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Our Favorite Sustainable Home Furnishings at the 2013 Las Vegas Market!
BY: Charley Cameron
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- The Las Vegas MarketThe Las Vegas Market is one of many mammoth shows that take place each year around the country, showing home furnishings of all conceivable varieties. Shortly after their inception in 2006, the Las Vegas Market started a program they titled "One Good World," which highlights companies who work in sustainable ways. Through partnership with the Sustainable Furnishing Council, who check out the green credentials of all One Good World applicants, the Market is able to bring attention to companies — many of them younger and smaller than industry behemoths — who are working to bring eco-furnishings to the fore.1
- The Phillips Collection at the Las Vegas MarketThe Phillips Collection is a North Carolina-based family-run company who makes impressive use of salvaged materials and sustainably-sourced wood. Their one-of-a-kind pieces make features of imperfections and elegant use of surprising materials, suchas a not-quite-jade buddha head formed from crushed recycled glass, chairs made from seatbelts, a bench crafted from wooden wheels and screens made from oil drum rings.2
- The Phillips Collection at the Las Vegas MarketThe Phillips Collection's Origins Series includes these dramatic teak consoles. The company sources the teak from Thailand, where stumps and root systems of long ago illegally logged trees often need to be cleared to regrow the land. Pulled from depths of as much as 15 feet, the Phillips family purchases these root systems (paying local workers at a price that reflects the design furniture industry, not the lot clearing one), and crafts them into thoroughly unique, deeply textured conversation pieces.3
- Four Hands at the Las Vegas Market4
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- Palecek at the Las Vegas MarketPalecek features a wide range of furniture and accent pieces made from salvaged and recycled materials, including these highly unusual accent tables crafted with petrified wood sourced from riverbeds and cleared from farmland in the Philippines. Among their other unusual material choices include the use of dried leaves for a table top and coconut for this lamp base.8
- Adesso at the Las Vegas MarketAdesso feature a wide range of sleek, modern LED lamps, including these incredibly cute, strange and slightly retro Alien lamps. With two directional lamps on bendy arms and a base of cartoonish feet, they provide pretty cool desk and table lightingfor kids and adults alike.9
- Pangaea Collection at the Las Vegas MarketAmong the Pangaea Collections items at the Las Vegas Market were their own take on recycled oil drum furniture. This table proudly shows its origins in a way that allows for a prominent statement within any room, while other items in the collection are more discreet about their origins. Soft hued mirrors and tables also utilize the drums, while rusted and carefully cut and textured lids form illuminated wall art.10
- Legare at Las Vegas MarketLegare's no-tools flat pack furniture is practical, elegant, and when made from bamboo boasts some eco-friendly creds. The Moso bamboo is finished in a non-toxic kiln process, in which the kilns themselves are fired with the waste material from bambooplywood construction. The sizable modular collection can form bookcases, smoothly curved home office arrangements, media centers and more—without the frustration or the wasted time and materials of many other home assembly furniture items.11
- Greenington at the Las Vegas MarketGreenington's elegant furniture collection is crafted almost entirely from bamboo, into sleek, modern pieces which highlight the grain of the material. Made from sustainably harvested mature Moso Bamboo, even the pieces that are most delicate in appearance are sturdier than wooden counterparts.12
- Copper Instincts at Las Vegas MarketCopper Instinct's large, sturdy and rustic furniture pieces are crafted entirely from recycled copper and salvaged wood. Made in Mexico, the wood is largely sourced from deconstructed buildings, while the copper is melted down and repurposed as hammered table tops with a deep texture that makes proud and attractive use of the variations and imperfections of the old metal.13
- Europe 2 You at the Las Vegas MarketEurope 2 You's collection of reclaimed, repurposed and recycled home accents includes plate covers made from antique bottles, and lamps shades crafted from repurposed glass that mimic the form of their antique counterparts. Their collection also include lamps with bases of recycled glass and shades made from old grain sacks.14
- Selamat at the Las Vegas MarketSan Francisco-based Selamat came into the world of salvaged furniture design when the company's original owner, Vera Brown, was tasked by a supplier in Indonesia to make use of the factory's post-industrial waste in her line of small home accent pieces. The new owners have continued that tradition, while also making use of other sustainable materials such as rattan.15
- Bio-Blaze at the Las Vegas MarketBio-Blaze is European first who make contemporary home fireplaces entirely fueled with bio-ethanol, thus removing the presence of toxins and soot for the cozy experience of sitting by a warm, glowing fire.16


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Before getting details of Lambda expressions let us quickly take a look into how we work with delegates and a named method since the days of .NET 1.1.Let us consider the following code sample
//Delegate declaration
public delegate void Test(string s);
class Program { static void Main(string[] args) {
//Instantiate the delegate Test t = new Test(Print);
//Invoke the delegate t("Hello World");
Console.Read(); } public static void Print(string s) { Console.WriteLine(s); } }
This is how we work delegates and named methods.In C# 2.0 we got the feature of anonymous methods.Using anonymous methods we can directly assign a code block while instantiating a delegate as shown below:
t = delegate(string s) { Console.WriteLine(s); };
This is nothing great but a syntactical sugar coat.If you examine the IL code you will find that compiler has emitted code of another method as shown below:
.method private hidebysig static void '<Main>b__0'(string s) cil managed { .custom instance void [mscorlib]System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute::.ctor() = ( 01 00 00 00 ) // Code size 9 (0x9) .maxstack 8 IL_0000: nop IL_0001: ldarg.0 IL_0002: call void [mscorlib]System.Console::WriteLine(string) IL_0007: nop IL_0008: ret } // end of method Program::'<Main>b__0'
In the IL code of the Main method we can see the following instruction which basically loads the pointer to <Main>b__0 into stack and instantiates the delegate.
IL_0022: ldftn void LambdaExpression.Program::'<Main>b__0'(string)
In C# 3.0 we have a new feature , Lambda expressions which are anonymous functions with expressions and statements and can be used to instantiate the delegates as shown below:
t = (x) => { Console.WriteLine(x); };
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The above code block shows an implicitly typed Lambda expression.But Lambda expressions can be explicitly typed as well:
t = (string x) => { Console.WriteLine(x); };
If you check the IL code for the C# code block above you will find another compiler generated method as in case of anonymous method.Now the obvious question that comes into our mind is what is the difference between anonymous methods and lambda expression?Is it just mere difference in syntax?
The key differences between the two are (from C# 3.0 language spec):
The critical difference between the two from compiler design/implementation perspective is explained beautifully by Eric Lippert in his post:
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He stunned everyone by making a name for himself at the NBA Combine two years ago. Then, he won Rookie of the Year honors hands down. Later, he appeared in an Adidas commercial with Karl Malone and Chris Webber -- to name a few, stealing the show as he teased the legends for not winning a ring.
Damian Lillard worked his way up the professional ladder from such humbling beginnings with Weber State men's basketball. And now he will forever be remembered in Portland Trail Blazers annals for hitting a game-winning three-point shot as time expired on Friday, May 3 as he gave his Blazers a series victory at the 2014 NBA Playoffs Western Conference first-round.
He will also be remembered for winning Portland's first playoff series since 2000 -- and for grabbing the mic like he was the emcee, yelling "Rip City!" at the tops of his lungs, loud enough for the entire Pacific Northwest to hear -- and the screaming 20,000-plus fans at the Rose Quarter.
It has been a long time since the city of Portland has been able to celebrate anything playoff-related. Now they get their chance after Lillard lit up his hometown arena with 25 points -- and the most-clutch playoff three point shot seen in the NBA since John Stockton lifted the Utah Jazz to the NBA Finals.
Lillard knew how important his shot was -- but warned in his post-game press conference that there is plenty more to come than just that game and series-winning three point shot. He played the most minutes of any Blazer player (43) and shot a sizzling 60 percent from behind the arc on Friday.
"That's definitely the biggest shot of my life -- so far," Lillard said of his Stockton-esque bomb and dagger felt in the hearts of D12, Linsanity and all the rest of the Rockets.
Portland's series win meant it also snapped the longest playoff losing streak in the West. But, it doesn't get any easier for Lillard or for the Blazers, because the winner of San Antonio and Dallas awaits Portland in round two.
The good news is the Blazers will get a bit more rest than the Spurs or Mavs -- who are currently deadlocked at three games apiece with a critical Game 7 coming up later this week.
Meanwhile, Lillard gets to take off his Adidas for a day or two and bask in the biggest shot to come his way in his basketball playing career -- before he gets back to work preparing for his next challenge as he tries to win that championship ring that eluded the Adidas commercial cast mates he mocked.
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- Weber State basketball: Damian Lillard stars in new adidas ad with Karl Malone
- Portland Trailblazers: Team of destiny
- Portland Trail Blazers win again, LaMarcus Aldridge looks like All-Star
- Weber State product Damian Lillard ends first NBA action on a high note
- Weber State basketball: Guard Davion Berry impresses at pre-draft Portsmouth


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Joao Silva Takes First Step on Artificial Legs
New York Times photographer Joao Silva is shown taking his first steps Monday on artificial legs in this video, which was posted today on The New York Times Lens blog. Silva lost both legs after stepping on a mine last October in Afghanistan. "The therapist fitted my legs and asked me if I'd like to walk," Lens quotes Silva. "So off I went. Must have walked up and down that ramp 20 times. Couldn't get enough of it."
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Are pot dispensaries around the county a potential hot spot for crime?
Opponents of such facilities in San Diego may believe a little more so following Friday's deadly shooting at a North Park dispensary.
According to a report from The Union-Tribune, an armed security guard was wounded and a robber was killed inside the business following a holdup just after noon in the 3800 block of Ray Street close to North Park Way. Police reported that the shop did not have a city permit, meaning it was operating illegally at the time.
Authorities say the other of the two robbery suspects, a black male in his 20's, approximately 6' tall and wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, fled the shop. As of Friday afternoon, his whereabouts was unknown.
Security guard in stable condition
Meantime, the wounded security guard was reported to be in stable condition following surgery to repair several wounds suffered in the gun battle.
According to at least one witness outside the shop, the second suspect jumped into a white sedan and left the scene.
Pot dispensaries around San Diego
In an interesting twist to the timing of this shooting, Thursday (April 24) was the first day that individuals wanting to open and run marijuana dispensaries in San Diego were allowed to apply for a necessary conditional use permit.
Without the conditional use permits (good for five years), any shops currently open would be considered illegal.
According to the city's ordinance, such shops must not be located within 1,000 feet of public parks, churches, child care centers, playgrounds, residential care facilities, schools and other dispensaries. They also are forbidden from being within 100 feet of residential zones.
Given Friday's events in North Park, do you expect there to be more violence in and around pot dispensaries in San Diego?


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Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Tomorrow is the 4th of July. Normally, I'd be packing to go to London to visit my peeps there. Then I'd go on to Paris for Bastille Day. But my summer travel got pushed up to June this year. I didn't have time to blog about the trip as it was happening because I spent so much time online dealing with my Topshop issues. I wrote about the Paris leg last week. Now I'm finally going to give a shout-out to the gorgeous London bloggers who fought torrential rains, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee crowds, and Jubilee-party hangovers to meet me at an obscure East London location for our annual Pimm's fest on June 5.
That was the last day of the Jubilee-related bank holiday marking Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne. In the morning, the queen and her family attended a special service at St. Paul's Cathedral. When MrB and I left our hotel after lunch, the crowds had thinned out, but there were still some folks hoping to catch a glimpse of Liz. I stopped to take a picture of two ladies dolled up in Union Jacks.
We walked on slowly because I wanted to keep my eye out for other patriotic fashion statements. That's the only reason we were in the right place when a car with a fancy emblem approached. Everyone around us said, "It's her!" And, sure enough, Her Majesty herself drove by, close enough for us to see her smiling and waving. I got so excited I wasn't sure I could manage to get my phone out of my pocket. For a split second I thought, "I could fumble around and take a crappy picture and miss the moment or I could feast my eyes upon Liz." I decided to feast my eyes. No regrets! I got a really good look at her. It was my second good look at her, actually. I'd seen her up close and personal in 2007. I was equally thrilled this time, especially because she looked so happy and the sighting was serendipitous.
Thanks to the queen, I was in a great mood even before I hit the Pimm's with the blogging crowd.
Per tradition, Sharon of My Style – Fashion, Vintage and Me ... tried on my jewelry.
Some people draw the short straw, but Sharon drew the big chip.
Here's the whole crowd. As you can see, only a few of us remembered to do the special blogger face-touching pose. I blame drunkenness for my failure to perform. (I swear, this has never happened to me before!)
From left to right: Kate of Make Do Style, Laura of Sighs and Whispers, Liz of Vintage-a-Peel, me, Sharon, Margaret of Penny Dreadful Vintage and Kristabel of I Want You to Know. (Thom Wong of Sunday Best stopped by to say hi, but missed the photo op.)
A trip to London wouldn't be complete without seeing these ladies — those I've known for years and the newcomers. I'm glad everyone managed to come out on such a nasty day. You can read more about our gathering at:
And if you're a London fashion blogger, I hope to see you next summer!
I also met up with some new Twitter friends: "rock 'n' roll cobbler" Terry de Havilland and his gorgeous, jewelry-loving wife Liz.
Liz and I tweeted each other a lot during my Topshop ring-ripoff experience. When I went to visit their groovy studio, I found out why Liz was so interested in my situation.
Terry's been designing what British Vogue called "disco-worthy" shoes since 1960, so when he brought out two snakeskin shoes from different pairs, I thought he was showing me one of his vintage designs and his later take on the same, era-defying style. Nope! He was showing me one of his shoes and a Miu Miu copy.
I've been a long-time fan of Terry's work — you can't love vintage Ossie Clark clothes and not love de Havilland shoes, with their similar sexy, rock-star vibe (a pair of de Havilland shoes made the cover of Playboy). Let me put it this way: Kate Moss has worn both labels. Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Cher, '60s songbird Marianne Faithfull, Naomi Campbell, actress Sienna Miller, the late Amy Winehouse and current "It" girl Cheryl Cole have also been de Havilland customers. I've also known a couple of avid collectors of vintage Terry shoes. However, I missed the BBC documentary series, Trouble at the Top, that featured Terry in 2003, when he was trying to get some recognition from Miu Miu. "They [Miu Miu] probably thought I was dead" so no one would complain, Terry told me cheerfully. With no knowledge of the history of these shoes, I honestly thought that both designs were Terry's even as I held them in my hands. I'd say that's the definition of copying, as opposed to inspiration or interpretation. You can see the documentary in four parts on YouTube. Here's Part 1.
You can see the other three parts here.
I didn't know it but my 6.5 foot is sample size, so I went wild trying on the samples in the studio. I was impressed by how comfortable they were, even the towering wedges and mules. Terry said Liz would never allow him to make an uncomfortable shoe. (Liz was all like, "You bet your ass.") Also, having made drag-queen shoes, Terry's tried on heels himself and understands what women go through. I was also impressed by the surprise elements in the shoe designs because I'm passionate about incorporating surprise elements into my jewelry designs. For instance, Terry had shoes that glow under black light, which made me want to go to a club for the first time in a long time.
There were mules with charms on the heels and a boot with a nude woman on its heel.
Because I'm an award-winning swearer, I nearly lost my mind when Terry showed me the sole of his own boot.
The shoes Terry made for Kate Moss's wedding gift said "Fuck you" on one shoe's sole and "Fuck me" on the other. Love it! It was encouraging to see that, like me, Terry doesn't hold back when designing. I told him and Liz that I often got unsolicited advice from people with no manufacturing experience; they think that if I dumbed down my jewelry, my prices would become competitive with Forever 21 or Walmart (wrong, but at least those conversations helped inspire my IDGAF necklace). Terry said, "My life changed when I decided I wasn't going to make shoes for a ticket; I'd make what I want and see what it costs." My hero!
Terry and Liz have a store in the pipeline. In the meantime, you can find the shoes at Matches and Terry's website. Terry's and Liz's website, I should say, because Liz is a big part of the business. I had a great time chatting with her, especially about Terry's decadent days of Champagne, caviar and cocaine in the 1970s. I enjoy hearing similar stories from my friend Al Radley, the owner of the Ossie Clark brand, whom I visited right after seeing the de Havillands. (Al was a straight arrow but he got to see everyone else carrying on.) I was late to Al's because it was so hard to tear myself away from the de Havillands. I swear, I would have bought one of every shoe style, except they were all samples and not for sale. But there was a pair of very narrow, limited-edition shoes from a 2004 event. I have a very narrow foot. I felt like Cinderella when Terry and Liz gave me those shoes. And I can hardly wait to show them to you … but I will wait. Mwah ha ha ha. Come back tomorrow for the post with my de Havilland shoes. You'll understand when you see them.
12 Responses to "London Bloggers, the Queen and the Rock 'n' Roll Cobbler"
Those Union Jack wome scare me but they certainly now how to upstaged 'rad' Usher!
Get with the hand to face pose!
And OMG re the shoes – I love the line 'they probably thought I was dead'
Next year we need to return west or even do south London.
OMG What a fun trip. Those shooooes. All the shoes, but especially those heels with the lady on them. Uhhnnff. Those are so cool. They remind me of ships that had the mermaid lashed onto the front.
Bookmarked the video to watch as I'm currently on the Hubby's laptop commenting.
Can't wait to see your new shoes!
very cool Wendy
thanks for sharing
Yes! Like a mermaid on the front of a ship is what I thought too! Love Terry and his work….amazing!
Your trip sounds like a blast! Thank you for introducing me to de Havilland shoes. I can't wait to see the shoes you bought.
Amazing shoes…and I'm going to strike a blogger pose in my next photo op!
this post just blew my mind!
It also makes me want to visit London, I've only been once and it was only for one full day between traveling to other countries.
The whole Havilland shoe situation is incredible. When does the line really go from inspiration to knockoff. I'm not sure I could work in a line of business where this could happen. But I guess in spite of it all you always have to keep on. I think I remember reading something about Marc Jacobs and Robert Duffy always thinking a few steps ahead of where they currently were so as to not get upset like when Justin Bieber totally rips off their perfume bottles.
Hi my dear!! Wow, what a fabulous post and it sounds like your trip to the De Havillands was totally amazing, lucky you!! I adore trying on your rings every visit and cannot wait for my new addition. haha, poor Margarets face in the 'chip' photo, she tried to put on a brave face but I ceratinly out-chipped her!!
Amazing, amazing, amazing shoes!
And I love Liz's military jacket.


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Maybe it was sleeping on bare rock that was only flimsily covered by crumpled sheets that did it. Regardless, Tysyacha had a nightmare, one that caused her body to break out in sweat. Or was that the night heat, customary for all seasons upon Tatooine?
She was standing before a Jedi, a Twi-lek, with a saber as silver-white as her own.
"Come with me," she said softly, her eyes kind. "Or, please, let me kill you before my Master does. She's severe, and the methods she uses to persuade her prisoners are even more severe. I can't pretend I don't see the power in you, because I do. You and the man Master loved are the two most powerful reported Jedi in the galaxy. However, neither one of you will last before the Indoctrination, or the Judgment Seat. I will make your exit painless if you'll kneel down and bow your head, lovely Exile."
Instead of shaking her head, fleeing, or even poising to attack, Tysyacha asked, "Who is your Master? What does she want?" A brief pause. "To vanquish the True Sith?"
The Twi'lek's laughter, like the tinkling of silver bells, made Tysyacha shiver inside. "My darling! Don't you know who the True Sith
They are all of us, every one, because we have all done wrong and made harmful and dark errors in our judgment. I am no Jedi, Lady Dvukh. I am one of the True Sith, but I have been forgiven. As will you be, if you turn to the Light. My Master is waiting. Submit. I don't want to have to kill you, but she will if she finds out you are still hostile to her plans by the time we've finished speaking. Let the Light of the Galaxy find you, cleanse you. Let it fill you."
"Light has no place for murder, for domination, for torture and interrogation," Tysyacha said. "Let me turn you to the Light, and perhaps we can stop your Master before it's too late." She reached out a hand, sensing no intentions of harm on the Twi'lek's part.
"Ah, Ty-sya-cha..." Her name said slowly, like a caress. "She is unstoppable. With her Battle Meditation, she can conquer the world, and the galaxy. Don't walk this path. In her eyes, and in mine, you are still a Sith, though you can turn back and be saved."
"Take me to see her," came the terrifying words, "and if I die by her hand, I die."
Tysyacha convulsed with fear, knocking her head against a rock and not even caring.
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Following up the 17 April manga release schedule with the series Gramedia is supposed to truck in to stores and news stands 18 April 2007. They are all Elex Media releases; I still have to check on the m&c! sked.
Per norm, I'm focusing on the shôjo manga, especially those I'm following. For the complete list of graphic novels available, check this thread.
Alice Academy vol. 5
After mothballing the volumes after the release of the fourth last August, Elex Media reinstates 樋口 橘 Higuchi Tachibana-sensei's Alice Academy in tankoubon format this April. The story picks up after Hotaru meets her oniisan in chapter 22 (chapter 23 already appeared in Hanalala 6/2006, Tobita Yuu cover). If you want to know who will grace the cover of the fifth volume, it's prolly going to be Narumi-sensei AKA
Fruity sensei (as Momotato-san calls him). Here he is in the original 学園アリス Gakuen Alice 5. (Other Japanese release covers can be found in Higuchi-sensei's backlist.)
If you're up to speed on the Alice Academy manga (Story 29 in Hanalala 12/2007), you might prefer get this instead.
I Hate You But I Love You vol. 10 of 10
Can I squee? Kyaaa! ^^ The conclusion to 藤原 よしこ Fujiwara Yoshiko-sensei's KISS, Zekkou, KISS ~Bokura no baai~ titled I Hate You But I Love You for the Indonesian market is also due for an 18 April release (expect the review in the coming week(s)). Reading this shôjo series has been a splendiferous journey and I'm a li'l dejected that it's ending *sniff* To mitigate the loss, I wanted to place a request to Gramedia to publish Fujiwara-sensei's 恋なんかはじまらない Koi nanka hajimaranai AKA KoiHaji (which I believe is still being serialized in Shogakukan's monthly Cheese! magazine) or the standalone 37 do kiss but for some strange reason, the EMO forum is not letting me register, grrr. Anyhoo, I'll be haunting the nearest Gramedia branch for this last installment, koinu eyes at the ready ^^
Chuang Yi English manga upcoming
~nik who reiterates that you can check for the rest of the Gramedia availables here.


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That's a bummer, it would've been interesting to see.
New stories are good too though.
Armored Trooper Votoms (52/52)
Now that I finished the series I have one question. Who was the monster? Either MC could be a monster at times.
If ignorance is bliss; why aren't more people happy?
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Now that I finished the series I have one question. Who was the monster? Either MC could be a monster at times.
Johan Liebert...
Seriously though the title in Japanese, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, implies that it's the male character. (I've only seen one episode of the series) Kaibutsu means monster and kun is a suffix that typically is used when addressing males of equal or lower social standing. Although I have seen it used towards females, almost exclusively in the case when a boss is addressing a subordinate though.
I've Got Friends on the Other Side
Just finished watching this anime and I am obsessed I can't get enough...I am now reading the manga to find out what happens xD
schew-chan is a normie
I hope there a Season 2
Thought that there was news about a second season when I saw this discussion. I've been betrayed once again.
Clannaaadddd ; Dango Dango Dango Dango, Dango, Daikazoku! ✌.ʕʘヮʘʔ.✌ | Mukurowl
I just picked up this series and have been really enjoying it. It feels like a fresh take on the standard anime rom-com. Haru and Shizuku are so perfect together. The way they both say what's on their minds is awesome.
The tomatoes are coming! Arm the dicer! Prepare the olive oil!
Licensed by NIS America.
ZOMG! It's about time it got licensed. I loved the show enough to start buying the manga, and I haven't bought manga in years prior to this. And thankfully NIS America has done away with the giant sized boxes they used to have and are using the more reasonable sized ones like they did with Genshiken and Eccentric Family.
Kinda funny how people first found out about this cause of the Right Stuf catalog before there was even any official announcement.
Maki is my queen
I just pre-ordered it off the NISA website -- so happy :D
I have purchased all the manga that is out, and pre-ordered up to volume 11. Even if the series never gets a second season at least I will own the finished story via the manga, along with the great anime season they gave us.


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HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (November 11, 2013) - The official weigh-in and final press conference was held today in Paradise Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, for "Knockout Night at Hard Rock Live," presented by MO Productions, taking place on Tuesday, November 12, 2013. Doors open at 6 p.m. ET with the first bout scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL.
Main Event - Junior Middleweights (10)
Michael Oliveira (21-1, 16 KOs), Miami, FL by way of Brazil 159 ½ lbs.
Norberto Gonzalez (19-2, 13 KOs), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 156 ½ lbs.
Co-Feature - Junior Middleweights (8)
Yuri Foreman (31-2, 8 KOs, Brooklyn, NY by way of Belarus and Israel 153 ¾ lbs.
Javier Gomez (14-11, 10 KOs), Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico 156 lbs.
Light Heavyweights (10)
Yunieski Gonzalez (12-0, 8 KOs), Miami, FL by way of Cuba 177 lbs.
Jinner Guerrero (7-1, 6 KOs), Sucumbio, Ecuador 175 ½ lbs.
Lightweights (6)
Valentino Knowles (1-0), Miami, FL by way of The Bahamas 135 ½ lbs.
Ruben Ozuma (1-0), Wachula, FL 138 ½ lbs.
Featherweights (6)
Hairon Socarras (7-0, 5 KOs), Miami, FL by way of Cuba 123 ½ lbs.
Jhon Alberto Molina (32-26-3, 20 KOs), Miami, FL by way of Colombia 123 ½ lbs.
Super Middleweights (4)
Vilier Quinoz (5-0, 3 KOs), Miami, FL by way of Cuba 171 ½ lbs.
Marcus Brooks (7-15-1, 3 KOs), Colombia, SC by way of Puerto Rico 172 ¾ lbs.
Heavyweights (4)
Robert Alfonso (2-0), Miami, FL by way of Cuba 244 ½ lbs.
Jamal Woods (3-8-1, 3 KOs), Forest City, AK 251 lbs.
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PULLMAN, Wash. – The University of Idaho men's golf team finished fifth at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate at Palouse Ridge Golf Club.
Aaron Cockerill tied for 10th and Gordon Webb tied for 15th in the Vandals season-opening event. Cockerill, with rounds of 76-74-73, was at seven-over 223, while Webb was at 11-over 227 after rounds of 78-73-76. Also for the Vandals, Dylan Baker tied for 29th at 230 with Alex Pounds in a tie for 50th at 236, Mark Giorgi tied for 56th at 241 and Scott Riley tied for 62nd at 242. Zach Wanderscheid did not play all three rounds.
Host Washington State won the tournament with an 11-over 875. Arizona was second at 23-over 887 followed by San Jose State at 890. Idaho's 908 tied them for fifth with Gonzaga in the 11-team field.


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A new solar cell under development from IBM boasts an efficiency of 9.6 percent, which is 40 percent higher than previous incarnations.
IBM touts the new thin-film photovoltaic solar cell as a "world record" for its type.
The thin-film photovoltaic technology (see image) is comprised of copper, tin, zinc, sulfur and/or selenium, according to IBM. Because these elements are earth-abundant, this type of solar cell could see wide production.
Other commercial thin-film solar cells have achieved 11 percent efficiency or more, but those incorporated costly compounds such as copper indium gallium selenide or cadmium telluride.
IBM chose to pursue a cell that used cheaper materials. The higher efficiency relates to the quality of the absorber layers achieved in the reported devices, said David Mitzi, Manager, Photovoltaic Science and Technology, IBM Research.
"One potential impact on the film quality relates to the solvent we are using," Mitzi said. "Hydrazine is able to stabilize metal chalcogenide anions in solution."
Because hydrazine is weakly coordinating and decomposes readily into nitrogen, hydrogen and ammonia, there are no impurities (e.g., oxygen, carbon or chlorine) left in the film that can impede the performance of the device, he said.
So far, the new thin-film solar has not been demonstrated in live situations, said Mitzi, team leader of the IBM Research group that developed the cell.
"This is a very young project, at less than nine months, and is still at a very early stage of development."
IBM says it does not intend to manufacture the solar cells, but will instead license the technology.


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Beginning Saturday, February 1st and going through Sunday, February 16th, the general public and all dog aficionados are invited to Share the Love with Two Bostons. Share the Love is a "People 'N Pets" Food Drive.
This all-inclusive pet drive is scheduled to take place in all three Two Bostons Store locations:
1. The Downtown Naperville Store is located at 103 West Jefferson Street (phone 630.357.7621)
2. The Naperville Springbrook Mall Store is located at 2523 West 75th Street (phone: 630.305.0150)
3. The Downtown Geneva Store is located at 309 West State Street (phone: 630.262.0345)
Two Bostons engage in fantastic fundraising events such as this one to behoove the public and outside organizations as much as they do it for you and for themselves. They truly want to make a difference in the lives of people and pets everywhere!
With this current event (conducted annually), all one needs to do is bring in non-perishable food items for people to any (or all) of their three locations during the drive dates. Two Bostons will then match the poundage in pet food and donate it all to Loaves and Fishes. Last year, they donated greater than 8,000 pounds of food. Their goal is to donate even more this year!
Each year Andy and AdreAnne select a new recipient of the donations. In 2013, the Hesed House was the lucky one.
Two Bostons believes in this cause so much that once again they are advertising the particulars on Facebook. They believe that social media is truly the name of the game and they are winners for utilizing all of the popular sites. It keeps them in touch with people from all walks of life. They simply want to improve the lives of people and pets in their little niche of the world!
The Two Bostons team is growing and with it their determination to do the world lots of good. They claim that their customers and supporters are the biggest reason why their mission is so successful. They want you to know that it is an ongoing privilege to serve the public and all of the public's furry companions!
So stop into any one of their three locations between February 1st and 16th and Share the Love! People and pets in need at Loaves and Fishes will be grateful to receive the contribution directly from Two Bostons and from you, the general public. It feels really good to help others, stop in and find out what Andy and AdreAnne Tesene and their great team already know. It's that time of year again. What are you going to do about it?


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Bomb attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq on Tuesday killed six people, including an army colonel and three schoolboys, security officials said, a day after a spate of violence left 17 dead.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, iraq
Grandstand's Peter Walsh and Tim Nielsen wrap up Sydney Sixers' 64-run victory over the Strikers in the Big Bash League match at Adelaide Oval.
Strikers captain Michael Klinger told Grandstand's Anthony Tucker poor batting let his side down in the 64-run loss to Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League match at Adelaide Oval.
Sydney Sixers' spinner Stephen O'Keefe told Grandstand's Anthony Tucker it was an all-round performance that set up the 64-run win over the Strikers in the Big Bash League match at Adelaide Oval.
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The British government has announced it will go ahead with a new high-speed train from London to Birmingham.
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Sydney Sixers' Nathan McCullum told Grandstand's Anthony Tucker his side used their bowling attack wisely in the 64-run win over the Strikers in the Big Bash League match at Adelaide Oval.
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A solid bowling performance helped Sydney Sixers keep their finals hopes afloat via a 64-run win over the Strikers in the Big Bash League.
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A 22-year-old Perth man, involved in a fatal accident, has been granted an extraordinary driver's licence so he can keep his job.
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Teams of volunteers are working to clean up tonnes of oil leaking from a damaged cargo ship at Christmas Island.
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Qualifier Adrian Mannarino overpowered fifth seed Kevin Anderson with unexpected ease at the Auckland ATP tournament, eliminating the South African 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round.
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North Korea has announced an amnesty for prisoners next month, but has given no further details.
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Casey Dellacqua was handed an unwelcomed reality check from top seed Yanina Wickmayer in the second round of the Hobart International.
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Two rare penguins have been found on beaches in Denmark on the South Coast of Western Australia.
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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, battling months of protests against his rule, says he will hit "terrorists with an iron fist" and calls for general elections.
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Melbourne star Billy Slater is confident he will be ready for an NRL round one start after recovering from a smashed collarbone.
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Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt departed the Sydney International, losing in three sets to Serbian Viktor Troicki.
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An International Criminal Court deadline looms for the new regime in Libya to announce how it plans to deal with prized captive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
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A category one cyclone has formed off Western Australia and is heading towards the Pilbara coast.
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Professor Steven Freeland has spoken about the legal situation of three Australian activists.
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Summernats organisers are reconsidering a lifetime ban placed on a driver after last weekend's event.
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ACTION buses failed to collect up to $5 million in revenue last financial year due to faulty ticketing.
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The Australian and Indian camps have traded barbs as tensions escalate in the build-up to the third Test in Perth.
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Pakistan's deadliest terror attack in months has killed 35 people and injured 69 others in the Taliban-affected north-west.
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On the morning of April 1st, WWE held a press conference at the Hard Rock Cafe in Times Square. Being that New York is where WrestleMania began, this was the perfect place to discuss the most popular event in sports entertainment. The press conference featured WWE Superstars and Divas with match-ups this Sunday.
Kicking off the conference was WWE Chief Brand Officer, Stephanie McMahon. She spoke about great matches throughout the 30 years of WrestleMania and how WrestleMania will be held in front of a capacity crowd as well as being available on Pay-Per-View and on the WWE Network. McMahon closed sharing stories expressing the impact WWE programs like the anti-bullying program Be a STAR and The WrestleMania Reading Challenge has had on the youth.
Up next was WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan. He spoke on being a part of the first WrestleMania here in New York and about unforgettable WrestleMania moments like when he slammed Andre the Giant. Hogan closed with the infamous ''Whatcha Gonna Do'' preparing everyone for Hulkamania.
Triple H takes the stage next as Paul "Triple H" Levesque. He discusses wearing multiple hats in the WWE as a WWE Superstar and as Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events & Creative. Levesque states that no matter how many hats he wears, he is a fan first and foremost. He then talks about how NXT is where new dreams are formed and mentions some of the talent from NXT that's living their dream being a part of WrestleMania. He closed as ''Triple H'' speaking on how himself and Daniel Bryan shares the same dream but "only The Game is forever."
Daniel Bryan follows Triple H also talking about dreams. Bryan states that his dream has always been to headline WrestleMania, and now he has that chance to main event if he can beat Triple H. Bryan says he's not here because of The Authority but that he's here because of the people. He stresses how the fans in New Orleans will have so much more power than anyone in the back. Bryan closes saying that at WrestleMania they can make his dream come true together and exited the stage doing he's YES Movement YES chants.
Batista opened by stating he wasn't going to read from a script and said the person who wrote it should be fired unless it was written by Stephanie. He proved that to be true by doing a one-man skit where he pretended to be fans and mocked himself with "Boo-tista" and "Skinny Jeans" references. Batista then stated how he wanted to do some things outside WWE, but his heart is always with WWE. Batista closed speaking on how it sucked the match is now a Triple Threat, but that this is the last time people will see him as a non-WWE Champion.
Randy Orton came out with both title belts over his shoulders. Orton spoke briefly about how he will be retaining his title this Sunday. You can tell by the fact that he's holding two of the biggest prizes in the WWE, that he's in an actions speak louder than words mindset.
John Cena takes the stage next to tell a story about being with Hulk Hogan this morning when man went up to Hogan and told him he was at WrestleMania 3 when Hogan body-slammed Andre The Giant. Cena expresses how enthusiaic the fan was years later, and said that's what WrestleMania is all about: just being able to say, "I was there." Cena then closes in the style of Hogan by saying, "Where are you gonna be, Brother, when you say: I was there?"
The press conference then ends with a photo op. of everyone who spoke as well as some Superstars and Divas who were backstage.
Some of this Sunday's anticipated matches are John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt, Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan, Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar and The Triple Threat WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match featuring Randy Orton, Batista and the winner of Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan.
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August 24, 2007 With their mix of convenience, portability and ease of use, mini music players like the iPod are rapidly taking over from CD collections as many users' primary music repositories – and as more consumers start connecting their iPods into their home stereo systems, remote-controlled audio docking stations like Bexy's iMirror start to make a lot of sense. Just dock the iPod, pick up the iMirror remote control and you've got the full ability to manage your iPod remotely as it plays through your home stereo. Read More
June 4, 2007 The convenience of using MP3 players as a single portable sound library whether at home, in the car or walking the dog, has become second nature to many of us, but the more recent trend towards video enabled devices is yet to attain quite the same level of acceptance. One new product aiming to fully exploit this video capability is the iVoice Direct Radiating iPod sound system which offers direct access to video output from iPod via connection to an external display device. The iVoice unit also enables simultaneous charging of the iPod whilst in operation and its USB interface means that full functionality such as access to iTunes is retained when the iPod is in the dock.Read More
April 11, 2007 For those people who just never get over their love for their iPod, here's a keyboard dock combo that will keep your personal icon on centre stage. The ivory white US$130 Razer ProType keyboard is the first keyboard with an integrated iPod dock, enabling easy synchronization and charging of the iPod without the hassle of additional wiring.Read More
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Bush Administration To Negotiate on Kids' Health; Will Dems?
The Bush administration is making more gestures toward negotiation on the State Children's Health Insurance Program. But before Democrats give any ground, they're going to try next week to override Bush's recent veto of a bill that would expand SCHIP by $35 billion over five years.
"It's not in anyone's interest to have this unresolved," HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt (pictured) told the WSJ over the weekend, reports the WSJ blog Washington Wire. "Children need coverage, states need certainty." The Washington Wire post continues:
Leavitt said President Bush wants to negotiate with Democrats in Congress but he "wants to get the policy right." The administration said the legislation Congress passed — and which Bush vetoed last week — would put the federal government on the hook for funding coverage for children at higher income levels. "We need to focus the program on its intent" of covering children at the lower end of the income scale, he said.
The House plans to try to override Bush's veto on Oct. 18, but Democrats appear to be roughly 14 votes shy of the 288 needed to succeed. "We'll play through the veto-override vote. I think [the veto] will be sustained," Leavitt says. "And then we'll go from there."
Democrats don't appear to be in a compromising mood. "First they said we'd never come to a bipartisan compromise. When we did, they said we'd never get it passed, and we did overwhelmingly," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) told Fox News. "So we take it one step at a time. And right now, we have the next 10 days to two weeks to try to peel off about 14 votes in the House."


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The Division first started out as a game that would be coming to the PS4 and Xbox One only, but fans made enough noise and a strong case for the game to also hit PCs that Ubisoft ended up deciding to bring the title to that platform.
Recently, Massive Entertainment's managing director David Polfeldt discussed the impact the E3 reveal had on the entire team at Massive, as well as the decision to bring The Division to PCs.
"We didn't know how good the game was or if some of our choices were right, and when we were allowed to announce it at E3, we finally got confirmation that some things worked, and some things worked a lot better than we imagined.
"Some things nobody noticed, apparently, they were not as important as we thought, but the feedback was tremendously important. I think that the team really really needed a huge vitamin injection of external feedback because we had come to the end of what we could make up on our own.
"The context provided us with a lot of interesting feedback, and definitely, right now is a phase when we can react to feedback and can listen to what people say.
"I think the PC announcement we made was a great example where we thought 'we have no time for PC, it's not important enough, let's try not to do it,' but everywhere we went, people were saying, 'great game, but you have to do PC.'
"We realized they are right, we have to. So we built that into our dev plans, it's not going to make it any easier, but for sure, it's a good reaction from the fans and I hope we'll have more as we move forward," Polfeldt said.
The right type of feedback is valuable for any profession, and surely Massive Entertainment developers have been washing themselves in as much as they can find lately. From all accounts though, consumers seem very, very excited about what The Division has showed off so far.
Something that hasn't been addressed for The Division is the effect bringing the game to PCs will end up costing the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game? As we have heard whispers of a delay being imminent, one could easily infer that a delay is a result of the PC version, if it does end up happening that is.
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Liberal Lady Skins won their third straight match against rival Southwestern Heights in Kismet on Tuesday.
Liberal was slow to get going but once they did it was all Lady Red. The first set was knotted mid way through at 13 before Liberal got things rolling. The Lady Skins out scored Southwestern Heights 12-6 in the final 18 points of set to win the first 25-19. Senior Jai Chapman and freshman Jada Mickens led the team with 6 kills each.
The second set was a more one sided affair in favor of Liberal. After jumping out to an early 11-7 lead, Liberal breezed through the rest of the set wining 25-14. Chapman again led the Lady Skins at the net with 4 kills, this time joined by junior Megan Besecker who also had 4 kills. Liberal used their serve to their advantage in the set win. The Skins recorded 10 aces as a team including 3 by Chapman and 3 by senior Katie Garcia.
The third set was much like the second as Liberal jumped out to the lead and finished strong once again. Liberal lead by as many as 13 late before a Chapman kill finished things off 25-14.
Chapman led Liberal with 14 kills while Besecker added 11. Mickens also cracked double digits with 10 kills and led the Lady Skins with a .714 hitting percentage in her first varsity match. Garcia dished out 28 assists.
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College Hockey:Minnesota Stays On Top In USCHO.com/CSTV Poll
Michigan State Climbs To No. 5 After Sweep Of Then-No. 2 Miami
MINNEAPOLIS — A weekend sweep of Denver firmed up Minnesota's hold on the top spot in Monday's USCHO.com/CSTV Networks Division I men's poll.
The Gophers earned 37 of 40 first-place votes to stay at No. 1 for the third straight week. Minnesota was followed by Wisconsin, which took three of four points from Michigan Tech to move up to No. 2.
Miami, which lost a pair of road games to Michigan State, dropped a notch to third, followed by Boston University, which split last weekend with New Hampshire.
The Spartans, meanwhile, rocketed up to fifth, a five-place improvement over last week.
Colorado College climbed three spots to No. 6 after sweeping Alaska-Anchorage. The Tigers were trailed by Cornell, which beat Dartmouth before losing to Harvard, and then No. 8 Maine, which rose three places after sweeping Boston College Friday and Saturday.
The Black Bears leapfrogged the Eagles in the wake of those results, as BC fell five spots to ninth.
Rounding out the top 10 was Nebraska-Omaha, which took three points in its series with now-No. 11 Michigan. The Wolverines dropped three places since last week's poll.
Denver fell five positions to No. 12, followed by North Dakota, New Hampshire and then No. 15 Harvard.
Vermont was ranked No. 16 this week, with Providence at No. 17 and poll returnee St. Lawrence at No. 18. Finishing out the top 20 were St. Cloud State, which dropped five spots after losing a pair of overtime decisions to Minnesota State, and then No. 20 Colgate.
Dropping out since last Monday was Lake Superior in the wake of a home-and-home sweep by Northern Michigan.
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Part of The Revealer's series on the John Jay report, "The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010."
by Jack Downey
Last month, a team of researchers from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, led by Dr. Karen Terry, published a 150-page report entitled The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010 . The report is the second installment of research into the scandal that has crushed the American Church for the past two decades as reports of abuse and its administrative cover-up came to light, the high-water mark being the 2003 prison murder of convicted abuser priest John Geoghan. Causes and Context is the culmination of five years of research initiated by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) National Review Board, to the tune of $1.8 million, approximately half of which was funded by the USCCB itself. Its preceding document, The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States, was meant to be a descriptive analysis of the phenomenon – cataloguing the 10,667 individual reports of sexual abuse by clergy from 1950 through early 2003 – with Causes and Context providing more analytical reflection. However, the study's immediate legacy has been marred by allegations—and threats–from critics of all stripes that the research itself was crippled in some way by ethical bias, aggravating the already tectonic divisions within American Catholicism on the subject.
Almost since the very beginning the debate on this phenomenon has been polarized, not in terms of whether sexual abuse is fundamentally vile, but rather on two courses of action to address it: identify and punish the "bad apple" priests, or the structural challenges within the church that fostered an environment of abuse and cover-up. Many, particularly outside the church, have been asking: what is the problem behind "the problem?" To just about everyone's chagrin, Causes and Context provides no easy answers, and, frankly, not that much unanticipated novel insight. Anyone who was hoping for actionable answers and a prescription for reform will likely not find much comfort in this report, which states:
No single "cause" of sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests is identified as a result of our research. Social and cultural changes in the 1960s and 1970s manifested in increased levels of deviant behavior in the general society and also among priests of the Catholic Church in the United States. Organizational, psychological, and situational factors contributed to the vulnerability of individual priests in this period of normative change… The priests who engaged in abuse of minors were not found, on the basis of their developmental histories or their psychological characteristics, to be statistically distinguishable from other priests who did not have allegations of sexual abuse against minors.
However, to John Jay's credit, Causes and Context does attempt to put to rest much of the polemical speculation that has consumed the conversation thus far. Kathleen McChesney, former executive director of the USCCB's Office for Child and Youth Protection, has provided a very helpful synopsis of the study's findings over at America. For anyone who doesn't have the time or inclination to slog through the entire report, here are the abridged hits:
1) Not all abusive priests are pedophiles, according to the criteria established by the researchers' clinical standards. There is dispute over what qualifies as "prepubescent." In the report, the cutoff is the 11th birthday, a difficult distinction to accept. Yet, dispute over the definition of "prepubescent" isn't particularly fruitful, not because the definition is unimportant but rather because it operates as a generalization and misses the mark on the individual level…sexual child abuse is immoral, as is sexual abuse.
2) It's not possible to accurately predict if a priest or seminarian will become an abuser.
3) No, celibacy isn't the problem.
4) No, homosexuality isn't the problem either. Newsflash.
5) A lack of ongoing spiritual formation among seminarians and priests, and its systematic induction, played a major role in the incidence of abuse, but also, when addressed, its decline.
6) Yes, Church leaders at various levels failed to respond appropriately or effectively.
7) "Societal conditions" contributed to the rise of abuse cases in the 1960s and '70s. However, as McChesney notes: "This finding may be dangerously misinterpreted by some as a
'cause' of the abuse. While the sexual activities of clergy members with consenting adults during this time may reflect a sexually liberated society, at no time was the sexual abuse of minors legal, moral or justified. As adult followers of the Catholic faith, these offenders knew, or should have known, that their behaviors violated and injured the young."
These conclusions seem so self-intuitive–in most arenas other than Catholicland–that it's hard to fathom they cost nearly $2 million. Of the points, it's numbers 3, 4, and 7 that have been traditional hot-buttons and have proven most contentious. Somewhat predictably, the study itself seems to have provided fodder for already-established hypotheses about the Church: it's a culture of secrecy, institutional permissiveness, power, clerical entitlement, presumptive theoretical authority and strategic obstruction by the "lavender mafia." Certainly the report has failed to settle any debate or to even quiet speculations that it ploddingly concludes are unfounded.
Those who believed homosexuality, Vatican II, American secularism, and/or institutionalized celibacy to be the root of the matter still by-and-large hold fast to their positions. This conventionally "conservative" camp tends to find an influx of gay priests during the '60s and '70s (either in base numbers or in concentration, as hetero clergy fled the priesthood en masse) to be the root of the problem, concomitant with a general rise in sexual permissiveness, debauchery, and moral relativism. Others, who would scoff at the "blame Woodstock" rationale, locate accountability staunchly with the incompetence of American bishops and the unnatural and psychologically disorienting chastity vows that sexually repressed men take as they are conditioned to view themselves as ontologically superior to the rest of us.
Both factions allege the John Jay study to have been corrupted by special interests–primarily, it seems, because its scientific conclusions do not correspond sufficiently to their own experience. The study has been applauded as an unprecedented self-initiated investigation of grand scope, and it has been condemned for presumed bias on this account. Causes and Context has been allegedly compromised in favor of both authoritarian hegemony and–by Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, among others–of liberal intellectual bias.
Donohue rapidly composed a 24-page assault on the study's credibility, questioning its ethics and science. Donohue alternately defends the John Jay team against critics of "blame Woodstock" (the report does show a massive spike in reported incidents of abuse during those decades), and accuses Karen Terry and her team of corrupt philosophical presuppositions. Essentially, his argument is that the project was critically wounded from the get-go by The Academy's… gayness:
Despite many strengths, what seriously mars the report is its ideological reluctance to deal forthrightly with the role of homosexuality. We live in a time when the rights of homosexuals are ascendant, and talk of a negative nature is not only greeted with suspicion, it is silenced. This is especially true in higher education. …
Let it be said at the outset that it is not my position that homosexuality causes predatory behavior. Indeed, this argument is absurd. As I have said many times, while it is true that most gay priests are not molesters, most of the molesters have been gay. Nothing in the report changes my mind, and indeed there is much in it that fortifies my position.
Certainly, in the priesthood, homosexuals have been overrepresented among abusers. Unfortunately, there are indications that the authors of the report are skittish about being identified with this position, despite their own data.
There is too much evidence to plausibly conclude that there is no relationship between the overrepresentation of active homosexuals in the priesthood, and their overrepresentation in the sexual abuse scandal.
It seems implausible to think that these priests were unaware that what they were doing was sinful. Their cognitive dissonance found relief, it seems plain to conclude, not by changing their behavior, but by holding to the conviction that homosexuality was not sinful.
Donohue's condemnation of homosexuality is based on a (too) simple and unconvincing logical progression of fact: he reasons that because the majority of minors abused were boys (although largely above John Jay's 11-year-old pedophilia watermark), the majority of abusers were, therefore, gay (although Donohue is at pains to emphasize that he is claiming correlation, not causation). His is a rather peculiar perspective on identity formation. It suits Donohue to ignore questions of power dynamics and stilted or inadequate "human formation" in favor of the conclusion that because the majority of abused children were male, homosexuality is the primary culprit. Donohue's implication is that the remedy is therefore relatively plain. And not unlike finding the cause of abuse among prison inmates as an inevitable result of too many incarcerated gay folks.
The conversation (if it can be called a conversation) about whether the Roman Catholic Church's ills were caused by the hippies, discos, homosexuality, or vowed celibacy (the argument about the bishops' mismanagement of things mostly differs in terms of degree) bypasses a more vague, less satisfying, but nevertheless important conversation about the modern priesthood. Nobody really argues that it was Woodstock's fault. Rather, if they follow this path, they might conclude that the clergy was unable to manage itself within the context of a culture newly freed from institutionalized repression. If one is fixated on ascribing fault, the fault then lies in the clergy's inability to adapt and respond to the cultural upheaval of the time. Causes and Context isolates ongoing clerical formation as tragically insufficient during elevated periods of abuse. We are left to ask if some of the men who became priests in the American Catholic Church were not, shall we say, the most well-adjusted people in the universe. Very recently, Nicholas Cafardi has aptly summarized the salient lessons of Causes and Context:
John Jay found that the epidemic of child sexual abuse that engulfed the church in the 1960s and '70s was primarily the result of ill-trained and psychologically unsuited priests who found themselves spiritually at sea in the rapidly changing sexual and social mores of those years and who turned to defenseless children as an outlet for their confused sexual yearnings.
Priests have difficult lives and, contrary to the muscular leadership image that is portrayed in vocation pamphlets, many of them are poorly socialized individuals who go on to live isolated, lonely, dysfunctional lives. Many of them aren't necessarily guys you'd want to be stuck in a foxhole with; some of them you wouldn't want to be stuck anywhere with. While the rest of us are plenty dysfunctional, the rest of us are not told we are the vicars of Christ on earth. Anyone – male, female, or otherwise – who has given serious thought to a clerical vocation, particularly one that imposes chastity vows, has recognized that this path can be psychologically treacherous.
So no – obligatory chastity among priests does not turn otherwise normal priests into abusers, at least there is no scientific evidence that it does. Neither does homosexuality. Rather than holding up a user-friendly bogeyman – like gayness, "Woodstock," or celibacy – the Causes and Context study points to the more nebulous specter of "lack of ongoing formation." The John Jay research team may well feel some smug vindication at the fact that, indeed, they've settled little. And, in a sense, that's not John Jay's problem. As social scientists, their job is not to make policy, but to provide information we may critically assess and proactively use in the future. A prerequisite for this, however, is that we at least give them the benefit of the doubt and allow their findings to weigh on our own expectations. Otherwise, the whole thing was kind of pointless.
Jack Downey is an activist and doctoral candidate in Theology at Fordham University. His dissertation investigates modern asceticism and the Catholic Worker movement. Previous writing has appeared in Tricycle Magazine: The Buddhist Review.
This article is part of The Revealer's series on the John Jay report, "The Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the United States, 1950-2010." Read additional commentary by Frances Kissling, Elizabeth Castelli, Amanda Marcotte, Scott Korb, Mary Valle and others here.


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- April 05, 2013
A TOWN in America's deep south that still believes blacks and whites should not mix is about to be dragged into the 21st Century.
A group of students at Wilcox County High in Georgia are fighting to organise the first racially-integrated prom in their school's history - 50 years after the Civil Rights Act came into being.
Stephanie Sinnot, Keela Bloodworth, Mareshia Rucker and Quanesha Wallace have been friends since childhood and claim to be inseparable.
So it makes sense that they would want to go to the prom together.
But they can't because Ms Sinnot and Ms Bloodworth are white and Ms Rucker and Ms Wallace are black and their school has held separate proms for white and non-white students for as long as it has existed.
"We're embarrassed, it's embarrassing," Ms Sinnot told news website WSAV. "We are all friends (and) that's just kind of not right that we can't go to prom together."
Incredibly, the school is not breaking any civil rights laws with its outrageous practice because it does not sponsor the segregated prom dances - or any prom dance, for that matter.
Instead, parents and students are responsible for organizing and funding the private events.
Ms Bloodworth told WSAV that authorities would "probably have the police come out there and escort them off the premises" should anyone attempt to breach the race divide.
That was the outcome last year when a biracial student tried to attend the whites-only prom.
The friends are determined that this year will be different. They are part of a group of students trying to organise an "Integrated Prom", an idea which has ruffled local feathers.
"I put up posters for the "Integrated Prom" and we've had people ripping them down at the school," Ms Bloodworth said.
Beyond the school walls, townsfolk claim separate proms for whites and non-whites is a "tradition we don't need to change".
"They think nothing's broken so don't fix it," Ms Bloodworth said.
There will still be separate proms for blacks and whites this year. Neither is financed by or allowed to take place at Wilcox County High School.
The students said that when they pushed for one prom, the school offered a resolution to permit an integrated prom that would allow all students to attend but not stop segregated proms.
The group also has a Facebook page named "Integrated Prom" - which had registered almost 7,500 likes as of this morning - to raise funds for the event.
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harvey Danger of here Posted at 2:59 PM April 05, 2013
Yeah... out come the 'self haters'. Come on fellas, show us how self righteous you are.
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brett smith of NSW Posted at 2:55 PM April 05, 2013
No where in America is more progressive than anywhere in Australia lets get that fixed right there! this is why racism is still so "touchy" in most of the USA and still exists in most of the USA
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Umer Paranji Posted at 2:50 PM April 05, 2013
@Dan I agree there is a racist undercurrent in Aus but I do believe that far majority of Australians aren't racist. The issue is that most Australians are too scared when they witness racism to do anything about it. Usually because the person spurting racism is a nutjob lunatic. Also, you won't find sanctioned segregation like this in Aus.
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Mmmm Posted at 2:46 PM April 05, 2013
Not surprising because a black President was only accepted in the not too distant past in that country. It was a historic moment for the country then. But then, how much of Australias mainstream media is multiracial?
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White boy of Melbourne Posted at 2:38 PM April 05, 2013
Since when could white people dance?
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Mitch Posted at 2:36 PM April 05, 2013
And everyone is thoroughly confused when it turns out the reason for segregated proms is that no one wants to mix with the white trash...
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Justin of Brisbane Posted at 2:29 PM April 05, 2013
Love all the hate on Americans. How about we worry about our own racial problems? How quickly we forget the singing French girl being abused on our bus or the parent with a child being threatened on another bus before smashing the window or even just recently with an Asian man on a bus. Maybe we need to remind ourselves of the intolerance of aboriginals in some communities. Perhaps we should examine the fact that nearly half of us freely admit to being racist (http://treatyrepublic.net/content/largest-ever-racism-study-finds-australians-are-racist). Hate on Americans all you want, but I lived and worked in the South for many years and they were far more tolerant than we are here.
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Mel Posted at 2:27 PM April 05, 2013
It's probably because the blacks are better dancers and they don't want to be shown up ... that said, I encourage these young people to move the hell out of that backward hick town as soon as they can and live happy productive lives as equals.
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Dave Hannaford of Australia Posted at 2:24 PM April 05, 2013
Keela???,...Mareshia ??? ...Quanesha??? I think racial issues are the least of their concerns!
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MJ Posted at 2:21 PM April 05, 2013
Half the people commenting here who are shocked by this are probably against same sex marriage. In 50 years our society will be similarly outraged at how gay people in Australia were treated in 2013. And to those who will say 'race is not the same as sexuality' - the idea is the same. It is still discriminating against people and excluding them from things based on personal characteristics that they were born with and over which they have no control. There is no difference.
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Ray of Bris Posted at 2:20 PM April 05, 2013
To some of the commenters on this article: So what makes you any better if you discriminate against Americans, Chinese, Russians, Africans or any other nation? Discrimination is discrimination, no matter the flavour.
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bushy of brisbaneland Posted at 2:19 PM April 05, 2013
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T of Brisbane Posted at 2:13 PM April 05, 2013
Please don't condemn all American's for the actions of one tiny, back water town in the deep south.
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Sheridan of the hill Posted at 2:10 PM April 05, 2013
A WTF moment at the headline!! and here was I believing that Apartheid was dead.. Apparently though (to the embarrassment of the human race) it rears it's ugly head by dividing teens up into chess pieces so they can't dance together..
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Mets Boy Posted at 2:07 PM April 05, 2013
Don't blame America as a whole. Places like New York, New England, Chicago and Illinois are more progressive than Australia will ever be and make Sydney/Melbourne look like a small bible-belt town. Blame the former Confederate States such as Georgia. The North would have been much better off letting them go during the Civil War.
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Graeme of SA Posted at 2:05 PM April 05, 2013
Ignoring the stupidity of the whole thing, if the white and non-white proms are allowed to happen because they are privately funded, then no one can stop the kids funding a mixed prom. Re no law being broken don't the Yanks have anti-descimination laws?
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Guest Posted at 2:02 PM April 05, 2013
And Americans on TV criticise the rest of the world
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Mick of Sydney Posted at 2:01 PM April 05, 2013
In 50 years time people are going to be just as shocked at homophobia as they are at racism. One day we'll all get along.
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B_Outrage Posted at 1:55 PM April 05, 2013
You are witnessing the death of America....
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Dan Posted at 1:55 PM April 05, 2013
Oh silly Josh and Addy. You must have forgotten about our old White Australia Policy, or perhaps you just don't like remembering it. Oh, and what about that ever-present sense of underlying racial tension that permeates much of Australian society but no one ever likes to admit to? Ah, right. Racism is a purely American concept. Sorry, I forgot. Gee, we certainly have some tall poppies here.
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Nequam Posted at 1:51 PM April 05, 2013
We're hypocrites if we think we're any better than that - What about the Indigenous All Stars NRL games? It's the exact same type of racial exclusion. The argument that it's celebrating their heritage and contribution to the game is just a poor excuse for racism.
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matt Posted at 1:48 PM April 05, 2013
Oh my god what a joke and also thought to be a gee up but its true and TOTALLY AGREE WITH JOSH but we are not to far behind the way our government is running the country.
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SuziC Posted at 1:45 PM April 05, 2013
what the ?????????? i just assumed that thi s dosent happen anymore, STOP THIS RIGHT NOW......... lets bring everyone together, after all underneath all of our skins around the world we bleed the same, we are the same, come on peep were moving forward now lets stop this for once an dfor all, so what happens if your mixed race??
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Bruce of Pilbara Posted at 1:43 PM April 05, 2013
I wouldnt think North Koreans would be allowed either hahah what a joke in this day, wake up people.
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'Murica of 1776 Freedom Road Posted at 1:38 PM April 05, 2013
America. Some beautiful countryside, filled with some really weird/stupid people. Most good and well intentioned mind you.
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Addy ads of Melb Posted at 1:00 PM April 05, 2013
Americans and the rest of the world shouldn't mix...
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josh_aussie of Beijing Posted at 12:51 PM April 05, 2013
america... god bless it... then burn it
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B.Fisher Posted at 12:46 PM April 05, 2013
I am dumbstruck.......I thought this was a joke. Racial segregation in this day and age????!! I understand there is still that mindset in lots of areas in America but did not think that this was being followed through with actions such as this. Good on the girls .....this needs to come out into the open to shame this sad town into changing.
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