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Sunday, May 01, 2005
It recently came to my attention that there are more than 800 churches in the city of Cleveland, and if you were to consider the whole of Cuyahoga County that number increases to more than 1,200. Last week while driving along Kinsman Ave. from 55th St. to 154th St. I counted 45 churches along that one avenue. Not only is there a church on almost every corner, but also on some blocks there are four churches sitting right next door to one another or facing one another across the street.
The same fact would be true in other parts of the city. If you were to drive along Cedar from Stokes Blvd. down to 71st St. you would pass 10 churches. If you traveled 105th St. from Superior to St. Clair you would pass another 12 churches. If you drove along Lee Road between Bartlett and the 480 overpass you would pass another 12 churches. If there is one thing that Cleveland has a lot of it is churches.
Let's assume Cleveland is not unique in this area; let's assume in cities and towns all across America there are a great many churches of all denominations and all styles of worship and all types of architecture. The question I want to raise with you today is, How we can have so many churches, and so much sin and suffering at the same time? How can we have so many churches and still have so much crime, so much drug abuse, so much alcoholism and so much violence? You would think that with 800 churches throughout the city the conditions in Cleveland might be a lot better than they are, but that does not seem to be the case.
The church is supposed to be the city that sits on a hill whose light cannot be hidden. The church is supposed to be the salt in the earth that brings seasoning and preservation to the whole community. The church is supposed to be the wellspring of hope and help and healing in a sinful world, but that does not seem to be the case.
On the surface of things it would seem that we have enough churches and enough Christians to get the job done. There are only 6 police precincts in the entire city of Cleveland, but there are over 800 churches. There are only 21 political ward clubs in this city, but there are over 800 churches. There are now fewer than 100 schools in Cleveland, but there are over 800 churches. If you were to add up all of the members who attend all of the churches in Cleveland it would seem that we have more than enough people to get our message out, and make our presence felt and transform this entire city. But despite having over 800 churches, our influence is limited, our effect on civic life is minimal and our ability to prevent social problems is negligible.
I have only one thing to say about this situation; the church needs some power. We do not need new music or new pews or new instruments nearly as much as we need new power. We do not need new buildings as much as we need some spiritual life in the buildings we already have. We have choirs and preachers, but they have no power beyond the walls where they operate. We have auxiliaries and activities, but we cannot or we will not alter the circumstances in the lives of people who are sitting just outside the doors of most of our churches.


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Thomas Yeseta was called to serve his country in February 1943. Tom spent the war in the 80th Infantry Division of General Patton's famed 3rd Army, which "advanced further in less time than any other army in history." Yet his account is down-to-earth, poignant, and movingly personal. Like so many other young boys fighting in World War II, he learned and remembered much, and now his written memories can offer future generations the same gift.
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The Sisters are committed, through a simple, communal lifestyle of service, to create ever-widening circles of communion by revering creation and embracing all people, especially the marginalised.
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Muriel Bowser's strong victory last night over Vincent Gray in the District's Democratic primary for Mayor creates tremendous uncertainty in the 18 year effort toward school reform in the nation's capital. The editors of the Washington Post put it this way:
"Under the consistent leadership of the first school chancellor of the mayoral-control era, Michelle Rhee, and her successor, Kaya Henderson, along with Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith, the city has made unprecedented progress in improving educational options for all children. Both Ms. Bowser and Mr. Catania say they want to accelerate that progress, which is commendable. Voters will want to know how they propose to do so without the kind of disruptions that, in the past, have so often set back school reform."
But disruptions are almost certain to come. Miss Bowser failed to commit during her campaign to keeping Kaya Henderson on as DCPS Chancellor, a highly visible lack of support for someone fighting day and night in the trenches to provide a quality educational seat for all. The Councilwoman has also said she wants to force charter schools to have a neighborhood preference for admission, a proposal a panel of experts soundly rejected.
The well-respected Deputy Mayor for Education Abigail Smith has work in progress in many areas. I had the opportunity to catch up with her at the recent FOCUS Gala, and as I was speaking to her everyone in the vicinity kept telling me what a great job she was doing and how much they like her. She may be the second casualty of a new Administration.
There is the promise by Mr. Gray to turn over vacant DCPS buildings to charters, a process that was going full steam ahead until the election season started. Finally, we have the Adequacy Study which for the first time documented illegal funding for the traditional schools outside of the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula to which charters have been denied access. Mayor Gray is to introduce a new budget tomorrow that is anticipated to have money allocated to close this gap. Now, the recommendations coming out of this document may very well be trashed.
Politicians have so many ways that they can restrict the freedom and autonomy of charters, as the FOCUS executive director Robert Cane pointed out last week. Let's prepare for a new round of attacks so that we may preserve the academic progress this school system that educates 44 percent of all public school children has been able to achieve.


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College Hockey:Gerrish Leads Union Women's Search
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Tim Gerrish is the leading candidate to fill the women's head coaching vacancy at Union, according to sources. Gerrish spent the past season as an assistant coach with the Middlebury men, helping guide the Panthers to the NCAA Division III title.
Gerrish was the head coach of North Country Community College's men's team for 24 years and has also been an assistant coach with the US Women's National Team, most recently behind the bench for the Four Nation's Cup with head coach Ben Smith and assistant Mike Gilligan, the former Vermont head coach.
Gerrish's ties with USA Hockey put him close to Union Athletic Director Val Belmonte, who was with USA Hockey before coming to Union.
Gerrish has interviewed with Belmonte, along with Findlay head coach Adam Brinker, who interviewed this past week on the Schenectady campus.
A report in Friday's Schenectady (N.Y.) Gazette has Julie Sasner, the current women's head coach at MIT and former women's head coach at Cornell and Wisconsin, also being interviewed. According to sources, Sasner was contacted, but has not come to Schenectady to meet with Belmonte.
The Gazette also lists Tom Peart, the head women's coach at St. Benedict's as a fourth candidate for the position.
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The annual Ellicottville Summer Music Festival came to a close Sunday, July 6 as '90s hit-makers the Gin Blossoms performed a solid, enthusiastic set to a respectably sized crowd gathered slope-side at Holiday Valley Resort.
Drawing from their extensive song catalog spanning over 25 years, our pain in the ass cousins from Tempe, Arizona, led by tambourine-wielding frontman Robin Wilson, delivered roughly 75 minutes of mid-tempo nostalgia-inducing rock 'n' roll hits. The multi-platinum selling quartet (which also consists of guitarist Jesse Valenzuela, bassist Bill Leen, guitarist Scotty Johnson and drummer Scott Hessel) kicked things off shortly after 9 p.m. with "Follow You Down," the harmonica-laden Top 10 hit from their sophomore release Congratulations I'm Sorry. Wilson alternated between harmonica and vocals as he raised his hands over his head, encouraging the crowd to clap and sing along. From there the frontman led the Gin Blossoms into an well-constructed set of tambourine-driven power pop that focused heavily on material from their 1992 mainstream breakthrough, New Miserable Experience, and most recent effort, 2010's No Chocolate Cake. As the night went on, we were also treated to "As Long As It Matters" from 1996's Congratulations I'm Sorry and "Learning the Hard Way" from 2006's Major Lodge Victory.
The band plowed through hit after hit with well-oiled precision and a well-defined stage presence. Wilson proved to be a more than capable frontman, quickly engaging the crowd by tapping his tambourine over his head while encouraging everyone to clap and sing along. He worked his trademark stage instrument for most of the night, frequently handing out extra tambourines to enthusiastic fans that were more than happy to shake along with him. At one point as he ventured off stage to sing with the crowd and high-five the front row, Wilson even sang into a fan's iPhone. Guitarists Jesse Valenzuela and Scotty Johnson traded solos all night, with each showcasing his own guitar riffs prowess throughout the friendly sparring match. The band's driving backbone, the strong and aggressive rhythm section of Bill Leen on bass and Scott Hessel on drums, acted as an anchor to the dueling axe-masters and Wilson's recognizable vocals.
The set ended with "'Til I Hear it From You" from the Empire Records soundtrack and their jangly signature hit "Hey Jealousy," arguably two of the Gin Blossom's biggest hits – both of which had the entire crowd singing and dancing along. After a brief exit, the band returned to the stage to close out. Putting an exclamation mark on this year's Ellicottville Summer Music Festival, Gin Blossoms turned out a terrific rendition of The Plimsouls' "Now" as part of a rousing encore which also included "Competition Smile" from the band's 1996 disc Congratulations I'm Sorry.
Toward the end of the set, Robin handed yours truly a tambourine – something I had been not-so-secretly hoping would happen since the first time I saw the Gin Blossoms perform live. I won't lie; I was more than a few drinks in by that point so as far as I was concerned it was my moment to shine. No, I didn't jump on stage and join the band – but I did shake roll the hell out of that tambourine. I think it's safe to say that mid-'90s Jillian is quite jealous of present day Jillian. I also think my best friend and I tried to hold the tambourine for ransom later on that night, unsuccessfully I might add, but that's neither here nor there. In all seriousness, thank you Robin for giving me the opportunity to cross "jam on the tambourine with Gin Blossoms" off my concert bucket list.
Set list:
Follow You Down
Somewhere Tonight
Don't Change for Me
Miss Disarray
As Long as It Matters
Found Out About You
Until I Fall Away
Learning the Hard Way
Lost Horizons
Allison Road
Dead or Alive on the 405
I'm Ready
Wave Bye Bye
'Til I Heart It From You
Hey Jealousy
Competition Smile
Now (The Plimsouls cover)
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The Roman god Janus, whose name we adopted for our month January, fastidiously guarded doorways, offering safe entry and exit from ancient homes. He looked forward and backward to ensure all was well.
In the same way, we take time annually to gaze upon the departure of the past 12 months and to look with eager anticipation to the coming year. We offer ourselves the gift of remembering, not simply for its own sake but so that we might empower positive change in the future.
Recently I wrote about Paul Swartz, a West Virginia native now living in Shallotte who was inducted into the Musselman High School Hall of Fame on Sept. 12.
Musselman High School is in Inwood, W.Va. Swartz's athletic feats in the mid-50s in football, basketball and baseball spread fast in that part of tri-state area.
Steve Denney, now a Brierwood resident, lived, in Clark County, Va., about 20 miles away for Swartz. Denney was one of those who heard about Swartz's accomplishments.
A hoarse voice is the first indication of how the BCC women's basketball season has been for first-year coach Ashlyn Burke.
"I have a raspy voice," she said Dec. 6, one day after her Lady Dolphins played its fourth game in six days.
"I've taken my last four showers here at the facility here this week. And I think I need a blowup mattress to put in my locker room."
But Burke knew the hours would be long.
The South Brunswick girls' swim team finished second and South's boys third in a 14-team meet Dec. 19 at Goldsboro. South's boys missed second by three points.
The Cougars had three first-place finishers: Rachel Van Noordt in the 200 individual medley, Myles Williams in the 50 freestyle; Cody Spencer in the 100 backstroke.
Girls' 200 medley relay: South A team second, South B team seventh; South boys, third.
200 freestyle: Brian Teemsma, second; Elias Gilbert, sixth.
BOLIVIA—Surrounded by bare walls in his once-embellished office, Randy Thompson reflected on his career in public safety on his last day of work before heading for retirement.
Career fulfilled, Thompson said his years in public safety have been a childhood dream realized—from police chases and dangerous arrests as a young public safety officer to ascending to new heights on a fire department ladder truck—Thompson leaves his latest post to start a new chapter, fittingly in disaster management.
Shallotte officials didn't send a resolution the town board approved in November asking the district attorney to file charges against someone who accused a town police officer of assault.
According to town clerk Sandy Strickland, the resolution wasn't sent after the meeting because the State Bureau of Investigation's probe into the allegations was still under way.
Ocean Isle Beach will see more than 500,000 cubic yards of sand on the strand during 2010.
The town is scheduled for another beach renourishment, which Mayor Debbie Smith said should be the largest project of the year.
"That's always a welcome addition to the storm protection strand out there," she said.
On a balmy July evening 18 months ago, Drug Treatment Court debuted in Brunswick County—the first in the state at the superior court level.
The brainchild of Superior Court Judge Ola Lewis, Drug Treatment Court has now hit its stride. Seven people have successfully completed and graduated from the program, with another 30 actively participating.
Drug Treatment Court coordinator Vicki Prince said, so far, the program has a zero-percent recidivism rate for drug offenses.
SUNSET BEACH—Local police investigated a rash of car break-ins reported Dec. 20.
Seven incidents were reported involving vehicles parked overnight at Sunset Lakes Boulevard, Magnolia Drive, Dogwood Drive and Waterway Drive.
Most incidents involved unlocked vehicles. In another incident, a rock was thrown through a window.
In one case, $100 in cash was reported stolen. Most of the vehicles were entered but nothing was taken.
The incidents are still under investigation.
Shallotte Police investigated the following incidents during the past week. The information is taken directly from police reports.
•Forgery of prescription at CVS Pharmacy; suspect altered a prescription for Clonazepam from reading one refill to 11 refills.
•Vandalism on Bridgers Road; victim found two tires slashed a day after being confronted by suspect. The damage was estimated at $120.
•Larceny of beer at Kangaroo; suspect took three beers without paying for them.
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The SEC needs to inflict MORTAL WOUNDS TO COMPANIES.
"The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two investment advisers at Oppenheimer & Co. with misleading investors about the valuation policies and performance of a private equity fund they manage"
Second strike and we send the BOD and Management Teams to prison and bar them from Wall St.
Congress will no longer have minions to control and this is how we end Congress conspiracy to destroy the US CITIZEN.
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New London — Hundreds of freshmen from Connecticut College fanned out across the city Saturday to give back to the community that will be their home for the next four years.
Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio, who visited the school to welcome the group before they set out, said he hoped the community service day during freshman orientation would be the start of an enduring partnership between the Class of 2017 and the city.
"Between the Coast Guard Academy and Connecticut College, we have two standing armies on the north side of New London," he said. "Their participation in the civic and cultural life here can have a tremendous impact on the lives of New Londoners."
Finizio told the students that New London will be an amazing place for them to learn because it is home to so many people of diverse backgrounds, but he said the city faces challenges and is economically depressed.
"Today alone will make the city shine, and we appreciate it," he said. "But don't allow your life to be on the hill. Come down. You can make a difference."
More than 400 freshmen, along with a group of transfer students and upperclassmen who were helping supervise the trip, were split up among about 10 sites in the city to help with various projects. This is the second year that community service has been incorporated into orientation.
"This immerses you in the New London community right away when you get on campus," said Jared Parlin, a freshman from Allentown, Pa. "And it creates a better bond between the college and the community."
The students helped clean up Ocean Beach and Riverside Park. They spruced up community gardens and volunteered at the Homeless Hospitality Center, Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center and local schools.
At the garden for FRESH, a nonprofit group dedicated to building a local food system, students painted picnic tables, cleaned and planted seeds. Several students spent the morning clearing an overgrown pathway so mulch could be laid down.
"This shows where the college's priorities lie. They want us to give back and be a part of the community," said Roberto Gochicoa, of Detroit, one of the freshmen working on the path.
"This is only our second day," said Melissa Ferrie, a freshman from St. Louis. "This is going to be a big part of our education so we can be good citizens, wherever we're living."
"We shouldn't be insular," added Randsel Brannum, a freshman from New York City.
Arthur Lerner, founder and director of FRESH, said he appreciated the help because it can be tricky to find time to get all of the hard labor done while focusing on the group's educational endeavors.
The college's mission is to educate students to put the liberal arts into action as citizens in a global society, said Tracee Reiser, the college's associate dean for community learning. Reiser said it was important to welcome the students both to Connecticut College and to New London.
"We feel very strongly that an essential part of their education is to become engaged in communities and develop their civic abilities," she said. "We want them to study and understand the challenges communities face and work with others to address them."
The college does not require students to perform community service, but some professors do as part of their coursework. Reiser, who is from New London, said the college has many community partners in the city and will offer the students opportunities to continue volunteering after the orientation.
Like many of her classmates, Katherine Melvin, a freshman from Carlisle, Mass., said she volunteered in her hometown throughout high school.
"It's a great way to give back," she said. "We're in a new community now, so we should give back here, too."
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President Putin of Russia called President Obama today, March 28, to discuss the U.S. proposal for a diplomatic resolution to the crisis in Ukraine, the White House reported.
The proposal was developed following US consultations with Ukrainian and European partners. Secretary Kerry had again presented the proposal to Foreign Minister Lavrov at the meeting at the Hague earlier this week.
During the phone call, President Obama suggested that Russia put a concrete response in writing and the presidents agreed that Kerry and Lavrov would meet to discuss next steps.
"President Obama noted that the Ukrainian government continues to take a restrained and de-escalatory approach to the crisis and is moving ahead with constitutional reform and democratic elections, and urged Russia to support this process and avoid further provocations, including the buildup of forces on its border with Ukraine.
"President Obama underscored to President Putin that the United States continues to support a diplomatic path in close consultation with the Government of Ukraine and in support of the Ukrainian people with the aim of de-escalation of the crisis. President Obama made clear that this remains possible only if Russia pulls back its troops and does not take any steps to further violate Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty. President Obama reiterated that the United States has strongly opposed the actions that Russia has already taken to violate Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity," the White House reported.
Throughout his trip abroad, President Obama has exerted pressure on Russia, making it clear that the US and its allies are prepared to inflict sanctions on key sectors of Russia's economy, including oil and gas, financial services, metals and mining, defense and related material, and engineering sectors.
Perhaps what hit home with Putin, though, were President Obama's remarks during a press conference at the Hague, March 25: "Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors not out of strength, but out of weakness. Ukraine has been a country in which Russia had enormous influence for decades, since the breakup of the Soviet Union. And we have considerable influence on our neighbors. We generally don't need to invade them in order to have a strong, cooperative relationship with them. The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily and lay bare these violations of international law indicates less influence, not more.
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"Well, of course she's stubborn. All Chinese kids are."
Wow, where do I start? She isn't Chinese. She's actually about 50% Puyama (a tribe indigenous to Taiwan), about 25% Dawu (another tribe indigenous to Taiwan), and about 25% Han Chinese.
Okay, so she is Chinese. A quarter Chinese.
But, even if she were 100% Chinese, here's a quick lesson. Any statement beginning "All _________ kids are" is always wrong.
Well, almost always. The statement, "All Dingle kids are cute," is absolutely true.
"I bet you're glad you got her so young so you don't have to deal with all the problems with orphans who are older."
Um, yes, we're glad we got her young. There are definite benefits to that.
But we planned to adopt an older child. And we still hope to do so someday.
Because I know people know this already, but it's worth saying: those older children who (might, but might not) have problems? They're orphans.
As in, they don't have a mom or dad or other family member caring for them.
That's a problem.
And, quite frankly, that's a problem that many of us could solve. Not for every child, but for one, either through adoption or through supporting someone else's adoption.
"It's so cool that the ministry where Zoe lived works with many mothers to help them parent their children so that they can have an option other than adoption."
Yes. That is very, very cool.
The reason this one makes my heart ache is that not enough ministries like Morning Light exist. At Morning Light, their focus isn't adoptions. Sure, they facilitate them, and they do it well.
However, their purpose is to function as a crisis pregnancy center. That involves not just counseling mothers to choose other options than abortion, but it also means they support moms after they choose life. If that means providing housing, they do that; the mothers' home is a three story building with dorm rooms. If that means they need something to eat, they have a food bank that includes, yes, food but also diapers and formula and other necessities. If that means they choose adoption but need counseling and support as they move forward, they have it. And if it means that they don't want to meet their child's adoptive parents or see their child again after she is born, well, they honor that too.
Oh, how I wish we could have met Zoe's first mother for so many reasons.
As I started to write this, I didn't mean to end it in this way, but I really, truly, wholeheartedly love the missionaries who served Zoe and her friends so well... so if you are willing to sacrifice something to benefit this precious couple who is sacrificing themselves daily to serve the people of Taitung (and I forgot to add above, sharing Christ with those they serve, in addition to meeting their earthly needs), here's where you can make a tax-deductible donation to the crucial work they do:
Let me end this post by saying, once again, please don't be afraid to say something to us, lest we be bothered by it. We want to be an open book about what God has done in our lives through adoption, so feel free to ask away!
And here's another post for you adoption-loving folk. Shaun Groves will be mc'ing for the Together for Adoption conference in Atlanta in September, and I've heard great things about it!


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Ella Yelich-O'Connor has a problem that very few thoughtful, bookish 17-year-olds—"socially observant" is the term she uses for herself—are ever likely to have. As the singer/songwriter more popularly known as Lorde, Ella has already touched the lives of millions with her breakthrough hit "Royals," a catchy, cleverly produced paean to the joys of living the pop life on a budget, which brings her to the top five of the singles charts this week—a feat that's totally unprecedented for someone of Yelich-O'Connor's age, genre and nationality. (The song is just that smart, that good.) But now that she's reaching stardom, Ella risks becoming a dangerous cliche of her own—that of the successful singer performing outsider songs from the inside, of becoming a part of the machine that she originally mocked. And because of that, it's hard not to wonder how "Royals" will age as a result.
The first verse of "Royals" details Lorde's humble, small-town roots, growing up in the suburbs of Aukland, New Zealand:
I've never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I'm not proud of my address,
In the torn-up town, no post code envy
In the pre-chorus, we find out that the reason she's bemoaning all this is because of the disconnect it creates between her and the pop world she's exposed to—maybe the more hip-hop side of it—whose fabulous and unapologetically ostentatious trappings she can't at all relate to:
But every song's like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin' in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin' the hotel room…
But everybody's like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your time piece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
The details described by Lorde sound enticing but inherently ridiculous, and it's pretty clear that even if a part of her aspires to them in some way, she mostly sees them as silly and unnecessary. This is confirmed when she gets to the conclusions of the pre-chorus:
We don't care, we're driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
We don't care, we aren't caught up in your love affair.
However, there's two different (and arguably conflicting) sentiments being expressed her. The "Cadillacs in our dreams" line makes it sound like Lorde and her implied friends don't live the pop lifestyle because they don't have the means, but are OK with it because they can fantasize about it with one another and that's almost as good. But the "love affair" line makes it sound like they're simply not buying what the pop world is selling, that they don't want the Cadillacs at all, that they aren't tempted but such showiness.
The conflict of this message is echoed in the sentiments of the chorus proper:
And we'll never be royals (royals).
It don't run in our blood,
That kind of lux just ain't for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
The "Royals" of the title makes its appearance here as an obvious stand-in noun for standard pop stardom, a status which Lorde declares herself not only to not be a part of—by her DNA, even—but which she seems to hold no aspiration towards, saying that she wants something else out of her life and her music. (Again, she uses the "We" here to strengthen her position, implying a group of like-minded individuals backing her up—a feeling echoed in the song's layered backing vocals, even though all are actually just Lorde herself.) But the second part of the chorus offers a somewhat different perspective:
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule, I'll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
Here, Lorde does seem to be shooting for some sort of pop stardom, though the changing of "we" to "me" and "you" makes it sound like now she's addressing her friends as their representative to the outside world, saying "let me tell our story to the Top 40." In other words, it seems like Lorde does want a seat at the mainstream pop table, but perhaps only on her own terms, and only as long as she continues to express the views of her own people.
The final line, "Let me live that fantasy," makes it sound like Lorde realizes that as wonderful a world as that would be for her, where she gets to be a pop star while being herself and still speaking for her small-town friends, the whole thing is pretty farfetched and will probably never happen. However, in fact that is exactly what's happening right now, and Lorde seems a little bit scared of all of it—in a recent interview with Billboard, she seems uneasy with all the time she's spent in New York recently, and tells the mag that "part of me wanted to go back to writing for me and for my friends, and write something that I felt related to us a little bit." She seems worried about losing that connection with her own people, and subconsciously becoming one of the Cristal-sipping, Maybach-driving stars she derides in "Royals."
It's a fair concern, and one that a number of pop stars have had to come to terms with over the years—when you build your name on your independence, how do you reconcile that with becoming part of the mainstream? Fellow 2013 breakout stars Macklemore and Ryan Lewis came across this problem when their Heist album went supernova, but they've mostly dealt with the problematic issues of becoming the world's most popular indie act by ignoring them entirely, excusing the contradictions made by them performing an edited version of their anti-Nike song in a commercial for NBA All-Star Weekend by acknowledging their own hypocrisy and saying that just makes them "human." Some fans have understandably been turned off by Ben and Ryan trying to have their cake and eat it too, but it certainly hasn't hurt their popularity any.
Will the words of "Royals" similarly come back to haunt Lorde, should she perform the song at the Grammys in a big gown and jewelry and with none of her high-school friends on stage with her? Her obvious reticence to step whole-heartedly into the spotlight would lead us to believe she'll do a better job of skirting such issues, but we'll have to see what happens when Lorde releases her debut album Pure Heroine later this month and likely takes her career to yet another new level in the process. We're rooting for her to mostly keep it real—as is the majority of suburban New Zealand, no doubt—but better women than her have been tempted by the jet planes and gold-leashed tigers. If she ends up selling the song to a Timex commercial or a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills promo, then we'll know we're in trouble.


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Couples travel together for all sorts of reasons — from the classic honeymoon to the contemporary babymoon. To set a magnificent stage for a proposal of marriage or to celebrate a life together for a Sceptre Tourssignificant amount of years. For all of these reasons and more, Sceptre Tours has just launched its new "Celtic Love Knot" Holiday for those seeking an independent luxurious getaway in Ireland.
With the Celtic Love Knot Holiday, couples can travel to Ireland with that special someone and enjoy a romantic 6, 7 or 8 night self-drive getaway to Dublin, Donegal, Connemara and Clare. The luxury vacation begins in Ireland's capital city of Dublin with a stay at the 5-star Four Seasons Hotel.
From Dublin, couples will drive north to Harvey's Point in Donegal — which was voted the #1 hotel in Ireland last year on TripAdvisor. Situated on the most northern coast of Ireland, travelers will be about an hour from the Glenveagh National Park, the second largest national park in Ireland and will have admission included so they can enjoy a lovely hike or a visit to the castle! One of the highlights of this trip will be the romantic dinner included at Harvey's Point.
Then it is time to chart a course south, to the 5-star Ballynahinch Castle Hotel in Connemara. Connemara is situated in County Galway, surrounded by incredible natural beauty. The castle hotel provides guests with a warm home away from home with luxurious accommodations and unbelievable service.
The final stop on this Celtic Love Knot is Dromoland Castle Hotel in County Clare. This is one of the most impressive castle hotels in Ireland complete with perfectly manicured lawns, an elegant interior, and ideal location. Couples can visit the Cliffs of Moher — only a short drive away — which is truly a perfect spot for a proposal if that is on the agenda! Also included in this vacation is a tour of the Ring of Kerry trail.
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Round-trip airfare to Dublin and from Shannon
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This package is priced from $2,085 from New York, $2,006 from Boston, $2,249 from Chicago, $2,354 from Los Angeles, and $2,425 from San Francisco, based on travel on in October, 2014. Prices are per person, double occupancy, based on 7-day advance purchase. Prices above are quoted for a 6-night option but this vacation is also available for 7 and 8 nights.
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A rest area between Globe and Show Low that has been closed for several years is set to reopen this fall.
The Arizona Department of Transportation says it is renovating the Salt River Canyon rest area along U.S. 60. New signs will go up, the parking lot will be paved, and the composting toilet system will be replaced.
The construction isn't expected to affect traffic on the highway.
The Transportation Department had shut down some rest areas across the state because of a lack of funding. Officials began setting aside money in 2011 for renovations and prioritized the projects.
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Now in his sixth season as a member of Sean Miller's coaching staff, Richardson joined the Arizona basketball family in the spring of 2009.
His efforts in building and strengthening UA's recruiting ties across the country has helped Arizona land a top-10 recruiting class in 2011, a top-five class in 2012 and rapidly construct strong classes in the future.
Richardson spent two seasons at Xavier (2007-09) before his arrival in Tucson, where the Musketeers rolled to 57 wins, two conference titles and a pair of deep NCAA Tournament runs. XU posted a school-record 30 wins and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight in his debut in 2007-08.
Prior to Xavier, Richardson was the Director of Basketball for the New York Gauchos/Teamwork Foundation in the Bronx, N.Y., from 2005-07. He also served as an assistant coach at St. Raymond's High School for Boys in 2004 and was the head coach for ninth and 10th-grade players in the New York Gauchos system in 2003.
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Richardson was an assistant coach at Marist College in 2004-05, where he coordinated the Red Foxes' recruiting, scouting and individual work outs, focusing on guard play and offensive skill development. He spent three seasons as an assistant at Monroe College, an NJCAA program in the Bronx. His 2002-03 club went 31-3, won the Region 15 and District 3 titles and finished fifth at the NJCAA national tournament in Hutchinson, Kan.
A 1998 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a bachelor's degree in business marketing and management, Richardson's coaching career began at his alma mater as the associate head coach in 1999. He helped lead the NCAA Division II Mountain Cats to a 23-4 record, the best in school history.
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Set in 1944 wartime London, Less Than Kind is a comedy concerning the lives of Olivia Brown, her teenage son Michael, and her paramour, Sir John Fletcher. Olivia (Lisa-Gabrielle Green) is very sweet-natured and enthusiastic. She and John live in a posh home, employing servants and a secretary. The two are very much in love, dealing with John's estranged wife as best they can, while John navigates affairs of state. John is a Tory War Minister. Having graduated from high school, Michael (Zak Reynolds) has returned, Olivia overjoyed to see him. The couple try to conceal their arrangement, but without much success. Michael is appalled that his mother is living in sin with a Conservative and compels her to choose between John (Paul T. Taylor) and himself by moving out. Olivia, heartbroken, follows him, to rather humble digs.
Michael's problem is the same as most teenage boys, he's nearly a grown man, but also very intense, tending to see morals in absolute terms. He hasn't lived long enough to see how impractical abstractions can be when you're actually trying to get on in the world. It's not that he doesn't want his mother to be happy, exactly. He just doesn't see how she can or should, being the mistress of a man with questionable politics, and no guarantee of matrimony in the foreseeable future. For Olivia's part, she freely admits to enjoying her privileged existence, but then, it's also very clear that she and Sir John adore each other. She really has no desire to understand politics. So it's not as if she were some gold-digging trollop, forfeiting ideology for the sake creature comforts. And when she is forced to choose, she does pick her son.
Less Than Kind is a clever escapade, that examines secondary, subtextual issues in a cursory way. It digs just deep enough to enhance the humor. Playwright Sir Terence Rattigan was inspired by Hamlet to consider this Oedipal dynamic, in which the son uncovers treachery in his mother's bed. This may be the premise, but Rattigan is less interested in exploring darker motives, than depicting the foibles of the human condition. Michael wouldn't be the first boy to feel keen suspicion towards his mother's subsequent partners (after dad) and Olivia wouldn't be the first woman to leave the travails of class struggle to the men, dubious as this notion is today. All this being said., Less Than Kind is pleasant, sharp, amusing and wise in a relaxed way, with excellent, versatile work by the cast.
Theatre 3 presents Less Than Kind, playing March 6th-30th, 2014. 2800 Routh Street, Suite 168, Dallas, Texas 75201. 214-871-3300. www.theatre3dallas.com


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Interview: Christine Love on Creating Inclusive Games
Cover Story: How this independent developer's text adventures reflect her own desires -- and those of others, too.
Honestly, the whole 'game-making' thing is still new to me," pink-haired Christine Love muses. "I always thought I was going to be, like, a novelist -- and have to support myself doing some shitty programming 9-to-5 job while I worked towards getting published."
Canadian-based developer Love is probably best known for Digital: A Love Story, a visual novel set "five minutes into the future of 1998." "I did a bunch of non-branching visual novels from late high school into university," she says, "and Digital was just another one of those; I never thought of myself as being a game-maker until suddenly the indie gaming press was calling me one. It was just a short one-month project, as was Don't Take It Personally, Babe, It Just Ain't Your Story."
Since then, Christine Love has gone on to develop Analogue: A Hate Story, the spiritual sequel to Digital, and her biggest game to date." So, I dedicated half a year to making Analogue, dropping out of university halfway through development so I could finish it. And now I manage to live off the sales of a super niche crazy feminist visual novel. That kinda blows me away."
How does Love view the portrayal of non-heterosexual orientations within the mainstream gaming industry? Does she feel games have successfully advanced beyond the usage of token characters? In her opinion, "tokenism would be a huge step-up.
"If you're including a token character," she says, "that means you've looked at the world, realized that there's a diverse set of people out there, and made a deliberate effort to include those differences in your work. Sure, it also means you're doing a shitty job -- but at least you're trying. The vast majority of games don't even try."
"It's not even a matter of positive or negative at this point. It's just a straight-up lack of representation. I would frankly rather see more failed attempts, because at least it'd be trying."
Surprisingly, Love didn't appear particularly critical of how lesbianism is often objectified in popular media. "Here's what I think: GTA's Gay Tony is a lot of fun as a character, and Dragon Age's Isabella really is hot and all about her sexuality. And you know what? I'm totally okay with that. They work perfectly, and while yeah, they do fit into that safe stereotypical model, they're still respectfully written characters."
Love, however, is quick to note that her viewpoint is only really applicable for the video game industry. "If we're talking about any other medium, this would be obviously be embarrassing. But video games are just so damn far behind the curve when it comes to sexuality, that even just managing to do those stereotypes is a huge step up."
Though many have come to see sexualization as a harmful influence, one capable of reducing the value of its subject, Love disagrees. "I want to see more sexualization in games! I just want to see it done right, and inclusively."
Like many, she touches on BioWare as an example of a company that has succeeded, to a certain extent, in providing an experience that caters to different sexual orientations. Nonetheless, Love wasn't completely impressed with the developer's attempts. " I am so sick of talking about BioWare right now, because frankly, they're not that good at it. Yet despite the romance being the most boring thing in the world, I was so blown away by the novelty of Mass Effect: A video game where I can play as a lesbian? For the first time ever, I actually cared about the romance options, because it was the first time I'd ever played a game that let me!" Love exclaimed.
Love shows no reservation in confessing to the fact that she does enjoy "dumb wish fulfillment," in spite of the fact that the romance in Bioware's cRPGs are often shallow and not quite representative of real fantasies in a way that a game written by a lesbian would be. "Video games have a long history of it, and from saving the princess in Super Mario Bros. to proposing marriage in Harvest Moon, I've been left out of all of them. So sure, BioWare's approach is kind of shallow; but it's hard not to be pretty excited about finally being able to get the girl after years of only straight people getting to experience that."
Sometimes, the simplest things are also the most effective. According to Love, Bioware did do not anything particularly special to accomplish this feat. "In the case of, say, Dragon Age, Isabella just treats the woman player character the same as she would the man player character. This is not radical. But it's a romance I can actually empathize with, instead of being forced to accept the weird dissonance of you being interested in her, but the flirting being directed towards a man. And then of course you get the incredibly boring and tepid sex scenes and everything is ruined. But at least the games are acknowledging that my desires exist, even if they don't really quite understand how to portray sexuality in a way that's actually sexy."
Love seems more ambivalent about games like Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim, which treat sexuality in a more clinical fashion: They acknowledge the presence of homosexuality but treats it with the same indifference accorded to heterosexuality. "That's a respectable approach, and if you're making a game where sexuality doesn't really matter, it's probably the right one. There's not much else to say about it, though."
Love appeared dismissive of the public opinion in regards to sexuality. "I do not have a market research department, and frankly, I don't really give a shit what the public thinks. I mean, clearly, there's a lot of bigots out there -- just see the backlash against Mass Effect 3 -- but I don't see any point in validating their opinion by talking about it."
She also noted that the video game industry's "myopic fixation on heterosexual men" has made its audience poorer on the whole. "Lesbians don't get represented. Gay men don't get to objectify men. Straight men don't get the opportunity to see characters that reflect the real world."
As for the indie community, Love believes that indie video game developers hold the greatest potential for creating games capable of telling personal stories and that the world will start seeing "better depictions, more sincere, more meaningful depictions of queer experiences in the indie scene long before AAA games," even though the time for such a revolution has yet to arrive.
Though Christine Love has been careful about assigning a gender to the protagonists in her games, the developer admits off-record that her silent "heroes' are usually heroines. "A lot of [my games] feature silent, featureless protagonists for the player to project themselves onto. Games have done this for ages, but nearly always casted them as a man. Digital and Analogue are fundamentally games about pursuing girls, but the protagonist's gender up to the player to decide. So I guess they could be about a heterosexual player pursuing an AI girl, but that was never my intent; my intent was to make a game for people like me. It's just that it's possible to do that without excluding others for no reason."
"And you know what? It really was not that fucking hard for the writing to accommodate that," Love snaps, her words a reminder that inclusivity can be as simple as we choose it to be.
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RefreshingPosted: Jun 24, 2012 12:00AM PST by perfectheory
It's refreshing to see a gaming article covering the issue of inclusive games (or the lack therefore of). Thank you, Christine Love for your wonderful, positive attitude. Thank you, Cassandra for writing this.
I agree with everything she saysPosted: Jun 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by learningKnight
It's really great to hear a critical perspective that is also sex-positive. Also, she seems like the coolest person ever. Definitely going to check out her games now.
The Real World vs. EscapismPosted: Jun 21, 2012 12:00AM PST by Pacario
"Lesbians don't get represented. Gay men don't get to objectify men. Straight men don't get the opportunity to see characters that reflect the real world."
The thing is, games tend to be grounded in fantasy more than reality, so applying real world standards to games involving hulking super marines, mustachioed plumbers and remorseless ninja masters probably isn't going to work out so well. Heck, it's rare to see any kind of character with depth within the action genres and, considering the medium's limitations within these categories, that may be for the best.
In a text adventure, it's different, of course, as plenty of time can be given to rounding out each character and establishing a believable world. Text adventures are essentially digital books, after all. But most gamers, I think, aren't looking for realism so much as escapism--and that's an environment where believable personalities and realistic behaviors are often a tough fit.
Digital made me cry.Posted: Jun 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by chaosyoshimage
That is all.
LovePosted: Jun 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by omegawyrm
I've been meaning to play Love's games for a while now, they sound really great. I think it's really cool how she does Visual Novels, a genre that recieves a lot of irational hate from western gamers. I'm sure there are other people in the west doing VNs too, but the genre is really dominated by the Japanese perspective.
I played don't take it personallyPosted: Jun 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by VeryMadMage
and really enjoyed it. This article shows Love's take on homosexuality in games is a lot more reasoned and mature than even game devs who are open to including it.
CoolPosted: Jun 20, 2012 12:00AM PST by Thomas_Happ
1UP gets more awesome every day. I'm still making my way through Analogue, but I like it a lot. I never thought about whether I was supposed to be a man or a woman. Just the invisible mouse clicker entity that doesn't speak.


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Tarnished Rose of the Court
Amanda McCabe
October 2012, European Historical Romance (1564 England and Scotland)
Harlequin Historical, #1110, $6.25, 288 pages, Amazon ASIN 0373297106Part of a series
Oddly enough, while I was reading Tarnished Rose of the Court I also happened to be reading Meredith Durans At Your Pleasure - which has a very similar plot. Both have sisters whose brothers are or were involved in treasonous plots, both have heroes and heroines who were in love in the past and were driven apart. Both also have heroines who were then married to abusive husbands.
Im not suggesting at all that either copied the other, merely that they had very similar arcs and I happened to be reading both simultaneously. They are also both set in times where such high stakes conflicts make sense; The Duran book is set during the first Jacobean rebellion, and the McCabe revolves around the intrigue of the Elizabeth Is Tudor court. The setting is particularly effective in this book. McCabe is an author who does her homework, and it works well here.
As to the particulars, our heroine is Celia Sutton. Though she serves the queen, she has been tarnished by her brothers treason, and she has no family home. Elizabeth gives her the chance to redeem herself by travelling to Scotland to observe Mary (Queen of Scots) and assess the likelihood of her marriage prospects. The catch? Celia will be travelling with John Brandon, the man who took her virginity and her heart before disappearing to France. She hasnt seen him in some time, and has a lot of unresolved feelings about their involvement together.
John shares Celias feelings, but he knows why he left. He is directly responsible for exposing Celias brothers treason. The whole reason he was in Celias neck of the woods in the first place was to uncover the plot; he never bargained on falling in love with Celia while he was there. When he spends time with her again, all of the feelings come back, and he finds that he just cant keep his distance. But can she ever forgive him if she finds out the truth?
Well, if John had read as many romance novels as the rest of us, hed know that honesty is the best policy and that the wronged party is always going to find out the truth anyway. Since John lacks the knowledge of the typical romance reader, he drags his feet until the inevitable happens. Before then, he and Celia get quite cozy, even though she is very nervous about the idea of marrying anyone again (ever), and also knows that the queen will have something to say about her potential bridegroom.
For the most part, I enjoyed this book. As I mentioned previously, McCabe does a good job with unusual settings, and her rendering of the Elizabethan period is deft. Shes not one for window dressing. That said, I couldnt help giggling every time Johns codpiece came up. Im only human, after all.
I also liked both Celia and John. There conflict is believable. John had a reason to leave, and while we know he should have let Celia in on his secret earlier, his reluctance is logical as well. Celia is equally sympathetic, and her unwillingness to jump right into another marriage makes sense.
The problem I had with the book is one that I have had with a lot of books this year. Basically, I enjoyed it but didnt find myself compelled to read it. I found it pleasant, but didnt love it, though I wanted to. I wavered between a C+ and B-, finally deciding on the latter since I enjoyed several aspects of the book.
If you are a fan of Elizabethan romances, Id go ahead and give this one a try. They are certainly hard to come by, and McCabes research is always top notch. If you are looking for a book you just cant put down, however, I dont think this one is it.
-- Blythe Barnhill


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Scrabble word: BENEFIT
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Definitions of BENEFIT in dictionaries:
- noun - financial assistance in time of need
- noun - something that aids or promotes well-being
- noun - a performance to raise money for a charitable cause
- verb - derive a benefit from
- verb - be beneficial for
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- Help; aid.
- A payment made or an entitlement available in accordance with a wage agreement, an insurance policy, or a public assistance program.
- A public entertainment, performance, or social event held to raise funds for a person or cause.
- A kindly deed.
- verb - to be helpful or useful to
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Fairway Phenomby Paul Mantell Matthew F Christopher
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Goal Lineby Paul Mantell Tiki Barber Ronde Barber
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Kickoff!by Paul Mantell Tiki Barber Ronde Barber
"Hut! Hut! Go long, Tiki!" Tiki and Ronde's twelfth summer is winding down -- the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last. With two championships and an 8-2 season last year, Tiki and Ronde are ready to graduate from the Peewee League and hit the field as starting players for the Hidden Valley Eagles. But junior high is a lot bigger than elementary school. The competition for starting spots is stiff, and seniority rules. If Tiki and Ronde make it past tryouts and cuts, will they get the chance to play, or will they have to spend the season watching from the bench with the other seventh graders? Inspired by the childhood of NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, Kickoff! is a story of teamwork, perseverance, and what it takes to be a champion.
Kickoff!by Paul Mantell Tiki Barber Ronde Barber
"Hut! Hut! Go long, Tiki!" Tiki and Ronde's twelfth summer is winding down -- the nights are getting shorter and the evenings cooler. That means two things: The first day of junior high is just a few days away, and it's almost the start of football season at last. With two championships and an 8-2 season last year, Tiki and Ronde are ready to graduate from the Peewee League and hit the field as starting players for the Hidden Valley Eagles. But junior high is a lot bigger than elementary school. The competition for starting spots is stiff, and seniority rules. If Tiki and Ronde make it past tryouts and cuts, will they get the chance to play, or will they have to spend the season watching from the bench with the other seventh graders? Inspired by the childhood of NFL superstars Tiki and Ronde Barber, Kickoff! is a story of teamwork, perseverance, and what it takes to be a champion.
Knights & Castles: 50 hands-on activities to experience the Middle Agesby Paul Mantell Avery Hart
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Red Zoneby Paul Mantell Tiki Barber Ronde Barber
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Snowboard Champby Matt Christopher Paul Mantell
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Soccer Duelby Matt Christopher Paul Mantell
Renny and Bryce play on opposite soccer teams battling for the championship. Until recently, the soft-spoken but talented Renny warmed the bench while another player took the field. But now that player's out with an injury and Renny's been given the chance to show what he can do. And no one is more surprised at Renny's playing ability than his opponent, the hot-dogging, one-man team, Bryce. Bryce was sure Renny would be a pushover, but Renny, who had admired Bryce's showmanship, proves that solid teamwork is often hard to beat. And in the end, both boys come off the field a little wiser.
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