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Jesus discourses about human traditions. (1-9) He warns against things which really defile. (10-20) He heals the daughter of a Syrophenician woman. (21-28) Jesus heals the sick, and miraculously feeds four thousand. (29-39)
Verses 1-9 Additions to God's laws reflect upon his wisdom, as if he had left out something which was needed, and which man could supply; in one way or other they always lead men to disobey God. How thankful ought we to be for the written word of God! Never let us think that the religion of the Bible can be improved by any human addition, either in doctrine or practice. Our blessed Lord spoke of their traditions as inventions of their own, and pointed out one instance in which this was very clear, that of their transgressing the fifth commandment. When a parent's wants called for assistance, they pleaded, that they had devoted to the temple all they could spare, even though they did not part with it, and therefore their parents must expect nothing from them. This was making the command of God of no effect. The doom of hypocrites is put in a little compass; "In vain do they worship me." It will neither please God, nor profit themselves; they trust in vanity, and vanity will be their recompence.
Verses 10-20 Christ shows that the defilement they ought to fear, was not from what entered their mouths as food, but from what came out of their mouths, which showed the wickedness of their hearts. Nothing will last in the soul but the regenerating graces of the Holy Spirit; and nothing should be admitted into the church but what is from above; therefore, whoever is offended by a plain, seasonable declaration of the truth, we should not be troubled at it. The disciples ask to be better taught as to this matter. Where a weak head doubts concerning any word of Christ, an upright heart and a willing mind seek for instruction. It is the heart that is desperately wicked, Jer. 17:9 , for there is no sin in word or deed, which was not first in the heart. They all come out of the man, and are fruits of that wickedness which is in the heart, and is wrought there. When Christ teaches, he will show men the deceitfulness and wickedness of their own hearts; he will teach them to humble themselves, and to seek to be cleansed in the Fountain opened for sin and uncleanness.
Verses 21-28 The dark corners of the country, the most remote, shall share Christ's influences; afterwards the ends of the earth shall see his salvation. The distress and trouble of her family brought a woman to Christ; and though it is need that drives us to Christ, yet we shall not therefore be driven from him. She did not limit Christ to any particular instance of mercy, but mercy, mercy, is what she begged for: she pleads not merit, but depends upon mercy. It is the duty of parents to pray for their children, and to be earnest in prayer for them, especially for their souls. Have you a son, a daughter, grievously vexed with a proud devil, an unclean devil, a malicious devil, led captive by him at his will? this is a case more deplorable than that of bodily possession, and you must bring them by faith and prayer to Christ, who alone is able to heal them. Many methods of Christ's providence, especially of his grace, in dealing with his people, which are dark and perplexing, may be explained by this story, which teaches that there may be love in Christ's heart while there are frowns in his face; and it encourages us, though he seems ready to slay us, yet to trust in him. Those whom Christ intends most to honour, he humbles to feel their own unworthiness. A proud, unhumbled heart would not have borne this; but she turned it into an argument to support her request. The state of this woman is an emblem of the state of a sinner, deeply conscious of the misery of his soul. The least of Christ is precious to a believer, even the very crumbs of the Bread of life. Of all graces, faith honours Christ most; therefore of all graces Christ honours faith most. He cured her daughter. He spake, and it was done. From hence let such as seek help from the Lord, and receive no gracious answer, learn to turn even their unworthiness and discouragements into pleas for mercy.
Verses 29-39 Whatever our case is, the only way to find ease and relief, is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to him, and refer it to his disposal. Those who would have spiritual healing from Christ, must be ruled as he pleases. See what work sin has made; what various diseases human bodies are subject to. Here were such diseases as fancy could neither guess the cause nor the cure of, yet these were subject to the command of Christ. The spiritual cures that Christ works are wonderful. When blind souls are made to see by faith, the dumb to speak in prayer, the maimed and the lame to walk in holy obedience, it is to be wondered at. His power was also shown to the multitude, in the plentiful provision he made for them: the manner is much the same as before. All did eat, and were filled. Those whom Christ feeds, he fills. With Christ there is bread enough, and to spare; supplies of grace for more than seek it, and for those that seek for more. Christ sent away the people. Though he had fed them twice, they must not look for miracles to find their daily bread. Let them go home to their callings and their own tables. Lord, increase our faith, and pardon our unbelief, teaching us to live upon thy fulness and bounty, for all things pertaining to this life, and that which is to come.
Matthew 15:1-20 . DISCOURSE ON CEREMONIAL POLLUTION. ( = mark 7:1 mark 7:23 ).
The time of this section was after that Passover which was nigh at hand when our Lord fed the five thousand ( John 6:4 )--the third Passover, as we take it, since His public ministry began, but which He did not keep at Jerusalem for the reason mentioned in John 7:1 .
1. Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem--or "from Jerusalem." Mark ( Mark 7:1 ) says they "came from" it: a deputation probably sent from the capital expressly to watch Him. As He had not come to them at the last Passover, which they had reckoned on, they now come to Him. "And," says Mark ( mark 7:2 mark 7:3 ), "when they saw some of His disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands"--hands not ceremonially cleansed by washing--"they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft"--literally, "in" or "with the fist"; that is, probably washing the one hand by the use of the other--though some understand it, with our version, in the sense of "diligently," "sedulously"--"eat not, holding the tradition of the elders"; acting religiously according to the custom handed down to them. "And when they come from the market" ( Mark 7:4 )--"And after market": after any common business, or attending a court of justice, where the Jews, as WEBSTER and WILKINSON remark, after their subjection to the Romans, were especially exposed to intercourse and contact with heathens--"except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups and pots, brazen vessels and tables"--rather, "couches," such as were used at meals, which probably were merely sprinkled for ceremonial purposes. "Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him,"
saying--as follows:
2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
3. But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?--The charge is retorted with startling power: "The tradition they transgress is but man's, and is itself the occasion of heavy transgression, undermining the authority of God's law."
4. For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother--( Deuteronomy 5:16 ).
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death--( Exodus 21:17 ).
5. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift--or simply, "A gift!" In Mark ( Mark 7:11 ), it is, "Corban!" that is, "An oblation!" meaning, any unbloody offering or gift dedicated to sacred uses.
by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
6. And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free--that is, It is true, father--mother--that by giving to thee this, which I now present, thou mightest be profited by me; but I have gifted it to pious uses, and therefore, at whatever cost to thee, I am not now at liberty to alienate any portion of it. "And," it is added in Mark ( Mark 7:12 ), "ye suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother." To dedicate property to God is indeed lawful and laudable, but not at the expense of filial duty.
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect--cancelled or nullified it "by your tradition."
7. Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying--( Isaiah 29:13 ).
8. This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, &c.--By putting the commandments of men on a level with the divine requirements, their whole worship was rendered vain--a principle of deep moment in the service of God. "For," it is added in Mark 7:8 , "laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do." The drivelling nature of their multitudinous observances is here pointedly exposed, in contrast with the manly observance of "the commandment of God"; and when our Lord says, "Many other such like things ye do," it is implied that He had but given a specimen of the hideous treatment which the divine law received, and the grasping disposition which, under the mask of piety, was manifested by the ecclesiastics of that day.
10. And he called the multitude, and said unto them--The foregoing dialogue, though in the people's hearing, was between Jesus and the pharisaic cavillers, whose object was to disparage Him with the people. But Jesus, having put them down, turns to the multitude, who at this time were prepared to drink in everything He said, and with admirable plainness, strength, and brevity, lays down the great principle of real pollution, by which a world of bondage and uneasiness of conscience would be dissipated in a moment, and the sense of sin be reserved for deviations from the holy and eternal law of God.
Hear and understand:
11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man--This is expressed even more emphatically in Mark ( mark 7:15 mark 7:16 ), and it is there added, "If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." As in Matthew 13:9 , this so oft-repeated saying seems designed to call attention to the fundamental and universal character of the truth it refers to.
12. Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?--They had given vent to their irritation, and perhaps threats, not to our Lord Himself, from whom they seem to have slunk away, but to some of the disciples, who report it to their Master.
13. But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up--They are offended, are they? Heed it not: their corrupt teaching is already doomed: the garden of the Lord upon earth, too long cumbered with their presence, shall yet be purged of them and their accursed system: yea, and whatsoever is not of the planting of My heavenly Father, the great Husbandman ( John 15:1 ), shall share the same fate.
14. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch--Striking expression of the ruinous effects of erroneous teaching!
15. Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable--"when He was entered into the house from the people," says Mark ( Mark 7:17 ).
16. And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?--Slowness of spiritual apprehension in His genuine disciples grieves the Saviour: from others He expects no better ( Matthew 13:11 ).
17, 18. Do not ye yet understand that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, &c.--Familiar though these sayings have now become, what freedom from bondage to outward things do they proclaim, on the one hand; and on the other, how searching is the truth which they express--that nothing which enters from without can really defile us; and that only the evil that is in the heart, that is allowed to stir there, to rise up in thought and affection, and to flow forth in voluntary action, really defiles a man!
19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts--"evil reasonings"; referring here more immediately to those corrupt reasonings which had stealthily introduced and gradually reared up that hideous fabric of tradition which at length practically nullified the unchangeable principles of the moral law. But the statement is far broader than this; namely that the first shape which the evil that is in the heart takes, when it begins actively to stir, is that of "considerations" or "reasonings" on certain suggested actions.
murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies--detractions, whether directed against God or man; here the reference seems to be to the latter. Mark ( Mark 7:22 ) adds, "covetousnesses"--or desires after more; "wickednesses"--here meaning, perhaps, malignities of various forms; "deceit, lasciviousness"--meaning, excess or enormity of any kind, though by later writers restricted to lewdness; "an evil eye"--meaning, all looks or glances of envy, jealousy, or ill will towards a neighbor; "pride, foolishness"--in the Old Testament sense of "folly"; that is, criminal senselessness, the folly of the heart. How appalling is this black catalogue!
20. These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man--Thus does our Lord sum up this whole searching discourse.
Matthew 15:21-28 . THE WOMAN OF CANAAN AND HER DAUGHTER.
23. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after
24. But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of
25. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help
Matthew 15:29-39 . MIRACLES OF HEALING--FOUR THOUSAND MIRACULOUSLY FED.

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During the 6th and 7th of September last, the International Instructor Course for Kids was held in Montevideo, organized by Sabun Nim Gabriel Colina V Dan, President of CITI Allied Association from Uruguay.
...Read moreLast week for the first time, ITF participated in the TAFISA Martial Arts Games held in Vancouver, (Richmond) British Columbia, Canada.
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This is to inform you that the ITF Tournament and Umpire Committee Chairmen and Committee members shall meet with ITF Director GM Wim Bos on December 2014 at the ITF HQ in Benidorm, Spain in order to discuss and prepare the upcoming World Championships to be held in Jesolo, Italy on May 27-31, 2015.
The 5th ITF Taekwon-Do World Cup - to be held on August 26th-30th2014 in Montego Bay, Jamaica is ready to start.
The WEIGH-IN for competitors of the World Cup 2014, will start at 8.00 a m. on Tuesday, 26th August 2014 in Montego Bay Convention Centre" - Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica WI according to the country schedule attached.
IMPORTANT information about the weigh-in procedure!!!
1. Every competitor (regardless of the categories she/he is competing in) must be present with a World Cup Official ID Card and a Black Belt Certificate (black belts holders only) at the weigh-in procedure wearing dobok trousers and a T-shirt. Every competitor (especially color belts) should also have his/her own personal identification card (national identity card or passport).
2. For the sparring categories a 500 gram weight allowance (not a tolerance) shall be applied. Competitors, who will not succeed at the first weigh-in attempt, must come to the weigh-in for the second attempt within one hour. If the competitor doesn't make the weight then he/she shall be removed from the sparring category and shall not be allowed to enter any other weight category.
3. Please make sure that your team arrives at the weigh-in at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time attached.
4. If any competitor will not be present at the weigh-in, the computer system will notify that and will treat such a competitor as an absent person at the World Cup.
The World Cup 2014 will be held at the "Montego Bay Convention Centre" - Rose Hall, Montego Bay, St. James, Jamaica WI. The competition will start on Wednesday 27th, August 2014 at 9.00 AM.
The schedule of the tournament divided into four competition days is available here.
Please note, that some sparring categories with 1 competitor were combined and the competitors were moved to the higher category as written in the rules.
All the draws will be published on Saturday 23rd August 2014 on the official online registration website of the World Cup 2014 and can be checked in the section 'reports' under the following link: http://wcup2014.pztkd.lublin.pl/index.php
All documents will be also available on the official online registration website under the link: http://wcup2014.pztkd.lublin.pl/index.php
To find them visit the link above and click on OTHER REPORTS and next on PDF REPORTS
Kind regards,
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The latest edition of the ITF online Magazine, Taekwon-Do Generation, is now available online at this link: http://issuu.com/tkd-itf
This latest edition is packed with loads of great articles, including interviews with some of ITF's top competitors, coaches, Masters and Grandmasters, as well as an historical article on pioneer Colonel Nam Tae Hi, interesting articles on the structures of the National Associations and National Teams in Ireland, Canada and New Zealand, a look back at the World Championships in 2013, a preview of what's to come in the World Championships 2015 and short stories form around the world in the "My Dojang" section of the magazine. We hope you enjoy!!
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On Saturday, July 26thmore than 70 participants from 7 clubs took part in pattern and sparring competition and with the help of Master Weiler, who brought the electronic competition system, the sparring competition runs very fast (compare also the donation equipment for Ethiopia in the following report).
...Read moreSince 2008 the Ethiopian International Taekwon-Do Association (EITA) was the starting point for the ITF on the African Continent e.g. 1st IIC in Africa and the African TKD Cup ITF. Now it was the 1st Kid's course being held on the African Continent on July 28th and 29th (Monday and Tuesday) by Master Nardizzi (8th degree and Chairman of the Kid's Committee). 60+ instructors and 15 kids participated at the two days course to learn with great interest and with joy. Master Nardizzi taught all facets of the program and was impressed with the participation of instructors from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Sweden. The interest for the Kid's course is not only very big by the instructors but also and especially by the authorities (e.g. Ministry of Sport) so that we have to plan and organise more of this seminars in Africa.
...Read moreDear Masters, Instructors & National Anti-Doping Officers,
I would like to formally inform you and ask that you advise all participants from your country that:
ITF Anti-Doping Unit will be enforcing full Doping Control at World Cup 2014, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The ITF Medical & Anti-Doping Unit has the support of the Jamaican NADO who will be testing at the request of ITF. All male and female athletes in all disciplines over 18 years of age are eligible for testing. Please encourage your participants to take the online courses on www.itfadu.org to familiarise themselves with the testing process and their rights.
I'm looking forward to see you all in Jamaica,
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It's my sanctuary, where I dine, lounge, bathe, grow food, entertain, and work.
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I brew it with fresh ginger root and add a little honey. It's my daily health tonic.
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8. Australia
Where I was born and lived most of my life. It's a land of diverse and awesome physical beauty. Everyone should experience it at least once.
9. Frida Kahlo Blue
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Since their arrival Sunday, their daily schedules have been packed with rehearsals and other commitments. At the end of each day, they have returned to the homes of local host families who have been providing them places to stay for preparations for the next day.
One such family is the Thompsons. Father Robert, mother Ramona, 11-year-old Gabrielle, 9-year-old twins Elsa and Emma and 7-year-old Adelaide have all said they look foward to "DYW week" almost as much as the girls who spend the night with them do.
"We're honored to be a host family," Robert said. "It's a great program."
The Thompsons are in their fifth year of hosting Distinguished Young Women contestants, and Ramona serves on the state competition's board. When the then-director approached her with the opportunity to become a host family, she "started out not knowing a thing about it." Years later, she was glad to have said yes.
This week, the family is hosting Courtney Miller of Cumberland Valley, McKenzie Roberts of Sevier County and Lainey Smith of Collierville.
While she said she knew hosting Distinguished Young Women was helpful to them taking part in the state program, Ramona said the family has hosted for multiple years so her four daughters could "have a positive role model for the week."
"The influence these girls have on my girls is invaluable," Ramona said. "We've forged friendships longer than just one week."
She said the family continues to exchange Christmas cards, text messages and other communication on websites like
Facebook with past guests. Ramona added that she and her husband have even hired former DYW contestants as babysitters for their daughters because of their relationships.
Oldest daughter Gabrielle said she realized the family's annual DYW houseguests have taught her about getting along with her siblings.
"I've learned how to be a good big sister to my sisters," Gabrielle said. "They teach leadership in the program."
Emma explained how they all enjoyed spending time with their house guests for the week, especially while playing games like "seeing who could Hula-Hoop the absolute longest."
Elsa nodded her head in agreement.
Their typical day this week has started early, with the Thompson girls helping prepare breakfast for their guests before they report to the Dixon Center at Lee University for rehearsal at 8:15 most mornings.
Robert is an attorney with the Logan-Thompson law firm, and Ramona is a recovery room nurse at SkyRidge Medical Center. Ramona said they do stay really busy, but they make time to be a DYW host family.
Youngest sister Adelaide wanted to make sure everyone knew what made the Distinguished Young Women staying with her family so special.
"They're pretty, and they're smart, and they're talented," she said, counting off each of those points on her fingers.
Three out of four of the girls said they would like to be part of the program someday because they got to know some who were taking part in it.
"I don't know yet," Adelaide said with a grin.
The family will join others throughout the community to watch the preliminary and final nights of the program Friday and Saturday at 7 at the Dixon Center.


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The rousing sea stories are all here: the dramas of near-death battles, the sickening tragedy of lovers and friends lost to the waters---but this is not the whole story. This collection represents an extraordinary holistic view of Alaskan fishing: not just the dying, but the living; not just the obsessive doing of fishing, but the passionate being as well. Readers will understand why so many are hooked, unwilling or unable to leave this uncommon life. Collectively, the 16 fisher-writers in this anthology here have fished cod, halibut, salmon, crab, and herring. Some have fished commercially for several seasons; others have spent most of their lives on the water. Included are Moe Bowstern, Michael Crowley, Wendy Erd, Leslie Leyland Fields, Naphtali Fields, Erin Freistrad, Joel Gay, Sig Hansen, Mary Jacobs, Nancy Lord, Marta Sutro, Toby Sullivan, Joe Upton, Spike Walker, Shannon Zellerhoff.
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Brittany Jones, ELMBA `11, is interviewed upon turning a networking contact into her ideal job.
Working full-time as a project coordinator in the office of ACT-SO, an NAACP program designed to promote academic and cultural achievement among African-American youth, Brittany Jones noticed that most of the senior managers at the organization had master's degrees. The Baltimore native and 2007 Temple University graduate realized her own opportunities for professional success would be limited without an advanced degree.
"I could have stayed at my job and taken classes at night, and my employer would have paid, but that way would have taken me more than five years," says Jones, who majored in African-American studies and English. "I learned about Loyola's Emerging Leaders MBA program, where I could get it done in a year. It was the perfect time for me. I don't have kids, I'm not tied down, I don't really have many financial responsibilities."
Jones's investment in her future is already paying off. With just two months left to go before completing her MBA, she's lined up a full-time job as chief of staff at DiversityInc., a Newark, N.J.-based consulting and publishing organization that serves as the leading source of information on diversity management. The opportunity stemmed from a key element of the ELMBA experience—networking.
"Loyola paid for me to attend a DiversityInc conference in D.C.," says Jones, whose ELMBA experiences included field studies in Silicon Valley and Barcelona, Spain, as well as an internship with international spice giant McCormick & Co. "There, I introduced myself to the DiversityInc CEO, who said he would share my resume with a contact at Sodexo, a company DiversityInc considers to be one of the best in the country in its diversity programs. Instead—he asked if I'd be interested in interviewing for a position at his own organization. I'm going to be overseeing all their logistics, managing their administrative staff, improving processes, and strengthening their customer service."
While DiversityInc is a for-profit enterprise, its philanthropic philosophy and justice-oriented mission align perfectly with Jones' values and professional ambitions. In addition to her time at ACT-SO, Jones previously worked for the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Inc., which operates educational, economic development, and cultural programs, including the city's famed spring JazzFest.
"I've worked with a lot of people who have really had a passion for non-profit management, but people who love non-profits don't necessarily love the paperwork, the due diligence, that's involved with running one effectively," Jones says. "I feel like the management and leadership skills I've developed through the ELMBA will let me take something I love and bring new credibility to it."
And of course, she says, the contacts she's made and the reputation of the Loyola and Sellinger names will continue to open doors for her no matter where her career takes her. "Loyola is a really good school, and that's a great advantage from a networking point of view. I've really been surprised by the amount of weight these connections carry."
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Shivers Down Your Spine coming this fall!
Very excited to update that we have a full rough cut of our horror anthology SHIVERS DOWN YOUR SPINE! In the next month, we'll be finalizing the sound, score, and visual FX, with a target release date on blu-ray sometime this fall. Perhaps around Halloween? You can follow the Dead Lantern tumblr page for details.
Additionally, we'll be premiering WHISPERING BOARD and LAST BREATH at Osfest on Saturday, August 2nd in Omaha Nebraska, along with a full trailer for THE EYES OF ISABELLE. Come out and check it out!
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• Sterling silver teardrop pendant enhancer with a snap hinge bail
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A whisper of powdery periwinkle blue is captured in this delicate floral enhancer. A serene blue lace agate cabochon is set within graceful polished sterling silver petals. Feel feminine in this serenely blooming accent.
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Experience the softer side of the Southwest with the Calla Lily Collection. The subtle sophistication of this flower is reflected in the sculptural, feminine design of layered sterling silver. Brilliant petals unfold to reveal a glorious pillow of fine blue lace agate.
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Nearly New Sale - Agudath Achim Synagogue, Altoona
Agudath Achim Synagogue will be holding their annual fundraiser the Nearly New Sale during the following dates:
Monday, October 21st, from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm
Tuesday, October 22nd, from 11:00 am until 1:30 pm ($1 per item)
And from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm ($10/bag Night)
Wednesday, October 23rd, from 9:00 am until 10:00 am ($10/bag Day)
The Nearly New sale has vintage and nearly new designer clothing for Men, Women and Children, shoes, linens and books.
Please help us to promote this event, we would be so very appreciative. The items in this sale are very inexpensive for the less fortunate families in the area. Please help us to let everyone know that we want to reach out to the community.
In addition to providing clothing and linens to our community, the synagogue also works with organizations such as the Veteran's Home, Gates Foundation Shoe & Boot Drive, and often Relay for Life teams. We donate remaining books to the local libraries. Not one piece of clothing goes to waste. When the sale is over, we donate the remaining clothing to other organizations including sending children's clothing to third world countries with the help of HASD's Jean Sinal. In addition, this year we are donating clothing to a local resident who is sending relief to Syria. Our outreach has no bounds.
This sale provides families in the area with an opportunity to furnish their families with clothing for the year for $10 on bag days. The bags are 39 gallon trash bags and can be filled to the top!!!
The proceeds from this sale go toward basic maintenance of the synagogue. The synagogue is located at 1306 Seventeenth Street, Altoona, PA 16601. For more information call me at 932-3520.


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Beautiful sunset from Big Lagoon State Park overlooking Perdido Key.
Entrance road into Big Lagoon's picturesque 75 site campground.
A sylvan view of a Big Lagoon campsite.
One of 75 campsites equipped with water, a picnic bench, electrical outlets and a fire-ring.
One of the campground's three full service restroom facilities.
Big Lagoon's four story Observation Tower at East Beach.
Typical beautiful pine flats that surround the campground and Big Lagoon.
Side view of Governor's Pavilion showing size for large gatherings.
Boardwalk from the Governor's Pavilion to the scenic overlook of Shell Point.


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Exhibitions: Exploring Contemporary Architecture in Santa Barbara
ock ssNonEditable"> Contemporary architecture—especially the Los Angeles variant—comes to the Central Coast on January 5, when Almost Anything Goes: Architecture and Inclusivity opens at the MCA Santa Barbara. Featuring the work of Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph, Design, Bitches; Doris Sung, DOSU Studio Architecture; Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues, Ball-Nogues Studio; Miles Kemp, Digital Physical / Variate Labs; Elena Manferdini, Atelier Manferdini; and Ramiro Diaz Granados, Amorphis, and Matthew Au, the show includes installations, photography, material samples, textiles, and interactive media.
It's the brainchild of the museum's executive director and chief curator Miki Garcia and visiting curator Brigitte Kouo. For Garcia, the show is an opportunity "to expand our audience and create more diverse programming that's larger in scope," she says. Besides that, "There aren't that many exhibitions on the Central Coast that focus on emerging practices in architecture."


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American Drew Furniture
American Drew is a name long associated with high-quality home furnishings for over 75 years. One of the few remaining furniture companies that still maintains some manufacturing here in the U.S., American Drew has a vast array of collection styles and price points for owners of fresh new homes to upscale second homes. With so many options to choose from, and the reputation that goes along with such well-respected designers and artisans, we are sure you are going to love American Drew Furniture as much as we do.
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Americana Home
American Drew has scored a homerun with this group a truly American Casual collection with a fresh combination of design elements, finishes and materials. Taking its inspiration from well-known destinations from coast to coast, Americana Home incorporates casual country, modern lodge, coastal cottage and urban loft living. Produced in Pin Knotty Oak veneers with hardwood solids, the most prevalent finish is a warm Khaki Oak tone, accented with light distressing and burnished soft edges. The custom Bar Pull and Knob hardware is an Antiqued Dark Bronze finish. Other furnishings in this group are offered in a Weathered White finish allowing for a coastal cottage or eclectic mix style. The metal and hardware is a Pewter color finish. There is also a Dark Rustic Oak finish with heavier distressing and wood planks available on specific accent pieces Americana Home creates an inviting and comfortable setting for any lifestyle and personality.
45th Anniversary Cherry Grove
American Drew is best known for their classic cherry wood traditional styled furniture. Cherry Grove is the best-known of these styles, and the 45th Anniversary Cherry Grove Collection is a blending of heritage and recent adaptations from 18th century and higher end traditional styling. Georgian, Edwardian, and Queen Anne designs come together in this beautiful assortment of furniture. Cathedral cherry veneers, alder solids and select hardwoods are all distinguishing components of this updated group, with scale and dimensions having been addressed to better suit today's standard of living. Cherry Grove now offers you a variety of opportunities to complement multiple decorating environments. In the American Drew tradition, attention to detail and exquisite craftsmanship make every piece an heirloom. Cherry Gove presents the homeowner with the opportunity to own a timeless piece of furniture that will be cherished for generations to come.
Camden Light and Camden Dark
Part of the American Drew Profiles group, both Camden Light and Camden Dark focus on simple forms with quiet traditional overtones and gentle curves. Both the Light and Dark offer a beautiful time worn white or black finish that lets the character of the wood show through. The brushed nickel finish hardware adds even more casual elegance to Camden. The Profiles Group is sold at a very attractive price point and allows the new homeowner or second homeowner to fully furnish their get-away, no matter where it is, in simple yet graceful style.


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Gwynne Dyer: Unpacking U.S. energy myths
Which of the following statements is true? The United States now has a 100-year supply of natural gas, thanks to the miracle of shale gas. By 2017 it will once again be the world's biggest oil producer. By 2035 it will be entirely "energy-independent", and free in particular from its reliance on Middle Eastern oil.
Unless you've been dead for the past couple of years, you've been hearing lots of enthusiastic forecasts like this, but not one of them is true. They are generally accompanied by sweeping predictions about geopolitics that are equally misleading, at least insofar as they depend on assumptions about cheap and plentiful supplies of shale gas and other forms of "unconventional" oil and gas.
For example, we are assured that the United States, no longer dependent on Arab oil, will break its habit of intervening militarily in the Middle East, since what happens there will no longer matter to Washington. But this new era of cheap and plentiful energy from fossil fuels will also result, alas, in sky-high greenhouse gas emissions and runaway global warming.
These statements are also untrue, at least in the formulation given above, since they are based on quite mistaken assumptions.
The original error, on which most of the others are based, is the belief that "fracking"—hydraulic fracturing of underground formations of shale rock to release the gas trapped within them—has fundamentally transformed the energy situation of the United States. Huge amounts are being invested in the newer shale plays like the Eagle Ford formation in Texas and the Marcellus in Pennsylvania, but the numbers just don't add up.
Production of shale gas has soared in the United States (still the home to most shale plays) in the past 10 years, but it is only compensating for the decline in conventional gas production in the same period. Moreover, while the operators' calculations assume a 40-year productive lifetime for the average shale gas well, the real number is turning out to be around five to seven years.
That means that in the older shale plays they have to drill like crazy just to maintain current production—and since drilling is very expensive, they aren't making a profit. As Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson told a private meeting four months ago: "We're making no money. It's all in the red."
They are hoping to make a profit, of course, once the gas price recovers from the ridiculous level of $2 per million BTU that it fell to in 2009, when a great many people believed this really was a miracle. Four dollars per million BTU would do it for most operators, and even the highest-cost ones would be making a profit at $7. But it's clear that shale gas is no miracle that will provide ultra-cheap fossil fuel for the next 100 years.
In that case, the prediction that the United States will be the world's biggest oil producer by 2017 is nonsense. Even on an ultra-optimistic estimate of how much "unconventional oil" it can eventually get out of the shale formations, it will still be importing a large proportion of its oil in 2035.
At the peak of U.S. oil production, in 1970, it produced 10.6 million barrels per day. It currently produces 9.6 million barrels per day, and consumes 21 million bpd. It is preposterous to argue that it can close that gap by coming up with another 11 million bpd of unconventional oil at an economically viable price.
"Energy independence", if it ever comes to the United States, is likelier to come from a combination of conservation measures (like President Obama's regulation that will almost double the fuel efficiency of American-built cars by 2016) and an increased emphasis on renewables (wind, solar, et cetera.).
And the whole Middle Eastern business is a red herring, because the United States does not depend heavily on Middle Eastern oil. Most U.S. oil imports come from the Western hemisphere (Canada, Mexico, Venezuela) or from Africa (Nigeria, Algeria, Angola). Only 15 percent of its oil comes from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Kuwait, and virtually none from anywhere else in the Gulf. Whatever America's various wars in the region may have been about, they were not about "security of oil supply".
Which leaves the business about shale gas and oil pushing the world's greenhouse gas emissions over the top. They can't do that, because we are already over the top. We need only continue on our present course, without any growth in "unconventional" oil and gas production, and we will be irrevocably committed to 2 degrees C of warming within 10 years. Within 25 years we will be committed to +4 degrees C.
So why are we fed a daily diet of misinformation about energy in general, and shale gas in particular? Because a lot of people have something to sell.
Let's face it - there is no way to produce electricity that is completely environmentally friendly, clean and without some kind of drawback somewhere.
That being said, nuclear fission still gets my vote (until we can build space elevators and have solar panels in orbit that feed us constant electricity). You can power a city of 60,000 homes for a year on one rail car of uranium ore. There are issues with handling the resultant radioactivity, but they are comparatively minor (and almost always local) compared to the effects of green house gas emissions.
There would be issues with converting all our gas-burning cars to electric cars. It'd be expensive, and we need improvements in how we store that electricity (either better batteries or better fuel cells or something).
Is nuclear 100% safe? No. But then, nothing is. We can either give up producing electricity and do away with computers, tv, radio, movies, mass market magazines & books...or we can accept that there are going to be costs associated with living in a technological society and decide intelligently which costs we want to accept.
When you start looking at it that way, and when you factor all costs into the calculation (including costs for damage to the environment, because that will come back to haunt us sooner or later), then nuclear is a viable alternative that is technologically viable NOW, not some years in the future after some unspecified and wished-for breakthroughs.
"Nuclear power is experiencing a revival due to growing concerns about climate change. The nuclear industry has reinvented itself as an environmentally friendly option, producing electricity without the air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions of coal, oil or gas.
But a closer look reveals nuclear power is neither an environmentally or financially viable option. Nuclear power creates radioactive waste for which there is no accepted method of safely managing or storing. It is also prohibitively expensive. The last plant constructed in Ontario, Darlington, was budgeted at $3.4 billion but ended up costing $15 billion when it was finally completed in the mid-1980s."
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My feeling is that proponents of nuclear energy are being intellectually lazy in not recognizing the great strides toward producing lots of truly clean energy that Germany- with its energy-intensive economy- is making. If Germany can do it, so can others.
Just to correct you a little bit John your badly misinformed about refineries. The only part of your statement that is correct is that there hasn't been a new refinery built in North America for fifty years. You put that down to Nimbyism.
The truth is that there is a huge glut of oil available globally. That excess in oil faces a bottleneck in the production cycle and that bottleneck is refining capacity. That bottleneck is what keeps the prices high. That bottleneck is and has been quite deliberate and it has been engineered by your pals in big oil.
When the Irvings wanted to expand the refinery in St. John the project was killed off. When Imperial wanted to expand their capacity in Sarnia, again the project was killed off. The big money isn't in pumping oil, it's in refining it. And the big players aren't in a sharing mood.
Don't believe me? Google how many refineries in Texas and Louisiana are sitting idle. Google how many refineries globally have had fires and explosions and are now "too expensive to repair". Consumers are being manipulated by "big Oil" and this isn't going to stop anytime soon.
But don't make the mistake of blaming Nimbyism for the problem.
It's a non-renewable, finite resource. So whether it's 2 decades or a century's worth you've got--you'd eventually have to outsource your energy needs anyway.
I think the definition of "energy independent" should shift from simply having your own oil and gas reserves--to something much more stable and reliable,such as solar,wind,hydro-electric energies etc.
I hope Ms. Dyer will take the opportunity to thoroughly review the headlines on E N E N E W S . c o m to see how the children of Japan and the people of Japan are suffering after Japan's nuclear-plant meltdowns.
In 2008, Shell Canada's largest refinery's production was upgraded and at its highest level. Two years later,Shell shut down the east Montreal refinery and claimed that no buyer was interested in taking over the plant.
There have always been problems with national and global oversupply of oil. The Connally Hot Oil Act of 1935 control the locals and wars control the foreigners.
According to this link, America has to increase production less then 10% to be the world's no. 1 oil producer:
It may not happen - but it hardly seems like 'nonsense'.
I agree with more or less everything else he typed.
Clearly, conservation and alternative energy are the long term, environmentally-sensible solutions...with nuclear power as a possible stop gap until then.
As for global warming? I really don't care much. I will be dead before it matters much and if humankind is dumb enough to damage the planet by knowingly poisoning it? Then the idiots got what they deserved.
I invite them to come shovel my driveway, Like I've done 4 times since old Man Winter officially came to town.


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Wilson is a legendary jazz trumpet and piano player, as well as a composer.
"I couldn't tell you of another feeling I have ever had in my life that is like the feeling I have when I'm right in Shelby, Mississippi," said Wilson during a celebration Wednesday evening at the Shelby Library.
Earlier in the afternoon, Wilson had a birthday party at the library where all of his family and friends enjoyed cake and sang happy birthday.
It was during this party that Wilson was given the key to the city and the mayor proclaimed it Gerald Wilson Day.
"It makes me feel good to see the way America is changing and being like what is says it is," said Wilson as people from all over the Delta gathered.
Wilson said he first learned to play the piano from his mother, who was a schoolteacher in Shelby.
"She played piano and she could read music so she started all of my family on the piano. We all started on piano about the age of four," said Wilson.
"There used to be a band that came from Piney Woods, Mississippi. And this was a school where poor black kids could go and learn how to play," said Wilson.
It was after he saw the school's band marching through the town as a fundraiser that he became interested in the trumpet.
"They used to go through Shelby and I saw these kids with horns and although I started on the piano I said I wanted to play a horn like the kids. They could march, come in, and they would play their concert," said Wilson.
Wilson attended Cass Tech in Detroit, a school that has seen artists like the Tempations.
When asked about his favorite musical artist, Wilson replied, "You know I just have so many. My whole family plays music."
Wilson has worked with many of the greats such as Ray Charles, Duke Ellington, and was neighbors with Ella Fitzgerald.
Wilson's oldest daughter, Geraldine Wilson, remembers coming downstairs when she was in second grade to ask her father and the well-known quartet Four Tops "please stop playing, I need to get up and to go school."
"He's an eight time Grammy nominee. He is part of the National Endowment to the Arts Jazz Masters, which is America's highest honor that they give to somebody in music in jazz—my dad is one of those guys. He has all these years from Jimmie Lunceford to Tony Bennett and coming home for him was a big deal," said Wilson.
Gerald Wilson is the father of four children, Geraldine, Anthony, Nancy, and the late Lillian Wilson.
Both Geraldine and Nancy were able to accompany Wilson back home for his birthday.
"I'm real proud and to be able to find out so many things, especially about my grandmother and how she was a loved citizen of this town," said Nancy.
"He was a teacher too, at UCLA for the last 17 years," said Geradline.
"He's having such a great time, he has a lot of memories and he's been talking about things that have happened in the town," said Nancy.
"It's a nice birthday package with a nice ribbon on top," said Geraldine.
Before Wilson left for the evening he was able to enjoy jazz music performed by Rev. Ronald V. Myers Sr., where Wilson tapped his feet and seemed to truly enjoy a great birthday.
Wilson still plays and composes and is currently working on an album to be released with Mack Avenue Records sometime next year.


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John Tesh will be at the Rialto on Dec. 12. | Courtesy of the Rialto
John Tesh Big Band Christmas Show
♦ 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12
♦ Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet
♦ Tickets, $25-$59
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Updated: December 6, 2012 2:54PM
Instrumentalist and composer John Tesh, who fronts a big band orchestra in the "John Tesh Big Band Christmas Show," is a person who likes to be well prepared.
"I'm a little crazy about the sound checks," said pianist Tesh about checking the sound system in a venue before a show. "I want to be sure that everyone has a good seat and that they can hear everything.
"I do a long sound check," he continued. "I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano and then walk around with the microphone. Then I feel like I have done my homework."
The "John Tesh Big Band Christmas Show" will be presented on Dec. 12 at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet.
Part of Tesh's desire to be well prepared stems from his decade-long stint from the mid- 1980s through the mid-1990s as co-host and reporter on TV's "Entertainment Tonight."
"'Entertainment Tonight' would send me out to do interviews with musicians like Sting and Coldplay and I was able to watch how they plan their shows," Tesh said. "The late Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead always had a game plan, but he also was flexible if he had to change something at the last minute."
For the Rialto show, a dozen performers will play favorite holiday tunes in the big band style.
"The arrangements are true to the 1930s and 1940s songs," Tesh said. "We do 'Let It Snow' and other holiday songs, and some original songs. All of them are performed as big band versions. I'm regarded primarily as an instrumentalist, so we do some of the songs as instrumentals."
Tesh's successful and varied career includes the aforementioned 10-year run as anchor on "Entertainment Tonight"; nine public television specials, including his landmark "Live At Red Rocks" in 1994; a string of radio hits; and his nationally-syndicated radio show "Intelligence For Your Life," which is heard by more than 14.5 million listeners and broadcast on nearly 400 stations. Tesh also is the author of the best-selling book, "Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth."
The inspirational message is one that Tesh carries over on stage.
"We never want to go into a tour and play 15 songs and say 'Enjoy,'" he said. "We have messages: Number 1, follow your dreams. If I can do it, you can do it. Number 2, give your life to something. We say, 'Volunteer and add seven years to your life.' You can have your own personal ministry. The message we have is 'What do you stand for?'"
For Tesh, part of what he stands for is pursuing his dream.
"In a way, I've become the poster boy for quitting your job and following your dream," he said about leaving his TV anchor job at "Entertainment Tonight"
"When I left 'Entertainment Tonight,' people thought, 'Oh, he quit his job and is starting to do music,'" Tesh said, "but I was actually doing both at the same time.
"There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams," he continued. "I believe you should do something that you love."


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The Council was noncommittal, though the city manager said the budget will not allow for hiring new employees.
"When you start talking about personnel, you're talking about a property tax rate increase," City Manager Janice Casteel said.
She explained that in the 2013-14 Budget, the city will lose the remaining $911,000 as the fire contract with Bradley County expires. That money was used in the city's operating budget.
"I'm sorry. I can't add personnel with the budget I have to work with," she said.
At-Large Councilman Richard Banks asked Police Chief Wes Snyder to state his needs prior to the March budget meetings. Fire Chief Steve Haun asked for $300,000 to replace the department's self-contained breathing apparatuses. Since that is a capital need, those are fundable through the 2009 sales tax.
Banks asked the two chiefs to address the Council because the city is obligated to protect the public.
Snyder said, "Today, you are at 1999 staffing levels. What you have working the streets today is the same as you had in 1999 as far as certified, gun-carrying police officers."
The department has 84 officers, a decrease from 92 in 2006, including two grant positions for school resource officers. The number of officers dropped to 88 with four frozen positions in 2009.
A new officer with training, equipment and benefits costs about $105,000 in the first year. Wages and benefits in the second year are about $59,000.
Casteel said the department will lose four grant positions this fiscal year. Then on June 30, the department will lose two police officers in sectors one and two funded through the Tennessee Targeted Community Crime Reduction Grant.
"We could lose six positions. In addition, we have four police officers and two detective positions that are frozen," Casteel said. Sixteen positions in all departments are frozen. The assistant police chief and a secretary position were eliminated from the staffing structure. "We've had to do this citywide."
Public Works has frozen a crew and the fire department has four frozen positions.
Snyder said police will still perform their sworn duties, but the staffing shortage puts officers in an uncomfortable position. The amount of overtime paid out was $298,000 according to the last audit. The overtime was for special events such as the Halloween Block Party, Christmas Parade and other events throughout the year. That amount is equivalent to about six police officers.
"But, you're going to have to have some overtime in your budget," Casteel said. "No matter who is on staff, you have to have others come in and work."
"All the problems we're talking about are things we've asked you to do," said 4th District Councilman David May. "Now we're reaping what we've sown."
The Council voted 7-0 to approve Ordinance 2013-04 to a 5 percent increase in wastewater rates to obtain financing for the Scope 10 rehabilitation of the wastewater collection system. Under the terms of the ordinance, the Council authorized Cleveland Utilities to apply for a $10 million loan through the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation State Revolving Loan Fund Program.
The utility board agreed to loan fund parameters on Feb. 4 to implement the recommended 5 percent increase in wastewater rates. The rate increase will take effect no later than July 1.
The loan agreement includes forgiveness of $451,022 of the principal amount. The current interest rate on the fixed-rate loan is 1.1 percent. The money covers a four-year sewer-line rehab project in the areas of Tinsley Park south to APD 40 between Interstate 75, Keith Street and Blue Springs Road. The utility expects to repair or replace approximately 120,000 lineal feet of sewer main.
The Council approved the following consent agenda items:
- Final Passage of Zoning Ordinance 2013-02 to rezone property at the corner of Foster Lane and 20th Street S.E. from R4 (Mobile Home Parks) to R2 (Low Density Single and Multi-family).
- Zoning Ordinance 2013-06 was moved under new business items on the agenda where it was passed by a 7-0 vote. The ordinance corrects a zoning map error by rezoning 5 acres abutting Morningside Drive N.E. and Pryor Road N.E. near Gale Drive from R1 (Single Family Residential) to R3 (High Density Single and Multi-family) as approved by the planning commission by a vote of 9-0). The property was rezoned to R3 in 2003 but it was incorrectly drawn on the zoning map.
- Final Passage of Zoning Ordinance 2013-03 to rezone 5673 and 5693 Mouse Creek Road N.W. from R2 to CN (Commercial/Neighborhood);
- Resolution 2013-09 for a 2012 tax refund to Hiwassee Mechanical in the sum of $114;
- Resolution 2013-11 for a 2012 tax refund to Norman Dennis Heating & Air Inc. in the sum of $29;
- Resolution 2013-12 - 2012 for a tax refund to South Cleveland Church of God in the sum of $168;
- Reappointment of Dan Hartman, Parks & Recreation Department; Mike Wesson, Development and Engineering and Shane Hayes, Public Works Department, to the Human Resources Committee;
- Reappointment Ray Evans, George Patton and Milton Palmer for an additional one-year term to expire January 2014.
The Council approved the following items under new business:
- Ordinance 2013-05 to abandon a portion of an unopened alley between Chambliss Avenue N.W. and North Ocoee Street north of 23rd Street as requested by Jeff Wolfenden. At-Large Councilman George Poe stated he had an interest in the request because he owns adjacent property.
- Denied passage of Zoning Ordinance 2013-07 to rezone property at 432 Mason Road S.W. and 452 Mason Road S.W. from RA (Rural Agriculture) to CH (Commercial Highway) as recommended by the planning commission by a vote of 9-0.
- Ordinance 2013-08 amended City Code Title 7, Chapter 2 Section 7-210 pertaining to Life Safety Code (p. 53).
Under announcements, city offices and Cleveland Urban Area Transit System will be closed Feb. 18 in observance of Presidents Day.


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L-tech Stealth is excellent
Back in college (20+ years ago), I always used a fountain pen. The Parker 25 is the one I directly recall. Then for some odd reason, I stopped using one in grad school. This year (2013), I decided to do more handwriting instead of doing everything on the computer and then printing. So I have been searching for the right fountain pen and ink. I've went through several Lamys and Pilots. Although great pens, they didn't quite do it for me. I was about ready to try a TWSBI 580 when sbrebrown reviewed the L-tech Stealth. When I saw the pen and writing sample, I was convinced this was the pen I've been looking for at the right price point. I have been writing with this pen for about a week with Iroshizuku kon-peki ink, and the pen is fabulous! It's a heavy solid pen so writing unposted gives it perfect balance for me. The M nib is super smooth and virtually silent. It has a whisper of audible feedback which I like. The ink flow is thick and continuous. On Doane paper, the ink soaks through the page. On Rhodia, the ink line is finer. I like the effect on both paper types. The seven-sided design looks super sharp. The clip has the right amount of spring and holds the heavy pen well. The knurled grip and diameter are perfect and very comfortable. The converter works well and doesn't get ink-locked, so I have not had to prime the pen by using the piston--very nice. But I really want to open up the cap and see a gold nib! Great pen, and my year long search looks over!
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December 21, 2013
Beautiful but...
Don't get me wrong, the thing is gorgeous and really, really well weighted, but I've had nothing but issues with it since I got it. It doesn't like to write no matter what I try. I feel like the nib wasn't 100% calibrated when it left the factory. Short of filing or bending the nib myself, I've tried everything and still have issues.
December 10, 2013
Levenger customer service is amazing!
I had an old True Writer pen that I received as a gift 12 years ago. It had been put away for several years, and when I came back to it, the sleeve that holds the nib was falling apart. I got in touch with customer service, and they simply had me send back the pen and they gave me credit for it. 12 years! That's a pretty amazing warranty. Anyway, I bought the L-Tech Stealth with the credit. While I read some good reviews, I was still apprehensive about the non-traditional design. I do not like gaudy, or overly-pretentious anythings. I look like enough of a snob when I say, "I like to write with fountain pens." I do not then need the pen itself to look like I spent the mortgage on it! Maybe, then, I am a utilitarian snob. Form follows function, that sort of thing. I love the design of the L-Tech Stealth. I like to hold it in my hand, I like to run my fingers over it. I like it when it catches in the corner of my eye- I just have to divert to it. The weight is fantastic. Again, not overly pretentious, more like "solid." I do like that you can post the cap, and that when you do post it you can line it up with the ridges of the barrel. That said though, it can be uncomfortable to do that for short jots. It becomes top-heavy. It is actually fine to post, or not, for long writing as I hold my hand differently (apparently) for long versus short. I have one item that I have not decided about. The cap takes slightly more turning than expected to remove. This also means that to put it fully on, it needs about 1 full turn. Obviously I do not want to keep the nib exposed when I put the pen down as it will dry out, so I would normally cap it. I have been experimenting with putting the cap on and giving a very slight twist. So far, it seems that this is sufficient to prevent drying out for a temporary break (I have done this up to 20 minutes, with no drying out). So while I originally thought it was inconvenient, I am now leaning more towards it being a feature. Namely, the cap is very secure, and will not come off in my pocket by accident, and that you do not need to screw it down all the way to take a break. On to writing. I bought it with a fine nib. I have heard two main things regarding Levenger nibs- A) they are often hard starters and/or do not write smoothly, and B) a fine is more like a medium. I wholeheartedly disagree with A. It writes very smoothly. I am currently using J Herbin Violette Pensee ink. Incredibly smooth, very beautiful. Does not write particularly wet, but certainly not dry either, very happy medium. I do agree with B. This is by most accounts a medium line. For me, not an issue, as I wanted a medium line, and got what I was expecting. If this is a bother to you, you can get a nib ground to whatever size you want after-market, or you can purchase an interchangeable nib elsewhere (I do not want to be too blasphemous and suggest on this site), but a little creative searching will yield great results. I feel that I do not need to tune it at all at this time. Really great pen, 'nuff said.
November 1, 2013
Inexpensive but a great pen nonetheless
I wanted an inexpensive fountain pen to use when I did not want to take one of my more expensive ones outside of my home. I bought this one since it was under $100 and I have not been dissappointed. Feels nice to write with in your hand, and writes smoothly on the paper. I love it.
October 26, 2013
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As I type this, I have used the L-Tech Stealth Fountain Pen for a little over two months now. I purchased it with the fine-sized nib. The pen arrived quickly, within a week. First off, the weight of this pen is great. Without the cap attached to the back, the pen is heavy enough to feel sturdy in your hands, but not so heavy that it impedes writing. Once you attach the cap though, the pen feels unbalanced. The cap feels almost as heavy as the pen itself! The nib writes very well, and simply glides across paper. One point to make is that even though I chose the fine-size, the width of the writing looks almost like a medium. It is much thicker than I expected. Besides that, I like how the barrel allows for an extra cartridge to be stored. This is incredibly convenient. Other than that, the pen looks fantastic and receives compliments whenever I use it.
September 17, 2013
I have a couple of Lamy fountain pens so I decided to spend a little more and try one of these out. I absolutely love it! The weight of this pen is extremely satisfying while writing, and to me is it's most distinctive feature - not too heavy that it is burdensome to write with. The all black design looks clean and simple. I got the fine nib based on reviews of the thickness and found it to be quite similar to my Lamy F nibs, not very thin. It writes perfectly first time every time with no scratching or jumping. My only *small* issue with the pen is the cardboard box it comes in, although sturdy and elegant, feels a little cheap. Overall I am extremely satisfied with this pen and I'll be buying the silver/grey version in the future.
July 15, 2013
Great Fountain Pen
Fountain pens have a way of becoming an extension of mind and body. The L-Tech does this in its own way. Writing with it offers a different level of physicality. Maybe it's the weight and muted masculinity of the seven sided brass barrel. As a writing tool the L-Tech provides a raw earthy experience as ink and words flow across the page. From jeans to journal the L-Tech makes a bold statement. It's my new Every Day Carry.
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The weight and flow of the pen is outstanding. I can see why it has received such high praises. Very happy with the purchase. I still need to get used to writing with it as it is my first incursion into the world of fountain pens. And, this has been the best introduction to it!
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I own several fountain pens, but this one is my favorite. It writes perfectly every time with no splotches. It's easy to fill, feels very comfortable, and is solidly constructed. I also love the looks of this pen and get a lot of comments about it. So far, I've used several types of ink in the pen -- specifically Parker Quink and Diamine -- and the nib handles them perfectly.
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