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WRITER IVAN DOIG describes himself as "a history Ph.D. with a mind like a magpie." It is worth keeping in mind when considering Doig's twelve works of fiction and two memoirs that the black-billed magpie is found in nearly every county in Montana and that the bird is said by some to represent that part of ourselves that collects "bright shiny thoughts"; they also have one of the most developed vocabularies in the animal world.
As a novelist and memoirist, Doig's "bright shiny thoughts" form a body of work that renders the Montana of days gone by, rooted in historical fact and parlayed with thoughtful intellect into stories that are as informative as they are pleasurable to read. His latest book, Sweet Thunder, is a case in point. The book follows a newspaperman who writes blazing editorials for a paper that competes with one published by the Anaconda Copper Company that really did hold Butte in its corporate vise in the 1920s. (BP now owns the company, which stopped mining in 1983.) The story is a good source of information about this company town, but the plot loses nothing to the history. Sweet Thunder is a pleasure to read, but it cannot be done without taking time to savor the underlying music of the prose.
Doig, '69, was born in 1939 in White Sulphur Springs, Mont., but grew to manhood farther north along the Rocky Mountain Front, where the eastern slope of the Rockies meets the plains. Having lived and worked on ranches until he left for Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., Doig writes what he knows and the Montana he knows is in his blood. Many of the writers now living and publishing in Montana moved there from somewhere else. Tom McGuane, for example, was born in Michigan; Tim Cahill is from Nashville and William Kittredge is a native Oregonian. By contrast, Doig herded sheep on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana as a teenager.
"What's singular about him is that he grew up on a ranch and he's very well educated. The history doctorate you can see in a lot of his books. He is also singular because he has the poetic gift for language. He's got this poetry; maybe you call it love, which comes through his writing. His book English Creek is a masterpiece," says Nick O'Connell, '85, '96, author of On Sacred Ground: The Spirit of Place in Pacific Northwest Literature.
While he writes about Montana, Doig lives in a typical evergreen Seattle suburb and has done so since he received his doctorate in history from the UW. He and his wife Carol had been living in the Chicago area. He was an editor for Rotarian magazine and she worked for a similar magazine put out by the Methodist publishing house. "We had been in Evanston seven or eight years with college and all, got married there and we found ourselves driving 800 miles round trip on the weekends to see little fir trees in Wisconsin," he recalls. Doig applied to the history programs at University of California, Santa Barbara and the UW. "The UW came through with a teaching assistantship worth $1,900 a year. We had never been to Seattle but we accepted sight unseen. We thought 'what the hell, we're going to do this.'"
At the UW, Doig landed under the wing of the western American historian Vernon Carstensen. "It was a good thing. He was a colorful talker, loved the language. He would mention 'the unfeathered biped on the way across the continent,' the human being. I stole something from him as recently as the latest book—the word 'frass,' meaning insect excrement," says Doig. He wrote his dissertation on John J. McGilvra, a prominent judge in 19th-century Seattle who also happened to be the father-in-law of Thomas Burke, for whom the UW's Burke Museum is named.
After earning his degree, Indiana University in Bloomington offered him a teaching position, "the best new journalism job in the country that year, the big tuna. The salary was good. I would have had research money. I turned it down to be a freelance writer. I was a flat-footed, fact-driven journalist and it took me awhile to realize I could make things up and write novels," he says. In fact, his first book, This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind, was a finalist for the National Book Award in the nonfiction category called Contemporary Thought. A memoir based on life with his father and grandmother, it has sold more than a quarter million copies.
With two other exceptions his books have been fiction, based on historical research. Much of that research has been done at the UW Libraries. "Absolutely, the UW Libraries have played a part in every book I have ever written. The UW has been the heart of the great blood system of material for me. The Special Collections stacks were open to someone like me in the old days. A real coup was nosing through those shelves to find out-of-copyright art, largely northwest coastal scenes, to illustrate chapter headings of The Sea Runners," he says.
If Doig loves the UW Libraries, especially Special Collections, the sentiment is returned. Betsy Wilson, vice provost for digital initiatives and dean of University Libraries, is a fan. "Not only does Ivan give voice to people and places long forgotten in his books, but he has become an eloquent advocate for the critical role the libraries play in preserving our collective memory so that new stories continue to come to life," she says. Doig has been the keynote speaker at two fundraising events for UW Libraries. He even penned a piece for the UW Libraries newsletter, Library Directions. In it he recounts that when he was writing This House of Sky, he wanted to know the names of some of the nine saloons in White Sulphur Springs, Mont., in the late 1940s where the hired haying crews would go to drink. "My memory had come up short on a couple of the names of the saloons. Bob (Bob Monroe, Special Collections librarian from 1958 to 1980) led me down to his stacks, into the bibliophile equivalent of a wizard's cellar and handed me the 1948 phone book for the town," says Doig.
The Doigs' home in the Innis Arden neighborhood is a perfect place to read and write. The neighborhood is replete with greenbelt reserves, Richmond Beach Park nearby, an intellectually nourishing setting for both Doigs. Their home was built in the Eisenhower years but was renovated about 20 years ago. The house is akin to Doig's writing in that everything in it was chosen with care to be pleasing or functional. The living room with its maple floors, Northwest art and stunning view of the Sound is light and peaceful. The house is quiet. Doig and his wife each have studies downstairs. Doig's desk is organized. There are note cards on it that he uses to jot down ideas for the next day's work. There are six volumes of the Dictionary of American Regional English. "It tells you where they call them flapjacks, hot cakes, or pancakes," he notes, adding with pleasure, "I'm in it 67 times."
Behind his desk, he keeps small notebooks full of words and turns of phrase that he particularly likes. A quick look through one turned up the word "haunch," in his neat handwriting. Asked if he and Carol have any "haunts," places in Seattle where they like to go, Doig hollers to his wife, "Carol, do we have any haunts?" From her study, she says that they don't. Then Doig points to his desk. "This is my haunt," he says. Doig writes for four hours every morning. In the afternoons, he rewrites and organizes file cards for the next day's work. "There isn't much lollygagging. They left the lollygagging part out of me in the assemblage," he says.
Poet Linda Bierds, '69, '71, UW professor of English, has been a friend of his for 25 years. "Ivan probably has the greatest work ethic of any writer I've known," she says, "but he can have fun."
Some of the fun occurs in his front yard, where Doig can garden and bird-watch. But for Doig the best fun may be digging around in library archives and then bringing history to light through the stories his imagination kindles while his readers wait patiently for the next Ivan Doig to hit the bookstores. Doig said in his UW Libraries newsletter article "every book is a rare book." That's certainly true of his books. No one else quite captures the West of the past with such studied elegance, the West of Ivan Doig.
—Julie Garner is a Columns staff writer.


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Scripture: Numbers 31:48 Then the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—went to Moses
49 and said to him, "Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one is missing.
50 So we have brought as an offering to the Lord the gold articles each of us acquired—armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces—to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord." (NIV)
Observation: Twelve thousand had been sent out to war and twelve thousand returned! No parent had lost a son; no wife had lost a husband; no child had lost a father! As the spoils of war were being divided, those who had fought in the battle wanted to express their appreciation to the Lord. They wanted to give to the Lord in appreciation.
These verses remind me of a testimony I heard years back. A mom and dad were sitting in a church service in which a memorial was being given in memory of a son who had died in Viet Nam. The man turned to his wife and quietly said, "Let's give an offering for our son too!" She replied, "But our son returned; he was not killed in Viet Nam." He said, "That's why!"
Application: Why should I give to the Lord and to needs I see around me? That's why! And, that's why! And there's another reason why! Oh, yes, and that's why! I have so many reasons to show my appreciation.
Prayer: Lord, my endless appreciation must be expressed through endless giving! Show me what, when, and where to give. And may you never have to tell me twice! Amen
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LaMoille/Ohio got its revenge while DePue evened its records in boys' basketball around North Central Illinois Tuesday night.
L/O 68, Ashton-Franklin Center 60: The Lions lost to the Raiders in an earlier meeting this season and looked to be heading in that direction again as AFC jumped out to a 20-10 first-quarter lead. The Lions closed within 31-26 at the half, took a 42-41 lead after three quarters, and finished off a 42-29 second-half advantage.
"I'm very proud of our kids. This team beat us by 20 earlier in the year. We fought back, and our kids played great," L/O coach Brent Kalsto said.
Brandon Morris struck for 21 points for the Lions with Julian Gonzalez adding 17, Anthony Lovgren 15 and Garrett Geuther 10.
DePue 55, Midland 42: The Little Giants took control of Tuesday's Little Ten Clash by outscoring the Timberwolves 19-9 in the third quarter and 34-18 over the second half. Isaac Reyes led the Little Giants with 16 points, Mike Gusman added 11, and Jesse Lopez had 10.


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John Guare, (born Feb. 5, 1938, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American playwright known for his innovative and often absurdist dramas.
Guare, who at age 11 produced his first play for friends and family, was educated at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. (B.A., 1960), and at Yale University (M.F.A., 1963). He then began staging short plays, primarily in New York City, where he helped to found the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Playwrights' Conference. His first notable works—Muzeeka (1968), about American soldiers of the Vietnam War who have television contracts, and Cop-Out (1968)—satirize the American media.
In 1971 Guare earned critical acclaim for The House of Blue Leaves (filmed for television, 1987), a farce about a zookeeper who murders his insane wife after he fails as a songwriter. Two Gentlemen of Verona (1972; with Mel Shapiro), a rock-musical modernization of William Shakespeare's comedy, won the Tony and New York Drama Critics Circle awards for best musical of 1971–72. Guare dealt with such issues as success—in Marco Polo Sings a Solo (1977) and Rich and Famous (1977)—and parent-child relationships—in Landscape of the Body (1978) and Bosoms and Neglect (1980). The plays Lydie Breeze (1982), Gardenia (1982), and Women and Water (1990) make up a family saga set in Nantucket, Mass., in the second half of the 19th century.
Other works include Four Baboons Adoring the Sun, and Other Plays (1993) and The War Against the Kitchen Sink (1996). His one-act play The General of Hot Desire, first performed in 1998, is an unsympathetic adaptation of the Bible that takes as one of its starting points Shakespeare's sonnet number 154, from which the title of the play is taken. Lake Hollywood (2000) chronicles the lives of dissatisfied people and the futility of their idolization of celebrities, and Chaucer in Rome (2002), a sequel to The House of Blue Leaves, satirizes art, religion, and fame. A Few Stout Individuals (2003) is a colourful account of the memories and delusions of a dying Ulysses S. Grant. Guare also wrote several screenplays, including the 1993 adaptation of his play Six Degrees of Separation.


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Thanks. Normally I can just post the photos into the thread no problems. I'm currently trying to learn why it's not working on this particular forum.
Are you wanting to get more color on the top of the crust? I had to move my stone up really high to the top to achieve that. Gave me a little bit of charring too.
Comparing how done the cheese is on top of the pizza with how pale the color of the crust is, it would lead me to think you are not fermenting your dough for very long. Is it only fermenting for a few hours? What is your dough recipe and method? With that info I think we could get those pies even better.
Z, a few thoughts.Until you get a wood fired oven and start making Neapolitan pizza, always grate the cheese.
As I think you're figuring out, a digital scale is critical. If you want any kind of consistency, you should purchase one before your next batch of dough. If you want to put in some time researching a good one, that's great, but, imo, it's way better to have a cheap Walmart one than no scale at all. Once you get a digital scale, come back and we'll have a much better recipe for you.
Are your containers round? A round container goes a long way in helping you to shape a round pizza. Practice also helps. Here's a good video on stretching (ignore the rolling pin stuff):
Make an extra sacrificial dough ball just to practice stretching with and stretch it as far as you possibly can.
How hot does your oven get? Are you pre-heating the stone as high as your oven will go? How long are you pre-heating the stone for? Does this oven have a broiler in the main compartment?
"Off the charts" pizza needs consistently measured ingredients as well as consistently fermented dough. You might run across dough recipes where the dough is made one day and either used that day or 3 days later, but an "off the chart" recipe will have a much smaller window of usability. You want to pick a time frame that works for your schedule, preferably 2 or 3 days, use enough yeast so the dough doubles in that time frame, and stick to that schedule every time. In other words, develop a 2 day dough and always, if possible, make it 2 days in advance.
Sounds good, Z. Pick up that scale and you'll be ready to take it to the next level.While we're on the topic of new purchases, you've got an infrared thermometer, right?
It helps.Below are some good deals on an infrared thermometer. IR thermometers are generally cheap/made in China, but, for the most part, are rarely defective. One brand is generally not any better than another. I'm not including these models because they're the best, but because they're the cheapest. If you can find something cheaper, go for it. For NY style temps:http://www.dealextreme.com/p/1-2-lcd-digital-infrared-thermometer-orange-black-123695?item=8If you think you might ever get into Neapolitan pizza making and purchase/build your own wood fired oven, this model can handle dome temps in that environment:http://www.dealextreme.com/p/gm700-1-5-lcd-non-contact-infrared-thermometer-yellow-black-1-x-9v-104614?item=32
Zelichan , Looking at all your pies I like the pepperoni ones the best. From a pictorial point of view they are the cleaner looking pictures. The toppings are distinct and separate. They look nice.I agree with Scott about the round proofing containers. It also helped me to draw a circle or at least 4 spots N,S,E,W, on my board in order to stretch the dough into a circle. Not that circles make it taste any better , but may be more pleasing to the eye.Is there a particular reason why you are not mixing your dough ingredients either by hand or in a mixer? I find one of the most pleasing parts of making the dough for pizza or pasta is the hand feel, the kneading is fun! Try it, you may like it.Learning new stuff is great, especially when you can eat it. Keep up the good work.Mark


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The Mary Anne
2oz spiced rum (Kraken)
1oz port (Noval Black)
.5oz lemon
.5oz lime
.5oz nutmeg syrup
.5oz cinnamon syrup
Shake and strain over ice. Garnish with 2 blackberries
The spiciness of the rum along with the two spice syrups meld well with the sweet fruitiness of the port. The lemon and lime add just the right amount of bite to keep the cocktail balanced.
Naming cocktails is one of the hardest things about making new drinks. I named this after Mary Read and Anne Bonny. While never receiving the notoriety of such figures as Captain Kidd, they did attract a great deal of attention. The problem with learning about their background, is that there is little documentation of their early lives. The majority of what we know surrounds the last 1 or 2 years of their life.
One notable feature about them, is that they were the only 2 members of Calico Jack's crew to offer any resistance when his vessel was captured by Captain Jonathan Barnett. For more information regarding their lives please see the books A General History of the Pyrates and Under the Black Flag


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Cambridge, Mass. –Joanna Yeh and Beth Stavely have each been honored as New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference athletes of the week, announced Monday, January 18th. Yeh was tabbed as the women's swimmer of the week while Stavely was named the top women's diver.
Yeh, a freshman, won four events for the Engineers on Sunday as they defeated both Springfield College and Coast Guard Academy. She took the 200 yard butterfly in 2:11.43, the 100 yard freestyle in 53.95, and the 100 yard fly in 59.19. The native of Frederick, Md. was then part of the MIT team that took first in the 400 yard freestyle relay, in a time of 3:38.61. Yeh's performance Sunday follows up a strong showing at Colby College on Saturday, where she won on two relay teams and individually in the 200 yard fly (2:11.78).
Stavely, a senior from West Chester, Pa., made two NCAA cuts in Sunday's tri-meet between the Engineers, Pride and Bears. She won the 1 meter diving competition with a score of 302, then took second place on the three meter board with a score of 284.25. At Colby College on Saturday, Stavely won the 3 meter diving competition with a 215.40 score.
The MIT women's swimming and diving team has compiled a perfect 8-0 record this season, including a first place finish in the seven-team MIT Invitational. The Engineers will honor their seniors with their final home meet of the season on Saturday, January 22nd. MIT will host Tufts University with a meet starting at 1:00 PM.


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Employees Fed Up With Work Requests on Vacation
OK, so your IT members may say "Sure!" if you ask for something from them while they're on vacation. They may even sound chipper on the phone when you apologize for making such a request. But that doesn't mean they're happy about it. And this could drive them toward unproductive levels of disengagement or, worse yet, send them searching for a new job. These reactions are among the impressions cast by a recent survey released by TeamViewer as conducted by Harris Interactive. Yes, more professionals than ever are working while on their summer break. But they're growing more resentful about this reality, and are willing to take steps to establish a sense of personal boundaries. This means it's important to respect your IT department's right to enjoy their time away from the office. Here are a couple of suggestions: If something needs doing, seek out another available staffer who can possibly perform the same task. If not, determine if the request is absolutely critical and can't possibly wait. If there really isn't any urgency, don't send an e-mail until the employee returns. More than 2,000 American employees took part in the research. For more about the survey, click here.
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In the poker variant of Texas Hold 'em, Big Snapper refers to holding an ace and a queen as your two hole cards. It is famously refered to as Big Snapper as there is a big card (ace) and a snapper card (queen).
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WSJ House of the Week
Stefanos Chen on Lunch Break shows us four aki properties vying to be WSJ House of the Week, including a 'Monumental' home in Wyoming, a different slant in Aspen, a 'Suburban' ski home in Park City, Utah and a full house in Whistler.
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... I ... and we're back to the beest lunch break I'm Wendy downs it is our mansion segment today is house in the week you voted you decided ... there's a winner and is in ski country somewhere who is that Stephen Chan is right here beside me ... to walk us through them and and deliver the news in ... Wyoming ... that we have on Mexico Fiat trial lawyer Gerry Spence is a free woman for lawyer ... he built this come out with his wife in the Jackson Wyoming ... it's not set up on thirty four acres to twelve thousand square foot home and that with sets one apart is that ... he describes the style of monumental is a big guys but costs and ... better Liam and figuratively a big man's monumental furniture in there to them what can address oversized chairs he can immerse hanging from the ceiling very much that they did expect a lifestyle our estimate is twenty seven square ... foot tall ceiling in the great room what's a blast the views outside of mountains in the forest ... NEX even have their own a literal man cave in the house is out of room the basement ... made of stone and concrete ... with the dance the waltz that they turn into that kind of came in ... a literal man came out like that when that they would you pay for that that's twenty two milliontwenty tin mine Diederik traditional ski how the knoll of the Marxist so since additional these days so ask them a smile every aspect of cyclic as this one is that the opposite of that ... this is down the architects built this home ... no one to avoid the um ... the the kitschy aspect to cut some of these in a ... pie in the nineteen seater type homes with lots of the exposed wood ... silly one with a very contemporary certain US Clinton Group home ... I has a solar panel on the on the roof that helps keep the home and also it keeps the option to go in ... and day there he was really hungry much when home which will find is that sort of a ... new ... frozen Ministry of of of these architecture using that actually looks like cedar ... for themselves it's it's kind of metal as well as some a lot of concrete all at once this was selling for this is going for just under six and is a sort of a new way that mean we wrote about this the mantis egg right the last week that the new way this becomes much more modern alright ... when we find out in Park City Utah ... here's one that ... the owner described the suburban ... which ... means to Twitter to spread speak meaning the suburban if it didn't have any of that one right it's a twelve thousand square foot home on sixty years but when he says makes it unique is that there's a four thousand square foot yard ... which is ... all flat lands the trampoline and the kids a couple swingset couple of things for the for the family ... aam made it to ski in ski out home ALM so there are two ways to get on off the slopes and there's a wide array of every of the difficulties for kids and in the US is the way I Whistler ... was cleared we have a home in sunburst Columbia ... aam and that the owner ... who was in private Equity's usually in Asia for new desk of North America this is the big family house now so it's huge I gather in Hollister to five hundred square feet ... we are also lots of different asking activities out there and down ... basically says he's he's the selling because he's more space because of our town enthusiasm of a Sony and a fifty five hundred square feet so not as big as some of the other stresses on the market for ... its mind it's my milling Canadian or about nine point five million U S I visit so why not the way areas I would pick the Aspen home for myself and thinking it's can either be Whistler or Park City who was the winner at the letter actually with them is really close with the monumental ... this is what I didn't take a ... lot I didn't fit in one sitting I think these people just go sometimes by the price tag that was the most expensive was it a blessing or not it's not nice house a very nice house right that is the Money mill home in Wyoming twenty two million dollars ... has been good for Stephens thank so much for being with the keys ... I've that means yet still available for me to buy ... are ever in a mansion segment we every day on the beest lunch break with a lot more coverage coming up for you all day on WS J live I'm Wendy downs you back here ... in Utah ...


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Reports out of the Fall USCCB assembly have been mixed, to say the least. News outlets and social-media sources have effectively reported on some of the more controversial statements, discussions, proposed texts, and documents to be the subject of consideration in Baltimore in recent days. To be fair, not everything has been negative. Take, for example, the USCCB's interest in social media and internet presence of the church. On Sunday the USCCB hosted a gathering of significant Catholic bloggers that allowed for the bishops and those who were providing online content in a variety of forms to interact. The event included a panel discussion with clergy and laity who are actively engaged with social media today. The reports about this event from colleagues has been generally positive (by way of full disclosure, I was invited by the secretary for communications to participate in this event, but had to decline due to pastoral ministry obligations).
However positive the initial steps to explore social media and internet presence as modes of evangelization might have been, the news chatter has been preoccupied with some more disconcerting reports. The first was related to Cardinal Dolan's presidential address in which he called for a more concrete sense of penance. Citing Sacrosanctum Concilium, Dolan asserted that the Second Vatican Council's call for penance has, rather than being taken up wholeheartedly, seems to have diminished from sight. He said:
What an irony that despite the call of the Second Vatican Council for a renewal of the Sacrament of Penance, what we got instead was its near disappearance.
He rightfully challenges us as members of the Church, which is the Body of Christ, to be aware of the need for consistent penance and, as we recall at the start of every Eucharistic liturgy, to be mindful of "what we have done and what we have failed to do." He continued:
And so it turns to us, my brothers. How will we make the Year of Faith a time to renew the Sacrament of Penance, in our own loves and in the lives of our beloved people whom we serve? Once again, we will later this week approach the Sacrament of Penance.And we'll have the opportunity during this meeting to approve a simple pastoral invitation to all our faithful to join us in renewing our appreciation for and use of the Sacrament. We will "Keep the Light On"during the upcoming Advent Season!The work of our Conference during the coming year includes reflections on re-embracing Friday as a particular day of penance, including the possible re-institution of abstinence on all Fridays of the year, not just during Lent. Our pastoral plan offers numerous resources for catechesis on the Sacrament of Penance, and the manifold graces that come to us from the frequent use of confession. Next June we will gather in a special assembly as brother bishops to pray and reflect on the mission entrusted to us by the Church, including our witness to personal conversion in Jesus Christ, and so to the New Evangelization.
For the most part, this is a welcomed attempt to draw our attention the perennial need we have to be aware of our own individual sinfulness. Yet, what is more absent than present is the admittance and call for continual awareness of our collective sinfulness.
Contrary to Francis of Assisi's powerful expression that human beings are to be reconcilers and peacemakers (see Canticle of the Creatures) — and Francis is of course the paradigmatic model of Christian penitence — this exhortation for the faithful to abstain from meat on Fridays throughout the year seems to miss the mark.
What the Cardinal does not seem to consider is the individualistic quality of such an act, one in which unity might be seen as ghettoized superficiality rather than an expression of genuine solidarity. My understanding of the lifting of the mandatory abstinence from meat throughout the year in the 1983 Code of Canon Law (CIC) is rooted in this very fact. Instead of something as trivial as dietary abstinence, the faithful was simultaneously challenged and empowered to engage in more constructive, solidarity-building, and meaningful forms of good deeds and penance.
It's hard to see how the reinstatement of meatless Fridays will effect the spirit of penance Dolan genuinely and legitimately sees as part of the spirit of Vatican II.
Furthermore, what makes this suggestion controversial is that, some have argued, it is not the "people in the pews" who are in most need of renewed emphasis on penance in their Christian lives — God knows (literally) how difficult it is to live authentic Christian discipleship today in light of the various pressures from all sides and conflicting narratives that both come from within and without the Church — BUT, there is a need for our ecclesiastical leaders, especially the bishops, to demonstrate their embrace of penance.
There are manifold ways in which we could offer a litany of the things our bishops have "done and have failed to do" in the last decades and in recent years. The model of the Archbishop of Dublin and our own Cardinal Séan O'Malley in the penitential act seeking forgiveness for the abuse cover-ups in Ireland some years back is a good start. Yet, the US bishops have failed to do something similar.
Then there is the controversial text that, thank God, was not approved this week (despite it still garnering a plurality of bishop support). The proposed statement, "The Hope of the Gospel in Difficult Economic Times: A pastoral message on work, poverty and the economy," was a pathetic shadow of the true depth, richness, and challenge of Catholic Social Teaching. This was made most clear by the retired Archbishop (and former USCCB President) Joseph Fiorenza. According to an NCR article, Fiorenza publicly decried the draft text and noted that it "did not have a single reference, even in a footnote, to the bishops' landmark 1986 pastoral letter, 'Economic Justice for All,; which the bishops developed after years of consultation with economists and other experts. The letter addressed a full range of applications of Catholic social teaching to economic policy and practice in the United States." The article continued:
"I am very disappointed, and I fear that this draft, if not changed in a major way," will harm the U.S. bishops' record on Catholic social teaching, he said.
"The title of this document is about work, and it seems you only gave one sentence to our social teaching … on the right of workers to unionize," he said.
"One sentence," he added. "It's almost like it was an afterthought. But when you look at the compendium of the social teachings of the church, there are three long paragraphs on the right to organize, the right to collective bargaining, and the right to strike."
Those kinds of rights are "at the heart of our social teaching" on the rights and dignity of workers, he said.
Indeed this is most troubling. That the bishops would even consider a text containing such an oversight bespeaks some serious problems. On the one hand, it might be symbolic of the shift in the US episcopacy toward a political engagement with so-called "conservative" views that have been extraordinarily hostile to organized labor and the rights of workers in recent years. On the other hand, it might be symbolic of the general ignorance of the USCCB's textual history and Catholic Social Teaching more broadly on the part of recently appointed bishops in recent years and decades.
That 134 bishops would still vote to pass such a text is halting. (The text failed to gain the necessary votes even with 134 yes; 84 no, and 9 abstentions).
The NCR piece continued:
"Why don't we address [in the proposed statement] the growing gulf between the haves and the have-nots, beginning with Paul VI in Populorum Progressio [his 1967 encyclical letter, "On the Progress of Peoples"] and John Paul II, Benedict XVI: They speak about the growing gap between the haves and have-nots and the right to a redistribution — redistribution has become a dirty word, yet the [recent popes] have said that this must take place," he said.
"There's not a word about this" in the proposed new statement on the economy, he said.
"I fear that this will not be an effective instrument" for the bishops to address the current woes in the U.S. economy or the people suffering from those problems, Fiorenza said.
What is striking, and fearsome at the same time, is that the most vocal critics of this new direction are the retired bishops. Where are the current bishops who should know better? When the retired auxiliary bishop of Hartford, Peter Rosazza, asked the chair of the drafting committee whether an economist had been consulted — the disturbing answer was that none had! How did these bishops responsible for drafting a document on the economy propose to do so without consultation of economists, ethicists, and theologians?
These two issues to come out of the Fall USCCB meeting are indeed troubling, but we must not get too carried away with concern just yet. What this signals to me is the need for the Church in the United States to collectively and genuinely reconsider its priorities. What is important? What are the signs of the time? and How do we read these signs in light of the Gospel?


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Barlow boys remain unbeaten with win over Newtown
NEWTOWN -- It only took 12 seconds and the Barlow High School boys lacrosse team was off and running against Newtown on Wednesday night.
Conn Curry scored just 12 seconds in -- he scooped up a loose ball and raced to the net after Josh Tunick controlled the opening faceoff -- to spark the Falcons in a 9-4 victory at Blue and Gold Stadium.
"It wasn't our best performance, but a win's a win," said Barlow senior Liam Rooney, who scored three goals and assisted on another. "We definitely have things to improve on for the SWCs and state playoffs."
It was an early-season clash between perennial South-West Conference contenders and a good litmus test for both teams. Barlow, which is ranked sixth in this week's New Haven Register state poll, remained undefeated with the win (7-0 overall, 3-0 SWC).
"We're taking one game at a time," Barlow coach John Distler said. "We lost a lot of good players from last year and there are some players here who are still trying to find themselves. I'm obviously happy with the win. I thought Newtown played a pretty good game. I scouted them a couple times and I thought they played well."
Newtown's 3-5 overall record is a bit deceiving considering the strength of the Nighthawks' schedule. Last week they beat Weston, which was ranked seventh in the state at the time.
Kyle Gambino added two goals and an assist for Barlow, which never trailed. Deegan Beauchemin led Newtown with two goals.
Goals by Curry, Tunick and Jack Shaban put Barlow up 3-0 after one quarter, but Jake Ball scored midway through the second quarter to cut the Falcons' lead to 3-1. Rooney answered with two goals in the final minutes of the second quarter -- both off assists from Max Cammarota -- to give the Falcons a 5-1 halftime lead.
Another Rooney goal early in the third quarter made it 6-1 Barlow, but the Nighthawks refused to go quietly. Goals by Dan Hebert and Beauchemin less than a minute apart midway through the third quarter cut Barlow's lead to 6-3, but that's as close as the Nighthawks would come. Two late goals by Gambino and one by Luke Maroun helped Barlow pull away.
"We picked it up in the second half there," Newtown coach Glenn Adams said. "We went down 5-1, and that kind of hurt us, but then we came back in the second half and we held a team that has been scoring 15 goals on everybody to nine goals. We held them to four goals in the second half, which is pretty good. We just have to get it on the offensive end. That's what we're still working through. Once we get that, we should be okay."
Cooper Brown earned the win in goal with three saves for the Falcons. Evan Isaacs made nine saves for Newtown.
"We played fast, we played physical, we played aggressive. We played the Newtown style of lacrosse," Adams said. "A couple more goals on offense, and that game is a different game."
Records: Barlow 7-0, 6-0; Newtown 3-5, 1-2.
Scoring: B--Conn Curry 1g; Josh Tunick 1g, 1a; Jack Shaban 1g, 2a; Kyle Gambino 2g, 1a; Liam Rooney 3g, 1a; Max Cammarota 2a; Luke Maroun 1g; Jarrett Gray 1a. N--Jake Ball 1g, 1a; Dan Hebert 1g; Deegan Beauchemin 2g; Alec Beauchemin 1a. Goalies: B--Cooper Brown (3 saves), Scott Colby (0 saves). N--Evan Isaacs (9 saves).


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The squire of Isildur. One of only three survivors of the Disaster of the Gladden Fields, Ohtar rescued the shards of Elendil's sword, Narsil, and brought them safely back into the North.
On the name Ohtar, Tolkien writes:
- Ohtar is the name only used in legends; but it is probably only the title of address that Isildur used at this tragic moment, hiding his feelings under formality. Ohtar 'warrior, soldier' was the title of all who, though fully trained and experienced, had not yet been atmitted to the rank of roquen, 'knight'. But Ohtar was dear to Isildur and of his own kin.
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John Jay High School in Cross River will retain the "Indians" mascot after more than 58 percent of students voted to keep the current nickname, according to school officials.
"Campus Congress is congratulated for taking the initiative and seeking to engage their peers in issues of importance to them," said Principal Steven Siciliano. "It is important to reiterate that while the results are non-binding and need careful and thoughtful consideration, your voice in this discussion was sought and valued."
The results are as follows:
- 949 Ballots cast (89% of all students participated)
- 399 Yes (42%)
- 550 No (58%)
The vote came about after members of the Campus Congress met with other students to discuss the issue and express their concern about discriminating against other ethnic groups. It was decided that a vote would be taken in an effort to all students to express their thoughts.
This isn't the first time the school has undertaken the issues, on at least two occasions over the past 20 years the same issues have been raised.
In January, the Campus Congress will study the results with the administration, reflect upon this experience, and have input into determining any next steps, Siciliano added. All students are invited to the Jan. 22, meeting.
"Regardless of individual positions on the outcome of this poll, students are reminded that they are expected to treat others in school and on social media with respect and maturity," Siciliano said in a statement. "Please do not allow a moment's passion to leave a permanent footprint."
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VIA, Everex claim 'world's most energy efficient' laptop
Green machine, apparently
Taiwan's VIA today touted its eco-credentials once more, this time claiming the use of its C7-M mobile processor in US OEM Everex's NC1500 notebook makes the machines the most "energy efficient" laptop on the planet.
VIA based the claim on the C7-M's "best performance-per-watt operation in the industry" - at 1.5GHz, the clock speed fo the chip in the NC1500, the C7-M consumes no more than 12W.
Everex has helped out a little too: the notebook's hard drive is a 60GB parallel ATA unit that spins at a mere 4,200rpm.
The machine's other specs include 512MB of DDR 2 SDRAM, dual-layer capable DVD burner, 15.4in, 1,280 x 800 display driven by VIA's UniChrome Pro integrated graphics engine, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 56Kbps modem and three USB 2.0 ports.
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Folate-deficiency anemia is the lack of folic acid in the blood. Folic acid is a B vitamin that helps your body make red blood cells. If you don't have enough red blood cells, you have anemia.
Red blood cells carry oxygen to all parts of your body. When you have anemia, your blood can't bring enough oxygen to all your tissues and organs. Without enough oxygen, your body can't work as well as it should.
Low levels of folic acid can cause megaloblastic anemia. With this condition, red blood cells are larger than normal. There are fewer of these cells. They are also oval-shaped, not round. Sometimes these red blood cells don't live as long as normal red blood cells.
You can develop folate-deficiency anemia if:
Some babies are born unable to absorb folic acid. This can lead to megaloblastic anemia. With this condition, red blood cells are larger than normal. They also have a different shape. Early treatment is needed to prevent problems such as poor reasoning and learning.
You are more likely to have this type of anemia if you:
Symptoms may include:
The symptoms of folate-deficiency anemia may look like other blood conditions or health problems. Always see your healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Your healthcare provider may think
you have this type of anemia after taking your health history and doing a physical exam.
You may have several blood tests to confirm the diagnosis. You may also have a barium
study if a digestive problem is the cause.
Treatment will depend on your symptoms, age, and general health. It
will also depend on how severe the condition is.
Treatment may include:
You may need to take folic acid
supplements for at least 2 to 3 months. These may be pills or shots (injections). Eating
foods high in folic acid and cutting your alcohol intake are also important. If a
digestive tract problem causes your anemia, your provider may treat that first.
Folate-deficiency anemia during pregnancy may cause a neural tube defect. This is when the brain or spinal cord doesn't develop normally. It can cause death before or soon after birth. Or it may cause paralysis of the legs.
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BRIMFIELD, OH (WOIO) - Police say a drunk driver crashed into a swamp and was rescued by Brimfield Police Officers.
It happened on Wednesday. Officers say Danny Mallicoat drove into a business on SR 43. He then drove through the lot, beside the building, out of the lot and into the swamp.
Sgt. Knarr and Officer Putnam waded in and retrieved him from the vehicle.
Mallicoat apparently failed the field sobriety tests.
"The driver page homage to E.T. by following Sgt. Knarr's finger with his own finger instead of using his eyes....Land sakes!!" says Chief David Oliver.
Mallicoat also was chowing down on some tasty fried chicken when he drove into the swamp.
His blood alcohol level was .206%.
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Boe needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
Am looking for a cutting edge logo for new business "Intelligence Foundry LLC". This new business is a information research/consulting firm that specializes in providing clients fast turnaround, insightful analyses and high quality strategic deliverables.
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I am forming a new business, "Intelligence Foundry LLC" that will focus on providing information/research on whatever topic the client has questions on. Most of the research will be found via in- depth internet researches. The tonality I'd like to establish is cutting edge but also business like since the company is a consulting firm. I live in Montana and will be working from a small town. I want to exude professionalism even though I live in a very rural part of the country.
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As part of my job, I often photograph people who are in vulnerable situations. Sometimes we seek them out; other times, they come to us.
Such was the case with Jessica Soule, a disabled Vietnam-era Navy veteran who was having a rough time last winter.
Numerous health issues restrict her to a wheelchair at her home in Grafton. Soule's furnace had been turned off because of safety-code concerns, and she was hoping the Veterans Administration would help her with home improvements, but hadn't been making much progress.
In the meantime, she was relying on a woodstove that a neighbor was stocking.
It can be hard for people to let others know in such a public way that they need help. We can't approach a subject and say "if you let me tell your story, others may step in to help you."
Instead, people whose stories I want to tell simply have to trust us that we'll portray their life honestly and accurately.
It's a shared exploration for myself and the subject.
The emotion on Soule's face shows the humanity we try to portray in difficult situations that we think readers need to know about.— Jennifer Hauck
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A woman last seen on the deck of a boat before her body was found in Sydney Harbour was drinking with her family when they said goodnight for the last time.
The 49-year-old mother of two from Sydney's north shore was last seen around midnight (AEDT) on Monday on the deck of her family's 12-metre cruiser anchored about 500m offshore from Rose Bay wharf.
Police suspect the woman, her husband and their son, 14, and daughter, 12, picked the vantage point in preparation for the New Year's Eve fireworks.
The woman, who stayed on deck while her family went to sleep, had been drinking during the night, police said.
Her husband woke at 2am and raised the alarm when he could not find her on the vessel.
A search commenced with a Westpac Rescue Helicopter, two police boats and around 20 officers combing the nearby shoreline.
Police retrieved her body from under a jetty, adjacent to Catalina Restaurant at Rose Bay around 6.15am.
"We have information the lady was drinking prior to going missing," Detective Inspector Darren Schott from Marina Area Command told reporters on Monday.
"We just want to remind everyone that boating and alcohol don't mix."
A number of boats were anchored in the area but so far police do not have any witnesses who saw the woman just before she went into the water.
The Homicide Squad has been alerted to the incident, as standard practice, and police said it was too early to determine if there were any suspicious circumstances surrounding the death.
Police would not comment on how much the woman had to drink, why she stayed up late and what caused her husband to awake at 2am.
She was a competent swimmer, Det Insp Schott said, and police will know more once an initial forensic examination of the boat concludes at the scene.
The vessel will then be towed to Marine Area Command in Balmain where it will undergo a more detailed examination.


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Why You Can't Have A Tacocopter Drone Deliver You A Taco For Lunch Today
from the the-government....-and-a-bunch-of-other-factors dept
Yes, the TacoCopter, one of those ideas that once you hear about it, it sticks with you. It's pretty straightforward. You order (and pay for) a taco via a smartphone app, indicating your location, and a short while later, a drone hums into view and drops a taco at your feet. The folks behind it are targeting San Francisco first (of course), with an expansion plan that includes
"Current U.S. FAA regulations prevent ... using UAVs [Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, like drones] for commercial purposes at the moment," Simpson said over Gchat. "Honestly I think it's not totally unreasonable to regulate something as potentially dangerous as having flying robots slinging tacos over people's heads ... [O]n the other hand, it's a little bit ironic that that's the case in a country where you can be killed by drone with no judicial review."Of course, that's not the only problem. There's also... well, everything else. Which turns out to be a pretty long list.
Simpson told HuffPost that because of the FAA's regulations -- as well as other minor problems, like navigating the treacherous terrain of an urban environment, keeping the food warm, finding a city map precise enough to avoid crashes 100 percent of the time, avoiding birds, balconies and telephone wires, delivering food to people indoors, delivering food to the right person, dealing with greedy humans who would just steal the Tacocopter as soon as it got to them, etc.Not surprisingly, the team behind it isn't actively working on the project right now, though they still seem to insist they're serious about doing it for real at some point in the future.
That said, it's not hard to realize that most of these problems can and will be solved at some point in the future, and such a commercial use of drones could actually create quite disruptive business models in a lot of sectors. Obviously, just delivering tacos isn't that big of a deal, but once you begin to realize that these things can deliver almost anything (within reasonable weight limits) then it starts to open up a huge world of interesting possibilities. For that reason, it wouldn't surprise me to see that the regulations that now limit such uses of drone technology will almost certainly remain in effect much longer than the technological limitations remain a hurdle. Those who are disrupted by such uses will continue to insist that such things are dangerous, rather than learning to adapt and embrace the technology.


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It is an oversimplification to suggest the New York Mets could have signed Nelson Cruz for the same $8 million the Orioles did, if not a little more. Especially when juxtaposed against the Chris Young signing for $7.25 million.
I was against the Young signing, but that had nothing to do with Cruz, whom I would have balked against because of his connection to PEDs and defensive liabilities.
The Mets signed Young prior to the Winter Meetings when the market was fresh. Cruz was signed after spring training had begun.
Don't forget at the time the Mets were apprehensive about giving up a compensatory draft pick. They didn't have to surrender a pick for Young.
The market has dwindled dramatically since they signed Young. GM Sandy Alderson, who initially suggested he might let things play out in the market, had no way of knowing Cruz would sign for what he did, especially when the early reports had him asking for $75 million over five years.
Signing a power-hitting outfielder was a primary need and Alderson rolled the dice with Young. His odds were more in his favor later with Curtis Granderson.
But, for Cruz, who would have guessed this?
Maybe had the Mets re-visited Cruz with a low-ball offer, he could have signed with them, but the feeling is it wouldn't have been a good fit because of the PED issue.
And, had they inked both Young and Cruz to one-year deals, the odds are good they would have needed to shop again for outfielders next winter.
As for Cruz, this is the best thing that could happen to him because it affords him an opportunity to put up monster numbers in bandbox Camden Yards and try free agency against next year.
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Got a baby on board? If you're not careful, you could be carrying extra cargo long after you've delivered.
That old adage about "eating for two" has misled generations of women into overindulging during pregnancy which can cause pregnancy weight gain. And in recent decades, as people have been getting heavier and heavier in general, the temporary gains of pregnancy have more and more often become permanent for women.
It's not at all uncommon to meet women who never had a weight problem at all until they became pregnant, even if their first baby wasn't until they were into their 30s. We hear it all the time from female patients: "I just never could get the pregnancy weight gain off again after my baby."
And if the weight sticks after a pregnancy, that story often holds true through several babies, with more and more gains. But overweight women have higher risks for pregnancy and delivery complications including pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. And that's to say nothing of how the maternal body chemistry of an overweight mom-with the elevated blood glucose and likely insulin resistance-might affect the developing fetus. Researchers are exploring whether those factors might eventually make the child more prone to weight problems.
Studies have already shown that for moms, there's a high correlation between being overweight before pregnancy and ending up with that long-term additional weight gain after a pregnancy. Because of this, overweight women in many European countries are advised to gain less weight during pregnancy than healthy weight women.
But that's not really a good idea for the little person who is trying to get bigger, the one who needs high-quality, ready nutrition for the hard work of growing and getting ready to be born. You're supposed to gain some weight during pregnancy; there's a whole other person in there! Trying to avoid long-term weight problems for mom shouldn't be done at the expense of the baby.
But a long-term study out of Sweden showed that's not where to focus the effort anyway. Overweight women apparently don't gain more weight during pregnancy than healthy-weight women, they just seem more likely to keep what they do gain for longer.
The 15-year study of more than 500 women was somewhat comically titled the Stockholm Pregnancy and Women's Nutrition study, or SPAWN. The SPAWN study gathered data about the relationship between weight and pregnancy and maternal and child health.
The women in the study were classed as either overweight or normal weight before pregnancy, and then classed as low, intermediate or high weight gainers during pregnancy, and finally, as low, intermediate or high weight retainers at one-year after the birth.
They checked the women again after 15 years to see what their long-term weight outcome was, and it seems the best indicator of whether a woman would have long-term weight problems was not whether she was heavy or not before her pregnancy, or even how much weight she gained during her pregnancy or pregnancies.
Rather, it was whether or not she'd lost her excess pregnancy weight gain within the first year after the baby's birth that had the strongest correlation with long-term excess weight. After that one-year window of opportunity, the chances of a woman ever returning to her pre-baby weight dropped off dramatically.
And that was true across the weight classes, and no matter how much the women gained during the pregnancy, though women who overgained during pregnancy, even if normal weight to start with, were also more likely to keep the weight long-term.
But the more a woman took off in her first year following pregnancy, the more likely she was to be of healthy weight years later. Is it any wonder the celebrities who trade on their looks and their healthy image invest a lot of money in personal trainers to help them drop their pregnancy weight gain as quickly as possible? Long-term weight retention could mean the end of a career.
Not that they're the only ones who promptly drop their post-baby weight. I see many women who come in for guidance with weight loss within just weeks of the baby's birth, and I often marvel at their determination. Having had three babies, I remember being wiped out just by caring for the new baby and dealing with the sleep deprivation, let alone trying to take on a new diet and exercise regimen.
But many more mothers fall into unhealthy patterns of inactivity once there's a baby to be looked after. And having grown accustomed to eating a little more, some women don't cut back to an appropriate eating-for-one level after birth. The study shows that getting back into healthy habits as soon as possible is key to avoiding that lifelong burden started by a pregnancy gain.
Of course, weight is like most health problems in that prevention is easier than a cure. If you're overweight and contemplating getting pregnant, think about bringing your weight down beforehand. Because of the serious risks to the baby that are associated with maternal obesity or diabetes, it's best to be at a normal weight before you get pregnant.
But at any weight, it's critical during pregnancy to eat particularly well, but that doesn't mean to eat a whole lot more. Because while a pregnant woman literally is "eating for two," it's important to remember that one of those two is a really, really tiny one.
Get plenty of fresh vegetables and good, low-fat dairy. The extra 300 calories a day a pregnant mom should be eating could easily be accounted for with a morning snack of yogurt and fruit, or by adding three glasses of milk to the daily intake.
And as soon afterward as you've started to normalize your schedule and get some good sleep, start getting your exercise and get right to work getting rid of that baby weight. Chances are awfully high that if you still have it after a year, you'll still have it even 15 years later.
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About nine months into a regular commuting routine, and I've become familiar with what the radio traffic reporters call the "usual slow spots."
The main one for me, as it is for many folks reading this, is on I-95 from roughly White Marsh (but sometimes from as far up as Route 152) down to the 895 split. Daily I'll take in the traffic reports from the various stations programmed into the buttons on my car radio. Invariably, if the traffic scene in the greater Baltimore area is pretty fluid, the report is basic and includes some bad news for me and my brother and sister I-95 commuters: things are pretty clear except around the "usual slow spots."
If it's a bad morning, or evening, or if it's raining, the report will include a long list of incidents, accidents and unusual slow spots caused by things like construction or the odd deer in the roadway. On these days, there will be no mention of my usual slow spot on I-95, but I rest assured my commute is going to be a good deal longer. In other words, it's bad if it makes the traffic report; it's atrocious if things are bad everywhere else.
Unlike many of my new commuter colleagues, I've only been subjected to drive time woes for a relatively short time. In my life, I've been blessed with the ability to work within a short distance of home. This goes back to a desire to get away from the commute after five years of driving to college every day and four years before that of driving (or being driven) to high school.
Being back in the daily road race to work caused me to ponder a harsh reality: Not much has changed on the commuting front since the 1980s. Sure, there's satellite radio for some folks, but I'm content with free radio. State-of-the-art music technology in cars has graduated to compact discs from the old cassette tape players.
But convenience stores remain crowded in the morning, and the food they have on hand remains filling, though rarely satisfying.
And, of course, there are the usual slow spots. Way back when, there were half a dozen of them along various sections of the Baltimore Beltway, but it seems like these days the beltway can be counted on to be slow all around just about every day. (The one exception to this would be the section of the beltway around the Key Bridge, which when I was a kid was always crowded, but has long since cleared out thanks to the demise of Beth Steel and the old shipyards.)
Another thing that's been consistent since the commuting days of my youth all those years ago is you've always been able to count on a construction project on I-95 designed to get the commuter traffic jams under control. There was the addition of what we used to call the new tunnel (Fort McHenry), the addition of half a dozen or so extra lanes here and there, and lately this major reconfiguration of the interchange of I-95 and the beltway at Rosedale-Golden Ring.
Nothing has helped, and I fear nothing will.
Commuting 20 or more miles one way to work each day has become too much of an American standard for anything to change. I can look out the windows of the building where I work and see places where people make their homes, some of them pretty darn nice, though admittedly some aren't so great. But I don't live there, and I suspect a fair number of those folks commute to work a good distance away, maybe in Washington, D.C., or maybe even up at Aberdeen Proving Ground.
The only real solution to the issue is one of people living, like I did for so many years, near where they work. Problem is, when you call a place home, you want to stay there, even when the situation of employment changes.
Possibly this is why so many of us are willing to tolerate the usual slow spots.


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Off-Road Truck Axle BasicsPosted in How To: Transmission Drivetrain on July 1, 2011
4x4 axles come in all shapes and sizes for recreational and competition wheelers. From the heavy-duty 21⁄2-ton Rockwell to the classic lightweight Dana 30, each axle has its own definitive qualities. These axle qualities can make some people either want to swap the said axle out for a better unit or spend a little dough and beef it up.
In this issue we gave you the rundown on differential lockers and how the traction aids can greatly improve the performance of your 4x4. While the locking differential is an extremely important part of the axle equation, it is just a part. From IFS housings to removable carriers, the wide world of 4x4 differentials is extremely complex and varied. Here we have compiled some axle basics to better inform you of what's likely sitting under your Jeep, truck, and/or SUV platforms. For more axle info be sure to visit us at 4wheeloffroad.com, where we've compiled years of our most in-depth axle-tech articles for your browsing pleasure.
Solid AxleHousings
Commonly referred to as the straight axle, the solid axle is the most commonly used axle type in the 4x4 world. Unlike IFS (independent front suspension), the wheels on a solid axle cannot cycle independently from one another. Rather, when one wheel travels or articulates over an obstacle, the other wheel travels in the same or opposite direction. Many solid axlehousings are comprised of a cast differential that has steel tubes pressed in, which are then plug-welded or riveted to secure them in place. The tubing diameter varies greatly from axle to axle, as does the weight. Other housings are one-piece with a dropout-style centersection for the differential.
Integral Carrier Housing
An integral carrier housing is one where the differential carrier, along with the attached ring gear, is supported by two carrier bearings and must be assembled inside the housing. An Integral carrier housing is commonly used by Dana, AAM, and GM. Integral has also become common in the majority of the light pickup and SUVs on the road toady. The integral housing is often viewed as stronger than most factory removable carriers because of its one-piece design. Though this doesn't mean that your 9-inch is weaker than a Dana 27, it does mean that the overall housing and strength tolerances are different between the two.
Independent Housings
Since the mid-'80s, most pickup and SUV platforms have converted over from front solid axlehousings to IFS. These IFS platforms use both cast aluminum and steel differential housings and are center mounted within the framerails. To get the power from the differential to the wheels, half-shafts equipped with CV (constant velocity) joints are used. This setup allows the half-shafts to move independently from the differential as the suspension A-arms cycle. IFS components are generally lightweight and offer more ground clearance over solid axles. Though they are still not considered as robust as the traditional solid axlehousing, the aftermarket support and performance technology are rapidly making IFS-equipped trucks better suited for off-road use.
Removable Carrier Housing
This is the carrier type found under many Toyota pickups and Suzuki Samurais. The famous Ford 9-inch is also a removable carrier style. Also known as dropouts, removable carriers can be set up outside the axlehousing. Dropout-style carriers are known to be lighter, but the housing they attach to is not as strong. Companies such as Currie (www.currieenterprises.com) and Spidertrax (www. spidertrax.com) make beefy aftermarket housing that can be used with factory dropout units.
The differential housing supports the carrier and a ring gear and a pinion gear set. The pinion is the part that bolts to your driveshaft by way of an externally mounted yoke. As the pinion rotates it drives the ring gear, which is bolted to the differential carrier. The ring gear has two distinct sides: drive and coast. Due to the way the ring gear is cut, the drive side of the gear is engineered to be the stronger side. The number of teeth the ring gear and pinion have determines the gear ratio of the differential. For example, if the pinion has eight teeth and the ring gear 41, it creates a 5.13 gear ratio, as that is the number of rotations the pinion will make for the ring gear to spin just once. The lower the gear ratio, the higher the number. For example, a 5.13 gear ratio is considered a lower gear than a 4.56.
The most common housing type used is a low-pinion, also known as a standard-cut differential. The low-pinion differential uses a hypoid-style gear cut, which when placed in the rear of a 4x4 applies pressure to the stronger drive side of the gear. The main drawback of a low-pinion design is that the pinion generally sits below the centerline of the axletubes, which hurts ground clearance. A low-pinion is less desirable when used in the front of a 4x4 because it places drive pressure on the weaker, coast side of the gear. Flipping a low-pinion upside-down does not make it a high-pinion and will actually make the wheels turn the opposite direction! Also, a low-pinion gearset will not work in a high-pinion differential.
The high-pinion housing is also known as a reverse-cut differential, as the gear teeth are cut opposite of the standard direction to allow the axles to turn in the proper direction. In the front of a 4x4 the high-pinion is ideal because the reverse-cut gearset applies the driving force onto the stronger, drive side of the ring gear. The higher pinion positing also helps with ground clearance and driveline angles. In the rear of a vehicle the high-pinion is not as strong because it rides on the weaker, coast side of the gear. High-pinion gears cannot be used in a low-pinion housing.
A full-float axle is one that is designed for heavy vehicles and loads. Found in the rear of most 3⁄4- and 1-ton trucks, a full-float axle uses dual bearing hub assemblies that are fitted over fixed-end spindles attached to the outer potion of the axletubes. This spindle and bearing setup requires periodic maintenance and adjustment similar to the spindle and bearing combo that's found on the front of many older 4x4s. Unlike a semifloat axle, which uses a single axleshaft and bearing per side to support and propel the vehicle, a full-float axle doubles and enlarges the bearing support within the hub and separates the axle duties. This design allows the shafts to solely be used to move the rig, and the massive hubs can handle the weight. To secure the hub in place, most use two spindle nuts. Though not as common, variations of a front full-float axle use unit bearings along with a selectable hub.
Semifloat axles are very common and can be found in the rear of most Jeep and 1⁄2-ton 4x4s. The semifloat axle uses a bearing and axleshaft combination to both support and propel the vehicle. The outer ends of a semifloat axle are generally fitted with a forged flange from which studs protrude and the wheel bolts onto. In between the mounting flange and the bearing often rests a backing plate that's used to bolt the axleshaft assembly into the housing. Semifloating axles are great for lightweight rigs that are not hauling a large amount of weight.
While the semi- and full-float mounting flanges are straightforward, solid designs, the C-clip axle is a bit different. The C-clip axle is still a semifloat, but instead of a bolt-in style shaft security system, a C-clip shaft uses—you guessed it—a C shaped clip that secures the shaft from inside the differential carrier on the end of an axle. The two most common rear C-clip axles are the Dana 35 and Ford 8.8. When a C-clip axle fails there's nothing to keep the shaft in place. Superior Axle & Gear (www.superioraxlegear.com), among other companies, makes C-clip eliminator kits to help with this less-than-desirable axleshaft security.
Unit & Spindle Bearings
Found under most modern 4x4 front ends is a set of sealed unit bearings. A unit bearing is a one-piece hub and bearing combo that uses closely spaced opposed dual-wheel bearings that are preloaded to factory specifications. Unlike a spindle bearing setup, unit bearings are nonserviceable, but they are slated for long-life intervals. Using a splined centersection, the inner part of the unit bearing serves as a fully engaged hub, which causes the front drivetrain components to constantly rotate. A spindle bearing wheel end can use a selectable hub, which will allow you to disengage the front end. Disengaging the front end components will save you money, time, and wear on your expensive drivetrain parts. Though traditionally the spindle bearing and selectable hub has reigned supreme, the compact and versatile unit bearing has removed the classic selectable front hub from the front of most modern 4x4s.
Open & Closed Knuckles
Solid front axles have two steering knuckle designs, closed or open. A closed knuckle is common on older solid-axle vehicles and is designed to completely enclose the front axleshafts and seal the differential components. The idea behind a closed-knuckle setup is to better protect the front shafts and differential internals from damage and debris. Most modern 4x4s have gone away from the closed-knuckle design in favor of the open knuckle. Open knuckles use outer and inner axle seals to keep mud and debris out of the housing. Open knuckles also tend to be easier to service and offer better sight into potential steering shaft issues, such as damaged U-joints.
Ball Joints & Kingpins
To connect the steering knuckle, an axle will either have ball joints or an upper kingpin with a lower pivot point for the knuckles to rotate on. A ball joint is a metal case that is crimped around a ball, and the ball has a threaded shaft protruding from it. A kingpin is a solid pin that either a bushing or bearing rotates around. Traditionally, closed knuckles only use the kingpin or pivot style setup. Though the strength advantages of one over the other are the subject of ongoing debate, most OE manufacturers as well as aftermarket axle builders, such as Dynatrac (www.dynatrac.com) and Currie Enterprises (www.currieenterprises.com), now use ball joints. Though many insist that the kingpin design is stronger, it's clear that the future currently rests with ball joints at both the aftermarket and OE levels.


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Rated: PG
Release Date: 2010-04-23
Starring: Christophe Cheysson, Jacques Cluzaud
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Disney is once again at it, creating rapturous sea imagery in 'Oceans,' their second cinematic effort distributed through there newly minted Disneynature Studios. If you are glued to the National Geography or Animal Planet channels, you won't see anything different or innovative here, but what you will see is never before seen footage of sea creatures that we never even knew existed. That one fact makes all the difference in the world.
Documentaries don't really have scripts, but the 'plot' here is the chronicling of the mysteries of the sea the way no human has ever seen it before. Directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud dive deep into the very waters that sustain all of mankind—exploring the harsh reality and the amazing creatures that live within. Actor Pierce Brosnan, an active environmentalist, narrates some of the most fantastic and surreal scenes on Earth.
The filmmakers began my sea experience through the eyes of a boy as he lays his eyes on the beach for the very first time. He's overwhelmed. Brosnan begins speaking about what questions the boy, as well as us, might have about the crystal, deep blue sea.
What is remarkable and astounding is the onerous production in making a doc like this. Filmmakers traversed all five of the Earth's oceans and devoted two full years to the preproduction process. That was followed by four years of shooting, with 75 excursions to dozens of the planet's most untouched spots. It took nearly another year of postproduction to winnow down the 480 hours of footage. Overall, the task took seven years to create all for the price of a movie ticket.
Many of the sites visited where in Latin America such as Costa Rica, Panamá, Argentina, Galapagos, Venezuela and Mexico. The beauty that still lies there is ethereal.
For a mere 83 minutes, "Oceans" manages to extract some emotions from me by putting me in the middle of the action with a great white shark shredding to pieces a lovely sea lion, or watching a symphonic ballet of traveling tuna and awing me with the spectacle of exotic creatures that looked like something out of a Phillip K. Dick novel – The Blanket Octopus, The Spanish Dancer, The Manta Shrimp, The Ribbon Eel and the Leafy Seadragon.
This is beyond art, it is the best nature film I've ever seen of the sea. Oceans along with IMAX: Hubble 3D are by far the best documentaries of the year.
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