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Central Connecticut State University Selected as Carnegie "Community Engagement Institution" by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
In 2011, Central Connecticut State University was designated as a Carnegie Community Engagement Institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. CCSU was one of 115 U.S. colleges and universities selected that year for the special classification.
"We are honored to be named as a Carnegie Community Engagement Institution. It puts CCSU in a distinctive category and acknowledges our support and advancement in community engagement," says Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Carl Lovitt. "Our ultimate aim is to prepare students to be thoughtful, responsible and successful citizens, as we partner with our community to help address serious problems, realize opportunities, and stimulate revitalization."
"Through a classification that acknowledges significant commitment to and demonstration of community engagement, the Foundation encourages colleges and universities to become more deeply engaged, to improve teaching and learning and to generate socially responsive knowledge to benefit communities," said Carnegie President Anthony Bryk. "We are very pleased with the movement we are seeing in this direction."
In a letter to CCSU, Carnegie cited Central for its "exemplary" practices of community engagement" and "excellent" alignment among its mission, culture, leadership, resources, and practices that support dynamic and noteworthy community engagement.
Having identified community engagement as one of the University's four elements of distinctiveness, CCSU has been dedicated over the past five years to making community engagement an institutional priority. Faculty, staff, administrators, and students, from the President's Office to student clubs, have been actively involved in improving and expanding its partnerships and outreach. In 2009, the Office of Continuing Education and Community Engagement was established and charged with planning, developing and coordinating community-based projects and engagement programs. The University established multiple channels for community members to provide feedback about perceptions and program and partnership development, offers student scholarships and faculty grants to support them in their community efforts, and formally recognizes faculty, staff and students through university-wide and departmental awards.
The proportion of first-year students giving back to the community has shown a marked increase indicating an increased institutional contribution to their development. In 2006, 26% of first-year students reported that CCSU had contributed "very much" or "quite a bit" to their own development in contributing to the welfare of their community. Two years later, that number increased to 46%, according to Lovitt, who said "But we won't be satisfied until a substantial majority of our students indicate that CCSU has enhanced their commitment to community engagement."
Some of the projects exemplifying CCSU's commitment to community engagement include:
- Working with a faculty mentor, School of Business students developed a business plan for the downtown New Britain Community Central project, which has been established as a storefront presence for CCSU while delivering after-school programs for youth and other innovative community engagement initiatives.
- Students and faculty involved students from a local teen pregnancy prevention program in after-school laboratory research projects, constructed an eco-friendly Naturescape, and organized a health fair for members of the Naylor School community.
- Education students led an interactive drawing and writing workshop for elementary school children to increase awareness of and promote compassion toward homelessness and implemented a middle school mentoring program.
- Students, working with the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at CCSU, testified in the General Assembly on proposed legislation, designed innovative mapping technology, and conducted trainings on web-based applications.
- CCSU Courses Abroad routinely engage students with community initiatives overseas, including work on local farms (Brazil), learning from chiefs and traditional healers (Ghana), work with Aboriginal artists (Australia), assisting communities in extreme poverty (South Africa), and helping villagers achieve sustainable development goals (Peru).
- CCSU students, faculty and the University's Institute for Municipal & Regional Policies developed a writing program with students at the Naylor School in Hartford, one of CCSU's professional developement schools which has been served by CCSU for decades. Click here for a video on this important project.
- CCSU Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) program students participated in National Rebuilding Day by participating with Farmington High School students in Rebuilding Together events in Hartford and New Britain. Click here for more of the story
- CCSU Launched Community Central; click here for New Britain Herald news story. And click here for the Herald editorial about CCSU's community engagement efforts.
- To learn more about CCSU's Community Engagement programs, please click here.
More information about the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification can be found on the Web at: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/.


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The idea of truth as objective is simply that no matter what we believe to be the case, some things will always be true and other things will always be false. Our beliefs, whatever they are, have no bearing on the facts of the world around us. That which is true is always true even if we stop believing it and even if we stop existing at all.
Most people in most cases certainly act as though they believe that truth is objective, independent of them, their beliefs, and the working of their minds. People assume that the clothes will still be in their closet in the morning, even though they stopped thinking about them during the night. People assume that their keys may really be in the kitchen, even if they dont actively believe this and instead believe that their keys are in the hallway.
Why adopt such a position? Well, most of our experiences would appear to validate it. We do find out clothes in the closet in the morning. Sometimes our keys do end up being in the kitchen, not in the hallway like we thought. Wherever we go, things happen regardless of what we believe. There doesnt appear to be any real evidence of things occurring just because we wished really hard that they would. If it did, the world would be chaotic and unpredictable because everyone would be wishing for different things.
The issue of prediction is important, and it is for that reason that scientific research assumes the existence of objective, independent truths. In science, determining the validity of a theory is accomplished through making predictions and then devising tests to see if those predictions come true. If they do, then the theory gains support; but if they dont, then the theory now has evidence against it.
This process depends upon the principles that the tests will either succeed or fail regardless of what the researchers believe. Assuming that the tests are designed and conducted properly, it doesnt matter how many of those involved believe that it will work there is always the possibility that it will instead fail. If this possibility didnt exist, then there simply wouldnt be any point in conducting the tests, would there? Whatever people came up with would be true and that would be the end of it.
Obviously that is utter nonsense. The world does not and cannot function like that if it did, we wouldnt be able to function in it. Everything we do relies upon the idea that there are things which are true objectively and independently of us therefore, truth must in fact be objective. Right?
Even if there are some some very good logical and pragmatic reasons for assuming that truth is objective, is that enough to say that we know that truth is objective? It may be if you are a pragmatist, but not everyone is. So we must inquire as to whether our conclusions here are really valid after all and, it seems, there are some reasons for doubt. These reasons gave rise to the philosophy of Skepticism in ancient Greek. More a philosophical perspective than school of thought, it continues to have a major impact upon philosophy today.

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Some may have noticed blue tarp hanging over some books in the children's room of the Nanuet Library. Water has seeped through the roof and has caused water damage to the ceiling and several books on one of the shelves.
How did this happen? With extreme heat comes extreme problems.
The summer's high temperatures caused one of the three HVAC units on the library's roof to malfunction. Currently, the on hot days is a continuous spray of water on the problematic unit to keep it cool and functioning properly.
Unfortunately, fixing one problem unintentionally caused another. Water from the sprinkler has caused water to seep through the roof and into the children's room, damaging a section of new books on one of the shelves.
"None of the 40 books that got really wet could be salvaged. The water must have seeped through between Saturday night and Sunday morning when we were closed—it was discovered by staff on Monday morning," Library Director Gretchen Bell.
Bell said that drains were checked and none of them were clogged and a Honeywell representative is coming on Thursday to inspect the situation.
At the library board meeting on Wednesday night, the leak was discussed and the extent of the roof's water damage is not known.
"(The damage) if it's not caused by a storm, it's not covered by our insurance," said Joe Modafferi, the library's accountant.
The leaky roofs at the library is .
Correction: According to a Honeywell representative, the problematic HVAC unit is not Honeywell technology but from the Carrier manufacturer. Honeywell helps service the equipment and has worked closely with the facility staff to maintain comfort while the library determines how to replace the unit.


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Student Handbook
The Student Handbook
Link to the Student Handbook (.pdf format)The Northwestern University Student Handbook describes the expectations for behavior and conduct in the Northwestern community and outlines the procedures to be followed when these expectations are not met.
The Student Handbook contains the most comprehensive collection of rules, regulations, and policies pertaining to students, and it should be read and consulted by all students at Northwestern.
Think of the Student Handbook as a road map. It contains the rules and procedures that will guide students while they live and grow in this community of scholars at Northwestern University.
To paraphrase Italian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225–74), rules are an organized set of principles designed and written for the common good, put forth by those who care for the community (Summa Theologiae, I–II, q. 90, art. 4). While some will think of the booklet as a collection of rules, those rules are really the expectations for behavior that we have agreed upon as a community.


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"I fought a lot of guys in the UFC who were undefeated before they fought me. So, it doesn't really bother me too much. I think I'm the biggest name he's fought so far. Being undefeated, the only thing that tells me is you haven't fought the guy that was good enough to beat you yet. And I think I'm the guy that's good enough to beat him."
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is gearing up for this weekend's big pay-per-view (PPV) event in Toronto before quickly changing gears and heading across the pond for UFC on FUEL TV 5, scheduled for the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England on Sept. 29, 2012.
"Struve vs. Miocic" will be headlined by a heavyweight battle pitting -- you guessed it -- Stefan Struve vs. Stipe Miocic. "Skyscraper" is looking to end his opponent's undefeated streak when they hook 'em up in the main event. Both combatants are proficient finishers and this 265-pound scrap could be an early candidate for "Knockout of the Night."
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South Loop Review
South Loop Review publishes compelling and resonant voices that give insight into contemporary experience and cultural phenomenon. Emphasis is placed on non-linear narrative, blended genre, illustrated essay, and narrative photography. South Loop Review has printed the work of such writers as Richard Terrill, winner of the AWP Award for Nonfiction; Kat Meads; Daniel Gutstein; Paul Zimmer; and Fredrick Zydek, winner of the Hart Crane Poetry Award.


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BELLINGHAM - A grand opening celebration Saturday, Nov. 16, will mark the completion of the new $4.5 million Perry Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences and the public and private donors who helped Bellingham Technical College replace its worn-out fisheries building.
Patricia McKeown, president of Bellingham Technical College, called the public-private support the "real exciting part" of the project.
"It's pretty exciting ownership in the building," McKeown said.
The Saturday event is by invitation only. A public open house will be held later.
The old, worn-out fisheries building at Maritime Heritage Park was built in 1947 to serve as a wastewater treatment plant.
The walls and roof leaked. The heating and electrical systems were outdated, and classroom chairs with wheels tended to roll to the other side of the room.
No more, with the completion of the new two-story building at Maritime Heritage Park.
The 8,000-square-foot building was built to last 50 years and to a LEED silver standard to make it more energy-efficient.
Roosendaal-Honcoop Construction of Bellingham was the builder.
BTC has run the fish hatchery at the mouth of Whatcom Creek in Maritime Heritage Park since 1978, after the former wastewater treatment plant was converted.
Officials said when they took over the hatchery, there were no natural salmon runs in the creek. Today, it has multiple healthy runs of salmon species, according to BTC.
The program's reach extends beyond Whatcom Creek.
Its students have had a major impact on fisheries, shellfish and habitat restoration throughout the region, BTC officials said. The most visible sign may be the thousands of fishermen and families who line Whatcom Creek each fall to catch or see the returning salmon.
The program and its students also operate the trout hatchery at Whatcom Falls Park.
BTC's graduates are employed as fish hatchery specialists, culturists for shellfish and fish, and as scientific aides for habitat restoration.
The program's students also plant and manage oysters, clams and mussels on Samish Bay each year, as well as raise nearly 2 million steelhead and salmon that are released into area creek and rivers.
The new building was paid for with public and private dollars, including $2 million from the state and $450,000 from the Whatcom County Economic Development Investment program.
Other sources were Rotary Club of Bellingham, Taylor Shellfish and Seattle Shellfish, BTC staff and faculty, Lummi Tribe, sports fishermen, Bornstein Seafoods, as well as up to $1 million from the college's reserves.
A private donation also came from Chuck Bundrant, chairman of Seattle-based Trident Seafoods, which has a processing plant in Bellingham. Bundrant gave $250,000 and asked that the center be named for Edd and Virginia Perry.
Edd Perry, Bundrant's friend, had been the owner of San Juan Seafoods in Bellingham, and the two have worked together for many years.
To McKeown, the project honors an essential piece of the Pacific Northwest -its fisheries and aquaculture.
"This allows young people, and those not so young, to work in an industry that they're really committed to," she added.
During the building's construction, BTC also revised its curriculum, allowing students, after two years, to transfer to Western Washington University's Huxley College of the Environment or Northwest Indian College for further study in their baccalaureate programs.
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There are some big changes coming to those who have Medicare. Some of the coverage plans that have been available in the past will not be available in 2014.Each year Medicare Advantage plans decide whether to sign a contract with Medicare. If your plan intends to leave Medicare, you should receive notice from that provider about your options.If that does happen you could join a new Medicare Advantage plan or return to Original Medicare.Your current coverage will end December 31, 2013. Making a decision before that time ensures coverage will be in place on January 1, 2014.For more information on this topic call the Senior Health Insurance Information Program (SHIIP) at 1-800-735-2942.
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Wazzu fans, it's time to wave the flag! Check out this video to see what you'll get on Pac-12 Networks: on.pac-12.org/OemjYZ— Pac-12 Conference (@pac12) July 12, 2012
The Pac-12 Networks launch August 15 and will broadcast at least one game from all 12 teams in our first month of football. See if you will get Pac-12 Networks from your TV provider by visiting the Pac-12 Networks Channel Finder.


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I know it has been a LONG time since I've updated, and some of you might have wondered where I've been, I just haven't been myself for a while now. Things are not what I had hoped they would be. I am working on that and am trying to get me back, and I just couldn't write, I just felt like I had nothing to say, that no one would want to read about me being down down down. I have tried to keep this blog happy and upbeat but lately I have been in a dark funk that I can't seem to get out of.
Then I realized that the reason I started this blog was for me, and it has helped in so many ways to get out my frustrations and release some of my inner tormoils, so I figured why not try and write again.
So much is happening, and not much of it is good. My ex has not given me any money in over 6 months and it is really starting to wear on me, see I was with DD for 5 years and in that time he has put me so far into debt that I had to move back in with my mom (I do pay her rent it isn't like she is supporting me I don't know why I have to state that, maybe because I don't want you to think I am a loser because that is how I have been feeling lately). Anyway, the deal that DD and I had was that he would help pay back some of the debt I incurred because of him, and for a while he was doing pretty well and now NOTHING, and I already work 2 jobs and am so tired, I just never feel like I am above water, I feel like I am drowning all the time. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it anymore, I have to just move forward, but it is so hard when I have no where to go.
I just wish he was a man of his word and not the person with empty promises all the damn time. How did I let myself be fooled for so long?
This time of year does not help with my mood either, from right after Halloween (my favorite holiday) to my birthday (which is in January) I get seasonal depression without a doubt I have it, the dark the cold, just all of it makes me sad. I tend to eat more (which doesn't help my weight) and all I want to do is stay in bed and watch TV. This is not a way to live, I have been going to therapy but I just don't voice it all, I have good days and I have bad days, but lately the bad seem to outway the good. I am tired all the time, I am sad all the time, and all I want to do is sleep ha but what is funny is that I haven't been sleeping, I have such bad inosmnia lately that I literally will sleep for an hour be up for 3, sleep 20 minutes up for 1. Which also is not helping my mood, so I'm cranky, tired, bored, and lonely. See why I haven't written in so long, who wants to hear about this, I write this and I'm disgusted with myself. I want to scream "GET OVER IT!!! SHUT THE FUCK UP AND SNAP OUT OF IT!!!" But no matter how much I try I just can't seem to get out of my funk.
I have a doctors appointment next month with my oncologist and I'm going to talk to them about everything that I am feeling, I've talked to some people who have been through what I have (Cancer) and you know what a lot of them are on antidepressants, our bodies have gone through such a shock, our chemistry is different, our minds have been through so much that maybe it is time to be put on something (I don't want to be there are so many side effects and I already take so many pills as it is). But I am going to talk to them, I can't keep living like this. I need to find the light again, to feel happy, to wake up feeling refreshed, to want to live my life. I have always said, that life is too short to be miserable all the time and right now I am miserable.
See why I haven't posted who wants to hear about this, who wants to read this, I write for me but I also write for people to enjoy. But I'm going to get over this, I have to get over this, I have to be me again, I hate feeling like this, I hate feeling like a failure am I a failure? Will I ever meet a nice guy will I ever float on the water calmly instead of struggling to keep my head above?
Friday, November 16, 2007
Someday the light will come back right?
I know it has been a LONG time since I've updated, and some of you might have wondered where I've been, I just haven't been myself for a while now. Things are not what I had hoped they would be. I am working on that and am trying to get me back, and I just couldn't write, I just felt like I had nothing to say, that no one would want to read about me being down down down. I have tried to keep this blog happy and upbeat but lately I have been in a dark funk that I can't seem to get out of.
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Labels: Day to Day, My Thoughts
13 Comments:
- Carrie said...
I don't know why I read blogs. Do I read them to "enjoy" them? I do enjoy a lot of the stories I read. But then other times I read a post like this and I experience something else. Certainly not enjoyment, I guess. From reading blogs and reading the "less enjoyable" posts like this one, I feel less alone. I think alot of these blogs are about sharing a piece of yourself and your life with others of us out here. You say you are writing this blog for yourself, and you should. You should write about the good days AND the bad days because the rest of us out here have good and bad days and sharing that makes us all feel less alone. Also, sometimes someone who is a few steps closer to the light will read, and can offer a hand to help you take a few more steps yourself. It's natural for you to want people to enjoy your blog but know we don't always need to be entertained. We are also happy to just "listen" and offer some encouragement on the bad days. So...getting to that. You are not alone. Life sucks ass sometimes and I'm fighting to get back to the light too. It is a fight. We are fighting for our lives. I believe antidepressants are overprescribed, but not for those of us who KNOW we need them. And you don't have to take them forever, so run to the doctor. Stay in therapy. We are not weak just because we feel weak. It's okay to ask for help. We are not failures because we need help. We fail ourselves if we don't ask for it.
- November 16, 2007 at 8:46 PM
- JazzBrown said...
You are most certainly not a failure. You are a suvivor and a fighter. Do not forget that. Its strange that I was thinking of you and wondering where you'd gone off to and this is what I found. We all have those dark periods and we all have some sort of jerk that keeps us from moving forward in the ways that we are capable of. Please remember that you are loved and that we are here to listen and offer support. I come her to read about you the good, funny, bad, and ugly (not that you are ugly ;))!
My Dad is a shrink and if I didn't have my own personal Dr. that I could harass, uh, I mean call... then I'd be on a rainbow of "solutions". There is nothing wrng with seeking help when we need it. It may only be a temporary situation that can help us get ourselves back.
You know where to find me. Keep writing, we miss you.
- November 17, 2007 at 9:46 PM
- Cairde said...
I am glad you wrote about what has been going on. I have been feeling the same way, tired and needing something to change...especially me. I stopped writing for a bit because I felt I had nothing interesting and fun to talk about, but my blog is for me..my outlet. I am in a funk that I have been in many times before. It will pass, I certainly hope your's passes quickly as well. You are a fighter...don't forget that!
- November 19, 2007 at 7:56 AM
- slackermommy said...
Hang in there honey. This time of year is hard on me too so I know what you are going through. Antidepressants are my savior. They don't completely take away my depression but it is certainly much more manageable. You may want to give it a try.
Please keep writing when you are going through difficult times.It is so cathartic and there are so many of us who don't want you to write only about the good times. We want all of you; the good, the bad, and the ugly.
- November 23, 2007 at 11:12 PM
- Sandra said...
Perk up honey, I LOVE YOU :)
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- January 29, 2008 at 11:53 PM
- Sam Sotiropoulos said...
Yes, the light will come back! Don't despair, Melina, I know it sounds like a platitude but Nietzsche's dictum "What does not kill me makes me stronger" is true! It may take a little while for you to regroup and gather your energies so don't rush it, you've been through a lot already. But just keep that thought in the back of your mind and it will help along the path to the light.
If you're looking for something to do with yourself in the meantime, how about cooking up some Greek food? See my blog: Greek Food
Be Well,
Sam Sotiropoulos
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Shingebiss Puppet Show 1/14
Shingebiss, an Ojibwa Native American Puppet Show
Saturday, January 14
Barnes & Noble West Towne @ 10:30 & 11:30
Free admission
The Madison Waldorf School presents our Waldorf-inspired puppet show rendition of Shingebiss. It is the traditional Ojibwa story about a little duck who defies the cold, harsh winter while others around him cower in fear. This story exemplifies the strength of the underdog and the virtue of perseverance and fortitude. A portion of all book purchases at Barnes & Noble during and after the puppet show will benefit the Madison Waldorf School's tuition assistance program.
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Waldorf Winter Festival Is Coming to Town Saturday, December 10th!
Our second annual Waldorf Winter Festival which will be held Saturday, December 10, 2011 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Madison Waldorf School. This event is open to our community, as well as the larger Madison community. This year's festival will include:
- Puppet Show & Storytelling
- Musical Performances
- Craft Making & Children's Activities
- Handmade Gifts & Wreath Sale
- Wholesome Food & Desserts
- Warm Drinks & a Bonfire
We hope to see you there!
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As we spend more and more of our time staring at the screens of movies, televisions, computers, and handheld devices—"windows" full of moving images, texts, and icons—how the world is framed has become as important as what is in the frame. In The Virtual Window, Anne Friedberg examines the window as metaphor, as architectural component, and as an opening to the dematerialized reality we see on the screen.
In Always Already New, Lisa Gitelman explores the newness of new media while she asks what it means to do media history. Using the examples of early recorded sound and digital networks, Gitelman challenges readers to think about the ways that media work as the simultaneous subjects and instruments of historical inquiry.
In Aesthetic Computing, key scholars and practitioners from art, design, computer science, and mathematics lay the foundations for a discipline that applies the theory and practice of art to computing. Aesthetic computing explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role in different areas of computer science. One of its goals is to modify computer science by the application of the wide range of definitions and categories normally associated with making art. For example, structures in computing might be represented using the style of Gaudi or the Bauhaus school.
Deep Time of the Media takes us on an archaeological quest into the hidden layers of media development—dynamic moments of intense activity in media design and construction that have been largely ignored in the historical-media archaeological record. Siegfried Zielinski argues that the history of the media does not proceed predictably from primitive tools to complex machinery; in Deep Time of the Media, he illuminates turning points of media history—fractures in the predictable—that help us see the new in the old.
In Media Ecologies, Matthew Fuller asks what happens when media systems interact. Complex objects such as media systems—understood here as processes, or elements in a composition as much as "things"—have become informational as much as physical, but without losing any of their fundamental materiality. Fuller looks at this multiplicitous materiality—how it can be sensed, made use of, and how it makes other possibilities tangible.
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Among her many U.S. distance records, Deena Kastor set the American marathon record of 2:19:36 in 2006, a time that would've won the gold medal at any Olympic Games since marathon became a women's sport in 1984. Unfortunately for Kastor, an early-race injury in Beijing prevented her from trying to win her second consecutive Olympic marathon medal.
Kastor competed in her third Olympics in 2008. She suffered an Achilles tendon injury prior to the 2000 Games and didn't qualify for the 10,000-meter final in Sydney. She earned a bronze medal in the marathon at the Athens Games.
Comeback kid:
Kastor trailed eventual runner-up Magdalena Lewy Boulet by almost two minutes midway through the 2008 U.S. Marathon Trials in Boston before Kastor rallied to win in 2:29:35.
Career highlights:
Kastor earned the Jesse Owens Award in 2003. She placed second in the 2002 and '03 World Cross Country Championships. Kastor has dominated distance events in the U.S., winning five 10,000-meter national championships, five 15-kilometer championships, seven eight-kilometer cross country titles and the 2001 U.S. marathon championship, in addition to winning the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials and the 10,000-meters at the 2000 and '04 Trials.
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- Birth date: February 14, 1973
- Hometown: Agoura, California
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Technology marketing offers its own sets of challenges. The marketing head for commercial & small and medium businesses under the personal systems group of Hewlett-Packard India Deepti Dang shares the challenges she faces and how she plans to overcome them. Dang is responsible for marketing strategy, planning and programmes, including channel marketing for this division. Correspondent Deepti Aggarwal finds out what new developments are taking place at HP. Excerpts from an interview:
How does HP look at the domestic market? How have the 'made-for India' PCs fared?
We clearly see a big opportunity here. We entered this market in 1988 and today this is one of the largest and most diverse sites for HP outside of the US. Our 30,000-plus employees are spread over 42 locations in this country.
This market is driven by connectivity and mobility, riding high on fashion and style. Thus, HP is focusing on bringing technology-rich and stylish products that are positioned towards the youth and women. At the same time we always keep in mind the price-sensitive nature of this market. We believe in creating products that are customised for the market, region and customer.
Our 'made-for-India' PCs are in line with this belief. HP clearly sees a coverage opportunity here. As the market moves to more broadband penetration or 3G, we see the opportunity to provide more connected products at affordable price-points. We recently tied up with Bharti Airtel to promote broadband and PC penetration here. Under this partnership, Airtel will offer consumers a broadband connection at discounted entry-cost with every HP and Compaq notebook and desktop.
HP has lately been into experiential marketing in a big way. How has it been taken by the market?
Since brand awareness and brand recall of HP notebooks are very high, the challenge is to get users to experience the products by seeing touching and using them. We created 'experience zones' where customers could get first-hand experience of our notebooks. Airports are chosen for these since they are one of the best places to reach our target audience. Delhi and Mumbai airports were chosen to set up our kiosks because of the high traffic factor.
Next in this line is the HP EliteBook at a gym in Bangalore under the theme 'All Muscle, No Fat'. Drawing parallels between the strength and the outer elegance that one is bestowed with while working out at the gym.
All these events have been hugely successful, as they could excite users, since they are based on the insight that the users would like to first touch, feel and see the product before making the final purchase.
Please share the specific marketing campaigns targeted at SME customers?
We have had a slew of activities to communicate with the particular segment. The first being the 'Computer is personal again' campaign. This campaign emphasises the vision of a highly individual and personal relationship with the computer, unique for each user. Customers seek more than just better products. The look of the 'Personal Again' campaign brings these ideas to life, with iconic images of a hand and head, its 'handwritten' type look, and its relaxed, colloquial ad copy. The 'Total care campaign' talks about our continued focus on providing complete solutions.
Another popular one is the 'Hall of Campaign' showcasing and drawing a parallel between India's 'game changers' and HP's partnership in the journey towards their success.
How does HP leverage mass media advertising and BTL tools for marketing?
Globally, the advertising industry has seen a steady shift from ATL to BTL and this trend will continue. This year and beyond, BTL will be the focus as it can be effectively measured and directly translated into sales. Since BTL communication is not media dependent there is a much larger scope of being innovative and creative. In the coming years we will see more unconventional forms of BTL communication being introduced. We will also see an increase in the use of the mobile medium as a content delivery tool.
In the current scenario, a communication plan is incomplete if it does not include BTL activities. In addition to one-to-one engagement, BTL media allows marketers to stretch the marketing dollars much farther. The HP Notebooks kiosk activity at the airport is a good example of effective BTL communication.
What are the marketing challenges you foresee in future?
We are already witnessing the rise of the new media– namely the Internet and the mobile phones, the use of which is growing at a rapid pace. In the time to come, it will only increase. As more and more consumers move online, they are expressing themselves and connecting with like-minded individuals across the globe. Thus, the need to monitor the conversations taking place on blogs, YouTube, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and in the comments sections of news sites—as well as to respond to them—is creating a new challenge for marketers.
The mobile phones, or the 'third screen' is emerging as a lucrative platform for marketers. But the challenge will be to be relevant and not run the risk of invading privacy.
How is HP planning to leverage this surge in online media?
With more consumers moving online, our aim is to reach and engage them wherever they are. Going forward digital will be extremely critical. Blogs, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter etc represent a wide base where consumers are spread out and come together to discuss every aspect of life. We will have to keep our ears open to gauge what they are thinking and doing and hence mould ourselves accordingly. Experiential marketing will also go a long way in helping the consumer to make the final purchase decision.


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Take Ministerofjustice in Charlton feature
MINISTEROFJUSTICE, the seven-year-old with a few shots still left in his arsenal, returns to claiming company for the second time this season with a shot at the $570,000 Cecil C Charlton Trophy feature at Caymanas Park today at approximately 4:30 pm, with first post at 12:30.
Set among $550,000 - $500,000 claimers (three-year-olds upward) and native-bred four-year-olds (NW4), 10 will contest the event going 1,300m and the joint 1,000m straight record holder is evenly poised at 54.0kg to register his 12th win from 70 career starts.
Trained by Gary Subratie for owner True Friends, Ministerfjustice, a chestnut horse by Royal Minister out of Sub Zero (French Champagne), bred by Kelvin Jones & Michael McIntosh, takes a drop in class following two good runs in the grade above.
While campaigning in the grade above, he was narrowly beaten in a gritty performance going 1,400m after stepping up from claiming.
Returning to where he is more than comfortable with four good runs under his girth, the proven campaigner, a narrow loser in the Jockey Club Stakes going 1,400m should be equipped to make amends with 100m less to travel.
Leading jockey Dane Nelson, who was his favourite rider four or so years ago when they equalled the track record and who was again astride when running as a loose cannon on September 28, returns to the saddle in place of Richard Mitchell, who also shared rides with Nelson on Ministerofjustice when trained by McIntosh and later, by Arnold Rambally.
However, Ministerofjustice will have to do some serious running to escape the challenges of Jaylen, the in-form Rolex and the well drilled three-year-old chestnut filly, Mom's Secret.
Rolex, the mount of Omar Walker, is coming off of a good win in the grade and should have a serious say in the outcome, although not the most consistent of runners.
Nonetheless, with Walker remaining in the irons for trainer Lawrence Freemantle, the five-year-old chestnut son of A King Is Born out of Oriental Flyer (Fly So Free) should relish the increase in journey, though saddled with top weight of 56.0kg.
Jaylen, who came out of the same race as Rolex in third, will also enjoy 1,300m and was seen making good late headway. However, though expected to be competitive, the six-yer-old chestnut son of Burning Marque out of Brini Baby (Cabrini Green) may have to settle for minor share, even with Shane Ellis entrenched in place of Dane Nelson, who has jumped ship for Ministerofjustice.


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Zac Brown Tribute Band to follow with free outdoor concert as Buffalo Bills; ECMC; ECMC Lifeline Foundation; American Cancer Society; Canadian Cancer Society; Hard Rock Cafe Niagara Falls, USA; and KISS 98.5 come together to raise money and awareness for the fight against breast cancer.
Buffalo Bills "Billieve" Breast Cancer Awareness Event
Friday, October 11th
O'Laughlin Drive, Downtown Niagara Falls, NY
Festivities begin at 5PM – Zac Brown Tribute Band to perform at 8:30PM
The event will serve host to a number of memorable highlights, including outdoor concert performances by the Zac Brown Tribute Band, a ceremonial pink lighting of Niagara Falls, and the Hard Rock's International PINKTOBER living ribbon across the Rainbow Bridge.
Join Buffalo Bills players and their families along with Nicholas Picholas of KISS 98.5, Master of Ceremonies for this free and open concert. Bills in attendance will include: Dan Carpenter, Dustin Hopkins, Brian Moorman, Fred Jackson, Aaron Williams, Da'Norris Searcy, C.J. Spiller, Ron Brooks, Frank Summers, Arthur Moats, Doug Legursky, Kraig Urbik, Mark Asper, Garrison Sanborn, Eric Wood, Colin Brown, Scott Chandler, Lee Smith, Manny Lawson, Alex Carrington, Marcell Dareus.
Those interested in participating in the living ribbon can click on the link below and for $30, receive a commemorative gift, pink pashmina and a spot on the Rainbow Bridge to help form the living ribbon. All of the proceeds from the living ribbon will go to the American Cancer Society and the Canadian Cancer Society. Online registration will end at noon on Friday, October 11th, and walk-ups are welcomed. Check-in for the living ribbon will be handled on O'Laughlin Drive. All participants in the ribbon ceremony will be required to produce a passport or enhanced driver's license.
Breast Cancer Awareness merchandise will be available and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society and the Western New York Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
In addition, the ECMC Lifeline Foundation Mammography Coach, which features two digital mammography screening units, will be parked on O'Laughlin Drive for people to visit and receive information on early diagnosis and treatment.
In honor of the event, locations in Niagara Falls and Buffalo will be turning "pink" that night to help support the cause. This will include Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, USA, the Electric Tower, the Peace Bridge, the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center, Giacomo Hotel and the Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel.
ZBTB is the nation's premier Zac Brown Tribute Band. They capture the Zac Brown experience by presenting audiences with a wide range of the band's original songs and covers brought to you by some of New York's top musicians. They bring soaring vocal harmonies and precise instrumental lines to create an exciting and exhilarating experience rivaled only by Zac Brown himself!
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Swear to the gods, cooking beans never turns out the same. Soak them 24 hours and put them in the pan and half of them are still hard hours into it. This is why every woman/man wants to crockpot cook their beans. I am just not a huge crockpot person. It takes the talent out of cooking or at least I kind of feel that way about it. My picture of smoked chorizo bean soup looks so red from the chorizo.
Today, I want to tell you how I cook beans and make sure that they do not turn out hard. The no fail method is soak them for 36 hours not 24 hours. Drain them a few times and replace the water. Give them plenty of room to grow in the water by putting them in a larger bowl with a lid. After soaking, cook them for four hours and then let cool. Store them over night and cook for four hours again the next day. This allows for the oils and flavor to settle and you will have some of the best beans you've ever tasted. Adding a tad of liquid smoke really kicks in the flavor of the beans along with the bacon adding additional smoke flavor.
In a large bowl, soak beans for 36 hour replacing the water two to three times.
In a large pot, add in onion, garlic, bacon, and jalapenos. Saute until onions are half way translucent. Add in chorizo and saute for about three minutes. Add in beans and broth; cover with water to 3/4 of the pot. Add liquid smoke and Worchester sauce along with salt and pepper. Cover and cook on low heat for four hours. Let cool and refrigerate over night. Cook again four hours on low before you plan to serve.
Serve with corn bread and top with cilantro or parsley.


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-- WWE.com announced today on their website that Brock Lesnar won't be fined for "assaulting" Josh Mathews. The storyline emphasizes that Lesnar has leverage over John Laurinaitis over their contract negotiations.
-- The BBC noted that Mick Foley's upcoming UK tour will be among the first performances in the Assembly Rooms on George Street to take place since it recently re-opened in Edinburgh, Scotland. The building was closed for a £9.3m refurbishment and originally opened in 1787; Foley's tour stop is set for August as part of the The Edinburgh Festival.


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News by Dan Seifert on Friday December 16, 2011.
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A recent rumor has hit the internet stating that Sprint has asked its manufacturer partners to remove Carrier IQ's software from all of the devices that it carries. We reached out to Sprint for a comment on the matter, and while the carrier said that it does not comment on rumors, it did confirm for us that it is disabling the Carrier IQ software on its phones and it is no longer collecting data from it.
Geek.com initially reported that "Sprint has ordered that all of their hardware partners remove the Carrier IQ software from Sprint devices as soon as possible." Whether or not Sprint is asking for the software to be removed entirely or not is still up in the air, but the carrier is doing something on its end to stop the Carrier IQ software from functioning.
"We have weighed customer concerns and we have disabled use of the tool so that diagnostic information and data is no longer being collected," said Sprint in an email to Mobile Burn. "We are further evaluating options regarding this diagnostic software as well as Sprint's diagnostic needs."
Sprint reiterated that it was not using Carrier IQ software to look at the content of text messages, emails, photos and other information stored on phones by users. The carrier also clarified that Carrier IQ was not used for any form of targeted advertising or profiling of customers. The software's sole purpose was to report network deficiencies and allow Sprint to improve its network and service for its customers.
It appears that Sprint has stopped collecting the data obtained by Carrier IQ, and that it may have remotely disabled it on devices on its network. It is not clear if the software will be removed by future software updates for existing phones, or if it will not be installed on new devices going forward.
This week, Sprint revealed that Carrier IQ software can be found on 26 million of its devices in the U.S. from a range of manufacturers in its response to Senator Al Franken's inquiry on the matter. It did state that only 1.3 million devices were actively reporting data obtained with Carrier IQ at any given time. AT&T also confirmed that it used Carrier IQ on its devices, but to a lesser extent than Sprint apparently had been until now.
Dan Seifert
Dan is MobileBurn.com's Editor-in-Chief. Based in Poughkeepsie in New York, Dan can be found on Twitter as @DCSeifert.


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The Irreverence Begins...
About a year ago, when I was finishing up school, my brother came up to live with me. He was a sophomore and staying with me was cheaper than paying rent. I lived in a pretty nice place, a three bed/three bath two story condo that was part of a building with three other units. The neighbors were all pretty cool, particularly the girls that lived next door. They only called the cops on me once for playing the guitar too loud, so we all got along pretty well. Well, as luck would have it, my brother ended up having this gigantic crush on on of the girls who lived there.
Despite the fact that the girls were all pretty cool, their boyfriends were the type of insecure douches that everybody loves to hate. The whole "popped collar, I lift weights for no reason and wear skate shoes but don't skate" thing was in full effect with these guys. Two of the three weren't TOO bad, and I was able to maintain a serviceable relationship between us. The worst of the three just conveniently happened to be the one dating the girl my brother liked.
Most people have known at least one jealous person in their lives, whether they actually dated one, or just knew of somebody who did. Whatever the case though, the stories are all pretty blase and identical. This guy however, went about three notches over what might have typically been deemed over the line by most jealous people themselves. He would alternate between bouts of over the top crying, black rage, and threats to kill me whenever I watched him do it. He had no problem doing any of it either in front of me, or through the very thin wall that rested between my kitchen and her room.
One particular night, after a long string of fights, and almost break-ups, the guy pulled up to the house in his douche-y yellow hummer. Amy (the girl) met him outside and they sat on the bench right outside my place. When my brother got home, he walked right past the two before coming inside to tell me that he was tired of the way Todd was treating Amy, and that he was going to do something about it. Well, as luck would have it, predictability won out and the couple began arguing again. This time though, Todd became so scatter-brained that when he decided in short order to storm off, then apologize (a thinly veiled angle for make-up sex, no doubt), he forgot that he left his back seat door open. He had been planning on staying the night and when he threw his bag back in the car, I guess he just forgot what he was doing. Anyhow, when he and Amy retired inside, my brother decided that now was the time. I, being a sucker for entertainment, volunteered for action as well.
After taking enough time to make sure that they had gone inside for good, We approached the hummer and kind of stood there looking at it, not really sure what to do with the golden opportunity we'd been granted. At first, it seemed like we'd just end up standing there staring at it, letting the moment go to waste, but that was before Cameron decided he wanted to honk the horn. He hopped into the back seat and climbed over into the drivers seat, and began honking the horn, and flipping every switch the thing had to offer. He sprayed water all over the windshield and left the lights on, all without alerting Todd who by now was "preoccupied". Eventually though, the thrill of sitting in Todd's driver seat wore off. That happened just in time for me to notice the cup of McCallister's Iced Tea sitting in the cup holder. It didn't take long for me to decide what belonged in the cup more than the tea itself, and Cameron and I quickly took advantage by peeing in the cup and setting it back in the holder. Cameron was inspired though, and "accidentally" got some on the passenger seat.
During the time all this was going on, the downstairs neighbor had come out to walk her dogs, and noticed that something was going on. The comically over the top laughter coming from the hummer likely being the indicator, though I'm sure the flashing blinkers may have added. When she walked over to ask what the hell we were both doing in the truck, she made the fatal flaw of giving Cameron an audience. We're both easily encouraged, but when Cameron gets into his zone, he'll drop any and all common sense he might otherwise have had in lieu of pleasing his newfound viewers. This time was no exception, and he quickly crossed his own line and decided that peeing in the car wasn't all that needed to be done. Despite her urgings, he shut the door and was left alone in the car to do his business. A couple of minutes later, he emerged and told us that Todd would have to spend his visit in the same clothes he had on.. He'd found his bag and dropped a deuce in it. All of us were laughing so hard at what had been going on that we never noticed the light in Amy's room turn off.
When we heard the door to her place open and shut, we panicked and quickly began to shuffle away from the truck as fast as we could. Cameron though, is a bit slow at times and didn't react fast enough. Rather than risk being seen running away from a hummer with its blinker on and the door opened, he literally jumped into the far back of the car. I was a few cars away when this happened, pretending that I was just talking to my neighbor, but I saw the whole thing. I vividly remember thinking to myself "Oh my God, Cameron. What in the holiest hell are you doing?" As Amy and Todd made their way to the car, they each looked over at Megan and I, and waved before they climbed into the car. Apparently not immediately noticing anything was wrong, or simply eschewing to care, they drove off, with Cameron still hiding in the back seat. I simply stood there and watched as the car left the parking lot and drove down the street until it was out of sight.
About ten minutes later, I got a phone call from Cameron, asking me to come and pick him up at Cheddar's. I asked him what happened and he said that he would tell me when he got out of there. I left immediately and found Cameron standing at the corner about two blocks away from the restaurant, outside a Starbucks where other people had spent their evening studying. When I pulled into the parking lot, Cameron hopped in and sat there, staring through the windshield as I looked at him expectantly. There was a kind of awkward silence before Cameron told me that he heard Todd remark about something smelling bad about three quarters of the way to Cheddar's. He recounted how he went from being afraid of being caught, to being afraid he'd laugh too hard on the way there. Still, he said, that wasn't the weirdest part. After they pulled into the parking lot, he waited as they got out took enough time to allow them to walk away. When he decided to make a run for it, he climbed over the seat and let himself out. Ten feet away from Todd and Amy, who had bumped into some friends. He told me that when he hopped out of the car, Amy was looking right at him, but didn't say anything. Nobody else noticed anything at all.
Turns out that later that night, Amy and Todd broke up for good, because we heard them fighting again, and watched Todd drive off into the night. We never saw him again.


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Mississippians Pack McDonalds looking for WorkBy Jeffrey Hess | Published 19 Apr 2011 09:50am |
Hundreds of Mississippi workers walked into the golden arches looking for more than a burger and a coke. With Mississippi unemployment over 10-percent, MPB's Jeffrey Hess reports that they were looking for one of 50-thousand jobs McDonalds is hoping to fill nationwide.
All the tables and chairs are full at a McDonalds in Jackson, but few people are eating. Instead, they are filling out applications hoping to find work.
21-year old Carl Walker waits for an interview with the manager...he has not been able to find work in almost two years.
"I went job searching, kept job searching and I couldn't find a job. It is stil hard and I am still looking and I hope I can make a change today," Walker said.
40-year old Michael Williams says he worked for McDonalds when he was younger, but since his work as a landscaper dried up, he needs some extra cash.
"I want to several places. Restaurants. Popeyes. Red Lobster and all that. But everybody really had a freeze on hiring. But McDonalds really had a good thing going on so I am hoping I can get back in and be one of the team members again," Williams said.
The company is conducting interviews on the spot, attempting to hire 50-thousand people for all positions from working the line to salaried management.
Store Manager Francis King interviews applicant after applicant sifting for the best option. King says she started as a crew member 11 years ago and worked her way up to manager.
"It's great. It is. To see so many people interested and looking for employment," King said.
At another Jackson area McDonalds, an employee hands out numbered slips of paper to keep all the applicants in order. Leo Caillier is the director of operations for 22 stores in the Jackson area.
"At least a couple hundred people we expect to hire today. That would be a good start but we are not going to pass up on anyone that has the potential to be a great employee for us," Caillier said.
There are more than 130 McDonald's restaurants across Mississippi, which could mean new work opportunities for hundreds of Mississippians looking for a job.
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Didier Drogba will leave Chelsea when his contract runs out at the end of June, the club have announced on their website.
The 34-year-old Ivory Coast international has spent eight years at Chelsea, scoring 157 goals in 341 appearances, and helped the Blues win 10 titles.
One of those titles was Saturday's Champions League victory over Bayern Munich, where Drogba scored a late equaliser in normal time and then netted the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out.
Drogba has been a talisman for Chelsea, spearheading their drive for success and delivering crucial performances in the matches which mattered most.
The former Marseille forward, who has been linked with a lucrative move to China, maintained Chelsea would "always be in my heart".
Drogba said on the club's official website, www.chelseafc.com: "I wanted to put an end to all the speculation and confirm that I am leaving Chelsea. It has been a very difficult decision for me to make and I am very proud of what we have achieved, but the time is right for a new challenge for me.
"As a team we have accomplished so much and have won every single trophy possible. Saturday was a very special moment for everyone at the club and for all the fans, and I am very proud to have played my part in bringing many trophies to this club, which has been my home for the last eight years.
"I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone at the club especially [owner] Roman [Abramovich] and my team-mates, many of whom have become very close friends and will be my friends for life.
"I would also like to say a very special thank you to the Chelsea fans who have shown me so much love and support over the years.
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Academics, students, diplomats and legal experts gathered at the Ismaili Centre, London, at the end of May, to celebrate the launch of Interpretations of Law & Ethics in Muslim Contexts, volume two of AKU-ISMC's Muslim Civilisations Abstracts publications. MCA Series Editor, Dr. Aptin Khanbaghi, welcomed guests alongside Dr. Farouk Topan, AKU-ISMC Interim Director, and Professor Abdou Filali-Ansary, Professor at AKU-ISMC and Founding Director.


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The Haxtun boys' basketball team improved to 4-0 at home and 5-1 on the season on Friday as it defeated non-conference Nebraska opponent, Creek Valley, 47-32.
After a 17-day layoff between games due to holiday break, the Bulldogs struggled to gain much traction offensively in the first half, but was able to carry the lead through the entire first half thanks to a stout defensive effort.
Haxtun held a 13-9 lead after the first quarter and then the two teams each only mustered eight points apiece in the second quarter to make it a 21-17 Bulldogs' advantage at the break.
In the third quarter, Haxtun was able to break the game open as it outscored the Storm 16-4. From there, head coach Dennis Tjaden said he was able to mix and match different lineups the rest of the way and get a lot of players some time as his team coasted to the 47-32 final.
Junior Greg Chapdelaine had a team-high 12 points for the Bulldogs, while senior Jake Gerk joined him in double-figures with 10 points.
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September 3, 2014 + The Tilling First Given by God to Adam
by St. John Chrysostom
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till and to keep it (Gen. 2:15).
'To till.' What was lacking in Paradise? And even if a tiller was needed, where was the plow? Where were the other implements of agriculture? The "tilling" [or "working"] of God consisted in tilling and keeping the commandment of God, remaining faithful to the commandment... Just as to believe in Christ is the work of God (John 6:29), so also it was a work to believe the commandment that if he touched (the forbidden tree) he would die, and if he did not touch it, he would live. The work was the keeping of the spiritual words ... "To till and to keep it," it is said. To keep it from whom? There were no thieves, no passersby, no one of evil intent. To keep from whom? To keep it for oneself; not to lose it by transgressing the commandment; to keep Paradise for oneself, observing the commandment.
July 23, 2014 + If You Desire to Become Equal to the Apostles, There is Nothing to Hinder You
by St. John Chrysostom
Wherefore, if you desire to become equal to the apostles, there is nothing to hinder you. For to have arrived at this virtue only suffices for your not at all falling short of them. Let no one therefore wait for miracles. For though the evil spirit is grieved, when he is driven out of a body, yet much more so, when he sees a soul delivered from sin. For indeed this is his great power [cf. Acts 8:10]. This power caused Christ to die, that He might put an end to it. Yea, for this brought in death; by reason of this all things have been turned upside down. If then thou remove this, you have cut out the nerves of the devil, you have bruised his head, you have put an end to all his might, you have scattered his host, you have exhibited a sign greater than all signs.
June 25, 2014 + How Monastics are to Aide the Church's Leaders
As deacon, priest and bishop he [St. John Chysostom] not only remained a monk at heart (what, after all, was a monk but a Christian striving to live out the gospel to the full?), but continued as far as his new situation permitted, to practice his routine of monstic austerities - for example living alone as much as possible. Consistently with this, he never hesitated as bishop, when the needs of the church seemed to warrant it, to call monks from their seclusion and either ordain them and associate them with his ministry or employ them as missionaries. However romantically he could idealise monks in their secluded retreats, he could never, with his wider understanding of the monastic voation, envisage them as standing apart from the church and its prediciments.
June 11, 2014 + On the Importance of Bringing Your Children to Church and Teaching Them the Gospel
by St. John Chrysostom
"For let no one tell me that our children ought not to be occupied with these things; they ought not only to be occupied with them, but to be zealous about them only. And although on account of your infirmity I do not assert this, nor take them away from their worldly learning, just as I do not draw you either from your civil business; yet of these seven days I claim that you dedicate one to the common Lord of us all... And yet when you take your children into the theaters, you allege neither their mathematical lessons, nor anything of the kind; but if it be required to gain or collect anything spiritual, you call the matter a waste of time. And how shall you not anger God, if you find leisure and assign a season for everything else, and yet think it a troublesome and unseasonable thing for your children to take in hand what relates to Him?
May 28, 2014 + No One Can Harm the Man Who Does Not Harm Himself
by St. John Chrysostom
... And, tell me, what was the case of the blessed Paul? For there is nothing to prevent my making mention of him again. Did he not experience innumerable storms of trial? And in what respect was he injured by them? Was he not crowned with victory all the more in consequence—because he suffered hunger, because he was consumed with cold and nakedness, because he was often tortured with the scourge, because he was stoned, because he was cast into the sea? But then some one says he was Paul, and called by Christ. Yet Judas also was one of the twelve, and he too was called of Christ; but neither his being of the twelve nor his call profited him, because he had not a mind disposed to virtue. But Paul although struggling with hunger, and at a loss to procure necessary food, and daily undergoing such great sufferings, pursued with great zeal the road which leads to heaven: whereas Judas although he had been called before him, and enjoyed the same advantages as he did, and was initiated in the highest form of Christian life, and partook of the holy table and that most awful of sacred feasts, and received such grace as to be able to raise the dead, and cleanse the lepers, and cast out devils, and often heard discourses concerning poverty, and spent so long a time in the company of Christ Himself, and was entrusted with the money of the poor, so that his passion might be soothed thereby (for he was a thief) even then did not become any better, although he had been favoured with such great condescension.
May 14, 2014 + On the Delayed Coming of the Holy Spirit
by St. John Chrysostom
But why did the Holy Ghost come to them, not while Christ was present, nor even immediately after his departure, but, whereas Christ ascended on the fortieth day, the Spirit descended "when the day of Pentecost," that is, the fiftieth, "was fully come?" (Acts ii. 1.) And how was it, if the Spirit had not yet come, that He said, "Receive ye the Holy Ghost?" (John xx. 22.) In order to render them capable and meet for the reception of Him. For if Daniel fainted at the sight of an Angel (Dan. viii. 17), much more would these when about to receive so great a grace. Either this then is to be said, or else that Christ spoke of what was to come, as if come already; as when He said, "Tread ye upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the devil." (Luke x. 19.) But why had the Holy Ghost not yet come? It was fit that they should first be brought to have a longing desire for that event, and so receive the grace. For this reason Christ Himself departed, and then the Spirit descended. For had He Himself been there, they would not have expected the Spirit so earnestly as they did. On this account neither did He come immediately after Christ's Ascension, but after eight or nine days. It is the same with us also; for our desires towards God are then most raised, when we stand in need.
January 22, 2014 + The Force of Repentance Transcends Generations
by St. John Chrysostom, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, vol. 5, Letter to the Fallen Theodore, 1.14
For the blessed David also had a fall like that which has now happened to you; and not this only but another also that followed it. I mean that of murder. What then? Did he remain prostrate? Did he not immediately rise up again with energy and place himself in position to fight the enemy? In fact, he wrestled with him so bravely that even after his death he was the protector of his offspring. For when Solomon had perpetrated great iniquity and had deserved countless deaths, God said that he would leave him the kingdom intact, thus speaking: "I will surely rend the kingdom out of your hand and will give it to your servant. Nevertheless, I will not do this in your days." Wherefore? "For David your father's sake, I will take it out of the hand of your son" [I Kings 11:11]. And again when Hezekiah was about to run the greatest possible risk, although he was a righteous man, God said that he would aid him for the sake of this saint, "For I will cast my shield," he says, "over this city to save it for my own sake and for my servant David's sake" [II Kings 19].
November 20, 2013 + Fasting that Brings Forth Fruit
by St. John Chrysostom
Do not say to me, I fasted for so many days. I did not eat this or I did not eat that. I did not drink wine, that I endured want. Instead, show me if thou, from an angry man, has become instead gentle. If from a cruel man, thou hast become benevolent. If thou art filled with anger, why oppress thy flesh? If hatred and avarice are within thee, of what benefit is it that thou drinkest water instead of wine? Do not show forth a useless fast, for fasting alone does not ascend to heaven.
August 28, 2013 + "If one provide not for one's own"
St. John Chrysostom, The Orthodox New Testament: Acts, Epistles, and Revelation, Vol. 2, Commentary on 1 Timothy 5:8, p. 360.
1 Timothy 5:8: "But if one provide not for one's own, and most of all for those of one's own house, such a one hath denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
The provision of which the blessed Paul speaks is universal and relates to the soul as well as the body, since both are to be provided for ... Isaiah says, 'Thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed' [Is. 58:7]. If a man deserts those who are united by ties of kindred and affinity, how shall he be affectionate towards others? Will it not have the appearance of vainglory, when benefiting others he slights his own relations, and does not provide for them? ... What is meant is that the law of God and of nature is violated by him who provides not for his own family. But how has such a one denied the faith? Even as it is said, 'They confess to know God, but in works deny Him' [cf. Tit. 1:16] ...
August 29, 2012 + Committing to Remain Near the Path
by St. John Chrysostom
From On Living Simply: The Golden Voice of John Chrysostom, #64, compiled by Robert Van de Weyer
Human beings are not consistent in the choices they make. One moment a person may choose to act in a most generous and self-sacrificing way; then a moment later the same person may at with greed and selfishness. Since God has given us freedom of will, e does nothing to prevent this inconstancy. Does this mean that human begins are actually incapable of following Christ? Will they constantly stray from the path of love that he reveals? The answer is both no and yes. We who regard ourselves as disciples of Christ are sadly away of our own sinful tendencies. Indeed it is precisely because we know Christ, and can see his perfection, that we are so conscious of our imperfections; the comparison between ourselves and Christ is painful to behold. This we will always be inclined to stray from the path of love; day by day we will make wrong choices. Yet even to speak about "straying from the path" is to show that we can see the path and can discern the direction it leads. To be a disciple of Christ is not a guarantee of always remaining on the path; rather it is a commitment – a promise – to stay as near to the path as the will allows, and to struggle back onto the path after straying. This is as much as we can undertake in our own strength; through the grace of God we hope that over the years our journey will become straighter.
May 2, 2012 + from Homily XXI
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Acts of the Apostles
"Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and alms-deeds which she did. And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that be would not delay to come to them." (Acts 9:36-38)
Why did they wait till she was dead? Why was not Peter solicited before this? So right-minded were they, they did not think it proper to trouble the Disciples about such matters, and to take them away from the preaching: as indeed this is why it mentions that the place was near, seeing they asked this as a thing beside his mark, and not now in the regular course. "Not to delay to come unto them:" for she was a disciple. And Peter arose, and went with them.
And when he was come, they led him into the upper chamber." (v. 39.) They do not beseech, but leave it to him to give her life. See what a cheering inducement to alms is here! "And all the widows," it says, "stood round him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them."
February 29, 2012 + Homily on the Paralytic Let Down through the Roof
by St. John Chrysostom
There are indeed some who say that this man was healed merely because they who brought him believed; but this is not the fact. For "when He saw their faith" refers not merely to those who brought the man but also to the man who was brought. Why so? "Is not one man healed," you say, "because another has believed?" For my part I do not think so unless owing to immaturity of age or excessive infirmity he is in some way incapable of believing. How then was it you say that in the case of the woman of Canaan the mother believed but the daughter was cured? And how was it that the servant of the centurion who believed rose from the bed of sickness and was preserved? Because the sick persons themselves were not able to believe.
Hear then what the woman of Canaan says: "My daughter is grievously vexed with a devil and sometimes she falleth into the water and sometimes into the fire:" now how could she believe whose mind was darkened and possessed by a devil, and was never able to control herself, not in her sound senses? As then in the case of the woman of Canaan so also in the case of the centurion; his servant lay ill in the house, not knowing Christ, himself, nor who He was. How then was he to believe in one who was unknown to him, and of whom he had never yet obtained any experience?
February 8, 2012 + from St. John Chrysostom's Exhortation to Theodore after His Fall: Letter 1
. . . For as the best physicians bring back those who are far gone in sickness with careful treatment to a state of health, not only treating them according to the laws of the medical art, but sometimes also giving them gratification: even so God conducts to virtue those who are much depraved, not with great severity, but gently and gradually, and supporting them on every side, so that the separation may not become greater, nor the error more prolonged.
And the same truth is implied in the parable of the prodigal son as well as in this. For he also was no stranger, but a son, and a brother of the child who had been well pleasing to the father, and he plunged into no ordinary vice, but went to the very extremity, so to say, of evil, he the rich and free and well-bred son being reduced to a more miserable condition than that of household slaves, strangers, and hirelings. Nevertheless he returned again to his original condition, and had his former honour restored to him.
January 11, 2012 + from Homily IV
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle of St. Paul to Timothy
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting." 1 Timothy 1:15-16
The favors of God so far exceed human hope and expectation, that often they are not believed. For God has bestowed upon us such things as the mind of man never looked for, never thought of. It is for this reason that the Apostles spend much discourse in securing a belief of the gifts that are granted us of God. For as men, upon receiving some great good, ask themselves if it is not a dream, as not believing it; so it is with respect to the gifts of God. What then was it that was thought incredible? That those who were enemies, and sinners, neither justified by the law, nor by works, should immediately through faith alone be advanced to the highest favor. Upon this head accordingly Paul has discoursed at length in his Epistle to the Romans, and here again at length. "This is a faithful saying," he says, "and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners."
November 30, 2011 + from Homily VIII
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Ephesians
"I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called, with all lowliness and meekness." (Ephesians 4:1-2)
It is the virtue of teachers to aim not at praise, nor at esteem from those under their authority, but at their salvation, and to do every thing with this object; since the man who should make the other end his aim, would not be a teacher but a tyrant. Surely it is not for this that God set thee over them, that thou shouldest enjoy greater court and service, but that thine own interests should be disregarded, and every one of theirs built up. This is a teacher's duty: such a one was the blessed Paul, a man who was free from all manner of vanity, and was contented to be one of the many, nay more, to be the very least even of them. Hence he even calls himself their servant, and so generally speaks in a tone of supplication. Observe him then even now writing nothing dictatorial, nothing imperious, but all chastened and subdued.
"I therefore," saith he, "the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherewith ye were called." What is it, tell me, thou art beseeching? Is it that thou mayest gain any end for thyself? No, saith he, in no wise; it is that I may save others. And yet surely they who beseech, do so for things which are of importance to themselves. True; and this, saith he, is of importance to myself, according to what he says also elsewhere in his writings, "Now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord;" (1 Thess. iii: 8.) for he ever earnestly desired the salvation of those whom he was instructing.
October 12, 2011 + from Homily XIX
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the 2nd Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians
"Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart." (2 Corinthians 9:7)
For a man when left to himself, does a thing more readily than when compelled. Wherefore also he dwells upon this: for having said, "according as he is disposed," he added, "Not grudgingly, nor of necessity." And neither was he content with this, but he adds a testimony from Scripture also, saying,
"For God loveth a cheerful giver."
Seest thou how frequently he lays this down? "I speak not by commandment:" and, "Herein I give my advice:" and, "as a matter of bounty, and not as of extortion," and again, "not grudgingly, nor of necessity; for God loveth a cheerful giver." In this passage I am of opinion that a large [giver] is intended; the Apostle however has taken it as giving with readiness. For because the example of the Macedonians and all those other things were enough to produce sumptuousness, he does not say many things on that head, but upon giving without reluctance. For if it is a work of virtue, and yet all that is done of necessity is shorn of its reward, with reason also he labors at this point. And he does not advise merely, but also adds a prayer, as his wont is to do, saying,
(Verse 8) "And may God, that is able, fulfill all grace towards you."
August 31, 2011 + from Homily LXIII
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
". . . But when the young man heard it, he went away sorrowful" (Matthew 19:22)
After this the evangelist, as it were to show that he hath not felt anything it was unlikely he should feel, saith, "For he had great possessions." For they that have little are not equally held in subjection, as they that are overflowed with great affluence, for then the love of it becomes more tyrannical. Which thing I cease not always saying, that the increase of acquisitions kindles the flame more, and renders the getters poorer, inasmuch as it puts them in greater desire, and makes them have more feeling of their want.
See, for example, even here what strength did this passion exhibit. Him that had come to Him with joy and forwardness, when Christ commanded him to cast away his riches, it so overwhelmed and weighed down, as not to suffer him so much as to answer touching these things, but silenced and become dejected and sullen to go away.
What then saith Christ? "How hardly shall the rich enter into the kingdom of Heaven!" blaming not riches but them that are held in subjection by them. But if the rich man "hardly," much more the covetous man. For if not to give one's own be an hindrance to entering the kingdom, even to take of other men's goods, think how much fire it heapeth up.
Why can it have been, however, that He said to His disciples, that "hardly shall a rich man enter in," they being poor men, and having no possessions? Instructing them not to be ashamed of their poverty, and, as it were, excusing Himself to them for suffering them to have nothing.
June 8, 2011 + from Homily IV
Commentary of St. John Chrysostom on the Acts of the Apostles
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven." (Acts 2:1-2)
DOST thou perceive the type? What is this Pentecost? The time when the sickle was to be put to the harvest, and the ingathering was made. See now the reality, when the time was come to put in the sickle of the word: for here, as the sickle, keen-edged, came the Spirit down. For hear the words of Christ: "Lift up your eyes," He said, "and look on the fields, for they are white already to harvest." (John iv. 35.) And again, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few." (Matt. ix. 38.) But as the first-fruits of this harvest, He himself took [our nature], and bore it up on high. Himself first put in the sickle. Therefore also He calls the Word the Seed. "When," it says, "the day of Pentecost was fully come" (Luke viii. 5, 11): that is, when at the Pentecost, while about it, in short. For it was essential that the present events likewise should take place during the feast, that those who had witnessed the crucifixion of Christ, might also behold these.
"And suddenly there came a sound from heaven." (v. 2.) Why did this not come to pass without sensible tokens? For this reason. If even when the fact was such, men said, "They are full of new wine," what would they not have said, had it been otherwise? And it is not merely, "there came a sound," but, "from heaven." And the suddenness also startled them, and brought all together to the spot. "As of a rushing mighty wind:" this betokens the exceeding vehemence of the Spirit. "And it filled all the house:" insomuch that those present both believed, and in this manner were shown to be worthy.
May 25, 2011 + from Homily LVI
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel According to St. John
And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. (John 9:1-3)
Lo, here again is another difficulty, if without this man's punishment, it was not possible that the glory of God should be shown. Certainly it is not said that it was impossible, for it was possible, but, "that it might be manifested even in this man." "What," saith some one, "did he suffer wrong for the glory of God?" What wrong, tell me? For what if God had never willed to produce him at all? But I assert that he even received benefit from his blindness: since he recovered the sight of the eyes within. What were the Jews profited by their eyes? They incurred the heavier punishment, being blinded even while they saw. And what injury had this man by his blindness? For by means of it he recovered sight. As then the evils of the present life are not evils, so neither are the good things good; sin alone is an evil, but blindness is not an evil. And He who had brought this man from not being into being, had also power to leave him as he was.
May 18, 2011 + from Homily XXXIV
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel According to St. John
The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a Man which told me all things that ever I did; is not this the Christ?" (John 4: 28-29)
We require much fervor and uproused zeal, for without these it is impossible to obtain the blessings promised to us. And to show this, Christ at one time saith, "Except a man take up his cross and follow Me, he is not worthy of Me" (Matt. x. 38); at another, "I am come to send fire upon the earth, and what will I if it be already kindled?" (Luke xii. 49); by both these desiring to represent to us a disciple full of heat and fire, and prepared for every danger. Such an one was this woman. For so kindled was she by His words, that she left her water pot and the purpose for which she came, ran into the city, and drew all the people to Jesus. "Come," she saith, "see a Man which told me all things that ever I did."
Observe her zeal and wisdom. She came to draw water, and when she had lighted upon the true Well, she after that despised the material one; teaching us even by this trifling instance when we are listening to spiritual matters to overlook the things of this life, and make no account of them. For what the Apostles did, that, after her ability, did this woman also. They when they were called, left their nets; she of her own accord, without the command of any, leaves her water pot, and winged by joy performs the office of Evangelists. And she calls not one or two, as did Andrew and Philip, but having aroused a whole city and people, so brought them to Him.
May 11, 2011 + from Homily XXXVI
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel According to St. John
"Now there is at Jerusalem a sheep pool, called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of halt, blind, withered, waiting for the moving of the water." (John 5:2-3)
What manner of cure is this? What mystery doth it signify to us? For these things are not written carelessly, or without a purpose, but as by a figure and type they show in outline things to come, in order that what was exceedingly strange might not by coming unexpectedly harm among the many the power of faith. What then is it that they show in outline? A Baptism was about to be given, possessing much power, and the greatest of gifts, a Baptism purging all sins, and making men alive instead of dead. These things then are foreshown as in a picture by the pool, and by many other circumstances. And first is given a water which purges the stains of our bodies, and those defilements which are not, but seem to be, as those from touching the dead, those from leprosy, and other similar causes; under the old covenant one may see many things done by water on this account. However let us now proceed to the matter in hand.
April 13, 2011 + from Homily LXVI
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel According to St. Matthew
And when He drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and was come to Bethphage, unto the Mount of Olives, He sent two of His disciples, saying, Go into the village over against you, and ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he sendeth them. And this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Zechariah the prophet, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. (Matthew 21:1-5)
And yet He had often entered Jerusalem before, but never with so much circumstance. What then is the cause? It was the beginning then of the dispensation; and neither was He very well known, nor the time of His passion near; wherefore He mixed with them with less distinction, and more disguising Himself. For He would not have been held in admiration, had He so appeared, and He would have excited them to greater anger. But when He had both given them sufficient proof of His power, and the cross was at the doors, He makes Himself then more conspicuous, and doeth with greater circumstance all the things that were likely to inflame them. For it was indeed possible for this to have been done at the beginning also; but it was not profitable nor expedient it should be so.
But do thou observe, I pray thee, how many miracles are done, and how many prophecies are fulfilled. He said, "Ye shall find an ass;" He foretold that no man should hinder them, but that all, when they heard, should hold their peace.
January 26, 2011 + Three Guiding Lights of True Faith
by Very Rev. Stephen Rogers
from The Word, January 2001
As the month of January draws to a close, the Church calls us on the 30th to celebrate the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom.
In celebrating these three great teachers of the Church, the Church in its hymnody refers to them as "harps of the Spirit," "rays of light," "scented flowers of Paradise," "instruments of grace." The Gospel read at Divine Liturgy is that of the Good Shepherd (John 10:9-16). This gospel, always appointed to be read on feast days of canonized bishops, speaks to us of the God-given role of the episcopacy to watch over our souls.
In these three great shepherds of the Church, we see both a commonality and differences that can enlighten us in how we lead our lives as Christians. Honored as supreme representatives of both the Church's doctrinal and pastoral ministries, these men give us true examples of what it means to be Orthodox.
St. Basil the Great (330-379), though known throughout Orthodoxy because of the Divine Liturgy that bears his name, was perhaps first and foremost a man of charity and compassion. Known as a protector of the weak and defender of the poor, St. Basil built hospitals, organized charities, cared for orphans and widows and emphasized acts of mercy on the part of all Christians.
A great defender of the faith in powerful writings and homilies, and known as an organizer and reformer of monasteries, St. Basil more than anything else burned with a heart of compassion, living out the words of Christ, "Inasmuch as you do it unto one of these little ones, you do it unto me."
January 19, 2011 + from Homily VIII
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians
"And above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfectness." (Colossians 3:14)
Dost thou see that he saith this? For since it is possible for one who forgives, not to love; yea, he saith, thou must love him too, and he points out a way whereby it becomes possible to forgive. For it is possible for one to be kind, and meek, and humble-minded, and longsuffering, and yet not affectionate. And therefore, he said at the first, "A heart of compassion," both love and pity. "And above all these things, love, which is the bond of perfectness."
Now what he wishes to say is this; that there is no profit in those things, for all those things fall asunder, except they be done with love; this it is which clenches them all together; whatsoever good thing it be thou mentionest, if love be away, it is nothing, it melts away. And it is as in a ship, even though her rigging be large, yet if there be no girding ropes, it is of no service; and in a house, if there be no tie beams, it is the same; and in a body, though the bones be large, if there be no ligaments, they are of no service.
For whatsoever good deeds any may have, all do vanish away, if love be not there. He said not that it is the summit, but what is greater, "the bond"; this is more necessary than the other. For "summit" indeed is an intensity of perfectness, but "bond" is the holding fast together of those things which produce the perfectness; it is, as it were, the root.
October 6, 2010 + Commentary on Galatians
from The Commentary of St. John Chrysostom on The Epistle of St. Paul to The Galatians
"For I make known to you, brethren, as touching the Gospel which was preached by me that it is not after man. For neither did I receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ." (Galatians 1:11-12)
You observe how sedulously he affirms that he was taught of Christ, who Himself, without human intervention, condescended to reveal to him all knowledge. And if he were asked for his proof that God Himself thus immediately revealed to him these ineffable mysteries, he would instance his former manner of life, arguing that his conversion would not have been so sudden, had it not been by Divine revelation. For when men have been vehement and eager on the contrary side, their conviction, if it is effected by human means, requires much time and ingenuity. It is clear therefore that he, whose conversion is sudden, and who has been sobered in the very height of his madness, must have been vouchsafed a Divine revelation and teaching, and so have at once arrived at complete sanity. On this account he is obliged to relate his former life, and to call the Galatians as witnesses of past events. That the Only-Begotten Son of God had Himself from heaven vouchsafed to call me, says he, you who were not present, could not know, but that I was a persecutor you do know. For my violence even reached your ears, and the distance between Palestine and Galatia is so great, that the report would not have extended thither, had not my acts exceeded all bounds and endurance. Wherefore he says,


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One of the weirder things about the NHL is the William Jennings Trophy. At the end of each season, the trophy is awarded "the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it. Winners are selected based on regular-season play." This used to be the criterion for awarding the Vezina Trophy, but that was back in 1927 when most teams only had one…I'm getting off track.
Anyway, the Boston Bruins had the lowest team GAA last season, which led to this humorous exchange between the team's goalies, Tim Thomas and Manny Fernandez, at the NHL Awards show last night. I'm sure that's a Canadian thing for hockey players to be thanking each other's wives like that. But usually they take care of that sort of thing backstage, if you know what I mean. And I think you do. And you thought the Stanley Cup was passed around a lot…
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