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The aim of this re-enactment group is to portray THIRD FORCE RECON COMPANY to the best of our ability, this means Collecting the correct kit and uniform, studying the books by LT COL A LEE and MAJOR BRUCE "DOC" NORTON.
I formed Third Force Recon Company, in 2001, after being with a US NAVY SEALS re-enactment group for a year, the Seal group were good, but after reading about US Marine Force Reconnaissance, in Vietnam, I was so impressed with the Marine Reconnaissance Units, I wanted to start my own group, I read twelve or more books on the Marine Recon Units in Vietnam, In 2002 I battled on the AIRCAV site in Wales, with Kevin Parsons and his Aircav guys, at that time, 3d Force Recon Company USMC living History Group were the only reconnaissance group around, this gave a new perspective to re-enactment, contacts and fire fights were to be avoided at all costs, as to be seen in the bush by the NVA unit during battle weekends, meant our mission was compromised. This is how our group will operate during battle weekends, we are not a gung ho group that wants plenty of trigger time, our objective is to find the enemy and radio their position to other Army/Marine units. If we do make contact then the IA Drills/contact drills, we practice will be used, so we can get clear of hostile units.
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Well, another year means another time for more score updates. I am getting ready to take my HESI in a couple weeks to apply for the 2012 Nursing Program and I must say I am really beginning to get... Read More
0May 16, '12 by KatieLynn88Im hoping they begin the alternate orientation with telling us how many people didn't pay their $100 selective admissions fee and how many people didn't show up to the 8:30 orientation. I will be struggling in anticipation through the whole meeting if they wait until the end!!
0May 16, '12 by shelbyjoshGetting a little anxious for this afternoon's meeting!!! I am hoping they give us our current waitlist standing. I hope I have moved closer to the top! A few friends are at the meeting right now so maybe I will get some info from them once it is over. Must be patient...must be patient.....grrrrrr!
0May 16, '12 by shelbyjoshThere was 1 person that came into our alternates meeting and was explaining something to the ladies with her paper. I would guess that might be the person that was not there this morning. ------ indicated that everyone was accounted for in the "accepted" bunch. Glad to hear there were 50 alternate letter sent out. Doesn't sound like any alts will get called much before January though.Last edit by dianah on May 16, '12 : Reason: Terms of Service re: posting names
0May 16, '12 by kc0320Yep that person who came in to the alternate meeting said that she had called and I do believe they may have made another appt with her and she will be accepted into the program. I was kind of bummed that they did say it will be HIGHLY unlikely that they will call any other alternates before January/March start
0May 18, '12 by fs1026Is anyone planning to attend the meeting on the 24th ( I think that's the date) for the 3 in 1 program with Michigan University- AAS-BSS. Im thinking to attend but im not sure of the details. I found this link http://www.emich.edu/ccr/currguide_n...completion.pdf
0May 19, '12 by xNurseGirlxAt the orientation I believe they said 40 students accepted for each start date, is that right?.. I cannot wait to get my start date and prepare for my first semester!
0May 19, '12 by nurseintraining33Quote from xNurseGirlxYes, she did say 40. I'm not sure how that's the case when they only accepted 152 but maybe they'll take 8 alternates in then?At the orientation I believe they said 40 students accepted for each start date, is that right?.. I cannot wait to get my start date and prepare for my first semester!


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It's funny the
things you miss when you move out of state. I spent a long Christmas
vacation back in my hometown, well into the New Year, and this meant
Birthday Cake. It had been at least three years since my favorite
cake passed my lips.
My last Friday in town, Mom made the Angel Food cake with caramelized sweetened condensed milk and whipped cream. I've never encountered it outside of family gatherings but it is a most holy concoction.
Mom lit three candles in the cake instead of the requisite 33 and then my parents serenaded me with Happy Birthday, the room lit only by the glowing candles. Mom sang it straight, while Dad supplemented with strange noises and off timing, ensuring my laughter for the duration of the song.
I wanted to stay in this moment...
I mentioned this in last month's What I'm Into but in case you missed it: I'm thrilled to announce I'm now a featured content writer for Prodigal Magazine. Prodigal believes in the power of stories to change the world and so do I. The story I'm telling today starts off about birthday cake but ends up in a surprising direction. I hope you'll join me over there to read the rest.


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We've experimented with different ways to get nature study to work the best for us in our family. I wanted to share our basic "formula" with all of you. [For a specific example of a nature study, see my post on Little Brown Birds: Sparrows and Friends].
My little guy has a hard time sitting still for nature study -- "observation" requires a lot of patience, silence and stillness, none of which my son has in surplus! So we began at the beginning with nature study. We took a stroll around the yard, noticing what was blooming, what had fruit, which vegetable seeds were germinating. We took note of the birds at the feeder. That's it. No writing, no overdoing it. We just spent time being together, and looking at things.
Read-alouds: Burgess Animal Book for Children, Burgess Bird Book for Children
Notebooking: The Notebooking Treasury and others
Notebooking is an important part of our nature study. Here is my objectives for science and nature study, which I copied straight from our State's Science Curriculum Standards:
B INQ.1 Make observations and ask questions about objects, organisms and the environment.
B INQ.2 Seek relevant information in books, magazines and electronic media.
B INQ.3 Design and conduct simple investigations.
B INQ.4 Employ simple equipment and measuring tools to gather data and extend the senses.
B INQ.5 Use data to construct reasonable explanations.
B INQ.6 Analyze, critique and communicate investigations using words, graphs and drawings.
B INQ.7 Read and write a variety of science-related fiction and nonfiction texts.
B INQ.8 Search the Web and locate relevant science information.
B INQ.9 Use measurement tools and standard units to describe objects and materials.
B INQ.10 Use mathematics to analyze, interpret and present data.
B INQ.10 Use mathematics to analyze, interpret and present data.
I highlighted the inquiry standards that would be directly addressed by journaling or notebooking as a part of nature study. Powerful tool for kids!
If you study the Handbook of Nature Study, by Anna Botsford Comstock, you will learn that she didn't much subscribe to children spending great amounts of time studying creatures which they only see in books. On the contrary, she focused on the child studying whatever living things were readily available for study, be they barnyard chickens, pigeons roosting on the edge of a store roof, or a tree seedling growing in a crack of the sidewalk. In keeping with this philosophy, we researched other sparrows that might be seen in our vicinity, then selected ones that we had already observed, for further study.
There are so many notebooking pages available, even within one set. We always have one page which include the following information: common and scientific name, specific details, a range map, a small illustration to color, and about a quarter page for writing. During read-aloud, my son colors the illustration (using his field guide as a guide), and he uses the "specific details" section to record any details he learned about the bird from the reading (this is just the "were you listening?" section of the notebooking page). He looks up the scientific name (he loves scientific names), and I help him to outline the range map, which he colors according to the key (winter, breeding, summer ranges). If we are studying an animal, he notes when we might see that creature here in Connecticut.
I have tried a number of different ways to encourage stamina in non-fiction writing with my son, and have discovered that a prompt helps him to write more deeply about a subject. So, for independent work after the reading, I have him think about, and write a response to, a prompt. Sometimes, these are questions from the Handbook, sometimes they go along with our zoology reading. Other times, they are ones that I make up. But I always try to focus on a bigger idea. Here are some examples of the kinds of prompts we used in a recent bird study:
- Observe a bird flying. Name the bird, and describe its flight.
- What are some problems associated with introduced species?
- How do birds sing? Why do they sing? What are some functions of bird songs and calls?
- Why are so many birds brown? Think of at least three reasons why being brown is beneficial to a bird.
- Many notebooking pages come with a full-page illustration, that you can use as the cover for a project. I would have loved to color one of these as a child (and still do!). But Malik does not -- he literally groans to see so much empty space. So I limit our coloring to drawings that are 1/2-page or less.
- He loves coloring with someone. And, I figure, one reason we homeschool is to spend time together. So we grab colored pencils and color together, when the illustration is a larger one.
- If he is going to color independently, we consult our field guide first, and discuss field markings. We are learning about these in our zoology studies, so it's a curriculum connection for us. Also, if he gets the important field markings in the drawing, I don't care about the other parts (we can color those in together, later, or not).
Background Lesson Material: Handbook of Nature Study
Whenever we happen upon a new creature, through our outdoor time or our Burgess Bird Book for Children readings, our next stop is always the Handbook of Nature Study. The Handbook is for you, the teacher. It contains important information about so many things you might want to study in nature, poems, and questions to guide your interactions with your child. The link, above, leads to one of several online, downloadable e-texts, but I borrowed it from the library, and quickly bought my own copy. It will cost you about $25 for a used copy, but you will get your money's worth out of having your own copy.
Poetry: Handbook of Nature Study
I was never a big poetry lover, and it is still one of those things that, if I don't intentionally include it in my planning, I would probably overlook entirely. It just does not come into my mind. However, I know, as a teacher, that poetry is powerful, because the poet must use just the right words to convey a strong image and sentiment, in a small amount of space -- good stuff for helping kids comprehend their reading and for teaching them powerful word choice.
I also know that kids sometimes like things that their parents do not! My son loves poetry, and makes up his own songs, poems and raps constantly. If I omitted poetry, simply because I don't care for it, then that would not honor his preferences. Fortunately, the Handbook of Nature Study sprinkles poetry throughout every lesson. When we come upon one of these poems in our HNS readings, he records the title on his notebooking page, as a record, and give him a chance to respond in whatever way he chooses. Sometimes, he surprises me! In the example in the photo, he was imagining a conversation between a Song Sparrow, who wouldn't stop singing, and the stump upon which the bird was perched. I think it's clever...
Lesson Ideas and Links:
Barbara McCoy, a veteran homeschool mom and nature student, almost always has at least one nature study on whatever nature topic or critter you might want to study at Handbook of Nature Study (website) . The only time I can't find something is if it's a really East Coast thing, as Barb is a West Coast resident, but this happens so rarely, that I am surprised by it.
For folks who are teaching in a classroom, I have been compiling some easy-to-do science tasks that are centered around familiar items and experiences in nature, on my website, Simple Science Strategies. These will connect to the Next Generation Science Education Standards as well as the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics
Other Activities We Did in This Study:
There are always interesting things that come up, or new sites we discover, when we study something new. I try to include a section for these activities and resources for each study.
When we finish a study and blog about it, I post a link to my blog in one of a number of "sharing" places. If the topic fits the Simple Science Strategies topics for the month, I link up the study to the Simple Science Strategies Blog Carnival for the month. The The Outdoor Hour Blog Carnival is also a great way to share with other bloggers and homeschoolers who are blogging on the same topic. Once a month, Barb highlights entries on her Handbook of Nature Study blog -- a good way to link up with others and increase traffic to your blog. The widget for the Carnival is on the sidebar.
Our Nature Studies
Here is an alphabetical listing of our nature studies, with links to the posts. Please bookmark this page, as I will be adding to it as new studies are completed.Are Your Peas Planted Yet?
Beachcombing, Pt I: Shark Teeth
Citronella Ants Go Marching
Dandelions: A Bilingual Lesson on Plant Anatomy and Life Cycles
Feeding Our Hungry Birds After Hurricane Irene
Frog-Hunting in Connecticut: Our 10 Frog Species
Hope Boxes
Hummingbird (Sphinx) Moths
Little Brown Birds: Sparrows and Friends
A Little Fun With Our Feathered Friends
Make Room for Mushrooms!
The Mathematics of Nature: Fractals
Nature Study: Bats (Much to the Dismay of My Husband)
The Nightshade Family (and a Little Surprise)
A Nighttime Surprise: Spotted Salamanders
The "One Small Square" Strategy: Mushrooms and Other "Fun Guys"
Our Garden is for the Birds!
Our March Bark Walk on the Nipmuck Trail - and a Nasty Old Friend
September Study 3: Ants, Termites and Ant Lions
September Study 3: Migration
September Wildflowers in Connecticut: Our Sock Walk
Signs of Autumn: Our Trip to the Orchard
Squirrel and Bird Nest Study
Starting an Animal Survey: Winter Birds and Friends
Studying Amphibians: Using Approximate Measures
Summer Bird Study: Blue Jays
What Color Attracts More Birds? - A Lesson in Fractions
Winter Bird Feeding


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Travel with Early Honors for a wide world of learning
You love classrooms, right? There's so much to do.
You can attend lectures in one. Raise your hand to be called on. And you can sit and take notes. Lots and lots of notes.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
But by the time January rolls around, Early Honors students like you often are eager for the next challenge. You're envisioning fresh horizons. You're curious about new people and places.
You're ready for the Early Honors travel course, a four-credit elective that balances rigorous classroom study of culture and arts with experiential learning in places like Greece, the Riviera and Cuba.
In 2013, your Early Honors travel course heads to Iberia, center of civilizations that erected castles, mosques and churches – all highlights of your itinerary. Join faculty mentors, on-site educational guides and your Early Honors classmates for travel from Lisbon to Barcelona, including some excursions by train. Return home with a better understanding of Iberia's socio-economic trends and how they're shaping issues around the world today.
Early Honors travel courses are scheduled during the January block period. Destinations are chosen based on potential for experiential learning, challenging coursework, affordability and suitability of activities for high school-age students. The travel course elective is priced separately from your tuition.
Focused travel engages you in each aspect of active learning. Regular meetings during travel prompt you to think in writing and out loud about how you're processing the day's activities. Faculty-led discussions before, during and after travel help you consider ways to apply new information to life beyond the classroom. Academic travel reinforces APU's emphasis on curiosity as a catalyst for knowledge.
Back home, Early Honors students extend travel course learning by sharing their experiences. In blogs, musical performance, moviemaking and more, Early Honors students reflect on ways that – as Kerouac reminds us – the road is life.


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-- @@USDA Rural Development is seeking applications for the Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) program. RBEG's are available to public bodies, non-profit entities and Indian Tribes who desire to finance and facilitate the development of small and emerging private business enterprises in rural areas. Grants may be used for technical assistance, establishment of small business revolving loan funds and the acquisition of land, buildings, and infrastructure to enhance business development. Grants focused on revolving loan funds, assistance to Native Americans, or multistate projects are encouraged. Grants are only eligible for projects that assist rural communities. Rural is defined as communities and cities with a population of less than 50,000. Applications submitted for state funding are selected based on a competitive scoring process. Applications for competition for the state allocated funds are due by close of business, April 1, 2013. Priority will be given to application requests of less than $100,000. Additionally, eligible initial applications will receive discretionary points for projects that support the agency and department goals in the following categories: * Local food systems and value-added agriculture * Renewable energy * Great regions: multi-county or multi-state projects that will establish best practices in the area of regional economic and community development * Support of cooperatives * Underserved populations: minority and women-owned businesses * Ecosystem market projects * Access to capital markets In Fiscal Year 2012, four grants totaling $195,000 were awarded in Nebraska from the state allocation. Additionally, three grants totaling $154,730 were funded from National Office Native American earmarked funds. While the Fiscal Year 2013 funding level is not yet known, USDA Rural Development Nebraska expects its allocation to be between $200,000 and $300,000, with additional funds available for Native American projects nationally. USDA Rural Development is issuing this announcement prior to passage of a final appropriations bill for Federal Fiscal Year 2013 to allow potential applicants more time to leverage additional financing for their projects and to prepare their grant applications. For more information regarding the RBEG program visit: http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_rbeg.html For more information on this program, to discuss a proposed project or to obtain an application template, please contact one of the following Business Program Specialists: * Marla Marx, firstname.lastname@example.com or 308-632-2195 extension 1132 – panhandle including northwest and southwest counties * Kelley Messenger, email@example.com or 308-237-3118 extension 1120 – north and south central counties * Bill Sheppard, firstname.lastname@example.com or 402-371-5350 extension 1004 – northeast and southeast counties President Obama's plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural communities. Under the President's leadership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural America to continue leading the way – strengthening America's economy, small towns and rural communities. USDA's investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American values. President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are committed to a smarter use of Federal resources to foster sustainable economic prosperity and ensure the government is a strong partner for businesses, entrepreneurs and working families in rural communities. USDA, through its Rural Development mission area, has an active portfolio of more than $176 billion in loans and loan guarantees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, businesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America. |


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May 11, 2012
Japanese line MOL announced a new service to expedite cargo moving from major Asian ports to key destinations on the US East Coast, via the Suez Canal.
From June 2, the SVS (South China/Vietnam-US East Coast) service will be jointly operated by MOL and Evergreen. MOL will provide nine ships and Evergreen one ship, with the capacity range of 4,500-5,600 TEU per ship.
The introduction of the new service will enable MOL to offer direct connections from Vietnam/South China/Singapore to the US East Coast, including Jacksonville, with competitive transit times and reliable on-time performance.
The SVS will be the only Asia to US East Coast service with Norfolk as the first call.
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The port rotation of the service is: Hong Kong, Yantian, Singapore, Algeciras, Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville, Charleston, Algeciras, Singapore, Cai Mep, Hong Kong.


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Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Archbishop Joseph Tobin: The hurt and anger of Catholic women religious must be heard.
A number of leaders of women's congregations have said to me that they've been surprised by the depth of anger and hurt that exists among the sisters. I think that can't be ignored. It has to be addressed, it's a sign of the times. - Archbishop Tobin
[Editor's note: I'm terribly sorry that I initially confused Archbishop Joseph Tobin with Bishop Thomas Tobin of Rhode Island. Big mistake. My sincere apologies. I began this post noting that American Catholics seem to be rather fond of Bishop Tobin (as they should be) - known as he is for doing and saying all the right things as regards the hot button issues of the day, such as denying Holy Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians and so on... all the while I was thinking Bishop Tobin was the same Archbishop in Rome interviewed by the NCR. Gratefully a reader corrected my mistake. Within my commentary, I wondered 'out loud' how more conservative and traditional Catholics would react to the Archbishop's sympathies with American women religious: Asking, "I wonder how he will fare with the critics of post-Vatican II women religious now after he recommends giving them an official ear and say in response to the Apostolic visitation now underway?" Evidently some of my readers thought this post dealt with RI Bishop Tobin as well, I can't apologize enough for the mistake. That said, I certainly found out what all of you think. Looks like most everyone is hurt and angry about something these days.]
I posted last Sunday concerning the needs facing women religious because of dwindling numbers and the cost of caring for the aged and infirm sisters who remain. I spoke favorably of the sister who talked to us about it before Mass began. (Nota Bene as they say - last Sunday's sister fundraiser making the request for donations - was authorized to solicit for donations by the local ordinary of the diocese wherein she is situated.) Anyway - at least two readers of this blog were not especially pleased that I seemed to be supporting liberal nuns.
One must avoid being 'disrespectful of what women religious in America have accomplished'.
Archbishop Tobin seems to be in favor of dialogue and listening to others, rather than shouting them down and penalizing them into submission. From John Allen at NCR:
Rome must acknowledge the "depth of anger and hurt" provoked by a visitation of American nuns, the Vatican's number two official for religious life has said, saying it illustrates the need for a "strategy of reconciliation" with women religious.
Archbishop Joseph Tobin, Secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, said that he does not expect any "punitive" fallout from the visitation, and that before any decisions are made, women's communities should have a chance to know the results and to respond.
That addresses a central concern of many women religious, who have objected to what some perceive as the secrecy of the process. Tobin said that as a matter of "justice and charity," he will "strongly advocate" for feedback and a right of reply. - Vatican must hear the 'anger and hurt' of American nuns
Let's wait and see what the Roman Catholic bloggersterium decides... They seem to be liking their bishops prostrating themselves in the dust on the steps of Cathedrals, perhaps some sort of public, humiliating penance for recalcitrant women religious would bring salvation back to the U.S.?
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I don't think the problem is with the apostolic visitation itself. There are some troubling factors, such as the secrecy mentioned in the post. I understand that confidentiality has to be respected; the visitors are talking to individual nuns, who might not speak their minds freely if they thought they would be quoted. But surely there is a way to make the findings public without naming names.
Where I work we have a lot of audits. Part of that process is that the results of the audit are on record. If there were problems, corrective actions have to be implemented. I realize religious life isn't the same as an industry, but still, shouldn't some transparency be expected?
The visitation is a large expenditure of time, effort, and money. If the religious orders of women and the rest of the Church are to derive any benefit from it, the results need to be published.For fifty years this group within Apostolic Women Religious communities (and some but not many contemplative monasteries) have had "carte blanche" in practically EVERY aspect of their lives. It is been a disaster. And is anyone listening or observing?
It's the faithful sisters who have persevered through all kinds of insanity and doo-doo; and still, they remain, sentinels before the Lord, doing the works of mercy and education, faithful to vows made many, many years ago. God bless them and give them perseverance.
As for the rest?
Anger? For what? Finally realizing the chickens have come home to roost? What about the anger of the "faithful sisters" who have been treated like garbage and traitors.
And hurt?
What about the sisters who begged to wear their community's habit, live in common, observe the traditional religious life and were laughed at, manipulated, marginalized, made to look 'pscho' and generally ignored or placed under punitive measures (ever so passive-aggressive, however!)...how much hurt do you think is there?
I just hope this Arch. isn't going to try to neutralize the explosion that has been building and needs to happen...it will be messy but just like lancing a boil, the immense relief and beginning of healing can take place.Those religious orders of women provided a wonderful contribution to Catholics over the years. And they should be thanked and respected for that.
Their time has passed and in twenty years many of those orders will no longer exist.
The women who still have vocations don't want to be part of an order that eschews community and the religious habit.
What they really need to be doing is preparing to downsize their facilities so that they can adequately finance the care of their order when nearly all of the members will be retired or requiring nursing care.A generation of children have been poisoned with their unfaithful books, opinions and rejection of truth.
We finally get the Vatican to come and take a look-see, which is a miracle in an of itself and the sisters are upset about their infidelity being supervised and corrected?
Cry me a river.
:O)Sorry, I don't think it as simple as the good traditional habit-wearing nuns vs the bad liberal feminist non-habit wearing ones (by their habits you shall know them, kind of like the old westerns where the good guys always wore white hats). I've known a few sisters for the better part of 45 years. For them, as for the rest of us, there has been a lot of water go under the bridge. I'm happy to say that I haven't known any who fit the caricature of the unfaithful truth-rejecting child-misleading harpies described in some of the comments.
ReplyDeleteI visited some religious sisters who had among their foundresses those who had been marginalized and even IMPRISONED by their own "leadership", not allowed to leave to join the community forming which planned to preserve the original charism.
When these "sisters" decided to embrace feminazism and "self-actualization" in place of their Lord and regular prayer, when they chose to embrace new teaching contrary to the advice in Hebrews to remain faithful to the constancy of God, some Sisters tried to leave in obedience to their original founder and charism...and were instead unlawfully detained.
That's a fact, but it's not one that you'll find in the archives.
Yes, there are those who remained faithful under the yoke of the changes their community embraced; they have been POW's for YEARS now and will forever wear the badge of unknown martyrdom.
And there are those who wished they could have spoken but were not allowed to do so.
Those with "deep anger" now are those in need of something other than religious life, for they left Our Lord long ago. Yes, they are in need; of deprogramming. Where was their sense of mercy and justice when they imprisoned their own Sisters?"I'm happy to say that I haven't known any who fit the caricature of the unfaithful truth-rejecting child-misleading harpies described in some of the comments."
Hahah, I've known a lot of these "women" over the years too, and I've found most to be arrogant and out of control harpies.
That's putting it mildly. If they want to embrace multi-culturalism, they have many options open to them, none of which happen to be Catholic.
I've been steadily and perpetually angry about the poverty of the Catholic witness of female religious over the years.
The word, "fraud" comes to mind when thinking of most I've met. It's rare that I meet one with any sincerity.Point of order here, Mr. Nelson.
Your post is on the comments of Archbishop Joseph Tobin, but the person to whom you refer in your first paragraph, with its snide remark about 'hot button issues', is BISHOP (not Archbishop) THOMAS (not Joseph) Tobin of Providence (that's in Rhode Island, for anyone who skipped geography class). I can't speak for American Catholics, but we in the smallest state are indeed fond of our Bishop. Since your first paragraph is about him, and not the Archbishop, you might consider removing it.
As to Archbishop Joseph Tobin's view of the visitation - big shrug. The visited orders will loudly express their anger and hurt, as they have been doing all along, whether or not they have the support of the number two official for religious life.Phew, I was wondering if Bishop Tobin was hitting the sauce or something as this would be totally out of character. God Bless and protect Bishop Tobin of Providence! He has been a dynamo.
Empathy that drives us to make provisions of food and shelter is an ordered dispensation of compassion.
Using compassion to compromise whining women being supervised and disiplined to weed out the errors they're teaching to children and the community? That's a misappropriation of compassion.
It's a little like calling for a point of order to offer empathy to a unibomber when he expresses the attention he's getting is hurting his feelings.
What Joseph Tobin needs is to take a little ride on the Ebenezer Scrooge with a twist.
If he wants to feel sorry, let the archangel Raphael show him the journey of one child's soul who was led to believe their sins were virtues and let away from the Sacrament of Confession and out of grace. Let him see how the choices the soul made in the muddled thinking that comes with rebellion led to choices that brought on depression, low self esteem, substance abuse, bad choices in friends. Let him see how holding onto a soul in this state instead of letting them crash and burn until they are led back to repentance derails the plans of God and ultimately may lead to that soul's sentence to Hell.
If death comes to these women before they realize what they have done and are doing and they face their day of judgment unrepentent, let Joseph Tobin see what Christ meant when he said it would be better for these women if they were never born.Carol - no one was more surprised than I was - I'm glad Mrs. Rudd set the record straight for Bishop Tobin's sake.
I wonder however if this means Archbishop Tobin is a bad bishop because he seems sympathetic to the religious women under the eye of the visitation?
I am working on a post about good Catholics and bad Catholics as it concerns private revelation, ecumenism, and now obviously bishops and priests. It may be too ambitious a project for this blog however.Terry, you say in the last paragraph of your post "let's wait and see what the Roman Catholic bloggersterium decides..."; well, you pretty much have your answer. They want to take the "recalcitrant" women religious and put them through the "sanitize, rinse and spin" cycle and hang them out to dry (since we don't burn people for heresy anymore). And I am frankly not understanding all the vitriol. Yes, we have highly publicized and bizarre cases such as the nun who volunteered as an escort at an abortion clinic (I believe she has left her order). That type of thing rightly deserves criticism. But for heaven's sake let's not lump all nuns who aren't your traditional types into that category. This little exchange has convinced me that the visitation will be a good thing, if for no other reason than that it is thorough and detailed, and we will find out that the world of women religious can't be neatly divided into just two groups; sheep and goats, wheat and tares, or whatever. Yes, they have broadened their horizons to include other things than teaching or nursing. So things such as running a homeless shelter or advocating for immigrants aren't legitimate ministries? They have been criticized for living in apartments and not convents. Maybe that is just good stewardship. As Ray pointed out, their facilities need to be downsized since they were built to house many more. Who says you can't have a community of two or three?
And hopefully the visitation will also address the issues of bullying and harrassment, which certainly should have had no place among those calling themselves followers of Christ. If anyone was actually physically detained against her will, that is a criminal offense in most states.- michael r.7:27 PM
Thanks again, Melody. Sometimes I can't believe the scary, anti-Christian, vitriol leveled against women religious who have given their all to the Church. One of my own siblings happens to be one of these sisters. No, she isn't a cloistered nun, as I would like to have hoped for her; instead she followed her own call to something quite different, and has been serving the Church for nearly forty years.
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What a beautiful name.
How do you feel about mother who throws her own and all the neighborhood children over a cliff on her way to advocate for illegal immigrants? Can she be considered a good steward and minister of Christ?
Nuns who were and are given the duty to support parents who equipped the intellects of Catholic children to know right from wrong, good from bad, sin from virtue - and they did exactly the opposite - they are in deeper doo doo with Christ than people who kidnap bodies of children and throw them over a cliff.
It is an act of righteousness to inform them so they can do the right thin for their own soul and the souls of the children they're given charge of.


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After two civic-minded Westword staffers -- who live in different Colorado counties -- recently received jury notices that had been mailed from New Mexico, I made a few calls to see if this was a scam, or another example of a Colorado job going out of state. (Or both, depending on how you feel about the justice system.) And the verdict is in:
Three years ago, Axis Data Solutions Inc. of Albuquerque won the state contract to provide jury summons printing and mailing services. "Bids for that service were scored based on fourteen criteria, including prices for printing and mailing; a company's customer-service history; its organization, services and staffing; the company's location; and its software, computer systems and programming capabilities," according to Jon Sarche, public information coordinator for the Colorado State Court Administrator's Office. "Axis's bid was the highest-scoring of those submitted,"
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The Colorado Judicial Department compiles the list of eligible jurors. Here's how, according to its website: Each year, the department receives lists of all registered voters and all holders of driver's licenses and non-driver ID cards throughout the state, as well as records from the state Department of Revenue. The lists are merged, and the result divided by county. Through the year, each county requests a certain number of names based on the number of trials scheduled, and names of people to be sent summonses are randomly selected.
Then they're sent to Axis, which mails out the jury summons notifications from Albuquerque.
But all that is about to change. Axis's contract is up June 30, and six companies had been bidding on the deal.
The just-announced winner: Output Services Inc. of Boulder, which has received a one-year contract that may be renewed up to four times, for a potential total of five years. OSI will begin the work on July 1, and will be paid 7.99 cents for each item it handles -- an estimated 850,000 jury summons and failure-to-appear notices in fiscal year 2012.
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Two years ago, Jake Kazdal was hard at work drawing concept art for one of the biggest games that never was.
"I've never been accused of being overly intelligent when it comes to rash decisions," Kazdal says. As a young man he moved to Japan, even though he barely knew the language. He became the only non-Japanese artist at Sega, where he helped create the eye-popping visual style of cult classics Rez and Space Channel 5. After four years at Sega, he moved back to the United States and eventually ended up at Electronic Arts' Los Angeles design studio.
In 2005, Steven Spielberg had inked a deal with Electronic Arts to produce three games created around the film director's visions. Of these, only one ever saw release — a Wii action game titled Boom Blox.
Meanwhile, Kazdal was part of the team creating a game code-named "LMNO," which, unlike Boom Blox, was the sort of videogame you'd expect to come out of a partnership between Spielberg — a "quadruple-A big-budget sci-fi action-adventure summer blockbuster," he says.
Kazdal got busy sketching out characters, locations and concepts of what the game's first few levels would look like. But LMNO never got out of the preliminary stage: The decision was made to create only a vertical slice of the game, just using the designs for the first level.
"Instead of jumping forward into production, we decided to really stick with that one small area and really flesh out as much of the game's mechanics and concepts as possible in that one little spot and not commit to making any other areas," he said.
Kazdal, "running out of stuff to do," left the project and moved to the Command & Conquer 4 team. It turned out to be a good decision, because Electronic Arts soon scrapped LMNO and laid off the team.
Meanwhile, Kazdal had another major life change coming up: His wife was about to have a baby, and they didn't want to live in expensive Santa Monica, California, on just one paycheck. So Kazdal took a job offer in Seattle, where his parents lived. Spending a lot of time at home hanging out with his newborn son, he started playing around with an iPhone development kit.
"I needed to get that creative itch out of me," he says. The game he was creating would eventually be called Skulls of the Shogun, a 2-D strategy game starring armies of undead Japanese warriors. Kazdal called a friend, the senior AI programmer from LMNO, and they started working on it together.
"The two of us started this little goofy samurai game, just worked nights and weekends for a long time. I had no intention of quitting my job or anything — it was just a hobby, it was a lot of fun to play with when I was stuck at home with a newborn kid for a long time," Kazdal says.
As the hobby project continued along, they switched over to Microsoft's XNA development environment, allowing them to create the game for Xbox 360 and PC. A third former LMNO member joined them. "Pretty soon we were like, 'Wow, we gotta go with this. This is too much fun,'" says Kazdal. "So we all quit our jobs and moved into it full time."
The team secured angel funding for the new company, called Haunted Temple Studios. Some "big" publishing deals are on the table, so Skulls will probably benefit from serious backing when it is released next year. Kazdal works from his home in Seattle, videoconferencing most of the day with his co-designers in Los Angeles.
The best part, he says, is getting to spend time with his son. "I have lunch with him, I have dinner with him, I usually spend an hour a day just kind of hanging out with him," he says. "If I'm tired I'll literally go take a nap. If you're at an office, you have to just suck down more coffee and suck it up."
As tempting as the indie life might be, Kazdal brings up the catch: It wouldn't be possible for three people to create a game of such high quality without spending decades in the trenches first.
"I definitely wouldn't be in this situation if it wasn't for the 10 or 15 years that I've been doing game design," he says. "We're all veterans at this point and we've learned the hard lessons of game development at the big companies. I wouldn't say to you just coming out of college that you shouldn't go get a job at a real studio."
Still, just as Jamie Cheng found, Kazdal is a much happier artist when he's in total control. "There's no bleeding of the vision. It's very discrete; it's very distinct. I make all the executive decisions. When we want to try some crazy new gameplay mechanic, we just do it."
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Oct 26th 2011 4:05AM And WOW isn't cartoony? you must be blind.
5 reasons you should love Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 5:24AM Pandaria fits more in Azeroth than Kezan and those New York/New Jersey Goblins. You try telling people to take WOW seriously...yeah go up to a Goblin "YO!!!" So don't preach about how Pandaren are kiddish and make WOW look less serious when you have those Goblins in the game and singing freaking flower for a pet.
5 reasons you should love Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 5:20AM The whole freaking WOW is cartoonish so why should it all of a sudden look cartoonish with the introduction of Pandaria? Everyone and their grandmother was all about collecting vanity pets, even going so far as to pay for it and all of a sudden, having them fight each other in an optional pet battle game; people are bitching about it? Did I forget to say 'Optional'??? Ironically, Pandaria looks damn serious compare to the goofiness of Kezan and the not-as-goofy-but-still silly Gnomeregon. The music, the land, the dungeons of Pandaria all sounds pretty freaking serious to me.
Today in Pandaria: Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 {WoW}
Oct 25th 2011 5:06AM I can see it now:
Horde Pandaren: You talk big talk, Fatty, why not take it outside this Temple and fight me?
Ally Pandera: Umadbro?
Today in Pandaria: Monday, Oct. 24, 2011 {WoW}
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Azeroth is a fantasy world, my dear. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Zarhym weighs in on Theramore rumors in Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 24th 2011 9:34PM For those of us who actually reads or pay attention to the game other than jumping in LFG for the loots, it's understandable that there will some unanswered questions about certain characters and actions and inaction. Being a Horde myself, I wouldn't know much of what's going on in the alliance side of thing. If those quest were faction specific only, I would know zilch about it. Still, I've missed a considered chunk of lore during my being too worry whether I was raid ready while running ZA/ZG for the 100th time. A decision I regret because of some in-guild argument that resulted in an unfavorable /gkick. I want to be able to enjoy the game from lore perspective and able to have a chance to go up against DW. I want that satisfaction of knowing I am part of Azeroth as much as the uber l33t Raiders. And so what if I'm fighting a DW scaled down to heroic level. DW's defeat belongs to everyone who pays for the game. My defeating DW doesn't have anything to do with the next person defeating DW. Do you think perhaps maybe you're skipping out on lore just like I have been skipping out on because we were too busy gearing up?
Zarhym weighs in on Theramore rumors in Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 24th 2011 7:55PM That is what I was alluding to. While Thrall was busy with the Maelstrom, I don't think anyone came by and whispered into his ears that Cairne is dead. If that sort of thing can only be found by reading a book, then I'm sorry I missed it but I half expected players to at least get to see him emote about it. Maybe he did and I missed that too. However I was always under the assumption that he's been at the Maelstrom all that time.
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Oct 24th 2011 7:41PM I wish we had a choice though to either go along with Garrosh warplan against Alliance or help Thrall battle the Mantids/Mogu and prevent the Sha from feeding off the hate of the land. Logically, preventing the sha from being an all out powerful entity is more important than land grabbing and petty fights with the opposing faction. Well, to me at least. I see the war with alliance as pointless from a Horde standpoint because I felt that Alliance hasn't really done anything to me lorewise. I, and most of my fellow Horde's anger are directed mostly toward Garrosh. We have a leader we hate. Now, we're supposed to follow him into the new land to destroy a peaceful race. I'm not down with that. I sure would like at least to be able to fight against Garrosh's army as a Horde. I know that sounds pretty stupid and if I wanted to do that, why don't I just join Alliance blah blah blah. No, I want an insurrection. I'd be the first to join Vol'Jin's campaign to send a black arrow into Garrosh heart but I won't side with Wrynn if he came calling for me to help defeat Garrosh. I have PRIDE you know.
Zarhym weighs in on Theramore rumors in Mists of Pandaria {WoW}
Oct 24th 2011 7:20PM Thrall doesn't know about the death of Cairne yet and that there the Hordes themselves are not ready to tell Thrall in case he loses concentration at the maelstrom back then. Since Thrall's soul is shackled and shattered currently, nobody is any position to tell him until all has been resolved. There will be a time and place after Thrall comes back and noticed that things have gotten worst and Garrosh will have to answer for it.


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Summer Camps 2015 |
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Quest |
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Adventure II | |||
Adventure II (Day Option) | |||
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Journey |
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Paintball |
Outback |
Equestrian Experience |
Mustangs & Mavericks I |
Wild Wind |
Mustangs & Mavericks II | |||
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1. Register and pay in full before April 1, and receive last year's pricing and a free summer theme t-shirt.
2. Register and pay in full before May 15, receive regular pricing and a free summer theme t-shirt.
3. Earn a $10 credit to the camp store when you bring a friend who has never been a camper at Rhodes Grove before. Campers must come the same week of camp and be listed on registration form. Store credit is not refundable.
4. Multiple Child Discount - If you register multiple children from your family you can receive a $25 discount for each additional child.
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We understand that not everyone can afford to come to camp. Each summer Rhodes Grove challenges hundreds of campers to grow closer to God and we don't want anyone to be left out of that experience. Thanks to the support and generosity of Rhodes Grove donors, we have a Campership Fund to help families send their kids to camp. If you would like information on receiving Campership funds, please contact us before the registration deadline. You may also download the application. If you would like to give to the campership fund, click here for more information.
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Swimming, Archery, Bible Studies, Crafts, Basketball, Sports, Disc Golf, Skateboarding, Alpine Tower, Big Swing, Campfires, Horses, Waterslide, Nature Exploration, Gaga, Exciting Games, Ultimate Cooking, Paintball, Devotions, Camp Songs, Exciting Speakers, Ping Pong, Model Rocketry, Pinewood Derby, Carpetball, 'Facing North' Worship, Camp Store, Canoe Trips, Food, Food, Food!
This is a camp for campers grades 6-9 and you guessed it: Paintball for an entire week!! There will be a speed ball course and a woods ball course. Your entry fee will purchase 1 case of paint. Extra bags will be for sale for $15 per bag. We will provide guns, air and masks. You may bring your own mask if you would like. Be prepared to show off your greatest battle scars and let the ruckus begin!
This camp is for students in grades 9-12 who want to experience something different than our traditional Quest Camp. This week will be an Adrenaline Rush because we will be white-water rafting, paintballing, backpacking, rock climbing and mountain biking. There is another surprise that we can't tell you. You have to show up to see what it is. We will also be tent camping along the Susquehanna River.
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(Bus kids will be leaving at 4:30 daily).
Slap on the sunscreen! Swim Camp is designed to teach basic swimming and water safety skills and teach your future camper how to swim using a variety of different strokes in a fun atmosphere. Your camper will be learning from a certified life guard and trained staff in a safe environment. Swim campers may alos participate in the optional overnight cabin experience. Campers arrive at 9:00 am and depart at 5:00 pm. Transportation can be provided upon request (see registration) from Chambersburg and Waynesboro areas at no extra charge. (Bus kids will be leaving at 4:30 daily).
Adventure and Journey camps are traditional, 5-day resident programs that begin on Sunday afternoon and end Friday afternoon. Spend your week doing activities you love and worshipping with exciting music and challenging speakers. During free time you can choose your own adventure by going swimming, riding the zipline, getting candy at the camp store or much more. You'll leave with great memories and a challenge to live your life for Jesus!
Do you want to experience camp this summer but do not want to stay away from home for a week? Day options now available for Adventure and Journey camps! Drop off at 9am daily and pick up at 5pm. Lunch is provided.
Quest camp is your chance to escape the demands of being a high school student and getting away to relax at camp. Quest camp is designed to be highly relational as we relax the schedule, let you stay up late and give you a chance to see old friends and meet some new ones. Special activities include late night games, a day away at a state park, a movie under the stars and an extended stay into Saturday. Not to mention being challenged to follow Jesus in everything you do. Get ready for one of the most exciting weeks of your year!
Sign up quick - Space is limited!
Wild Wind - Get ready to BLAZE your guided trail. Just you, your horse, your experienced tour guide, and your co-riders, otherwise known as your posse. Wild Wind camp is designed for advanced riders looking for the ultimate wilderness horsemanship adventure. This is a young ladies only camping experience. Riders must have hadprevious Rhodes Grove Horse Camp (or equivalent overnight trip) experience and 25 hours of horsemanship exposure (participants will be asked to validate riding experience). Wild Wind includes two overnights on the trail in the Michaux State Forest. These rustic adventures will be really fun, but also extremely challenging. Riders will be taken to a new level in theirequestrian skills!
Mustangs & Mavericks - throw on your boots and bandana and come to experience our "Mustangs and Mavericks" horse camp. Camps are designed for the intermediate rider looking to add more skill to their abilities. Open for all campers, there are 2 weeks to choose from. Campers will enjoy all the activities of traditional camp while also experiencing the added benefit of caring for an riding ane xclusive horse all week. Horses and tack are provided by the camp. A special highlight of the experience is the overnight, rustic trail adventure in the Michaux State Forest. Campers will sleep under the stars, while enjoying time away with the other participants in this program. (We recommend 10-15 hours of previous horse experience for these camps).
Equestrian Experience camp is a program designed to create a heightened horsemanship experience for the seasoned rider. Campers will participate in the traditional schedule for our Quest Camp but will also have the added benefit of specially crafted horse activities. The Equestrian Experience includes drill team activities, individual skill challenges, rodeo games and more. There will be a 3 hour trail ride in the beautiful Michaux State Forest. Open for all campers, each rider should have 25 hours of horsemanship exposure and plan to spend approximately 4 hours a day in the barn and corral.
General Information
The following link provides information about our camps including a sample schedule, what to bring to camp, registration & arrival, end of the week pick-up, early release, missions offering, camp store, camp policies & rules, health & medication and visitiation. Please click here.
Lost and Found
Campers should do their best to keep track of the things they bring to camp, especially as they are leaving. All items from lost and found will be in the foyer of the Dining Hall. Be sure to check there before you leave camp so that you can pick up any items that belong to your family. We keep lost and found items until August 1st before donating them to a local charity. If you realize your child left something at Rhodes Grove, give us a call and we will check lost and found for you. If we have the item, it will be mailed to you and appropriate packaging and postage costs will be charged. We have partnered with Mabel's Labels , a company with all types of labels that are colorful, indestructible and fun! We look forward to sending campers home with ALL their belongings!
Mail and Email
It's always fun getting mail when you are at camp! When you write to your camper, encourage them to have fun, make new friends, and be open to what God is teaching them. Be positive! Mail is passed out at dinner each evening. Don't worry if you don't hear from your camper while they are here. They are likely busy with fun camp activities. No news is good news! You can write to your campers in three ways:
1. Letters - Please be sure to include your camper's name on the envelope:
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2. Email - Email your camper at the following address: email@example.com . Be sure to put your campers name and cabin in the "Subject" line. Campers will not be able to reply to your email. Please address only one camper per email.
**** Email will be delivered to each cabin and will be given out separate from regular mail. It will not be used for singing.
**** Rhodes Grove reserves the right to not pass out email of insignificant length or substance.
3. You may drop off letters and packages for your camper at registration on Sunday. Please let us know what day you would like them delivered.
For the Parents
The following link provides information for parents to prepare themselves (and their camper) for the time the camper is away from home. This includes the topics of "A Parent's Role During Camp", "Parent's Follow-up After Camp is Over" and "What If My Child Gets Homesick." Please click here.
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