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CBS Boosts Catholic Dissenters, Lets Them Bash 'Extremely Cruel' Church
CBS's Barry Petersen lined up three radicals who back feminist and other left-leaning ideologies inside the Catholic Church on the December 4 edition of the Sunday Morning program, letting only one bishop speak in support of the Church's teachings on abortion and the role of women. The correspondent omitted the dissenting beliefs of his guests, labeling one as merely an "outspoken critic of the Church."
Petersen led his report with the case of Sister Mary McBride, who incurred automatic excommunication in 2009 after she sanctioned the abortion of a eleven-week-old unborn child, as a member of the ethics committee of St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. After turning to St. Joseph's chief medical officer, who spoke in favor of the "respected nun," as the correspondent labeled Sister McBride, he played a clip from Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmstead, who argued that the excommunicated woman didn't show "an equal concern for the mother and for the child."
The CBS journalist continued that Sister McBride's excommunication "prompted a lot of comments in the press" and introduced the first Catholic dissident, Father Thomas Boyle, who stated that "the excommunication of the sister, I thought, was an extremely cruel act. I can't describe it in any other way." Petersen stated that Fr. Boyle "specializes in Church law, and once worked for the Vatican's embassy in Washington, DC. He is now an outspoken critic of the Church." But he failed to mention that the cleric dissents from Church teaching in a number of areas.
In an April 2010 interview with an Australian news program, Boyle denounced the Catholic doctrine of papal infallibility: "We need infallibility about as much as a duck hunter needs an accordion." He also defended Fr. Roy Bourgeois, who, like Sister McBride, incurred automatic excommunication after he participated in a breakaway Catholic sect's ordination of a woman in 2008. The National Catholic Reporter, a publication infamous for its dissent from Catholic teachings on many issues, noted in an September 14, 2011 article that "Doyle contends that the church's prohibition of female ordination is not infallible teaching."
However, Pope John Paul II declared in a 1994 document that "the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful."
Later in the report, Petersen played four sound bites from Professor Gary Macy of Santa Clara University. While he disclosed Macy's occupation and his role as "theologian," he omitted that the professor wrote a book titled "The Hidden History of Women's Ordination: Female Clergy in the Medieval West." Thus, Macy is also an advocate of changing the Catholic Church's teaching on priestly ordination.
Petersen gave only one hint of the ideological leanings of the dissenters during his report. After playing his second sound bite from Fr. Doyle, who claimed that "there's an inability, I think, to deal with the twenty-first century" amongst the Catholic hierarchy, the CBS journalist outlined that "the U.S. Conference of Bishops critiqued and investigated the writings of Sister Elizabeth Johnson, a feminist theologian whose book has become popular among liberal Catholics."
There is actually a connection between Sister Johnson and the third dissenter featured in the correspondent's report, Sister Mary Ann Hinsdale. Sister Hinsdale, in her role as president of the Catholics Theological Society of America, voiced her "concern about the process" whereby the bishops' conference examined Sister Johnson's writings. But Petersen didn't mention this detail at any point, only describing Hinsdale as "a member of the order of the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary" and a "professor of theology at Boston College." Hinsdale, like Doyle and Macy, endorses women's ordination and specializes in "feminist theologies."
The correspondent played 10 sound bites total from the three dissenters, versus only three from Bishop Olmstead. Petersen concluded with an additional clip from one more dissident- no other than Sister Mary McBride- giving the segment a final 11 to 3 slant. The journalist noted that the clip came from a speech McBride gave at "an event sponsored by an organization that often challenges Catholic hierarchy," but didn't disclose that the name of the group is Call To Action, which, in addition to endorsing women's ordination, called on the Church to "reevaluate its positions on issues like celibacy for priests...homosexuality, [and] birth control."
The full transcript of Barry Petersen's report from the December 4 edition of CBS's Sunday Morning:
LEE COWAN: When a church is divided over a matter of faith, there are no easy answers, particularly when the divide is over some very fundamental principles- principles that sometimes involve matters of life and death.
Our cover story this morning is reported by Barry Petersen.
BARRY PETERSEN (voice-over): It is a battle between Catholic and Catholic, between the past and the present- a battle centuries old, that rages yet today. In Phoenix, Arizona-
BISHOP THOMAS OLMSTEAD, DIOCESE OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA (from Catholic Mass): And the Son of Man-
PETERSEN: It's a battle between Bishop Thomas Olmstead and the city's oldest hospital, St. Joseph's, whose staff includes a respected nun. It began in November 2009, when a pregnant twenty-seven-year-old mother of four, in her eleventh week, was admitted with severe pulmonary hypertension. Her doctors say it was dramatically worsening because of the pregnancy. Doctor Charles Alfono is St. Joseph's chief medical officer.
DR. CHARLES ALFONO, ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL: The hormonal changes of pregnancy, the changes in blood flow in this patient, created a situation where her heart began to fail, and that failure, despite the efforts of the physicians, progressed. She was very near death.
PETERSEN: Modern medicine presented two equally grim options: terminate the pregnancy and save the mother, or lose both mother and child.
ALFONO: And as a result, we've made the difficult decision- but the decision that we had to make- to terminate the pregnancy.
PETERSEN (on-camera): So no matter who you guys had done, the child would have died.
ALFONO: Correct.
PETERSEN (voice-over): Before moving forward, doctors consulted the hospital's ethics committee, which included Sister Margaret Mary McBride. The committee approved terminating the pregnancy, which doctors did- saving the mother's life, losing the fetus. In the months following, word of events at St. Joseph's reached Bishop Olmstead, whose role includes being the moral leader of Catholics in his diocese, and he began his own inquiry, speaking with, among others, Sister Margaret.
OLMSTEAD: I sat down and visited with her. So I gathered information from her directly. Now, that didn't involve her giving me the charts and things. But in that description, I did not hear an equal concern for the mother and for the child. The child was not- nor was the uterus- infected. There was nothing wrong with that. So what was directly intended was to kill the unborn child.
PETERSEN: The bishop ultimately found that officials at St. Joseph's- quote, 'had not addressed in an adequate manner the scandal caused by the abortion.' And for that, he decreed St. Joseph's Hospital is no longer Catholic. As for Sister Margaret, Bishop Olmstead informed her that she'd been excommunicated. That prompted a lot of comments in the press. But as she has consistently in this matter, Sister Margaret said nothing.
FATHER THOMAS DOYLE: The excommunication of the sister, I thought, was an extremely cruel act. I can't describe it in any other way.
PETERSEN: Father Thomas Doyle specializes in Church law, and once worked for the Vatican's embassy in Washington, DC. He is now an outspoken critic of the Church, and says what happened in Phoenix points to an unfolding trend within the Church.
DOYLE: It tells me that within the hierarchy, there is a great deal of fear- that there is an almost obsession with control; that there's an inability, I think, to deal with the twenty-first century. And the bishop in Phoenix is not unique. There are many, many like him.
PETERSEN: Take Archbishop Allen Vigneron in Detroit, who has spoken against the American Catholic Council, a group promoting change within the Church, including the ordination of women; or the U.S. Conference of Bishops- they've critiqued and investigated the writings of Sister Elizabeth Johnson, a feminist theologian whose book has become popular among liberal Catholics. Some see these events, taken together, as symptomatic of a larger effort to reverse reforms set down by the 1960s advisory council that came to be known as Vatican II- reforms which, back then, were seen as an effort to bring the Church closer to modern times.
GARY MACY, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY: There was a sense that we should try to bring Catholicism up to the twentieth, and then, the twenty-first century.
PETERSEN: Gary Macy is a professor of theology at California's Jesuit Santa Clara University.
MACY: In all kinds of ways, in scholarship- and so, how do we relate to psychology? How do we relate to political science? How do we relate to modern ethics? All of those questions were opened up. There was much more involvement of the laity in the liturgy, so people felt much more involved. There were less spectators, and more participants.
PETERSEN: Catholics were no longer expected, as some put it, to simply pay, pray, and obey; but now can make their own decisions about their faith. (clip of music during a Catholic Mass) Another reform hallmark of Vatican II: use of the English-language Mass.
UNIDENTIFIED PRIEST (from clip of a Catholic Mass): These offerings we make, gathered from among your gifts to us-
PETERSEN: The Vatican has now directed American churches to institute a new Mass, featuring an English translation more faithful to the original Latin-
UNIDENTIFIED PRIEST: The sins of the world-
PETERSEN: A Mass, critics say, is harder to understand, less English speaker-friendly. (clip of Catholic nuns singing) But, perhaps, the most striking example of the Vatican's apparent about-face on reforms may center on American nuns.
SISTER MARY ANN HINSDALE: I think sisters actually, ironically, really took Vatican II seriously, perhaps more than other segments of the Church, and that 's causing some friction. We're doing exactly, in a sense, what the document on the religious life asked us to do.
PETERSEN: Sister Mary Hinsdale is a member of the order of the Sister Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
HINSDALE: What does the Catholic Church really teach about this particular controversial issue?
PETERSEN: She's also a professor of theology at Boston College.
HINSDALE: I think there's always a tendency, particularly when it comes from the Roman Curia, who, in fact, are the kind of bureaucracy of the Church, to think they are the Church and they're in control.
PETERSEN: And not long ago, the Church in Rome exercised that control, launching what's called an apostolic visitation, a process shrouded in mystery, allowing it to investigate orders of nuns here in the United States. We asked Phoenix Bishop Olmstead just why the probe was ordered.
OLMSTEAD: I think the apostolic visitation of the religious sisters in our country was prompted primarily by a concern about the decline of the number of religious that we have in our country. It's really on a steep decline, and that's a grave concern.
PETERSEN (on-camera): We reached out to many orders of nuns across the country, hoping to get their viewpoints about all of this. In most cases, someone would agree to be interviewed. But when the interview was imminent, we'd be called and it would be canceled.
PETERSEN (voice-over): In the end, Sister Mary Ann Hinsdale agreed to speak with us, partly she said, out of concern that if she didn't, no one would.
PETERSEN (on-camera): Do you think this apostolic visitation is something that nuns, like yourself, who are out there in the world, should be worried about?
HINSDALE: I really don't know, but I think the most problematic aspect of it is that we are not going to see a report, and we don't know what is going to be done with this. We were never told what was going to be done with this. And we think this is, you know, a travesty, really, and insulting even, about who we are in the Church, because we think we're trying to be loyal to the Church. We're trying to make, you know, plausible explanations, where people are saying- well, why is the Church doing this? Why are they excommunicating people who are- you know, seem to be wanting good for the Church?
MACY: Why the nuns? This is my suspicion: they can.
PETERSEN (voice-over): Theologian Gary Macy-
MACY: It's interesting that they would take the women religious order and not the men's religious orders- although, you know, for so many centuries and centuries and centuries in Christianity, women have taken a hit first.
PETERSEN: Phoenix's Bishop Olmstead admits he sees no future role for women in the priesthood. Still, he says they're valued members of the Church.
OLMSTEAD: We wouldn't have all our Catholic hospitals if it wasn't for Catholic sisters. We wouldn't have a lot of our Catholic universities if it wasn't for them.
PETERSEN: It's a battle between Catholic and Catholic; between past, present, and future. Yet, even with these differences, some things endure.
PETERSEN (off-camera): Why do you stay?
HINSDALE: Because it's my church. I have a responsibility to speak the truth that's been given to me. There's a lot of pain and suffering, I think, in belonging to the Catholic Church today. But I think that I'm following, as best I can, what I think God is asking me to do today in this church as we have it.
PETERSEN (voice-over): As we told you earlier in our story, Sister Margaret Mary McBride in Phoenix has consistently declined to discuss the events at St. Joseph's Hospital. But not long ago, she did speak out in an event sponsored by an organization that often challenges Catholic hierarchy.
SISTER MARGARET MARY MCBRIDE: As we move forward in this very disappointing time in our church, I think it's the time when we need to be the example of mercy and forgiveness and love.
PETERSEN: In fact, her excommunication has now been lifted. But Bishop Olmstead also asked that she resign from the hospital's ethics committee- she has. As for the hospital, to regain its Catholic status, the bishop insists that it must say the medical procedure that resulted in the abortion, and saved the mother of four, was in violation of religious and ethical policies, and will never happen again. So far, the hospital has refused to do so. It still cannot call itself Catholic.
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Just don't go
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:00am.
Dear CBS: If you disagree with the Catholic Church, last I checked, no one is making you go to mass.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
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but now can make their own decisions about their faith
Submitted by CarlosS on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:18am.
That's always been the case..., from the very beginning of the Church
"John 6:60 " Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?
After this, many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him"
You just can't call yourself catholic after that.
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Dear CBS: If you disagree
Submitted by moderncommentaries83 on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 8:31pm.
Dear CBS: If you disagree with the Catholic Church, last I checked, no one is making you go to mass.
Yeah, the problem is not that they're being forced to go to Mass so much as there are people who not only willingly & eagerly go to Mass, but that actually -- gasp! -- believe what the Church teaches.
THEY are the problem, and dissenters will never, ever do the honest thing: leave the Catholic Church for a church that suits their theological/political ideologies. No...they have to stay and attempt over and over again to force the Catholic Church to be remade in *their* image. Screw the rest of us who don't want women priests, approval of abortion, gay marriage, etc. We don't have a right to worship as we please because the left doesn't like it.
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I wouldn't even call them "dissident catholics"
Submitted by DumbCanuck on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 11:12am.
No matter what they call themselves, these individuals aren't Catholics at all! PERIOD! End of discussion.
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Dr. Alfono is apparently
Submitted by motherbelt on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 12:18pm.
Dr. Alfono is apparently unaware of the Catholic Church's teaching on the "principle of double effect" but Sr. Mary was (or should have been) and deliberately chose to go against it.
The principle teaches thus (and I'm simplifying): If there is a good effect and a bad effect, it depends on intent; but at no time can you achieve the good effect by an act that is intrinsically bad (abortion); the act itself must be good, or at least neutral.
IOW, the end does not justify the means.
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Now let's see if CBS will
Submitted by rbosque on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 12:36pm.
Now let's see if CBS will focus on islamic cruelty. Let's see them interview disenters and discuss female mutilation, honor killings, stoning of "unfaithful" women, the gang rapng of women and susbequent beatings for being raped.
How is THAT not cruel and insane?
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Trying so hard
Submitted by ohio granny on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 12:49pm.
Progressives? and liberals try so hard to make Christianity irrelevant. They may think it is working and they do seem to have a lot of so-called Christians agreeing with them but in the end it will be God who has the last word.
All of this is happening just like the Bible says it will. So non-believers go on your merry little way and try to destroy all things Christian. In the end you will lose.
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One big thing they got wrong
Submitted by JeffC... on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 2:27pm.
The former nun and former priest were not excommunicated by the Catholic Church. Through their respective actions that violated Church rules/teachings/tenets/beliefs, each excommunicated himself or herself. All Church officials did was to warn them before the act, and inform them after the act.
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Local golf column: Collier County wins fifth straight My Shower Door Challenge Cup
NAPLES - Collier County made it 5-for-5 in the My Shower Door Challenge Cup on Saturday at The Club at Renaissance in Fort Myers.
Collier defeated Lee County's 12 club professionals, 42.5-29.5.
"I think we have more depth than they do," said LaPlaya's Scott Richardson, who was the Collier team captain. "A couple of their top players beat a couple of our top players."
After the morning alternate shot, the two teams were tied with nine points apiece in the Ryder Cup-style format. But Collier dominated the rest of the way, winning better ball, 12-6, and singles, 21.5-14.5.
"It was a lot of fun," Richardson said. "Obviously there were a lot of good matches. ... I thought the guys on our team played really well."
Justin Bertsch of Hideout and John Lee of Imperial led Collier with 7 1/2 points each (teams or players earned one point for winning the front nine, one for the back nine, and one for overall score). Larry Gantzer of Grey Oaks, Dennis Meyer of Dennis Meyer's Golf Schools, and John Calabria of Fiddler's Creek all had seven apiece.
Jay Westerlund, who was the Lee co-captain along with David Kent, led all players with 8 1/2 points. Westerlund and Kent got some revenge on Richardson, who had beaten them last year. The two beat Richardson and Durland, 2.5-0.5, in better ball, and each won 3-0 in singles.
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Collier County 42.5, Lee 29.5
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Jay Westerlund/Chris Phillips (L) d. Dan Heaslip/Jordan Burke, 3-0; Dennis Meyer/Mark Durland (C) d. Ric Nalyd/Jon Pazdera, 3-0; Mike Dopslaff/Adam DeArmond (L) d. Jared Blocker/Doug Reed, 2.5-0.5; Mark Doss/Aaron Sustad (L) vs. John Calabria/Scott Richardson, halved; Justin Bertsch/Larry Gantzer (C) d. David Kent/Nathan Groce, 2-1; Gary Baker/John Lee (C) d. Joe Allinder/Mike Spetsios, 2-1. Lee 9, Collier 9.
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Blocker/Gantzer (C) d. Nalyd/Spetsios, 2.5-0.5; Pazdera/Dopslaff (L) d. Reed/Baker, 2-1; Bertsch/Burke (C) d. Sustad/Groce, 2.5-0.5; Lee/Calabria (C) d. Allinder/Doss, 3-0; Meyer/Heaslip (C) d. Phillips/DeArmond, 2.5-0.5; Kent/Westerlund (L) d. Richardson-Durland, 2.5-0.5. Collier 12, Lee 6.
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Gantzer (C) d. Nalyd 2.5-0.5; Blocker (C) d. Spetsios, 3-0; Reed (C) d. Pazdera, 2.5-0.5; Dopslaff (L) d. Baker, 3-0; Sustad (L) d. Burke, 2.5-0.5; Bertsch (C) d. Groce, 3-0; Lee (C) d. Allinder, 2.5-0.5; Calabria (C) d. Doss, 3-0; Phillips (L) vs. Meyer, halved; Heaslip (C) d. DeArmond, 3-0; Kent (L) d. Durland, 3-0; Westerlund (L) d. Richardson, 3-0. Collier 21.5, Lee 14.5.
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Info: Afterschool programs — Elementary, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Mondays; Middle school, 4:30 to 6 p.m., Wednesdays. Cost, $190 for four-week session. Call 593-1111.
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Gulfcoast Amateur Association of Florida
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Southwest Amateur Series
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Valencia Leagues
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■ APEX Golf — State-of-the-art training studio combining the skills of a golf pro and a physical therapist to improve the body and golf swing. The studio has a high-definition golf simulator, a K-Vest golf swing analyzer, video, and strength and flexibility testing software. APEX offers a free 30-minute analysis of the body and swing. Call 337-2739.
■ Mike Dopslaff Instruction — PGA professional Mike Dopslaff, a four-time Southwest Florida PGA Player of the Year, provides instruction. Individual, group lessons at Stoneybrook Golf Club and Eastwood Golf Club. Call 994-3442, or email@example.com.
■ Rodney Bungartz Lessons — The Arrowhead instructor has released his schedule for June. Summer junior clinic: 9 to 10 a.m., Wednesdays, $13 per student per session, age 6 and up. June 13, 20, 27; Get Golf Ready: Starts June 18, Mondays 8:45 to 10 a.m. Mondays; $99 for six 75-minute sessions. Call 348-5929.
■ Jon Butler Golf at West Bay Beach and Golf Club — Offering 2 and 4 day Golf schools, short game schools, clinics, private lessons and on-course playing lessons. Call 239-821-8447, email@example.com, www.jonbutlergolf.com
■ Mike Calbot International Golf Studio & Triad Golf Schools — At Old Corkscrew Golf Club in Estero. Full and half-day schools are offered. Instructional packages are one, two or three days. All instruction is by appointment only. Private instruction and playing lessons also available. Thirty-five years of instructional experience. Call 482-0900 or visit www.golfdoctorusa.com.
■ John Carroll Lessons — Former Club Pelican Bay professional John Carroll is at Talis Park Golf Club in North Naples. Carroll was at Pelican Bay for 29 years. He is available for instruction Tuesdays through Saturdays. To make an appointment, call 597-3561 or 860-8470.
■ Dennis Clark Lessons — Clark, a PGA Master Professional and Advanced Certified Instructor, is directing the Golf Academy at The Marco Island Marriott Resort. Clark is a seven-time PGA award winner, and features Trackman Golf radar Solutions as well as V-1 video analysis. Clark has private lessons, a half-day workshop, and full-weekend schools. Contact 642-2747 or email@example.com.
■ Concierge Service of Naples — An off-site service free of charge to the customer. The service can make tee times year-round at private country clubs in Southwest Florida up to 60 days in advance. The fee is the normal guest rate, and golfers are not required to play with a member. Call 285-7457.
■ Coral Isle Golf Center — The teaching center on Collier Boulevard on the way to Marco Island has a weekly clinic schedule — Tuesdays, ladies; Thursdays, men; Saturdays, mixed. There is a short-game class Fridays, with advanced sign-up required. All start at 10 a.m. Call 732-6900.
■ The Golf Institute — Club fitting program includes evaluation based on series of tests, including frequency check and lie and loft angle. Putting evaluations also are available. Call 643-5895.
■ Phil Grear instruction — Forest Glen's Phil Grear is offering the Get Golf Ready program sponsored by the World Golf Foundation. Sessions Tuesday through Friday, 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. Each weekly program is $99 per person. Call 354-1898 or 595-1120.
■ Kim Hilbert Lessons — Windstar on Naples Bay assistant pro Hilbert earned honorable mention as a U.S. Kids Golf Top Kids Teacher. Hilbert is an LPGA teaching professional, and also teaches at Able's Golf Facility in Dublin, Ohio. Hilbert offers numerous youth programs, including multi-day schools, camps, clinics, private lessons, tournament coaching, and afterschool golf programs. Her programs can be found at www.teachingu2golf.com.
■ John Jacobs Golf School — at Lely Resort. Staffed by local PGA and LPGA professionals. School offers 5-day week and 2-day weekend sessions, plus corporate days and private instruction. Discounted rates for junior golfers. For more information, call 1-800-472-5007 or visit www.jacobsgolf.com.
■ KISS Golf For Women Golf Schools — At Royal Poinciana Country Club. LPGA teaching professionals Lorie McCabe and her staff offer two- and three-day golf schools for women. Private instruction also is available. Call 1-888-451-KISS or 354-3633. The school's Web site is www.kissgolfforwomen.com.
■ David Leadbetter Golf Academy — At LaPlaya Beach & Golf Club. Leadbetter is a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher. Academy programs include three-day golf schools and players' schools, and a one-day mini-school. Private instruction and playing lessons also are available. Call 592-1444.
■ Jim Mapother instruction — Call 431-5315 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
■ Mediterra Golf School — Clinic on Friday, March 16 with stack-and-tilt method teachers Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett. The clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and costs $550, which includes lunch in the clubhouse, and will be limited to 10 students; Contact director of instruction Adam Bazalgette at email@example.com or go to www.adambgolf.com.
■ Dennis Meyer's Golf School — at Quality Inn Suites & Golf Resort in Golden Gate offers two-, three- , and four-day schools. Playing lessons included in full-day golf schools. Half-day options are available as well. Private lessons available. Call 1-800-445-4554 or 267-4652.
■ Naples Golf Academy — Located at the Hibiscus Golf Club. Lauri Travers leads a team of instructors that offers private lessons, golf schools, clinics and playing lessons. Specialty programs geared toward women and beginner golfers are available year-round. Visit us at LearningGolf.com or call 239-732-9944 for more information.
■ Naples Grande Golf Schools — Contact Durland at 784-2208 or email@example.com.
■ Tom Patri Golf School — Tom Patri in New York from May-December. At The Quarry from Dec. 1 through April 15. Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher in America. South Florida Teacher of the Year. Met (NY) PGA Teacher of the Year. Available to all skill levels, and juniors. Private instruction by the hour, half and full day sessions also. Short game specialist. Visit www.tompatri.com, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 239-404-7790.
■ Bob Prange Lessons — Estero Country Club at The Vines is the winter home of Prange, who is a teaching professional at The Bridgewater Club in Carmel, Ind. Prange previously has been a head instructor, staff member and golf school coordinator for John Jacobs Golf Schools. He has been 2004 Teacher of the Year in the Indiana PGA Section, and a Top PGA Instructor by Golf Digest and Golf Magazine. Call 267-7003 for appointments and schedules.
■ Rick Smith Golf Academy — New location at the Raptor Bay Golf Club in Bonita Springs. Offering weekly clinics for adults, Mondays and Saturdays from 11 a.m.-noon, and juniors on Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m. Clinics have a 6:1 student-to-teacher ratio. Call 390-4610 for more information and to sign up.
■ TOURAcademy Tiburon — 593-2200 for more information.
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Rodriguez is currently on the shelf with a quad injury, but he's repeatedly said he's healthy enough to return to action for the Yankees. The Yankees are apparently ready to let him prove it in Trenton, but the pending MLB ruling on Rodriguez's involvement in the Biogenesis investigation could potentially put a halt to that.
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I can't express enough gratitude for the exceptional service I have gotten at Sea Wave. I went to them for my fiance's engagement ring and came back for her wedding band. Never before have I dealt with such a professional and helpful staff, with incredible industry expertise, who put such a priority on customer service. They have the best stones, are willing to work with you on any budget, and will do everything in their power to make sure the job is done right, even if it is a custom ring with the most intricate designs. The biggest difference is that the staff at Sea Wave puts such a focus on you, and helping you find the perfect piece of jewelry, that they don't have to "sell" you anything. The service and the quality of their craftsmanship speaks for itself. We won't shop for jewelry anywhere else! Thank you Mike for your exceptional work!
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About this place. From the beginning the two men behind the counter, Mike and Alex, were able to clearly show and explain the differences between good and bad diamonds, provide a diamond which met my specifications, and create the ring within a short time frame. There was never any pressure to buy, and I was able to ask questions and make decisions at my own pace (no rush tactics that are so commonly used elsewhere in the diamond district). If you are in the market for a diamond make sure to stop by.
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We were recommended Sea Wave by friends who had bought rings there before. Mike and his team are great at listening to you and showing different types of rings. So very professional and they did everything they could to please us and find the perfect ring. I love my ring!!I had an accident where one of the diamonds fell off, but there were no problems or fuss getting it fixed. Quick and good service! I was so pleased with Sea Wave Diamonds so my mom had her diamond ring specially made to fit another ring. She gets compliments of how beautiful is and she is very happy!Great place to get beautiful rings!!
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It's a puff piece with no facts to back it up but I appreciate your intelligent opposition to my articles. Keep it up. Have a great Labor Day.
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a great night and week ahead as well as life. Once again, don't buy into their BS! Also, I thought I'd share this with you. A video I took of a rainbow about three years ago. I never uploaded it until now. Hope you enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKd8Xq1pMw Feel free to pass it on to others on Facebook or Twitter or where ever else.
Don't bother to believe CNN, ABC, Fox, Bloomberg, Huffington Post, CBS or any of them. They're full of BS just like the government has been the last 30 plus years under Democrats or Republicans alike and they don't work for us the people. As far as things getting better, we'll see what happens by Tuesday. I've got to find a job tomorrow or Tuesday otherwise I'll most likely be losing my storage unit, and I won't have a bus pass so it'll be walking everywhere, and employers don't bother with people who smell, look bad, haven't showered, etc. You have no idea what the homeless life is like unless you live it and it's worse for some of us than it is for others. I'm pawning what I can late tomorrow, so you might no even hear from me or see me post any more. I'll get rid of the laptop along with what ever else I can. It's not what I want to do, but just to survive for now I will. After this, I don't know how life will be, but it's sure not worth living in it any longer. You take care, have
Oh, and good going on all those points and consecutive days. Being homeless and poor and underemployed through the last decade hasn't helped me in getting on here at times to say the least.
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Saw your post at dalfo's, and I've gotta say, I can't find any moderate Democrats and I haven't found moderate Republicans either, though I wouldn't consider them conservative either especially in the fiscal sense of things. Neither side can balance a budget and they're in it for as much as they can get for themselves and out of our pockets. They're friends away from the scenes, just like they were back in the 1960's to the 1990's, go out drinking and partying together, etc. It's all a show nowadays, a dog and pony show.


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Windjammer 210 Luxury Beach Front, Elevator, HDTV in Crescent Beach
- bedrooms 2
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- sleeps 6
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- pets allowed no
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Enjoy sunrise and sunset views from our ocean front condo at Windjammer 210! The Atlantic stretches out before you to the east, the Intracoastal Waterway to the west, and nothing in between but a luxuriously appointed condo to enjoy all vacation long! The oceanfront patio spans the length of our condo, with access from both the living room and the master bedroom. This is a great place to spend any time of day or night, with its sweeping views of the shoreline and rhythmic murmur of the surf. Bring your smartphone out here to update your Facebook status (you have free WIFI at Windjammer 210), your beach novel to while away a blissful hour, and a cool drink to begin happy hour. It's ideal for bird watching by day, stargazing by night, and enjoying al fresco meals at all hours. The west-facing deck is smaller, an intimate glimpse of the quieter waters of the Intracoastal. Here you can watch the dock, see what the kids are up to in the condo swimming pool, and enjoy the sight of watercraft gliding past. The sunset is spectacular each evening! Guests are welcome to fish or take walks on the dock Inside the condo, the living and dining areas are open, so that there are views of the ocean no matter where you are. Sink into the pleasant white wicker couches, put your favorite movie into the DVD player, and relax in air-conditioned comfort after a busy day at the beach or in St. Augustine. The dining room table is elegant and formal, beneath a lovely chandelier. There's plenty of room for your whole group, whether you're enjoying a homemade feast or playing cards long into the evening. Comfortably cushioned, the dining room chairs are designed for those long reminisces that begin over dinner and continue for hours! And speaking of homemade feasts, the kitchen at Windjammer 210 is a pleasure to work in, whether you're a foodie or allergic to cooking on vacation. This galley-style room offers a side-by-side fridge and freezer with ice and water in the door, a full-sized range, microwave, coffeemaker, dishwasher, and plenty of counter space. But the best part is that even when you're in the kitchen, a single glance is all you need to remind yourself of the sparkling ocean outside your door! For your convenience, we also have a washer and dryer, and we provide all the linens, blankets, pillows, and towels you need for every bed and bath at Windjammer 210 (even the sleeper sofa in the living room!). Don't worry about running short of anything -- just toss your beach toys in the suitcase and come on over! Everyone will sleep well at Windjammer 210, thanks to our quiet, spacious, well appointed bedrooms. The master suite is particularly deluxe, with a queen-sized bed, HDTV, and sliding-glass door access to the balcony. You can see the ocean from your bed here, and it's a lovely place to begin and end each day! The en-suite bath in the master contains a Jacuzzi tub and a walk-in shower. Nothing feels better after a long day of sightseeing in the Old City than a bubbly massage in the privacy of your own suite! Bring a candle and a book and make an evening of it! The second bedroom is ultra-comfortable as well, with 2 twin beds, a big window, and plenty of closet and floor space. The cool blue walls are so restful, the room is so quiet -- you're assured of a good night's sleep here! You'll have a great time at the Windjammer condo complex. There's an oceanfront pool here, tennis courts, and private access to the beach. Divide your time between the Atlantic, the Intracoastal, and all the sights of the St. Augustine area. So much to see -- and such a great place to see it from! Make your reservation today.
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Mar 1, 2013-May 31, 2013 n/a $806-$1,295 $2,661
Jun 1, 2013-Aug 31, 2013 $282 $911-$1,695 $3,903-$5,000
Sep 1, 2013-Nov 30, 2013 n/a $526-$995 $2,250-$2,500
Dec 1, 2013-Feb 28, 2014 n/a $562-$1,495 $2,039-$3,395
Mar 1, 2014-May 31, 2014 $216 $766-$1,295 $2,706-$5,147
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Wouldn't you love to find an easy bread recipe? Well here is a recipe that involves such simple baking it is called Lazy Woman Bread. With this recipe from Kids Activities Blog, you can enjoy freshly baked bread any time.
Easy Bread Recipe
This is a time saver for those of you who are bread snobs and want your bread fresh out of the oven but don't have the time or energy to mix, rise, punch, rise, bake, etc. on a daily basis.
You will need a 10qt/2.5 gal food safe container to keep your dough in (you can half the recipe and use a smaller container).
Here are the ingredients (mix with dough hook in order listed):
- 6 cups warm water
- 1/2 c oil
- 2 T olive oil
- 1/4 c sugar
- 1/4c yeast
- 1/4 c powdered milk
- 6-8c white flour
- 4-6c fun grains (rye, potato flakes, oatmeal, flaxseed, red wheat, graham, whatever)
- 1 T salt
Simple Baking
Mix well, it will be a bit wet looking for a bread dough. Dump into a 10q food safe tub. Let it sit on the counter for an hour or two until it rises nearly to the lid. Then refrigerate. Take dough out as needed to bake – it will keep for over a week.
I usually let the bread sit for about twenty min before baking to reactivate the yeast. Also, for a crusty taste, bake it simultaneously with a pot of water in the oven. It is really the lazy woman's bread!
PS - If you want more of the fun grains you can replace white with more graham flour or add a T of gluten… or enjoy eating a flatter loaf.
This easy bread recipe also goes well with some of our other What is for dinner? family dinner solutions:
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11:50am Thursday 17th January 2013 in Business Daily
A NUMBER of jobs have been created after a training and recruitment firm opened a new centre in Redditch.
Nova Training, which delivers apprenticeship programmes to adults and young people, has moved into a former warehouse on Clive Road near Enfield.
The new centre includes classrooms with IT and plasma screen TVs as well as a motor vehicle workshop.
Director David Bucknall said the move would create 10 to 12 new jobs in addition to an existing workforce of 150 across the West Midlands.
He said: "We have already recruited five staff. Additional staff will be taken on as the provision develops.
"Building works have been completed, staff have been working in the local community and we are in the process of welcoming our first learners."
Ben Truslove, from property agents John Truslove, which helped with the move, said: "Their expansion is another boost for Redditch – every job created is so important given on-going unemployment figures."
For information, visit novatraining.co.uk or call 01527 591048.
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CATEGORIES MoviesJames Cameron is currently planning "Avatar 2" and "Avatar 3," but don't expect to see them anytime soon. When Entertainment Weekly first spoke with Cameron at the beginning of 2011, the director said he wanted to release the sequels on Christmas Day in 2014 and 2015, respectively -- two dates that are certainly not around the corner. According to the film's producer Jon Landau, though, "Avatar 2" won't be ready for another four years. Meaning 2016.
Landau told the news to Bleeding Cool, at a screening for Cameron's other blockbuster film, "Titanic 3D" (which is hitting theaters this April). The tentative 2016 release means that all the blue paint you've been hoarding for your Na'avi costume for opening night of "Avatar 2" will have to sit there just a little longer.
While plot details for the sequel are still sketchy at best, Cameron has dropped some hints. As he told ABC's Nightline back in October, "We will see the oceans of Pandora [in the sequels] ... which we haven't seen at all, and that's an ecosystem that I'm dying to start designing because its going to look spectacular ... All that sort of the perk package of the first movie is still going to be there. And the themes will be there and be played out in a way that I think people can accept."
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By Steven Suskin
08 Oct 2013
|Photo by Joseph Marzullo
Composer Kurt Weill enjoyed his biggest and most lucrative successes — artistically and commercially — during the early years of World War II, when he wrote two consecutive Broadway hits. Lady in the Dark, a 1941 vehicle built around Gertrude Lawrence, mixed psychoanalysis with spectacle and ran for over a year (which was as long as Lawrence wished to play it). The 1943 One Touch of Venus did even better. A fast and raucous musical comedy, it ran 16 months and made a star out of Mary Martin.
Venus enjoyed a dazzling revival as part of the third season of the City Center Encores! series back in 1996, but hasn't been heard from locally since. That production resulted in a recording from Jay Records, which for various reasons went unreleased and unfinished until yesterday — the 70th anniversary of the original Broadway opening night. To mark the anniversary and the CD release, the Kurt Weill Foundation produced Kurt Weill on Broadway, a one-performance concert at Symphony Space.
Venus was the featured score, with the first act presenting eleven songs from that show. Melissa Errico, whose highly publicized vocal problems in March caused her to withdraw midway through the run of the CSC production of Stephen Sondheim's Passion, returned to the role that catapulted her to leading lady status. Errico's voice seems to have recovered, although her Venus was not quite so sprightly as it was 17 years ago. She made a point of telling the audience, though, that she was wearing the same dress (after having "three kids").
The Venus section offered a chance to hear a large portion of the score, which includes one standard, "Speak Low"; two songs that were fairly popular in their day, "Foolish Heart" and "That's Him"; and assorted delights, headed by the lively title song. Light versifier Ogden Nash wrote the word-happy lyrics, many of which provoked laughter. As a surprise, Ted Chapin, the genial host and narrator of the evening, spotlighted the show's featured dancer, Sono Osato, sitting in the first row. Now 94 years old, Osato left the show after a year to create the role of Ivy Smith (Miss Turnstiles) in the Bernstein-Comden-Green-Robbins musical On the Town. A fascinating film clip shown during the Venus Overture — actually the Entr'acte — includes backstage footage, offering glimpses of Osato with Mary Martin in one of the show's Agnes de Mille ballets.
Things were somewhat slower but musically richer in the second half, when they turned their attention to other Weill musicals. All told, six of Weill's eight American musicals were represented; there were also selections from two of his earlier German scores. Among the vocal highlights were "This Is New" from Lady in the Dark, sung by Douglas Carpenter; "What Good Would the Moon Be?" and "Lonely House" from Street Scene, sung (respectively) by Analisa Leaming and Jacob Watson; "September Song" from Knickerbocker Holiday, sung by Raines; and the "Army Song" from The Threepenny Opera, sung by Cooper Grodin and Zachary James. Not the least of the evening's attractions was the opportunity to hear the original orchestrations, almost exclusively by Weill.
The long-awaited two-disc One Touch of Venus studio cast recording is now available for download, with the actual CD scheduled for later this fall.


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What have you learned from your autistic child? Are you slower to judge? More patient? Or have you learned something about yourself or the world?
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Bill Stillman's book, Autism and the God Connection, has received a good deal of interest from About.com readers. Many felt that Bill's approach to autism and spirituality struck a note with their own experience. Here, Bill answers questions about his ideas and his writing.
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Bostitch GBT1850K 18 Gauge Cordless Straight Finish Nailer
Bostitch GBT1850K 5/8" to 2" 18 Gauge Cordless Straight Finish Nailer
- Weighs in at only 4lbs., perfect for overhead and far reach nailing projects
- In-line battery design offers superior balance and control and helps reduce user fatigue
- Precision depth control allows you to accurately set the depth of each fastener for a perfect finish
- The best choice when you need to fasten delicate pieces securely without damage or splitting
- Tool free jam clearing gets you back up and running quickly in the event of a misfire
- Ergonomic over molded grip fits any hand like a glove and keeps you comfortable even after a full day of use
- Integrated storage hook allows you to hang the tool securely when not in use
Get all the power and reliability of a pneumatic tool without the constraints of an air hose and compressor with the Bostitch GBT1850K 18 Gauge Cordless Straight Finish Nailer. This nailer is designed to fasten delicate finish pieces and small stock without the need for pre-drilling, and the 18 gauge finish nails will reduce splitting and hold your pieces firmly in place. The high capacity magazine hold up to 100 fasteners at a time, so you can keep working longer and reloading less, and the lightweight and compact design will allow you to get into tight spots and around corners easily. If you're one of those people that use a nailer for long periods of time, you'll also appreciate the comfortable over molded grip that will reduce cramping and fatigue dramatically. Free yourself from the constraints of an air compressor set up and experience the true mobility of a Bostitch GBT1850K 18 Gauge Cordless Straight Finish Nailer.
The GBT1850K includes:
- One (1) Bosch 18-Gauge Cordless Gas Brad Nailer
- One (1) 3.6V Battery
- One (1) Battery Wall Charger
- One (1) Battery Car Charger
- One (1) Carry Case
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- Height: 11-1/8-in
- Length: 10-5/8-in
- Width: 3-3/8-in
- Weight: 4 lbs.
- Fastener Length: 5/8-in - 2-in
- Trigger Type: Sequential
- Magazine Capacity: 100 Nails
- Battery Type: Lithium-Ion
- Charging Time: 1 Hour
- Voltage: 3.6V
- Shot Capacity: 1,200
- Trip Style: Front
- Nail Lockout: Yes
- Depth of Drive: Yes
- Grip Type: Over-Molded
- Belt Clip: Reversible
Overall Rating for Bostitch GBT1850K 18 Gauge Cordless Straight Finish Nailer
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By Luke from Montreal, Qc Canada on April 10, 2012
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By Carey Purcell
07 Jun 2013
Jen Lau: best backstage crew [make-up artists, stage hands, dressers, etc.] they are also unsung heroes that ensure the actors are able to perform at their best.
We see the magic onstage, but what about the people who create it, behind the curtain? An award to recognize the behind-the-scenes team was another popular suggestion.
mecheeze: Best orchestra. The pit doesn't get enough credit!
Showing even more love for the music on Broadway, this was a popular suggestion as well.
Vicki Boston: How about BEST SONG? Yes BEST SCORE IS great. But BEST SONG too.
jhbonline: best original song
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A Great Pair of Bookshelf Speakers
Pioneer is known for many things in the home theater and A/V world: a substantial and well respected line of receivers, one of the best HDTVs ever made…laser discs. Affordable bookshelf speakers have never really made the list though. If the BS41s are any indication, that may be changing very soon.
These budget-minded speakers are some serious giant killers according to a number of well respected reviewers and people who own them. And if you want a fantastic pair of two-ways that perform as well as speakers costing 3-4 times as much, our research says these are the ones to get.
Designed by legendary audio engineer Andrew Jones–the same guy who came up with the TAD Reference One loudspeaker ($70,000/pair)–these more modestly priced $150 speakers still have many of the high-end details. These includes things like radio frequency bonded, curved cabinets, improved multi-component crossovers, and gold-plated five-way binding posts.
Stereophile's Robert Reina was floored by their performance, saying that both the quantity and the quality of the Pioneer's bass reproduction was excellent. "One would expect the sound of a $149.99/pair bookshelf model to include some serious compromises and tradeoffs," he says, "but within its size limitations, the Pioneer SP-BS41-LR has none."
In his review, Reina compared the BS41s to a number of other well known entry-level benchmark bookshelves, including the Paradigm Atom v.6 ($250/pair) and the Wharfedale Diamond 10.1 ($350/pair). According to Reina, the Pioneer bested the more expensive Paradigm in nearly all ways (with a richer, more detailed midrange and cleaner, more extended highs). In fact, the BS41s came very close to matching Wharfedale Diamond 10.1, generally considered to be the reigning king of affordable loudspeakers.
According to Home Theater's Mark Fleischmann, "[the SP-BS41s] are well-rounded performers that are easy to listen to and, with the right content, deeply involving." He goes on to say that they're as good for music as they are for movies. "They amazed me," Fleischmann says. "If you want great sound for as little money as possible, this is the hottest ticket in town."
The story is pretty much the same on Amazon, with uniform 5-star reviews. Even other well-respected bookshelf speakers, like Polk's TSi200 and RTI A1 don't come close to matching the value and performance you get in the BS41s. Best of all, they also happen to be a great foundation for a 5.1 or even 7.1 system should you decide you want to go that way. Pioneer actually sells an entire 5.1 system, the $400 SP-PK21BS, but it now includes the smaller BS21s bookshelves instead of the BS41s. For what it's worth, Cnet's Steve Guttenberg and Matthew Moskovciak both say the latter is one of the best systems they've ever heard at that price range.
In the end, there's really no limit to what you can pay for a pair of speakers. But for a combination of jaw-dropping performance and a wallet-friendly price, there's really just no rivaling these Pioneers at the moment. The BS41s truly are a diamond in the rough and a amazing value.
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Amazon, AmazonAmazon, 4.5/5 stars (9 reviews), Accessed 2/15/2012, Worth noting the one 2 star review was over some return beef between the seller and buyer. Everything else is 5 stars. "I'm gushing over the sound. There is no way I expected these to sound this good. Stereophile reviewed these twice this year. One conclusion was that the test results were on par with speakers that cost $1,000 a pair."
Stereophile, StereophileRobert J. Reina, Stereophile, September 9 2011, "Before the SP-BS41-LRs appeared in my house, I'd never heard so inexpensive a loudspeaker reproduce complex high-frequency transients with such realism."
Home Theater, Home Theater,Mark Fleischmann, Home Theater, June 9, 2011, "While this modestly priced Pioneer SP-BS41-LR speaker system hasn't altogether abolished the immutable truth of price-to-performance ratio, it has bent, massaged, and finessed it to the extent humanly possible."
Stereophile, Stereophile,Stephen Mejias, Stereophile, "Favorite budget components of 2011," "This is a serious loudspeaker, designed by a serious engineer, offered at a seriously affordable price, capable of opening the hi-fi hobby to a new world of listeners."


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These plain pillow covers get all dressed up with no-sew fabric and felt appliques. We used fusible web -- a craft material that bonds fabrics together when heated with an iron -- to adhere coral-hued leaf forms to a plain box pillow. First, iron a piece of fabric to a sheet of fusible web (following the manufacturer's instructions), which will make the material stiff and easy to cut. Trace your chosen shape onto the fabric and cut it out. Using an iron, fuse the shape onto the unstuffed pillow cover; repeat the process as many times as you like. To gussy up the avocado-green silk cover, we added a sprinkling of white felt flowers. Start by cutting out identical blossom shapes in graduated sizes and arranging them on the unstuffed pillow cover. Glue each down in the center with fabric glue, leaving the "petals" unglued at the ends. Small blossoms can be layered atop the larger flower shapes for a fuller look.
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Yesterday afternoon we reached our second camp site, Agua Azul or Blue Water. To get there we hiked about six miles along the beautiful Colorado Valley. We camped on an ancient Tupungatito lava flow and had our first glimpse of our route up to the drill site for this season. Agua Azul gets its name from a nearby glacial stream which provides us with readily and easily obtainable water. At future camp sites, snow will have to be melted for drinking water. Yesterday, we gained about 3,000 feet and our current altitude is approximately 10,330 feet. We plan to stay at Aqua Azul for 3-5 days acclimatizing and preparing equipment. Our next camp site will be at roughly 13,780 feet. It is crucial that we take our time ascending the mountain, assessing each member's health as we climb.
We could not have gotten our supplies and equipment this far up the valley without the help of the Arrieros (Chilean cowboys) and their eight horses and 28 mules. In addition to transporting our gear, the Arrieros help us cross the Azufre River. In the past, we have been given a horse or mule with which to cross. This year, however, the water levels were low enough for us to wade or jump across. Unfortunately, despite the low river level, one of the mules slipped and fell in. The mule was completely unhurt and just got a little wet, as did our supplies. The low level of the river is likely the result of an unusually dry year. With the exception of the heavy rain that blocked one of the mountain roads at the beginning of our
expedition it has hardly rained at all this year. Earlier today the Arrieros returned to our first camp site to gather our remaining gear. It´s incredible to think that on average each of the pack animals is carrying about 100 pounds.
A view of Tupungatito this morning revealed the slopes covered in snow. The snow may or may not remain in a day or so, but it is a reminder that we may encounter very deep snow on the glacier. Tomorrow the Arrieros will arrive with the disassembled snowmobile. If there is heavy snow on the glacier, the transportation of the snowmobile will have been well worth the effort. The snowmobile could reduce the expedition time on the glacier by 10-14 days. In the next couple of days the Arrieros will also ride up and assess the snow conditions on Tupungatito´s slopes and in the crater. The Arrieros' horses and mules are strong enough to blaze a trail through thick snow to last year's camp and storage site on the edge of the glacier at roughly 18,270 feet. Duing the past couple of years that we have worked with Arrieros we are continually impressed by their resourcefulness in the mountains.
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The Pneumatic Diaphragm Pump was developed for use in laboratory applications, with the ability to handle a maximum delivery volume of 250 lph. The delivery volume is able to be adjusted just by changing the air flow. The pumps are equipped with spring-loaded valves and can be installed in any position, according to the manufacturer. The pump's housing is constructed of solid PTFE conductive making it corrosion-resistant, while its conductivity permits use of the pump in explosion-hazard areas and with inflammable liquids. The pump meets all ATEX requirements for the directive 94/9/EG. Additional features include submersible operation; dry-lift capabilities; proof against overloading and dry-running; the manufacturer's patented maintenance-free air-control system without a dead center; PTFE diaphragms; gentle liquid displacement; acceptable use in unattended continuous tests; the ability to pull samples from wells up to 50 meters; and optional connection kits for laboratory and sample pulling.


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Nut Kreations is your source for exotic nuts, healthy gifts and snacks, and exotic dried fruits. We specialize in one-of-a-kind natural snacks like Coconut Cinnamon Macadamia Nuts, Green Tea Vanilla Chai Almonds, Tequila Pistachios and Thai Curry Cashews. We source and roast only the freshest nuts to bring you the best exotic nuts and natural snacks to excite your taste buds and celebrate good health. Create your own custom fresh roasted and seasoned trail mix, granola mix or gourmet gift. Our "nut creations" make perfect party favors or gift packages!
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Baltic Porter - The Kernel Brewery
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Ratings: 3 | Reviews: 3 | Display Reviews Only:
United Kingdom (England)
3.9/5 rDev -2%
Purchased at the Kernel Brewery in London recently; bottle-conditioned in a 500ml brown bottle, BB 01/03/2012, served cool in a straight imperial pint glass.
A: pours a very dark brown body with noticeable ruby glows when seen against light, topped with a thick, well-lasting frothy light-tan head; carbonation remains light as far as my eyes can manage.
S: the aroma is pleasantly roasted & lightly chocolaty, mildly sour-fruity, with a touch of mashed red beans and yeastiness in the form of must... quite subdued overall but still reminiscent of a porter due to the edge of sourness. A good swirl brings out more chocolaty elements, plus vanilla, sticky sugar/caramel and a touch of Goldings-like citric fruitiness.
T: mildly effervescent, the foretaste is pleasantly sour-fruity, semi-chocolaty and interestingly chilli-ish spicy(?!) as well; the light-bodied mid-taste carries on with the bitter chocolaty & roasty theme, echoed by a rich palate of deep roastiness or charred wood. The aftertaste comes rather light on the palate, laced with good hop undertones joined forces by more chocolaty aroma, lingering spicy/herbal bitterness and a different type of bitterness from roasted malts. To my liking, besides being a little yeasty, it's also pretty chewy and semi-dry in the end, not sweet or sour at all, and certainly not alcoholic.
M&D: the carbonation all in all is very well tuned, soft but still refreshing, while the body comes pretty light for a 7.3%abv. strong dark ale. Regardless of the style, I find it rather enjoyable due to the unexpected flavour profile and a dry/bitter finish. A very easy-drinking strong porter this is.
12-18-2010 21:18:58 | More by wl0307
3.85/5 rDev -3.3%
The colour is a pleasant dark brown with off-white minimal creamy head.
Smell is sweet but some herbal fresh hoppiness to balance.
The sweet is similar with chocolsate maltiness on the pleasant side.
Mouthfeel is good but something is missing...
Will revisit soon
09-26-2010 19:36:04 | More by DerBayer
United Kingdom (England)
4.18/5 rDev +5%
Black pour with light coming in around the edges when held up. dense, creamy, root beer head that pops up in the center and has lasted until the very end and left some great lacing.
Smells a bit of chocolate but mostly of roasty malts with a bit of coffee as well. The taste is much of the same but more pronounced than the aroma would have indicated. More coffee towards the end and a hint of vanilla throughout. Very robust and EXTREMELY smooth, absolutely perfect carbonation. Roasted coffee slightly bitter flavors towards the end but nothing that lasts and left the palate surprisingly clean. Such a nice beer and the best I have had from this fairly new London Brewery.
08-14-2010 19:55:15 | More by thepeter
Baltic Porter from The Kernel Brewery
- out of 100 based on 3 ratings.