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This document describes an end-to-end object encryption method for use in the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).
This document describes an end-to-end encryption method for use in the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) as defined in XMPP Core[1] and XMPP IM[2]. Object encryption enables a sender to encrypt a message sent to a specific recipient and assists the XMPP specifications in meeting the requirements of RFC 2779[4]. Object encryption is accomplished by sending the encrypted form of the message body along with a unique message ID to help prevent replay attacks. The public key used for message encryption SHOULD match the KeyID sent when signaling support for this protocol via presence broadcast.
All operations described herein may be completed using standard OpenPGP[3] software. All program output is US-ASCII armored output with the headers removed, which allows for straightforward encapsulation of the program output directly as XML CDATA. It is assumed that keys may be exchanged using OpenPGP key servers; for example, the key of another user may be retrieved automatically when an appropriate presence stanza is received from that user.
This document inherits the terminology defined in XMPP Core[1].
The capitalized key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119[5].
The authors welcome discussion and comments related to the topics presented in this document. The preferred forum is the <firstname.lastname@example.com> mailing list, for which archives and subscription information are available at <http://www.jabber.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xmppwg/>.
This document is in full compliance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026. Parts of this specification use the term "jabber" for identifying namespaces and other protocol syntax. Jabber[tm] is a registered trademark of Jabber, Inc. Jabber, Inc. grants permission to the IETF for use of the Jabber trademark in association with this specification and its successors, if any.
The encrypted payload contains what would be the main  element if the message were not encrypted, along with a message ID to help prevent replay attacks; both pieces of information are wrapped in a <payload/> element scoped by the 'http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e#payload' namespace, as shown in the following example:
<payload xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e#payload'> <id>someID</id> Wherefore art thou? </payload>
The encrypted payload MUST include an <id/> element. The CDATA of the <id/> element SHOULD be constructed according to the following algorithm: (1) concatenate the sender's full JID (user@host/resource) with the recipient's full JID; (2) concatenate these JID strings with a full ISO-8601 timestamp including year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds, and UTC offset if appropriate in the following format: yyyy-mm-dd-Thh:mm:ss-hh:mm; (3) hash the resulting string according to the SHA1 algorithm; (4) convert the hexidecimal SHA1 output to all lowercase.
The full <payload/> element (including all XML tag names and angle brackets) MUST then be encrypted according to the OpenPGP algorithm using the sender's KeyID. The armored output MUST be US-ASCII and have the headers removed. The resulting cipher text MUST then be provided as the CDATA of an <x/> element scoped by the 'http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e' namespace.
Finally, the message stanza SHOULD contain an unencrypted  child element whose CDATA informs the recipient that the actual message body is encrypted.
The format of the full message stanza that results from the foregoing procedure is shown in the following example.
<message firstname.lastname@example.com/balcony' email@example.com/orchard'> Encrypted is this message. <x xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e'> hQEOA+fczQLixGb6EAP/Uv0JNo1x/h9d6ia75foKB1sViwAeXnrAwUDuxFhTBdt3 HDOeF61b/sqaHBi4B4L50xn4W+dZd0sxgf4QNoWucI6WfqcV5BT3K62iTGLVJ7Lc RoXTylekNsDiNsMVMJBHoYqeoRmTuMt3uuljBHHnXVya7XGMmyxbM/QtdxuykssD /jsvER1EyIfYSWT+G/djvymd9FfgTwLrgyBjC1S0GfQ6oEjmEz5FK+BpwfRDzxjD eR08Q6m7Y8C84OC4Dq4UCSCcdzhhKHH0pACizjeG/2N+DlEwDkwK3b/2ED8fFPE1 tCUIl6Z8uvAw5Q6OBeFabgbjdi3QjqY32fV5tOtUkkvk0sAEAcRBF9HqEHNDMEb/ bGza03mV58dlEOjhZEu2rCffR4mqYSDoF8hNb/XuOssDuIvp342ILfAPjyx/AE1/ ffdN0tSWt3kEZzDzeJfFOBzv2n8OPNUKrRAoinnRr9vdFH5KlIQbTFte0Fk/r7YA 7PghNWtPZJ/mXQPoCylaK86wGc/KHld8Y+RopWeZSoicpIqGBrpuwdl/o/OtEm0b VnDh3dJpz89aJj2RAAiTaKLotLg/AkmwfQGLZnmv416jxm6zy1p1rQ== =1rou </x> </message>
The decoded payload is:
<payload xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e#payload'> <id>e0ffe42b28561960c6b12b944a092794b9683a38</id> O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? </payload>
In order to signal support for this method oof encrypting message bodies, an entity MUST broadcast its KeyID in all outgoing presence stanzas, contained in an <x/> element scoped by the 'http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e' namespace.
<presence email@example.com/balcony' email@example.com/orchard'> <show>away</show> <status>be right back</status> <x xmlns='http://jabber.org/protocol/e2e'>88CA1D46</x> </presence>
Replay attacks are made more difficult using this method because of the inclusion of a unique ID in the encrypted object. Key exchange may rely on the web of trust model used on the OpenPGP keys network. There is no method to check a fingerprint or ownership of a key other than checking the user IDs on a key.
|Saint-Andre, P. and J. Miller, "XMPP Core (draft-ietf-xmpp-core-02, work in progress)", February 2003.
|Saint-Andre, P. and J. Miller, "XMPP Instant Messaging (draft-ietf-xmpp-im-02, work in progress)", February 2003.
|Elkins, M., Del Torto, D., Levien, R. and T. Roessler, "MIME Security with OpenPGP", RFC 3156, August 2001.
|Day, M., Aggarwal, S., Mohr, G. and J. Vincent, "A Model for Presence and Instant Messaging", RFC 2779, February 2000.
|Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
|Peter Saint-Andre
|Jabber Software Foundation
|Joe Hildebrand
|Jabber, Inc.
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A South Annville Township woman who had gone missing Saturday night was found by South Londonderry and North Londonderry township police officers about 1:21 a.m. Tuesday, state police said.
Bobbie Sue Books, 33, of Palm City Park, had been declared missing by family members. Their last contact with her was at 9:14 p.m. Saturday.
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Hollywood Undead brings notes from underground to Salt Lake
If anyone doubts that the masked rap-rock ensemble Hollywood Undead has a conscience, consider this.
When the band heard about the Newtown massacre, members tried to get the song "Kill Everyone" pulled from their new album "Notes From the Underground," released on Jan. 8.
Alas, it was too late, said Johnny 3 Tears.
But the hard edge of the group remains, with some of its grittiest material yet ready to be unveiled live.
Tears said he is "more inclined to write music when you're emotional, in one direction or the other," which explains his sadder, more brutal songs on the band's third album.
But, he added, "I still like to party."
This time around, based on the group's past commercial success, the band was in total control of what went on the album, with little label involvement. "It's working with people you want to work with," Tears said.
The group also plans on continuing to wear the masks during the tour, for reasons other than scaring people.
"It's engaging in some degree," Tears said. "I always felt it was important that there was never a face to [Hollywood Undead]. It could be anyone doing it. It breaks down barriers between us and the audience."
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Does Eric Lindros Belong in the Hall of Fame?? Of course, Stupid!!
I know, I know, another Eric Lindros article. I don't care. He's a God. Lindros is apparently Swedish for flower or something stupid like that. Well, if Lindros sets the standard for names, then I guess we should call Alex Kovalev Ballsy Toughasnails, because Lindros is the exact opposite of a flower!
The only players Sportsnet asked who said no were to young to have ever played against him. He was a tough son of a *****. He was the one player no one ever wanted to play against.
And what is this that he was a disappointment???? He won a scoring title in his second year, and the Hart and Pearson trophies, he was an Olympic Gold medalist, a several time all-star, he led a nothing team to the Cup finals, and he made about a billion dollars because people saw him as worth it.
If Bobby Clarke can accept he's a Hall of Famer, why can't you morons?
Lets pretend he played 82 games every year he played. Please note that 1995 he didn't miss any games due to injury, just the lockout.
1993 55 101
1994 56 122
1995 52 125
1996 53 129
1997 50 125
1998 39 92
1999 46 107
2000 40 88
2002 42 83
2003 19 53
2004 21 66
2006 27 54
2007 8 43
That's a total of 508 goals, and 1188 points (kinda funny, his idol was Mark Messier (11) and he was 88). All that in 1066 games. Pretty damn good, don't ya think? And that doesn't even include the year he sat out in 2001. It also doesn't account for the numbers he could have posted from 2003-2007 had his head not been dismembered, and his wrist been disfigured. Shit, until he had his wrist brown my John Klemm, or some other loser on the Stars, he was on pace for 50 goals.
I remember when Sundin went down. The newspapers pretty much told him "you've played here a game, your team now."
And until Sundin's return relegated him to the third line, with Domi and Kilger, he was the leagues leading goal scorer and point producer. I think the biggest mistake Quinn ever made was not playing Lindros and Sundin together more. He took that team, and was the leader. He was a better captain in those ten games then that girl Sundin ever was.
While he may not have reached Gretzky's level, his current goals and points per game, in the same number of games Gretzky played, he would have had 709 goals, good for 6th all time, and 1657 points, good for 8th all time.
He also won an Olympic gold medal in 2002, which I think is pretty bad ass.
Eric Lindros was by NO means a disappointment. He was one of the best to ever play the game, that's that.


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WASHINGTON (October 30, 2012)--Home prices rose in nearly all U.S. cities last month, the latest evidence of a steady recovery in housing, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller index, which shows national home prices increased 2 percent in August compared with the same month a year ago.
That's the third straight increase and a faster pace than in July.
And prices in hard-hit Las Vegas rose 0.9 percent, the first year-over-year gain since January 2007.
The report also says prices rose in August from July in 19 of the 20 cities tracked by the index. Prices had risen in all 20 cities in the previous three months.
Seattle reported a small decline of 0.1 percent in August from July. Prices are still 3.4 percent higher than a year ago.
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Bolt is our framework for integration with cloud application services. It consists of Spring Integration based reusable components for Amazon services like Simple Email Service (SES), Simple Queue Service (SQS), Simple Notification Service (SNS) and more.
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The Nashville Predators have partnered with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition to encourage Preds fans to be physically active and develop healthy habits by taking part in the Million PALA Challenge.
Now through September 2011, the Preds are working to help the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition get 1 million Americans to enroll and complete the PALA (President's Active Lifestyle Award) Challenge. This project is a continuation of the First Lady Michele Obama's Let's Move! initiative, launched earlier this season in collaboration with the National Hockey League and USA Hockey to encourage American children to lead active and healthy lives.
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Millet-Scallion Pancakes
The batter for these fritter-like cakes is pretty dry, but that's what yields crisp results. Pressing them flat in the pan also helps maximize the crunch factor.
Black and Wild Rice Salad with Roasted Squash
Fresh herbs, such as parsley and cilantro, can be subbed for the microgreens.
Toasted Spelt Soup with Escarole and White Beans
This toasted spelt soup with escarole and white beans was inspired by the classic Italian pasta and bean stew. Unlike macaroni, the grains stay nice and chewy, even when reheated days later.
Nutty Grain and Oat Bars
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Who are we, and how can we best sustain the mental attitudes which will lead to a fulfilling life? What, after we achieve reasonable material comfort, follow the script of social expectations, establish ourselves in a community – what, after we achieve these goods, will satisfy our need for The Good? From the time of the ancient Greeks until the present, philosophy is the discipline which struggles with these basic questions.
In a world which often seems to be growing more fragmented and specialized, philosophy is a powerful antidote, encouraging one to develop connections among various aspects of life. Accordingly, students who major or minor in philosophy are urged to take a variety of courses outside the discipline. This ensures a breadth of perspective in the tradition of liberal arts.
Philosophy at Franklin College
Philosophy teaches you to think critically, to write analytically and to express yourself with logical precision. Philosophy is related to every field of study, in so far as every subject raises philosophical questions. The BIG objective is to help you recognize that philosophy matters.
Not just because it will improve your LSAT scores (which it will),
Not just because the mean score for philosophy majors on the GMAT is better than the mean score of any of the various business majors (which it is)
Not just because philosophy majors have among the highest acceptance rates into Medical School (which they do)
But because philosophy has the potential to change the very fabric of who you are as a human being. Philosophy welcomes students who want to prepare for the real world, where on average you will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38; where the top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 did not exist in 2004; where India has more honors kids than the U.S. has kids; and where students starting a four-year technical degree (instead of a liberal arts degree), half of what they learn in their first year will be outdated by their third year. This degree helps students to adapt to the ever-changing world and to think critically and logically.
The philosophy program is designed to prepare students for a life of critical examination of themselves and their society. To fulfill this mission, the program provides opportunities for students to understand the basic questions of all disciplines and of human existence by introducing them to the major traditions and thinkers in philosophy. The program also provides practice in sharpening the skills of logical argument and awareness of the major value systems and how they shape persons and cultures.
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F4Q08 Earnings Call
May 14, 2008 5:00 pm ET
Larry Delaney – Investor Relations Counsel
Phil Nolan – Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Brian Clark – Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer
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Larry Delaney
Thanks for joining us on Stanley's fiscal fourth quarter 2008 conference call. Here today are Stanley's Chairman, President and CEO; Phil Nolan and Chief Financial Officer, Brian Clark. Phil is going to begin with an overview of the company's fiscal fourth quarter operating results. Brian will then go through the financial results and issue guidance for Stanley's fiscal first quarter 2009 and full year 2009. We'll then take your questions.
I'd like to remind our listeners that our comments today will contain forward-looking statements and information based on management's current expectations. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Information about various risks that could affect the company's financial results is available in the "Risk Factor" section of Stanley's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 and in other reports the company files with the SEC.
In addition, today's call will include discussions of certain non-GAAP financial measures including EBITDA and organic revenue growth. Tables reconciling our non-GAAP financial measures are available in our earnings press release and available in the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.StanleyAssociates.com.
With that I'll turn the call over to Phil Nolan.
Phil Nolan
Stanley once again delivered a solid quarter and a strong finished to our fiscal year 2008. Q4 revenue grew by 49% over the same period last year to a single-quarter record $173.5 million with 39% of that growth coming organically.
Net income for the quarter was $7.7 million versus $4.5 million a year ago, equating to diluted earnings per share of $0.33 up from $0.20 from Q4 of last year. For the year revenue was $604.3 million up 48% from revenue of $409.4 million in FY07. Full year organic growth was 37%.
Net income for FY08 was $26.2 million versus $10.7 million for FY07 and diluted earnings per share was $1.12 compared to $0.55 a year ago. Revenue for both Q4 and FY08 came in at the high end of the guidance we issued in our Q3 call. Diluted earnings per share for both periods exceeded guidance by a penny.
We are encouraged by the trends we are seeing thus far in FY09. We believe the [inaudible] that helped produce record top line numbers in FY08 will continue to drive growth and improved performance in FY09.
These include increasing system demand for passport services especially as the June 2009 deadline for the Land and Sea provisions of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative approaches, additional demand for products and services through SPAWAR C4ISR contracts, ramp up of contracts won in FY08 supporting the Army's equipment RESET mission as well as anticipated new awards in FY09 and a full year's revenue on our relatively new contract supporting the Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Service Centers in California and Vermont.
Bookings for the fourth quarter were $660.7 million and $1.3 billion for fiscal 2008 equating to a Q4 book-to-bill of almost 4:1 and better than 2:1 for the full fiscal year. Our contract backlog at March 31 was approximately $1.8 billion, up 38% sequentially from Q3 and 83% year-over-year.
Our qualified pipeline currently stands at well over $3 billion. As of today we have $435 million in proposals submitted and awaiting decision. We expect to submit another $2 billion in proposals over the next six to nine months.
The overriding focus of Q4 was to secure the re-compete and follow-on awards of two of our largest vehicles, Passport Services and Corporate Production. One March 17 we announced that we won the five year, $570 million contract to continue support of the U.S. State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs Passport Services Directorate.
Stanley services include production, operational and business process support, training, procurement, administration and evaluation of critical supplies and facilities management support at the five passport centers and 14 passport agencies nationwide along with the headquarter support offices. We have now led this effort for the past 15 years and have been the only contractor to do so.
Our passport related efforts which include the build out and operation of the two new centers in Hot Springs, Arkansas and Tucson, Arizona are performing extremely well. The Tucson facility produced its first document on May 5 of this year and the center in Hot Springs now has more than 250 full-time employees and has produced nearly seven million passports since it opened in April 2007.
Last month we won a major follow-on contract in the SPAWAR corporate production vehicle. SPAWAR's corporate production capabilities provide a highly flexible, responsive and affordable vehicle for the Navy to contract its C4ISR needs. It has generated a high volume of new and often unexpected quick turnaround task orders and we again look forward to being one of SPAWAR's go-to companies and anticipate healthy performance from corporate production in FY09.
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The Runaway is the tenth episode of the second season. It first aired on Shining Time Station in the episode Mapping it Out in 1989.
One day, Thomas wakes up feeling ill. Workmen are unable to make him feel better, so the Fat Controller is forced to send Thomas to the works for a while. He then asks Duck to take over Thomas' duties on the branch line. Duck is delighted to be given such a responsibility.
Duck is already friends with Percy, and quickly befriends Toby, Bertie, and Terence, who tells Duck to take extra special care with Annie and Clarabel. Duck is very gentle with them, and both coaches are left very impressed with the Great Western engine and remark on what a pleasure it is to go out with him. When Thomas returns from the works, the two coaches tell him how well Duck had managed on the line. Thomas does not feel jealous, as he is just happy to be back home.
Although he is back from the works, Thomas is not in complete working order. His handbrake has been left very stiff, meaning it can feel like his brakes are hard-on when they are not. Because of this, Thomas begins to overrun the station platform, embarrassing him greatly. Eventually, Thomas' crew learns to compensate for the handbrake, and they stop in just the right place.
Thomas' fireman falls ill one day, and a relief man takes his place. Thomas arrives at the station, and the new fireman couples him to Annie and Clarabel, then joins the driver and stationmaster on the platform while they wait for Henry to deliver his passengers. However, the relief fireman has forgotten about the stiff handbrake. Soon, Henry starts to approach with the passengers. But as Thomas' brakes are not completely on, his wheels start to move, and Thomas cannot stop or whistle a warning without his crew. Before anyone realises what has happened, Thomas has left everyone stranded on the platform.
Annie and Clarabel scream for Thomas to stop, but he has plenty of steam and keeps going. Soon, an alarm goes out about the runaway train. An engine inspector boards Harold the helicopter, and flies to a station where Thomas is due to pass by and makes a plan.
When Thomas reaches the station, he is very tired and is moving far slower than normal. The inspector then makes it to the platform. And when Thomas passes, the inspector scrambles aboard the cab and puts Thomas' brakes on, finally bringing the tank engine to a stop. Both Thomas and the inspector are very relieved and thank Harold, who tells them it was no problem.
The inspector tells Thomas that they must make sure this never happens again. Thomas, exhausted, could not agree more.
- Thomas
- Terence
- Harold
- Annie and Clarabel
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Edward (does not speak)
- Henry (does not speak)
- Percy (does not speak)
- Toby (does not speak)
- Duck (does not speak)
- James (stock footage cameo)
- Farmer Finney (cameo)
- Bertie (mentioned)
- Elsbridge
- Tidmouth
- Suddery
- Tidmouth Sheds
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- The Watermill
- Sodor Shipping Company
- The Works (mentioned)
- This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book More About Thomas the Tank Engine.
- Stock footage from Thomas and Bertie, Old Iron and Percy and Harold is used.
- George Carlin's narration of this episode was never featured on an episode of Shining Time Station. It first appeared on Thomas and His Friends Get Along and Other Thomas Adventures.
- When the Fat Controller speaks to Duck, the right buffer of the Breakdown Train is broken.
- The brakevan behind Duck appears to be derailed when Thomas passes.
- Duck's eyes look wonky when he stops next to Terence.
- When Duck leaves Terence, his eyes jitter for a few seconds.
- Annie is facing the wrong way when Duck passes Tidmouth Sheds.
- When Thomas returns to the sheds, Percy's eyes are wonky.
- In a close-up of Thomas when he returns home from the works, his face is a little wonky.
- The ill fireman's arm starts very low down on his body.
- This episode was filmed around the same time as Old Iron. Because of that, the inside of Thomas's cab is actually James's cab during the scene showing the ill fireman.
- Many of the small scale railway staff figures have paint chips.
- Henry's eyes are wonky.
- When Harold lands at the station, studio equipment is reflected on his blades.
- Thomas enters the station when the inspector is on the platform, but comes into the station again a few seconds later.
- In a close-up of Thomas' wheels, a red wire can be seen near his middle wheel.
- Thomas' eyes are wonky for most of the episode.
- When the narrator says "The inspector had made a plan", the letters RIP can be seen written on the inside of Harold's door in the top left hand corner.
- The stock footage from "Percy and Harold" is not cut properly because Percy can briefly be seen going around the curve as Harold flies through the valley.
In Other Languages
|Una corsa sfrenata
|A Wild Ride
|Der Ausreißer
|The Runaway
|Tog på avveie
|Runaway Train
|Le fugitif
|The Fugitive
|Broken Brakes
|Help gan Harold
|Help from Harold
|Thomas en Dificultades
|Thomas in Difficulties
|Det Løbske Tog
|The Runaway Train
|Out of Control
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|Without Brakes
|Az elszabadult mozdony
|The Runaway Train
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Home Media Releases
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- Better Late Than Never and Other Stories
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This is helpful. But I don't quite agree with you. Rather than say beauty is subjective, I prefer to insist that beauty is objective, i.e., located in the object being perceived, but that beauty is the perceptibility of the object's truth and/or goodness. So a tree is beautiful insofar as its truth/goodness (i.e., the tree's conforming to God's design for it by growing toward the light, performing photosynthesis, etc. ) becomes perceptible to a subject. An invisible tree might be true and good, but not beautiful because its truth and goodness wouldn't be made available to a viewing subject. Similarly, God is always fully Truth and Goodness, but He doesn't always make Himself perceptible to creatures. When He does, the Bible calls that 'glory' – as when the glory cloud covers the tabernacle, or when God's glory descends on Sinai and the people can not only see His presence, but feel it in the earthquake and hear it in the thunder. We talk about gory when God's presence is perceptible. I define glory as "the sort of beauty particular to God." To call beauty or glory 'subjective' suggests to me that I as the perceiving subject am the source of the beauty or glory that I perceive, that I'm constructing beauty as an interpretive grid through which I'm looking at the world. Instead, I want to insist that beauty is in the object itself, while acknowledging that it is a quality that concerns perception. (This is my attempt to distill Balthasar; if there's anything original here, it's by accident.)
Does that make any sense? And does it go far enough for you to preserve the role of the perceiving subject in the experience of beauty?
Guess you'll have to circumscribe it. My own use of the term, subjective would also mean 'relative', i.e. I would understand it as your audiences, meaning it may differ from one subject to another.
Your proposed use of the term confuses me, and likely confuses others as well. So you'd have to say, "within the observer/listener" or so to make it clearer. But I also have a similar problem as Laura, i.e. if God created everything He also created rules of beauty, i.e. something will be beautiful (to some degree) whether there is a subject or not (God is always there, so I don't see Lara's point that another observer is needed to validate or trigger beauty in an object – I think we merely discover beauty but it exists independently of the observer). Can you explain in more detail why you need the term subjective, then?
I think that both Scruton and Lewis would disagree with you on this one. Something is beautiful whether someone ever perceives it being beautiful. A flower that blooms one day in the woods, that is never seen by a sentient being, that the next day is eaten by an animal, still may be beautiful.
Concerning your two points (A and B)
A – is meaning an event? Events occur. Things do not occur. My appreciation of beauty is an event – my connection with the beautiful object is an event. My interpretation of that object is a task. But I'm not certain that the meaning itself is an event.
B – So we can never escape our presuppositions or cultural background? Being locked into ones presuppositions permanently, I'm afraid, is a postmodernist concept. Certainly we have presuppositions, but we can also, through the Spirit and the Text rise above those presuppositions to a better and more refined set of presuppositions.
Again, let me clarify, which I probably should have done from the start, but I assumed my views on this were already known! My bad.
I completely affirm that beauty is universal, absolute, rooted in God himself, and a property of the object, etc. I just think "objective" is the wrong word to use because (a) it gives the impression that the perception of the subject is not involved at all and (b) "objective" means that we come to the object without any bias or presuppositions whatsoever, which again, I am going to argue is impossible.
In other words, the outer two terms above (relative and universal) by definition refer to the thing, the inner terms (subjective and objective) by definition refer to the perception of the subject. Therefore, I am arguing that "objective" is the wrong word to use to defend the idea that beauty (and some levels of musical meaning) are universal, absolute, and properties of the object.
And Christ, I would have to disagree with you: the idea that we cannot free ourselves from our presuppositions is not only a postmodern idea, it is also a premodern (and, I would argue, biblical) idea. It is modernism that gave us the notion that we can somehow evaluate an object scientifically and perfectly free from any bias or presuppositions.
Now, I will agree with you that as Christians we can work through a sort of hermeneutical spiral, by the power of the Spirit, to make our thoughts agree with God's thoughts, but even then, we are not free of bias and presuppositions; we are just making sure our presuppositions are God's presuppositions. So even then we are not objective.
What if we viewed the opposite of "universal" as being "local"?
Personally, I view "relative" as being the opposite of "absolute," but not the exact opposite of "universal."
Yes, this redefinition points the discussion in interesting directions. If we discuss universal vs. local meanings, we can address three interesting "local" questions: 1) how musical meaning changes from place to place (i.e, from culture to culture); 2) how musical meaning changes changes over time; 3) how individual performers ("local" performers) contribute to meaning.
Scott, what about the word "tinted"? I'm thinking of an analogy of the presuppositions and biases we bring to an object when viewing its beauty as tinted glasses that we wear when viewing the object that skew our perception of it. The object is beautiful in beholding it as it really is, but because of our presuppositions we don't really see if just for what it is, that is to say, objectively. We see it through tinted glasses. On second thought, "tinted" would probably not work for the word to use, but maybe in the context of the analogy it could help give understanding to a subjectively universal paradigm.
I am still struggling with defining the differences between "relative" and "subjective". Can someone comment?
Luci Shaw had an interesting comment about universality in beauty, "Around the globe we all gasp at the sight of wild breakers sending up violent white curtains of foam as they crash on the coastal rocks. We breathe in the silent greenness of a meadow after rain, with its moist fragrances. We marvel at the icy glory of the Antarctic, the subtle earth tones of the painted deserts of Arizona and New Mexico and the Kalahari. We call our neighbor on the phone to witness with us a double rainbow over the lake, or the golden glory of the sun setting behind spectacular purple clouds."
She sets God's creation as the standard that we could all accept universally as beautiful. Bach's work is beautiful in her estimation because his work "is linked to his celebration of the Creator's work and worth." Soli Deo Gloria.
Luci Shaw has an interesting view on the universality of beauty. She describes,
"Around the globe we all gasp at the sight of wild breakers sending up violent white curtains of foam as they crash on the coastal rocks. We breathe in the silent greenness of a meadow after rain, with its moist fragrances. We marvel at the icy glory of the Antarctic, the subtle earth tones of the painted deserts of Arizona and New Mexico and the Kalahari. We call our neighbor on the phone to witness with us a double rainbow over the lake, or the golden glory of the sun setting behind spectacular purple clouds."
She believes that Bach's music is beautiful because "it is linked to his celebration of the Creator's work and worth." Soli Deo Gloria. Whatever we create that looks back to God and uses his work as a criterion, perhaps, could be seen as universally beautiful.
Leland Ryken, The Christian Imagination, Colorado Springs: Waterbrook Press, 2002, 83-4.
When we perceive things as beauty from inside-out, that is, the things are beautiful because they pleased us, and the perception is subjective. If we perceive things as beauty from outside-in, then the perception of beauty can be objective, that is, the things are beautiful as they ARE.
If we perceive things with the proposition of an existing absolute/universal truth, the perceptions of beauty can be either universal-subjective or universal-objective.
One the one hand, we may find relativeness when we combine a lot of subjective perceptions; on the other hands, relativeness can be found within a load of objective perceptions as well.
When talked about an object reflects God's glory as beauty, do we obtain pleasure from perceiving the glory of God or from the objects? What if we do not obtain any pleasure from the object but still perceive God's glory from it?
Subjective beauty → relative
Subjective beauty → universal
Objective beauty → give pleasure to human mind → relative
Objective beauty → give pleasure to human mind → universal
Objective beauty → do not give pleasure to human mind → universal
Am I making sense?
I believe the term "local" although it may have at one time been a possible corollary to universal is necessarily redefined in a global culture that is often defined by electronic rather than spatial relationships.
First of all, a subjective view of beauty is built on the basis of an individual perception (emphasis on an introspective idea of oneself) whereas a relative view is recognized on the basis of the gaps between individual thoughts. In other words, subjective view has something to do with a personal awareness in oneself but a relative view meets an individual view in *others, who independently have subjective views. Neither subjective view nor a relative point of view of beauty has absolute truth or validity.
Second, Scott claims that something that is universal is not always necessarily objective, and beauty and musical communication, in his view, are subjectively universal. My question is "What is the major difference between "subjectively universal" and "relatively universal"?"
Beauty and musical communication can be subjective, relative, universal, or objective. It depends how each person perceives and what individuals mean by it. According to Plato, ("Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything."), music is universal. Every single person has a different perception and understanding of beauty and music communication according to their belief or philosophy. Truth of beauty of musical communication are universal. Everyone naturally appreciates it without educating themselves what TRUE beauty is because ABSOLUTE beauty itself reflects God's aesthetic character.
Perhaps the best alternate term for subjective is "not universal." If the stated purpose is to negate universality, this seems to be the most specific terminology that accomplishes that purpose.
I have thought about a possibility of the words such as 'autonomous,' 'self-determined,' 'independent,' etc. However, it seems that there is no perfect word that can replace 'subjective.' In a literal sense, I could not notice any close connection between 'subjective' and 'relative.' Defining a meaning of the term, before discussing, would be the better way to solve the problem.
Instead of subjective, what about the word, individual. If we are talking about the perception that happens in the mind of the individual, doesn't that describe it rather accurately? It is universal, but the universal perception is individual (or perhaps, individualized) for each person. It doesn't imply subjectivity, but acknowledges the different presuppositions each person brings with them to the perception table.


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The Falling Shackles: Chapter 3
The Falling Shackles
By Margery S. Stewart
Chapter 3
Synopsis: The Tobler family, who are members of the Church from Europe, arrive in Salt Lake City, and, through the help of Mamma Tobler's cousin Frederick, find a home. Papa Tobler, who has been a doctor, finds employment in a factory. Mamma Tobler quickly makes the old-fashioned house into a home, and Karen, the younger daughter, starts to school, where she finds many problems of adjustment. Phillip, the young son, in exploring the neighborhood, becomes lost, and Maria, the seventeen-year-old daughter, finds her brother in a drugstore. There Maria becomes acquainted with Timothy Allred, whose sick father owns the store. Maria is given work by Timothy in the store.
Something was very wrong with Papa. For three nights now he had refused to eat. For three nights Maria had heard him going downstairs and then the sound of his pacing feet going back and forth in the dining room below.
This afternoon Maria heard Mamma ask him what was wrong.
Papa laughed. "Wrong? Nothing is wrong. All is well. It is a little new still, the big plant. There are so many men."
"But the work?" Mamma persisted. "Do you like it?"
Maria saw the tightening of her father's mouth, the sharp lines that sprang suddenly above his eyes. "Is good work … it pays fairly well. I told Karen she could buy her guitar today."
So that was why Karen was not yet home from school. Maria hurried through the pressing of her uniform. She liked to keep them spotless and crisp. She liked the swift approval in Timothy's eyes.
Mamma was peeling apples for strudel. She would not leave Papa alone. "But I worry, Chris. There is something very wrong with you. How is it you cannot sleep?"
Papa winked at Maria. "All this sleeping every night. It gets so monotonous. Now I like my life to have a little flavor."
"Oh … oh ..,.!" Mamma rose in disgust and went to her cupboards. "I wish I did have someone to talk to besides you. You are so unsatisfactory."
"The neighbors?" ventured Maria.
Her mother shrugged. "They all say 'how do you do.' But not yet do they come in to tell me of themselves."
Papa looked over his glasses. "You mean you have only your own problems to worry you? What tragedy!"
But Maria saw that for all his teasing he was anxious about Mamma. Maria knew he was remembering all the people who had been in Mamma's life in the old country. All those who had huddled against her in the bitter days, taking comfort from her undaunted spirit, fire from her deep faith.
Maria hurried faster with her ironing. "Walk part way with me, will you, Papa?"
"Well, now," said Papa, twinkling in pleasure, "that is a wonderful invitation, to be asked to walk with a young pretty girl. Mamma, you won't be jealous?"
Mamma looked up from the floured board. Maria squirmed under her searching, dark eyes. "No, I will not be jealous. I think you have few times more to walk with Maria. I think, soon, someone else will walk with her."
"Mamma!" cried Maria.
"Why are you so astonished, Maria? Is like flowers coming out on the trees." Mamma's hands gestured for words … "Is like Phillip coming down with measles."
"Is inevitable she means," said Papa. He looked at Maria thoughtfully, but the twinkle came back to his eyes. "It will be Henry, the grocer, perhaps. He is a nice, fat, prosperous looking man. Maybe he will give us wholesale on round steak."
"Oh, Papa!" But Maria could not help laughing at the thought of the bald, good-natured Mr. Henry coming to walk with her.
But when they started the walk to the drugstore, Papa fell into one of the deep silences. Maria, watching him out of the corner of her eye, saw the muscle twitching in his cheek, the tense narrowing of his eyes. He walked with his head bent and his hands locked behind him.
"I wish you would tell me, Papa. Maybe I could help."
"No … No."
A terrible thought smote Maria. It stopped her short on the street. She felt suffocated. "Papa?"
"Yes, Maria?"
She touched his sleeve timidly. "You are sick. You are very sick. I know that is it. It is! It is!" She began to cry, like a very small child, sobs that shook her. The salt poured into her mouth.
"Oh, no, no, no," cried Papa. He put his arms about her. "My dearest child, you must not believe such a thing. Is not a sickness of my body … Believe me, Maria. It is … Oh, Maria, Felix Dracken is here … where I work. He is here in America."
"Felix Dracken!" whispered Maria. She looked into her father's eyes. She felt as if they were standing on a far corner, the shattered buildings showing sky through holes gaping like wounds. The whispering of terror within her roared up to a great wind of torment. "Papa … Papa …"
Her father nodded. "I work beside him … every day. I watch his hands. I see his shoes when I look down, so close he is to me. I smell him, and it is to me like the smell of death."
"Does he speak? Does he dare to speak to you, Papa?"
Her father rubbed his face as though something soft and repulsive had brushed against it. "Yes, he speaks. He tries to speak. He is sick, he says, his heart. I can well believe it. He looks a very sick man. Angina, I think."
Anger flamed in Maria. "How dare he speak to you? How dare he, after what he did? It was his lies that sent you to the prison camp. He said you were a traitor to them. He spied on us day and night. He is the one who brought it all about. Remember his wife and his daughter, Katrina? They were so proud and safe, not hunted like we were, not afraid. They were in … with the high ups."
"I know," he said. His face had gone very white in the darkness. "That is the thing I fight against all day long, the hate, the terrible hate that burns me until I cannot stand myself. But if I go away from the plant, he shall have injured me one more time, and that I will not endure."
She clung to his arm. "How can you help hating him? I do."
Her father said slowly, "Yes, I have known hatred, and it may be that I have fostered it these years, because now it is like a beast within me. I had not thought I could hold such bitterness, such rage." He spoke sadly.
"Oh, Papa," Maria held him close. "I thought it was finished when we left there. I thought here, where there was no boundary line or sentries, or ruined streets, that it would all be over."
Papa patted her back. "As did I," he said wearily. "But now I wonder. I have not had such an emotion before. I have seen its effects in other men. I think day and night of ways to injure him … get him to go. After all, why should I suffer more?"
Maria scrubbed her eyes. She felt weak and ill. "But even in the camp Mamma would not let us hate. 'Pity them, pity them,' she always said."
He turned away. "Yes, yes, I know. But how does a man cast a lion out of his breast?" He held Maria again in his arms, kissed her. "I go home now. We do not tell Mamma."
"No … I will not say a word. Good night." She went wearily on to the store. All the brightness was gone out of her. The shadows of the barbed wire seemed to stretch over her again.
Timothy Allred looked up anxiously from the fountain. "Thank goodness, you're here. I thought you were never coming. I've been dishing up banana splits until the sight of them makes me green. It looks like every boy in the neighborhood has a new girl." He stopped short. "Hey, what's up? You've been crying."
Maria became very brisk. "It was the wind. It blew against my eyes. You know I cry then."
Timothy went to the door and opened it. "Hmm."
Maria blushed. "It was an eyelash, then."
"An eyelash?" he clucked his tongue. "They can be fatal. I know many a good man that has been downed by an eyelash. Come, let me look."
Maria hastened behind the counter and tied on her pink apron. "All these dishes!"
"Gosh, I forgot." He was clumsily contrite. "Peter was away, and I got a hurry call for drugs for Mrs. McKensie, she's very ill, you know. Flu. By the way, did you see Skinny Ellis on your way here? I sent for him to deliver the stuff. Jimmy is away."
"You mean Mrs. McKensie is ill? The one across the street from my house? The one who dislikes cats."
"Don't know about the cats. She really has a heart of gold, Mrs. McKensie has, she's just hard to know. Understand she's pretty sick."
Maria held out her hand. "Would you let me deliver it? It would only take a moment. I have a special reason for asking."
"But that isn't your work."
"This is special," Maria pleaded. whipping off her apron. "I shall be only a few moments."
Maria hurried back along the lilac-scented streets. She found Mamma sitting disconsolately upon the front porch rocker. "Papa took Phillip for an ice cream cone, Karen is upstairs with her guitar. Nothing for me to do."
Maria held out the little blue wrapped package. "Is for Mrs. McKensie," she nodded toward the house across the street. "Mr. Allred says she's very sick. I … I hate to deliver this, because I just can't afford to get the flu."
Mamma's disapproval was immediate and vocal. "Afraid of a germ! Tish! Here, give it to me. I am not afraid of a poor, sick woman."
Maria held her breath while her mother marched across the street, knocked upon the door. It opened almost at once and Mamma went firmly in. Maria laughed softly and sped back to the drugstore. It was a spoon of Mamma's own tonic. "If your troubles are too big," she was fond of saying, "help your neighbor for a while. When you go back to your own problem it will be half the size."
The drugstore was glittering when Maria returned, with a slim, beautiful girl who sat at the counter beside the dazzled and desperate-eyed Timothy. The girl was dark, with close-cropped hair, Mediterranean blue eyes, and a gray suit whose simple, expensive lines made Maria feel suddenly three inches shorter and twenty pounds heavier. She hesitated.
Timothy looked up and saw her and smiled in welcome. "Come over and meet the girl I'm going to marry one of these days." He put his arm around the girl. "This is Maria Tobler, and this is Lisa Ballantine."
"How do you do," murmured Maria, wondering at the sudden grayness of the atmosphere.
"How do you do," said Lisa with emphasis. "I've been dying to meet you. In fact, you're the reason I'm here. All Tim talks of these days is your influence on his customers."
"Don't tell her," Timothy warned. "She will ask for a raise." He waved his arm. "Does the place bear any resemblance to the dusty emporium of a month ago?"
"It does not," Lisa agreed, taking his arm.
Timothy nodded his head toward Maria. "Every day since she came she's thought up a new angle for a display, or a new arrangement for stock, or a new angle on the counter. It's kept us all hopping."
Maria went behind the counter and began to wash dishes with leaden hands. She had never noticed before how young Timothy Allred was for all his twenty-three years. He needs someone to help him, she thought, and looked at Lisa Ballantine. Could she help him through the fires that forged a personality into character?
"When does your father plan to come back?" Lisa was asking.
"Another month, the doctor says. Dad insists it will be sooner."
Lisa sipped angrily on her straw. "It certainly is taking him forever and a day. Oh, darling," she cried, as Timothy drew away, "I don't mean to sound pettish, but here it is, the beginning of the last quarter, and you are no nearer to school than the first. How long will it all drag on?"
Maria saw Timothy's frown. He pushed back the stubborn hair from his forehead. "Oh, come now, Lisa. It hasn't been so long. After all, the world isn't going to arrange itself for our benefit. We'll just have to fit into its plans." He pulled her ear. "Unless you'd consent to be married to an old drug-store keeper, in which case …"
She pushed his hand away. "No. If I can't have it the way I want it, there won't be any wedding at all." She turned to him. "Darling, we're quarreling."
"I know," Timothy said. "We always do when we get on the subject of our future."
"But you want to be a lawyer, don't you? Just look at the fields that would be opened to you. What is there here for you, this grimy store on this grimy street?"
He put his fingers over her lips. "Just in case you were intending to say, 'these grimy people.' They're wonderful. I like them better every day." Maria saw the muscles ridge along his jaw.
Lisa caught his hand. "You big, stubborn goon! If I didn't love you so much … if I didn't see our future so clearly, I'd never see you again. But, darling, I do see it, and there isn't a thing on this street that has a part in it." She stood up. "Come along, darling, take me home."
They went away and Maria hurried to straighten the counters before the new crowds should come. She had grown accustomed to the laughter, now, of the young people, to their teasing and their horseplay. But when the young boys asked to take her home, she shrank away, too shy and unsure of herself to risk their company.
They mistook her diffidence for disdain. "I'm not a child," protested one, indignantly. "I'm the same age as you, seventeen. You don't have to put on airs with me."
"But I am an old seventeen," Maria said, half in jest, half in earnest. She smiled at his dark, blunt young face. I should be happy, she thought, that they think me pretty. That they want to go out with me. But I do not care at all. She saw the popular girls come in surrounded by their swains and felt no slightest envy. I think I would rather have one that I truly liked and no others at all. She could not understand Karen's obsession with popularity, how she rated girls and boys by how many of the opposite sex grouped around them. Maria thought it seemed much work for little pleasure.
"I have Dad's new car," the boy said. "I'll run you home."
"It is too late," Maria said quickly. "It will be ten o'clock."
The young man finished his malt gloomily. "And besides, everybody knows you're in love with Tim."
Maria's hand flew to her mouth. "Oh, no! How could they? He is almost married."
Glad that his shot had found so instant and tender a mark, the boy rose. "Look in the mirror, sometime, Maria, when you are looking at him. You'll see."
"That will be thirty cents," said Maria briskly. She would not lift her eyes to look at him. Efficiently she set about clearing the little tables in the lull that crept through the store. "In love, indeed!" she kept saying indignantly to herself, "Why, he is old enough to be my … uncle …" she finished lamely, finding suddenly how small a space six years covered.
When Timothy came slamming back, calling to her to get her coat so he could run her home, when he began to turn off the lights and hurry the closing of the store, Maria knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that it was true. She did love him. When he came in, the store became an exciting, important place; when he went away, it was a rather musty funereal place, with no charm at all.
How long had she loved him? Maria thought back, ever since the day he had whipped out the pad and written the ice-cream prescription for Phillip! Ever since the day he had come over and leaned his elbows on the counter and said, "I'd rather talk to you than to Blackstone." Or was it the moment he had stood at the swinging doors and said, "Sometimes I feel that just staying here and making something of this store and neighborhood is the most terrifically important job I could do."
Maybe it was none of these things, maybe it was only the way he moved and smiled and the slow quiet mirth that lived in him.
Timothy helped her on with her coat. "I am seven kinds of a heel. You look beat, and I've been off playing hooky, leaving you to cope with the mob."
Maria bent her head. "Sometimes we have to get away from things for a while."
He helped her into his battered car and went around and slid under the wheel. "Peace, it's wonderful. Not another problem until tomorrow morning."
She was silent, content to be close to him for the moment, pushing away all the obstacles. She felt his eyes searching her.
"How come, Maria, you never take advantage of the dates the boys press on you?"
Maria shrugged. "Ten o'clock is too late to start on a date, Mamma says."
"You make me sound like Simon Legree. I'll let you off at seven-thirty any night you say."
She smoothed her skirt. "I cannot be like they are, so bright and gay and happy. I cannot be a child any more."
He put his hand over hers. "Maria, was there ever a chance for you to be a child?"
Maria trembled under his touch. "Long, long ago I remember Mamma dressing me so beautifully for a walk in the park and Papa so proud of Karen and me … the puppet shows, the swans on the lake, and cream cakes in a little café." She shivered. "But it was over so quickly. Then it was only the planes and the armies and the running here and there away from it all, with Papa gone and Mamma trying to take care of us … food impossible to find."
They turned into the little street. The porch light was on, Maria saw; then Mamma was still away. She looked over to McKensies' house and saw Mamma's broad shadow crossing in an upstairs window.
"You just painted your fence, didn't you?"
"Yes, Papa painted it yesterday."
"And the porch, too?"
"It looks nice, yes?"
Timothy rubbed his chin. "Can't get over the place. It really looks regal. I never dreamed anybody could do anything with that pile of bricks."
"It was fun," Maria said. "We do it all together and we enjoy it." she opened the door. "I think pretty soon it looks better than Mrs. McKensie's and we even let cats in our yard, and you know how she is."
Timothy threw back his head and roared. "Maria, you're terrific! There isn't a girl that can touch you." He was abruptly silent.
Maria climbed out of the car. "Thank you, Mr. Allred. Don't forget to order more cream for tomorrow for the special."
Timothy looked from her to the house and back again. He leaned his arms on the wheel. "I'll bet you go to church every Sunday, Maria."
She looked at him, perplexed. "To church? Of course, we all do."
"I'll bet you believe everything."
Maria shrank a little from the tone of his voice. It was flat, almost accusing. "With all my heart."
"I thought so." He nodded. "I'll bet you believe that America is the land of hope and freedom, and every man can be President?"
"But, yes, I know it …" She came closer to the car. "What are you trying to say, Mr. Allred?"
He bit his thumb. His eyes were still straight ahead, as if he saw something infinitely interesting just beyond. "I'll bet you believe that a person doesn't have to have his eye out for the main chance. I'll bet you believe that if a person does the best he can, right where he's standing, that the chance will come to him."
She put her hands on the car door. "I … I do believe. Do … you think it is foolish of me to believe?"
He looked at her quietly, all mirth gone. "I'm just beginning to realize what believing really is … a sort of ingredient."
"I do not understand."
"Well, if you believe that America is the finest country in the world, the land of the free, the land of opportunity, all the time-worn phrases, you're going to do something about it. Your believing is a sort of jet propulsion. If you believe in your Church with all your soul, you won't go, as I've been going, like a zombie, all ears and senses closed. You'll be excited about it. You'll start searching for things. Do you know what I'm trying to explain?"
She shook her head. "No … I do not understand at all."
He laughed. "I guess I do sound a little mixed up. But it's this. I've been like a man who owned forty acres that his father's left him. But I've never planted on my acres, or built a factory, or raised beef … I've simply owned them. Now do you see?" He got out and came around to her. "And none of these thoughts had entered my head until the day you walked into my store and brushed down cobwebs."
Maria was shaken by the joy of his nearness and the words he said and the deeper meaning beyond them. "But my coming was such a little thing …"
He lifted her chin, "As little as the landing of the Pilgrim fathers … at least to me. Goodnight, little Puritan, don't let any wild probings keep you awake."
"Goodnight," she whispered, and moved on clouds to the house.


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[1117] Differential Expression of Heart and Neural Crest Derivatives Expressed Transcript (HAND) 2 in Progesterone Treated Endometrium
Allison Cavallo, Rebecca Buell-Gutbrod, Anthony Montag, Nita Lee, Katja Gwin. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Background: Endometrioid (Type I) carcinomas (EMC) arise from an estrogen-dependent pathway. Progesterone inhibits estrogen-induced epithelial proliferation, is protective against endometrial hyperplasia and EMC, and is therapeutically used for these conditions. Expression of the progesterone induced heart and neural crest derivatives expressed transcript (HAND)2 has been shown to suppress production of fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), the mediators of the mitogenic effect of estrogen. In the presence of progesterone, HAND2 is upregulated and inhibits epithelial proliferation. We hypothesize that HAND2 mediated stromal epithelial-signaling plays a role in the pathogenesis of hyperplasia, EMC and in the therapeutic effect of progesterone.
Design: Archival paraffin embedded serial endometrial biopsies of 34 patients receiving progesterone were examined by IHC for expression of HAND2. Patients ranged in age from 20-66 years old. 16 patients received progesterone therapy via a hormone-releasing intrauterine device and 18 patients received intramuscular progesterone. Reasons for therapy included contraception (6/34), dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB) (9/34) and endometrial hyperplasia or EMC (19/34). HAND2 expression was scored as negative, weak, moderate or strong. Benign endometrium was used as a control.
Results: Of the patients with hyperplasia or EMC on initial biopsy, 32% progressed to or persisted with EMC, while the remaining 68% patients improved. HAND2 expression in the final specimen received from patients who progressed to EMC was negative in 5/6 of cases (83%), while HAND2 expression in patients who did not progress was either moderate or strong. Patients treated for DUB had strong HAND2 expression in 67% and moderate expression in 33%. All patients who received progesterone for contraception had moderate to strong HAND2 expression. Decidualization seen in response to progesterone effect always revealed moderate to strong HAND2 expression.
Conclusions: Despite the presence of exogenous progesterone in cases progressing to EMC, HAND2 was consistently not expressed. In contrast, HAND2 expression was maintained in cases responding to therapy, in areas of decidualization in response to progesterone, and in benign endometrium. These findings suggest that loss of HAND2 expression is an event in the progression of hyperplasia and EMC. The role of HAND2 in the stromal-epithelial signaling pathway may also explain why progesterone can be successfully used for the treatment of hyperplasia and selected EMC.
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