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It was a sad day in 1999 when Browning announced it was discontinuing the Auto-5 humpback. There wasn't a dry eye in the house — at least not my house.
My first experience with the Auto-5 came in 1996 at the hands of Lonnie Ray, my father-in-law. He had invited me to go duck hunting the day after Thanksgiving as soon as the turkey wore off. As dawn broke, I crouched in a duck blind on the edge of a flooded cornfield in Porter County, Ind. I hadn't brought a gun with me during my holiday visit, so Lonnie lent me his Belgian Auto-5 Magnum.
I had seen many humpbacks through the years but had never fired one. When a lone drake mallard skittered over the paper-thin ice, I painted a stripe through him and touched 'er off. My life would never be the same.
Neither would my shoulder. As the duck crumpled, that old humpback slammed into me like an Erie-Lackawanna freighter on its 4:19 Toledo run. Beaming, Lonnie said, "That old Browning really hammers the ducks, doesn't it?"
"Uh huh," I gasped. "But how do you get them to shoot it?"
The Classic Design
Ah, the art and mystery of the Browning humpback. It's been gone for six years, and every day and in every way, its square, uncompromising profile looks better. For 96 years, it remained in production — longer than any other model of shotgun. John Wayne used a humpback. So did John Dillinger. Its fame was such that even current Browning shotguns such as the Gold Classic High Grade are still described in company catalogs as "beautiful semi-humpbacks." It was one of the greatest sporting firearms of all time.
Introduced in 1903, the original Auto-5 was a marvel for its day. It embodied the first practical application of the long-recoil principle in a sporting firearm. Nowadays, the idea of a shotgun with a barrel that blows backward to eject the empty hull, cock the hammer and chamber a fresh shell seems laughably primitive. But in 1903, it was a daisy.
Not only was the Auto-5 the first successful autoloading shotgun, it was also the most flexible autoloader of its day. Today's gas-operated rifles and shotguns gobble up anything you stuff in them, from light target loads to magnums. During the first few decades of the 20th century, however, that was different. In those days, autoloading pistols and rifles operated reliably only with one specific bullet weight and powder charge. Light loads wouldn't cycle the action, and heavy loads would beat up the gun. The Auto-5 was different.
What made it different was the "friction ring." This small, reversible ring of steel, beveled inwardly on one face, sits atop the recoil spring and encircles the magazine tube. With its beveled face pointing toward the magazine cap, the friction ring forces a springy collet called the "friction piece" to constrict around the magazine tube when the gun is fired, putting the brakes on the backward motion of the barrel during recoil. This is helpful if you are shooting heavy loads. With the friction ring reversed so its flat face points toward the magazine, the friction piece cannot constrict. That lets off the brakes and lets light loads cycle the action.
To switch from light loads to heavy loads or vice versa, you could remove the barrel, reverse the friction ring and replace the barrel. The problem arises when the friction ring is set in the wrong direction. Shooting a light load with the ring in the heavy-load position will typically produce a jam. Conversely, shooting a heavy load with the ring in the light-load position will typically belt the holy hell out of you, as I discovered in that Indiana duck blind. My teeth still hurt.
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In its day, the five-shot Auto-5 was all you needed for bobwhites to bears. Unlike its competitors, the Auto-5 incorporated a magazine cutoff, a small T-shaped lever protruding from the lower left side of the receiver. Flipping this lever let you feed one round directly into the chamber without having to unload the magazine. If you were pounding the cornfields for pheasants and kicked up an 8-point buck, you could flip the cutoff lever, open the action to eject your No. 6 load, slip in a slug, and say goodbye to Mr. Buck. At least that was the theory.
The Auto-5 also introduced American shooters to the idea of an operating handle. For the benefit of those, including me, who incorrectly call it "that finger thing," the operating handle is the small cocking piece you pull to charge a semiauto shotgun. Today, every semiauto has an operating handle. It seems like the most natural concept in the world, doesn't it? However, the Auto-5 was the first sporting gun to feature an operating handle. Other semiautos of the day used plungers, toggle-joints and who knows what else as cocking pieces.
Foolproof reliability made the Auto-5 successful. Its natural-pointing characteristics made it beloved, though. Some shooters, such as my friend Jim Schlender, can pick up any shotgun and bust birds with it. Some of us, however, have a tough time finding shotguns that fit. For those so handicapped, an Auto-5 does what no other shotgun does: It points. That Gibraltar-like receiver rising before our eyes gives us a thrill no other shotgun can.
I am a good example. During a recent trap outing at the magnificent Iola, Wis., Conservation Club, I missed 10 straight with Jim's Winchester 101, as fine a shotgun as I'm ever likely to hold. In frustration, I dug my 1939 Auto-5 out of my trunk. (I bought this grand old gun years ago in South Bend, Ind., home of the Fighting Irish, so I call it "the Humpback of Notre Dame.") Sure enough, the birds began breaking — not all of them, but enough to make me smile.


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Tucked away off the main street and away from the crowds, the restaurant could easily be overlooked or thought of as just a resort restaurant. However, FOOW is open to the public and has bragging rights to being one of the few restaurants on 30A with a view of the Gulf.
Adjoining the WaterColor Inn, FOOW is located on the second floor, which affords a fabulous view of not only the blue Gulf waters, but also the dunes and two pools from its deck. The wide covered deck also affords excellent Gulf breezes.
Indoors the view is also stunning as the walls of the spacious and glamorous interior are adorned with a variety of artwork by local artists, and the sea oats outside were recreated indoors as works of art in glass.
The David Rockwell-designed building can seat 170 comfortably in the restaurant, 40 in the bar/lounge area, and another 40 on the dining terrace.
The restaurant boasts of two of the top chefs on the A.
Executive Chef Brian Murray has been at FOOW for eight years and under his guidance has led the restaurant in garnering accolades such as AAA's Four Diamond Award; and the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence award.
Before coming onboard with FOOW in 2007,
"We are seafood driven," said
The restaurant's sous Chef Shaun O'Brien has worked as sous chef at Baytowne's Bistro Bijoux, and he opened and served as executive chef at Restaurant Paradis in Rosemary Beach.
The restaurant offers a distinctive wine list and a knowledgeable wait staff who can recommend the perfect pairing of wines with meat or fish dishes.
The restaurant opens for breakfast every day at 8 a.m., offering a choice of continental buffet, or grand buffet with meats, as well as mouthwatering a la carte items such as huevos rancheros, nutella and banana crepes, andouille-sausage omelet, heirloom-tomato and mozzarella omelet, low-country Gulf shrimp and grits, and bourbon-vanilla French toast.
All breads are baked in house daily, and local farmers are sourced for greens.
A private dining room is available in the restaurant's wine room.
Dinner specials are offered nightly.
Featured cocktails are offered in the restaurant's lounge area, as well as appetizers.
Breakfast is served from 8-11 a.m. seven days a week.
The restaurant is closed to the public during lunch but reopens for dinner at 5:30 p.m.
No reservations are required and dress is casual.
Two kids can eat free from 5:30-6 p.m. nightly with the purchase of an entree, and kids' menus are offered.
Happy Hour is offered at the bar and on the patio nightly from 5-6 p.m.
Fish Out of Water graciously agreed to share its scrumptious Bourbon Vanilla French Toast recipe.
8 thick-cut slices fresh challah or brioche bread
4 cups crisp rice pulsed in a food processor until slightly ground
4 ounces clarified unsalted butter melted
1 banana sliced
8 ounces mixed seasonal berries or fruit
8 ounces grade A maple syrup
Powdered sugar, scant amount
1 recipe Royale
ROYALE Recipe
4 whole eggs removed cracked
.5 cup granulated sugar
.5 cups freshly squeezed orange juice
1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
1 Tablespoon bourbon vanilla extract
1 Cup half and half
.25 teaspoon grated nutmeg
A small pinch Kosher salt
Mix all ingredients well until fully incorporated and smooth
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Add clarified butter to a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Submerge each bread slice in Royale for 30 seconds. Remove and gently crust in the ground crisp rice. Add to preheated non-stick skillet. Cook on first side until golden brown. Turn and let finish cooking on the second side in preheated oven for approximately 8 minutes. Remove from oven when entire slice is golden brown and crisp. Drain on a towel. Garnish with fruit, banana, maple syrup, and powdered sugar.
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To The Editor:
I would like to second Rosemarie White's frustration with the budget-setting process for the Washington West Supervisory Union budget. There is no way to register one's disapproval with budgetary decisions of the supervisory union board other than by voting no on one's local school budget. This is absurd.
I venture to think that supervisory union administrative staff salaries would not have been increased to the extent that they were if the authors of that budget had had to present those increases for a vote. At a time when our school budgets are so close to the bone and everyone else is making sacrifices, the large salary increases for supervisory union administrative staff feel entirely inappropriate and very insensitive.
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|Fresh corn is stripped from the cob, then fried in bacon drippings and butter, and gets just a splash of cream if you like.
Southern Fried CornFried corn is a southern favorite for sure and Florida corn has just started to show up in the markets here. When it does start to appear, this is one of the favorites in our family. Back when I made my creamed corn, I promised to bring you the recipe for my fried corn. Well, here it is... finally!
Southern cooks, we are a funny lot indeed, because we all have our own ways of doin' things, especially when it comes down to the kitchen, and some get real adamant about things only being done one specific way or else it's wrong. I know I have my own quirks about things too - like getting all up in arms about people calling sandwiches or subs po'boys when they aren't po'boys! But... I do always try to impart to others here on my blog that they really ought to make things their own when it comes down to the way they prepare food. Yes. Including with my recipes. The only right way, is the way that makes you happy.
Well, a lot of my fellow southerners would consider what I called creamed corn, to be fried corn, but, my fried corn is a little bit different from my creamed corn, and yeah ... you'll be using some bacon and some bacon drippings for this one too, though the method is slightly different. No, we don't have this dish every day, but when we do, it's mighty good!
I like to sprinkle the corn with a little sugar and give it a toss while I cook the bacon. Corn just calls for sugar in my humble opinion and it really pulls out the sweetness of the corn. Once you toss the corn into that hot fat, it begins to caramelize to this wonderful yummy sweet & salty flavor. Take care not to overcook it and toughen your corn, and go easy on extra salt. You'll get most of your saltiness from the bacon itself and often won't need any additional salt at all, so give it a taste once you pepper it up and see if you need any additional salt first before adding any.
By the way you don't need a special tool for shearing the corn off a cob, just follow my tip and clean if off easy and keep all of the corn kernels contained and off of the countertop and floor! In this recipe, you'll only want to shear off the tops of the kernels, so that you can then scrape the pulp and the corn milk off.
The absolute best corn for southern fried corn is the Silver Queen variety, though some would argue that she's been a bit dethroned by newer varieties. Not as far as southerners are concerned. It's a delectable, perfectly sweet, and perfect tasting white corn, that is so tender you can practically eat it raw right off the stalk straight after picking it. But... it's a bit early yet so we make do with what we have access to, especially after not having had a good, local fresh corn on the cob since last summer! Well, at least until Silver Queen comes in. Though it's not quite the same, well-drained canned or frozen corn can also be substituted in this recipe - 3/4 cup of kernels is roughly equal to 1 ear.
Recipe: Southern Fried Corn©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 40 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
- 4 slices of bacon
- 10-12 ears of corn, shucked, stripped and scraped
- 1/2 tablespoon of granulated sugar
- 4 tablespoons of unsalted butter
- Up to 1/2 cup of whole milk, half and half, or heavy cream, optional
- Fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- Kosher salt, only if needed (taste first!)
- Parsley, to garnish, optional
Cook the bacon to crisp; remove, chop and set aside, reserving the bacon drippings in the skillet. While that is cooking, clean the corn, except remove on the tops of the corn kernels. Then, using the blunt side of the knife, scrape the remaining pulp and milk from the cob. Sprinkle the kernels with the sugar; stir and set aside.
In the same skillet that you fried the bacon in, add all of the butter to the bacon drippings and melt over medium heat. Add all of the corn, pulp and juices, and about 1/2 tablespoon of the cream. Continue cooking over medium heat, stirring often, and adding just a splash of cream as the corn begins to dry, just enough to keep the corn just lightly moist. Continue cooking, stirring and turning the corn occasionally, adding cream as needed, for roughly 35 to 40 minutes, or until tender. Taste and add salt and pepper as needed. Turn the heat up to medium high and fry the corn until the corn begins to brown.
Transfer corn to a serving dish, crumble bacon on top and sprinkle with parsley, if desired.
Makes about 4 cups.
Cook's Note: Substitute well-drained canned or frozen corn in this recipe - 3/4 cup of kernels is roughly equal to 1 ear. Allow frozen corn to thaw slightly before using it. Reduce the cooking time as you will not need to cook the corn as long if it is frozen or canned.
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Flight Control maker buys Puzzle Quest studio
Firemint acquires Infinite Interactive for undisclosed amount; Infinite staff to continue work on unnamed title.
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Picking a fight with a goblin and unleashing some special attacks in Puzzle Quest 2.
Taking some time out for nonaggressive gem-matching in Puzzle Quest 2.
Powering up and dishing out damage in Puzzle Quest 2.
Check out tribal battles, Bad Company 2 add-ons, and some Crackdown 2.
Artos gets into battle and stomps some rats in Puzzle Quest 2.
Two players puzzle it out in Puzzle Quest 2's Tournament mode.
Taking a break from the battles with the Pick! Minigame in Puzzle Quest 2.
A player solves a door-bashing puzzle and fights a goblin boss.
A mage defeats a goblin for an old man.
A player defeats a polar bear with magic and arrows.
Xbox Live Update: Infinite Interactive's genre-fusing title hits digital marketplace alongside Games on Demand releases Tomb Raider Underworld, Command & Conquer Red Alert.
Busy week at retail includes blocky sorcery, sci-fi FPS, City Interactive's Sniper: Ghost Warrior, not-quite-MMOG APB, bloodthirsty Naughty Bear, Sin and Punishment sequel, and more.
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Randy Couture signs Spike TV deal, joins Bellator reality series - MMA - Loretta Hunt - SI.com
Shots fired. I repeat, shots fired.SI.com has confirmed through multiple sources that UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture has signed into a multi-year deal with Spike TV, a property of Viacom, to appear in multiple projects for the cable channel, as well as other possible ventures within the media conglomerate's family of networks.
As a part of the multi-faceted agreement, Couture's first role will be as a coach in the forthcoming Bellator MMA reality Series, which begins shooting in February and airs later this year.
Spike TV will unveil this industry-shifting announcement on Feb. 5 during a press conference in Los Angeles, where Couture and Spike TV president Kevin Kay will discuss details of the agreement and what the 49-year-old retired fighter's role will be on the Bellator series and possibly other Spike-broadcasted projects. The series is expected to feature a number of current and up-and-coming Bellator fighters.
Sources told SI.com that the deal with Spike and Viacom was executed in late December, much to the disapproval of Couture's former employer, UFC president Dana White. Since his retirement in April 2011 at age 47, Couture has turned his attention to Hollywood with supporting roles in The Expendables and its summer 2012 sequel, and had most recently served as an on-camera analyst for the UFC's live events on Fox. However, Couture was absent from the UFC on Fox 6 broadcast on Jan. 26, replaced by one-time teammate Chael Sonnen.
Bellator MMA (formerly Fighting Championships), a tournament-format live event series that airs Thursdays (10 p.m. ET) on Spike, debuted on the men's specialty channel on Jan. 17, garnering 938,000 average viewership during its two-hour-plus broadcast. Viacom purchased a majority share of Bellator in October 2011 to replace the programming void left after UFC owners Zuffa LLC moved its sports property to the Fox Sports Media Group in a seven-year deal reportedly worth around $630 million.
Couture (19-11) is no stranger to Spike's loyal male-driven audience. In January 2005, he and Chuck Liddell starred as coaches on the first season of The Ultimate Fighter, the reality series largely credited with launching the UFC and MMA's explosive rise in popularity over the last seven years. Couture also appeared on subsequent seasons of the series, which now airs on FX. In 2007, Spike also dedicated a night of primetime viewing to Couture's storied UFC career, which saw him become the first athlete to hold titles in multiple UFC divisions.
The as-yet unnamed Bellator series is being helmed by seven-time Emmy Award-winning producer Bertram Van Munster (The Amazing Race, Cops).
Representatives for Couture and Spike TV declined to make comment until the Feb. 5 announcement.
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Hi you all I'm so happy just 10 lbs until my 30 week. How are you doing?
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If you go by what I weighed pre-pregnancy then at week 27 it's 11. If you go by the 12lbs I lost first trimester and subtract that from what I weigh now, then 20 lol
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Francis: women are first communicators of the Resurrection.
Grant Gallicho April 3, 2013 - 1:19pm
As I moved through St. Peter's Square pestering every American I could find, I noticed a trend. Young Catholics kept bringing up the same concerns about their faith: how the church treats abuse victims, gays and lesbians, people of other religions -- and women. (I wrote up some of that in the current issue ofCommonweal.) I hope they've been paying attention to Pope Francis since they left Rome, because he's been addressing the last of those topics with considerable vigor.
Francis's Easter Vigil homily led with the women who discover the empty tomb. "They had felt understood by [Jesus] in their dignity," Francis said, "and they had accompanied him to the very end." Even though the women initially react with fear to what they find, their "loving remembrance of their experience with the Master that enables the women to master their fear and to bring the message of the Resurrection to the Apostles and all the others." In their dignity, understood by Jesus, they bring the good news. And yesterday morning, he preached on John's account of Mary Magdalene weeping at the empty tomb -- until the risen Christ appears and bids her to tell the rest what she has witnessed. Francis then exhorted believers to see through her eyes: "Sometimes in our lives tears are the lenses we need to see Jesus," he said. And today, during his Wednesday audience, he extended his reflection on the role of women as first communicators of the gospel.
After criticizing attempts to "obscure faith in the Resurrection of Jesus," Pope Francis turned to the question of transmitting that faith. Again he noted that women were the "first witnesses to this event." Yet, "in the professions of faith of the New Testament, only men are remembered as witnesses of the Resurrection, the Apostles, but not the women." Why? To answer that question, Francis delivered a little lesson in historical-critical method:
According to the Jewish Law of the time, women and children were not considered reliable, credible witnesses. In the Gospels, however, women have a primary, fundamental role. Here we can see an argument in favor of the historicity of the Resurrection: if it were a invented, in the context of that time it would not have been linked to the testimony of women. Instead, the evangelists simply narrate what happened: the women were the first witnesses. This tells us that God does not choose according to human criteria: the first witnesses of the birth of Jesus are the shepherds, simple and humble people, the first witnesses of the Resurrection are women.... In the church and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord, in following him and communicating his face, because the eyes of faith always need the simple and profound look of love. The Apostles and disciples find it harder to believe in the Risen Christ, not the women however!
As I read that passage, I suddenly recalled the first time I'd heard that argument -- as a sophomore at Fordham, in a course on feminist theology, taught by Elizabeth A. Johnson.
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OK, I know this is going to sound sexist and bitter, but that never stopped me from opening my yap:As Grant and others on here noted, Pope Francis's remarks about women in the Gospels and in Catholic life have been made before, and for quite a long time. That women are clasping these remarks to their bosoms in gratitude indicates to me that many women still feel unappreciated and misunderstood. Someone above noted discomfort with the notion of women as being "special," and I concur. Whenever someone tells me that I have a "special" role to play in some endeavor, it usually means I'll need rubber gloves, disinfectant, and/or a lot of Bufferin. As for women and mothers having some special charge to pass on the faith, well, that sounds pretty much like a ladies auxiliary set-up to me. We men will make up the club constitution and bylaws, while you girls pop out the potential members and keep them in the organization. Pffft.
I was struck by Ann Oliviers comment at 11:58 a.m.:
Its the Vaticans rigid practice of forbidding public discussion of obviously neuralgic problems that drives me crazy. Just ignore the toothaches, kiddies, and they will go away, it tells us. Even four-year old children know thats nonsense. Sex abuse, bishops cover-ups, married priests, woman priests, sexual morality just bury the topics and all will be hunky-dory! Yeah, sure. And chickens have lips.
That reminded me of something Ann had said earlier: forbidding discussion flies in the face of what used to be standard practice. I hadnt saved her earlier comment, so I wrote to her, asking her to send it to me. She couldnt find it, either, and so was kind enough to write it all up again. I think its excellent, and wanted everyone else to be able to see it, so Im going to post it here. Ive highlighted the parts which, in my opinion, are especially important.
The "Scholastic method" of doing theology and philosophy had its roots in some logical works of Aristotle which were known in the early medieval West, plus Muslim science had a quiet but strong influence on it. The method's strongest impetus came from the work of Peter Abelard, a world-class logician by any standard, a master debater, a musician, and most famously the lover of Eloise. He, of course, ended up in trouble with the Pope, as did many medieval theologians, but in spite of all the ferment, theology flourished. (As I see it, it flourished *because* of the ferment, the dialectical method.) By the 13th century the method of argument had come to require that each debater make careful distinctions, define their terms clearly, and present *all* sides of an issue fairly, and when a teacher presented his own view on a topic he had to do so in a highly stylezed format. First, he had to formulate the debated question clearly, e.g.," Does God exist?". Next he was required to present clearly and fairly *all* of the positions which differed from his own. Only after he had presented the other side(s) would he present his own position, and he was required to *give reasons why* he thinks his position is true. Last -- and this seems peculiar to medieval argumentation -- he was required to answer one by one each of the arguments of his opponents that he presented at the beginning, giving *reasons why* he said they were wrong.Fairness, clarity, evidence, and reason were the names of the game. The method flourished all the way into the 16th century in Spain, but the interest in the empirical sciences and scientific method came to dominate Western thinking. I'll just note that with all the vaunted strength of the Enlightenment's scientific method, it doesn't require clear definitions of terms (have you ever found a definition of "matter" in a physics book?), and neither does it require answering critics' views point by point (just look at the naive arguments against intelligent design these day).The Scholastic method is long gone from Catholic theology. Pity. If it were still with us, the Vatican would have to not just permit but encourage public debate of *all* sides of the important issues, even the sides it fears and despises most. New questions of natural law would be debated, with all sides given consideration, along with evidence both pro and con for all sides. Oh, for the 13th century!!! Sigh.
I usually get my information about public figures from the news rather than in my dreams. But with very little provocation, I can be persuaded to tell about the time I dreamed George H.W. Bush lived next door and came over to complain that we didn't mow our lawn or wash our car often enough.
The gospel reference to the women at the tomb seems to inspire homilies similar to the Pope's in many parishes, so I'm not surprised to read what he said at the Easter Vigil in Rome. Ironically, it was his actions on Maundy Thursday (washing the feet of women, including a Muslim woman) that spoke louder than these words, scoring him a good deal of controversy in certain quarters. Speaking as a woman, I thank him.
"... and this is the mission of women, of mothers and women, to give witness to their children and grandchildren that Christ is Risen! Mothers go forward with this witness!"Unfortunately, his comments imply that he too thinks it's perfectly OK for men to limit women's witness to the small world of the home, giving tacit support to the idea that is the prerogative of men to define how and to whom women should witness. He does not limit men to giving witness to their children and grandchildren exclusively or primarily. One hopes that even though this affirmation of women as the first witnesses to the resurrection (which breaks no new ground) that there is at least a glimmer of hope in this statement"...the women were the first witnesses. This tells us that God does not choose according to human criteria."Perhaps at some point he will be able to act to develop the truth that God especially does not choose according to the criteria of traditional patriarchy.
I appreciate the reminder that Jesus first revealed his birth to shepherds, outcasts barred from the temple, and his resurrection to women, 2nd class citizens in his culture.How can you not love a Messiah like that?
What a difference a conclave can make!?! Instead of having to listen to B16's condescending screeds about the moral "dictatorship of relativism," we now hear encouraging words from Francis that women indeed have the preeminent role which sparked the Resurrection faith. [Even though Francis still has a lot of work to do in overcoming the lingering effects and artifacts of a life spent among aging celibate men with their ossified conceptions of women's roles in the human experience.]I suppose that more than anything I am thankful that Francis has applied his Jesuit intellectual formation and, at least it appears on first blush, does not become entrapped in fading and spent ideology.
I heard the same ideas about women-witnesses fifty years ago, at the Gregorian, in Rome.
This is wonderful Grant !In the Gospels, however, women have a primary, fundamental role. .. The Apostles and disciples find it harder to believe in the Risen Christ, not the women however!And the implications of all this for reforming the Church, to orient her face to the world instead of self-referential introspection, are what ?And our role in bringing about that necessary reform, is what ?God Bless
What, precisely, are the "professions of faith of the New Testament"?The argument about the significance of women as unreliable witnesses has been a popular one for a good 110 years, give or take. I do not think that is particularly sound, and another Elizabeth (Schussler Fiorenza) might reference it as an example of the Christian tendency to apologize for unsavory aspects of their tradition by giving them Jewish origins.
Pope Benedict XVI made the point about the women being unacceptable witnesses in their day on pages 262-63 of Jesus of Nazareth, Part 2. His conclusion may not please everyone, though:"The Church's juridical structure is founded on Peter and the Eleven, but in the day-to-day life of the Church it is the women who are constantly opening the door to the Lord and accompanying him to the Cross, and so it is they who come to experience the Risen One."
They had felt understood by [Jesus] in their dignity " women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord"I can't help but cringe when I see women's "dignity" mentioned, or when they are said to be "special" .... this is a way to create difference which justifies different treatment. I would be happier if women and men could just all be treated equally as disciples.
Not only were the women at the tomb the first communicators, they were the first of all to be charged by Christ to go and proclaimhypagete apangeilatethat he was risen. He might have asked one of the angels, I suppose, or might have gone himself, as he did later, to the locked room where the Eleven were hiding. But he expressly entrusted that commission to those who had shown themselves most worthy of receiving it.
I sympathize with both Crystal and Anne C. Though I'm glad that he's making the right gestures and heading in the right direction, these arguments can be read in a rather paternalistic direction about women's genius and where it should be properly circumscribed--showing Jesus, but in the domestic, private sphere. I'm not saying this is in fact what Francis is saying, but doesn't seem inconsistent with what he says either. I'm also rather struck by the last line that Grant quotes: "The Apostles and disciples find it harder to believe in the Risen Christ, not the women however!" Weren't women among the disciples? We've long heard how apostles were only men, but all the other disciples too?
"But there is another form of poverty. It is the spiritual poverty, which afflicts the so-called richer countries particularly seriously. It is what my much-beloved predecessor, Benedict XVI, called the 'TYRANNY OF RELATIVISM', which makes everyone his own criterion and endangers the co-existence of peoples." [emphasis supplied] Address of Pope Francis, Audience with the Diplomatic Corps Accredited to the Holy See, 23 March 2013.-----Let's just say elements of Pope Benedict's papacy gave me pause. But the principal theme of his homilies, Wednesday audience talks, Sunday Angelus talks, it seems to me, was our encounter with Christ, the call to keep our eyes fixed on il volto di Cristo, the loving and merciful face of Christ.One of the great treasures of the conciliar liturgical reform is, I believe, the immensely rich selection of readings from the Church's great teachers and preachers that are found in the Office of Readings of The Liturgy of the Hours -- Popes Leo and Gregory, Ambrose, Athanasius, Augustine, Basil, Catherine of Siena, and the rest. When an English translation of a future revision of the Liturgia Horarum is done, I would not be surprised to find a half dozen selections that begin "From a sermon of Benedict XVI, pope."
I'm repeating myself from several days ago.During his Easter Vigil homily, Pope Francis spoke of "le donne discepole di Gesu'." The women disciples of Jesus. I thought that the official English translation weakened it a bit by saying,"the women who were disciples of Jesus."
"I would not be surprised to find a half dozen selections that begin From a sermon of Benedict XVI, pope.John Page, I see that you are a prophet, or at least the son of a prophet.Speaking of Benedict's Wednesday audiences, here is what he said on February 14, 2007:"The Gospels then tell us that the women, unlike the Twelve, did not abandon Jesus in the hour of his Passion (cf. Mt 27: 56, 61; Mk 15: 40). Among them, Mary Magdalene stands out in particular. Not only was she present at the Passion, but she was also the first witness and herald of the Risen One (cf. Jn 20: 1, 11-18).
Question: Did Benedict ever spend a Triduum preaching about women?
These words fill me with joy, because I believe they are spoken with respect and sincerity and because women are still the neglected and despised in so much of the world. Yes, our dignity is affronted every time an abortion for sex selection kills a female child, and every time a woman is raped, and in every honor killing, and for every girl sold into prostitution, and more. No one statement will resolve all concerns or issues. But I have no problem whatsoever having someone in the Pope's position stand up for the dignity of women. Perhaps some of the clergy and other men of the Catholic world very much need to hear this in societies that still count women as chattel, so that they too will stand up for the dignity of women and we can make some progress together.
To whom did Mary Magdalen go to announce that the tomb was empty? To her children and grandchildren?
What exactly does the "dignity of women" mean? Do men have a different kind of dignity? Why do women have some "special" role in the church as different from men's role? All this is about complementarianism, defining women's ontological nature as different from men's.Sure, it's nice that the pope mentioned Mary M and that he thinks women have some particular role in the church. But this role ("this is the mission of women, of mothers and grandmothers, to give witness to their children and grandchildren that Christ is Risen!') doesn't seem like anything new.
So women are somehow like the "simple shepherds"? Not intended to offend... but, still. On Easter Sunday the absent-minded LC priest who has been known to forget to say the Creed on Sunday, maundered on about that sinful woman, Mary Magdalen, conflating her with the sinful woman of Luke 7, though he thought the story might be in Mark. He looked about, perhaps reflecting that this was the 8:45 Mass, where a couple of pedantic old folks had tried to set him straight about Mary Magdalen before. So he took a deep breath and added:" and she came from a whole city of sinful women! And she had been possessed by seven devils, and you know nobody ever got possessed without inviting it, probably by practicing sorcery! Honestly, you can't make these things up.
Loved the remarks but talk - specially homiletic talk - is cheap if it doesn't mean something changes. So far nothing changes. And I'm not betting on it no matter how much we all like Pope Francis.
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There is also this from the Pope --"One initial difference is that in the confessional tradition only men are named as witnesses, whereas in the narrative tradition women play a key role, indeed they take precedence over the men. This may be linked to the fact that in the Jewish tradition only men could be admitted as witnesses in courtthe testimony of women was considered unreliable. So the official tradition, which is, so to speak, addressing the court of Israel and the court of the world, has to observe this norm if it is to prevail in what we might describe as Jesus ongoing trial. "The narratives, on the other hand, do not feel bound by this juridical structure, but they communicate the whole breadth of the Resurrection experience. Just as there were only women standing by the Crossapart from the beloved discipleso too the first encounter with the risen Lord was destined to be for them. The Churchs juridical structure is founded on Peter and the Eleven, but in the day-to-day life of the Church it is the women who are constantly opening the door to the Lord and accompanying him to the Cross, and so it is they who come to experience the Risen One.Pretty much the same lesson -- from Pope Benedict in Volume Two of Jesus of Nazareth, pp. 262-63.
The distinction between the "confessional" tradition and the "narrative" tradition seems spurious at best. It is a not so subtle justification for the Church to follow the "confessional" tradition regarding women when it should be following the "narrative" tradition? Another one of Benedict's convenient distinctions like the "hermeneutics of continuity" to uphold the status quo.
Perhaps this is parsing things too closely.I have now watched, several times, a video clip of Pope Francis speaking of "mothers and women" passing on faith in Christ Risen to their children and grandchildren. He becomes very animated as he speaks, and is not reading from his text. He smiles and gestures,"Questo e bello, eh?" "This is beautiful, no?' He concludes, "Mamme e donne, avanti con questa testimonianza!"But the English text leaves out "donne" (women) at this second point, and has only "Mothers, go forward with this witness!" The smiling, animated Francis seems, however, to be extending his peroration not just to "mothers," but to "women" in general.John XXIII was often frustrated by the editing in the "official" ITALIAN text of what he had actually said, in Italian.
About women being special=OF course we are, on average, anyway. So are men. Even the psychologists have found that some of the old stereotypes of women and men have some foundation in fact. Women are generally better at using words, and men are generally better at math. It's not a matter of each lacking the other ability, and individual men and women do excel in the other. Further, men seem to be more aggressive than women, though this doesn't claim that women aren't aggressive at all, nor does it deny that some women are as aggressive as some men.It seems that our differences are matters of degrees. But there is still something amazing that women can do that men can't, and it is a wonder to me why so many women disparage the ability.
Joseph A. Komonchak 04/03/2013 - 4:03 pm SUBSCRIBER CONTRIBUTORI heard the same ideas about women-witnesses fifty years ago, at the Gregorian, in Rome.
I'm expecting those now enthusing guardedly over the openness of Francis to become gradually disillusioned as they uncover just another fusty patriarch beneath the promising gestures.That's hardly the case, though. Read the dialogues with Abraham Skorka, preferably in Spanish. I doubt the refreshing earthiness will come through in the English translation, due out at the end of April.
Crystal Watson 04/03/2013 - 10:45 pmWhat exactly does the dignity of women mean? Do men have a different kind of dignity?
Yep. We're very different in many ways. That may not last once the geneticists get their hands on us - give it a few hundred years - but it's been true all along up until now :O)
About men and women being different ... http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/01/men-and-women-not-so-different-after-all/18068/">Men and Women Not So Different, After AllAnd when the church says men and women are ontologically different, it's saying that they are different in God's eyes, that he gave them different natures.
Crystal --The Church definitely does not teach that our fundamental natures are different. It teaches that we are all, male and female, rational animals. Aristotle put it nicely -- he said male and female are like two parts of one flower. When Christ became man He shared our fundamental nature, and He did so in order to redeem us all. His own sex had nothing to do specifically with the Redemption. He didn't come to save just men. And that's why the refusal to ordain women -- supposedly because we aren't men like Him -- really misses the main point of the incarntion. We are all saved by His becoming human, not by His becoming specifically male.
Ann, I'm glad to hear that.
Ann Olivier 04/04/2013 - 1:25 am subscriber"About women being special... But there is still something amazing that women can do that men cant, and it is a wonder to me why so many women disparage the ability."I am blessed to be a mother and a grandmother. I would not be the same person had I not been. Still, that is not all I am. I believe that most of us are not disparaging the ability to give birth, but we ask to be recognized for the full range of gifts we've been given.
I hope everyone registered John Page's comment in the dead of night (1:21 a.m.), Even with my non-existent Italian, I can tell that "Mothers" is not an adequate translation of Mamme e donne." Francis would not be the first pope to be zealously protected from doctrinal deviation by those who surround him. The real test of a pope is not what he says, especially in official texts and translations, so much as the new assignments he finds for his most zealous protectors.
Sue, That homily ranks high among crazed idiocies that I've heard from the pulpit. Wow!Nevertheless, I think the Pope's comparison to simple shepherds was in reference to them being "unexpected" recipients of the message, because society of their time regarded them as too lowly. I don't think it's a put down of women's capacities for different forms of endeavor and achievement. Jesus didn't mind being compared to a shepherd, but now your reaction is making me think: maybe it was a sign of self-abasement that he compared himself to a shepherd? Surely all shepherds are lowly, there's no such thing as a grand shepherd! While I'm on this tangent... Sofia Cavalletti, the revered pioneer of early childhood religious education (the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd is a worldwide phenomenon now) states quite without apology that for young children, the Good Shepherd is a female figure. Finally, I'm surprised that Juliana and Anne are affronted by the Pope addressing mothers. (And I hope that by now Juliana has seen that John Page is right, it's mothers and women, not just mothers.) In any case, it does not seem to me irrelevant or insulting to address mothers with respect to sharing the good news with their children. Many of us owe our mothers a great debt of gratitude for their faith, shared with us. This isn't unimportant.What haunts me, however, is all the mothers I know who have done all that can be done and their children still don't believe, they walk away, they reject faith altogether. So far from this being a trite and easy task, it's one that risks deep disappointment and requires great faith.
Rita,I'm sorry if you interpreted my language as "affronted" . I was responding to Ann's question, not at all to the language of the Pope. I am generally thrilled by his election and his actions and words so far.
The most remarkable thing about this homily is not the content but the reactions. A year ago the same words would have led to people harshly criticizing the questionable bits, interpreting them negatively, and ignoring the bits that are more positive for women. There has been a sudden change of attitudes among readers, from suspicion to goodwill. That has to be a good thing!
Women were the first witnesses of the Resurrection, praise be to God! That is why this following "witness" saddens the heart:http://www.edow.org/bishops_blog/2013/03/28/resurrection
Frank, why does the article you link to "sadden" your heart? Rita ("Im surprised that Juliana and Anne are affronted by the Pope addressing mothers.") and Ann ("But there is still something amazing that women can do that men cant, and it is a wonder to me why so many women disparage the ability.") - I don't see anyone disparaging women's ability to give birth and be mothers. The issue isn't acknowledging that women as mothers can witness to their children. But so can fathers, and it seems that this would also be emphasized, but never is. Studies have shown that most children take the religious denomination of the mother (if parents have different denominations or faiths) but the religious practice of their fathers. If their fathers were not involved in the family's faith life, or if it is perfunctory, the children are likely to also have a perfunctory faith when adults. I am so far pleased with what Francis has done as pope in reducing the sometimes scandalous spectacle of some members of the Catholic hierarchy as living examples of conspicuous consumption and imperial splendor, and especially in an apparent emphasis in putting action to the words "preferential option for the poor." Francis seems very open and he seems to understand that many women feel demeaned and excluded in the church. But, there is nothing new in giving homage to women in their maternal roles. It is hardly groundbreaking - it is how the church has always defined (and limited) women - and that is why I wondered why so many Alleluia choruses were being sung. Both of you may have missed the point that Juliana made, one which I share - Juliana wrote:"I am blessed to be a mother and a grandmother. ....Still, that is not all I am. I believe that most of us are not disparaging the ability to give birth, but we ask to be recognized for the full range of gifts weve been given."Why are males not also told that their primary witness is to their children and grandchildren as fathers as women are told it is as mothers? Why are males permitted (by other males) to offer their "full range of gifts" in service to the church but females are limited (by males) to specific, and mostly traditionally "feminine" roles?Ann, I don't think anybody is trying to say that women and men are the "same." They aren't. But the way the church defines "complementarity" is not a wholistic understanding of what that should mean. In the church's definition, instead of including both male and female in the leadership in a way that ensures true complementarity, specifically in the priesthood which also means in the development of doctrine which currently reflects male celibate thinking almost exclusively, the church is denying the feminine in God (God made them male and female in God's image). It is limiting women in ways that it does not limit men in how they serve the church, the family and society.
@ Dear "fusty patriarch" David Smith: There comes a time in every man's life - hopefully before we start pushing up daisies - when we understand that women really have been endowed by nature with a special "dignity."In case you missed it David, women in their very bodies mirror the creative prowess of the Divine in ways that leave men wanting. Many anthropologist theorize that this perceived deficiency is the root genesis of adolescent male initiation rites in most aboriginal cultures.The felt psychological lack by men is one of the reasons why men resort to chauvinistic power domination - men fear women's creative powers, so they try to control them. Monotheistic religious traditions are particularly susceptible to this twisted form of patriarchy. Unfortunately, this is the kind of patriarchy that has been going on in the Roman church for lo these last 17 centuries, ever since Constantine co-opted Christianity for the purposes of his political hegemony.Some wisdom I learn from a life shared with the world's most competent female nephrologist: Sit back and just watch and appreciate how really women really are the smarter and more beautiful of the species.
Sorry, an addendum to the 2nd paragraph in my posting above [I was distracted by the dogs wanting to be fed!]:Women are initiated into adulthood [Life] by nature when they first experience menses. Men have no equivalent biological process so human culture has created teenage boy initiation rites.
Juliana, thanks for the clarification. I am sorry if I misinterpreted your earlier comment.Anne, thank you for responding. I know what you mean, really I do. And I fully expect Pope Francis to stereotype and pigeonhole and otherwise "define" women in ways that are unfair and unjust before his (long, I hope) pontificate is over. How could he not? His culture, his milieu, his ecclesial experience all are shaped by others who have gone down the same road. I just don't think that is what he is doing here. We disagree, but I wish you well.
I am still betting on Francis. I thing he gets it and will escape his milieu.
I'm hopeful that Frances, because of his ability to listen, will finally hear what we women are telling him. Yes, as a member of the Jesuit order whose training historically has been to educate boys only, there is probably a great lacuna in his formation with regard to what girls and women really are. The Jesuits, I think, have been particularly lacking in their understanding of women -- they just haven't dealt with that many until relatively recently. But they seem to be willing to learn. So I'm quite hopeful. Also, Frances seems to *like* women, which not all men do.
Ann, my hopes are high too, and precisely for the reasons you adduce. Listening is 9/10th of the whole thing. I just don't want to expect him to be an angel; he's human, and there will come a day when we need to forgive him as we forgive all; but for now, I feel gratitude and like Bill, in my heart I do believe he "gets it" so I certainly want to give him a chance.But, Ann, I must correct your spelling! Francis, not Frances, which is feminine. Perhaps you are thinking of Francesco?
Rita, I know what you mean, and personally am hopeful about Francis. I think I was reacting negatively both to his image of women as simple uncomplicated souls, and the way he contrasted them with "apostles and disciples"-- as though women could not be, and were not, apostles and disciples. Nevertheless I think he means well and we are fortunate to have him.
I read these comments and they make me wonder: On my deathbed, 1) will I wish I had spent more time at work or more time with my family and 2) will I want to be surrounded by work colleagues or family. One never knows the future for certain, but I'm pretty sure both answers will be family. So it just leads me to believe that we are dramatically undervaluing that "something amazing that women can do that men cant." But, hey, I'm just a guy
I think the Jesuits actually are pretty good about women - they work with them a lot as colleagues at universities and retreat centers. JESUITS AND THE SITUATION OF WOMEN IN CHURCH AND CIVIL SOCIETY .... https://www.gonzaga.edu/about/mission/folder/GC34Decree14.pdf
PS - Jesuits like Robert Egan have written in support of women's ordination .... http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/why-not-0


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A Big Fat Deal—Tackling Teen Body Image Dangers
Did you know in the United States more than 10 million girls and women are battling eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating? High school researcher Elisabeth Burton found a link between such disorders and how teens perceive their own body image as driven by the media.
Friend struggles with anorexia
A friend's struggle with anorexia left Elisabeth Burton with only one question: Why?
Burton, then 14, set out to discover why adolescents often hold themselves to unrealistic standards of physical perfection. She spent three years researching the issue of negative body image and its relationship to eating disorders, substance abuse, and other problems. The media, she found, was a big part of the problem, and she hopes her research can be used to change how physical beauty is portrayed in magazines.
Her project, titled "A Big Fat Deal: Attribution of Body Talk, Risk Assessments of Steroid/Dietary Supplement Use, Perceptions of Media Images, and Self-Esteem," won top honors at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), a program of Society for Science & the Public, two years in a row.
Study reveals teen perceptions
"My friend, a fellow cellist in the youth symphony, would talk constantly about her body fat," recalls Burton, now a junior at Rio Rancho High School in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. "One day she was not at rehearsal and then was gone for a few weeks. Then she came back acting as though nothing was wrong." The girl, it turned out, suffered from anorexia. She eventually left and never came back.
This set Burton on a course to survey nearly 200 adolescent boys and girls. She looked at their attitudes about idealized body images in the media, as well as how those images affect self-esteem and behaviors such as dieting and exercise.
Among other things, she found that how teens perceive themselves physically in relation to the media affected their self-esteem—and that few of those teens understood that many of the images in the media are altered with Photoshop*.
Burton says the impact of the study continues to play out as she shares her findings in schools and elsewhere.
"Girls around the world are confronted with unrealistic and impossibly skinny Photoshopped models every day," Burton says. "When girls are risking their health to pursue this unattainable standard, they have limited energies to develop other characteristics and make a difference in the world. The media is allowed to make a model look skinnier or more muscular; but what they are really making is an unrealistic and unattainable standard."
She says that the United States is one of the few countries that don't have a limit on how much Photoshopping the media can do to images—and she hopes her research will be used to help change this.
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Results of Spanish election could help country's economic state
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Nov 21, 2011 A new party will now take power in Spain, and citizens of that country hope this will solve their economic problems.
What Europe thinks of the super committee's inaction
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Nov 21, 2011 It was just last week that President Obama criticized the Europeans for not solving their debt issues. But it looks like we aren't faring much better here in the U.S.
European leaders clash over Robin Hood tax
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Nov 18, 2011 German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister David Cameron meet today to discuss a possible Robin Hood tax in Europe.
In financial trouble, Spain prepares for an election
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Nov 18, 2011 Spain is the latest European country to be hit by difficultly in the bond market. Can a shake-up in political power help change that?
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Fitch warning causes U.S. stocks to drop
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Nov 17, 2011 The threat of a European contagion is far from over, and U.S. banks could be hit by their exposure to France and other countries.
European investors sell off bonds in more than Italy and Greece
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Nov 20, 2011 Bond markets in Europe are taking a beating, and it is affecting the more stable countries in the eurozone, from Finland to Austria.
European bond market on a rollercoaster ride
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Nov 16, 2011 With ongoing fears of contagion in Europe, the bond market in the eurozone has hit trouble this week.
What happens if the eurozone breaks up?
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Nov 16, 2011 For all its woes, the 17-member single currency zone is an feat of European cooperation. A breakup would have consequences in Europe and beyond.
EU and NBA face similar plight
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Nov 15, 2011 The European debt crisis and the National Basketball Association lockout are being played in vastly different arenas, but the game is pretty much the same.


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Quick Twitch notebook
2014-06-16 00:00:00
Who stood out at this weekend's Quick Twitch skills clinic?
Some of the Dallas-area's top prospects took part in Sunday's Quick Twitch skills clinic, hosted by former Oklahoma wide receiver David Robinson and former Mississippi State defensive back Clay Mack.
Both Mack and Robinson have earned reputations for training some of the top recruits around. And Sunday's crop certainly turned some heads.
Here is a roundup from the event.
Lodge talks recruiting
While most kids were relaxing with their dads, DaMarkus Lodge was out training with a group of about 20 at local Quick Twitch Skills Clinic as his father observed from the sideline.
The only thing on his mind is getting better after missing spring ball with a minor hamstring injury. But the highly touted Cedar Hill wide receiver knows the rest of the country is anxiously awaiting his upcoming college decision.
Lodge, who is ranked No. 1 in the latest Texas Top 150, was supposed to make his commitment in July before moving it up to June 20 and then June 19 before ultimately cancelling the announcement altogether.
"So much stuff is popping up. My dad had to go out of town on business on the day I was supposed to announce, and I want him there more than anybody," Lodge said. "I'm just going to postpone it until I make all my visits, and I feel ready."
Lodge made a few of those aforementioned visits a couple of weeks ago. Along with some of his high school teammates, Lodge made trips to Iowa, Iowa State and Nebraska.
"All of them are great programs. Nebraska has some of the best facilities around," he said. "The thing I liked about Iowa is their strength and conditioning coach. I think he's one of the best I've talked to. I enjoyed Iowa State too."
Lodge has no set timetable to make his verbal commitment, but he said it would come at some point before the season. Clemson, LSU, Nebraska, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Texas A&M and USC are all in the running while a few other schools are on the outside looking in.
Texas A&M is considered, by many, the favorite to land Lodge. The Aggies picked up a commitment from his friend and Allen quarterback Kyler Murray, which will play a factor in Lodge's decision. But just how big of a factor?
"Texas A&M is still one of the schools I'm interested in, but I'm not going to make my decision based off of Kyler because I have to do what's best for me," he said. "It would be nice to play together. I mean, he is going to be a factor but not a huge factor."
Lodge was inarguably the best wide receiver in the state last season. The 6-foot-3, 200-pounder recorded 72 receptions for 1,655 yards and 22 touchdowns en route to helping Cedar Hill capture the 5A Division II state title.
In Cedar Hill's first game of the 2014 season, Lodge and Longhorns will face a loaded South Oak Cliff secondary, which features a bevy of FBS talent including safeties Jamile Johnson (Oklahoma commit) and Prentice McKinney (Notre Dame commit) and cornerbacks X'Zavien Ausborne and Takadrae Williams, both Wisconsin pledges.
But Lodge isn't worried. In fact, he even offered a bold prediction.
"We're going to score 50 on them," he said.
James ready for season, still solid to TCU
When Keaton Perry went down with an injury last season, Tony James stepped in at quarterback for Arlington Bowie. It wasn't an unfamiliar position for James -- he also played it as a sophomore-- but he's a natural receiver.
And that's where he projects at the next level. James committed to TCU last November and will line up in the slot when he gets to Fort Worth next fall. To make sure he's ready for the transition, James linked up with former Oklahoma wide out and personal trainer David Robinson.
"I need the wide receiver work. I don't get the training at wide receiver at Bowie since I'm playing quarterback," he said. "It's what I'm going to be playing in college, so I want to get some good work in at it."
While James is focused on improving for the future, he knows his team needs him under center this season. Last year, James passed for 621 yards, rushed for 615 yards, caught 23 passes for 519 yards and scored 25 total touchdowns.
As head coach Danny DeArman put it, 'great things happen when the ball touches his hands.' But James will need to do even better this season if Arlington Bowie wants to improve on last year's 7-4 record, which included a blowout loss to Southlake Carroll in the first round of the playoffs.
"I getting the work in at quarterback for my team, too. I've been working really hard during 7-on-7. Really, I just want to lead my team. I want to take us as far as I can," James said. "I want to help us win district first and then go deep in the playoffs. I want to be that leader and do something for them to remember me for."
On the recruiting front, Baylor is the latest school showing interest. The Bears recently stopped by Arlington Bowie to check in on him and invited the 5-foot-10, 160-pounder to their camp. James, however, is still solid to TCU.
"My commitment is still 100 percent solid," he said. "I wanted to go somewhere where my parents could come to the games. My parents support me a lot, so I wanted to stay close. TCU has a great coaching, and they made me feel at home."
Gibson gaining attention
Christian Gibson is starting to pop up on a multitude of recruiting radars this offseason. And it's not hard to see why.
The 6-foot, 190-pounder out of Prime Prep looked extremely athletic while he went through drills with former Mississippi State defensive back and personal trainer Clay Mack and simply looks the part of an FBS player.
Gibson played quarterback last season at Fort Worth Brewer, where he rushed for 1,035 yards and 12 touchdowns in a run-oriented system. Gibson is expected to play safety this for Prime Prep, where he will learn from former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders.
"I'm a little raw at the defensive back position, but Coach Mack says I have potential. I'm just trying to polish things up out here and improve my footwork and hips," Gibson said. "I'm excited about Prime Prep. We have great coaches, and I'm gaining a lot of exposure."
Gibson continued to gain steam with a standout performance at last week's TCU camp, where he ran a 4.42 forty and a 4.2 shuttle. Gibson worked at both defensive back and wide receiver and felt like he impressed to Horned Frogs' coaching staff.
"I'm really interested in TCU. I live like right across the street from TCU, so it's my hometown school," Gibson said. "They have a really good coaching staff, facilities and education. I think I did good at the camp, so we'll see what happens."
Gibson also opened some eyes at Oklahoma's summer camp, where he also posted a 4.42 forty. Other schools showing interest in Gibson include Ole Miss, SMU, UTSA and Vanderbilt. He also holds an FCS offer from Illinois State.
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Downton Abbey and Girls have almost nothing in common, including their viewers. My wife and I seem to be within the target audience for both shows, while my twentysomething children—I know their real ages, incidentally—wouldn't watch Girls even if we promised not to call them for a month.
For the last few weeks new episodes of both shows have been broadcast on Sunday night. Last night we snuggled up on our love seat—it's a bit small, which makes it a like seat, I suppose—and our household of two watched both shows back to back, making comparisons inevitable.
The programming made a nice pendant to New York's recent Fashion Week, not a second of which was DVR'd by me. Two of Downton's older cast members, Penelope Wilton and Maggie Smith, were probably no less girlishly gleeful than Girls' Lena Dunham and Allison Williams were when they first glimpsed their costumes for last night's episode. At least, I hope they all appreciated what they were given to wear, because the outfits on both shows, as usual, managed to simultaneously stand out and be appropriate to the characters and situations. The set dressers on both shows also do great work.
The only thing out of place last night was one Downton character's anachronistic reference to a learning curve. But every episode has a few wayward locutions. By next season they'll be tweeting at Downton.
Last night we watched Downton first, and later, while watching Girls, I couldn't resist the fantasy that the show would be invaded by the Downton cast, in character, if only so that someone, anyone, would clean up after—well, after just about everyone. And a timely appearance by Carson, Downton's downstairs despot, would have prevented much grief and broken glass in Girls' wine cellar scene. He's also better suited to hostessing than Girls' Marnie. On the other hand, Girls seems to be a few seasons away from a baby that Carson could "have a chat" with.
Tempting as it is I won't bother to match the girls—I think we can familiarly refer to "the girls" as we once did to "the friends"—with their Crawley counterparts. The Girls boys, of course, have no upstairs equivalents on Downton.
Character differences extend to the nonhuman cast as well. This week on Girls a barking dog was residing in Adam's bathroom, along with one of Ray's books. Downton's dogs: pedigreed, silent, loyal. Girls' dognapped pooch: soulful and empathetic in the best mongrelly manner.
Both shows featured unfamiliar territories last night, visiting Scotland and Staten Island, which until now have escaped comparison. Downton's creator, Julian Fellowes, is a great admirer of Trollope, so the strangeness and unpleasantness of Scotland, as well as its beauty, will come as no surprise to readers of Trollope's Palliser novels. Staten Island on last night's Girls seemed no less unpleasant and strange, though the best views were of a distant shore. It's a long way from there to Manhattan, ferry or no.
Fellowes also shares with Trollope the habits of resolving every one of his characters' predicaments, not necessarily happily, and making good use of the ellipses between episodes, while Lena Dunham's characters lurch from one uncertainty to the next. Fellowes has the advantage of working in the past, where even the greatest calamities, like the Great War and the Spanish flu, have played out to their conclusions, which he can borrow from at his convenience. Lena Dunham has chosen to write a contemporary show, and the present is always messy. But the possibilities, fortunately, are infinite.
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My septic system's leach field is not able to absorb the liquid that comes out of the septic tank any more. It flows out of the pipes in the leach field and surfaces in the grass. Based on the reading I have done (the "Septic System Owner's Manual" by Lloyd Kahn which is very good) there is a chance of recovering from this problem by installing an aeration system.
An aeration system pumps air into the septic tank, thereby encouraging the development of "aerobic bacteria". The aerobic bacteria need air to survive, and are more voracious eaters than the an-aerobic bacteria that are typically present in a septic tank without air pumped into it. The idea is that the aerobic bacteria will clean up the fluid in the septic tank and then they will also make their way into the lines of the leach field, clearing away the "bio-mat" that has formed over the years. This bio-mat is the thing that is clogging up the leach field, preventing it from doing its job.
Anyway, there are quite a few air pumping systems out there that are designed to be installed into an existing septic system. My question is, does anyone have experience with installing such a pump to deal with this type of problem, and if so how effective was it at clearing up the problem? Is it worth the investment? For some reason these systems seem to cost around $1,000, which seems a lot for what is basically just an electric air pump.
Update: I had the air pump system installed in April 2011, so let's see how it works..! It is an aero-stream unit which sits near my outside electric outlet and there's a plastic tube that is buried a few inches and that goes into the septic system via the outlet riser and down into the liquid. It pumps a lot of air in, the liquid churns around and bubbles continually. So far, I can say that the septic liquid is no longer foul-smelling. It has almost no odor any more. The level of liquid varies, depending on rainfall and water usage. Sometimes it comes to the top of the riser, at other times it's about 10 inches below the top. If this system works, I'm expecting that the level of liquid will fall gradually. This means that the lines are being cleared of gunk. Time will tell... I'll try to report back periodically.
Update June 30 2011 The level of liquid in my tank is about 18 inches below the top now. Very encouraging so far. Mind you, the Spring wet season is behind us, so it could just be due to the water table being lower in the summertime. Also my family was just out for a couple of weeks on vacation which took all the load off the septic.


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Officials say a man accused of stabbing more than a dozen people at a Houston-area college told investigators that he had fantasized about cannibalism and about cutting off people's faces and wearing them as masks.
According to a search warrant affidavit made public Thursday, Dylan Quick told an investigator that about week before the attack at Lone Star Community College in Cypress he had researched mass stabbings on his home computer.
The affidavit says Quick told the investigator that in preparing for the campus stabbing incident, he had sharpened things, including a hairbrush and pencils, to use as weapons.
The affidavit said investigators found several books about mass killings and serial killers in his home.
Quick is charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Like a coiled cobra these Lady Stags are lethal. Once they strike, defeat quickly follows.
Riding a 3-for-3 Tori Singletary plate performance and Brooklyn Stones no-hitter, Berkeley successfully defended its Region 8AAA championship on Thursday, April 24, becoming the first softball team in school history to accomplish such a feat.
Berkeley won their first softball region championship in 2006 and that was a tremendous accomplishment, but nobody has accomplished what these girls accomplished and were just getting started, said Coach Boogie Grooms. These girls are young, and they are hungry.
That is a warning to the rest of Class AAA as the state playoffs begin on Friday May 2.
Singletary had three hits, A nine-run second inning floored the visiting Sea Hawks as 14 hitters went to the plate.
We were flat in the Azalea tournament and I got on them about that, Grooms said. But they learned from that experience and came out hungry these last four games. The little things in softball will produce big results.
Junior Blake Ponder continued her torrid hitting for the season, lacing two hits, scoring two runs and driving in two in the three-inning onslaught.
We worked hard for this and its so fun to win another region championship with my teammates, Ponder said.
Her coach had nothing but praise for his catcher.
We brought Blake in from third to learn this new position because we didnt have anyone else to catch, he said. She came in and was a workhorse behind the plate and handled our pitchers. Blake has been our best and most consistent hitter this year. She has been hot all year.
Grooms believes his team is getting hot at the right time. The Lady Stags have not allowed a run since the Azalea Tournament, outscoring their region opponents 46-0 in just nine innings of play.
I think well see some very good things from these girls, he said.
Theyre hungry, and these Lady Stags want to eat.
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Middle school Mathletes from area public, private, parochial and home schools recently competed in the local contest of the national Mathcounts program at The Citadel's Mark Clark Hall.
The competition was part of The Citadel's Engineering Week activities and was organized by the Charleston Chapter of the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers.
Fourteen schools and 120 students competed. Students competed individually and as teams in written and fast-paced oral matches.
Subjects included algebra, probability, statistics and geometry.
The results of the competition are as follows:
Team winners
First: Oakbrook Middle School (coaches: Amy Baldwin, Callie Melton).
Second: Hilton Head Island Middle School (coach: Heidi Neeson).
Third: Rollings Middle School of the Arts (coaches: Jennifer Diamond, Amber Moody).
Fourth: Christ Our King Stella Maris School (coach: Kathryn Schertz).
Individual winners
First: Madeline Prince, Hilton Head Island Middle School (coach: Heidi Neeson).
Second: Brian Privett, Christ Our King Stella Maris School. (coach: Kathryn Schertz).
Third: Rigel Sison, Rollings Middle School of the Arts. (coach: Jennifer Diamond, Amber Moody).
Fourth: Matthew Kraft, Christ Our King Stella Maris School. (coach: Kathryn Schertz).
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