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by Michael Hogan
Joanne Coriolan, 32, is a woman with a delightful smile and eyes that sparkle when she speaks of the passion for her family, her cooking and the history of her Haitian culture. Joanne is clearly a woman on a mission. Born in Haiti, she moved to Brooklyn, NY, when she was five. The oldest of four children, she spent most of her time helping to care for her family. She speaks tenderly of her memories of those times, especially in the kitchen, recalling the smells of fresh spices and herbs. "You learned everything in the kitchen. Everyone gathered in the kitchen," she says fondly.
"Haitian cooking is all about simplicity and preparation," Joanne says. "I always want to stay true to the process, the fresh ground spices, the local produce. Traditionally, what we ate and how we prepared it depended on the region of the island where we lived. There was never much, but it was always fresh."
A typical Haitian staple meal was polenta with bean or creole sauce. Meat dishes were celebratory and would be prepared well in advance. Without refrigeration, clever ways had to be found to cure the meat. One such dish was Griot; cubes of pork shoulder marinated in a parsley-based Creole sauce and sour orange, giving it a distinctly Haitian flavor.
After graduation from the State University of New York, Joanne moved to Chestnut Hill with her husband, Mark, a graduate student at Temple University. Joanne herself is now a graduate student in Business Administration at Chestnut Hill College. She also works full-time at Wells Fargo Bank.
It was at her home in Chestnut Hill Village where she began a cooking club with other Haitian-American women (they called themselves the "Cooking Divas"), and found her calling to teach others all that she had learned about Haitian cuisine, culture and history.
"Let me tell you about pumpkin soup," she says with the intent of a teacher who truly cares about her subject. "In 1804 the people of Haiti paid the French government $1 million and gained their independence. Every January 1st we celebrate that independence by making pumpkin soup."
She goes on to explain how the French had ravaged the land, so very little could grow, and the livestock were too ill to breed. Wanting to celebrate, however, the people threw what they could into a pot. Most families only had pumpkin and squash, so to this day Haitian families make pumpkin soup on the first day of the year, although it has become a friendly community contest to see who can make the best. "As long as you start with pumpkin and squash, you can add anything you like," Joanne explains.
The CHC grad student learned most of what she knows about cooking from her grandmother, although, she adds, "My dad also loved to cook, and he had the best recipe for red snapper!" She loves to talk about the time spent in the kitchen with her family; the conversations, the laughter and the amazing aromas. She remembers the jars of pickled herbs, the watercress, rice and peas with jerk chicken, root vegetables, okra, yucca, mint and ginger.
"I am not a chef," Joanne says enthusiastically. "I just have a passion for cooking and teaching." Indeed, she does. Out of those early years in the kitchen with her family and then her cooking club, has come her latest venture, Island Flavor Cuisine, a catering company she owns and operates in Mt. Airy. She also teaches Caribbean Cooking classes through Mt. Airy Learning Tree and Abington Adult School.
She is currently working on a book with her mother that will combine Haitian and family recipes with cultural and historical thoughts about her homeland. Her 10-year goal is to open a Haitian restaurant in the area. Obviously, Mrs. Coriolan has a lot on her plate. When you meet her, you'll realize that she's more than capable of keeping all those fires going without burning a single dish.
Joanne now lives in Mt. Airy with her husband Mark, their two sons Matthew, 7, and Justin, 9 months, their dog, Baxter, and a goldfish. When I ask Matthew what his favorite food is that his mom makes for him, he says with a big smile, "Milkshakes!" Joanne laughs and says, "Well, at least my husband and my dog like my cooking!"
Joanne Coriolan can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or through Mt. Airy Learning Tree. Her MALT classes will be held Oct. 6 and 13, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Unitarian Society of Germantown, 6511 Lincoln Drive. Register at 215-843-6333 or online 24/7 at www.mtairylearningtree.org.


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Looking Back on an Intro to Film Class
The movies that we watched in their entirety during a weekly screening period were:
- Citizen Kane
- Manhunter
- Vertigo
- Zodiac
- 400 Blows
- Badlands
- Cabaret
- The Haunting
- The Shining
- Do the Right Thing
- The Living End
- Orlando
- Synecdoche, NY
Overall, this selection worked just fine, and it supported one of my basic goals for the class: showing the students a wide enough range of films to give them a sense of what cinema has to offer, while keeping the selection focused enough not to feel like a random potpourri of greatest hits. During class, I also showed extended clips of all sorts of things -- I was especially pleased when one of the students told me he'd really discovered he likes silent cinema, which we watched a lot of clips of, and which before the class he would have dismissed as old and stupid.
Clips worked really well, because they sparked lots of curiosity about movies the students hadn't encountered before -- the first 10 minutes or so of Hal Hartley's Trust especially got people writing in their notebooks and asking me if they could borrow my VHS of it (alas, it's not yet on DVD in the U.S.).
Some of the films worked better than I thought they would. The 400 Blows wasn't universally loved (each of the films had supporters and detractors, though there were clear favorites), but the students who loved it loved it in the way I did when I first saw it as an undergraduate -- as a kind of poetry that is immensely entertaining and then, in its final shots, emotionally overwhelming. Cabaret was the film that worked well for the largest amount of students, and it was a revelation for students who thought all musicals are sweet and silly. I expected a lot more pushback on The Living End and would not have been surprised if a student or two walked out of the screening, but though a number of them said they thought it was too explicit (which allowed us to talk about how hetero audiences tend to be oblivious to the explicitness of heterosex [that doesn't show a penis] and find even a same-sex kiss to be "too explicit" -- The Living End is definitely explicit, and certainly more explicit than just a kiss, but what is actually shown on screen is not more than in plenty of mainstream movies like Miami Vice or even Psycho, if we want to think about the scene that the students most focused on as too explicit: Jon and Luke in the shower. What is explicit in that scene is the way the characters talk to each other, which is much more specific than in mainstream movies, and welcomes the audience into imaginative participation. That's what can make the sex in The Living End unsettling for people, not the actual imagery.)
Orlando worked magnificently well, and led to one of my favorite class discussions, because it proved both entertaining and thought-provoking for the students. I'd previously thought of the film as somewhat superficial and light, but while it's certainly light, I have a new appreciation for the depths of its playfulness, given how well it caused my students to think hard about the world and their view of it.
Synecdoche, NY worked better than I expected, too -- I'd really been expecting about half the class to loathe it. But only one student said he really hated it, while a few others were just so bewildered by it they didn't know how to evaluate their experience. But many others said they found it fascinating and really powerful, and one student called it his favorite of any of the films we watched.
Do the Right Thing was probably the most divisive film for the class, with some of the students unable to see beyond an image they've acquired/imagined of Spike Lee, who some of the students sometime in their lives decided hates white people and therefore hates them and therefore they hate any movie he makes (except Inside Man, which they didn't realize he made). This was a difficult attitude to work through. We read an interview with Lee that many students quite obviously mis-read through the lens of their resistance to Lee, causing them to see only particular words, not even entire sentences. This all reinforced an experience I've continued to have with students of the type we tend to get, an attitude based on defensive liberal pieties of tolerance and niceness -- predicated on the ideas that 1.) discrimination is something that happened in the past, because I and all my friends are nice people who would not behave like the not-nice people back in the day; 2.) talking about race is not nice, because nice people are nice to everybody and don't point out their differences. Their educational experiences up to this point have not given them any vocabulary or templates for talking about difference in general and race in particular in any way other than "racism is bad" -- but "racism" is something that is very difficult for them to define beyond segregation. In my Feminism in America class, I once had a student say flat-out, "Talking about race is racist," and other students in discussion agree that everything would be fine as long as we didn't talk about it. I've had various conversations about this phenomenon with my colleagues in various disciplines, and they've shared similar stories. (All of this is another reason I'm looking forward to my Outsider course in the fall, because it will, among many other things, allow us to explore the constructions of certains stereotypes and attitudes.) I think I understand some of the reasons why so many students respond the way they do to the discussion of race -- not the content, but the fact of discussion itself -- since my background was similar to that of many of my students at least through 8th grade, but I'm still sometimes surprised when I encounter the fear, resentment, defensiveness, and ignorance that comes out when I try to get them thinking about some of the nuances, paradoxes, and complexities of racial discourse.
So yes, Do the Right Thing. Good choice, but not an easy conversation. College shouldn't be about easy conversations, though.
Only two of the films stand out to me as ones I will definitely replace if I teach the class in the future, though with one of them it's entirely a technical problem: Our classrooms are equipped with projectors that are ... less than ideal. This was annoying with all of the movies, but proved utterly destructive to only one: Zodiac. I was in pain watching it during our screening time, because what I most wanted the students to pay attention to -- the way the digital image represents night -- was exactly what the projector most obscured, turning everything less than twilight into flat black, and making entire scenes of the movie indecipherable. (I complained to our IT folks, who are very helpful and put up with a lot from me, and they said there wasn't much that could be done with these projectors, alas.) So unless there was other equipment available for a screening, I wouldn't -- couldn't! -- use Zodiac again, alas.
The other one I wouldn't use again is Vertigo, because my students' almost universal hatred of it led me to realize that it's really not a good film for the average undergraduate. A few of the students appreciated elements of it, but for the most part they just don't have enough experience of life and, particularly, experience of obsession to really access the film's power. I adore the movie even more every time I watch it, but I didn't myself really develop a love for Vertigo until I was in my late 20s or so (though my basic respect for it dates back to when I saw the restored print when it was released in New York in the 1990s). There are lots of other Hitchcock movies I could show.
If I teach the course in the future, I might switch out a few other films, just to keep things fresh for myself. The three horror movies worked well together, but I might want to play around with another genre, especially since I'd like to put in something by Howard Hawks, who I missed getting a chance to talk about at any length. (I'd be tempted to do something on westerns -- maybe Rio Bravo with The Furies, my favorite of Anthony Mann's extraordinary westerns, plus one or two others to balance things out.)
The Corrigan & White textbook worked pretty well, though I expect the students would mostly say it was boring. I expect they'd say that about all the readings I gave them, in fact. To a certain extent, you either like reading about film or you don't, and I'd bet the latter group is much larger than the former. The book worked well for our purposes, however, in that it provided them with ways of thinking, talking, and writing about film that they wouldn't otherwise have access to, and it helped expand their perception of what can be said about cinema. I'd also assigned the Village Voice Film Guide, which we didn't make as much use of as I thought we would, and I'd probably drop it in the future. The goal was for the students to have easy access to brief, informed writing on a lot of movies they might not have heard of, but there's enough out on the internet that I can point them to, and, in fact, I'd try to do more such pointing if I taught the class again.
Inevitably, there were students who didn't like the class and students who were indifferent to the class, but I was pleased with the many students who really did seem to get excited by what we were doing, and it was especially pleasing to see many of them develop really nuanced and thoughtful responses by the end of the term.

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-Ninjex- wrote:moraykidz wrote:Question, Is it breaking the law to bring down a site that is stealing from hard working honest people?
I'm not in the US, I'm in Scotland and I think I have a legitimate and moral right to stop this site from operating.
I'm grasping at straws hoping that someone can point me in the right direction.
Yes. That's like saying is it illegal to beat up a homeless man that was harassing you for change...
Wait, no it's nothing like that actually.
LOL, yeah that was a tad off :p


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Louisville high school holds pep rally to bring awareness for MS
Louisville high school holds pep rally to bring awareness for MS
LOUISVILLE, Ky —
A local high school is getting involved with MS Awareness Week.
Thursday, Mar. 14, more than 900 Doss High School students will have a pep rally to show their support for research and funding for the disease.
The rally is to get students fired up to "Donate to Dress Down" on Friday and Orange it Out; orange is the MS branding color.
This is also to bring awareness in honor of Doss High teacher Judith White.
Judith was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2000 and her students are rallying behind her.
She is the Trailblazer team captain for the MS Louisville walk scheduled for May 18.
The pep rally is scheduled to start at 1:50 p.m. at Doss.


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Here we see no denial or attack on the Pope's authority either to confirm the acts, which contrarily Anatolius seems to recognize entirely, but instead are faced with what seems an apology about the entire canon itself. He also seems to describe that canon as a bid for power by the local clergy, which sounds a lot like how some people actually want to see Rome's attitude. But, in any case, it is clear that Constantinople herself had no qualms with the methods of "Old Rome" and so why should we?
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Not that I really want to enter the debate, but one quote from one appeaser in a time when the canonical reordering was fresh in the Church doesn't amount to much. ISTM that he's just hedging his bets, placing himself in the good graces of Old Rome in case a reversal happened (which was possible if the Emperor decided to shift his influence.)
Justinian also referred to Rome as the "Apostolic See," as seen in a letter he wrote to Pope John II included in his Corpus Juris Civilis.
Even the rejected Chalcedonian Canon did not "offer the Old Capital equality with the New Capital".
No, I should really like to see them.
Rome's commemoration of the accession of Constantinopolitan Patriarchs is in no way equivalent to an endorsement of all those Patriarchs' subsequent abuses of power. I would think that obvious, especially given what I have cited of Popes Ss. Leo & Gregory Dialogist.
Are you familiar with the Arian crisis? Constantinople 55 years out of Communion.Acacian schism? 35 years.Monotheletism. 41 years. Iconoclasm. 61 years.
QuoteEven the rejected Chalcedonian Canon did not "offer the Old Capital equality with the New Capital".Yes it did, didn't you read the interpretation of Balsamon? Oh, and before you scoff at Balsamon again, do understand that in the Orthodox Church his interpretations are held in a reverence equal to the canons of the Oecumenical Synods themselves...to attempt to simply dismiss the opinions of Balsamon in a discussion about Orthodox Canon Law is to invite ridicule of your position and a dismissed as ridiculous, no matter how sound your position.
And also the fathers of the Sixth Oecumenical Synod proclaimed, 'The Bishop of Constantionple enjoys perogatives equal to those of the Bishop of Old Rome.'
Fine, have it your way, I shall let this argument degrade into pointless proof texting...here's to the end of what minimal valid academic work has been thus far presented
The Empire, ever concerned with it's history and tradition (for example, until the fall of the Empire, and even afterwards in the Court of the Oecumenical Throne, it was not uncommon to see arguments based on the Twelve Tables) offered her Old Capital equality with the New Capital, yet Old Rome, ever greedy for power resisted;
"I therefore beseech your holiness to persuade the most holy and blessed bishop (Pope Leo) to use his Apostolic power, and to order me to hasten to your Council. For that most holy throne (Rome) has the sovereignty over the churches throughout the universe on many grounds." (Tom. iv. Epist. cxvi. Renato, p. 1197). "If Paul, the herald of the truth, the trumpet of the Holy Spirit, hastened to the great Peter, to convey from him the solution to those in Antioch, who were at issue about living under the law, how much more do we, poor and humble, run to the Apostolic Throne (Rome) to receive from you (Pope Leo) healing for wounds of the the Churches. For it pertains to you to have primacy in all things; for your throne is adorned with many prerogatives. ... Your city has the fullest abundance of good things from the giver of all good. ... But her chief decoration is her faith, to which the divine apostle is a sure witness when he exclaims "Your faith is proclaimed in all the world"; and if, immediately after receiving the seeds of the saving gospel, she bore such a weight of wondrous fruit, what words are sufficient to express the piety which is now found in her? She has, too, the tombs of our common fathers and teachers of the truth, Peter and Paul, to enlighten the souls of the faithful. And this blessed and divine pair arose indeed in the East, and shed its rays in all directions, but voluntarily underwent the sunset of life in the West, from whence now they light up the whole world. These have rendered your see so glorious: this the height of your good things. For their God has made their see bright, since he has settled your holiness in it to send forth the rays of the true faith." (Ibid, Epistle Leoni) "...Twenty-six years I have been a bishop; I have undergone countless labours; I have struggled hard for the truth; I have freed tens of thousands of heretics and brought them to the Saviour, and now they have stripped me of my priesthood, and are exiling me from the city. ... Wherefore I beseech your sanctity to persuade the very sacred and holy Archbishop Leo to bid me hasten to your council. For that holy see has precedence of all churches in the world, for many reasons; and above all for this, that it is free from all taint of heresy, and that no bishop of false opinions has ever sat upon its throne, but it has kept the grace of the apostles undefiled." (Ep. 116, to Renatus the presbyter. A.D. 449. [P.G. 83. 1324; P.N.F. 3. 295B.])"For as I", he says [quoting Luke 22. 31,32 -- EBB], "did not despise thee when tossed, so be thou a support to thy brethren in trouble, and the help by which thou wast saved do thou thyself impart to others, and exhort them not while they are tottering, but raise them up in their peril. For this reason I suffer thee also to slip, but do not permit thee to fail, [thus] through thee gaining steadfastness for those who are tossed." So this great pillar supported the tossing and sinking world, and permitted it not to fall entirely and gave it back stability, having been ordered to feed God's sheep."(Oratio de Caritate. [P.G. 82. 1509.])
I am bound to dismiss the numbering of the rest.
If you had done any research on the Orthodox position, you would know that the East has never accepted the so-called Decretium Gelasianum regarding primacy. GIC is basically correct in his assessment of the Eastern position.
Literally hundreds of sees in the East can legitimately argue that they are of apostolic foundation. It's nice that Rome can claim to have been founded by an apostle,
but we have several of our own "Apostolic Sees" here in the East, thank you, while the West has one.
You should really learn more about Orthodox approaches to ecclesiology before making posts like the ones you have made.
I tell you these things not to shame or insult you, but to remind you of where you are posting, and for you to remember that the whole world does not share Rome's points of reference.
One ought not to argue by assuming contested premises as you here have done. The degree to which the Orthodox revere Balsamon is irrelevant in this polemical context which context consists in a discussion of the writings of the Holy Fathers of the early centuries.
My 'attempt to simply dismiss the opinions of Balsamon in a discussion about Orthodox Canon Law" at least ought not "invite ridicule" given the aforementioned parameters.
This debate concerns the form in which Orthodox Canon law consisted in the first centuries and in the minds of the Holy Fathers whom we both revere.
You are aware that the Quinisext council was never accepted as Oecumenical in the West, and therefore falls outside the established parameters of this debate?
Ironically, the St. Gregory Theologian quote explicitly contradicts your thesis, in that he calls Constantinople "the first after the first".
St. John Chrysostom nowhere mentions the Imperial See's equality with Rome.
As for the Theodoret, I would be interested in knowing its source. I admit to having never come across that saying of his.
The Life of St. Daniel Stylite does not accord Constantinople ecclesiastical equality with Old Rome.Neither does Eusebius.
Even the Byzantines at Chalcedon never attempted to accord Constantinople equality with Rome, as evinced by its 28th Canon which says New Rome "should be second after her [Old Rome]" "Second after" does not equal the "equality" which you claim the Empire offered.
Of what relevance is their opinions? They are private opinions not binding legal documents. You may not accept my sources as relevant, but I have a similar view of yours.
Many people said many things, none of which amounts to binding dogma or discipline. I have thus far presented relevent legal documents from Synods and Imperial Legislation and relevant interpretations by well respected and well qualified canonists and lawyers...and what have you responded with? Private opinion...
+ The Emperor Theodosius and Valentinian to Aetius, Master of the Military and Patrician:"It is certain that for us the only defence lies in the favour of the God of heaven; and to deserve it our first care is to support the Christian faith and its venerable religion. Inasmuch then as the primacy of the apostolic see is assured, by the merit of S. Peter, who is chief of the episcopal order, by the rank of the city of Rome, and also by the authority of a sacred synod, let no one presume to attempt any illicit act contrary to the authority of that see. For then at length will the peace of the churches be maintained everywhere, if the whole body acknowledges its ruler."Hitherto these customs have been observed without fail; but Hilary of Arles, as we are informed by the trustworthy report of that venerable man Leo, Pope of Rome, has with contumacious daring ventured upon certain unlawful proceedings.... For Hilary who is called bishop of Arles, without consulting the pontiff of the church of the city of Rome, has in solitary rashness usurped his jurisdiction by the ordination of bishops ... and after investigation they have been dispersed by the order of that pious man the Pope of the city. The sentence applies to Hilary and to those whom he has wickedly ordained. This same sentence would have been valid through the Gauls without imperial sanction; for what is not allowed in the Church to the authority of so great a pontiff? Hilary is allowed still to be called a bishop, only by the kindness of the gentle president; and our just command is, that it is not lawful either for him or for anyone else to mix church affairs with arms or to obstruct the orders of the Roman overseer. ... in order that not even the least disturbance may arise amongst the churches, nor the discipline of religion appear in any instance to be weakened, we decree by this eternal law that it shall not be lawful for bishops ... contrary to ancient custom, to do aught without the authority of the venerable Pope of the eternal city. And whatever the authority of the apostolic see has sanctioned, or may sanction, shall be the law for all; so that if any bishop summoned to trial before the pontiff of Rome shall neglect to come, he shall be compelled to appear by the governor of that province. Those things which our divine parents conferred on the Roman church are to be upheld in every way."(Valentinian III, Certum est. 8 July 445. In Leo, Ep. II. [P.L. 54. 637; Kidd, Docs. 2. 282.])Theodosian Code (XVI.1.2)"It is our desire that all the various nation which are subject to our clemency and moderation, should continue to the profession of that religion which was delivered to the Romans by the divine Apostle Peter..."+ Emperor Justinian (520-533): to Pope St. Agapetus (ca. A.D. 535):"...the source of the priesthood...the venerable See of the most high Apostle Peter...No one doubts that the height of the Supreme Pontificate is at Rome." >> Writing to Pope John I..."Yielding honor to the Apostolic See and to Your Holiness, and honoring your Holiness, as one ought to honor a father, we have hastened to subject all the priests of the whole Eastern district, and to unite them to the See of your Holiness, for we do not allow of any point, however manifest and indisputable it be, which relates to the state of the Churches, not being brought to the cognizance of your Holiness, since you are the Head of all the holy Churches."(Justinian Epist. ad. Pap. Joan. ii. Cod. Justin. lib. I. tit. 1).>> Writing to Pope Hormisdas..."Let your Apostleship show that you have worthily succeeded to the Apostle Peter, since the Lord will work through you, as Surpreme Pastor, the salvation of all.(Coll. Avell. Ep. 196, July 9th, 520, Justinian to Pope Hormisdas).
Ah, but it does invite ridicule as they amount to nothing more than ad hominem attacks, for the opinions of Balsamon are not innovations of the 12th century, rather are commentary on ancient law. Rather than address those laws you prefer to try to proof text by quoting private opinions of various individuals, none of which have any canonically or legally binding authority.
It was summoned by an Emperor and ratified as part of the sixth oecumenical synod by Nicea II...the synod is Oecumenical and a rejection of it by the west simply places the west outside the communion of the Church which accepted the synod as such at the Seventh Oecumenical Synod.
As a formality, the dismisses the necessity for that qualification in the next breath.
That wasn't the point, the point was to say that Chrysostom refered to Constantinople as the Apostolic See.
As I said before, proof texting is pointless, we can argue about the details indefinitely, but in the end they're all private opinion.
And you didn't even address the relevant quotes posted, the ones relating to canon and imperial law.
They are more than opinions. The Fathers constantly and in the most forceful language attest to the Primacy of the Roman See and its divine prerogatives based on Petrine succession.
You say I do not accept your sources as relevant. And, indeed, as far as 12th Century Canon law goes, and for the purposes & within the parameters (or rather what should be the parameters) of this discussion, I don't.
But you say you have a similar view of mine. Friend, are you not cognizant of the fact that I have been relying upon 4th through 6th Century Saints? These sources are irrelevant to you?
"Many [Holy Fathers of the Holy Orthodox Catholic Faith] said many things" concerning the See of Rome, and they are all unanimous in according to it the first place based upon its position as the See of St. Peter Prince of Apostles. And whatever you might think, the doctrine of the Fathers is binding, inasmuch as it is a sure witness to the Apostolic Faith. If you don't believe me, please take that up with the rest of your venerable Orthodox friends - for indeed, most of the Orthodox that fall within the sphere of my friendship tend to carry themselves with significantly more reverence in respect to the Holy Fathers than I have seen borne out in your comments here.
You "have thus far presented relevant legal documents from Synods" which I have in the first place shown not to corroborate your novel understanding of Constantinople's position (i.e. equality to Rome), and second to have not been of Oecumenical authority. As for "Imperial Legislation," we have established that from my perspective it holds no divine authority. So its citation within this argument is irrelevant. Why, might I ask, do you insist on reiterating this argument given your knowledge of its inevitable inefficacy in my case?
But as far the understanding of Emperors goes, what do you make of such statements as these?:
I digress.
Ad hominem attack? My rejection of Balsamon's place in this discussion is no different in principle than would be your rejection of the 1917 Code of Canon Law as ratified by Pope Benedict XV. Balsamon was writing from an anti-papal perspective, and is not a source we both hold in common. I am beginning to think we hold little in common, given the contempt you manifest for the "private opinions" of the Holy Fathers.
I've known people like you before, usually quite uneducated and naive, though sometimes just thick skulled...
the fathers consistantly said nothing of th sort, rather you have found a hand full of examples where that is said and you take it as the universal opinion,
Read the homilies of almost any famous, influential, and sainted bishop...they are dripping with politics and propaganda.
just so we're on the same page, you do realize that in the Early Church the Church was local in nature, initially Bishops wern't even chosen by other Bishops, but rather by the Presbyters, then in time as connections grew with other Christian Churches the Bishops in a local area started getting together and only then did the role of Metropolitans develop, as those who presided over the Synod, usually from the most significant city. The development of Patriarchal roles (including that of Rome) was not seen until the Imperial Era. Even Rome's authority over provinces directly under her wasn't fully established and enforced until Sardica.
Then there was that fight for the big one, being the 'Ultimate See of Appeal,' Alexandria threw her dice in a couple times
Carthage, whose synod excommunicates anyone who appeals over seas for any reason, even if they are justified and their case is upheld.
I'm really hoping that you understand the development of Christian Ecclesiology in this political context and are just hiding it for apologetic reasons.
"How much more in the case of the clergy and Church of the Romans, which from old until now presides over all the churches which are under the sun? Having surely received this canonically, as well as from councils and the apostles, as from the princes of the latter [Peter & Paul], and being numbered in their company, she is subject to no writings or issues in synodical documents, on account of the eminence of her pontificate... even as in all these things all are equally subject to her [the Church of Rome] according to sacerodotal law. And so when, without fear, but with all holy and becoming confidence, those ministers [the popes] are of the truly firm and immovable rock, that is of the most great and Apostolic Church of Rome."(Maximus, in J.B. Mansi, ed. Amplissima Collectio Conciliorum, vol. 10) the blessed Pope of the most holy Catholic Church of the Romans, that is, the Apostolic See, which is from the incarnate of the Son of God Himself, and also [from] all the holy synods, according to the holy canons and definitions, has received universal and surpreme dominion, authority, and power of binding and loosing over all the holy churches of God throughout the whole world(Letter to the Patrician Peter, ca. AD 642, in Mansi x, 692)
See what I wrote above
Ascribing a protestant style inerrancy to the fathers is hardly good history or good patristics. I have been trying to get you to think in the greater historical context, though I have thus far failed.
At least the thickness of my skull is matched with an equivalent thickness of skin capable of deflecting such pointless and invective ad hominem. Friend, let's not let this discussion degenerate to the level I see you are having it head.
I have found much more than a "handful of examples" of patristic affirmation of Roman Apostolic Supremacy. Granted I have not cited every Father who had anything forceful to say about the Roman Primacy and the divine origin thereof, you have no basis for saying that the number of Fathers I have found to support my position amounts to a mere "hand full". What I take for universal opinion I do so on account simply of seeing that 'opinion' actually as universal so far as can be determined by what documentary evidence we possess. Do you wish me to substantiate this claim? I fear to do so without your permission and be accused thereby of 'proof-texting'.
I don't see it. At least not to the extent you do. Availing myself of the "hermeneutic of charity" (as I have heard it happily expressed) I see in homilies of the sainted bishops of the era Ceasar's due being given him, and the same with respect to God.
The statement that "the Early Church was local in nature" is loaded and ambiguous.
Please provide me with documentation for such a 'fight.'
What specifically are you referring to?
While I have an eye to the political context in which Christian Ecclesiology developed, I do not look upon that development in exclusively political terms, because the Fathers did not. The Church is of divine origin & is possessed of a divine constitution. It is my contention that this constitution includes the See of the Prince of the Apostles as the source & center of its unity, in line with the solemn assertions of St. Maximos the Confessor:
Now let me take this occasion to address the fact that, inasmuch as I have on another thread observed you deny the existence of the patristic consensus, the reality of which I see as essential for Orthodox let alone Catholic theological discussion & formulation, I see the potential for this debate being very limited. It seems that given your disregard for what the Fathers have to say on the prerogative of Rome, we are left without mutual recourse to a common authority.
Perhaps independent is a bit more precise. There was a small amount of communication amongst different communities, but in the end, each bishop ruled his local Church along with the council of presbyters. Of course, I was unaware that there was any serious and objective scholarly objection to this understanding of the development of the Early Church. Of course, there was a time when our patriarchates would write Church history to place themselves in a better historical position, but modern western scholarship prohibits such an approach from being taken seriously in this day and age. Ultimately it's the atheists who are keeping us honest. I'd recommend just about any secular history of the period. As for specific authors, I'd probably recommend Norwich and Treadgold and their respective histories of the Empire.
At least since the high Middle Ages the papacy has been understood as an institution directly created by Jesus Christ in his own lifetime: he willed that his Church should be ruled by the Apostles and their successors, and he gave to Peter, as leader of the apostles, the fullness of spiritual power, the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Peter came to Rome, and there appointed his own successors, whose names are recited to this day in the canon of the Mass – Linus, Cletus, Clement, and so on down to John Paul II. All that the modern Church claims for the pope, his authority in doctrine and his power over institutions, is on this account a simple unfolding of the dominical bestowal of the keys, and the post-resurrection command to Peter to feed Christ's sheep. We have known for more than a century that the historical underpinning of this account is unfortunately not quite so simple. The Church of Rome during its first two centuries based its claims to precedence not on the Lord's words to Peter, but on the preaching and death in Rome of two apostles, Peter and Paul. The commission in Matthew 16:18, "Thou art Peter, and upon this Rock I will build my Church, and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven", is quoted in no Roman source before the time of the Decian persecution, in the middle of the third century, and even then the claims which the Pope of the time tried to base on that quotation were indignantly rejected by the Churches of Africa to whom he was addressing himself. And indeed, the very roots of what may be called the foundation myth of the papacy are themselves uncomfortably complicated. The Church established itself in Rome some time in the AD 40s: we now know that for the best part of the century that followed, there was nothing and nobody in Rome who could recognisably be called a pope. Christianity in Rome evolved out of the Roman synagogues, and to begin with it was not so much a single Church as a constellation of independent churches, meeting in the houses of wealthy converts or in hired halls and public baths, without any central ruler or bishop. The Roman synagogues – there were 14 of them in the first century – unlike the synagogues in other great Mediterranean cities like Antioch . . . were all independent, with no central organisation or single president, and to begin with at least, the churches of Rome also functioned independently. Many of them were in any case ethnic or regional churches, groups of Syrian, Greek, Asian residents in Rome, using their own languages, following the customs of the Christian communities back in their home regions. Elsewhere in the first century, episcopacy emerged as the dominant form of church order – the rule of each church by a single senior presbyter who took the lead in ordinations and the celebration of the Eucharist, and who was the focus of unity for all the Christians of a city or region. But Rome, probably because of the complexity and ethnic and cultural diversity of the Christian communities of the capital of the world, was very slow to adopt this system. In the conventional accounts of the history of the papacy, the letter of Clement, written from Rome to the Church at Corinth around the year AD 95, is often thought of as the first papal encyclical, attributed to Pope Clement, Peter's third successor and the last pope personally known to the Prince of the Apostles. In fact, the letter is written on behalf of the whole Roman Church, it is unsigned, and the author speaks unequivocally of "the elders who rule the Church", in the plural. EVERYTHING we know about the Church at Rome in its first century or so points in the same direction, to a community which certainly thought of itself as one Church, but which was in practice a loose and often divided federation of widely different communities, each with its own pastors and its own distinctive and often conflicting liturgies, calendars and customs. It was in fact the threat of heresy within this seething diversity, and the Roman need to impose some sort of unity and coherence on the Church in the city, that led to the emergence of the Roman episcopate, and the firming up of the Roman community's pride in the life and death among them of the two greatest apostles, into a succession narrative. By the 160s the graves of Peter and Paul had shrines built over them and were being shown to Christian visitors to Rome: by the early third century the bishops of Rome were being buried in a single crypt in what is now the catacomb of San Callisto, as a sort of visible family tree stretching back, it was believed, to the apostolic age. But all this was a construct, tidying the mess and confusion of real history into a neat and orderly relay race, with the baton of apostolic authority being handed from one bishop to another.
Actually in my opinion one of the more interesting pieces on the period was written by Eamon Duffy. In an article called "The Popes: Theory and Fact" he said: [&c.]
I couldn't care less if the entire host of angels was, with one voice, proclaiming the supremacy of Rome. Until you have the support of a synod of universal authoirty, you don't have a case. That's how the Church works,
You dont? I dont know what to say then as to me it is quite apparent that nearly every significant ecclesiastical decision from the fourth to the eighth century was strongly politically motivated, with theology playing a subservient role...of course, I see no need to make this case as several authors have already done so over the last century.
Perhaps independent is a bit more precise. There was a small amount of communication amongst different communities, but in the end, each bishop ruled his local Church along with the council of presbyters. Of course, I was unaware that there was any serious and objective scholarly objection to this understanding of the development of the Early Church. Of course, there was a time when our patriarchates would write Church history to place themselves in a better historical position, but modern western scholarship prohibits such an approach from being taken seriously in this day and age. Ultimately it's the atheists who are keeping us honest.
I'd recommend just about any secular history of the period. As for specific authors, I'd probably recommend Norwich and Treadgold and their respective histories of the Empire.
Canon 36 of the African (aka Carthaginian) code
So basically you fail to see the political context because you choose not to? As for Maximos, what did you expect? He was in a political battle with Constantinople, he got mutilated over it, I couldn't think of a more blatantly political situation.
Interesting though it may be to read the perspective of a nominally Catholic historian on the supposed nature of the first century Roman Church, the controversial claims made in the citation you have brought forth are not in the same citation substantiated.
BLF, I'm not sure what status Mr. Duffy is in regards to his faith. He certainly to my knowledge is a communicating member of the Roman Catholic Church; and it is in my experience a not too uncommon occurrence that among those born in to that church, a less rigorous view of the Papacy is held than say those who from a Protestant background convert to Catholicism (for reasons other than marriage). Mr. Duffy is in my understanding a fairly respected scholar and I would assume has some basis for his assertions, even if in that article they are not annotated. I would also assume that he and the publication his article was printed in additionally have some scholarly standards that they adhere to.My goal in posting the article was not to enter in to this debate, but to highlight something brought up by GreekChristian, namely that it is not those outside the RCC that are "keeping it honest†through critical scholarship, but very much those within as well.
Rome was a significant church in even the Apostolic period as we know from St. Paul. Being a very large city at the time there may certainly have been more than one bishop, but there were certainly bishops. And if there were several they had organization and a relationship amongst themselves, as the signature of "the elders" would indicate. The principles of the papacy would have been present in a synodal gathering of local bishops operating together just as it would be in a senior bishop among those in the city, and I think it most likely that even in a conciliar situation somebody would be senior as almost always is the case. Regardless though there was an episcopal presence, with its natural consequent leadership, which would have been necessary to have produced such a letter as 1 Clement in the first place.Patrick
I thought it was against church law for there to be two bishops over the same area
I feel like everyday I lean more and more towards the Orthodox point of view.
I know what you mean. Once the truth gets a hold on you--it won't let go.
When I was taking RCIA class before I decided on joining the Orthodox Church, we received a handout titled Church Levels of Teaching Authority. There were three listed as infallible: Ex Cathedra statements by the Pope, Ecumenical Councils, and Universal Ordinary Magisterium. Only the first two are listed in the category of Extraordinary Magisterium however, with the third listed as Ordinary Magisterium.My question is about the first two. If papal infallibity has always existed, what is the purpose of having ecumenical councils? If the pope is infallible, why did it take a council (Vatican I) to declare this as such? The council would be infallible, so wouldn't that make it above papal infallibility if the council was the one to bestow that power?Can any Catholics here help me to understand this better? Or any Orthodox for that matter. I'm not trying to start any arguments, just trying to understand a viewpoint better. Thanks for any input.
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Of Spirit and Flame: John Coleman Bronzes from the Collection of Frankie and Howard Alper
Sat., Jan. 13, 2018
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This selection of more than 20 bronze sculptures by award-winning sculptor and painter John Coleman celebrates one of the nation's most important artists of the American West, as well as the arts patronage of collectors Frankie and Howard Alper. Coleman's stories about Native American culture are conveyed throughout the exhibition, as his artistic process is illuminated.
PHOTO: John Coleman, Mato-Tope, Four Bears, 2005, bronze


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Kent Hospital honored more than 200 hospital volunteers at the Take Me Out To The Ball Game Volunteer Recognition Brunch, held at Quidnessett Country Club in North Kingstown on June 25. The awards celebration recognized the many hours of service donated by Kent's volunteers and this year's service award winners.
"Volunteers are such an important part of Kent hospital and truly enhance the daily lives of our patients, visitors and staff," Sandra Coletta, COO Care New England, president and CEO of Kent Hospital, said in a statement. "These volunteers come to our hospital every day, dedicating countless hours of their personal time to our community. For that, Kent Hospital is extremely grateful for their hard work and dedication."
Kent Hospital's active volunteers donated more than 42,000 hours of service for the year. The following volunteers were selected as 2012-2013 award recipients: Kent Hospital Youth Service Award, Jason Taylor of Rumford, Stock Room volunteer; Kent Hospital Bright Idea Award, Lois Dexter of North Kingstown, Foundation volunteer; Kent Hospital Make It Happen Award, James Ryan of East Greenwich, Emergency Department volunteer; Kent Hospital Unsung Hero Award, Jean Woodcock of Warwick, Gift Shop, Administration and Education Department volunteer; Kent Hospital Community Partner Award, Centreville Bank of West Warwick, Corporate Headquarters; Kent Hospital Hannah Hayes Volunteer of the Year Award, Carole Marsocci of Coventry, Outpatient Surgery volunteer.
Rita Selby and Ashley Rose Petronelli were the winners of the Take Me Out To The Ball Game raffle. They walked away with a Red Sox and Pawtucket Red Sox package from the Pawtucket Red Sox and Centreville Bank.
Kent Hospital's long history of volunteerism began in 1958 when just 17 volunteers, known as "candy stripers," joined the hospital. Today, Kent's volunteer program has over 500 volunteers who remain integral in helping the hospital serve the community.


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Another Secure Email Service Shuts Down To Avoid Having To Do So Later
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Given that, it's noteworthy that another secure email provider, Silent Circle, chose to announce its own plans to close down its secure email service hours later. Silent Circle isn't facing the same hidden court orders/government demands, but it recognized that it would likely come some day soon -- and thus it was better to shut down ahead of time, before the government forced it to make the same decision. I'm somewhat surprised that Silent Circle didn't at least give its customers a day or whatever to close out their email, but rather the company flat out destroyed its servers, noting:
"Gone. Can't get it back. Nobody can."The company is still offering other secure tools that feature end-to-end encryption such that there's nothing they can hand over to the government.
In discussing this, I saw some people point out that another service, CryptoCloud, has actually had it as a part of its privacy policy for over five years that it would shut down rather than let the government get direct access to accounts:
If a court orders us to allow them to secretly place surveillance "sniffers" on a specific account, we will fight this order to the highest judicial authority possible. If we lose, we will shut down the business and call it a day. End of story.Still, this kind of thing is showing how these ridiculous surveillance policies from the US government are doing massive harm to US businesses, basically making them either lie to their customers and violate their privacy, or to shut down completely. It's going to drive many, many users to overseas services. Is that really worth it?


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One-Minute Review: Amazon Fire TV Raises Bar
Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey Fowler reviews the new Amazon Fire TV set-top box, which faces tough competition from Apple TV, Roku and Google Chromecast.
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First, I worked on my Birdie Stitches block for May. This one was the most tedious so far - lots of flowers to embroider on this one! I like how it turned out, though, and I'm super pleased that the embroidery seems to be on the block straight for once.
Next, I worked on my do.Good.Stitches blocks for this month. I enjoyed these blocks, they were very easy to put together. We're using a tutorial from Hyacinth Quilt Designs for this month's blocks and focusing on light blues and greens for our color palette.
I saved my block for Angela in the {Sew} Beautiful Bee for last, this weekend. It was at least partly because I wasn't 100% sure about what I wanted to make for her. Angela has given us complete creative control this month after sending out some gorgeous blue fabrics. She was inspired by the modern sampler feel of this red & white stunner from Crazy Mom Quilts. I ultimately adapted the Stashbuster block from Material Obsession 2: More Modern Quilts with Traditional Roots, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I've been wanting to try this block for a very long time, and I definitely like how it came together. I sure hope Angela likes it too! I love the fabrics she selected, they're so calm and soothing. I cannot wait to see what kinds of blocks the rest of the group makes!
Finally, I can leave you with a teeny-tiny sneak peek of something I'm sending in the mail today to our {Sew} Modern Monday hostess, Megan. She and I are doing a little mini-quilt swap,and keeping what I made for her a secret is a serious challenge! I can't wait to show you the rest after she gets it!


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Print & Cut out these colorful numbers & the color-coded English and Spanish words. Fun way to play & learn. Preschool Spanish.
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NASA is looking for small businesses that could provide IT security and support services to several of its locations.
Companies would support the objective of the NASA CIO and Johnson Space Center's CIO to provide IT security support to JSC, Sonny Carter Training Facility at Ellington Field in Houston, and White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, N.M.
The security services would include IT policy and risk management, as well as management of related to identity, authorization, configuration and accountability.
Other IT support services would include security compliance, incident remediation, developing security plans, and system management and administration. The services would be for host and storage systems, output devices, mobile devices, workstations, and network components.
In the sources-sought notice, NASA wants to know if there are small businesses, including companies designated as disadvantaged, veteran- or woman-owned, 8(a), or in historically underutilized business zones that are capable of providing these services.
The notice was released May 14. Responses are due May 28.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Revolution Investor/Operators Robert and Jonathan Kraft today announced a new executive management structure for the club, effective immediately.
Brian Bilello has been promoted to President of the New England Revolution after serving the last six seasons as the club's Chief Operating Officer. In his new role, Bilello will oversee all aspects of the Revolution organization – now including the club's soccer operations in addition to continuing to oversee the club's business activities – while reporting to Robert and Jonathan Kraft. He has also surrendered his other leadership roles within The Kraft Sports Group to focus solely on the Revolution.
Additionally, Michael Burns has been promoted to General Manager after serving as the club's Vice President of Player Personnel for the last four seasons. Burns will now lead all aspects of the club's soccer operations, which now includes the coaching staff and player acquisitions, in addition to continuing his oversight of the youth development program and the team's operations and management.
"Major League Soccer has evolved significantly in the last few years and while we felt we had a structure in place that had worked well earlier and led us to success, the last two years did not live up to our expectations," said Robert Kraft. "With this new executive structure, we will be better positioned to compete for championships on the field while we continue to focus on growing our business and building a soccer-specific venue in the Commonwealth."
Bilello joined the Revolution in April 2006 when he was appointed Chief Operating Officer. As COO, he oversaw all aspects of the team's business operations, including sales, communications, marketing, broadcasting, special events and operations.
Prior to accepting the Revolution's COO position, Bilello served the Revolution, New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium in a variety of operational and strategic roles. He joined The Kraft Sports Group in 2003 as Director of Quality and Operational Control, where he worked to improve the fan experience across all areas of Gillette Stadium. Bilello also ran Gillette Stadium's concessions and retail operations, and also provided strategic advice to the Kraft Family on a number of issues related to their sports ventures, in particular, MLS and the Revolution. Prior to working with The Kraft Sports Group, Bilello was a management consultant at Bain & Company in the company's San Francisco and Boston offices, where he worked with clients in the retail, consumer products and entertainment industries. Bilello also played varsity soccer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a former Revolution season-ticket holder.
"Brian is a well-versed and well-respected sports business executive," Jonathan Kraft said. "Not only does he have a tremendous passion for soccer, but he also has a deep connection to the Revolution and a strong desire to be part of Major League Soccer's continued growth. Coupled with his business acumen, we believe Brian is well-suited to guide the club and we're excited he's agreed to take on this new challenge."
A former Revolution defender and team captain when MLS launched in 1996, Burns returned to the club at the start of the 2005 season as the Director of Soccer and was promoted to Vice President of Player Personnel in 2008, where he worked with the coaching staff on all aspects of the team's performance. Additionally, Burns serves on U.S. Soccer's Referee Committee, MLS' Technical Committee, MLS' Combine Committee and MLS' working group on officiating.
A New England soccer legend, Burns was born and raised in Marlborough, Mass., and was the first player in U.S. Soccer history to represent the United States at every level of FIFA-sanctioned tournaments: Under-16 World Cup (Canada 1987), Under-20 World Cup (Saudi Arabia 1989), Olympic Games (Barcelona 1992) and World Cup (United States 1994, France 1998). After a standout career at Hartwick College (1988-91), Burns became a regular for the U.S. National Team earning 75 caps, and made 169 appearances in MLS with the Revolution (1996-2000), San Jose Earthquakes (2000) and Kansas City Wizards (2001-02).
"We're pleased Michael has accepted this new role," Jonathan Kraft said. "He is well-grounded in both American soccer and the Revolution, and he has a long history with our family. During the last few years, he has proven to us that he is talented and more than capable to take on these responsibilities and lead our soccer operations."
Sunil Gulati, who was helped guide the organization since 1999, will remain a special advisor to The Kraft Group and the Kraft Family.
For up-to-the-minute information on the Revolution, visit the team's official web site at revolutionsoccer.net, or follow the team on Twitter at @NERevolution, or on Facebook at facebook.com/NERevolution. For more information about Revolution tickets, special packages and 2012 season tickets, call 1-877-GET-REVS or visit revolutionsoccer.net.


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Final Countdown to the Playoffs: Game 3: Making the final push to either win the Eastern Division or the Wild Card, with the Magic Number at 3 in both.
The Phillies (89-70) will play their last three games series of the regular season as they get ready to host the last place Nationals (59-99) who will be trying to act as spoiler while trying to avoid both losing 100 games and having the worst record in the majors. The first game of the three games series will be play tonight, weather permitting, at Citizens Bank Park and will start at 7:05 pm Eastern. The Phillies' starter will be Joe Blanton (8-12 (3-0), 4.79), who is coming off a win against the Marlins on September 20, where he pitched five innings, giving up only two earned runs on only four hits and striking out nine while walking just two, in the Phillies' 3-2 win. Blanton has won two of his last three starts while holding his own in his other start which the Phillies won. In his two previous starts against Washington, he has two no-decisions, while the Phillies' record is 1-1 in those starts, as he would go a combine total of nine innings, giving up eight earned runs on fifteen hits. He will be trying for his second straight win and pitching a little better against the Nats, while trying to help the Phillies get a little bit closer to winning the pennant. The Nationals will counter with Collin Balester (3-6, 4.83), who is coming off a no-decision against the Padres on September 19, where he went five innings, giving up five earned runs on nine hits, in the Nationals' 11-6 lost. In his previous two starts against the Phillies, he is 0-2, going a combined total of twelve innings, giving up five earned runs on thirteen hits. He will be trying to improve his season record and hoping to help spoil the Phillies' run towards the playoffs.
The Phillies' offense has gone calm in its last two games, while the team overall has committed several base running and fielding blunders that would help them lost their last series with the Braves. Charlie Manuel obviously did not like what he saw as he has after Wednesday night's game ordered a team meeting for today, which is to start at 3:15 pm, just over an hour from now. Hopefully he will adress the problems that he had saw in those two games and get these guys to thinking that they need to start acting like they did when they won 10 of 11 games, and thereby take care of business with the Nationals if they want to get into the playoffs. The best advice he could give the batters is to act patiently while going against Nationals pitching, especially since they won't have to worry about batting against Phillies' killer Tim Redding.
The Phillies are presently leading the Mets in the Easten Division by a game as they defeated the Cubs. In the Wild Card chase, the Mets and Brewers are tied for the lead, both a game behind the Phillies, as the Brewers defeated the Pirates. As the Phillies plan to play the Nationals, the Mets will be facing the Marlins for three, the last games to be played in Shea Stadium, while the Brewers will be playing the Cubs for three in Miller Park. Both the Phillies-Nationals and Mets-Marlins series are threaten by the weather as rain is expected to covered both cities both today and most of tomorrow. This is going to be one very interesting weekend as three teams fight it out for the last two playoff spots in the National League, the Eastern Division flag and the Wild Card. The Phillies are in the driver seat leading in both, but they have a tendency to make things more interesting than they should. Three teams, two spots. Which one will be the odd man out? I don't know, but I'm praying like crazy it won't be our Phils. GO PHILLIES!!!!!!


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jackLFLB wrote:I use the V1.1.0 beta 7 version and I alreaddy succeded in the past with it, by uploadind a tour on my website, that why I don't understand what occurs now...
When I save the tour , register the project in my website's fold, so that all the files are in the good location.
Of course,I also save the project in an other folder where are located my other tour projects, each one in a sub folder.
When I open the html file of the concerned tour in my website's file, it runs. Same when I open "in local" the html file uploaded on the server.
I don't really understand what you mean when you say "When I open the html file of the concerned tour in my website's file, it runs" ...but you also say "It 'just' doesn't work on line..."
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We were impressed by the wealth of talent we have here in the San Diego Community College District. Congratulations to the winners of the SDCCD competition. Works awarded first place will be automatically submitted to the national competition May 6th. We applaud you and wish you the best of luck. National winners will be announced May 27th.
First Place: Lisa Overton, City: Two Million
Second Place: Yejeen Nam, Miramar: The Human Chain
First Place: Alberto Vasquez, City: A Tumultuous Dream
Second Place: Juanita Lopez, City: My Car Accident
First Place: Lisa Overton, City: Letter Home
Second Place: Jessica Crossman, Mesa: Flesh and Metal
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First Place: Daniel Bezanson, City: Like Paint Watching Me Dry
Many thanks to the local judges from our district for reading the submissions:
The World Cultures Program honored the winners with stipends ($50 1st place winners and $25 to 2nd place winners). Acknowledgments to the following individual for making this competition possible: Constance Carroll – Chancellor, SDCCD; Terrence Burgess – President, City College; and Trudy Gerald – Dean, Arts, Humanities, Communications and Telecommunications.


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Mary Ann Joyce, CAS
Field(s) of Interest/Expertise
I have worked in the education field for over forty years and am passionate about quality teaching and our need to provide a quality education for each and every child. My background in curriculum and instruction, reading, effective schools, magnet schools, and administration prepared me well; and I feel blessed to work with traditional undergraduates and the adult populations we serve.
Licenses Held (all New York State)
Nursery – Grade 6 (permanent)
Reading Teacher – Grades K-12 (permanent)
School District Administrator (permanent)
School Administrator/Supervisor (permanent)
Awards and Honors
Kappa Delta Pi – International Honor Society in Education – Inducted in 2012
Delta Kappa Gamma – Honor Society for Women Educators – Inducted in 1992
Principal of Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School – responsible for the school's application and subsequent recognition by U.S.DOE as a "Blue Ribbon" School of Excellence 1990 & 1994
Principal of Horizons-on-the-Hudson Magnet School – National Endowment of the Arts 1990
Excellence in Administration Award – Mid-Hudson School Study Council – 1990
Elementary Schools of Excellence Award – School Administrator's Assn. of NY – 1990 & 1994
Natl. Assn. of Elementary School Principals – Excellence in Education – 1990 & 1994
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Achievements, and Contributions Toward Making the Education of our Nation's Youth a
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Courses Taught at Felician University
FYE (Freshman Year Experience)
EDU 100 and 101 – Freshman Field
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EDU 304 – Junior Practicum & Seminar Elementary
EDU 314 – Junior Practicum & Seminar Secondary
EDU 403 – Student Teaching Seminar
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JACKSONVILLE � A Jacksonville favorite has reopened to shoppers excited for its return � and its new, oversized home.
JACKSONVILLE � A Jacksonville favorite has reopened to shoppers excited for its return � and its new, oversized home.
New River Pottery, formerly of Jacksonville�s New River Shopping Center, moved to Wilmington in 2009. The 42,000-square-foot New River Pottery recently opened in Jacksonville on Onslow Drive � in the former Rose Brothers Furniture store. Rose Brothers Furniture has moved to Bell Fork Road.
�The Jacksonville people supported the Wilmington store, and they supported the New Bern store, so we didn�t lose our customer base. It�s just a little closer to home now,� said Marsha Luckenbaugh, store manager, noting that many Jacksonville residents had been asking the company�s owner to bring a store back to the area for years.
The opening of the new Jacksonville store comes just weeks after the closing of the company�s New Bern store.
New River Pottery had been located in a 32,000-square-foot shop at Clarendon Plaza off Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard in New Bern, but closed in June after the owner decided not to renew his lease. Only three of the 15 New Bern employees relocated to the Jacksonville store.
Luckenbaugh said that, in the last week, the new store�s employees have greeted shoppers from Wilmington, New Bern, Greenville and Raleigh. Luckenbaugh also said she and her staff of 17 employees set up the store in about six weeks, in time for the grand opening Sept. 6.
�We had a phenomenal opening; it was very strong all weekend,� she said, estimating that they had more than a thousand customers come in on the first day alone. �And we�ve had a very strong beginning of the week. We�re hopeful that it�s going to continue.�
Luckenbaugh, who�s been with New River Pottery for more than a decade, said they take the most pride in their Christmas departments, which features 17 themed Christmas displays, with names such as �Harlequin Holiday� and �North Pole University.� Luckenbaugh said they also specialize in coastal d�cor, which includes miniature sail boats and glass buoys, to seashell-themed lamps.
Luckenbaugh said one of the store�s strengths is that is has something to offer to everyone: pet lover�s d�cor, traditional picture frames, sports d�cor, a large wedding section and various fall-themed items. They also offer a section entirely devoted to silk flowers, with do-it-yourself options as well as professional designers who can custom-make wreaths, cemetery, holiday and wedding pieces and more.
Ray and Cynthia Howell of Swansboro say they are longtime fans of New River Pottery. Cynthia Howell said she was disappointed when New River Pottery closed its doors in Jacksonville in 2009, but she said the new location is �better than ever.�
The Howells said the new store is larger, provides more options in terms of merchandise and is a newer and cleaner building.
New River Pottery in Jacksonville is open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays.
Staff writer Eddie Fitzgerald contributed to this report.


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Vague Law + Vindictive Law Enforcement? Hide Your Veggies!
from the this-is-not-how-things-are-supposed-to-work dept
On Friday, the charges were apparently dismissed. While most reports suggested that officials dropped the case, Bass's own blog claims that a judge dismissed them, though the details were hazy (at best). But, here's where it gets ridiculous. First, the dismissal was "without prejudice," so the charges can be brought again. But... even more crazy is that now the city is going after her for not having licenses for her two dogs, an issue that was brought up earlier, and which she quickly fixed.
As lots of people are saying, it appears that the city is just being vindictive to Bass.
This is why broadly worded laws scare me. This is why the broadly worded definition of what counts as an "infringing site" in PROTECT IP scares me. This is why the vagueness of S.978, the felony streaming bill, scares me. They can easily be abused to put people in jail just for embedding videos. What the Julie Bass story shows is that when law enforcement feels vindictive, there's no law they won't try to twist against people. And we shouldn't be handing law enforcement more ammo by giving them vaguely worded laws that potentially make huge segments of the population into felons.
Jail time for veggie gardens is nothing if they can put you away for embedding a video on your website.


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Easy Chicken Chili Time
New Year's Day looms. Ah, the annual parades. The glut of bowl games. The feast of football. Pigskin is king. Tight ends are tightening. Quarterbacks are quarterbacking. And kickers are praying to the football gods they won't be called in for a chip-shot, with 6 seconds to spare in the final quarter. Do I sound like I know what I am talking about? I don't. I just overheard some manly sporty banter over gluten-free tuna melts. To which I smiled politely.
And reached for a pickle.
Even after watching every episode of Friday Night Lights, I still don't understand a down. Football is a mystery. Back fields in motion. Penalties! Off sides. Snap. Blitz. Gotta love the lingo. It's a language alluringly foreign to me. Like math.
Or for some, perhaps it's akin to say... abstract expressionism.
Visual chaos executed in angles and arcs and bursts of focus, drive and energy.
Thing is, I get the practiced dance of propulsion. Designing motion from multiple points of view. I get it. In my bones. This is my territory. You're talkin' my language. Value verses tone. Light bumping up against dark. Sharp contrast dissolving into blur. I appreciate the power of practice and intention. Negative space divided by a perfect spiral.
Think of the interplay of icing thick paint and oceanic viscosity. The quickening beauty of a layered surface, vibrating with complementary colors. Transparency and opacity. Cool against warm. Unprimed and primed. Lost and found edges. The seduction of action's evidence. The painter's hand. Rugged tooth and clean, smooth paper.
Though it's not all yin yang, a wrestle of opposites.
As in football- and life- painting is a focus of expression, sometimes true and authentic, and sometimes disappointingly off the mark.
Like a short field goal.
We try. We sometimes miss. But what matters is- we make the effort. And that is all we can do. We kick the ball. We brush wet paint. We string words into a lyric. We stitch a quilt. We photograph a child's curiosity. We make chili.
And sometimes?
We get a winner.
And if not?
Tomorrow is another day.
How to make fabulous chili?
A gorgeous red onion.
Juicy limes.
Real garlic.
Fresh parsley and cilantro.
Sweet potato.
And oven-roasted chicken.
This bright and beautiful chili is fresh and light- and perfect for a New Year's Day celebration (beans invite good luck for the New Year, so they say).
Serve with my Gluten-Free Skillet Cornbread with Green Chiles or Pueblo Bread.
Gluten-Free Chicken Chili Recipe with White Beans, Sweet Potato and Lime
This easy, fabulous chicken chili gets its heat from hot red pepper flakes and ginger. It keeps its cool with sweet potato, fresh squeezed lime juice, and citrusy cilantro. Roasting the chicken (bone in) and adding it in at the end of cooking time, gives this white bean chicken chili a superior texture and flavor.
4 bone-in free-range organic chicken breasts
Drizzle of olive oil
Sea salt and pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 medium red onion, peeled, diced
2-4 cloves fresh garlic, chopped
1 large or 2 smaller sweet potatoes, peeled, diced
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon GF chili powder
2 teaspoons dried oregano
Hot red pepper flakes, season to taste
3/4 cup chopped roasted green chiles or tomatillo salsa verde
2 15-oz cans organic cannellini or Great Northern white beans, rinsed, drained
2 cups light organic chicken broth
Squeeze of fresh lime juice
For serving:
Fresh chopped parsley
Fresh chopped cilantro
Fresh lime slices
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Rinse the chicken breasts and pat dry. Remove the skin, if you like (we do). Place meaty side up in a baking pan. Drizzle with olive oil and season with sea salt and pepper. Sprinkle with dried herbs, if you like (we used thyme and oregano).
Turn the chicken over, bone side up, drizzle again, and season.
Roast the chicken bone side up for roughly 30 to 35 minutes until done and no longer pink inside (check with a meat thermometer for an internal temp of 165º to 170º).
Tip: Roasting bone-in, with the rib side up, will give you moist, tender, juicy chicken.
In the meantime, start your pot of chili.
Heat two tablespoons of olive oil in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Add the red onion and stir for a minute. Add the garlic and sweet potatoes. Add ginger, cumin, oregano and hot pepper flakes. Stir to coat. Add in the roasted green chiles, white beans and chicken broth. Cover and bring to a light simmer.
When the chicken is done, let it cool off slightly, until it is cool enough to handle. Cut the meat off the rib bones, or tear off pieces by hand. Add the chicken pieces to the pot and stir gently to warm through.
Squeeze in some fresh lime juice to brighten flavors. Stir gently. Taste test for seasoning adjustments. Does it need more heat? More salt? If it has thickened too much, add a touch of broth to thin.
Serve with lime wedges and a sprinkle of fresh chopped parsley and cilantro.
Serves 6.
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More gluten-free chili + soup recipes from fellow food bloggers:
Andrea Meyers cooks up Roasted Tomatillo Soup with Chicken
Jeanette's Healthy Living simmers up Cuban Black Bean Soup
Sass & Veracity gets her game on with Spicy Game Day Chili Beans


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Professional development events
Building Better Child Care--Northland Early Education Council board meetings (Session 11 of 11)
Thursday, June 19, 2014, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
North Kansas City Hospital--Health Services Pavilion2790 Clay Edwards Drive, Kansas City MO map...
The Northland Early Education Council (NEEC) is a collaboration of agencies, organizations and educational institutions with the shared goal of providing high quality, accessible and affordable training opportunities for early care and education providers in the Northland area of greater Kansas City. A secondary goal is to provide regular venues for professional networking within the early childhood community. The NEEC is chaired by Diana Milne, Extension Human Development Specialist and administered through the Clay County/University of Missouri Extension Center.
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An early morning raid of a city hotel resulted in the arrests of three Brockton men on drug charges.
A morning raid of a city hotel resulted in the arrest of three Brockton men on drug charges.
The Brockton police narcotics unit, gang unit, and detectives, assisted by the state police gang unit raided five rooms at the Elmcourt Hotel on West Elm Street in the downtown area at 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, said Brockton Police Lt. Paul Bonanca.
The raid, a result of a month- long narcotics investigation, turned up heroin, cocaine, oxycodone and ammunition in three rooms. Derrick Murray, 25, Myles Gray, 19, and Luis Laboy-Seda, 45, all residents of the Elmcourt Hotel, were arrested on drug charges.
Police said they found heroin, cocaine and materials associated with narcotics packaging in room 225, Murray's residence. The connecting room, 223, was also raided but nothing was found, said Bonanca. Murray was charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine.
In Laboy-Seda's room, 411, police said they found materials associated with narcotics packaging, cocaine and $874. Laboy-Seda was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine.
A box of ammunition was found in the suspended ceiling above the bed in room 322, Gray's residence, along with oxycodone and heroin, police said. Gray was charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Bonanca said the management at the Elmcourt Hotel was cooperative and encouraged the investigation.
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Industry News
MEET THE NAHA WINNER: Mitch Men's Salon/Design
NAHA Winner: Mitch Men's Salon
Location: Normal, Illinois
Photography: John Rees
MODERN is a proud co-founder of NAHA. The ceremony is July 14 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas. MODERN will be presenting a live broadcast of NAHA, sponsored by Wella, the Salon Professional Division of P&G. To watch, visit modernsalon.com/naha.


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My friend Jill is cleaning! I told her I'd be happy to list a few things on my blog for her to sell.
She is a long time quilter cleaning out 20+ years of accumulation from her sewing room. Her gain- Our gain!! LOL
Buyer to pay postage from New Jersey. I think the prices are more than reasonable, but feel free to make an offer.
Folk Art Calender quilt by Indygo Junction. Hand appliqued, machine quilted.Has a
to do, but I never did get it quilted and probably never will. So this is
a TOP only, primitive/folk art with some brushed cottons and primitive
embroidery. Size is 70" x 90". $75 SALE PENDING
is 55" square. Would be a nice table square or wall hanging. $20
The patterns are eight different angel patterns from Cabin Fever Designs.
They are cute for someone who likes folk art. They are in brand new
condition, as I never used them...lol. $8 SALE PENDING
If you feel like the price is too high please send me an email with your offer!!


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The Simpsons Hit & Run is an action-adventure video game based on the animated sitcom The Simpsons. It was released for the GameCube, Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Windows in North America on September 16, 2003, In Europe and Australia on October 31, 2003 and in Japan on December 25, 2003. The game was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games, Fox Interactive and Gracie Films. The story and dialogue were crafted by writers from The Simpsons, with all character voices supplied by the actual cast.
Oh god I love this game, one of the first open-world games I played. It was genius!


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Data suggests that increases in capital investment and labor are no longer capable of maintaining continued prosperity in many advanced economies. Fortunately, a new growth driver is at hand. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies that sense, comprehend and act—while learning and adapting their behaviors over time—don't just enhance productivity by enabling more efficient usage of capital and labor. AI represents a new factor of production altogether, one that fuels a new virtual workforce, complements existing physical capital and the skills of the human workforce, and ultimately drives innovation in the economy.
Accenture, in conjunction with Frontier Economics, analyzed the potential effect of AI on 12 economies that account for more than half of the world's economic output. The result? By 2035 (when AI is expected to be pervasive), these countries could double their growth rates based on gross value added (GVA), a close approximation of GDP. AI promotes growth in three key ways:
Intelligent automation of the workforce
Augmentation of labor and physical capital
Total factor productivity growth that comes from innovations and technological change in the economy
For a clearer view of the expected impact of AI on individual nations and the channels that should be leveraged to drive growth, select the country name in the chart below.


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The Environmental Protection Agency said Sept. 30 it is moving forward with a plan to require the disclosure of the identities of all inert ingredients in pesticides, including those that are potentially hazardous, and it anticipates publishing a proposed rule in the Federal Register "within the next few months." EPA issued the announcement the same day that it responded to petitions, both dated Aug. 1, 2006, from the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides and the attorneys general of 14 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands calling for disclosure on pesticide labels of more than 350 inert ingredients they claim are hazardous. Those ingredients include napthalene, ethylbenzene, allyl alcohol, and chloroacetic acid, according to the petitions. The petitions were addressed to Steven Johnson, then EPA's administrator.
Public should know, EPA agrees
In its response, EPA said it agreed that "the public should have a means to learn the identities of hazardous inert ingredients in pesticide formulations." EPA said in the Sept. 30 announcement, "This increased transparency will assist consumers and users of pesticides in making informed decisions and will better protect public health and the environment." Pesticide manufacturers typically disclose their inert ingredients only to the agency, it said. "One way of discouraging the use of the more hazardous inert ingredients in pesticide formulations is by making their identities public," the agency said. It also said that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act supports "increased transparency" regarding these ingredients.
Notice will discuss disclosure ideas
EPA said it will discuss ideas for greater disclosure of inert ingredient identities, including those associated with various hazards, in the Federal Register notice. EPA said it is also considering voluntary initiatives to encourage industry to disclose inert ingredients. The agency said it now evaluates the safety of all active and inert ingredients in a product's formulation when determining whether the pesticide should be registered. Inert ingredients used in pesticides include solvents that allow the pesticide's active ingredient to penetrate a plant's outer surface, and preservatives to extend shelf life or to protect the pesticide from degradation in sunlight.
Registration no guarantee of safety
The petition by the attorneys general said, "EPA's registration of a pesticide product is not an assurance of safety and thus no substitute for disclosure." The petition said that "absent an assurance of safety, it falls to the general public to assess those risks and their willingness to accept them." The petition was signed by the attorneys general of Alaska, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Northwest coalition petition said that "it is within EPA's authority, not to mention its realm of responsibility, to require the identification of dangerous inert ingredients on pesticide labels." The three-year-old petition asked EPA to "issue a determination within 60 days" to amend its labeling regulations to require listing hazardous inert ingredients.


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Save your money and buy it and 5 other Deep Power Impacts in Pack (-50% discount)
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Protip: After Successfully Stealing A Car And Robbing A Bank... Don't Brag About It On YouTube
from the just-saying... dept
Thankfully, such calls for adding penalties for dumb criminals publicly exposing evidence about their crimes seems to have died down. So, now we can see videos like the following in which Hannah Sabata, a 19-year-old from Nebraska, confesses to robbing a bank and a car and brags about it (and let's not even get into whether or not the Green Day tune with the video is infringing... though it looks like that's been "claimed" and "monetized" by ContentID):
"I've been sheriff for 19 years, and in law enforcement for 42 years, and I've never seen anything like this," Sheriff Radcliff said.Yup. And it seems like a good thing that we have stupid criminals incriminating themselves so publicly, rather than making that an additional crime.


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Updated Design for a Cozy Front Porch
Name: carma358
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Type of space: Front Porch
Tell us about your outdoor project and how you enjoy it: My front-of-house project has been a very slow, but very rewarding one. When we bought the house two years ago, it had awnings a shade of green that even a green-lover like me couldn't live with.
One of the biggest decisions we had to make was whether or not to repaint them or ditch them all together. Since the house is so small, the front porch really acts as an extra room, and since it was also the first impression people had of the house, it was important that it also look inviting. Now, it's probably one of my favorite parts of the house, and is almost definitely the most popular place to spend a cool summer evening…
How did you create it? A ton of work went into the transformation. First, we made the decision to keep the awnings but paint them a darker grey than the house. I opened up the previously closed transom window above the door and created a little grill-ish metal piece for it. Also, I replaced the front door with one that had a large window, keeping the great orange color that my husband so proudly chose for it (I made a curtain for the door in almost the exact same orange that folds down at night via magnets to make the door look completely orange). The porch was painted with a pale blue-grey marine paint. The front garden was completely roots from the two trees in front of the house, and I spent a good two days cutting them out. It was no fun at all, but very worth it, as the plants that were planted (all perennials, most evergreen) haven't needed much care at all, aside from watering and occasional trimming. The front garden was framed by little grey pavers and black mulch (which I was really torn on because it isn't good for the environment).
Recommended store, site, product or resource? We got most everything at Home Depot. The mailbox is ecco, pricey but worth it. The porch paint is Dutchlac. It is a high-gloss European marine paint that covers like a dream and lasts way longer than any other porch paint I've come across.
(Re-edited from a post originally published 06.18.09 – NM)


text: "Until Death Do Us Part" is an adult-targeted Japanese manga (comic) that is something of a hyper-modern take on Japanese cinema's Zatoichi blind swordsman. A pre-cognitive girl fleeing from the yakuza and international terrorists finds protection with a blind, sword-swinging secret agent. But flipping through reasonably entertaining chapters full of graphic dismemberment by sword and gunplay, you find that the manga artist is eff'ing serious with the small details. You can actually see that the girl is riding a Dahon mini-velo with a Bio-Logic iPhone mount.