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2009 (SENIOR): Played and started in 64 games in her senior season ... was a USA Softball Player of the Year candidate ... named to the NFCA All-District team ... named to the Women's College World Series All-Tournament team ... was an All-SEC preseason selection ... was named to the All-SEC first team ... was named to the SEC All-Defensive team ... batted .316 (49-for-155) with six home runs and 37 RBI ... led the team and ranked third in the SEC with 59 runs scored ... led the conference and ranked 10th in the country with 52 walks and only struck out 16 times ... her 52 walk broke the Alabama single season record of 51 set by Kelly Kretschman ... sported a .505 on base percentage which ranked seventh in the conference ... stole 21 bases n 26 attempts ... had nine multi-hit and multi-RBI games ... batted .283 (17-for-60) with a home run and eight RBI during SEC play ... her .532 on base percentage during league play ranked second in the SEC ... ranked fifth in runs with 24, second in doubles with seven and walks with 23 ... batted 2-for-4 with two stolen bases against South Alabama on Feb. 8 ... hit her first home run of the season and drove in three against Notre Dame at the BAMA Bash on Feb. 14 ... batted 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBI against No. 8 Oklahoma at the Cathedral City Classic ... hit a home run and drove in two against No. 19 Southern Illinois at the Leadoff Classic on Feb. 27 ... batted 2-for-3 with two runs, a home run and two RBI at UAB on March 10 ... went 2-for-2 at the plate with a home run, two runs and two RBI against Mississippi State on March 14 ... hit two doubles and drove in a run against No. 20 LSU on March 18 ... scored three runs and walked three times against Mississippi on March 21 ... scored two runs and drew two walks in back-to-back games against Arkansas ... scored and drove in a run to open the Tuscaloosa Regional against Mississippi Valley State on May 15 ... batted 2-for-2 with a run and a walk against Texas in the regional championship game on May 17 ... batted 2-for-3 with two RBI and a double to open Super Regional play against Jacksonville State on May 22 ... hit a home run, walked three times and scored three runs in the WCWS clinching game against Jacksonville State on May 23 ... hit 3-for-4 with three runs and two RBI in Alabama's 14-0 win over No. 9 Arizona at the WCWS on May 30 ... batted 2-for-4 with one RBI and a run scored against No. 1 Florida on May 31 ... finished the WCWS 6-for-13 with four runs, three RBI, a .462 batting average and a .500 slugging percentage.
2008 (JUNIOR): Montalvo was productive both at the plate and in the field en route to first-team Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-America honors ... the at-large selection also garnered first-team All-America recognition from Easton ... a first-team All-SEC selection and a second-team NFCA All-South Region choice ... Montalvo was named to the SEC All-Defensive Team after making just three errors all season in 175 chances at the hot corner for a .983 fielding percentage ... that percentage was even better in SEC play as the diminutive third baseman fielding .985, making just one error in 68 opportunities ... at the plate, Montalvo produced career highs in batting average (.373), at bats (169), runs scored (46), triples (2) and RBI (54) ... the 54 RBI ranked fifth in the SEC ... she also blasted 10 home runs while pounding out 15 doubles for a .663 slugging percentage that ranked second on the team and sixth in the SEC ... posted a .511 on-base percentage that led the team, ranked second in the SEC and 20th nationally ... posted a season-best 12-game hitting streak from Feb. 9 to Feb. 23 ... went 2 for 3 with three RBI, a double and a run scored vs. Jacksonville State on Feb. 9 to start the 12-game hitting streak ... batted .429 during the hitting streak with 11 RBI ... was 2 for 3 with two stolen bases against Georgia Tech on Feb. 14 ... earned Hampton Inn Bama Bash and Crimson Classic All-Tournament honors ... connected for her first home run of the season on Feb. 22 vs. Illinois in the adidas Golden Panther Invitational ... also swiped four bases during the adidas Golden Panther Invitational ... belted her second home run on the season against Portland State on Feb. 29 ... was named SEC, USA Softball and NFCA Player of the Week for the week of March 9 after leading the Crimson Tide to a series win over Tennessee ... hit .778 (7 for 9) with nine runs scored, seven hits, six walks, two doubles and a 1.333 slugging percentage over that week ... was 2 for 2 with two RBI, two walks and a double on March 25 vs. UAB ... was 4 for 9 with a home run and two RBI with a .545 on-base percentage at Auburn ... Montalvo hit .533 over a five-game stretch that included Arkansas and South Carolina with three doubles, a triple and five RBI ... was 1 for 2 with two RBI vs. Samford on April 23 ... was 2 for 3 with a home run and three RBI vs. Northwestern on April 29 in Chicago ... hit .500 at Georgia with a grand slam and six RBI ... went 4 for 5 with six RBI in the Saturday, May 3, doubleheader with the Dawgs, including her second grand slam of the season ... blasted two home runs in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional - one vs. Chattanooga and one vs. Jacksonville State ... was 4 for 9 with four RBI and three runs scored in the regional ... drew two walks in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional vs. Missouri ... started at third base and reached base in all four Tide games at the Women's College World Series at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... was 1 for 3 with a RBI double against two-time defending national champion Arizona on May 31 ... singled vs. Louisiana-Lafayette in the nightcap on May 31 as Alabama advanced for the first time in the WCWS semifinals.
2007 (SOPHOMORE): Montalvo developed into one of the top third basemen in the SEC as a sophomore ... she garnered NFCA All-South Region first team honors ... started 63 games at third base for Alabama ... hit .346 with 45 runs scored and 43 RBI ... posted a .667 slugging percentage with a team-best 16 doubles and 11 home runs ... reached base at a .428 clip while stealing 12 bases ... boasted a .962 fielding percentage at the hot corner with just eight errors in 208 chances ... posted a .329 batting average in SEC play with five doubles, six home runs and 15 RBI while stealing all 12 of her bases ... finished second among all players in both home runs and slugging percentage in the conference ... ranked in the top 100 nationally in slugging percentage (.667) and doubles per game (.25) ... finished ranked third in the SEC in slugging percentage, tied for second in doubles, tied for sixth in home runs and fifth in assists ... set the school single-game record with three doubles against Florida State in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional on May 19 ... was outstanding in regional play, going 10-for-16 (.625) with eight runs scored, six doubles, one home run, 10 RBI and 1.188 slugging percentage ... matched career highs with three hits and three runs scored to go with two doubles and four RBI against California in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional ... had a career-long six game hitting streak from May 10-20 ... was 4 for 7 with two runs, one home run and five RBI in the Kentucky series ... went 3-for-3 with three runs, two RBI, one double and one home run in the Auburn series finale ... led off the game with a home run against Louisiana Tech in her first game in the leadoff spot and finished 3 for 3 with two runs and three RBI on March 27 ... was 2 for 3 with two doubles at Florida on March 14 ... went 2 for 3 with a run scored and a RBI vs. Oklahoma State on Feb. 11, including her second home run in as many days ... tallied 14 multi-hit games with three hits four times ... drove in two or more runs in 13 contests with three RBI in five games and four RBI against California on May 19 ... batted .353 (24-of-68) with runners in scoring position.
2006 (FRESHMAN): Montalvo earned Freshman All-SEC honors after hitting .285 overall and .311 in SEC play ... finished with five doubles and three home runs while driving in 20 ... posted a .408 on-base percentage ... had two home runs and 14 RBI during SEC play ... drove in two runs in first collegiate game against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 10 ... hit her first career home run vs. Missouri State (2/19) ... went 2-for-2 with a career-best five RBI, two runs scored, including three-run home run vs. South Carolina on March 12 ... turned in a 2-for-2 performance against Tennessee in the series finale on March 26 with a double and two RBI ... SEC Freshman of the Week on April 24 after going 6 for 9 with three runs scored, one double and one RBI in a three-game sweep of Georgia (4/22) ... connected for her first collegiate grand slam in the final game at Arkansas on May 6 ... hit .400 (4-of-10) with the bases loaded, one home run and 10 RBI.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Montalvo earned first-team All-State honors as a senior in 2004 ... also garnered first-team All-Dade accolades in 2004 and was named the Dade County Player of the Year ... captured All-State honors as a junior along with first-team All-Dade recognition and Dade Player of the Year ... earned her first All-State honors following her sophomore season at Pace High School ... played ASA softball for Davie Power ... Kelley is the daughter of Fernando and Grisel Montalvo ... began playing softball at age 5 ... has a younger brother, Julian and a younger sister, Angie ... born July 24, 1987 in Miami, Fla.


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Club 23 at 23 W. Church Street in downtown Orlando is hosting a new gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender (GLBT) night called "The Republic" every third Tuesday of the month, starting this Tuesday (normally 23 is closed on Tuesdays).
Now this doesn't mean 23 is becoming a gay club seven days a week. It's just hosting a gay-friendly night once a month which I think is fantastic news for downtown Orlando (and wish it was weekly). There is a lack of GLBT nights, bars or clubs in the downtown area and this monthly event will be a great addition.
Organizer Shaun McCarron says he wants to target more of the older crowd in the GLBT community and stay away from drag shows with his new night; here's how he describes "The Republic":
Sexy decor, dark hard wood, over the top bars, sexy people, no drag shows, rather a night where there will be much more to look at and talk about than a show. The musical format for the Republic will still be the non-stop, pure pop, top 40, music you love and will love. 23 will surely differentiate the night from the house and trance music of many Orlando clubs. The vibe of the night will be dramatic, over the top, and high energy.
"The Republic" opens its doors at 10 p.m. and it's $10 after 11 p.m. for a 21-and-up only crowd. There will be valet parking and $5 drink specials, "Stylish attire requested." Call 407-373-8175 for more information.

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"I felt different born into a family with two sisters who are blonde and blue-eyed, with me being the only brunette." -Famke Janssen
Many will wonder exactly who Famke Janssen is, but one glance at her resume is enough to put a face to the name. She's famous for having played bad Bond Girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, as well as for her parts in Rounders and the X-Men franchise, in which she portrays Dr. Jean Grey.
Ever since we saw Famke as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye, where she reaches orgasm while killing people, we've been wondering what it would be like to be on the receiving end of those fantastic legs. Who else can do the nasty while being truly nasty?
She got her first starring role as a vigilante in the TV movie Model by Day and followed it up with the film effort Relentless IV: Ashes to Ashes, both 1994 releases. After Lord of Illusions (1995), she became one of the most villainous Bond Girls ever, as Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye (1995).
Famke's next projects were Dead Girl (1996) and City of Industry (1997). 1998 was a busy year for her, as she appeared in eight films, starring alongside such big names as Edward Norton and Matt Damon).
The remake of House on Haunted Hill followed in 1999. In 2000, she appeared in Love & Sex, Circus and the blockbuster X-Men. Following the independent film Made (2001), starring Vince Vaughn, she played a worried mother in Don't Say a Word (2001), opposite Michael Douglas.
After 2002's I Spy saw Famke sharing the screen with Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson, she reprised her superhero role in X2: X-Men United (2003). In 2004, she appeared in the independant film Eulogy, and she started off the year with a role in the thriller Hide and Seek, starring Robert De Niro. Also, in 2006, she reprised her popular role as Dr. Jean Grey in the third installment of the X-Men movie franchise.
On television, she guest-starred in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Melrose Place, The Untouchables, Ally McBeal, and about seven episodes of the hit drama Nip/Tuck.
Famke Janssen BiographyFamke Beumer was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on November 5, 1965, Famke (which means "little girl" in Frisian) was a model before making it to the big leagues as a Hollywood actress.
She lived in Amsterdam with her parents and her two sisters until 1984, when she decided to move to New York City. Although she signed on with the Elite modeling agency, she continued her studies at Columbia University, where she majored in writing and literature.
While a student, she decided to try her hand at acting, and took acting classes with Harold Guskin.
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Wanting to pursue a full-time acting career, Famke picked up and moved to Los Angeles. There she continued to take acting lessons and finally landed her first onscreen film role in the 1992 movie, Fathers & Sons.
More roles didn't start pouring in immediately, probably due to the film's poor performance, but Famke was offered a part on an episode of the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Almost foreshadowing her role as a superhero in X-Men, the Dutch beauty played the role of Kamala, the threatening "metamorph."
With an appearance on Melrose Place in 1994 as a hooker and a role in the made-for-TV movie Model by Day that same year, Famke had yet to see the success that was soon to come her way.
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After a female leading role in the film Lord of Illusions (1995), Famke received the coveted role of Bond Girl Xenia Onatopp, a Soviet mafia assassin who crushes her victims to death with her thighs.
Her role in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye opposite Pierce Brosnan was a box-office success, and can be considered the breakthrough role that made audiences and the film industry more aware of Famke's talents. It also won her an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Fight in a movie.
Because of the film's success, and the fame that soon-to-be Bond Girls Michelle Yeoh and Denise Richards were yet to see, Famke was afraid that she would be pigeonholed into the role of femme fatale.
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It was for this reason that Famke decided to work on more independent films, rather than mainstream movies. In the years that followed, Famke had roles in many films, including Dead Girl (1996), City of Industry (1997), RPM (1998), and Snitch (1998). In 1998, she also appeared in Woody Allen's Celebrity, Rounders (opposite Matt Damon and Edward Norton), and the teen thriller The Faculty.
In 1995, Famke married director Tod "Kip" Williams, who directed her in the film The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, but they got divorced in 2000.
Putting her writing degree to good use, Famke wrote a screenplay, but has not done anything with it yet. Fluent in German, French, English, and Dutch, Famke claims to be a huge fan of such authors as The Bronte Sisters and Vladimir Nabokov. As an actress, Famke prefers playing roles of characters from novels, since they have more depth.
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Although X-Men (2000) was adapted from a comic book series rather than a novel, this box-office hit increased Famke's star quality exponentially. The film not only reunited her with her Star Trek co-star Patrick Stewart and allowed her to join the ranks of fellow superheroes Rebecca Romijn and Halle Berry, but it also made everyone aware of Famke's superpowers as an actress.
After the X-Men hype died down, Famke's next films were Love & Sex (2000), co-starring Jon Favreau, and Circus. Next, she starred in Favreau's Made and the Michael Douglas thriller Don't Say a Word, both released in 2001.
Following the action comedy I Spy (2002) with Eddie Murphy, she saved the world once more in X2: X-Men United (2003), starred in the thriller Hide and Seek (2005) and joined the comic world again in X-Men: The Last Stand (2006).
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On the TV front, Famke kept busy with a guest-starring role on Aly McBeal in 2000 and 2001, and, although she's far from looking like a man, she played a post-op transvestite in the plastic surgery TV drama Nip/Tuck.


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Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has urged the clergy to use Internet blogs for missionary work. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned against idle talk or passing one's own thoughts for the postulates of the church. The Patriarch was speaking ahead of his second pastoral visit to Ukraine....
Patriarch Kirill sees social networking as an opportunity for dialogue and revival of the epistolary genre. IT expert Alexander Kuzin says the patriarch wants to establish a dialogue with the Internet community in a user-friendly language.
"The Church wants to make itself understood to most readers," he says. "This does not mean that church bloggers should use a primitive or false language. Unlike former Internet resources, social networks and blogs make it possible to talk and listen. Communication is crucial. A contemporary user wants two-way communication, so that they could ask questions and receive the answers, and could enter discussions with the others."
Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill has urged the clergy to use Internet blogs for missionary work. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church warned against idle talk or passing one's own thoughts for the postulates of the church. The Patriarch was speaking ahead of his second pastoral visit to Ukraine....
Patriarch Kirill sees social networking as an opportunity for dialogue and revival of the epistolary genre. IT expert Alexander Kuzin says the patriarch wants to establish a dialogue with the Internet community in a user-friendly language.
"The Church wants to make itself understood to most readers," he says. "This does not mean that church bloggers should use a primitive or false language. Unlike former Internet resources, social networks and blogs make it possible to talk and listen. Communication is crucial. A contemporary user wants two-way communication, so that they could ask questions and receive the answers, and could enter discussions with the others."
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Conciliar Press recently released Bearing the Saint, a story by author Matushka Donna Farley. The descriptive text reads: "Edmund is just an ordinary fisherman's son from the island of Lindisfarne, whose one great talent and joy is running as a messenger for his bishop. But when Viking invaders threaten the holy island and its great treasure, the relics of St. Cuthbert, Edmund's life changes forever. Along with his whole village, he must accompany their beloved saint on a perilous pilgrimage that will carry him across England, through adventure, heartbreak, miraculous deliverance, and budding love, all the way to manhood."
The paperback book is appropriate for older children, but adults will enjoy Farley's engrossing narrative as well. To order the book, go to the Conciliar Press website.
Iconographer SkolnikSt. Paul the Apostle Church in Dayton, Ohio, is hosting an exhibition of more than ancient and new 100 icons. Located at 4451 Wagner Road, St. Paul will allow viewing of the free exhibition from August 20-22, 2010, 10 AM to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 12-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Forty of the icons in the Exhibit are historic, dating from 1650 on, and hailing from Russia, Greece, Ukraine and Ethiopia. Among them are a 17th century Russian miniature iconstasis with more than 20 individual figures, as well as a large 18th century Icon of the Virgin Mary, "The Joy of All Who Sorrow."
Viewers will also be able to see the 36 large new icons that respected Russian-American iconographer Dmitri Shkolnik of San Francisco has recently installed on the walls of St. Paul's, including icons detailing scenes from the life of Christ, the life of St. Paul, as well saints of the 20th century - including several martyrs from the Midwest who were executed in Russia for their faith during the years of Soviet oppression.
Explains oca.org, "In keeping with the theme, 'The Gift of Transfiguration: Changed Life and Lives', the exhibition also concludes with a number of recent icons by Daryl Cochran, an American iconographer who is currently an inmate at the London Correctional Institute in London, Ohio. 'Daryl became an Orthodox Christian a few years ago while in prison,' explains Fr. Ted Bobosh, rector of the parish. 'A talented artist, Daryl is in the process of becoming a unique iconographer as well.'"
Marie and Lovely(Port-au-Prince, Haiti) – Marie and her daughter, Lovely, make a 4-hour, round trip journey each day from their home in the Delmas 10 area of Port-au-Prince to reach Foyer d'Amour ("House of Love"), a school for the developmentally disabled operated by the Orthodox Church that Marie calls, "a gift from God." It is one of only five such schools in a country of 10 million, and International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is equipping it with everything it needs – from teacher's salaries to basic school supplies – to stay open.
As Haitians pass the six-month mark since the earthquake that devastated their country, such support is crucial for children, allowing them to continue their education and regain some normalcy.
On January 12, when the earthquake struck, Foyer d'Amour's teachers and parents streamed in all night to check on the school. "So many schools had been destroyed, but Foyer d'Amour was special," says Roseline, a teacher who has been with the school for 10 years. "Here we not only teach students skills they need to survive in society, but we provide a safe place that they do not have anywhere else."
The school was severely damaged by the quake, so teachers built a temporary facility across the street. One hundred of the school's 150 students returned when the school reopened in April. The school completely waived the tuition fees and is committed to accepting any student who can benefit from its curriculum.
"My home was destroyed in the earthquake and I live in a tent in my old neighborhood, but Foyer d'Amour gives me motivation and hope," says Rose, a teacher who instructs students in sewing. Students learn other occupational skills like cooking, and they can join a music band that plays for dignitaries and special events.
A page from the Garima GospelsThe Orthodox blog Byztex recently posted a UK-based Daily Mail article reporting an amazing discovery. The preservationists of the Ethiopian Heritage Fund have located the earliest known illustrated Bible at the remote Ethiopian Orthodox Garima Monastery, near Adwa in the northern Tigray region at 7,000 feet above sea level. The Garima Gospels are named after a fifth century monk and have survived virtually intact, despite enemy invasions and a fire in the 1930's, thanks to the diligence of the Orthodox monks.
Explains the Daily Mail article, "They were written on goat skin in the early Ethiopian language of Ge'ez.
There are two volumes which date from the same time, but the second is written in a different hand from the first. Both contain illustrations and the four Gospels.
Though the texts had been mentioned by the occasional traveller since the 1950s, it had been thought they dated from the 11th century at the earliest."
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National Philoptochos In AtlantaBaltimore, MD — International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) received strong support on Tuesday from the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, which presented IOCC with an $80,000 check for its aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, and another gift of $40,000 for IOCC projects around the world. The presentation was made at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Clergy-Laity Congress in Atlanta, Georgia. "From wheelchairs distributed to the disabled of Zimbabwe and support to fight the dreaded disease of podoconiosis in Ethiopia, Philoptochos has been one of the strongest partners for IOCC," said IOCC Development Director Daniel G. Christopulos who accepted the gifts on behalf of IOCC. Philoptochos was one of the first Orthodox supporters of IOCC's relief work in Haiti, providing an emergency grant for an airlift of water purification equipment and tents (shown here) for families in the days just after the earthquake. The check presented on Tuesday brings Philoptochos's total aid for Haiti to $100,000.
K. James Kallail, Coordinator of The Hauran Connection, writes, "His Grace Bishop BASIL has designated Sunday, July 25, as St. Timon Sunday. For the third year, we offer our prayers as one community to St. Timon, patron of the Archdiocese of Bosra-Hauran, so that he may intercede with Christ our God on behalf of the clergy and people of our sister diocese. We ask that each parish remember Metropolitan Saba, his priests, their families, and all the faithful of the Archdiocese on this day (His Eminence, Metropolitan SABA, Fr. Paul, Fr. Peter, Fr. George, Fr. Peter, Fr. Philip, Fr. George, Fr. Samaan, Fr. Elia, Fr. Timon, Fr. Isaac, Archimandrite Seraphim, and Subdeacon Majd). We also ask that you take this opportunity to raise funds for our sister diocese. Some will hold special fund raisers. Some will take special collections. Some will sell St. Timon icons. Ideas can be found here. On the web site, you also will find many resources to inform your parish about our sister diocese. You can print materials for bulletins, handouts, Sunday School, etc... I encourage you to use these resources to educate and inform your parishioners. For example, you may want to use His Grace's letter about the program to get historical information about the Archdiocese. Certainly, these efforts should not only be once a year, however, a special effort is asked for St. Timon Sunday. I am happy to answer questions or take your comments at email@example.com. ALL FUNDS MUST BE SENT TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
K. James Kallail
502 Creekside Ct
Derby, KS 67037
In Christ, K. James Kallail - Coordinator, The Hauran Connection - DOWAMA Fellowship of St. John the Divine"
His Grace Bishop BASIL, Secretary of the Episcopal Assembly, explained in his July 4 St. Raphael Clergy Brotherhood Memo, "In a letter dated June 28th addressed to the 63 bishops who comprise the Episcopal Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs of North & Central America, Archbishop DEMETRIOS of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and chair of the EA, announced tentative dates for the next meeting of the EA: May 25-27, 2011. Please keep the work of the EA in your prayers!"
In the fall of 2011, a new institution will open its doors to the Orthodox community. St. Katherine College in San Diego, California, will commence the first year of classes, offering an emphasis in Composition, English Language and Literature, Foreign Language, U.S. Government and History, Economics, Mathematics, and the Sciences. As to affiliation, the website explains that "The College community is independent, but it is closely associated with the Orthodox Christian community." Fr. Thomas Hopko, Dr. Scott Cairns, and Dr. Vladimir Morosan are all listed as faculty, among several other Orthodox academic luminaries.
Recently, Antiochian.org interviewed Vicki Brannock, St. Katherine College's Executive Director for Communications and Recruitment.
1. Tell us about your academic approach.
Of course the academic emphasis is important to us. We are selecting staff that represents the best in Orthodox academia and are working to strike a balance between the well established (Fr. Thomas Hopko, Scott Cairns) visiting professors and mid-level and younger faculty that we believe will make significant impact on the future.
The "Bible in the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Traditions" unit of the Society of Biblical Literature, is excited to announce that it will be honoring the Very Rev. Fr. Paul Nadim Tarazi on Saturday October 23, 2010 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his academic career. The festivities, under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop PHILIP, will begin with a Festschrift (academic conference) on Saturday October 23, 2010 at the conference hall of St. George Antiochian Church in Little Falls, New Jersey, from 9am – 4pm. Lecturers have been invited from all over the world to present papers on subjects dear to Fr. Paul's heart. The conference is free of charge and is open to the public, but an RSVP to attend is encouraged. The Festschrift presentations will be compiled into a special volume for publication following the conference. For more information, please click here.
To submit a few lines to the booklet or reserve a banquet seat, email: firstname.lastname@example.com, or write: Fr. Paul Tarazi Festschrift, c/o OCABS
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The Chairman of the Festschrift Committee, Fr. Vahan Hovhanessian PhD, can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com.
(From the June 2010 WORD magazine)
By Camille Patrick
"Flip-Flops for Haiti"? That's a popular phrase at St. Matthew's of North Royalton and all around Cleveland, since one of our parishioners, Josephine Katzbach, ventured on a four-day trip to Haiti in early March with a friend of hers, to help build a clinic for the mountain people.
The ladies made the trip to work with a nun and a priest affiliated with a church in Chicago called Fraternité Notre Dame. Josie returned from Haiti with an ambitious goal of raising 2,000 flip-flops for the 1,500 or so impoverished inhabitants who live around a primitive camp at the top of a mountain near Port-au-Prince. She and her friend plan to return sometime in July to distribute the flip-flops to the people there.
Kyrgyzstan Refugees (Photo by D. Dzotsendize/IOCC-ACT International)June 25, 2010
Baltimore, MD — International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is delivering medical supplies to assist refugee families who have fled ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan this month. Tens of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks fled the violence and crossed the border into Uzbekistan to seek safety while others remain displaced within Kyrgyzstan. Read about the IOCC response here.
IOCC is providing medical care for the refugees and displaced – mostly women, children and the elderly – in the form of an Emergency Health Kit with enough medicine and supplies to treat 10,000 people. The kit, valued at $421,000, is being provided in cooperation with Medical Teams International (MTI) and will arrive at Tashkent today. MTI staff will then immediately transport the kit to the eastern Uzbek city of Andijan and along the Uzbekistan/Kyrgyzstan border.
Help the victims of disasters around the world, like the refugee crisis in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, by making a financial gift to the IOCC International Emergency Response Fund, which will provide immediate relief as well as long-term support through the provision of emergency aid, recovery assistance and other support to help those in need. To make a gift, please visit www.iocc.org, call toll free at 1-877-803-IOCC (4622), or mail a check or money order payable to IOCC, P.O. Box 630225, Baltimore, Md. 21263-0225.
The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion has announced that their annual conference will be held on November 5th and 6th, 2010, at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral in New York City. The title of the conference is Orthodox Practice and Clinical Practice: How Our Faith Informs Our Work. Featured speakers include Archbishop Lazar Puhalo, Archimandrite Meletios Webber, Dr. Herman Tristram Engelhardt, and Dr. Stephen Muse.
Click here to download the conference flyer (PDF format), for details on logistics, speakers and events.
Click here to download the conference registration form (Word format).
Click here to visit the website of the OCAMPR.
In a Communique dated June 22, 2010, posted on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain website, it was announced:
"The Inaugural Meeting of the Pan-Orthodox Assembly of Bishops with Churches in the British Isles was held on 21st June 2010 at Thyateira House, the centre of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. The Assembly operates in accordance with the Decision reached at the 4th Pre-conciliar Pan-Orthodox Conference Meeting at Chambésy ( Switzerland) on 13th June 2009."
The announcement emphasized the historical significance of the gathering, stating that up until the present day, "...there has been no kind of Inter-Orthodox Episcopal Committee." Three subcommittees have been formed, for Theological, Pastoral and Educational considerations. The second meeting has been scheduled for December, 2010.
After the meeting, the Orthodox Bishops joined His Grace Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams at Lambeth Palace for a dinner and fellowship.
A photo gallery of the event can be viewed here.
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Orthodox Christian Prison MinistryConvocation 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM-to-Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 12:00 PM
At the Embassy Suites, Philadelphia Airport Hotel, Pennsylvania
Just around the corner!
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Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM-to-Saturday, August 21, 2010 at 12:00 PM
At the Embassy Suites, Philadelphia Airport Hotel, Pennsylvania
Click here to register online and here for a complete schedule of events.
Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM), the official prison ministry of the Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) announces its 2010 Convocation. The convocation will bring together the many Orthodox clergy and laity from throughout North America who are participating in prison ministry or are interested in participating in prison ministry, for a time of fellowship, education, encouragement, communal worship and the free exchange of ideas.
Certified counselor, businessman, active layman and father of three Paul Karos, was the featured speaker at this year's Antiochian Village Men's Retreat, themed "Exploring the Passions that Drive us and the Virtues that can Save us." Mr. Karos drew from both his professional life as a financial analyst and investment banker, as well as his life as an active Orthodox Christian at St. Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Minneapolis, to lead discussions about the role and impact of the passions, and the meaning of spiritual discipline and repentance. Attendees participated in a liturgical cycle of services, enjoyed a barbecue cookout at the Pavilion, and enjoyed three separate sessions presented by Paul Karos.
Archbishop DEMETRIOS at St. Vladimir's SeminaryOn June 10-12, St. Vladimir's Seminary in Crestwood, New York, hosted a groundbreaking symposium on the role and significance of Hellenism in the Orthodox Church. Key addresses were offered by His Eminence Archbishop DEMETRIOS, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, ("Hellenism and Orthodoxy: A Linguistic and Spiritual Journey"), and by Archimandrite Elpidophoros Lambriniadis, chief secretary of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate ("Greek Orthodoxy, the Ecumenical Patriarachate, and the Church in the USA").
Associate Professor for Systematic Theology Dr. Peter Bouteneff stated in his opening remarks, "Simply put, Hellenism is undeniably one of the most significant cultural impulses for the life of the Church since its earliest historical manifestations. More than any single culture, it is possible to say that any and every Christian must somehow deal with Hellenism, or specifically with the Hellenistic impress on the formation of Christian doctrine and life."
To listen to Archbishop DEMETRIOS' Keynote Address on ocn.net, click here.
Wedding BrochureJust in time for the summer wedding season, now those who are in the midst of planning for a wedding have a helpful tool provided by the Antiochian Department of Marriage and Parish Family Ministries. The customizable souvenir wedding brochure can be downloaded from the department's web page, and customized with the names of the bride and groom, wedding attendants, and wedding date. (The download is in PDF format. Some may have the software and technical skills to customize this brochure on their own, but we recommend simply taking this file to a local printer for customizing and printing.)
Oftentimes weddings are the only Church service which non-Orthodox family and friends will ever attend. Orthodox brides and grooms need a way to explain to their guests what is happening in the ceremony. Those attending Orthodox weddings are struck by the rich symbolism, but they are also curious and perhaps even critical of the wedding, not understanding why it is so different from other weddings they've attended.
This souvenir brochure provides a helpful take-away explanation for your guests as to why the priest is doing what he is doing and what the parts of the wedding (such as the dance of Isaiah) mean.
Additionally, a bride and groom and their family members, can also benefit from reading and downloading the brochure "Crowned With Glory and Honor: Guidelines for Orthodox Marriage Preparation."
OCMC Building At DedicationBy Alex Goodwin
It is for the Glory of God and His Church that the Orthodox Christian Mission Center (OCMC) is pleased to announce its acceptance of a grant totaling $650,000 awarded by an anonymous donor on June 10, 2010.
This two-year grant will completely retire the mortgage on the Archbishop Anastasios and Archbishop Demetrios Missionary Training and Administration Center in St. Augustine, Florida, which serves to administer the many ministries of OCMC and to train and equip mission workers from the United States for service around the world.
With this gift, OCMC will continue to develop its vibrant mission ministries which serve to extend the open arms of the Orthodox Christian Church to parts of the world that still long for the hope of salvation in Christ.
This significant contribution further illustrates the intent of Orthodox Christians in North America to make disciples of all nations.
Alistair Lyon, special correspondant for Reuters, has published this interesting analysis of Christians in Syria.
"Many Muslims feel they own the truth. Many Christians do too," said Mayssa Rumman, who runs a tiny, lovingly restored hotel in Bab Touma, a Christian quarter of the Old City.
"But we don't fight about it and it doesn't stop us from being neighbors or from working with each other," she said.
Syria's dwindling Christians coexist with their Muslim compatriots in a country many of them see as a safe haven, in a region where religious minorities often struggle for survival. ...
Syria remains a relatively benign place for Christians, who nevertheless fear any spillover of regional conflicts and the rise of Islamist movements that might restrict their freedoms.
Muslims and Christians enjoy equal rights here, apart from a constitutional stipulation that the president must be a Muslim.
"Many Muslims feel they own the truth. Many Christians do too," said Mayssa Rumman, who runs a tiny, lovingly restored hotel in Bab Touma, a Christian quarter of the Old City.
"But we don't fight about it and it doesn't stop us from being neighbors or from working with each other," she said.
Syria's dwindling Christians coexist with their Muslim compatriots in a country many of them see as a safe haven, in a region where religious minorities often struggle for survival. ...
Syria remains a relatively benign place for Christians, who nevertheless fear any spillover of regional conflicts and the rise of Islamist movements that might restrict their freedoms.
Muslims and Christians enjoy equal rights here, apart from a constitutional stipulation that the president must be a Muslim.
Click here to read the piece in full.
At the Episcopal Assembly recently concluded in New York City on Friday, May 28, His Grace Bishop BASIL was elected Secretary of the Assembly. Reports His Grace, "I was nominated by Archbishop DEMETRIOS of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (Chair of the Episcopal Assembly), and Metropolitan PHILIP (First Vice-Chair of the Episcopal Assembly) seconded my nomination. I was then elected by acclamation by the 53 other bishops present at the Episcopal Assembly. I will head the Secretariat of the Episcopal Assembly which will be headquartered in the center of America's Heartland -- Wichita, Kansas."
By decision of the Assembly, all organizations and joint action projects such as International Orthodox Christian Charities which operate under SCOBA, will function now under the auspices of the Episcopal Assembly. Newly formed committees will meet at regular intervals to discuss issues of common interest to all Orthodox Christians.
HCHC President Rev. Nicholas Triantafilou, EFOM President Mrs. Helen Nicozisis, Rev. Alexander Veronis and Rev. Luke VeronisThe Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity was established on April 29, 2010, at Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology with an initial endowment of one million dollars from EFOM (the Endowment Fund for Orthodox Missions). EFOM, a charity connected with the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was created in 1981 to honor the missions-minded ministry of the Reverend Alexander and Presbytera Pearl Veronis. The endowment was presented to the Reverend Nicholas Triantafilou, President of HC/HC, by EFOM's Board President, Mrs. Helen Nicozisis.
On presenting the check to the school, Mrs. Nicozisis noted that this gift came not from one major benefactor, but from many people who gave both small and large donations over many years. "All of these people," she emphasized, "believe in the essential importance of cultivating the spirit of missions, especially among our seminarians and future clergy."
Fr. Luke Veronis Preaches in AlbaniaBy Andrew Lekos
Following classes and orientation led by Fr. Luke Veronis, Missionary Nathan Hoppe, and Fr. David Rucker, a Team of 2 priests and 11 seminarians arrived in Albania for two very full weeks of ministry and learning on Tuesday, May 25th. This Team is historic in several ways: It is the first joint Team of the newly inaugurated Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity and OCMC. It is also the first Team jointly made up of students from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary and Holy Cross School of Theology. This is also the first fully accredited Team, offering three hours of seminary credit for the class work and time in Albania. The course will study in depth the life, missiology and writings of Archbishop Anastasios of Albania and examine how he has practically lived out this missiology through his ministry in the Church of Albania. The course will look at the foundation and calling of missions. The practicum includes the Team traveling to Albania, witnessing the resurrection of the Church of Albania, meeting missionaries and the indigenous leaders, and participating in an evangelism program within the country.
Please join OCMC and The Mission Institute of Orthodox Christianity in prayer for this historic Team to Albania. Support for this effort and the work of missions can be given on-line at www.ocmc.org.
Joanne Hakim, Administrator for The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch, reports: "At the recent board of directors meeting in New York, the amount of dollars that The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch contributed to camp scholarship was reported. A member of the board asked how many children were able to attend camp as a result of the Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch's contribution. The answer to that question follows:
'The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch, as you know, contributes a significant portion (over 10%) of its annual revenue to our Camp Scholarship program. Beginning in 2009, we increased our commitment to $175,000 annually. Since inception the Order has contributed over $1,700,000 for scholarships to our camp children.'
However, what is most important is human lives impacted. For the 2010 camping season over 700 young people will receive scholarship assistance from The Order of St. Ignatius of Antioch. We thank all of our Orthodox brothers and sisters who have joined The Order and ask everyone in our Self-Ruled Archdiocese to consider joining. One new member = one new camper = one soul saved!"
For more information, contact the Order of St. Ignatius or Antiochian Village.
Assembly of Bishops Web Site is Now Online
Metropolitan Jonah Discusses Episcopal Assembly in Salt Lake City, UT
Ecumenical Patriarch Receives Officers of Episcopal Assembly
Bishop Basil to Visit Istanbul for Episcopal Assembly Meeting
Pan-Orthodox Town Hall Meeting at St. Elijah, Oklahoma City, OK
Video of Bishop Basil's Address on the Episcopal Assembly Available Online
Tentative Dates Set for 2011 Episcopal Assembly
Bishop BASIL Reflects on Historic Episcopal Assembly
Bishop BASIL Elected Secretary of the Episcopal Assembly
Message of the Episcopal Assembly Of the Canonical Orthodox Hierarchs of North and Central America, May 26-28, 2010
Images of Episcopal Assembly Divine Liturgy from Bishop THOMAS
Bishop MARK's Reflection on the Episcopal Assembly
Bishop MARK Provides Pictures from Episcopal Assembly


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ZF-4422: Zend_Cache_Backend_File sets invalid permission when hashed_directory_umask or cache_file_umask passed as a string
I am trying to load backend options from ini file and as a result all parameters are passed as a string/ Passing permission umask as a string to mkdir or chmod results unexpected permissions to be set.
Casting umask options with octdec function should fix the problem.
This is not a Zend_Cache issue (permissions umask doesn't have to be a string)
But, I understand your problem and I can probably introduce something to deal with it.
So I changed the issue type to "improvement" instead of "bug"
probably just fixed in SVN trunk
Can you try it ?
probably fixed (no news)
Changing issues in preparation for the 1.7.0 release.


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ZF-7595: General issues with Zend_Application
Starting with Zend_Application i figured out that the examples in the ZF manual does not work.
Keys from array constructor are handled as lowercase, but after this point additional keys from config will not be converted to lowercase -> the zf docu lacks, because examples like resource.frontController = xxx inside config will not work (but work using setOptions)
public function setOptions(array $options){
$options = array_change_key_case($options, CASE_LOWER);
if (!empty($options['config'])) {
$options = $this->mergeOptions($options, $this->_loadConfig($options['config']));
The problem is, that lower case is apllied on the $options array, but later on loading default options from config is not handled the same way.
I came across the same problem, I used the following fix for now:
public function setOptions(array $options)
$options = array_change_key_case($options, CASE_LOWER);
if (!empty($options['config'])) {
$configOptions = $this->_loadConfig($options['config']);
$configOptions = array_change_key_case($configOptions, CASE_LOWER);
$options = $this->mergeOptions($options, $configOptions);
Please try with 1.9.2; this functionality has changed with the introduction of that release, and the problem may now be a non-issue.
Its fixed for me, with version 1.9.2.


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Figured I get at least a couple responces placing this in this category.
Dumb Pa misplaced his 12132-36 oem reamer and is in need of one at the present. Anyone have an nos one for sale or a good sharp used one ? If not for sale ....for rent or lend ? New # is 94811-36. Thanks, Pa


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are there so many men intoHifi single because of their hobby..or are they into it because they are single and have far too much time on their hands to faff around with stuff to get a smidgen more detail out of it???
seems to be a lot of 30 something blokes into Hifi with no bird on the go. so, is one the cause of the other???


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A 50-year-old Millsboro man was taken into custody on May 3 after he led police on a pursuit and would found to be in possession of suspected heroin.
According to the Delaware State Police, troopers attempted to stop Bryan Parsons around 10:15 a.m. as he drove a 2004 Ford van along Hitch Pond Road in Laurel. Police said Parsons failed to stop and attempted to elude troopers while throwing bags of suspected heroin out of the window of his vehicle. Police said Parsons drove into the River Vista development off of Concord Road, where he abandoned the vehicle and ran from troopers, who captured him after a brief foot chase.
Police said a search of the vehicle resulted in the recovery of 13 bags of suspected heroin and, a search of Parsons' home resulted in the recovery of one additional bag of suspected heroin. A juvenile located at Parsons' residence was turned over to the Division of Family Services.
Police said Parsons was charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, resisting arrest with force or violence, tampering with physical evidence, disregarding a police officer's signal, endangering the welfare of a child, two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, and passing on the right. He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institute on $35,550 cash bail.
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ZF-6341: index.php doesn't add the library directory to the include_path
It would be useful if when creating a project, {{public/index.php}} should add {{library/}} to the include_path. This would mean that the {{require_once 'Zend/Application.php';}} call would work...
set_include_path() adding library/ to include_path within index.php has been added to trunk and merged to 1.8 release branch.
Tested and works for me.
Should we remove the line:
includePaths.library = APPLICATION_PATH "/../library"
from the generated application.ini?


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The Advantages of Corporate Bonds vs. Treasury Bonds
Original post by Eric Feigenbaum of Demand Media
When corporations and governments need money to finance projects and growth, they can turn to the public to borrow money. Bonds are borrowing contracts. Investors buy them at one rate and are promised a specific amount of return on their principle. In some cases, bonds also come with coupons for collecting interest payments at predetermined intervals. Bond holders are not investors who take ownership in a company, but creditors with first rights to assets if a company or government defaults on its debt. Because companies can fail and go bankrupt, corporate bonds are often considered riskier, but potentially more profitable, than those issued by the U.S. Treasury.
The most attractive aspect of a corporate bond is the yield. Because few corporations have the credibility of the U.S. government, their bonds are considered riskier. After all, corporations can have unexpected changes in their business model, environment and management that can impact their sustainability, whereas the U.S. government continues to operate through good times and bad. To compensate for the added risk corporations offer higher rates of return on their bonds -- often well exceeding that of Treasury bonds and interest rates.
Some corporate bonds reward investors with interest payments. In exchange for parting with their money for an extended period of time, companies make periodic, pre-agreed interest payments. The combination of interest and gains from maturity of a bond can lead to a much better performance than Treasury bonds which don't typically offer interest payments.
Corporate bonds come in many varieties and levels of risk and return. Some traditional, well-capitalized, longstanding blue chip companies offer bonds with AA ratings -- almost as high as Treasury bonds. Others have much lower ratings, but can present fantastic returns to an investor willing to take the risk. Those looking for diversified bond portfolios can find significantly more options among corporate bonds.
For those who want to sell a bond before it reaches maturity, Treasury bonds can seem very attractive. After all, their high safety rating makes them a safe bet that many other investors are willing to take. However, strong liquid markets exist for corporate bonds too. Even better for investors, corporate bond prices fluctuate more than Treasury securities. Therefore, a smart investor can carefully monitor the market and sell at a point when she can get a decent return on investment, still reaping some profit even without a bond reaching maturity.
- Investing In Bonds: Benefits of Investing in Corporate Bonds
- Ohio State University; Investing in Bonds; Ruth Anne Mears
- Economy Watch: Corporate Bonds, Corporate Bond
- Charles Schwab: Corporate Bonds
- "USA Today"; Selling Corporate Bonds -- Cut Your Risk, But No Guarantees; Matt Krantz; October 2010
About the Author
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The Faber Academy is a programme of dynamic creative writing courses run by leading indpendent publisher Faber and Faber. This October, we shall be running two six month courses in Dublin - Writing a Novel with James Ryan and Eilís Ní Dhuibhne and Becoming a Poet with Paul Perry. We are currently receiving applications for the courses, and the deadline is 30 August. We are delighted to run courses in the heart of Dublin and to be able to invite some great Irish literary names along to run workshops.
Organised by The Stinging Fly in association with the Irish Writers' Centre. Sean O'Reilly will lead a second novel-writing workshop this year, starting in October. We're accepting applications for it now. The workshop runs over a period of twenty weeks (starting early October) with weekly sessions where participants present and discuss their own work. In addition there will be five day-long sessions with visiting writers. Eight to ten participants will be selected on the basis of work submitted (before August 20th) and they will be expected to work towards the completion of the first draft of a novel. The cost is €1500. To receive more information on this year's workshop and the application procedure, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
Creative writing workshops with Yvonne Cullen are now enrolling for courses in November/December 2010 and January/February 2011.
Creative Writing Programme:
Tuesday 30th November 2010 - Intermediate Writing Train, 12 weeks, €290
Saturday 4th December 2010 - Poetry, one-day course €70
Monday 6th December 2010 - Start to Write, 8 weeks, €230
Saturday 8th January 2011 - Developing Poet, 12 weeks of 2.75 hour sessions, €290
Wednesday 12th January 2011 - Fortnightly Writing Train, 16 sessions of 2.75 hours over 32 weeks, €420
Saturday 16th January 2011 - Start to Write, one-day course, €70
Monday 7th February 2011 - Start to Write, 8 weeks of 2.5 hour sessions, €230
Thursday 10th February 2011 - Writing Train, 15 weeks of 2.75 hour sessions, €370 or €345 if booked by 17th December
Friday 11th February 2011 - Daytime Writing Train, Sandycove, 14 weeks of 2.5 hour sessions, €340
Classes will take place on both the north and south side of the city, for all queries please contact Yvonne Cullen at 086 1701808, email: email@example.com or visit www.yvonnecullen.com
Big Smoke Writing Factory offers a selection of creative writing courses, including:
Novel In Progress (with Claire Hennessy)12 weeks,MONDAY, 6.30pm-8.30pm, starting January 24, 2011.
The Poetry Workshop (with Maggie Smith Hurt)12 weeks, TUESDAY, 6.30pm-8.30pm, starting February 8, 2011.
The Fiction Workshop (with Colm Liddy)10 weeks, WEDNESDAY, 6.30pm-8.30pm, starting January 19, 2011.
Angst & Adventure: workshop in children's & young adult fiction (with Claire Hennessy)10 weeks, THURSDAY, 7pm-9pm, starting February 3, 2011.
There are also a number of one day/weekend courses,to improve creative writing and writing skills.
Novelist and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown/IADT Writer-in-Residence Mia Gallagher will be running a series of weekly Creative Writing Workshops at IADT. The workshops will run for ten weeks, starting Thursday 20th January, from 6.30 – 8.30 pm. The workshops will include exercises and techniques to spark creativity and strengthen story-telling and writing skills; participants will also use a tried-and-tested critiquing model to hone their critical skills and sensitively respond to others' work.
Whether a total novice or a burgeoning star who needs that extra nudge, the Irish Writers' Centre has a course for you. Evening,weekday and weekend courses range from fiction, poetry, writing for children, to travel writing and feature writing.For details visit www.writerscentre.ie or call the centre on 01 872 1302
Courses for January and February 2011 are now enrolling for Yvonne Cullen's Writing Train.
Please go to www.yvonnecullen.com for more details or click on the following link for the spring brochure http://yvonnecullen.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/jan-feb2011-writingtrain-workshops.pdf
This summer the Irish Writer's Centre is running a number of writing courses, attendees will be able to pick from weekly and weekend courses so there will be something to suit everybody. For more details on any of the courses below please go to www.writerscentre.ie
16th July from 10:30am-4:30pm €150
Travel Writing with Charlie Connelly
This two-day course would give those attending a firm grounding in what makes good travel writing. Combining tutorial, discussion and a couple of short writing assignments, attendees will leave the course with a better understanding of the mechanics of travel writing and where and how to place articles and books.
19th July - 20th September from 6:30 - 8:30pm €280
Finish Your Novel with Colin Kostick
This is a practical course for writers who are already part-way through the writing of a book. The goal of the course is that by the end of it, those attending will have gained sufficient impetus, clarity and enthusiasm for writing that they will go on to complete their books. It takes place on Tuesday evenings.
19th July - 20th September from 6:30-8:30pm €280
Feature Writing with Henry McDonald
On this ten-week course Henry McDonald, author and Ireland Correspondent of The Guardian, will cover feature writing techniques for magazines, internet and newspapers, and how these genres differ from the who, what, where, when and how of conventional straight news reporting. Hands-on research and practical writing exercises will form the basis of this dynamic course.
21st July - 25th August from 11am-1pm €165
Beginners' Creative Writing with Jean O'Brien
If you want to know how to put your story down in a structured way, how and where to get started and how to complete your tale then this six-week course is for you.
1st - 5th August from 10am - 4:30pm €450
Intensive Week-Long Poetry Workshop with Leanne O'Sullivan
This is a week-long intensive course with daily lessons being given by poet Leanne O' Sullivan. Each afternoon, a guest speaker will speak to the class, providing practical advice based on their own experiences as published poets. Our guest speakers include Paula Meehan, Pat Boran, Gerry Smith and Joeseph Woods. More speakers will be announced shortly.This workshop is for those who would like to begin to write poetry or those who would like to develop poems they have already started.
6th August from 10:30am - 4:30pm €150
Writing Non-Fiction: Memoir & The Personal Essay with Molly McCloskey
On this two-day non-fiction course, we will look at a few examples of published non-fiction – memoir, personal essay, travel, reportage, or pieces that combine elements of these forms. These short texts will be provided by email in the week before the workshop and students will be expected to have read them prior to the first day of the workshop.
The Novel: First Draft with Ed O'Loughlin
This two-day course will address the three biggest hurdles in novel-writing - conceiving, starting and finishing a first draft. Students can submit up to five thousand words of a work in hand, preferably a novel, plus an outline of an extended prose work they are writing or hoping to write.
8th-12th August from 11am - 4pm €375
Getting to the Heart of Your Characters: Intensive Week Long Course with Mia Gallagher
Creating characters that resonate with readers is at the heart of all good fiction and drama. In this intensive 5-day course, novelist, performer and playwright Mia Gallagher will introduce participants to skills and techniques for developing and understanding characters. The course will employ writing exercises, theatre games and a high level of feedback and dialogue. The morning sessions will be tutored by Mia, with a different guest speaker each afternoon. Guest speakers will be Michelle Read, Billy Roche, Denis Kehoe and Deirdre Kinahan.
10.30 a.m –1 p.m. 5 weeks of 2.5 hrs. Venue: United Arts Club, Fitzwilliam Street, D.2. (Three August Thursday a.m.s, 11, 18 and 25 Aug. Time off to complete some tailored writing challenges & two September Wednesdays Sept 21 and 28). €145 For more information, email email@example.com
A unique opportunity to work with leading Irish and international creative writers to explore all genres of writing as well as the notion of Irish writing within a global context.
Tuesday 30TH August, 11am – 1pm – Creative Writing with Nessa O'Mahony
Tuesday 30th August, 2.30pm-4.30pm – Master Class with Dermot Bolger.
Wednesday 31st August, 11am-1pm – Master Class with Theo Dorgan
Wednesday 31st August, 2.30pm – 4.30pm, Master Class with Tess Gallagher
Thursday 1st September, 11am – 1pm, Master Class with Peter Sirr
Thursday 2nd September, 2.30pm – 4.30pm, Master Class with Claire Keegan.
Workshops will be kept to a maximum of 25 participants, and delegates will be charged a fee of €300, to cover costs of tuition and lunch (catered for in UCD). Accommodation in UCD is available on request.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. You can book your place via the John Hume Institute website by clicking the Summer School link at https://www.eventznet.com/295/ac/gii/cwsummerschool11/Register.aspx?id=f7c9f18d-5418-4b38-acb4-e666f19d5080
or by contacting the John Hume Institute at: 01 – 716 1565 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Contact: Nessa O'Mahony at firstname.lastname@example.com
This series of workshops is aimed at writers who are in the early stages of writing a novel and who feel they will benefit from a relationship with a group of others engaged in the same process. Under the direction of acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Sean O'Reilly, the group will meet once a week in a workshop setting over a six-month period Alongside the workshops, on one Saturday every month, there will be a series of specialist talks on issues around the process of writing and the imagination. Previous guest speakers have included Chris Binchy, Evelyn Conlon, Mia Gallagher, Michael Harding, Dermot Healy, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Declan Hughes, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Mark O'Halloran, Ed O'Loughlin and Peter Sheridan. For further details on the workshop and on how to apply, see
The Making of a Novel, Are you ambitious to develop your writing talent? Do you need help from writing professionals? Do you need individual feedback on your work? Do you wish to maximise your chances to be published? This course is designed as an inspirational, rigorous and practical guide to writing a novel and getting published. The course consists of 26 two-hour evening sessions and will include theoretical sessions, practical sessions (writing exercises, with three or four students reading their work at each session), interactive sessions with internationally published authors of literary and genre fiction, meetings with editors, publishers and literary agents. All tutors and speakers are experts with extensive experience and good communication skills. Among the contributors, internationally acclaimed writers Ken Bruen (crime fiction), Siobhán Parkinson (the first Irish laureate for children's literature), Marita Conlon-McKenna (children's & women's fiction), Celine Kiernan (fantasy), Catherine Dunne (women's fiction)… (more to be confirmed)
The course will start on October 14th, 2010 and end on April 28, 2011. At the end of the course students will have an opportunity to submit one work of fiction for assessment to the course directors and receive individual feedback no later than in September 2011, with a possibility ofrepresentation of their work by Author Rights Agency Ltd. However, this does not guarantee representation and/or publication of their work by Author Rights Agency or any other agents/publishers.
There will be two groups (Wednesday night sessions and Thursday night sessions)and there are only 15 places available in each group. Some sessions (introductory session, sessions with guest speakers, concluding session)will be common to all participants.
All classes will take place at 6.30pm-8.30pm
Creative writing classes with Yvonne Cullen at Café Joly, National Library of Ireland
Starting Saturday 29th October
Book onto this 12.30pm to 3.00pm workshop for four consecutive Saturday afternoon writing workshops. Each one will have the added attraction of being based around a convivial lunch-break.
The sessions will be capped at twelve participants. Bookings should be made directly with Yvonne Cullen on email@example.com and on 086 1701418.
Starting Saturday 26th November.
The creative writing course inspired by the culture and fabric of Dublin city and by your Dublin stories. Comprises five Saturdays (26 November, 3 December, 10 December, 7 January & 14 January) from 10 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. Tuition, discussion and readings of Dublin-inspired writing, visits to inspiring Dublin cultural locations, and convivial lunch at Café Joly at the National Library of Ireland accompanied with further creative writing guidance. You will also be given additional challenges to take away each week during this inspiring, fun and surprisingly intensive course. Also on offer for groups (by arrangement) are 'Write in the City' one-day events.
Sessions will be capped at twelve participants. To book, contact Yvonne Cullen at email@example.com or 086 1701418.
Workshop by Sara CantóThis workshop is designed for students with an intermediate/high level of Spanish and who wish to improve their writing skills to express themselves in the various literary genres.
It will kick off with a melting pot of ideas on a blank page, blog, letter, diary or postcard: emerging plots, concepts and unfinished ideas. A combination of poem analysis, stories and extracts from novels will encourage literary text creation.
Learn more words to enhance your ideas, play with grammar and express yourself more accurately and progress with these creative challenges at home during this four week course.
Learn in an inspiring, fun and relaxed atmosphere!
The Stinging Fly is now accepting applications for the fourth year of its innovative novel-writing workshop.
Led by novelist and short story writer, Sean O'Reilly, 'New Way To Fly' is the perfect solution for those who are in the early stages of writing a novel and who feel they will benefit from a relationship with a group of others engaged in the same process.
Under Sean's expert direction, the group will meet once a week in a workshop setting over a six-month period. The ultimate aim is for each participant to complete a strong first draft of his/her novel.
Alongside the workshops, there will be a series of specialist talks by guest speakers on several Saturdays over the period. Previous guest speakers have included Chris Binchy, Evelyn Conlon, Mia Gallagher, Michael Harding, Dermot Healy, Christine Dwyer Hickey, Declan Hughes, Emer Martin, Paul Murray, Nuala Ní Chonchúir, Mark O'Halloran, Kevin Power, Ed O'Loughlin and Peter Sheridan.
Participants will be selected on the basis of work submitted. We will take applications up to August 3rd 2012, though early entry is encouraged as places on the workshop will be offered on a rolling basis.
The details:Workshop Starts: Monday, September 24th (introductory session)
Times: Twenty weekly workshops on Monday evenings from 6.30pm – 9.30pm at the Irish Writers' Centre, Parnell Street, Dublin 1. Plus Saturday dates to be agreed.
Cost of workshop: €1500 (A €200 deposit will be payable once a place on the workshop has been offered and accepted. The balance is to be paid in two instalments in September 2012 and in January 2013. Where necessary a monthly payment plan can be agreed.)
Beginning To Write (10 weeks)WEDNESDAYS, starting September 26th 2012, 7pm-9pm, €240THURSDAYS, starting September 27th 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm, €240FRIDAYS, starting September 28th 2012, 10.30am-12.30pm, €240
Introduction to Poetry Writing (6 weeks)MONDAYS, starting September 24th 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm, €150
Write The Play (Playwriting for Beginners) (6 weeks)MONDAYS, starting September 24th 2012, 7pm-9pm, €150
Beginning To Write Fiction (6 weeks)TUESDAYS, starting September 25th 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm, €150
Beginning To Write Children's Fiction (6 weeks)WEDNESDAYS, starting September 26th 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm, €150
Novel In Progress (10 weeks)MONDAYS, starting September 24th 2012, 6.30pm-8.30pm, €250
Intermediate Creative WritingTUESDAYS, starting September 25th 2012, 7pm-9pm, €200 (8 weeks)FRIDAYS, starting September 28th 2012, 10.30am-12.30pm, €150 (6 weeks)
Intermediate Poetry Writing (8 weeks)SATURDAYS, starting September 29th 2012, 2pm-4pm, €200
For full details on all courses go to www.bigsmokewritingfactory.com
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Medical warning:
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Your antibiotic can affect your heart's rhythm. Other drugs can have the same effect.
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What you should do about this interaction:
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Inter-Agency Consultative Group for SIDS
- Date submitted: 27 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: United Nations & Other IGOs
- Name: Inter-Agency Consultative Group for SIDS
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Full SubmissionSIDS IACG input to the Rio+20 compilation text Background This submission represents the consolidated input of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Inter-Agency Consultative Group (IACG) . It is prepared based on the guidance provided to member States and other stakeholders in the ��Co-chairs�� guidance note �V inputs for compilation document��. The general content of the present document addresses the following main questions: - Continuing need to provide substantive support for addressing the special case of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) within the context of sustainable development. - How international support to SIDS can be enhanced, as repeatedly called for by SIDS and endorsed by the wider international community. - What areas of additional collective efforts can be suggested for the post Rio+20 period, as a follow-up to the Barbados and Mauritius Conferences and with particular emphasis on preparations for a possible "Barbados+20" in 2014 In order to address these questions, IACG members formulated a number of recommendations, which focus on: (a) continuing support for addressing the special case of SIDS within the wider context of sustainable development; (b) One UN approach for SIDS; (c) regional and inter-regional coordination; (d) role of the IACG; and (e) institutional framework for sustainable development. Continuing support for addressing the special case of SIDS Building on the 1992 UNCED, BPOA, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, MSI and the outcome of the MSI+5 High-Level Review, consideration should also be given for the special case for SIDS within the Rio+20 process, with a view to ensuring that the special characteristics and circumstances of SIDS which lead to their vulnerabilities are properly addressed in the Rio+20 outcome and its follow up. Continuous post-Rio+20 international and coordinated support to help promote implementation in SIDS should be so tailored to address their specific vulnerabilities. One UN approach for SIDS The challenges facing SIDS requires a coherent, focused approach from all entities of the UN system. Ongoing efforts to deliver a system wide approach merit recognition and support. By harnessing processes such as the national capacity self-assessment, common country assessment and the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, SIDS and the UN system have opportunities to work in close partnership. Enhanced collaboration within the UN system, and also involving relevant non-United Nations regional organizations, enables SIDS to benefit fully from the capabilities of the United Nations system and ensures the system can better tailor its services to the particular needs and priorities of SIDS. Specific actions in this regard include: - To recommend the Regional United Nations Development Group Teams to assess how the UN system can support, at the regional level, the UN Country Teams in SIDS in implementing the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy. - To make explicit reference to the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy in the UN Development Assistant Frameworks (UNDAF) prepared for SIDS, making clear and concrete indication on how the UN system intends to support their implementation. - The United Nations Development Assistance Framework process provides an example of a good practice which helps the United Nations system to deliver a coherent and coordinated development programme. Positive examples of ��One United Nations�� approaches at the country level in Small Island developing States include those of Cape Verde, the Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles. This approach should be replicated in more SIDS with a view to strengthening the results-oriented nature of the UN system interventions in SIDS. - To encourage high-level collaboration between the UN agencies, programmes and funds that have presence at the country level, to harmonize their delivering and administrative models (particularly in relation to financing programmatic work), in order to increase the effectiveness of the UNDAF. - To establish a dedicated and clearly identified focal point within every United Nations entity and relevant inter-governmental organizations (IGOs) dealing with issues of concern or thematic issues of relevance to SIDS is vital for the effective delivery of that support to such States. - The efficiency and effectiveness of international support to and cooperation with SIDS could be improved by adopting more targeted interdisciplinary implementation modalities, specifically targeting SIDS priorities. In this regard, a good example is given by the ��Intersectoral Platform on UNESCO��s Contribution to the Mauritius Strategy��, which pools expertise from various sectors within the organization to address issues of relevance to SIDS, such as Climate Change, Oceans, and others. At the wider multilateral level, this approach could take the form of an increased focus on interagency priority action for SIDS under the ��One UN�� implementation mechanism. Regional and interregional coordination Coordination and coherence of support provided to SIDS by United Nations entities needs to be strengthened, at the global and regional levels. Efforts in this regard might include the following: - Existing structures and arrangements at the SIDS regional level for the coordination and implementation of specific initiatives should be further optimized to strengthen United Nations Regional SIDS. - In the case of the geographically diverse AIMS region (covering the Atlantic, Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea) it has proven challenging to provide adequate coordination, given that they belong to different UN regional commissions or UNDP Regional Bureaux. The United Nations organizations represented in this region need to explore ways and means of setting-up a coordinated support mechanism for these SIDS. - Interregional SIDS-SIDS cooperation, technology transfer and knowledge exchange �V through mechanisms such as SIDSnet �V should be strengthened in order to effectively promote partnerships; share knowledge and expertise, including best practices, lessons learned and case studies; accumulate SIDS-specific data and information, and facilitate networking. The establishment of the SIDS DOCK programme focused on energy efficiency, conservation and the development of renewable energy in SIDS merits recognition in relation to Rio+20-related priorities as an example of a SIDS-initiated programme to address one of the most pressing sustainable development challenges facing this group of developing countries. - A strategic institution-wide approach that ensures that issues related to the priorities of SIDS are integrated within the overall context of the global work programmes of United Nations organizations should be developed. Thereafter, regional and local offices may help to tailor specific projects and programmes based on the individual needs of their constituent countries. Role of the IACG At the global level, the Inter-agency Consultative Group considers it has been reasonably effective, despite its informal status, in working-level coordination of issues of concern to SIDS. It views the Rio+20 preparatory process and the Conference itself as an opportunity to gauge the satisfaction of the wider international community and SIDS in particular, to its work. Specific recommendations to ensure enhanced support to SIDS by and through the IACG might include the following: - Strengthening and expanding the role of the IACG, reviewing its modus operandi, and considering its possible contribution to United Nations system-wide coordination mechanisms. - The IACG, in the same way it has supported the preparatory process for Mauritius + 5 and Rio + 20, should continue to help support the SIDS in post-Rio+20 intergovernmental, capacity-building and analytical processes and activities - Members of the IACG should continue to undertake work to address the special vulnerabilities of SIDS and explore ways to help build their resilience in a coordinated and comprehensive manner, with a view to enabling a stronger case to be made in favour of SIDS within the various climate change, economic and trade forums. Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development Specific recommendations to ensure continued and enhanced monitoring and follow-up of the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation post Rio+20 include the following: - Whatever institutional framework for sustainable development may be adopted following the conclusion of UNCSD, its responsibilities should include the monitoring and follow-up of the Barbados Programme of Action and the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation, currently entrusted to the Commission on Sustainable Development.


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A phobia is an ongoing and unreasonable fear of a certain object, animal, activity, or situation that poses little to no actual danger.
Specific phobias are a type of anxiety disorder in which a person may feel extremely anxious or has a panic attack when exposed to the object of fear. Specific phobias are a common mental disorder.
Common phobias include the fear of:
- Blood, injections, and other medical procedures
- Certain animals (for instance, dogs or snakes)
- Enclosed spaces
- Flying
- High places
- Insects or spiders
- Lightning
Being exposed to the feared object, or even thinking about being exposed to it causes an anxiety reaction.
- This fear or anxiety is much stronger than the real threat.
- You may sweat excessively, have problems controlling your muscles or actions, or have a fast heart rate.
You avoid situations in which you may come into contact with the feared object or animal. For example, avoiding driving through tunnels, if tunnels are your phobia. This type of avoidance can interfere with your job and social life.
Exams and Tests
The health care provider will ask about your history of phobia, and will get a description of the behavior from you, your family, and friends.
The goal of treatment is to help you function effectively. The success of the treatment usually depends on how severe your phobia is.
Systematic desensitization is a technique used to treat phobias. You are asked to relax, then imagine the parts of the phobia, working from the least fearful to the most fearful. Gradual exposure to the real-life situation has also been used with success to help people overcome their fears.
Anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications are sometimes used to help relieve the symptoms.
Behavioral treatment is often used together with drug therapy. This can include:
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy, including learning to recognize and replace panic-causing thoughts
- Exposure
- Pleasant mental imagery
- Relaxation techniques
Behavioral treatment appears to have long-lasting benefits.
Other treatments that can reduce the number of attacks include:
- Getting regular exercise
- Getting enough sleep
- Reducing or avoiding the use of caffeine, some over-the-counter cold medications, and other stimulants
Phobia clinics and group therapy are available in some areas to help people deal with common phobias, such as a fear of flying.
Outlook (Prognosis)
Phobias tend to be chronic, but they can respond to treatment.
Possible Complications
Some phobias may have consequences that affect job performance or social functioning. Some anti-anxiety medications used to treat phobias may cause physical dependence.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call for an appointment with your health care provider or a mental health professional if a simple phobia is interfering with life activities.
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 5th ed. Arlington, Va: American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013.
Hamm AO. Specific phobias. Psychiatr Clin N Am.
Taylor CT, Pollack MH, LeBeau RT, Simon NM. Anxiety disorders: Panic, social anxiety, and generalized anxiety. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, et al., eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Mosby; 2008:chap 32.
Update Date 3/10/2014
Updated by: Timothy Rogge, MD, Medical Director, Family Medical Psychiatry Center, Kirkland, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Isla Ogilvie, PhD, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team.


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ZF-5777: Missing details for the url view helper
The description of the url helper for the Zend_Veiw is missing a critical example of the parameters it can get. Instead of just: // from view url function signature: $this->url(array $urlOptions = array(), $name = null, $reset = false, $encode = true);
I would expect something on the lines: // from controller url function signature 1: $this->_helper->url($action, $controller = null, $module = null, array $params = null);
// from controller url function signature 2: $this->_helper->url->url($urlOptions = array(), $name = null, $reset = false, $encode = true);
// from view url function signature: $this->url(array $urlOptions = array(), $name = null, $reset = false, $encode = true); //WHERE $urlOptions Has the following indexes saved for specific use: 'module'=>'module name' 'action'=>'action name' 'controler'=>'controler name' And then the rest of the parameters will be regarded as 'key'='value' in the query string. For exampe: $urlOptions = array('module'=>'M','controler'=>'C','action'=>'A','K1'=>'V1','K2'=>'V2') will translate, using router rewrite into domain/M/C/A/K1/V1/K2/V2 and in a [not sure about the router name] simple router to: domain?module=M&controler=C&action=A&K1=V1&K2=V2
You're confusing two different helpers in the above examples -- the url() view helper and the Url action helper. They have different functionality, and their documentation shows as much.
The URL action helper behaves differently from the url view helper. When called as a method (your second example), it proxies to the class's "simple()" method, which has the same signature as you showed ("url($action, $controller = null, $module = null, array $params = null)"). You can also fetch the helper and call methods directly on it ($this->_helper->url->...); when doing so, you have access to both the "url()" and "simple()" methods.
The url() view helper has one signature, and one signature only:
string url(array $params, $name = null, $reset = false, $encode = true)
The reason the params are not detailed is because they will vary based on the route used. The examples clearly show usage with the default route, which includes parameters for module, controller, and action.