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Technology changes things. Perhaps that seems obvious; one
need think only of the advances made in areas such as medicine and
agriculture in the last century. But when it comes to modern media like
radio, television, and the internet, we can be guilty of a certain level
of naiveté about the effects of technology on our lives, especially as
people of faith. In the twentieth century, religious leaders often made
statements encouraging attempts at putting the ancient content of the
faith in contemporary forms for the sake of "modern man." A major part
of those calls concerned the felt imperative of making use of modern
media like radio and television for the advance of the gospel. Now, in
the wake of the relatively recent rise of the internet (I still remember
using it for the very first time and doing email in DOS), the calls
grow ever louder to bring the gospel to the internet, to engage digital
But the medium assuredly affects the message, even if one doesn't want to go as far as Marshall McLuhan and assert that the medium is the message. I was glad to see Kevin White's piece on the effects of microphones on the Mass in the recent issue of First Things ("Drop the Mic," December 2012), for microphones have been on my mind lately as I hear homilies at Masses several times a week and as I reflect on and teach about mission, liturgy, and preaching in various contexts for the Year of Faith. Indeed, better preaching has become a major concern for Catholics recently. In 2007 in Sacramentum Caritatis, Pope Benedict baldly stated, "given the importance of the Word of God, the quality of homilies needs to be improved." Quoting these words three years later in Verbum Domini, Benedict also warned against "generic and abstract homilies which obscure the directness of God's word . . . as well as useless digressions." And in recent weeks the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a major document on preaching, "Preaching the Mystery of Faith: The Sunday Homily."
It behooves us, then, to actually think about the microphone. In most liturgical churches, the use of video screens occasions serious and sustained discussion, whereas the microphone has made its way into the sanctuary as a matter of course. But the microphone is a technological medium with real effects on preaching and liturgy; it changes things. McLuhan may be right that the technology of the microphone ultimately led to a vernacular Mass versus populum with significant lay involvement; technological determinists would tend to agree with him. Leaving that fraught question alone for the moment, I would raise a different one: Do microphones encourage poor preaching?
I think microphones might very well injure preaching, for in preaching the microphone functions as both obstacle and crutch. The microphone is an obstacle, one more piece of complexity that can go wrong. It makes preachers tentative; the microphone is like a snake that might bite if one makes a wrong move. Having used many microphones of all kinds in both public speaking situations as well as concert venues (I used to play in rock and heavy metal groups as well as praise-and-worship bands), I have learned that microphones are painfully unpredictable. We have all been in situations where they don't function well, for whatever reason, and the result is poor sound quality (at best) or feedback (at worst). The microphone is also a crutch, since the electronics of the microphone are designed to do the work the bodies of preachers of prior ages used to do.
Microphones are therefore enervating, as the microphone affects the very nature of the homily by affecting delivery in removing much of the preacher's body from the arduous physical task of public speaking. Good preaching generally involves a tone of authoritative proclamation, but the use of microphones encourages a quieter, conversational tone from the pulpit. Thus the proclamation of both law and gospel loses its force as preaching becomes something either casual or intellectual. The preacher transmits either banalities or mere information, and the congregation misses a potential transformative encounter with the Word of God.
Technologies have unintended, undesired, and often ironic effects. One such ironic effect of microphones in preaching is the increased distance between preacher and congregation. We do not hear our preachers directly from their lips, but at another remove, from the speakers. To me, this seems to cut against the grain of good preaching, which ought to be both interpersonal (ideally, we have a good relationship of trust with our preacher) and incarnational (as the word of the homily rooted in the word of Scripture proclaims and makes present the Word of God, Jesus Christ). In evading the role of the body, the microphone subtly supports a soft sort of Gnosticism, like most modern technologies.
Could we drop the mic? Certainly. Of course we will continue to employ technology in our lives and in our religion, but we needn't be slaves to technological determinism. Dropping the mic would necessitate cultivating the art of classical oratory as well as constructing sanctuaries designed to carry the human voice, just as the use of the microphone (I would suggest) has relegated homiletics to an afterthought for many seminarians and encouraged uninspired ecclesiastical architecture. "A microphone allows its user to impose his voice . . . on many more people than an ancient orator could," White writes, and it's certainly true. The technology exists today where it would be possible for a single speaker to address all seven billion people on the planet at once. But ancient orators could address multitudes of people, many more than attend most churches on a given Sunday. Think no further than Jesus addressing the crowds at the Sermon on the Mount.
Leroy Huizenga is Chair of the Department of Theology and Director of the Christian Leadership Center at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota. His personal website is LeroyHuizenga.com. His previous "On the Square" articles can be found here.
Catholic clergy and laity seem to accept the use of
microphones at Mass without question as something good, or at least as
an inevitable feature of the electronic environment in which we all now
live and move, as fish swim in water. It is, however, a very recent and
very strange development, and one might think it would occasion more
discussion than it has.
From the point of view of the human sensorium, the Mass is first of all an event in the dimension of sound, the sound of the human voice. Mass is said to be something said by a priest, and the faithful were said to hear Mass. The latter expression gave a name to the passive silence in which the faithful would attend Mass. T. S. Eliot once described the attitude in which poets turn their experience into poetry as "a passive attending upon the event," a phrase that might be applied to the attitude of the faithful when they were said to hear Mass. As a poet composes poetry, so a Catholic would compose himself at Mass, in a mood of quiet expectation.
The notion of hearing Mass has since been displaced by the ideal of active participation at Mass, and to be active, it is thought, means to produce, as well as attend to, sound. This ideal descends from the liturgical movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Active participation in the liturgy by the faithful was encouraged as early as 1903, in a motu proprio on music by Pius X. It was further encouraged by the Holy See's approval in 1922 of the dialogue Mass, at which the congregation would together say responses to prayers of the priest. In the Mass of Paul VI, which has been the common rite in the West since it was promulgated in 1969, the congregation usually responds to a priest who faces them, and who prays in their language, speaking into a microphone that projects his voice through loudspeakers pointed at them.
Microphones were occasionally used at Mass prior to the 1960s, but they have since become standard equipment. A rationale for their introduction would seem to have been that they gave the priest a voice equal in volume to that of the congregation, with whom he could therefore be in dialogue. But microphones also opened up new possibilities for participation by members of the congregation, who began to read, make announcements, and lead others in prayer and song. Rare is the Mass today at which there is not more than one microphone and more than one amplified voice.
The seventeenth-century poet George Herbert coined the brilliant metaphor of prayer as reversed thunder. The microphone at Mass, one might say, goes some way to turning the metaphor into literal truth, to the detriment of its metaphoric force and charm. Acoustically, many Masses now have much in common with other contemporary events at which electronically projected voices fill the air, including political rallies, popular music concerts, sports events, movies in theaters, and travel in airports and subway stations. These events take place in cavernous, rumbling echo chambers in which crowds of people are subjected to unnaturally loud voices with a metallic timbre.
A microphone allows its user to impose his voice, and thereby his thought and personality, on many more people than an ancient orator could. Now a public speaker is anyone with a microphone. The amateur in front of a microphone is tempted to indulge the pleasure of broadcasting his thoughts and feelings, to the great amusement or annoyance of his audience. The more skillful speaker takes control of the microphone and the situation, using his amplified voice for other purposes. Popular singers and populist politicians have been masters of the microphone, expertly murmuring more loudly than anyone could ever shout.
Different parts of the Mass call for different rhetorical attitudes. A preacher addresses the congregation most pointedly, as a particular human being speaking to particular others. A reader of Scripture takes a more detached stance, proclaiming the text to all who happen to be present. It may or may not be the priest who preaches or who reads from Scripture, but it must be he who says the Canon, following the canon actionis or rule of action.
The action of the Mass is simultaneously an action of a consecrated priest, an action of the whole Church, and an action of Christ. In the case of the priest, the action is largely a matter of speech. Although he sometimes speaks to the congregation, most of what he says is a direct address to God the Father, and in addressing Him, he occasionally, and rather impersonally, mentions the others present at the Mass as circumstantes, "those who are standing around."
Filtered through a public address system, these various attitudes become homogenized. To a member of the congregation, the prayers, the dialogue, the readings, the sermon, and the parish announcements are all emanations from one and the same source, the nearest loudspeaker. In my pew, I see the priest look towards me, but I hear his voice coming from another direction, that of the loudspeaker.
This disparity between the direction of sight and the direction of sound is a cognitive dissonance typical of some of the contemporary events mentioned above. Yet the priest's face and his electronically magnified voice at least agree in both pointing toward me. But then there is the further, more jarring dissonance between, on the one hand, his facing me and speaking in my direction, and, on the other hand, his addressing God the Father. It is not easy to construe a voice relentlessly projected at oneself as meant for someone else.
In 1974, Marshall McLuhan argued that the microphone was the proximate cause both of the elimination of Latin from the Mass and of the turning around of the priest to face the congregation. Before microphones, a priest quietly said Mass in Latin, with his back to the congregation. From any distance, his voice was indistinct, although an instructed Catholic could follow what he was saying from a missal containing the Latin text of the Mass or a translation of it.
McLuhan's suggestion was that, once microphones began to make every syllable spoken by the priest crystal clear to all, it became intolerable for him not to be speaking in a language understood by all. And since it seemed urgent to have him understood by all, it also seemed unnatural for him to have his back to the congregation. He was turned around to face them, and started to say Mass in their language.
McLuhan also suggested that microphones lead to smaller congregations. This is because they make it possible for anyone in church to be heard by everyone else. Even if only a few actually do speak, the possibility that anyone might address everyone produces a powerful sense of artificial closeness, and consequently a desire for real closeness and for the overcoming of spatial divisions and distances between people.
The ancient rule for the number of guests to invite to dinner was "no fewer than the Graces and no more than the Muses," that is, no fewer than three and no more than nine. The guiding principle was the unity of the dinner conversation, which, it was thought, needs at least four people, including the host, to get going, but is hard to maintain in its unity with more than ten. Microphones produce the illusion that intimate and unified conversation can take place among thousands.
Recognizing the illusion for what it is, people are moved to look elsewhere for what it falsely promises, namely, a warm human exchange. Even small churches start to seem too big, and it becomes preferable to have Mass said in a private setting, among friends, in a small room where no microphones are needed.
On the other hand, microphones can intensify the illusion of intimate conversation among large numbers to the point where even big churches start to seem too small. A Mass said outdoors in a stadium makes fuller use of the power of microphones to evoke a feeling of unity in a multitude.
Still more impressive in this respect is the electronic broadcasting of Mass, which unites a "congregation" over vast geographical territories. The first radio broadcast of Mass was from the Basilica of Saint Louis King of France in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas 1922. The first television broadcast of Mass was from Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris at Christmas 1948.
Habit, as it always does, has become second nature. We are now so accustomed to the electronic amplification and broadcasting of Mass that we have forgotten what extraordinary innovations they were. What is the spiritual significance of these powerful, artificial modifications of the saying and hearing of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass? The question would seem to call for the consideration of thoughtful Catholics.
Kevin White is associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic University of America.


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Never Dull Your Sparkle
I, like every other alcoholic in the world, went through all of the general alcoholic "I can control it" feelings. Cue Step One from Alcoholics Anonymous into play. Step One. "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable."
About 5 years ago, I started making rules for myself when I realized there were aspects of my drinking that would get out of hand. I had so many attempts to control my drinking. I look back now and can recognize the attempts were so blatantly obviously alcoholism that I cannot believe I thought I was creating control instead of highlighting my lack thereof.
Exhibit A: I started drinking as a social drinker, but over about 15 years of hard drinking, I developed into an antisocial drinker. My favorite places to drink were at home-alone or in my hotel room in bed alone. ALONE. It was my peace. For years I would drink at least 2 bottles of Cotes Du Rhone a day in my house. Friends and family started telling me it might be a problem, so I decided I would limit my drinking at home. I thought I was in control. Being the winner that I am, I would undoubtedly be able to control myself. Controlling myself and following the rule of "not drinking in my house" turned into drinking in my car...in the garage. It was technically following my rule. And, it also gave me the seclusion alcohol desires. Win-win for alcoholism. But, nonetheless I was powerless. I could not just stop.
Another attempt to control my drinking roots from the statement I declared many times ..."I do not have a problem over-drinking with anything aside from red wine." This was a lie to myself and to everyone around me. So, I gave myself rule #2. I would not drink red wine. And, I did not. This started a love affair with sparkling wine. Champagne, Prosecco, you name it. As long as it was not sweet, it was perfect. I miss sparkling wine. Sparkling wine took me on amazingly dangerous and embarrassing journeys-most of which I barely remember. Ultimately, sparkling wine took me into rehab.
We all have our journeys to sobriety. I would like to claim that these were the only two attempts at control I tried before waking up to birds singing and rainbows shining pointing me to recovery. It did not happen that way. These were only 2 attempts. I rode a roller-coaster of ups and downs for many many years. Some years I did better than others. Some rules worked better than others. Ultimately, the thing that that all of my April made rules had in common were, they did not work. I was not in control.
I can honestly say that today, just shy of 60 days sober, I do not crave most alcohol. I do crave sparkling wine. I craved it really badly last night when my lovely crew went to have drinks at the hotel bar. I am not ready to go to a bar. Maybe I never will be. And, even getting the invites send me into a craving. I lose friends. I lose comradeship. But, I do not lose myself anymore. This is a particularly trying layover as it is unusually short. We do not leave the airport to go to a hotel. There is nothing in the vicinity, nor does time allow for any train rides for exploration. So, the only thing to do is go to the hotel gym or the hotel restaurant (bar).
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RICHMOND, Feb. 7 -- James Webb, who served as President Ronald Reagan's Navy secretary, said Tuesday that he will seek the Democratic nomination to run against U.S. Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) this year, hoping to challenge the one-term incumbent on foreign policy and the conduct of the war in Iraq.
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He had served as an assistant secretary of defense under Reagan and was appointed secretary of the Navy in 1987. A year later, Webb resigned the post abruptly amid clashes with Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci.


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Hawaii Scurries To Fill 8 Percent of Teaching Posts
Imagine this: swaying palm trees, sandy beaches, and fruity drinks served in hollowed-out pineapples.
Such visions of tropical paradise may be enough to draw any newly minted teacher to Hawaii. But a window of opportunity for rookie teachers there is closing fast.
State education officials are trying to fill about 900 teaching slots for next fall to replace veteran educators who have taken the state up on an early-retirement-incentive program.
About 8 percent of the state's 11,500 teachers have accepted the retirement offer--a one-time opportunity afforded by 1994 legislation to state employees with at least 25 years' service.
Normally, between 150 and 200 teachers retire each spring, said Donald R. Nugent, the assistant superintendent for personnel services at the Hawaii education department, which administers the single, statewide school district.
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While state recruiters often leave the islands to recruit teachers in perennial shortage areas--mathematics, science, industrial arts, and special education--the early-retirement program has made state officials intensify their recruitment efforts in those areas.
Beginning in February, state recruiters took off for the colder climes of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, New York, Washington State, and Oregon, among other places on the U.S. mainland.
Often, in interviews with the more than 600 candidates they saw on the mainland, recruiters casually mentioned that back in Honolulu, the mercury was pushing 85 degrees. "We're hustling," Mr. Nugent said.
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But spots for elementary school teachers and in other areas can probably be filled from the current applicant pool, which includes about 550 new teachers expected to graduate from Hawaii's public and private universities, Mr. Nugent said.
Though Hawaii's sandy shores attract applicants from the mainland in droves, many come down with sticker-shock when they discover the state's high cost of living, said Danielle Lum, a spokeswoman for the Hawaii State Teachers Association, the state's largest teachers' union.
The average starting teacher salary in Hawaii is about $25,000.
"People have a perception of Hawaii as being all about surfing and waves and all that, but it's more to it than that," Mr. Nugent said. "You've still got to make a living and show up for work."
Under the retirement plan, teachers and other school employees have two years' service added to their records, which allows them to draw more in retirement benefits. State officials are counting on some $8 million in savings from hiring lower-paid, less experienced teachers as replacements.
Nationally, observers said the job market for new teachers is looking up in several areas.
Hiring hot spots include many Southwestern states, such as Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, said Charles A. Marshall, the executive director of the Association for School, College, and University Staffing in Evanston, Ill.
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To quickly copy a table definition and data from the Oracle Database to TimesTen is easy to do. TimesTen SQL Developer supports loading tables, views or the result set of a SQL query from the Oracle Database using the underlying TimesTen built-in procedure ttLoadFromOracle. Refer to the Data Loading demo for more details.
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TimesTen Index Advisor
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The sunken place is real. For me, it looks a lot like paradise but in slow motion. It's drenched in a cold color palette like in Ozark but with palm trees swaying in the background as if stuck in molasses. I can't say definitively that I've been here before.Read More


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The 5 Best Sets of Siblings in Fashion
Good Morning Brainiacs,
If you're an avid Taylor's Brain reader, you're well aware by now how fascinated I am with models. Yes, it's a vapid career: their entire job title is to look good, preferably in close proximity to a luxury product, but it's the variety of their looks, the range of their beauty and power, that has me just completely obsessed.
So what's better than a model, you might be wondering? In my opinion, it's another model--specifically, another model related to the first. Because what is better than two well-dressed, well-coiffed, otherworldly beautiful siblings? Each with their own unique version of their parents' genes flaunted on their striking faces? Of course, this isn't a perfect world--not all siblings on this list are models. However, all are icons in fashion and therefore just as chic. Without further ado, the chicest and most stunning siblings in fashion to date:
1. Mary-Kate, Ashley, & Elizabeth Olsen
MK and Ashley are a given on any list of fashion's most iconic duo, but let's not forget their little sister Elizabeth. The Olsens have a unique beauty about them that is absolutely made for fashion: the demure pout of the lips, the piercing eyes, the sharp cheekbones, and the two fashion labels that slay at Fashion Week every season. However, what Elizabeth brings is a softer, sweeter elegance that helps balance these sisters out perfectly. While she is more known for her acting that her fashion triumphs, I've never seen her not looking fabulous. How could she, with top minimalistic designers for big sisters?
2. Kaia and Presley Gerber
These models look familiar, and not just in a way that's scarily similar to each other? Maybe it's because they come from fashion royalty to begin with--to be more specific, Cindy Crawford. While still barely teenagers, Kaia and Presley have appeared in multiple fashion spreads together and walked for major designers' shows (most recently, Presley in MNYFW Dolce & Gabbana). They have big shoes to fill, but so far they're taking the fashion world by a storm.
3. Gigi, Bella, and Anwar Hadid
Much like the Olsens, you can't really make it through a list of siblings in fashion without mentioning the Hadids. And also like the Olsens, let's not forget little brother Anwar. Anwar has traditionally gotten lost in the shadows of his big sisters Gigi and Bella (who, let's face it, have incredibly leggy shadows), but he's since made a name for himself in fashion, appearing often in Teen Vogue and garnering a significant Instagram following. This is a family to watch grow together.
4. Ruth and May Bell
TWINS! Models Ruth and May Bell were at first nearly impossible to tell apart, so Ruth took it upon herself to make it easier for us by buzzing off her golden locks. However, this left the duo with a beautiful dynamic: May, the soft, feminine, doe-eyed blonde and Ruth, the edgy, androgynous babe. Either way, I'm in love.
5. Dakota and Elle Fanning
Dakota and Elle are not models but they are DEFINITELY favorites of the fashion world. The two sisters, two of the best actresses of my generation (I've been jealous of their talents since we were all elementary school age), are seen together often and always looking stunning. They grace the presence of most covetable fashion shows and have appeared in multiple magazine editorials together.
So these are my top picks for chicest siblings in fashion. Maybe you agree, maybe you don't. Either way, I want to hear your opinion! Did I miss anyone you feel deserved to make it on the list? Or maybe I put someone on there that you loathe? Tell me about it! Don't be shy.


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As a general rule, I try to keep this blog focused on film, video and other media related items. However, with a week left before the election, I am making an exception because I have some things on my mind.
First on the list of things on my mind are electronic voting machines. Let me declare in annoying capital letters: THERE IS NO REASON TO USE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES. The simple fact is that electronic voting machines only have one benefit over standard paper ballots; That is instant vote tabulation. However, as your mother probably told you, the fastest way is most likely not the best way of doing things.
This single benefit comes with A LOT of downsides (sorry for the caps again.) The first and most obvious downside is complexity. No one can argue that computers are not more complex that pieces of paper. When things are more complex, they are more prone to errors, malfunctions and are more difficult to use. We accept the complexity of computers in this modern world because the positive aspects outweigh the downside of complexity. Computers provide instant communication, access to all of the world's knowledge, unlimited entertainment, etc. An electronic voting machine's only benefit to counteract it's complexity is faster results. Totally not worth it.
The second problem with electronic voting machines is a direct result of the complexity of the system and that is transparency. When you vote on paper, you can physically see who you voted for. A computer is completely different however. Even if you push the correct buttons on a touch screen, you have no way of knowing for sure if that vote was recorded the same inside the machine. A paper vote is clearly readable by a human being and a computer. An electronic vote is just a bunch of magnetic disturbances on a shiny disk inside a machine. That sure instills voter confidence.
The last problem with electronic voter machines comes from E-voting manufacturers trying the overcome the problem of transparency. This is where it gets ridiculous. Some e-voting machines, like the ones being used in West Virginia, have a paper roll under glass next to the voting machine. This roll prints a confirmation of the vote that is made. The voter is supposed to double check that the vote on the paper matches what they entered on the screen to verify their vote. This is ridiculous on so many levels. First, you still have no idea what the machine actually recorded. It is perfectly possible to record one vote and print another. Unless the differences between the machine and the paper are way off, no one is going to go through each vote by hand. The second and most ridculous part of this is how it completely turns the logic of voting on its head. Follow me here: With standard paper ballots, the voter marks their vote on a piece of paper, which is then read by a machine and counted. If there are any problems, humans recount the paper by hand. With e-voing, you enter your vote on a touch screen, which is then printed out as confirmation on paper. If there are problems, humans recount the paper by hand. See how stupid that is? You are basically having a machine generate a piece of paper instead of making one your self. It seems like a completely harebrained workaround that is easily solved by sticking with the old system -- paper ballots. Just because something is new and high-tech doesn't mean you have to use it.
So, with all these problems, why would any government decide to go with these stupid machines? I can think of two reasons. The first reason is money. Basically, some company makes voting machines and they convince the government to use tax dollars to by them. The manufacturers makes tons of cash and the government can feel like they are cutting edge. The second reason is far more nefarious, and that is voter fraud. The fact is, it is far easier to commit voter fraud with electronic voting machines, because they are complex and opaque systems. Anyone pushing electronic voting machines needs to have their motives looked at very closely.
So for all you people stuck using electronic voting machines, I am sorry. Your vote may have gone into a black hole, never to return.
Here is a very scary video showing how easy it is to hack a voting machine like the ones used in Ohio in 2000:
And here is a video of a voting machine in West Virginia malfunctioning even after it has been "Calibrated":
There will probably be a few more political rants here before the week is over.


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The Committee to Repeal SB 48 - a newer version of the antigay StopSB48 crowd - filed a proposed initiative on Wednesday, Nov. 16, with the California Attorney General's office to again try to eliminate LGBTs from the California FAIR Education Act. THIS time, instead of trying to repeal the entire FAIR Act, the initiative calls for striking out the words "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans" from the law that goes into effect in January. Filing for an initiative gives them more time to collect valid signatures to qualify for the 2012 ballot.
This is obviously a developing story - including how this move will impact the slow re-organizational efforts at Equality California.
See the letter sent to the AG's office here [pdf].


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3. Lime block will be shoveled into the hopper by the loader and then crushed by jaw crusher. Lime after crushed particles will be sent into vertical lime silo by bucket elevator for storage and then be conveyed into ball mill through enclosed belt conveyor. Lime powder will be transported into lime powder silo by screw conveyor and bucket elevator for storage.
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Once meet the cutting requirements after being procured, cakes in the moulds will be sent to pins- extracting position. To be automatically positioned by moulds orientation device, assembly racks and steel in the cakes will be extracted out at the same time. Moulds will be sent to tilting table by friction wheel for automatic positioning after extracting the pins. Tilting table which driven by motor & positioned by encoder, hoist moulds automatically. Moulds will be overturned by 90 degree and demoulded on the first cutting car.Moulds and side plate will come back to the rails after demoulding, side plates will be assembly molded again after cleaning. Empty moulds will be hoisted onto return rail for oil coating and another casting.
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14. Waste-removing cakes will be hoisted to positioned curing cars for pre-marshalling by semi-finished products crane. Pre-marshalled curing cars will be transited onto ferry cars by frication gear. Ferry cars send them to rails before the autoclave. All curing cars for one autoclave will be conveyed into autoclave by chain conveyor automatically after the whole pre-marshalling.
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Finally... my arrival and here I pose with my grandfather and step-grandmother on, I believe, our first trip to visit with them after my birth. Well, I can tell where the shortness in the family comes from. Looks like my grandfather wasn't very tall at all, huh?
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Friday, November 29, 2013
Wonder Where
This photo was taken. As well as the last two. Must have been early autumn 1955 as mom and dad are married and I was not yet a part of the family. But is it Puerto Rico or South Dakota? Maybe even Florida.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving
Here's hoping that all my family and friends have a wonderful day with their own families. And a kiss sent to mom and dad who are once again reunited and spending the day together.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Stylish Drinking Fountain
You don't see them looking like this anymore. One of these days I will have to see if I can locate this park and see if it is still there and functional.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Shopping Spree
Monday, November 25, 2013
A Day in the Park
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Fairly Won
Guess you never get to old for getting stuffed toys from the fair. And mom's quite the Southern Belle even if she is wearing peddle pushers.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Grads to you
Looks like mom was taller than her dad by the time she was graduating from high school. But if he was anything like her, size did not matter, When he spoke, you listened.
Monday, November 18, 2013
Pluto's Moons
Now that the weather is getting cooler, it is a perfect time to take a moment and take a test to jog your brain. Encyclopaedia Britannica has one on their website: here
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Zamioculcas Zamiifolia
Say that one 3 times fast and while you are at it, look up the care of this exotic plant at Plant Care Today.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Wouldn't it be fun to just walk outside and pick lipstick from a tree? Aeschynanthus, aka the Lipstick Tree, may just having believe you can. Check it out at gflora.com: here
Friday, November 15, 2013
Heptacodium miconioides
Want to know what else it is called? Check it out at the Missouri Botanical Garden page: here
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Happy Birthday Mom
We love and miss you so very much. But we know that you are enjoying yourself with daddy, and your mom and dad. Give everyone a kiss for us up in heaven.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Brachychiton populneus
Got you hooked yet? Better known as a Bottle Tree. Check out pictures and more information on Floralbank.org's fact sheet: Here
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Mute? Not really
But less vocal than their cousins are the Mute Swans. Take a moment read up on them: Here
Monday, November 11, 2013
A botanical lesson
Amorphophallus Titanum aka the "Corpse Flower". Check out the YouTube video by coolhunting: here.
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Chancellor George Osborne has cut his official growth forecast in half, but insisted the UK would avoid a "triple dip" recession. In what has been described as a "fiscally neutral" budget, the economy if unlikely to move much either way.
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* Limit at which people start paying tax to be raised to £10,000 in 2014 - a year earlier than planned
* Corporation tax to be cut by 1% to 20% in 2015
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How do you learn a new skill? What is your starting point?
These days, I think most of us start with an online search. I try to see what learning tools are available (books, free online guides, videos) and then investigate who is a leader in the field. This type of search sometimes takes me down the proverbial rabbit hole but I'm usually able to find my way out. Before I started this blog, I did not realize just how many talented people baked and developed recipes. There are countless people to learn and be inspired from so at some point, it is a matter of choosing who to follow, who consistently provides great advice and recipes.
I've always experimented in my kitchen but I think there is a balance between experimenting and using tried and true recipes. If you've been following me along on my baking journey, you'll have noticed that I post recipes from leaders in the baking and pâtisserie field as well as sharing some of my own recipes. This is all part of learning and practicing.
A leader in the industry is Christini Tosi. Her training and experiments in the kitchen have led to the incredibly successful, Milk Bar as well as the accompanying Momofuku Milk Bar book. Her recipes explore a full range of elements including the addition of potato chips, coffee grounds and unusual ingredient combinations. The recipes are well written but complicated, requiring several steps to reach the final product (but always worth the effort). As a chef and someone aware of budgeting, few items go to waste as there is always something else that it could be added to. Part of the joy of following her journey is that she's incredibly witty and open about her background as well as her love of eating raw cookie dough. It goes without saying that she's driven and an extremely hard worker having coined the term "real talk" and "hardbody" in her kitchen.
While I cannot choose a favourite recipe from Milk Bar, I do know that the Compost Cookie comes out on top for many people. Also, lovingly referred to as the "garbage cookie" or "kitchen-sink cookie", as the name suggests, it features a little bit of everything. There are multiple steps to the recipe so it is neither easy nor quick to make. However, your effort and careful following of the instructions will lead to a very satisfying cookie. Try it for yourself!
Compost Cookies
Makes: 15-20 large cookies
Time: Prep time (1 hour) + resting time (1 hour) + baking time (18 minutes per batch)
Cookie Dough
225 g (16 tablespoons) butter, at room temperature
200 g (1 cup) granulated sugar
150 g (2⁄3 cup tightly packed) light brown sugar
50 g (2 tbs) glucose
1 egg
2 g (1/2 tsp) vanilla extract
225 g (1 1⁄3 cups) flour
2 g (1/2 tsp) baking powder
1.5 g (1/4 tsp) baking soda
4 g (1 tsp) kosher salt
150 g (3/4 cup) mini chocolate chips
100 g (1/2 cup) mini butterscotch chips
1/4 recipe (1/2 cup) graham crust (recipe below)
40 g (1⁄3 cup) old-fashioned rolled oats
5 g (2 1/2 tsp) ground coffee
50 g (2 cups) potato chips
50 g (1 cup) mini pretzels
Graham Crust
190 g (1 1/2 cups) graham cracker crumbs20 g (1/4 cup) milk powder
25 g (2 tbs) sugar
3 g (3/4 tsp) kosher salt
55 g (4 tbs) butter, melted, or as needed
55 g (1/4 cup) heavy cream
Cookie Dough
1. Combine the butter, sugars, and glucose in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and cream together on medium-high for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, add the egg and vanilla, and beat for 7 to 8 minutes.
2. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. mix just until the dough comes together, no longer than 1 minute. (do not walk away from the machine during this step, or you will risk over mixing the dough.) Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula.
3. Still on low speed, add the chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, graham crust, oats, and coffee and mix just until incorporated, about 30 seconds. Add the potato chips and pretzels and paddle, still on low speed, until just incorporated. Be careful not to over mix or break too many of the pretzels or potato chips
4. Using a 2 3/4 oz ice cream scoop (or a 1/3 cup measure), portion out the dough onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. pat the tops of the cookie dough domes flat. Wrap the sheet pan tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 1 week. Do not bake your cookies from room temperature— they will not bake properly.
5. Heat the oven to 375°F (190°C).*
6. Arrange the chilled dough a minimum of 4 inches apart on parchment- or silpat-lined sheet pans. Bake for 18 ** minutes. the cookies will puff, crackle, and spread. After 18 minutes, they should be very faintly browned on the edges yet still bright yellow in the center. Give them an extra minute or so if that's not the case.
7. Cool the cookies completely on the sheet pans before transferring to a plate or an airtight container for storage. at room temp, cookies will keep fresh for 5 days; in the freezer, they will keep for 1 month.
In a pinch, substitute 18 g (1 tablespoon) corn syrup for the glucose. For the "coffee grounds" in this cookie, we tested the recipe with freshly roasted and ground artisanal coffee from Stumptown as well as with crap-tastic coffee grounds that you can find just about anywhere. We discovered that it doesn't make a difference what kind you use; the cookie is delicious every time. Just make sure you don't use instant coffee; it will dissolve in the baking process and ruin the cookies. and, above all else, never use wet, sogalicious grounds that have already brewed a pot of coffee. We use cape cod potato chips because they aren't paper-thin, and so they do not break down too much in the mixing process.
Graham Crust
Makes: 2 cups
1. Toss the graham crumbs, milk powder, sugar, and salt with your hands in a medium bowl to evenly distribute your dry ingredients.
2. Whisk the butter and heavy cream together. add to the dry ingredients and toss again to evenly distribute. the butter will act as glue, adhering to the dry ingredients and turning the mixture into a bunch of small clusters. the mixture should hold its shape if squeezed tightly in the palm of your hand. If it is not moist enough to do so, melt an additional 14 to 25 g (1 to 1½ table- spoons) butter and mix it in.
3. Eat immediately, or deploy as directed in a recipe. The crust is easiest to mold just after mixing. Stored in an airtight container, graham crust will keep fresh for 1 week at room temperature or for 1 month in the fridge or freezer.
Enjoy with a large glass of milk or with ice cream!
* My oven is hot so I reduced the temperature to 350°F (176°C).
** Check your cookies after 15 minutes as they may have cooked more quickly than expected.


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The importance of giving back to the community is strongly woven into the foundation of the Travel Pick, Inc. We donate bags to support the Heart to Hope Bags project created by the nonprofit Heart to Heart with Art 501(c)(3). The project provides art and hygiene supplies to women and children in need both the US and overseas.
How the Heart to Hope Bag Project Works
Travel Pick, Inc. donates our clear quart-size bags to be filled with hygiene items and art supplies by local children in the United States. The bags are then taken to local organizations helping families in need, such as victims of domestic violence or homelessness. Travel Pick and Heart to Heart with Art also partner with other nonprofit international aid organizations serving communities overseas.
Heart to Hope Bags is a low-cost, high-yield service project focused on children helping children, where a little heart goes a long way.
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Here are some of the examples of previous Heart to Hope Project
Cambodia: Third graders in Mountain View, California packed Travel Pick bags with donated art supplies and hygiene items. After packing the bags, the students wrote and drew personal notes to be included in the bags. Through a partnership with Dr. Enoch Choi and Jordan International Aid, the bags were delivered to Children at the BCI (Bridges Cambodia International) orphanage in Peakental Village, Battanbang Province and Ton Sap Lake.
Philippines: After Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines, Travel Pick and Heart to Heart with Art teamed up to pack Heart to Hope Bags at a children's art show. The kids packed the bags and included special notes to the children receiving the bags. These Heart to Hope Bags were again delivered by Dr. Enoch Choi and the Jordan International Aid to local children as they waited to receive medical treatment in the evacuation camps in Tacloban City.
Liberia: Travel Pick and Heart to Heart with Art are joining volunteers from SF's Glad Tidings Church to pack Heart to Hope bags and send them to the areas of Liberia devastated by the Ebola virus.
Fights Domestic Violence: A professional women's group in the Bay Area gathered together to pack Heart to Hope bags to be given to a local domestic violence shelter in the Bay Area called Next Door: Solutions to Domestic Violence.


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Arterial Stiffness
Pulse Wave Analysis The pulse wave reflects the condition of the entire arterial system, from the large arteries all the way to the small arteries. Pulse wave analysis is a technique recognized long ago, since doctors in China measured it as part of traditional medicine, using the three fingers on the pulse method, and a long road of experience brought it into scientific knowledge. The first graphic procedures for registration of pulse waves were first demonstrated in Paris (Marey) and then London (Mahomed) in the last century, then for a smaller audience of interested parties. 100 years ago, Mahomed used the sphygmomanometer to show asymptomatic high blood pressure and to test for chronic nephritis. In the 20th century with the high-tech explosion, technologies offering fundamental and detailed information about the condition of the entire arterial system were developed, whose use and analysis is very simple. Thus the non-invasive pulse wave test is now conducted with other methods. High-fidelity sensors, tonometers and piezo-techniques make it possible to observe and record the pulse wave shape more and more accurately. The recognition of changes in pressure makes it easier to understand hemodynamics and the process of arterial aging. The pulse wave, depending on the method, can be felt and registered in areas where arterial pulsation is easily accessible. Measurement can be carried out most easily similarly to blood pressure measurement with tonometry and piezo-electric technologies on the carotid, radial and femoral arteries, and the newest, oscillometric methods on the upper arm. The direct wave traveling toward the heart, the reflective wave and the systolic and diastolic periods can be determined from the pulse wave contour, and from this we can draw conclusions regarding the interaction of the heart and the arterial system, which until now could only be recognized using invasive arterial catheterization. Today, with the help of pulse wave analysis, we can better familiarize ourselves with the physiological and pathological behavior of the arterial wall, and determine a more exact diagnosis and therapy. Pulse wave amplification The shape of a blood pressure wave (BP) constantly distorts as it travels from the central elastic arteries toward the muscular conduit arteries. This is a physiological phenomenon, that the blood pressure, as a periodically oscillating wave, travels and reflects in occasionally differently structured portions of the viscoelastic arterial system. In healthy individuals, the pulse wave amplitude (pulse pressure (PP)) increases from the aorta/carotid section to the brachial/radial section without added energy, such that the arterial central pressure and the diastolic pressure remains almost unchanged. This phenomenon is called pulse wave amplification, the change in the maximum systolic blood pressure level in the arterial system, its increase from the aorta toward the periphery. More and more clinical research focuses on the prognostic value of the peripheral and central systolic blood pressure levels. Pulse wave amplification can be described in several different ways, the most well known being the ratio or difference between the distal and the proximal maximums. From a physiological standpoint, in addition to a given brachial (peripheral) pulse pressure the most favorable effect on the heart and arterial system is an even lower central pressure value, since the heart must thus work against a lower pulsatile pressure (and the larger the difference in the absolute value of the periphery and central pressures, the more favorable the amplification). Pulse wave amplification, according to statistics, decreases with age. In high blood pressure research and in heart and arterial system risk assessment the role of central blood pressure has come to the forefront, and today it is clear that it is a better marker than peripheral (upper arm) blood pressure for the condition of target organ damage and for cardiovascular risk and therapy. The conventional, traditional method based on high blood pressure in quite a number of cases overestimates or underestimates cardiovascular risk. Furthermore it has become clear that the different pharmaceutical groups do not affect pulse pressure amplification in the same way; for example, vasodilator agents increase compared with the beta blockers. In contrast to brachial blood pressure, pulse wave amplification in and of itself predicts CV mortality, and shows a strong correlation with pulse pressure measured in the carotid as well – we can read this in a study of late-stage renal disease patients. Another publication provides evidence that in untreated patients suffering from essential high blood pressure they observed that following therapy a decrease in left ventricular mass index directly correlated to an increase in pulse wave amplification, and not to a decrease in brachial blood pressure. Benetos et al first carried out testing at the population level, in which they proved that PP amplification in and of itself correlates to cardiovascular mortality, independent of other risk factors.
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How far in advance do you need to place your order?
Orders need to be placed to Cupcake Allie a week in advance.
How do I place an order?
You may call Cupcake Allie at (225) 302-7096 to place orders by phone or you are welcome to come in to the bakery to place your order.
What are the store hours?
Cupcake Allie on Nicholson Drive is open Monday - Saturday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Should I refrigerate the cupcakes after I pick them up?
Cupcakes are best stored and served at room temperature. We do not recommend refrigerating your cupcakes. Any cupcakes not consumed immediately, should be wrapped in plastic wrap or stored in an airtight container.
Can cupcakes be boxed individually?
Cupcake Allie will individually box cupcakes, however, additional charges may apply.
Can cupcakes be ordered gluten-free, sugar-free, or vegan?
We do offer a limited selection of gluten-free cupcakes. We are still working to perfect other recipes as well as create some sugar-free and vegan flavors! Call the bakery for more details.
Can cupcakes be ordered nut-free?
We cannot guarantee that any cupcakes without nuts or nut products are safe to consumed by those with allergies as Cupcake Allie bakes with various nuts at our bakery. We recommend those with nut allergies, use caution when consuming our cupcakes.
Are there any dairy-free cupcakes?
Our chocolate cupcakes are dairy-free. Please call for icing and topping options.
Can cupcakes be custom decorated?
Custom decorations are available. Please call for available options and pricing.
Can orders be delivered?
There is a $30 minimum order for Cupcake Allie to deliver. A $10 delivery fee will be added for deliveries in the Baton Rouge area. Additional fees may apply depending on distance from bakery.
Deliveries can also be made through Waitr, Uber Eats or Tapingo. (See the delivery tab)
What do I need to do for a wedding or special event consultation?
For weddings, appointments need to be made at least three months prior to the event. Please call the bakery to schedule an appointment.
What corporate branding do you offer?
Cupcake Allie can make edible custom logo discs that can be placed on top of the cupcakes. Customized packaging is also available. These options can be discussed during a scheduled consultation.