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London Balling - Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse
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4.35/5 rDev +4.3%
Enjoyed on tap at Bier Station in Kansas City. Poured into a small round tulip glass with no flaring on the lip.
Appearance - Pours a ruddy brown that gives the impression of red clay and is hard to see through due to some murkiness. Atop the body sits a small half finger of beige colored head that dissipates pretty quickly to a ringlet of foam around the edge of the glass, with just a smattering of soapy bubbles on one side of the glass. Lacing is pretty nonexistent.
Smell - Lots of notes of sweetness and grain, with contributions of rich caramel, light molasses, vanilla, and even some syrupy characteristics, like sweet sorghum. There is also a bready presence beneath the sweetness, but it's not savory enough to overtake the dominant notes of sweet. The bourbon and wood components are faint, with just a hint of heat and a touch of oak from the barrel.
Taste - The overarching sweetness from the aroma continues along through the taste, with more syrup, caramel and vanilla on the tongue. Brown sugar and toffee come through on the aftertaste a little more, with a slight bitterness like burnt sugar providing some depth of flavor alongside hazelnut and almond notes. The grain is aggressive enough to be present, but not overpowering, with undertones of toasted barley and rye bread. Please to say that there is a bit more mustiness from the oak, riding on a breeze of vanilla and tannins, with just a touch of boozy heat on the aftertaste.
Mouthfeel - Medium-bodied with moderate to low carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel, but not unpleasant. Lingering sweetness and some viscosity.
Overall, a very good take on the style. There is just enough barrel aging to impart the vanilla and bourbon characteristics, but without drowning out the base barleywine. The sweetness is pleasant and not cloying, enticing swallow after swallow. I will say that the 80 IBUs surprises me on this one, but perhaps that's the key to preventing a sweet beer from becoming overly so.
06-10-2014 06:31:31 | More by LambicPentameter
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4/5 rDev -4.1%
06-26-2014 12:08:39 | More by DanGeo
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
03-29-2014 05:22:29 | More by mikejonze
4.23/5 rDev +1.4%
Had on tap and served in a snifter
A - Has a deep brown and burgundy color with a small white head. Light carbonation and a nice clean body. Appears to have a bit of a thin body for the style - 4
S - Light hints of vanilla, toffee, light dates, oak, oats, and cherry. Definitely can tell the bourbon influence on this one. As it warms up, you really get the bourbon presence in it - 4
T - Get hints of vanilla, dates and a slight cherry bourbon aspect to it. Get a nice caramel and toffee in there as well. In the finish, get slight lemon peel, oak, and definitely a slight alcohol presence in the finish that gives it a warming quality. I can see the Angels share presence in this one as it gives it a slight dark fruit presence. Has a complex aspect to it as each sip brings a slightly different flavor - 4.5
MF - Has a nice stickiness to it in the mouth but manages to not be cloying. Light carbonation that goes well. Has a slight bite to it near the end and a light lingering alcoholic bite that sits on the tongue post finish. - 4
O - A solid beer from Against the Grain that makes me want to try to find more of their beers. Has a great smell and a complex flavor profile. I would like it to be just a bit smoother. Like that it takes a strong presence from the bourbon barrel - 4
06-10-2012 14:41:32 | More by jeonseh
4/5 rDev -4.1%
06-14-2014 14:11:00 | More by JamesStreet
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03-17-2014 21:17:49 | More by woodchip
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
03-21-2014 14:54:25 | More by gr8zehaman
3.75/5 rDev -10.1%
03-21-2014 20:51:10 | More by richj1970
4/5 rDev -4.1%
04-29-2014 16:32:52 | More by Kmlund
4.01/5 rDev -3.8%
Sample had at Max's during their Rare & Obscure Festival (from notes, 4/17/14)
A: Dark amber copper brown. Consistent head and lacing that is quite thick.
S: Sweet with some light roasts.
T: Nice even barrel flavors here. Prevalent whiskey but melds well with the rest of the beer. Quite warming. Light roast and slightly sweet with lots of barrel.
M: Smooth.
O: This was some good stuff and my first beer of the festival. Very good use of the barrel and not overpowering.
04-21-2014 06:43:17 | More by gillagorilla
3.88/5 rDev -7%
Served in a brandy snifter at Green Lady.
Review from quick written notes.
The beer has a dark reddish brown color with a thin layer of white foam on the surface. After five minutes or so, it breaks to a thin surface veil with minimal spotty lace. Looks the part of a barrel-aged barleywine...
Sweet toffee, caramel, and vanilla in the aroma, sweet with some depth to it. Rich toffee flavor punctuated by an odd sweet candy note like gummy fruit. To be hyper specific: raspberry "Nordic Sweets Forest Berries" gummy candy ... strange. Could be the port sweetness coming through possibly. Smooth feel, rich and not overly cloying, but the candy note is ever present. Dry malty finish. Worth a try, though the flavors didn't really coalesce to me.
09-08-2012 19:05:18 | More by emerge077
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
03-22-2014 01:07:31 | More by bigaddy
4.5/5 rDev +7.9%
04-08-2012 17:20:24 | More by DayMD
North Carolina
4.04/5 rDev -3.1%
@ Ridgewood
Deep, dark chestnut brown under a low, but very sticky, bubbly head. Smooth, sticky dark malt aromas...raisin, wort-like smells, toffee, plum, cherry, and a fairly mellow barrel character with some vanilla creaminess. Smooth caramel, vanilla, oaky spice, dark fruit, black tea, light sherry, nuts, and cherry. Dry with a quick, tidy finish, not cloying in the slightest and the bourbon isn't boozy. Surprising hoppy bitterness in the finish. Heavy and smooth. Not too much barrel or sticky sweetness for its strength. Pretty nice.
03-15-2014 00:52:08 | More by wedge
4/5 rDev -4.1%
07-09-2012 00:46:01 | More by lmdengis
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
03-24-2014 01:03:35 | More by CraftEyeDoc
4.15/5 rDev -0.5%
Poured from my growler into a New Belgium tulip. Appearance is a murky, hazy, burnt orange color with a thin, quickly dissipating head. The nose is syrupy sweet with caramel and dark fruit notes and some oak.
Very sweet, traditional English barleywine flavor with a firm, slick mouthfeel. There is a strong caramel and malt presence up front that is accompanied by a mild hop profile. At mid-palate, you get flavors of cherries and a subtle oaky vanilla note that lingers well in the mouth after swallowing. The oak and cherry flavors provide a nice tart complement to the malty sweetness. Alcohol is noticeable, but not at all overwhelming or boozy.
This is simply an outstanding barleywine. It is quite traditional and not at all extreme, but it has a nice ``tint'' to its flavor. It is very comparable to Weyerbacher Insanity. Do not pass this one up if you are fortunate enough to find it.
One other thing. Dear ATG - please bottle this stuff so I can trade it! It's wrong to keep this good a beer entirely within our state.
03-24-2012 01:15:47 | More by deadonhisfeet
4/5 rDev -4.1%
04-12-2014 14:43:51 | More by mendvicdog
4.34/5 rDev +4.1%
Had this brew at Against the grain and thoroughly enjoyed it.
A- Pours a cloudy deep copper with a creamy off white 1/4 inch head
S- Boozy sweet toffee caramel and vanilla
T- Very nice taste, sweet caramel with oak undertones, but the finish is distinctly smooth bourbon. The 12.5% abv is deceptively contained within the depth of this beer.
M- Full bodied, particularly for the style, with subtle carbonation.
O- Very good beer that I would gladly sip any chance I got. The characteristics of this beer are like a great kindergarten class - it plays well with others and makes even the grumpiest "grown-up" smile and reflect on the the amazing simple joys of life. Very well done.
02-24-2014 14:16:22 | More by bilhelm
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
04-19-2014 16:39:45 | More by billyshears
3.75/5 rDev -10.1%
03-28-2014 03:00:39 | More by oline73
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
07-27-2014 15:56:52 | More by Hopmarc
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
04-17-2014 20:45:18 | More by Hopheadjeffery
North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev +1.9%
07-14-2014 16:34:37 | More by jbriggs7
4/5 rDev -4.1%
03-23-2014 13:42:52 | More by Dave_Treat
London Balling from Against The Grain Brewery & Smokehouse
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The Writing of American Military History: A Guide should stimulate intelligent probing into the past with an eye to the future. This, in turn, should lead to increased wisdom and, therefore, to wiser decisions and better execution throughout the Army in peace and war. The primary purpose of this text is to bring order out of chaos in the fields of historical study and research in the United States Army. In line with the views of Clausewitz, the principal object of the text is to stimulate a progressive and scientific study of United States military history and leadership with the hope that it will "produce searching rather than inventive minds and cool rather than hot heads," to which the safety of our country can be most advantageously entrusted in time of emergency or war. All officers of the United States Army, but particularly those having historical assignments and undergoing instruction at the service schools and colleges or civilian educational institutions, will find the text helpful. Scholars and others interested in American military affairs may also find it very useful. The Writing of American Military History: A Guide was orginally published by the Department of the Army in June 1956.
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OshKosh Day 5
Friday morning briefing was a tough one. Late night with lots of red wine at the Young Eagles gala. Hydrating up.
Talked a lot about emergency response at the campground. Person in charge of North 40 said everyone is told they can call security 24 hours for non 911 type help–e.g. tent gone at 3 AM due to storm with wet, cold, scared kids. Problem is there is no number for security anywhere I could find on paper or on the EAA app as I was told there was. I will approach this after the convention is over.
Had a morning EAA Aviation Medical Examiner meeting with Courtney Scott who runs the division. Mike Berry from the FAA DC office was also there. A discussion of eliminating the 3rd class medical was not entertained (at least for the first 30 minutes of the meeting that I was there) probably because I was the only outspoken AME in favor of eliminating it!
I can assure you there will be news in the next one to two months from the FAA about this. It is with legal now. It will not completely eliminate the 3rd class but will for most pilots. If you are contemplating a special issuance request, wait a few months. It will be worth it.
Friday night's airshow closed with the Thunderbirds which brought a large, non-pilot crowd. Great for the budget but a lot of members were asking if it was worth it. Guess we will find out when the numbers come in.
Friday night I had the opportunity to attend the annual Directors Dinner for the National Air and Space Museum at the Hilton sponsored by Barron Hilton. Chatted with some great folks but it is always an honor and pleasure to speak with Jim Lovell. What an amazing person.
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Maryland Weekly Fishing Report Overview | November 28, 2012
As each week gets progressively colder more and more fishermen are beginning to haul boats and fishing gear is starting to become buried in the garage. This fact really struck home when I was crossing the Bay Bridge at 7am on Monday morning and observed a couple acres of breaking fish and diving birds and not a boat to be seen. There is still plenty of good striped bass fishing to be had; especially for the large fall migrant fish. Coldwater species such as trout, walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass are still active as are chain pickerel and channel catfish.
Fisherman in the upper reaches of the Chesapeake have been jigging close to the bottom along channel edges for striped bass and in the lower Susquehanna fishermen are also catch big largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and walleye. Soft plastic jigs, grub jigs and blade lures can be very effective when worked slowly along channel edges. Matthew McShane shows off a beautiful 25", 6lb walleye he caught recently in the lower Susquehanna on a swimbait.
Photo courtesy of Matthew McShane
In the upper bay region and around the Bay Bridge piers, rock piles and steep channel edges fishermen are jigging deep for a mix of large white perch and striped bass. Surface water temperatures in most areas of the Maryland portion of the Chesapeake are running about 48-degrees on the surface and as warm as 65-degrees on the bottom. Deep is where most fishermen are finding the best fishing whether they are jigging or trolling. Those trolling are using inline weights to get down in the water column and using umbrella rigs with bucktails or swim shads as trailers. Fishermen are running medium sized lures and larger ones such as parachutes in their trolling spreads in the hope of coming across some of the large fall migrant striped bass that have moved up the bay. The large parachutes, bucktails and swim shads are often run in tandem. Mark Cullum was trolling a tandem rig when he caught this whopper of a striped bass that measured 50" and weighed 44lbs. near the Bay Bridge recently.
Photo courtesy of Mark Cullum
In the middle bay region much of the focus by fishermen has been on trolling along the edges of the shipping channel for large fall migrant striped bass. This is a good time of the year to be out of the wind and in a warm cabin and trolling is the most effective method for catching these large striped bass that are paying us a visit. Most everyone is trolling an array of medium sized offerings for striped bass less than 28" and of course the big stuff for the larger fish. Most fishermen are describing the success on large fish as a slow pick but most all would agree it only takes one of these large fish to make anyone's day.
Lower bay region fishermen are also focusing on trolling fro the large fall migrant striped bass and traditional locations along the western edge of the shipping channel as well as buoy 72 and the HS Buoy on the eastern side of the bay are producing some nice fish. There has also been some exciting action up the Potomac River near St. Clements Island and as far up as the Route 301 Bridge. The steep channel edges near St. Clements island are producing some large striped bass for those boats that are trolling and fishermen have been having good success for striped bass under 28" by trolling and jigging.
Freshwater fishermen are enjoying some good fishing opportunities in the western region of the state for a mix of species. Drew Miller sent in an angler's log on a Deep Creek Lake fishing trip where he caught a nice mix of bass and pike. Walleye are active in Deep Creek Lake and also the upper Potomac. John Mullican sent us this report from the upper Potomac. The upper Potomac is low and crystal clear with temperatures in the low 40s. Bass fishing has been tough while action for cool-water species like walleye and muskie has been better. With the low and clear conditions most fish are concentrated in deeper stretches of the river. Early, late, and cloudy days have been more productive.
Trout fishermen are still enjoying the rewards of the October trout stockings in many of the trout management waters. Alan Klotz forwarded some beautiful pictures of brook trout in their spawning colors from the Savage River Watershed. Be sure to check out Alan's November 26th entry to see the rest of the pictures.
Photo courtesy of Drew Miller
Fishermen are reporting that crappie are schooling up in deep water near bridge piers at reservoirs such as Liberty and tidal rivers like the Potomac. In the Potomac the crappie often like to school up around docks in Marinas and can be caught on small tubes, jigs and live minnows under a bobber.
Ocean City fishermen surf fishermen are still experiencing difficulties with beach structure when it comes to surf fishing. They are reporting catching puppy drum in the troughs close to shore and are picking away at striped bass in cuts through the outside bars. Fresh menhaden baits are a favorite choice for striped bass fishing and of course dogfish and skates love those baits also. Maryland's tautog season closed yesterday so unfortunately they will be off limits to recreational fishermen for a while. Perhaps the most exciting fishing at the moment in Ocean City is trolling for the large striped bass that are moving southward along our coast. Matt Lewis admires a nice striped bass he caught while fishing with his dad at Fenwick Shoals.
Photo courtesy of Matt Lewis
Most fishermen are trolling but jigging and drifting live eels can also be effective ways to catch these fish that are moving down the coast. Fishermen are also reporting encountering large bluefish that are also moving through the region.
"This winter I'm determined for once to fish sensibly, and by that I mean in comfort, to try not only to match the hatch but also to match the weather. " - Tom Sutcliff
Keith Lockwood has been writing the Fishing Report since 2003 and has had a long career as a fisheries research biologist since 1973. Over the course of his career he has studied estuarine fishery populations, ocean species, and over a decade long study of bioaccumulation of chemicals in aquatic species in New Jersey. Upon moving to Oxford on the eastern shore of Maryland; research endeavors focused on a variety of catch and release studies as well as other fisheries related research at the Cooperative Oxford Laboratory. Education and outreach to the fishing public has always been an important component to the mission of these studies. Keith is an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing, bird dogs, family and life on the eastern shore of Maryland.
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Big Black Drum While Kayak Fishing
Type: Chesapeake
Region: Upper Bay
Location: Bay Bridge
Tags: Black Drum
Went out to the bay bridge launching from Sandy Point in my kayak on August 11, 2014. I was targeting Striped Bass using live White Perch and Spot for bait and also jigging BKDs. Wasn't having any luck on stripers, but 2 hours into my morning I set the hook into a catch of a lifetime. After a 30 minute battle on light tackle, this 48"+ Black Drum surfaced.
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Type: Freshwater
Region: Central
Location: Lake Linganore
Tags: Largemouth Bass
My dad, Ron Monteau with two 4lb Largemouth Bass out of Lake Linganore in Frederick MD. Using Gary Yamato kreature baits, in the morning of 8/10 around 8am.
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Fishing in Nans Cove
Type: Tidal
Region: Southern
Location: Nan's Cave
Tags: Channel Catfish, White Perch
While not officially the last day of summer, for me August 12th kind of is since teachers report back to CCPS tomorrow morning. That being said I had to get a little more fishing in. With the windy conditions this morning I decided to stay inside on Nan's Cove instead of heading out into the main part of the river. I was casting a 1/4 oz spoon towards the shoreline and having good luck reeling in a few White Perch. One of my casts sank a little deeper, due to my need of turning the kayak, and as I began to reel I hooked into this nice channel cat. Nice fight!


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Installing polyiso foil faced foam to inside of exterior wall
I am remodeling a 100+ year old victorian home and would like to add more insulation to the exterior walls.
The current wall construction was:
Original Cedar siding..... 2x4 wall cavity with rock wool insulation...... 1x8 tongue and groove sheathing.... plaster.
The plaster was removed in order to update wiring,,,,etc......
I don't want to destroy the existing exterior siding on the home.
so.... my thought was to wrap the INSIDE of the exterior walls with 1" foil faced Polyiso sheets and tape all joints, taking advantage of the foil face and tape as the VB.. I would also like to add 1x4 strapping to firmly secure the gypsum board to in order to reduce risk of screws popping and was reading that the air gap between the gypsum board and the foil face insulation would also act as an insulator to a certain extent.
Will this work?? Could I be causing a moisture issue in the wall? I noticed that 99.99% of all applications apply foam to the exterior rather than the interior, and very little discussion or documentation applying this product to the INSIDE of an exterior wall.
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Plenty of people have installed rigid foam on the interior of their walls. This approach works.
The main disadvantage (compared to exterior rigid foam) is that it's harder to detail a continuous layer of insulation at the rim joists and partition intersections. But if your walls (and maybe parts of your ceilings) are opened up, you can address these areas too.
As with almost all energy retrofit work, it's important to pay attention to airtightness and air barrier continuity.
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an introductionSubmitted by Anne OBrien on Mon, 05/08/2006 - 05:41.
so... i am now introducing a new blog that will hopefully be useful to people, regardless of which hemisphere they find themselves in.
i am blogging from Australia, as an activist who has participated for the last few years in the student movement in Sydney. I have witnessed a lot of change even over the last 5 years.
Now, we as students are fumbling along as our student organsisations crumble around us (to be continued -teh computer has just told me to log off)
Server CrashSubmitted by akreider on Sat, 05/06/2006 - 19:05.
This has been the worst web-hosting crash I've seen (normally I like JaguarPC, but they really messed up). Our website was down for a bit over two days. Campusactivism.org is up, still waiting for other sites, notably activismnetwork.org.
Apparently there was one or more spammers on the shared server. Then they had a RAID hard drive array crash. During this time, they did a lousy job of communicating what was going on with users. For instance, my first support ticket request got a reply saying the server would be up shortly. The second support ticket got a reply saying they "hoped" it would be up shortly. One day later things weren't much better. Basically I had to pester support and they must have prioritized restoring my account. Support was overloaded and responded to some things very slowly (sometimes taking 6 hours).
Over 1300 Groups and GrowingSubmitted by akreider on Thu, 04/27/2006 - 19:20.
It's a map (using Google Maps) of some of the 1300 groups on our site.
Very slow in Internet Explorer (2 minutes). Fast in Firefox (15 seconds).
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Convert RSS Feeds to Images - For MySpace, Friendster, etc.Submitted by akreider on Sat, 04/22/2006 - 18:33.
I created a tool that lets you convert a RSS feed into an image. Then you can include the image in your MySpace, Friendster, or other page. This could be used to include headlines from your blog (or LiveJournal, or many other places) in your MySpace page.
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Corporations, Bin Laden, and Child PornSubmitted by historyisaweapon on Fri, 04/21/2006 - 11:06.
Continuing the argument that the internet is a twenty-first century Pandora's box, I want to point out to a couple recent attacks. The first is as old as the hills: muddy your opponent with the indefensible and then take the moral high ground in demanding a solution. What is indefensible? Child porn and terrorism!
Soccer, Board Games, Meetup, and other totally apolitical uses for Activism Network softwareSubmitted by akreider on Wed, 04/19/2006 - 01:23.
While my goal in developing the Activism Network software was political, it could easily be used for completely apolitical goals.
For instance, I'm very interested in radio. I enjoy listening to FM and shortwave radio stations from hundreds to thousands of miles away.
Somebody could download the software, install the server and client, and create a database of radio hobbyists. The event calendar could include club meetings, ham fests, dx-peditions (trips where hobbyists go to a remote location, setup very long antennas, and listen to their radios), and others. The resources would include radio station schedules, radio-control software, propogation prediction software, decoder software, guides to building antennas, modifying radios, and more. For groups, you'd have a list of ham, shortwave listener, or other radio groups. For issues, you'd have things like shortwave, longwave, AM, FM, scanner, HAM, Morse Code, etc.
Why MySpace is More Popular than FriendsterSubmitted by akreider on Tue, 04/18/2006 - 00:46.
An excellent essay on why MySpace is doing better than Friendster
The basic argument is that MySpace had a flexible tolerant approach to users, while Friendster was cracking down on Fakesters (accounts that weren't real people) as well as more controversial content. MySpace turned into the cool place through sleaze, lettings its user be "bad" but with the safety of pseudonyms, freedom, and bands at a point where Friendster also had major tech problems (outages and slow).
Online Strike Hits Rabble.caSubmitted by akreider on Fri, 04/14/2006 - 15:25.
Today I was checking out rabble.ca, a progressive media site, because I want to find some Canadians interested in implementing Activism Network software in Canada.
Rabble.ca has a huge forum with over 500,000 posts (Hopefully this link doesn't mean I'm crossing the picket line). Currently there is a volunteer moderators STRIKE going on, after one of the two (?) paid employees was fired.
So volunteers have setup an >alternative site and started a new forum on it.
Apparently some strikers are using spam against the old board, or did so originally to get the word out about the strike.
Activism Network - Testers and Feedback WantedSubmitted by akreider on Thu, 04/06/2006 - 00:02.
I'm proud to announce that I've got a new release of my software Activism Network (formerly known as Campus Activism, www.campusactivism.org) that is ready for testing and feedback.
I am planning to develop a community of developers and users who are interested in modifying the code, suggesting features, prioritizing features, and reporting bugs. I invite you to try out the software and join the community!
The major change in the new version of the software is that you can install it on your own website, and it will access information that is stored in a central database. So users will be able to add, edit, delete, browse and search – while staying on your site. It uses webservices (the php NuSOAP library).
Myspace and Immigration protestsSubmitted by historyisaweapon on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 12:27.
For a project I'm working on, I have to see a lot of Black Panther veterans telling their political histories and debating a complicated and conflicting set of analyses on what went wrong with the party/parties. But they all agree about one thing: before they ever were part of the party, when they heard about Bobby Seale going to the California Legislature with guns, they knew what they had been waiting for and the beginning of a huge international phenomenon began. Not to fall victim to hyperbole, but a similar moment may have just happened and committed activists have to take note.
Television has been a danger since the beginning. The devil box offered a silver lining: we might just be able to slip a insurgent message (and invitation) through the signal into homes everywhere. Malcolm got it and so did Abbie Hoffman. With the onset of video games, the idiot box got stupider. Now the message was written out in code long before anyone ever saw it - no live camera to sneak behind, no producer fiending to fill his daily hour with content. And then the internet. The potential is pronounced. Indymedia, and the like, became the new way to broadcast upcoming protests. But it is also, in many ways, an anonymous cave that doesn't involve relationship with known characters. Great information sources, like ZMAG and (cough) History Is A Weapon (cough), offer the educational material, but haven't figured out how to assist in outdoor struggle and community building. Meanwhile, the new kids are increasingly plugging in, cell phones, Crackberry, and online social networking.


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Siamo a pochi minuti dalla stazione di Victoria.
L'ostello e pub Ferry White è un gioiello vittoriano che offre ai backpackers una rara occasione di soggiornare in un tradizionale pub di Londra coi fiocchi!
Le nostre stanze sono adatte sia per sistemazioni individuali che di gruppo, disponiamo di diversi tipi di stanze che spaziano da private doppie e dormitori comuni.
Tutte le camre sono confortevoli, puluite e sicure.
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I am working on inviting and recruiting persons to participate in a Doctor of Ministry Cohort at United Theological Seminary in the fall: this particular Cohort, which I will lead, will explore the nature of "Leadership in the Wesleyan Spirit," with special attention given to the importance of the General Rules in the practice of leadership. The Cohort will work on examining leadership within the Wesleyan theological tradition as well as explore ways of developing a critical framework for understanding the purpose of that leadership in the participants' respective ministry settings. Members will study key works from the field of leadership studies, within and without the Christian tradition, as well as ask questions about cultivating the habits of practical theologians.
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Category: Christian Education
A Muslim protecting Christian doctrine; Unknowingly!
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I said it once and I will say it again! Those who devise non bibilically prescribed customs and feasts to the Christian faith are the ones who are "doing the work of the devil" reducing Christianity into a "fairy tale" with Santa Claus, Eastern Bunny and, of course, egg hunts, and certainly a few other childish parties.
Oh, of course these are such innocent things that they will hardly affect anyone, or any child's forming faith, right? Wrong! You talk to your children about the tooth fairy, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, along with teaching them about Jesus, then you expect that they will grow up and filter off the childish things and realize that none of these characters are real and for some miraculous reason, you hope that they will keep Jesus as a "truthful" character… What a hope!
Before you say it, as an avowed Calvinist I shouldn't worry because after all God will preserve his own. It is right there in the "P" of T.U.L.I.P, or, "perseverance, (also preservation) of the saints, right? Wrong again! Yes, God will preserve His own but that doesn't relieve you of your parent responsibility in raising your child in the most pure form of Christian faith!
Oh, I am all in favor of enjoying our liberty in Christ and I am all against legalism in any subtle or conspicuous form it rears its ugly head (and legalism's head is in the rear), so, I am not talking about turning your child into an outcast, devoid of contact with society, and not participating in some "innocent" play, although such an "innocence" is debatable. What I am talking about is this militant stance in defending these types of activities not prescribed in the Bible as if they were somehow to be revered as something directly from heaven's throne room! And how some do that? Answer: by calling anyone who opposes to such celebration a "anti-Christian" waging a "war on Christianity", especially if one is not a Christian.
I said it before and I will say it again: God has used anyone to speak for Him, including a donkey, and God will also use those who are currently the enemies of His Gospel if that is what it takes to remove the attention from a stupid egg hunt that, in my view, a Church should not be promoting, and make the Church really turn their attention to what we are celebrating that day, that is, if we indeed celebrate Jesus' resurrection. When a Muslim is outraged because of something that he was told is a Christian thing, read that outrage as perhaps God speaking through a donkey preventing us from turning the Gospel into a fairy tale sort of nursery rhyme, devoid of its meaningful and sacred and eternal meaning, and the ever changing power that it has been through the ages. Think about it!
Follow up to Joel Watts Last Blog
I believe it is time for us to begin to think about these things! Period! Joel Watts last blog in this blog is excellent if one take seriously what he really believes about the Bible! I was going to publish this in there as a reply, but I decided to make my reply into a blog. It may be better for readers to understand what is my point on that, something that, before God I have been struggling since my pastoral days, and, after which, when I came to a firm position, not only I find peace and comfort in God, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of God, His Word and what His Word may represent to us. So, here it goes:
Admittedly, even as a proponent of Sola Scriptura, I cringe when I read tenets of faith that use the words you mentioned. I fail in accepting that the people who chose those words really have any sense of their meaning. In the other hand there are traditions that are in and of itself biblical traditions and should be respected and used authoritatively simply because they originated in Scripture; but there is also what I have called for many years "tr-addiction"; these are "traditions" that became "tr-additions" and later turned into "tr-addictions", or, they are inventions that become additions to the faith, that later culminate with being so "ingrown" and ingrained that they are hard to dispel as an addiction to a drug. Maybe we (Joel and me) should start a "tr-addiction rehab!".
Interestingly enough, most of these "tr-addictions" originated not from more moderate biblical thinkers, but from the very same people who claim that the Bible is what the Pure Life says it is! Oh, need examples? Easy: Organizations who say what Pure Life says about the Bible add to the Salvation "condition" (there is no condition for Salvation by the way, other than being not saved), to believe what they say about the Bible! Yes! This simple, and… this ridiculous! It is no longer the Cross alone, but also, the 66 Canon, word by word, letter by letter! I propose that the belief that believing the 66 Canon word by word is a good thing, but it turns into a bad thing when it is made into a condition for Salvation! Then it is an addition that becomes a tr-addition, that later turns into a tr-addiction! This is where flawed logic leads us: the place at which we wanted to avoid being…
BTW, this is not the purely fundamentalist and Pentecostal or even the Primitive Baptists fault alone! I have been shunned by Presbyterians (who unlike the Vegetarians who eat vegetables, they eat Presbyters) because I have some Lutheran views about the Canon; some of them don't think I can be saved if I hold to Lutheran views about the Canon… I have to subscribe fully with the Westminster Confession of Faith (which I do in 98% at least) which says that the Bible is a 66 books Canon! Then they accuse Roman Catholics for elevating traditions to the level or over the Bible! Isn't that something?
Even Jesus on his way to Emmaus (Luke 24) said that "Moses (the Law) The Prophets and the Psalms speak of Him…" So, allow me a bit of fun here, but even Jesus may not have been a 66 books Canon believer, huh? Well, I know that the N.T. had not been written yet… but, I hope you get my drift… even Jesus was Christocentric in His view of Scripture!
The idea of a Tr-addiction Rehab Center is growing…
(Oh, brother, there goes my opportunity to blog here exclusively as a "conservative"… unless it is added "non-conformist" to that)
Don't Check Your Brains At The Door!
Who is really lying to you?
Every Sunday morning from various pulpits in America you will hear a minister saying: "Don't believe the devil's lies". Then they begin to list all the things that the devil said that are indeed lies and some that the poor devil really never said. It is very easy to impress people stating that something is not true therefore don't believe it expecting that everyone in the audience will be so mentally dormant that they will not notice exactly what is the real intention of the one behind the pulpit in delineating what people should reject as a lie.
Recently I have been saying a few things in small Christian gatherings (I am not one to exaggerate my audience to match my ego; my ego is big, but my audiences are not always big although they were in a remote past), that people ponder and wonder if I have changed at all from my previous positions. No, I really have not changed, I just believe that even Jesus found that certain things have a proper time to be said and expounded (John 16:12) and now is the time, I believe, for me to say such things. One of them is that one of the big lies that the devil never said but the same preachers who charge the devil for lying are guilty themselves of saying is: "ignore historical facts, ignore theology, shun textual criticism, because that is (again) "of the devil". No it is not! Our faith cannot or should not be shaken by the fact that scientists, historians, theologians, archaeologists, and other who work in similar fields, have to say about facts of the Bible. Furthermore, we should not "run for cover" every time some theologian say that we should be careful with the interpretation of certain texts because they were written for a certain time, to deal with a certain problem and although the core message of the text may be a lesson for our daily living today, the methods may be not! Take for example Paul telling Timothy in 1 Tim 5:23 "no longer to drink water but also to drink wine" The King James Version says it clearly: No longer drink water μηκέτιv (mēketi), the Greek term used here means "no longer" or "from now on, hereafter"! Well, we can take from that message Paul's care and interest on his "son in the faith" health and welfare, but please, don't obey it the "no longer drink water" today! Ask any doctor the harms of dehydrating your body and, worse, in a state of dehydration, to drink wine… adding alcohol to a dehydrated body!
This is merely one example that not using an analytic mind, checking your brains at the door. Not using those who make a living out of being analytic may be dangerous to you. Lie the preacher who says you are not to listen to textual analyses or criticism, history, rules of hermeneutics, and things of this nature, and even attribute some sinfulness to any act that discusses any aspect of the text. Even if it is out of ignorance, it is not true; if it is not true it is a lie. No gray area!
Reasoning out a text, questioning and criticizing it in light of everyday knowledge or common sense is neither inappropriate or sinful. As a matter of fact God Himself calls us to reason together with Him (Isaiah 1:8).God is not afraid of dissidents neither is He afraid of questioning, and we should not be either.
When listening to a minister keep thinking! Some preachers will lie to you because they can't deal with the issues that will arise from a good session of questioning certain things!
So, don't check your brains at your church's foyer!
Isaiah's description of Pterosaurs
Thanks to ED for permission to post this.
I believe this is from this book. Bad grammar, bad science, bad exegesis… Here's a sample of more… "science."
The Role of Theological Education – Hearing Voices
David F. Watson writes,
If we are utterly dependent upon the power and presence of God for our life in the Church, what should we be training our ministers to do in seminaries? It follows that the primary task of a seminary should be to teach ministers about the various means handed on to us by the Church of knowing God…Theology courses should be intellectual and prayerful engagement with God's self-revelation as disclosed in Christ, Scripture, and tradition.
Church Coffee: Church Decline, the Holy Spirit, and Theological Education.
This post is more about theological education. I don't disagree with Watson but I am going to use this post as a jumping off point for something that has been in the back of my mind for a bit.
Often times I read of the West's descent into a secular society. I don't see that. Perhaps I am more optimistic than most, but I see rather a pluralistic society where we will begin to see people opening yearning for something more divine in their lives. In the end of Christendom, I see the beginning of Christianity. To that end, I would like to see seminaries teach ministers, and sometimes reteach ministers, to speak to the theology latent in the ongoing tradition — our culture.
As a Christian, I believe the Holy Spirit charts our course. As a Wesleyan, I believe the Spirit is latent in society, leading us all towards God and to a greater truth in God (John 16). This is why atheism doesn't worry me — not nearly as much as fundamentalism. Because this, I think, is our course correction, especially in the West. To this, I add that our culture is not as secular, because of the guiding of the Spirit, we'd like to believe (especially when bad things happen).1 I believe our society is seeking their own conversation with God and about God.2
This is why we see the rise of "pop culture and theology" books (Dr. Who and Theology, etc…). Because theology and philosophy is in the culture. Cultural theology is the language our society uses to seek God. The same was true in Clement of Alexandria and Irenaeus's day when they began to reach out to the society they were a part of to draft again the narrative of Christ. They used the language, and places of worship, of the pagans and others to teach Rome about Jesus. This is, speaking as a Christian, why we have John 1.1– 18. The Logos, as Justin Martyr puts it, was present long before the Incarnation and is what draws all truth seekers to God. Knowing our society and culture, our times and seasons, is a way Christians since the very beginning have come to know God and invited others along the way to experience the divine they partially knew in the fulness of Christ. God is not just found in Scripture and Tradition, but so too the natural world.
I have found more theology in pop songs than most contemporary Christian songs. For instance, the group fun. displays a wonderful concept of God:
I've tried to nail down the exact lyrics of Some Nights but cannot. Some read it as "But I still wake up, I still see your ghost/Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for" while others read it as "But I still wake up, I still see your gospel/Oh, Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for."
But, then there is this one:
I happen to stumble upon a chapel last night.
And I can't help but back up when I think of what happens inside.
I got friends locked in boxes (That's no way to live).
What you're callin' a sin isn't up to them.
After all (after all), I thought we were all your children.
You and I both know what that particular "sin" is and we also know what the boxes refer to. Those boxes are for both of us, by the way. There are more songs. In The Script's Hall of Fame being a "preacher" is recommended. We seem to stumble over such a recommendation in the Church.
Science Fiction, of all places, is riddled with the hope of something beyond us. Perhaps this is just our social myths and the way they are used to attract viewers. In that attraction, however, I believe there is a message of hope, that religion is not dead, that faith is not absurd, that God is very much a force wrestling still yet with our society and our times wrestling with God.
I agree with Watson when he writes, "Theology courses should be intellectual and prayerful engagement with God's self-revelation as disclosed in Christ, Scripture, and tradition." However, I think theological education should make practical use of philosophy as well. The Logos, after all, is a heady philosophical concept. When we understand not just what we the Church has said in the past, but learn to hear the longing in our society today, through their language — and we learn to hear that language without condemnation — then we may see the Church once more serve society. This does not require us to change our foundation, only to rediscover again how our ancient forebearers theologized. They didn't simply do it with the voices of the past, but so too the voices they heard around them.
Finally, from my friend St. Augustine,
For as he is better off who knows how to possess a tree, and return thanks to Thee for the use thereof, although he know not how many cubits high it is, or how wide it spreads, than he that can measure it, and count all its boughs, and neither owns it, nor knows or loves its Creator. 3
With better theological education, and a better understanding of the theology in our society and culture, we can help others grow their trees.
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Related articles
- Liberation Theology: a Cancer in our Clergy (chasvoice.blogspot.com)
- GRACE: The Ultimate Liberation Theology (regenerationandrepentance.wordpress.com)
- An Unconditionally Conditional Faith (gentlereformation.org)
- What Should a Theologian Talk about First? (marccortez.com)
- A Dialectic Dance: Scripture, Tradition, and Mike Bird (inchristus.wordpress.com)
- I don't believe we can either "close" or "open" anything God. Either God is or God is not. I bristle and the dilettantes who believe we can kick God out of anything. ↩
- One of the classic understandings of theology ↩
- Saint Augustine Bishop of Hippo and E. B. Pusey, The Confessions of St. Augustine (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 1996). ↩
Continuing the discussion on Sunday School
This is really a great article:
I Wonder If Sunday School Is Destroying Our Kids – Beliefs of the Heart.
However, I'm not sure I would characterize the stories as the author did.
- How Abraham was an idol worshiper and God loved him and pursued him;
- How Joseph was a narcissistic boy and God loved him and pursued him;
- How David was a murdering adulterer and God loved him and pursued him;
- How Esther had sex outside of marriage with a non-believer and God loved her and pursued her.
Abraham was an idol worshiper, but God still used him. Abraham was a feckless idgit too, who had no problem selling his women to keep his life, among other things, even after God "pursued him." For some reason, I like the Abraham character as seen in Year One.
God didn't just pursue David. God punished David greatly. Is this really grace?
To sum up Esther as simply a story about sex outside of marriage is to still remain within the realm of children's curriculum. Esther was part of the King's haraam. She did more than have sex outside of marriage. She used her body to save her people when there was no God to be found. That's right. God is not mentioned in the (Hebrew) Esther. When God is not found, people do what they have to do to survive. (Like Jesus on the Cross in Mark's Gospel.)
To sum up the stories as the author did is still doing an injustice to them.
I'm not really for telling school children David possibly married his sister among other women, cheated on his wives, had a soldier killed to keep it quiet, and then was punished relentlessly by God first with the death of the child and then with the census of the people. Nor would I want to tell them when David was too old to have sex any more, he could no longer be king.
Nor would I really want to tell school children about Esther or Ruth.
So, do we bleach these stories of any supposed moral stain? Do we use them?
What do we do to teach children the proper way to read Scripture, think and yet still believe?
on another note, if we take the entirety of these stories, which is the story of Israel, then we find Grace. Not so much in these individual stories, but only in the story of Israel as a whole.
Are you finding intellectual enjoyment in the Church?
Because of reading several polls on why people are leaving the Church, I've maintained for a while part of the issue is the lack of grounded intellectual discourse. While congregational members may have questions, often times, they are discouraged from asking them. At seminary, I met one pastoral student who loudly railed against questions and easily stated he would deny congregational questions their validity. This is measured out accordingly into our curriculums and often times in the sermons. Please, for the love of God, don't ask questions. And this is admittedly my current bent.
It was Calvin who began the tradition of wearing academic robes in the Church. Why? Because Church was supposed to a place of learning. This is why the catechisms were taught to children early — because it taught doctrines, writings, and the such. Now we seem content with a poor study set with a focus meant to do what?
Anyway, when someone on Fb posted this last night, two remarks met my immediate notice and agreement.
Because the people who teach me and who ask me hard questions and who I want to live like and learn from are outside of my church.
Because I am not expected to contribute to the intellectual climate of the church community, and I am not expected to work hard at the practical things, although being young and available I am the most able to work hard and being hungry intellectually I also have the most need to contribute.
Let us not deceive ourselves — since the Sunday School industry started in the 1940′s, along with changing views of the role of the Church and the life of the Christian, we have seen a remarkable decrease in the intellectual Christian and church attendance. Frankly, instead of Spurgeon, Hodge, and Lewis, we have Todd Bentley, Joel Osteen, and anyone who picks up a bible calling himself a preacher. I don't have to agree with Charles Hodge to appreciate his intellectual prowess.
I understand and sort of appreciate that Sunday sermons with an intellectual content, small groups, and other educational venues at Church are not everyone's cup of tea, yet we seem to strive for the lowest common denominator. Are we really afraid to teach? Why can't we teach a bit more about King David? Or Jesus? Or Judges? Why can't we teach people, starting small, to grapple with their faith and to question it?
How much better would we be if we had taught questioning our faith instead of absolute intellectual surrender when the New Atheists and Ken Ham arrived?
I am not saying that the current trend is the same as the anti-intellectualism of fundamentalism, although passively, it is rather similar. We have a strong intellectual tradition in the Mainlines. Let's return to it.
as a side note, anything said here about my current church would seem like a platitude.
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Geoff said this on Facebook:
I'd be happy if they got one year of formal education.. it would be a start. Hell, we have to go to school for at least 12 years in NZ before we're considered educated enough to live in the secular world.. we give Christians a 20 min sermon on a sunday that most of them never listen to and then they wonder why people think they are a joke. For most of them its like a preschooler having a discussion with stephen hawking on theoretical physics.
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Only a question: What should Christians learn?
John Wesley on the Education of Children (Sermon 95)
"And education under Pythagoras or Socrates had no other end, but to teach children to think and act as Pythagoras and Socrates did.
"And is it not reasonable to suppose that a Christian education should have no other end but to teach them how to think, and judge, and act according to the strictest rules of Christianity?"
via Sermon 95 – On the Education of Children – General Board of Global Ministries.
Wesley goes on, after quoting Mr. Law, to speak to the natural state of the person. We are prideful atheists who love injustice and pleasing the world. So, how do we fix such things in our children? Education of course. Education to the doctrines of the Christian church.
As I noted on Facebook, it is very interesting to note John Wesley's insistence that our natural state is one of atheism and his decision to believe certain doctrines (he forced himself to believe). Thus, his reliance on sound theological education of children. It would seem Wesley was ahead of his time, answering the results of the polls conducted by Barna and Pew regarding why people leave the Church.
Do you want to keep people from leaving the Church?
(i say this with the intention that you teach them equally to think as much as what we believe).
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THE PILLARS: Gatorade criteria
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The window on the Gatorade State Football Player of the Year race is closing, and time is running out for student-athletes to state their POY case. The award recognizes not only athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Here are two top candidates who meet the basic award criteria as determined by our ESPNHS team that administers the program's selection process.
Senior Running Back/Defensive Back, Gilman School (Baltimore, MD)
2011 Team record: 9-1
2011 Team standing: Plays Calvert Hall in MIAA A Conference title game, Nov. 18; ESPNHS ranking: No. 26
2011 Carries-YDs (AVG.)-TDs: 82-779 (9.5)-12
2011 Catches-YDs (AVG.)-TDs: 36-607 (16.9)-6
2011 Tackles: 33
2011 Interceptions: 5
Academics: B average
Collegiate destination: Undecided
How he's played himself into the State POY conversation: Ranked No. 34 senior by ESPNU; Under Armour All-American in 2011; First Team All-State in 2010; First Team Baltimore Sun All-Metro in 2010; 97-yard game-winning punt return vs. Calvert Hall.
Kevin Jones
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2011 Team record: 9-1
2011 Team standing: Won IAC title
2011 Carries-YDs (AVG.)-TDs: 235-2,089 (8.9)-30
2011 Catches-YDs (AVG.)-TDs: 3-25 (8.3)-2
Academics: B average
Collegiate destination: Undecided
How he's played himself into the State POY conversation: Averaged 209 yards rushing per game; Two punt returns for TDs; Led team to first IAC title in history; Team averaged 39.7 points per game; .
Make no mistake, the Gatorade State Football Player of the Year race isn't over yet. Time remains for one standout student-athlete among thousands to rise to the top of our list. Here are some more of many who've been in the conversation throughout the 2011 campaign.
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POY Potential: Top 5 Md. football recruits
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- ESPNU 150 rank: 9
- Height: 6-foot
- Weight: 185 pounds
- College: Undecided
- Testing results: 4.45 40-yard dash; 31.5 vertical jump
- Traits: Speed, versatility, playmaker
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Ewan MacColl, the celebrated folk musician and father of singer Kirsty, was tracked by the security services for more than 20 years on the grounds he was a dangerous radical.
Top-secret files released today, which date back to 1932, reveal that Special Branch even kept watch on the Manchester home that he shared with his first wife Joan Littlewood, the celebrated theatre director and actress.
The plays and concerts staged by the high-profile couple, who were both ardent members of the Communist Party, were also closely monitored in a bid to establish that the pair were spreading extremist propaganda.
The MI5 documents, now made public by the National Archives, also reveal that the BBC banned the MacColls from taking part in broadcasts because of their Communist connections.
A hero for the common man, Ewan MacColl - real name James Henry Miller - influenced generations of dramatists and performers with his protest ballads and subversive plays.
His parents were accomplished story-tellers and socialists, and he is credited with being the inspiration for groups such as the Pogues and for the singer Billy Bragg. Although he was born in Salford in Manchester, he often claimed Auchterarder in Scotland as his birthplace in an attempt to romanticise his roots.
At 14 he left school and did office work to fund his true calling as a singer and actor, penning such memorable songs as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face". In the 1950s, he also pioneered a revolutionary series of musical documentaries for BBC radio which came to be known as radio-ballads, a combination of recorded speech, sound effects, new songs and folk instrumentation, which featured members of the public as well as singers and instrumentalists.
His daughter Kirsty continued the family's musical tradition with a run of hits such as "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" and her duet with the Pogues, "Fairytale of New York". Her untimely death in 2000 at the age of 41 was regarded as a huge loss to music.
The first time that Ewan MacColl came to the attention of the security services was in 1932, after the chief constable of Salford tipped them off that the singer was a Communist Party member,
The MI5 papers reveal that he and Joan Littlewood, whose most notable work was the First World War satire Oh! What a Lovely War, were regarded as dangerous radicals, along with their circle of theatrical friends, bent on converting people to the Communist cause through their drama company, Theatre Union.
Now celebrated for its groundbreaking work, Theatre Union was viewed at the time by the security services as a vehicle for spreading revolutionary propaganda. In the file is a letter from an irate father who blames the MacColls and their associates for corrupting his son, a "fine specimen of English boyhood with good morals".
It reads: "I would ask you to get on the 'phone to Manchester at once, have the Millers (MacColls) dismissed from the BBC, intern them, and stop this horrible play being performed."
Ewan MacColl's Communist sympathies meant that he was placed on a special observation list when he enlisted in the army in 1940. Despite his background, he was regarded as a model soldier by his superiors. This is illustrated by the good conduct report written by his commanding officer and dated 16 December 1948, just two days before MacColl went absent without leave.
The memo from HM Forces also includes the lyrics to a new song he wrote to entertain his comrades in the barrack room. Called "Browned Off", it includes the line: "One day they made a ruddy soldier out of me and told me I have got to save democracy", which, said his commanding officer, "did not at the time appear to be subversive, though in the light of his previous history may well have been so intended".
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Summer Fun Program
Summer Fun Program is another component of the Parent/Child Interactive Program that is held in the summer for military parents and their children aged 3-8 years old. Led by trained facilitators, Summer Fun Program is an opportunity for the military families to come together to participate in age appropriate activities much like they would in class, but there is always a fun twist or summer theme. This program curriculum is kept light, so that it allows the children to enjoy the summer, but still receive the same social interaction that they would during the school months.
Children in the Summer Fun Program must be between the ages of 3 and 8, and be an Active Duty dependent station in Twentynine Palms, CA.
Be Involved with Twentynine Palms, CA ASYMCA
The Armed Services Y provides free or low-cost youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility programs for junior enlisted military & their families to make military life easier.
Click the links to learn more about how you can be involved:
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About a 5 minute drive from the tourist destination of Roses, this quaint old hotel has been maintained well. The room is very simple with no extras, but the shower is strong, the room clean and the staff friendly. Free wifi that doesn't suck. Bed was too firm for us though. Didn't try the restaurant in the evening, but the included breakfast was ok. Overall, good value.
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