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Employers Unnerved by Ruling Upholding the Legality of Guns in Workplace Parking Lots - Today's Facility Manager
A 2009 ruling by a federal appeals court meant managers in a growing number of states must accept what, for many, is a troubling reality—their employees have the legal right to keep guns in their cars at work, even with layoffs on the rise and economic tensions running high.
Employers Unnerved by Ruling Upholding the Legality of Guns in Workplace Parking Lots
Posted by Heidi Schwartz
A new ruling by a federal appeals court means managers in a growing number of states must accept what, for many, is a troubling reality — their employees have the legal right to keep guns in their cars at work, even with layoffs on the rise and economic tensions running high, said attorney James P. Anelli, an attorney in LeClairRyan's Labor and Employment Group.
On February 19, 2009, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a District Court ruling, thereby upholding an Oklahoma law that gave workers the right to keep guns in their locked vehicles. "This unanimous and clearly worded ruling has broad implications for managers in the several states that have passed laws like Oklahoma's," said Anelli, who is based in the law firm's Newark, NJ office. "It also could embolden pro-gun lawmakers around the country to draft similar measures."
The aim of the Oklahoma law, introduced with the support of the National Rifle Association, was to stop companies from banning guns in workplace parking lots. The rationale was that such prohibitions violated employees' constitutional rights to possess and carry firearms. In October 2007, however, U.S. District Judge Terence Kern issued an injunction against the enforcement of the state's legislation. The new law, he ruled, created an obstacle to employers charged with maintaining safe workplaces according to requirements issued by the U.S. Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA).
In its 3-0 ruling, the appeals court cited evidence that OSHA does not regard the Oklahoma law as being in conflict with its workplace safety provisions. "The court pointed specifically to a January 16 letter by an acting OSHA official that signified OSHA's neutrality on the matter," Anelli noted. "Essentially, this ruling amounted to a clear invitation to states that have passed these types of provisions to feel free to enforce them. For employers who had hoped to see these types of provisions thrown out in court, this is a dramatic development."
Indeed, several Oklahoma employers, including Weyerhaeuser Corp., Whirlpool Corp., and ConocoPhillips, had challenged the Oklahoma law out of safety concerns. In the wake of the appeals court ruling, Anelli said, human resources and legal teams in states where these pro-gun laws have passed may need to rewrite employee handbooks to include firearms policies specifically crafted to reflect the reality that guns could be present in the parking lot. States that have passed pro-gun laws similar to Oklahoma's include: Georgia, Florida, Alaska, Kentucky, Mississippi, Kansas and Minnesota. Similar measures are under consideration in the statehouses of Alabama, Louisiana, Montana, Tennessee, Utah, and Virginia.
"I have never seen an employee handbook that had a firearms policy," said Anelli, who has 20 years of experience representing management in employment discrimination and labor litigation. "It is more than prudent to adopt policies on how firearms should be handled and to explicitly state, for example, that guns must stay locked in vehicles and cannot be brought into the workplace."
Even as they draft such policies, however, employers must still provide a safe workplace and intervene where appropriate. For example, if an employee exhibits violent behavior there may still be a basis to take appropriate action to ensure that the workplace remains safe. In fact, some states allow employers to obtain court orders limiting the possession of firearms in parking lots even when the local law allows them if there is an indication of potential violence.
Still, Anelli said, company executives in states that have passed such laws should remember that they have not been relieved of their obligation to keep the workplace, including its parking lot, safe. It is their responsibility to work with security professionals, attorneys and local law enforcement officials to defuse situations involving potential violence and the possible use of firearms. They can also take other steps to protect both their companies and employees. Some types of businesses, for example, may have been legally exempted from the applicable law and can therefore continue to enforce gun bans. Others might be able to carve out "secured parking areas" that are gun-free but still in compliance with their states' laws.
Importantly, the Court also rejected the employers' arguments that, as a "property owner," they could regulate if firearms were stored in employee vehicles. The appeals court ruled, however, that the Oklahoma law could most accurately be "characterized as a restriction on Plaintiff's use of their property." In short, the appeals court ruled that the employer's property could be regulated in this manner and withstand constitutional "taking" arguments. Part of the ruling is based on the notion Oklahoma was expanding the rights of its citizens, as citizens, to store firearms in their vehicles as opposed to regulating employers or addressing employment, per se.
Anelli added that if OSHA were to reverse course and declare such laws in conflict with its existing safety provisions — perhaps after a policy review by the Obama administration — or if other appellate panels were to issue conflicting rulings on the legality of firearms in workplace parking lots, the U.S. Supreme Court might take up the matter.
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What happens when an employer changes an HR policy to forbid guns in parking lots and an employee gets car-jacked or raped on their commute home? Lawsuit?
I realize that employers can make rules as they see fit on their private property but employers should respect an individual's right to keep a firearm in a locked vehicle.
In answer to the question: what happens when an employee gets carjacked on the commute home….There will be a lawsuit either way. Carrying a gun in a car doesn't resolve anything. It just promotes further unnecessary violence on the streets, and its always the innocent that gets hurt, not the gun yielding nut that feels like god because he's carrying. Law abiding gun owners don't feel the need to carry. Look at the news. Its always the un-registered that is carrying for no good reason.
When the words "always" or "never" are spoken or written, I immediately classify the whole paragraph as lacking sufficient sophistication to reflect reality and not worth considering. And doubly so when followed by an obvious fabrication.
I work in a federal office, but the parking is public area. Most of the guys and some of the women here have a gun locked in their cars. To answer Tomi Y, carrying does not "promote" further violence, but has stopped violence at least twice within sight of my office. And it's not always the innocent that get hurt. I'm law abiding, and do feel the need to carry.
Agreed, Stanley. In right to carry States, you can be assured that law-abiding citizens are not doing so to promote violence, but to stop it from ever occuring in the first place. Additional restrictions on firearms will not deter irrational/unstable people, or criminals from using guns. It will only punish those of us who enjoy our second amendment rights while not addressing the root cause of most gun violence…the under-resourced agencies tasked with removing illegal weapons from our streets.
Neither a published company policy nor any signs that a company can post on their gates and doors will keep some nut from entering their facility with a gun. In fact, local, state, and federal laws do little against those most likely to use a firearm in a criminal manner. For the most part, those people are already criminals are have a wire loose. The restrictions and laws only keep law-abiding employees from being able to protect themselves. I personally have had to fire employees that I had a very real concern that they would show back up with a firearm, but I knew the company's policy was absolutely no protection. That type of individual has no regard for policies or laws.
I've recently had to conduct two rounds of RIFs, and the thought that one of the employees let go might have a pistol in their vehicle didn't even cross my mind. It wouldn't have bothered me had I known for a fact that they did all have pistols in their cars. I'll go even further; since our company is so security-minded, if there was a shooting at the facility we would all try to rush out of the building only to be penned up in the fenced-in parking lot. I would hope that somebody actually would have something they could fight back with.
It is the unprepared, law abiding citizens that are the victims of the 'no guns allowed' corporate attitude. The attitude stems from a corporate desire to not address the root issues, but chose a simple response by issuing another meaningless written regulation. If business really thought that just posting a notice would solve a problem, why don't banks merely post a notice 'No Robberies Permited on This Premisis!'? Then they could save a lot of money by laying off their security guards. NOT! When someone 'looses it' I hope someone nearby has quick access to a gun. Have you ever tried to call 911? By the time you get through and a trained, armed policeman arrives on the scene, all he will need is a pen to write up the report of damage done and people killed.
I was surprised to read that OK is proposing a law that is similar to MN. I am not aware of any problems as a result of the law here. I work with many individuals who live for the fall hunting seasons. Many work earlier shifts which allow them to hunt immediately after work without going home to get their gun. In my experience, having their gun in a locked vehicle has been a non-issue. I am more concerned about the charecters wandering the streets of Mpls with unlicensed guns than my co-workers, most of whom are NRA members and have been trained in gun safety.
The law may now allow the right.
But, the vast majority of states do not allow a firearm to be a loaded condition inside a vehicle period. I have lived and worked in states like CA, FL, MA, TX, NV, NY. In those states, all are required to be licensed. Firearms must be unloaded(breach, chamber, magazine housings open, and clear. The ammunition in either a locked glove box or trunk, not stored with the firearm or out in the open for all to see.
On a companies private property, the company has the right to restrict the issue. They can do the following, by requiring notification of HR and Security (if they have one) to require employees to notify the company if they have it in their vehicle, also they must show the proper permit or license. The company should also require the employees to provide a non revocable insurance bond of 1 million dollars or more. As is with the Texas company I contracted with had in place for those who chose to carry. After all it is the company's responsibility for each and every employees health and safety.
I am a firearms owner, over 30 years with NRA membership, a Veteran and a for many years Faciltiy Mgr. with responsibility for the safety and security departments. I know there are many employees I would not trust on iota with a firearm, not even a butter knife. To many out there are not responsible enough in their basic life functions, never mind a loaded weapon in the vehicle.
I have witnessed this both on the good and bad end result of an employee with a firearm on the company property.
I do believe a company should have the right to regulate and restrict firearms on company property. For if ever the negative issue happens, you can be sure the employees will be lawyering up to sue at a pin drop.


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featuring The National
Where: MoMA PS1
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Lowdown: Brooklyn rock group The
National performed one song, for six hours straight. Which was exactly as mundane, insane, and fun as it sounds.
From The Notebook: "Einstein on the Beach
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Takeaway: In another dimension, Taylor Swift might be Marina Abramović.
A little before noon on Sunday, when the performance was set to start, a line stretched around two blocks of MoMA PS1. Around 12:15 p.m., sound started to leak from inside the giant, white dome erected in the courtyard of the museum, as the handlers started to let people into the courtyard. And that sound? The National's "Sorrow," a three-and-a-half minute song about depression and regret overwhelming everything. But a catchy one.
In the courtyard, the concertgoers/museum visitors/performance art crowd were lined up outside of the dome, on a one-in, one-out basis. At the beginning of the performance, the lines moved quickly: People were going in and streaming out every time the song would end...and begin again. As we made our way into the dome, this writer (a big National fan who's generally skeptical of performance art as a serious medium) and their significant other/reluctant attendee (a casual National fan, but down for performance art wackiness if only for curiosity) did what we do at every concert: Brush by the main throng of people in the center, and headed to the side of the dome where the crowd had thinned out. The gray dome was sparsely lit by a few spotlights that projected the shadows of the band onto the ceiling, with atmosphere provided by the occasionally excessive plume of stage fog. And here's how it would go:
The National would play "Sorrow."
And as soon as the last chords of the song rang out,
The National would start to play "Sorrow" again.
Lead singer Matt Berninger paced around the stage in a suit. The Dressner brothers, on guitar, would generally stay in position. And the Devendorf brothers—on bass and drums—mostly stayed in position as well, along with the horns and keys section the band brought with them. The crowd sat at a low murmer, and didn't applaud the band after each performance. Some people stood in place, some people danced for their first or second viewing of the song, and then left. Nothing much changed from one performance of the song to another.
After watching The National play "Sorrow" for three or four times, we left the dome, put our name on the list for the restaurant at PS1, and joined the throng of people who were sitting on the stairs of PS1, drinking beer, taking in some sun on what was one of the first genuinely great Spring weekends, and listened to The National keep playing the same song, over and over again, by way of the giant speakers mounted outside of the dome.
It was around this time that the performance started to take hold, this weird current that would dictate the tone of the day.
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Inside the restaurant, as the sound of the same song droned on outside, people dined as though they weren't a part of some odd performance experiment, such as it was. The song first became background noise, or "white" noise, to everyone there that day. As if this were a relatively normal thing. Which it's not.


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WHO units mobilised for Newcatsle -M'Boro game
Newcastle City Council have asked the World Health Organisation to mobilisation a sufficient number of its health units to the area in order to deal with the possible influx of thousands of 'Smoggies' to the city from the polluted town of Middlesbrough for Saturday's Premier League football game against Newcastle United at St James' Park.
The Council say they are the concerned about the possible transmission of diseases, yet uncontrolled in Middlesbrough such as Bubonic plague, Typhoid and Crabs.
The WHO has agreed to set up screening units at all approaches entrances to the city including the airport, road, rail and bus stations. The units will make mandatory checks at control points making compulsory checks on:
1. People riding on horse back,
2. Horse drawn gypsy carriages,
3. Cattle trucks
4. Vehicles without hub cabs, doors, windows or licence plates
5. Ford transit vans, Ladas & Trabants
Checks will be carried out on occupants to #$%$ their conditions and suitability to be allowed to enter the area to attend the game.
Those considered to be a health threat will be secured for the duration of the match in a sterile medical trailer and released to go (only) southwards at 8.00pm on Saturday evening after their team have been thrashed 3-0 at SJP.
Newcastle City residents and surrounding farm owners have been advised to secure livestock and family pets for a period of 24 hours before and after the match.
The other International Organisation Doctors Without Borders / Medecins Sans Frontieres has offered to assist in the operation by distributing free personal hygiene packs to 'Smoggies' who reach SJP. The packs containing a bar of soap, a towel together with instructions will be distributed at the ground to anyone wearing white socks and having a 'dew drop' hanging from their nose.
NUFC have said Middlesbrough FC have been very cooperative informing their supporters preparation in their recent home Riverside matches by announcements on tannoy systems and match programmes that:
(a) The city of Newcastle operates under the "Rule of Law"
(b) It is illegal to defecate or urinate in the street (or anywhere in public)
(c) It is illegal to carry items such as crossbow, spiked ball and chain or any other similar threatening implements.
NUFC and Newcastle City Council hope that the whole event can go off without any complications and that the city can get back to normalcy by Monday morning.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Well I heard his Mams so fat that once when crossing the road someone swerved to avoid hitting her and ran out of petrol
I thought that was your attacking line-up at NUFC???
£9.5 million obscure spaniard(cant remember his name!!)-WHO
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Good post by Mr Muscle, makes a change to see some humerous banter instead of the usual vile shite spouted by some tossers in particular. Mind you I think the World Health Organisation would have its hands full in Newcastle anyway....full of 8 year old kids that weigh 14 fookin stone ; )
max_headroom max_headroom Mar 1, 2007 01:00 Flag
Will this include the interpreters that will be required to decipher what the hell the geordies are saying?
"Newcastle City residents and surrounding farm owners"
I didn't realise that there were farms in the Ceety of Neewkasell man! Is that the main industry there?
"It is illegal to defecate or urinate in the street (or anywhere in public)"
You wanna tell yoor young lassies about that one then like. Any Saturday neet is like a public oorinal on them thar streets man.
Now go forth and multiply....like.


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FORT DRUM, N.Y. -- Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division (LI) are no strangers to deployment. So when they were called upon to assist with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in New York and New Jersey, there was no hesitation.
Aviators from the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, moved out from Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield on Oct. 31 to support relief efforts from the air. The task force deployed four each UH-60 Black Hawks and HH-60 medevac-equipped helicopters and two CH-47 Chinooks, along with about 100 crew members. Aviation support was necessary to conduct damage assessments as well as to move supplies and equipment.
Additional division Soldiers received the warning order Nov. 3, and within 48 hours, they were convoying to hard-hit areas of New York City and the New Jersey shore to provide assistance and fuel to first responders.
"The element was alerted on a Saturday afternoon," said Lt. Col. Scott Nauman, division chief of operations. "They spent all day Sunday converting their tankers (to dispense fuel into civilian vehicles) and then departed Fort Drum on (Nov. 5)."
By the time the rest of Fort Drum was up and preparing for physical training on Nov. 5, Soldiers of 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, as well as elements of 1st and 2nd Brigade Combat Teams and the 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, were en route for Operation Sandy Support.
The first Task Force Support elements arrived at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., before noon. Twenty-four hours later, all Task Force Support elements were co-located and prepared to support Sandy relief. In all, some 400 Soldiers, 60 fuel trucks, 20 Humvees, 15 Light Medium Tactical Vehicles, four cargo trailers, three water trailers and two military field ambulances had moved from Fort Drum to JBMDL.
Although the work was hard and the conditions less than ideal, Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division understood the importance of their work.
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He also noted the deployment showed the continued versatility of the nation's Army.
Soldiers of Task Force Phoenix returned to Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield on Nov. 14, and Task Force Support rolled back Friday.


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On 9/11 where were you, what was your initial thought?
With the 10yr anniversary approaching, it's all we are hearing about on the news here in NY (I'm sure in other areas as well). It has me so down lately but yet so grateful for to be alive.
Where was I? I was getting ready for work, and abc7 was on as usual. The first plane hit, and I thought the channel changed or something. By the time the second plane hit, everything starting getting crazy. I've never been so scared in my life. After a few hours my siblings and I hibernated in the house.


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Looks like some great options. No wonder you can't decide. :) I accidentally sent you the wrong tweet link. Here's the right one:ReplyDelete
Thanks for the giveaway!
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I actually already have both the books I voted for...but I voted b/c I think you should bump them up on your TBR.
Jeannine Frost is just plain awesome and Paranormlacy was great!!
Happy reading my bloggy friend!
I'm sorry, you just have to read them ALL RIGHT NOW! LOL, if only that was possible...ReplyDelete
I know this problem... It's always complicated and takes me ages to choose my next read!ReplyDelete
I choose one YA of your list... but all sound good!!
Go luck ;)
And thank you!!
I voted in both forms. Can totally understand why you asked us to vote. Those are a lot of good choices there! :)ReplyDelete
I had to close my eyes and point lol too many good ones on these lists.ReplyDelete
thank you! A lot great ones to choose from!ReplyDelete
No wonder you're having a hard time choosing, as these are all great books! I voted in both polls, but it was a tough choice. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Too many to choose. They are good !!ReplyDelete
Wow you've got some great books lines up to read! I hope you enjoy them!ReplyDelete
Too many great books to choose from, no wonder it is tough. I hope you enjoy them all once you get around to reading them.ReplyDelete
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Definition of ember in English:
noun(usually embers)
A small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire: the dying embers in the grate figurative the flickering embers of nationalism
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- Hunter returned to his place by Missy's side in front of the glowing embers of the dying fire laid in the black iron stove.
- A piece of wood dropped on the dying embers in the fire soon burst into flame.
- The dying embers of the fire flickered and he squinted to get a feel of his surroundings.
glowing coal, live coal;
Old English ǣmyrge, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German eimuria 'pyre', Danish emmer, Swedish mörja 'embers'. The b was added in English for ease of pronunciation.
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Little Hocking sawmill a total loss
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An early-morning fire Friday destroyed a more-than-50-year-old sawmill in Little Hocking....
Hordes of Vandals and Visogoths ravaging the countryside creating mayhem. "It's cold. Let's start a fire to keep warm. What harm can it do?"
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Empty for a long time. For sale and no buyers....Can anyone say "arson"?
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If you get on of these make sure to take care of the volume knob. Mine got very loose and salt water got into the case. Dead radio.
For a year prior, I had battery contact issues or something. I had to smack the radio hard for it to come on.
I think that this radio is too expensive for its durability.
I had been using it as my only radio in my PFD pocket for kayaking.
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Battery charger is cheaply done and fails early and often. The replacements are very expensive and an alkaline battery case seems to be the most reliable, but is also very expensive usually around 40 dollars.
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I am divided on how to rate this radio. It really has it's pros, the sound is great, battery life is amazing, the audio is above average, and the small size is fantastic.
Using the radio almost everyday however, I have found two major flaws:
1. The volume knob is flimsy, currently loose, and will break very soon. If you look at the M72, you will see this has been addressed. They have now protected the knob with a shield.
2. There is a delay between pressing the TX button, and when the radio actually starts transmitting. No matter how hard I try, I cannot seem to train myself to get used to it. When things are happening quickly (shipdocking) I forget about the delay. The tugs will miss the beginning of my transmission, which typically denotes which tug I am speaking to. When purchasing a higher end handheld you shouldn't have to think about something like this. Maybe others are more trainable than myself, and will think to wait 1-2 seconds before speaking into it.
These are two things that are specific to my application and line of work. I am rough on the radio. It is constantly going in and out of my pocket, float coat, and up and down gangways and pilot ladders. I will keep this radio as a backup, and would definitely recommend it for lighter, recreational uses.


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Figure Review: ARIA Punit cuteness
July 30, 2008 | Author: Adun | In: Anime Blogs, ARIA The Origination, Figures, Merchandise, Photography
Wow, No.6 of the 7 figures in 7 days series. I really can't believe that I've made it this far, but one thing for sure, I've lost some sleep over the past few days, lol. Since we're drawing close towards the end of the 7 days I figured I should at least do a group one together. It also means I can slash through the pile in another big hit. Many of you have probably been missing ARIA ever since it finished. But fear not for I shall now present to you MegaHouse's ARIA Punit Collection.
Over the years I've seen Punit figures released but they never really appealed to me all that much. But once I saw that there was going to be an ARIA line of Punit figures I just couldn't resist. Not only that, it allows for my ARIA collection to grow once again. When they first arrived I had a peek inside the box and thought they were pretty cute. Then straight onto the pile. So now that they are out of the box I can definitely say they are VERY cute.
With the Punit collection, I would have to say that they are more dolls than figures. The fact that they use real clothes and have movable arms (well to an extent) they're definitely more doll-like than figures. However there is a problem with this. The fact that the clothes are made out of fabric means that they're not easy to straighten out. The hat being made of fabric as well is the worst part. When looking at the promo pictures, the hats sit on their heads perfectly. But really, they don't even fit. So pretty much they just sit on top of thei heads looking awkward.
Out of all the 4, Aika is probably the only that looks pretty ugly. Perhaps its the eyes that make it seems that way or perhaps its because this is the twintail version? They should have gone with the short hair version of Aika as I'm sure it would look MUCH better. Akari, Alice, and Alicia are just so awesome but Akari definitely reigns supreme.
And of course we have to have a group photo of them together. Though it does feel kind of lonely without Akira and Athena. Perhaps Megahouse will look to releasing them at a later date though I'm not sure whether Akira or Athena fit the whole "cute" look like these four. Well one can only wait and hope.
Product: Mizunashi Akari, Alice Carroll, Aika S. Granzchesta, Alicia Florence
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Scale: Non-scale
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Release Date: Akari & Alice: February 2008, Aika & Alicia: April 2008
Price: ¥5,700
Available: HLJ: Akari (out of stock), Alice (out of stock), Aika (available), Alicia (available)
At first I was rather hesitant at first to order these Punit collection dolls as they're quite small, and come with a pretty hefty price tag. ¥5,700 doesn't sound like a lot of money compared to the amount I spend on just one figure, but I guess it's just the size comparison. But I do admit, they are actually quite good, if you're into the whole chibi cute look to figures or dolls. But I don't think Megahouse thought much about how the clothes and hats are handled as mentioned before, the hats literally don't sit on their heads.Though if I had a choice and I was strapped for cash, I would probably only got Akari as she is the best looking one out of them all.
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PITTSBURG -- A two-alarm house fire early Sunday morning, and a lack of early warning because of uninstalled smoke detectors, caused the death of three women, Contra Costa fire officials said.
Around 12:30 a.m., crews responded to multiple reports of a fire at a single-story home in the 200 block of Dimaggio Avenue, Fire Marshal Lewis Broschard said.
Crews were able to knock down the fire -- which appears to have started in the front room of the home -- by 12:55 a.m. After hearing that there may have been occupants in the home, firefighters searched the residence and were able to pull them out, but too late, given the amount of exposure to smoke and toxic fumes.
The three who died were all occupants of the home and all women older than 18, Broschard said. Identities have not been released, as the Contra Costa Coroner's Office is notifying next of kin.
Broschard points out that crews found three smoke detectors in the home, but they were uninstalled and sitting on a countertop. They were not functioning and didn't have batteries, he said.
"The real tragedy is that this could have been averted," Broschard said. "They would have had advanced notification that there was smoke and could get out. Three smoke alarms are $15, and were probably the difference between life and death."
The fire could have been burning for a while in the early 1950s-era home, given the small number of passers-by on the suburban street, limited streetlights and time of morning, officials said.
One woman was found in a bedroom while the other two were found toward the front of the house. It appeared that all three were trying to exit, Broschard said.
The presumption is that they were sleeping, he said.
Several neighbors on Dimaggio Avenue said they had few encounters with the women, saying they were renters who moved in a few months ago, and were often at work.
A neighboring home had some exterior damage from the blaze, but the resident of that home, Mary Lou Oliver, said "that's all material" considering the gravity of the situation.
Oliver said she "feels fortunate" because she was asleep when the fire started and she woke to neighbors pounding on her door to wake her up. She grabbed her Chihuahua, Niki, and a couple things, and quickly left.
After racing out of her home, Oliver said she saw the fire burning the fence between the two houses and a "big ball of fire" in the front of her neighbor's home.
Fire investigators remained at the scene Sunday morning looking for the cause of the fire, and trying to determine a cost estimate of the damage.
The last Contra Costa fire to result in multiple deaths was at a Pleasant Hill apartment complex in July 2012, when a couple in their 30s died. That case also was in the early-morning hours, and the victims did not have working smoke detectors.
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Diary of Anne Frank Wednesday, October 14, 1942 Summary
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Those Winter Sundays
by Robert Hayden
Symbol Analysis
The final lines of the poem, "What did I know, what did I know / of love's austere and lonely offices?" really pack a punch. They're so sad, so remorseful, so full of regret and the kind of understanding that comes with age. But they get even more powerful when you consult your handy-dandy dictionary and look up the word "office." Remember, Shmoopers, the dictionary is your friend.
- Line 14: In addition to meaning "workplace," office can mean an official position or post. It can also refer to a duty or an obligation. An office can also refer to a service or form of worship in the Christian church. This one word, then, embodies so many of the feelings and duties that a father might express and perform with regard to his children. Love isn't just about hugs and snuggles; "Those Winter Sundays" makes clear that love is about duty, responsibility, and obligation, too. Although snuggles never hurt.


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Definición de conductive en inglés:
1Having the property of conducting something (especially heat or electricity): a conductive material
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- The conductive sections work as heat conductive channels between the wiring board and the semiconductor device.
- Under most circumstances, the matter in stars is so highly electrically conductive that magnetic fields can survive for millions or billions of years.
- The recess is filled with an electrically conductive material.
1.1Relating to conduction: conductive hearing impairment
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- The simulation of conductive hearing impairment by occluding the ear with a finger suggested by Weatherall is the basis of the Bing test.
- Makers of electric components will want to know the dielectric or conductive properties of their thin films.
- In an emergency in the cold, conductive heat loss may be forgotten, with the casualty being well covered with blankets but continuing to lie with nothing between him and the ground.
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- These Laser Diode Arrays are offered on a variety of heat sink package types that are conductively cooled.
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Paris - The French Conseil Strategique de l'Innovation (CSI) has proposed to build the heavily discussed European Institute of Technology (EIT) in Paris. CSI, a think tank headed by FranceBio president Philippe Pouletty, proposed the EIT of Paris project in December 2005 to the government. Subsequently the French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, and the minister of research, Gilles de Robien, publicly identified the EIT project as a priority and asked the SCI for a detailed proposition.
The idea of an EIT was originally proposed by Commission President Manuel Barroso as part of the revised Lisbon agenda and the ambitious growth and jobs strategy for the EU to attract the best brains and investors of Europe. Among other suggestions, Strasbourg with immediate vicinity to the European Parliament was discussed as a possible location.
However, a European research advisory board (Eurab) came to the conclusion that the creation of a US-style high-tech institute was too ambitious. The report points out that the excellent reputation of the US archetype MIT has grown over the time by close relations with the most advanced industries. Currently the Commission is consulting stakeholders on their opinion of a possible EIT. Results are expected to be presented at the Spring European Council in March 2006.


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Definition of lotus in English:
1Any of a number of large water lilies, in particular.
- (also sacred lotus) A lily of Asia and northern Australia, typically with dark pink or white-and-pink flowers (Nelumbo nucifera, family Nelumbonaceae). (also American lotus) A yellow-flowered North American lily with bowl-shaped leaves (Nelumbo lutea, family Nelumbonaceae). (also Egyptian lotus) A lily regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt (the white-flowered Nymphaea lotus and the blue-flowered N. caerulea, family Nymphaeaceae)..
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- If your pond is at least three feet deep, you can experiment with wild rice, water lotus, and water lily.
- All water lilies and lotuses studied have aerenchyma.
2(In Greek mythology) a legendary plant whose fruit induces a dreamy forgetfulness and an unwillingness to depart.
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2.1The flower of the sacred lotus as a symbol in Asian art and religion.
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- Two Swords are crossed in inner and outer conflict today but the flowering lotus, a symbol of love, in the middle of the two swords brings peace and compromise.
2.2 short for lotus position.
Late 15th century (denoting a type of clover or trefoil, described by Homer as food for horses): via Latin from Greek lōtos, of Semitic origin. The term was used by classical writers to denote various trees and plants; the legendary plant (sense 2) mentioned by Homer was thought by later Greek writers to be Ziziphus lotus, a relative of the jujube.
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Sumitomo Fuels Coal Mining Drive With Likely Deal
Looking to become a bigger player in the coal industry, Sumitomo Corp. expects to snap up 50% of an Australian mine deal worth 430 million Australian dollars (US$441.2 million) this month. If the Japanese trading house seals the deal, it will land its biggest stake in a coal mining project to date, demonstrating its growing appetite for the hot commodity as it boosts its annual output by a third.
Sumitomo emerged as the potential buyer of the Queensland mine in April, as reported earlier by Deal Journal Australia. The decision by Aquila Resources to sell its stake in the mine came out of the blue and many would have guessed that partner Vale SA would step in to exercise a pre-emptive right to buy the 50% stake in the midsize Isaac Plains mine. But in another surprising development, Vale passed up the opportunity, allowing Sumitomo to enter the fray.
The acquisition strays from Sumitomo's usual strategy of taking just small lumps of mining projects. Until now, its biggest stake in a mining venture was its 25% interest in the Oaky Creek mine, also in Queensland. But at a time when trading houses here are eager to feed the demand for a resource needed as a cheap power source and for producing coveted steel, particularly in Asia, Sumitomo's latest move shows it is stoking up its efforts to get in on the market.
The Isaacs Plains project, with an annual production capacity of 2.8 million metric tons, would expand the volume to Sumitomo's output to 5.6 million tons. Sumitomo produced about 4.2 million tons in the 12-month period through March, most of which it sold to Japan and other parts of Asia.
But when it comes to coal, Sumitomo is still a minor mine player compared with its Japanese rivals.
Mitsubishi Corp., through its tie-up with resource giant BHP Billiton alone, said it produced about 19.4 million tons of coking coal last fiscal year. Mitsui & Co., meanwhile, plans to expand its production volume by about 28% to 12 million tons by 2014.
Still, Sumitomo doesn't seem to be taking too many risks at the M&A coal face as it tries to make up ground on its domestic rivals. The deal looks to be a relatively safe one since Queensland is one of the few regions in the world that generates healthy amounts of high-quality coking coal while offering a relatively easy location.
A large part of the appeal of the Isaacs Plains project is that it offers Sumitomo the mining equivalent of a fully furnished house with great transport connections. Sumitomo said it was attracted to the mine because all the nuts and bolts like railroad services to transport output are already in place, as the mine has been in operation since 2006.
Future deals may require more careful consideration. As Japanese trading houses continue to seek ways to secure a greater coal supply, their hunt is broadening into regions they are less familiar with in Russia and Mongolia, where conditions are more uncertain and the risks higher.


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A Prophetic Start
The Pueblo Revolt
Rebuild My Church
The Legend Continues
The Cathedral Today
Forever Franciscan
Our Lady of Conquering Love
More Holy Faith
WHEN BISHOP JEAN-BAPTISTE LAMY, the
first bishop and later archbishop of Santa
Fe, New Mexico, ran out of money while
building the city's cathedral in the early
1870s, one of his French priests decided
to use his talents for God. He took his parish's Confirmation
stipend for the bishop, gambled with the soldiers at Fort
Union near Las Vegas, New Mexico, and won $2,000!
"That would be the equivalent of $200,000 or more now,"
laughs Msgr. Jerome J. Martínez y Alire, rector of Santa Fe's
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. "The priest had been
a professional gambler before entering God's service!"
That's one of many Wild West stories of faith circulating
among parishioners and tourists as the
cathedral parish begins celebrating its
cuarto centenario (400th anniversary) in
2010. But the spiritual significance and
Franciscan influence of this historic
mother church are being highlighted.
"The cathedral parish is the cradle of
Catholicism for the American Southwest,"
Msgr. Jerome explains. "The
parish was founded in 1610, 10 years
before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth
Rock. It was from here that Franciscan
missionaries were sent out to establish
new parishes and bishops were sent
out to create new dioceses."
A Prophetic Start
The Catholic faith in New Mexico
didn't begin in Santa Fe, but rather
with a prophetic proclamation. In 1539,
missionary-explorer Fray Marcos de
Niza was searching for the fabled Seven
Cities of Gold when he came upon the
Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico. He
planted a cross there and proclaimed
the entire region the "New Kingdom of
St. Francis."
That proclamation became a reality in July 1598 when
Spanish colonizer Juan de Ońate—along with 129 soldiers,
10 Franciscans and over 400 women, children and other
men—settled along the Río Grande near Ohkay Owingeh
Pueblo, 35 miles north of Santa Fe. The friars dedicated the
first parish church in the American Southwest to St. John the
Baptist and celebrated the first Mass on September 8, the feast
of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
"Many people don't realize the missions in New Mexico
are 120 years older than the missions in San Antonio, Texas,
and 170 years older than the California missions," says
Msgr. Jerome, a 13th-generation descendant of colonists
who came with Ońate.
The colony was soon embroiled
in dispute, and Governor Pedro de
Peralta moved the capital of the New
Kingdom south in 1610 to found La
Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco
de Asís (The Royal City of the Holy
Faith of St. Francis of Assisi). That year
La Parróquia, a parish church built of
adobe, was dedicated to Our Lady of the
(The present cathedral would be built
on this exact site 259 years later, but not
before two more adobe churches went
up and the people's faith had been
tested many times over.)
"A jacál—a hut," Fray Alonso de
Benavides called La Parróquia when he
arrived from Mexico in 1625 as the
new head of the Franciscan missions.
This was no sanctuary for the exquisite
hand-carved statue of Our Lady that
he had brought from Spain! The jacál was torn down and replaced around
1630 by a more sumptuous adobe
church. At last, Our Lady (or La Conquistadora as she became known) had a
throne worthy of a queen.
In the mid-1600s, La Parróquia changed its name to Our Lady of the
Conception, a change undoubtedly
inspired by Franciscan efforts in Spain
and in its New World possessions to
promote the teaching about the Immaculate
Conception of Mary. Friars in the
New Kingdom even dyed their gray
habits a Marian blue.
Like the Inquisition in Spain, Spanish
colonial rule was often ruthless. Pueblo
Indians were forced to pay tribute in
corn and other products, labor in Spanish
fields and convert to Catholicism.
Pueblo kivas (underground ceremonial
chambers) were destroyed and other
native spiritual practices quashed.
On August 10, 1680, many of the
pueblos banded together and revolted
with a vengeance. They killed 21 Franciscans
and many colonists on outlying
farms before laying siege to Santa Fe.
Fearing for La Conquistadora, sacristana Josefa López Zambrano de Grijalva
dashed into the burning Parróquia and
rescued the 29-inch statue from certain
doom. The colonists retreated
300 miles south to present-day Juárez,
In the summer of 1692, Diego de
Vargas, governor of the exiled colony,
led a small contingent of soldiers and
friars to Santa Fe to retake the villa.
According to tradition, the governor
knelt before La Conquistadora and made
a promesa (promise): If Santa Fe falls
easily, an annual novena of Masses will
be offered in her honor for perpetuity.
The Pueblos agreed to peace and, on
September 14, de Vargas proclaimed a
formal act of possession. The other
colonists returned the following year.
"This is the peaceful re-conquest celebrated
every year as Fiesta de Santa
Fe," says Msgr. Jerome about the 297-year-old tradition established by proclamation
in 1712. "There was no
separation of Church and State under
Spanish colonial rule, and the Fiesta
today still includes religious and civic
La Conquistadora, the nation's oldest
Marian statue, reigns from the
nation's oldest Marian shrine, the
1714 adobe chapel of Santa Fe's
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis
of Assisi. But the title La Conquistadora has nothing to do with conquering
"The oldest prayers that were
attributed to her say, 'Oh, lovely
lady, you conquer us with your
immaculate lovingness,'" explains
Msgr. Jerome. "It's a spiritual conquest
of hatreds and divisions."
In the 1980s, former Archbishop
Robert Sánchez gave her an additional title, "Our Lady of Peace," to
explain her role more aptly.
Carved from a willow tree in Spain, the nearly 400-year-old statue
is a bulto a vestir (a clothed statue). And like a Spanish queen, Our Lady
has crowns and rosaries galore, as well as several hundred gowns,
including a cape made from vestments worn by Archbishop Lamy. Her
gowns and those of the tiny Jesus statue in her arms change with the
liturgical seasons and other special events.
The statue stands in a nicho of a historic reredos (altar screen), crafted
from sections of the original high altar of the 1714 church. Beneath
her is a bulto (wooden statue) of Jesús Nazareno, patron of the Penitentes,
a New Mexico confraternity devoted to the sufferings of Christ.
"Rebuild my church," Christ told St.
Francis in 1205. Likewise, the friars and
their flock in 1714 began building a
third adobe-brick Parróquia to replace
the church destroyed during the Pueblo
Revolt. Dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi,
the new church boasted a five-foot
wooden statue of its patron in a painted
blue robe. La Conquistadora graced a
chapel in the north transept.
In the late 1700s, the 200-year-old
Franciscan presence in the New Kingdom
began to wane. "The Spanish Franciscans
ceased coming when Spain
began losing its power in the New
World," explains Father Crispin Butz,
O.F.M., cathedral rector from 1984 to
1994. "In 1797, the bishop of Durango,
Mexico, placed La Parróquia under
diocesan priests."
The villa would soon change even more. In August 1851, Jean-Baptiste
Lamy, a 37-year-old French native who
had spent a decade ministering in the
Diocese of Cincinnati, arrived as Santa
Fe's first bishop. He was hardly enchanted.
After a grueling journey by
land, sea and foot, he discovered his
cathedral, La Parróquia. His flock knelt on
mud floors, and when it rained he had
to carry an umbrella—inside the church!
The bishop began dreaming of a
grand stone cathedral worthy of the
city's name. But where would the faithful
attend Mass while the cathedral was
under construction? Ingenuity struck:
Build the new church over the old Parróquia.
Its roof would serve as scaffolding
for the French Romanesque
cathedral, an architectural anomaly in
this town of adobe buildings.
After 18 years of dreaming, Bishop
Lamy laid the cornerstone in October
1869. Less than a week later, vandals
tore it up and stole the sacred objects
inside. It was a premonition of things
to come.
The first architect, an American, was
fired and replaced by two Frenchmen,
Antoine Mouly and his son, Projectus.
In 1874, the elder Mouly went blind
and returned to France. Meanwhile,
the building fund shriveled up and
construction was halted for several
years. In 1875, Bishop Lamy became
archbishop of the Southwestern see,
which then included Arizona, Colorado
and New Mexico.
Before work could resume, Projectus
Mouly died, and in 1879 a third
French architect, François Mallet, was
hired. As in a scene from a Wild West
movie, he became entangled with the
wife of the archbishop's nephew, who
shot Mallet dead. The nephew pled
temporary insanity and was acquitted.
But the cathedral went on. Clergy
were placed in charge of construction,
and the indefatigable archbishop continued
begging funds, even donating
his carriage to be raffled off at a fiesta.
His home diocese in France took up
collections, and local Jewish merchants
lent him money but later forgave the
debt. There was also the padre who
"gambled on God" and won.
Meanwhile, the cathedral of honey-colored
sandstone kept reaching heavenward.
In 1884, when the new nave
was near completion, the adobe bricks
from the old nave were carted out the
front door of the new church. In 1886,
Archbishop Lamy blessed the unfinished
cathedral (the adobe sanctuary
and transepts would remain intact for
another 80 years).
The first bishop of the Wild West
died in 1888 and was buried under his
dream cathedral. In 1895, the cathedral
was consecrated, 26 years after the cornerstone
was laid.
Although Jean-Baptiste Lamy is immortalized
in Willa Cather's 1927 classic,
Death Comes for the Archbishop, the landmark
cathedral remains his greatest
legacy. The truncated bell towers—the
archbishop had envisioned soaring spires
but the coffers dried up—are a sermon
in themselves: God's work is never done.
"In 1920, Franciscans again assumed responsibility for the cathedral, but this
time the friars were from the Cincinnati
Province of St. John the Baptist," says
Father Crispin, 86, who came West in
1954 and retired there several years
ago. "In 1985, the Cincinnati friars in
New Mexico and Arizona formed the
Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe."
The Franciscan revival didn't stop
there. In 1919, Father Albert Thomas
Daeger, O.F.M., a Cincinnati friar serving
in New Mexico, was named archbishop.
In memory of the Franciscans
killed during the Pueblo Revolt, he
erected the Cross of the Martyrs on a
hill overlooking Santa Fe.
Archbishops came and went; renovations
were made to the cathedral and
then redone by the next shepherd. In
1966, the remaining sections of the
1714 adobe church were demolished,
except for La Conquistadora Chapel.
"We're so grateful circumstances prevented
Bishop Lamy from finishing the
cathedral," says Msgr. Jerome, 58. "New
Mexico mission architecture is the only
indigenous church architecture in the
United States, and the chapel is a marvelous
grounding in our Spanish colonial
In the mid-1980s, former Archbishop
Robert Sánchez began restoring the
1,200-seat cathedral to its present glory.
The interior, a blend of adobe, French
Romanesque and modern architecture,
represents the various cultures who
worship here. An estimated 25 percent
of the cathedral's 1,500 registered families
are descended from La Parróquia's first parishioners.
In the sanctuary, two large oil paintings
that once graced La Parróquia, The
Agony in the Garden and The Arrest of
Jesus, proclaim Our Lord's sacrifice. The
works of renowned artist Pascual Pérez,
they date to 1710 and were brought
by oxcart from Mexico in several rolls,
which were stitched back together in
Santa Fe.
The cathedral also features modern-day
Spanish colonial art, a traditional
form of religious folk art handed down
from generation to generation. In the
Blessed Sacrament Chapel, an exquisite
reredos (altar screen) by Arlene
Cisneros Sena depicts the life of St.
Joseph. In one scene, Joseph is teaching
Jesus carpentry, the nails in Jesus' hands
foretelling his crucifixion.
Like its name, Santa Fe exudes faith and more faith.
These holy sites also merit a visit.
El Santuario de
Guadalupe, circa 1777,
is the nation's oldest
shrine to Our Lady of
Guadalupe. A special Mass
is celebrated on the 12th
day of every month at
12:12 p.m. in honor of
Our Lady's feast day on
December 12.
The Chapel of San Miguel,
circa 1610, is believed to be
the oldest U.S. church still
in use. Among the sacred
artifacts are a 1798 reredos and rare paintings on
buffalo hides of biblical
The Loretto Chapel is
famous for its "miraculous
staircase." Around 1878, the
Sisters of Loretto at the Foot
of the Cross realized their
new French Gothic chapel
had no access to the choir
loft. After they prayed to St.
Joseph, a stranger appeared
and erected a spiral staircase.
Many believe the carpenter
was St. Joseph himself.
More Holy Faith
Adorning the nave are retablos (two-dimensional
paintings on wood) of the
Stations of the Cross by Marie Romero
Cash. In Spanish colonial style, the
retablos are edged with painted red curtains
that add even more drama to
Christ's passion.
In between the Stations are Bishop
Lamy's French-imported, stained-glass
windows of the apostles. Americanmade
clerestory windows overhead
depict the coats of arms of modern-day
apostles, the archbishops of Santa Fe.
And to celebrate the cuarto centenario,
several old church furnishings have
been "rescued" and restored. Up from
a basement came the throne of Placid
Louis Chapelle, the third archbishop. A
large French-made Crucifixion scene
was resurrected from storage in a bell
tower and placed above the confessionals.
"It's hard to minimize sins with a
statue of Jesus crucified overhead," says
one parishioner.
Once obliterated with white paint,
the 1908 stencils of the Adoring Angels
from the Book of Revelation have reappeared
over the altar. And if ever doors
talk, it's here. The enormous front doors
(tall enough for current Archbishop
Michael Sheehan to enter the cathedral
on a horse!) present in 20 bronze
plaques, executed by Santa Fe artist
Donna Quasthoff, the intertwining religious
and civic history of New Mexico.
What other cathedral boldly
proclaims its statehood?
But nothing catches the eye faster
than the sanctuary's great reredos, the
work of renowned iconographer and
Franciscan Brother Robert Lentz. Titled
Saints of the Americas, the floor-to-ceiling
reredos depicts in Byzantine-inspired
icons 13 saints of North and South America, as well as Our Lady of
Guadalupe. The icons' 23-karat gold-leaf
background shines as brightly as the
New Mexico sun.
"Not all of the saints were canonized
or even beatified when it was completed
in 1986," says Father Crispin,
"but we were counting on it!" Mother
Katharine Drexel, who built St. Catherine's
Indian School in Santa Fe in 1887
and sometimes worshiped at the cathedral,
was canonized in 2000, and
Junípero Serra, founder of the California
missions, was beatified in 1988.
In the middle of the reredos is a nicho (niche) with a blue-robed statue of St.
Francis. After the new cathedral was
built, the ancient statue was given to
San Francisco Church in tiny Golden,
New Mexico. Retrieving that statue
required paying a ransom!
"The priest gave the statue back, but
the right arm was missing," laughs
Father Crispin, rector at the time. "The
arms are removable, and he wanted
$500 for the right arm!"
Due to a decline in Franciscan clergy,
the cathedral was again assigned to
diocesan priests in 1999. But the spirit
of St. Francis lives on. The cathedral is
located on San Francisco Street, and
the archdiocesan coat of arms depicts
a crucifix rising from the crossed, nailpierced
hands of Christ and St. Francis.
A six-foot-tall replica of the San
Damiano Cross in Assisi dominates the
sanctuary arch; a resplendor (sunburst)
behind the cross draws eyes up to Our
Lord. The Light of Christ preaches the
gospel in the stained-glass windows of
St. Francis and St. Clare, while wood
carvings simulating the cord of a Franciscan
habit decorate the altar, pulpit,
lectern and other furnishings.
When Pope Benedict XVI made the
cathedral a minor basilica in 2005, the
archdiocese took as its motto "Rebuild
My Church," echoing the words of
Christ to Francis. Even the birds seem
to congregate in greater numbers during
the annual parish celebration on
October 4, the feast of St. Francis!
"ˇTodos somos Franciscanos aquí!
Everyone's a Franciscan here!" says
Msgr. Jerome. "This is the Royal City of
the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi. It's
been that way for 400 years and hopefully
will be for another 400 years to
Cathedral photos in this article are
from the 400th anniversary calendar
available at www.cbsfa.org/gift.asp or by calling (505) 955-8879. The
cathedral office can be contacted at
(505) 982-5619.
Marion Amberg is a freelance writer from New Mexico.
LeRoy N. Sanchez is a Santa Fe professional photographer
and a native New Mexican.


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Orders that are in stock usually go out in 1 or 2 business days. Although we strive to keep all catalog items in stock, not all items are always in stock. Therefore we do not guarantee delivery in 1 or 2 business days if the item is not in stock. You can email us at email@example.com if you want to check availability for a particular item.
Please note heavy packages may incur extra shipping charges.
We are NOT responsible for carrier delivery delays caused by inclement weather conditions from UPS, FedEx, or Postal mail. Shipping charges are non-refundable.
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