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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post6334335350899007234..comments2015-07-28T10:25:46.235-04:00Comments on Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: "Turretinfan" Calls a Statue of Our Lord Jesus an "Idol" While His Buddy Bishop James White Praises the Statues of Calvin, Farel, Beza, and KnoxDave Armstronghttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-39848735186652930332014-09-28T07:00:34.525-04:002014-09-28T07:00:34.525-04:00Dave, I have seen those statues in that park in Ge...Dave,
I have seen those statues in that park in Geneva. In the formerly Catholic/now Calvinist cathedral they also venerate the chair where Calvin rested his back side.
Even more scandalous, I have seen a similar pantheon of Protestant gods in Worms, Germany.guy fawkeshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-127165174064401582011-08-02T04:59:58.130-04:002011-08-02T04:59:58.130-04:00"For those who do not recognize the great Ref..."For those who do not recognize the great Reformers by face, from left to right we have Guilluame Farel, the fiery Reformer of Geneva who struck fear in Calvin's heart..."

...and who was,  according to Erasmus...!Benhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-74167625739806675772010-06-22T05:40:44.194-04:002010-06-22T05:40:44.194-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ben Mhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-64827645608851171882010-06-19T08:40:18.483-04:002010-06-19T08:40:18.483-04:00Adomnan addressing Turretinfan: You're stuck ...Adomnan addressing Turretinfan:

You're stuck in the Old Testament, before God became man. (Well, actually, you penal substitutionists don't believe in the God of the Bible at all ...

Ben: Adomnan, you might find this interesting. Check out pp. 90-92 of Jesus Our Priest: A Christian Approach to the Priesthood of Christ, 2010, Gerald O'Collins, S.J., ("professor emeritus after teaching for 33 years at the Gregorian University (Rome)") and Michael Keenan Jones. (Amazon might let you view more pages)

Meanwhile, we Catholics have moved on to the Incarnation. Why don't you join us?

Ben: Ah, but there's the rub! If only our Protestant friends could understand the Incarnation and the Mystical Body!

But because they don't, they oppose things like the veneration of saints (which according to the Fathers, is in a certain sense the veneration of Christ!), the use of images etc.

Anyway, with regard to the Incarnation vis a vis Protestantism, see this from the Dublin review for March and June, 1853, Vol. 34, p. 36.

Quote:

What then is the Catholic doctrine of the Incarnation?

"The Word was made Flesh." Of those who read the text, how many receive the doctrine in its fulness? How many know that, in this mystery of mysteries, our fallen nature has been, not only raised and cleansed, but reintegrated in the mould of our second Adam, in Him reconstituted, and made with Him to sit in heavenly places?

The Calvinist, who affirms that Redemption belongs, like Salvation, to the elect only, and not to the race, is ignorant of this great truth; for which yet he may think himself willing to undergo martyrdom.

The Lutheran, who denies that there is any righteousness, except what is external and imputed, in Christ's brethren, living members of the second Adam, understands it not.

Those who brand as a superstition the belief that baptism grafts us into the new Adam, and that the holy Eucharist is the food which sustains the life supernatural then accorded, grasp it not. Those who do not believe the organic unity of Christ's mystical body, but content themselves (except when condemning Dissenters), with the subterfuge of a merely moral unity, fathom not the mystery. Yet all alike, and multitudes beside, still further from the truth, think that they hold the doctrine of the Incarnation.

Close quote.

Source.

Adomnan: Paul had the remedy to cure this kind of idolatry: "Be imitators of Christ and of us." One should imitate Christ and the saints, not the products of the idol factory of the heretical mind.

Ben: Very true! God raises up saints for us to imitate. This is profoundly Scriptural. But Protestants know that the saints, by their deep humility, sanctity and love of the Mystical Body, are a witness against them. And so their pride can endure no reminders of them – no sermons, no images, no anything. They almost seem offended by genuine sanctity!

So they turn from the light of sanctity to the "light" of their "Reformers." A seeming "light" indeed - to those whose eyes of the soul have grown accustomed to the dark!Ben Mhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-73427448677593218172010-06-17T12:38:26.477-04:002010-06-17T12:38:26.477-04:00Turretinfan, Which part of, "we don't wo...Turretinfan,

Which part of, "we don't worship Mary" that you don't understand?

"lighting candles...going on at the side altar is "cultus?"

Even the jews today would have laugh at the idea...idol worship! So when the jews lighted candles of their menoras (7-candles)inside the inner tabernacle with the Holy of Holies (by the way it was God who gave that Name to a physical image, gosh!)- The Ark of the Covenant which is God's ordained "images and statues" they were according to your reasoning, quilty of idol worship to the Ark?

THE MERE FACT that God ordained, willed and commanded Moses to built an Ark with statues of cherubims is enough to say that it PLEASES Him. (aside from the many images inside King Solomon's Temple which God obviously was pleased).

I really think you missed the crucial point here...IT IS THE INTENTION OF ONE'S HEART that God is looking and not the images by themselves....spell it out, if you intentionally with knowledge, free will give worship to any object or creatures (idiotic!- not you but just the idea) and not Almighty God then you are violating His Commandment. In this modern world, it is more on the idol worship of sex, money, drugs, lust etc.

I have a question, can you somehow explain why God (again!) ordained and commanded to make from a physical, material, tangible created matter which was the Bronze Serpent to somehow "channel" (through it) God's Grace? that whoever looked at it would be healed? Why did He ask the jews to do it on the first place? He didn't need it but WHY?

Why did David, Solomon, Jeremiah and the jews give their utmost honor, respect, veneration to the Ark of the Covenant? which was an image by itself, and why did God DEMANDED such acts from them?

Don't say they were not in the "cultus" mode!

Peace.Jaehttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-46763003526442127402010-06-17T12:24:15.685-04:002010-06-17T12:24:15.685-04:00"When he refutes, there is always a little anger, ..."When he refutes, there is always a little anger, a little contempt, and sometimes a great deal; always that assurance which WILL NOT ALLOW him to admit it possible for one to differ from him without being a dolt, a dunce, or a traitor."

Calvin: his life, his labours, and his writings, 1863, Félix Bungener, p. 40.

Ben, Calvin's followers certainly take after him, don't they?

That's because they share with Calvin an image of God, an idol, after whose unlovely pattern they mold their own characters.

Paul had the remedy to cure this kind of idolatry: "Be imitators of Christ and of us." One should imitate Christ and the saints, not the products of the idol factory of the heretical mind.Adomnanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-44801154255323098692010-06-17T09:16:24.155-04:002010-06-17T09:16:24.155-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ben Mhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-30925031305657299742010-06-17T07:59:30.578-04:002010-06-17T07:59:30.578-04:00Dave, Great stuff, Ben. Thanks much! Your welco...Dave,

Great stuff, Ben. Thanks much!

Your welcome, Dave!

Turretinfan,

a) I suppose you're talking about this brazen serpent:

2 Kings 18:4

TF, try, try to understand: Catholics DO NOT burn incense to saints, nor do we offer sacrifice (which is true spiritual worship) to them!

You feign concern about "idolatry" yet think nothing of slander!

But Augustine had to respond to similar accusations in his day (Contra Faustum, Book XX, 21):

"It is true that Christians pay religious honor to the memory of the martyrs, both to excite us to imitate them and to obtain a SHARE IN THEIR MERITS, and the ASSISTANCE OF THEIR PRAYERS. But we build altars NOT to any martyr, but to the God of martyrs, although it is to the memory of the martyrs. No one officiating at the altar in the saints' burying-place ever says, We bring an offering to you, O Peter! Or O Paul! Or O Cyprian!…

"What is properly divine worship, which the Greeks call LATRIA, and for which there is no word in Latin, both in doctrine and in practice, we give ONLY TO GOD.

"To this worship belongs the offering of SACRIFICES; as we see in the word idolatry, which means the giving of this worship to idols. Accordingly we never offer, or require any one to offer, SACRIFICE to a martyr, or to a holy soul, or to any angel. Any one falling into this error is instructed by doctrine, either in the way of correction or of caution."

As did St. John of Damascus:

"We should certainly fall into error if we should make an image of the invisible God; since that which is not corporeal, nor visible, nor circumscribed, nor imagined, cannot be depicted at all. Again, we should act impiously if we thought images made by men were god, and bestowed honors upon them as if they were. But we do not admit to doing any of these things."

Against Those Who Destroy Sacred Images, Or. 2, 5, MG 94, 1288.

'We adore only the Creator and Maker of things, God, to whom we offer LATRIA since God is to be adored according to His nature. We also adore the holy mother of God, NOT AS GOD, but as mother of God according to the flesh. We also adore the saints, the chosen friends of God, by whom we have easy access to Him."

Against Those Who Destroy Sacred Images, Or. 3, 41, MG 94, 1357.

The Teachings of the Church Fathers, 1966, 2002, John Randolph Willis, Marie Joseph Rouët de Journel, pp. 4-5.Ben Mhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-39906977827317036692010-06-16T20:18:22.463-04:002010-06-16T20:18:22.463-04:00[cont'd in part 1] "We do not 'worsh...[cont'd in part 1]

"We do not 'worship' Mary."

With all due respect, I know that American Roman Catholics these days don't like to use that word, but when you are praying, and lighting candles, and so forth, it is cultus or worship. The "cult of Mary" is what it is (I know that term "cult" has a different meaning these days, so please don't think I'm calling you Hare Krishnas).

"We honour her as the mother of our lord Jesus."

Well, have you forgotten that Jesus assigned that responsibility personally to the beloved disciple?

"Nor do we worship any statues or idols at church."

You have statues in many churches, and they are part of the worship. I understand that you seek to worship Jesus through the statue, but that's not the way that God wants to be worshiped.

"You are correct when you mention "side" of the altar."

Thanks.

"What is worshiped is the presence of our lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at the altar (during Mass)."

That is also problematic, if the Eucharist is not really transubstantiated. But again, perhaps that's a debate or dialog for another day.

"You will not find any statues on the altar."

Agreed. At least, I cannot recall any statues on any of the many modern (post-12th century) altars I have seen.

"I realize I am not going to convince you because you have your own ideas about what you think is right."

Well, I'm generally glad to learn and dialog with those who are willing to do so. If perhaps you and I have learned a thing or two in the debate, it will be for the best.

"I could only hope that you earnestly pray to God and ask Him about it - about the Catholic faith, and see what He says."

I find God's Word in Scripture - and when I read the Scriptures, I don't see Roman Catholicism. I don't see, for example, the apostles venerating Mary, or having statues or even icons. They certainly did not pray the Rosary.

I hope you will read the Scriptures both so that you will see that what I say is true, and also so that you will receive the benefit of the power of the Word of God that is in Scripture.

If my own suggestion is not enough, your church encourages you to read the Bible, offering an indulgence (partial, I think, not plenary, but my memory may be wrong) if you read a certain amount a day. Nevertheless, I encourage you to read it because it is the very Word of God, not simply to get some kind of spiritual credit for doing it.

-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-9157087545088933532010-06-16T20:18:13.993-04:002010-06-16T20:18:13.993-04:00"Turretinfan - it's obvious you have fixe..."Turretinfan - it's obvious you have fixed and unmoving assumptions about Catholics and what we believe, even though I tell you we don't."

They're not really assumptions. Let's see if we can resolve our disagreements without that kind of characterization.

"As for the Hail Mary - have you actually studied the rosary and what it is?"

Yes.

"It is actually the praying of the Gospels - meditating on the main events of Jesus' life as you pray. Do you have anything against the Gospels?"

I have nothing against the Gospels.

"As for the Hail Mary, the first part of the prayer is taken from the Gospels as well and is the prayer of greeting the angel used -"

Actually, friend, perhaps I've studied this a little more than you. The first part is actually three things:

The first piece is taken from the angel's greeting ("Hail ..."), part is taken from Elizabeth's greeting ("blessed is the fruit ..."), and the "Mary" is inserted extraneously. The "full of grace" is a good translation of the Latin, which is a bad translation of the Greek, but that's another debate for another day, I trust.

"And the second is asked her to pray for us -"

Yes.

"Now what is wrong with that?"

Well, from a practical standpoint, Mary's not around to hear your prayer. Her body is, as far as we know, in the grave somewhere, and her soul (as far as we know) is in heaven with God.

In other words, you're not in the same position as Gabriel or Elizabeth. You're not standing in front of Mary, talking to her. She's departed.

From a moral standpoint, you have to realize that this is a prayer. I mean, I would be surprised if you didn't think that this form of communication is called praying. Prayer is one element of worship. There are other elements as well, and you see many of them if you go to a Marian shrine. Obviously, not everyone who is Roman Catholic goes to those shrines.

Finally, the prayer to Mary is specifically asking her to be your mediator (technically, "mediatrix" because she's female). However, we are to have only one mediator. We may sometimes pray for others, and we may ask others to pray for us, but we do not do so on the basis that they will be pleading their merits. With this prayer, there is an understanding that Mary's prayers are being requested because there is something special about Mary - she's "full of grace" as the Latin/English have it.

One thing I like about the sort of "modern" Roman Catholic Church is that it doesn't really teach folks about why they are entreating Mary, so this particular element of the issue may not be present in many folks use of the "Hail Mary."

[cont'd in part 2]Turretinfanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-43471054068668191682010-06-16T19:53:29.597-04:002010-06-16T19:53:29.597-04:00ps, in the Bible, we have a clear example of Mary ...ps, in the Bible, we have a clear example of Mary interceding at the Wedding banquet where they ran out of wine. It wasn't yet Jesus' time to reveal himself and begin to do miracles, ("Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come.") but because of His Mothers' influence he performed his first miracle and changed the water into wine.

Mary's role in the Church has ever been to lead people to her Son, Jesus.I.M Fletcherhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-43460511508856099772010-06-16T19:46:54.818-04:002010-06-16T19:46:54.818-04:00Turretinfan - it's obvious you have fixed and ...Turretinfan - it's obvious you have fixed and unmoving assumptions about Catholics and what we believe, even though I tell you we don't.

As for the Hail Mary - have you actually studied the rosary and what it is? It is actually the praying of the Gospels - meditating on the main events of Jesus' life as you pray. Do you have anything against the Gospels?

As for the Hail Mary, the first part of the prayer is taken from the Gospels as well and is the prayer of greeting the angel used -

"Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with Thee.
Blessed art Thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of Thy Womb, Jesus"

And the second is asked her to pray for us -

"Holy Mary, the Mother of God
Pray for us, sinners
Now, and at the hour of our death"

Now what is wrong with that? We do not 'worship' Mary. We honour her as the mother of our lord Jesus.
Nor do we worship any statues or idols at church. You are correct when you mention "side" of the altar.

What is worshiped is the presence of our lord Jesus Christ in the Eucharist at the altar (during Mass). You will not find any statues on the altar.

I realize I am not going to convince you because you have your own ideas about what you think is right. I could only hope that you earnestly pray to God and ask Him about it - about the Catholic faith, and see what He says.I.M Fletcherhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-81045506848262393992010-06-16T10:48:57.122-04:002010-06-16T10:48:57.122-04:00Great stuff, Ben. Thanks much!Great stuff, Ben. Thanks much!Dave Armstronghttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-86476295325145368682010-06-16T09:00:30.788-04:002010-06-16T09:00:30.788-04:00Ben M.: a) I suppose you're talking about thi...Ben M.:

a) I suppose you're talking about this brazen serpent:

2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan.

b) I'm a big fan of Tertullian:

 For, withal, according to the memorial records of the divine Scriptures, the people of the Jews— that is, the more ancient— quite forsook God, and did degrading service to idols, and, abandoning the Divinity, was surrendered to images; while "the people" said to Aaron, "Make us gods to go before us." And when the gold out of the necklaces of the women and the rings of the men had been wholly smelted by fire, and there had come forth a calf-like head, to this figment Israel with one consent (abandoning God) gave honour, saying, "These are the gods who brought us from the land of Egypt." For thus, in the later times in which kings were governing them, did they again, in conjunction with Jeroboam, worship golden cattle, and groves, and enslave themselves to Baal. Whence is proved that they have ever been depicted, out of the volume of the divine Scriptures, as guilty of the crime of idolatry; whereas our "less"— that is, posterior— people, quitting the idols which formerly it used slavishly to serve, has been converted to the same God from whom Israel, as we have above related, had departed. [1 Thessalonians 1:9-10]

- Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews, Chapter 1

(see also the discussion here)

c) I'm also a big fan of Augustine. (for the reasons you'll find at this link)

d) "dead stones"

Yes, the stone idols are dead stones in contrast to "lively stones" (1 Peter 2:5).

e) "hopeless dunces like John Calvin"

I suppose this is not to be understood literally but simply as an insult. If Calvin were a dunce, his Institutes of the Christian Religion (written in Latin and then in French) would truly be a miracle. When one then included his numerous sermons (many now lost) and his commentary on almost the entire Bible, it would be truly something beyond belief that this could be the work of a "hopeless dunce."

f) As for whether the faithful may be rightly described as dead. Consider the following:

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-29090196431771035412010-06-16T09:00:20.378-04:002010-06-16T09:00:20.378-04:00Dave: Statues of creatures can also be idols, if ...Dave:

Statues of creatures can also be idols, if you worship them.

Adomnan:

Idolatry is still forbidden in the New Testament. The only permissible Icon of Christ are the elements of the Supper.

I.M. Fletcher:

a) This was a "Protestant" idol, not a Romanist one. So, no need to take it personally.

b) Actually, we understand very well that what you are worshiping, when you worship a statue, is the person represented by the statue (at least usually - there are doubtless exceptions, such as when statues allegedly perform miracles).

c) Statues, photos, etc. of loved ones are (it should be obvious) not items of religious devotion. That's not cultus going on. What is going at the side altar of your local parish is cultus - it is a form of worship.

d) Roman Catholics do indeed pray to Mary. The Hail Mary prayer is one such prayer, but there are many more.

e) You seem to think that it would be better to ask Mary to pray for you than to ask one of your fellow men here on Earth. However, Scripture commends those on earth to "bear one another's burdens," but nowhere suggests that we should entreat the dead?

f) Furthermore, you have no revelation from God that would make you think that Mary can either hear or understand your prayer.

g) The cloud of witnesses are people whose deeds testify to us, not folks who witness us in our daily life. The verse refers to the "hall of faith" in Hebrews 11, not to a cloud of ghosts observing our every footstep.

h) You're quite right that the cherubim on the ark weren't worshiped. The God who was worshiped was the invisible God between them.

-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-43782074310800392112010-06-16T06:12:25.643-04:002010-06-16T06:12:25.643-04:00Yes you can have your idols of Mary or Augustine a...Yes you can have your idols of Mary or Augustine and pray to them or pray to what they represent but they are still dead stones or bodies anyways.

"Dead stones"? "Dead stones"??

Rod, you need to stop listening to HOPELESS DUNCES like John Calvin and start listening to (and believing!) the Scriptures:

"You also, like LIVING STONES, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ." 1 Rock 2:5

The Greek word here for 'living" is zao. It means:

TO LIVE, breathe, be among the LIVING (NOT LIFELESS, NOT DEAD)

to enjoy real life

to have true life and worthy of the name

active, blessed, endless in the kingdom of God

Zao

"Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me WILL NEVER DIE. Do you believe this?" John 11:25-26

So the saints in heaven are very much ALIVE!

But the question for you, Rod, is how would you answer Jesus' question, "Do you believe this"?

Peace.Ben Mhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-67817453175889159942010-06-16T05:32:53.676-04:002010-06-16T05:32:53.676-04:00Tertullian and Augustine on sacred images: Tertul...Tertullian and Augustine on sacred images:

Tertullian, in his work  De pudicitia (On Modesty), makes reference to images of the good shepherd painted on chalices:

"You shall have leave to begin with the parables, where you have the lost ewe re-sought by the Lord, and carried back on His shoulders. Let the very paintings ( picturae ) upon your cups ( calicum ) come forward to show whether even in them the figurative meaning of that sheep will shine through (the outward semblance, to teach) whether a Christian or heathen sinner be the object it aims at in the matter of restoration."

"A parabolis licebit incipias, ubi est ouis perdita a Domino requisita et humeris eius reuecta. Procedant ipsae picturae calicum uestrorum ..."

On Modesty, Chapter 7, 1, "Of the Parables of the Lost Ewe and the Lost Drachma".

And Augustine, in his controversy with the Manicheans, says:

"For Abraham to sacrifice his son of his own accord is shocking madness. His doing so at the command of God proves him faithful and submissive. This is so loudly proclaimed by the very voice of truth, that Faustus, eagerly rummaging for some fault, and reduced at last to slanderous charges, has not the boldness to attack this action. It is scarcely possible that he can have forgotten a deed so famous, that it recurs to the mind of itself without any study or reflection, and is in fact repeated by so many tongues, and PORTRAYED in so many places * that no one can pretend to shut his eyes or his ears to it."

Contra Faustum,  Book XXII, 73 ,

* "tot locis  pictum ". Other translations have "PAINTED in so many places". See for example, Political writings, 1994, Saint Augustine, Michael W. Tkacz, et al, p. 221.

Augustine's Latin:

"Quod usque adeo ipsa veritas clamat, ut eius voce deterritus Faustus, cum in ipsum Abraham quid diceret, unguibus et dentibus quaerens, usque ad calumniosum mendacium perveniret, hoc tamen reprehendere non auderet: nisi forte non ei veniret in mentem factum ita nobile, ut non lectum, nec quaesitum animo occurreret, ut denique tot linguis cantatum, tot locis pictum, et aures et oculos dissimulantis feriret."

 LIBER VIGESIMUS SECUNDUS (Book 22), 73.Ben Mhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-75746793673794506362010-06-16T04:40:20.376-04:002010-06-16T04:40:20.376-04:00Ones who would believe in the shroud would already...Ones who would believe in the shroud would already tend not to be iconoclasts, though, I would think.

And speaking of iconoclasts…

 St. John of Damascus  describes the so-called Christianocategori of his day:

"The Christianocategori, or Accusers of Christians, are such and are so called, because those Christians who worship one living and true God praised in Trinity they accused of worshiping as gods, after the manner of the Greeks, the venerable images of our Lord Jesus Christ, of our immaculate lady, the holy Mother of God, of the holy angels, and of His saints.

"They are furthermore called Iconoclasts, because they have shown deliberate dishonor to all these same holy and venerable images and have consigned them to be broken up and burnt.

"Likewise, some of those painted on walls they have scraped off, while others they have obliterated with whitewash and black paint. They are also called Thymoleontes, or Lion-hearted, because, taking advantage of their authority, they have with great heart given strength to their heresy and with torment and torture visited vengeance upon those who approve of the images. This last name they have also received from their heresiarch."

On Heresies.

The Fathers of The Church: A New Translation , 1958, Roy Joseph Deferrari, ed., Frederic H. Chase, Jr., tr., Vol. 37, p. 160.
- Google books.

And from the Catholic Encyclopedia:

"In 754 the Iconoclast Emperor Constantine V called in the imperial city a council of 338 bishops. Through cowardice and servility they approved the heretical attitude of the emperor and his father Leo III, also the arguments of the Iconoclast party and their measures against the defenders of the sacred images. They anathematized St. Germanus of Constantinople and St. John Damascene, and denounced the orthodox as idolaters, etc.; at the same time they resented the spoliation of the churches under pretext of destroying images (see ICONOCLASM)."

Council of Constantinople (A.D. 754) Ben Mhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-16224291087904521662010-06-16T03:17:31.034-04:002010-06-16T03:17:31.034-04:00Rod said - Yes you can have your idols of Mary or ...Rod said - Yes you can have your idols of Mary or Augustine and pray to them or pray to what they represent but they are still dead stones or bodies anyways. They dont hear you and wont answer you

Rod, again you are mistaken. Catholics to not pray TO Mary or the Saints - we pray THROUGH them. For example, if a friend of yours asked you to pray for them, would you? Of course you would, as the Bible says it is good to pray for one another. ("Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. James 5:16")

Well, if I were to ask Mary to pray for me, or one of the saints who are with God in Heaven, would that be not even more efficacious than someone on Earth?

Rod, you say they do not hear us, yet the Bible in Hebrews says we are surrounded by a great cloud of unseen witnesses. Perhaps you think they only see but do not hear? I am not sure why that would be the case.

As for the Apostles worshiping statues of Jesus the Man--Its funny they didnt mention building any and bowing before them in any of their letters

That's because the Apostles DIDN'T worship statues of Jesus, AND NEITHER DO CATHOLICS.

And just How do you seperate His Human nature from His divine to circumvent what seems to me a fairly clear command from God-

And yet, God Himself ordered images of angels with outstretched wings to be made for the Ark of the Covenant. And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.

Again, this doesn't mean they were to worship the images, or the Ark itself. I don't think anyone can be confused by worshiping a thing and worshiping the thing it represents.

As Ben has also said, God commanded Moses to fashion images of snakes that the people had to look upon to be healed in the desert.I.M Fletcherhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-34156499790994929182010-06-16T01:48:09.082-04:002010-06-16T01:48:09.082-04:00I think the Catholics here miss the point--you cal...I think the Catholics here miss the point--you call the Reformers dour--yet it seems they are having more fun with this idol burning than you are--Yes you can have your idols of Mary or Augustine and pray to them or pray to what they represent but they are still dead stones or bodies anyways. They dont hear you and wont answer you--but have at it if you wont take fair warning from those who actually read books of true prophets of God such as say...Isaiah!!?? As for the Apostles worshiping statues of Jesus the Man--Its funny they didnt mention building any and bowing before them in any of their letters considering they alone knew what He truly looked like!?And just How do you seperate His Human nature from His divine to circumvent what seems to me a fairly clear command from God--How could God have worded that better so we would know legitimate idols from bad ones??Rodhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-53222437108761934372010-06-16T01:02:28.878-04:002010-06-16T01:02:28.878-04:00If you believe in the Shroud of Turin (which I am ...If you believe in the Shroud of Turin (which I am inclined to), then you believe that Jesus himself created a likeness of himself on the cloth before he left.

That is a great observation. I never thought of that. Fantastic! I was inclined to believe in the shroud when I was a Protestant, so this argument could have some force in their ranks, too.

Ones who would believe in the shroud would already tend not to be iconoclasts, though, I would think.Dave Armstronghttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-63634793621838236512010-06-15T23:35:39.064-04:002010-06-15T23:35:39.064-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ben Mhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-90432504880892747582010-06-15T20:38:41.445-04:002010-06-15T20:38:41.445-04:00I don't think people like TAO or some other pr...I don't think people like TAO or some other protestants understand. They seem to believe that we Catholics worship or make idols of statues. This is simply not the case.

Does he not have photos of his family in his house? Or photos of his kids in his wallet? Does he worship them? Of course not. Photographs are there to remind us of the people they represent. Likewise statues. Back in biblical times there was no such thing as a photograph. They had paintings and (more often than not) statues.

You only have to look at a scene from Gladiator starring Russell Crowe. In one scene in the movie he is being held captive and someone smuggles to him little statuettes of his wife and child which Crowe unwraps and kisses. Does he believe they are really his wife and child? NO. They are to remind him.

In the same way, Catholic churches have these statues to remind people who they are praying to in heaven - we do not pray TO the statue; that would indeed be idolatry. Also, the twelve Stations of the Cross are more like an early form of comic book that depict Christ's death. Many people back then could not read, but they could see and understand the story told by the stations.

If you believe in the Shroud of Turin (which I am inclined to), then you believe that Jesus himself created a likeness of himself on the cloth before he left.I.M Fletcherhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-75668028213288694762010-06-15T20:15:43.762-04:002010-06-15T20:15:43.762-04:00Turretinfan: Had that been a 60 foot statue of Cal...Turretinfan: Had that been a 60 foot statue of Calvin, my headline would have been "eye-sore removed."

Adomnan: I've seen depictions of Calvin. A statue of Calvin is an eyesore regardless of its size.

God the Son had a human nature and a human body. He was visible and "very man," not some phantom or blaze of light. He touched people and even put His spittle on them! And so, like Calvin or any other human being, He can be depicted. To deny that is to deny He was human.

Do you think that the people who actually knew Him thought He was beyond portrayal? Where is that in the Bible?

You're stuck in the Old Testament, before God became man. (Well, actually, you penal substitutionists don't believe in the God of the Bible at all, Old or New Testament, but that's another topic.)

Meanwhile, we Catholics have moved on to the Incarnation. Why don't you join us?Adomnanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422857.post-21550735935406787462010-06-15T20:06:37.653-04:002010-06-15T20:06:37.653-04:00the statues shown behind Dr. White aren't purp...the statues shown behind Dr. White aren't purportedly of God the Son.

Excellent. Then I'll have my statues of Mary and St. Francis and St. Augustine, too (since statues of creatures are fine and dandy). Thanks for your approval! Now I can rest easy at night.Dave Armstronghttp://email@example.com


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Lolindrath Thoughts on computers and programming languages https://lolindrath.com/ 2015-01-30T06:00:00-05:00 Andy Williams Taming Nightstand Device Charging https://lolindrath.com/2015/01/30/taming-nightstand-device-charging/ 2015-01-30T06:00:00-05:00 2015-01-30T06:08:01-05:00 Andy Williams
Like most modern-day geeks I have too many devices that need to be recharged regularly. The constant accumulation of new wall warts has turned into this situation next to my nightstand:

I decided to use one of the new desktop USB chargers to get this mess of cords cleaned up.

Having it sitting onto of my nightstand really didn't solve the problem so where's what I did.

Materials List

Anker 40 watt 5 port USB charger

Photive 50 watt 6 port USB charger

Quirky Cordie

3 ft USB Extension Cable

Large 3M strips

First attach the charger to the back of your nightsand using a 3M strip. You'll have to figure out the best height for your cord lengths:

I used a USB extension I already had laying around for my Fitbit charging cord since so short:

Slot the cords through the Quirky Cordie:

Plug it all in:

And here's the final product, much neater. The extra cord length drapes down the back along with my surge protector:

 Running Teamspeak 3 Server As a Regular User https://lolindrath.com/2014/05/28/running-teamspeak-3-server-as-a-regular-user/ 2014-05-28T05:59:00-04:00 2014-12-30T15:32:55-05:00 Andy Williams
In my previous article on How to run Teamspeak3 on Digital Ocean the instructions have you create a teamspeak3 user and change ownership of the files. I noticed in some of the comments over there that people noticed it was running as root, not the greatest thing for security.

I noticed my server was also running as root, here's how to fix it if you used my instructions:

Shut down Teamspeak:

sudo service teamspeak3 stop

Remove the /etc/init.d/teamspeak3 soft link:

sudo rm /etc/init.d/teamspeak3

Now edit /etc/init.d/teamspeak3 and set the contents to this:

#!/bin/sh su -c "/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server_startscript.sh $@" teamspeak3

Set the file to be executable:

sudo chmod u+x /etc/init.d/teamspeak3

Fix permissions, many of the Teamspeak files are probably owned by root now which would prevent the server from starting:

sudo chown -R teamspeak3:teamspeak3 /usr/local/teamspeak3

Start the server back up:

sudo service teamspeak3 start

Use your client software to connect and make sure everything is operating properly and you're done.
 Embarassing Old Code https://lolindrath.com/2014/04/10/embarassing-old-code/ 2014-04-10T01:32:00-04:00 2014-12-30T15:32:55-05:00 Andy Williams
The Inspiration

We just switched to Slack at work and a friend created some integrations using PHP. This reminded me of a personal PHP project I'd worked on and thought I should dig it up.

The Setup

Back in 2005 I was doing C# WinForms work for a day job and just dealing with falling out of love with Perl. I hadn't done any serious web development since college. I got into GTD pretty heavily and was looking around for tools that I could use anywhere. Of course a web app was the best solution for that time since there really wasn't much in the way of smart phones or devices out1.

I found a great project run by BSAG2 called Tracks. It was built using Ruby on Rails. I didn't know Ruby or Rails so of course the logical thing to do was to rewrite it in PHP.

I've been using Rails off and on from 2008 to 2012 and from 2012 mostly full time. Ruby is now one of my favorite languages and I think this project helped me understand what a good web framework Rails is.

Let's see what gems we can discover in this treasure trove of old code.

Overall

Overall this code doesn't match my current sense of code cleanliness. There's a mix of tabs and spaces everywhere and tons of trailing whitespace. There's lots of dead code, mostly around database access. It looks like I was working on multiple different techniques at once.

<?php $query = $this->db->prepare('UPDATE todos SET context_id=:context_id, description=:description, notes=:notes, due=:due, project_id=:project_id WHERE id=:id'); $query->bindParam(':id', $id); $query->bindParam(':context_id', $context_id); $query->bindParam(':description', $description); $query->bindParam(':notes', $notes); $query->bindParam(':due', $due); $query->bindParam(':project_id', $project_id); ?>

About the only thing I have going for me in this code is that I'm doing variable replacement in my SQL statements properly so it's at least not one giant SQL injection attack.

Project Structure

Man, I had no concept of organization in this thing.

The tpl files are actually just PHP files I was using as templates, I guess the idea is that they were kind of like erb's. I remember thinking how clever I was to use PHP as the templating language (because that's what it was developed for) and not something like Smarty.

My Idea of MVC

<?php while($row = $completed->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)): ?>
 <td valign="top"><img src='<?=$c->BASE_URL?>/img/done-checkmark.gif' alt="done checkmark" />	<td valign="top"><?=htmlentities($row["description"],ENT_QUOTES, 'utf-8');?> (<?=$row['context_name'];?>, <?=$row['project_name'];?>)
 <?php endwhile; ?>

So… there's really no division between models and views. I have one giant model that sets up the queries, the views actually execute it and use the raw results.

I remember trying to figure out why people needed models since if I wrote them it would basically just be querying the database and filling in an object with what I already had in my associative array.

<?php class AgingController extends MvcController { public function route($options, $tpl) { global $db; $model = new TodoModel(); $tpl->set('title', 'Portage - Aging'); $body = & new Template('aging.tpl'); $body->set('c', Config::singleton()); $body->set('completed', $model->getLastCompleted()); $agingQuery = $model->getSortedByCreated(); $body->set('todos', $agingQuery); $tpl->set('content', $body->fetch()); return; } } ?>

My controllers at least load the view and combine some of the data and inject it into the views. I can appreciate some of the magic that Rails does by automatically matching views to controller actions after seeing how much boiler plate code is copied everywhere in here (not that I couldn't have done better with the language that I had…).

My Crazy Router

<?php else if($options[$c->offset] == "todo") { if($options[$c->offset+1] == "edit") { $todoEdit = new TodoEditController(); $todoEdit->route($options, $tpl); } else { if($options[$c->offset+1] == 'submit') { //set some cookies  setcookie("last_project", $_REQUEST["project_id"], time()+$c->COOKIE_TIMEOUT, "/"); setcookie("last_context", $_REQUEST["context_edit_id"], time()+$c->COOKIE_TIMEOUT, "/"); } $todo = new TodoController(); $todo->route($options, $tpl); ?>

my IndexController.php3 contains a giant nested if statement that handles all the routing for the site. I remember one of the issues I ran into was trying to figure out where I was. If I was hosted at http://lolindrath.com/gtd/ vs http://gtd.lolindrath.com I had a global offset variable to figure out where the parts of the URL I cared about started (i.e. /todo/12). I spent a good bit of time reading CakePHP source code trying to figure out how they did it (I obviously never got around to fixing that up).

Death of a Project

I abandoned the project sometime in 2010 then I learned Ruby on Rails and how to deploy it. I used the main Tracks project for quite a while until I setup a task syncing system using gitdocs. Now I've moved onto using Taskpaper and Dropbox.

Conclusion

I've obviously come a long way in my development as a programmer / software engineer / software architect.

It's nice to keep these bits of old projects around as yard sticks with which to measure growth and progress.

I hope I see just as much growth in my coding style in another couple years.

My Handspring Visor Platinum didn't count. Though graffiti worked pretty well. ↩

I even managed to contribute back a little code (my first ever OSS contribution). ↩

Redundant comment! "Redundant comments are just places to collect lies and misinformation." - Clean Code ↩

 Seven Years is too Long https://lolindrath.com/2014/01/29/seven-years-is-too-long/ 2014-01-29T12:10:00-05:00 2014-12-30T15:32:55-05:00 Andy Williams
I was at my last company for seven years. I moved between locations, projects, positions and responsibilities but I was at the same company for seven years, not really even thinking about moving.

I worked for one of the major defense contractors and at the time it was fun and we were doing interesting work. It was mostly short lived research contracts for the service labs and the DoD so it was always something new. It stopped being fun though when the money started to dry up and belts started to get tightened. I could see the writing on the wall and it was time to make a move1.

My interview skills were rusty, my resume was completely neglected and it took time to get everything in line before I started breezing past the phone screens and into interviews at companies I could really work for.

Looking back now after a year working at my new company here's what I would've done differently.

1. Know the Companies in the Area

Keep up with what the great companies are in the area, the technologies they use and the kind of positions they look for the most. Shop for companies that match what you want as far as benefits, culture and your skill set. If you target a specific set of companies you know already match what you want you will save a lot of time by not peppering Monster with a million resumes and getting a ton of replies from people who don't know how much you're worth.

Go to the user groups in your area. If you want to stay in the same technologies or branch out, it's a perfect way to find out who is in the area. Many companies sponsor these as a way to recruit new employees. This is also a great way sharpen your presenting skills. You can start with a lightning talk and move from there.

2. Interview at Least Every Other Year

You might not be ready to leave your current company but you should at least stay in practice. Most programmers have enough recruiters calling that you could answer the phone every once in a while and do a phone screen and see how it goes.

Doing this regularly helps you overcome the interview jitters.

3. Practice

Find a sample interview programming question on the web and work through a few with a timer.

Review the Big-O notation of some of the common algorithms.

Work with a whiteboard to talk through an overview of some software you wrote recently.

4. Perfect Your Pitch

You know the companies now, you've talked to a few people, now change your pitch.

Incorporate what you've learned from your practice interviews. For me people were worried that I worked on some ancient radar system mad had no relevant skills. I emphasized that I worked for a research group and worked on new technology like Ruby on Rails and did networking research.

Another important area I had to work on was how to concisely describe the projects I worked on and how to taylor that description to technical and non-technical people. This is where face time is great, if you start seeing someone's eyes start glazing over while you're telling them about the distributed test infrastructure you setup and the long list of all the technologies you used you know that you have to change tact.

5. Time Your Move

Don't leave a job you love for no good reason but also don't blindly trust that they are paying you what you're worth and will take care of you for the next forty years. Dan Benjamin of 5by5 and Quit! fame emphasizes this point: when push comes to shove, if they have to let you go they will.

If you see the business going downhill or in a direction you don't agree to you can make your move quickly before everyone sees the writing on the wall and starts peppering local companies with resumes. You won't have to blindly apply to all the job board postings you can if you've already established good contacts in your local user groups and know exactly for which companies you work.

6. Wear a Suit

Make more excuses to wear a suit or get dressed up. This will make you feel more comfortable and less out of place when you do have to put one on to go to an interview. It will also limit the surprises when something doesn't fit or the TSA zipped your suit pants into your suitcase ruining your favorite suit 2.

Conclusion

Being on top of the above items can save you months worth of hassle and get you onto your next job more quickly and painlessly.

About all I got right was the timing. ↩

Not that I'm bitter or anything. ↩

 Bought and Unread Books https://lolindrath.com/2014/01/06/bought-and-unread-books/ 2014-01-06T00:00:00-05:00 2014-12-30T15:32:55-05:00 Andy Williams
The Inspiration

Totally unrealistic goal for 2014: read all the books I bought but haven't read yet (there are a lot of them!)
— Trevor Lalish_Menagh (@trevmex) December 31, 2013

I also have a lot of books I've purchased and barely cracked the binding. This is an awesome goal to shoot for so I started thinking about how I would do it, here are my thoughts.

My Books

Scary Books

These aren't separated out but they warrant talking about. These books have been raised to such a level through fame and infamy that I'm scared to touch them. GEB and SICP and are firmly in this category for me. So is The Annotated Turing, even though Charles Petzold is a great writer (go read Code), then chapter two starts talking about transcendental numbers and degrees of infinity my long seated math fear comes to the surface.

I need to get over this fear and dive into one of them. If you're in the Philadelphia area the Clojadelphia user group is starting a SICP study group set to meet Febuary 5th.

The Projects

This pile mainly consist of books that I need to do projects and exercises along with reading the content to really learn.

Reference

I will probably never read these books straight through but it would be good to skim through so I know what is in them so I can use them more effectively.1

Branching out

This stack is mostly about reading outside my field though somewhat tangentially. I tried to start the Black Swan a while back but couldn't get into it. I also got about half way through GEB on vacation one year but got pretty lost when I picked it up again a few months later.

Get organized

Here's my attempt to get better organized and learn more about project management. I've read through David Allen's Getting Things Done several times but I can always read it again. It's packed full of useful information and you don't have to take the whole system as written, you can start using some parts and go from there.

Fiction

I'm actually surprised that this stack is so short. I really thought I had way more fiction books in the physical / already bought queue (not shown here: Catch 22).

Math and Poor Perl

Here are a few math books I've meant to read. I used a fair bit of linear algebra in my masters program even though I sucked at it in my under grad days. Discrete math always seemed the most relevant but this class was during a too-many-credits-in-one-semester haze so I'd love to work through it again.

The Hawking book was a random purchase and while I've skimmed it I can't say I'll ever read it cover to cover.

And then there's Perl. It's not in the reference category because i just don't do perl anymore though it was the first programming language I fell in love with. I can't get rid of this book2 because I spent so much time in this book.

The Work Shelf

I used to have almost all my books at work at my last company and almost never used them. This is the subset I decided to take in or work bought for me. I think they pretty much match up with the categories I already setup.

Conclusion

I think the goal is still achievable, especially if you consider not reading the reference stack though the Project books would be a bit intense to work through in a single year.

Also, I think Fogus' Reading for the Rushed also applies to all of these books. If I don't find Black Swan interesting I should probably just donate it instead of suffering through it, for example.

I bought the AOCP in college for way too much money relative to how much I had in my bank acccount. I didn't get to use it until my master's level algorithms course but it did come in handy (finally). ↩

Much like the TI-99/A programmer's manual and my COBOL book. ↩

 Running a Teamspeak 3 Server on Digital Ocean https://lolindrath.com/2013/07/03/running-a-teamspeak-3-server-on-digital-ocean/ 2013-07-03T04:47:00-04:00 2014-12-30T15:32:55-05:00 Andy Williams
Digital Ocean provides a Virtual Private Server for just $5 a month. It also happens to be perfect to run a Teamspeak 3 server on. Teamspeak is a great way to chat with friends while playing games or pair programming.

This how-to assumes you're running Ubuntu 12.04 (or something close to it) and that you already have your server spun up and ready to SSH into. Visit the Community section of Digital Ocean if you need further help.

Step 1 - Get TeamSpeak 3

Our first step is to download the TeamSpeak 3 server from teamspeak.com. Make sure you're in a directory you own and then execute the following command:

wget http://ftp.4players.de/pub/hosted/ts3/releases/18.104.22.168/teamspeak3-server_linux-amd64-188.8.131.52.tar.gz

Step 2 - Create the teamspeak3 User

Next, we need a user for the server to run as:

sudo adduser --disabled-login teamspeak3

You can hit enter for all the questions to take the default answers. ## Step 3 - Extract the Teamspeak 3 Software ## The following step will extract the software we will need:

tar xzf teamspeak3-server_linux-amd64-188.8.131.52.tar.gz

Step 4 - Move the Software Into Place

We need to move the extracted software to a better location:

sudo mv teamspeak3-server_linux-amd64 /usr/local/teamspeak3

And then give the user we created permission to our new directory:

sudo chown -R teamspeak3 /usr/local/teamspeak3

Step 5 - Have TeamSpeak 3 Start on Droplet Boot Up

The TeamSpeak software package comes with an init script that we have to run as a the teamspeak3 user.

Create and set the content of the /etc/init.d/teamspeak3 file to this:

#!/bin/sh su -c "/usr/local/teamspeak3/ts3server_startscript.sh $@" teamspeak3

Set the file to be executable:

sudo chmod u+x /etc/init.d/teamspeak3

And then tell the server to start TeamSpeak when the Droplet starts

sudo update-rc.d teamspeak3 defaults

For the first time we will start it by hand:

sudo service teamspeak3 start

You should see the output similar to the following:

Copy the output from this step and save it somewhere safe, you will need it in a later step. ## Step 6 - Open the Firewall Port ##

If you're running a firewall on your droplet you will have to open the TeamSpeak 3 server port, 9987. Here's how to allow that port using UFW - Uncomplicated Firewall:

sudo ufw allow 9987/udp

Step 7 - Verify the Server Is Running

Install the client locally for your operating system from TeamSpeak - Downloads

Connections -> Connect…

Enter the IP of your droplet and connect

Step 8 - Take Ownership

When you first log into your fresh TeamSpeak 3 server you should see the following dialog:

Copy everything after the token= and paste this:

Now you're the server administrator:

Step 8 - Set a Password and Server Name

 Right click on the TeamSpeak ]	 [ Server item in the left-hand panel and click 'Edit Virtual Server':

Rename the server by changing the Server Name field and also set a password to access the server:

Now only the people you choose can access your TeamSpeak server.

Conclusion

Now you have a great way to chat with friends using a server you control. Just distribute the your droplets address plus the password and you're set.

More help and advanced server setup articles are available in the TeamSpeak 3 Knowledgebase

Update (05/28/2014): incorporated instructions on how to install as a regular user into this article. Here's How to Run Teamspeak 3 Server as a Regular User


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By Army Sgt. Jasmine ChopraSpecial to American Forces Press Service
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq, April 14, 2008 Two hundred fifty-nine foreign-born U.S. troops serving throughout Iraq became American citizens at Al Faw Palace here April 12 in the largest U.S. naturalization ceremony to date in Iraq.
Among the newest citizens were several soldiers who entered the United States as refugees from war-torn nations, including Spc. Simon Nbenye, an Arabic interpreter with Company D, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
Born in war-ravaged Sudan, a place where youth are sometimes snatched from their homes and forced to fight as child soldiers in a bloody civil war, Nbenye and his family faced religious and racial persecution from the Arab-Islamic government.
"The situation was terrible for my family," Nbenye said. "No jobs, no finances and too, too much violence."
Part of the Nbenye family, including Simon, moved to the Sudanese capital, while other family members stayed south in the town of Maridi. Fearing his son would be forced to become a soldier, Nbenye's father urged his son to flee Sudan.
"They go to your home, knock on your door and ask your father where you are. If he refuses to get you, they kill him, get you and put you in the army. There is no guarantee you'll ever make it back home alive, and they send you down to kill your own people," Nbenye said. "I had friends from school who were captured, sent to fight, and I have never seen them again."
Travelling illegally through several countries in Africa including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Egypt, Nbenye finally connected with the United Nations office in Cairo and gained refugee status. He entered the United States legally in 2001.
"When they granted me refugee status, it gave me so much hope," Nbenye said. "It meant for me a chance to start a new life in a safe place."
In 2006, upon hearing the Army needed Arabic speakers to help with the global war on terrorism, Nbenye, fluent in Arabic, enlisted.
"America did something good for my life and my family by accepting me, so I decided I want to do something for the American people to show them I am grateful," Nbenye said.
Until he came to the United States, he had never truly experienced freedom, Nbenye said. "My whole life, there is war in my country. No peace, never knowing for sure if you go out, you'll come back home. In America things are different. I feel safe."
Now that he is a citizen, Nbenye said he hopes to get a better job, visit his family in Sudan, and help them become American citizens too.
More than 40,000 service members are not American citizens, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. These foreign-born men and women have pledged commitment to the U.S. Constitution by serving in the military, and many are availing themselves of a July 2002 executive order making members of the armed forces immediately eligible to apply for citizenship. Nearly 5,000 service members have earned U.S. citizenship while serving abroad since 2004, U.S. officials said.


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As the World Court just made clear in its verdict on the Charles Taylor case in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
I feel bad for the carolers being thrown out...worse that this incident is exploited by one of those groups of intolerant right-wing punks that hide behind the skirts of the word "family."
As a College Park alum (and Syracuse native), I can safely say that the only conference Maryland would ever leave the ACC for would be the Big Ten. The Big East, and its lower revenue and silly hybrid model? Don't make me laugh.
John Sterling, Rush Limbaugh...both blowhards.
Somehow I doubt this would have happened down the road at Princeton.
Wasn't sure which W.Va. panhandle you were referring to. Had it been the eastern panhandle, those folks who have made it a D.C. exurb (a commuter train runs to Martinsburg and Harpers Ferry) might have become a bit nervous.
If SU is "New York's college team," then why are they playing these games in New Jersey? It should have tried to play one November game annually (post-baseball season) at either the new Yankee Stadium or CitiField.
IIRC, this was the old Marine Midland branch bank. My family had an account here in the 1960s, and I regularly accompanied my mother when she went downtown for transactions in those pre-ATM days.
Right now, it doesn't matter whether the shooter was from the right or left. Guns respect no ideology. Settle down, everyone.
What a horrible event.
Not a bad idea in and of itself, cusetiger, but the sound you just heard was thousands of suburbanites falling to the floor, all the while blanching with fear. For many of them, the schools -- especially the influx of non-white (or non-Asian) faces -- were the prime reason they moved to the suburbs in the first place. Let's not kid ourselves; as long as our collective society has this reflexive "fear of Negroes," particularly where education is concerned, it will always be thus.
As a Maryland grad and former Syracuse resident, some background on what happened in College Park:
Franklin (who just took the job at Vanderbilt) had been Maryland's coach-in-waiting, and would have received a $1 million bonus had he not been named coach for the 2012 season, a clause that of course became moot when he went to Vandy (he also took several assistants with him). Friedgen, who's in his early 60s, would have had to reassemble a staff. The new AD, Anderson, formerly at Army, didn't want to risk spinning his wheels; he wanted to go in a different direction and hire his own man.
Most Maryland fans, who were salivating over hiring Leach, probably view this as a letdown. Edsall may be a fine coach, but as much as I hate to say it as a Terp fan, this is not much more than a lateral move; he's going to another school where basketball dominates the culture (with national men's and women's titles to prove it). Perhaps he can recruit better, but the jury is out on that. Maryland officials probably got cold feet over hiring Leach (the James incident), despite his high graduation rate at Texas Tech.
Edsall may turn out to be a great hire -- he essentially built a program from scratch at Connecticut -- but, alas, from a Terp perspective, it appears that where football is concerned, administrative timidity strikes again.
If the Clary Middle School's administration has its way, boys and girls next year will enter the Syracuse school through separate doors
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Go about a mile north of Clary, just off Valley Drive, and visit Van Duyn Elementary, built in 1929 (and a Clary feeder school). At the north entrance is inscribed "BOYS"; at the south entrance, "GIRLS." I'm not sure the school ever had gender-segregated classes (it didn't when I attended in the 1960s), but the entrances certainly were.
I'm the son of native Brooklynites who moved to Syracuse in 1952, three years before I was born, and they enjoyed (or at least tolerated) the winters. In many ways, an upstate NY winter is easier than that in more temperate areas, where the wintertime temperature fluctuates around freezing and icy roads often result.
Washington Nationals radio announcer Charlie Slowes says "A curly W is in the books" after every Nats win (granted, he hasn't said it that often since the Expos moved to D.C. in 2005). Here, he might say, "A curly W is in the courts."
Ah, those punks who hide behind the euphemism "family" to thrust their right-wing agenda. (As bad as people who use "pro-choice" to support abortion, or refer to themselves as "pro-life" even if they support capital punishment.)
Jim Boeheim has earned the right to coach at SU for as long as he wants...but the day after he retires, the university needs to either get out of the Big East or have it and the other football members break away from this silly hybrid of a league. Or, if you really want to embarrass him, have the other schools break first and then watch SU football, left behind, sink like a stone despite the improvements made this season.
Is Boeheim afraid football will drive the engine again, as it did at SU in the 1960s when he and Dave Bing arrived on the Hill? Sorry, Jim, that's the way it is at most colleges; I think even your good buddy Gary Williams in College Park has come to recognize that.
As an early member of the CNY diaspora (my family left Syracuse for the Maryland suburbs of D.C. in the fall of 1970), just some things to note. One of the angles to other stories on this that the Post has been running is that Prince George's County has largely been shut out of luxury, upscale shopping because of its majority black population (albeit an affluent, professional constituency -- this isn't the rundown part of the South Side), but here was a rare instance where Prince George's beat wealthier (whiter) Montgomery County to the punch. (I've shopped at a Wegmans in Prince William County, Va., which is sort of Prince George's to Fairfax County's Montgomery. People love it on this side of the Potomac, too.)
But hey, this works both ways -- I see Syracuse is getting another Five Guys, a wonderful hamburger chain that originated in metro D.C. (and whose burgers you can get at Nationals Park, along with the famed District delicacy the Ben's Chili Bowl half smoke). All you folks need to do now is get a Ledo Pizza franchise or two in central New York, and the trade-off will be complete.
Some questions:
1. If she was indeed a time traveler, was she talking to someone at the time of this scene, or actually talking to someone from her own time period? (Chaplin's "The Circus" was released in 1928, just to clarify things; this DVD extra footage may indeed be from '23.)
2. Perhaps she's a representative of Turner Classic Movies, trying to uncover films now feared lost -- like the 8-hour, uncut Erich von Stroheim masterpiece "Greed." Bring them back to today for Robert Osborne to introduce them, and TCM's ratings soar like a rocket.
3. If #2 is correct, please have her move ahead to 1925 and collect the now-lost silents made by a teenage Carole Lombard at Fox, then advance to 1933 for the now-lost (actually suppressed by Warners) "Convention City" with Joan Blondell, which many deem the raciest of pre-Codes.
4. As a classic film buff, may I please accompany her on the next trip?
If Big Stein were running the White House, he would probably appoint that hack John Sterling as press secretary. But at least it would get him out of the broadcast booth, where his Ted Baxter-like bombast (and Kenny Bania-like ineptitude) is the very antithesis of the class the Yankees purport to represent.
Right now, people in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex aren't all that involved with that "other" team in Arlington, not the way the Rangers are playing. (And the Stars are off to a good start, too.)
I know people in DFW, and it hasn't been a one-dimensional, Cowboys uber alles town for several decades. It's a pretty darn good sports market, as the Rangers, Stars and Mavericks have proven. (Compare Dallas-Fort Worth to another sun belt area, Atlanta, whose fan support is traditionally tepid.) Don't get me wrong -- people in the area certainly love football, from high school on up; it's the out-of-town Cowboys fans (many of whom have never set foot in Texas in their life) who give the area a bad name. Quite a few locals deem Jerry Jones a blowhard, though they are thankful that Cowboys Stadium will help to bring elite events such as the Final Four and Super Bowl to the area.


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Pittsburgh - Crash and burn.
The Browns lived on the edge all year. Yesterday, their playoff season died when their defense pushed everyone over.
The three rivers behind Heinz Field are colored brown for good reason. There's a football team's heart and soul floating in those muddy waters now.
The Browns dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers for 54 minutes, and then came unglued on defense and executed one of the most stunning playoff collapses of all time.
They helped Tommy Maddox orchestrate touchdown drives of 77 and 61 yards to steal a 36-33 playoff victory, rendering Kelly Holcomb's 429 passing yards and three touchdowns a footnote.
"They found a way to lose," summed up Steelers receiver Hines Ward.
Mathematically, blowing leads of 24-7 and 33-21 doesn't qualify as the worst playoff collapse in Browns history. They lost a 21-3 lead to the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 4, 1986.
But on a national scale, cornerback Corey Fuller compared it to the meltdown of the Houston Oilers, who lost a playoff game to the Buffalo Bills in January 1993 after holding a 35-3 lead early in the second half.
"This loss might not be as big, but it's pretty damn close," Fuller said.
And so, the Browns exited this season the way they began it against Kansas City - with Holcomb unstoppable at the throttle of the Browns' offense, and their defense unable to finish a game with poise and discipline.
The Browns committed three penalties in four plays on defense when Maddox, who was mortal all game previously, frantically hurried his team downfield against a three-man rush while behind, 33-21. Each penalty served the dual purpose of stopping the clock and giving the Steelers a first down.
Linebacker Dwayne Rudd, who atoned last week for his helmet toss in Game 1, started the ball rolling with a holding call on the seventh play of the series. On the next play, cornerback Anthony Henry dropped an interception. On the next play, cornerback Lewis Sanders was penalized for illegal contact. On the next play, safety Robert Griffith was slapped with a personal foul for helmet-to-helmet contact with Ward after an incomplete pass.
"Maybe my shoulder hit him, but I didn't go helmet to helmet," Griffith said. "That's what happens when you're playing at home and they want you to win."
Maddox completed the drive in three plays from the 17, as the Browns failed to keep Ward in bounds after a catch to keep the clock running. Ward's 5-yard touchdown catch closed the Browns' lead to 33-28.
Heinz Field trembled with glee because nobody in the place, except perhaps receiver Kevin Johnson, felt the Browns could hold that lead with three minutes to go.
"To be honest with you, I thought we already were in Oakland [where the Browns would have played a second-round game]," Johnson said.
"You know the game's going to come down to the end with us," Holcomb said.
The Browns were unable to run the ball all day except for two plays - a William Green 1-yard touchdown run to start the pointfest (his knee actually hit before he got in) and a 23-yard Green blast early in the fourth quarter. Green, in fact, had 12 runs of negative or zero yards out of his 25 rushing attempts.
But the Steelers could not stop Holcomb. They could not even contain him. Time and again he answered Pittsburgh's defensive smotherings of Green with perfect throws that took advantage of the Steelers' depleted secondary.
In some stretches, Holcomb looked like Peyton Manning, his former teammate with the Colts, directing changes at the line of scrimmage. Twice, Holcomb couldn't make his changes quickly enough and the Browns were penalized for delay of game. There also were numerous times Holcomb had to rush plays because the Browns were so late exiting their huddle.
Still, it was a career day for Holcomb, albeit in a losing cause.
In his first start in an NFL playoff game - and his first action ever against the Steelers - Holcomb hit on touchdown passes of 32 and 15 yards to Dennis Northcutt and 22 to Andre Davis. He also pierced the Steelers' defense with masterful throws of 83 yards and 29 to Johnson, 17 to Jamel White, and 43 to Davis - 26 completions in all.
"He made some unbelievably great throws," said coach Butch Davis.
Ultimately, the only ones who stopped Holcomb were the Browns themselves. After Ward's touchdown, the Browns just needed one - maybe two - first downs to close the deal on their first road playoff win since 1969.
They couldn't get it.
On third down and 12, Holcomb found Northcutt mismatched against halting Pittsburgh cornerback Hank Poteat for about the 20th time on the day. Poteat lost his footing as the ball arrived safely in Northcutt's hands 20 yards downfield. Northcutt dropped the ball.
"I just didn't focus and watch the ball in. I just dropped the ball," Northcutt said.
It was an unfortunate ending to a remarkable game for Northcutt, who had 92 yards receiving and two touchdown catches, and set up another score with a 59-yard punt return.
But it was all the Steelers needed. They smelled blood and they had the shark mentality the Browns so sorely lack.
After Chris Gardocki's punt, Maddox took over at his 39 with 2:35 to play and one timeout. Feasting off a three-man Browns pass rush, Maddox took the Steelers to the 3 on completions of 24, 10, 17 and 7 yards.
From the 3, 255-pound Chris Fuamatu Ma'afala plowed in virtually untouched for the go-ahead score. Antwaan Randle El then twisted the knife with a pass to tight end Jerame Tuman for the two-point conversion.
"There's nothing sweeter than when somebody sticks a knife in your back and you pull it out and stick it in theirs," said Steelers defensive end Kimo von Oelhoffen.
Holcomb took over at the Browns' 30 with 50 seconds left. The Browns had blown their three timeouts in the third quarter on getting out of the huddle late on one play, an ill-advised coach's replay challenge, and confusion on a formation on another play.
Holcomb got the Browns to the Steelers' 45 on three completions and hurried to spike the ball with seven seconds left. The Browns' season ended with Andre King unable to get out of bounds after a completion to the Steelers' 29 and the game clock expired.
"You just feel sick to your stomach," Holcomb said.
It's a feeling they knew all season, from beginning to end.
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(For those wondering "Where's the beef?", the USDA, not the FDA, regulates meat.)
Nearly all of the ten foods are staples, and the few that aren't everyday items are by no means exotic. But are any of them worth the risk of the runs, organ failure or even (gulp) death?
We've crunched the data in the Gut Check International Headquarters supercomputer, and after the jump, we issue a verdict for each of the ten riskiest foods: Avoid, Proceed with Caution or Chow Down!
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"Eat your greens!" Mom always said. Or was it Popeye? More to the point: Would Mom or Popeye have been so insistent if they'd known we'd take bagged, "triple-washed" greens for granted and thus risk swallowing E. coli with our ranch-dressing-soaked dinner salad? Yeah, greens can help you kick Bluto's butt, but take the extra couple of minutes to wash them first.
Verdict: Proceed With Caution
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Gut Check has no actual proof to back up this claim, but we're going to blame the high number of egg-related outbreaks on hollandaise sauce. It's just vile, OK? Otherwise, eggs rule. One piece of advice, though: If your egg yolks are yellow, not orange, you need to find better eggs.
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Who's sorry now, Charlie? Apparently, tuna -- especially fresh tuna -- puts you at risk for something called scrombroid, which just sounds like a disease you need a topical cream to cure. (You don't.) At the very least, tuna's presence on the list might scare off some diners who would otherwise chow down on the wildly overfished bluefin.
Verdict: Proceed With Caution
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Italian Cholent
A little taste of Italy from your slow cooker.
A little taste of Italy from your slow cooker.
- Yield: at least 12
- Prep: 25 minutes
- Cook: 12 hours, 0 minutes
- Total: 12 hours, 25 minutes
- 1/2 lb cannelini beans, soaked overnight
- 3 garlic cloves, diced
- 1 spring rosemary, chopped
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 potatoes, cut into chunks
- 1 onion, sliced
- 2 lbs brisket, cubed
- 1 package Matzo ball mix, made per package directions (optional)
- 1 lb Swiss chard, chopped
Put brisket, onion, potatoes, rosemary, garlic, beans and salt in a large crock pot.
Cover with water and top with matzo balls. Turn on low and cook for about 18 hours.
Saute chard with a little water until wilted, set aside and mix in just before serving. On Shabbat this can be done by spooning the cholent into a bowl and mixing in the chard.
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2014 Yamaha XT1200ZE Super Ténéré Review
In this year's EICMA motorcycle show, Yamaha revealed the actual 2014 Yamaha XT1200ZE Super Ténéré – a brand new endure tourer aimed in the contemporary riders.
The actual XT1200ZE Super Ténéré has normal electronically-adjustable suspensions, sport and city mappings, cruise management and also a 3-stage traction management method.
The actual XT1200ZE Super Ténéré weighs 265 kg (wet) and it is propelled by an 1199cc, forward-inclined parallel 2 cylinder, liquid cooled, 4 stroke, DOHC, 4 valves engine. The actual unit puts out a maximum energy of 82. 4 kW (112PS) in 7, 250 rpm and 117. 0 Nm of torque in 6, 000 rpm. All of this energy is kept in leash using a six pace transmission along with wet multidisc clutch.
Some other attributes which are worthy from being described embrace a 4-position windscreen, 1 23 litres fuel tank, a height-adjustable chair, new physique, heated grips, a prime case, center stand and hand protectors.
2014 Yamaha XT1200ZE Super Ténéré Price
For the instant Yamaha didn't released any costs to the new 2014 Yamaha XT1200ZE Super Ténéré.
2014 Yamaha XT1200ZE Super Ténéré Specs
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|Bore x stroke
|98 mm x 79.5 mm
|Compression ratio
|11.0 : 1
|Maximum power
|82.4 kW (112PS) @ 7,250 rpm
|Maximum Torque
|117.0 Nm (11.9 kg-m) @ 6,000 rpm
|Lubrication system
|Dry sump
|Electronic Fuel Injection
|Clutch Type
|Wet, Multiple Disc
|Ignition system
|Starter system
|Transmission system
|Constant Mesh, 6-speed
|Final transmission
|Steel tube backbone
|Front suspension system
|Upside-down telescopic fork, Ø 43 mm
|Front travel
|190 mm
|Caster Angle
|126 mm
|Rear suspension system
|Swingarm, Adjustable preload and rebound damping, (link suspension), Monoshock
|Rear Travel
|190 mm
|Front brake
|Hydraulic dual disc, Ø 310 mm wave discs
|Rear brake
|Hydraulic single disc, Ø 282 mm wave disc
|Front tyre
|Rear tyre
|Overall length
|2,255 mm
|Overall width
|980 mm
|Overall height
|1,410 mm
|Seat height
|845/870 mm
|Wheel base
|1,540 mm
|Minimum ground clearance
|190 mm
|Wet weight (including full oil and fuel tank)
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|Fuel tank capacity
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I woke up to the sound of rain
I know I am a live
The rain drops roll down my face
Like so many tears
They are real
Like what happens in life
So I pray for good things
And learn my lessons from the bad
We can make life alittle better
For ourselves and those who surround us
For we never know what life will bring
Or what maybe taken from us
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County attorney hoping child welfare gets nod
PHOENIX -- One man who is hoping for approval on a new child welfare service in Arizona is Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery.
He said, as far back as 2003, Child Protective Services was a mess.
"Efforts were not enough to change the culture and underscore the focus, which is intervening as soon as possible and providing preventive services so that cases don't escalate to a point where you have criminal conduct allegations involved," he said. "Where you have to remove a child because the environment is no longer safe for them."
Montgomery said he's proud to have been a part of the team that helped come up with the plan for the Department of Child Safety.
"What is being provided for the Legislature's consideration represents the best of everybody working hard in the best interests of Arizona's children."
Montgomery said he hopes the new department will mean his department will no longer have to investigate certain kinds of cases.
"I'd prefer if we never got another cases where a child has been killed and there's been previous interaction with the child welfare system," he said.
The Arizona Legislature is expected to vote Thursday on whether to approve Gov. Jan Brewer's proposed Department of Child Safety. It would replace Child Protective Services, which Brewer abolished last year after it failed to investigate thousands of possible child abuse cases.
The plan received initial approval on Wednesday.


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Soak the Strawberries in OJ for an hour
Add some Mint to the strawberry puree blend
Blend Strawberries w/ a cup or more of OJ/Pineapple juice for richer flavor
Soak Dehydrated Pinapple for 30mins-1hour
if you are out of kale use any greens you'd like
Recipe Variations
Add Avocado (if you do move this meal to last, fat should be eaten last), Change dipping sauce to Dehydrated Red/Yellow Pepper blended w/ OJ
Recipe Variations
For a Creamy Variation soak dehydrated coconut meat shards in coconut juice for 1 hour, blend together.
For a spicy version add 1/4" square ginger, 1/3 pc of garlic, 3 springs green onion & cilantro w/ lemon grass to coconut water (blend & strain) then pour over ingredients, or soak dehydrated coconut shards.


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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cam for cam lock showing my new design;
FIG. 2 is a top view;
FIG. 3 is a left side view, the right side being symmetrical;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view;
FIG. 5 is an illustrative view of the cam mounted on a cam lock. The broken lines showing of a cam lock is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design;
FIG. 6 is an additional perspective view from the front and bottom; and,
FIG. 7 is an additional perspective view from the rear and bottom.


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Inside RFF: A Look at What's Happening
RFF welcomes two new fellows to its research staff this fall: Marc Hafstead and Ariel Ortiz-Bobea. Hafstead joins RFF from his post-doctoral position at Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research, where he has been working on topics in both macroeconomics and environmental economics. Recent research includes an examination of how a federal cap-and-trade program would affect industry profits and GDP and a comparison of the costs of reducing carbon emissions through either a clean energy standard or a capand- trade program. Hafstead has a PhD in economics from Stanford University.
Ortiz-Bobea joins RFF from the University of Maryland's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, where he has been working on climate change impacts and adaptation, agricultural economics, and applied and spatial econometrics. He also has a master's degree in public administration focused on international and development administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Ortiz-Bobea served previously as the special assistant to the minister of the environment and natural resources in the Dominican Republic.
RFF Senior Fellow Timothy Brennan received the Distinguished Service award from the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida, honoring his contributions to the understanding of regulatory economics and finance.
RFF Visiting Scholar and Co-Director of RFF's Center for the Management of Ecological Wealth Lynn Scarlett was appointed to the National Parks Conservation Association's board of trustees.
RFF Vice President for Research and Senior Fellow Molly Macauley was selected for membership in the Women's Forum of Washington, DC, which is dedicated to enhancing opportunities for engaging women in leadership roles around the world.
RFF Board Member Trudy Ann Cameron, Raymond F. Mikesell Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics at the University of Oregon, was named a 2011 Fellow by the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists at its 2012 summer conference.
RFF is pleased to announce the appointment of Rick Holley, presidentand CEO of Plum Creek Timber Company, to its board of directors. He brings a wealth of experience and leadership in a variety of fields to help RFF improve its research and outreach in the coming years.
Holley was elected president, CEO, and a member of the board of directors of Plum Creek in 1994. Prior to assuming this role, he served as vice president and chief financial officer since 1985.
Holley began his career at General Electric Company in 1974, where he served in a variety of financial management positions. In 1983, he joined Burlington Northern, Inc., where he worked as assistant vice president of corporate audit. He held that position until joining Plum Creek.
He received a bachelor of science in accounting and business administration from San Jose State University. He also completed an advanced education program at Northwestern University.
In addition to serving on Plum Creek's board, Holley serves on several private and nonprofit boards, including those of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Inc.; National Alliance of Forest Owners; National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts; Avista Corporation; the Seattle Times; and the Blethen Corporation. He also serves on the Economic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
RFF's Center for Energy Economics and Policy (CEEP) has partnered with institutions in China to create a new organization dedicated to improving energy policy in China: the Consortium for Energy Economics and Policy in China (CEEPIC). The consortium is led by Director Zhongmin Wang, an RFF fellow, along with CEEP Director and RFF Senior Fellow Alan Krupnick and Jintao Xu, director of the Energy Economics Institute in the School of Economic Development at Peking University.
CEEPIC conducts long-term, integrated economic studies; policy analyses and outreach; and student–researcher exchanges that contribute to the sustainable development of China's energy resources. The creation of such a network will allow for coordinated research and engagement with policymakers, as well as capacity building.
Funded by the World Bank, the first project under way is a major study on the social costs of unconventional fuels, in response to a series of presentations on the subject at the International Forum on Shale Gas Development and Utilization in Beijing in November 2012. Learn more at www.rff.org/ceepic.
Resources 183 | 2013
WelcomeManaging Risk—and Abundance
Phil Sharp
InfographicHurricane Sandy and the National Flood Insurance
Goings OnHighlights of RFF's Recent Contributions to Shaping Environmental Policy
Policy CommentaryThe Limits of a Gasoline TaxMargaret A. Walls
Q & AConnecting International Climate Agreements and Domestic Actions: An Interview with Takashi Hattori
Inside RFF
Crowdsourcing Environmental Science and Reporting
The Obligations of Environmental Stewardship
Green Infrastructure: Investing in Nature to Build Safer Communities
Anna Brittain
The Controversy over US Coal Exports
Joel Darmstadter
How Should Benefits and Costs Be Discounted in an Intergenerational Context?
Maureen Cropper
Whither Markets for Environmental Regulation?
Dallas Burtraw, Art Fraas, Margaret Walls, and Len Shabman
Sizing Up the Energy‒Efficiency Gap
Kristin Hayes