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The first ripple of an expected major shake-up of the Curia arrived today, as Pope Francis appointed a new prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacrament, the dicastery that oversees all expressions of worship in the Church, most importantly the liturgy, as well as the sacraments. He is Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Guinean prelate who was once one of the youngest bishops ever, as St. Pope John Paul II appointed him Archbishop of Conakry at the age of just 34 in 1979.
Cardinal Sarah follows in the footsteps of Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, wh returned to his native Spain as Archbishop of Valencia in August, but perhaps even more so in those of Cardinal Francis Arinze, who led the Congregation from 2002 to 2008. Cardinal Sarah is the second African to lead this office since it was created as the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1588.
Cardinal Sarah previously led the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", which coordinates the Church's efforts in aid and charity, and which is expected to be merged with various other dicasteries soon. Pope Benedict XVI made him a cardinal in 2010. Before that, Cardinal Sarah was the Archbishop of Conakry in Guinea from 1979 to 2001 and Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples from 2001 to 2010.
The appointment of Cardinal Sarah is unavoidably notable in the light of the Synod of Bishops and the impression of Pope Francis' priorities. Cardinal Sarah, like many of his African colleagues, has little time for deviations of the Church's teaching nor, especially important in his new function, for the western tendency for liturgical experimentation.
For the Congregation for Divine Worship, or CDW for short, this means the start of a new era in leadership. After the departure of Cardinal Cañizares, the Congregation also saw two of its undersecretaries, British Father Anthony Ward and Spanish Msgr. Juan Miguel Ferrer Grenesche, resign, leaving only the secretary, English Archbishop Arthur Roche. Pope Francis did appoint a new undersecretary, Italian Fr. Corrado Maggioni, earlier this month, and with Cardinal Sarah the Congregation seems to be off to a new and refreshed start.
Cardinal Sarah is a hands-on kind of man, and in his previous duties for "Cor Unum" he frequently travelled to those places where the Church's aid was most needed. In the photo below he is seen visiting the Philippines after Typhoon Yolanda hit last year. The upcoming papal visit, by the way, was in part inspired by the same disaster.
Cardinal Sarah's name was not among those most frequently mentioned for the CDW top spot. Many were the fears that the position would go to Archbishop Piero Marini, erstwhile MC for St. John Paul II and the first years of Benedict XVI and generally considered rather a liberal. It just goes to show that the eyes and focus of Pope Francis are elsewhere, on the world's peripheries, and the young and growing Church of Africa may yet harbour more surprises.
It is about five weeks before the consistory, so the announcement was expected any day, but Pope Francis managed to surprise again. At the end of today's Angelus he announced his first batch of cardinals, 16 in all. The list is a mixture of the expected and the unexpected. Without further ado, let's take a look at who's who.
Archbishop Pietro Parolin (58), Secretary of State. No surprise here. The Secretary of State has traditionally always been a cardinal, and although the position looks to undergo some changes in Pope Francis' curial reforms, but the title and rank of the occupant is not among them. In contrast to his important function in the Curia, Cardinal-designate is quite young. Only three current members of the entire College (Woelki, Tagle and Thottunkal) are younger.
- Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri (73), Secetary General of the Synod of Bishops and Secretary of the College of Cardinals. Also no surprise, but for different reasons. The important role given to him early on in Francis' pontificate, organising the two upcoming Assemblies of the Synod of Bishops and already wearing the red skullcap that Pope Francis himself wore until his election to the papacy, indicated that he would be among the Pope's first cardinals. Cardinal-designate Baldisseri will be the third Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops to be made a cardinal. The previous one was Belgian Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte.
- Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller (66), Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Head of the first among equals of Curial dicasteries, Archbishop Müller was also quite certain to be among the new cardinals. Ever since the Popes were no longer heads of the Doctrinal office, all Prefects were cardinals. Some have made assumptions that Cardinal-designate Müller was not going to be made a cardinal, because the 'orthodox' prelate seemed to be at odds with the 'liberal' Pope, but those are evidently mere rumours. The Prefect and the Pope work closely and well together, and Müller has even hosted the Holy Father for dinner.
- Archbishop Beniamino Stella (72), Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy. Another sure candidate because of his function. The diplomat-prelate has made a rapid rise in the Curia last year, but that does not make his appointment surprising. Since as far back as the 16th century, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy has been a cardinal.
- Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols (68), Archbishop of Westminster, United Kingdom. Somewhat of a surprise, although the UK is now without any active cardinal electors, with Scottish Cardinal O'Brien in effective retirement. For some he is considered too liberal, but the fact remains that Cardinal-designate Nichols has been an archbishop for almost 14 years (first of Birmingham, now of Westminster), and in his current see he is the 11th cardinal. In fact, since its establishment in 1850, all ordinaries of Westminster were made cardinals.
- Archbishop Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (64), Archbishop of Managua, Nicaragua. Now we are getting into the more interesting and unexpected choices for red hats. Cardinal-designate Brenes Solórzano is only the second archbishop of Managua to be made a cardinal. He is also the second elector in all of Central America (not counting Mexico).
- Archbishop Gérald Cyprien Lacroix (56), Archbishop of Québec, Canada. The successor of Cardinal Ouellet in the French-Canadian capital, Cardinal-designate Lacroix could have been expected to be made a cardinal some day, but he did not feature on many lists. Québec has been a cardinal see before, but rarely automatically. At 56, he will also be the second-youngest member of the College.
- Archbishop Jean-Pierre Kutwa (68), Archbishop of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. From the start of speculations a likely candidate in traditionally cardinal-deprived Africa, Cardinal-designate Kutwa is the third archbishop of Abidjan in a row to be made a cardinal, with his immediate predecessor, Cardinal Agré, still alive. Before being appointed to Abidjan in 2006, Archbishop Kutwa had been Archbishop of Gagnoa since 2001.
- Archbishop Orani João Tempesta (63), Archbishop of São Sebastião de Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Host of the most recent World Youth Days and head of one of global Catholicism's largest communities, Cardinal-designate Tempesta follows in the footsteps of his predecessors since the late 19th century.
- Archbishop Gualtiero Bassetti (71), Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve, Italy. The only Italian ordinary on the list, Cardinal-designate Bassetti is a bit of a surprise. Perugia has rarely supplied a cardinal. His appointment comes in lieu of other, more likely, sees such as Turin or Venice. Th vice-president of the Italian bishops' conference was recently also appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops.
- Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli (66), Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pope Francis' own successor in the Argentinean capital and in fact the second ordinary appointed in his papacy, Cardinal-designate Poli need not have been a surprise choice. Five of his six predecessors in Buenos Aires also became cardinals.
- Archbishop Andrew Yeom Soo-Jung (70), Archbishop of Seoul, South Korea. As South Korea is one of the fastest growing Catholic countries in the world, and certainly in Asia, it is certainly fitting for its capital's archbishop to be made a cardinal. Cardinal-designate Yeom Soo-Jung is the third of Seoul's archbishops to be made a cardinal. In addition to the Archdiocese of Seoul, the cardinal-designate is theoretically also pastorally responsible for the Catholics of North Korea.
- Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (71), Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Chile. A main-stay on the lists, Cardinal-designate Ezzati Andrello heads a traditional cardinalatial see. His immediate predecessor, Cardinal Errázuriz Ossa, is a member of the Council of Cardinals. The Salesian cardinal-designate was previously archbishop of Concepción, also in Chile, before being appointed to that nation's capital.
- Archbishop Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo (68), Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Only the second cardinal to hail from this western African country, he is a bit of a surprise. Cardinal-designate Ouédraogo is president of the bishops of Niger and Burkina Faso, and a welcome addition to the College, considering his nationality and heritage.
- Archbishop Orlando B. Quevedo (74), Archbishop of Cotabato, Philippines. A second elector from the Philippines was very welcome, but it being the archbishop of Cotabato is quite surprising. No cardinal has come from there before. Cardinal-designate Quevedo, however, has been archbishop of Nueva Segovia, and president of both the Philippine bishops' conference and the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences.
- Bishop Chibly Langlois (55), Archbishop of Les Cayes, Haiti. Another young cardinal, and the first from Les Cayes. Cardinal-designate Langlois is even more noticeable for not being an archbishop and the first Haitian cardinal. The Haitian hierarchy, then, looks rather unique, with the bishop of a regular diocese wearing the red, while the nation's two archbishop do not. Bishop Langlois has been the president of the bishops' conference of Haiti since the end of 2011.
- Archbishop Loris Francesco Capovilla (98), Archbishop-prelate of Loreto, Italy. The oldest cardinal, Cardinal-designate Capovilla is a remarkable choice. He was Blessed Pope John XXIII secretary during the latter's entire papacy, and we can therefore see his elevation in light of the Blessed Pope's upcoming canonisation and the Second Vatican Council he convened. He will be the oldest cardinal of the College, and also the oldest to be created in the Church's history.
- Archbishop Fernando Sebastián Aguilar (84), Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela, Spain. A retired ordinary of a see which has supplied only one other cardinal in the past, the creation of Cardinal-designate Aguilar must be seen as Pope Francis personal choice as well as, perhaps, the importance he attaches to the mission. Cardinal-designate Aguilar is a member of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
- Archbishop Kelvin Edward Felix (80), Archbishop emeritus of Castries, Saint Lucia. Another first as no cardinals have ever come from the smaller Caribbean nations. Cardinal-designate Felix's elevation is another step in creating a more representative College of Cardinals.
All in all, the biglietto fits well with the priorities of Pope Francis, as the new cardinals come from all corners of the world, from the Curia and (in larger part) from the world's dioceses, and are not limited to the standard traditional cardinalatial sees. But it also tells us that Pope Francis is not willing to let go of tradition altogether. For the proper functioning of the Curia and the College of Cardinals, it seems, he recognises that he needs the Secretary of State and the Prefects of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and of the Clergy to be cardinals. But he also wants the important Synod of Bishops to be represented well, hence that body's Secretary General's presence on the list. He understands the importance of major sees like Westminster, Québec, Abidjan, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Seoul, but also Managua and Ouagadougou, all on equal footing. And lastly, it seems, there are cardinals who warrant the red for their personal qualities – Bassetti, Quevedo and Langlois, as well as the new impulse their elevation would give to their local faith communities.
And then, even the elevation of three non-electors tells us something. Archbishop Capovilla's presence is especially poignant, as it connects the current pontificate with that of soon-to-be Pope Saint John XXIII and the Second Vatican Council he convened. Pope Francis is very clearly a child of the Council. Some have noted his physical likeness to Good Pope John, but here we see a hint that that likeness may well run deeper.
Of the 19 new cardinals, 16 will be electors, being under the age of 80. Only four of the new cardinals (Parolin, Baldisseri, Müller and Stella) will be Cardinal Deacons, as the are members of the Curia. The remaining 12 will be Cardinal Priests, being current or retired ordinaries.
A photo shared today by Caritas Manila, of refugees sheltered in a church in Tacloban after cyclone Haiyan/Yolanda tore through the Philippines. Tacloban, in the Archdiocese of Palo, was among the hardest hit, with an estimated 10,000 dead.
Active on the ground is Catholic relief agency Caritas. Their activity and the need of the people is reflected by the activity of the Twitter account of the Manila office. While focussing mainly on immediate material aid, they are also calling for any other forms of assistance, mostly financial.
Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila and chairman of Caritas Manila, calls for help: "You hear people say,: 'Let us help one another. Wat can we do for our brothers and sisters in Tacloban?' … These are messages of faith that we should listen to."
Caritas Manila offers several direct means of supporting their work and that of other local relief agencies. Click and see what you can do. The people of the Philippines need every form of help now.
Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, the Stone and the Apostle, and, as always, the Church invests the newly appointed metropolitan archbishops with the sign of their office and authority: the pallium. This year 34 archbishops have travelled to Rome to receive their white band of lamb's wool, while a 35th, Vietnamese Archbishop Le Van Hong, will receive his at home.
In alphabetical order they are:
Archbishop Antonio Carlos Altieri, S.D.B., of Passo Fundo, Brazil
Archbishop George Antonysamy of Madras and Mylapore, India
Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera Lopez of Monterrey, Mexico
Archbishop Sérgio Eduardo Castriani, C.S.Sp., of Manaus, Brazil
Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas, Canada
Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva, Fiji
Archbishop Salvatore Joseph Cordileone of San Francisco, USA
Archbishop Alfonso Cortes Contreras of Leon, Mexico
Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto of Delhi, India
Archbishop Claudio Dalla Zuanna, S.C.I., of Beira, Mozambique
Archbishop Ramon Alfredo Dus of Resistencia, Argentina
Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem of Calabar, Nigeria
Archbishop Carlos Maria Franzini of Mendoza, Argentina
Archbishop Lorenzo Ghizzoni of Ravenna-Cervia, Italy
Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grusas of Vilnius, Lithuania
Archbishop Sergio Alfredo Gualberti Calandrina of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Archbishop Duro Hranic of Dakovo-Osijek, Croatia
Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels of Dubuque, USA
Archbishop Marek Jedraszewski of Lodz, Poland
Archbishop Jesus Juarez Parraga, S.D.B., of Sucre, Bolivia
Archbishop Jozef Piotr Kupny of Wroclaw, Poland
Archbishop Francois Xavier Le Van Hong of Hue, Vietnam
Patriarch Manuel Jose Macario do Nascimento Clemente, patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal
Archbishop Prakash Mallavarapu of Visakhapatnam, India
Archbishop Fabio Martinez Castilla of Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico
Archbishop Dieudonne Nzapalainga, C.S.Sp., of Bangui, Central African Republic
Archbishop Giuseppe Petrocchi of L'Aquila, Italy
Archbishop Mario Aurelio Poli of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Archbishop Carlo Roberto Maria Redaelli of Gorizia, Italy
Archbishop Alexander King Sample of Portland in Oregon, USA
Archbishop Moacir Silva of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, Great Britain
Archbishop Joseph William Tobin, C.Ss.R., of Indianapolis, USA
Archbishop Rolando Joven Tria Tirona, O.C.D., of Caceres, Philippines
Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Last year, the order of the liturgy was changed somewhat to remove any suggestion that the imposition of the pallia is a sacrament, and that change remains in effect. For Pope Francis this first feast of Sts. Peter and Paul as Pope will see him meeting several of his erstwhile brothers from the Argentine bishops' conference, including his own successor in Buenos Aires, one of his very first appointments as Pope, Archbishop Mario Poli.
The full texts of the liturgy, which starts at 9:30 tomorrow morning, can be found here.
Eight days before his 92nd birthday, Philippine cardinal José Tomás Sánchez passed away early this morning in Manila. He was among the oldest members of the College of Cardinals, with only six cardinals older.
Cardinal Sánchez was born in 1920 in the Philippines and became a priest for the Diocese of Sorsogon in 1946. In 1968 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Caceres and only three years later, in 1971, as Coadjutor Bishop of Lucena. He succeeded to that see in 1976. In 1982, Bishop Sánchez became Archbishop Sánchez of Nueva Segovia, from which position he resigned in March of 1986, five months after he was called to Rome to become secretary of the Vatican mission office, the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.
Archbishop Sánchez was created a cardinal by Blessed Pope John Paul II in the consistory of 28 June 1991, and almost immediately afterwards became the prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See. He resigned from the latter in 1993 and from the former in 1996.
He held the title church of San Pio V a Villa Carpegna, first as cardinal-deacon and later as cardinal-priest. Cardinal Sánchez never participated in a conclave, being already over 80 when Pope Benedict XVI was elected.
The College of Cardinals now numbers 212, with 124 electors.
Amid an impressive list of appointments (eleven in total) made yesterday is the name of Msgr. Sergio Lasam Utleg. The 67-year-old Philippine prelate was appointed to the archiepiscopal see of Tuguegarao. Archbishop-elect Utleg has a distinct Dutch connection, and that is reason enough for this blog to congratulate him.
In 1999, Msgr. Utleg was one of the consecrators, next to Cardinal Simonis and Bishop Wiertz, of Bishop Wim Eijk. The dioceses of the two respective bishop, Ilagan and Groningen-Leeuwarden, developed friendly relations and several exchanges. In 2006 Bishop Utleg was present at the annual St. Boniface Day in Dokkum and later that year, a group of young faithful from Groningen-Leeuwarden visited Ilagan.
Bishop Utleg became bishop in Laoag in 2006, and Bishop Eijk went on to become the archbishop of Utrecht in 2007. The five-year term in Laoag was ended yesterday, when Msgr. Utleg was appointed to archbishop of the northernmost archdiocese of the Philippines.


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WASHINGTON — The White House and a bipartisan group of senators will launch an effort next week to jump-start negotiations to overhaul the immigration system, an issue that has languished in Washington for years.
Obama will begin his second-term immigration push during a trip Tuesday to Las Vegas. The Senate working group is also aiming to outline its proposals at about the same time, according to a Senate aide.
Even before those plans are formally unveiled, there is emerging consensus on several components, most notably the need for some kind of pathway to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the United States.
The proposals will commence what is sure to be a contentious and emotional debate following 2012 election results that saw Latino voters turn out in large numbers to re-elect Obama – a signal to many Republican leaders that the party needs to change its posture on immigration.
The aim of the Senate group is to draft an immigration bill by March and pass legislation in the Senate by August, said the aide, who was not authorized to discuss private deliberations and requested anonymity. The Republican-controlled House would also need to pass the legislation before it went to the White House for the president's signature.
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SCHEDULING ORDER with Attachment # 1 Pretrial Schedule A (signed by District Judge Henry E. Hudson on 11/7/2008) (rpiz)
Dozier Internet Law, P.C. v. Riley et al Doc. 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division DOZIER INTERNET LAW, P.C., Plaintiff, v. RONALD J. RILEY, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 3:08CV643-HEH SCHEDULING ORDER Finding it in the interest of justice and otherwise reasonably necessary for the orderly and efficient administration of justice, it is hereby ORDERED that the schedule set forth below and in Pretrial Schedule A (attached) shall govern the progress of this action, except to the extent amended or augmented by the terms of the Initial Pretrial Order issued after the pretrial conference or by any other Order. 1. Any party which has not filed an Answer to the Complaint shall do so within eleven (11) days after entry of this Scheduling Order. Filing of an Answer shall not waive any previously filed motions or properly presented objections to jurisdiction or service of process. 2. Within fifteen (15) days after entry of this Order, motions for joinder of additional parties or amendment of pleadings shall be filed. Any such motions filed thereafter will be entertained only upon a showing of good cause. Dockets.Justia.com 3. A settlement conference referral will be made at the time Counsel for each party, and a authority meet in to conclude with a the of the Initial Pretrial Conference. representative settlement of of each party with this action, shall person undersigned district judge or, if directed, with another district or magistrate judge to discuss settlement. The representative for a business entity (corporation, partnership or otherwise) must be an officer or employee not employed in the business entity's law department or general counsel's office, although such lawyers are welcome to attend with the other representative. Each counsel shall be prepared to present a cogent, brief summary of the issues of liability and damages. Counsel for each party shall be responsible to assure that the settlement conference is conducted as herein prescribed. If an early settlement conference is desired, contact the Clerk's Office at (804) 916-2227 for referral to a Magistrate Judge. The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Scheduling Order and attached Pretrial Schedule A to all counsel of record and to any party not represented by counsel. It is so ORDERED. /s/ Henry E. Hudson United States District Judge Richmond, Virginia Date: November 7, 2008 2


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Warfighter difficulty
To unlock Warfighter difficulty, beat the game.
Battle hints
Use the following actions during battles:
Belly slide
To perform a slide on your stomach, while running click and hold the Left Analog-stick.
Sluggish controls
If you are carrying a big automatic weapon, the controls will feel sluggish because of the weight of the gun. However, if you switch to a hand held gun, the controls are more responsive.
Walls and barriers hint
You cannot hide behind walls or barriers in first person view unless you plan on staying at that location for some time. Unlike third person view where you can just tap Y to isntantly hide, you must hold Y in first person view to hide. Press Up to look over a barrier or to open fire. Press Left or Right (depending on how you are positioned) to look out.
Extra ammo
If you are running low on ammo, anytime you see a firearm laying on the ground walk over top of it. You will pick up the clip. The other Ghosts will also do this instantly if they walk over a firearm that is the same as what they are equipped with.
Ghost rocket launcher on "Bulldog"
On the "Bulldog" level, after completing the first part and you are able to choose your group, select the antitank gunner. When you get the chance, kill him. Do not try to revive him and wait for him to die completely. Once he is dead, his rocket launcher will disappear but you can still pick it up. You will not see anything in your hands and you can still fire the weapon. The rockets will come from wherever you killed the antitank gunner.
Fly on "GRAW"
Go by the final seen spot of the V.I.P. Dive out in front of the car and switch to assault, then call the team to regroup and go forward while lying down. You will fly a few inches above the ground.
Xbox Live music help
Keep the music on because the tempo picks up when you are approaching the enemy and slows back down when you are at a safe distance.
Get on roof on "Treasury"
In the "Treasury level, it is possible to get up on the roof of the treasury. Have your pistol or grenade equipped in order to run faster, then run directly at the back door and dive into it. Do this by running and rapidly clicking the Right Analog-stick. Do this so your head hits the door and you "teleport" to the roof. This also works on the level with the wall. You can "teleport" up into the rooms on the ends of the wall. Note: This may require some practice and should work with any building with an overhanging ledge that you can dive under.
Invisible rocket launcher on "Assault On Norad"
After killing Carlos Ontiveros, run towards where his body fell off the roof. Pick up his rocket launcher. You will not be able to see it, but still see your character holding it. The rocket launcher will still fire rockets.
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TThe professional, knowledgeable staff at Vintner's Circle share their love of the wine lifestyle with hands-on wine classes that teach guests, family, and friends how to bottle wines, distinguish between different varietals, or pair wine with cheese. The shop's unique winemaking courses take aspiring vintners through the accessible four-step process, which begins with choosing wine juices from a selection of more than 50 internationally sourced varieties. Participants then fill more than two dozen bottles with their own vintage. They can emblazon these bottles with custom-designed labels and colorful tops. Vintner's Circle also stocks a variety of gifts for weddings, holidays, and other special occasions, as well as wine accessories and gifts for wine lovers to enjoy year-round. Wine-education classes, corporate events, and team-building events are also on offer.
Little Town NYC unabashedly hearts New York. Of its three restaurants, two are located in iconic Manhattan spots: one in Union Square, the other on Theater District's Restaurant Row. Little Town's fancy for the Empire State shines through on the menu, too, with homestyle dishes such as the Adirondack chicken pesto and an Angus beef burger topped with crispy Berkshire bacon. The Suburb Backyard BBQ platter is piled high with enough buffalo wings, Nathan's hot dogs, and other locally inspired fare to feed a family of four.
Little Town NYC also takes great pride in its beer list, which features more than 100 local brews, including IPAs and amber ales that hail from breweries in Long Island, Ithaca, and Saratoga Springs. At the Restaurant Row location, you can enjoy a pilsner from Coney Island while sitting in a booth constructed from the beach's old wooden boardwalk.
Mario and Anna Abitino emigrated from Naples to the U.S. in 1972. Mario quickly found work in the pizza business, and the couple eventually opened a restaurant of their own: Abitino's Pizza and Italian Kitchen, in Midtown Manhattan. That was more than 20 years ago. Today, the couple and their three sons, Dominick, Mario Jr., and Salvatore, run six New York pizzerias bearing the family name. Each offers an expansive menu of signature pizzas and other Italian entrees, such as gnocchi sorrentino and pasta stuffed with fresh littleneck clams. Their pizzas and calzones use dough made right on the premises, and their tomato sauce is also housemade—with tomatoes from Naples, naturally.
After graduating from Vassar College in 1997, vintner Tom Carroll Jr. continued his education in California, where he taught himself about viticulture and enology to achieve a lifelong dream of opening a winery. Three years later, he returned to his hometown to found Crossing Vineyards on a plot of land situated a short distance from George Washington's Delaware River crossing. The winery mingles historic charm and pastoral surroundings with modern technologies, such as a sterile HVAC bottling system and solar-energy panels. Tom and his parents, also co-owners, built the facility around eco-friendly winemaking practices, such as composting waste and using cover crops, a technique that prevents topsoil erosion and helps vintners sing the young grapevines to sleep.
Crossing Vineyards' European-style wines have won more than 115 awards in both national and international competitions over the past 12 years. The winery offers tastings and wine-pairing classes in an onsite educational area and hosts an annual summer wine-and-music series on its sprawling, 15-acre property.
For $45, you get a session of three Spanish-wine classes and a healthy-cooking-and-mixed-drink guide on August 17, 24, and 31, from 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m. For $45, you get a session of three Spanish-wine classes and a healthy-cooking-and-mixed-drink guide on August 18, 25, and September 1, from 6:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
The Pino name has been a Highland Park mainstay since the inaugural Pino's grocery opened nearly 100 years ago. Its current incarnation is Pino's Gift Basket Shoppe and Wine Cellar, a specialty outfit that purveys wine, beer, liquor, and gift baskets. Here, customers can sample craft brews and internationally sourced wines at the newly opened tasting bar or take home an elegant gift basket of edible goodies, such as artisan salsas, tapenades, and popcorn.


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Parisian label Apadana presents the video lookbook for their upcoming Spring/Summer 2014 collection. Translated as "Dark Torch," the video showcases the brand's rebellious spirit along with their Persian influences. Directed by La Disquette, "Sombre Flambeau" shows a man between shades as he makes his way through the lesser known side of Paris in a dreamlike atmosphere set to a Middle Eastern soundtrack. Look for the accompanying Spring/Summer 2014 collection to launch in the coming weeks over at the brand's online shop.
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Guest Author - Angelica Arroyo
Sitting at my place of employment at my desk, its easy to for my thoughts to wander from time to time. Today, my attention shifted to the cover page of an outdoor magazine which had an image of two hikers amidst the breathtaking backdrop of snow capped mountains. Inspiration! I thought how nice it would be to be outdoors with my sons; especially on a day like today where the weather is unseasonably cool, as if to announce the upcoming season of autumn. With school just beginning, a hike would be just the thing my school ager would need to stretch out his legs after a day of sitting at his desk. A hiking stick is just the thing to make before heading out! Eureka! A new craft idea is born. To make a hiking/ walking stick, you will need:
1 branch
Sand paper
Thick yarn
Decorative duct tape
Begin this project by heading outdoors to find the right stick for you. Would you prefer a straight stick or a curved one? What length will suit you best, waist high or chest high? If the stick will be used for a child, it should be shorter and have a smaller diameter for smaller hands to wrap around. When the perfect stick is found, before moving to the next step, allow it to dry completely if it is wet. Snap off any small branches coming off of the main stick as well.
Using the sand paper, smooth the surface of the stick to remove jagged edges and splinters. Sand what will be the top of the stick as well, where you will place your hand. Even after sanding the surface of the walking stick, I recommend not rubbing your hands along the surface as you could still get a splinter. Blow excess dust away.
At the top of your walking stick, use the duct tape to wrap the tip of the stick and cover about two inches down from the top. At about 6 inches down from the top, add a band of tape at that location.
Now you are ready to begin wrapping the yarn around the top section of your walking stick to create a grip. Begin by securing the end of the yarn on the lower tape band with an additional piece of tape placed on top of the existing band. The tape will adhere better to another piece of tape than to the wood, so this step is important to helping ensure that the yarn doesnt get loose and begin to unravel. Wrap the yarn around the stick while working your way up. Cover all areas of the stick leaving no gaps through the yarn. Continue wrapping the yarn around until you reach the top tape band. Cut the yarn here and secure the end of the yarn with an additional piece of duct tape placed over the existing band of tape previously placed at the top and tip of the stick. At this time, if you wish to add a loop of yarn at the top of the walking stick for easy hanging, create a loop by folding 10 inches of yarn in half and securing the two ends with duct tape at the top/tip of the walking stick.
With decorated walking sticks in tow, you and your family are ready to hike your way into your next family adventure!


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Lafco NYC/Santa Maria Novella
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Founded in 1412 as a Florentine infirmary, Santa Maria Novella opened to the public 200 years later as an apothecary. Its time-tested bath, body and home products are distributed in the States by fragrance distributor Lafco New York, and this joint shop is the primary place in the city to stock up on the heritage goods. Wrought-iron doors, large pillars and vintage apothecary jars exude an old-world European charm. Peruse indulgent items such as rosewater toners ($28), pomegranate-milk body lotions ($85) and men's olive-oil–infused shaving foam ($28) laid out on rustic metal tables. Many wares are still made using the brand's ancient recipes, including cosmetic vinegars ($52) that treat dry skin and dandruff, toothpaste ($20) formulated with Florentine iris root to prevent bleeding in sensitive gums, and secret-recipe potpourri ($35), once used to mask the smell of dead bodies in the dispensary.
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Ninth Circuit Panel Eviscerates What's Left of Anti-Equality Arguments: A Summary and Analysis
A soft-spoken attorney representing Idaho started his state's anti-marriage equality argument by suggesting that allowing gays to marry violates the "bonding right" of children that they will be raised by their biological mothers and fathers. It took Judge Marsha Berzon just 15 seconds to ask her first question: "What is that word you're using before 'right'"? Judge Berzon can hear just fine; it's just that she had never heard anyone make such a ridiculous claim before today. The rest of the hearing followed similarly.
Judge Stephen Reinhardt, a Carter-appointee and liberal leader of the appellate courts, was joined by Judge Berzon, a sharp-minded progressive appointed by President Clinton, and Judge Robert Gould, another Clinton appointee, in a nearly two-hour long interrogation of attorneys from Idaho and Nevada that may not have been as bombastic as Judge Posner's treatment of attorneys from Wisconsin and Indiana in the Seventh Circuit, a hearing which resulted in a marvelous unanimous victory ("Go figure!"), but was every bit as damaging to the forces opposed to marriage equality.
It also brought marriage equality full circle. Judge Reinhardt was the judge that wrote the first decision from a federal appellate court on marriage equality, affirming District Judge Vaughn Walker's pioneering rejection of California's Prop 8. We all know how that case turned out.
And we know what's happened since: a Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor striking down the Defense of Marriage Act and a long streak of pro-marriage equality decisions from the lower federal courts, including several appellate courts.
Yesterday's hearing reminded us how far we have really come. Some of the arguments and much of the tone were different this time around. The judges' questioning was direct and they expressed a similar, though less visible, frustration with the misdirection and misleading statements from the anti-equality attorneys as Judge Posner. The tone of the hearing suggested that marriage equality supporters are finally out of the closet, following a tidal wave of an emerging consensus of the legitimacy and morality of marriage freedom for all.
A summary and analysis follows AFTER THE JUMP...
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A Master Bedroom Gallery Wall
What's hot today, January 28, 2014
By Olivia Rassow
The collection of photographs in this master bedroom includes works by Ruven Afanador, Eadweard Muybridge, Chuck Close, and Helmut Newton. An Eileen Gray side table stands beside a vintage Le Corbusier chaise longue, and the custom-made leather headboard is fitted with sconces by Hinson & Co.
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A's acquire Michael Wuertz
Posted By Jeff Fletcher on February 2, 2009 10:56 am
The A's just picked up right-handed reliever Michael Wuertz from the Cubs in exchange for minor leaguers Richie Robnett and Justin Sellers.
Wuertz, 30, is a journeyman who has been part of the Cubs bullpen off and on for the past few years. Last year he had a 3.63 ERA in 44 2/3 innings. His career ERA is 3.57 in parts of five years. He's been pretty consistent, though. His ERA has been under 4.00 each of the past four years.
In his career he's been just as good against righties and lefties: .233 vs RHs and .232 vs. LHs. Lefties have hit for a little more power against him, though.
Considering that I don't think either of those minor leaguers fit into the plans, it looks like a good move for the A's to shore up a bullpen that was a little thin beyond Joey Devine, Brad Ziegler and newly-signed Russ Springer. Looks like now there are three jobs to be had among Jerry Blevins, Santiago Casilla, Chris Shroeder, Jeff Gray and Gio Gonzalez/Josh Outman (whoever isn't the fifth starter). Of that group I'd say Blevins is the most likely to be one of the relievers because he's a nasty lefty, and Casilla also probably has a pretty good shot.


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For the first time this spring, the Angels are running a big league lineup out there, including the Halo debut for Josh Hamilton...
1. Peter Bourjos CF
2. Erick Aybar SS
3. Howie Kendrick 2B
4. Josh Hamilton RF
5. Mark Trumbo 1B
6. Vernon Wells LF
7. Alberto Callaspo 3B
8. Chris Iannetta C
9. Bill Hall DH
A.J. Schugel P
This also marks the first game of the spring for Howie Kendrick and Alberto Callaspo, and the first game at catcher for Chris Iannetta.
The game will be televised on Fox Sports West starting at noon PT.
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MAG-ISA is a webcomic drawn and written by Chris Lim who goes under the handle kyupol and is hosted in Comicfury. It was named "MAG ISA" because that is the Tagalog (Filipino) word that means "to be alone".This comic is known for directly or indirectly touching on various political and spiritual issues, possibly at the cost of reading like an Author Tract.Recently, MAG-ISA has ended, and the writer is writing a sequel series titled PARA SAYO. Apparently, this is Tagalog for "for you".
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I'll be honest with you: whenever I see a social media campaign going viral, I get suspicious.
It's not because I think people are evil or stupid, or because I dislike popular things (although that is often the case). It's because for anything to become popular, it must be simple, easy-to-understand, without nuance.
The violence in Uganda is none of these things.
I have not posted the Kony 2012 video to my Facebook like so many of my friends have. That is because I don't know–I can't know, really–if the video does justice to the reality in Uganda. If you haven't seen it yet, you can watch the video here.
My views on this subject are much more complex than the act of posting a video. That's why I've chosen to add my two cents not by reposting it, but by writing this.
First of all, look at some other types of activism that have gone viral lately. There were the SlutWalks, started when a Toronto cop told a bunch of students that women should avoid "dressing like sluts" in order to not be raped. SlutWalk consists of some very simple concepts: Don't blame women for their own rapes. It's not about what they're wearing. And, by the way, what's so bad about being a "slut?"
Then there was Occupy Wall Street, and all the other Occupy protests it spawned. The message of OWS was simple, too: there is too much damn inequality. The gap between the One Percent and the 99 Percent is too wide. Wall Street's gains have become excessive.
There's obviously plenty to criticize about SlutWalk and OWS. The former has been accused of marginalizing the voices of non-white, non-hetero, non-middle class women and pandering to the very sexist forces it seeks to combat by having women march around in their underwear.
The latter, meanwhile, has been criticized for being too ambiguous, not having specific demands for the government or for the financial sector, being anarchist/socialist/Communist, being unrealistic, consisting of too many people who supposedly majored in something stupid in college and don't deserve jobs anyway.
But for all of their failures, SlutWalk and OWS have ensured that the issues of victim-blaming and economic inequality have entered our public dialogue–and stayed in it.
Kony 2012 seeks to do a similar thing. By "making Kony famous," its creators insist, we can place Joseph Kony on the public agenda and "do something" about his terrible crimes.
But this is where things start to get dicey.
First of all, let me just say that I think awareness is extremely important. I think that American citizens, as a whole, aren't nearly aware enough of what's going on in their own backyards, let alone on another continent. More awareness, in my opinion, is almost always better than less awareness.
So on that front, I commend Invisible Children and the Kony 2012 campaign. The video they have created is well-made in a way that ensures that nobody who watches it can remain ambivalent about what's going on in Uganda.
However, the purpose of the video isn't just to spread awareness. It's to raise money.
For what, exactly?
Invisible Children supports military intervention–yes, you read that correctly–to stop Kony. Specifically, the money it raises goes towards supporting Uganda's government and its army, which Kony's LRA is fighting against.
But here's the sad, sad irony of the situation: Uganda's army is likely just as bad as Kony's. It has also been reported to use child soldiers and has been accused of raping civilians and looting their property.
Guys, I don't know how else to say this: do not give money to these people.
Besides this glaring issue, Invisible Children has also been criticized for their own actions as a charity organization. Last year, they spent about 8.7 million dollars, but only 32% of that money went to direct services. The rest covered the organization's internal costs.
I know what you're thinking: yeah, yeah, that's any charity. Sure, all charities have to cover certain costs before they can contribute money to the actual causes that they support. However, not all charities are as bad about this as Invisible Children, which was rated 2/4 stars by Charity Navigator.
Here's another thing not all charities do, but Invisible Children does. That's right, they're actually posing with guns and soldiers from the Ugandan army. This is unprofessional at best and narcissistic and self-congratulatory at worst. (Here's the source.)
According to Foreign Affairs magazine, Invisible Children has also exaggerated its "facts" about the LRA in order to gain support. Now, some people don't see much of a problem with this. Whatever keeps the checks coming, right?
Needless to say, I disagree. If you need to manipulate information in order to raise money, you're not behaving ethically, and that's the case whether you're a Fortune 500 company or a non-profit. That's just what I believe.
Fortunately, there are plenty of more reputable charities that provide aid to Uganda. Here are some: War Child, Children of Uganda, Kiva (you can make microloans to people all over the world, including, obviously, Uganda). Some great organizations that aren't specific to Uganda are Doctors Without Borders, Help International, Women for Women.
So giving money to Invisible Children might not be the best idea, especially if you don't want your money going to an army that rapes people. But what about the other half of Kony 2012's mission, raising awareness?
I'm not sure how making Kony a "household name" is going to help things, to be honest. Unlike campaigns like SlutWalk and OWS, which targeted ordinary American citizens to make themselves aware of issues they can actually do something about, Invisible Children wants to stop a powerful Ugandan warlord. But contrary to their claims that Kony needs to be "made famous," he's already quite well-known among the people who matter. The International Criminal Court indicted him for war crimes back in 2005, and the American government has already had Kony on their radar for some time. In fact, as the Foreign Affairs article I linked to above discusses, they've been sending troops there for a while. So far, though, they haven't succeeded in actually capturing him.
But even that raises difficult questions. Does Invisible Children want the United States to intervene militarily in order to stop Kony? If so, how is this any different from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (which, ironically, were strongly opposed by the very same progressive-minded people who are now feverishly posting the Kony video on Facebook)? And if not, what exactly are ordinary Americans supposed to do upon learning about Kony?
These are all questions that aren't really being asked in the rush to spread an admittedly powerful and emotional video. But they need to be asked. You've Facebooked it, you've Tweeted it, you've favorited the video on YouTube. Now what?
Unfortunately, just the act of asking these questions, and of suggesting that Invisible Children may not be winning any awards for the world's most ethical charity, is frowned upon. Every article and Facebook post I've come across that criticizes this campaign has been deluged with comments about how "they're just trying to do a good thing" and "why do you have to criticize everything."
Ah, the age-old question–why, indeed, must we criticize everything?
Here's the thing. The stakes are quite a bit higher here than for other viral campaigns. If SlutWalk fails, nothing happens. If Occupy Wall Street fails, nothing happens. If Kony 2012 fails, nothing may happen–or, Uganda's army will obtain more power that it can use to rape more people and enslave more child soldiers. Kony may be captured and someone else may take over who is even crueler. The United States may become involved in yet another costly foreign entanglement.
Another fact worth noting is that many, many African writers (including Ugandan ones) have been criticizing this campaign very strongly. Now, I'm not one of those people who claim that Americans have no place doing charity work in Africa because White Man's Burden, but I do think that when the very people you're trying to help are criticizing the help you're providing, you need to sit down and listen. I've included some links to these criticisms at the end of this post.
I keep hearing the remark that criticizing Kony 2012 only "brings down morale" and keeps people from donating money. However, as long as the criticism is factual–that is, as long as Invisible Children really does support the Ugandan army and really is only spending a third of its money on actual aid to Uganda–then those are facts that potential donors ought to know before they make their decision.
If you're relying on misinformation or lack of information to get people to donate to your cause, what you're spreading isn't awareness. It's propaganda.
As I said before, awareness is important. But a free society thrives on dialogue. Posting a video and then condemning everyone who dares to criticize it is not dialogue.
These are, quite literally, matters of life or death. This is not the time to be upbeat and positive about everything you hear just because you don't want to rain on the parade.
For more perspectives on Kony and Invisible Children's campaign, here are some good sources:
Okay, so, I realize I'm showing up rather late to the laptop-shooting party, but I didn't want to let this bit of news pass by without writing about my reaction to it–not only to the incident itself, but to the various responses I've seen to it from the public.
If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch this:
In short–for those who don't want to waste their time–girl rants about her parents on Facebook. Daddy decides that the correct course of action is not to, say, sit down and have a chat with his daughter, revoke her computer privileges, have her deactivate/delete her Facebook, or otherwise utilize actual parenting skills. No. Instead, Daddy posts a video rant about his daughter on the Internet (sound like anyone else in the family?) in which he shoots her laptop with a gun.
Okay. A few things:
According to the ABC article I linked to, the police and Child Protective Services promptly paid the man a visit, but apparently they didn't find anything wrong with the scenario. In fact, they told him, "Kudos, sir."
There are plenty of tragic things about this incident. One is the fact that a girl is being abused. Another is the fact that her abuse is now captured for posterity on the internet. Another is that things are only going to get worse from here, both in terms of her relationship with her parents and in terms of her emotional health. Another is that her father seems to genuinely believe that he did the right thing by "teaching her a lesson." And another is that the only "lesson" this girl has been taught is that guns are an appropriate way to express your anger at people.
One more issue, however, stands out as particularly sad, and that is the public reaction to the father's video.
I am ashamed to say that I saw this video posted by my friends in my Facebook newsfeed with comments like "hilarious" and "what a hero." I'm not proud to have friends who apparently condone domestic abuse as long as it's amusing to them. If you watched this video and you laughed, I really urge you to reconsider your personal definition of humor, and I hope that you'll take abuse out of that definition.
A hero is a parent who raises a difficult child with compassion. A hero is a parent with the strength to not take children's bad behavior as a personal insult, but rather as a sign that more growth is needed.
This father is not a hero. He's an abuser. Let's call a spade a spade.
A modified version of this piece also appeared as my column in the Daily Northwestern.
Technology gets a bad rap.
You wouldn't think so–obviously, we all love it–but in a way it does.
You can't really go a day anymore without encountering a book, article, or person spewing some variation of the following: "Oh, these days, everyone's just so plugged in to their laptops/iPods/iPads/iPhones/Kindles/Blackberrys/etc," always with a tone that combines whininess with nostalgia.
Sometimes it's in the context of promoting physical activity, face-to-face interaction, getting out into nature, ink-and-paper books, live music, or any other number of virtuous things. Sometimes–paradoxically, since this usually appears online–it's in an article about some brave soul who has eschewed Facebook, email, or–gasp!–the Internet altogether. Sometimes it's embedded in smug pieces with titles like "Why I Don't Have a Smartphone" or "Why I Don't Text My Boyfriend."
For a while, I really couldn't figure out what it is about these remarks that drives me so far up the wall. I thought perhaps it was the repetition and sheer clicheness of such comments, or just my contrarian nature.
However, I think I've finally figured it out. These lamentations annoy me because I read them, accurately or otherwise, as attempts to shift responsibility for running our own lives off of ourselves and onto the technology that we willingly invent, purchase, and use.
In other words, it's not that I can't be bothered to spend time with my family. It's that the evil Apple device prevents me.
Of course, I exaggerate. Most people don't really feel like they can't control their technological activities (although there are exceptions). But I do get the sense that gadgets get an unfair amount of blame.
I also think that people often choose to cut themselves off from technology, at least temporarily or partially, rather than learning how to achieve some sort of balance in their use thereof. What else explains the preponderance of browser extensions and desktop software that blocks "time-wasting" websites or programs? If the only thing preventing you from typing www.facebook.com in the address bar is a special browser add-on, you're not actually learning how to control your urges in the moment they arise.
I also know of people who literally deactivate their Facebook accounts or have a friend change the password during critical academic periods. Of course, part of me just wants o say, more power to them. But another part wonders why people can't just restrain themselves from going to the website.
In other words, Facebook doesn't waste your time. You waste your time.
I've been thinking about this a lot in connection with what I wrote about in my last post. When I observed Shabbat this past weekend, that meant I had to spend 24 hours without using any technological device.
Aside from the fact that my nephew was born that day and I really wanted to check in with my family, I can't say that the obligatory technology fast affected me much. I didn't die of boredom without the Internet, but neither did I revel in the feeling of being "free" from all that pesky technology.
Ironically, I think this trend started off as a contrarian one. At some point within the last decade or two, some skeptic probably wrote an article to the tune of, "You know all that technology we think is so awesome? Yeah well it's not." (In fact, that person is probably Nicholas Carr.)
But now I'd say that this has become a mainstream opinion–one that I don't necessarily disagree with, but one that seems completely oversimplified to me. I don't believe that there's anything special about today's technology that causes it to sap all of our attention. As with most social trends and problems, I believe that what's going on here is actually much more complex.
For instance, everyone loves to bemoan the fact that people now communicate mostly through technology. There's the old cliche about texting or IMing someone who's just in the next room–or in the same room, and the preponderance of college students who use Facebook to run their entire social lives.
But what's really happening here? Could it be that the expectation for young people to go away to college, move frequently, and put off making permanent bonds with others until later is driving the increased emphasis on digital communication? Could it be that most people never learn effective communication skills and thus feel more comfortable talking to others from behind a screen? Or, perhaps, that technology takes away the fear of rejection that people face when they try to, say, invite someone to hang out in person or come up and engage them in conversation?
I'm really just throwing out suggestions here, because I don't know. But I do have a very strong sense that technology is really just the medium through which already-existing problems in our culture and our psychology are being revealed.
For instance, everyone hates the nasty trolls that seem to inhabit every website with open commenting. However, the Internet and the anonymity it provides do not cause trolling; they simply allow it. What probably does cause it are boredom, frustration, and a general inability to empathize and care for people you cannot see or even imagine. And those are problems that reside within ourselves, and not within the technology we've constructed.
Technology makes an easy target. It's new, it's hard to understand, and it's changing our culture faster than we can churn out books and articles that analyze it.
But it bothers me that choosing to disconnect from technology has acquired a moral value, and that we bitch and moan about technology instead of some of the larger, deeper problems with our culture.
Those problems are much harder to tease out and analyze. It's easier to just write a piece blaming everything on iPhones.
But gadgets come and go. Culture usually does not.
I read an article on GOOD that provided statistics about how much college admissions officers
stalk check applicants' Facebooks. Apparently 24% of officers do it, and that number is on the rise.
Now, this is really nothing new. However, what did strike me about the article was this:
Twelve percent of admissions counselors told Kaplan that what they found on social networks hurt an applicant's admissions prospects—particularly when it involved vulgarity, evidence of alcohol consumption or essay plagiarism, or proof of illegal activity.
See anything troubling there?
I do. Several of the things on that list involve activities that are illegal and/or violate most schools' codes of conduct–underage drinking, plagiarism, and "illegal activity" in general. One, however, does not, and that is vulgarity.
It makes me a little queasy whenever some sort of higher authority attempts to determine what is "moral" and what isn't. With regards to vulgarity, common courtesy generally prevails–don't use inappropriate language with employers, interviewers, teachers and professors, other respected elders, and children. If you're unhappy with someone in a public setting, don't scream obscenities at them. Etcetera.
But is a person who uses vulgar language with his/her friends a bad person? Should they be denied college admission? Would they be a poor addition to their campus community?
I can see why a college admissions officer would not want to admit an applicant who clearly parties a lot, engages in plagiarism, or otherwise breaks the law. But can you really just assume that someone who uses obscenities is a bad person?
I don't have any research on this, so I can only really use myself as a case study. I curse. A lot. I always have. I tell dirty jokes, I call politicians dicks, and I say "fuck" a lot.
I have also contributed to my university more than many, if not most, of its other students. I've led two student groups, started and led an initiative to bring a peer listening service to campus, served as an RA for a year, participated in a sexual health peer education group, assisted two research projects, written for campus publications, volunteered with campus groups, donated to fundraisers, and generally helped make this campus a better place. I have never received any sort of disciplinary action while I have been at Northwestern, nor have I broken any university policies, aside from keeping an electric kettle in my dorm room so I can drink tea. I have never bullied, harassed, or assaulted another student, and that's more than I can say for some of my peers. I think that if they had to do it over, Northwestern's admissions officers would absolutely accept me again.
But what if they'd seen the f-bombs on my Facebook profile?
Really, I think stalking applicants' Facebooks and other profiles is a practice of dubious ethicality, anyway. Of course, everyone's all like, "But you made it public! But it's right there! If you didn't want every single person in the world to know you shouldn't have uploaded it!"
Perhaps. But there are certain boundaries that I think we should respect when it comes to others. Just because something is public doesn't mean it's intended for public viewing. For instance, if I'm walking on campus and I overhear a couple having a vicious argument, obviously, they could've been more discreet. But does that make it right for me to stand there and eavesdrop?
If I walk past a house with the lights on and the blinds up and see, say, a couple having sex, should they have been more careful? Probably. But does that mean I should stand there and stare at them doing it? No. That's creepy as hell.
So suffice it to say that I oppose creeping on people's lives electronically, too. And I should point out that aside from the vulgarity issue, which I've only recently found out about anyway, I don't have a dog in this fight. I don't drink or party, so there are no Facebook photos of me drinking and partying. I don't do anything illegal. I don't brag about my sexual conquests. There's nothing on my profile that I'd be ashamed of anyone else seeing.
But I do at times use obscenities when I feel the desire to express myself that way. And it doesn't make me any less of a suitable candidate for a spot at a university, a job, or anything else.
Now, I'm also not stupid, so knowing what I now know, I'm definitely going to put my Facebook on super-duper private or just temporarily change the name on it when I'm applying for stuff. I've checked how my profile looks to someone who's not friends with me and it doesn't show any of my foul language.
But on the other hand, I also don't want to work for an employer who's moronic enough to overlook my strong resume and assume that I won't know how to behave in the office–especially after interviewing me. My decorum and sense of morality are quite intact, thank you very much. But they're not something you can judge by glancing over an online profile.
If you have ever seen a bunch of women posting Facebook statuses with a random color, or a location where they "like it," and felt a mix of confusion and frustration, you are not alone.
These memes are part of an effort for breast cancer "awareness," a word that I use cynically here and only in quotation marks. The color meme referred to women's bra color, and the location one referred to where they like to put their purses. Of course, they made it sound sexual to attract more attention: "X likes it by the bed", "Y likes it in the closet," etc.
Now, an acquiantance of mine (who also happens to be the Director of Health Promotion and Wellness at Northwestern University, and therefore isn't entirely ignorant about these things) has reported that this stupid trend still has not died.
Perhaps even less sensically, the latest iteration of this meme is people posting stuff like "is going to New York for five months" or "is going to Las Vegas for twelve months," and this, too, is supposed to elicit friends' queries and be met with the response that it's for breast cancer "awareness."
As anyone with even a modicum of critical thinking skills can tell you, such a status, when finally deciphered, tells you exactly one thing: "There is a thing called breast cancer and you should know about it."
Yes, yes there is. But could we finally get beyond that?
For instance, here are some actual facts about breast cancer:
If you'd like to do some actual good, why not spread this information around?
Besides that, here are some other ways you can help:
As you can see, some of these require your time and money. Others do not. The few seconds that it takes you to type your stupid status could be better spent posting a link to an important recent article about breast cancer.
But I have some unfortunate news for some of you: neither I, nor breast cancer survivors, nor families of breast cancer victims give a flying fuck what color your bra is or where you like to put your purse, cutesy sexual innuendo notwithstanding.
If you're old enough to make sexual innuendo, you're old enough to educate yourself and others about breast cancer (and, for that matter, anything else you think people should be educated about). Let's stop selling ourselves short here.
*edit* Another reason I just thought of to hate these memes–they are generally restricted to women only, and women aren't "supposed" to tell men what they mean, thus constructing breast cancer as a "girl thing." Not only do men witness their friends, girlfriends, wives, mothers, daughters, sisters, etc. fighting breast cancer, but some men actually get breast cancer, so it's not only a women's problem.
Anyway, there is enough of a stigma placed on men who get breast cancer without its promotion through this meme.
Update (2/2/2012): In case anyone's going through my archives and reading old posts, let it be known that I officially withdraw my support for the Susan G. Komen Foundation in light of its defunding of Planned Parenthood.
I think I'm going to have a series of posts criticizing GOOD's pathetic education section, which is currently failing even harder than my insomniac classmates are at their finals.
This is an older article, but I decided to dig it up and poke fun at it anyway.
This article suggests that having a "15-minute tech break" for each half-hour of class would help students focus because they'd do all their Facebooking in those 15 minutes and then put their phones away.
The people who propose these initiatives seemingly have a complete lack of understanding of how young people actually use technology, and for what purpose. For instance:
Rosen says his tech break concept "works amazingly." For every half-hour of focused work, he recommends allowing a 15-minute tech break. Once a students sees that nothing is happening on Facebook or send a friend that critical text message—they're able to refocus, he says.
That's not the way Facebook and texting work, though. You don't just check it and then forget about it. You like to be on it. What's to stop people from having their phones out under their desks outside of the "tech break?"
Furthermore, I don't see how this is even doable. This would increase class time by a whopping 50%—ludicrous when everyone, both students and teachers, are already severely overbooked. (In fact, that may be why students use their phones in class to begin with.)
In addition, like it or not, multitasking is here to stay. If students are forced to learn how to integrate technology with learning rather than strictly separating the two, they'll be better equipped to handle modern work environments, where you're usually required to answer phones/emails/messages while working, and so on.
Finally, I still don't understand why people see Facebooking/texting in class as some sort of crisis of epic proportions that requires a complete restructuring of the school day. Are students actually becoming dumber? Are their grades dropping? And even if they are, might it be because of much-needed and still-lacking education reforms, and not because of Evil Technology?
I obviously haven't done research on this (though, by the looks of it, this guy hasn't either), but I'd guess that Facebooking and texting in class aren't a cause of distraction–they're a symptom. Back in the day, kids would doodle or pass notes or just stare into space. These days they text and go on Facebook. What's the difference? Oh, right, there's a convenient piece of Evil Technology to blame.
That, ultimately, is the argument that I believe overrules everything else I've just said. If the problem is–shocker–not Those Darn Kids but the fact that school is worthlessly boring, then it's time to have a completely different dialogue. This dialogue will have to be about how to make school both educational and fun and not about how to get Those Darn Kids to do what we want them to do.
Like many depressives, I have a love-hate relationship with humor. A well-crafted joke, anecdote, or cartoon can cheer me up during the worst times, but because of the various cognitive deficits associated with depression, I have a lot of trouble processing humor when it's directed at me or my life.
Enter another thing I have a love-hate relationship with: Facebook. As one of those rare people who's "out" about having a mental illness (to shamelessly borrow terminology from the LGBT community), I occasionally post something related to my current troubles on my Facebook. Most of the people who bother reading it are fairly good friends of mine who know what's going on and often stop by and leave a nice comment or a simple "<3″ on those posts.
But then there are people who insist on trying to force a joke about the situation. These well-intentioned but insufferably clueless people are the bane of any depressive's life. They're our friends, sometimes even pretty good ones, and as much as we know that they mean well, it can be very painful to have a really difficult aspect of your life reduced to a dumb joke like that. And it's nearly impossible to find a way to respond–any suggestion that the joke was out of place is inevitably met with "but I was just trying to lighten the mood" or "I just wanted to cheer you up."
Here's the thing, though–you can't fix a depressed person anyway. (Sometimes, you can't even fix a depressed person if you're a psychiatrist or psychologist.) The most you can do is offer a message of support and refrain from trying to turn a depressed person's misery into a big huge joke.
Honestly, I doubt that even healthy people are actually "cheered up" by jokes made at their expense. I can't imagine that's pleasant for anyone who's already in kind of a bad mood. But it's especially unpleasant for a depressed person and can trigger all sorts of nasty stuff.
I think people have a huge fear of others' unhappiness. The moment you see a sad person, you immediately want to drag them, kicking and screaming, out of their sadness, whether they asked you to or not. This is understandable, but it should be avoided, not only because there's so little you can really do, but because you should try to understand people before you try to help them.
If anyone ever bothered to ask me what they could do to help me feel better, you can guarantee I wouldn't say "crack a dumb joke at my expense." And, don't worry, I wouldn't say "sit here for hours and listen to me cry," either. I would probably ask you to have a conversation about something interesting, like politics or culture, with me. Or I'd ask you to come over and bring a good movie. Or I'd ask you to bake some cookies with me. Or, I'd say, "Nothing, but thanks for asking."
What people don't understand about depression is that it's different from normal sadness not only in quantity, but in quality. To put it more simply, it's just a different kind of sadness. When someone has a depressive episode, they go to a really dark place that healthy people don't go to ever. Not even when their significant other breaks up with them or something like that. It's a darkness that can't be lit up by a stupid joke. Really, it can't be fully lit up by anything. But human connection, love, and support can sometimes help.
Obviously, not everybody is willing to provide that for everybody else. That's fine, and that's how it should be. But if you can't give me what I need to feel better, don't give me something that makes me feel worse, either.
Like many problems that I come across in my life, this turns out to be something that's actually a much larger issue. I believe that the reason people are so desperate to immediately try to "lighten the mood" the instant they see something unpleasant is because our culture has an extreme fear of negative emotion. We avoid it like the plague, and it comes as no surprise to me that most of our culture's solutions for achieving happiness seem to focus on eliminating things like fear, sadness, and anger entirely, rather than incorporating them into one's life in a normal, healthy way. Clearly, what I have isn't healthy, but it's only the extreme end of spectrum. I see this sort of blind and terrified avoidance of anything that's sad, whether it's severe like depression or totally normal, everywhere I look.
If you've just read this and realized that what I'm describing sounds exactly like you, I hope you're not offended. If you are, my apologies. But I hope you trust that behind all this snark is a lot of pain.
And, if you're still reading, I have a challenge for you. Next time you come across a post from a friend that's unhappy in some way, don't rush to make a joke about it. Don't try to drag your friend away from what they're feeling. If you absolutely need to comment on it somehow, say "I'm sorry, that really sucks," or "I hope you feel better." I guarantee that unless you happen to be Jon Stewart, that'll work better than any joke.
I'll leave you with a quote by Dutch priest and writer Henri Nouwen:
"The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion… that is a friend who cares."


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