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4/30/03 - Religious Groups Launch FM Translator Invasion [link to this story]
The FCC has received a deluge of applications for new FM translator stations. Figures released today indicate a total of 13,306 applications were filed for new translator stations during a filing window in March.
This is an unprecedented demand for new translator stations, and it represents a real threat to the expansion of the fledgling LPFM service. While the FCC expects to license only a few hundred new 100-watt community stations from the first batch of applicants, longer-term plans call for future LPFM license filing windows.
As there are only a finite number of open channels available, it appears that this mass filing is designed to snap up the vast majority of open frequencies nationwide where translator or LPFM stations might be sited. If the plan were to succeed, it would be as if someone slammed the door on any LPFM expansion - the FM dial would be jammed with translator stations.
There is definitely a "someone" behind this invasion; actually, there's more than one. The preliminary analysis from hardcore FCC-watchers indicates that the bulk of the applications have come from religious broadcasting networks, who have already abused the FM translator system to build national chains of automated gospel repeaters. These same networks also hold a significant number of the new LPFM licenses as well.
There will most likely be a response from the small (but spunky and growing) LPFM community over this blatant spectrum land grab - in many ways a more nefarious attack on access to the airwaves than the National Association of Broadcasters/National Public Radio's undermining of LPFM ever was.
4/29/03 - Madonna's File Share Screed Rebounds [link to this story]
On the collage beat, Madonna is getting whupped pretty nicely.
Seems about a week or so ago, Warner Music Group (corporate parent of Madonna's Maverick Records) uploaded dummy "preview" versions of songs from her new album onto several popular music file sharing services. But instead of hearing the songs themselves, listeners got a tongue-lashing from pop music's queen mother for participating in music piracy: "What the f*ck do you think you're doing," says Madonna (the rest of the dummy MP3 is silent).
What began as Madonna's wry attempt to humiliate file sharers has since turned into a creative catalyst for several audio artists, who have remixed the quip as a reverse zinger. Warner Music might get some publicity mileage out of the sonic counterattack for Madonna's new album, but methinks those most interested in the remix project aren't big Madonna fans to begin with.
More locally, our Political Translations gallery is going through another significant update, mostly focused in the (you guessed it) GW Bush section (the man's words are a bountiful well). A full version of Ronald & Nancy Reagan's "Just Say Yes" speech has also been located, with a companion link to the source video(!) from which it came.
4/25/03 - Introducing Amendment One [link to this story]
Don Schellhardt, the attorney extraordinaire who co-wrote the first LPFM petition and has been coordinating the resistance campaign against IBOC digital audio broadcasting, is hankering for some writing experience. He's now writing a monthly column called Amendment One, featuring various pontifications on issues of media and media reform.
The March and April columns are up now. Don's latest work, "The Kahn Connection," will bring you up to speed on the latest happenings with radio's transition to digital. One must wonder, though, if the proposed alternative arrived too late in the game to change the FCC's mind on what digital standard to officially adopt (IBOC stations are on the air now, and the FCC recently relaxed the transition rules allowing stations to convert immediately and go digital before notifying Washington).
4/23/03 - When Viacom Attacks [link to this story]
My "day job," so to speak, is an anchor/producer gig with WINS - the Workers Independent News Service. WINS is a syndicated radio news program that features stories of, by and for working people: we like to think of ourselves as an antidote for what passes as "business news" on the radio today. Where the corporate media tells you which stocks are up or down, we tell you who got screwed behind the stock moves.
Five days a week we produce one 'headline-style' newscast (three minutes in length), with a 30-second economic report (a little factoid capsule called the "Dow Bob"), and longer-form feature stories, many of which we get from independent stringer-reporters around the globe.
WINS programming is distributed via the internet in MP3 format through our web site, and in the 14 months or so that we've been in production we've built up an affiliate list of about 80 radio stations around the United States. We charge between $20-$40 a month for stations to subscribe, which gives them access to everything we do, to use as they see fit.
Most of our affiliates to-date are non-commercial community-type stations, and many are in large markets (we're on the Pacifica stations in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, for example). A handful of commercial stations in smaller markets around the country have subscribed so far - but we knew cracking the commercial radio nut would be slow going. It is, however, the primary reason for our format and style. Some existing radio networks, like the i.e. America talk network and Free Speech Radio News, also regularly use WINS material.
It's very tough to build a radio news network from scratch. Typical sources of "seed money" for a project like ours don't seem to grasp what it is we're trying to do. For the obvious reasons, my boss (the coolest Executive Director a staff of four could ever have) has been trying to get the labor movement behind the Workers Independent News Service. There are plenty of working people in unions; unions are pretty much impotent and invisible when it comes to media coverage nowadays; which means those working folks are pretty much silenced in the media. It's one of the reasons why union membership rates are hemorrhaging.
That support has slowly trickled forth, which helps keep WINS alive. As more radio stations subscribe to our news service, we get closer to fiscal sustainability - and our under-the-radar attempt to inject a smidgen of balance into the media would take root for the long term.
Based on feedback both from within and outside the labor movement (in the larger 'progressive community'), we're finally seeing some momentum. Some day we'd like to start a Spanish-language version of WINS and branch out into media education projects, like teaching digital audio production skills through union locals (and any other interested groups) around the country.
"Business news for the rest of us" is a start, but actually helping people become the media would be even better.
This is where Viacom comes in.
Two weeks ago, we got a cease-and-desist letter from one of the hundreds of lawyers in Viacom's legal army. Viacom claims that the Workers Independent News Service's acronym - WINS - infringes on the trademark Viacom holds to "1010 WINS" - the slogan/logo for a news/talk radio station Viacom owns in New York City through its subsidiary, Infinity Radio.
Viacom is a media giant, ranked among the four largest media corporations in the world. It owns the CBS television and radio networks, several cable channels (including MTV, BET, TNN, Showtime, and Comedy Central), Infinity Radio, Paramount Studios, Blockbuster Video, and the publishing company Simon and Schuster, just to mention a few of its many tentacles. Viacom had revenues of $24 billion last year.
Infinity owns more than 180 stations nationwide and is also the corporate parent of Howard Stern and Don Imus. I think the difference between the Workers Independent News Service and Viacom's radio empire is pretty stark, if not self-explanatory, to any conscious person. But Viacom is concerned enough to threaten litigation.
Yes, Viacom is preparing to sue the Workers Independent News Service because the acronym of our name happens to be the call letters assigned to one of its radio stations.
My boss initially put the letter aside so as to think long and hard on a response. Viacom's attorney followed up this week with a phone call. She stressed that Viacom is "on the litigation track" with this dispute. Since the call my boss has pulled some strings and contacted folks within the AFL-CIO - the national union federation representing some 13 million people, which is certainly nothing to sneeze at. They have assigned an attorney to our case.
When I found out about Viacom's lawsuit threat my first thought was, "publicity on a stick." Here is a classic example of how media conglomerates stifle smaller voices - in this case using fiscal muscle to litigate a small, non-corporate grassroots "competitor" out of existence. Heaven forbid we share the use of four letters of the alphabet - that might put Dan Rather out of work, so Viacom must crush us like a bug.
If Viacom follows through and sues, the Workers Independent News Service is dead. With nothing to lose except everything, why not try to turn danger into opportunity?
The timing certainly couldn't be better: the FCC stands poised to eviscerate media ownership regulations in about five weeks' time, which will allow Viacom to get even bigger. The FCC's plan has attracted the attention and opposition of a powerful coalition: consumer groups, corageous journalists, academia, activists, and, yes, even unions.
The conundrum of WINS(™?) illuminates the harsh marketplace that is today's America's media environment. It's also a living example of the need for media reform. What a great opportunity for the newly-emerging "media reform movement" to flex its new-found muscle.
That, it would seem, is a fool's dream. The initial inclination of those working our case is to capitulate. Somehow I doubt Viacom will accept surrender without at least forcing us to change our name - which, after 14 months, is just now starting to get some (for lack of a better phrase) "brand identity." That, too, might do us in. We should find out in a couple of weeks, when Ms. Viacom calls back.
The optimist might say that, regardless of what happens to the Workers Independent News Service, at least Viacom cared enough to notice. But this is the second run-in I've had with Viacom on my journey through life so far - the first one helped sour me on a career in the corporate media. I'd rather not leave this one without a fight.
4/18/03 - Partytown Mediajammers At It Again [link to this story]
Back in January, the one-man media-busting army that is Brad Johnson confronted a pack of journalists who'd camped themselves out in front of the home of a man whose pregnant wife has been missing since the winter holiday season. Brad and his wife Sandy live in Modesto, California, which for some ungodly reason seems to attract packs of journalists to tabloid-style stories unlike any other community in America.
The Johnsons also run the Partytown Streaming Network, which provides several free channels of music and news online, including one feed completely dedicated to independent journalism and special IMC protest coverage. Brad was once the broadcast engineer for Clear Channel's Modesto cluster.
After watching throngs of cameras hover around the scandal of a former congressman a couple of years ago the Johnsons decided they'd seen enough. When this new salacious story broke involving the mystery disappearance of a pregnant woman, the Johnsons were ready for the hordes of cameras.
In January, Brad successfully disrupted a live feed of CNN with media protest messages, and got some air time on a local talk radio station. Now, with new developments in this woman's case, the media are back in Modesto in force. And Brad is there - we'll let him tell the rest:
4/11/03 - Dunifer Publishes New Version of Micropower Broadcasting: A Technical Primer [link to this story]
Free Radio Berkeley founder Stephen Dunifer updates his easy-to-read handbook with information on digital audio production and webcasting and the new realities of operating a microradio station in post-millenial America. Download it here (632K, .pdf format).
Its 25 pages are packed with useful information that thoroughly describes what you need to operate your basic microradio station and the general science behind FM broadcasting. It also includes schematics and circuit board layouts for most major components.
After moving his workshop last year, Dunifer is now also offering the use of his facilities for anyone interested in building their own rigs. It sounds like the 3-5 day project is a more detailed version of the transmitter-building workshops Dunifer and his crew have frequently run in the past.
4/9/03 - Collage Files Restored, Expanded [link to this story]
The temporary hiatus of the media collage and Mbanna Kantako file archives turned into an unexpected server demise, but all affected files have now been restored. I took the opportunity to catch up on new additions to the Truthful Translations of Political Speech collage galleries: there are several new collages sprinkled throughout, both audio and video.
Not surprisingly, the majority of them have something to do with George W. Bush, who is now the subject of 30 translations. Choice bits from the latest batch include submissions from The Mentally Ill, Skidmark Bob, Muckrakor Media, and Warp Records.
The weekend excursion to the Bay area was fun. Max props to Carl and Tammy for putting me up (or putting up with me), especially on such short notice, and to mic and Sarah for the excellent panel on microradio. The conference itself was quite lively, as folks jawboned over concepts and strategies ranging from the strangulation of public access cable TV channels to privacy and security on the internet.
Simultaneously, across campus from us, Stanford's business school was hosting a conference on the increasing importance of content in the digital media age, undoubtedly scheming various new ways to commoditize information at the best price.
I'm definitely intrigued by the potential wireless internet provides, especially for microradio stations. Bright Path Video rigged a wireless webcam system together for San Francisco's anti-war demonstrations last month and sent live pictures of the street out to more than a half-million viewers in a single weekend. The same technology has been successfully used as a studio-to-transmitter link by at least one microradio station already.
4/3/03 - Unexpected Trip to San Francisco [link to this story]
Work on re-starting regular content updates remains suspended, as I still don't have online access from home yet. Additionally, I'll be away from home for most of the weekend, on the campus of Stanford University for a one-day conference Saturday on broadband, digital media technologies, and the future control of it all.
If you happen to attend, I'll be speaking on two panels: the morning one will involve labor and the media, while the afternoon panel involves "wireless, wi-fi and microradio," and will also feature members of Berkeley Liberation Radio and San Francisco Liberation Radio.
On the BLR front, this news recently landed in my (snail) mailbox from Paul Griffin, publisher of the Association of Micropower Broadcasters Report:


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The Shaquille O'Neal injury has kept Celtics fans tossing and turning for much of the past month, but with the Heat and Celtics series looming, it sounds like there might be light at the end of the tunnel. On Friday, Doc Rivers was asked about Shaq's health, and he was cautiously optimistic.
From Comcast Sports Net New England:
"He just did a little bit yesterday," Rivers said of O'Neal's involvement in Thursday's session. "Maybe (he'll do) some more today, and really, that's the only update that I have. There's no decision made or anything.
"I'm more confident now that he will play in the series," Rivers said. "Maybe (game) one, maybe two but I do think he'll play. I guess he's done some stuff with (trainer) Eddie (Lacerte). Eddie's more confident that he'll play so that makes me more confident."
There are no guarantees there, obviously, but so much of Boston's destiny tied to Shaq's to health, it has to be encouraging that Doc's confidence is growing. Shaq may not play in Game 1, but if he makes it back in time for Game 2, Boston will be breathing a sigh of relief.

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The Indianapolis Colts have found their new GM.
ESPN reports that Colts owner Jim Irsay plans to hire Ryan Grigson, the Philadelphia Eagles director of player personnel, to the position of Colts general manager. The Colts fired VP Bill Polian and his son, GM Chris Polian, after the season ended.
Grigson also interviewed with the St. Louis Rams. He was in Indianapolis this week for a second interview and the Colts could make the move official as soon as Wednesday.
Grigson is a former player who spent time in the NFL and CFL. He started his personnel career in the CFL before moving to the Rams as a scout. He joined the Eagles in 2004.
Other candidates for the GM job reportedly included: New York Giants director of college scouting Marc Ross, Falcons director of player personnel Les Snead, Falcons director of college scouting David Caldwell, Cowboys director of scouting Tom Ciskowski, Monteal Alouettes GM Jim Popp and Colts director of player personnel Tom Telesco.
For more on the Colts new hire, check out SB Nation's Stampede Blue.


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(The following is from SB Nation BCS expert Ben Prather of BCS Evolution.)
I posted my projections this morning. Before moving on to the standings, I will take a look at the surprises in the standings.
Like, for example, the entire top five.
The Boise State Broncos started a long descent due to the computer strength. The Auburn Tigers jumped the TCU Horned Frogs in a not too unexpected close race. Oregon State's loss hurt both Boise State and TCU a lot in the computers, diminishing their strength of schedule.
I was also obviously too generous to teams falling due to losses across the board.
BCS National Championship Game Race
No team has ever started outside the top 12 in the BCS standings and earned a trip to the National Championship Game. Most of this race was covered this morning.
The Oklahoma Sooners appear to have taken solid control of the path to Glendale. The winner of the Auburn-LSU game next week will likely be the second-rated team in the next standings.
Alabama adds Mississippi State as another ranked team, so it passes TCU in my championship game race.
Non-Automatic Qualification Race
The Nevada and Air Force losses have changed the complexion of the race for the top team from outside the six automatic qualifier conferences. Though Boise State has the lead, TCU has the ability to pass them with a win over the Utah Utes. Utah will be unable to pass Boise State, however.
All three teams should be in the top 14 even with with a loss, and the odds of all three losing two or more games is a bit ridiculous.
The BCS automatic qualifying conference races are examined further at BCS Evolution.


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Squirming in a cold plastic chair, I became engaged in a staring contest with the item before me. I was armed with nothing but a number two pencil to defeat the endless expanse of fill-in bubbles that mocked me from the desktop. A few classmates were fainting at the mere sight of just the information query. One wrong mark and your name could forever be known to colleges as SamaMtha San-Hez, instead of Samantha Sanchez. I was not going to let that happen. Not again. I began filling each bubble with the care and agility of a crocodile tooth-brusher.
Everything was flying along smoothly; I knew my name, age and date of birth. Suddenly, though, I came to a question that stumped me. After reading and re-reading the selections, my answer bubbles were still blank.
It seemed like such an easy question, but none of the answers seemed to fit. What could I base my ethnicity on? One of the bubbles was labeled White. Am I White? I suppose the answer could be yes. My skin is very light. But is this because of my ethnicity or my acute paranoia of sun-related skin damage? But then again what is White? I've never seen anyone the color of paper, and I consider that white. On people I've seen tan, beige and olive, but not white. Caramel, espresso, peaches and cream, I've seen all these colors. I could have sure used some Sherwin-Williams paint chips to match my skin tone to the corresponding answers. But since the California Standardized Testing questionnaire didn't offer this, I decided that the least time-consuming option was just to bubble in White.
I was painstakingly shading in my selection when I noticed the words in parentheses: White (not Hispanic). I couldn't be White and Hispanic? I began scrubbing at my paper with my eraser. Is it possible to fill in half a bubble? I just stared at my doodle-inscribed desk looking for the answer. Other than finding out that Becca loves Steve, it was completely useless.
I am Hispanic. But that's not all I am. I am Croatian, Mexican, Irish, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian and most likely, other things that I don't even know about. I'm as diverse as the smorgasbord at my school's Multicultural Night, but there wasn't a bubble labeled Smorgasbord. I was beginning to envy the girl next to me who had transferred from Cambodia - she had her very own bubble.
If stating my ethnicity were as easy as saying where I came from, I would have been done faster than I could devour a box of Cheez-Its. I'm from America. It's the only country I've ever been in. It's my culture and my home. Classifying me as White just lumps together my diverse European ancestry and ignores my Hispanic heritage altogether.
I glanced down at my answer sheet. I had torn a hole clear through because of my erasing. Too bad. I wanted the California Standardized testing people to know that I'm Spanish-Irish-Mexican-Croatian-Italian-Hungarian-Eskimo-whatever I am. I wanted them to know that I'm unique and I'm proud. But what does it matter? We are all just statistics in the Board of Education's eyes.
I wiped eraser shavings off my desk as I decided on an answer. After depositing my questionnaire at the teacher's desk, I made my way, smiling, back to my desk. I'm sure that the Board of Education will be happy to know I've made a lovely addition to their bubbles labeled Me.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink's monthly print magazine.


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The French are well known for their commitment to accessories and their devotion to the scarf. Yes, it is about fashion, but it is considered a health issue as well. My concierge yells about me daily because the 12-year-old refuses to wear a scarf, and the Frenchman recently advised me to wear a scarf to bed because I had a bad cold and didn't want it to get worse. And it is true, after wearing a scarf daily, one feels naked without one. Naked and drafty. Which is a convenient problem for me because I happen to have something of an addiction.
By scarf, let me be clear that I am not referring to that little silk square famous across the globe. That is a lovely accessory, to be sure. But it is something to complete one's outfit, not to keep one warm. And it is so loaded with status signals and social meaning that very few of my peers ever take theirs out of the closet, although I am sure that every single one of them has at least one petit carré in her possession, if not three. If you're looking for some inspiration, Hermès has plenty on their website.
Now back to me. Since moving here I've learned countless ways to wear a scarf. Here are four of them, with photos of my favorites to help you find your way.
The Express This is the favorite of businessmen, students and assorted individuals who have too many other things on their minds and in their hands to worry about something as banal as a scarf. Fold your scarf in half, holding the loop end in your left hand and the two loose ends in your right. Slip the scarf over your head and thread the ends through the loop.
The Basic The Basic is the most common style to be found on Parisian streets. It consists of keeping the scarf short at one end, and then wrapping it behind the neck, around the front and back behind until there are two ends dangling in the front. Some people stop there, but having two loose ends separated like that is not always the best option when running around, taking public transportation and risking an end getting stuck in the metro doors as they close. Which explains the variation. Take the two ends and tie them over all but the very first loop.
The Wrap This is a method used only in the coldest temperatures at the darkest time of year. You take a warm bulky scarf and tuck one end into your coat, wrapping the remaining end around the neck as many times as possible, hopefully going all the way to the chin.
The Italian Twist This is the last and most complicated of the wraps. With the scarf behind your neck, take one end in your right hand, holding it at the breast. With your left hand, loosely loop the scarf in front, then behind you. This will form a U shape over the right end that is being held firmly. Take the left end of the scarf and thread it over the first branch of the loop but under the bit you are holding, and then back over the last branch of the loop.


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Staff at troubled school in parents' firing line
11:00am Monday 11th February 2013 in Local News
STAFF at a troubled school were criticised for going sick - and warned it would become a sponsored academy if things didn't improve.
Tempers flared at a meeting between parents and governors at Holt Farm Junior School, Rochford.
It was called to update parents on the situation at the school, which was rocked last term when teachers went on strike in protest of how the school was being run.
Striking teachers weren't happy with headteacher Hasan Chawdhry who they accused of having an "oppressive" style.
The meeting was chaired by Chris Kiernan, leader of a management team put in place by Essex County Council to work alongside the school's board of governors.
In a lively meeting, Mr Kiernan revealed if standards did not improve the school was likely to become a sponsored academy - and warned there would be ramifications for staff 'frivolously' taking days off sick.
He commented after several parents raised the issue of high sickness levels among staff there.
He warned: "Going on the sick is not the answer long term.
"It is not true that we cannot dismiss someone because they are off sick.
"It is true the school has a higher than average sickness rate, but the local authority will not stand back and let it fester."
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my advice to anyone working in the public sector is not to react and not to 'bite' at attempts to de-stabilise the good and often underpaid work that you do.
Have faith that the public appreciate the work that you do and do not loose hope when the puppet managers and heads are brought in with the brief to 'run it to the ground'
public services are being artificially and politically 'de-bunked' by a Tory party that have an ulterior and self serving motive...
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Responses to "A labour of love"
Letters responding to "A labour of love," Issue #4-2011, P. 14
So.... what status is given to the 321-page book I am currently reading and in my hands right now: Queen's University at Kingston- The first Century of a Scottish-Canadian Foundation 1841-1941 written by D.D. Calvin and published by the "Trustees of the University Kingston, Ontario, 1941"?
Lloyd Leonard, Artsci'78, North York, ON
The Review asked Professor McDowall, Arts'72, MA'74, who is writing Volume III of the University's official history for his response. Here is what he had to say:
"Yes, indeed, there was an earlier commissioned history of Queen's. In the late 1930s, the Board of Trustees grew aware that the University's 100th anniversary in 1941 was coming over the horizon. Although cash was scarce in those Depression years, a willing volunteer for the assignment was at hand: Delano Dexter Calvin, BA 1902, a local architect and scion of the Calvin family lumber company, which had based its prosperous operations on nearby Garden Island until the 1920s.
"Calvin, a member of the Board of Trustees, had already proven his literary mettle by writing an account of Kingston's crucial place in the history of the St. Lawrence River, A Corner of Empire (1937), together with one-time Queen's Classics professor T. R. Glover, LLD 1910 (perhaps better known for his biography of Jesus). In 1937, the Trustees commissioned Calvin to write the University's centenary history, paying him $5,000 plus expenses. And Calvin efficiently delivered an eloquent romantic treatment of the humble origins and struggles of Queen's to survive financial vicissitude. The University self-published the book, selling it to alumni and staff for two dollars a copy.
"Years later, Queen's Canadian History professor Fred Gibson, BA'42, MA'44, LLD'91 (the writer of the official history's Volume II in 1983), described Calvin as an "urbane and charming" writer. But the reality was that Calvin was not a trained historian and his inclination was to present Queen's history in romantic and Whiggish hues. This was recognized in 1968 when Principals J.A. Corry, LLD'70, and John Deutsch, BCom'35, LLD'74, approved Prof. Gerald Tulchinsky's proposal to apply the skills of a professional historian to the University's fascinating evolution. By then, Queen's boasted a well-organized university archives ready for systematic investigation. In this sense, the project undertaken by Drs. Hilda Neatby, Roger Graham, and Fred Gibson (all of whom are now deceased) was the first professional attempt to chronicle Queen's history. But nobody disparaged the worth of Calvin's earlier and very readable work; the Trustees in commissioning Neatby were quick to describe her challenge as one of 'supplementing' Calvin's pioneering effort not replacing it." – Ed.
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Recently, an 80-year-old South Carolina wheelchair-bound man was killed by four dogs.
The rising number of dog attacks should concern the public. Some of the attacks are by domestic dogs.
I have had a heart attack and two stokes. My physicians want me to exercise daily by walking. I have observed domestic dog(s) having access to the public. The dog(s) are not restrained by a leash or fence. They can exit the owner's property and enter a public right-of-way. The small dog(s) try to bite the back of your legs, while the large dog(s) try to knock you down. The owners simply release the dog(s) from the front door, back door, or side or the owners seldom close the gate when doing yard work.
I do not mind the dog(s) barking at me through a fence or while on a leash; that is their job. But, when dog(s) charge me while I am simply walking by in the street's right-of-way, on the asphalt pavement, that is a personal threat to me. The right-of-way gives me about 25 to 40 feet and only a couple of seconds to determine the dog's behavior and whether I am being greeted by an attacking dog or friendly dog that wants ot lick me to death.
Dog owners need to take more responsible for the actions of their dog(s) before someone gets hurt.
waltspecht 1 year, 3 months ago
Most won't even control their children. Without strict laws of responsibility, people have no incentive to be responsible. The old reliance on individual responsibility is gone. Everyone and everything else is responsible, never the actual culprit. I can remember back in the early Sixties when New York City cracked down on Truent students by threatening their parents with fines and jail. Many a son got an escort to school by a Parent, and I even saw one get handcuffed to a radiator and the Teacher handed the key. Personal responsibility has got to be brought to the forefront in both Parents and Dog owners.
lowercasejesus 1 year, 3 months ago
Edward is assuming citizens are naturally compelled to do the right thing. In fact the ones with the most vicious dogs are passive agressively proud not to do the right thing as a way to lash out against the man. I agree with your ideas but i wouldnt hold my breath
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MORRIS Dancing Malvern dentist Karen Sutton will be living up to her role as The Fool when she attempts to dance her way around a mile long course to raise money for Sport Relief. Dr Sutton, the publicity officer and Fool character for Jenny Pipes Morris Dancers, ran the event last year in her full Morris Dancing kit.
"The rest of the Jenny Pipes' dancers were so impressed we decided this time we would take it to the next level and dance all the way," she said. "This will be a very special occasion, as the Morris side have never danced a full mile before. They will be attired in their full dancing kit, complete with bells and hankies, so they expect to attract an audience. We hope to have a bit of a dance before the event starts, to warm up for our challenge, and we may be looking for volunteers from the public to take part in a special Stick Dance to mark the occasion. Sport relief is such an important charity and do so much good in our local area through funding smaller community projects, we thought it was the least we could do."
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Perhaps one of the worst thing about the internet is that it is essentially a mirage, drifting in and out of focus, always seeming to mirror our lives. It becomes very difficult to tell what is real and what is not (as highlighted in my last post). But there's an even darker side to this: the element of ugliness and violence that persists throughout the internet, and particularly how often those things are directed towards women.
We are an enormous society. It is nearly impossible to comprehend the sheer size of it. We can sit in a cafe, or an office, or a stadium, and simply not be able to fully grasp how many other cafes, offices, and stadiums are filling the world at that very moment. Seven billion is not a number that we can wrap our heads around. This matters greatly, as it turns out, because we see individual examples and don't realize how prevalent these examples are when multiplies by thousands or tens of thousands. And in the case of online harassment, we all see examples here and there of awful comments and posts directed at others. We think, "What is wrong with that guy?" It feels like a singular problem with a singular person, and I imagine that you and I are rarely the subject of such comments. But if we imagine for a moment the scale of those comments en masse, we might start to get a glimpse of what happens when someone is on the other end of them.
Recently I read an astonishing article by Amanda Hess called, "Why Women Aren't Welcome on the Internet." It is a startling portrayal of what people face from online harassment—particularly women—and how little tools they have to defend themselves. It is something we all desperately need to be aware of, and I highly recommend that you read it if you can. It is an eye-opener.
In today's culture of reducing government spending, I often think about what women might need to defend themselves against crimes such as these, and sadly there is no clear answer. We like to think that our police departments would step up and come to our aid, but the reality is that they are often too crippled to do so. We support funding them for the obvious protections, but it's the grey areas that increasingly slip through the cracks. Budget requests for technology and lesser known crimes are probably turned down at an astonishing rate. And so it's the crimes that don't affect most of us that get lost—until one of us becomes the victim of such a crime. Then we realize our short-sightedness has failed to protect ourselves.
Without much hope for aid (local government or otherwise), we increasingly have two primary tools to fight such things: money and our influence. Money is terrific if you have it, as always. If you don't (and most of us don't), then all you can do is rely on society to cure itself. And this is where we too often fall short: we don't raise awareness on the things that don't affect us, and therefore most of us remain ignorant to the plight of the few.
At the moment, I'm using this blog to raise my own awareness of certain things. Just writing about them helps serve as a permanent reference that I can look back on and reflect upon throughout the year. I don't want to lose the revulsion—and yes, even a touch of fear—that I felt as I read Amanda's article. If even one or two of you do the same, then perhaps I've made a very small step down the path of influencing change. It's very little, but it's a start.
More than ever, we need to be aware of and police these things from within. A harassing comment, written by a friend as a joke, is not a joke. We need to step up and say something instead of remaining silent—something that I've done, and no doubt you have, as well. Silence lets one potential conflict pass but adds to the building problems we face as a whole.
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PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — A former Peabody police officer once charged with beating his mother unconscious won't get his job back.
The state Civil Service Commission denied George Sideris' appeal for reinstatement.
Sideris was accused of beating his elderly mother on Thanksgiving Day 2004.
Although he admitted the beating, the case was eventually dismissed because of mental health and competency issues that made it impossible for him to stand trial.
The lack of a conviction prompted Sideris to ask for his job back last March.
The Salem News (http://bit.ly/15xORa0 ) reports that the commission ruled that due to Sideris' "lengthy, involuntary commitment due to delusional disorder" as well as questions about his ability to legally own a gun he should not get his job back.
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LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- U.S. Marshals say they found a 72-year-old suspected serial killer hiding out in a Louisville homeless shelter. Samuel Little is charged with three cold case murders out of Los Angeles that date back to the 1980s.
Marshals say Little is a career criminal who went by several other names and that his criminal rap sheet spans 24 states.
He was arrested in September at Wayside Christian Mission on an old narcotics charge and sent back to Los Angeles. New DNA test results have linked him to the cold cases.
Workers at Wayside Christian Mission thought Samuel Little was a just sickly old man when he arrived at the emergency shelter last fall. Detectives say he was sick, but in much different way," as Mitzi Roberts of the Los Angeles Police Dept. explains: "I think Samuel McDowell is a monster who preyed on vulnerable people."
U.S. Marshal Service Chief Deputy Brian Parrish says, "The methodology of the murder, which was strangulation, has every cold case detective in those 24 states canvassing for similar homicides."
Detectives in Los Angeles called U.S. Marshals in Louisville, saying Little was a career criminal going by several different names and had a criminal rap sheet in 24 states. Marshal Service Chief Deputy Brian Parrish says, "When we received the info, we took it as a high priority. We felt like potentially there was this individual in the Louisville area that was still continuing to commit these types of crimes."
Marshals found the 72-year old man trying to get his disability benefits transferred to Kentucky.
Authorities say Little was hard to track because he lived life on the run, and it's easy to hide at places like Wayside. All you need is a government issued ID, a clean TB screen, and not be a sex offender to stay at Wayside and leaders say they can't afford to have it any other way. They say with 350 people in the emergency shelter every night, to go a background check on each one takes several weeks and costs $20 apiece, which they don't consider feasible.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Today marks the start of the Origins Game Fair excursion here to find the latest news, sample games as well as work for one of the top companies on the planet.
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Asmodee will be on hand, offering Dixit Journey and Divinare as highlights of new product. Z-Man Games will bring Tournay as a few offering. Cryptozoic Entertainment brings expansions for Food Fight and Penny Arcade non-collectible card games. Wiz Kids should have the second Quarriors expansion, Quarmaggedon on hand.
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Much of my week will be spent employed by Rio Grande Games. I will be in the company's game room showing off the wonders of the world's best game, Dominion. Gamers can go there to play many games, but for me, Dominion is the focus. The award-winning game, including all of its expansions, will be available for games. Also, the upcoming electronic version will be shown.
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ST. LOUIS -- The Rockies optioned left-hander Josh Outman to the Minors on Wednesday with instructions to develop the command that could make his overpowering stuff work.A lack of command has worked against Outman (0-3, 9.00 ERA) in his seven starts, the most recent a two-inning, five-walk struggle against the Cardinals on Monday night. Because there is an opportunity for him to pitch on Friday, he will go to Double-A Tulsa, and presumably will be fit into the Triple-A Colorado Springs rotation once the schedule allows. "The message was very simple: The stuff that he possesses, let's do what we have to do to get it over the plate more consistently than he has done from the time that we inserted him and had him start some games," manager Jim Tracy said. "If he embraces that and does that as we move forward, we'll have a very good left-handed arm on our hands, but what we're dealing with is not going to work." Outman, 27, missed the first month and a half of the season with a strained right oblique and encouraged the Rockies with his work as a left-handed situational reliever before being placed in the rotation. Tracy said that whether Outman returns as a starter or a reliever, the assignment is the same. "I can't live with sitting here making decisions on back-end relievers where I'm not sure if we're going to throw the ball over the plate," Tracy said. The Rockies also recalled right-hander Carlos Torres from Colorado Springs for the fourth time this season. Torres is 0-0 with a 4.50 ERA with five walks and four strikeouts in six innings over four games with the Rockies.
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ST. LOUIS -- Rookie left-hander Christian Friedrich walked with no signs of a limp on Wednesday, meaning that his bruised right calf has recovered enough for him to start the finale of the four-game set against the Cardinals on Thursday.Without the leg to worry about, Friedrich (4-5, 5.52 ERA) could focus on motivation. The standings say that the Rockies are a long way from playing big games, but Friedrich found reason to attack Thursday as important. The Rockies split the first two games of the set, meaning Friedrich would either be trying to win the series or gain a split. It's preparation for the big games that he is confident he will be pitching in during his career. "You want to win every game, but when things like that come along -- the opportunity to be the last guy before you get on the plane -- it's so much nicer to have a win, so it's a little more incentive," Friedrich said before Wednesday night's game. "It will just put us on a good path." Friedrich, the Rockies' No. 1 Draft pick in 2008, grew up in the Chicago area and went to college at Eastern Kentucky, so some special people are in easy driving distance from St. Louis -- Jim Sakis, from whom he took lessons as a young pitcher, and Bradley University pitching coach John Corbin, who worked with Friedrich at Eastern Kentucky.
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Right-hander Juan Nicasio, out since June 2 with a strained left knee, will not throw his simulated game on Thursday because of fluid on the knee. Nicasio threw a 40-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday and ran agility drills, then reported with the fluid on the knee Wednesday. This is the second such buildup; doctors drained the knee days after the injury was sustained. Nicasio was hoping to begin an injury rehab assignment soon. Now that's uncertain. Veteran pinch-hitter Jason Giambi was not available during Tuesday night's 3-2 victory over the Cardinals because of a stiff back, and his availability on Wednesday was questionable as well.
Giambi's lack of availability explains manager Jim Tracy's decision on Tuesday not to pinch-hit for pitcher Jeff Francis in the bottom of the fifth with two out and nobody on, even though Francis was not going to pitch the sixth. With two out in the seventh on Tuesday night, Tracy made a double-switch to bring in reliever Matt Belisle. The problem was that it cost him outfielder Tyler Colvin, who had accounted for all of the Rockies' runs with a three-run homer earlier in the game. Tracy said the move pained him, but he had to use Belisle in the next inning -- a number of relievers weren't available because of Josh Outman's tough two-inning outing the previous night -- and he wanted to do all he could to delay Belisle's spot coming up in the batting order.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The Packers ground out a win at Detroit, leaving the Lions with plenty of work to do to get back into the playoff race.
Kaepernick, Smith lead 49ers in romp
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Texans LB Dobbins fined $30,000
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Tuesday's 60-second rant: Injuries could dull 2012's best one-two prime-time punch
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Bears sign QB McCown
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What do visualization (Ignatian Examen or kataphatic prayer), silence, solitude, lectio divina, labyrinth prayers, Stations of the Cross, chanting, induced visions, centering prayer, centering down, and astral projection all have in common? The answer is they are all forms of mysticism (spirituality) that has been flooding the evangelical world over recent years. I can pretty well guarantee that if you have not yet encountered these you soon will.
Now let me say up front that spirituality, or Christian experience of God, is very much part of what it means to be a Christian. I am appalled by some today (such as Old Life Presbyterians) who have little or no time for Christian experience and dismiss it as mere emotionalism or pietism. In fact, the pietistic movement in Germany in the C17 began as a healthy biblical reaction to the rigid dogma-driven orthodoxy of the Lutheran church married to a high ecclesiology that, not unlike modern old-lifers, discouraged devotional fervour in the faith of believers.
We must not dismiss Christian experience. We are converted that we may know God, not merely know about him. Salvation brings us not only into union with Christ but into communion with him. We enjoy his presence. We know what is to 'dwell in God'. We are called into the fellowship of the Father and Son, for all who love Christ and keep his word know what it is for the Father and Son to come and make their home in them (Jn 14:22). Christian experience is abiding in God and God abiding in us (1 Jn 4:15,16). This is much more than a proper standing, or a theological system, it is relationship and intimacy that brings us into all that God is. Where the affections are not engaged Christianity is not realized.
However, while communion with God in Christ is what we are called to as Christians, like every other aspect of Christianity Satan is only too ready to corrupt and distort it. C17 Pietism began well but in time was enticed into various spiritual experiences that had no roots in the gospel and belonged more to mere mysticism with its emphasis on ecstatic visions of the soul and altered states of consciousness created by 'spiritual techniques' rather than beholding the glory of God in Jesus Christ (2 Cor 3).
Such mysticism did not originate in the C17. It plagued the church from its inception. We have been focussing in recent posts on various aspects of the heresy that harried the Colossian church. We noted that this heresy was a hydran mixture of philosophy (human wisdom trumping revealed truth), Judaism (human religiosity and laws for holiness becoming a substitute for grasping what it means to have died with Christ to this world), and finally mysticism. This mysticism was false and dangerous because it offered spiritual experience detached from a singular focus on the revealed Christ.
This danger Paul addresses in the Colossian church when he writes:
Col 2:18-19 (ESV)
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
Some, it appears, were advocating religious experience through intermediaries (angels) and visionary states of consciousness, perhaps induced through bodily deprivation, that had nothing to do with looking at Christ. However, these are man-made spiritualities. They appear wise but are really self-made religion (Col 2:23) for they are not about the simplicity of holding on by faith to the risen and reigning Christ.
The simple reality is, not all spiritualities are authentically spiritual. Nowadays the desire for a Christian spirituality is leading some into rather strange places. Modern mystics like Dallas Willard and Richard Foster promote forms of spirituality that have a lot more to do with Roman Catholic mysticism than genuine biblical faith. Classic medieval mysticism was virtually unknown in Evangelicalism until popularised by Foster in his 'Celebration of Discipline, the Path of Spiritual Growth'. Voted by Christianity Today as one of the ten best books of the C20, Foster introduced all kinds of dubious mystical techniques into the evangelical consciousness.
How do we stop genuine pursuit of God being corrupted by a false kind of mysticism? Let me try to answer this question in terms of a few propositions.
true spirituality never divorces itself from objective truth
The Christian gospel is objective truth we are called to believe (Jn 20:31). Indeed, we grow in the knowledge of God only as he has revealed himself in Jesus Christ (Jn 17:3). There is a tendency in Christian mysticism to pay only lip-service to revealed truth. As one writer observes,
The essence of mysticism lies in this, that the seat of authority is transferred in the mind of the mystic from the external Word of God to the spiritual consciousness — the "spiritual man" — internal to themselves. Homage of quite an orthodox kind may be verbally rendered to the Scriptures, and yet they may be largely displaced. It has little or no restraining effect upon the flights of his imagination. He quotes it of course, but only as supporting or illustrating or adorning his own conceptions of truth. His conceptions become the primary thing on which the main emphasis must be laid. Scripture must be interpreted in the light of those conceptions, and its words become of secondary importance.
Evelyn Underhill, a leading Anglo-Catholic mystic of the early C20 confirms the truth of this criticism in saying,
"Mysticism, according to its historical and psychological definitions, is the direct intuition or experience of God; and a mystic is a person who has, to a greater or less degree, such a direct experience — one whose religion and life are centered, not merely on an accepted belief or practice, but on that which the person regards as first hand personal knowledge."
Where quests to know God are not founded on what the God who has made himself known has objectively revealed for faith to grasp they soon wind-up as merely fanciful experiences. The subjective trumps the objective and the mystic becomes 'puffed up with their sensuous mind' (Col 2). The Quakers (or Society of Friends) are a classic example of where for many 'inner light' has replaced revealed truth; connection with the head is lost.
true spirituality focusses on an exalted Christ outside of self and not on Christ within
It is true, and wonderfully so, that Christ dwells in the heart of every believer by faith. Yet it is equally true that we are told to focus on the exalted Christ outside of ourselves and not the Christ within. The gospel does not encourage pre-occupation with what is happening inside of us. Instead Paul exhorts,
Col 3:1-4 (ESV)
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
It is the risen and exalted Christ in glory who is the object of faith and adoration. We look to Jesus who has triumphantly completed the life of faith and is now seated at the right hand of God. (Hebs 12:2). Looking within merely leads to self-absorption the very opposite to the self-forgetfulness that the gospel creates. The kind of mysticism that calls for navel-gazing is not biblical spirituality.
true spirituality has Christ as its object and not spiritual experience itself
The inclination of fallen humanity is to be self-absorbed. Our human tendency is to make much of ourselves. We like to be the centre of everything. If we give in to this everything becomes false. The flesh loves its own reasoning, its religious observance, and its own religious consciousness. The gospel, however, always takes the focus away from us and on places it on Christ.
False mysticism is interested in religious experience rather than Christ. It deals largely with ourselves, and our own state and apprehension of the truth. It is occupied not with divine realities themselves, but with how we become conscious of those realities, and of the way they work out certain results in us.
Lectio Divina, meaning "sacred reading," is a technique that moves beyond the normal reading the Bible. It aims at going beyond the objective meaning of the words to that which transcends normal awareness. One writer instructs,
'As you attend to those deeper meanings, begin to meditate on the feelings and emotions conjured up in your inner self.'
Notice how the technique subtly turns us in on ourselves and our consciousness. It is not about God, it is about us.
Mysticism has about it an apparent profundity of thought and utterance. It promises a far greater depth of understanding, which is alluring, and especially to minds of a certain contemplative type, fundamentally disposed towards introspection and self-occupation. We can be sure such self-occupation is not biblical spirituality. As even the Roman Catholic writer G.K. Chesterton writes
'If I were to say that Christianity came into the world specially to destroy the doctrine of the Inner Light, that would be an exaggeration. But it would be very much nearer to the truth… Of all conceivable forms of enlightenment the worst is what these people call the Inner Light. Of all horrible religions the most horrible is the worship of the god within. Any one who knows any body knows how it would work; anyone who knows anyone from the Higher Thought Centre knows how it does work. That Jones shall worship the god within him turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones… Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognised an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners'.
true spirituality is not merely aspirations after God in Christ but present enjoyment of him
A feature of much false mysticism is that it is about un-realised desire. It pants for God but never seems to find him. It longs to know love but never experiences it. Now we must be careful here for there is always that which is aspirational in faith. Paul wishes to 'know Christ' and reaches out to what he has not yet attained, HOWEVER, this is within the context of already knowing and enjoying Christ. The love of God is already shed abroad in his heart (Roms 5). He already 'knows the love of Christ which is beyond knowing' (Eph 3:19). Yes we wish to be filled with all the fulness of God (Eph 3:20) but we are already 'filled' in Christ, the one in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwells (Col 2:9).
We not only desire Christ, we have Christ. He is the present satisfying object of our love and adoration. We delight in him, enjoy him, and are complete in him. In the Spirit he is already for us a spring of water springing up to eternal life, eternally satisfying.
John 4:13-14 (ESV)
Jesus said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
Desire and love are not exactly the same. Desire is never satisfied. It does not possess the object of desire, but love does. Love supposes that we have full possession of the object of our desires. Love does not so much desire as delight in the one loved. Mysticism, absorbed as it is with self and feelings, never gets beyond desire; while simple Christianity, giving the knowledge of salvation, puts us into full possession of the love of God. I know that I am loved and I know the one I love. Indeed, my very love is self-forgetful, for that is what true love is. Desire turns one in on oneself while love takes one out of oneself and rests on the object loved.
In Christianity, I dwell in love, divine love. In peace, I contemplate this love, and I adore it in Christ. I dwell in Him and He in me. In God, and contemplation of him, I am deeply and completely filled and satisfied. He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry with good things (Ps 107:9). Love, peace, joy and unspeakable glory are not elusive but enjoyed realities in Christ. Yes, I long for more, but I do so from one who is satisfied. He has already filled the hungry with good things (Lk 1:53). This biblical tension is important to maintain.
true spirituality is not technique-driven but simply adores God in the risen Christ
A criticism that can be rightly levelled at many spiritualities ancient and modern (for the modern are only the ancient resuscitated) is the degree to which they are technique-driven. All involve processes to create transcendence. Now this immediately rings alarm bells, firstly because there is something contrived and manipulated about such techniques, and, secondly, because these 'techniques' are hard to find in Scripture. Sometimes verses are cited in support but often these are asked to deliver much more than they are able. We have to ask of many of these 'techniques' why they are not plainly exhorted in Scripture.
On so-called 'centering prayer' (focussing on a single word like 'love' or 'God' to clear the mind of other thoughts) Tony Campolo comments,
'In my case intimacy with Christ has developed gradually over the years, primarily through what Catholic mystics call 'centering prayer.' Each morning, as soon as I wake up, I take time-sometimes as much as a half hour-to center myself on Jesus. I say his name over and over again to drive back the 101 things that begin to clutter up my mind the minute I open my eyes. Jesus is my mantra, as some would say.'
Letters to a Young Evangelical Pg 20
Henri Nouwen the late Roman Catholic mystic popular in Evangelical circles explains,
"The quiet repetition of a single word can help us to descend with the mind into the heart … This way of simple prayer … opens us to God's active presence" (The Way of the Heart, p. 81)
Yet we are obliged to ask where such a technique is commended in Scripture? Notice too, Nouwen, is taking us into ourselves rather than outside ourselves. This is deadly, for immediately we 'lose connection with the head' (Col 2).
True spirituality or Christian mysticism is that which contemplates the truth of God revealed in the gospel of Christ. It is firmly anchored in objective truth and arises from it. It recognises that in holding fast to the head is the way of spiritual experience and reality. Faith and love look without and not within.
More observations could be made. We could consider the suspect role of spiritual directors in mysticism. However, I hope what has been said so far gives cause for caution and reflection before buying into the 'spiritualities' on offer in the evangelical world at the moment. Never fail to ask what is the central concern and focus – religious consciousness or the revealed and reigning Christ?
I suggest for further reading an article by D A Carson written some years ago. Below are his opening paragraphs.
The current interest in spirituality is both salutary and frightening.
It is salutary because in its best forms it is infinitely to be preferred over the assumed philosophical materialism that governs many people, not only in the western world but in many other parts as well. It is salutary wherever it represents a self-conscious rebellion against the profound sense of unreality that afflicts many churches. We speak of "knowing" and "meeting with" and "worshiping" the living God, but many feel that the corporate exercises are perfunctory and inauthentic, and in their quietest moments they wonder what has gone wrong.
It is frightening because "spirituality" has become such an ill-defined, amorphous entity that it covers all kinds of phenomena an earlier generation of Christians, more given to robust thought than is the present generation, would have dismissed as error, or even as "paganism" or "heathenism." Today "spirituality" is an applause-word—that is, the kind of word that is no sooner uttered than everyone breaks out in applause. In many circles it functions in the spiritual realm the way "apple pie" functions in the culinary realm: Who is bold enough to offer a caution, let alone a critique?
Carson is just the man to do so.


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Last year's tourney reunited DCC alumni from the 80's like Mike Skillestad and Ty Milne; an entire team of Alumni from the 90's--Desi Torres, Bob Amsler, Trevor Houck, Crystal (Reiter) Amsler, Casi (Peterson) Houck; Dawson County High athletes and graduates: Katy Peterson, Blair Milne, Brittney Lystad, Alex Milne, Cody Sevier, and Copper Fink. Last year hosted eight teams, we already have four registered this year but are hoping for twelve teams.
Individual 2010 tourney winners were 3-point champion Kayla (McPherson) Rivas and DeMarlow Simmons. DeMarlow, with a lift from Chris Davenport, also won the inaugural dunk contest.
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Former federal judge and conservative legal scholar Robert Bork died Wednesday morning. Bork was a Supreme Court nominee by President Ronald Regan and had local ties with the Ave Maria School of Law.
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The 85-year old was widely known as one of America's greatest jurists. President Regan appointed Bork to the U.S. Court of Appeals back in the 1980s.
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