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Catholic Detention Ministry (CDM) responds to the Gospel mandate of visiting the imprisoned. The role of the Detention Ministers within the detention facilities is to focus on the spiritual care and nurturing of prisoners as well as to provide the best possible religious activities within a Christian setting.
Our mission is to communicate the Good News of God's unconditional love to those incarcerated. We affirm each person, not necessarily their behavior, and invite them to grow as sons and daughters of God. We recognize that we ourselves will be called to deeper conversion through our interactions with those in detention. We strive to do our work beginning at the institution and extending to the church outside. We recognize our responsibility to educate those who have not experienced the offender as a valuable individual. We see our mission not as an act of charity but as a living of the central mission of the Gospel.
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Adjacent Routes
30m. Wall/overhang, shares start with Ioli.
Not 7a+ in a million years - would not be a particularly hard 6c.
Crazy rock formations (some quite musical) including a projecting stal near the top which provides a cowboy-like no hands rest.
Another brilliant route but 6c+ would be the tops you could grade this route, Thimari is harder!
definitly 3 star
Maybe just 7a
If Thimari is 7a+ (reasonable here), this one is 6c!
7a about right and it only gets that because of the finish. the climbing up to the finish is though very smooth and a delight - well worth doing.

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Reviewed By Timothy B (Lakeland, FL) Reviewed for a 2003 Honda S2000 —12/1/2014 3:24 AM
Great for use at the track or on the street. I use in conjunction with EBC slotted HP rotors. They seem to get better when they get hot. They break-in and bed real fast.


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Spring is finally here and for some kids looking forward to camp, summer can't get here soon enough.
Hundreds of kids with muscular dystrophy spend a week every summer playing. The Muscular Dystrophy Association provides a camp for kids with disabilities to focus on their abilities.
Annie Kennedy with MDA joined us to talk about MDA camps and the effort to raise awareness and funds for muscular dystrophy.


text: Jeff Goodman is reporting that Rakim Sanders will transfer from BC. Sanders just completed an injury-plagued junior season and will have one year of eligibility (after sitting out a year as a transfer) remaining wherever he ends up.I'm not sure how Sanders would have fit in Donahue's scheme but this kind of caught me by surprise. Sanders is arguably the most talented local product BC has had in some time. It will be tough to see him leave but I'm sure the Eagles will manage. My guess is that Rakim stays somewhere local as his Dad was very visible at every BC home game the past few seasons.UPDATEAndy Katz is reporting that Sanders may end up at Fairfield under former BC assistant Ed Cooley.


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Posted by Anonymous on 05/10/2013
And the food is still good take-out food. Mostly everyone said the same thing, good take-out spot, run by super nice people.
Posted by Poppy on 02/04/2013
Ive lived in Cobble Hill for 5 years and had long since given up on ordering chinese food because every place I tried had issues. I gave Chan's a try last week, and let me tell you: it is a gift. A tray of general tso's chicken and pork fried rice is just $7, and the minimum delivery is only $6. It came to my door in a record time of 15 minutes, in the dead of winter. And the chicken was good, crispy, well sauced, and the food was very hot. I also got a cup of won ton soup for $1.50 (?!) and it was absolutely delicious as lunch the next day-- the dumplings have a good amount of pork. Highly recommend as your go-to Chinese take out/delivery place.
Posted by Anon on 08/09/2012
No one is saying this place is anything but what it is: It's cheap, fast, NY Chinese food and it is great at being that. Usually get delivery because they have a fairly wide delivery area and come quickly. Food is always solid and for the price it's terrific.
Posted by pete on 08/03/2012
The person who said this place is mediocre at best doesn't know what they are talking about. I will admit Chan's is not fancy, but it is one of the best Chinese takeout places ever. Their dumplings are the bomb and the Schezuan wontons are also bangin! If you appreciate Chinese takeout you will love this place, but if you are too fancy to appreciate this particular style of cuisine stay away. Also I should mention that they are pretty quick on the delivery and very nice people.
Posted by Anonymous on 03/07/2011
The reviews below would have you think this is a great restaurant. This is a greasy spoon take out joint. The food is just barely passable--edible and that's about all you can say. This doesn't hold a candle to Lichee Nut or Andy's and mind you, I don't think Lichee Nut or Andy's is great Chinese at all, but this area of Brooklyn, doesn't have much to go by for Chinese food. I've ordered at Chan's a few times, just for convenience. Got the General Tsao's chicken the other day. Poor rice. The sauce was day-glo orange, obviously from a can or mix. It was crispy at least, but it was way too much breading and not enough chicken and I could distinctly taste shrimp, meaning they fried it in the same oil that wasn't well cleaned. Nothing wrong with this place; it is what it is; but the reviews below are deceptive having you think this is fine dining, and it is far, far from that.
Posted by foodguy on 12/06/2010
i tried them all in the hood. this one wins. really nice, bright flavors, fresh veggie; meat and tofu dishes taste good, too. worth going to the atm in the rain to get cash for. decent prices to boot.
Posted by Anonymous on 03/19/2010
After to many inconsistant orders at other Chinese resturants....this place is always good...and hot!


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The Charleston RiverDogs came from behind with a season-high eight runs in the eighth inning, pulling away for a 13-6 win over the Greenville Drive on Wednesday afternoon in front 4,186 fans at Riley Park in South Atlantic League action.
The win locks up a three-game sweep and guarantees that Charleston will win the inaugural Battle of the Palmetto State Rivalry Series and claim the Spinx Rivalry Series Trophy.
The RiverDogs improved to 8-13 in the second half and 41-50 overall after their fifth straight win. The Drive slid to 3-18 and 37-53, respectively, while suffering their 16th consecutive loss. Charleston guaranteed a win in this in-state rivalry with an 11-4 mark with six meetings left.
Dustin Fowler launched the RiverDogs to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Michael O'Neill and Tyler Wade recorded singles on back-to-back pitches to open the frame. On a 2-0 count, Fowler drove a home run to right field that put Charleston ahead. It was Fowler's eighth home run of the season.
Over the second and third innings, Greenville came back to the tie the game at 3-3. An error off a two-out ground ball in the second allowed Carlos Asuaje to score. In the third, Asuaje and Kevin Mager brought in runs with back-to-back two-out extra-base hits. Asuaje scored Tzu-Wei Lin with a double and came in during Mager's game-tying triple.
Charleston reclaimed the lead in the sixth with a pair of runs. A pair of one-out walks set the table for Jackson Valera, who singled to drive in Eduardo de Oleo. Mark Payton scored on a squeeze bunt from Gosuke Katoh that pushed the RiverDogs to a 5-3 lead.
Greenville rallied in the top of the eighth to take its first lead at 6-5. With two outs and two runners on base, Carlos Coste, Aneudis Peralta, and Cole Sturgeon came through with three consecutive run-scoring singles that helped the Drive take the lead. All six Greenville runs on Wednesday were scored with two outs.
The RiverDogs responded with a season-best eight-run rally, climbing to a 13-6 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Valera's one-out double tied the game before Katoh's two-run double put Charleston in front. After a pop out, Katoh scored when the potential inning-ending pop out landed by second base. Tyler Wade drew a walk ahead of Fowler, who doubled to drive in Michael O'Neill. Mike Ford followed with his ninth home run of the year, a three-run shot.
Evan Rutckyj picked up the victory and is now 3-0 for Charleston. Greenville's Jason Garcia took the loss and is 0-1 following his 2014 Drive debut. Katoh's go-ahead double in the eighth extended his team-best hit streak to a career-high 12 consecutive games.
Ballpark fun
Charleston hosted its annual Big Splash Day, complete with water balloons, squirt guns, and water hoses that doused fans before and throughout the game. Many fans in attendance wore swimming suits and similar apparel while experiencing the aquatic amusement. RiverDogs broadcast Sean Houston changed booths and served as the public address announcer at Riley Park for the first time.
Coming up
Charleston heads on the road for a four-game series at Savannah that starts at 7:05 p.m. Thursday. RiverDogs RHP Gabe Encinas (0-0, 0.00 ERA) will make his 2014 Charleston debut against Sand Gnats RHP Ricky Knapp (3-5, 4.28 ERA).
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By Alice Feiring
In the 17th century, the people of the Champagne region of France took one of the most god-awful climates for ripening grapes and some of the most diffi cult soil and turned its fruit into a complex brew, a luxurious and optimistic elixir, with the serendipitous discovery of bubbles. It's as if the region invented the cliché "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." And the current lemon is a beaut. Two years ago the Champenois were crowing about a world-wide shortage—there wasn't enough to sate the thirst of the booming markets in Russia and Asia. Now with millions of cases withering in warehouses, the big houses are embracing change like never before in an effort to get the stuff flowing into consumers' glasses again.
Stanislas Henriot, president of his family's esteemed champagne house, Henriot, says the appellation will survive, but also admits, "It's been brutal." According to one of the biggest distributors in the United States, sales are off 50 percent for the basic stuff , and down 85 percent for the fancy. You know things are bad when distributors to cork-popping stalwarts like strip clubs and hip-hop joints are happy with a 15 percent chop in consumption. And it's everywhere around the globe, according to Henriot: "We have seen the drop in all markets." Soldiering on, Champagne Krug's newly installed, charismatic leader, Margareth Henríquez, wants to make new friends. "In times like these we can get into accounts that we couldn't get into before," she says. The whole industry is getting serious about luring the new middle-class drinkers it needs to shed its position as a blast reserved for special occasions, and about recasting the wine as an everyday bottle, a steady morale booster. They couldn't have come up with a better message for 2009.
The Changed State of Luxury
Henríquez is both sanguine and strategic. She acknowledges trouble with bubbles but pooh-poohs the idea of a crisis: "This is nothing. Try heading up Seagram's during Venezuela's revolution or leading Chandon in Buenos Aires in the 2002 devaluation of the peso. Every crisis is the same. Even the jokes are the same." Krug is the jewel in LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton's collection of champagnes (six brands spread out over an attributed output of 50 million bottles a year). The house has not lacked for four-star restaurant accounts. But in an eff ort to expand their reach beyond the usual velvet ropes and fancy crystal, they're cruising new neighborhoods—off ering fi re-salestyle prices to a selection of hot-spot restaurants. If you've wondered whether exalted Krug was worth the bucks, this is the time to sample. Over at DBGB, Daniel Boulud's new Bowery burger joint in New York City, half bottles of Krug Grande Cuvée are going for $60 and the same deal has been showing up at some wine shops. (On a wine list, a demi usually goes for $120 or more.) LVMH is also playing the promotional game with another champagne, the esteemed Dom Pérignon. At Manhattan's Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District, a glass of DP and a half-dozen oysters are yours for $40.
Some industry buyers are unimpressed by the potential discounts. Juliette Pope, beverage director of New York's Gramercy Tavern , is one. Her near-perfect wine list is peppered with exquisite champagnes. "Deals are coming up," she says, "but I am not even giving them a chance to tell me because it doesn't matter if I put on a $500 wine at $300 or pour a glass for $50 instead of $100. They are not moving at the high end. The middle range, under $100, is OK—like Vilmart, Egly-Ouriet and Billecart-Salmon—but still slow."
Business is even slower in stores. Roberta Morrell, who over the years has sold Olympic amounts of Veuve Clicquot's Grande Dame, Dom Pérignon and Louis Roederer's Cristal at Morrell & Company, her store in Manhattan, says sales are dismal. Vintage champagne, that age-worthy wine where the grapes come from a single year, isn't moving at all. Nonvintage champagne, in which the grapes from several seasons are blended, still sells now and then, but nothing over $45. "Lily Bollinger had a great line," Morrell says. "'I drink it when I'm happy and when I'm sad.' People in America don't get the sad part. Now, if I run out of a brand, instead of rushing to stock it, I say, 'Big deal.'" But, she adds, "there's a bright side. People are buying prosecco." Up 40 percent in the first half of this year, Mionetto—the leading Italian sparkling winemaker, whose prices range from just $9 to $16—never had it so good.


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In order to encourage me to blog more often I'm going to be redirecting the content of this blog to writing and books.
I've had an idea in my head for a book for a long time and I'm finally in a state of mind where I've been able to start first drafts of scenes. I have an alpha reader lined up and research is starting to pile up. I'm really excited about diving into this project. I know the odds of being able to live off of writing are very slight. But just being able to say "I wrote a book" would be really awesome. And I'll be able to cross it off of my bucket list :)
I'll also be gushing about books I've been reading or have read. I don't claim to be a book reviewer by any means, but maybe you'll see something that peaks your interest!
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Brad Pitt has made his debut as the new face of Chanel No. 5.
The actor is front and center in an ad released Monday for the French fashion house's signature fragrance.
In the black-and-white video, Pitt, who is casually dressed and sporting shoulder-length hair, contemplates fate and longing.
"It's not a journey. Every journey ends, but we go on," he says in the 30-second spot. "The world turns and we turn with it. Plans disappear, dreams take over, but wherever I go, there you are: my luck; my fate; my fortune. Chanel No.5, inevitable."
The father of six, who is engaged to longtime partner Angelina Jolie, is the first man to represent Chanel's signature scent. He joins a list of stars that includes Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman and Audrey Tautou.
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text: Share this news story The French techno artist will play a string of dates across the US and Canada this month. Later this month, Sebastien Devaud, AKA Agoria, will head off on a quick tour of North America, culminating in a main stage appearance at the Movement festival in Detroit. It's been a busy few months for Devaud, with a series of gigs at WMC followed by a jaunt around Europe in support of Balance 016, his recent mix CD on EQ. Following a gig at Nuits Sonores this weekend, he'll arrive on American shores for gigs in New York, Texas and Windsor, Canada, plus two dates in Detroit, where he'll play on the Main Stage at Movement and at the Voyage Royale boat party, alongside jocks like DJ Sneak, Cassy and Ricardo Villalobos. May 22 Agoria, The Boom Boom Room, Windsor May 27 Agoria, Pulse, Michigan May 28 Mmxii presents Agoria, Malibu Discotheque, Houston May 30 Voyage Royale - I'M O.., Boat - Detroit Princess, Michigan May 31 Movement Detroit 2010 - Day 3, Hart Plaza, Michigan Label: Infine Music


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Video: 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari Found in Pebble Beach Barn
BrainZuk on YouTube recently stumbled upon the only 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari currently in the U.S. in a wooden barn at the ongoing Monterey Car Week 2013. This private barn is set to host private viewings of the LaFerrari over the coming days.
The 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari receives a 6.3 liter V12 which is connected to an electric motor similar to the system on the McLaren P1. LaFerrari's V12 has an output of 800hp at 9,000rpm and 700Nm at 7,000rpm while its electric motor has a maximum output of 163hp and 270Nm of torque. That delivers a total combined power output of 963hp, allowing the new Ferrari Enzo to do 0-100 km/h in less than 3 seconds, 0-300 km/h in 15 seconds and a top speed in excess of 350 km/h.
The Ferrari LaFerrari is said to lap Ferrari's Fiorano test track in less than 1 minute 20 seconds. That is five seconds quicker than the Enzo and more than three seconds quicker than the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta. Compared with the Ferrari Enzo, torsional rigidity is up 27 percent and longitudinal stiffness increases 22 percent, while weight goes down by 20 percent.
Stay tuned to GTspirit for more from Monterey Car Week 2013 in the coming days, with some exciting galleries on the way!
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AFIIG Immigration Forum: Decent
I'll have more to say about the AFIIG Immigration Forum on the show tomorrow, but I want to get a few thoughts down before I crash for the night.
1) Lubbock Bishop Placido Rodriguez had the words of wisdom to guide us through our immigration reform discussion: remember to put a face on it. Recognizing human dignity is essential to the process, and as we remember our shared humanity, it will enhance — not harm — our security as well. I admire the Catholic Church's position on immigration; it's humane, ethical, and within the law of the land.
2) Immigration is a very complex issue. The following issues are all caught up in the immigration mix as well as being complex issues in their own right: border security, employers who habitually hire illegal immigrants, family splitting/uniting, birthright citizenship, economic and social conditions in Mexico, cartel violence, U.S. drug demand, U.S. gun exports into Mexico, NAFTA, detention/deportation of illegal immigrants, immigration legal complexity (e.g. quotas and categories), judicial discretion (lack of, really) in the immigration courts, jurisdictional/constitutional boundaries, taxes and who pays them (illegal immigrants pay more taxes than people generally think, especially in Texas), immigration policy history, and the question of what is US culture.
3) Todd Klein should be commended for filling in at the last minute for Alberto Gonzales, who backed out of being on the panel to moderate it instead. I don't agree with everything Todd said on the panel, but he took on the tough audience questions that other panel members were silent about.
The event as a whole had an OK turnout, but it's hard to get a lot of people to turn out for a public forum (especially on the first day of TTU classes). I sympathize with the organizers in that regard. However, I think the immigration debate as a whole is a distraction intended to keep us from focusing on other, more pressing issues. But hey, public forums are a tried-and-true way to do issue advocacy, and AFIIG clearly wants to push that issue.
Also, did anyone go to the Randy Neugebauer town hall this morning? I couldn't attend, so I'd love to hear how it went. I sure hope someone asked him about that damn yacht and how he got $7 million richer while in Congress.


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But aside from a bushel of parking and speeding tickets, this isn't normal fare for a city cop. Oldani says there have been no calls concerning fights, no assaults, no robberies, no drugs. "They don't drink," Oldani says. "We haven't found any alcohol on these kids." Yikes. These kids aren't assimilated yet.
Lynn Muench, chairwoman of the block-captain program in St. Louis Hills, thinks the constant harping by a few members of the St. Louis Hills Neighborhood Association has triggered too much attention from the police.
"I'm concerned there is an inordinate amount of police attention to Willmore Park," says Muench. "Other parks and neighborhoods in South City are not getting the type of police protection they deserve. We're having a rash of garage break-ins and car thefts, and the cops are down at Willmore Park."
There's the rub. In the upper-crust St. Louis Hills 'hood, drive-by shootings and armed robberies are something they watch on the 10 o'clock news. Squealing tires and macho-man stares from uppity young'uns -- that's the time to call the cops.
Ginny Nester, the original chairwoman of the block-captain program, says Willmore Park is being used more now than ever before, and she's glad of it. She's visited the park more lately because of the complaints, and she admits that speeding cars have been a bit of a problem, the same way they have been on and off for the last 30 years. The increased police presence has decreased the problem, she says, but she doesn't like the tone of recent events:
"My concern is when a very, very insignificant number of people in this neighborhood can go out to the political people and the police, presenting this as a huge problem when in reality it is not. It affects my neighborhood unbelievably. St. Louis Hills does not always enjoy the best reputation in the world. In my dealings with other neighborhoods, they say, 'You're part of that elitist group.' This is my home. At times I am ashamed to say I live in St. Louis Hills. This is one of those times. I've said at board meetings, 'Who's going to be next? Who's going to decide who the next target will be?' That's what I'm concerned about."
Oldani has heard this concern, and he's defensive about the ethnic-profiling allegation. "Anybody who comes in and says the police are profiling the Bosnians, that's a load. We're not," he says. "The radar gun, when it picks up a car coming at you from two blocks away, can't differentiate who's in it. It just picks up the speed."
Ron Klutho, of the St. Pius V Refugee Support Program, says Bosnians may be using Willmore to replicate what is known in Bosnia as the korzo, an evening gathering place. Normally the korzo would be a place to stroll around near downtown or an area with shops and cafés, but a park could serve the same purpose. A coffee shop several blocks north of Willmore on Hampton Avenue is called Café Korzo. Whatever the intent of the Bosnians using the park, Oldani wants to make it clear that they are welcome there, as long as they follow the rules.
"There's a couple of things I need to set straight here: Some St. Louis Hills residents, as well as Bosnians alike, think we're singling the Bosnians out. We're not. We're not singling anybody out. I'm not sure they know what the ordinances are," says Oldani. "The police are not trying to wage a war against the Bosnian community. We just need to keep the peace in the park. The park is for everyone. The park needs to be made safe for everyone."
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Quick update: The ZBA passed on voting on The Beer Belly's special use permits Wednesday night, apparently to give the topic more thought. "Petitions are coming in left and right, from both sides," said Brad Glass, an Albany city planner. Getting a strong reaction to today's column, which is about a rapidly changing block of […] [Read More]
She fought City Hall and (gasp!) won
Nadine Kozer is savoring a victory. In April, I told you about Kozer's fight against a parking ticket and tow charge. The 50-year-old state employee had parked her minivan in the morning, in an apparently safe spot on State Street in Albany. But her Honda was gone when she returned from work in the afternoon, replaced […] [Read More]
Update: Albany woman fights ticket — and wins!
Remember Nadine Kozer? She's the Albany resident and state worker who was unfairly ticketed on State Street. Kozer, featured in an Advocate column in April, parked her minivan early in the morning, when there was no "emergency no parking" sign marking the spot. But her Honda was gone when she returned late in the afternoon, […] [Read More]
Column: Taking on city hall — with no proof in hand
Fighting city hall is tough. But fighting city hall without evidence on your side? That's a whole lot tougher. Yet that's what Nadine Kozer is attempting to do. Guided by conviction, the 50-year-old state employee is battling Albany's decision to ticket her car and tow it away. It's a matter of principle, she says. The […] [Read More]


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Sacro-Egoism in Pacific Northwest BlogsNovember 12, 2014
I wonder what Apostle Paul would think of the modern Christian world. In 1 Corinthians 9, the great evangelical innovator states, "I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it." For Paul, nothing mattered more than reaching people for Christ, and he did not let social conventions get in the way.
Still, the advancements of the past decade have brought technological innovations never before dreamt of by the ancient Christian saints. What used to take months to share across the globe now can be transmitted in milliseconds. The limitation of paper and pen has been swept away with the availability of electronic media in all its amazing, creative formats. More and more, the "People of the Book" have become the people of the E-book and the Internet.
Blogging, which was once the solitary voice of youthful hipster dudes and dudettes, is now accepted by most pastors and Christian laypeople as a viable and effective way to discuss religious thought. In fact, blogging is a hallmark of Pacific Northwest culture, and these online authors embrace the medium with enthusiasm and purpose that in many ways echoes the sociological voice of modernity.
In my PhD study of religiosity in the West (U. of Birmingham, 2009), I discovered that most believers in Oregon (at least) approach faith and religion as radical individualists—what I termed, "Sacro-Egoism" (Implicit Religion, 2008). There definitely are other methods to religion countering this extreme individualism--Institutional (Sacro-Clericalism), Communal (Sacro-Communalism), and Mystical (Sacro-Theism)—but the Sacro-Egoistical voice is evidentially the most prevalent in blogs from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. Reading through many blogs from the Pacific Northwest reveals not only an enhanced religious authority of the individual, but also a personal embrace of spirituality and mystery, a negative approach to the institution of church, and a radical look at communal structure of religion.
Regarding other blogging types, a Sacro-Clerical blog would take a traditional approach to religion and give the ultimate authority to the church institution, a Sacro-Communal blog would suggest that ultimate authority of thought and interpretation rests within the local group of believers, and a Sacro-Theistic blog would focus on mystical encounters and direct divine communication in religious matters. For sure, blogs of these types exist, but they are more the exception than the norm, currently.
Perusing through popular blogging sites such as christandcascadia.com, patheos.com, and relevantmagazine.com, one can easily and repeatedly find examples of Sacro-Egoism within the various blogs. In these online communities, both language and topics demonstrate a radical, personalized approach to faith and interpretation. Bloggers consistently utilize words such as "I," me," etc. to present their own authoritative take on matters of doctrine, scripture, and praxis. Moreover, the authors are unabashedly willing to share their unique voices and understandings on religiosity, and they invite discussion on such matters, creating a milieu of accessibility and theological conversation.
For example, one blogger from relevantmagazine.com writes, "If God gave you a dream, you should pursue it. You should fight for it. Don't ignore a dream God has given you. Your dream matters." Another states, "I want to be a part of finding a way to live together with deep differences in a pluralistic society. And I want to do it in ways that allow me to reflect into the world the deep sense of divine love and grace I've experienced and on which I am entirely dependent."
Still, the blogs can be edgy and provocative, and easily demonstrate the key characteristics of Sacro-Egoism: "Believers" pick and choose their avenues of faith rationally in line with their personal vision for an inclusive society; they are more open to religious options, but more closed to religious institutionalism; and they uphold their personal authority and rights of religious expression and belief above all else.
From patheos.com, one blogger writes, "Every time I see some smiley TV preacher talk about God's plan for me or hear Sara Palin say something irretrievably mean and stupid about poor people, every time I pass an embarrassing billboard featuring Jesus and a fetus, I totally get why reasonable people steer clear." Still another proclaims, "But the church is changing. Because I AM the church. And I know many, many, many parents just like me. The church is shifting. I'm beyond grateful that God is ushering in a new day and age. Legalism, fundamentalism, literalism – all of it – is on its way out. The next generation will not tolerate it. God is refreshing the truth of unconditional love to all people."
Regarding the future, Anastasia Karaflogka's essay, "Religion on – Religion in Cyberspace" (Predicting Religion, 2003), suggests that the evolution and nature of spiritual quests and religious knowledge will only increase in this technological age, and that it could have both a corrosive and a creative effect on society. She states that religion on the Internet will continue to cultivate arenas ". . . where people can 'meet' to interact; to exchange ideas, knowledge, information and experience; to give substance to creative, imaginative and innovative new concepts and ideas; and to relocate, re-evaluate and deconstruct old concepts and ideas in a new setting." Blogs are an effective medium to accomplish this notion.
Still, there are some dangers to blogging. In 1 Corinthians 9, the Apostle Paul spoke of the freedoms and rights of the Christian; however, he also spoke of the dangers of self-reliance and self-delusion. As he explained, "Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. . . but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified."
As technology continues to provide a worldwide platform for all people of faith to voice their personal opinions, the power of cyberspace and blogging will continue to grow and influence religious thought, church philosophy, and accepted doctrine. Blogs can be a wonderfully innovative way to open up discussions of God, but they can also be vain and vacuous soapboxes of empty value without proper humility and purposefulness.
The Apostle Paul admonished readers to "run in such a way, as not without aim;" blog authors and readers alike should heed his advice regarding this powerful and personal avenue of evangelism in the twenty-first century.
John S. Knox, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Apologetics
and Heather Harney (Student, GFU)
Are Seminaries Really Necessary?July 15, 2014
Let's consider here for a moment a proposal that, at first looks very attractive: to turn the training of ministers over to the churches rather than to the seminaries (John Frame proposed something very much like this in 1972, though he admits some seminaries are doing a much better job than his analysis at the time indicated. See http://www.frame-poythress.org/proposal-for-a-new-seminary/ accessed 1/25/2014.). After all, we are training ministers, not academic theologians. The traditional seminary setting is too bound up with concerns about grades, attendance reports, accreditation, and academic parity to focus on the really important matters that a minister needs, especially in a rapidly changing world. Let pastors mentor young ministerial candidates and give them "on the job training." The result will be better prepared ministers, who are more aware of the real challenges of church life, something you can never get in the classroom.
That sounds very good, but the reasoning is flawed on several points. For one thing, many seminaries now include some kind of field education requirement. Seminary professors these days are often involved in church ministries and are acutely aware of the need to encourage students to gain hands-on experience while in seminary. In addition, there are essential aspects of ministry training that can best be gained in an academic, seminary type setting. Without these, the minister who has had on the job training only will be ill prepared for many of the challenges offered in today's secular and pluralistic world. Seminaries offer a place where the ministerial candidate can be well prepared to meet those challenges. Here is why:
Seminaries offer a "safe place" where important biblical truths can be discussed, where ideas can be considered, adopted, and abandoned, and where (in general) no one's spiritual life is in danger. Consider, for example, the question of the existence of evil. This "philosophical" and doctrinal problem becomes a very real question in our churches when a young couple loses their baby; when someone in the church dies in an accident, when the church bus crashes, or when a beloved church member is a victim of murder. Every pastor will face one or more of these circumstances in his lifetime. How much better, if he has worked through, in his own mind, a deep and settled conviction of the goodness of God, even in the face of tragedy. His tone of voice and demeanor will communicate that reality to those who are grieving. The minister who is faced with working out his beliefs on this matter at the time that a grieving young couple is sitting before him is in trouble, but so is the couple. If he can say nothing that comforts, and in fact is clearly floundering, he may damage the spiritual life of a young family for decades to come. It is well then that young ministers in training should "hack out" this issue in systematic theology, and apologetic classes, and even in the student lounge. These are places where all kinds of ideas can be tried out, rejected, refined, and replaced—and nobody is going to walk away from God because of it.
A second reason for Seminaries as a place for preparing ministers is that they offer a diversity of mentors, in the persons of the faculty. The Seminary at Liberty University, for example, has graduates of Dallas Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Seminary, Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Baylor University, Wayne State University, Denver Seminary, University of Virginia, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and Michigan State University among its faculty including those with degrees from Liberty University itself. These men come from a variety of pastoral and ministry experiences in large churches and small ones, and from various states across the US. The ministry candidate whose training consists of mentoring by one older pastor draws from a narrower vein of experience, and from the ministry of only one church. Seminaries bring together a community of people who have helped plant churches, revive churches, build youth groups, and who have served overseas short and long term in a variety of mission settings. Rather than being mentored by a single pastor (who may have a passion for theology, but little else, or a passion for evangelism but little interest in discipleship) the student is exposed to a broad variety of passions, emphases, philosophies of ministry, and interests. The experience gained from such a cloud of mentors cannot be replaced in any single local church setting.
The third reason has to do with the library resources available to students. In the course of a Seminary master's degree, students will use a variety of Bible commentaries, as well as resources related to youth ministry, pastoral ministries, missions, and issues in church life. By the time the student graduates, there is a deeper awareness of what kinds of resources are most helpful for the student's specific calling and gifts in ministry. Commentaries and other resources are expensive. By the time the student graduates, he has a mental list of favorite writers, and publishers and styles that will prevent much waste of money in the decades ahead.
And so, while it sounds attractive to train ministers "on the front lines" the fact is, Seminaries offer the best opportunity for upcoming candidates to try their gifts, develop their understanding of the things of God, and to gain knowledge and tools that will go with them through a lifetime of effective ministry. Pastors and churches should encourage young people called to ministry to attend seminary, and should educate themselves as to what seminaries such as Liberty University's have to offer in terms of degree programs and opportunities. Churches should forge an alliance with seminaries in expectation of sending young people there, and should invite the Seminary to supply them with part time ministers, volunteer help and pulpit supply in an intentional effort to come to know the Seminary better. The Seminary will benefit, as will the churches, and especially those churches that receive well trained and ready leadership, able to maintain a steady hand while guiding the spiritual growth of the congregation.
- C. Fred Smith, PhD
Associate Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies
The Cup Just for YouMay 21, 2014
The Christian Church is a miracle.
Not many people in the world fully grasp the dark, toxic environment in which the first believers stepped into to share the light of God's love in Jesus Christ.
Not many people today understand just how many people died for the faith in the first three centuries of the faith, so that we can worship the one who died and rose again to set us free.
But the historical truth is that the first followers of Jesus shocked the Mediterranean world with their crazy notions of kindness, and purity, and truth, and sacrifice.
Acts 2 tells us that "All the believers were together and had everything in common…Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."
Many embraced these new loving ideas, and pockets of Christianity began to pop up first near Jerusalem, then into Galatia and Antioch, Thessaly, Greece, and into Rome herself. But others found the new followers' views troubling, vexing, and made it their life's purpose to exterminate this new Christian sect.
The leaders were the first to be attacked—Stephen, James, Paul, Peter, Luke--and these Disciples and Apostles suffered too often from religious leaders threatened by the challenge of Christianity, and political leaders irritated by any social disorder that might interfere with the Pax Romana—the Roman Peace that brought so much wealth and power to the Empire.
Sadly, the Christians had little friends in political circles, and whatever money that they had was frequently distributed to the poor—"They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need." Thus, while others could buy or bribe their way out of trouble, the first followers could only suffer for their faith, just like Jesus.
In Philippians 3, the Apostle Paul states, "I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead."
Remarkably, the Jesus movement grew despite this intense hostility and persecution. The first Christians' message of love and hope echoed in the hearts of needy men, women, and children oppressed by the greediness and violence of Roman tyranny. And they saw in Jesus Christ a leader with whom they admired and respected—unlike the Emperors who operated mainly on terror, vanity, and too often insanity.
The entire New Testament was composed and recorded during this fiery, bloody era of martyrdom and executions of the faithful. Reading through the epistles, it is easy to hear about standing strong despite turmoil, holding fast to the faith, remembering the reward in store for those who hunger after righteousness, and courageously refuse to abandon Him who saved them from the "rewards" of the World--neglect, immorality, paganism, and even death.
The author of Jude writes,
"But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. They said to you, 'In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.' These are the people who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit.
But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life."
The message rings strong throughout the New Testament—God sees you. God wants to call you friend. God has made a way just for you. He doesn't care about your social status. He doesn't care about your gender. He opens His arms of forgiveness to you, no matter what their transgressions or sins. He wants to walk with you once again. Because you matter to God. He loves you, ultimately and unconditionally.
Affirming this, Galatians 3 states, "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus."
The Mediterranean was a dry desert--religiously and morally—and the people had been dying of thirst for so long, so very long. The first group of Christians should have been too small to change the world, logically. But these believers opened the floodgates of living water to all they encountered, and the people drank deep the loving waters of redemption and renewal, and they felt the fullness of Christ fill their hearts and souls, which had been so empty before.
The Prophet Zephaniah spoke of this human need centuries earlier:
"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves.?He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.
At that time I will deal with all who oppressed you. I will rescue the lame; I will gather the exiles. I will give them praise and honor?in every land where they have suffered shame.
At that time I will gather you; at that time I will bring you home. I will give you honor and praise among all the peoples of the earth?when I restore your fortunes before your very eyes, says the Lord."
That promise, that miracle is still available today for all who are thirsty and hungry for healing and wholeness, for those craving an eternal relationship that they can count on despite the turmoil in their lives.
Wonderfully, 2,000 years later, God still reaches out His holy hands and says, "Come and drink the living water, my friends.
I have poured out a cup just for you."
-John S. Knox, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Apologetics
Three Reasons to Marry for LoveMarch 24, 2014
In the post-modern world, societal mores are changing in all aspects of life —not least of which is that of marriage, perhaps the oldest social institution of them all. Some sources (www.prb.org) suggest that close to 108 billion people have lived on the earth since life began, and no one would doubt that marriage was an important event for the majority of those people, regardless of their cultures.
Unfortunately, historians and sociologists do not have an exhaustive reservoir of cultural data to examine regarding marriage throughout history. We know about the lives of the rich and the famous, but scant about the commoners in their society. Yet, often without any evidence to back it up, one can read in the media assertions like, "For most of human history, marriage wasn't a very romantic institution. It was more akin to a business deal between men, the bride in question had very few rights or other options" (people.howstuffworks.com), and "When love entered the picture as the reason to marry, dissolutions became more commonplace" (www.psychologytoday.com). Proclamations like these only add darkness to the matter and provide an ulterior, but not necessarily helpful explanation for the presence of divorce and annulment.
Reading the article in Psychology Today entitled, "Three Reasons Why You Shouldn't Marry for Love" (Gadoua 2013), it is evident that modern thinking discards traditional understanding and incentives for marriage, opting for a more self-serving agenda. Considering the individualistic spirit of the age, it is not surprising; however, shallow argumentation is evident, especially concerning marriage in the context of Christianity.
The article begins with the (incorrect) axiom of "But if you really think about it, love is a luxury." The dictionary defines a luxury as "an inessential, desirable item that is expensive or difficult to obtain," but if love comes from within a person's heart and mind, then its expression and application costs nothing, materially.
The author, Gadoua, continues, "When you marry for love, it generally means you have all—or at least most—of your other needs met (like food, shelter, warmth, etc)." Few young adults have luxurious riches when they decide to wed; typically, it is the opposite—couples with no steady job or abundant income for either, with more bills than money, but still with a long-term expectation of loving and working and struggling to survive.
According to the article, however, "in our attempt to make marriage stronger by raising the bar to meet our higher love and romance needs, we have seriously weakened the institution. These are both highly changeable emotions: When love wanes, the marriage gets shaky; when the romance stops, the nuptials die." The mistake in this evaluation is the author's separation of "love" and "romance."
In C.S. Lewis' book, The Four Loves, Lewis presents the basic types of love demonstrated in humanity: Storge or natural affection, Philia or friendship, Eros or romance, and Agape or charity, which is the highest, selfless form of all loves. Each one of these kinds of love has a different goal and implementation, and working together can bring harmony and health to any relationship. The problem is if one embraces or exhibits only one of these in a marriage or intimate relationship; then, the union will be strained, which the article misses in its conclusions on marriage.
Instead, Gadoua offers, "People whose primary reason to marry is other than love — such as to have children with someone they believed would be a good co-parent, to have financial security, or for companionship — generally have longer and perhaps better marriages because their choices are made for a defined purpose." Of course, the author offers no evidence or statistics to back up this jaw-dropping advice. She concludes, "I'm not saying love shouldn't be on the list of things that need to be in your relationship, but it doesn't need to be number one (and perhaps shouldn't be)."
For the Christian, though, love must begin all life choices. In Matthew 22 (ESV), Jesus commands, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Such advice negates the self-focused, problematic guidance in Gadous' article.
Wisdom and love comes from someone outside of us—God, whose amazing love for us, once embraced, covers and flows through us to everyone else, spouses included. This good counsel is seen in other Biblical passages. 1 John 4 (ESV) states,
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
In simplifying marriage to a mere social contract present to provide mental peace and physical comfort alone, Gadoua has missed the holistic nature and divine origins of love, which begins in and is sustained through productive, charitable actions without absolute certainty of reaping benefits for oneself. It is hard to see the big picture when you only stare into a mirror.
Marriages don't fold because spouses are kind, affectionate, self-sacrificing, and understanding. Unions end because of self-absorption and hatred, because of an unwillingness to submit to God's ethical design for relationships. Gadoua places the focus on what one can get from the marriage; God places the focus on what one can give to the marriage. It is doubtful that any marriage would end if spouses simply and devotedly followed Paul's advice in 1 Corinthians 13 (ESV):
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
In contrast, Gadoua's article reminds me of the book of Ecclesiastes, with its emphasis on human pursuits without God (and His love) in the center—vanity, vanity--a chasing after the wind. Instead, let us follow God's lead in our relationships and in marriage, which, after all, is just a glimpse of the joy to be had for eternity in Heaven.
Thus, I end with my own three reasons why you must marry for love.
- God is love and expects us to be loving if we are His followers.
- Love is the only power that can truly heal emotional, psychological, and spiritual wounds.
- Love is the only force that is eternal, leaving behind a legacy influencing others for good.
- John S. Knox, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Apologetics
What Every Pastor Needs from His FlockMarch 5, 2014
I have often heard what churches need from their pastor. Usually the expectations are set extremely high. Today, I would like to reverse the equation and provide a glimpse of what a pastor needs from his flock. Here are my thoughts.
He needs for you to embrace a biblical understanding of his role and responsibility. God has called him to shepherd the flock of which you are a part. God holds him accountable to lead, feed, and intercede. That comes from Acts 6 where Deacons are appointed to assist the pastors with the work of the ministry. You must understand that for your pastor, it is not just a job. It is a calling from God.
He needs your prayers. In Ephesians, Paul asked the congregation to pray for him. During the crisis time leading up to Jesus' crucifixion, death, burial, and resurrection, Jesus told Peter that Satan had requested to "sift you like wheat." Then Jesus states, "but I have prayed for you." If Paul and Peter needed prayer on their behalf, certainly your pastor does as well. Every pastor trying to accomplish God's work faces tremendous opposition from the world, the flesh, and the devil. Please pray for him. You have no idea what he is dealing with on a daily basis and it is difficult to understand the burden he carries as God's shepherd of your flock.
He needs your loyalty. By this, I mean loyalty to the Lord, to him, and to your local church family. When you become a member of a congregation, certain obligations come and one of those is your support. Let me suggest that you talk with your pastor to see if disagreements, disappointments or differences of opinion can be worked out. No doubt, expectations clearly understood and clarifications should be made if possible. If you cannot be supportive of your pastor and you find yourself at an impasse, that may well be an indicator that you need to be in another church.
He needs your commitment to a biblical vision. This means that you embrace the biblical mandates that the church exists to fulfill the Great Commission, to impact your community and the world with the gospel, and to equip believers to accomplish the work of the ministry. Way too many churches seem to have lost that biblical vision of why they exist. Some even go so far as to question whether or not a church which has become completely inward focused instead of outward focused is even a church in the biblical sense. Perhaps that needs to be studied further.
He needs for you to give him the benefit of the doubt. Every pastor is human and makes mistakes. I challenge you to give him the benefit of the doubt that his heart is in the right place. It amazes me how many church members are quick to be critical and quick to speak. Perhaps we need to be reminded of James' words that we are be swift to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Before you make a snap judgment or listen to gossip, it would be wise to exercise caution. Way too many pastors have been hurt by carnal gossip, and unquestioned and distorted perceptions of reality. If there is a problem, talk to him not about him.
He needs for you to be present and participating. No one can be present every time the church doors are open, but every member of a church family should be present on a consistent basis. Does not the Scripture admonish us "not to forsake the assembling of ourselves together?"
He needs for you to love him and his family. This includes encouragement, making sure he is provided for, that he has adequate time off, and that he has necessary tools to work with. He needs books, resources, time to learn and appropriate help.
As a member of the flock, you can help your pastor be the man God has called him to be.
-Jerry Sutton, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Practical Studies


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Lots of bands have their music used in television shows these days, but sometimes the context and the impact are a little more on-target than others. The fact that Lost is threading its teaser commercial for the upcoming season with The Fray's "You Found Me" is pretty neat – the drama of the images moves with the drama of the song. We blogged about Lost last time around, and we're big fans of the Fray – they're one of our You Oughta Know artists. We thought those who feel the same might want to see the above clip.
Watch the Fray's acoustic performance


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Driving on Indian Railways
Almost all rail operations in India are engaged in the state organization of Indian Railways – one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world. 9000 in terms of passenger trains and transport up to 20 million passengers each day, trains pass through 40,000 km of railway, crossing some of the most populous cities.
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Indian Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal announced tariff increases for the second time in two months, to help correct the finance industry.


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University of Cebu - Main Campus Corporate Office | Headquarters
Colon St. Cebu City
Phone: 123413231
Website: uc.edu.com
About the University
Vision Statement
"Democratize quality education. Be the visionary and industry leader. Give hope and transform lives."
"University of Cebu offers affordable and quality education responsive to the demands of local and international communities."
University of Cebu commits to :
Serve as an active catalyst in providing efficient delivery of educational services;
Pursue excellence in instruction, research and community services towards social and economic development as well as environmental sustainability;
Acquire, disseminate and utilize appropriate technology to enhance the university's educational services; and
Foster an organizational culture that nurtures employee productivity and engagement.
Institutional Goals
To offer programs that are relevant, holistic and compliant with institutional, regulatory, industry and accreditation standards that will develop life-long learners.
To develop social awareness, responsibility and accountability among stakeholders anchored on instruction, research and production.
To complement the academic programs with holistic and integrated student personnel services.
To develop a pool qualified, professional and motivated faculty in the areas of instruction, research, and community extension.
To ensure effective administration and supervision of instructional and learning resources in support of the academic programs.
To provide an environment that is safe, functional and conducive to teaching, learning and working.
To ensure operations which are collaborative, sustainable, efficient and effective in meeting the needs of the institution and its stakeholders.
Core Values
Innovation : Be the visionary and the industry leader.
Camaraderie : Living in the spirit of harmony and approachability.
Alignment : All activities are geared towards core values and priorities.
Respect : Always a professional, mindful of God, university, the community and self.
Excellence : To be great at whatever it is we do and go for the best.


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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Google Maps mashup bar + club + liquor locator
PartyGPS is a new Google Maps mashup that will help you locate bars, clubs, and liquor stores across the US. The mashup creator worked with a web designer in Portugal and a developer in Bulgaria to make PartyGPS a reality.
Start your quest for the great night out (or in) by choosing from a list of 19 US cities or key in your zip code for location-based searching. Bars, clubs and liquor stores are then displayed on the map with distinctive icons. Click them and get brief information about that location or view its own expanded entry in the Party GPS database by clicking either the name of the place or 'details and reviews'. This details page contains other locations nearby, a link to the website for that business, reviews, tags and more (with a small Google Maps viewing window).
The value of this site for people visiting will definitely increase as more locations are added. A link in the top banner area of the site labeled 'Add New Location' lets you quickly add bars, clubs and liquor stores in your area. Be sure to also add reviews for places you have visited!
Cool mashup!
Follow all the developments for PartyGPS on the PartyGPS Blog.
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Two men charged in guns, drug caseApril 25,2014Two men charged
in guns, drug case
BURLINGTON Two Vermont men are facing federal charges stemming from the theft of firearms from a Hardwick gun store and the trading of some of those guns for drugs.
The U.S. attorneys office said 26-year-old Larry Garrow and 29-year-old Albert Torres-Morales, both of Richford, made initial appearances in court Wednesday and were ordered held pending another court appearance.
Prosecutors said Garrow burglarized the Rite Way Sports Shop in Hardwick on April 19 and stole 32 firearms.
It was later determined he kept some of the guns and gave the rest to Torres-Morales in exchange for money and drugs.
The two were arrested Tuesday.
Police have recovered 11 of the stolen guns. The rest remain missing.
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F. Daniel Siciliano
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F. Daniel Siciliano, JD '04, is a legal scholar and entrepreneur with expertise in corporate governance, corporate finance, and immigration law. He assumes a variety of leadership roles at the law school, including faculty director of the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, associate dean for executive education and special programs and co-director of Stanford's Directors' College. He is also the co-originator of the OSCGRS (Open Source Corporate Governance Reporting System) Project. Previously, Siciliano was a teaching fellow for the law school's international LLM degree program in Corporate Governance and Practice and executive director of the Program in Law, Economics and Business. He is the senior research fellow with the Immigration Policy Center and a frequent commentator on the long-term economic impact of immigration policy and reform. His work has included expert testimony in front of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Prior to joining Stanford Law School, Siciliano co-founded and served as executive director of the Immigration Outreach Center in Phoenix, Arizona. He has launched and led several successful businesses, including LawLogix Group—named three times to the Inc. 500/5000 list. Siciliano serves as a governance consultant and trainer to board directors of several Fortune 500 companies and is a member of the Academic Council of Corporate Board Member magazine.
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F. Daniel Siciliano, Pre-Employment Inquiries Concerning Immigration Status: When Concern for Immigration Law Compliance can Bring Employment Law Problems, in The Immigration Compliance Book 2009-2010 Edition, Angelo A. Paparelli, L. Batya Schwartz Ehrens, and Dan Siciliano, ed., New York, NY: ILW, 2009.
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Help! Down to the wire on DC birthday plans...
I've perused these boards for years for answers to various questions I've posed to Google, but this time I need some real, live help.
I'm celebrating my 28th birthday next weekend (Feb 12) and desperately need some ideas for festivities. My ideal night would be somewhere in DC (possibly north Arlington) where roughly a dozen of us can eat, have drinks (dinner or even just appetizers/small plates) and stick around for more drinking and some dancing and general silliness. A one-stop-shop for a somewhat low-key but still fun birthday evening, if you will.
Nothing too crazy expensive/chi-chi, and somewhere with parking and metro access would be ideal...but not totally necessary if it's an otherwise great solution.
Thanks in advance!
I'm wondering if H Street Country Club fills the bill.
H Street Country Club
1335 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
What about Liberty Tavern? Casual, entrees with a range of prices so you can spend less or more, pretty good drink prices. Great pizzas and shareable apps. It can be a bit packed, but then you could wander to Whitlows or Ballroom for dancing sillyness? Another option would be the bar at Eventide which has a lot of small dishes. The homemade soft pretzels are awesome.
In the District I am not as sure about the dancing stuff. I am trying to think of places with live music or dancing. H street area is sort of metro accessible, but a bit of a hike. Capitol Hill might work, you could share a big charcuterie and cheese board at sonoma at a group table, maybe some other things then go to one of the bars. I remember one that had a pool table upstairs that was fun, Capitol Lounge maybe? But I don't think people do much dancing. Maybe other people who live in the district can think of something
The Liberty Tavern
3195 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201
Capitol Lounge
229 Pennsylvania Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
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If you want to add dancing into the mix, I would suggest Meze in Adams Morgan. Parking (and Metro) isn't that easy in the area, but if you carpool and go early you might find something.
Meze Restaurant
2437 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
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KT - You're thinking of Top of the Hill on the second floor of the Pour House. Fun times, that bar, and the food is bar food but good, IMO. And it's metro accessible. I wouldn't say there is dancing per se, but I've certainly seen people dance there....also there's ski ball and air hockey downstairs in the basement. Best of all, it's busy, but it never gets absolutely packed. If you get there early enough you can grab a round of couches around a coffee table and camp out. And the bartenders are really nice. I think that would be the perfect choice, given what I can think of. I celebrated my last birthday there!
I'm having a really hard time thinking of anywhere that fits the bill perfectly as most of the places that offer dancing don't really offer food. Maybe St. Ex? But it gets *busy* downstairs. May favorite place to dance is the upstairs bar and Rock and Roll Hotel, but I don't think they serve food there and it's a pain to get a cab on H St. NE. Like, it might take an hour.
Policy on 14th Street. They have pretty serious small plates, a lounge/bar, and supposedly good pop-music dancing on the top floor according to yelp. I have never been, but I was planning to do my own birthday dancing there next week, actually.
I recommend Guarapos. It's a hookah bar/latin restaurant/dance club in Arlington right across the street from the Courthouse metro. It's small, but they can accomodate a large group for dinner if you call ahead or even better, you could get one of the large booth areas upstairs and have share some small plates. Starting around 11 or so there's dance music upstairs. When I went, there was a latin band, but i'm not sure if they have a live band every weekend. The nice part about sitting upstairs is that your group can keep it's table near dancefloor for the rest of the night. Oh, and the cocktails are really good.
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LUDLOW Gerald G. Pops Roundy, 84, died July 5, 2013, at his home.
He was born May 1, 1929, the son of Abbie and Elmer Roundy.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Armed Services, and was stationed in Germany during the Korean War. He was also a member of the Army National Guard for 39 years.
He served as a member of the Honor Guard for President Eisenhower when he visited Vermont.
He retired from General Electric following 35 years of service.
He was a member of the VFW and American Legion, Ballard Hobart Post 36 in Ludlow.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Gayle (Cardell) Roundy; nine children, Cindy Winston, Terry, Gary, Valerie Collins, Brian, Gerald, Jeannie Valiquette, Randall, and Shawn; 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Sunday, July 21, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the Pleasant View Cemetery in Ludlow.
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The USCA volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-12) to Peach Belt Conference regular-season champion Armstrong Saturday at the Convocation Center.
The Pacers (18-12, 7-7 PBC) celebrated Senior Day before the match by honoring their eight seniors.
Armstrong (29-5, 13-1 PBC) ended the match hitting .376, while USCA finished with a .022 hitting percentage.
Danika Maggard led the attack with seven kills. Sheila Walsh facilitated the Pacer offense with a team-high nine assists.
Samantha Lukralle collected a team-high eight digs in her final match at the Convocation Center.
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Is a parish in the county of Cardigan, on the road from Cardigan, to Lampeter, and is 4 1/2 miles north-east-by-east from Newcastle Emlyn station, on the branch from Pencader of the Great Western railway, 15 south-west from Lampeter and 20 north-east from Carmarthen, in Troedyraur hundred, union, county court district and petty sessional division of Newcastle Emlyn, and in the rural deanery of Sub Aeron, archdeaconry of Cardigan and diocese of St. David's.
The church of St. Cynllo, entirely rebuilt in 1870, is an edifice of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a tower with spire, containing one bell : the reredos is of diapered stonework adorned in the centre with a cross of white marble, set in a vesica of alabaster, and on either side are medallions with carved figures of adoring angels; this ornamental work being the joint gift of Mr. Middleton and Rose Noel St. V. Tyler : there is a memorial window to Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd bart. of Bronwydd (d. 22 July, 1877), and Henrietta Mary (Reid) his wife (d. 5 Nov. 1871), erected by their son, the present Sir Marteine O.M. Lloyd bart. : the church affords 150 sittings. The registers of baptisms and burials date from the year 1756; marriages 1754. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £180, average £137, net income £140, with 142 acres of glebe, in the gift of the freeholders of the parish, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Hugh Jones B.A. of St. David's College, Lampeter.
Bronwydd, the seat of Sir Marteine Owen Mowbray Lloyd bart. D.L., J.P. is a fine mansion, situated on an eminence dominating a deep valley, watered by a tributary of the river Teifi. Mount Gernos is the seat of Mrs. Tyler. Sir M. O. M. Lloyd bart. D.L., J.P., who is lord of the manor and Mrs. Tyler are the principal landowners.
The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are oats and barley. The area comprises 3,683 acres, of which 2 are water; rateable value, £1,844; the population in 1891 was 602.
Maeslyn, is a hamlet in this parish, here is a large woollen mill, the property of Messrs. Tyler & Co.
Parish. Clerk, John Jones
Post, M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Maeslyn.---John Jones, postmaster. Letters through Llandyssil arrive at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 3.30 p.m
The parish is included in Troedyrauer United District School Board
Board School, for 160 children; average attendance, 110
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This game looks so good, I just hope the trailers do the gameplay justice. Very much one to look forwards to, go Ubisoft!
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A new Super Mario 3D
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Mario Karts - I can't wait to see how good this looks in HD as it was great even on Wii.
Watch Dogs
Pikmin 3 is surprising for me, I wasn't interested in this game until the last Nintendo Direct, when it got very interesting watching the beauty of this game come to life.
I would LOVE TO SEE - WaveRace and PilotWings come to WiiU - any body listening? Hello?
This is very disappointing, Need For Speed Wii U is a really great looking and playing game. It took me two weeks to decide to purchase it - and as a download, and I can't believe I didn't trust my gut feeling about it. In the videos it looked too good, and people do tend to wax lyrical about stuff, but this was a case of an excellent version of a really good game.
I hope there are other racing games coming to WiiU, and taking the gauntlet of NFS WiiU.
Ubi Soft supporting the Wii U in a great way here, with the free e-shop version coming soon I can't wait, THANK YOU for finding a way to give something to Wii U owners, who are suffering such a drought on games still.
This sounds like a fab game and FREE, woot!
If you can get pre owned, do it.£50 plus is outrageous for any game, oh reminds me of the old SNES Cartridge days... Weren't discs supposed to be cheaper?
Yes in current economy, buying full priced games is too expensive, the world is changing though. Digital downloads will become the norm. Not yet, but soon.
In the meantime...
Pre owned ZombieU £25. Boom! And a much better game than press reviews I have seen. Played for a few hours now. Wii motes control no good on multiplayer, other than that, an excellent purchase.
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Jan. 10, 2012
CINCINNATI -- The annual Woody Sherwood Soccer Academy will be held Monday June 18 to Friday, June 22 and Monday July 23 to Friday July 27 at the Xavier University Soccer Complex.
This camp features skills instruction from the Musketeer women's soccer coaching staff including XU head coach Woody Sherwood and 2011 Girls Competitive Region II Coach of the Year and XU assistant Keri Heedum. Campers are invited to register early to earn an early-registration discount.
Registration for the camp begins January 23. Cost is $180 per camper. Xavier Women's Soccer will be hosting their annual College ID camp April 21st and 22nd. Check back to GoXavier.com for camp registration and updates.
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