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Records of Veterans' Benefits
| Researching Military Records
This article is part of a series.
|Overview of Military Records
|Service Records
|Records of Veterans' Benefits
|Miscellaneous Military Records
|Additional Sources
|List of Useful Military Resources
This article originally appeared in "Military Records" by Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, MA, MS, and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, FUGA in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Although bounties, paid in money and land, were sometimes provided as an enlistment incentive, the provision of benefits, especially the granting of pensions, was not widespread until after the Revolutionary War. Early fighters in Indian skirmishes and local riots submitted claims for supplies, equipment, and time spent to both legislative assemblies and county courts.
Pension Records (1774'1811)
The first congressional legislation authorizing the payment of pensions for Revolutionary War service was dated 26 August 1776, but the government did not begin paying pension allowances until 28 July 1789; applications for pensions were made to the federal government from that date. Many of the early applications were destroyed by fire in 1800 and 1814. A partial record of the earlier pensioners is included among reports to Congress in 1792, 1794, and 1795. Although applications for pensions were made to the U.S. government, they were initiated in the courts of the counties and towns in which the veterans lived. Note that a Pension Board refusal often led the claimant to seek relief from Congress directly.
The pension records for the Revolutionary War and later wars can contain much of genealogical value: affidavits made by the veteran and his neighbors or associates to support his claim, summaries of his service, the military organization in which he served, the dates of his service, his date and place of birth, names of heirs, relationship to others who served with him, his movements after the war, and information from family Bible records. Sometimes the Bible pages, torn out of the book, are enclosed as evidence.
For example, the Revolutionary War pension file of Reuben Johnson was filed in Anderson District, South Carolina, on 19 November 1832. The file is too long to reproduce in its entirety but is illustrative even in summary. Reuben Johnson filed a sworn statement with the justice of the peace of Anderson District to apply for a pension for his Revolutionary War services as a member of the Fourth Regiment of the North Carolina Line. He enlisted with Richard Phillips in 1776 at Surry County, North Carolina, and served for two and one-half years in the command of Captain Joseph Philips. On his statement he also named the marches in which he took part. After reenlisting, he was present at the siege of Charleston, where he was taken prisoner by the British.
While his affidavit does not indicate his birth date or place of birth, many applications do contain that information, as well as the veteran's residences after the war.
Reuben's wife applied for a widow's pension after her husband's death. This document contains information of greater importance. Nancy Johnson's affidavit of 29 March 1843 states that she was the widow of Reuben Johnson, that they were married 20 November 1788, and that her husband died 26 January 1833. Her sister Margaret Burroughs made a sworn statement that her sister was Nancy Johnson, nee Greenlee, who had married Reuben Johnson in North Carolina many years before. Margaret was six years old when Nancy and Reuben were married and did not know the exact date of their marriage, but she knew Reuben and Nancy had moved to South Carolina with her father, Peter Greenlee, and that the two families lived on the same plantation. Peter died about forty years before her testimony. Her mother died 1 December 1842.
Reuben Johnson's file also contained a copy of his marriage record from Wilkes County, North Carolina. The documents in Reuben Johnson's file permit the researcher to outline his movements from the time of his enlistment to his death and document two generations of ancestry.<ref>Pension Application #W10156 for Reuben Johnson and Nancy Johnson, service from North Carolina. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, NARA Microfilm M804, roll 475, image 548-57.</ref>
All of the contents of all of the application files are reproduced on microfilm in Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files.<ref>Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, NARA microfilm M804.</ref> Each roll begins with an introduction that gives the eligibility requirements of the various resolutions and acts of Congress from 1776 to 1878 that established pensions for Revolutionary War service.
A second microfilm publication, Selected Records from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, has far fewer rolls because it reproduces all records from files containing up to ten pages but only significant genealogical documents from larger files.<ref>Selected Records From Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files, NARA microfilm M805.</ref> Copies of both microfilm reproductions are on file at libraries throughout the country, including the Family History Library and its Family History Centers.
A digitized version of the Selected Records microfilm publication (M805) may be searched by the name of the applicant at the website of Heritage Quest. However, as explained, a file of ten reproduced pages could actually contain more, making it prudent to subsequently search in the more complete M804, Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Applications Files. The application number gleaned from either microfilm collection may be used to order the full file from the National Archives using NATF Form 85, or online ordering at http://www.archives.gov.
A four-volume set by Virgil D. White will prove useful in locating information from these files: Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files.<ref name="white">Virgil D. White, Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files (Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing Co., 1990-92).</ref> Also helpful are the compilations by Murtie J. Clark, including The Pension Lists of 1792'95; with Other Revolutionary War Pension Records (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991. Reissued 1996) and the National Genealogical Society's Special Publication No. 40, Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications in the National Archives (Washington, D.C.: NGS, 1976). This last publication will identify certain applications that were rejected.
Rejection of Revolutionary War pension applications did not necessarily mean that the applicant made a dishonest claim. Hundreds of applicants simply could not provide the necessary proof of service to be awarded a pension. The majority of applications were filed when Congress granted permission to all veterans in 1832. Discharges had often been lost or, in many cases, never issued. Comrades-in-arms who could have attested to service were often deceased or had moved away.
The Act of 1832, mentioned earlier, required pension applications to include the birthplace, age, and residence of the applicant, and more. Applications may also include mention of a soldier substituting for another relative who was drafted into service. Once all of the applications pertaining to a veteran were received, including those of the widows and other claimants, they were combined into one file.
Bounty-Land Records
Bounty-land warrants were authorized by Congress in 1776 as a substitute for the wages it was unable to pay its soldiers. If the soldier was deceased, his heirs took claim to the land after the war. The number of acres granted was based upon the soldier's rank and ranged from 100 to 1,100 acres. More information on laws and acreage can be found in chapter 10, 'Land Records.' This method of decreasing military costs worked so well that bounty-land warrants continued to be issued for post'Revolutionary War service. Congress eventually authorized bounty-land warrants to be issued for military service performed prior to 1855.
The number of applicants for bounty lands far exceeded the number of persons applying for pensions, but the bounty-land warrant application file is basically the same as that of the pension application file. The application provides the veteran's name, age, residence, the military organization in which he served, and the term of his service. If his widow or other heirs made claim, their names, ages, and places of residence are given. Not all veterans actually farmed the land granted to them. Many assigned their warrants to others for a fee. The attached image shows bounty-land warrant 8057, which designates Philip van Cortlandt, the assignee of Eleazar Yeomans, a soldier in the New York line. Yeoman's claim for one hundred acres was authorized by an act of Congress on 9 July 1788 and assigned to van Cortlandt on 16 July 1790.
Not all bounty-land applications were approved. The claimant had to prove his service in the war in exactly the same manner that a pensioner had to prove his service. Again, a rejected claim did not necessarily indicate that the claimant's service was never rendered, only that the claimant was not able to provide sufficient proof.
An estimated 450,000 bounty-land claims are on file in the National Archives. Some early claims were destroyed by the fires previously mentioned, but those remaining are available from the National Archives upon request using NATF Form 85. In addition to land grants made by the federal government for Revolutionary War service, Connecticut, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia chose to reward their soldiers with bounty land. Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck has indexed the bounty-land records from these nine states in Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments.<ref>Lloyd deWitt Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1996).</ref>
Pension Records (1789'1861)
Pension records exist for the period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the beginning of the Civil War, primarily dealing with the War of 1812, the Indian Wars, and the Mexican War. All of the indexes to these pension records have been published. These records are classified in three groups as the Old War Series Pension Records. These records pertain to pension applicants who were disabled or killed while serving in any war after the close of the Revolutionary War and before the start of the Civil War (except for the War of 1812 pensions included in the regular War of 1812 pension application files). A few files relating to naval service of men who were killed or disabled during the Civil War are included.<ref>Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicka, Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000), 174.</ref> The original applications are located at the National Archives and can be requested in the same manner as all of the records discussed earlier using NATF Form 85. These pension applications have been indexed; the microfilmed indexes are available at NARA regions, the Family History Library, and some other libraries. Indexes for Revolutionary War pension applications and the index for Civil War Union pension applications are increasingly available online.
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The USGenWeb Archives has embarked on a project to provide transcriptions of pension-related materials for all wars prior to 1900. The project, named the USGenWeb Pension Project, will accept transcripts, extracts, and abstracts of pensions and pension-related material. Submissions are placed in the USGenWeb Archives directory of the state and county of principal residence of the pensioner. An early submission to the project is the application for Mexican War veteran James M. Phelan, filed in Clay County, Arkansas, under the act if January 29, 1887. The Survivors Brief states that Phelan served in Hacker's Company, the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, as a private. He enlisted 25 June 1846 and was discharged 18 June 1847. Phelan was born 8 October 1824. The General Affidavit shows he is a resident of Piggott in Clay County, Arkansas, and owns 103 ½ acres of land in Union County, Illinois, three miles north of Dongola, with a value of about $25. His income is derived from renting the farm for 'about $67 per year after taxes and other expenses' and the $8 per month pension he already receives.<ref>Mexican War Survivors Brief and General Affidavit for James M. Phelan, Clay County, Arkansas, dated 02 June 1894, ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ar/clay/military/mexwar/pensions/phelanj.txt</ref> Details about the USGenWeb Pension Project are provided at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pensions.
War of 1812 Pensions
Pension application files for veterans of the War of 1812 include applications of veterans still living after 1871, when Congress authorized pensions to veterans who did not later support the Confederate States of America. Applications for death, disability, and regular service from widows and other claimants are included in the same collection. A second act of Congress in 1878 authorized pensions for veterans who saw as few as fourteen days of active duty. Virgil D. White's two-volume Index to War of 1812 Pension Files indexes applicants eligible for pensions or bounty lands under these two acts.<ref>Virgil D. White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files (Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing Co., 1989).</ref>
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These pension files give the veteran's name, age, and place of residence. If he was married, the marriage date and the maiden name of his wife are stated. The unit in which he served, the date and place of enlistment, and the date and place of discharge are also given. The widow's pension file will provide her name, age, place of residence, their pertinent marriage information, the date and place of the veteran's death, his enlistment date and place, and the date and place of his final discharge. The pension files are available from the National Archives, but the microfilmed indexes are available in various libraries throughout the United States.
Indian Wars Pensions
There were several Indian Wars between 1817 and 1858. The files of claims submitted for pensions are alphabetically indexed by name in T318, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892'1926. A printed index is Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892'1926 transcribed by Virgil D. White.<ref>Virgil D. White, transcriber, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 (Waynesboro, Tenn.: National Historical Publishing Co., 1987).</ref> In addition to the usual types of records found in pension applications, the Indian wars records contain a family questionnaire and, for the veteran, a personal history questionnaire. The family questionnaire shows the maiden name of the wife; date and place of the marriage of the couple and the name of the person who performed the ceremony; name of a former wife, if any, and date and place of her death or divorce; and names and dates of birth of living children.
The pension files are located at the National Archives. For pension application files concerning men who were disabled or killed in Indian wars and in whose behalf no service claims were made, see the records in the Old Wars series (discussed earlier). For pension applications relating to persons who served in an Indian campaign during the War of 1812, Mexican War, or Civil War, see the pension indexes relating to claims based on service in that war (following).
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- United States, Old War Pension Index, 1815-1926
- United States, Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926
Mexican War Pensions
Pension application files from the Mexican War were authorized by Congress in 1887, permitting veterans and their widows to file claims with the government. New restrictions specified a minimum of sixty days of service, a minimum age at application of sixty-two, or the requirement of being disabled or dependent.
These files contain basically the same information required in other pension applications, but also required the maiden name of the wife, the names of former wives, death or divorce information about previous wives, and the names and birth dates of living children. Pension applications were accepted between 1887 and 1926. They are indexed by name, and the index has been microfilmed as Index to Mexican War Pension Applications, 1887'1926.<ref>Index to Mexican War Pension Applications, 1887-1926, NARA microfilm T317.</ref> Copies of the files can be obtained from the National Archives. Published versions of the index to Mexican War pensions include An Index to Mexican War Pension Applications transcribed by Barbara Schull Wolfe; Index to Mexican War Pension Files by Virgil D. White; and Navena Hembree Troxel's thirteen volume Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1886'1926.<ref>Barbara Schull Wolfe, transcriber, An Index to Mexican War Pension Applications (Indianapolis: Heritage House, 1985); Virgil D. White, Index to Mexican War Pension Files (Waynesville, Ten..: National Historical Publishing, 1989); Navena Hembree Troxel, Mexican War Index to Pension Files, 1886-1926 (Gore, Okla.: VT Publications, 1983-95).</ref> Each of these indexes has its own unique attributes.
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Civil War and Later Pension Records (1861'1934)
The Civil War and later series of pension applications files relate chiefly to army, navy, and marine service performed between 1861 and 1916. The records of service in Confederate forces are not included in this file.
Federal pensions were granted to veterans of the Spanish-American War of 1898, the Philippine Insurrection of 1899 to 1902, and other conflicts of the era. Pensions based upon such service are included in the same index for Union Civil War veterans: General Index to Pension Files, 1861'1934.<ref>General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA microfilm T288.</ref> This index is also available as an online database at Ancestry.com, titled 'Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861'1934.'
If a Civil War veteran's widow, minor children, or parents applied for pension after the veteran's death, their applications will be indexed by the name of the veteran. Microfilm copies of the General Index to Pension Files 1861'1934'¯ are available at the National Archives, their regions, the Family History Library, and many libraries with large genealogy collections.
Civil War pension application files are the best of the early military documents compiled and contain valuable genealogical information. These files do not all contain the same amount of information, but one can expect to find at least some of the following information: the name of the veteran, the military or naval unit in which he served, the date and place of his enlistment, his birth date and place, the date and place of his marriage, the names and birth dates of his children, the maiden name of his wife, information about subsequent marriages, the date and place of his discharge, physical disabilities connected with service-related injuries, and his residences since his discharge. There will also be general affidavits of individuals who could attest to his disabilities and copies of the findings of examining physicians at the time of his injury and during subsequent periodic physicals.
Each pension applicant was required to complete a Declaration for an Original Invalid Pension.'¯The full pension file may also'¯contain applications by widows or other dependents after the death of the veteran.'¯James W. Reddish, a resident of Hancock'¯County, Kentucky,'¯sought his pension'¯on 2 February 1891. His application is based on'¯service in'¯the Kentucky Infantry Volunteers. It gives his physical description and describes injuries to his right foot and the dislocation of an elbow, and the contracting of measles in the hospital which resulted in the loss of sight'¯of his'¯left eye.
After James's death, his widow, Matilda Raddish [sic] filed a Declaration for a Widow's Pension. She'¯gives'¯James's death date as'¯19 February 1894. She noted that she was married on'¯5 January 1885 at Owensboro, Kentucky, and that both she and James were widowed at the time of their marriage. The dates of death for each of the former spouses is provided. She gives her maiden name as Matilda Sweat. She had one minor child, Alonzo Reddish,'¯born in March 1884.
The brother of James W. Reddish was Markus L. Reddish, who also served in the Civil War. A Declaration for Dependent Pension of a Mother or Father was submitted by'¯ Polly Ann Right, their mother. She stated that Markus had died of measles while in the service at Corinth, Mississippi, on 6 July 1862. She had married his father 2 October 1836 at Daviess County, Kentucky. After her husband died 1 March 1863 at Ohio County, Kentucky, she married Amos Right, who had in turn died 5 July 1880.
Polly Ann Right had four sons in the Union Army at one time, and her husband was killed by Confederate troops as he worked on their farm. This unusual family situation is fully explained in the collected Civil War pension files of the entire family. This family's files are representative of the majority of the records on file.
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- United States, General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
- United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files
- United States, Civil War and Later Pension Files, 1861-1917
- United States, Remarried Widows Index to Pension Applications, 1887-1942
- United States, Index to General Correspondence of the Pension Office, 1889-1904
Pensioners also completed periodic requests for additional information. The file of Solomon Winne, Kingston, New York, shows documentation of the maiden name of his wife, the date of their marriage, and the names and birth dates of their living children. Because she died a few months before her husband, his pension file included a copy of her death certificate. The document provides the exact date of her death, her age at the time of her death, the names and birthplaces of her parents, and where she was buried.
Winne's file also included an unusual document. His daughter, Mary H. Swarthout of Kingston, New York, filed an application to be reimbursed for expenses related to his last illness. He died 20 July 1909 at the Old Soldier's Home in Bath, New York, owing $75 for his board at the time of his death. He owned no real estate, personal property, or money.
Another document in the pension file is the termination of the pension. If the cause was death'the most common reason'the death date is usually listed.
One of the most valuable contributions that a pension file from any era can make in genealogical research is listing the veteran's residences after discharge. The World War I pension file of Giovanni Tenuta shows residences in Wisconsin and Italy. Westward expansion sent many families leapfrogging states between censuses in the post'Civil War years. Tracing the exact movements of individuals and families during that period is difficult at best and sometimes impossible without the assistance of the 'road maps provided in these pension files.
Confederate Pensions
Because the Confederacy was dissolved after the war, no central governmental agency provided pensions for service or disability of Confederate soldiers. Some of the former Confederate states, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, authorized pensions to veterans and their widows. Each state had its own regulations which applicants had to meet. In each case, however, the pension could be paid only if the applicant continued to reside within the borders of the state. If he or she moved elsewhere, the applicant had to qualify under the regulations of the new jurisdiction. State repositories may provide online searches of collections relating to pensions and other assistance that was given to veterans who resided in their states (regardless of their state of enlistment). The Library of Virginia website at http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/mil offers several databases of state-created Confederate files. 'Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows,' consists of pension applications and amended applications filed by resident Virginia Confederate veterans and their widows, and 'Confederate Disability Applications and Receipts' are applications to the Board of Commissioners on Artificial Limbs from injured soldiers. Other online indexes are in the list of websites that appears at the end of this chapter.
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- Arkansas, Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929
- Florida, Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955
- Kentucky, Confederate Pension Applications, 1912-1950
- Louisiana, Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950
- Mississippi, Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1900-1974
- Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications
- North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953
- Tennessee, Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows, 1891-1965
The attached images illustrate pages from the the Soldier's Application for Confederate Pension from the State of Texas. The record lists the veteran's name, date and place of enlistment, residence, date and place of birth, injuries resulting from military service, marital status, the number and ages of his children, the age of his wife, the number of years he resided in Texas, and his occupation. There is no standard format for pension applications for the Confederacy, but the Texas application is representative of most of the others. The attached image is a Widow's Application for Confederate Pension.


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ADI (Academic Development Institute)—an Illinois nonprofit organization that received funding to operate a PIRC from 1997 to 2006
ARISE (full term; not an abbreviation)—a faith-based nonprofit organization providing a variety of services to immigrant families of south Texas
AYP (adequate yearly progress)—state-designated academic progress goals for schools and districts, aimed at encouraging improved performance among all student subgroups
CIPL (Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership)— a Kentucky-based program whose parent training model has been used by three of the PIRCs highlighted in this guide
CPL (Center for Parent Leadership)—a program run by CIPL that provides consulting services for other organizations wanting to provide their own parent leadership training
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) —a federal law mandating that all children with disabilities have access to a free, appropriate public education; it emphasizes special education and related services designed to meet the unique needs of these students and prepare them for employment and independent living
IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association)— a texas-based nonprofit organization that received funding to operate a PIRC starting in 1999 and was refunded in 2006
IEP (individualized education program)—a written plan for educational support services and their expected outcomes developed for students designated for special education
IPS (Indianapolis Public Schools)—public school district for Indianapolis, Ind.
ISRC (Illinois Service Resource Center)—an Illinois state Board of Education technical assistance program funded with a grant under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
LEA (local education agency)—an education agency (e.g., district) at the local level that exists primarily to operate schools or to contract for education services. A single school may sometimes be considered an LEA.
NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)—signed into law in January 2002 and intended to help close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and minority students and their peers by improving public schools, this federal legislation is based on four basic principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on proven teaching methods. Key features include the alignment of high state academic standards and statewide assessments, the use of qualified teachers, greater parent involvement, and, when schools do not perform up to par, the options of school choice, supplemental tutoring, or both, for eligible students.
NNPS (National Network of Partnership Schools)— a program of Johns Hopkins university that invites schools, districts, states, and organizations to join together and use research-based approaches to organize and sustain programs of family and community involvement aimed at increasing student success in school
PIRC (Parental Information and Resource Center)— the federal grant program authorized by NCLB to help implement effective parent involvement policies, programs, and activities intended to improve student academic achievement and to strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, principals, administrators, and others to meet children's education needs
RQP (Right Question Project)—a Cambridge, Mass.-based nonprofit program that develops and disseminates innovative methods (e.g., training) to prepare people, irrespective of their literacy or education levels, to advocate for themselves and participate more effectively in decision-making processes that affect them
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An excerpt from Laurence Freeman OSB, "Dearest Friends," The World Community for Christian Meditation International Newsletter, Winter 2000.
As many Christians today find their leaders regressing into a rigid sectarianism, they are learning to find in their ancient contemplative wisdom a truer expression of the teachings of Jesus.; It is not those who mouth "Lord, Lord: who "please the Father," but those who "do the Father's will.
" For many today a doctrine is worthy of belief, even as it tries to express the ineffable, not just because it claims to be true but because it helps sustain us in believing [that there is more than mere] consumerism. But no belief today worthy of acceptance can be held with certainty—except the certainty of faith that is joined with hope and love.
The certainty of the fundamentalist must be sacrificed and radical doubt must be allowed to question us all. Our experience with the death of certainty is also the death of desire—the egotistical desire to be right, to be safe, to be better than others. Such death is our sharing in the cross. The rebirth of desire that follows is the transformed desire that springs from a pure heart in the vision of God. This "desire for God" is not like any other desire we have known. Yet "happy is the person whose desire for God has become like a lover's passion for his beloved," St John Climacus declared. It does not exhaust itself or lead us to exploit others in order to fulfill it. It is both desire and freedom from desire as it was experienced before. [. . . . ]
Meditation is purification of the heart and the death of desire. As there is a birth for every death, there is also the regeneration of desire as desire for God. This can never be desire for an object of ego-satisfaction. But it is of course a desire for our own happiness: we can never desire to be unhappy. Desire for God. . .is desire for our happiness by obedience to the law of . . .love. [This law] states that the only kind of desire that will make us truly and permanently happy is the desire for the happiness of others.
After meditation: from Simone Weil, "Last Thoughts," WAITING ON GOD (London: Fount, 1977), p. 46.
Our love should stretch as widely across all space, and should be as equally distributed in every portion of it, as is the very light of the sun. Christ has bidden us to attain to the perfection of our heavenly Father by imitating his indiscriminate bestowal of light.
[. . .] We have to be catholic, that is to say not bound by so much as a thread to any created thing, unless it be to creation in its totality. . . .We are living in times, which have no precedent, and in our present situation universality, which could formerly be implicit, has to be fully explicit. It has to permeate our language and the whole of our way of life. Today it is not nearly enough merely to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.
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DescriptionClaire Donnelly is constantly assaulted with bizarre visions of a distant and unknown place. She takes some time off from the pressures of the corporate world to enjoy a vacation in the house of a relative in Savannah, Georgia. After arriving, she finds a note by aunt Rosie explaining that she had to leave town for a few days, leaving the house on Claire's care. After exploring the vacant rooms, she starts to piece together several clues that lead to different city locations, slowly revealing details about an evil force threatening all the citizens.
Hidden Mysteries: Vampire Secrets is a hidden object game with standard features from point-and-click adventure titles, where the main objective is to gather a series of items to solve all the puzzles on the available locations. Most of the necessary tools are received after completing one of the hidden object challenges, where all the objects from a list at the bottom of the screen have to be found on scenes filled with assorted paraphernalia scattered around the scenery. The hint button is a crucifix at the bottom-right corner, that shows the position of one of the required items when activated, but takes some time to recharge after use.
The items are stored inside the inventory tray at the bottom, from where they have to be dragged and dropped on interactive portions of the screen to perform an action or complete a task. Books with plot details and clues are stored in a separate tab, containing information necessary to solve some of the puzzles. Mini-games take place on separate screens, where mechanisms have to be manipulated directly to play a game of Simon with the symbols engraved on a diary cover, arrange tarot cards by color on a fortune teller's table, unscramble a stained glass picture and complete other similar challenges. They can be optionally skipped after a few minutes.
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YOTSPOT - Bringing Crew Together
....is essentially a play on words. YOT obviously because it is to do with the yachting industry and spelt 'Yot' because lots of people mispell 'Yacht'. 'Spot' because we are trying to create a location, a meeting place which brings crew together in one place.
Yotspot has 3 main goals!
* Yacht recruitment (both the professional and recreational sector)
* Become an online community for industry chat, news and views, training and courses, help and advice and generally asking the question 'what's happening?'
* Business Directory - section for businesses to advertise products and services that they sell in this industry!
The target audience is obviously therefore Crew that work on these large yachts and Captains/ Employers looking to employ.
Age ranging from 18-50 years old both Male and Female.
We would ideally like the name to be part of the design instead of the name then a seperate image but are open to whatever you guys can come up with!
In addtion please follow the following criteria:
* Yotspot would like the logo to be a trademark (please include TM in all your designs)
* Yotspot would like the slogan ' bringing crew together' to be incorporated in the design
* Yotspot would like the logo to be on a White background only!
* Yotspot would like the logo to be produced as a PSD file and any other recommended formats that you believe might be useful.
The winning design should provide a layered PSD or Illustrator equivalent +
ideally black and white reproduction, litho spot colour, litho full colour, screen printing ability.
This is a list of some of the competition :-( !!!
I hate the majority of these designs with a few exceptions. Please draw inspiration from wherever you can. The design should be youthful, crisp, fresh and embody what Yotspot is trying to achieve, that is a recruitment website but more importantly a Community!!!!
This is a list of some of the competition you might want to check out!
dockwalk.com (online magazine)
I know you guys are going to come up with some great ideas!
Thankyou SO much for your time in advance!!
I shall be with you every step of the way and together I know we can come up with something fantastic!!!
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Blogger Jeremiah Moss investigates the histories of various Manhattan street corners, trying to find the exact location of the diner in Edward Hopper's 1942 painting Nighthawks. It's a neat series in four parts, and I've always liked this painting; it was up over my couch all through university.
Here's another nice piece of Hopperama: every year, the Washington Post runs a Peep (ie. Easter candy) diorama contest. The 2009 winner was Melissa Harvey, whose diorama was a bunny Peep version of Nighthawks. She describes the piece in this audio slideshow.
Via MeFi and Kelly M.


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Angelina Jolie Visits Kangaroo Island for 'Unbroken' Scouting!
Angelina Jolie shows off her gorgeous smile as she walks on a dock after visiting Kangaroo Island on Wednesday (October 2) off the coast of Australia.
The 38-year-old actress was reportedly scouting locations for her upcoming film Unbroken, which she is set to direct. Unbroken will be Angelina's second cinematic directorial venture – the first being In the Land of Blood & Honey.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Angelina Jolie
Angelina has been seen stepping out with double rings on her ring finger, sparking rumors that her and fiance Brad Pitt secretly tied-the-knot. These are just rumors, however, as nothing has been confirmed!
FYI: Angelina is carrying a Saint Laurent Sac de Jour bag.
20+ pictures inside of Angelina Jolie scouting locations in Australia…


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On second thought, I don't really train with Rudy
September 11, 2012 § 19 Comments
Of all the awesome awesomeness of Rudy Napolitano's national championship ride in Bend, Oregon last week, the most awesome ego fapping part of all is that I'm now able to say, "Yeah, I train with that dude. National road champ, 35+. Uh-huh."
I'm not the only wanker who got a woody thinking about the stars-and-stripes jerseys brought home by Rudy, Rich Meeker, Michael Easter, Jamie P., and the medals harvested by Jeff K., DeMarchi, Glass Hip Worthington, Charon Smith, Karl Bordine, and the other SoCal riders who dominated at nationals. No sooner had news of Rudy's win hit the Cycling Illustrated newsfeed than a whole host of other bone idlers began crowing and bragging about how they train and race with these champions.
Prez even admitted what we all do but are too ashamed to confess: Calling his buddies back East to say "THOSE are my training partners, yo!"
The difference between theory and practice
In theory, I suppose it's legit to say, for example, that I train and race with Rudy and those dudes. Most Saturdays, after all, he shows up on the Donut Ride, and I show up on the Donut Ride. Several times a year I do the Really Early Morning Ride a/k/a REMR. Jeff does the REMR. And of course numerous times I suit up and saddle up for local crits and road races, events at which Jamie, Glass Hip, Meeker, and Charon also toe the line.
Unfortunately, the extent of my "training rides" with Rudy usually ends about fifteen minutes into the ride, or whenever he makes an acceleration, whichever comes first. I mean, can I really call it "training with Rudy" when he's not even breaking a sweat and I've pulled over and quit? Did we train together when he lazily pedaled away from a hundred idiots on the part of his training ride that was actually before his training ride, because if it had been his actual training ride we, like, would never have known he was there?
Same for the "racing with Rich" thing. Did I really race with him when I got shelled on the first climb? Were we really racing together when he was sprinting for first and I was sprunting for 86th? Were Charon and I in the same race when he was a tiny speck at the front and I was a flailing wanker barely hanging onto the tail end of the whip?
And if it's that bad for me, what about the other bone idlers like Prez who are still attending esteem building classes in order to actually enter a Cat 2 or 35+ race? What about the wank fodder that gets diarrhea and breaks out in hives the night before the "big" showdown at CBR, then wets their bed so badly they catch cold and miss the race?
Cycling is a reality show, and you're Snooki
The antics of the men and women who trundled off to Bend and whipped the snot out of the best amateurs in America, if truth be told, have nothing in common with the antics of the rest of us. It's like having Rahsaan Bahati next to you on the New Pier Ride. He's with you, but he's not really with you.
The accomplishments of those who returned with jerseys and medals are incredible. They did what the rest of us wish we could do: Ride our bikes smarter and faster than anyone else in the country. Having them back in our midst is good for some ego fapping, but it's kind of a bummer, too. If they put the wood to the best racers in America, what's the math looking like that I'll ever finish ahead of them?
Better dial up ol' Russ back in Texas and let him know that my training partner just won nationals. Uh-huh. 'Cause that's just how I roll. Me and Prez, I mean. When we're not crashing. Or getting dropped. Or ego fapping on the bricks.
§ 19 Responses to On second thought, I don't really train with Rudy
It could be worse, they could 've gotten their asses handed to them at nationals…
You realize that without riders like you Seth, there would be no racing. Seriously, you are the competition, the motivation for the guys who are just naturally gifted to get the most out of themselves. It is the pack that makes these guys go faster.
one fine sunny day I was out riding along nice and easy – all fit and kitted up – sharp tan lines – sunglasses on the front of my helmet – feeling pretty "pro" – rolled up to 2 nashbar clad recs on hybrids – I rolled easily past them on a little rise that had them huffing and puffng (a little) – I said hi and rolled on – then I got to thinking – "am I closer to them or to a "pro" even a domestic pro – the honest answer is – closer to them – I think of that all the time when I get full of myself
wanker – without a doubt
Wanker for sure!! But it is a privilege to ride and train with these guys…..they do make you better no matter what level your at. I have seen it first hand. Congrats to the bad ass elites that brought it home todo cal.
Hey that's better than me..,.,haven't done The Ridicurlosly Early Morning Ride since 2002….heck haven't started a race since 1998…all I can say is I have coffee with Rudy & Konsmo et al….but for me that is enough because as good as those guys are on their bikes they are even better off them. We are truly lucky to have such great riders, roads, & more importantly friends right out our front doors here in the South Bay. To top it off, if you read this blog you can even be part of it without going out your front door!
Another great blog, but you do know what 'wanker' means over here England, right?
You are Rudy-Adjacent.


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On Vacation in France
Julie Blumberg of Newport Beach spent two weeks in Paris during the holidays. "Chestnuts roasting on the open fire...", festive store window displays, Christmas lights strung across the boulevards, and the Christmas markets and ice skating venues throughout the city made for a fabulous time to visit Paris, she said.
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Nov. 24, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) announced the 2008 All-North Division teams as part of the Eastern Championship Hall of Fame Banquet on Friday and MIT was honored with three recipients, including First team All-North selection Mike Smith-Bronstein. Teammate Devin Lewis earned a spot on the Second Team. Coach, Adam Foley, was named Coach of the Year, after guiding the Engineers to a fourth-place showing at the Northern Division Championship.
Smith-Bronstein was MIT's leading scorer all season, tallying 58 goals in 26 games to become the Institute's all-time leading scorer. Smith-Bronstein's career total of 184 scores surpasses John Rogers' previous record of 174. In addition to the All-North selection, Smith-Bronstein was named to the Eastern Championship All-Tournament Team after scoring eight goals in three games this past weekend.
Lewis garnered Second Team All-North honors after being named to the First Team in 2007. The junior was second on the team with 47 markers this season and now stands third all-time in scoring at MIT with 147 career goals. In Sunday's seventh-place game versus Iona, Lewis scored four times to help spark the Engineers to a 10-9 win and secure their best showing at the Eastern Championship since 2003. Lewis was selected to the Division III Eastern All-Tournament team earlier in the season as well.
In just his second season coaching the Cardinal and Gray, Foley helped his team overcome some early season struggles to finish fourth in the Northern Division. The Engineers' 10-16 mark on the year included a runner-up showing at the Division III Eastern Championship and this weekend's seventh-place result at the Eastern Championship.
Nemanja Pucarevic of Saint Francis was named the Northern Division MVP while Brown freshman Toby Espinosa received the Rookie of the Year award.


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Parallel Construction Revealed: How The DEA Is Trained To Launder Classified Surveillance Info
from the americans-don't-like-it dept
After the Reuters report, C.J. Ciaramella used Muckrock to request all DEA training material and official policies concerning "parallel construction" and recently received nearly 300 pages of documents, much of it redacted, but still which reveals that this is common practice at the DEA and widely known. Much of it is in the form of PowerPoint presentations, complete with speaker notes, which say things like how careful DEA agents need to be around classified information because "it can screw up your investigation."
Our friends in the military and intelligence community never have to prove anything to the general public. They can act upon classified information without ever divulging their sources or methods to anyway [sic] outside their community. If they find Bin Laden's satellite phone and then pin point his location, they don't have to go to a court to get permission to put a missile up his nose.There are also training materials that discuss how parallel construction works, as well as the fact that in "the new post-9/11" era, a "national consensus" has been formed making it easier for the intelligence community and law enforcement to share information. It even refers to the federal courts as the intelligence community's "nemesis."
We are bound, however, by different rules.
Our investigations must be transparent. We must be able to take our information to court and prove to a jury that our bad guy did the bad things we say he did. No hiding here. However, we are also bound to protect certain pieces of information so as to protect the sources and methods.
To use it....we must properly protect it.
A lot of the documentation deals with how to deal with having classified information, and the focus seems to be on keeping that information away from anyone involved in the case. There is -- I kid you not -- a special group of prosecutors called "the Taint Review Team" -- to be called in when things get... well... tainted.
Another presentation asks "what is the problem with combining IC (Intelligence Community) collection efforts & LEA (Law Enforcement Agency) investigations in US courtrooms?" and then explains that it presents constitutional problems... and that "Americans don't like it!"
There's some more information in the documents, but it all basically points to the same basic thing: the less that law enforcement folks know, the better. If the law enforcement knows too much, call in the "Taint Review Team" to see what they can do to clean up, and see what you can use to get the judge to exclude classified evidence. All in all, it adds up to a nice little plan to allow the NSA to illegally spy on people, tell law enforcement just enough to target people, without ever revealing how they were caught via unconstitutional means.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – For the third consecutive week, a member of the Tennessee Tech baseball team put up numbers so good, that the Ohio Valley Conference had no choice but to recognize them for their performance. Junior Brandon Thomasson earned the honors this week, receiving adidas OVC Player of the Week honors for the second time this season.
In four games, Thomasson collected eight hits in 18 at-bats for a .444 average. The slugger blasted two home runs to bring his OVC-leading total to 10 on the year. He also recorded nine RBI and two doubles while scoring six times and putting together an .889 slugging percentage and .474 on-base percentage.
The junior was huge in Tech's massive victory of Eastern Illinois on Friday, a 20-5 win that had Thomasson's name all over it. The designated hitter recorded his first six-RBI game of the year, picking them up two at a time. In the third inning, Thomasson roped a double to left field, driving in two runs. Two innings later, he singled in two more with a line shot up the middle. He capped his huge performance with a two-run bomb in the sixth, his ninth dinger of the season.
On Sunday, Thomasson was clutch for the Golden Eagles, helping his team rally back for a 6-5 win after trailing three separate times. With Tech behind 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth, Thomasson pulverized a ball over the left field wall, a two-run shot that evened the score at 3-3 and gave the Tech bunch some much-needed momentum. It marked the junior's 10th moon shot of the year, ranking him among the nation's leaders in the category.
Here's a look at the rest of the awards in the OVC this week:
Player of the Week
Others Nominated: Judah Akers, Belmont; Caleb Howell, Eastern Illinois; Shaun Ball, Eastern Kentucky; Coty Blanchard, Jacksonville State; Kane Sweeney, Morehead State; Brandon Elliott, Murray State; Derek Gibson, Southeast Missouri.
Pitcher of the Week
Ben Gullo, RHP • So., 6-4, 210 • Lake Zurich, Ill. • Eastern Kentucky
Gullo struck out a career-high 13 batters, the most by a player in the OVC this season, in leading Eastern Kentucky to a 7-3 victory over UT Martin on Saturday. The sophomore scattered five hits over eight innings and allowed three runs (on a three-run home run in the seventh) while walking just one batter. He allowed just two hits over the first six innings and retired nine-straight from the fourth through sixth innings. Gullo now has a 3.27 E.R.A. on the season, a mark that ranks seventh in the OVC.


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On December 03 2007, 11:34 AM, cheekymunkee wrote:On December 03 2007, 6:11 AM, SisMorphine wrote:On December 03 2007, 6:59 AM, amazincc wrote:You guys sound so ... jaded... or I'm just too gullible...
Unfortunately it's not jaded, it's realistic with these kids. Though I will say, most of my kids wouldn't go as far as selling material gifts for money for drugs, but if given cash it definitely wouldn't be used to buy clothing and pizza.
Sure they would! Back in the day ( long, long ago when I sold pot) I took gift cards for 50 cents on the dollar. Food stamps too. if there's a will, there's a way.
Uh oh, a glimpse into Cheeky's sordid past


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Hardware Store That Doesn't Play Any Music Has To Fight Off Collection Society Demanding A License Fee
from the that's-called-extortion dept
The owner, David Sleath, was finally forced to hire lawyers to try to stop the madness -- and PPL's response was to lower their demand to "just" £100, for music he did not play. Eventually, after Sleath was able to get press coverage, PPL "called him up with a grovelling apology and a promise to withdraw all invoices." Still, he's been stuck with legal fees, and is now trying to get PPL to pay them. It seems more and more like this is just a government sanctioned form of extortion, doesn't it?


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The San Diego Padres are rebuilding and withdrew a contract offer to Hoffman. The Mets, however, playing in New York, aren't in a rebuilding mode despite being old in several areas.
They call it retooling.
So, should they "retool" with Hoffman if they aren't able to land a marquee closer in the free-agent market? Hoffman is 41, and signing him does nothing about breaking away from Omar Minaya's reputation for signing older players.
The Padres pulled off the table a one-year, $4 million deal, with a $4 million option for 2010. That's not a lot of money. Hoffman converted 30 of 34 save opportunities, including 16 straight during one stretch.
Assuming Hoffman is willing to come to New York, and there's been nothing written indicating he doesn't want to, he would presumably fill the closer void until Bobby Parnell and Eddie Kunz are ready. That's a plus.
Said agent Rick Thurman: "He's a free agent. So many teams consider him to be a San Diego Padre. Not a lot of teams took him very seriously as a free agent. We'll find out very shortly. A lot of teams need a closer. He's the cream of the closers, and we'll see what teams have interest in him."
Last year's numbers indicates he can still get the job done, but his age will be a concern, because you have to wonder when will the breakdown start?
Signing him does nothing about getting the Mets younger, but it does buy time for Parnell and Kunz, and gives them a mentor. It also addresses a need at a reasonable cost and enables them to spend most of their money on starting pitching.
While the first impression would be his age, remember the priority is winning and he's a plus toward that goal. I know there's not a groundswell for bringing in a 41-year-old closer, but if he makes them better it's something they should consider.


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With a new political season on the horizon, and for other reasons, this is prime time to review the letters to the editor policy of the Hood River News.
At the end of 2011, we made a few adjustments to the policy, including making the policy shorter, a sort of example-setting. Since Jan. 1, we have been stringent in holding letters to (or hovering very near) that 350-word limit.
The policy reads as follows:
"Hood River News reminds letter to the editor writers that shorter is better. Concise letters are not only better-read, they are more likely to be published because limited space is available.
Almost any point can be made in 350 words or fewer, so this is set as an upper level for length.
Thank-you letters are no longer accepted, neither are unsigned letters, letters signed with fictitious signatures and copies of letters sent to public officials.
We limit letters on a subject when we feel it has been thoroughly aired, to the point of letters becoming repetitive.
Also rejected are letters that are libelous, in bad taste or personal attacks on individuals or private businesses. Writers must include addresses and telephone numbers. These are for identification purposes only, and will not be published."
Without further ado, let us stress that the prerequisites on brevity and authorship are critical points. All letters must have a verifiable name attached and no letter is published without the writer's name.
Letters to the editor are an important part of this newspaper's efforts to provide a community forum. There's a reason we head them "Our Readers Write." It's a shared experience.
Returning to the mention of the upcoming election, here is the important point: We reserve the right to winnow out letters that have clearly been stamped from the same template. Coordinated letter-writing campaigns do go on, and we respect that is part of the election process.
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Johns Hopkins University Paranormal
Posted 11 June 2012 - 02:16 PM
From The Johns Hopkins University News-Letter; May 28, 2011
By Michael Nakan
In December 1975, George and Kathy Lutz moved into a large house in Amityville, Long Island with their three children. Less than a month later, they fled from the house in a rush, leaving all their possessions behind. Throughout their brief stay there, they saw objects levitate, walls bleed and family members transform before their eyes.
The last night in the house they attempted an exorcism. Family members have subsequently refused to describe what followed the home-grown religious procedure, describing the events as "too frightening."
The Lutz's story entered mainstream culture when a popular book (The Amityville Horror: A True Story) and the subsequent film were released based on their experiences. Throughout the decades since publication, critics have repeatedly slammed the validity of the paranormal aspects of this "true story."
But Metropolitan Archbishop Daniel Rumanos, a resident of Hopkins-owned apartment housing in Charles Village, is a true believer.
"Most of the things that you see on the screen actually occur," he said. "Just not all at once in the same place."
Rumanos is a skinny man with a long gray beard with patches of color which flow into a goatee. His hair is done up in a long pigtail which snakes down the back of his shirt. He dresses in all black with the white of a priest's collar poking out at the bottom of his neck.
Growing up in Greek Town, Baltimore, Rumanos saw "flashes" - of people, of ghosts, of spirits.
"I believe children are more attuned to spiritual things," he said. "When we get older, we convince ourselves that nothing is there so no one will think we're crazy."
His interest in the occult only intensified after his mother took him to see Dr. Hans Holzer, an Austrian born paranormal researcher who served as a formal investigator on the Amityville case.
Later interactions with television documentaries (including In Search of . . . hosted by Leonard Nimoy) and magazine articles cemented his interest in the supernatural.
He says he graduated from high school early (he was only 15) and started Gargoyles Paranormal Investigations in 1984 - it has been running ever since.
"The mid 1980s was a time when there was a lot of talk about teenage satanic cults. So I was very active," he said. "I would attempt to give my so-called 'expertise' on the matter - which was more, in that time, than strictly supernatural. More along the lines of cults, graffiti on churches, that sort of thing."
Today, he is investigating the case of the "Mysterious Musician," a friendly ghost (although he is quick to disassociate it from Caspar) who has been known to play the piano at the Baltimore Theatre Project, a fringe theatre located on 45 West Preston Street.
He begins by noting that the large warehouse building which has been revamped for theater use was once the headquarters for a chapter of the Improved Order of Heptasophs (IOH), a fraternal organization from the early 19th century.
"There would have been a man with a sword at the entrance," Rumanos said. "And as I understand it, the initiation sequences were pretty extreme."
Stained glass windows emblazoned with IOH acronyms still line the theatre, and the letters IOH are literally built into the ceiling, above the catwalk.
Rumanos asks an official a few questions regarding the alleged spirit: Are there any unusual cold spots? Any reports of objects moving or levitating? Has anyone ever been murdered violently on the premises?
After a steady series of "no's" from the skeptical tour guide, Rumanos sets about investigating the piano which reportedly is still visited by a musician from the early 1920s.
For the most part, Rumanos eschews modern ghost hunting equipment, the likes of which can be seen on Ghost Hunters or other, more mainstream, ghost hunting media.
"I prefer to keep it spiritual, to reach out with my hands and my soul," he said.
The last person who heard the Mysterious Musician play left the theatre in 2000. Rumanos inspects the piano, feeling for cold spots and trying to spiritually "feel" the presence of a supernatural force. Despite saying that he had the distinct impression of something "off" as he walked into the room housing the piano, Rumanos eventually concludes, given the lack of spiritual or physical indicators and the sheer length of time since the last sighting, that this spirit had moved on to the "other side."
Today, Rumanos knew that the spirit would be benign. When he suspects the spirit might be hostile, he comes prepared.
"When it is a negative entity I am called to deal with, I bring a few items," he said. "Holy water, anointing oil and crucifix, things of that sort."
And, according to Rumanos, some of the legends surrounding ghosts and demonic spirits are devastatingly true.
"Since I have become a priest of my church, I have been called in on cases of very negative entities and things that have required - or I believe required - an exorcism," he said. "I had a case a few years ago where a lamp levitated a full three feet off of a table and threw itself at my head - and a lady who was there with me turned and told me: 'It doesn't like you.'"
When an alleged negative force invades a house (be they the spirits of deceased humans or demonic entities), Rumanos turns to the writings of St. Basil the Great, who was a saint of the Greek Church and is recognized by the Roman-Catholic Church.
"[St. Basil] wrote prayers of exorcism and I [chant them]," he said. "An exorcism is just a prayer, a call to God to free the person or the building or whatever from the negative entities which are inhabiting it."
The Mother Virgin Mary is the strongest force to call upon against negative entities, according to Rumanos, and the most dangerous type of spiritual infestation is that of a demon from another plane of existence.
"Demonic spirits, I believe from my experience, are more likely to constantly torture a person in various ways, in a form of spiritual-psychological warfare, you may say," he said. "But actual possession does occur.
"There are a few cases where [a person] is beyond repair - when a person is what we call 'perfectly possessed,'" he said. "That's a person who has willingly and completely invited demonic spirits into their body. This can happen to a person who is spiritually Satanist or [a] Devil Worshipper, or someone who wanted to sell their soul - and that is the only case where I believe a person could not be saved.
"I believe that Adolf Hitler was perfectly possessed."
Rumanos draws many of his beliefs from the Book of Enoch, a non-canonical scripture from about 300 BCE.
"Its revelations were a bit too much for most people to take," he said. "The fallen angels themselves actually came down to earth and married human women. Perhaps one of the reasons that angels fell is because they wanted to experience things that human beings experiences - and they've found cases of demonic spirits that prey sexually on human beings."
But if demonic possession is possible, as Rumanos asserts it is, then is our entire world at risk from an "invasion" from another plane of existence?
"It's definitely possible. The prophecy of Enoch is that the fallen angels will return to Earth one day," he said. "I'm not a fundamentalist and don't take it all literally, but spiritually I'd say it's very possible.
"There have been times in history when there were wars or other tragic events when evil has really been wholesale - and then I believe that could be a time when there could be an invasion, so to speak."
Perhaps there will be an invasion one day, but it isn't today - and after Rumanos finishes his investigation, he leaves the Baltimore Theatre Project.
"My church* takes up most of my time," he said. "But Gargoyle's Paranormal Investigations will continue to accept cases."
* I have since retired from active ministry in the Old Orthodox Church (while retaining my titles and powers of priesthood), in order to more fully devote myself to paranormal and occult studies. - Bishop RUMANOS
Occult Investigations
Posted 27 July 2012 - 01:58 PM
Ipsissimus Daniel Rumanos
Posted 27 July 2012 - 02:05 PM
Ipsissimus Daniel Rumanos
Posted 23 August 2012 - 02:53 PM
Since this article was written, I have retired from ministry in the Old Orthodox Church in order to more fully devote myself to paranormal and occult studies. I continur my fight against "religious" pseudo-Satanism by offering an intelligent alternative in the Order of Shaitan Satanic Embassy.
Ipsissimus Daniel Rumanos
Amen brother!
having someone who dont know what they are doing and just run in like fr sarducci can just make matters worse.
I am +Benedict, at your service.
Posted 21 September 2012 - 07:05 PM
Rabbi Daniel Rumanos ben Yaakov
Solomon's Seal College of Kabbalah
Posted 23 September 2012 - 02:00 PM
Change your password...and be careful about what you post online. Whatever feud is going on between Dr. Daniel Rumanos (whether that be YOU or someone else) and whoever else has no place here on this board.
Edited by TheresaRHPS, 23 September 2012 - 02:02 PM.
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Kylie Kimura had a solid season in her first year competing for the Matadors ... led Northridge with a 77.2 scoring average which ranks fourth in school history for a single season ... was the lone Matador to compete in all 11 tournaments while playing a team-high 29 rounds ... took a total of 2,240 strokes over 29 rounds of play ... had CSUN's top two individual finishes of the season after winning the Firestone Grill Invitational (Oct. 4-5) and finishing second at the Lamkin Grip Invitational (Nov. 1-2) ... also had three top-20 finishes after finishing 13th at the Anteater Invitational (Mar. 28-29), 18th at the Price's "Give `Em Five" Invitational (Oct. 11-13) and 18th at the Circling Raven Collegiate Invitational (Sept. 13-14) ... low tournament score was (+8) 221 when she posted the Matadors' lone win of the season at the Firestone Grill Invitational ... her score helped Northridge to its only team win of the season ... also carded a three-round (+6) 222 at the Price's "Give `Em Five" Invitational which was CSUN's second lowest round of the season ... low 18-hole score was 72 on three different occasions ... After an opening round 84, fired rounds of 77-74 to finish 25th at (+19) 235 at the Big West Championship.
Kimura was forced to sit-out the 2009-10 season due to NCAA rules after transferring from Long Beach State.
Competed in six tournaments and 16 rounds as a freshman at Long Beach State ... best finish was a 63rd-place finish at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. where she carded a three-round 240 ... redshirted as a sophomore and will have two years left to compete following the 2009-10 season.
Played two seasons of golf at Charter Oak High School in Covina, Calif. ... earned First Team All-Miramonte League honors as a junior in 2005-06 and as a senior in 2006-07 ... played her freshman and sophomore seasons at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, Calif. ... finished second in the state as a team and tied for fifth individually in 2004-05 ... the Aztecs' golf team also finished third in 2003-04 ... graduated from Charter Oak in 2007.
Born April 3, 1989 in Montebello, Calif. ... parents are Susan Takahashi and Tadashi Kimura ... stepfather is Glen Takahashi ... has one older sister, Mindy ... favorite teams include the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Anaheim Ducks ... favorite actor is Tom Hanks and favorite TV shows are "Law & Order: SVU", Family Guy" and "South Park" ... says if she had to listen to one CD for the rest of her life it would be The Beatles' Greatest Hits ... major is Communication Studies with a minor in Marketing.


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Dierks Bentley, 'I Hold On' Video – Behind the Scenes
Dierks Bentley is premiering the video for his new single, 'I Hold On,' and he's taking readers of The Boot behind the scenes for a look at the filming of the new clip.
The song is from his forthcoming album 'Riser.' The highly personal and autobiographical song needed just the right video to do it justice.
Filmed by director Wes Edwards in Nashville and over the course of a weekend of tour dates in Texas, the video for 'I Hold On' follows a young musician who is trying to balance his climb in the music business with the personal values he holds dear.
"It was really important to me that this video capture the story of this song…my story. But it also needed to take on the more universal themes that the choruses cover," Bentley says. "The lyrics were written from such a real and emotional place, and I put a lot of pressure on making sure this video held up to what Brett James and I wrote that day. I hope when people listen to it, they raise their beers up, but this time for the bigger idea of what we all stand for as country music fans…faith, love and freedom."
The full video for 'I Hold On' debuts on Wednesday (Oct. 30) across all CBS digital properties, but readers of The Boot can watch the clip above for a fascinating glimpse at how the filming came together.
'Riser' is expected to drop in the early part of 2014. Bentley will headline at the Tropical Nights: Boots in the Sand getaway in February.


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IRONMAN Foundation Gives Back to the Greater Boulder Community
Since inception, The IRONMAN Foundation® has provided a total of $28.5 million in charitable givebacks to support global nonprofit initiatives
(July 31, 2014) – The IRONMAN Foundation® Community Fund will distribute $111,531 in grant funding to initiatives and groups in the greater Boulder, Colorado community in conjunction with the inaugural 2014 IRONMAN® Boulder triathlon taking place on Sunday, August 3, as well as the remainder of the events in the Boulder Triathlon Series. The IRONMAN Foundation's contribution will provide support to non-profit needs and initiatives within the local community.
The IRONMAN Foundation, in partnership with the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation (FHSPSF), will donate $11,531 to the City of Boulder Police Department to show support of first responder groups. This donation will be used to procure a total of 12 police bicycles so that the department can create a fleet that will enable officers to respond to calls for service in areas that are not easily accessible to the standard patrol vehicle. Bridget Pankow, Financial Services Manager for the City of Boulder Police Department, explained, "The use of these bicycles will enable officers, as first responders, to quickly provide emergency response in areas that are not easily accessible." A formal presentation of this grant will take place at the IRONMAN Boulder Welcome Ceremony on Friday, August 1, 2014 at Boulder High School.
"Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, along with The IRONMAN Foundation, is grateful for the opportunity to give back to those who loyally serve our communities," said Robin Peters, Executive Director of FHSPSF. "As IRONMAN athletes prove that 'Anything is Possible,' we feel that the mantra also represents what can be done to support the men and women who have dedicated their lives to protecting others."
In addition to donating bicycles to the Boulder Police Department, The IRONMAN Foundation will provide an additional $50,000 in grant donations to local non-profit groups who have a volunteerism component to their organizations. Another $30,000 has been allocated to support non-profit groups associated with the other events that are a part of the Boulder Triathlon Series. "The mission of The IRONMAN Foundation is to leave IRONMAN's legacy through philanthropy, voluntarism and grant making, and to support various non-profit organizations around the world," said Betsy Langan, Community Relations Manager for The IRONMAN Foundation. "We are thrilled to expand the Foundation's reach and impact through community grants in Boulder."
Through 200 IRONMAN Boulder Foundation race slots, athletes have helped raise over $130,000 to support The IRONMAN Foundation Community Fund. The proceeds from the Community Fund then provide grant opportunities to non-profit organizations in the communities where U.S. IRONMAN events are held.
For the second year, The IRONMAN Foundation has partnered with Boulder-based Newton Running to form "The IRONMAN Foundation – Newton Running Ambassador Triathlon Team." A team of athletes from across the country, upholding the concept of "Service through Sport and Commitment to the Community," these athletes are asked to participate in a team community service project in the days leading up to their selected IRONMAN race event. Additionally, each athlete is asked to commit to fundraising to support a local cause in their race community. Thirty-two members will be representing the team at IRONMAN Boulder and will work in partnership with Environmental Learning for Kids (E.L.K.), a Denver-based non-profit that develops inspired and responsible leaders through science education and outdoor experiences for underserved, urban youth.
"Our partnership with Newton Running has allowed us to come into a community and showcase that IRONMAN is so much more than an amazing endurance event," said Dave Deschenes, Executive Director of The IRONMAN Foundation. "It is about IRONMAN, our partners, and athletes making a difference in our race communities through the sport of triathlon." The athletes on the team have raised $20,000 which will be donated to E.L.K., along with running shoes provided by Newton Running, on Thursday, July 31 at the community service project that the team members will participate in alongside of kids from E.L.K.
The IRONMAN Foundation also provides registered athletes with the platform to fundraise for the Foundation or a non-profit beneficiary of their choice as they train for their IRONMAN event. These athletes have signed up to participate in The IRONMAN Foundation's "Your Journey, Your Cause" fundraising program. Through their participation with The Foundation these athletes have been touched by something greater than themselves and are giving back to non-profit organizations to make their race experiences more than just crossing the finish line – they are racing for a cause. Collectively, they have raised a total of $53,299 for their respective causes.
For more information on IRONMAN and The IRONMAN Foundation, please visit www.ironman.com and www.ironmanfoundation.org. For media related inquiries, please contact .


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Dave's Rating:
Burning men
As I write this, the National Rifle Assocation-backed recall election of Colorado state senators John Morse and Angela Giron has ended and both of them have lost their jobs. Morse and Giron supported the state's new gun safety legislation requiring background checks for private sales and capping magazine capacity at 15 rounds. What does that vote of no confidence mean? It means that, at least in some portions of Colorado, some people like guns more than they hate what out-of-control people do with guns. So we will continue to live with atrocities like the Aurora shooting and the Sandy Hook shooting and the Beltway Sniper murders as the price of all that.
The Beltway Sniper murders took place in 2002. You might have to reach back through your memory's growing file of public murder rampages to recall the details. A mentally unstable man -- estranged from his children and removed from their lives by his ex-wife -- informally "adopted" a teenage boy, trained him to be a sniper and went on a killing spree in the Washington D.C. area, with over a dozen people dead or critically injured. But Alexandre Moors' debut feature, with a screenplay by R.F.I. Porto and starring Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy) and Tequan Richmond (Everybody Hates Chris), reserves the "action" for the film's final 15 minutes. It also prefers distance to urgency: bodies are briefly glimpsed on the ground, the getaway car (the title's Chevrolet) glides away slowly, the killers rest in parking lots, more bodies fall to the ground. It's a removed sort of brutality, suggested and barely shown.
The extreme restraint serves the purpose of re-directing the horror of the murders from the slaughter itself to the slow, quiet destruction of the young man who repeatedly pulled the trigger. Moors routinely places the shy, intense Richmond in the center of the film: abandoned by his mother, scooped up and trained by a man who'd already snapped, love-bombed like a 1970s cult member and then forced to "prove" his devotion to Washington with a rifle. He's displaced, moved around, fed a stream of increasingly deranged ideas. "It's not crazy to kill people," Washington tells the boy, before ranting about the evil of humanity and how it needs to be punished and shut down. His performance surrounds the teenager, slowly heating up but never indulging in cheap movie-craziness. And when Richmond begins reading and memorizing sniper handbooks, learning to effectively threaten people around them, Washington quietly beams, "I've created a monster."
Moors takes on this balancing act of detached observation and up-close intimacy with great skill, stripping away brooding, menacing cliches. Some of the most harrowing conversations take place in supermarkets, over tables in diners, in the bright light of day. "We're invisible," says Washington at one point. And that is the point, or at least one of them. Damaged, violent people are everywhere, right in front of you, waiting for the opportunity to destroy whatever gets in their way. And though the movie never crosses the line of excusing the horrible crimes committed by the pair, it successfully explores how easily an untethered human being can be broken and turned inhuman. It's a wise, sorrowful addition to the conversation about attention-grabbing mass murders that we're all clearly going to keep on having and having and having.
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DHS Reveals Some Data On Border Laptop Searches
from the was-that-so-tough? dept
Still, DHS has insisted it wants to keep this right, even as some politicians have looked to protect against laptop searches at the border. Earlier this year, DHS put out slightly clearer rules, but which still allowed for no probable cause in doing a search.
One big question hanging over all of this, however, was how often such searches took place. Thomas O'Toole alerts us to a new DHS report that finally reveals the numbers -- and, it's at least marginally good news: these sorts of searches happen very rarely. That's a good thing and suggests that the policy isn't widely abused:
Of the more than 144 million travelers that arrived at U.S. ports of entry between Oct. 1, 2008 and May 5, 2009, searches of electronic media were conducted on 1,947 of them, the DHS said.I'm certainly happy to see that such a policy is used so rarely, but I still question why it should be used at all.
Of this number, 696 searches were performed on laptop computers, the DHS said. Even here, not all of the laptops received an "in-depth" search of the device, the report states. A search sometimes may have been as simple as turning on a device to ensure that it was what it purported to be. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents conducted "in-depth" searches on 40 laptops, but the report did not describe what an in-depth search entailed.


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Do u know Norman Sandbox?
It's a container to let an unknown virus run wild without wreaking the system.
It's actually a virtual computer.
I'd like to do a virtual computer also, quite fascinate by how it works but actually donno really
how it works
I think the first step is to intercept all system API calls.
I'm using VB. Any suggestions pls?
I'd be more than happy if anyone could tell me.


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RALEIGH � A North Carolina voter identification bill is headed to the House floor after the last of three committees signed off on the legislation.
The Appropriations Committee voted in favor of the bill Tuesday over the objections of Democrats who again tried to add amendments to ease restrictions requiring voters to present photo identification at the polls. But Republicans on the House's top budget-writing committee voted each one down.
The one successful change was submitted by a Republican and would add Cherokee tribal ID to the acceptable forms of state-issued ID. Supporters say the Cherokee are federally recognized, unlike other tribes.
Cost of the legislation could reach nearly $4 million. The bill is expected to reach the House floor to begin the final approval in the chamber Wednesday.


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I once saw a documentary about it where they caused a model ship to sink by releasing gas from beneath the bottom of the tank that it was in, thereby decreasing the bouyancy of the ship in the water. They also said people getting lost and instruments going haywire in there were caused by electromagnetic fields. I don't know if I believe anything paranormal happens there... maybe so. But personally I bet that if you went there on the right day at the right time your EMF detector would go crazy. LOL
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Posted 15 November 2003 - 08:24 PM
"If dreams are like movies, Then memories are films about ghosts.You can never escape, you can only move south down the coast.""Don't you remember when we were young, and we wanted to set the world on fire?'Cause I still am, and I still do."
Posted 17 November 2003 - 03:17 AM
There are worse places on earth, some places in Alaska for instance.
St. Elmos fire is when static electricity creates a spark when causes a fire in the fuel system. Thats what "supposedly" took down TWA Flight 800.
St. Elmos fire is when static electricity creates a spark when causes a fire in the fuel system. Thats what "supposedly" took down TWA Flight 800.
Posted 17 November 2003 - 03:45 PM
As an avid reader of the NTSB I can actually testify that St. Elmo's Fire is not what caused the 'spark'. There was a leak in the center tank and there was only about 30 lbs. of Jet A in that tank and Jet A doesn't ignite as easily as regular car gas.
Bubbles are proof that ghosts exist.This person still under construction.
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Just three full weeks into 2013, and we're already off to a bang. Facebook's Graph Search is just one example of the many impactful things we can expect in fast moving tech and media marketplaces.
Likewise, you can expect an action packed year at the intersection of mobile, local and search. But what will be the biggest trends to drive this activity?
Based on lots of evidence, there are five areas where I believe innovation and investment will branch from. Some are concrete or quantitative predictions while others pinpoint the trends or sectors worth keeping an eye on and revisiting throughout 2013.
1. U.S. Mobile Ad Revenues Surpass $4 Billion
U.S. mobile ad revenues will reach $4.2 billion, a 36 percent increase over 2012. The portion of this attributed to localized campaigns will be about 2.1 billion (50 percent).
Growth in mobile local ad spending will be driven by continued momentum in advertiser evolution to localize campaigns, due to users' mobile local intent (i.e., 50 percent of mobile searches are local). Premiums on higher-performing mobile ads will also drive this local share shift.
Mobile local leaders such as Yelp and Foursquare will monetize their mobile products in more direct and substantive ways this year.
2. Mobile Ads Come Into Their Own: Search Dominates
Falling mobile ad rates such as CPCs and CPMs will rebound. This will be most pronounced in search (already happening with Google mobile CPCs), pay per call, and other ad formats that align high consumer intent and measurable ROI for advertisers. These factors will boost advertiser demand and performance-driven ad rates.
Calls-to-action will improve within display ads, including localized actions that track offline conversions. Search will meanwhile grow due to its pull-based, high intent driven nature – accounting for $1.9 billion in mobile ad spending in 2013 (45 percent of total U.S. mobile ad spend).
3. Mobile Jumpstarts Facebook's Local Dominance
Facebook's mobile ad revenues will reach 25 percent of overall ad revenues (currently 14 percent). This could surpass $1 billion in mobile revenues, driven by sponsored stories and other forms of native advertising it develops, such as app download ads.
Worldwide Facebook mobile users will meanwhile reach 1 billion in 2013 (currently 600 million).
As for local, Facebook will integrate sponsored stories, Graph Search, and its recently launched Nearby feature to bring social native advertising to more of a local level. Local suggestions built from Nearby and locally oriented graph search will create monetizable inventory for advertising within the news feed. This will be a clear competitor toGoogle+ Local, Yelp, and other leaders in mobile local search.
4. Mobile Payments & Shopping Divide the Winners & Losers
Mobile payments will continue to be caught in an experimental phase throughout 2013, with many competing standards. NFC won't get off the ground, as retailers opt for point of sale systems that don't add moving parts.
Square will continue to grow for these reasons, and because it doesn't require a change in consumer behavior (credit card swipe). Paypal will also grow as a function of its retail partners and POS integration. Tracking purchase behavior and loyalty programs will be the endgame.
Retailers that fight showrooming head-on with branded apps that engage in-store users will beatthose that try to fight the trend. Passbook adoption will explode among retailers to add promotional features within their apps. iTunes will be a sleeping giant for physical world purchases, via iOS based mobile hardware.
5. Mobile Ties Together the 'Internet of Things'
Mobile's true opportunities will move beyond the smartphone. Programs like Kickstarter will democratize the development of mobile hardware, much like the app economy has democratized mobile software.
Various devices will become remote controls of the physical world, enabling the "internet of things" (interlinked physical items). Examples include:
- Home automation (Nest, Lockitron)
- Health (Jawbone UP, FitBit)
- In-auto (Ford AppLink, Glympse)
- Biometric/wearable hardware (Pebble Watch, Google Glass).
Local search and advertising ties in where merchants have clear alignment with these connected items (i.e., your fridge knowing you're low on beer).
Whether or not these items will be the source of innovation and investment in mobile local search, we know it will be an eventful year and change will once again be the constant. Stay tuned for a revisit of all these items throughout the year.


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RJ wrote:No kisses? Wait, no, don't worry.
This is for Silver and not helping me on erepublik and not posting orders for HTD.
RJ wrote:Nah, I'm on benefits now.
Anyway, pes and I made sweet sweet love yesterday.
Also, can I turn myself into a female yet?
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Even more important than the physical models, players can be very protective of their personal Kanon. If a player comes to the table with the characters and storyline that sustained him and his brother through a desperate childhood thirty years earlier, don't What I Say Goes them into a black hole for the sake of making the half-assed army you invented over your lunch break seem two percent cooler. Regardless of what happens on the battlefield, players are the bosses of their own storylines. If they don't feel that you're treating their Kanon with respect, your contributions will be vetoed.
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