text: Homeopathic Materia Medica by DunhamMEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR( )"His life was gentle; and the elements somixed in him, that Nature might stand up And say to all the world—THIS WAS A MAN!" The memory of this great and good man is enshrined in the work he accomplished on earth, as well as in the hearts of all who came within the circle of his wise and helpful benevolence. "Si monumentum quaeris, circumspice ! " Although no words can enrich such a record, they may serve, even in a fragmentary review, to present the leading traits of this noble life with sufficient distinctness for profitable study. Carroll Dunham was the youngest of four sons of Edward Wood Dunham and Maria Smyth Parker, and was born in the city of New York, October 29, 1828. The families of both parents were old and prominent residents of New Brunswick, in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Dunham was for many years a successful merchant, and was distinguished for his intelligence, energy, probity and methodical habits of business. About the year 1820 he removed with his family from New Brunswick to New York, and in 1853 he retired from business with an ample fortune, honorably acquired He soon afterward became president of the Corn Exchange Bank, which position he retained until his death. His wife was a lady whose character happily combined gentleness with prudence and firmness ; qualities which her son Carroll seems to have inherited along with the business aptitude, energy and uprightness of his father. Mrs. Dunham died during the cholera epidemic of 1832, when Carroll was but four years old. Those who remember Carroll Dunham as a boy, speak of him as remarkably docile, bright and cheerful, and considerate of the feelings of others. His general health was good, but he usually avoided the rough sports of his companions. " He was always," says one of his elder brothers, " looking into things, with an eager desire to know all about their qualities and uses." As a youth he was affectionate, truthful and energetic, more fond of books than play; and even at that time, his demeanor toward his fellows was marked by that same modest reserve—far removed from timidity—which was a prominent characteristic throughout his whole life. He entered Columbia College in 1843, and graduated with honor in 1847. Immediately afterward, he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. Whittaker, an old-school practitioner, very capable, and at that time of high repute as a trainer of students. In 1850 he received his degree of M. D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, then located in Crosby street. His previous mental training, as well as his greater natural ability, enabled him, during his student life, to outstrip his fellows; and the cheerful readiness and patience with which he smoothed the difficulties of those who sought his aid soon drew around him a select number of followers, to whom he explained, in his own way, the lectures of the day. About this period of his life, Carroll was cured of a dangerous illness by a homeopathic physician, after eminent practitioners of the " regular" school had failed. This circumstance made a deep impression upon both father and son, and led the latter to investigate the principles of homeopathy, and to institute comparisons between the old and new methods of treatment. In furtherance of this inquiry, after completing his college studies, he went to Philadelphia to seek the acquaintance of Dr. Constantine Hering, as one of the most learned physicians of the new school; and not only profited largely by his teachings and advice, but (to use his own words) " I gained the most helpful, generous and genial friend I have ever made." It was the wise desire of both his father and himself that his preparation for the arduous duties of his profession should be as complete as possible. After graduating, therefore, instead of beginning to practice, he sailed for Europe, to glean a further harvest of observation and study in foreign hospitals, and from the leaders of medical and surgical science abroad. In Dublin, he served as an " interne " in the Lying-in-Hospital; he also investigated the Stokes treatment of fevers in Meath Hospital. While in Dublin he received a dissecting-wound, which nearly ended his career; but, after the resident physicians had given him up to die, he called homeopathy to his aid, and cured himself with Lachesis. From Dublin, Dr. Dunham went to Paris, where he studied specialties under such instructors as Bouillard, Velpeau, Trousseau, Ricord, Simon, Heurteloup, and others, while he also regularly visited the Homeopathic Hospital under the charge of Tessier. From Paris he went to Berlin, and thence, after a brief stay, to Vienna, where he remained several months, attending the hospital cliniques of Wurmb, and the lectures of Kaspar on Materia Medica. From Vienna he directed his course to Munster, to visit Boenninghausen, who received the young physician with cordiality, and very soon learned to appreciate his tireless industry and active intelligence, and prophesied for him a brilliant future. Here the eager student remained long enough to watch numerous cases treated by Boenninghausen, and to become thoroughly familiar with the methods of examining and prescribing for patients practised by that distinguished German. Having thus liberally availed himself of the advantages of foreign culture, Dr. Dunham turned his steps homeward. During the whole period of his absence he was in close correspondence with his father, between whom and himself there existed a rare degree of affection and confidence. It had been his practice from his boyhood, when absent from home, to correspond almost daily with his father, and thus he acquired the habit of clear and terse expression, which is characteristic of all his writings. At a later period, his most elaborate articles were rarely re-written, so effectual was his early training in intellectual work. It is worthy of remark, that wherever the young physician tarried for a season in his travels, he was sure to make warm and constant friends, with many of whom, eminent in the homeopathic world, he kept up a life-long correspondence. On his return to America, he began practice in Brooklyn; and at the very outset, so marked were his ability and success, that Dr. P. P. Wells, who had been an esteemed friend, as well as the physician, of the Dunham family for many years, says of Carroll: " He was always my friend, never my pupil." In February, 1854, Dr. Dunham married Miss Harriet E. Kellogg, daughter of Edward and Esther F. Kellogg,— a woman of rare personal beauty and highly endowed mind. From this union resulted many years of domestic happiness, a helpful companionship and co-operation in his arduous labors, and the prolongation of his useful life through her tender watchfulness and devotion. So thoroughly were their two lives intertwined and identified, that they repeatedly told their children—as if to prepare them for the future— that should one parent die, they must expect the other soon to follow,—a prediction which was literally fulfilled, as in less than a year after Dr. Dunham's death, his wife was laid by his side in Greenwood. Her sad, brief widowhood was spent in an attempt to continue his life-labors by collecting and publishing in book-form his numerous, but scattered, contributions to medical science. In the year 1858, a severe attack of illness necessitated a removal from Brooklyn, and he took up his residence at Newburgh, Í. Õ. In this removal he sought rest of mind as well as of body, and it was not his intention to resume practice until fully restored; but the remarkable success which attended his prescriptions in one or two cases which were pressed upon him with an urgency not to be denied, brought other claimants to his door; and thus, in spite of the delicate state of his health, he soon became professionally busy. After residing in Newburgh about six years, his health again gave way under an attack of cardiac rheumatism, and he removed for a short time to New York. While there he had the assurance of leading specialists of the old school, whose prognosis was invited, that he could not long survive. Upon this he sought the advice of Dr. Hering, who, after a careful and exhaustive examination of the symptoms, prescribed a single remedy (Lithium carbonicum), which promptly conquered the disease. His own case thus, more than once, forcibly illustrated the soundness of the medical rule which he so often advocated, "a single remedy, and if possible, a single dose." Soon after, he moved his residence to Irvington-on-Hudson, which he made his home, for the most part, until his death, having, however, an office and consulting practice in New York to which he attended upon certain days in the week. During the whole of his active professional career, his health often gave way under the strain he put upon it, and he was several times compelled to seek a change of scene and climate. He visited Europe thrice in the pursuit of health; also, Nassau and other foreign resorts; but no suffering or sickness could prevent his active mind from utilizing his travels in the acquisition of knowledge, or blunt his zeal in the promotion of medical interests. During his last visit to Europe, though so weak and worn as to contemplate an unusually long absence, he exerted himself successfully to secure the good-will and co-operation of foreign physicians in his project of a "World's Homeopathic Convention." The confidence in his ability to manage this scheme and carry it to a successful issue was so general among his colleagues, that our National Society conferred on him plenary power to arrange its details and to choose his associate workers. And in 1875, as has been truthfully said, " Our National Institute honored itself by electing him President for 1876, when the fruit of his special labor should be fully ripe." How efficiently he performed the duties of that office, and with what dignity, courtesy and fine tact he presided over that convention, few who were present will ever forget. A detailed history of that convention would show that in planning, arranging and executing his plans, he performed an amount of labor which few men could have borne. On April 27, 1876, he thus wrote to a professional friend: "The responses of our friends from abroad are very gratifying. Two years ago I had not much confidence; but when I found that the thing was to be, I determined that it should be a success." And this letter contained a list of foreign communications aggregating one thousand four hundred and fifty-six pages of large paper, and in half a dozen different languages. More came in May and the first week of June, from foreign and home contributors, presenting a mass of manuscript to be translated, abridged, corrected and put through the press, before which a literary Hercules might have stood appalled. This work was done by him or under his personal supervision; every article was carefully re-read by him, and the proofs were finally corrected by his pen; and all this material was collected by him through a voluminous correspondence. In addition, he assumed the care of the general arrangements for the sessions of the convention in Philadelphia. " Of course," he wrote at this time to a friend, " I have convention on the brain. I eat, sleep and live it; and have put some of my best blood into it;" adding words which now have a peculiar pathos, "but hope to have some left, when all is over." During the sessions of the convention in the latter part of June, 1876, the heat was extreme, being often not less than 100 Fahr. in the shade; but he clung to his post, though in daily danger of utter prostration, performing all his duties to the end. He left Philadelphia, exhausted by his labors, and took a trip to the Upper Lakes, from which he returned so much improved that he thought himself strong enough for the remaining work of the convention. But he was immediately stricken down by a severe attack of diphtheria, from which, in his enfeebled condition, he convalesced slowly. He resumed his labors too soon; but in the presence of duties unfulfilled, it was simply impossible for him to be idle. On June 19th he had written to a friend: "I am better, but not yet in working order. I hope to be in New York on Wednesday, however, and to be fit for work next week." The central desire in his mind, the one thing to strive for, was "to be fit for work." On September 11, while confined to his bed at Irvington, he dictated to a friend at his bedside clear and definite instructions concerning the revisal of some manuscripts for the Centennial volume, and, nine days after, writes: " I am convalescent, but miserably feeble. It seems as if I never should feel strong again. I sit up part of the day." Again, on October 6th: "Strength comes slowly, but it comes." He took to his bed, for the last time, on December 2d, 1876, where he lingered, under the devoted care of his family, and his physicians Drs. Wells and Joslin, until February 18th following, when he passed peacefully to his rest, in his 49th year. "Though his death," says Dr. Joslin, " was obviously caused by exhausted vitality, consequent on his labors in connection with the World's Homeopathic Convention, and though the nervous system must be looked upon as the main seat of trouble, still the mind remained clear to the last, and was never clouded during any period of his illness. His old friend and physician, Dr. Wells, who attended Dr. Dunham with me, remarked to me that he died of no disease, but from exhaustion produced by excessive and protracted labor. He had a certain irritating cough, originating apparently in a small spot in the larger bronchi, and relieved after a time by the expectoration of a small quantity of tough mucus. This was an annoyance, but could not be said to have had much influence on his decline. An irregular fever was present, evidently varying with every slight strain on his nervous system. His kidneys showed evidence of acute disease for several weeks, but this difficulty seemed to be passing off before his death. His old enemy, rheumatism, appeared in slight degree several times during his last illness. He had for many years been a sufferer from valvular disease of the heart; but this was apparently rather improved than otherwise. He said he had kept watch over his heart with a flexible stethoscope, and was confident that no hypertrophy had taken place, which he attributed to the fact of his always being careful to keep well nourished, contrary, as he remarked, to some advice he had received." In a private letter, written to correct some misapprehensions about his last illness, his wife writes thus: " A mind so acute as Dr. Dunham's could not have death approach his body and be unaware of it. Neither could a mind so exalted fail to submit tranquilly to an inevitable fate, from which the spirituality of his life took away all fear. He passed as from one phase of life to another of equal or greater activity; from one room in his Father's house to another. He said: º do not see my way through this illness;' and at the end of the seventh week, a month before he died, he said, with perfect tranquility: 'I shall go on in this way two weeks longer, and then I shall slip into my grave.' And again: 'I shall go on in this way through the ninth week, and then I shall go to Greenwood.' Any one who knew the correctness of his professional prophecy, must, after these remarks, have struggled against conviction, to have any hope of his recovery. # # # He complained of no pain; but from the beginning of his confinement, he constantly spoke of being 'perfectly wretched,' he could not tell how; but he never showed, as in former illnesses, any vigor underneath. # # # About five days before the last morning, I noticed a change in his complexion, and this deepened and became more permanent every day until the last moment. Up to that time he had wished the room cool; from that time he frequently asked if it was warm enough. Sunday morning, about eight o'clock, he asked the temperature. When told that it was between 69 and 70, he said: 'There is an unfriendly feeling in the air; you had better light the fire.' He lay and looked into the flame, saying: 'That is very pleasant;' and he watched us feed the flame, and seemed to enjoy the cheery influence, speaking now and then. And so he passed away a little before nine o'clock, without any struggle. He peacefully ceased to breathe." In some characters, opposing principles contend with varying fortune for mastery, and thus produce a complexity of contradictory phenomena, very difficult of analysis. It is not easy, out of such conflicting elements, to form a just judgment of the man they constitute. But the character of Carroll Dunham was like a clear crystal, many-sided, indeed, but transparent throughout; and his whole life was so harmonious, his consecration of himself to a noble ideal of duty so evident, that the friend of a few weeks and the friend of a life-time would form, essentially, the same judgment of him ; differing only in the degree in which they would comprehend and revere the rare nobility of his nature. Dr. Dunham was a voluminous writer, though he never concentrated his energies on the production of a single large work. He began to contribute articles to the medical journals when in Europe in 1852, and continued to do so steadily for twenty-five years, until death ended his labors. He devoted his efforts principally to the elaboration and perfection of the materia medica; though many of his writings are of a miscellaneous character, being reports, reviews, clinical cases, public addresses, lectures, monographs and translations; the most notable of the last being Boenninghausen's work on whooping-cough. But these productions of his pen are not to be classed among the lighter or more ephemeral growths of medical literature. His faculty of giving his best powers to whatever he found to do, great or small, confers a permanent value on all that he wrote. He touched no subject without revealing something new and instructive, while the confidence he inspires in his statements, the judicial impartiality with which he treats matters in debate, and the lucid and manly language which he employs, give a rare zest to his compositions. There was no flaw in the fabric of his thought. He never said an unkind word or a silly one; and his opponents (he had no enemies) always admitted that his criticisms were just and manly. Every utterance of his was as perfect as the workings of that noble mind could make it. All his speeches, all his writings, all his labors were, in every part, symmetrical; for all were born of his earnest desire to " do good and communicate." Many of these contributions to our literature appeared in the "American Homeopathic Review," of which he was editor for some years; but all the prominent journals of our school, with scarcely an exception, were frequently enriched by articles from his pen. Besides his published writings, he maintained a more or less active correspondence with professional friends at home and abroad; in which way his great influence was the more widely and thoroughly felt, in the advancement of medical science and especially of homeopathic therapeutics. Always subordinating his private interests to his elevated sense of duty, Dr. Dunham never sought titular honors or any public recognition of what he was or what he had done. But honors found him out; and he was, at various times, elected to high positions in many learned and scientific societies, both foreign and domestic; testimonials to his reputation as a physician and a scholar which were fully deserved. When the death of Dr. Dunham was announced, so general and profound was the sense of an irreparable loss, that the whole homeopathic profession rose up as one man, both in this country and in Europe, to give utterance to their sorrow, to do honor to his memory, and to commemorate his character and services. Every one felt that we had "lost our best man." Special memorial meetings were called in many of our cities; all our societies paid their mournful tribute to his worth; obituary notices from the pens of our most distinguished men appeared in all our journals. Not even the death of Hahnemann stirred up such depths of grief; for Dunham, stricken down in the prime of his manhood, was nearly as widely known and admired, and was vastly more beloved. Perhaps we cannot give a better idea of the man, and of the impression which he made, than by quoting from some of the remarks and addresses which were then made as an offering to his memory. A life-long friend remarked : "He was many-sided to such an extent as I have never seen in any other man. His learning was surprising, his literary culture great, and his modesty great as either. He spoke the languages of modern Europe as his own. His insight into the elements of disease, and into the nature of the agents by which they are cured, was wonderful. He has left an example which may God help us to follow! " Another friend said of him: "Not long after the beginning of our acquaintance, we were associated in the investigation of some professional controversies. I confess I was hardly prepared for the display of clear, discriminating sagacity with which he took up the subject in dispute ; and the earnestness with which he pursued the delicate and unpleasant task to a logical conclusion. # # # Most of the members of this society know something of the important part he took in the reorganization of our medical college. But few are aware of the amount of arduous labor which he gave to that business, or of the peculiar difficulties he surmounted in its accomplishment. # # # His opinions always commanded respect, and usually controlled the course of action. And it may be said, without hesitation, that the existing laws of the State for regulating medical practice and for suppressing quackery owe much of their fair and liberal character to the influence he exerted. # # # Though the functions of arbitrator or inquisitor were not congenial to his modest and retiring disposition, yet he never hesitated to occupy any position or perform any duty legitimately imposed upon him. # # # In the social circle, amongst neighbors and friends, his genial nature shone conspicuous. With a vast fund of curious and interesting information, gathered from books and travel, he possessed a rare wit, and a fine appreciation of humor, which gave to his conversation a delightful charm and freshness." The committee of the New York County Homeopathic Medical Society, after bearing grateful testimony to his invaluable contributions to the materia medica, in the knowledge and practical application of which he was almost without a peer, speak thus of his qualities : " Possessing intellectual capacities of the highest order, he never exerted them for selfish ends, but always for the public good. Pure in his private life, exceptionally modest and retiring in his demeanor, ever gentle and kind, he knew not how to stoop to meanness and detraction ; generous and large-hearted, he was always ready to aid others, and all who were brought in contact with his noble and tender nature were compelled not only to admire and venerate the accomplished physician, but to trust and love the true-hearted Christian man." From a Western physician we have this testimony: " At the meetings of our institute, he was the one who moved about the most quietly, who came and went with the least parade, and who, while he spoke very seldom in debate, always spoke to the purpose. He was the member whose committee never failed to report, and whose papers were always well digested, clear, concise, practical, and ready for the printer. He was the source of appeal for men on both sides of mooted questions. His influence was almost unbounded. He had the skill and tact of a great diplomatist, but these were never used for his own personal purposes. His pen was his sword,—the sword of Melancthon and not of Luther, bright, keen, trenchant,—but it can truly be said that it 'never carried a heart-stain away on its blade.'" Another friend said : " His life was one of truth and goodness. His name can never be mentioned without awakening feelings of love and reverence. His action in all matters, great or small, was prompted by purity of heart and love of right. By years of devotion to his profession, by his searching investigations, by his lucid writings, by his spotless integrity, and by his sincerity of purpose, he acquired unequaled influence among his colleagues; and I truly believe that Carroll Dunham has done more for the interests of homeopathy, not only in this city or country, but in the world at large, than any other man since the time of Hahnemann." His life-long friend, Dr. P. P. Wells, said, after his death: "I would willingly have died for him." One who had known him from his boyhood thus spoke of him: " When I pass in review the thirty-five years of our friendship, I can honestly and heartily say, that I do not remember a single word or act of his for which any of his friends need blush, or which he, now gone to his last account, would wish to be unsaid or undone. The only impatience I ever felt toward him during this long period, arose a few times because his calm, deliberative nature refused to plunge into the arena of medical polemics. But he was so magnanimous, or to use the more expressive Saxon word, so large-minded, that he could not be partisan; he could not but view both sides of every question at issue, and, as a consequence, he was liberal and generous even to his opponents, always ready to make allowance for the opinions and acts of those who differed with him. He was truly one of the 'blessed peace-makers.' The character of his mind was essentially judicial ; approaching a subject impartially, he calmly weighed it in all its bearings; and had he been educated for the bar, his keen intellect and sound judgment would have graced the highest bench in the land. Actuated by an earnest love of truth and justice, he was thoroughly unselfish and always subordinated his private interests to the good of the cause with which he was identified. More than this : his whole life was devoted, in a most self-sacrificing spirit, to the duties which the profession laid upon his willing shoulders ; duties and responsibilities which he never refused and which came to him unsought, simply because all recognized his eminent fitness for their discharge. Thus he was often overburdened, and on several occasions his failing health compelled him to break off from all labor, and go abroad to rest and recuperate. But the moment he returned, those labors were resumed ; and when, at last, exhausted nature succumbed, his death was merely the crowning act of a whole life of self-sacrifice. Though not physically strong, he was a steady worker and close student; and though independent of his income as a practitioner, and possessed of a competence by inheritance, which would, especially in view of his impaired health, have justified him in leading a life of elegant leisure, he accomplished an immense amount of literary labor; more, in fact, than most men, in full health and impelled by necessity, could have performed. "His judgment was so sound, his convictions so sincere, his aims so unselfish, his life so pure, his sympathies so tender; he was so free from conceit or arrogance, so modest and unobtrusive, so devoid of petty ambitions, so intent on doing his whole duty, so liberal and tolerant toward those who differed with him, that he commanded the respect and won the affection of all who knew him. He wielded an immense power for good, not only by what he actually did, but by the mere force of his example, of a quiet, honest, thoughtful life. "I have spoken of him as unselfish; I may add, from my private knowledge, that he was very generous and open-handed to all in need, imparting freely not only of his stores of knowledge, but of his purse. I could recount many acts of kindly charity and timely aid to poor struggling brethren; but I refrain, for he was one of those who never let their right hand know what their left hand gives. "His unvarying cheerfulness was another marked characteristic. Notwithstanding his physical infirmities and his engrossing labors, he always seemed to dwell in a bright and serene atmosphere, full of hope and peace. His very presence was refreshing and inspiriting; he went in and out among us, impressing all with the conviction that he was a true man, who had consecrated his life to a noble ideal of duty. "Yes, friends and colleagues, we have lost our noblest and best man, one who was the heart and soul of the highest work done in our profession. In him we lose more than we now know; for, ' take him all in all, we ne'er shall look upon his like again.' But those who were so blessed as to call him friend, will always be thankful for his life and example; for such a man as he ennobles not only the age in which he lived, but humanity itself." Much more might be quoted of the same purport; but these extracts will suffice to show how great and good a man was Carroll Dunham; as true a hero as ever fell in the front of battle, fighting for the right. We cannot close this brief memorial more fitly than by quoting his parting words to his class, for they strike the key-note of his own life: "May you have the pleasant consciousness, not only that you have made some permanent additions to the common stock of knowledge for the common good, but also that many men and women have been the happier for your lives." E. M. KELLOGG, M. D.


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Something smells – literally – about the proposed changes for the Mineral Mining Road Landfill. If you've followed this issue you know Griffin Brothers Enterprises is seeking a zoning change from R-45, rural residential/agricultural, to I-1, light industrial, to allow the construction and debris landfill to become a regional sanitary landfill. Waste Management is the company seeking to build the landfill that will accept household trash from North Carolina and South Carolina.
Who would have guessed it? Not us. We had no idea so many people would be interested in the District 16 state Senate seat when it came open after Mick Mulvaney's election to the 5th District U.S. congressional seat in November. But interest it has stirred. Seven candidates – five Republicans, a Democrat and a Libertarian – have filed for the post. Mulvaney, a Republican businessman from Indian Land, vacated his Senate seat in December as he was preparing to take his seat in Congress. Mulvaney was sworn into office earlier this month.
Lancaster County veterans lost a true ally earlier this month when George Rollings died after a courageous battle with cancer. Rollings served as the Lancaster County Veterans Affairs Officer from 1988 to 1995. He followed on the heels of the late Ward Faulkenberry, so he had some big shoes to fill, but he handled his duties well. Even after serving his time with the VA office in Lancaster County, Rollings was a frequent visitor to the office as he wanted to help in any way he could. When his time was up in leading the VA office, he stayed active.
December proved to be a marvelous month for the Lancaster County Parks and Recreation Commission. In the first weekend of the month, LCPRC saw a pair of youth soccer teams capture state championships at the Manchester Meadows Soccer Complex in Rock Hill. A third county youth all-star soccer team earned recognition with a state tournament consolation victory for a third-place finish. Those splendid showings would be enough, but in the week to follow, the LCPRC reaped another coveted state honor.
It is hard to believe that there was so much violence surrounding an effort to promote racial justice and equality for people, not only in the United States, but throughout the world. However, the battle did just that.
The violence prevailed even though Martin Luther King Jr. advocated nonviolence while promoting his mission of equal rights for everyone. King's and the effort of many others paid off with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
History is what we're seeing as new elected leaders on the federal and state level begin their terms in office.
Last week, history was made in the Congress when 94 newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including Indian Land businessman Mick Mulvaney, were sworn into office.


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Béchamel Sauce: Melt 1 stick of butter in a saucepan. Reduce heat to low. Mix in 2 oz. flour. Add 1 tsp. nutmeg and remove from heat. Slowly add 1 quart of milk and return to heat. Bring to a boil, mixing constantly. Add salt and pepper to taste. Let rest for 30 minutes. Lasagne: Layer Bolognese sauce (you need 1-2 quarts), pasta sheets from a batch of Fabio's pasta recipe, béchamel and pasta sheets. Repeat until finished. Add Bolognese, béchamel and Parmesan cheese on top. Bake for 30-45 minutes at 375°
Simply combine: 3 tbs olive oil, 1 c. white onion, 1/2 cup red onion, and let caramelize. Then add 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped, 1 c. carrots, 1 cup celery and 1 cup diced fennel go in the pot. Stir then add in 1 cup diced red potatoes. While potatoes cook, add 1 c. diced zucchini and chopped leafy greens. Add 4 c. vegetable stock, and 1 cup of marinara sauce. To that you add 1/2 oz. chunk of Parmesan cheese and let cook for 15 mins. Finally add 1 c. cooked pasta and 1 c. cannellini beans. Serve!
Heat light olive oil in a deep sauté pan over medium high heat. Grab a batch of Fabio's Pancetta Risotto and using an ice cream scoop, scoop and shape rice balls. Beat 6 eggs with a pinch of salt. Coat your hands with a little extra virgin olive oil to keep the rice from sticking. Dip each ball into egg wash and then roll them into Panko breadcrumbs to coat fully. Pan-fry until medium brown, turning to make sure they are browned on all sides. Drain on paper towels. Serve on a bed of warm marinara.
Preheat oven to 450F. Remove the organs, gizzards and neck from a 2-4 pound chicken and rinse. Pat dry and rub ¼ cup olive oil all over and season with salt and pepper. Stuff with 5 garlic cloves, 1 sliced lemon and 2 sprigs of thyme, sage and rosemary. Place chicken on pan, breast side up. Roast in oven for 15-20 minutes until the skin is crispy. Put a meat thermometer in the breast. Turn the chicken over, breast side down. Turn oven down to 350F and cook until thermometer reads 150F. Let rest 10 minutes.
Cook ½ lb. of spaghetti in boiling salted water. Meanwhile in a large sauté pan over medium heat, crisp 6 oz. pancetta (cubed) and ½ cup finely diced onion in 2 tbsp. butter. Add the pasta to the pancetta and onion, then add 1 cup of chicken stock and 1 tsp. black pepper. Bring the mixture to a boil. Mix 4 egg yolks and 2 tbsp. heavy cream in a small bowl. When the sauce is almost reduced, remove from the fire. Add egg mixture to the pasta, mixing until the sauce is thickened. Finish with parmesan. Mangia!


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Students Sit for Civil Rights is an OurStory module that includes activities based on reading Freedom on the Menu, a work of children's literature about the Greensboro sit-ins that played an important role during the civil rights movement. OurStory is a series of modules designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together through the use of objects from the Museum's vast collections, quality children's literature, and engaging hands-on activities. Ideal for afterschool use, OurStory resources allow students to think critically, to be creative, and to achieve academic standards both in and out of the classroom.
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Anyone that has weird food aversions or quirks (especially "vegans" and all members of PETA) that are NEVER invited to any party or social function held at my house or any of my friends houses. Poultrarians always have a screw loose - or several - in their pointy little heads that also affects their behavior in other areas. Get the hell away from me.
"She seemed like a regular, hot chick until she saw the BBQ grill. That's when the poultrarian conniption popped out of her head like an Alien space larva."
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A poultrarian is a person whose diet consists of vegetarian fare and select cuts of chicken and turkey, typically lean and boneless. They do not enjoy red meat, seafood, or any other meat in their diet.
Poultrarian comes from the combination of poultry and vegetarian.
Poultrarian comes from the combination of poultry and vegetarian.
A poultrarian would never eat a steak, but would enjoy chicken stir-fry.
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If you got some spare memory in your server not being actively used, there is one tip to improve PHP and overall server performance. Requirements: * there are enough free memory to spare. * /dev/shm/ should be mounted as tmpfs. Install eaccelerator with PHP suEXEC, set disk cache storage to /dev/shm/eaccelerator/ instead of /tmp/eaccelerator/, then add a cron job to clean the cache directory every 5-10 minutes, so cache files not being used frequently will not fill up the precious shared memory storage. Noticed that the server load going down from 4.x to 1.x on one client's server.
On my server? Thank you mistwang for your helps and advices Btw on my eAccelerator, it could only caching from 1 to 19 scripts, maximum. Or it perhaps caused by shm value/size has set to just 16mb? Because if I increase it to more than 16mb, some of random pages will suddenly blank, not completely load, or shows an alien codes on it.
Interesting. We played around with eaccelerator a bit on one machine but for the density of our machines it's not even worth doing. We actually had higher i/o wait due to the amount of cached files it ended up writing. I think in the end we had about 12GB of cached files eccelerator does have a memory only feature but I did not see any real improvements. I'm guessing it has to do with the timeout of the PHP processes and such. This /dev/shm idea seems interesting though. I might play around with that when we start deploying nehalem based servers with 12+GB of ram.
Yes that is. I've been with php as DSO (on Cpanel-Apache), and set the eaccelerator.shm_size to 2048 and that were fine. Except it were doesn't fine on DSO-nobody security.
If my memory serves me right with PHP processes running as their user this changes the meaning of this slightly. The shm size would be on a per process or user basis I cannot remember which. So when you say a max of 2048 when running LSAPI or even FastCGI on Apache it's not doing shared between all the pools that's just one user set. This is also why it gets confusing the reporting of eaccelerator you'd need the script for each user account to see the accurate numbers. I'm pretty sure on most of this as I did some testing to see what exactly happens as I had never ran caching extensions when PHP was running as various users.
Yes, that's true that it will cause high I/O wait if you use /tmp/eaccelerator/ as the storage. However, using /dev/shm/ is more like using a memory disk, which is lightening fast without increasing I/O wait.
No need to increase it or let it cache more pages in memory, as the disk cache is actually in memory, also PHP process will start/stop more frequently in PHP suEXEC mode for shared hosting. As long as PHP process can grab a copy of parsed PHP opcode from memory disk, it is fine.
Are these setting right to optimize? I'm confused on what value eaccelerator.shm_size should be if i set the disk cache to /dev/shm with 1.5G of space. php.ini Code: extension_dir = "/usr/local/lsws/lsphp4/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429" extension="eaccelerator.so" eaccelerator.shm_size="64" eaccelerator.cache_dir="/dev/shm/lswsphp4eacc" eaccelerator.enable="1" eaccelerator.optimizer="1" eaccelerator.check_mtime="1" eaccelerator.debug="0" eaccelerator.shm_max="0" eaccelerator.shm_ttl="0" eaccelerator.shm_prune_period="0" eaccelerator.shm_only="0" eaccelerator.compress="1" eaccelerator.compress_level="9" eaccelerator.keys="shm" eaccelerator.sessions="shm" eaccelerator.content="shm" /etc/fstab Code: none /dev/shm tmpfs noexec,nosuid 0 0 df -h Code: none 1.5G 0 1.5G 0% /dev/shm
I'm not george but I'll take a stab - this portion of the thread is mostly about eaccelerator and /dev/shm - so if your question was whether or not you can use eaccelerator, and place the cache files in /dev/shm while not using PHP suEXEC the answer is yes, just be sure the user php is running as has access to the directory.
it benefit PHP suEXEC most as each PHP process use its own in memory cache, this way, just like we share a global in-memory cache.
I have done most of the above, however I don't know how to get the mod_security logs and so forth to work with csf and litespeed. I think I need to specify the paths and so forth. I uploaded a couple scripts to the server and after disabling all of the functions and everything above, they still ran. I'm confused and might need to hire someone to help me make sure my server is secure against these attacks, because a lot of my associates are experiencing these attacks, and I myself have unfortunately lost an entire server due to an attack about 4 months ago. Please help.
They still can run on XSS way? On my server, I have put all of those php disable_function, except php_uname, and I try my self for some of shell scripts can not execute any important command to hack to another account.
I added the commands, and rebuilt apache with modsecurity, suhosin, php 5.2.9, ea accelerator, zend optimizer, and then I added the suhosin suggestion above to php.ini and added the includes line to httpd.conf for mod security at the bottom. I also have ClamAv installed. I then built matching php, and I reinstalled LSWS most recent with the chroot on and set it to /usr/local/lsws Now I went to the scripts site and had to turn off my pc antivirus, and then I downloaded a handful of the scripts there, uploaded them thru ftp to a mock domain on my server, and relabled them like c99.php, r57.php etc etc. I accessed each one of them just like regular pages, and they let me navigate my server. It is my understanding that these scripts should have been stopped by ClamAV, as well as ModSecurity and CSF, but none of them have. ALL of the php.ini functions suggested above have been disabled also, and devshm has been remounted also. I'm totally confused. This isn't working.... ( However, when I go to view modsecurity log in CSF here is what I get: So, I am assuming I need to redefine somewhere in the server where the log should be found? How can I setup LSWS and WHM and CSF to all collaborate with the modsecurity log?


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- Tryout cost is $20 per player, $10 for additional family members
- Players must arrive at least 30 minutes early to first day of tryouts to sign-in with completed waiver and fee.
- Players applying for scholarship assistance must submit completed scholarship application and W-2 at try-out registration.
- Tryout t-shirts will be provided and should be worn each day of tryouts
- Each player must wear proper soccer attire (shorts, shinguards, cleats, etc.)
- Each player must bring a properly inflated ball (w/name on it) and plenty of water to drink
- U9-U15 Tryouts are held for 2 days. Players should plan to be at both days of tryouts.
- U16-U18 Tryouts held for 1 day with invitation only to day 2.
- Tryouts will last 2 hours each session. Parents please be there on time to pick up your child. Be aware of bad weather.
- Players and Parents must attend the Mandatory Team meeting with online registration completed.
- Team meetings will be held at W & M Butterfield Park 6212 W 14200 S, Herriman, UT 84096
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UYSA Alignment policy 6325 states roster continuity exists under the following conditions
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MONTEREY, Calif. - Secretary of the Army John McHugh said that language and culture skills are critical for the successful accomplishment of missions overseas today and in the future, during a visit to the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, May 21.
"What we have learned over the last ten years, especially in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, that language skills, also accompanied by a cultural level of understanding and skills, are absolutely critical skills to get a mission done," said McHugh.
McHugh and his staff spent the morning touring DLIFLC and visited two Persian Farsi classrooms where students demonstrated their speaking skills and the use of technology for more rapid foreign language acquisition.
Clearly impressed with the variety of technology used in the classroom, from interactive whiteboards to tablet PCs, iPods and iPads, the Secretary said that the learning and teaching methods have changed, and that using technology is "the way of the future."
The Secretary was shown a number of technology exhibits demonstrating online programs which the Institute offers as pre-deployment materials to service members or sustainment materials for professional linguists.
DLIFLC's mandatory six to eight-hour pre-deployment program called Rapport, and HeadStart2, a longer and more intensive language and culture program, were presented, allowing the Secretary to have a glimpse of what troops must accomplish before going to conflict regions. While Rapport exists in Dari and Pashto spoken in Afghanistan, and Iraqi spoken in Iraq, HeadStart2 is available in 18 languages.
"Our sustainment programs touch tens of thousands of linguists, either through direct interaction with our instructors or via online training," said DLIFLC Commandant Col. Danial D. Pick.
Faculty demonstrated the Broadband Language Training System, a distance learning program delivered in real-time allowing students to brush up on their language skills learned at DLIFLC and the Global Language Online Support System which offers more than 6,000 lessons available for various levels of learners in 38 languages.
"We are in 150 countries around the world and doing important work each and every day whether we are in the Pacific, or Europe or Asia. We want our Soldiers to have language kills and cultural awareness that will allow them to do that mission better," said McHugh.
Despite the Army's reduction in troop strength due to Department of Defense budget cuts, McHugh said that a smaller future force would have to be "carefully shaped" and the "best of the best retained."
"The relevancy of this program, this initiative, has never been greater," said McHugh of the Institute's mission and the importance of training service members. "As our footprint gets smaller I think that we would expect that those who remain on the ground to be more culturally aware and adept," he said.
Natela Cutter, Strategic Communications
Photo 1: Secretary of the Army John McHugh sits in a Persian Farsi class, as Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Seth Goodson translates for him during an observation May 21 at the Presidio of Monterey.
Photo 2: Secretary of the Army John McHugh sits in a command briefing with Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant Col. Danial D. Pick and his staff May 21, during a visit to the Presidio of Monterey.
Photo 3: Secretary of the Army John McHugh and Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Commandant Col. Danial D. Pick listen to Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Gorman explain the advantages of speaking Persian Farsi and understanding another culture. McHugh listened to a Persian Farsi student debate while Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Seth Goodson translated.


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"I am surrounded by love. It's not the kind of love you see on TV or in the movies, but love in its most true and simple form. It is the love that can only come from God ... I have already found that love in abundance everywhere I look." - A 2009 Team member
Now is the time for you to have a Mission Teams experience! In 2010, Teams will be offered during more times of the year and for varying amounts of time (as few as 9 days and as long as 3 weeks) and there will be opportunities for families as well! Be a living witness of your Faith on a Teaching team; provide labor on a Construction team; engage the future of our Church on a Youth team; or take part in the holistic mission of the Church on a Health Care team. Develop deep relationships with others, have a cultural learning experience, and live in response to the Lord's command to "make disciples of all nations".
For over 20 years, Team members have proudly served through OCMC to participate in the Holy Orthodox Church's unending mission effort to bring the saving message of salvation to the ends of the earth. Join the thousands of Orthodox Christians from North America who have been witnessing to the hope and good news of the risen Christ with the world. There will be at least 14 opportunities to participate on a Team in 2010: Alaska – Teaching and Outreach; Albania – Youth camp; Guatemala – Youth camp; India – Teaching; Kenya – Teaching; Korea – Youth camp (ESL); Madagascar – Teaching; Romania – Youth camp; South Africa – Teaching; Tanzania – Construction and Teaching; Uganda – Health Care and Zimbabwe – Teaching.
Team applications and more detailed information are available online at http://teams.ocmc.org or you can call the OCMC at 1.877.463.6787 (ext 142) for more information.
Ft.Lauderdale, Fl.- The Orthodox Christian Network (The OCN) is pleased to announce a new service to Orthodox parishes and ministries world wide—Customized Online Radio Stations! As the over the air radio market begins to shrink and the online radio market grows, OCN has strategically positioned itself to take advantage of the growing audience accessing online radio programming while maintaining a strong land base presence as well. Since recently acquiring new online radio server software, we can now offer completely customized 24/7 online radio stations in a cost effective and efficient way allowing parishes to stay connected to their parishioners more so than ever before.
With offerings ranging from personalized radio players to managed custom radio stations, OCN's online radio stations allow parishes of all sizes to provide Orthodox Christian programming aimed to their parish. The Branded National Radio Solution creates a custom radio station on OCN and the parish website utilizing the already existing content of the Ark or Rudder channels. Self managed and OCN managed stations are completely customizable. With the self managed option, parishes and ministries can upload their own sermons, liners, announcements and pod casts to their customized radio station. With an OCN managed station, we provide weekly updates to your station and provide the recording equipment so that your sermons, commercials, announcements and other programs can be seamlessly integrated with the OCN music of your choice.
On Friday, October 2nd, New York Times reporter Samuel G. Freedman published an article in the Religion section about converts who have discovered the Orthodox faith via the Antiochian Church. "More Protestants Find a Home in the Orthodox Antioch Church" tells the story of one such convert, Cal Oren, a parishioner at Holy Cross Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Maryland, and mentions his priest and khouria, Fr. Gregory and Frederica Mathewes-Green."Over the last 20 years," reports Freedman, "the Antiochian Orthodox Church — with its roots in Syria and Lebanon and its longtime membership in the United States made up almost entirely of Middle Eastern immigrants and their descendants — has become the destination of choice for thousands of Protestants of Northern European ancestry." The NY Times reporter quotes Antiochian theology professor Bradley Nassif as explaining that about 70 percent of Antiochian priests in the U.S. are now converts.Read the article in its entirety here.
Baltimore, Md. (IOCC) – International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is responding to a string of disasters that are affecting millions of people in the Asia Pacific region and have already taken hundreds of lives.
Damaging floods and mudslides caused by Typhoon Ketsana struck the Philippines, Vietnam and Cambodia, causing hundreds of deaths and displacing thousands of families on September 26. Meanwhile, whole villages in Samoa have been devastated by a tsunami that was triggered by a massive 8.0 earthquake on September 29. A second earthquake measuring a magnitude 7.6 on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has killed hundreds and injured thousands, and caused significant damage.
Two other typhoons appear to be moving towards the Philippines later this week and significant aftershocks are being experienced in Indonesia.
IOCC has mobilized its disaster response team and is coordinating with our Orthodox and Ecumenical partners to monitor and respond to the emerging needs.
"We pray for those who have perished, their families and those who have been affected by these disasters," says IOCC Executive Director Constantine Triantafilou. "We are working with our partners to provide emergency relief and the long-term care that will be necessary to restore the many countries and communities that have been affected."
You can help the victims of disasters around the world, like the Asia Pacific Disasters, by making a financial gift to the IOCC International Emergency Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief as well as long-term support through the provision of emergency aid, recovery assistance and other support to help those in need. To make a gift please visit www.iocc.org, call toll free at 1-877-803-IOCC (4622), or mail a check or money order payable to IOCC, P.O. Box 630225, Baltimore, Md. 21263-0225.
September 29th, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
This past weekend, a team of 20 youth participated in FOCUS North America's YES Program (formerly known as OYO), serving our most needy neighbors in Kansas City.
They arrived from parishes in Wichita, KS, Oklahoma City, OK, and Kansas City, eager to be used by God to meet the fundamental needs of His people. They did not expect, however, that they would receive much more from the experience than they would give. After three intense days, the youth gained a new perspective on the poor and homeless: they came expecting to serve them, but, instead, found their own lives forever changed by the encounter.
"They are just like us," one participant said. Another said, "I don't know how anyone can come on a FOCUS North America YES trip and not be changed."
Living out Matthew 25, the youth engaged in several social action projects throughout the weekend. They served and ate dinner with many homeless and working poor in the city, listening to their stories and enjoying fellowship with them. They distributed clothing to mothers who had no means to clothe their children. They walked around the famous outdoor Country Club Plaza in Kansas City with newly opened eyes, looking beyond the glamour to perceive and meet the needs of the homeless on the streets. But, as the youth realized, they themselves were fed and clothed by the face-to-face encounter with real living icons of Christ, with the poor of the city. As one participant said, "They really open themselves to you; they'll sit and talk to you forever, when most people in school will never give their time to you like that."
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With the Pennsylvania forests' magnificent change of colors well under way, proclaiming the glory of creation, the clergy of the Diocese of New York and Washington DC, and the Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid Atlantic gathered at the Village in late September with Bishop THOMAS for their fifth annual clergy retreat. In attendance with Sayedna were twenty-seven priests and deacons of the Brotherhood, and Mother Alexandra, abbess of St. Thekla Convent and her guest Mother Mariamne.
The retreat was led by one of the Brotherhood's own – Archimandrite John Abdalah, pastor of St. George Cathedral, Pittsburgh. Bishop Thomas asked Fr. John to discuss the theme "Being a Priest with a Positive Attitude." During the retreat sessions, Fr. John challenged the Brotherhood to consider three questions about their ministries. The first was what metaphor best reflects their ministry. The second was to ask what person had a significant influence on their ministry. And last was what do we want to be remembered for. As we discovered through the individual and collective answers to these questions, the images of how we see our ministries - now and in the future - profoundly affect the attitudes we portray to others through our day-to-day work in our parishes.
Summary of the Special Meeting of the Leadership Team of St. Vladimir Seminary and His Eminence Metropolitan Philip of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America
September 15th, 2009
Englewood, New Jersey
On Tuesday September 15th, 2009, a meeting was held in Englewood, New Jersey between the leadership team of St. Vladimir Seminary and His Eminence Metropolitan Philip, Primate of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. The purpose of the meeting was to review the recent events that have transpired, especially with regard to the redirection of two seminarians (one from St. Tikhon and one from St. Vladimir) to Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline, MA
The meeting was attended by the following:
His Eminence Metropolitan Philip
His Grace Bishop Antoun
Very Rev. Joseph Allen
Very Rev. Paul Tarazi
Very Rev. Elias Bitar
Very Rev. Thomas Zain
Very Rev. John Behr
Very Rev. Chad Hatfield
Mrs. Anne Glynn Mackoul
Rev. George Kevorkian – Secretary
His Eminence Metropolitan Philip led the participants in opening prayers.
His Eminence welcomed everyone to the meeting and made introductions. He reviewed the history of the relationship between St. Vladimir Seminary and the Antiochian Archdiocese, with a focus on the very close and positive working relationship that has been built.
His Eminence reviewed the sequence of events surrounding the recent redirection of two students (one from St. Vladimir, and one St. Tikhon) to Holy Cross.
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September 25, 2009
SCOBA Hierarchs Convene For Special Session
New York, NY— A Special Session of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) met on September 25, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., hosted by the Chairman of SCOBA, Archbishop Demetrios of America, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in Manhattan. The session was attended by the following Members of SCOBA: Archbishop Demetrios, Chairman (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese), Metropolitan Philip, Vice-Chairman (Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese), Metropolitan Christopher, Secretary (Serbian Orthodox Church), Archbishop Nicolae (Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese), Metropolitan Joseph (Bulgarian Orthodox Church), Metropolitan Jonah (Orthodox Church in America), Archbishop Antony (proxy, Ukrainian Orthodox Church), and Archpriest Alexander Abramov (Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA).
Also present were the General Secretary and members of the SCOBA Study and Planning Commission representing the SCOBA member Churches.
The entire discussion was focused on the documents related to the "Organization of Episcopal Assemblies" in the regions of the world that are outside the borders of the Autocephalous Churches. These Episcopal Assemblies have been authorized by the Fourth Pre-Conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference which met at the Orthodox Center of Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Switzerland from 6 – 13, June 2009. It was decided unanimously by the Hierarchs that the first such Episcopal Assembly shall be convened during Post-Pentecost Week of 2010, which will fall in the last week of May. The likely days of the Assembly will be May 26-27, 2010. There was also discussion as to the location of the Assembly, with a specific venue to be decided after investigation of locales and resources.
The third Sunday of October, October 18, 2009 is Special Olympics Awareness Day (SOAD) across our Archdiocese. On Sunday, October 18th, your teen group, or if you have none, your designated representatives, are asked to seek the financial help of your parishioners in funding the 2010 Special Olympics Sports Camp to be held at the Antiochian Village August 13-22, 2010. Next summer we will be celebrating our 30th Annual Special Olympics Sports Camp. This ministry is sponsored by the North American Council of Teen SOYO. Our teens work very hard for this ministry and rely on the generosity and support of the faithful of our Archdiocese and the Order of St. Ignatius.
Please use the following downloads to promote Special Olympics Awareness Day:
2009 Clergy Letter (Word format)
Bulletin Insert for October 11, 2009 (PDF)
Bulletin Insert for October 18, 2009 (PDF)
2010 Special Olympics Application (PDF)
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Listen to an interview with OCL director George Matsoukas on Ancient Faith Radio.
Amidst an unprecedented focus of attention and activity on Orthodox Unity, Orthodox Christian Laity invites all Orthodox and interested observers to attend its 22nd Annual conference to be held at the Antiochian Village in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, October 29-31, 2009.
"At no time in recent history has there been such attention focused on the quest for Orthodox unity both in America and world-wide," declared Peter Petkas, OCL president.
"These developments provide OCL, a long-time advocate of Orthodox unity, and all concerned Orthodox with a historical opportunity to help chart the way toward this vital goal. Our annual meeting is a timely vehicle for both dialogue and action leading to Orthodox unity."
Petkas explained that the program includes seven panels comprised of devout and informed Orthodox who will discuss a range of topics connected to the realization of Orthodox unity in America. He said these discussions will include (a) the process for achieving Orthodox unity in North America and other non-traditional Orthodox areas that was adopted at the recent Pan-Orthodox meeting held in Chambesy, Switzerland and (b) the impact that the exclusion of representation by the Church in North America in that meeting, and in future pre-conciliar meetings, will have on the relevance of those decisions to the Orthodox faithful in North America. His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah, newly installed primate of the Orthodox Church in America, will deliver the keynote address. His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel and His Grace Bishop Thomas will also participate in the meeting.
This summer, the Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies has launched The Chrysostom Bible, a new biblical commentary series for preaching and teaching. "The Chrysostom Bible," writes series editor, Fr. Paul Tarazi, "is not so much in honor of John Chrysostom as it is to continue and promote his legacy as an interpreter of the biblical texts for preaching and teaching God's congregation."
The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch will meet in Houston, TX on Friday, October 16 in conjunction with the Archdiocese Board of Trustees meetings. Our host parish, St. George Church, Houston, has made hotel arrangements with Hilton Post Oak Houston, 2001 Post Oak Boulevard, Houston, TX 77056. Please make your room reservations directly with the hotel. The phone number is 713-961-9300.
by Fr. William Olnhausen, pastor of St. Nicholas Church in Cedarburg, WI – the article was published in the Church's Sept. 2009 newsletter:
It was 114 in Palm Desert California the day I arrived & well over 100 every day. Lord have mercy. But our delegate Mike Hubergot off the plane, breathed it in & said "I love it!"
Cheryl Haska also represented St. Nicholas. Our teens Nicole Haska, Abe Newhouse, Lydia Newhouse & Ana Treptow & coach Mary Beth Newhouse, our Midwest Bible winners, represented our Diocese at the national Bible Bowl - which didn't go as well as at the Midwest, but they are still one of the top teams in the Archdiocese. Be very proud of them! It was fun to have so many St. Nicholas people there.
Our Antiochian Archdiocese is doing well financially & spiritually: united, growing, enthusiastic, dynamic. Since 1988 this little Archdiocese has established over 125 new missions, most of which are now self-supporting churches. His Eminence Metropolitan PHILIP at age 78 is in fine form & delivered a brilliant keynote address. The worship services, more than 2 hours daily, were well attended and beautifully celebrated. (I am now accustomed to services with 3 metropolitans, 7 bishops, a congregation of 1,000 & a choir of 50!) The many departments of the Archdiocese are doing really good things. Our clergy are high quality.
An email that was sent to the Archdiocese office in late August from Fr. Gregory Matthewes-Green and Khourieh Frederica regarding their son Stephen:
We wanted to communicate to His Eminence and everyone there that the negative comments and speculations appearing on the internet do not represent our thoughts and feelings. Personal attacks on His Eminence are especially dismaying to us. While the instruction to our son to move to Holy Cross initially came as a shock, we fully accept it and believe that God will work through it for the best. In fact, we are already seeing many good things come out of it.
Please convey to everyone there our greetings in Christ, as we ask for your continued prayers. The midwife says the baby should be born in the next couple of days.
In Christ,
Fr. Gregory and Kh. Frederica Mathewes-Green
Fishers, IN – September 16, 2009
Registration for 2009 College Conference opens Sunday, September 20th and runs through December 1st. "Building Community" (II Corinthians 13:14) is the chosen theme for this year's conference. Identical conferences will run simultaneously from December 27-31 in two locations: the Antiochian Village in Bolivar, Pennsylvania and the Diakonia Center in Salem, South Carolina.
OCF is honored this year to announce that His Beatitude Metropolitan Jonah will be the keynote speaker at the Antiochian Village. Additionally, The Very Reverend Father Jon Braun will be delivering the keynote addresses at the Diakonia Center.
Registration is $325 for students and $375 for alumni. Included in the registration fee are transformative keynote addresses and inspiring workshops, social events, a dinner/dance, memories and friendships that will last a lifetime as well as lodging and meals.
Space is limited so register early. Some scholarships are available. Please visit www.ocf.net or call 1-800-919-1623 for more information.
For additional information contact:
Kelli Phillips
Program Director, Orthodox Christian Fellowship firstname.lastname@example.com www.ocf.net
Archimandrite Gabriel Cooke, former pastor at St. Michael/Seattle, WA and St. George/Portland, OR, died in medical retirement this past Thursday, September 10th, 2009, at his home in Prescott, AZ after suffering a second massive stroke. Prior to his release to the OCA in 1997 and his monastic tonsure he was known by his worldly name of "Jeffrey" when a seminarian at St. Vladimir's Seminary in the mid-1980s and as "Father Gregory" when a priest of the Antiochian Archdiocese (1987-1996). Archimandrite Gabriel will be buried this Thursday, September 17th, at St. Spyridon Cathedral in Seattle, WA; presiding will be His Grace BISHOP BENJAMIN of the OCA Diocese of San Francisco and the West.
May his memory be eternal!
ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP"Keeping our College Students Connected to the Church"OCF COLLEGE STUDENT SUNDAY 2009
A discussion of College Student Sunday on the OCN Now podcast
Since 2003, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) have designated the Sunday following the Elevation of the Holy Cross as OCF College Student Sunday. They ask all faithful Orthodox Christians in North America to call to mind and prayer our college students. We invite you to read the 2009 SCOBA College Student Sunday Encyclical at www.ocf.net/css.
OCF's mission is to help Our Youth discover that it is communion with God, through life in the Church, which gives real meaning and significance to life.
Orthodox Christian Fellowship is Our Campus Ministry. It exists to come alongside families and parishes to provide solutions. OCF provides curricula, educational DVDs, service learning encounters and an interactive website that help our students apply their faith in their daily lives. On a program level, OCF offers large-scale, transformative opportunities annually, such as College Conference and Real Break.
Currently, we have 270 local college/university chapters in the United States and Canada. Together these individual chapters represent the backbone of the OCF ministry and Our Future of the Orthodox Church in North America.
16 Teens and Youth Leaders Served the Poor of Philadelphia and Initiated FOCUS North America's Newest Program
September 4, 2009– Kansas City, MO This past weekend, August 28-30, 2009, the Orthodox Youth Outreach Program (OYO), now called the YES Program of FOCUS North America (Youth Equipped to Serve), took its first trip as a ministry of FOCUS North America. A group of 16 eager teens and leaders said yes to the "cry of the poor" (Proverbs 21:13) and gave their time in service to the people of Philadelphia, PA.
The weekend began with orientation, led by Katrina Bitar, YES Program Director. The rest of Friday evening was spent in prayer, the team's first ministry to Philadelphia. The group traveled around the city and prayed for it and its people. This prayer tour kicks off all YES trips, orienting the team to the past and present of the community they will serve and opening their eyes to the real struggles of its people.
[Yonkers, NY] On Saturday, October 3, 2009, St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary in Yonkers, NY, invites the faithful to its annual Orthodox Education Day, this year titled "God's Green Earth: Ecology and Theology." The day's program will feature outstanding speakers, exhibits, and workshops regarding the intersection of faith and practice, as related to the environment.
"This Education Day, we want to wed theological vision with practical ways to care for our world," said The Very Rev. Chad Hatfield, chancellor and CEO of the seminary. "So, the day will feature everything from ecological perspectives of ancient church writers, to how to create an 'earth-friendly' garden."
Keynote speaker Dr. Vigen Guroian, an Armenian theologian and professor or religious studies at the University of Virginia, will address the topic "Ecological Musings from the Garden," and an array of other experts will present workshops. In particular, Mr. Chris Nolan, Chief Landscape Architect of Central Park Conservatory, New York City, will discuss the eco-friendly use of land; and Dr. Emily Markides, adjunct faculty at the Peace and Reconciliation Studies Program, University of Maine, and co-pioneer of the Permaculture Garden at Agia Skepi Detoxification Center, Filani, Cyprus, will share her experience with building sustainable communities. For animal lovers, a monk from New Skete Monastery in Cambridge, NY, Father Christopher, will speak about deepening spiritual consciousness through kinship with animals. The monastery is known globally for its dog training methods and breeding of German shepherds.
Charity Road Race to Continue Local Woman's Dream
August 25, 2009 West Roxbury, MA—In the mid-1990s, 18-year old Sonia Belcher (then, Sonia Daly) was intent on creating a school where Orthodox Christian children in the Boston area would benefit from a strong academic and spiritual education founded in the teachings of the Orthodox Christian Church. In 1997, with the support of the local Orthodox Christian community, Sonia founded what is believed to be the first pan-Orthodox School in the country: the Theophany School in Needham, MA. That fall, 17 children were enrolled for the 1997-1998 school year. Today, Theophany School is thriving, with some 35 students enrolled in the School's Pre-School and Kindergarten classes. With three full-time teachers and one director on staff, students are provided with the individualized care and attention that is vital to a young child's learning. Theophany School continues to grow, thanks to the generous support of the community.
Sadly, in February, 2008 Sonia Belcher passed away suddenly on her 32nd birthday. She was survived by her husband, Deacon Nicholas Belcher and their three-month old son, Andrew. In addition to her beloved family, Sonia left behind a legacy of tenacity and determination. Her final wish was for Theophany School to function as a full elementary school. Shortly after her untimely death, the School launched its "Building on a Dream" campaign, an initiative to continue Sonia's mission, while keeping her memory alive. Thanks to the campaign, the School has received overwhelming support over the last year.
Brookline, Mass. - The 2009 Annual Conference of Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion (OCAMPR) will focus on Care for the Severely Challenged Patient. Presentations at the conference will review the needs of patients with chronic illnesses and severe and persisting trauma from a pastoral, medical, and psychotherapeutic perspective. Speakers will include Deacon Nathanael Symeonides, Dr. Aaron Haney, Dr. Michael Christakis, and Presbytera Maryann Tonias. The conference will meet at the Holy Cross Seminary campus in Brookline, Mass., November 6-7, 2009, beginning at 7 p.m. Friday evening.
OCAMPR is an inter-jurisdictional network of Orthodox persons in helping and healing professions, endorsed by the Standing Conference of Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA). The conference will be prefaced by an open General Board Meeting on Friday November 6, at 1:30 pm at Holy Cross.
Over the two day conference, speakers focusing on medicine, psychology, and theology will offer talks on various dimensions of Care for the Severely Challenged Patient and discuss a sample case. Group discussions will invite reflections, questions, and comments from conferees. Resources on caregivers' practical concerns from medicine, nursing, hospice, ethics, theology, law, counseling, chaplaincy, and clinical pastoral education will be available at the conference, and the Holy Cross bookstore will also offer resources.
Maryland's First Western Rite Orthodox Church Emerges
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On Sunday, August 23, 2009, Bishop THOMAS (Joseph) ordained James K. Hamrick to the Holy Priesthood in the Orthodox Church, Antiochian Christian Archdiocese. The ordination ceremony was conducted during the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Saint Basil the Great Orthodox Church in Poquoson, Virginia (near Newport News). The host priest and pastor of the church, Father Gregory MacGregor, was one of Hamrick's three priest sponsors. Father MacGregor had introduced Hamrick to Holy Orthodoxy three years earlier during a family vacation to Williamsburg, VA. At that time Hamrick was a priest in the Charismatic Episcopal Church and had just planted a new mission in Lewistown, Maryland named Lamb of God Church—all of this after having previously served as a United Methodist pastor for six years in the Harpers Ferry, WV area.
Hamrick's other two priest sponsors for his ordination were present and included Father Patrick Cardine, pastor of St. Patrick Orthodox Church in Warrenton, VA; and Father Nicholas Alford, pastor of St. Gregory the Great Orthodox Church in Washington, DC, both of whom were also the catechists for Hamrick's congregation when they made a decision to become Orthodox last year.
From the Office of Metropolitan PHILIP:Unfortunately, there has been much speculation and incorrect information on the Internet and elsewhere regarding our recent decision to send our incoming seminarians to Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. This decision effected two students. The third new student was already planning to attend Holy Cross. Over the years we have tried to keep a balance between the distribution of our seminarians to various Orthodox seminaries here and abroad, especially St. Vladimir's, St. Tikhon's and Holy Cross. In fact, this year, we will have 10 students at St. Vladimir's, 9 students at St. Tikhon's and 6 students at Holy Cross. It has been our primary concern over the years to insure a strong priestly formation for our future priests. While all three schools have helped us in accomplishing this task for generations of clergymen, we feel Holy Cross most closely mirrors the practices and customs of the Patriarchate of Antioch in general and the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America in particular. This is true for a variety of reasons, first and foremost being the common Syro-Byzantine liturgical and musical tradition that we share. Given the changing demographics of the majority of our seminarians and the reality that many of them are not rooted in this Syro-Byzantine expression of our one Orthodox faith from birth, we feel it is vital to immerse them in this tradition in a more complete way. It is our hope to have our own seminary in the future. In fact, much of the foundational work has already been done. Nevertheless, since we do not have our own seminary at this point in time, we feel Holy Cross is best suited to accomplish the task at hand. At the same time, however, we will and have always assessed the common needs and concerns of both the seminarians and the Archdiocese and therefore leave all doors open for the future with regard to their placement.
Dear Clergy, Students and Psychotherapists,
Plans are underway for the 2010 International Orthodox Psychotherapy Conference slated for June 21 - 25, 2010 at the Cenacle Retreat House in Chicago, Illinois. The conference center has only 50 rooms available on campus. Please book your reservation sooner rather than later.
For more information, to register or to submit a presentation proposal, please visit the conference web page or contact Fr. Stephen Plumlee.


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