had suffered in this world?
From April 18-22 the BC Women's Center put on another successful CARE Week—a week of programming focused around the problem of sexual violence, designed to educate, honor victims, and incite change in our community. This year's events included a special focus on intersectionality between sexual violence and other issues of oppression. Specifically, the week included events that highlighted the ways race and sexual orientation relate to sexual violence. However, the main event of the week was Take Back the Night, an event hosted on many campuses across the country.
After receiving six Oscar nominations and not winning the first five, many were surprised that Spotlight took home the award for Best Picture. The film follows the team of Boston Globe reporters who were the first to uncover the sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. Despite many Bostonians' anger over the portrayal of various people in the film, I believe that this story was an important one to tell, and in the long run will actually do more good than harm for the Church.
Boston College students from various service and faith groups around campus came organized FAST week (Faith, Action, Solidarity Together) on March 15 thorough March 21. A sustainability event and challenge hosted by the Puebla trip and a traditional Central American dinner and storytelling hosted by the Nicaragua trip were included among the many events.
Justice Antonin Scalia passed away suddenly on February 13, leaving behind a legacy of intellectual conservatism, and great zeal admired by liberal and conservative peers alike. Scalia was found dead in his room at the luxurious Cibolo Creek Ranch in South Texas, where he had been on a hunting trip with friends. Local authorities pronounced him dead of "natural causes," as he had a host of chronic conditions known to his doctors in Washington. No autopsy was performed, per request of the Scalia family.
Shameless confession: I am obsessed with The Bachelor. In the past seven years since the good ole' days of Jillian Harris and Jake Pavelka, I've watched countless relationships form in the admittedly absurd conditions of the show, and then 90% of them breakup within a year of their season ending. I will admit it is an absurd premise that can hardly be considered reality television: a single man or woman dating 25 people in hopes of finding a spouse. There is a lot of alcohol, a lot of helicopters, and a lot of making out. I won't try to defend the show on moral grounds (although I do believe there are always a few truly good people in the contestant pool) but the reason I keep coming back to watch is the same I think as most fans: The Bachelor does have a strange way of bringing people together. In fact our collective fandom is so strong that we even have a hashtag: the beloved #BachelorNation.
Justice Antonin Scalia passed away suddenly on February 13, leaving behind a legacy of intellectual conservatism, and great zeal admired by liberal and conservative peers alike. Scalia was found dead in his room at the luxurious Cibolo Creek Ranch in South Texas, where he had been on a hunting trip with friends. Local authorities pronounced him dead of "natural causes," as he had a host of chronic conditions known to his doctors in Washington. No autopsy was performed, per request of the Scalia family.
Matt Damon's most recent performance in The Martian is markedly different from other space exploration films, while still pretty unrealistic and dramatic, it is hilarious and surprisingly philosophical. One major reason for this, I think, is that for the most part the movie takes place on Mars, which is a desolate planet, but with a recognizably Earth-like landscape. When Mark Watney is left behind by his mission, the stage is set: a single person, alone on a new planet, left to cultivate the land in order to survive. I could not help but notice that the situation resembles a darker retelling of Genesis 2:15 "The LORD took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to till it and to keep it."
Spotlight, which tells the story of the four Boston Globe reporters who first investigated the sexual abuse scandal in Boston in 2001, premiered last week, and immediately received much critical acclaim both locally and nationally. The film treats the extremely sensitive issue of the sexual abuse scandals from a unique angle: that of reporters who were eager but hesitant to realize just how large and pervasive the problem was.
Justin Bieber's comeback has been unique; perhaps most famously for his inclusion of his faith as a now-guiding principle in his public appearances and songs. After falling from his sweet innocence into public shame the past couple years, this turn is somewhat surprising. Nonetheless, Justin is a self-proclaimed Christian saying, "I just wanna honestly live like Jesus." So, without out further ado, here are some nuggets from Purpose that track his progress:
In light of a Canadian Supreme Court decision earlier this year to legalize physician-assisted suicide, various religious leaders throughout the nation joined together to speak out against the practice.
In a statement titled "The Declaration on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide," Catholic bishops and Protestant leaders from the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, expressed their concerns about how ending human life, even in the case of extreme suffering and human illness, is not properly honoring its dignity. The document stated that, informed by their religious views, the various leaders "insist that any action intended to end human life is morally and ethically wrong. Together, we are determined to work to alleviate human suffering in every form but never by intentionally eliminating those who suffer."
I was recently on a retreat where Christian author and international missionary Dan Bauman gave a talk, which he opened with: "one of my favorite things about God is that he lets us do life with our friends." His point was that the only reason we got to spend that weekend on retreat with friends was because we believe that walking through life in community is what God desires for us. It doesn't seem that radical of a concept, but it is a phenomenally important one.
After a months-long battle over the ethical and legal implications of accepting money for fetal tissue donations, Planned Parenthood has announced that it will no longer accept reimbursement for the costs associated with donating aborted fetal organs.
After holding the office of the papacy for just two and a half years, Pope Francis completed his first visit to the US this Sunday. His visit builds on a precedent of modern-day popes visiting the United States, most recently followed by Pope Benedict's 2008 visit. However, due to the profound celebrity status of Pope Francis in America, his visit was much more broadly anticipated, and has left Americans with a lot more to talk about.
Upon watching Disney-Pixar's newest hit Inside Out this summer, I found myself overcome by the feeling that the producers of this film had portrayed my own experience of consciousness more accurately than any other fictional thing I have watched or read. I left the theater unable to exactly articulate why it seemed so accurate, but upon further reflection I think it was the development of the character of Sadness that led the the film's overall profundity.
As students at BC, we've all heard stories of Jesuit formation: of Fr. Casey's quest to meet Maya Angelou, of novices hitch-hiking across the country, panhandling for dinner, and living in countries we couldn't point to on a map. Myths about the tasks young men who feel called to the Society are given can sometimes seem so ridiculous that I've found myself thinking the process of "formation" sounds more like an extended initiation to a Harvard finals club than it does like the path to receiving Holy Orders. But, after some research, one beautiful flowchart, and a helpful list compiled by James Martin, SJ I've uncovered some truth about the mystery that is Jesuit formation. So here it is, how to become a Jesuit in 11 steps:
This month marks the centennial commemoration of the lives lost during the 1915 Armenian Genocide, and amidst continuing debate about the nature of the killings, Pope Francis has publicly acknowledged that they did, indeed, constitute genocide. During a Mass at St. Peter's Basilica conducted in the Armenian Catholic rite to mark the centennial of the start of the killings, the pontiff clearly articulated his belief regarding the mass killings Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the beginning of World War I. He echoed a statement previously made by Pope John Paul II, who called the killings "the first genocide of the 20th century," and then went on to equate the tragedy to the other two major 20th-century genocides: Nazism and Stalinism.
On March 18, three armed men in military uniforms opened fire on buses gathered outside the Bardo National Museum in the Tunisian capital and proceeded to continue the attack inside the building, killing 23 people, including 19 foreigners and wounding around 40. ISIS has taken responsibility for the attack, and claims it was an effort to oppose democracy in Tunisia, and that it was carried out by "two knights of the caliphate." The attack was the deadliest terrorist action since the 2002 truck bombing in Djerba, which killed 21 people, including tourists. The Tunisian government is treating the attack as an act of terrorism.
The ordination of the first female bishop, the Rt. Rev. Libby Lane, in the Church of England in January has had a global impact, opening the door to more discussion about the place of women in the church, as the Church of England now joins the Episcopal Church, as well as numerous protestant denominations in abolishing gender as a prerequisite to any type of ministry. However, this new development in the Anglican Church also has the power to damage Anglican-Catholic relations, as it marks a divisive doctrinal split between the two bodies, which inhibits the possibility of greater communion in the future. Due to Pope St. John Paul II's 1994 apostolic letter, Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, the door is officially closed to conversation about the possibility of the Catholic Church ordaining women, thus making a reunion between the Anglican and Catholic churches impossible.
On February 16, the Right Rev. John Chalmers, Moderator of the Church of Scotland, also known as The Kirk, met with the Pope at the Vatican to discuss the relationship of the two churches. The two leaders overcame their sectarian differences to acknowledge dire situations facing the global church right now, specifically the recent killing of Christians in Libya, and shootings in Denmark.
On January 19, members of the Boston College community gathered in Gasson Hall to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and work through a multi-medium celebration, loosely based on a Baptist worship service. The event, held annually on MLK Day, is a chance for the community to come together in the memory of Dr. King and remind ourselves of what we are called to do to confront racism as young people and people of faith.
On January 6, Christmas Eve in the Gregorian calendar, Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended the Coptic Christmas Vigil at St. Marks Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. By doing so, he became the first Egyptian head of state to attend a Christmas Mass, demonstrating his desire to repair relations between Sunni Muslims like himself, and minority Copts.
Katie Dalton, Director of the Boston College Women's Center, spoke at Agape Latte in Hillside last week about raising her children, faith, and failure. Various student musicians also performed before and after Dalton's talk for the Christmas-themed event. Dalton was supposed to speak alongside Carroll School of Management Assistant Dean Ethan Sullivan, but Sullivan had to cancel last minute due to a sick child.
After being sentenced to death for blasphemy in 2010, Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi is now asking for the prayers of Pope Francis and Christians worldwide, as her appeal was dismissed by the Lahore High Court earlier this month.
Bibi is accused of allegedly making derogatory comments against Mohommad in an argument with a Muslim woman over a cup of water. Bibi denies the charges, and her lawyers are planning to appeal the decision to Pakistani Supreme Court as soon as possible.
The topic of women's ordination has been highly contested in recent decades. Although Pope Saint John Paul II issued Ordinatio Sacerdotalis in 1994 and gave the Catholic Church's final word on the matter, the debate
continues today among Christians of all denominations. Here, Annalise Deal, an Episcopalian, writes in favor of the practice. Gjergji Evangjeli, who is Greek Orthodox, writes against it.
by Annalise Deal
Jesuit bloggers Sam Sawyer, S.J. and Michael Rossman, S.J. of The Jesuit Post (TJP) visited Boston College during the C21 center's "Espresso Your Faith Week" to give the first Agape Latte talk of the 2014-15 school year. Friends as well as colleagues, Rossman and Sawyer shared stories of their humble beginnings at TJP, and spoke of what it means to have "God as CEO."
by Annalise Deal
In the last month, The Vatican has made significant strides in furthering their inclusion of women in the offices of the Church: Pope Francis appointed five women to the International Theological Commission as well as the first woman to a Vatican Congregation.
by Annalise Deal
In the face of recent ISIS attacks, former president of Israel Shimon Peres is suggesting an Organization of United Religions to counter growing religious extremism and terrorism. Peres met in early September with Pope Francis to discuss the potential organization, though the Pope has yet to make a formal commitment to its creation.
In an interview with Italian magazine Famiglia Cristiana, Peres stated that he believes the organization would be "the best way to contrast with terrorists who kill in the name of their faith."


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�David Hanson, co-owner and farmer of Hanson Farm Inc. in Bridgewater, picks white corn for market in Bridgewater on Aug. 18, 2010�
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By now, David Hansen will have harvested his crop of white corn and soon the fields will present not a sea of tall, green plants waving in the wind, but the brown stubble of cornstalks, remembered for their former glory.
As an ex-corn grower, I hope he had a good year. I can appreciate his efforts.
White corn, in the Brockton I recall, was a rarity, probably because back then there was no variety of it that would grow commercially in the New England summers, certainly not as hot or as lengthy as the climate in the mid-Atlantic and the South, where white corn can take good advantage of the heat.
Talk to farmers alongside Chesapeake Bay, where white corn and fresh-steamed crabs are seen to be the perfect combination of land and sea.
I suspect that 60 or 70 years ago, the farmers inside and outside of Plymouth County grew mostly Golden Bantam, which, according to the folks at Victory Seeds, is �a standard yellow sweet corn that has been the home gardener�s favorite since the beginning of the 20th century.�
However, as Victory Seeds notes, �Before 1900, most people thought that yellow corn was fit only for animal feed. Within a few years, people in the U.S. began to farm yellow corn.�
I would not be surprised if David Hanson has been growing Silver Queen, described elsewhere as �the most popular white corn grown in America.�
Over the years, plant geneticists have developed many varieties of sweet corn, some with �enhanced� sugars, while others are very early to ripen, a major benefit if you live in Bridgewater, and certainly to be welcomed in Alaska, where you can grow corn to accompany your main dish of moose meat, halibut or salmon.
Today, the arrival of a platter of steamy yellow, white, or yellow-white sweet corn at the table is still a cause for joy and a good excuse to pass the butter and salt, and is the surest and most welcome sign there is that summer has arrived.
At home in years past, the chore of husking the corn was a task assigned to me and my younger brother, Herb, never in the kitchen but always outdoors in the backyard or in the barn. A barrel would be quickly filled with green leaves and corn silk, and in a jiffy the pot-ready ears were brought up the back stairs and into the kitchen.
Since those long-ago days, the price of corn, like everything else, has gone up. In the 1940s, even into the 1950s, corn was priced around 35 cents a dozen, though Herb recalls getting a bushel basket of it for $ 1 at a farm near Westport.
Locally, corn out here on my part of the Pacific coast is now between $ 4 and $ 5 a dozen. People complain, but to what end? They grumble, but they still buy it and, like locusts, can clear a farm stand display of it in minutes.
The white-and-yellow bi-color sweet corn varieties, such as Peaches & Cream, are now available everywhere. White sweet corn is making inroads.
When it comes to corn products, from flakes to crispy snacks, regional food preferences are the norm. For example, there�s johnnycake in New England and hush puppies in the South, and tortillas in the Southwest. Cornbread, which is one-half of cornbread-and-oyster dressing for the Thanksgiving turkey, is common in New England, and in the South, as Food Channel chef Paula Dean would tell y�all, it�s a �natural� accompaniment to Southern barbecued ribs, brisket, and pulled pork sandwiches.
Out here on the Pacific coast, unless you bake your own, corn muffins at coffee shops or commercial outlets are nowhere to be found.
People seem to be leery about the color of the vegetables they buy, and are often reluctant to purchase something �new� or �strange� as bi-color, or even white, sweet corn that once was in these parts.
For example, a couple of decades ago, as Mrs. Gifford, of Gifford�s Farm, 10 miles away, said one day when I asked her if her husband had considered planting the white-yellow �Peaches & Cream� instead of the usual yellow sweet corn, she straightened her apron and said:
�No one will buy it, and I�m not going to be stuck with it, and my husband isn�t going to grow it,� she told me at her 12-by-12-foot tin-roofed open, four-shelved shack across the driveway from her house. Her husband Gordon, who farmed about 100 acres of onions, carrots, lettuce and beets, also sowed a �stand� of corn every year for his wife so she could have a source of �pin-money.�
A few years later, one summer�s day in the late 1970s, Mrs. Gifford was at the same old stand. Lots of field fresh vegetables for sale, but there was no sweet corn at all.
�All sold out, are you, Mrs. Gifford,� I hailed her as I stopped the car next to her shack.
�Nope�, she averred. �We stopped growing corn altogether,� she told me. �I can�t sell it for what I need to cover the costs.
Gordon and I went over the figures, and what with the increase in the cost of fuel for the tractor, seed and fertilizer, I figure I�d have to charge over a dollar a dozen, and people just aren�t going to pay that, and if they don�t like it, why they can go somewhere else,� she said, in her usual firm but friendly manner.
On my way to get some corn at Mary�s Farm, a mile or two down the road, I thought how nice it would be to grow my own corn.
As you�ll read in Part 2, I was to be given that opportunity.
Nat Shapira was born in Brockton in 1933 and lived in the city until 1955. He is retired and living in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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text: Travis Barker continues to impress with his fusion of drums and rap songs. First he started by drumming over popular hip hop track and then moved to original work with different artists. Here he teams up with indie-rapper Tech N9ne, who proves he is a beast of a lyricist. This track is also co-produced by Dr. Dre, so you know it is going to be on point. Listen below.


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What's in My Make-Up Bag - Nola Marianna Ojomu
Nola Marianna Ojomu is a showbiz and entertainment journalist for The Daily Mail and she also blogs over at her self named website. She took time out to tell us what is in her make-up bag. Describe the items in your make-up bag. Thanks to my job, I'm always trying out new items and while this means my make-up bag is ever changing, I always make sure I have the same key items to create my look. Due to my oily skin tone, having a primer is a must. Benefit's the POREfessional is always with me as I have a mini one in my handbag as well. Then I use the Mac Studio Fix Powder Plus Foundation followed by the Bobbi Brown Illumination Bronzing Powder in Bali Brown. If I actually want a glow, then I'll put on a light amount of the Illamasqua GLEAM in Supernatural instead.
I use the Clinique Even Better Cream Foundation with SPF 15 in Golden as my concealer and then choose a shade from the Smashbox Hazel Eyes Palette if I want to draw attention to my eyes. Otherwise I would use something more bronze like the Clinique Chubby Stick in Fuller Fudge. I LOVE liquid eyeliner and the Estee Lauder Double Wear Zero Smudge in Black is great for a long day of work. The Miss Sporty Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil is still my favourite pencil liner and I shape my brows using the L'Oreal Superliner Brow Artist in Dark Brunette. Then I bring out my lashes with a mascara like the L'Oreal Mega Volume Miss Manga.
For my lips, I either go use the Chanel Rouge Allure lipstick in Farouche or the Shiseido Perfect Rouge Lipstick. If I'm in the mood for lip gloss then I use the Michael Kors Lip Luster in Icon. Lip balm is a must and I am beyond obsessed with EOS at the moment. I am a big fan of a more natural/bronzed look but I do use quite a few products to create that now I've listed it all down.
Which is your favourite item in your make-up bag? I could not imagine life without mascara, it's the essential make up item that I can never leave the house without. At the moment it's Miss Manga Mascara that is helping to make my lashes pop. I have naturally curly lashes so I'm always using mascaras that add length and volume. I'm also a fan of creating a 'mascara cocktail' so after applying two coats of the Miss Manga, I finish off with another coat of something like the Rimmel Volume Flash for added oomph. My favourite mascara brands are Eyeko, Rimmel and L'Oreal. They always make my eyelashes look amazing.
Where did you get your make-up bag? I have two main make up bags because I love to keep things in their packages and that tends to make it hard to fit it into a normal sized bag. I got my big clear make-up bag from a beauty sale at the Hearst UK offices, but my main bag is a pink faux snakeskin style from Elizabeth Arden that my mum gave me when I was a teenager. For some reason I just can't let go of it... I'm rather sentimental like that.
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Disney World is generally associated with happiness and great memories for those who visit, but it may not always be as wonderful for its employees. A black woman who worked at the Florida theme park is alleging that she was the victim of racial discrimination. The plaintiff worked as a contract administrator for the company from 2012 to early 2014. Some of her duties included making photocopies, attending to guests and answering the telephone.
According to her complaint, Disney had a dress policy which they called the "Disney Look." This look did not allow for extreme hair styles or dress and promoted a professional and neat appearance. The woman claims that she adhered to the policy, but an executive disagreed and stated that the pair of dress shoes she was wearing were too extreme. Her non-black coworkers were allegedly never disciplined for wearing items that fell under the same guidelines of the dress policy.
The plaintiff asserts that her work conditions were not equal to those of her white peers. She claims that she did not have a printer and that the cubicle she worked in was not as large as her white coworkers. Her associates allegedly made racist comments toward her and mocked her heritage.
After all of the alleged unfair treatment she received and the uncomfortable environment, she said that she complained to her supervisors about how she was treated. She asserts that she abruptly lost her job, and when she inquired about the reason, she was told that there wasn't anything that she had done wrong. The Florida woman filed a racial discrimination complaint against Disney and also filed a complaint against the staffing company that placed her at the theme park. If a court determines that the submitted evidence sustains her claims, she may be awarded monetary compensation for the emotional stress she endured as well as lost wages and benefits. In similar circumstances, reinstatement to a former position may also be ordered by the court.
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Sir Henry Browne Hayes
Henry Browne Hayes was the son of Attwell Hayes a successful merchant and industrialist with interests in brewing, milling and glass works.
Despite an inclination to irregular behaviour, Henry won an influential place in the community, becoming a captain in the South Cork Militia, a freeman of the city in 1782, and subsequently a sheriff. He was knighted in 1790 for gaining the favour of the Lord Lieutenant by staging an elaborate banquet and entertainments in his honour (which ultimately cost £250 and was paid for by local taxpayers). Ironically, Hayes was the Crown Agent for the transportation of 150 Irish convicts in 1791, only to involuntarily follow them nine years later.
Hayes' wife, Elizabeth, died young in 1794 leaving him with a son and three daughters. Finding himself with major debts and no way to pay them off, Hayes placed himself at the centre of the most notorious marital scandal of the period by abducting a wealthy Quaker heiress, Mary Pike, with a fortune said by some to amount to £20,000 and by others to £80,000. On the evening of 21 July 1797 Hayes ambushed Mary Pike's chaise and took her to his house (Vernon Mount, near Douglas) where a marriage ceremony was performed very much against her will. The bride's relatives quickly rescued her from Sir Henry's household and an award was issued for the sum of £1000 his capture.
Hayes evaded capture for two years before eventually surrendering himself. He was originally sentenced to hang but this was commuted to transportation for life to the penal colony at Botany Bay.
On his journey to Australia in 1801 Hayes bribed Captain Richard Brooks of the Atlas to be allowed various privileges and to be accompanied by his servant. He quarrelled with Surgeon Thomas Jamison who was on the same vessel, and when Hayes arrived in Sydney in 1802 he was sentenced to six months imprisonment "for his threatening and improper conduct".
After his release, Hayes purchased the property which he called 'Vaucluse' in 1803 where he built Vaucluse House, later to become the home of the distinguished Irish-Australian politician W.C. Wentworth. Vaucluse would later become the first property of the Australian Historic Houses Trust. Hayes surrounded his property with turf from Ireland to keep out the snakes which were common in the area and the tactic appeared to work.
Hayes made himself a nuisance to Governor King (whom he called Hayes "a restless, troublesome character") by consorting with the wilder spirits among the Irish convicts, and by trying in 1803 to form a freemason's lodge after permission to hold a meeting for this purpose had been refused. It is doubtful if Hayes had a warrant to establish a lodge, though he claimed he did, but his meeting on 14 May 1803 is regarded as the foundation day of Freemasonry in Australia.
Hayes was pardoned in 1812 by the new Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, popularly known as the 'Father of Australia'. In that year he sailed to Europe in the Isabella with Joseph Holt, a United Irish general and leader of a large guerrilla force which fought against British troops in County Wicklow in 1798. They both survived a shipwreck of the Isabella at the Falkland Islands on their passage home. An interesting account of their shipwreck can be found in the Memoirs of Joseph Holt.
Hayes lived in retirement in Ireland for nearly 20 years and died in 1832 aged 70. He is interred with his wife, son and daughter-in-law in the Hayes vault of Christchurch, directly behind the Terry vault that can be seen from the crypt viewing box.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia, whose official "duty is to contribute to the stability of the currency, full employment, and the economic prosperity and welfare of the Australian people", made a blunt statement justifying its largely unexpected decision to cut interest rates to a record low.
RBA Governor Glenn Stevens, in a statement on the monetary policy decision:
This follows information showing inflationary pressures are lower than expected ... Inflation has been quite low for some time and recent data were unexpectedly low ... the Board judged that prospects for sustainable growth in the economy, with inflation returning to target over time, would be improved by easing monetary policy at this meeting.
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On The Road To Food Security
Last year many of you heard me say "I've been there, and I've met children in Zambia who do not have even one meal a day, so I need to go and do something about it.". Well, now I know them by name, they greet me regularly with hope in their smiles, and thanks to you I'm able to deliver some relief food.
Bags of mealie meal (a flour made from corn) are being cooked into a doughy substance called nshima and filling tummies here and there in Mbayi. Occasionally, to provide some nutrients, I include beans, carrots, or a bit of kapenta (tiny dried fish), relish they call it, meant to accompany nshima. But the need is great and I have to ration very carefully, making prudent decisions that leave many wanting.
Those who are not able bodied, typically young orphans and the disabled elderly take priority, but many more are lacking nourishment. As they struggle through this lean season, some of the men make a bit of charcoal which they carry long distances, hoping to sell on the roadside or in markets. Women, if they have, do the same with small quantities of mangoes or cassava leaves. Others rely on residents from nearby towns, who possess land in Mbayi for crops and sporadically hire help, making payment with just a few cups of flour for hours of hard work in their fields.
These people - often working when ill and in pain - are doing the best they can, but no matter how hard they try, they remain destitute.
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A group of agencies that formed a union type community called the ACC (the Association of Communication Companies), a self-regulating body whose goal is to "upgrade, promote and defend the profession (creative communication)". All the agencies involved have taken down their sites with a manifesto they created. The manifesto will remain up for a week. This is interesting, but more of a PR stint. They have Digital Tchotchke's attention, but than again we are on their side.


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Since Spinach and Artichoke Dip is one of my favorite Monday Night Football treats, I thought it would be a great one to tackle. I had seen a yummy vegan version on Plant Powered Kitchen and thought it would be the perfect recipe to try some Silk Almond Milk in!
¾ cup unsweetened Silk Almond Milk (or soy milk or cashew milk)
¾ cup raw cashews
3 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 clove garlic
¾ tsp salt
¾ tsp fresh ground pepper
½ tsp dry ground mustard
Pinch cayenne pepper
12 oz jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained
8 oz pkg frozen spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry in a dish towel
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
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Closing Date Extended to Monday June 17th
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This is the very first CHAT conference to venture beyond theory to directly address the basics of what we do and how we do it. We seek to provoke explorations of the practical ways in which we engage with the materiality of the contemporary and historical past. We will be looking at the ways in which we create and use our data, the tools that we use to communicate, and the processes by which we manage, assign significance and prioritise the work that we do. CHAT:method will continue CHAT's tradition of reaching beyond academia, to active research taking place outside universities, and seeks contributions that will pull apart, reflect, critique and reassemble method. We hope to upset, disrupt and politicise methods where needed. We also actively seek contributions from those working outside the discipline of archaeology.
At MOLA, across the sector, and in many of the countries in which we work, the overwhelming majority of archaeological fieldwork that is done is funded by developers. We will be particularly interested in contributions that address this and explore how contemporary archaeology can function within the frameworks of the developer-funded sector.
Questions that we would like to explore include, but are not limited to:
• What are our methods? Can they be characterised? Have they evolved over time?
• Does the archaeological nature of things, places and people lie in the methods that we use to observe and record them or in the direction of our gaze?
• Has serious consideration of method been overlooked or side-lined within contemporary and historical archaeology? If so, why is this?
• Can contemporary archaeology be done well within a developer-funded environment? If not, what's stopping it? Do our frameworks need to change?
• Do our funding sources affect our methodologies, and how?
• Can investment in heritage conceal or create negative as well as positive impacts? Is there such a thing as 'heritage-washing'?
• How should post-colonial critiques influence the ways in which we work?
• How do timescales and workflows influence practice? Is some archaeology too slow to address contemporary issues?
• How do digital and technological methods and innovations interact with our work?
• What role should creativity and imagination play within our methodologies?
• How do we go beyond imparting knowledge to enchant and inspire?
• What does the rising popularity of nationalist rhetoric seen in many countries mean for how we do archaeology? Can we use the way in which we do archaeology to challenge movements that take inspiration from nostalgic readings of the past?
• How does ethics intersect with and influence method?
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Walking around the gardens of Stowe reminded me of countless trips to country houses and national trust properties that my mum took me and my brother on as children. At the time these gardens seemed nothing more than huge playgrounds; with trees to climb, bushes to hide in and grass to stain elbows and knees. A slightly older me could appreciate the aesthetics of the gardens as well as the animals and plants that they harboured. Whilst this gave me a great deal of enjoyment, gardens such as the one at Stowe mean more than this.
Battle of Zama by Henri-Paul Motte, 1890
Landscape gardens fit into a long tradition of nature being used as a political tool. Hannibal used elephants to intimidate the Romans, Western colonists excluded indigenous peoples from game reserves and national parks are a key part of nation-building and national identity. The design of Stowe was an act of defiance and rebellion against the perceived corruption of the government of the day.
Turning his back on the straight-edges and expression of dominion over nature that classical formal gardens loved, Cobham began to blur the sharp definition between 'nature' and 'society'. Up until this period, civilization could only occur once nature had been properly excluded and controlled. The transition from a formal garden to one that projected an illusion of 'naturalness' was part of this rebellion. The liberation of nature from the strict command that man had placed on it reflecting Cobham's desire for a freer society and a loosening of the stranglehold that Walpole had established.
The Temple of British Worthies
It seems that as long as humans command aspects of nature, it will always be contorted into a statement. Whilst the stone visages that stare out from the Temple of British Worthies stir up a sense of patriotism and pride, this must be tempered by the knowledge that everything in this carefully designed garden is there to push a political message (if a somewhat outdated one). Translating this to the present, we must be aware the everywhere nature is used in this way and be careful of conservation being used as a vehicle to spread political ideals.


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There's been a dearth of Ponies here recently. We'll have to do something about that.
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"It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty."
– Alfred Jarry
Jonas Gustavsson's save percentage is up to .922, good for eighth in the NHL among goalies who have started eight or more games.
Five-on-five, it's a marvelous .945. Few goalies are better.
Jarry's all poetic, but I call Monster a number one goalie.
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I am an avid snail mail lover. I love to send the people in my life greeting cards for any and all occasions. I even send them to my very own daughters living in my home. I guess that is because I have memories of receiving cards for all occasion from my mother. May sound a little excessive to you, I say we need more random acts of kindness in the world, and sending greeting cards is mine. I also love purchasing cards. Some of my favorite places to find unique, high quality, inexpensive cards is at Home Goods. I stock up on the regular so that I am never caught unprepared for a special occasion or life event. Doing so, I have devised a system to stay organized so that I am ready come an occasion.
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Oh, how much fun are they having?!!!!! How cute.
Mighty M said…
Such fun! My kids love box rides from dad too!
Heather said…
I LOOOOOOOOOOVE this...it makes me wanna giggle too!
Annie said…
Haha, love their giggles.
I love that!! What agreat daddy!
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What a good daddy!!
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This makes me very happy.
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I have an award for you on my blog! Please come accept it.
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aaaah so cute! well done Daddy xx
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Illinois Supreme Court Rules that Retiree Health Subsidies are Constitutionally Protected Benefits
July 10, 2014
In a 6-1 decision that may have significant ramifications, the Illinois Supreme Court held in Kanerva v. Weems that state-subsidized retiree medical premiums for certain public sector retirees are a protected benefit under the pension protection clause of the Illinois Constitution. This decision is important because it may significantly restrain the state's ability to address escalating retiree medical costs by reducing the subsidies that it provides to active retirees.
Illinois currently subsidizes the cost of retiree medical coverage for participants in various state pension systems, including for participants in the State Employees' Retirement System (SERS), the State Universities Retirement System (SURS) and the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS). Illinois passed the State Employee Group Insurance Act of 2012 (Public Act 97-695) which required that current retirees begin making contributions based on a formula. Unlike prior legislative changes to the state retiree medical subsidy rules (which only applied to new participants on a prospective basis), Public Act 97-695 required retirees who were entitled to fully or heavily subsidized retiree medical coverage to contribute (or contribute more) to the cost of those premiums.
The new contribution scheme was challenged by a number of groups and retirees as violating the pension protection clause of the Illinois Constitution. This clause, from Article XIII, section 5 of the Illinois Constitution, says that "[m]embership in any pension or retirement system of the State…shall be an enforceable contractual relationship, the benefits of which shall not be diminished or impaired." The plaintiffs' claims were dismissed at the pleadings stage at trial for a number of reasons, including on the ground that retiree medical benefits are not traditional retirement benefits and thus not subject to protection under the Illinois Constitution.
The Supreme Court reversed and held that the state's subsidies toward the cost of retiree medical coverage are indeed subject to constitutional protection, which the legislature may not diminish or impair. A key part of this decision involved the Court's recognition that in order to receive state subsidized retiree medical benefits, a person must be a participant in one of the state's public pension systems. Because the state's subsidies toward retiree health coverage are conditioned on membership in an Illinois state pension system, the Court reasoned that these subsidies should be subject to the pension protection clause. The Court remanded the case back to the trial court to determine whether the benefit reductions of Public Act 97-695 violate the pension protection clause.
Impact of Kanerva on State-Subsidized Retiree Medical Coverage and Ongoing Pension Reform Litigation
The immediate impact of Kanerva is that it gives state subsidized retiree medical benefits constitutional protection. As the Supreme Court remanded the case back to the trial court for further consideration, it is still unclear what changes the legislature can make to retiree medical benefits without running afoul of the pension protection clause.
It is hard to tell what impact Kanerva will have on the consolidated challenge to the recently enacted pension reform legislation under Senate Bill 1. For example, the Court did not clarify the scope of the term "diminish or impair" under the pension protection clause as it would apply to the benefits that are disputed in the pension reform litigation. Kanerva also did not address one of the key arguments that the state is making in its defense of Senate Bill 1—that Illinois retains certain sovereign powers to amend the pension provisions of the Illinois code to reduce pension benefits for current workers and active retirees in light of the state's precarious fiscal situation. Further, the pension issues involved in the challenge to Senate Bill 1 are different from the retiree medical subsidies in this case. After Kanerva, these issues remain unresolved.
At the same time, the Court reiterated that when it interprets the pension protection clause, it will do so liberally in favor of the rights of the pensioner. This language may prove troubling for the state should the Court resolve the Senate Bill 1 challenge under the pension protection clause.


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As part of my promise to continue to search for the candidates position on what most deem Greek-related matters, I stumbled upon this piece originally posted on Hellenic News of America. If it is true, it not only brings McCain's foreign policy stance in to question, but also the notion that he is somehow a maverick candidate who despises DC's corrupt systems. I say this because Scheunemann's antics are a bit reminiscent of Tom Delay's inner circle around the time of the 2000 election.
Obviously this type of information is important to those that think it is important to know where America's next President stands on issues related to Greece, in addition to their stance on vital domestic issues.
I'd especially like to highlight that up until recently, I thought that the debate over the naming of FYROM was irrelevant; this changed when I saw propaganda masquerading as school textbooks that show FYROM's borders extending to the Aegean, including Thessaloniki. Under this olive tree, call yourself what you want, but don't go using that name to redraw maps or incite people to defend the concept that map defines.
We are all aware of the letters sent by FYROM Prime Minister Gruevski to Greek PM Karamanlis, to the President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso,to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and many other world leaders regarding an artificial "Macedonian" ethnic minority in Greece. Following the veto to it's anticipated membership at the NATO Summit in Bucharest, FYROM's political leadership is in the process of transferring its dispute with Athens to the USA, with the objective of changing the breadth and the depth of the negotiations, which are currently being held under the auspices of the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations Matthew Nimetz, and of 'isolating' Greece as a country which severely violates human rights.The coordination of these activities, as well as the confrontation of the 'Greek Lobby' has been assigned to ORION Strategies, a company founded by Randy Scheunemann.Randy Scheunemann is the Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to John McCain and coordinator of the opposition to the 'Greek Lobby' and of the promotion of FYROM's propaganda, through ORION Strategies.
His relationship with the Republican Party's presidential candidate is an especially close one and they frequently travel together.
As a down payment, his company received US $300,000 from the organization United Macedonian Diaspora.
The aim of ORION Strategies is to establish a propaganda machine incorporating US government officials, operatives, diplomats and analysts.Randy Scheunemann was also instrumental in convincing President Bush to attack Iraq. And he almost succeeded in getting American troops involved in the Russia-Georgia conflict.
John McCain's current Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Randy Scheunemann, is being paid by FYROM to lobby against Greece. He is coordinating Gruevski's letter writing campaign raising issues of an artificial "Macedonian" ethnic minority in Greece. Imagine what would happen if McCain becomes president.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Mac's Foreign Policy Man on FYRO-Macedonia
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Labels: Bush administration, Macedonia, McCain
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Celebrating Greek Fashion Sense!
On a lighter note, xronia polla to Ms. Xanthipi Joannides, fashion director at GLAMOUR magazine.
While it is easy to remember when to celebrate the "name" days of Maria, Eleni, Kosta and Niko, there's also a wealth of beautiful names that fall under the radar but deserved to be cheered. Even more cheer-worthy? Her effortless style and chic without trying too hard!
Na sas xairomaste Kiria Joannidi!
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Labels: fashion, feast days, glamour, name days
Monday, September 22, 2008
Greek Texting Campaign Against Hunger
Stop by any Greek cafe, in Greece or abroad, and you're sure to see a collection of cell phones, keys and unfortunate habits (cigarettes) alongside a freddo or frappe. This week, Greeks have the chance to put those cell phones to good use.
ActionAid today launched a campaign in Greece to raise money to fight hunger, which affects children across the globe more frequently than we can imagine. You can help raise money for this worthwhile cause by texting AA (for ActionAid) to 19454. The campaign is supported by Cosmote, Wind and Vodafone.
Spread the word!
Facebook group already includes more than 1,000 members.
Thanks to Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis for alerting us to this effort.
ActionAid today launched a campaign in Greece to raise money to fight hunger, which affects children across the globe more frequently than we can imagine. You can help raise money for this worthwhile cause by texting AA (for ActionAid) to 19454. The campaign is supported by Cosmote, Wind and Vodafone.
Spread the word!
Facebook group already includes more than 1,000 members.
Thanks to Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis for alerting us to this effort.
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Labels: Action Aid, Africa, Poverty, SMS, Texting, World hunger
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I had already lost 10 pounds 2 weeks before Christmas (gained 4 of it back during the holidays...oops), so I plan on continuing to stay on top of what I am putting into my body and how much I am exercising. Calvin will be crawling very soon and I want to be able to keep up with him without losing my breath. The past year I really let my exercising routine fade into being non existent, so I want to make more of an effort to feel strong and healthy again.
I want to start journaling more regularly again. I used to say that my blog was my journal, but to be honest there is so much I don't share on here. I want to focus more and meditating, and taking quiet time for myself to just write my feelings and thoughts.
I want to be more present this year. Less "netflixing", more playing with Calvin, more talking with Alex. When I loose my cool, I want to respond in love, not anger. Patience is something I have always had trouble with, but I really want to work on it a lot more this year.
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I am DELIGHTED to be joining the Troubadours of Divine Bliss with John Gage on Kentucky HomeFront, October 13th. Like Mountain Stage or WoodSongs, Kentucky Homefront is recorded with a live audience and their "front porch broadcasts are reminiscent of radio variety programs of a bygone era." These folks are truly ANGELS ON THE AIRWAVES, and the best part is you can come and share in the magic of a live taping! For front porch pickers and music lovers far afield, the show airs on WFPK (NPR) and Crescent Hill Radio in Louisville! Stay tuned for the broadcast schedule *
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