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Catholic Moment Kaput
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels February 17, 2013 - 11:06am
Ross Douthat has a column in Sunday's Times looking back to the funeral of John Paul II, which he sees as "The End of a Catholic Moment" at least in the U.S."The mid-2000s were the last time the Catholic vision of the good society more egalitarian than American conservatism and more moralistic than American liberalism enjoyed real influence in U.S. politics. At the time of John Pauls death, the Republican Partys agenda was still stamped by George W. Bushs compassionate conservatism, which offered a right-of-center approach to Catholic ideas about social justice. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, was looking for ways to woo the values voters (many of them Catholic) who had just helped Bush win re-election, and prominent Democrats were calling for a friendlier attitude toward religion and a bigger tent on social issues."The phrase is Richard Neuhaus's (from his 1987 book of that title). Douthat does not suggest that the mid-2000s is what Neuhaus had in mind. Nor does he think we should expect another "Catholic Moment" of a political sort any time soon.What a relief! An opportunity for us to engage in serious reflection. Someone tell the bishops.
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"Douthat is a convert and seems to have latched on to an era now passed. We could say its a kind of nostalgia.."Converts are perhaps a two edged sword. They appreciate what cradle Catholics take for granted while they may look for a false Catholicism that faulty RCIA programs had offered them.
It seems to me Douthat overlooks a lot that only begins with marking a Catholic moments beginning in the mid-80s, a total misreading of the cultural influence of Catholicism that we see in politics and the reciprocal influence of American-style modernity on the Church. Judge Noonans argument about an American imprint on the Councils Declaration on Religious Liberty begins to make the point that a Catholic moment involves something subtler than the question of whether we achieve nuclear disarmament or require insurers to provide access to contraception. Indeed, I would say Douthats understanding of post-VatII divisions as a mirror of political arguments points to the problem in his analysis much as the bishops increasing partisanship (which suggests they share Douthats analytical framework) lies at the root of whatever frustrations were experiencing about a Catholic moment. This is the work of the Kingdom were talking about, not a struggle for political hegemony. Its a slow process. Were getting there. Catholic Christianity seeks eternity, not moments.
I'd like to know where Douthat finds "a strident social liberalism" in the Democratic party. In extending unemployment? In rebuilding infrastructure? In investing in education? The Democrats hardly even talk about poor people anymore. It's all middle class, all the time.
It could be said that Douthat's characterization of the last Catholic Moment in 2005 is not accurate. Was it one more faux moment at least in the political realm with both Democrats and Republicans using and abusing Catholicism for political purposes? Of course, each had groups of Catholics on their bandwagons in hopes of garnering the famously centrist Catholic vote. Though it seemed to be touch and go in the 2008 campaign, the majority of Catholic-identified voters went for Obama. As a candidate he appeared to be more sympathetic with Catholic issues (it turns out he is not) than McCain (who also is not). Obama also seems to lack the political skills Catholics have come to expect of Catholic politicians. But McCain doesn't have them either.I say one more faux moment, because the first, the Ronald Reagan-John Paul II connection, never seemed quite the Catholic Moment that the neo-cons saw.
Clearly there is hardly any consensua about what a Catholic Moment is. Since Neuhaus originated it he may have the right to define it. But Neuhaus showed his charlatan hand when he insisted that the RCC's stand on contraception was the greatest thing since slice bread. Someone forgot to tell 90% plus of Catholics, who practice birth control, about this great find. Ross Douthat with his every move is showing his superficiality. Just because Reagan and W. Bush courted the pope and American bishop's support does not mean anybody was buying their monarchical, aborion/contraception, led morality. And if Douthat thinks that pushing universal health care and raising the minimum wage is not in accordance with the gospel then he needs to make a serious biblical retreat and find out what the "captives" mean. He might then get some idea of what a genuine Catholic moment looks like.Douthat's flippant bandying of terms shows a certain shallowness. The Catholic moment he seems to prize was more one of power mongering than spiritual uplift and helped fuel the effort toward the Iraq war as Neuhaus, Novak and Co. spurned the effort by John Paul II (his singular moment that he did not support a preemptive war) against the war. So what is Ross talking about. Maybe it is the pressure of having to opine so often. Maybe he needs to take some time off and hope for some semblance of maturity.
Ms. Steinfels - don't particularly care for much of what Douthat writes and his thesis and examples in this article just don't ring true, IMO. For one thing, US catholicism is not one, singular, unified block - it is diverse and living.So, currently we have catholics in some of the most significant roles in government:- plurality on SCOTUS (and no unity in opinion there)- executive - number of cabinet heads; key presidential leaders on Obama's team- legislature - again, lots of catholics but no unified *catholic moment*So, what is Douhart talking about here?Would suggest that from a catholic social justice angle - key catholics have been pushing *pro-life* decisions e.g. gun control, immigration, minimum wage, more equitable economic system, pre-school education, unions, climate control, housing, PPACA, growth of Medicare/Medicaid, gender equality in terms of addressing violence against women; equal pay; etc.; stopping wars. These are all historical and key catholic ideas.Now, if Douthat wants to conflate everything down to a few cultural war themes - gay rights, abortion, contraception (can't even believe this would be on a list in the year 2013) - is that a *catholic moment* or something in his mind. If memory serves, actual published data from Reagan, Clinton, Bush, Obama would indicate that pro-life achievements (touted by Republicans) decreased during Republican terms and pro-life achievements (supposedly not touted by Democrats) increased during Democratic terms. So, yes, don't understand his thesis or his article. Seems like he is just shooting from the hip and making up his own categories.
Bill deHaas: A complicated picutre.When I read Douthat, I am sometimes reminded of a certain mid-century Catholicism (20th century) mindset that took pride in a moral-political coherence and its importance in public debate (okay, you can include the sixties and seventies as well). Douthat is a convert and seems to have latched on to an era now passed. We could say it's a kind of nostalgia...though I don't know him so maybe that's not entirely fair. But of all the "Catholic" NYTimes columnists (Dowd, Collins, Keller, Bruni), he signals a kind of affection for a Catholic past that these cradle Catholics have long left behind. You also write: "US Catholicism is not one, singular, unified block it is diverse and living.'So, currently we have Catholics in some of the most significant roles in government:- plurality on SCOTUS (and no unity in opinion there)- executive number of cabinet heads; key presidential leaders on Obamas team- legislature again, lots of Catholics but no unified "catholic moment."Agree, not one, singular, unified block. But I think the diversity lies more in regional differences than in DC politics. The three branches have many Catholics, but they seem more aligned with their party than any religious or philosophical links to Catholicism. All of the conservatives on the Supreme Court are Catholic; the liberals are Jewish except for Sotomayor who I don't think considers herself any longer Catholic.Cabinet heads and key presidential leaders...seem strictly aligned with Obama and Democratic party policies (Brennan included and apparently Donohue [Correction: McDonough] as well; Sibelius, etc.).Legislative...yes, definitely no Catholic moment there, though Pelosi, Leahy, Durbin, and (former Senator) Biden echo the mid-century Catholicism I mentioned at the top. Libertarianism is making inroads in the Catholic Republican contingent; that is something I don't think we've seen before.
Peggy,you write: "The three branches have many Catholics, but they seem more aligned with their party than any religious or philosophical links to Catholicism."I thought that was a good part of what Douthat was saying.
Peggy,Just wondering what makes you think that Sotomayor no longer considers herself a Catholic anymore. I saw and heard her interviewed several times since the release of her new book and in one interview I thought I heard her say something along the lines that although she doesn't attend Mass regularly, she is a Catholic. But I may be wrong on that.Just wonderingThanks,Anthony
O Power that be, save us from a fill-in-the-blank Moment, Catholic or otherwise, if that means enjoying "real influence in U.S. politics." We finally have a country that spares churches a temptation they have never been able to resist, cozying up to potentates of the secular world to force their doctrines on dissentersever so gently at first, but with all the power of the state in reserve. If we can't win people with sound argument, good works, humility, and prayer, then what? Laws and thumbscrews?Let's be content with the middle way between persecution and prosperity.
It seems to me (a latter-day Scholastic who doesn't know a great deal of history) that there has not been a notably Catholic Moment at least since the High Middle Ages. At that time the Spanish Jesuit Scholastics were developing natural law theory, a rich theory of human rights, and the beginnings of economics. After that Catholic thought no longer led the pack in social and individual morality except in a few areas at certain times, e.g., when Catholic social thought was a strong influence on the New Deal. Luther hated the Scholastics and despised reason The Enlightenment over-valued reason and the natural sciences. Later, extreme individualism grew out of Luther's thinking and some Enlightenment thought. Individualism had its own varieties and permitted hedonism and political selfishness to take hold in many people. Later they were challenged by the individualism of the Romantics who insisted that goodness and truth are grasped somehow through feeling, not through knowledge, and it often encouraged empathy with those who suffered. All those currents are still very strong in the U. S. Some people oversimplify by saying that conservatives are the extreme individualists/the selfish ones while the liberals are the touchy-feely ones (the Romantics)/the empathizers with the poor, and I must admit I think there is something to that polarity. But I think that most people's intellectual under-pinnings are pretty well fractured and diced these days. It's why neither Democrats nor Republicans can seem to establish solid, stable bases. Ironically, the Church has de facto abandoned its own classic intellectual heritage together with its dialectical method. That method (which I never cease to remind you of) requires one to consider all viewpoints and relevant evidence and then to answer challenges explicitly. Worst of all, the official Church has withdrawn into a cave and not only does not allow diversity of thinking (much less value it), but it even prohibits asking questions about disputed religious and moral issues. (If Jesus had not resurrected, He would be spinning in His grave.) Small wonder we have trouble putting our own thoughts in order. We get no real help. As I see it, until the official Church has the courage to stop merely reacting and to actually lead -- to support the same sort of high quality theological and philosophical thinkers whom it supported in its long-sgo past, and until it allows those thinkers to grapple with the real contemporary problems of both social morality and individual morality, especially, sexual morality, there can be no Catholic Moment.Intellectually the Church is a fossil. Its structure remains, but it is dead. It cannot possibly influence its surroundings.P. S. Maybe Cardinal Ravasi has stepped out of the cave a bit. If so, may he be elected pope.
John Prior ==What's wrong with prosperity? I think that deserves a whole thread. The issue was really raised on one of JAK's Augustine thread about whether we should reject the world as good, but it has huge ramification in politics and economics.
AO: You mean THE THIRTEENTH? The greatest of centuries! I have a good friend who thinks it was the nineteenth... We could agree, I think, that the twentieth probably was not.But to be serious: thank you for reminding us that there is a Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and whatever we have now, bishops, etc., are not practicing it. Also some clergy and lay persons. But you, yes!Anthony: Like you I probably read an interview or article in which she seemed to demur from saying she was a Catholic. In your case, she only said she didn't go to Mass. Well, it's a biggish church. If you say so, she's a Catholic.
The Catholic Moment in the Americas was to be "preferential option for the poor' but it never crossed the Rio Grande.
I am still trying to figure out what the Sam Hill Douthat thinks he is talking about. As I recall, the mid-2000s were when the nation fixated on a stained dress, and some people took Kenneth Starr seriously while the "socialist" in the White House trash-canned Glass-Steagall with effects we are still suffering from. Poppy Bush's "compassionate conservatism," which stamped itself on the public mind with the demonizing of Willie Horton, lasted less than an election cycle. And if any of this was "Catholic" it might have been fascination with the dress stains because sex always has been problematic in the Church, but it still didn't add up to a "moment." I am quite impressed by how much good thinking was generated here by Douthat's effort at profundity, though.
Ann Olivier: By the High Middle Ages, do you mean the 12th and 13th centuries?If you do, then I have to tell you that there were no Jesuits doing anything in the 12th and 13th centuries, because the Jesuit order was not founded until later.
Oh, and the abortion rate went down but the wrong party was in office when it did. So the pro-life people who, one would think, should have been interested in what was causing the decline never investigated it, so sure were they that it couldn't happen with a Democrat in office.
Ann O,I thought it was clear from the tenor of my comment that by "prosperity" I meant close connection and collaboration, or even identification, with secular power. It's bad for both kingdoms, though they need not be always at war.
Thomas F. ==No, I mean the 14th century in Spain -- Vittoria, Suarez, etc. But they were the last of the great medievals. Augustine has been called the last of the ancients and the first of the medievals. I've seen those Spaniards referred to as the last of the medievals and first of the moderns.
Oops -- make that the 15-17th century Spain.
I'm sorry. My bad. I read mid-2000s and thought mid-1990s. But the mid-2000s were even less likely than the mid-1990s, for different reasons, to constitute a chance for a "Catholic moment." Even in the right decade, I think he's fantasizing.
Ann Olivier: The Jesuit order was founded in the 16th century.At St. Louis University in the 20th century, the Jesuits in philosophy there did not admire Suarez at all. He was much maligned by the Jesuits in philosophy at SLU. As a matter of fact the Jesuits in philosophy at SLU thought that they were salvaging St. Thomas Aquinas' thought from the detrimental influence of Suarez. But perhaps at Catholic University Suarez was admired.
There is a story that I recall reading but can not source at the moment concerning the papal nuncio just after the American revolution contacting Ben Franklin or some other figure in the government requesting permission to build schools and churches. This, was of course, a reasonable request since historically in Western Europe and even in the Byzantine empire the state granted permission for churches to practice faith. And, even, funded some of their schools.What was unique with the United States, however, was that the American official never actually granted permission because it was outside of the scope of their powers for the government to grant permission to religious bodies to practice. The official was "officially" neutral. The United States was unique precisely because the constitution explicitly limited government and the value of government was seen precisely in its limitation and not its powers. This was a unique arrangement for the Roman Catholic Church in terms of its relationship with the state. In the United State, Roman Catholic institutions flourished precisely BECAUSE of the constitutional prohibition against favouring any religion over another. The religious character of Americans was something that fascinated Alexis de Tocqueville precisely because it was so counter-intuitive.It took a long time for the Roman Catholic church to understand the United States. Pope Leo condemned "Americanism" and it was not until the Second Vatican Council that the basically American understanding of church-state relationship became something that the Church saw as benefiting her mission. Not surprisingly, John Courtney-Murray was one of the major architects of the Declaration on Religious Freedom at the Council.I don't know if there has ever been anywhere a so called Catholic moment where Catholics could celebrate. If you want an example of a so called Catholic moment consider Quebec (where the next Pope may come from). It was 100% Catholic owned and operated from labour unions to schools to hospitals. Is that the model we want? It has been tried. I doubt it.The Church is always best when it does not impose but proposes. That requires work in crafting a coherent gospel message that Catholics can live out. In many respects, all Catholics, lay, religious, and clerical, are still in process of digesting the Second Vatican Council and the implications of it for public life. It will take a while to discern and sift through what it means.As an aside, but not unimportantly, Jesus refused Caesar's sword offered to him by the tempter in today's gospel. The Church needs to be very careful about climbing in bed with Caesar. Sharing a house, sure...sharing the intimacy of the bedroom...maybe not. The children of this world are better dealing with their own kind than the children of light!
Footnote to all : Gibbons' history of medieval thought was for a long time the accepted one, and still is in many quarters. But as I understand it it began to be revised with such books as Henry Adams' "Mont Saint Michel and Chartres" and the history of medieval science by a physicist, Pierre Duhem who showed the beginnings of empirical/experimental science to have happened back in the 12th-14th centuries. (He himself made an important contribution -- the notion of scientific paradigms, though it didn't call them that).I don't really know if the Spanish Scholastics had a continuous line of fine social and political philosophers from the 14th century, but some were Thomists and certainly they argued directly with his positions, and their method of argument was the same -- highly rationalistic, and they derived from the same old sources. So I don't see how you can dissociate the two great streams of thought.In other words, if social and political thought of that period in Spain wasn't medieval, I don't know what was.(Footnote to footnote: even the calligraphy of Spain maintained many of the characteristics of Gothic script for centuries after the rest of Europe had abandoned it.).
Thanks, Ms. Steinfels - agree and find your clarifications helpful. Also, agree with what Fr. Imbelli added.Not sure if you watched Meet the Press this morning but the Republican Party leader made a statement about Obama's inaugural and state of the union and described it as a community leader's mandate for social justice change. He meant in a negative way but found his description to ring true - and what does that say about some of Douthat's comments or our Republican bishops?
John P.. ==I would really like to discuss the notion that "prosperity" is bad. Aren't we supposed to help the poor prosper? Or what? (But what does "prosperity" MEAN?)That's a whole different thread or ten, I think.
I do not follow the conversation on the blog well, I suppose. Beyond parties and sense of belonging to the church (defined as going to Mass) doent' the words "common good" wether 13th,19th or any century, mean more to a catholic psyche than defining "prosperity"?
Thomas F. --At Catholic U. when I was there in the 60's under the influence of Msgr. John K. Ryan, we admired whichever thinkers we found admirable and criticize them as we saw fit. Not being a man, I have no need of one single intellectual hero to lead the charge to the philosophical and theological battlements. (I never would have done at a Jesuit institution.)
Ann O,Prosperity could be a long thread indeed. For a Christian, I think it involves helping the poorbut why stop with them?to lead first more human and then more Christlike lives. But it doesn't mean making everybody a banker, I hope.
JOhn P. ==We are all part of the banking system, at least to the extent we put any of our money in them.
The WSashington Post's major article today is quite indicting. I'm sure tit doesn't rival intrigues of the past, but nevertheless points out the systemic dysfunction whatever one's eccelsiology. I'm betting they'll bbe some Xavier Rynne at this conclave or some other device to break the silence. Good or bad?
All in all it is refreshing that this thread let Ross Douthat realize that he needs to word things or think them through more reasonably. We certainly game him something to think about if he is listening.
David Paskinski: Is this the WashPost article you're talking about?http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/pope-struggled-to-lift-sacred... so, the NYTimes reported this on the subject of the Vatican bank:http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/world/europe/pope-names-von-freyberg-t...!!
I resurrected the "Catholic moment" idea back in November, at Religion & Politics, and my sense is that this could very much be a Catholic moment -- though many Catholics may not be part of it:http://religionandpolitics.org/2012/11/02/is-2012-americas-catholic-mome... feel that even more so now, though I do think there are signs of a coming together. But on fiscal policy, gun control, immigration reform, health care -- all the many aspects that point toward the common good and Catholic teaching -- there is a real prospect for the U.S. to channel its Catholic heritage (future?) more than its Protestant rugged individualist past (libertarian future?).
David G - an excellent point.Also very good was Douthat's observation that it may not be the parties' rank and file voters, but its leaders, who are particularly uncongenial to Catholicism at this moment.
As a follow-on to my previous comment about party leaders whose views are misaligned with Catholic principles: the leading headline in my NYTimes email this morning is that Governor Cuomo is now sponsoring legislation to remove late-term limits on abortion in NY State. I know I'm not the only one who finds it distressing (to say the least!) when the party leaders who are sponsoring anti-Catholic legislation are themselves Catholics. It may be pointed out that Republican Catholic leaders also do this. I accept that. But I'd say that, right now, the Democratic Catholic leaders are far, far worse in this respect. Part of the reason for that may be that comparatively more Democrats happen to be in power at the moment. But another part is just the qualities of the policies and legislation supported by Democrats. Paul Ryan may not know the definition of "subsidiarity", but I don't believe he is an out-and-out enemy of subsidiarity. I can't say that Andrew Cuomo isn't an out-and-out enemy of Catholic moral teaching on the sanctity of life. Andrew Cuomo is sponsoring vile, evil legislation. Catholics of all stripes, but especially progressive Catholics, must call him to account. They must make him pay in the currency that politicians understand: donations and votes.I'd like to see a few Catholic heads roll - metaphorically speaking. By all means, lop 'em off from both sides of the aisle. But let's see some axes fall. Bishops and their canonist advisers, do your duty.
The story in Sunday's NYTimes on Cuomo's proposal was probably a trial balloon that the rest of the story suggested might not get by the state legislature. Still, I agree, Jim Pauwels, that this seems a wholly unnecessary change in the NYstate law, which is already one of the most liberal in the country, and was before Roe v. Wade.The justifications offered in the story for the change seem lame. This is probably meat for pro-choice supporters in advance of a possible Cuomo for the Democratic nomination in 2016. I doubt he will get it (he should consult with his much smarter father). Here's the story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/nyregion/cuomo-bucks-tide-with-bill-to...
Thanks David Gibson for the link. Fully lays out the 2012 campaign "Catholic" moment. But now?
Addendum to yesterday comment by Margaret Steinfels at 3:03 p.m.I bet that practically all of the Democratic Party Catholics in all levels of our government now are cradle Catholics (exception: Chris Christi). However, it seems to me that a significant number of prominent converts are Republicans (Conservatives). (In addition to Fr. Neuhaus and Ross Douthat, I name Robert Novak, Robert Bork, Newt Gingrich.) I am trying to think of a prominent Catholic convert who is a Democrat (Liberal). There must be some out there. I notice that he lineup on EWTN has quite a few converts, e.g. Scott Hahn, Marcus Grodi, and former hosts, Fr. Corapi and Deal Hudson (exception Raymond Arroyo, who is a cradle catholic whose cradle must have been rocked too much.)
Margaret Steinfels: There is another Washington Post story - it was front page and center with a huge photo of the Vatican lightening strike (the Sunday edition of the Post).http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pope-benedict-xvis-leaked-...
Do you think it might have been a small meteorite?
On the convert question: There are, of course, converts that fall on the liberal side of the universe. Our parish RCIA seems to attract such people, and there are some among us here at dotcommonweal. But I have often thought about the propensity of very public converts to be conservative on religion as on politics. Some, of course, are already politically conservative when they join the Catholic church. Changes in mainline Protestant practice has attracted some who support the Catholic bishop's resistance to such changes. They are often quite vociferous in their views giving the impression that the Catholic Church is more conservative than it is.Of course, Paul Ryan, libertarian, is our very own cradle Catholic.
Tony Blair is a convert.. and not a Con.
Right, not a conservative. But a bit of a con man! No?
There are many conservatives who think that liberal Catholics who approve of medically necessary abortions and stem cell research really are also for abortion on demand. I think that Gov. Cuomo has made this same mistake, a very bad one politically. I can't imagine his getting my vote. It's one thing to tolerate abortion because opposing it can ultimately do more harm than good. It's another to actively make it possible, which is what he is doing. Shame.
Helen - exception Raymond Arroyo, who is a cradle catholic whose cradle must have been rocked too much.) - right on!!!
Did anyone hear read the whole article about Cuomo? The point is that there are laws on the books in NY State which intimidates many physicians even if the laws are superseded by the Federal Law. While so many states are limiting women's right to abortion Cuomo leaves it up to women where it should be. But, of course, it is so generous of all of you to want to control women and form their choices whether they agree with you or not. The battle is with persuasion not the law. At least many of you do not make it your number one issue like the bishops do.
Public converts.The Orneryariate.Conservative indeed!Need more be said?When I was a wee one (1940s & early 1950s) the face of US Catholicism was defensiveness writ large. We had a Catholic version of everything ... because those bad old prods thought us inferior and we were going to show them!Well, the children and grandchildren of those 1940/50s wagon circlers have come to the fore and ..... Were the prods correct or wrong?
Bill M: Did you notice that the Cuomo/late-term abortion story was virtually fact free. How many doctors live in fear of doing a late abortion? How many women have died as a result? Hmmmm!How about as much skepticism in reading the NYTimes as dotCommonweal?
Peggy, I attended Mass this past Sunday at a Norther New Jersey parish (Metuchen diocese). Postcards were distributed to be sent to Senators and Representatives to object the health care law because of abortion and contraceptives. Practically every person signed and all cards were collected. One would think a like petition would be circulated lowering the minimum wage. Not a chance. Because bishops would lose many rich patrons and could not build excessive cathedrals to enhance their legacies. People are actually working a forty hour week in this country and living in homeless shelters because the pay is not enough. The official Catholic church's position is silence with nominal exceptions. The mandate is to set the captives free. Not to dramatize zygotes and be numb to the sufferings of millions of people. One tangible way we can address this is to demand that the bishops send all the Nigerian and Indian bishops home to their homelands where people are in the most inhumane conditions.
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This is just a conspiracy theory that passes through my head everytime I see my username above the search results. I could delete the personalized search service, but I would still be logged in.
If you're wondering about the picture above, Google accounts' codename is GAIA, which is the goddess of the earth, in the Greek mithology.
This quote is from Susan Mernit (September 2004):
"Google's much speculated integration of services seems to have moved forward a step with the further integration of Google Accounts, a control center for those of us who subscribe to any combination of gmail, Google groups and Google search or news alerts.
Apparently, this new feature's been live for a week, but I was shocked when I tried to sign up for a news alert and Google immediately defaulted to my gmail account--not the place I'd planned to put it.
Clearly, the moment when gmail is the underpinning to link all the services together--including Blogger, Picasa, and Froogle--is coming closer., And that is going to make A LOT of people pay attention."
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Proton beams enter the Fermilab Booster from the Linac, accelerating through its approximately 1,500-foot-circumference ring to an energy of 8 GeV. The Booster will provide low-energy neutrino beam for the MicroBooNE experiment, as well as the Muon g-2 and Mu2e experiments. It also provides beam to the Recycler.
The Recycler is a kind of staging area for proton beams after they exit the Booster. Once beam enters the Recycler, a 2-mile-circumference ring, it is "slip stacked" – combined into batches of protons to form a more intense beam. Once that is done, the proton beam enters the Main Injector, on top of which the Recycler sits.
Main Injector
The Main Injector, situated directly beneath the Recycler in the same tunnel and two miles around, ramps up proton beam from the Recycler from 8 GeV to 120 GeV.
The world's highest-intensity neutrino beams are generated from these proton beams. The Main Injector thus provides neutrino beams for MINOS, MINERvA and NOvA experiments, as well as the future Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment. The Main Injector proton beam will also provide beams of particles called muons for Fermilab's Muon g-2 and Mu2e experiments. It also delivers beam to the SeaQuest fixed-target experiment and to a dedicated facility for testing of detector technologies.
Muon Delivery Ring
Some of the proton beam from the Booster will be used to produce pions in a specially designed target system. For the Muon g-2 and Mu2e experiments, these pions will then decay into particles called muons. These muons circulate through the 144-foot-circumference Muon Delivery Ring. The Muon Delivery Ring delivers these muons into a muon storage ring for further study.
Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator
The Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator is a superconducting linear accelerator based on the technology developed for the International Linear Collider. If fully built out, it would accelerate beams of electrons to nearly 1 GeV. ASTA also will contain a circular test accelerator, called IOTA, to explore brand-new ways of focusing and transporting particle beams. Housed in Fermilab's NML building and separately from the accelerator complex, ASTA gives scientists the opportunity to explore new ways of generating, accelerating and manipulating particle beams, making use of the power of superconducting radio-frequency acceleration technology, which is the technology of choice for future high-energy accelerators.
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Photograph - Programme '84, Timber Floor Replacement in the Great Hall, Royal Exhibition Building, Aug 1984 Reg. No: MM 124672
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- Colour photograph looking westwards along the northern balcony from the northern transept of the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, during the Sun News Pictorial Homes Show held between 18-26 August 1984, showing the continuing flooring and excavation work of the basement tunnel. The work was undertaken as part of a ten-month restoration and maintenance program carried out across 1984-85, called 'Programme '84. Work commenced on 14 June 1984 and was largely completed in time for the International Motor Show that opened on 7 March 1985.
This is one of 959 photographs (or images) of the Exhibition Building collated by the Exhibition Trustees as a 10 volume pictorial history of the Exhibition Building spanning the years 1880 to 1985. The pictorial history was instigated by the centenary of the Exhibition Building in 1980 and forms part of a larger Royal Exhibition Building collection of documents, photographs, objects and research files.
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- A colour photographic print on a page of a photograph album. There is a printed caption below the photograph.
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- The Exhibition Trustees' album containing this photograph provides an invaluable visual record of past maintenance and restoration work undertaken on the Royal Exhibition Buildings prior to the building being recognised with a World Heritage Listing in 2004.
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- View from the northern transept looking west along the northern balcony of the Royal Exhibition Building in August 1984, showing visitors attending the Sun News Pictorial Homes Show in the northern balcony area while flooring and excavation work continues along the centre of the Great Hall at ground level.
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Your going to be disappointed...
Most users only have one pad, Apple will announce all pads at the same time from now on which will be next Autumn...
16gb??? Keep your receipt.
Never even come close to using my 16gb up. Had my ipad 2 for two years now and still 4gb on it.
I like that you got the 16gb too.
Richard: Hop in your TARDIS and send it here!
I'm a bit concerned the battery has a big decrease in power from the ipad 3 & 4 to the Air, the battery is probably right on the edge like so many other things I suppose. Apple have actually increased the battery size for the mini to the retina mini. Hopefully Apple have nailed this so we will just have to see...
I have been caning mine (64GB silver wifi) all afternoon, 3d games, music production, video production, drawing and painting with full brightness - and I only managed to get it down to 22%. I think they've done a great job on optimisation.
The only downside is the ram - it did crash once, I think from overloading it. 2gb would have been more appropriate for a 64bit architecture. Oh well - my usage case is very marginal, and the processor flies, so it makes up for it! Artrage is actually usable again!
Still jerky animations in os7 though. Software updates ahoy!
Enjoy your iPads all :) nigty night from oz ;)
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On February 19, 2008 The New York Times had an article about the
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rickets and a true deficiency, but more (1000) dramatically reduces
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Since Vitamin D is added to milk and you need to drink 4 cups of milk
to get the current (probably too low) daily allowance, every adult
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New Year's Day 2012 I took a trip out to Pasadena's Rose Bowl to help with the Donate Life float for the Rose Parade, which was on Jan 2nd this year. Donate Life is an amazing organization that raises awareness so we stick that pink dot onto our driver's license, to help save lives by being an organ donor. My dad was a kidney recipient, so this organization rings very close to my heart.
This is the beautiful finished float. The folks sitting on it are the stars of the show…family members of donors from 2011. The stories I heard yesterday were so moving, and I broke into tears numerous times. One woman's 9-year old daughter had gone to the hospital for an ear infection. The hospital misdiagnosed and mistreated her (not uncommon), and she died. Her mom was proud to share how her daughter lives on in others, literally, and that her daughter has saved many lives by being a donor. You can see the portraits of each donor on 6 clock faces, a total of 72 donors are honored.
My good friend Vicky is a 'red jacket' and one of the team leaders on this huge project. She's been here working on the float for weeks from early morning until 11pm. A huge undertaking, whew.
We are all misting the flowers with water before the float is moved outdoors for judging. It was gorgeous in Pasadena, 80 degrees!
Everything on all of the floats in the Rose Parade are all organic! This means only living materials like flowers, leaves, seeds,…all put on by hand.
Look at this detail….mustard seeds painstakingly glued onto the surface. Wow.
Beans and flower petals have all been attached by hand.
This is the bed of roses underneath the clock with the moving hands at the front of the float.
Look closely and you can see each of these red roses has a wish tied onto them.
When the float moved outside into the sun, all the colors popped so brightly! You can see the driver of the float inside the open door. The driver can't see a thing, and is guided by audio by someone outside the float.
At one point, everyone held hands in a circle around the float. It was very moving. And even the judges teared up and cried when they talked with the donor families and heard all the incredible stories. Today, I discovered (since I don't have a TV to watch the parade myself) that our float won one of the top 3 trophies and the craftsmanship award for outstanding showmanship and dramatic impact over 55 feet! Yeah! I also heard that floats cost about a half a million dollars to build! Great exposure and for a wonderful cause.
This was one of the best, most memorable New Year Day's of my life. What a way to spend the 1st day of the new year. Plus, I felt like it was in honor too of my dad, who was so very blessed to have had a kidney transplant, which helped extended his life another 10 or 12 years. I learned that a liver lives for 100 years, so even after someone passes from old age, a liver can be donated to help another person live. Amazing.
I've chosen to be an organ donor for as long as I can remember, and I hope you will also consider joining me in helping save lives so someone else may live one more day! For more information check out Donate Life.
One of my favorite foods is cabbage because it's super versatile, has hardly any calories, is free of wheat and gluten, is great for digestion, and is beautiful in color (purple and green). It tastes awesome in salads, gives us valuable probiotics as pickled sauerkraut, plus it works perfectly as a "shell" to be stuffed with yummy fillings to make a delicious hand held treat. I'm currently reintroducing heart-healthy fats into my diet from flax and chia seeds (omega-3), some nuts (vitamin E and antioxidants), and olives to keep my skin supple and moist, especially now that autumn is upon us. I picked up a bunch of avocados at the Farmers' Market, but am disappointed they didn't make it into my bag!
Today, I filled up a red cabbage shell with Chiffonade green cabbage. Watch our "How to Chiffonade" video I shot for Vegetarian Times Magazine: http://www.vegetariantimes.com/video/10). Please watch on the Vegetarian Times website to help generate viewer numbers. Thank you!
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I first filled up my purple cabbage shell with Chiffonade green cabbage. Next, I layered on a Black Olive Tapenade, from Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, page 155, and Candied Onions, inspired by my Buckwheat-Battered "Fried" Onion Rings, from page 116 of Ani's Raw Food Essentials, plus I added maple syrup to sweeten the onions. I then topped it all with artichoke hearts, and would have added avocado, if I had some on hand.
Black Olive Tapenade
Place all ingredients into food processor, mix well.
Will keep for a week or longer stored in fridge.
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Labor Day marks the weekend my Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kanga, and I rescued one another….9-years ago! How time flies. (and yes, I cake sunblock on my face, as you can see).
Kanga had been at the Humane Society for over 2 weeks, and no one adopted her. Surprising, since she is a beautiful specimen of this breed. Plus, she came fully trained, so someone had spent a lot of time and energy with her. She was skin and bone, and 50+ pounds underweight with kennel cough and dusty fur. Poor baby.
Luckily, a truck intercepted 20 dogs on their way to get euthanized, and brought them back to a no-kill shelter in Portland, OR called Family Dogs NW. This was where I found Kanga early the very next morning. I applied the same raw food principles to Kanga as I do for human healing, and over the next month or two she gained 50 pounds and regained radiant health on a Raw Food diet. You can read more about her journey in Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, where Kanga has her own dog food chapter.
My brother Max saw this photo of Kanga and said she looks like she's "mugging". I had to ask him what the heck that means. Max said "mugging = posing, like rappers do for pics". Hahaa. Yup, Kanga is a superstar, and very popular too. Folks always stop us to pet her, especially young children.
Kanga's from Rhodesia, which is now Zimbabwe Rhodesia, and the Sahara so she loves the sun, warmth, and sand. She hates water, but it was so hot out that Kanga got her paws wet. I love dog beach because here she can roam off-leash, and run free to play with other dogs.
Kanga and I love laying in the sand and soaking up the sun. It's never hot enough for us, and soaking up sun is one of our favorite past times. I'm happy I got to take Kanga to Huntington Dog Beach yesterday on the final hot day of the summer (it was 90 F) to celebrate her 9-year Bday and Dogversary with me. Thank you Kanga for being my family, love, and for hanging out with me for the past 9-years! I love you.
I visited Erewhon Natural Foods in Los Angeles on May 28, 2011 along my book tour for Ani's Raw Food Asia. Erewhon is my favorite Raw Food store. These beautiful photos are courtesy of the very talented Sherman Lee at http://www.digitalslimages.com.
Juan Hernandez, the store manager, makes sure to offer the largest range of Raw Food products and brand, and has created the nexus for Raw Foods here in LA. Juan was one of my earliest supporters of my SmartMonkey Foods packaged and prepared foods products.
Each year's visit celebrating my new book always draws a packed house. I love Erewhon!
I showed everyone how easy it is to make my Mushroom "Bul Go Gi", from Ani's Raw Food Asia, page 186, using mushrooms marinated in tamari or nama shoyu (raw soy sauce), toasted sesame oil, asian pear, and sweetener of choice like agave or brown rice syrup. We topped off these beautiful Lettuce Wraps, from page 188, with my version of a traditional Korean Gochujang Sauce, page 225, made with miso, sesame oil, chile powder, and sweetener like agave.
Following my food demo and Q+A…next, I get to sign books and meet people 1 on 1!
This tour, many people had me sign multiple copies of Ani's Raw Food Asia for friends and family. I do love when people bring their entire collection for me to sign too…..a blessing for me.
My friends Ron Gilmore and Caroline Jue create an awesome animated series called Rawman & Green-Girl. They are doing great work educating and sharing information about our food sources.
Elaine R. Johnson hand delivered this beautiful porcelain sculpture she made to me all the way from Arizona with her mom. Elaine is amazingly talented. I can't even begin to express my gratitude for such a beautiful gift.
This is the beautifully talented Elaine R. Johnson. She told me how challenging porcelain is to work with….cracking as it dries, or cracking out of the kiln during baking. A labour of love, it shows!
On May 19. 2011 I got to visit Seattle along my tour for Ani's Raw Food Asia. First stop was with host Margaret Larson at King 5 TV's NewDay Northwest Show. Everyone in the studio audience received a copy of Ani's Raw Food Asia.
Next was Evergreen Radio's Kitchen Corner Show where I had a pleasantly challenging conversation with host Jo Ann Henderson. Jo was skeptical at first, but I hope I was able to convince her that raw foods are simply a way to enjoy more whole, fresh, organic ingredients.
At the same time, another pre-recorded radio program aired on Seattle radio where I spoke with host Keesha Ewers on her Healthy You! Radio Show.
By lunch I was hungry for some local raw food treats, and we stopped at Thrive Cafe for a meet-and-great and book signing, and they fed me delicious salad, green juice, and desserts.
Next stop was KOMO Newsradio where we aired during afternoon drive-time traffic. The hosts Herb Weisbaum & Jane Shannon are already into raw foods, and were already making their own kale chips. I love how main stream kale chips have become!
Our final destination for the day was the Woodmark Hotel and Yacht Club in Kirkland, on the lake. This was the view from my room, you can see snow topped mountains in the distance.
The Woodmark Hotel hosted what they call "Happy Hour and a Half". They made 2 recipes from Ani's Raw Food Asia, I gave a talk, answered questions, and then signed books. It was another clear, sunny, dry, warm day in the Seattle. After this final event, I went on a long walk along the lake front. The air was fresh, clean, and crisp. And I felt grateful for all the wonderful people who welcomed me to their beautiful city.
This was the awesome lady who made this day happen for me, Joy. In addition to shuttling me around town, she also hooked me up with a food assistant so that I didn't have to carry all my food, plates, props with me on the airplane! Plus, she kept the car stocked with cut, prepared veggies of all sorts for me to snack on all day long.
This was Joy's assistant Lee, who had shopped for props and ingredients, and helped me prep for my TV appearance. Thank you Joy and Lee!! You've officially spoiled me.
My first stop in Portland, OR was to shoot a 6-minute segment with host Dave Anderson for AM Northwest on KATU TV. I show Dave how to make a Vegetable Nori Roll from Ani's Raw Food Asia. Dave's lost a ton of weight since I saw him along my last tour, and looks great. He said he cut out processed foods and cut back on alcohol.
Here I am above with AM Northwest co-host Helen Raptis.
Next stop was Yummy Tummy Cafe for a lunchtime fuel-up on a gallon of Norwalk green juice; chocolate covered jungle peanuts; and a ruben sandwich made from flax seeds, mushrooms, and sauerkraut. Omg, seriously yummy tummy! And, a book signing meet-and-greet. From here, I was shuttled over to the KBOO radio station for an interview, and then finally ended up at Powell's Books downtown for a talk and book signing.
I got to visit Powell's rare book room, where I sat and signed a stack of my books, including Ani's Raw Food Asia.
Peter Hanfileti is a very dear, long-time family friend from when I was in middle school…that's so long ago! He's an MD and acupuncturist in Vancouver, WA.
Kris Dyer may look familiar because he's in my first book, Ani's Raw Food Kitchen, which I wrote when I still lived in Portland. Kris was also one of our SmartMonkeys! I love tour because it allows me to visit friends I haven't seen in a while. The weather was dry and sunny, just like last year in Portland! I love that city especially when the weather is gorgeous. Plus, the city's blanketed with WiFi.
The 1st stop along my book tour for Ani's Raw Food Asia was at Santa Monica Place at Artisanal LA on April 16, 2011. Here are 4 short videos from my talk, Q+A, and book signing:
1) Ani's Raw Food Asia – I love organic, local, seasonal foods
2) Ani's Raw Food Asia – Probiotics, Happiness, Longevity
3) Ani's Raw Food Asia – Easy ways to add more raw to any diet!
4) Ani's Raw Food Asia – Recipe inspirations and sources for protein.
I had so much fun celebrating the pre-launch of Ani's Raw Food Asia at Artisanal LA in Santa Monica.
All of these beautiful photos were taken by the amazing Sherman Lee. Thanks Sherman!!
It was a weekend full of local and seasonal gourmet foods (though way too much bacon! – what's up with bacon these days?) and great expert panels and talks.
I love this fish eye photo, it was a full crowd with great people old and new to raw foods and the raw food diet and lifestyle. Thanks to the wonder woman organizer Shawna Dawson for all her support, for announcing my talk over the loud speaker, and for putting me and Ani's Raw Food Asia in their printed program.
Q+A is my favorite part of my appearances because I get to listen and interact with my new friends.
It's always so nice to have my brother Max and my family with me at my events.
This lovely lady kept asking me about how to learn to make raw food. I say if you're interested in making food, you have to learn how to make all foods first. Then you can translate it into raw food prep.
Libby drove all the way up from San Diego with her friends just to grab an early copy of Ani's Raw Food Asia.
Please check my homepage and also my calendar of events for upcoming events and stops along my book tour. Hope to see you all very soon. xoxo
Grab a copy of the April 2011 issue of Delicious Living Magazine and enjoy my Raw Power cover feature with 6 raw food recipes for a preview of the flavors I'll be bringing you in my newest East West Fusion raw food book Ani's Raw Food Asia, available everywhere May 10, 2011.
BBC Good Food interviewed me for a feature on Raw Foods in their Feb 2011 issue. Very cool, take a peek!
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The Obama administration said on Wednesday it will stop enforcing a law that blocks benefits to partners of military veterans in same-sex marriages.
In a letter to congressional leaders, Attorney General Eric Holder said that a provision in federal law on benefits to veterans and their families defines "spouse" to mean a person of the opposite sex. He said that definition leaves out legally married same-sex couples, and runs afoul of a June Supreme Court ruling.
The court declared unconstitutional a provision in the Defense of Marriage Act restricting the words marriage and spouse to apply only to heterosexual unions. Holder said that like the Defense of Marriage Act, the provision in the veterans benefits law has the effect of placing lawfully married same-sex couples in a second-tier marriage.
"Decisions by the Executive not to enforce federal laws are appropriately rare," Holder told Congress. "Nevertheless, the unique circumstances presented here warrant non-enforcement."
He said the Supreme Court's conclusion that DOMA imposes a stigma on everyone in same-sex marriages "would seem to apply equally" to the veterans benefits law. Holder noted that after the Supreme Court's decision, the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the House of Representatives withdrew from a pending lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the veterans benefits provisions.
President Barack Obama directed the executive branch to cease enforcement of the provision, Holder wrote.
Last week, a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that a lesbian Army veteran and her spouse should be entitled to disability benefits, given the Supreme Court's recent ruling.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall said that federal law defining a spouse as a person of the opposite sex is unconstitutional since the high court's decision allowing legally married gay couples the right to health care benefits.
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7 Customer Reviews
By: Katie P.
OGIO is the way to go!!
My mom bought me my first OGIO backpack when I headed to to college after high school. That backpack went through numerous airports on trips, plus two colleges, and even made it to my third college! It lasted 11 years before it finally started to wear through on the back! It was a great backpack with a pouch for my laptop and plenty of other pockets. Realizing that I needed a new backpack, I just had to stick with OGIO because of how great and durable my first one was! I LOVE my new backpack!
I've flown two roundtrips since getting it and used the Checkpoint Friendly feature one of those times. It was nice! I'm sure others will get more use out of that feature, but after removing my laptop for 11 years, it might take me awhile to get used to not having to remove it! I wanted a backpack with a lot of pockets and this one is OVERqualified for that! There are SO many pockets that I still have a few with nothing in them! A GREAT problem to have!! The straps and back support make it super comfy, which is also something I find important!
All in all, I loved my old backpack and am so far completely loving my new one! Highly recommend!!
By: Johann
Just right
For an 81 year old male here in Iceland I find it the best one thus far on various trips to see the glaciers, hot springs, historic sights, etc. I wouldn't mind having a place for my business card to verify it is mine. I just have to remove a label off an old suitcase.
It holds quite a bit and is still compact enough to have it close by when you travel. Very comfortable on the back.
I had a smaller OGIO but a daughter liked it so much I let her keep it, and bought a larger one for myself. She uses hers like an extended handbag, also for shopping or toys for children.
By: Brian J.
Close to perfect...
This is very close to perfect. My few complaints are:
A) I wish it had "true" water bottle pockets. There ARE side pockets but they are zippered and it makes grabbing a bottle (or especially sliding it back in) a bit more of a hassle.
B) as someone said above, things sink to the bottom. Fill up this bag and you'll see, the top third of the bag is unused space. Not a big hassle (just strategically stack your items to maximize space), but a top pocket would've been nice!
C) This item has been listed on multiple websites as 2350 cubic inches but the tag it came with states it's 2050 cubic inches. That's a 300 difference. Which is it?
As you can see, these are minor gripes. The quality and construction are terrific. I absolutely LOVE the hard handle bar atop the bag. It makes carrying this bag so much easier. The straps and padding are SO comfortable. The are TOO many compartments, they sit empty (and that's a good problem to have)!
By: Jeffrey M
97% Perfect
I really like this bag, and it took me a LONG time to find one that I did really like (I'm kinda picky, sometimes...shoe shopping is bad, too!). I love all the pockets and pouches, although for me, I find that a couple are wasted, but I may find a later use for them, so not really a complaint. The bag is comfortable to wear...the extra padding on the back and shoulder straps is appreciated! My only real complaint is that the shoulder-strap adjustment clips don't hold any weight. The first time I adjusted the straps, the bag was empty, but the first time I put the bag on with anything in it, the straps slipped to the loosest position. I tried repeated to adjust them, and they kept falling. I finally had to sew them in place so they'd stay where I want them. Otherwise, I'm very pleased!
By: Lowry
This bag is very close to being exactly right. The only problems are: 1) the shoulder straps hit a little narrow on the inside of your shoulders and there isn't a cross brace for when you're carrying a lot (given how much it can hold it could be a little more heavy duty on weight distribution); and 2) everything sits at the bottom of the bag so the top 1/3 of the bag is wasted space. There is nothing to keep things up in this area, it needs some way to utilize this space ESPECIALLY for a laptop cord. My laptop cord sinks down to the bottom of the bag and takes up space I need for the 8 million books I carry. They could also make the very front pocket better suited to carrying the laptop cord. Also, the side pockets are not super useful, with a few tweaks and some mesh and elastic they could at least be multipurpose, they're not big enough for much or very well protected; if they were padded and had a business card or cellphone slot they'd be more useful.
I note from the description above that it claims to have a sternum strap but mine does not (nor does the one in the photo.
Okay, now that I complained a little: everything else about the bag is great. I've carried four law school texts and two supplements in this thing. I have the black one, it looks both snazzy and inconspicuous (helps both for professional purposes and for not-getting-stolen). This is my first backpack in 15 years and I don't feel embarrassed or like a kid when I'm using it, so good on. The laptop compartment is HUGE and very well padded. The best thing about is that it carries as much as the duffel bag backpacks but looks muuuuuch sleeker.
By: Jeffrey
Just a little more please!
All in all a pretty nice bag. At this price though, I would like a zippered mesh pocket and 2 more small pockets for business cards, iPhone/Pod/Pad attachments, and the like. I know more expensive packs offer these amenities, but $100 to $150 bucks is a bit much just to get 3 more pockets in just the right places! Step it up just a little more OGIO!
By: Brian
It's what I wanted
I'll start by saying I like the backpack. The color is better than what the photos show (envelop gray). I do wish there had been a few other choices in color. I am replacing a very old Ogio street and thus had high expectations. I wanted the TSA feature as well as a larger size. The downside to the newer backpacks is you can tell the inner dividers are not as thick and don't seem to be as durable. Also my old Street had a lot of inner zippers to keep things in the pockets, this new unit just has open pockets. All that said, what are you gonna do, it is what it is. BUT I would have paid more for these features if they had a backpack with them. Also, while a pocket for your cell phone is great, it does no good in a busy airport with the unit on your back. I would love to see a pocket on the strap so you could grab your phone while you have the backpack on. No comment on music cord management and phone/iPod placement. I use Bluetooth so I don't care, but it looks like cords might be an issue with the backpack on. The exterior is just as tough feeling as my old one, so I do expect it to last. To sum up, they could use a few refinements but all in all seems to be what I want. Too bad they don't accept photos here, I did some side by side photos for comparison. Lets see how it will do on the plane.


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I don't have Ruby Woo but I am really starting to love matte lippies so when this restocked, I ordered it. I don't find it overly drying, even for a matte ( I use Chanel Rouge Allure Velvets, Rimmel London Kate mattes and Lime Crime Velvetines for comparison ) but I practice a pretty intensive regular lipcare routine to exfoliate, treat fine lines, hydrate, etc. I think that's the secret to successfully wear both mattes and the pale colors that show every little imperfection. Since it's well pigmented, I can get away with a little overdrawing so I'll likely use a lip brush for precision but even a quick application from the tube left a nice, clean edge. There are several color dupes for Ruby Woo but this one is as much about the formula and performance. I think it's worth splurging on if you normally buy drugstore formulas, and it's a smart all-season deep cool red to add to a higher end collection and won't underperform next to luxury brands.
This was an impulse buy for me, I got a text on my phone from MAC saying it was available and just snatched it up. I'm glad I did. I don't own Ruby Woo so I can't do a comparison, but I do love this color. It's a nice, cool tone red that would work well on a lot of skin tones. I'm not sure if it's the finishing powder that I use or the lipstick itself, but it's very long lasting. The only reason I give it 4.5 starts instead of a perfect 5 is because of the texture. It is very dry so I always wear a lip primer with it (Mac Lip Prime) so it goes on better and doesn't feel so dry on my lips. Other then that I love the stuff.
I am NOT a RiRi fan, but I am a fan of red lipsticks. I went with this one because I don't have Ruby Woo (although I have worn it when borrowed from a friend). For one, I think it is NOT a perfect dupe for Ruby Woo, but it isn't a major difference in the color. It is slightly darker and bluer but nothing major. It does however seem to feel a bit more comfortable on the lips and is less drying that Ruby Woo. It isn't very forgiving if you have dry/chapped lips so you definitely need to prep your lips first if you have any flakiness that you need to take care of.
When applying for the first time I noticed a lot more tugging on the lips than I am used to, but subsequent applications have been much better. As I mentioned, I expected it to be extremely drying like Ruby Woo was but to my surprise it really wasn't. It's definitely not hydrating either though. If wearing a matte is just too much for you then you can apply a little lip balm on top and rub your lips together. This will change the texture but the color remains on the lips. Just something to consider if you love the color but not the feel of matte (or retro matte in this case).
If you aren't a RiRi fan, you don't have a love of all lip products that are red, and/or you already own Ruby Woo then you can skip this one with no regrets.
I obviously bought this lipstick because I love Rihanna! Aside from that, I'm completely in love with the color and finish. There is something very classic and sexy about the effect. I've never worn red lipstick, but this is a very positive step into that direction. If you're looking for something super moisturizing, this isn't the lipstick for you. If you love the look Rihanna has made her signature, cop RiRiWoo when it rereleases in the fall.
MAC RiRi Woo Lipstick ($15.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a "matte cool red [with a retro matte finish]." It's a deep, medium-dark red with strong cool undertones and a matte finish. MAC Ruby Woo is absolutely similar, but it's very, very similar. RiRi Woo is inspired by Ruby Woo, but the difference is very slight–there's a noticeable difference in darkness and undertone when the two are swatched side-by-side, but applied, it is incredibly difficult to tell.


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A man breezed past a Hanahan patrol car at 95 mph before ending up in a crash that sent him and seven others to hospitals Saturday night, according to police.
Dennis Smalls, 24, of Goose Creek was driving a 2006 Nissan Altima on North Rhett Avenue from the direction of Hanahan toward Red Bank Road, S.C. Highway Patrol Senior Trooper Bridget Wyant said. He went through a red light at the intersection and broadsided a taxi van carrying six passengers about 11:45 p.m., she said.
Charges have not been filed against Smalls but are likely, depending on his condition, Wyant said.
Smalls had just raced past a Hanahan police officer who clocked him on radar at 95 mph, Hanahan Police Lt. Michael Fowler said. The officer drove off after Smalls but was never in pursuit, Fowler said.
The 2004 Honda van was carrying six passengers on Red Bank Road toward the Naval Weapons Station, Wyant said. One of the passengers was thrown from the van. All six were taken to hospitals for treatment. The taxi driver was not hospitalized.
Smalls, who was not wearing a seat belt, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, Wyant said. An 18-year-old female passenger, who was also not wearing a seat belt, was also hospitalized, she said.
Smalls could also face charges from Hanahan police for failure to stop for a blue light, Fowler said.
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