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For homeowner François-Pierre Gingras, the win is bittersweet.
The gracious Victoria row house on Rue du Souvenir that he inherited from his grandparents is the winner of the 2012 La Maison coup de coeur prize, presented by Opération patrimoine architecture de Montréal (OPAM) for exceptional restoration work done to a residence.
For two years, Gingras and his wife of 21 years, Susan McDougall, committed heart and soul to the restoration of the building's facade to its original 1893 glory.
McDougall died suddenly on Oct. 28, about three weeks shy of the presentation ceremony, which took place at the Notre Dame Basilica on Nov. 23.
The funeral service was held 21 years to the day of their wedding ceremony.
"I dedicate this award to her," Gingras said with quiet composure while serving a reporter a cup of tea and describing the couple's labour of love.
"I would have loved to have had her with me. It was our project."
Gingras, a retired University of Ottawa political science professor, spent one year researching the history of the row house and its neighbourhood before launching the $140,000 restoration.
The research resulted in a detailed, 50-page document that includes a photocopy of the land's original bill of sale, dated 1893 and signed by Canadian Pacific president Thomas G. Shaughnessy and business partner Richard B. Angus (who went on to become the president of the Bank of Montreal).
The business partners sold off the land in parcels, stipulating it be used to build "first class dwelling houses built of solid brick or stone on stone foundation," and prohibiting the construction of a long list of types of structures, including saloon, slaughter house and oil factory.
Gingras also discovered that the street is home to the longest block of Victorian row houses, uninterrupted by modernization, outside the United Kingdom.
"I've been a university professor all my adult life," Gingras said with a smile as he leafed through the binder of documents, text and photographs. "You can retire, but the university professor never disappears."
The research was done in 2009. Gingras signed with a contractor in late autumn, 2010.
"I wanted to be respectful, take my time and do it by the book," Gingras said.
His grandfather bought La Maison Gingras in 1949 and the house has remained in the family ever since.
When Gingras, who grew up in N.D.G., inherited the house three years ago, it was in decent enough condition, but small renovations and repairs over the decades had striped the facade of its Victorian charm.
He initially had no plans to restore the building. All he wanted to do was bring in a repairman to fix the dormer window's half-moon roof. It was covered with a layer of tin and topped with asphalt tiles and in sorry shape.
But then the domino effect kicked, and before they knew it Gingras and McDougall were entirely committed to restoring every detail of the grey stone façade.
"The roofer ... suggested we invest in a copper covering as was done back in the Victorian era," Gingras said. "Our immediate neighbours had done it and it looked beautiful."
Gingras asked if the roofer knew someone who did copper work.
Enter Christian Lavallée of Toitures C.S. Lavallée from Delson, who designed and installed the intricate copper soffit, fascia and dormer roofs and suggested they use era-appropriate slate tiles on the mansard roof.
He also encouraged them to recreate the elaborate wood detailing that gives Victorian homes their gingerbread-house charm and replace the bland front door with a Victoria-era creation.
Antoine Pelletier from Ébénistre Pelletieret fils in StLiboire was hired to design the double front doors and the intricate wood border that hugs the bottom edge of the mansard roof and flanks the dormer windows.
To get the absolutely perfect proportions and feel for the double front doors, Pelletier did rubbings of the neighbours' restored doors.
Pelletier also designed the custom wood windows and brought in Martine Bonin, a stained-glass artisan from StDenissur Richelieu, to replicate the original stained-glass transom over the front door and create identical stained-glass inserts for the upper third of each window.
Elements of the cast-iron banister on the front stairs were fabricated in Spain. The design was completed by Andy Hammond from Ottawa's Majestic Metals and installed by Daniel Béland of Rénovation du Plateau. Béland was La Maison Gingras' project supervisor.
Elaborate Victorian roof cresting was made with iron back in the day, but Béland recommended an aluminum replica that would better weather the weight of Quebec's snowy winters.
The tiny front yard was landscaped by Josée Turenne from Atwater Market's Angel Jardins.
The original home was a single-family dwelling, but was divided into two flats in 1985. Gingras lives in the two-bedroom, one bathroom upper flat and the lower, one-bedroom flat, with its music studio in the basement, is rented out. (Gingras's cousin, the late Thérèse Gingras, was a piano teacher for elite students and built a piano studio in the basement.)
Gingras has no plans to restore the interiors. "The interior restoration is way beyond the means of an ordinary person," he said.
The flat is in comfortable shape and he will continue to use it as his Montreal pied-à-terre. He also has a home in Gatineau, which is close to half of his blended family of six children and 15 grandchildren.
It took an army of experts and a fat wallet to restore the row house's Victorian grace, but Gingras is pleased with the outcome.
"I was a Scout leader for many years and we all learned that you must leave a site in better shape than when you found it," Gingras said. "That's what I feel we have done. ... It's good for the street as a whole."
And he has advice for people who might be considering taking on a restoration project.
"Find out in advance, from the city, what the restrictions are for restorations and what permits are needed," he said. "Visit the heritage website and read the guide. Consult the (website's) list of experts who know old homes. It is very, very important to find a contractor who understands and has experience with old homes."
Being nominated for the prize, which includes a plaque and a $500 gift certificate for Marché Bonsecours, was a complete surprise for Gingras, who was notified by email that his home was in the running.
This is how it happened. City architects and inspectors reported interesting restoration projects they had come across and, over the course of a year, a long list of 22 homes was compiled for Opération patrimoine architectural de Montréal. The public voted for their favourite of five finalists. More than 5,000 votes were tabulated this year.
"I am happy and proud of the work that was done and completely shocked that so many people voted for us," Gingras said.
To see photos of the other nominated houses, hear Gingras talk about his Victorian row house and learn more about the heritage contest, visit www.operationpatrimoine.com.
kgreenaway@ montrealgazette.com
Award-winning restoration revives house's Victorian spirit
For homeowner François-Pierre Gingras, the win is bittersweet.


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text: Enforcer Odjick battles much tougher opponent in mental illnessEd Willes (The Province) Published: June 25, 2014Updated: June 27, 2014 10:40 AMFiled Under:The Province > sports > hockeyShareEnforcer Odjick battles much tougher opponent in mental illnessTumblrPinterestGoogle PlusRedditLinkedInEmailGino Odjick (right) on the bench with buddy Pavel Bure in 1994.Photo by Les BazsoThis is the one thing you can say about Gino Odjick without fear of contradiction: The man has friends."I've only got positive things to say about Gino," Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini said. "I've always admired him for the work he's done in his community. He's made a difference. I think that's the best thing you can say about him.""I love the kid," says Pat Quinn, his former coach with the Canucks."He has a big heart. He always has.We all care about what happens to him.""I'll do anything I can to help him," says Ron Delorme, the Canucks longtime scout who's worked alongside Odjick in hockey schools and mentoring programs for aboriginal youths.So people like Gino. And if that's all we knew about him, this would be so much simpler, so much easier to understand. He's a hero to many, a friend to even more; a fearless warrior and a tireless advocate for his people.What's not to like about this story? Well, nothing. Except things tend to get a little more complicated with mental illness where the lines are never straight and the story is seldom predictable. People think they know Odjick, think they know what's going on in his world.But they can't know, because no one can.This is mental illness. You never know when it's going to strike. You never know how long it will last or how far it will take you down. As a player, they didn't come any tougher than Odjick.But the opponent he's been fighting is even tougher.Odjick, the one-time Canucks enforcer and one of the most popular players in franchise history, checked into a hospital in his hometown of Maniwaki last Thursday, complaining of severe headaches. This was after he'd spent the better part of a week in the psychiatric ward in a hospital in Gatineau, Que.According to those in his inner circle, the aim is to get Odjick's meds in order while a consultation with a leading doctor in Toronto is arranged. This will take at least two more weeks."We're trying to find a balance," a source said. "This is a scary time.""I am going to see some medicine people in Maniwaki, do a sweat and get the medicine working and be able to be on my way," Odjick told the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network on Wednesday.Again, you just wish it was that easy.A month ago, Odjick was a very visible part of Pavel Bure's jerseyretirement ceremony, but according to sources, he was also in a dark place. In an earlier interview with the Journal de Montreal's Mark de Foy, Odjick blamed his mental illness on post-concussion syndrome and his 160 career fights. Sources say there were also problems with his medication. And Odjick has had significant issues with substance abuse throughout his life.But, whatever the cause, his behaviour had become erratic. Odjick is involved with business deals with Aquilini, and there's a story making the rounds he attempted to confront the Canucks owner at the team's offices.His father, Joe, had also come to Vancouver to spend some time with his son before returning to Maniwaki. He passed away on Nov. 25.Odjick then drove from Vancouver to Quebec where he was admitted to Pierre Janet Hospital Centre late last week. Sources say the loss of his father triggered a downward spiral.This latest twist is part of an ongoing pattern in which Odjick seems to function at a high level before encountering turbulence. He is, by all accounts, a shrewd businessmanwho's done well financially in his post-hockey career. He's also recognized as a leader in the aboriginal community where he's devoted himself to causes associated with young people."He's had a business and he's done well," Quinn says. "But his real business has been helping kids."Quinn has remained close to Odjick over the years and says, in his conversations with him, he always sounded lucid and upbeat. Later, Quinn learned Odjick had often called him from a hospital ward."He'd never let on he was having problems," Quinn says.But maybe it's time. Maybe that's a good place to start.CommentsShare your thoughts


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Producers should have an idea how much drying their corn will cost when they make drying and marketing decisions.
Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Service agricultural engineer, provides the following drying cost estimates and advice to assist producers in making those decisions:
As a rule of thumb you can estimate high-temperature drying energy costs per bushel per point of moisture removed by multiplying the propane price per gallon by 0.022. For example, the cost of using $1.90-per-gallon propane is 4.2 cents per bushel per point of moisture ($1.90 per gallon x 0.022).
Determine the estimated energy cost to dry corn per bushel by multiplying the cost per point of moisture removed by the points removed. The energy cost per bushel to dry corn from 25 percent to 15 percent (10 points) is 42 cents per bushel (10 points x 4.2 cents per bushel per point of moisture). Total drying costs are higher since they include both energy costs and the fixed or capital costs.
"Drying costs are affected by many variables, so these numbers should be considered as estimates," Hellevang says.
"Accurate records of fuel and other energy costs, as well as the amount of corn dried, including initial and final moisture contents, enable drying management."
The NDSU Extension Service has more detailed information on corn drying and storage.
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets on grain storage and drying are available from the University of Arkansas website http://www.aragriculture.org/storage_drying/default.htm.
This spreadsheet, will help you determine your cost of drying and storage by factoring in shrink, propane, electric and fixed costs by allowing you to input the fall harvest price and the projected grain price at a future sale date and give you a value which is your benefit or cost from drying and storing grain.


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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - A magical place!
4 comments:
- zelsersk said...
Love Disney! We were at DL last month and I'm ready to go back. Have fun!
- March 20, 2013 at 12:13 PM
- Queen Bee said...
Nice family photo - your kids are so cute! My family has had our picture taken there also. It would be interesting to know how many people have had their picture made in front of Cinderella's Castle.
Disney World is such a fun place to visit - but be sure not to go on spring break. My family went during April 2009 and it was a madhouse - so many people! The irony was Disney's website stated that week shouldn't be busy, but they were wrong! The last time we went the weekend before Thanksgiving 2011 and missed the crowds. It was so festive, everything was already decorated for Christmas. I highly recommend the Osbourne Family Christmas light show at Hollywood Studios - it's fantastic!
- March 20, 2013 at 1:45 PM
- Wendy said...
Disney World deserves all the hoopla and praise everyone heaps upon it. Great picture! Mr. Cool and Big Brother are just too cute.
- March 20, 2013 at 4:01 PM
- Heather Kuhn Roelker said...
Thanks everyone, you are too kind! I had to post this because we were there this past week. I think we were just on the cusp of spring break because the crowds were small. Plus it was cloudy so that helped! Queen Bee, I think going around Christmas time would be awesome. Maybe someday!
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Under threatening skies Friday afternoon at Ceasar Uyesaka Stadium, the UC Santa Barbara baseball team came close but fell short 6-4 to Pepperdine and its trio of hurling right-handers. Scoring twice in the first and eighth innings, the Gauchos had chances in the eighth and ninth but could not capitalize, falling to 5-4 on the season.
Wave right-hander Jacob Barrack pitched five effective innings for his first win of the year while hard-luck loser Steve Morlock falls to 1-2. The Gaucho right-hander tossed 5.2 innings allowing two earned runs on seven hits while striking out three.
UCSB lead early as the Gauchos scored twice in the first with the help of a hit, a walk and two passed balls. With one out, senior designated hitter Greg Powers singled and advanced to second when second baseman Chris Malec walked. After both advanced on a passed ball by Wave catcher Chad Tracy, Gaucho first baseman Bill Rowe picked up an RBI, plating Powers with a ground out to shortstop. An out later, Malec scored on Tracy's second of four passed balls on the day.
Pepperdine put a run on the board in the second when senior third baseman Nate Sutton mishandled a a Danny Kelly groundball with runners on first and second. Pepperdine scored again in the fourth with the tying run and never trailed again.
After putting up a single run in the sixth, two in the seventh and another in the eighth, Pepperdine led 6-2 heading into the Gaucho eighth. With right-hander Paul Coleman on the mound since the sixth, the Gauchos touched the tiring hurler for two runs. Rowe led off the inning with a single to center, which also extended his career-high hitting streak to nine games. An out later, with Rowe on second after a wild pitch, right fielder Matt Wilkerson was hit by a pitch, putting runners on first and second. A Matt Stevens fly ball advanced Rowe to third before he scored on Coleman's second wild pitch. Then shortstop Chris Valaika sent a screaming single up the middle to score Wilkerson. Coleman battled back though and got pinch-hitter David Figoni to strike out swinging to end the inning.
In the ninth, UCSB threatened again. After putting runners on the corners with no outs, Coleman got Malec to pop out to shortstop and struck out Rowe before Wave closer Steve Kleen struckout catcher Matt Kalafatis for the final out.
The save was Kleen's first of the year.
Offensively for the Gauchos, Powers led the way going 4-for-5 with a run scored. Only one other Gaucho, Wilkerson, collected more than one hit.
Wave third baseman Patrick Rooney belted his second home run of the year in the eighth.
Southpaw Ivan Ramirez, righty Alex McRobbie and right-hander Rich Sorenson combined to pitch the final 3.1 innings out of the Gaucho bullpen, allowing three runs on five hits while striking out five.
With the win, Pepperdine improves to 2-3.
The squads meet again tomorrow at Eddy D. Field as the Waves host the second game of this weekend's three-game series. On Sunday the schools return to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium for the finale.
Sophomore right-hander Michael Martin will get the starting nod for UCSB on the mound tomorrow and junior righty Nate Holguin is expected to take the game ball in his first college start on Sunday.
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After reading The New York Times you may want to become a whiny liberal who complains about everything that isn't "fair".
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Every edition of the New York Times. Just read and consider what was the underlying motive of the stories.
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Where you will have to place your personal Anvil$ stories and anecdotes if you expect MaryLou to read them moving forward.
"I sent MaryLou this great e-mail about Townsend running forward in the batter's box and actually hitting Sam with his swing because of the way he charges the plate when he pitches, but unfortunately, she never read it. I should have placed a column in the New York Times."
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fodder to neocon warmongers.
The New York Times glamorises the war agenda of the neo-conservatives in the administration.
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What is it that stokes our interest in our ancestors, that compels some of us to so eagerly pursue knowledge of our parental heritage?
Diane L. Richard of the UpFront With NGS blog brought this to our attention from a LiveScience article by Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer.
The conclusion is, simply put, connections.
Think about it. As we gather data about our parents, grandparents, etc. we strengthen the sense of being related. As we build our family trees, we not only extend generations into the past, we find (and seek) connections laterally of aunts and uncles and cousins. Indeed, we even find non-blood family connections with our in-law families.
The practice of genealogy is not done in isolation, either. we have connections with places our ancestors lived, with fellow family researchers within societies local and long distance, with researchers long since gone through their research documents and books.
Genealogists depended earlier on travel connections to ancestral lands, on letters of query and response, on electronic devices such as telephones, and now the electronic devices including the computer, tablets, and smart phones.
As earliest mankind began to build families and then communities of connections, we began to build the levels of society in which we live today. It has always been about connection.
That is the nature and strength of genealogy societies and our local, national, and international genealogy interest groups. When we seek to build more connections to our pasts and to those around us at present and to the future, we are true to our calling.
We are today in a period of transition in our genealogy networks, but we will endure. It's likely we cannot yet envision what we will look like locally or electronically, but family history searching and sharing will emerge stronger and more effective than ever before.
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Last fall, Pope Francis announced that the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will be held in the Vatican October 5-19 on the theme "The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization." In light of that meeting, I recently conducted an interview with Cardinal Thomas Collins, archbishop of Toronto, about the challenges facing the Church and what we can expect from the synod later this year.
Brandon Vogt: Much of the current discussion about divorce, remarriage and Communion is clouded by confusion. What does the Church actually teach on this issue and why?
Cardinal Thomas Collins: The Catholic Church simply teaches what Jesus teaches: Marriage is an unbreakable covenant between a man and a woman, faithful in love and open to the gift of life.
Divorce and remarriage is not allowed when it is a matter of a valid, sacramental and consummated marriage.
When Jesus was preaching in Galilee, divorce and remarriage was accepted in society. The law of Moses allowed for it (cf. Dt 24:1-4). The teaching of Jesus that divorce and remarriage is not allowed was revolutionary. It was even an indication of his claim to divinity, for only God has the authority to overrule the law of Moses. Jesus went back to creation itself for the foundation of the unbreakable bond of marriage between a man and a woman: "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female' and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, no human being must separate" (cf. Mt 19:4-12). In light of current controversies, it is also helpful to note that he also asserts plainly something that until recently was obvious to everyone: Marriage is between a man and a woman.
It is always assumed by the Church that couples are truly, or "validly," married. The burden of proof is on anyone who says that they are not. When requested, however, the Church will examine a marriage to discover whether it was a truly binding commitment of the type that Jesus is talking about, i.e. a valid marriage, which cannot be dissolved. If, after very careful study, the Church discovers that at the time when they exchanged consent at their wedding, the couple for some reason did not truly make a binding commitment to marriage, then it will issue a statement, or "declaration of nullity," officially confirming that the marriage was not "valid" from the start. This is very different from a divorce, in which the government official grants that there was a valid marriage and then uses the power of the state to end it.
Vogt: Some Catholics hope the Church will soon change its position regarding Communion for those who are divorced and remarried, perhaps at the upcoming synod. Others worry such a change would undercut Jesus' clear teachings on marriage. On this issue, which teachings and practices are immutable, and which are open to change?
Cardinal Collins: The synod on the family will surely deal with the whole range of issues facing the family today, not only this one issue of Communion for those who are divorced and remarried. For example, one of the key problems we face now is that couples are more often living together without getting married. And there are many societal trends, especially in the Western world, that undermine the family. The question of Communion after divorce and remarriage is one among many issues, and I would imagine that the synod will spend most of its time on the broader issues affecting marriage and the family.
The command of Jesus that marriage is unbreakable is central to the Christian understanding of marriage and cannot be changed by the Church. But we can change the way we help couples prepare for marriage, help them live their marriage and help them practically if their marriage breaks down.
Even apart from Our Lord's command, divorce is a great human tragedy that can have devastating effects upon the spouses and especially upon their children. That is why we need to do all that we can as a Catholic community to help couples prepare for marriage and to assist them during marriage. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. There are many groups, such as Marriage Encounter, and other such groups, that offer great assistance to spouses. When there are problems in a marriage, groups such as Retrouvaille seek to help the couple once more have a healthy marriage.
Our Lord's teaching on marriage, like his whole teaching on discipleship, can at times be very difficult. Especially in the world in which we live, but really in all periods of history, a certain heroism is required in the Christian life. We are all called to holiness; that is not just the vocation of the few who are canonized, but of all of us.
So what cannot be changed is the fact that what God has joined together, no one can put asunder. But the synod may well deepen our understanding of Christian marriage, building on the treasure of teaching in Scripture and Tradition, such as the beautiful document of St. John Paul II, Familiaris Consortio ("On the Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World"). We need above all to help couples faithfully and fruitfully live the sacrament of marriage.
Sadly, marriages sometimes fail, and the synod may try to find more effective ways of caring for people in those painful situations. If a couple separates, despite every effort to heal the marriage, and are legally divorced, each is called to continue in a faithful life of Christian discipleship. They cannot marry again, as they are married already. Many divorced Christians lead a life of exemplary holiness, recognizing this reality. They are an inspiration to us all. I hope the synod offers encouragement to those who are divorced and faithfully living the Christian life.
Perhaps, when someone has been civilly divorced, if the marriage is examined by a marriage tribunal of the Church, it will be found not to have been valid, and the person will be free to marry. But that may not happen, or a person for various reasons will decide not to seek to discover their status in the Church concerning their marriage. Although the dedicated staff of marriage tribunals offers great pastoral care to those whose marriages have failed, the synod might be able to find ways of improving the processes tribunals use for making a judgement concerning the validity of marriages, and so that is one possible area of change. Any human process can always be improved.
Many people who are divorced and who are not free to marry do enter into a second marriage. There are various reasons that can lead to this, and their fellow parishioners should not occupy themselves by speculating about them. Catholics in that tragic situation can be involved in many ways in the life of the community, but they may not receive the sacraments, such as Holy Communion, since whatever their personal disposition is or the reasons for their situation, known perhaps only to God, they are continuing in a way of life which is objectively against the clear command of Jesus. That is the point. The point is not that they have committed a sin; the mercy of God is abundantly granted to all sinners. Murder, adultery and any other sins, no matter how serious, are forgiven by Jesus, especially through the sacrament of reconciliation, and the forgiven sinner receives Communion. The issue in the matter of divorce and remarriage is one's conscious decision (for whatever reason) to persist in a continuing situation of disconnection from the command of Jesus. Although it would not be right for them to receive the sacraments, we need to find better ways to reach out to people in this situation, to offer them loving assistance.
One thing that would help would be if all of us realized that receiving Communion is not obligatory at Mass. There are many reasons why a Christian might choose not to receive Communion. If there were less pressure for everyone to receive Communion, it would be some help to those who are not in a position to do so.
Often, people in this situation decide no longer to continue as members of the Catholic community, as they are not able to receive sacramental Communion at Mass, even though they can experience a kind of spiritual Communion through prayerful adoration, although abstaining for good reason from receiving Communion; that, for a Catholic, can be a truly penitential act.
It is a great tragedy if they leave the Church. It is likely that they, and their children, and their descendants, will become disconnected from the source of life in Christ that is found in the Church. We need to think of what we can do to reach out to people in this situation, in a loving and effective way. But as we do so, we also need to be attentive to the command of Christ and the necessity of not undermining the sanctity of marriage, with even more dire consequences for all, especially in a world in which the stability of marriage is already tragically compromised. If we proclaim in actions, even though not in words, that the marriage covenant is not really what Jesus says it is, then that offers short-term comfort at the cost of long-term suffering. As the sanctity of the marriage covenant is progressively weakened, it will ultimately be the children who will suffer most.
So although fidelity to the teaching of Christ on the indissolubility of marriage is not open to change, there may be things that we can change to assist our brothers and sisters in Christ who are in this difficult and painful situation. Real assistance can be given through improvements in the way the Church examines the validity of marriages and through efforts to give spiritual support to Catholics who are divorced and remarried, encouraging them to be engaged in their parish as much as they can and offering them ways of prayer appropriate to their situation. We need to consider what the Church community can do to assist the couple with their children, often living in combined family situations. But overriding the explicit teaching of Jesus on the unbreakable nature of marriage is not an option. Nobody has the authority to do that.
Vogt: Outside the Church, the secular media overwhelmingly expects the synod to substantially revise Catholic teaching on marriage and divorce. How does this compare to the expectations swirling before Pope Paul VI's release of Humanae Vitae in 1968?
Cardinal Collins: In the years before the letter of Pope Paul re-affirming the constant Christian teaching that contraception is not in accord with the will of God, there was widespread speculation that the Church was going to change this teaching. This kind of speculation is based to some degree on the idea that Christian doctrine is like government policy: When the circumstances change, or when more people support this alternative rather than that, then policy changes. But Christian teaching is based upon the natural law that is written in our very natures by God, and especially upon the revealed word of God.
We discover God's will, and the Scriptures and the living faith of the Church help us to do so. We do not shape God's will according to what currently seems best to us. So when Pope Paul did not change what he could not change, but re-affirmed Christian faith, many, many people were upset and simply decided to ignore the teaching. That is our present situation. I certainly hope that we do not suffer a repeat of that, as unfounded speculation swirls concerning a change by the Church on the explicit teaching of Jesus on marriage.
Vogt: Some theologians have looked to the Church's Tradition for examples of divorced-and-remarried Catholics licitly receiving Communion, sometimes pointing to the Council of Nicaea's rulings. What did that council have to say on the question?
Cardinal Collins: There is a rule that comes from that most important council that refers incidentally to people who are in a second marriage. It has mistakenly been taken to justify a second marriage, after divorce, but it actually refers to those whose spouses have died, and who then marry a second time, which is certainly in accord with our faith.
Vogt: The annulment process seems to be a common-ground target for renewal. Many Catholics believe it could be more efficient and dignifying. What are some ways to renew the process without compromising its integrity?
Cardinal Collins: I am not an expert on the law of the Church, and I know that those engaged in the ministry of marriage tribunals at every level seek diligently to serve the Church and especially those who ask them to examine the validity of a marriage. But it would be good for those who are more expert than I to see if there are ways of improving this process.
Vogt: At the heart of this discussion are millions of divorced Catholics experiencing real pain and difficulty. How can the Church welcome and serve these people while still promoting the deposit of faith?
Cardinal Collins: It is vital that we do all that we can to reach out in loving support for all of our brothers and sisters who are experiencing the terrible pain of divorce.
There are movements in the Church that seek to do that, but each parish and diocese also needs to care for people who are suffering this pain. Their children may be suffering most of all. This should be a focus of our prayer, and in individual situations, pastors and parishioners need to do all that they can to help.
Brandon Vogt is the Content Director at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and the author of "Saints and Social Justice: A Guide to Changing the World" (OSV, $12.95).
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Episode #18: "It's Back"
Debut: SATURDAY, MARCH 3 (9:00-9:30 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: March 3 (10:00 p.m., 11:00 p.m.), 5 (10:30 p.m.), 7 (10:00 p.m.) and 8 (midnight)
HBO2 playdates: March 4 (9:00 p.m.), 5 (11:30 p.m.) and 9 (9:30 p.m., 2:10 a.m.)
Hannah (Lena Dunham) tries to hide mounting anxiety about her book from her visiting parents (Becky Ann Baker and Peter Scolari). Marnie (Allison Williams) is stunned to learn that Charlie (Chris Abbott) has started a successful app company; at AA, Adam (Adam Driver) meets a boisterous woman (Carol Kane) who coaxes him into dating her daughter, Natalia (Shiri Appleby); and Ray's (Alex Karpovsky) aversion to college parties gives Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) pause.
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Clara loves her weekly music class, so the studio was a natural choice to hold her first birthday party. We had a rock and roll theme and encouraged guests to dress the part.
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Seaside Restaurant will close permanently
Petersburg Indian Association will close the doors of the Seaside Restaurant permanently at the end of business Thursday, Feb. 28.
"This is a venture that has to be self-sustaining," PIA Tribal Administrator Bruce Jones stated. "There are no grants out there to run restaurants."
According to Jones, January was a good month and the restaurant still came within $730 of breaking even operationally, but that amount does not cover the debt.
"There were loans taken out to get it up to the way it is now and it just isn't making enough," Jones said. "It is absolutely no fault of the manager or staff, the business just isn't bringing in enough money."
Jones also explained that since Seaside Manager Jason Wilson arrived he has done an outstanding job of running things.
"If Jason had been here in the beginning, I believe we would have been closer to making it successful," Jones stated. "I still think we would have come to the same conclusion, mainly because there was just too much debt associated with the business."
Three loans were taken out on the restaurant in the amount of $747,000 and that amount was staggering to the profit line.
"The restaurant business is a tough business, no matter where you are," Jones stated. "This was a good service to the community but I don't think they expected the costs that are associated with running a business such as this."
Without the originating debt, the operational cost of Seaside Restaurant runs $41,000 per month just in expenses and with the debt repayment it is closer to $50,000 per month.
According to Jones, Wilson has been here since September and he did cut the costs down considerably and for the last three months the above amounts were less.
"He (Wilson) did an outstanding job," Jones stated. "He just didn't have enough time to turn it all around."
Jones also explained that the lifestyle in Petersburg just doesn't really support a business of this type.
"For anyone who has lived here for a long time, this is just the way you were raised," Jones, stated. "Our mothers taught us how to cook and if we were going to spend money on a meal, we would get a nice big steak and cook it at home. That is just the way things are here."
He also stated that in his lifetime, his parents only went out to dinner maybe four times a year.
"The problem isn't just here," Jones said. "Even restaurants in Sitka are not filling all of their tables even during tourist season."
According to Jones, places such as Coastal and Papa Bears have a niche market and they do well with a menu of sandwiches, breakfast and meals that aren't too expensive and can be ordered quickly.
"What people don't realize is that when you sit down at a restaurant, the price of the meal doesn't only pay for the meal but the overhead of the business," Jones said. "It comes down to a price point thing as well as a cultural thing."
Jones also explained that the possibility of opening the restaurant only in the summer for the tourist season, as other businesses do, would make no difference in the bottom line because of the debt that is owed.
"The way PIA works is that we depend on grants and each grant is specific in its purpose," Jones stated. "The costs of running this business cannot continue to be taken from PIA because there is no grant to take care of the operating expenses."
After Thursday, the restaurant will be closed and it will take approximately three to four weeks to inventory the business and that will be it for Seaside.
"We still have the debt associated with the business," Jones stated. "We will have to consider either selling it or leasing it as a restaurant to someone else."
Jones also stated that it is unfortunate that the business could not sustain itself but PIA cannot continue to put money into a business that can't pay for itself.
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My son loves pirates so we threw a pirate party at home for my son's 5th birthday featuring a hand painted "Pin the patch on the pirate" game.
We had a treasure hunt lead by my husband complete with rhyming pirate speak clues and a spirited game of capture the "booty" with hook hands. The boys had a BLAST! It was held in February, so I did it all inside.
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The folks at Burke Brothers Landscape Contractors in Wyndmoor have a surfboard along with some tropical plants in their conference room to get in the spirit of their fantasy surfers' retreat theme for the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show.
The exhibit will feature a lagoon, a simple abode for surfers to hang out and change in, and an outdoor shower, along with 1500 tropical plants.
Just down the road at the Mermaid Lane greenhouses for Robertson's Flowers, Lead Flower Show Designer Erick Schellack is busy collecting clear vases that will be filled with blue-colored water and white orchids to depict the ocean in his beach destination wedding.
And over at Meadowbrook Farm in Abington, General Manager John Story is hoping for some colder temperatures, as the warm weather has forced a number of bulbs into bloom prematurely.
"When it's cold outside, we can better control the temperature in the greenhouses to keep it at an even 50 degrees, but when it's 50 or above outside, then we have problems from a temperature-control standpoint," he said, while showing off an array of tropical plants his farm has been taking care of for two dozen exhibitors as part of this year's tropical-themed show titled "Hawaii: Islands of Aloha."
The March 4-11 event at the Pennsylvania Convention Center is sure to add some color to the otherwise dreary landscape experienced here in the winter months.
"The colors will be hot, hot, hot," Schellack said. "Vibrant reds, pinks and oranges will be front and center. The majority of our plants will be flown in from Hawaii."
Buyers at Burke Brothers and Meadowbrook Farm turned to Florida for most of their specimens.
Burke hand-picked 20 palm trees that will be part of the 1500 plants making up the firm's annual exhibit. Once the Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society event is over, he and his team will gear up for the annual Macy's Flower Show that runs from March 28 through April 11.
"It's great, because we get to reuse the plants and keep the tropical feel going," he noted, adding that the plants will then be sold at the firm's annual fundraiser for the Sara's Smiles Foundation at Burke's Cheltenham Avenue location on May 4, 5 and 6.
Burke and his wife, Jennifer, created the foundation in honor of their daughter, Sara, who died of a brain tumor on May 9, 2008, following a 10-month battle. The couple decided to help other families deal with long hospital stays by making as many "happy memories" as possible, providing families with "inspiration kits."
The Sara's Smiles website (www.saras-smiles.org) offers links to ideas for arts and crafts, activities, social networking, emotional support, glossaries of terms and information on how to obtain a survival kit.
For now, Burke is trying to survive the back-to-back floral shows and learn something new about tropical plants.
"These plants are not indigenous to the Delaware Valley, so it's been interesting to learn and understand something about tropical plants," he said. "We always like learning something new, and you never know what ideas will develop for a landscape design locally. While we can't use many of the plants in our installations, we can use many of the ideas."
A new mobile application will be available for Smartphone users, providing free maps, schedules, special offers, and parking advice for those attending the flower show. Revenues from the flower show benefit the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and will support City Harvest, a program that brings together urban farmers and provides fresh produce to more than 1,000 families in need each week.
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December is music month in Hood River.
From caroling downtown on Friday night (see "Hood River Holidays, page A1) to high school singers and globe-traveling jazz musicians, and young pianists to veteran rhythm and blues players, the holiday music season has it all.
Below is a list of concerts and musical events happening between now and Christmas. Watch future Hood River News editions for updates.
(Then there are the holiday concerts given at schools in each community; seating is limited in most cases, but you can always contact your school of choice and ask about attending.)
"Christmas with the Trail Band" happens Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Hood River Middle School auditorium, a benefit for Hood River Education Foundation.
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Tickets are $17 adults, $6 kids under 14;
available at Waucoma Bookstore and Cascade Locks School.
n Dec. 6 — Advent Concert Series begins, noon at Riverside Community Church. Admission is free: Hood River Valley High School Concert Choir and Chamber Singers (Dec. 13, Riverside Choir and students of Diana Beterbide; Dec. 20, "Fiddlin' Around Christmas" with Donna Reuter and Diane Allen.)
n Dec. 7, Girl Up benefit, 7-9 p.m. at The Gallery 301, Hood River. HRVHS female choir Aurora will perform.
The evening is organized by Aurora member Caitlyn Fick, an HRVHS junior, who chose to help Girl Up for her Extended Application Project, something every junior must complete.
Fick said Girl Up supports girls in developing countries, to have access to an education.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the gallery or at Waucoma Bookstore, and will also be available at the door.
Fick has collected artwork from local artists including Mark Nilsson, Sue Sutherland and Shelley Toon Lindberg for the silent auction.
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n Dec. 7, 8 — Voci Community Chamber Choir and Interludes Vocal Ensemble, "Blessings and Gifts" annual winter concerts.
Both performances will be at Hood River Middle School, 7 p.m. on Dec. 7 and 2 p.m. on Dec. 8. A $10 donation is suggested. Director Mark Steighner says that the concert — although not a traditional evening of Christmas music — does have some thematic elements that run through the musical selections.
"We are singing several songs in praise of Mary, or Mother Earth, or the mystery of birth and creation." Included in the eclectic evening's music are Sarah Hopkins' "Honour the Earth as Your Mother," Franz Bibl's "Ave Maria," and William Byrd's "O Magnum Mysterium."
In addition to the 60-voice Voci choir, the program also includes the Interludes, a small vocal ensemble drawn from the ranks of Voci. Interludes will present music spanning several centuries and styles.
Voci and Interludes are sponsored by the Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association.
n Dec. 7 — Mid-Columbia Community Choir Christmas Concert, 7 p.m. at Riverside Community Church. Admission is free but a goodwill offering will be taken for FISH food bank.
n Dec. 8 — Rock violinist Aaron Meyer returns with this six-piece band, 3:30 p.m. at Gorge Room, Best Western Hood River Inn. All proceeds benefit United Way of the Columbia Gorge. Tickets are $20 general, $15 for children, $45 preferred seating, available at Waucoma Bookstore or at the door, or email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 541-386-8300.
n Dec. 8 — The Groove Project Christmas Concert, 7 p.m., Columbia Center for the Arts.
"The concept behind this musical project is to create fun and unusual versions of common Christmas songs that make them as interesting for us to play as they are for audiences to listen to," said Groove Project founder pianist Tim Mayer. "We change the harmonies and the rhythmic feel to come up with jazz-inspired, funky or gospel arrangements of Christmas favorites such as 'The Little Drummer Boy,' 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' 'Linus and Lucy,' 'Away in the Manger,' 'Silent Night' and more. They are all Christmas songs that are familiar but played in a way that you've never heard before. Some of these arrangements are so innovative they haven't even been innovated yet."
The musicians in the band include Tim Mayer (piano), Char Mayer (vocals), Rick Hulett (guitar), Ryan McAlexander (bass), Mike Stillman (sax) and Tim Ortlieb (drums).
n Dec. 8 — Mid-Columbia Community Choir Christmas concert, 4 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church sanctuary, 1280 W. Jewett, White Salmon. Admission is free, but a freewill offering will be received for the White Salmon Mount Adams Ministerial Association and the Evangelical Pastor's Association Emergency Fund.
n Dec. 9 — Winter concert, Hood River Valley High School, 7 p.m. at Bowe Auditorium at HRVHS.
n Dec. 8, 7 p.m.; Dec. 9, 6 p.m. — Recitals by students of Diana Beterbide, Riverside Community Church.
This event benefits Rowena Wildlife Clinic, who will bring Jack the great horned owl, with his handler, Susan Lestock, talking about the clinic and the work they do.
n Dec. 9 — Christmas with the Trail Band, in concert at The Dalles Civic Auditorium, 7 p.m.
n Dec. 12 — Friends of Diana concert, 7 p.m., a benefit for Adopt A Dog, Riverside Community Church — pianist Diana Beterbide and several of her students performing unusual arrangements of seasonal carols using many different instruments including hand chimes, a drum and finger cymbals, cello, flute and the pipe organ. Also featured are cellist Edward Lee, who is a volunteer at the shelter, and flautist Dawn Rankin. Donations are $10 for adults and $5 for kids under the age of 12.
n Dec. 12 — "A Night to Remember," Hood River Middle School cafeteria, 7-8:30 p.m. Music students will perform, items will be up for silent auction, and students in the food and conservation science program will sell baked goods. Proceeds go to the HRMS music and FACS programs; suggested family donation is $10.
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n Dec. 12 — "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" opens at CAST Theatre, and runs Dec. 12-15 and 19-21. See page B3 for details, or visit columbiaarts.org.
n Dec. 14-15 — "Scenes from The Nutcracker," Hood River Middle School, performed by Columbia Gorge Dance Academy students, 1 and 4 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. This is a benefit for FISH and Providence Hospice of the Gorge.
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Blind Faith Performs For Spirited Audience: LA Times August 19, 1969
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LA Times August 19, 1969
By John Mendelsohn
Blind Faith's Los Angeles debut Friday night at the Forum turned out to be as much a Hollywood-ish spectacle as it was a performance by what was crassly but justifiably billed as a supergroup.
Having played three-quarters of their set to the accompaniment of on-again-off-again house lights and scores of mini-riots in which overzealous security police and ushers went overboard trying to control the sometimes rowdy audience, the group resotred order with patronly requests for more gentlemanly behavior all around.
Shortly thereafter they went into their solo-showcase piece, "Do What You Like," which was greeted with such fervor that they were unable to leave the stage at its conclusion.
Confronting this scary state of affairs with the aplomb of troupers, they brought Delaney, Bonnie, and various friends back on for a gala joint effort on the old Cream favorite, "Sunshine of Your Love," that left the enormous audience standing on its chairs bellowing for mroe.
Musically the Faith was extraordinary. With Steve Winwood belting in a marvelously soulful way and playing both organ and a finger-picked rhythm guitar that brilliantly complemented Eric Clapton's articulate lead, drummer Ginger Baker driving the group with an endless assortment of rhythms and counter-rhythms and Rick Grech anchoring the whole affair with his assertive bass, they succeeded in projecting an excitement that their album lacks.
The Faith did "Sleeping in the Ground," "Means to an End" (From the Traffic songbook), and the Cream-revitalized "Crossroads" as well as everything from the group's LP.
Delaney and Bonnie & Friends were stunning, with an exuberantly pitched set of the lovely gospel-country-R 'n' B for which they are becoming internationally famous.
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There Are 250,000 Active Patents That Impact Smartphones; Representing One In Six Active Patents Today
from the patent-thicket dept
A new analysis shows just how insane the patent thicket is today. Done by "defensive" patent aggregator RPX (they try to position themselves as the "good" version of Intellectual Ventures), the estimate is that a stunning250,000 active patents today impact smartphones. 250,000. As the article notes that's one in six active patents today -- and for an industry that is certainly less than 1% of US GDP. As a comparison, the pharma industry, often put forth (inaccurately, in my opinion) as an area where patents make sense, has accounted for a little over 6% of US patents over the past 15 years. Also, there's this:
... in the pharmaceutical industry, there are approximately 46.8 patents per every 1,000 jobs, whereas in the computer and peripherals equipment sector, there are 277.5 patents per 1,000 jobs. Even the semiconductor industry, known for its highly complex products, has a patent/job ratio of 111.6 patents per 1,000 jobs -- approximately 40% the rate of patents to jobs as the computer and peripherals market.It definitely appears that there's something of a "bubble" going on around smartphone patents -- which is what happens when you have a hot emerging area, combined with ridiculously broad patents. It also makes for an astounding minefield for anyone new who wants to enter the space, especially if you don't have a massive war chest to license or fight in court.


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