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- Mr. Zero said...
Oh my god the JFP is a disaster.
- April 28, 2009 at 2:37 PM
That fucking blows.
- April 28, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I saw a guy downtown today with a sign reading "Will philosophize for food." You'd think that there would be lots of open adjunct positions. Nothing. Just nothing.
- April 28, 2009 at 6:29 PM
At the state U where I adjunct, they're losing two adjuncts who are moving on to other jobs in the fall (including me), and it looks like there will still have to be additional cuts. It's grim.
- April 29, 2009 at 11:36 AM
Makes me think of the scene from "History of the World, Part I" with Mel Brooks
- April 29, 2009 at 2:56 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
I really didn't think the VAP market would be this bad. I thought schools would be trying to save money by hiring VAPs instead of TT positions. I guess they're saving money by not hiring anyone at all.
- April 30, 2009 at 7:03 AM
Ugh. I'm surprised by how bad the VAP market is too. I've had a bunch of interviews and short-lists and jobs cancelled out from under me etc but still don't have anything for next year. It's a strange situation: to come so close one minute to having a dream job and then staring at having nothing for fall the next. Now I'm not sure if it's worth trying again: a gap on the CV won't look too good. Or is this worry overstated (I can't seem to get a straight answer on this)?
- April 30, 2009 at 8:46 AM
At the good LAC where a close friend works, they were supposed to get a VAP for next year (as consolation for not getting the tenure line they were promised earlier). Now, instead, they're closing some upper-level courses with low enrollment and replacing them with fewer lower-level sections that fill up. They stay below the 25-student threshold that US News cares about, so it doesn't hurt their ranking.
I think this is typical, unfortunately.
- April 30, 2009 at 9:12 AM
cross the breeze, I implore you, do your best not to give up! Your case sounds very much like what I experienced this year - so close you can taste it, and then it's gone - and it can be difficult to rebound from. (I count myself fortunate to have at last gotten a TT CC offer.) But if you can bear it, do try again next year -- people will understand the CV gap given the economic situation.
- April 30, 2009 at 11:09 AM
Keep in mind three things:
1) many institutions still haven't set their budgets for next year year. They will not do this until _after_ May 1 when students in the incoming freshmen class commit.
2) The JFP (and APA) is becoming more and more irrelevant. One JFP gets published the weekend of the Central APA meeting (making it impossible to apply and interview in a reasonable manner), and the timing of this one is ridiculously poor as well given what I stated above.
3) A number of schools are just bypassing the JFP altogether. In the last month, I've had interviews/been contacted about 4 VAP positions that were unadvertised on the JFP. If you're in a graduate program in any big city (Boston, NYC, DC, etc.) then departments looking for visiting professors just email the department chair and/or graduate director at the schools with graduate programs in the area. Why bother to pay for advertising and/or flyouts when they have a perfectly good selection of candidates that can just hop on the subway/commuter train and come and visit.
Perhaps, as members of the APA and users of the JFP, we should stop caring about relatively trivial things like whether or not some small, catholic school that no one has ever heard of is discriminating against homosexuals and start caring about producing a publication that is meaningful and having academic organization that serves a useful function. I am not suggesting that these two things are mutually exclusive (in fact, we should accomplish both), but it's like trying to repair a leaky roof while the house is burning down.
- May 1, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Does anyone think that U.S. Philosophy programs should be ashamed for hiring Canadians or other foreigners, not Americans, in this extremely tough job market? Should our job market be protected? The Canadians protect theirs, so that no American or other foreigner can be hired unless a qualified Canadian cannot be found.
- May 2, 2009 at 3:43 PM
Leave the poor Canadians alone. Canadian universities hire Americans all the time (I don't think that law about having to prefer Canadians really has any influence on hiring decisions---it only technically applies when a school is choosing between equally qualified candidates, and each school can decide for themselves how qualified each candidate is). Plus it seems to me that Canadians are at a disadvantage when applying to American schools anyway, since Canadian schools aren't rated as highly as they might be in the PGR, and their supervisors who write them letters necessarily work at low-profile Canadian schools. But, of course, I would think that, being a Canadian and all.
- May 3, 2009 at 9:00 AM
Anon. 3:43, Canadian departments only claim on paper to protect their job market, in order to follow the rules.
In practice this is not really so. In some cases having a PhD from a Canadian institution may count against you.
- May 3, 2009 at 12:07 PM
I'm an American who will soon be starting a two year postdoc fellowship at a Canadian university. Should Canadians be excluded from jobs at American schools? Hell no. They quite happily hire Americans, and are quite serious about funding fellowships. That business about giving preferential treatment to Canadians exists on paper. In reality, they look for their best candidate, get clearance from the govt, and that's it. They also welcome American students to their universities (I personally know of several), while it is harder for Canadians to study in the US.
All in all, Canada is far better to us than we are to them.
- May 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM
- Clayton said...
"Does anyone think that U.S. Philosophy programs should be ashamed for hiring Canadians or other foreigners, not Americans, in this extremely tough job market? Should our job market be protected? The Canadians protect theirs, so that no American or other foreigner can be hired unless a qualified Canadian cannot be found."
I don't. There's no evidence that I know of or that others seem to know of that suggests that Canadian universities in practice discriminate against those of us who aren't Canadian. Even if Canadian law forced universities to engage in some sort of discrimination, that seems to provide no justification whatsoever to discriminate against philosophers who are in no way responsible for that policy.
- May 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Thank you. You have provided me with a perfect example of an argument from ignorance for my critical thinking class today.
And you have provided me an example supporting the legal positivists' separation thesis for the next time I teach phil law.
Oh yes--and you have stated the obvious. Thank you. What would the world do without analytic philosophers?
- May 5, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Anon 12:38,
What Clayton said sounds pretty reasonable to me. Both parts. Do you know of some evidence that Canadian universities discriminate in practice? If not, what is your point?
I guess I agree that what Clayton said is fairly obvious; but apparently 3:43 who asked the question wasn't aware of it, so it did need to be said.
- May 5, 2009 at 5:55 PM
- Clayton said...
Dear Anon 12:38,
You probably shouldn't be teaching critical thinking if you think you found an example of an appeal to ignorance in my previous comment. The previous comment contained no argument, so it contained no argument that is properly classified as an appeal to ignorance.
- May 5, 2009 at 8:28 PM
C: "I don't [think that the U.S, job market should be protected]"
P1: "There's no evidence that I know of or that others seem to know of that suggests that Canadian universities in practice discriminate against those of us who aren't Canadian" [Appeal to ignorance]
P2: "Even if Canadian law forced universities to engage in some sort of [legal] discrimination, that seems to provide no [moral] justification whatsoever to discriminate against philosophers who are in no way responsible for that policy." [hidden premise: strict law/morality separation, also slightly circular and question-begging]
Wow, an analytic philosopher who cannot even recognize when he is making an argument--amazing!
- May 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM
This is tedious, but I suppose it has to be said.
When someone declares, "I know of no evidence that ...", it implicates that one in the speaker's position would be likely to know of such evidence, if there were any, and it invites others to come up with some. What I wonder is, did you really not know that, or are you just pretending not to know it so that you can be bitchy?
Your P2 makes no sense at all. There is no "strict separation" premise -- whether Canadian discrimination justifies discrimination against Canadians has nothing to do with whether the discrimination is legal or moral. There is no circularity. Question-begging and circularity are the same thing. There is no such thing as "slightly circular". Do you really teach critical thinking?
- May 8, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Reporting the psychological fact and saying that you don't know of any evidence or reason to accept what someone says is an argument for what conclusion exactly?
- May 8, 2009 at 2:02 PM
"The argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance"), argument by lack of imagination, or negative evidence, is a logical fallacy in which it is claimed that a premise is true only because it has not been proven false, or is false only because it has not been proven true."-Wikipedia
"One of the defining features of the legal positivist understanding of law is the insistence on the separation of law and morality. In other words, state or private action may be legal, and yet immoral, and vice versa, depending on the extent to which it is based on legal rules recognized as valid within the particular legal system in question. The positivist insistence on the separation of law and morality remains controversial."-Prof. Seitzer, Princeton U
- May 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
don't feed the trolls, yo.
- May 9, 2009 at 6:08 PM
I think that I would have to agree that based on the definitions given by 3:36 (which seem right), Clayton has made an appeal to ignorance and subscribed to the faulty law/morality separation thesis.
- May 11, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Wow, that's great, because I (and I'm sure many others) had been thinking, "if only some random anonymous reader would write in at 9:20 am and offer an opinion, I wouldn't really care if there were any new argument offered at all." I sighed to myself, and then added, "people are so shy about offering their own personal opinions these days." I shook my head and returned to my work, unsatisfied, but resigned to continuing my life without any affirmation one way or the other on the topic of whether Clayton really did appeal to ignorance, according to the definitions in 3:36.
And then, as if a higher being had heard my inner thoughts...
- May 11, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Yes, well, in my own defense let me say this instead of grading.
First, the passage from Wikipedia is from Wikipedia.
Second, the passage from Wikipedia says that the fallacy is committed when a _premise_ (but not a conclusion?) is claimed to be true only because it has not been proven false or false only because it has not been proven true. That's not right for a few reasons. Here's one. Not all appeals to ignorance are fallacious. Rummy was wrong. Sometimes the absence of evidence just is evidence of absence. (Some examples for Anon's class.
(a) No one has ever seen any good reason to discriminate against foreign philosophers so it's likely that there aren't any.
Is that more like:
(b) No one has ever seen any evidence of intelligent life from another world, so there probably isn't any intelligent life from another world.
(c) No one has ever found any evidence of WMD in Iraq, so it's likely that there never were any WMD there.)
Third, when someone asks whether anyone thinks blah blah blah and some says 'No', that can't be taken as the assertion that one lacks the belief that blah blah blah or that one believes the negation of blah blah blah. I asserted that I did not have the belief that U.S. Philosophy programs should be ashamed for hiring foreigners. Maybe I have idiosyncratic views about self-knowledge, but I didn't think that in reporting that I lacked a belief I was then expected to produce evidence or reasons for believing that I lacked this belief.
Maybe Anon 5.7.2009 @ 6:54 disagrees. Maybe he knows my mind better than I do. I thought what I intended to do was to say that I didn't share a belief and then say that I didn't know of any reasons to believe what the original poster seemed to believe--namely that we shouldn't hire foreigners. If that means I'm some sort of strict separatist or whatever, so be it. I thought it meant that I grasped the relatively obvious distinction between giving reasons for a conclusion and saying that you couldn't see reasons that supported a conclusion you didn't accept. For the record, I think it's okay to hire foreigners even if Archie Bunker and Anon thinks Canadians are conspiring against us.
- May 11, 2009 at 11:17 PM
Suppose there was a valid inference from:
P. The fact that Canadian law forced universities to engage in some sort of discrimination provides no justification to discriminate against Canadian philosophers.
C. The legal positivists' separation thesis is true.
Wouldn't that mean we have a sound argument for the legal positivists' separation thesis? I mean, shit, if all it took to show that the positivists were right is to show that it's not morally appropriate to discriminate against Canadians, it seems we have ourselves one damn fine argument for the positivists' thesis.
- May 13, 2009 at 11:48 AM
I think we should continue discussing the merits of Mr. Littlejohn's argument. But talking about Canadians is boring.
- May 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM


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by Punchy » Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:16 amSurprise, surprise, another awesome issue of Daredevil, even without Chris Samnee (although he is still credited here, not sure what for, I guess he's contributing story ideas at this point) this book is still one of the best things on the stands today and fill-in artist Jason Copland is pretty similar to Samnee anyway. That's one of the best things about this title, all of the artists have had compatible styles, Copland is a little rougher than usual, a bit more Michael Lark-y, but still great.
This issue begins with a weird dream sequence, with a young Matt Murdock at the beach, having a conversation with Foggy. I loved the little touch of how Foggy didn't look like Foggy, because Matt Murdock doesn't actually know what his best friend looks like, so in his dream, Foggy just looks like some random Grocer from when Matt was a kid. Recent issues have really been doing some interesting, new stuff with Matt's blindness, and this is another cool example of that, Waid is really using the character's disability well. Foggy starts to walk out to sea to drown, but Matt can't move to save him. This is all very symbolic I'm sure, but really, I just wanted to get back to Daredevil teaming up with the Legion Of Monsters.
But before the action can begin, there's the small matter of saving Daredevil from certain death, thanks to a bullet wound. He's tied up in bandages from the Living Mummy, but it's going to take magic to save him. Satana and Jack Russell perform a weird spell on him, and hey, it works. I did like how Waid addressed Daredevil's scepticism about magic, and how it didn't matter that he didn't believe, another cool touch was that, during the spell, Matt heard sounds he'd never heard before, very creepy and evocative. So, Daredevil is back, even his costume has been fixed, but he soon puts his foot in it by mentioning the reason he's gone all the way out to Kentucky… the Darkhold book. This immediately puts the monsters on edge, and they start to attack, Daredevil fires his cane-rope-thing (what do you call that? Rapel?) in and out of the Mummy's chest and into a lamp, so if they attack him, the fire will get them all. He explains why he's after the Darkhold, that he needs to know about it to stop the Sons Of The Serpent, and in turn, Jack Russell explains what the Darkhold is. It's 'the first book', and it contains the magic that created vampires, werewolves, mummies etc. It's basically a unified theory for monsters, which is such a cool idea.
The Legion Of Monsters have the book, but some pages are in the hands of Lucien Sinclair, a sorcerer and Serpent. It turns out that the 'Serpent' in the name 'Sons Of The Serpent', refers to the original serpent, the Devil, which is very cool, not only because this story features Satana, but because it provides Daredevil with enemies who literally worship the Devil. Not only is Waid using the blindness in new ways, but he's using the character's name in new ways too! Genius. Lucien Sinclair is in what appears to be a simple shack, but it's guarded by powerful magic, nobody can get through because what they see would drive them mad. Luckily, our hero can't see.
Daredevil makes his way to the shack, and whilst we can see the manipulations being caused, like a cave in the shape of a snake, luckily, he can't. Matt even wanders into the Garden Of Eden, where the Serpent talks to him, and shows him how he unleashed man's true nature, of powerful people hating those they consider beneath them. Presumably, there are visions of racism and lynching going on around Matt, but he can't see them, but he can hear them, and it is a dark, dark scene. Waid is doing a really good job here at tying in what we thought was just a race-hate group into the occult. Matt reaches the final doorway, and realises that, he's only there because he couldn't see it, and that the only people who could get through this without going mad are people who belief in the racism demonstrated. It was a test, so only people who are true to the Serpent's cause could gain access. Matt is furious, bursts in, and burns down Sinclair's books. The Legion are pissed, because they could have used this knowledge, but Matt has achieved what he came for, as he's snuck away with some mysterious pages, I can't wait to see what he does with them.
This was of course, another fantastic issue, It's hard to believe there are only 3 issues left of this run as we know it. Waid has consistently put Matt Murdock into situations outside of his usual milieu, and this was the best example yet. The occult and Daredevil really do mix!
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:23 am
by Cas » Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:57 am
Care to elaborate?
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:19 amI just completely disagree with everything.
I love the hell out of this arc.
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:48 pm
See I LOVE the Legion of Monsters. I think it's fun seeing characters out of their element.
And I wouldn't say they have no place in a DD comic. This is the same character who has tangled with Mephisto and Blackheart in the past, afterall.
by Cas » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:00 pm
If wanted to stories about characters like that (and I really don't) I'll go get another comic that deals in that kind preposterousness. That what the rest of the MU is for.
Those stories you mentioned are BY FAR some the THE WORSE stories ever put to print, all the more exacerbated since they were (and HATE to say these next few words) in a DD comic. They were absolutely horrendous on every conceivable level of creativity and should have served as a lesson of what NOT TO EVER DO in a DD comic again. Clearly, and very unfortunately, this little romp in Kentucky says the lesson has been ignored, however.
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:05 pmDifferent strokes I guess.
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:14 pm
It wasn't a particularly good story, but my point was just that DD is no stranger to dealing with the occult.
And Waid is a much better writer than Ann Nocenti. Although her run overall was pretty good.
by S.F. Jude Terror » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:14 pmI just read this last night and loved this issue. It's pure insanity to not enjoy this arc.
by Wally Brando » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:17 pmI also liked DD facing off against the Mole Man earlier in Waid's run. This has been a great change of pace run, coming off the gritty and depressing last decade or so the character has had.
And I say that as someone who only gave it a chance because of the strong creative team, but who was skeptical because I was such a massive fan of the Bendis and Brubaker runs.
by Cas » Sat Nov 23, 2013 2:18 pm
Up to a point is fine, sure. But mummies, werewolves, zombies, the awfulness of Nocenti's entire run? NO.
NO. Just, just NO.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore Aric Dama has been tabbed as the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) baseball pitcher of the week for the games between March 14th and March 20th.
Dama, a native of Winfield, Illinois, got MIT's conference schedule underway with a 1-0 shutout of last season's champions Wheaton College. Dama pitched six innings of shutout ball, striking out four batters and allowing just five hits. The sophomore improves to 2-0 on the year after pitching another shutout of Trinity College. He also pitched a perfect inning on Thursday in Tech's victory over Wentworth.
Dama has pitched twelve innings this season, allowing just six hits and striking out eleven batters while not allowing a run.
The Engineers have won six straight games after dropping their first one to Trinity. They recently completed a three-game sweep of Wheaton in Winter Haven, Florida to get their conference season underway. They will continue their spring training trip with a game in Florida against Bowdoin College at 2:00 PM today.


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Blake Bailey does not make it easy for the casual reader of his gargantuan John Cheever biography. But those who persevere will be rewarded with a compelling portrait of a complicated and tortured author, some of whose stories are among the best ever written.
At the start, Bailey assumes a familiarity with Cheever's character — conflicted bisexual, abysmal alcoholic, loving but often cruel father, relentless prevaricator — that exceeds what all but the most knowledgeable readers will bring to the book.
Thus, in a prologue and the early chapters on the history of Cheever's New England clan, Bailey jumps back and forth between the man's sins and triumphs, between what really happened and the mythology that Cheever made of it in conversation and private journals. It seems like nothing so much as the beginning of a dense and ambitious novel, and the exasperated reader will be forgiven for thinking, "700 pages of this?"
After a few chapters, though, Bailey settles down to a conventional chronological strategy, and the book finds its narrative legs.
Cheever, born in 1912 to a well-off family that fell on hard times, suffered a childhood marred by the weakness of a hard-drinking father and the strength of a resilient but controlling mother. The precocious young writer published his first story, Expelled, at age 18 in The New Republic.
Bailey details Cheever's conflicts with The New Yorker, where more than 100 of his stories eventually appeared; his interactions with important figures (Malcolm Cowley, e.e. cummings, William Maxwell, Muriel Rukeyser, Walker Evans, to name a few); his stormy marriage to Mary Winternitz; and his rise to precarious suburban gentility.
Cheever, amid massive insecurities, hit his peak as a short-story writer in the late '40s and '50s, writing beautiful melancholy stories of middle-class, mid-century American life. Critic John Leonard once admiringly called him "the Chekhov of the suburbs."
In late middle age, Cheever's drinking grew to suicidal proportions. His marriage in ruins, he finally went to rehab, after which he enjoyed a few years of fame and financial security. His novel Falconer (1977) was a best-seller. So was The Stories of John Cheever (1978), a rarity for a short-story collection. He died of cancer in 1982.
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I have recently spoke and chatted online with folks about the power of Twitter as a professional development tool. I have also posted to blog posts on my feelings and experiences with Twitter titled Twitter 101 and Twitter Has Changed My Life. Some of the reservation I have encountered is just the fear of the unknown and not knowing where to start. So, I hope this video will help get newbies started. The video quality is not as good as I would have liked due to the size of the file that I uploaded. If you are interested in obtaining a high def version to share direct message me on Twitter @stumpteacher.
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KosherEye Featured Cookbook
by Esther Levy
Introduction by Joan Nathan
Andrews McMeel Publisher
First published in Philadelphia in 1871, this historical culinary volume from the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection is a facsimile edition of the first Jewish cookbook published in America, and only the second written in English. The first was written in 1846 by Lady Judith Montefiore. The American Antiquarian Society (ASA), founded in 1812, collects and preserves printed materials from the early American experience, which includes 1,200 cookbooks.
The purpose of Esther Levy's Jewish Cookery Book, was to assist European Jewish immigrants adapt to American kitchens and life in the New World, while maintaining their religious heritage. It includes a Jewish calendar, household management advice, culinary tips and intriguing original recipes for home medical remedies following 19th century Jewish law regarding cooking for the Sabbath and Jewish holidays
Who was Esther Levy, the author? All that is known is that her maiden name was Jacobs, and she was likely a native Philadelphian. Her recipes show strong German influence. Her English is flawless, while her Hebrew seems nonexistent. Some of the Hebrew names in the Jewish calendar section are almost unrecognizable. This can possibly be explained because in the mid 1800's, it was not unusual for observant American Jewish families to allow their daughters only the minimum education required for a future wife, such as learning about Jewish dietary laws and ritual bathing.
Some brief excerpts:
"Egg Plant. – Cut it into slices, about a quarter of an inch thick, and let them soak in cold water and salt for two or three hours. then fry them with egg and flour a nice brown color"
"Coogle, or Pudding, and Peas and Beans.…Let it cook a day and night.." (Need we say more?...this is Esther Levy's version of cholent)
"Matzo Cleis Soup. – (For Passover)"Set your soup as in other soups. Soak two matzos in cold water, and then fry two or three chopped onions in some suet fat; squeeze and strain the soaked matzos, beat it up with three or four eggs and the meal; add the onions and chopped parsley and mix all together with some pepper, salt, ginger and nutmeg grated and make it into round balls, pretty stiff and boil for ten minutes, not more, or they will break."
On the subject of Passover. – "Before using the kitchen tables, they must undergo a thorough scrubbing, and be rinsed with scalding water.. .Cisterns must be cleaned, chopping boards must either be new or those that were used for a former Passover. It is necessary to be very particular, so that there shall not be the slights part of leven in our habitations."
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This book offers the reader a glimpse into the early American kosher Jewish kitchen. It should be read and savored as a historical culinary and lifestyle record. We found it illuminating, entertaining, insightful and informative. Interestingly, many of the recipes, household hints and medical treatments are remarkably quite familiar and some, although a bit more sophisticated now, are still in use.
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bdawg wrote:EmilyE wrote:Try www.pegaskites.com They're new this year and great kites at an inexpensive price
I appreciate the link and the info. I looked up the prices and have to disagree about the inexpensive. If i was paying $730 for a complete 5.0 banshee or $710 for complete 5.0 chimara i would just go and get an Ozone. The price doesn't really justify inexpensive in my opinion.
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Just about an hour ago I got an email from a person who stumbled into this blog and she said: How totally bizarre that you are a distant cousin of mine! To be honest, the number one reason I blog is to attract cousins, both close and distant. I figure that if there are cousins out there doing genealogy, sooner or later, they'll go to Google and plug in our shared ancestor's name. She did just that and found a blog post about Honora O'Flynn and William Logston. Mention of this notorious couple was in a post that also contained a reference to GEDmatch. Short story even shorter, she and I have exchanged GEDmatch kit numbers and are now off looking to see if we share any DNA from this couple. This morning I didn't even know her and this afternoon, we're comparing chromosomes!
Then a lovely email greeted me this morning from Cousin Rich, who I must say is a very good researcher! Mom and I were just wondering last week how he was doing. He's doing great! He still hasn't found the official documentation of a particular law suit we were all looking for, but never mind. What he has done is document the Revolutionary War contribution made by a shared ancestor... and now he's off to fill out DAR forms. He said, and we all support this, that these Patriots should be listed and honored. Go Rich!
I'm sitting here this afternoon listening to Big Band Era music on Jazz 88.3 radio station out of San Diego, working on my uncles on Mom's Ancestry.com Big Tree, adding photos of them during the war years. Perfect accompaniment:) I've decided to add more informal and candid photos there. I like the formal, "official" portraits well enough but the candids taken with those Brownie cameras are closer to my heart.
My kind of day!
Uncle Harold Conrad with his new bride, Mom's sister Dorothy Williams Conrad.
Dad in the middle with his two brothers, left is John Delbert Kelly, and right is Bernard Michael Kelly. Delbert, Pat and Bernie, about 1942.
All of the Kelly women, 1942.
Here and below, Bernard Michael Kelly.
Cambria Williams Jr., "Camey", Mom's brother.
Here and below, John Delbert Kelly. That's Mom looking sassy!
The URL for this post is: http://nutsfromthefamilytree.blogspot.com/2013/08/wisdom-wednesday-my-kind-of-day.html


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good gloves but they were too big.It is hard to try to purchase womens gloves on line.
Great value. Not best glove I've had but by far best $20 glove I've had.
keep hands dry and warm at 35 degrees and up
I bought these rain gloves for a 2000 mi. trip. The first day, it rained so I took out my new gloves. Suprise, no thumb on the inside. I was not too happy as it was pouring and I had 200 mi. to go that day. So I took a knife and cut the glove open so I could get it on. It was kind of funny at the time, so I finished my 2000 mi. trip with only a day and a half of rain and returned home. I called J&P Cycles and explained to the very nice sales rep. She was able to send me a replacement with all the thumb slots intact. By the way, the gloves were great and kept my hands warm and dry even with the inside lining cut. It's a good product for the price and J&P Cycles was great.
I wore these for 1,500 miles through Alaska, including up the Dalton HWY into the Arctic Circle, and they kept my hands warm and dry the entire time. If I ever have to purchase another gloves of this type, these will be what I buy again.
These are like snow boarding gloves. Insulation seems to be about right for mild weather in California winter. Not too much bulk. Worn only in light rain and worked fine, but might soak through in prolonged or heavy rain. No real impact or abrasion protection in case of fall. Ok for the price.
I assumed these were going to be snowmobile gloves (thick and hard to manage). But they are made thinner and not bulky which is great for riding, and they do still have some insulation. Excellent product.
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Good value.
Not waterproof! Kept my hands nice and warm but in the rain hands got wet which made it difficult to remove and put back on.
Good gloves, at a great price! Haven't been in the rain yet, but good for the cold, good fit, and I love the neoprene wrist under the bell!
Used frequently over the past year and a half. Just starting to show wear. I ride in nearly all weather but try to dry everything after wet rides. These are a good value. I may replace them after 2013 season. (I'm not easy on equipment).
nice fit not to bulky
Pretty solid pair of gloves. Keeps my hands warm in the cold and dry in the rain. The thumb wipers didn't work out perfectly for my goggles but they work better than rubbing my gloves all over my lenses.
These are not for warm weather rain riding ...more for a snowmobile or ATV. They will work well in the cooler months but they are too much for the warmer months.
The gloves are comfortable and water proof and easy to slide on. I recommend these gloves for cool, but not cold, weather and rain.
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Poor stitching on Velcro and edging. Had to re-sew only after a few times worn.
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Not waterproof in the Florida rain, but does help.
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These gloves are really great.
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Gloves were labeled as XXL but were no where near that size. More like large. Liner was poorly attached to outer shell.
gloves protect from rain. Shipping was fast . Cold weather rating not appropriate as in cold weather my hands are still freezing in these gloves.
Used them on my way to Sturgis worked great hands stayed dry through 100 miles of prairie rain.
very comfortable and good grip
The Goretex shell is well designed, but sizes are way small, my XXL has very short fingers. Also, liner is not removable, I had to significantly modify these gloves to be able to dry them overnight.
Size was a bit tight but will break in.
needs a soft tacky rubber grip for slick wet days
Haven't really had the chance to use them but the gloves are very comfortable, they fit well and seem to be made very well. Definitely worth the price.
THese are great gloves love them for cold days
Perfect fit. Comfortable. Hands do not sweat as they did with other "rain proof" gloves. Haven't hit any real cold temperatures yet, but so far, very good. I'll probably order another pair as a back up. Also, shipping by J&P, on all my orders, is prompt and efficient.
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I withdrew from a university 2 weeks ago and have really questioned it since. I thought I had made my mind up but now I am not sure. Has anyone here ever withdrawn, recondidered, and reapproached a school? Regardless, does anyone have any advice for me on this?
There is a pretty big scholarship involved in this. I was trying to do the right thing by freeing up the scholarship but should have waited a little longer, I guess.
I paid the deposit on April 1st, visited another school's ASD on the 11th and paid the deposit there, and on the 13th I withdrew from the first school. I was very respectful and complimentary in my withdrawal and even mentioned that I was afraid that I would second guess my decision. Initially, I was emailed by "the admissions office" and then a few days later, I received a more personal email from the admissions dean. This evening, before I posted this thread I replied to her email and expressed my regret at having withdrawn. It was after normal work hours. I didn't outright ask to be "reconsidered" but I feel like I opened the door for them to offer. The reason that I didn't just outright ask is that I would still want to visit and get a better feel before I totally committed. I had attempted to visit before but a family emergency caused me to cancel a few days before. This school is a few states away.


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AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
You might want to visit this site with historical ratings back to 2000. They are complete through the end of last year. Not all shows appear on these lists, only ones on commercial channels that carry advertising. Shows like Hyouge Mono carried on pay services like NHK-BS are not listed.
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The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
And Yamato 2199 did 5.9% in Osaka.
For today that I suppose is impressive. 40 years ago, when there were less channels, that wouldn't be as good. The orignal series in 1974-75 had an average rating of 6% and that was considered bad. (Its third rerun in 1978, during Yamato Fever, was 13.8%)
Yamato 2 (Comet Empire series) had an average rating of 22.9% on its first run in 1978-79. That series was awesome. Also that was the high point of Yamato Fever.
(Third series didn't do as well with an average rating of 15.4% in 1980-81.)
Will lightning strike twice? It is starting to look like it. Will the Yamato Fever return? Maybe.
So why isn't anyone legally simulcasting or streaming this series? Nor talking about it much in the English speaking world? half the bloggers and reviews seem to be avoiding it because it started coming out in theaters last year, but they didn't review it then either.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The land of tempura
|2013-04-09, 17:14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2007
I was waiting for the TV broadcast of Yamato thinking it would get a legal stream, but of course it didnt.
I do plan to watch it but at this point I might as well wait for all the movie rips to be out and just watch that.
|2013-04-09, 20:15
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Space Brothers : 5.3% (for a recap episode no less)
(I don't update weekly anymore because leaks on 2ch unfortunately don't happen anymore. All ratings (usually the weekly top 10) can be found on Video Research's website http://www.videor.co.jp/data/ratedata/top10.htm - section 5 - or on animenewsnetwork).
For other ratings, we depend on the website mentioned above by SeijiSensei which is alas updated once in a blue moon.
|2013-04-14, 23:15
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Age: 25
Man they've really locked down the ratings. We've regressed so much since the days we could get ratings for anime in late night MBS slots.
Do we know how well the last episodes of Magi did yet? I haven't even tried to check 2ch.
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Join Date: Jul 2011
I don't think so. Here's all the info available about Magi as of now :
Episode 1 : 2.5
Episode 2 : 3.8
Episode 3 : 3.2
Episode 4 : 3.8
Episode 5 : 5.1
Episode 6 : 4.0
Episode 7 : 4.8
Episode 8 : 4.0
Episode 9 : 2.9
Episode 10 : 3.5
Episode 11 : 4.5
Episode 12 : 3.5
No update since but I do believe 5.1 is the peak rating as I don't remember Magi entering the top 10 recently which a 5+ rating would have allowed.
|2013-04-17, 09:35
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Join Date: Aug 2007
I think the real test will be how it does once new material starts up again.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
I understand the need to acquaint the new audience with the Space Brothers story. I just hope the three-recap model doesn't alienate the existing viewers. I don't think the negative reactions from foreign viewers like us here are very telling when it comes to the Japanese audience. Devoted viewers like us would be a small fraction of the audience there, too. That original 5.3% for the first episode in the Saturday timeslot has to be good news, though. Looking back at the 2012 ratings for Space Brothers, it ran largely in the high twos. I don't see any rating as high as 3.9 in the last half of 2012, though admittedly those are from 7am on Sundays. From the performance of Magi (5p, Sun) at 4-5%, Space Brothers might expect to see a small bump in its average ratings from changing timeslots, maybe even a whole point. Whether the show can start routinely breaking 3.9% and making Atarashi's charts seems a bit much to expect. Still, coming on right before Conan has to be a boost.
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Anna Harris - Teaching, General Teaching Projects in Fiji
In September 2011 I made a big decision to pack up my suitcase and head to the other side of the world. With no idea what to expect and having never travelled alone I was nervous and excited about what I had signed up for. I left London on the 1st September and after 27 long hours of travelling, I arrived in Fiji. I was met by a few other volunteers that had arrived at the same time.
My Fijian Family – Chef Shailini
I remember being in the car on the way to my host family wondering if I had made a big mistake, when I arrived at my new home I was met by Shailini (my host mum) who after 10 minutes put my worries at ease. I have to say Shailini, Kartic (Fijian host brother) and Katrin (volunteer host sister) were one of my highlights of Fiji. Shailini was very relaxed which helped me to feel at home when I was so far away from my family. I hope at some point in the future I can get back over to Fiji to see them again; they made my trip the best it could have possibly been.
Teaching placement at the school
My first day at my school was one I will never forget. I was placed with Mrs Lal in class 2 (ages 6 & 7). When I walked into the class the children looked at me like I was an alien, they didn't want to speak to me and they would just keep looking to see what I was up to. After the first few days the children had gotten used to me being there and were much more forward with me. Teaching was a challenge, I was at times left alone with the children which was daunting but I managed.
The classes are very large in comparison to English schools but once I had learnt all their names it became easier. When you spend every day with the children you begin to form a bond, they could be very cheeky at times but you couldn't help but fall in love with them. By the time my month in Fiji was over I was very upset to be leaving my class, they presented me with a few gifts to remind me of Fiji and we had a little class party. Before I left I hadn't prepared myself to becoming attached to people but in such a short period of time I knew I didn't want to leave.
Travelling in Fiji
Having arrived very early on a Saturday morning I was advised by Shailini and Katrin that I should head to Bounty Island with the other volunteers for the weekend - what a great decision. The other volunteers were wonderful and friendly and really helped me to forget about my homesickness. That first weekend I met Sine & Laura, they had come from Denmark & Australia to do the same project as me. We instantly hit it off and became great friends from that moment on.
Midweek we planned a trip to Suva for the following weekend and we were joined by Bernadette and other volunteers. From that weekend my friendships with Laura, Sine and Bernadette became stronger. We would head out in the afternoon and evenings together and spend the weekends together. I did not want to leave Fiji, I loved being able to share such an amazing experience with such wonderful girls. Bernadette and I even managed a skydive!
Back to Reality
As much as I prayed, my time in Fiji would not slow down. I did not want to leave my class, my family, my friends and the beautiful country that Fiji is. My final night in Fiji was spent at home, Shailini cooked a feast and the girls came over to enjoy my last evening in paradise. Leaving Shailini and Kartic was so difficult, we had very big hugs and promised to see each other again soon. Once I arrived at the airport the girls stayed with me until it was time for me to go, I have never dreaded leaving somewhere so much.
As I got to the departure gate I started to cry, it had dawned on me that as we all lived so far from each other we would possibly never get to all be together again. Since being home I have spoken to all the girls and Shailini, I really hope we get the chance to meet again.
Looking Back
As I look back on my time in Fiji all I can do is smile. I have so many memories that I will keep forever. Sadly I cannot fit my whole story into a document, this small piece of writing doesn't do any of what I did justice. I would recommend volunteering in Fiji to anyone that's considering it. Sophie at the Fiji office makes everything so easy and she was a great help if ever I needed it. The children are wonderful and the people are amazing.
Anna Harris
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Also.. Shinto isn't an aggressive missionary type of religion like J-C-I.
Most VAs cosplay their characters at times for various functions or photoshoots. Somewhere I've seen photo and video of the VAs who play the twins in miko costume .... and if you've watched VAs - even if they don't fully resemble their characters physically, they do a pretty good impression of their personality and facial expressions.
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|2008-07-23, 14:08
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Lunch's getting cold!..!
Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret txt Miyuki's Spaced-Out Secret pdf
And soon something different and quasi-educational (but fun!): "The Girls From E.D.O."
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Trust me though, it does not matter whether they get the same trains or not they all live in Saitama, so by my guess I would assume that it is a big community.
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Dee On, I think... you need to stop making American and Christian assumptions about life and culture in Japan.
If you're this interested in Lucky*Star, start reading up on cultural and daily life in Japan. You might subscribe to Peter Payne's account of his life in Japan (he's the owner of j-list.com) for starters. Visit shinto.org for some enlightenment -- most of the religions of the world are *nothing* like the Judeo-Christian-Islamic branches. Take some courses about modern Japan and its culture.
1) I sincerely doubt L*S influenced any girls to become miko. I would actually be surprised (happily though) if almost any female teen even watched the series in Japan.
Anime (especially slice-of-life-comedy about girls) is still mostly the province of single young males with little normal social life though that is changing.
2) Property is extremely valuable in Japan. The homes much less so. Most homes are completely rebuilt when a new family moves in, when there are new additions (children, new spouses), many homes are multi-generational. Property in Japan typically passes down through the matriarchal lines so its likely the oldest daughter would inherit --- but that varies.
3) Blessing new construction is traditional and simply another way to help support the cultural importance of Shinto. Priests do not typically get wealthy (often they must have a regular job in addition to their duties) except perhaps in the largest shrines.
4) There is no resemblence between the attitudes and lifestyle of american VAs with their japanese counterparts. And frankly, many american VAs love their work -- I've met Jess Harnell, Rob Paulsen, Tress Macneille, Maurice LaMarche and heard interviews with the Simpson cast. They really like what they do and they're quite flattered when people take the trouble to thank them despite them being "invisible" because American animation producers typically like to pretend they don't exist (which is why the Simpson's cast asserting some rights to the huge pile of money was so interesting).
In Japan, fans will follow a series simply because one of their favorite VAs has a role in it. The japanese animation producers really play up their VAs as part of the whole package. Though japanese VAs don't pull much salary -- their status with the fans can garner them loads of free perks (living expenses, travel costs, clothing, etc).
Equal rights in Japan is running about 20 years behind the US in cultural respects (much like their pop music seems to sound like it came from 20 years ago). It has done that as long as I've been Japan-watching (about 35 years now). Until quite recently, women in Japan look at college and careers as simply a step towards getting married and being a stay-at-home wife. They're right at about the early 1970s mark where they're saying "hey, wait a moment why do I have to quit and why can't I have THAT job if I'm qualified". Many of the men.... are like deer in the headlights still wishing for that imaginary 1950s "perfect japanese wife". Some of them are getting a clue and adapting, some are pushing back. The result is a plummet in marriage and childbirth and a rise in divorce. It isn't even really an age thing --- when I listen to many Japanese otaku 20-somethings.... they sound like my grandfather talking about women. Stodgy, stubborn, and destined to lose.
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You beat me to it Vexx, but you are far more educated than I am in the area, so it's better that it was you. I even learned a few things from that post myself. I've been reading a ton of books on Shinto lately. Its differences from the Western religions are really fascinating to me. I should check out that website too. Have you lived in Japan?
And thank you for standing up for all the awesome voice actors in both our countries!
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I found another one.
In episode 14, the Hiiragi family are watching the Japanese version of the British game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?". Which is actually airred in Japan and is hosted by Mino Monta (who is on the actual Television on the episode).
I watched a clip of the Japanese version of the show and realised why Kagami says "His face is always so close!" which made me laugh. I laughed even more when I found out why she said it. This clip says it all...
I couldn't believe how similar it is to the original British version. The music and sound effects are the same and everything. Also Mino Monta is one of the only hosts that hosted this game show in a different country that kept the same famous catchphrase "Is that your Final Answer?", which I thought was awesome. Even the studio looks exactly the same!
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I don't know if these ones have been posted(probably) by anybody but, in episode 13 I think, there is a reference to Code Geass, one of the manga store clerks uses the geass have konata buy a manga or a dvd, i don't remember.
Then in episode 15, well you got the blatant reference to Da Capo, including the opening song of the first season, and pictures of konata doing/wearing stuff that are "trademark" of some of the da capo girls.
Nemu's yellow ribbon , Kotori's Beret, and the picture where she's sitting on a wall is a reference to Moe, in episode 6, I believe.
Now for the least obvious "reference"(might be, might not), I don't remember in which episode, but Yutaka tells Minami that she looks great in her yukata, and she gets depressed because the yukata looks good on her because she's flat chested.
That scene reminds me of a scene in fifth episode of Uta Kata, where Michiru tells Keiko she does NOT look good in her yukata because of her huge chest, making her sad
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I think the effort in maintaining the list wore off as the series ended. It just wasn't funny looking at it more than once.
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Hey, anyone else see that Lucky*Star (and Washinomiya Shrine) made the front page of The Wall Street Journal?
That's some pretty nice international recognition.
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Its a nice article overall... though there is some garish over-focus on the few otaku who dress like the Lucky*Star characters ("scores" versus "300,000" at New Years):
The interesting parts of the article are the interviews with the business people and the shrine folk who are just darned happy that people visit, play nice, and spend money
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I figured that the article, like any other news article would exaggerate or focus on shock factor. I was still sorta surprised at how much attention they gave to the guys in skirts. Doesn't sound entirely Wall Street-ish to me. But oh well. :P
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Quite a unique way for a small town to take advantage of visiting and spend happy Otaku. Rather than shoo them away it makes sense to use it for tourism. Lucky Star brings the Otaku and the town reaps the benefits. Just another way in which this series is like free advertising for everyone who get's involved other than Kadokawa themeselves.
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And about the yutaka thing, I guess that could be true, tho I don't remember seeing something like that in other animes.
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Someone may have already mentioned this (prolly not), and I apologize for repeating if they did.
I think it's in episode 4, when Konata is at home trying to study, but then get's distracted and decides to read some manga. I may be wrong, but the little figure on her desk reminds me of Akuma from Street Fighter. Well, that's what I thought when I saw this. I'm prolly looking too much into the references this show makes, but with Lucky Star ya never know!
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1940's denim overalls
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by LadyArian
Berkshire, Unite...
From Folkwear's Rosie The Riveter pattern
Now, let's face it, I'm not thin. But luckily, I am an hourglass, so this pattern is quite good for me, since it has a defined waist (which inexplicably didn't fit when we were taking photos earlier. I am hoping I've lost weight, rather than done bad sewing!).
This did take a fair amount of adjustment to get right, since my body is quite an extreme hourglass, so the pattern needed some peculiar tweaking, not least all the darts in the bodice. The original pattern has 2. My version had to have 6. And even though I've taken 4" off the width of each culotte, I guarentee I could take at least 2" more! :) I also added to the waistband because of my tum, but strangely, that didn't affect the pleats at the front of the trousers. I am confused.
Having said all that, I love these and they could easily become my favourite bit of workwear. They're extremely comfortable, practical and far more flattering than other work overalls! The pockets are deep and nicely set into the side, and the pleating allows for a really flattering shape. All in all, I love this pattern and the next thing I'm making is a pinstripe version for work :). Hopefully, it'll hang better than the denim ;). I also fancy a chiffon version, but I haven't found a cloth I like yet…
However, a word to the wise – when bending down to saw some wood in brand new overalls, don't use the green thread in the back of the thread drawer just because it was a pretty colour. Use good quality thread which you know the age of, or the last picture will happen and you'll be embarrassed :D.
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Feb 4, 2012, 02.49 PMby rshelly13
I made some 1940's british land girl breeches. i have been wanting to make an american version and thanks to you, i can now find a pattern. the land girl pants that i made had additional hem tape in the inside seams to keep it from splitting as you bend over. this may help your pants. they were designed to work in and i love them.
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Feb 5, 2012, 04.12 PMby LadyArian
Completely agree :). Once I'd made the denim ones though, I realised that they could be adapted to a lovely summery playsuit if in chiffon – the pattern has a lot of adaptability, which I do approve of ;). I've also made Folkwear's Ao Dai, which again, is a beaut of a pattern. Unfortunately it doesn't fit me any more :(. Boo.
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A young man appeared at my office door. Already a sign that something was up, as today's students prefer to approach life electronically. Why talk when you can text? Even more ominously, he had lowered his headphones.
Though I don't know him well, he wanted to ask about his grandfather, who is dying. He'd been giving that a lot of thought. What does his grandfather's death mean, if there is no afterlife? Life after death is one of the ideas he jettisoned a couple of years ago, when he parted company with the Catholic Church. Though, as he put it, Catholicism is still part of his identity, still something he someday wants to share with his children. He simply no longer believes most of what the Church teaches. Until now … maybe.
As he put it, "Can I begin to believe in an afterlife because my grandfather is dying? What does that say about my own judgment, that my beliefs are based upon fear and need?"
"Plenty of people have said as much about religion."
"But I thought I had religion settled. Now it's come open again, and I don't know what to do."
"I think that's what happens in college. Life opens and closes."
"But how can I believe and not believe at the same time? How can I pray to a God whom I'm not sure that I believe in?"
"We all pray to a God we don't fully believe in. No one can claim to possess a mystery, and, whatever else God is, God is surely that. That's why we pray like the fellow in St. Mark's Gospel, who told the Lord, "I do believe. Help my unbelief!" (9:24).
"So, what should I do now?"
"Have you thought about Mass next Sunday?"
"Too far, too fast."
"Okay. Well, you're already doing one thing that's essential to a life of faith."
"I am?"
"Yes. You're asking questions of life. That's how we experience God in this life. Whatever mystery God is, we encounter God by pondering the meaning of our lives. Think about it. We're the only creatures on earth who keep asking what life means. That's what you're doing in college, what you're doing now, in this office. Life hits each of us full in the face, but only a person of faith asks what it means. You are a person of faith, because you're questioning the meaning of life, of your life."
"You know, I think that's a problem with my generation. We never unplug enough really to think."
"You're right, but every generation finds ways to ignore life's questions. Some people do that with ease, and some people, like yourself, can't help but to ponder what it all means."
"But will my questions ever have an answer?"
"Yes and no. They'll never stop. By the time this question has settled into your soul, you'll be on to new ones. Pondering life doesn't end. Each answered question leads to another one, but we change, we ripen, as we ask those questions. Put it this way, we don't find final answers; but, if we seek long enough, the answer finds us.
The mystics report that one crucial element of a mystical experience is the sense that every detail of their life, in that mystical moment, makes sense. Everything suddenly, and ever so briefly, appears purposeful. For the rest of us, there's Judgment Day, which isn't so much about what we've done as it is God finally revealing what it all meant. I've always thought that what we've done, or failed to do, will be quite obvious in the light of that explanation."
"Yeah, that makes sense. So what do I do now?"
"What you're already doing. Asking questions. Trying to pray. Though I always tell people like you that it's important to offer God a grand gesture. It doesn't change God's openness to you. It opens you to God."
"A gesture?"
"Like paying a visit to church. Or sitting awhile with a Bible. Lighting a candle. Taking time to stare at nature. Listening to a song that moves you. You need to show God that you're open, that you've heard a voice—even one you don't believe in."
"I gotta go to class right now."
"So do I. But the questions will continue to call. Try to find time to answer."
Off to class for both of us.
"At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people" (Dan 12:1). As the Church's year draws to a close, we turn our attention to where it all began: history. Only human beings truly live in history; only humans create history; and, most importantly, only humans question history. For the religions of the West, God is revealed in our stories. As Christians, we believe that history itself has been touched by God in the person of Jesus the Christ, that all of history leads into, and out from, his person.
That's virtually all we know of history. That it matters. That it's meaningful. That it's Christic. That's why to be a person of faith is ever to question history, our history, the days of our lives. "Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. But of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Mk 13: 31-32). God is not an answer we possess. God is question we can't stop posing as we ponder life.
Daniel 12: 1-3 Hebrews 10: 11-14, 18 Mark 13: 24-32
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Many came from Chicago, where James Villar spoke to his parents by cell phone early that day. His father, Ray Villar, called to see how things were going in the city where he and his wife, Lila, raised their children. After retiring, they started spending half of their time in the Philippines, helping to build a church and run Bible classes in a farming hamlet near Sapian, in the province of Capiz.
"It was Thursday morning when I was dropping my kids off at school," James Villar said. "He wanted to know how I was doing. I was asking him about the storm, if they were going someplace safe."
Ray Villar said he and his wife were making everything secure, and planned to ride out the storm in their home.
"After that, I didn't hear from him," James Villar told Our Sunday Visitor on Nov. 14. "We started seeing the reports on the typhoon. We didn't realize it was going to be that big. We started seeing reports of massive devastation, and on Sunday, we started making plans for what we had to do to find them."
Indeed, Haiyan — known locally as Yolanda — broke all kinds of storm records. When it surged through the Philippines, it was 370 miles wide with sustained winds of 195 mph and gusts of 235 mph. It brought 27 inches of rain and a storm surge of 17 feet at Tacloban, the biggest city in the hard-hit central Philippines. The death toll was still fluctuating as reports from outlying areas came in, but on Nov. 14, the United Nations was reporting 4,200 dead and more than 3 million displaced.
The Villars appealed for news of their parents on Facebook. That brought word a few days after the storm; a freelance photographer in the area had to leave his motorbike and travel on foot to where the elder Villars were, but he sent back pictures and video of them in good condition, sheltering neighbors.
"Their house was OK — it just lost the roof," Villar said. "Most of the other houses are destroyed. The church is destroyed, and the Bibles they used for their class are ruined. The photographer said our parents were so thankful that we sent someone to check on them."
The Chicago-based Villars have turned their efforts toward collecting relief supplies through the Rizal Center, a Filipino community center, with the help of the St. Andrew parish and school communities.
Meanwhile, people in the Philippines were gathering to pray for the dead and to give thanks to God for their survival. It is what they have done over the centuries after all kinds of disasters. While Typhoon Haiyan might be unprecedented in its scope, it is one of many disasters the archipelago nation has endured.
"In times of crisis like this, after a typhoon or an earthquake, people say, 'Thank God we survived,'" said Stephanie Savillo of Chicago. "They don't blame God for the misfortune. They don't blame God for the typhoon."
Father Leoncio Santiago, a priest originally from the Philippines who is now a chaplain at Hines VA Hospital in Illinois, said that hope is a defining characteristic of Filipino faith.
"When push comes to shove, it is our faith that sustains us," he said. "Otherwise, we would be hopeless in the face of destruction. The Filipinos have always been very resilient."
For example, Father Santiago's home island of Bohol suffered severe damage from an earthquake in October, damage from which it will take years to recover. The church in his hometown, built by Spaniards in the 18th century, was flattened. The only thing left standing was a statue of Mary.
"The focus of the people was not the destroyed church, but the surviving statue," Father Santiago said. "You look up to your faith to give you hope. We will not be able to carry on if we don't have hope."
The Philippines are a primarily Catholic country, with thousands of people attending weekday as well as Sunday Masses and crowded prayer services and novena services, according to Filipinos who live in the United States. They address the Blessed Virgin as "Mama Mary," Savillo said, and understand that she will take care of them because she is their mother.
"When I went there, I went to church on a Wednesday, and I was like, 'What is going on?'" she said. "Is there some big festival I don't know about?"
It was a regular novena service for Santo Nino, the Holy Child, a very popular devotion in the island nation.
In the week after the typhoon, Savillo had been in contact with her niece, who lives two islands north of the primary area of destruction. Before the typhoon hit, she said, her niece and her niece's neighbors were all praying that God would spare them. After the storm passed, "she sent an email again, saying God is good."
Now Filipinos from the areas that were not affected are trying to take boats and get to friends and loved ones whose homes were destroyed. Organized relief efforts took time to get off the ground because, in the affected areas, roads, airports, communications services and other infrastructure were also in ruins.
Teresita Nuval, the director of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Office for Asian Catholics, shared an email from a Chicago-area woman whose family lives in Guiuan, the first area of the Philippines hit by the storm. The woman wrote of watching footage on the Internet.
"I could hear screams and cries for help as I watched the videos. The hardest part was getting a word if my family survived the ordeal. I was not sure if any of our people and my family could have survived in the lashings of Yolanda," she wrote. "I did not get a full sleep from Thursday through Monday trying to get a word that all of them are safe. Unfortunately, just as Haiyan made its landfall, Guiuan was isolated and was unreachable. … All Sunday and Monday, I was crying because they haven't located my immediate family. It was dreadful not knowing what had happened to them. … I resigned my family's fate to God's intervention at the end of Day 4, Monday. … Prayers are more powerful than any typhoons! As soon as I woke up on Tuesday, the message that I have been waiting for in the last four most difficult days of my life was in my inbox. My mom, my sister-in-law and her daughter, and my sister and her family had been found ALIVE."
Michelle Martin writes from Illinois.
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It�s been a challenging season for the Pamlico Hurricanes and the Jones Senior Trojans.
It�s been a challenging season for the Pamlico Hurricanes and the Jones Senior Trojans.
On the positive side, both football teams still have postseason aspirations.
A win on Friday would go a long way in helping it qualify for the playoffs.
Pamlico (1-7, 1-2 Coastal Plains) sits in the fourth and final playoff spot with two games remaining. Jones Senior (0-8, 0-3) is in sixth place with two winnable conference games on the schedule.
The Hurricanes and Trojans will square off at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Trenton. It�s the Sun Journal Game of the Week.
�That�s been our whole thought all week,� said Pamlico coach Michael Twichell. �If we win this one, we have a shot to get in (the playoffs). That�s been our motivation.�
A win for Pamlico, and they will secure that fourth spot � ahead of East Carteret (1-7, 0-3), an opponent the Hurricanes beat on Sept. 28.
If Jones Senior wins, it plays East Carteret next Friday for a chance to get into the postseason.
�We are not concentrating on the playoffs right now,� Jones Senior coach John Davis said. �I�m just trying to get through this season without getting anybody hurt.�
The Hurricanes and Trojans are extremely young, and have been decimated by injuries.
Pamlico has just two seniors � offensive/defensive lineman George Fenderson and linebacker/wide receiver Cody Bennett. It has a combined four freshmen and sophomores starting on defense.
Jones Senior, the defending 1-A Eastern Regional Champs, lost 10 seniors from last season.
The Trojans are starting six or so freshmen on offense and defense.
�It�s tough in Jones County, period,� Davis said. �Jones County is a rural county and probably one of the fastest shrinking counties in North Carolina. We are not getting a lot of people in here because there are not a lot of housing developments here. Whenever we lose a kid, it�s tough to get another kid to replace them.�
Twichell agreed that it�s difficult to rebuild at a 1-A school. Pamlico has won just two games since its 6-5 season in 2010.
�That�s 1-A football,� he said. �You have grades where you have a lot of good athletes, or you could have two or three good athletes. The 3-A and 4-A schools, they can weather that storm a little more than a 1-A school can.
�You will see a team make a run for two or three years, then they will have a down year. We have two seniors and Jones doesn�t have that many either. It�s tough because you are lacking numbers.�
Jones Senior has won the last six meetings over Pamlico. The Hurricanes� last victory over the Trojans was a 23-14 win in 2005.
Jones Senior beat Pamlico, 42-0, last season.
�It�s been a rivalry, a fun 1-A rivalry. It�s been lopsided. In the early 2000s, we dominated the rivalry.
�The past five of six years, they�ve dominated. It�s a school that�s close to us that is very comparable, and that makes it a good rivalry.�
Pamlico suffered a 36-14 defeat to Lejeune last week. Quarterback NaQuan Gibbs ran for 102 yards and scored two touchdowns.
Running back Jamal Coffee has added a punch out of the backfield. He caught three passes for 41 yards against Lejeune.
�They are going to be the difference on offense,� Twichell said. �If the offensive line plays well, those two guys should have a good night. They are our playmakers.�
Pamlico�s offense is putting up 12.3 points per game, while the defense is yielding 27.9 points.
Davis said the Trojans will rotate three quarterbacks against Pamlico � Warren Fields, Glen White and DeWanye Bryant.
Fields scored on a 54-yard run and threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Carlos Irving in last week�s 27-13 loss to Dixon.
Friday is Senior Night for Jones Senior. Darvoris Batts, who is out for the year with an injury, Miguel Foy, Marques Bryant, Craig Cobb, Will Price and Parrish Bryant will be recognized.
Game info.
Pamlico Hurricanes and Jones Senior Trojans
Where: Trojans Stadium (Trenton)
When: 7:30 p.m., Friday
Records: Pamlico (1-7, 1-2 Coastal Plains); Jones Senior (0-8, 0-3)
Coaches: Michael Twichell (Pamlico); John Davis (Jones Senior)
Key players: Pamlico: QB NaQuan Gibbs, RB Jamal Coffee, OL/DL George Fenderson, LB Cody Bennett; Jones Senior: QB Warren Fields, DB Glen White, RB Nihkee Jones.
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Here We Go Again: Operation In Our Sites Round 4 Kicks Off With More Domains Illegally Seized
from the ice:-where-free-speech-is-for-suckers dept
TorrentFreak is keeping a list of the seized domains for now, and once again, it appears to be a mix of linking sites and some that are involved in trademark infringement. In fact, some of the sites seem to just link to other streaming sites. This seems incredibly problematic, in that they seem to involve a gross expansion of what the law actually says concerning indirect infringement and criminal liability. But, even if you could read the law in the extreme manner suggested by ICE and the Justice Department, it doesn't change the fact that these seizures are improper under the Constitution. It's pretty sad, because Homeland Security and the Justice Department are supposed to be about defending the Constitution, not ignoring it.


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