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When NetGalley launched in 2008, many in the industry assumed digital galleys would eventually eliminate print ones.Four years later, digital galleys have proven that they are less of an alternative to the traditional advanced reading copy than an added element to a multitiered marketing and publicity push.
"For the most part, the national media still prefer a print galley," said Kelly Bowen, publicity director at Algonquin Books. Bowen, who believes you need the physical product to pique the interest of journalists and reviewers, said that although all of Algonquin's forthcoming titles are available as digital galleys, the press prints just as many ARCs as it did before the advent of the electronic option. "Maybe that will change in the next year, or the next five years, but for now we are doing both and waiting to see what happens."
While e-galley adoption is widespread—almost all the major publishers have titles up on the two players in the e-galley space, NetGalley and Edelweiss—many in the business say the technology has yet to catch on with the higher echelon of media outlets. Lissa Warren, v-p and senior director of publicity at Da Capo Press, thinks e-galleys are invaluable for getting attention in certain segments, namely among bloggers and librarians, but she doesn't think they're very effective beyond that. "No one from the Today Show has called me and asked if something is up on NetGalley," she said. Warren, who noted that Da Capo's print galley production levels have not changed since the imprint signed with Edelweiss and NetGalley, thinks digital galleys do help in certain situations, specifically with titles that have color interiors or elaborate illustrations, since these can be prohibitively expensive to produce in print form.
Also resistant to e-galleys, according to some in publicity departments, are booksellers. Karen Auerbach, director of publicity at Kensington, said her company's sales reps "tell us their book accounts want hard copies." Auerbach said that Kensington has started using NetGalley, "but slowly." Internally, she explained, concerns of piracy persist, and training production staff to upload books to the site has been a more laborious process than expected.
Despite some industry reluctance with respect to e-galleys, Susan Ruszula, president of NetGalley, points to impressive adoption stats. She said that, since May 2011, membership has grown from 25,000 users to over 61,000. While those numbers may not reflect the popularity of the technology—a user can sign up for a NetGalley and then never download a title (or download one, but never use the site again)—Ruszula noted that usage has also been climbing. "Our activity has tripled on a month-by-month basis, and we've recorded our best-ever months in February, March, and April 2012, activity-wise," she said. According to Ruszula, NetGalley's largest member groups are reviewers (including bloggers) and librarians. John Rubin, head of Edelweiss's parent company Above the Treeline, said Edelweiss has made inroads at B&N in particular; he noted that more than 1,000 B&N booksellers have downloaded an e-galley.
But one of the enduring reasons to stick with print galleys, publishers said, is that they still offer something digital does not: the ability to grab someone's attention. Bowen's fear, that an e-mail alerting someone to a forthcoming title is simply too easy to ignore, may be the biggest hurdle to a more widespread reliance on e-galleys. "We put a lot of effort and money into highly designed galleys because we believe there is still the immediate, residual impact of opening a package and pulling out a beautifully designed galley with a powerful jacket," Bowen said.
Others believe that change happens slowly, and e-galleys will likely become the norm eventually. Beth Parker, associate director of publicity at Penguin's Gotham and Avery imprints, acknowledged that librarians and bloggers have been the "early adopters" of e-galleys. Although Parker said that the national media still wants the print product, she believes a tipping point is on the horizon. "There will be a time when we are printing fewer galleys as e-readers become more prevalent in the media, but right now we still rely heavily on the physical book. We are looking at it as an education for media—in six months or a year from now we'll probably be using fewer physical galleys and more e-galleys. And, in a pinch, when someone needs a book faster than overnight, many more people will accept a NetGalley."


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Karl A. Kozak, president and Chief Executive Officer of Pawtucket Credit Union, announced two exciting promotions in his company.
Kim Denny, a resident of Cranston, has been promoted to vice president of Employee Development and Training. She will oversee all aspects of employee training, including knowledge of and adherence to federal regulatory requirements as well as procedural development. She also leads PCU's employee recognition and member services programs. Denny has been with the credit union for more than 10 years and previously served as AVP/Employee Development and Training. She is involved in the Women's Mentoring Program at Rhode Island Correctional Facilities and is a Special Olympics volunteer.
Richard Hall of Warwick has been promoted to assistant vice president of Data Services. His overall responsibilities include managing and updating the credit union's core banking platform and all electronic channels, such as Internet banking, commercial online banking, mobile banking and ATMs. Hall has been with the credit union for over 12 years and previously served as Data Services Manager. He is also the founder and past president of the Ocean State BMW Mini Club.


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Topeka, Kan., Feb 21, 2014 / 02:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A Kansas bill to protect the conscience rights of those who morally object to "gay marriage" stalled in the legislature after opponents portrayed it as a discrimination law akin to the Jim Crow laws of the early 20th century.
"Protecting religious liberty and the rights of conscience does not infringe on anyone's sexual freedoms," said Ryan Anderson, pro-family scholar and co-author of "What is Marriage: Man, Woman, a Defense," in a Feb. 19 article for National Review Online.
"Americans are free to live and love how they choose, but they should not use government to penalize those who think and act differently," Anderson argued. "All Americans should be free to believe and act in the public square based on their beliefs about marriage as the union of a man and woman without fear of government penalty."
The bill sought to ensure conscience protections for individuals, businesses and officials who believed that affirming same-sex "marriage" ceremonies or unions "would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs."
It would have offered protection to florists, photographers, wedding vendors, adoption agencies, counseling services and other groups with deeply held religious convictions over the nature of marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. These individuals and organizations would have been able to decline participation in same-sex wedding ceremonies, receptions and adoptions without fear of legal action.
The bill was proposed in response to numerous lawsuits across the country facing organizations that declined to support same-sex unions for reasons of conscience. However, after passing the state House of Representatives, it died in the state Senate when leaders refused to let it move forward in committee.
Opponents of the bill had adamantly argued against it, claiming that extending religious conscience rights to all individuals involved in weddings would be "essentially arguing for homosexual Jim Crow laws."
Columnist Kristen Powers argued in a Feb. 19 article for USA Today that wedding vendors are not "celebrating their wedding union" but instead hired to "provide a service."
"It's not clear why some Christian vendors are so confused about their role here," Powers said, charging that "Christianity doesn't prohibit serving a gay couple getting married," and likening the bill to the Jim Crow laws that enforced racial discrimination in the southern United States before the Civil Rights movement.
Mark Joseph Stern of Slate also objected to the bill in a Feb. 13 article, calling it "anti-gay segregation" and suggesting that it meant that private "employers can continue to fire gay employees on account of their sexuality," that stores "may deny gay couples goods and services because they are gay" and that businesses that "provide public accommodations – movie theaters, restaurants – can turn away gay couples at the door."
The Kansas Catholic Conference had worked to reject these claims, arguing that "a campaign of distortion" was being waged to discredit the bill.
Citing the text of the actual legislation, the Catholic Conference clarified that the bill would not permit businesses to discriminate based upon sexual orientation.
"The bill does not create a right for businesses to refuse service to someone just because they are gay," the conference stressed. Rather, it explained, the proposed legislation covers "a narrow range of conduct" dealing only with the recognition of and participation in same-sex "marriages."
Anderson reiterated that the bill is not discriminatory, but instead prevents "the kind of coercion that happened under Jim Crow" by protecting "what should be already protected: basic civil liberties such as freedom of association, freedom of contract, and freedom of religion."
He clarified that the bill "would only protect religious individuals and organizations from being forced to provide services related to marriage" and its celebration, and "would not allow businesses, individuals, or government employees from refusing to serve someone (or a couple) simply because of his or her sexual orientation."
Furthermore, quoting First Lady Michelle Obama, he said that our "faith journey isn't just about showing up on Sunday for a good sermon and good music and a good meal. It's about what we do Monday through Saturday as well." For many people, Anderson explained, "being a wedding photographer is not simply being "a vendor," but utilizing God-given talents to tell the story of a particular couple and their relationship.
"It is understandable why some religious believers would not want the government coercing them into doing that," he said, adding that the government "shouldn't enshrine" one view of wedding participation "into law and then coerce those who have a different understanding of what their faith requires."


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Sweets occupy an important place in the diet of Bengalis and at their social ceremonies. It is an ancient custom among both Hindu and Muslim Bengalis to distribute sweets during festivities. The sweets of Bengal are generally made of sweetened cottage cheese (chhena), unlike the use of khoa (reduced solidified milk) in Northern India. Additionally, flours of different cereals and pulses are used as well. Rasgulla, Sandesh, Chumchum and others made by the most skilled karigars are a must try at our shop!!


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Clipboard - Off-Road News - May 2014Posted in News on April 8, 2014
I took this photo myself the other day (I'm holding the camera remote out the window). It's a bone-stock '93 S-10 Blazer, but I thought it was a pretty cool shot.
Justin Benson
That is a very cool shot, Justin. It looks like an old '80s Chevy ad!
How Good Are Tiny Lights?
I saw your story in the February 2014 issue on the Rigid suction cup light kit. How bright can two small LED lights be? Especially when they plug into the cigarette lighter? While I know LEDs are bright, these can't be enough to drive with.
Don Franken
Don, you'd actually be very surprised and impressed yourself if you could witness them in person. The little Rigid SR-M lights were bright enough to provide great light for trail riding, and they actually were brighter and threw more distance than the headlights of a '94 Suburban we stuck them on.
Besides all that, they're great for doing stuff outside the truck at night, too, since they can be stuck on any window or painted panel and aimed where you need them to shine.
We'll Take It!
Just wanted to say that y'all sure are doing some amazing things out there on the west side. And I mean that in a nice way, so take the compliment! We have giant trucks, built for mud mostly, here in Florida, but I've seen a few prerunners like the ones in your magazine popping up here on the East Coast.
You should see if you can get a tractor tire to fit under that fiberglass of yours!
Jeff Pelter
Long-Term Updates
Sure, it works great for the first week, but what about after?
Intensity Lights
We've had a pair of ARB's Intensity lights for a little over six months, and we couldn't be more pleased with the performance. We're running a flood and spot combo right now, and with just two lights, they put out more light than a truck-wide LED bar. What's more, two round lights take up a lot less mounting space on a bumper or roof than a 50-inch bar.
Compared to two high-quality HID lights of the same size, the Intensity lights throw a much wider beam and reach a little farther down the road, too. If you're a round light guy, these are the ones you want.
G-Form Knee Pads
Set all your jokes aside for the moment: Those of you who spend a lot of time on your knees know how a little extra comfort can go a long way. These G-Form knee pads are meant for active sports, which means they can be worn for hours without annoyance and are small enough to be worn under your pants, if desired. They do give a great amount of cushion, so much so, a fall onto your knees in rocks doesn't hurt (we know for a fact). They're made with Poron XRD material and designed to flex easily with the knee. We probably would order the all-black ones next time, as the bright yellow gets a little dirty after a while.
Andy's Autosport Ordering
We recently ordered a number of miscellaneous exterior replacement parts (headlights, taillights, new hood, grille inserts) from Andy's Auto Sport (andysautosport.com), and it was especially easy. So we decided to point it out in our Updates section. Andy's did a great job of uploading actual pics of each specific product on its website, so if you're looking for a '99 Tacoma headlight, it shows that specific headlight instead of some generic image of a Chevy light or something. Try it yourself.
News Blips
What's going on in the off-road world
Range Rover Sport Wins Four Wheeler's 2014 Four Wheeler of the Year
The Range Rover Sport beat out four other new or significantly redesigned vehicles in Four Wheeler's test.
Silverado 1500 Wins Four Wheeler's 2014 Pickup Truck of the Year
During Four Wheeler's Pickup Truck of the Year testing, the Silverado 1500 4x4 proved itself to be the best truck tested for 2014.
New Rancho F-150 Kit FMVSS 126 Compliant
Rancho's new F-150 kit has proven compliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 126.
Ram 1500 Named Motor Trend's 2014 Truck of the Year
The Ram 1500 beat out nine other either new or significantly redesigned vehicles in Motor Trend's test.
New Skyjacker GM Kit FMVSS 126 Compliant
Skyjacker's new 2014 GM 1500 kit has proven compliant with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 126—a test done to prove that a suspension system can work in harmony with a vehicle's Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system.
Official Trophy Truck Top Speed Record Set With New Rigid Lights
Jay Reichert set an official top speed record of 136 mph in a 2012 Jimco Trophy Truck, even making runs at night with Rigid Industries new LED light bars.
Snow Racing at Red Bull Frozen Rush
The first head-to-head go-fast off-road race on snow took place on January 10, 2014, at the Sunday River Resort in Maine. BFGoodrich presented the event and gave the eight racers specially developed studded Mud-Terrain tires to tackle the snow and ice encountered in the Red Bull Frozen Rush.
Results: 1.Ricky Johnson; 2.Johnny Greaves; 3.Bryce Menzies; 4.Rob MacCachren; 5.Todd LeDuc; 6.Scott Douglas; 7.Gred Adler; 8.Carl Renezeder
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If you are a driver, such as a bus driver, taxicab driver, or truck driver, you may receive Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement, for income from wages you receive as an employee. If you received a Form W-2 and the 'Statutory employee' check box in Box 13 is marked, report that income on Schedule C, Profit and Loss from Business. Statutory employees include certain agent or commission drivers.
If you are a self-employed driver, report your income on Schedule C. You may account for self-employment income yourself or you may receive Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income. Also, any tips you receive, such as tips received as a taxicab driver, are taxable income. If you are self-employed and your net earnings are $400 or more, you must pay self-employment tax on the income you report on Schedule C. In addition, you may need to make estimated payments to cover the amount of self-employment tax or income tax associated with the income you report on Schedule C.
You may be able to reduce your taxes by deducting unreimbursed, work-related expenses. If you are an employee, these expenses may be claimed as miscellaneous Itemized Deductions on Schedule A, Itemized Deductions. If they are attributable to being a statutory employee or self-employed, they may be deductible on Schedule C. You should keep receipts to substantiate these expenses.
Examples of some items you may be able to deduct include:
- Vehicle expenses (for example, parking fees and tolls; standard mileage rate if not deducting actual expenses; and actual expenses such as maintenance and repairs, fuel, oil, registration fees, insurance, tires, and depreciation if you own the vehicle)
- Travel expenses, including lodging, meals (with limitations), and laundry expenses if incurred while traveling away from home
- Union and trade association dues
- State or local government licenses and regulatory fees
- Flat-rate occupational taxes and excise taxes (for example, heavy highway vehicle use tax)
- Liability insurance premiums
- Subscriptions to trade publications
- The cost and upkeep (for example, cleaning) of uniforms if they are required for work and not suitable for everyday wear (for example, the cost of safety shoes and gloves for a truck driver carrying blacktop) Note: If you wear a company uniform but are not required to wear it, you cannot deduct uniform expenses.
- Leasing costs (for example, a truck driver's trailer rental fees or a taxicab driver's rental fees paid to a cab company for the use of its vehicles)
Other expenses related to truck drivers include cargo losses and damage claims if cargo costs were included in income and pay to other drivers who assist you with your job. If these drivers are your employees (instead of independent contractors), you may be responsible for paying employment taxes, such as Social Security tax, Medicare tax, and federal unemployment tax. Taxicab drivers may deduct fees paid to a cab company for dispatch service.
When determining vehicle expenses, you cannot use the standard mileage rate for vehicles used for hire such as a taxicab or a bus.
Travel Expenses
To deduct travel expenses, you must be traveling away from home, which means your duties require you to be away from the general area of your tax home longer than an ordinary workday, and you need to sleep or rest to meet the demands of your work while you are away from home. You cannot satisfy this rest requirement by merely napping in your vehicle or grabbing a quick bite to eat. Also, you do not have to be away for a whole day, or from dusk to dawn, as long as your break from work is long enough for you to get the necessary sleep or rest. Most local drivers do not have travel expenses. However, as a long-distance truck driver, you may deduct travel expenses if you can substantiate expenses. You need to keep receipts or maintain a log with such information as the amount, time, place, and business purpose of the travel expenses incurred. Maintaining a log book with cities, distance, and driving time or keeping track of the number of hours driven and the number and duration of the stops may not be enough to support a deduction for travel expenses.
You must determine the location of your tax home before you can determine whether you are traveling away from it.
- Generally, your tax home is your regular place of business. It does not matter where you live.
- Your tax home includes the entire city or general area in which your business or work is located.
- If you have more than one regular place of business, your tax home is your main place of business.
- If you do not have a regular or a main place of business because of the nature of your work, your tax home may be the place where you regularly live.
- If you do not have a regular place of business or post of duty and there is no place where you regularly live, you are considered a transient and your tax home is wherever you work.
For example, the tax home of a driver usually is where they begin and end a trip, even if they live somewhere else. A self-employed truck driver's tax home may be at the headquarters where the trucking assignments are given out, even if that is far from where they live.
Meal Allowance
You may use the standard meal allowance instead of actual meal expenses when calculating your deduction for meal expenses while traveling away from your tax home. The standard meal allowance rate for most small localities in the United States is $46 per day. Most major cities and many other localities in the United States qualify for higher standard meal allowances. You can use a special standard meal allowance of $59 per day if you work in the transportation industry, which includes those whose work directly involves moving people or goods by bus or truck, regularly requires them to travel away from home, and, during any single trip, usually involves travel to areas eligible for different standard meal allowance rates. Using the special rate for transportation workers eliminates the need for you to determine the standard meal allowance for every area where you stop for sleep or rest. If you choose to use the special rate for any trip, you must use the special rate for all trips you take that year instead of using the regular standard meal allowance rates. The latest meal rates are published online by the IRS in Publication 1542, Per Diem Rates. This publication is only available online and is updated throughout the year as new per diem rates are announced by the General Services Administration. Generally, you can deduct only 50% of your business-related meal expenses. However, you can deduct 80% of your meal expenses while traveling away from your tax home if the meals take place during or in conjunction with any period subject to the Department of Transportation's "hours of service" limits. For example, interstate truck operators and bus drivers who are under Department of Transportation regulations are subject to these limits. If you purchase fuel for buses used in certain ways, you may qualify to claim a fuel tax credit. For example, if you are a bus driver and purchase gasoline for a bus available for chartering by the general public, you may qualify for this credit.


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Indiana Sports Medicine & Athletic Training Graduate Schools
Athletic training graduate schools offer programs that teach how to reduce, treat, and mend sports related injuries through a combination of coursework and hands on training. Topics in these courses could include physical therapy techniques, emergency care procedures, and preventative care. Depending on your chosen level of education, you may also have the chance to conduct your own athletic training (AT) research. With your collected data, you could potentially challenge and enhance current sports medicine techniques.
Why Attend a Graduate School for Athletic Training?
Attending a graduate school for athletic training could be a great choice as it may provide hands-on experience and access to innovative technology.
First, on campus programs may be perfect for students who want to interact with their course material. Professors may constantly use visual aids, like anatomy models, to illustrate their lessons. In addition, some courses might bring in medical volunteers. Working with these patients in a classroom setting could help you better understand the real-world applications of your studies.
And, campus based programs could offer students access to technology labs. These laboratories might have cutting-edge AT technology such as vitals monitors, stress testing facilities, and more. This way student could work with the machines and computer programs currently used in the sports medicine field. Having that first-hand experience might not be something you could get from an online textbook.
Graduate School for Athletic Training Programs
Athletic training graduate schools may offer programs at the masters, graduate certificate, and doctoral level.
- The athletic training masters program offers courses that instruct how to treat and prevent sports related injuries. In many cases, classes are designed to help students study for the National Athletic
- Trainers Association (NATA) and the Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) certification exams. Subjects could include emergency care, evaluation of athletic injuries, and rehabilitation techniques. While programs vary, most require two years of full time study and a bachelors degree.
- Graduate certificates in athletic training are offered in two varieties. First, some programs may act as a general introduction to athletic training graduate studies. These programs cover core material that is handled in the masters program. This could be a great option for students who have earned a bachelors in AT and want to try out graduate coursework before committing to a masters program. Other programs may offer courses in a specific type of athletic training, like yoga or holistic medicine. This may be a perfect option for current professionals looking to expand their knowledge.
- Athletic Training Doctoral Programs might be a great fit for students who want to teach AT at the university level or want to conduct research. Depending on your program, you could study advanced AT and pedagogy concepts. It's important to note that many of these classes may be offered through your school's education department. Or, you could study research practices in order to design your own sports medicine research studies. This way, you could test the effectiveness of current theories in the field.
Courses offered may vary between schools and programs. For more information, speak with a representative from potential programs.
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Fear, anger, and negativity are states that each of us have to contend with. Machik's Complete Explanation, the most famous book of the teachings of Machik Lapdrön, the great female saint and yogini of eleventh- to twelfth-century Tibet, addresses these issues in a practical, direct way.
Machik developed a system, the Mahamudra Chöd, that takes the Buddha's teachings as a basis and applies them to the immediate experiences of negative mind states and malignant forces. Her unique feminine approach is to invoke and nurture the very "demons" that we fear and hate, transforming those reactive emotions into love. It is the tantric version of developing compassion and fearlessness, a radical method of cutting through ego-fixation.
This expanded edition includes Machik Lapdrön's earliest known teaching, the original source text for the tradition, The Great Bundle of Precepts on Severance (Chöd). This pithy set of instructions reveals that the teachings of the perfection of wisdom are the true inspiration for Chöd. It is beautifully clarified in a short commentary by Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa.
"Sarah Harding's masterful translation is a real gift to students of Chöd and this extraordinary woman teacher. It provides much new material, including intimate question-and-answer sessions between Machik and her disciples. The translation has such a fresh, living quality, you almost feel you are receiving teachings directly from Machik Labdron herself." —Tsultrim Allione, author of Women of Wisdom and founder of the Tara Mandala Retreat Center
"In this remarkable work, Sarah Harding has combined her well-honed translation skills with her own practice experience to give us the most complete, detailed, lucid, and well-contextualized study to date of the meaning and practice of Machik's Chöd." —Jan Willis, author of Dreaming Me
"An important contribution to an understanding of Tibet's most innovative female saint, revealing her vast diversity of teachings that place Chöd squarely in the mainstream of tantric Buddhist meditation. Harding's translation deftly reveals new and rare biographical, anatomical, philosophic, and meditative lore essential to understanding the tradition as a whole." —Judith Simmer-Brown, professor at Naropa University and author of Dakini's Warm Breath
"Sarah Harding's magnificent translation of this key work of Machik Labkyi Dronma, Tibet's most famous yogini, opens up for Western practitioners the startling world of Chöd practice: severing the devil of ego-fixation. This meditation manual explains how the rich symbology of tantric yoga can be used in a disturbingly effective way to transform one's life." —Stephen Batchelor, author of Buddhism without Beliefs
"It is a very welcome addition to the literature on Tibetan Buddhism in Western languages, opening up the inner world of a fascinating and significant mode of spiritual practice in a way that is respectful, humorous, and true to the tradition it presents." —The Middle Way
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I'm Arsenal till I'm skint, I'm Arsenal till I'm skint, I know I am, I'm sure I am, I'm Arsenal till I'm skint...
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Brad Pitt has pledged to donate $100,000 to the Human Rights Campaign in support of the organization's drive for marriage equality.
The star has been a long-time activist for same-sex unions, famously saying he would not marry fiancee Angelina Jolie until everybody in the U.S. had the right to wed.
Pitt has encouraged fans to donate cash that he will match dollar for dollar in order to raise awareness and support for marriage equality issues, which is on the ballot in four states during next week's U.S. election.
In a statement, the actor says, "It's unbelievable to me that people's lives and relationships are literally being voted on in a matter of days. In Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington, voters will go to the polls to decide if gay and lesbian couples – our friends and neighbors – are worthy of the same protections as everyone else.
"But that's the system we have and I'm not going to back down from the fight for loving and committed couples to have the ability to marry. Especially when groups like the Human Rights Campaign are fighting these battles day-in and day-out.
"Every person's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is enshrined in our country's Declaration of Independence, but powerful, well-funded groups are flooding the airwaves with lies trying to take away those rights from certain people … and we can't stand for it."
HRC President Chad Griffin says, "With his commitment, Brad joins HRC in a tremendous coalition of religious leaders, business leaders, labour groups, civil rights organizations and everyday, fair-minded Americans supporting marriage for gay and lesbian couples."


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If I click on the Explorers' Guild Button then in the Explorers' Guild window a new window appears.
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Miley Cyrus to Present at Fashion Group International's Night of Stars
Miley Cyrus has developed a much-discussed fashion sense in the last year. Her wardrobe is full of hits (vintage Versace) and misses (um, hi, sweatpants jeans and hello, uneven pant legs). Her style is something that she thinks very highly of and apparently, others agree, as the singer will hobnob with the fashion elite and intelligentsia on Oct. 22 in NYC.
The singer and twerker will present at the Fashion Group International's Night of Stars Awards.
Cyrus will hand out the Superstar Award -- the most prestigious honor given out at the event -- to designers Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy.
Cyrus, who wore a fishnet-style black Jacobs creation to the 2013 Met Gala (pictured above) and who recently said that he pretty much taught her about fashion, was chosen to present this award because of her personal relationships with the designers.
Cyrus had previously gushed about her love of Jacobs, who is credited with revitalizing the Louis Vuitton brand in the past decade. "I work a lot with Marc Jacobs," she said. "He kind of brought me into fashion, like, when I was 16. That was when I started being around him and just learning from him."
She continued, "He kind of let me inspire some of his pieces."
The event is slated to unfold at the Cipriani Wall in NYC.


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Geeqie Image Viewer Geeks Out on Features
Jul 6, 2011 5:00 AM PT
When it comes to image viewers, one app is not always hands-down better than others. It is rare to find an image viewing tool that has every feature stockpiled on your wish list. So having a collection of go-to viewing tools to meet a variety of graphics needs is a better strategy. That said, the Geeqie Image Viewer goes a long way in keeping that set of viewing tools to a minimum.
Geeqie, a fork of the popular GQview, is an GTK-based image viewer for Linux. If you are a fan of GQview, you could have a fond affinity for this little-known newcomer. With GQview falling into disrepair after its developer abandoned the project several years ago, Geeqie is keeping this viewer tool alive and well.
You could compare Geeqie to similar graphic viewing tools the likes of Xnview, Gwenview and gThumb and find numerous similarities and a few key differences. As far as Geeqie is concerned, it is very easy to use with an interface much like used in GQView. Plus, it is very lightweight but highly functional.
Not the Same Thing
You would not use a word processing program to carry on an instant message-style conversation over the Internet. In the same way you should not rely on an image viewer to handle graphic-intense image editing, collection management and photo album maintenance.
That is why you need a quick and handy image viewing app like Geeqie to supplement the image manipulation toolboxes found in full-fledged image editor programs such as GIMP and photo collection apps like Shotwell Photo Management. There are times you need a quick peek or fast file management. Other times you need a workhorse image fixer or collection housecleaning.
One of Geeqie's strong points is its click-and-view file manager interface. I found it faster and handier to use Geeqie to view or move a file than to do the same chore in Nautilus, Thunar or Krusader file managing systems.
Getting It
Geeqie is a newcomer to established distros. That means you might not find it available yet in your favorite distro's repository. But it is starting to make the rounds.
The latest version, Geekie 1.0, is available in Ubuntu. I even found a Geeqie package available on the Puppy Linux forum. That was a pleasant surprise, as I use both Puppy and Ubuntu Linux on all of my computers.
Even manual installation is not difficult for Geeqie. The app is readily available in compressed tarball format from a variety of online sources. You can extract and even compile them to make installation files if you are faint-hearted as well.
Taking the Tour
Geeqie's interface resembles that of a typical file viewer. The top left column of the app display has the navigational controls, standard drop-down menu categories and a locator window. Below that is the directory tree of folders and sub-folders.
Once you click on a directory, the top portion of the disoplay goes blank so you can see the files contained in the selected folder. Its files now display in the lower portion of the left column. But unlike a file manager program, Geeqie only shows you a list of supported graphic files.
Once you click on a graphic file name, its image instantly pops intoi view in the large display window on the right side of the app's window. You can drag the border line to the left or right to expand or compress the left column's file list. This, of course, reduces or enlarges the size of the graphic display window on the right.
More Than Just Files
I like the extra touches that Geeqie builds into the interface. For instance, it gives you more flexibility in viewing and handling graphic files.
Similar to many Web browser features, Geeqie's view menu offers options to view a picture in a new window, pan view or Exit window. In addition, you can select your preference for how files and folders display. The choices include list and tree options for folders and image lists as well as icons and thumbnails.
I also like being able to float the file list or hide it and the toolbar. Zooming and split display options really add to the usability of this image viewing app. The options under the view menu include some of the most useful choices found in file manipulation tools.
Config Confab
At times I feel like I am using a much more feature-filled photo program rather than a lightweight image viewing application. The extensive preferences under the Edit menu are truly impressive.
A single mouse click lets me open a displayed image in an external image editor or change the orientation of the displayed file. This is often much faster to work on-the-fly from an image viewer than have to laboriously find a file from within a photo editor application when you start out not knowing what you will find or want to do with an image you find.
A handy short-cut feature lets you click the Set as wallpaper command to bypass the Linux desktops own procedure for creating a new wallpaper choice.
Menu Mania
The File menu also sports numerous features found in bulkier photo editing packages. This adds to Geeqie's overall usefulness.
For instance, Both single clicks and keyboard shortcuts let me open a file in a new window or create a new collection in addition to quickly finding recently opened files. Plus, I can open an existing collection of photos.
And then there are menu options to search, find duplicate files, print, create a new folder or symlink. And keeping with the purpose of a true file manager system, I can copy/move/rename/delete single files or perform bulk file operations.
Excellent Extras
As if all of this were not enough, Geeqie builds in much more cool stuff. I use it with relish on my large screen systems as well as my medium-screen laptops and tiny-tot sized netbook.
Geeqie supports RAW files via a pre-installed plugin from UFRaw software. Geeqie may be all you will need to convert image file formats and upload photos to photo-sharing websites and your favorite social media hangouts.
Forget about loading an image file in a cumbersome photo editing application just to discover pertinent Metadata. Discover this information from within Geeqie through its Image/Image Overlay menu option by viewing the selected image.
The Pan View feature is really neat. It shows photos in a timeline or as a calendar or in folder hierarchy. Its Show/Marks option lets me sort and filter photos by assigning up to six marks per photo. And it is a snap to pre-set categories for fast box checking.
Bottom Line
Geeqie can easily become a one-stop, do-it-all image viewing app. It runs very fast and consumes very little system resources.
Its intuitive file-manager style interface requires no learning curve. If it does not have a built-in feature, chances are pretty solid that you will never miss it.


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Stiletto Strength pumps up working out
The woman on the phone at Crunch gym in Danville had a pressing question: Which shoes should she wear to work out: low or spike heels?
"Whatever makes her feel more fabulous," said Shab Jaleh, a former professional cheerleader and aspiring Persian pop star who is teaching a new fitness class: Stiletto Strength.
The hourlong class starts with floor exercises to strengthen the calves, ankles and abdominal muscles, then finishes with 20 minutes of strutting, cat walking and simple dance steps in high heels. It's BYOH.
"What I'm really teaching is posture," Jaleh said. "It's a class for women who want to learn how to walk, dance and look hot in heels."
Donna Cyrus, a senior vice president of programming for Crunch, created the classes in 2007 to help well-heeled New York women become more nimble navigating the pitted streets and subway stairs. Since then the classes have spread to Miami and Los Angeles, and premiered in Northern California in Danville on Jan. 4.
"It's not a fitness class in high heels, it's a class to teach you how to walk safely in high heels," Cyrus said.
Still, podiatrists are shuddering.
Dr. Colleen Schwartz of Pleasanton, spokeswoman for the American Podiatric Medical Association, said there is a right way and a wrong way to approach heel fitness classes.
"You really are risking Achilles injuries if you start out in the highest heels," she said. "It's better to start out with lower heels and work up to the stilettos after at least three weeks."
She also advises wearing heels home instead of switching to tennis shoes, so the transition is not so jarring on the muscles. Foot-strengthening Pilates classes are also a good idea.
"Ultimately, from a medical standpoint, I'd say these classes are a disaster, but this is a trend and women, including podiatrists, wear heels, so it's important to wear them wisely," she said.
The health debate over pumps is long-standing, as is the desire for women to wear something that makes their legs look slimmer, said Mindy Kreis, the group fitness coordinator at Danville Crunch.
"Heels aren't going away any time soon, so it's better to learn how to walk in them properly so you don't get injured," she said.
Stiletto Strength fits in with Crunch's repertoire of edgy classes, Kreis said, noting a roster that includes pole dancing, videography to teach dances from popular music videos, a strip-tease class and yoga done to rock music.
Kreis, who used to train the Warrior Girls, said women are tiring of basic aerobics classes and looking for ones with a little more kick.
Men, too.
Jaleh, who lives part time in Los Angeles, takes a "hip-hop in heels" class there that's taught by a man.
After Jaleh led seven students through a series of lunges, plies and calf raises set to an ear-splitting Shakira song, "She Wolf," it was time to put away the mats and slip into stilettos.
Brittany Miller, 23, of Danville could hardly contain her excitement as she zipped into 5-inch, thigh-high black leather spike boots.
"I got them for the Lady Gaga concert a few weeks ago, but I've never danced in them," she said.
Jaleh put on a Miley Cyrus song at nightclub volume, and the students tried to mimic her horse-prance steps across the floor.
"One, two, three, up!" said Jaleh, taking three steps, then lifting her foot off the floor in a deep bend on the fourth count.
"Stay on your toes! Right! Left! Cha-cha-cha!" she instructed, showing her charges how to take each step leading with their hips.
"As long as you touch the floor with your toes, and not your heel, that's the trick," she said.
Jaleh, who has cheered in heels for the Golden State Warriors, the Oakland Raiders, the Sacramento Kings and the San Francisco 49ers, floated across the room as if she were born with sticks attached to her heels.
Nobody fell, but there were several wobbly moments.
"It's like Pilates, but faster," said Danielle Giambrone, 24, of Castro Valley.
Miller, who has plans to become a professional cheerleader, sees the classes as a form of training.
"You learn how to hold your body in heels," she said, "and it definitely brings out your sultry, vixen side."


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Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was a neat game in spite of its problems: not enough games these days properly use words like "cromulent." After a good run on computers and the Xbox 360, Penny Arcade's high-culture RPG is heading to the PlayStation Network this fall.
Responding to fan demand, Hothead and Sony are now hard at work on the PS3 version of the game. "We have always said we wanted to have our games on as many platforms as possible to give choice to gamers," Hothead CEO Vlad Ceraldi said. "All good things take time and we are very excited to be debuting our first PS3 title and look forward to bringing more games to this platform in the future."
The PS3 version will carry the same $19.99 price tag as the others and will likely be just a straight port: no platform-specific changes or improvements were noted. While it's a little late to the game, the PS3 version is still welcome. Fans of the good guys over at Penny Arcade will soon have the chance to enjoy the antics of the Fruitfucker on the PlayStation 3.


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First world problems people! Get the hell out of KC for a disc golf weekend and you'll quickly realize you are all spoiled. Seriously, one man's opinion is just that, an opinion. I am happy to throw at any basket, even the one's that spit out solid putts because it is free to play and I enjoy it regardless. I wish I had time to argue about baskets, create polls, and work against the efforts of the few. Okay, now everyone prove me wrong, or contradict, since that seems to be the flavor of this forum lately. Personal Leadership here peeps!
Marshall and Columbia have some freakingreat courses that rival ours and less than 2 hours from the metro. i'll be taking in the beav and bikini beach up in Smithville, praying for those last 2 teepads to go in.
Nickels are an add on feature, you don't have to have them, and I have seen more putts get "stopped" from going long with them and flag poles than any from Innuva.BTW, DGA is leading, because you split the equation into 2 types doesn't fool me, the numbers will prove that there is simply a matter of preference, which is really all this is about, it simply matters on who putts the best in the conditions with the basket there, nothing else really counts.
I want a cherry tree, or a paw paw. No, I actually would prefer the paw paw.Thanks,
The P&R has a list of approved trees and we would work together with the P&R on the planting process. But alas this has nothing to do with the basket.
Eric, you make me
The P&R has a list of approved trees and we would work together with the P&R on the planting process. But alas this has nothing to do with the basket.


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IPMBA Conference Archives
2013 IPMBA Conference
In 2007, Baton Rouge served as host of the IPMBA Conference. While not the first venue to serve as host a second time, it did not take as long for IPMBA to get back to Baton Rouge – just six years. Other repeat locations were Tucson, Arizona (1991 and 2000) and San Antonio, Texas (1994 and 2004). Memories of fine riding, excellent training, legendary hospitality, and outstanding food enticed many 2007 attendees to return. They were joined by a complement of first-time visitors to Baton Rouge in search of a similar experience. They were not disappointed. Although the weather was unseasonably cool and rainy for parts of the conference, everything else lived up to expectations. The city of Baton Rouge again proved an excellent training venue; the RiverCenter was even better than before; and the food and hospitality? Well, this is Louisiana!
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Thanks to Our Hosts
The IPMBA board, staff, members, and conference attendees would like to thank the Baton Rouge Police Department and their partnering agencies for hosting the 23rd Annual IPMBA Conference. We appreciate the support of Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden and the East Baton Rouge Parish Council; Chief Carl Dabadie and the Baton Rouge Police Department; Director Chad Guillot and East Baton Rouge EMS; Chief Lawrence Rabalais and the LSU Police Department; Sheriff Sid Gautreaux and the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriffs Office; Constable Reginald R. Brown and the Baton Rouge City Constable's Office; and Chief Anthony Williams and the Baton Rouge Airport Police.
We are also grateful for the generous in-kind and financial contributions from Visit Baton Rouge, Boudreaux & Thibodeaux's, the Baton Rouge business community, and those who cooked fine Cajun food for each hospitality night.
Special thanks to Baton Rouge Police Sergeant Craig Russell, Officers James Banks, Kyle Callihan, PCI #908, Don Coppola, PCI #1079, Reggie Kirton, Mark Weber, and Todd Webb; and LSU Officer Sarah Drake, who invested many hours and much effort into the planning and implementation of this conference.
Also deserving of recognition are many East Baton Rouge EMS staffers, especially the omnipresent Matt Smyer, ace AV techs Darryl Beard, Jay Efferson, and Tremayne Baker, and Joyce Wales, who, along with Artie Gonzales, provided a warm welcome to everyone at the registration/information counter. Their efforts were supported by others too numerous to mention, but whose contributions are nonetheless essential to the success of the conference.
IPMBA thanks Board Member Tom Harris, East Baton Rouge EMS, for bringing IPMBA back to Baton Rouge. After establishing East Baton Rouge as the first EMS agency to host an IPMBA Conference, he threw down the gauntlet for his colleagues at the Police Department. Fortunately for IPMBA, they took up the challenge. He was an invaluable member of the Command Staff, assisted by his '"right-hand man", Matt Smyer, for which both IPMBA and the BRPD are grateful.
Last, but never least, IPMBA thanks those of you who overcame the obstacles associated with budgeting and staffing limitations and made the case for training.
View 2013 IPMBA Conference photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/97613337@N07/collections/72157635256827295/


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TV's Charlie Moore comes to Northeast Fishing and Hunting Show
Early on, Charlie Moore was drawn to the outdoors, lured you might say.
"My dad had a big boat, and we would go out in Boston Harbor a lot," said the Boston native during a recent interview. "I'd go snowmobiling as a kid, too."
He also took up multiple sports, such as football and baseball. However, for the past two decades or so, it has been the art and sport of fishing that has brought him to the attention of the masses.
For the past 17 years, Moore has appeared in several television programs, including "Front Row Outdoors," "Charlie Moore Outdoors" and "Roughing It" for NESN (New England Sports Network); "Beat Charlie Moore," on ESPN; and "Charlie Moore: No Offense" for the NBC Sports Network (which just began its third season).
Throughout his long career, his shows have been fueled by his fast-paced style; his rapid, comic delivery; and his propensity for doing the unexpected -- the kind of behavior that earned him his moniker "The Mad Fisherman."
He said early on, those behind his longest-running show, "Charlie Moore Outdoors," had little sense of what the future would bring. Moore may be a skilled fisherman, but he didn't want to do a show about how to fish.
"No one had a sense of what it was going to be," said Moore, 42.
With its mix of celebrity guests, skits, and, oh yeah, fishing, the show has earned fans and honors, including multiple Emmy nominations.
"I do a show about a guy who happens to fish," he said.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, TV's "Batman" Adam West and singer/songwriter Ted Nugent are among the luminaries Moore has welcomed to his shows.
Moore will be in Hartford on Saturday, Feb. 16, from 12 to 3 p.m., as part of the 16th annual Northeast Fishing & Hunting Show. It runs Friday, Feb. 15 to Sunday, Feb. 17 at the Connecticut Convention Center.
He will be joined by other presenters, including Greg Myerson, the world record holder for largest striped bass; Lane Benoit, a well-known whitetail buck tracker from Vermont; Del DelMastro, an archery tackle and urban deer hunter; and Tony Sletzko, a former striped bass world record holder.
"There is a little bit of everything there that has to do with fishing and hunting," said organizer Kristie Gonsalves, who is president of North East Expos, the company producing the show.
More than 200 booths will feature fishing tackle and hunting gear -- everything from lines to boats; archery supplies to camping supplies. "We try to encompass everything."
There will be demonstrations and activities, as well, including a fly-tying center, a virtual reality fishing simulator, live fishing at a catch and release trout pond, a children's bass casting competition by the Connecticut Bass Federation, a "Talons! Birds of Prey" live show and an archery range.
New this year is an "Elements of Nature" show that features artists' work in a variety of media, including stone, clay, photography, taxidermy, wood, bronze and antler.
Moore's expected appearance in Hartford is one of only a few he can do each year, despite upward of 30 to 40 invitations from all over. He said he values the opportunity to get out and thank those who have embraced the multi-dimensional approach he takes to his shows.
"I get great feedback from the fans," he said.
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Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd., Hartford. Friday, Feb. 15, noon-7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 16, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $12 adults, $4 children (5 to 12), free under age 5. Cash only. 860-844-8461, http://www.fishinghuntingshow.com.


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lhenderson needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 46 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
We need stationery and busineess cards to incorporate logo also being designed here. It needs to be clean and professional looking.
BlueWater Systems
BlueWater Systems specializes in municipal water and infrastructure acquisition and development.
- Item 1...a clean and professional layout
- color scheme blue,white
- clean, traditional font
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For me, no warm weather dessert can ever come close to the key lime pie you can get on Key West. Maybe that's because the classic, luscious custard-like filling can really only be made right by using the key lime, which has a distinct kick to it. Thank goodness you don't have to be in Key West to find those limes. A DIY key lime dessert is totally doable -- just mix with condensed milk and eggs, top with meringue (my preference over whipped cream), and you're in business!
But because everything is cuter as a cupcake, how could a key lime aficionado not also adore key lime cupcakes? Especially vibrant green ones with fluffy cream cheese frosting that are done in less than a half hour? Nom! These will have you so ready for summer!
Key Lime Cupcakes from Bon Appetite
- Cupcakes:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
- 1/4 teaspoon neon-green food coloring
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
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- 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tablespoon finely grated lime peel
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- Add sugar; beat to blend. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled). Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions.
- Spoon scant 1/3 cup batter into each liner. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.
- For frosting: Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Spread over cupcakes.
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97 Bunsen, p. 134; Theordor., tom, iv. pt. i. p. 343, ed. Hal. 1772.
98 . St. Hipplo ., p. 315.
99 tartarwsaj, 2 Pet. ii. 4. A sufficient answer to Dr. Bunsen, vol. iv. p. 33, who says this Epistle was not known to the primitive Church.
100 See Speaker's Comm., ad loc.
101 St. Hippol., p. 301, with Original text.
102 Vol. i. p. 141, etc.
103 A translation of Quinet, on Ultramontanism, appeared in London in a semi-infidel series, 1845.
104 See pp. 40, 47.
1 In John Damasc., Sacr. Parall., Works, ii. p. 787. That Hippolytus wrote on the Hexaemeronis noticed by Eusebius, Hist. Eccl., vi. 22, and by Jerome, Sncellus, Honorius, etc.
2 These fragments are excerts from a Commentary on Genesis, compiled from eighty-eight father, which is extant in manuscript in the Vienna library. They are found also in a Catenaon Matthew, issued at Leipsic in 1772.
3 i.e., nuxqhmeron.
4 This must refer, I suppose, to the words, "And it was so."
5 mh ekzeshj.
6 mh perisseuhj.
7 "My" (mou) is wanting in Origen's Hexapla.
8 our esh perissoteroj.
9 [He makes the curse o( Reuben applicable to the Church's truth and purity.]
10 ecairesewj autwn, "of set purpose."
11 Ps. ii. 2.
12 Gen. xlix. 7.
13 After "this " (touto) the word "blood" (to auma) seems to have been dropped.
14 Matt. xxvii. 25.
15 Deut. xxxiii. 8.
16 [By the sin of Annas and Caiaphas, with others, the tribe of Levi became formallysubject to this curse again, and with Simeon (absorbed into Judah) inherited it. But compare Acts iv. 36 and vi. 7.]
17 [Luke ii. 25.]
18 ta musthria.
19 Matt. iv. 15, 16.
20 Deut. xxxiii. 18.
21 [In thus spiritualizing, the Fathers do not deny a literal sense also, as in "Aser," p. 166, infra; only they think that geography, history, etc., should pay tribute to a higher meaning.]
22 Matt. xi. 28.
23 Matt. v. 17.
24 katk podaj, "quickly," " following close."
25 Luke ii. 34.
26 [An important bint that by "heel," in Gen. iii. 15, the "foot" is understood, by rhetorical figure.]
27 Ps. xliv. 17 (English, xiv. 16).
28 Gen. iii 15. [The rhetoric here puts the heel for the foot to emphasize the other part of the prophecy, i.e., the wounded heel coming down on the biter's head.]


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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Columbanus
(543-615) Confessor, Abbot of Luxeuil and Bobbio, born West Leinster, Ireland; died Bobbio, Italy. He studied at Cluaninis and Bangor, where he became a monk. About 583 he left Ireland with 12 companions, including Saint Gall, and after remaining a short time in Britain, arrived in France. At the invitation of King Gontram of Burgundy he erected a monastery at Annegray in the Vosges, which was so successful that he soon established others at Luxeuil and Fontaines. The superiors of these houses remained subordinate to Columbanus who wrote for them a rule embodying the customs of the Celtic monasteries. He also instituted an unending choir service of Divine praise. Having labored fruitfully for nearly 20 years, he was attacked by the Frankish bishops, jealous of his ever-increasing influence. They opposed his observance of the Celtic Eastertide, and his exclusion of men as well as women from his monastic precincts, and he was exiled from Frankish territory. Waging war against vice in the Burgundian royal household, and endeavoring to win King Thierry II from a life of sin and debauchery, he was exiled to Nantes, but arriving there, made his way to Soissons and in 611 reached the Austrasian court. He set out to evangelize the Suevi and Alemanni. His efforts being ineffectual, he proceeded to Italy, arriving at Milan, 612, where he at once began to confute the Arians. At the suggestion of King Agilulf he wrote a famous letter to Pope Boniface IV on the "Three Chapters" discussion, in which his zeal outran his knowledge and discretion. Agilulf gave him a tract of land at Bobbio, between Milan and Genoa, where his celebrated abbey was to be for centuries a stronghold of orthodoxy in northern Italy. Among his writings is his brief monastic rule, which was approved by the Council of Micon, 627, but was superseded by the Benedictine Rule. Invoked against insanity and inundations. Represented in art, bearded, wearing the monastic cowl, holding in his hand a book within an Irish satchel, surrounded by wolves. Relics in the monastery at Bobbio. Feast, 21 November; O.S.B., and in Ireland, 24 November.
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by Hugh Gilmore
In the year 2000 I had to make some hard decisions about my life, so I sought a place to walk while I thought. I used to walk in the Wissahickon, but the profusion of dogs off leash, bicyclists who nearly shaved you as they passed, and people carrying boom boxes down to Devils Pool took away that calm feeling one needs when thinking and walking. Though it seemed kind of tame, I decided to try walking on Chestnut Hill Academy's track.
On most occasions it seemed perfect. The rubberized surface was quite easy on my joints, especially my back. The monotony of walking a closed loop proved soothing, so I readily succumbed to it. I felt cleansed of the trivia that had cluttered my mind and began relaxing enough to focus on whatever I needed to think about.
Since then I've mentally composed close to 200 newspaper columns while walking there. In the same way I've worked on three novels there, worrying the details of tough scenes, or inventing character names or chapter titles. I've organized my memoir during my walks. I've gone there when I've been angry and when I've tried to avoid being angry.
I remember how eerie the sky seemed for a few days in September of 2001 when American airspace went quiet. Most days the ambient roar of airplanes and other noise assaults our minds all day long without our noticing.
Sometimes, when hardly anyone else was around, I'd finish my walk and ascend the stands and sit enjoying the sun-induced laziness of watching the world go by down below.
No matter what occupied my mind when I first stepped on the track from Willow Grove Avenue, be it troubles, plot points, the death of a friend or a business question, all walks began the same way. I walked to the right toward the Springfield Avenue side, passing the scoreboard. I kept my eyes down until the curve yielded to the straightaway. That's when I would lift my eyes to see, always quite dramatically, one of the most magnificent trees in Philadelphia: a huge, mature, widespread tulip poplar that stood staunchly alone at the far end of the field. From that vantage point I could take in the entire tree without looking up. It was the only tree inside the track's perimeter. Its girth was such you'd need three big men to encircle it with their arms. Straight and tall and blessed with a healthy, full, gorgeous green crown, it dominated and graced the landscape.
As I walked up the track I'd look into the canopy and touch my chest and say hello and a few personal words to my lost son, Colin. And next, to my friend, the West Virginia writer, John O'Brien who left this earth a few years ago, more than reluctantly. After greeting him, I'd say, "You'd change places with me in a minute, wouldn't you, John?"
That did the trick. My worries melted instantly. Perspective came. This tree had stood in place while so many of us planners had come and fretted and gone from the earth. It seemed eternal. My heart always lightened after I greeted John. I went on walking, looking at the poplar, tapping my heart, and saying hello to my parents, in-laws, and friends.
The list grew longer in the 12 years I've walked that track and said my thoughts, my version of plainsong at a "prayer tree." Once I'd passed the tree and paid my respects, I was freed to think about anything I wanted to, usually with a lighter heart. I never once walked that circuit with recorded music in my ears, being entirely too taken up with the maintenance of my own spirit.
Well, as you might imagine, if you read the local newspapers, the schools have begun reshaping their campus. That's their right. They own the property. My fellow walkers and I are their grateful guests.
I went out to the track two weeks ago to see if it was still walk-able. I wanted to think about a friend who is having heart problems. And about the dropped foundation of a book I've been working on recently. The story had fallen away as though too heavy for the wet paper bag I'd tried to carry it in. I needed to walk for a while.
Several huge earth-moving machines stood on the field, like bulls catching their breath after a charge. Near the curb stood rolled-up piles and some flayed scraps of the top layer of the red track, some pieces still lined with white lane stripes. The fences were down. No need to choose a gate. But could I still walk here?
I saw two other people using the loop, so I walked over. The original hard macadam substrate that underlay the rubber track was still there. What the heck, I'd take a walk. (The area is now posted as "Construction Site: Do Not Enter.") I walked in my usual direction – toward the school – marveling as I looked at the leveled grounds and how impressively efficient those machines and their operators are. I walked past the scoreboard, keeping my eyes down, so I'd be able to enjoy the customary shock of awe when I looked up to see that sublime tree. As I rounded the bend, I lifted my eyes.
It was gone. One of the biggest, most beautiful trees in the world was gone. You wouldn't think something so impressive, so … big … could disappear. But it had. What would I do with my stored-up prayers and memories?
I stood and surveyed the acres of 'dozed mud that lay in its place. I walked up the ghost track and stopped at the slope of a depression where the tree had been. Some bits of twisted brown roots ran into the clotted dirt. I looked at the earth and tapped my heart and murmured my remembrances and said goodbye. No other tree on campus would suffice.
The schools' master plan rolls on. It looks terrific. The other trees on the street sides of the track were left standing. In place of that magnificent poplar, however, lie sheets of plastic and tons of crushed stone that will form the basis of the new drainage system.
The academy will be planting over a hundred new trees, they say, come September. The community is invited to participate. According to a spokesperson quoted in the newspaper, within a hundred years we'll have a vastly improved campus.
In the meantime I hope the school continues its generous policy of allowing us outsiders to walk their track. We promise to appreciate it. And before long, children whose grandparents haven't even been born yet will someday be enjoying the by-then huge trees.
Until then, I hope no one minds my taking a few minutes out to praise a certain magnificent tree that meant a lot to a lot of us. Modern life and its ironies: a big, gorgeous tree with deep deep roots sacrificed to an improved drainage system.
Hugh owns and operates Gilmore's used and rare book business in Chestnut Hill. He is also the author of the noir bibliomystery "Malcolm's Wine" and the story collection, "Scenes from a Bookshop." Both available in bookstores and as eBooks.


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Say words only THEY want to learn?
Now, Chance has a very large vocab. She says sentences. It's very impressive. She says a lot of words, even in another language
BUT for the longest time, I have tried to teach her to say the word "eat." She. Won't. Say. It.
She LOVES food. You win this bird's heart by cooking. So she watches me cook and makes smacking sounds and says "Mmmmm!" which is really cute, and she gets excited when I say "eat" but SHE won't say "eat."
Does anyone know why? Why is she opposed to saying this one word which she understands, loves to do, but will not say it herself?