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Liberian Journal No 11
August 18th to November 4th, 2009
by Fr. Ted Hayden, SMA
August 18th – Why bother with keeping a journal? I often ask myself this question. To me, my daily life is rather mundane and often boring. Progress seems very slow. It's three steps forward and two backward or sometimes three steps backward and two forward. Yet, somehow I want to give family and friends some insight into the daily life of one missionary, so I keep this journal.
Liberia is slowly emerging from the devastating results of a thirteen year civil war. The Government of Liberia faces near impossible challenges. The economy is in shambles and has 85% unemployment. The health and education sectors are overwhelmed by those seeking services. Food is scarce and farming is reduced to the technology available a hundred years ago. Yet the people, especially the youth exude hope. One sign of hope is the commitment of the Church to struggle with the people. The Church is second only to the government in the number of students under instruction. Health services include a major full service hospital, more than 25 clinics, aid and housing by Mother Teresa's Sisters of Charity to those dying of TB or AIDS as well as daily service to mothers with undernourished children. The presence of SMA and other missionaries attest that the outside world has not forgotten Liberia. My presence indicates that the American Church has not forgotten Liberia and the USA is still the favorite foreign friend of Liberians.
My journal entries illustrate how I try to accompany some of the Liberian people as they struggle to rebuild their lives and their communities. Perhaps the musings of this journal will give readers some insight into the labors of at least one missionary.
August 19th – There was a large crowd at Sunday Mass to greet me. Fr. Joseph Marwa, SMA from Tanzania was the main celebrant. He does a first class job in presiding at the liturgy. He is young, has an engaging smile and an extrovert personality. His faith is evident as he solemnly begins the liturgy. At the beginning of Mass a young mother proceeds down the aisle and presents herself and her new born daughter for a blessing. The mother is dressed in a midnight blue long dress with a matching head tie. Her daughter is dressed in similar clothing. It is a simple but moving witness to the Faith of the mother.
August 22nd – Meeting with Bishop Dalieh. The 11 mile trip to Cape Palmas takes 50 minutes. The rainy season is in full swing and the roads are deteriorating very quickly. Bishop Dalieh and I are friends of more than 40 years. As a young priest in 1965 he worked with me when I was pastor of the Cathedral Parish. He is now 74 years old and in poor health. Trying to administer a diocese in the midst of a civil war proved very difficult. Along with 300,000 other Liberians he spent five years living as a refugee in Ivory Coast. His rectories and churches were either looted or completely destroyed. Thousands of civilians from his diocese were arbitrarily slaughtered. Bishop Dalieh is now 74 years old and is looking forward to his 75th birthday when, according to Church law he will turn in his resignation as bishop. He looks forward to that day. In the meantime he is busy reopening the parishes which were closed during the civil war.
August 26th – Blessing Holy Water. The use of water in religious ceremonies is an ancient practice in many religions. Here in Liberia some people like to keep holy water in their homes. They bless themselves with the water and sprinkle their homes. While we in the west have little credulity in evil spirits many of the people of Liberia have strong beliefs in evil spirits. I always give an instruction when I bless water for people to carry home telling them that if they have faith no spirit is ever stronger than God so they should not fear. It was not too long ago that we hung witches in Salem. A recent issue of Forbes Magazines listed cases of people in the USA convicted of fraud in relation to evil spirits. One man charged $20,000 to remove a curse from another man. With this in mind I take a cautious course when condemning those here in Liberia who believe in evil spirits and witchcraft.
September 2nd – Inspection of the rubber farm. Fr. Marwa took responsibility for developing the rubber farm. He and a team of workers cleared 14 acres of forest and dug 2565 holes which are destined to receive bud grafted small rubber trees. I walked into the farm to observe what they were doing. The work was impressive. Even to get to the farm we had to cross a stream that zigzags across the whole width of the farm. We cross the same stream four times. Makeshift bridges have been constructed. Large felled trees cross the stream. Small trees provide railings. The task which faces us now is to find a good source of bud-grafted rubber stumps. We have promises from two nurseries.
September 4th – Dire hunger is pervasive. Hardly a day goes by when students don't come to the mission seeking food. Most are in their late teens or early twenties. They are high school students. They are older because many of them lost five or more years of school while they hid in the forest from rebel soldiers or lived in refugee camps in neighboring countries. Now they live independently in rented rooms in Cape Palmas while they attend school. They come seeking rice, sardines, tomato paste, sugar. washing soap, bathing soap and toilet tissue. Most eat only once a day. They cook for themselves or join together to cook a common meal I am able to help some but not all. It pains me to see them go away hungry. Usually I have bread and sardines and they are happy to have something to eat before they begin their journey back to Cape Palmas. I generally help them with their transportation because most of them have walked 11 miles to make their plea for food.
Families suffer also. The civil war destroyed many of the farms. The farm-to-market road is impassable for six months of the year. Farmers see no sense in growing food when there is no way to get it to market. The government of Liberia is trying to respond to the problem but progress is slow. A seven month rainy season dumps about 200 inches of rain each year. This causes havoc on the roads.
Also, farming is at very low technological pace. There are no tractors, fertilizer, insecticides or other aids to help farmers become more productive.
September 4th – The Parish sends a young man to the seminary. Gabriel Kragbe, a high school graduate left Barreken to enter the preparatory seminary in Monrovia. Gabriel comes from a strong Catholic family. They are all active in the parish. Gabriel has talked for more than five years about wanting to be a priest. This is the first seminarian from the parish and the parishioners pray that God will continue to bless Gabriel.
September 5th – A baby is born in the pickup. We had a request from the Barreken clinic to take a woman in child birth to the hospital. The woman lay in the back seat of the pickup with her head on the lap of a nurse. Another nurse helped the woman in the birthing process. Just as the pickup was entering the hospital compound the woman gave birth to a baby boy. Both mother and child survived in good health. I never did inquire from the doctor at the clinic why he wanted the woman to be taken to the hospital rather than have her give birth at the clinic. I just trusted his judgment. It is only about once or twice a month that the doctor asks us to carry a patient to the hospital so I always comply with the request.
September 13th – The Pickup is on fire. This is the cry I heard from Fr. Marwa at 5:30 this morning. Both of us went out and saw flames jutting out from the dashboard and around steering wheel. We doused the fire and were presented with a melted plastic dashboard and steering wheel housing. I was convinced that the vehicle was finished. However, my driver/mechanic, Romano stated that he would bring an electrician from nearby Pleebo to fix it. They managed to get it started and drove it the 8 miles to Pleebo. After two days it was in running condition. The signal lights were transferred to the driver's door. The pickup is working well but I am afraid that it will soon have to go into retirement.
September 15th – Children are dancing and I am embarrassed. Children between six and ten come to the mission very early each day to collect a wheelbarrow and go for food for the rabbits. Then they go home to bathe and prepare for school. Generally I try to give them some bread with mayonnaise. Today I gave them each a loaf of bread stuffed with sardines and sent them on their way. A short time later I went out into the yard to check on the chickens and ducks and saw the children dancing as they were eating their bread and sardines. They had wide smiles and were very pleased. I was embarrassed because the right of a child to a piece of bread is so obvious and I realized that no child in the USA would ever dance up and down over receiving a piece of bread. Yet, here in Liberia a decent breakfast or morning meal eludes most children.
September 17th – Schools open. Schools are packed to the hilt as more and more children enroll. The Liberian government is insisting that all school age children be enrolled in school. It has cancelled all school fees for elementary school students and reduced the fees of junior and senior high students. It is having an effect. Three years ago the Barreken government school had an enrollment of 240 students. Last year in was 290. This year it is 370. The difficulty is that there are no additional classrooms or teachers.
At the high school level in Cape Palmas the average classroom size is 60 with some of the junior and senior classes reaching as many as 75 students. There are no text books. Trained teachers, especially in the sciences are in short supply. The last junior high built in Cape Palmas was in 1964. The last high school was built in the mid 1950s.
The Liberian government is tackling the problem but it will be decades before enough classrooms are built, qualified teachers are prepared and sufficient textbooks are available.
One of the results of the civil war is that Liberian educational standards are significantly lower than they were in 1960. Yet progress is being made. More than 90% of the 12th grade students in Cape Palmas passed a common West African Examination which is administered in Ghana, Nigeria and other English speaking countries.
Finding employment for high school students is a formidable task. To the best of my knowledge none of last year's graduates have been able to find full time employment.
September 18th – School problems in Monrovia. Sponsoring a student in Monrovia is expensive. At Our Lady of Fatima high school in Cape Palmas the yearly cost of tuition and other fees is about US$ 70. In Monrovia it is $150. In Cape Palmas all students walk to school. In Monrovia most children have to pay to ride on mini busses to school.
Catholic schools face a dilemma. The church wants all Catholic children to have a chance to go to a Catholic school. But the only way the schools can stay open is if the tuition collected can pay the teachers salaries. Teachers average $160 a month. This is more than double the amount offered to government school teachers. The result is that in the Catholic school system the classes are smaller, teachers show up every day and are reasonably well qualified. However, the result of the high school fees is that Catholic students from poor families cannot attend Catholic schools.
With the help of SMA, family and friends I am able to help over 300 of these students to attend school but that is just a drop in the bucket.
September 25th -The Baptism of Mary Louise. Wleh is an 89 year old woman who has been attending Sunday Mass for over ten years. She tried to attend the two year instruction period which is required for adults who want to be baptized but age and illness prevented this.
Finally, the catechist gave her private instructions. Today, her daughter brought her to daily Mass and she was baptized. I gave her the name of Mary Louise, the name of my own mother. After Mass Mary Louise took her walking stick and with both hands on the stick made a very slow trip back to her daughter's house where she lives.
September 28th – A visit to a school in chocolate city. I visit the Francis Freeman elementary school in chocolate city. Monrovia has several neighborhoods which have acquired their own informal names. For example. in the 1 980s Liberia opened an industrial free zone near the port of Monrovia. Several factories were opened but were burned and looted during the civil war.
But the residences which grew up in that area are known by the name of the enterprise. People will state that they live in biscuit factory, iron factory, match factory, and shoe factory.
Chocolate city gets its name from the thick chocolate colored mud roads which are evident during the rainy season.
Francis Freeman has a school of about three hundred students. He built it himself. I have known Francis for over thirty years and try to visit his school while I am in Monrovia. Today I visited the cement wall enclosed compound. I visited all the classrooms and was pleasantly surprised at the decorum of the students and teachers. In the kindergarten class the numbers of 1-100 were written neatly on the board. They were very clear and as perfect as you would see on any printed page. I pointed to several numbers and the children quickly identified the correct number.
The annual fees at this school are $US 20. That is less than one fifth of what the Catholic schools charge. Francis manages by hiring university students part time and employing the mothers of students in non teaching jobs. Francis teaches and his office is a room four feet by six feet. I am not qualified to make a professional evaluation but I was very impressed with what I saw.
October 1st – An educational dilemma. The Ministry of Education has mandated that all school age-children must be in school. The Ministry frowns on children selling water donuts, candies and other items on the road side while schools are in session. Some of the children go to afternoon sessions of schools. With unemployment at 85% often the proceeds from the items sold by children are the only means of providing daily food for the families. In addition, the schools are so overcrowded that all the children who want to go to school can not find an open space. The intention of the Ministry of Education is commendable but the many problems which face it will take years to overcome.
October 2nd – The annual SMA meeting. There were 12 SMAs at our annual meeting. In the 1980s there were more than fifty SMAs in Liberia. When I first came to Liberia in 1959 there was only one Liberian diocesan priest. Now there are three bishops and fifty diocesan priests. While there is still a great deal of missionary work to be done the groundwork of establishing the Church has been accomplished and the Church is under local leadership. At the SMA meeting we elected Fr. Mario Abi, SMA from Nigeria as our Regional Superior. He will handle all the policy issues as well as the administrative work involving SMA presence in Liberia.
October 6th – Return to Barreken on the WFP plane. An uneventful 90 minute flight saved me from a harrowing trip by road. It was good to get pack to the peaceful surroundings of Barreken. I didn't enjoy the heat, noise, and traffic jams in Monrovia.
October 7th – The death and funeral of "Money in the Bush". Alexander Brewer, a member of prominent family in Cape Palmas was a rubber farmer. Some owners of farms stay in Cape Palmas and hire managers for their farms. Alexander lived on the farm. When asked why, his response was "Money is in the bush". The name stuck and he was proud of it. Money in the Bush had a big funeral at the Episcopal church in Cape Palmas. The majority of the mourners were rubber tappers. He paid them well and treated them fairly. Tappers are up at the crack of dawn and tap 500 trees. That means opening the trees and later coming back to collect the rubber latex which has dripped into cups. Money in the Bush set a good example for other managers and owners of rubber farms.
October 18th – A six day road journey from Monrovia. Quesna, a pre-medical student at the University of Liberia came to stay with me during his two month vacation. His father works for the SMA parish in Monrovia. I have been helping Quesna with his university fees. Earlier this year he had typhoid fever. Already a very slim young man he lost a lot of weight while he was sick. I invited him to come for his vacation to rest and eat. He helps by tutoring students in biology and chemistry. It took him 6 days to travel the 470 miles from Monrovia to Barreken. The transport vehicles he used kept breaking down or getting stuck in the mud.
October 22nd – A mentally ill woman visits the parish compound. For the past week woman in her mid thirties has been visiting the compound daily during the daylight hours. She speaks English very well but her speech is incomprehensible. She talks to the ducks, sits on the ground and communicates with the chickens. She collects trash such as pieces of paper and deposits them in the trash can. Just before dark she returns to her family home.
Liberians are very reluctant to place their loved ones in a mental hospital. As long as they are not violent they can live in the community. In southeastern Liberia which is larger than New Jersey there is not a single mental hospital. Somehow Liberians are able to take care of their own mentally ill.
October 27th – Parishioners clean the church compound. Several years ago the members of the parish assumed responsibility of caring for the church compound. They cut the grass, weed the flowers and trim the hedges. Generally about thirty people show up for work and in two or three hours the compound looks first class. It is remarkable to see young women carrying babies on their back stooping to cut the grass or trim the hedges. The Parishioners also maintain a five acre palm-nut, banana and plantain farm.
October 29th – An abundance of bananas and plantain from the parish farm. One of the parishioners delivers a wheelbarrow full of bananas and plantain from the trees on the parish farm. There are more than 100 bananas. In the future these can be sold in the market. At the present time they are consumed by small children who use them as a school recess snack.
October 30th – Mother and child bonding – a theory. In Liberia there seems to be a very close bonding between mothers and their children. A theory which certainly has many exceptions states that children have a close bond with their mothers because they are carried on their mother's back during their first year of life. Whether the woman is going to market, work on the farm or visit friends she carries her child on her back. The skin to skin contact, the heat from the mother's body, and the sound from her heart engender a feeling of security not to far distant from the final few months in the mother's womb. Thus the child bonds with its mother nine months in the womb and a year on her back.
November 2nd – All Souls Day. Today the members of the parish remembered their friends and relatives who died. Each person at Mass was given a chance to mention aloud those who they wanted remembered. Reverence for ancestors is an integral part of most African cultures so the priest does not have to give a lengthy explanation of the importance of remembering and praying for the dead.
As I continue to get older the list of those who have gone before with the sign of Faith rapidly increases. Today I remembered my grandparents and all my aunts and uncles. Now my generation begins to be included with cousins Joe and Joan Henaghan, Paul, Tom and Bob Morris. At Mass as I was recalling names, I mentioned Bob and Pat Morris. Then I said: "Oops, God, I made a mistake, take Pat from that list. She is still with us". My cousin, Bob Morris was married to Pat for more than 50 years and in talking about them or remembering them the names of Bob and Pat were inseparable.
I also prayed for the many benefactors of SMA. Without their continual prayers and financial help my work here and the work of other SMA missionaries would not be possible. In a particular way I prayed for Frank Neuwirth who died in December 2005 and was a great help to me in my work here in Barreken.
I remembered my father, Joseph who died at 39 and my mother Mary who died at 96 as well as my sisters, Dorothy Ann, 9 months, JoAnne 26, Patricia 22 and Loeman 39. Moe than half of my own siblings have gone before me. To non believers such memories would seem useless and archaic but for those of us who have the privilege of Faith can take solace in the biblical saying: "It is a good and healthy thing to pray for the dead".
November 3rd – Nothing for nothing. This is a Liberian expression which has the same meaning as our saying: "There's no such thing as a free lunch." Students know that if they need money to buy their school uniforms or copy books they have to work for the money. With a large compound and a big farm there is always plenty of work available. This week, Otis, the son of the Pastor of the Healing Church needed money for his school uniform so for two days he worked cutting grass and weeding around the orange trees. I have never met a student who was not willing to work for the money he needs.
November 4th – Graduation at Our Lady of Fatima High School. Today 32 students graduated from OLF. Nine of them were sponsored by friends of SMA. All have passed the West African Examination Council exams which are given in the English speaking countries of West Africa.
The graduates are eligible to enter one of the universities in Liberia. Less than a quarter of these students will be able to enter a university. Lack of financial support is always the given reason.
The graduates will enter the army of the 85% of unemployed Liberians. They will pound the pavement week after week seeking jobs which do not exist. However, there is a little bit of hope on the horizon. Foreign investors are coming. Matel, an Indian steel conglomerate has committed 100 million dollars to reopen a large iron ore mine. Work on this project has already begun. In southern Liberia where I live investors have offered to invest 100 million dollars in a palm tree oil plantation and another set of investor are prepared to revitalize and expand a rubber plantation which formerly belonged to the Firestone Tire Company. These investors will hire thousands of Liberians and help get some money flowing through the economic system. At the present time in Southeastern Liberia the economy is dead in the water.
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WASHBURN - On the day of Maynard Bichsel's graduation from Claude High School, he carefully put on his royal blue cap and took his place among the seniors.
His proud family watched from the audience as Bichsel crossed the stage and shook hands with the principal. He had his picture taken with the graduating class, smiling as broadly as the young men and women next to him.
Bichsel, 76, remembers it like it was yesterday. That's because it practically was.
On May 24, the Navy veteran received his high school diploma, almost 60 years after his class graduated without him as he went off to war.
"It's an honor," Bichsel said with a grin.
His granddaughter got him that honor after hearing on the radio that a new law gave veterans the opportunity to graduate from high school if a war interfered.
Claude High School, thrilled to graduate its oldest senior, called Bichsel's wife, Maxine, and asked for his Social Security number.
"I never realized what they were doing," Bichsel said. At least not until later, when he heard the words, "Mr. Bichsel will walk across the stage."
Not completing high school had haunted Bichsel throughout his two years of service, 18 months of which were served overseas. He helmed ships through typhoons in the South Pacific, transported casualties and had the duty after the war ended to clear Okinawan caves of hidden Japanese soldiers.
"I would holler, and no one would come out," he said. "You'd have to go in. Someone would be hiding back there. You couldn't see."
The war ended, and Bichsel received an honorable discharge. On his papers, under "further training," someone typed "finish high school."
But soon after he came home, something happened that disrupted those plans. His father died in a farming accident, and he took over the farm.
In 1947, he married his wife and later moved to Washburn, where he lived a quiet life as a farmer and later as a volunteer firefighter.
He didn't know quite how much a high school education meant to him until he was up on the stage, surrounded by young, fresh faces, and the people crowded into the auditorium gave him a standing ovation.
"I said 'You make my heart go like that,"' he said, thumping his chest with his forearm.
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Lenore Skomal: Throw in the (holiday) towel
'Peace" and "Joy," even "Noel" and "Have yourself a merry little Christmas" are round-the-year messages in my house. They're not just saved for the yuletide. Where I live, red-berried holly sprigs, smiling Santa heads and twinkling snowflake towels don't have to wait for that time of year to grace the handle of my stove and dry my dishes.
Nope. They are ever present. Why? Because they answer this simple question: What do you do when you've run out of respectable dish towels and you're too cheap/lazy/forgetful/all of the above to buy more?
You pull out the Christmas ones. And make the holidays an everyday affair.
Unlike other domestics, I don't own festive holiday dishware. Nor, until a few years ago, did I have holiday-themed dish towels. No, those came courtesy of my husband and one of his runs to the store when they were on sale and for some reason, though unstated on my part, he felt I wanted them.
My mother never had special dishes or linen for the holidays, either, so it's not in my blood or heritage. We were lucky to have a centerpiece at Christmas. In our house, holidays were all about the meal. Always. Leg of lamb or massive roast beef, the emphasis centered on what we put in our mouths, not what we ate from or wiped down our damp dishes with.
The stack of very good, very unused dish towels kept being moved from the back of my cleaning closet, to the linen closet, to the towel closet, to the buffet -- but never packed away with the Christmas decorations because, well, in my mind, they were towels, not ornaments, so they needed a special home. Actually, more like a mobile home.
And then one day about three weeks ago, I pulled them out of the linen closet to move them again, to make room for a stack of everyday towels. Then it hit me, like Buddha sitting under the Bodhi Tree -- enlightenment. Yes, it was that profound.
Looking at the stained, worn and even ripped pile of pitiful, overused cloths in one hand, and the clean, neatly folded, bright ones in my other, I transitioned to a state of peace and wisdom. Out with the old, in with the seasonal.
I'm a different person since that light-bulb moment, freeing myself of the societal conformities that can reduce expectation to a string of one-day holidays, dolled up in coordinated dish towels. The way I look at it, who doesn't need a little peace and joy, even a ho-ho-ho, every day?
LENORE SKOMAL writes every Thursday. If you enjoy this column, you can order her book with a collection of them at www.lenoreskomal.net. You can read her blog at www.goerie.com/blogs/gutcheck.


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A block or interlocking signal without a number plate, or designated by an A marker.
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A fixed signal at the entrance of a block that governs trains entering and using that block.
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A fixed signal outside a block system that governs the approach to a block signal, interlocking signal, or switch point indicator. A distant signal does not indicate conditions that affect track use between the distant signal and block or interlocking signals or between the distant signal and switch point indicator. A distant signal is identified by a D.
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What I'd like to know is wether there are multiplayer-only monsters in the upcoming US release of MH3 Ultimate for the 3ds. (WiiU online multiplayer isn't an option for me)
And which if any, they are. I remember in Tri, there were certain monsters you could only encounter while online, and I'm worried since not many of my friends even own a 3ds, nor show any interest in Monster Hunter. >_<
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On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 10:29:40PM +0100, Bartosz Giza wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
> I have found quite interesting feature on one of router that lately i have
> taken to administer.
> What i knew was that file /var/run/dmesg.boot holds data from kernel buffer
> that is taken right after file system(s) are mounted.
> Lately i have found that one router writes to this file data from kernel
> buffer when system is going to reeboot. Below are few lines from this file.
> What you can see are lines from kernel right before reeboot. I have never seen
> before such lines in this file. And this is quite interesting. Could anyone
> tell me how can i achieve such funcionality on other systems ? I have tried
> to find on google about this but i couldn't find anything similar to this.[/color]
You can even see the panic message if it was the reason for reboot.
This works on every system where the RAM is not cleared on reboot.
For example on every alpha, on my old IBM notebook, on Soekris systems,
on at least some Intel server boards, ...
Just not on vanilla PC, because their BIOS clears the RAM contents, so
the old dmesg buffer is lost on the next kernel start.
x86 that don't clear the RAM exists, just as my notebook and Soekris,
but those are not very common.
It is nothing which is configuriable though.
Of course you could ask your board vendor to send you a less destructive
BIOS, but I don't expect any positive result from that.
I guess the main reason for this is that most are using the same BIOS
framework and don't think about it.
> ------
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `vnlru' to stop...done
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `bufdaemon' to stop...done
> Waiting (max 60 seconds) for system process `syncer' to stop...
> Syncing disks, vnodes remaining...2 2 2 0 0 done
> All buffers synced.
> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0: provider mirror/gm0 destroyed.
> GEOM_MIRROR: Device gm0 destroyed.
> Uptime: 71d13h58m11s
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UE Project Chick – A visit from the Children's House
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- By quest-admin
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LE Working on Their Auction Art Project!
The UE Eggs Arrived!
Sheila, from Casey Farm, visited the Upper Elementary classroom yesterday and brought with her 18 Heritage Dominique eggs, 6 Rhode Island Red eggs and all the supplies they need to go from incubation to hatching.
The UE students are pairing up with students in Children's House. They will be bringing the younger students to their classroom each day to view the eggs and talk with them about the daily development from embryo to chick.
Please feel free to stop by the classroom on a regular basis to see the progress and view their Project CHICK Development Wall.
In addition to the Project CHICK work, the students have been learning about the different parts of an egg. They cracked open eggs and identified all the parts. They then peeled hard boiled eggs and compared them to the raw eggs. This week the students have learned about diffusion and osmosis. On Monday, they put eggs in vinegar and watched the shells dissolve and the eggs grow larger. Today they put those "naked" eggs in corn syrup and molasses. Tomorrow the students will observe and discuss the results of this experiment. The final stage of this week long experiment will be to put the "changed" eggs into water and see what happens to them on Friday.
Quest Spring 2011-2012 Fundraiser Supporters!
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- By quest-admin
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A Few of our Wonderful Auction Items so Far!
- At April 10, 2012
- By quest-admin
- In Quest Events Blog
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American Girl, Marie-Grace Doll and book
New England Patriots, signed football
DisneyWorld, 4 ‐ One‐Day Park Hopper passes
Blendtec High Speed Blender
An original Harvey's Seatbelt Purse
Keurig, Coffee Basket
NY Skyride, 2 free tickets
Top if the Rock, NY tickets
Pinkcalyx, $50 Gift Card Card
Providence Bruins, 4 flex tickets 2012/13 season
Roger Williams Park, 4 free passes
Trinity Rep, 2 ticket vouchers
A New Adult Bike and Child's Bike
PawSox Tickets
An Alex and Ani Item
Herbal teas from Sacred Rose and Mem Teas
Focus Yoga, 3 free classes
Conway Tours, 2 round trip passes to Foxwoods with casino credit
BeautiControl Beauty Supplies, $100 gift card
4 veggie bag systems, from The Veggie Bed
La Masseria, $50 gift card
A set of Raw Chef recipe Books by Kristen Suzanne
Eleven Forty Nine Restaurant, brunch for 2
Lunch for 2 at 85 Main
Two $25 gift certificates for seafood at American Mussel
Two pair of earrings from The River's Edge gifts
$25 gift card to Fire and Ice
2 buy one get one free passes for Legoland California
three $25 Cheesecake Factory gift cards
two $25 PF Chang's gift cards
Showcase Movie passes
A case of chips from POPChips
$35 gift certificate to Matunuck Oyster Bar
$20 to Shogun Seafood House
$20 Dick's Gift Certificate
$25 gift card for CVS
$10 Build a Bead Bucks
A Pony Party from Lend a Hand
Credit for classes at The Jamestown Art Center
A gourmet food and wine basket
A Jewelry basket
A family portrait session
Pirate Brand Snacks, 4 cases of snacks
SoyJoy, 4 cases of bars
Like no Udder ½ off coupons
Mary Kay goodie bag
Stampin Up, gift basket and free class voucher
A gluten free goodie basket from Lucy's Cookies
Class Baskets:
A day at the beach basket from the CH class
A garden gift basket from the LE class
A sports basket from the UE class
A game night basket from the MS class
and much, much, more…
As well as the most important,
beautiful art projects
created by all of the students!
A Very Special Announcement from Our Past Art Teacher, Ruth!
Dear Quest,
I am so happy to announce the birth of my baby girl, Audrey Lee, to my beloved Quest family. She was born on January 19th, 2012 at 1:30pm and weighed a tiny 5Ibs 11oz and 19″. Two months later, she is now 11Ibs and 22″! We are deeply in love with her and hope to introduce her to you all one day.
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There were afternoon thunderstorms here in FL today as well... of course.
Husband and I took a jaunt over to Ybor city to pick up coffee, and so I could plant myself face down in a plate of mussels in thai coconut curry sauce.
The rain came after while were were having our usual walk, so we parked it at our favorite lounge and sat on the stoop smoking a cigar and drinking a mojito as the clouds rolled by spitting and tossing out epithets.
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Tiger Woods would have been at the head of the Hot list had he not putted like an 18-handicapper on Jack's greens at the Memorial Tournament.
Instead, Woods necessarily finds himself in "Not Hot" land, thanks to a third-round opening-nine 44 at Muirfield Village.
Who else is hot? Those at the opposite end of the leaderboard from Tiger at Memorial, for one.
Who's not?
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Santana allows two runs in eight innings
PHILADELPHIA -- Shane Victorino's two-out RBI single in the ninth inning lifted the Philadelphia Phillies over the Mets, 3-2, tonight.
Duaner Sanchez (3-1) retired the first two batters before Pedro Feliz doubled to left field. Victorino followed with a liner to right on a 1-2 pitch to score Feliz and send a sellout Citizens Bank Park crowd into a frenzy
The NL East-leading Phillies have won four straight after losing 13 of 18.
Brad Lidge (2-0) pitched a perfect ninth and Philadelphia's stellar bullpen tossed 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Chad Durbin retired the seven batters he faced, striking out six, after replacing starter J.A. Happ in the fifth. Ryan Madson threw a scoreless eighth.
Johan Santana went eight innings, allowing two runs on six hits with six strikeouts.
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St Michael the Archangel, North Cadbury
- About Us
- Find Us
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North Cadbury is one of nine parishes in the benefice of the Camelot Parishes. Services are held in two churches in the parishes: St Michael the Archangel in the village of North Cadbury and Galhampton Church in the village of Galhampton.
Although Galhampton Church is used for Church of England services, the building belongs to the United Reformed Church - as a result Galhampton Church does not have its own listing on A Church Near You and services at Galhampton have been included under the entry of St Michael's in North Cadbury.
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Morning Prayer at Galhampton Church
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Camelot Group Service
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Resumes Sunday 6th November 2016
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Every second and fourth Sunday at 11:00 AM
Family Service at Galhampton Church
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Evensong at Galhampton Church
Every fifth Sunday at 6:30 PM
Afternoon Tea in Galhampton Church
Every third Tuesday at 3:00 PM for 2 hours
Alpha Course starts Wednesday 18th September 2013 at 7.00pm at The Barn, Woolston Manor Farmhouse. Contact the Parishes Office for details.
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Honorary curate: The Revd Ronald Ernest WOOD
Incumbent: The Revd Tristram Geoffrey RAE SMITH
A Church Near You ID (venue number): 10920
Archdeaconry: WELLS (511)
Deanery: Bruton and Cary (51103)
Benefice: Camelot Parishes (01/370BP)
Parish Legal Name: NORTH CADBURY (510067 1/67)
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Sencha Touch MVC Application – Part 2
In my previous post, I shared presentation on Sencha Touch MVC. That's all the "talk", it is time to see it in action. This short tutorial will walk through the implementation of Sencha Touch MVC application. I revamped my old (and long forgotten & messy) USGS apps as example. Before I dive into the code, I will share how to structure the apps.
Structuring Your Apps
Firstly, create the folder structure to support the MVC application. The figure below shows the basic structure required and the codes are available here. I personally think this is a good practice and can be use as coding standard and guideline for Sencha Touch apps. In addition to that, you may want to standardize the file & object naming convention for the controllers, views and data models.
- m.usgs – the root folder for the application
- app – folder for your sencha touch code, containing app.js and folders for controllers, models and views.
- lib – folder for sencha library and other plug-in. (in my example, I moved the sencha library out for sharing with other apps)
- resources – folder for web resources such as css & images.
- index.html – the main page to launch the apps.
Step 1: Instantiating the Application
Create app/app.js and add the basic launcher for an Ext.Application instance. In the example it will be namespaced as "usgs".
Ext.regApplication({ name: "usgs", launch: function() { this.views.viewport = new this.views.Viewport(); } });
Create a main Viewport view which will house the pages required for displaying USGS Earthquake data. Here we place references to the card instances in the "usgs.views" namespace, so that we can refer to them explicitly in our page flow.
usgs.views.Viewport = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, { fullscreen: true, layout: 'card', cardSwitchAnimation: 'slide', initComponent: function() { //put instances of cards into app.views namespace Ext.apply(usgs.views, { usgsMenu: new usgs.views.UsgsMenu() ,usgsList: new usgs.views.UsgsList() ,usgsMap: new usgs.views.UsgsMap() }); //put instances of cards into viewport Ext.apply(this, { items: [ usgs.views.usgsMenu ,usgs.views.usgsList ,usgs.views.usgsMap ] }); usgs.views.Viewport.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments); }, layoutOrientation : function(orientation, w, h) { usgs.views.Viewport.superclass.layoutOrientation.call(this, orientation, w, h); } });
Step 2: Modelling Data
Like any MVC-based application the next step is to prepare for the data model. In the models folder, create a definition of the USGS model. The data structure match the content structure is USGS website. In order to demonstrate the use of JSON, I used YQL to convert the RSS data from USGS.
Ext.regModel("usgs.models.UsgsData", { fields: [ {name: 'id', type: 'int'}, {name: 'title', type: 'string'}, {name: 'description', type: 'string'}, {name: 'link', type: 'string'}, {name: 'pubDate', type: 'date'}, {name: 'lat', type: 'string'}, {name: 'long', type: 'string'} ] });
Create a simple data store to retrieve the data. For cross domain ajax, set the proxy type to 'scripttag'. It also handles the callback.🙂
usgs.stores.usgsData = new Ext.data.Store({ model: 'usgs.models.UsgsData', proxy: { type: 'scripttag', url: 'http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql', extraParams: { format: 'json' }, reader: { root: 'query.results.item' } } });
Step 3: Creating the Views
The data is ready, now we start to create the view for the USGS data. It allows us to test the data store as well. In this example, I have 3 views:
- USGS Menu – this view contains list of data we can retrieve from USGS
- USGS List – based on the selected menu, this view shows the list of USGS earthquake data.
- USGS Map – this view shows the map where the earthquake occurred.
Here I will just show one of the view. Ignore the call to the controller (Ext.dispatch(…)) for now, wire the view when the controller is ready.
usgs.views.UsgsList = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, { dockedItems: [{ xtype: 'toolbar', title: 'USGS', dock: 'top', items: [{ xtype: 'button', text: 'Back', ui: 'back', handler: function() { Ext.dispatch({ controller: usgs.controllers.usgsController, action: 'backToIndex' }); }, scope: this }] }], items: [{ xtype: 'list', emptyText : 'No data available.', store: usgs.stores.usgsData, itemTpl: '{title}', onItemDisclosure: function (record) { Ext.dispatch({ controller: usgs.controllers.usgsController, action: 'showMap', data: record.data }); }, grouped: false, scroll: 'vertical', fullscreen: true }], initComponent: function() { usgs.views.UsgsList.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments); } });
Step 4: Building the Controller
We reached the last step and this is the point where all the action and view wired together. If you look back at the view, the handler dispatches specific action to the controller. The actions are defined in the methods below and the controller will then manage the page flow by activating the card. Switching page is done by calling the setActiveItem() and it is applicable because my Viewport is using card layout.
usgs.controllers.usgsController = new Ext.Controller({ index: function(options) { usgs.views.viewport.setActiveItem( usgs.views.usgsMenu, options.animation ); }, showMap: function(options) { var data = options.data; usgs.views.usgsMap.addMap(data); usgs.views.viewport.setActiveItem( usgs.views.usgsMap, options.animation ); }, showUsgsList: function(options) { var id = parseInt(options.id); usgs.stores.usgsData.getProxy().extraParams.q = usgs.query[id].q; usgs.stores.usgsData.read(); usgs.views.viewport.setActiveItem( usgs.views.usgsList, options.animation ); }, backToIndex: function(options) { usgs.views.viewport.setActiveItem( usgs.views.usgsMenu, options.animation ); }, backToUsgsList: function(options) { usgs.views.viewport.setActiveItem( usgs.views.usgsList, options.animation ); } });
If you are not using card layout then the controller will need to render the UI component. In the sample code below the view is rendered using the Ext.Controller render() and listener is added to catch the event bubble from the view.
list: function() { this.listView = this.render({ xtype: 'myMainPanel', listeners: { scope : this, filter: this.onFilter, selectionchange: this.onSelected } }, Ext.getBody()).down('.dataList'); }
The screenshots below are the result from the above tutorial.
Implementing the structure and MVC into Sencha Touch definitely helps to simplify my design. I can easily implement the page flow and not end up with spaghetti code. It also helps to separate the view, data and controller and make the code more maintainable.
Hope it is useful and happy hacking!
February 27, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Nice post….I'm currently reading up on the Sencha Touch FW to develop a web app using MVC…so your article just came in handy🙂 keep up the good work!
March 8, 2011 at 12:41 am
Very nice article. May I ask why you removed the map in your addMap function, after checking whether the first component on the page was a box/map? (see UsgsMap.js source)
I had to do the same thing to get my MVC app working– otherwise, whenever the controller switched from the map panel to another, the map 'remained' onscreen and obscured my other panel. So your code helped me in this regard, but I'm not sure why it's needed? A bug in Sencha, or is there some other reason?
April 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm
Please, share your app code!
April 5, 2011 at 9:34 am
Could you help me please?
I am looking for way to pass variable to View and then use it.
I am calling View from controller like this (it's an action):
show: function(options) {
var userdata = options.userdata;
this.view = this.render({
xtype: 'cmTeamuser'
So how to pass userdata to cmTeamuser view?
May 8, 2011 at 11:40 pm
Following your setup…i have a form in one of the views. For one of the fields i want to get the current date…
I have the following function for getting that date…
function getDate(){
var currentTime = new Date();
var month = addZero(currentTime.getMonth() + 1);
var day = addZero(currentTime.getDate());
var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
return(day + "/" + month + "/" + year);
where should i put this function so it can be used by many views and how would i call it for my form??
Something like this??
xtype: 'textfield',
name: 'date',
label: 'Date',
value: getDate()
May 10, 2011 at 12:30 am
Awesome thanks so much! That works. But now i am on to bigger things🙂
Sorry for this being off topic of your post. But I want to put a list in one of my views. I cannot get this to work and was wondering if you have any insight. Any help would be greatly appreciated Here is my view:
Toolbar.views.Contact = Ext.extend(Ext.List,{
fullscreen: true,
iconCls: 'home',
layout: {
type: 'vbox',
align: 'center',
pack: 'center'
xtype: "list",
store: ListDemo.ListStore
initComponent: function() {
Toolbar.views.Contact.superclass.initComponent.apply(this, arguments);
And here is my date store
Ext.regModel('Contact', {
fields: ['firstName', 'lastName']
ListDemo.ListStore = new Ext.data.Store({
model: 'Contact',
data: [
{ firstName: "Domino", lastName: "Derval" },
{ firstName: "Elektra", lastName: "King" },
{ firstName: "Fiona", lastName: "Volpe" }
May 12, 2011 at 2:03 am
No that doesn't work. It does not seem to like the way i have my store set up.
Does this store look right??
Ext.ns('ListDemo', 'Toolbar.views');
Ext.regModel('Contact', {
fields: ['firstName', 'lastName']
ListDemo.ListStore = new Ext.data.Store({
model: 'Contact',
data: [
{ firstName: "Domino", lastName: "Derval" },
{ firstName: "Elektra", lastName: "King" },
{ firstName: "Fiona", lastName: "Volpe" }
May 12, 2011 at 2:14 am
oh never mind. I got it. If i combine the section i posted above with my View, it works.
Thanks for the help.
May 18, 2011 at 8:22 am
Hi, wowi,
I really loved your work . I got what I was looking for. I am going to start one sencha touch application at my office, but I am not sure how to start as this is my first experience with sencha touch, could you please post or send me email how to do set up for sencha application and how to test. I am planning on android.
thanks in adv,
May 27, 2011 at 3:07 pm
Thanks for this! This has been the most useful example I've found while trying to learn Sencha Touch. Please do some more!
June 2, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Thanks a lot for this awesome example! i'm working in a finder aplication with this concept. Just one tip, in UsgsMap class, at the end, when adding the listener for the map bubble marker, you should use 'mousedown' instead of 'click' event, touch devices like iPad/iPhone doesn't recognize the click event.
June 7, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Thank you very much for this excellent mvc structure.
Please I need to know how to add a permanent "tabPanel" using MVC, please help
June 8, 2011 at 7:32 pm
Thanks for a very useful tutorial. It would have been helpful in the text if you could indicate the file names into which the above sample code should be placed. I ended up looking at the Git Hub sources to figure out what files and which code was in it.
Now that it is working trying to understand how it works….
June 8, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I can't get it to work on Android. Have you tried it yourself?
June 9, 2011 at 7:42 pm
Hi Wowi, could you please how to use webkit, I have been to website . do I need to install nightly build ? and how am I going to place my code ? could you please the guideline on this ? I know this could be basic qn but I am new bie and will start my app soo n🙂
June 30, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Thanks for the great article! Could any one share the complete Android project folder??
July 7, 2011 at 6:58 pm
Hi it's me again,
I like the way you code withdout reg, but in the tabs example there is an problem when content overflowed and vertical slider
August 16, 2011 at 8:30 am
But what about performances (User experiance) ?
August 21, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Thanks for doing this. This is really helpful. I was working with your example code modified for a TabPanel. I'd like to skip the first Menu and load the list when the app launches and then tap to load map. Is that possible using this structure?
August 24, 2011 at 9:22 pm
Excellent tutorial. Will someone explain the argument called "argument" in line 20 of the Viewport file? What type is it? Where does it come from? It makes very little sense to me.
August 27, 2011 at 5:45 pm
This tutorial is great stuff! It really helped me get a better understanding of sencha and mvc and I thank you for that.
I've been recently trying to employ BDD on my app that's inspired by this tutorial (using Jasmine which the Sencha team seems to like) and I found that the framework doesn't get along with objects with dot notation in their names. (i.e. – new usgs.views.UsgsMenu() will always return an error, but new UsgsMenuView() works fine)
What's your experience with using testing frameworks with Ext/Sencha?
September 5, 2011 at 9:44 pm
Thank you.
This is a better example than Sencha has on their tutoriol which does not explain the MVC approach or only does a superficial job.
Great work.
September 14, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Thank you so much for this example. This is by far the best I've found and the most applicable for my needs.
October 4, 2011 at 11:26 am
Hi – thanks – this is really interesting – one question… in the index.html file, why have you put the script files inside the body tag, and also, why are they inside divs?
October 17, 2011 at 8:14 pm
Any chance of seeing the USGS app updated for Sencha Touch 2.0? I noticed they are handling a few things differently in 2.0.
Your examples have been the best resource I've found for learning!
December 8, 2011 at 4:35 pm
I'd also like to see the USGS app in ST2.0. Any chance of that coming soon?
December 13, 2011 at 8:47 am
While building installable file using phone gap I am getting error in app.js at this.views.viewport = new this.views.Viewport();
as ReferenceError: Can't find variable: app at file ://android_asset/www/app/app.js:9
my code in app.js is
name: 'c4g',
launch: function() {
this.launched = true;
mainLaunch: function() {
if (!device || !this.launched) {return;}
this.views.viewport = new app.views.Viewport();
April 20, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Really great post. How hard would it be to make this work with Sencha Toucha 2.0?
August 7, 2012 at 12:17 pm
i am beginner of sencha I didnt know how to start as this is my first experience with sencha touch, could you please post or send me email how to do set up for sencha application and how to test. I am planning on android.
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COP 16 Chair Discusses COP 16 Preparations
7 July 2010: The UN University (UNU) hosted a lecture by Patricia Espinosa, Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the Chair of the upcoming 16th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP16), on 5 July 2010. She discussed Mexico's preparations for COP 16, which will convene in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of 2010.
Espinosa stated that, as COP 16's host country, Mexico is determined to push for substantive agreements from all parties. She stressed the need for inclusive dialogue, especially with least developed countries (LDCs), island States, and the private sector, as a key component for reaching a binding agreement in Cancun. [Webcast of the Lecture]


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The Mary Baldwin University Athletic Department announces the launch of mbcathletics.com, the new virtual home of Mary Baldwin Athletics. The site, powered by PrestoSports, features networked schedules and content that allows for immediate updates; live stats; athlete spotlights; video clips, images; and connections to social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and coaches' blogs.
The sports site can also be accessed from the Mary Baldwin University home page, by clicking on the word "Athletics," found in the College for Women section of "Info for You" and in the footer of every page on the college's website.
"The new website will be a welcome addition for our student-athletes, fans, parents, and alumnae/i," said Mary Baldwin Sports Information Director Lynda Alanko. "There are a lot of great things happening in the Mary Baldwin University athletic department and the website will be an excellent tool to showcase those accomplishments. Along with our new media, fans will be able to see all the scores and highlights along with what happens behind the scenes."
PrestoSports, founded in 2002, is a leading provider of athletic content management software to colleges and conference offices. Its staff includes former sports information directors, conference administrators and experience in collegiate marketing solutions — all focused on creating innovative web solutions for the company's clients.
Mary Baldwin University joins the USA South Athletic Conference and conference competitors Meredith College, Shenandoah University, and Peace College as a PrestoSports website member.


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WASHINGTON -- Evangelist Billy Graham turned 95 Thursday and he rang in his next year by preaching what some predict could be his largest-ever crusade.
His son, Franklin, marvels that even at his father's advanced age, he hasn't lost his touch. He calls Thursday's televised sermon truly "anointed."
"God has burdened my heart to use my energy to share this important message," Rev. Graham told listeners Thursday night.
***To find out when "My Hope America" airs in your area visit Billy Graham's website. "It's so powerful," his son told CBN News. "It's like a grandfather talking to you or your father talking to you. And his eyes just kind of pierce through the TV set right into the hearts of the people who are talking. It's the most powerful message I think I've ever heard my father give."
The crusade is called "My Hope America." While it has aired in Latin America, this is the first broadcast to hit the states.
It's a night when more than 200,000 volunteers will open up their homes to friends, coworkers and neighbors to watch Graham's pre-recorded message, "The Cross," and testimonies from Christian music artists Lecrae and Lacey Sturm.
The homes are called "Matthew homes" because they're modeled after the disciple who invited others to his home to meet Jesus.
After the telecast, the home hosts will share how Jesus gave them hope and invite others to make a life-changing decision.
"It's my hope and my prayer -- and my father's prayer -- that there will be many tens of thousands of people on Nov. 7 who will confess their sins to God, ask for His forgiveness, and, by faith, believe on the name of Jesus Christ," Franklin, who will take part too, said.
Billy Graham is considered one of the world's most admired men -- the preacher and pastor to presidents who has also kept up with current events.
In September, Graham wrote to Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, asking for the release of American Pastor Saeed Abedini.
"I said, 'Daddy, there's a pastor in Iran and he's imprisoned because of his faith. I would like to know if you'd be willing to write a letter to the president of Iran to ask for this man's release. He's going to be in New York,'" his son recounted. "And daddy said, 'Absolutely! Let's do it.'"
Billy Graham also completed his latest book, The Reason for my Hope, this year.
The book shares what the world's best loved evangelist learned in nearly a century of walking with the Lord. It's really about the hope and faith that comes through Christ -- the pervading message throughout his decades-long ministry.
Franklin Graham said facing eternity without Christ is the most frightening prospect of all.
"You know we are in danger of hell and people are not calling on the name of Almighty God," he said. "See, God is a God of judgment and He is going to judge sin. Today He wants to forgive sin. He's eager to forgive sin."
Franklin Graham says considering his father's age and health, this week's crusade will likely be his last.
When we asked how his father's doing, he said, "You know he's doing pretty good, and I think it's remarkable that he's able not only to write this book this year but to do this film -- the cross. He's been hard at work this year doing two major projects, so I'm proud of him."
"I want to leave you with the truth," Billy Graham will tell his audience on Thursday evening, "that He loves you [and that He's] willing to forgive you of all your sins."
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Reader Chris Hanneke emailed me his final farewell to James Harden and I liked it, so I thought I'd pass it along.
I became a Thunder fan around the time that James Harden became a member of the team. To be fair, the two events weren't linked in any way, shape or form. I was new to the NBA, I needed a team, I didn't want to pick the best team in the league, so I went with the young and fun one.
Still, while the Harden pick had nothing to do with my decision to root for the Thunder, it's hard not to look back on it as representative of why so many people, including myself, were drawn to the team in Oklahoma City.
Harden wasn't supposed to become a part of it, either – at least not according to most draft experts. There were better options that could help this team that had been building so successfully the previous few seasons. Taking a bench guy didn't seem to make sense for a team that needed one more playmaker to finally start winning.
Of course, this is exactly what has made Sam Presti one of the most well-respected executives in all of sports. It turns out, Harden was exactly what the team needed. He balanced everything out. And while he wasn't fully appreciated until the Jeff Green trade, you got the sense even early on that this was a special player.
But we don't root for these guys based on skill alone. Once it became clear that Harden was more than just a bench guy, but a premier scorer, we started to appreciate all of his quirks – the ones that landed him in commercials for Foot Locker.
The Thunder before Popular James Harden were almost too perfect. They were media darlings to the point that fans of other teams began to resent how squeaky-clean Kevin Durant, and his entire team, really, were always portrayed to be. "Oklahoma City is a small town, but it's so perfect for a humble guy like Kevin!"
Harden was different. And it seemed like after the Green trade, when he was allowed to come out of his shell a bit more, the rest of his teammates – including Durant and Westbrook – began to follow suit. As Harden's beard grew more and more out of control, it seemed like the team, and the fans, rallied behind it. As cliche as it may sound, it translated to the court as well.
The Beard was now more willing to handle the ball in crucial situations and show off the playmaking skills that many knew existed, but few knew were so wildly effective. Meanwhile, Westbrook was able to relax a little and take more chances, almost swapping positions with Harden at times as the aggressive, shooting guard to Harden's reserved, point guard.
Heck, even Durant seemed looser alongside the free-spirited Harden. He began appearing in public without a shirt, revealing a surprisingly-tattooed body that threatened his previously squeaky-clean image (no matter how absurd that may sound, it was the case). Only, he didn't really care. He was having fun, the team was having fun, and it became fun for even the casual fan to root for them.
Of course, there was also the biggest myth of all – The Westbrook/Durant feud – that an annoying amount of sportswriters began to run with. Even throughout all of that, Harden continued as the stabilizing force. When you saw Durant and Westbrook laughing together with James, you knew that no amount of bad shots by Westbrook could derail the special culture the Thunder had created.
With Harden, you also got the sense that even though Durant and Westbrook were clearly the better players, Harden was the real life of the party – the one that brought the girls to the table while the other two sat and sipped their drinks in the booth. This may seem trivial, but in times when Durant and Westbrook were being put under a microscope for every little thing, it was reassuring to know that Harden was right there to lighten the blows for both of his teammates.
All of this is what makes this trade so baffling. Look, no one should ever blame another person for chasing the largest amount of money they can possibly attain. We can't know how we would react in a similar situation. So if Harden wanted to leave purely based on financial purposes, then he certainly had every right to.
But as Barry Tramel so brilliantly illustrated in his column on the trade, there's a good chance Harden never expected it to play out like this. Maybe he enjoyed the idea of finally being the biggest story in town. Instead of sharing the screen with Westbrook for a Foot Locker ad, or instead of watching Serge Ibaka get taken care of with his latest deal, for those few days, Harden was all the talk. Newspapers and blogs would write things like: "Could this team survive without Harden?" and maybe that let Harden feel like the superstar we all already knew that he was.
This is where Harden may have been misguided. Because for the past year, he has been a star. He was part of a Big Three that outscored the far more publicized Big Three in South Beach. He played on an Olympic team because his two best friends, his coach and his GM put him in a situation that perfectly highlighted his skills without ever overexposing his weaknesses.
If the solemn press conference and the ponderous tweets by Harden in the aftermath of all of this are any indication, Harden recognizes this too.
And yet, here we sit, two days before the season that was supposed to end with a Western Conference championship at the very least, and all of a sudden it has an entirely different, almost ominous tone. The free-spirited, Big Three Thunder have been replaced by the icy, "We got this" Durant/Westbrook Thunder.
None of this is an indictment on any of the parties involved. There are ugly sides of sports, and Oklahoma City was just exposed to the absolute ugliest side.
Still, even though Westbrook and Durant may reach levels we never even thought possible and carry this team back to the Finals, it's hard not to think how different all of it will feel without Harden standing beside them, his smile radiating through the Beard that brought such life to basketball in Oklahoma City.


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REEDSVILLE - A plane from West Virginia carrying cargo of the four-legged variety made a special stop Wednesday afternoon at the Mifflin County Airport in Reedsville.
Just in time for Christmas, Ron Henderson of Pilots For Paws deposited eight black Labrador Retriever puppies, a female Beagle and her seven puppies, a pregnant Rat Terrier and an orphaned Australian Cattle puppy into the waiting arms of local residents who plan to foster the dogs until good homes can be found.
Chris Sellers, of Willing Hearts Dalmatian Rescue and owner of Old Park Grooming and Kennels in Lewistown, will be taking charge of the dogs with the exception of the pregnant Rat Terrier, who will be fostered by Donna and Roger Wagner of Lewistown.
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Puppies get comfortable in a large cage after being flown in on Wednesday afternoon at the Mifflin County Airport in Reedsville.
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Chris Sellers holds an Australian Cattle puppy while her brother, Mike Sellers, watches Wednesday afternoon at the Mifflin County Airport in Reedsville. Pilots for Paws delivered a group of puppies and dogs to Mifflin County, after they were rescued from overcrowded shelters. The animals will be fostered by three area residents until they are adopted.
The Pilots For Paws group specializes in rescuing dogs from animal shelters where they would likely be euthanized due to limited space and delivering the dogs to other shelters or organizations that can foster them until homes can be found.
Sellers said the puppies were originally supposed to be flown into Mifflin County on Dec. 19 but a heavy snowstorm prevented the scheduled pilot from making the trip. Sellers added that she was informed by the organization that no more flights would be completed until after Christmas. Sellers was both surprised and pleased when she found out Henderson was willing to make the trip on Wednesday, she said.
Henderson has only been with the Pilot For Paws group for about a year but has already made between 10 and 12 trips to rescue dogs from overcrowded animal shelters. Henderson said his longest trip took him six hours and with this most recent trip to Mifflin County, he has transported around 40 dogs.
The puppies and dogs brought to Mifflin County on Wednesday came from Mason County, W.Va., where Sellers has made three trips by car to pick up numerous puppies as well. Sellers said Wednesday's drop off was the first time she had worked with the Pilot For Paws program, but over the years through her work with the Willing Hearts group, she has managed to adopt nine Dalmatian dogs herself.
"I joined the Willing Hearts because of the Dalmatians," Sellers said of her love for Dalmatian dogs. "But how can we turn our back on these puppies?"
Sellers said the organization has expanded and no longer only rescues Dalmatians but will foster dogs of any breed.
The Wagners also have several pets of their own and will be fostering the pregnant Rat Terrier until after she delivers and the puppies are weaned and ready for adoption.
"We love the puppies," Donna Wagner said. "It just breaks our hearts that some people are so mean to them."
Sellers said the adoption process utilized by the Willing Hearts group can take awhile since the organization is cautious when choosing the right homes for rescued dogs.
"To turn those puppies over to a family is so rewarding," Sellers said. "Because otherwise they don't have a chance."
For more information on the adoption process and to view pictures of puppies awaiting adoption, visit the organization's Web site at www.dogsaver.org/willinghearts, and for more information on the Pilots For Paws organization visit its Web site at www.pilotsnpaws.org. Both organizations are nonprofit and subsist on donations and volunteers.


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UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and former undisputed boxing welterweight champion Zab Judah discuss their respective sports of mixed martial arts and boxing during an ESPN: The Magazine interview session.
Cross-posted on our sister site - KO Corner
UFC light heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson talks to ESPN about the popularity of MMA and his upcoming unification bout with PRIDE champion Dan Henderson.
News and Notes
- Dana White and company held the official press conference for UFC 74 yesterday. The most interesting thing to come out of it? Probably something that many of us have known for a while now - When asked about Brandon Vera's next opponent, White responded with "most likely Tim Sylvia."
Some press conference coverage:
Bloody Elbow: UFC Conference Call Notes
UFC Junkie: UFC 74 Media Conference Call Notes
UFC Daily: UFC 74: Conference Call Recap
- UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture will be featured on ESPN's Rome is Burning later today at 4:30 PM EST. Couture is expected to discuss his preparation for his title defense against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 74, his bout with former champ Tim Sylvia at UFC 68, and Gonzaga's brutal knockout of Mirko Cro Cop at UFC 70.
- Wild Bill's Fight Night has become the latest MMA promotion to earn a television deal:
Wild Bill's Fight Night, the biggest and most successful MMA event series in the state of Georgia, recently acquired a television deal with Comcast On Demand. Past MMA events from Wild Bill's Fight Night are available now through Comcast's On Demand service. All future Wild Bill's Fight Night cards will be televised on Comcast.
- ION Television has announced that it will no longer be broadcasting BodogFight programming beginning in February 2008. ION stated that MMA is no longer appropriate for the channel's new style of family programming.
- Apparently George Foreman loves mixed martial arts:
Foreman wrote the book on fighting after 40
"I love the UFC. I love it," Foreman said. "If they had had that back when I was coming up, in 1966, it would have been my sport. Man, I love it. And you know what? Nobody would have pulled the rope-a-dope on me."
- CBS Sportsline writer Sam Caplan has joined the ranks of UFC Junkie.
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9-10 PM - MMAWeekly's Sound Off
11 PM - Knockout Radio
Media Links
Roger Sportsnet: Gonzaga on my Mind
MMA Weekly: Randy Couture on Steroids in MMA
Sprawl 'n Brawl: MMA History Lesson: The Fight That Almost Was
CBS Sportsline: Five Ounces of Pain: Fedor's next destination should be the UFC
MSNBC: Soft-hearted 'Rampage' ready to bring the heat
Fight Opinion: Friday fight notes: A bad week just got worse for K-1
We may not be in Hollywood, or even close to it, but we can't see what could go wrong with having both Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and Flavor Flav in a movie.
We say two gold thumbs up, hanging from our necks.
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According to reports both Spike TV and the UFC jointly announced on Monday that UFC 75 will air free in the U.S. on Spike TV.
But organizers instead chose to put it on basic cable television - albeit on tape delay - where it will be available in 90 million homes.
"It's part of my philosophy to always have good fights on free TV," said UFC president Dana White. "We ask out fans to buy 10 pay-per-views per year, and you can't give them s—- on free TV when you do that."
THQ released a preview trailer for the new UFC video game it will be releasing in the first quarter of 2008 yesterday. The clip features a bout between UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson and Chuck Liddell. The game is expected to be released for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles as of right now.
News and Notes
- Our rumors section has been updated once again…
- Remember to cast your vote on our latest poll: Rock the Vote - Favorite UFC 73 Fight
- MMA on Tap would like to congratulate UFC Junkie's Eric "Performify" Foster on being hired as a columnist for Fight! Magazine.
- For those of you that haven't already heard, Wesley "Cabbage" Correira has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout with James Thompson at Cage Rage 22 this Saturday after suffering a broken ankle during a recent training session. Cage Rage has also announced that Correira will be replaced by Kimo Leopoldo in the bout.
- Full Contact Fighter is reporting that former UFC Heavyweight Champion Ricco Rodriguez has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Ron Waterman at HCF: Unfinished Business on July 21 because he has been denied admittance into the country of Canada:
Hardcore Championship Fighting promoter, Keith Crawford, informed FCF this afternoon that Ricco Rodriguez will not fight Ron Waterman on the July 21st, "Unfinished Business" card, in Edmonton, Alberta, as had been advertised. The fight was to be the card's main event, which will take place at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Alberta's capital city. According to Crawford, Canadian authorities have denied Rodriguez entrance into the country.
"Mr. Rodriguez's bond to get into Canada has been revoked due to recent situations." said Crawford, which was the extent to which he cared to comment. As of last week, Crawford had maintained in correspondence with FCF that he believed all American fighters that were scheduled to compete on the card would be granted entry into Canada.
Rodriguez's lawyer and agent, James C. Gallo, told FCF this afternoon that "I'm not an expert in Canadian law, but I'm unaware of any reason as to why Rodriguez would be precluded from leaving the U.S. to enter Canada."
- The Fight Network is reporting that Mirko Cro Cop has hired a talented group to be used as sparring partners in preparation for Cro Cop's upcoming bout against Cheick Kongo at UFC 75. Sergei Kharitonov, Ricco Rodriguez and Zelg Galesic will all be participating in Cro Cop's training camp.
- Randy Couture and Quinton Jackson fell short of their bid to become the first mixed martial artist to receive an ESPY for Fighter of the Year as Floyd Mayweather Jr took home the honor.
- Gracie Fighter is stating that Nick Diaz has been released of his contract with PRIDE and Zuffa because of his ties with Elite XC:
We will be running a series on a seldom seen look at the behind the scenes workings that ultimately lead to the ouster of Nick Diaz from the new Pride organization. In our opinion this ouster had everything to do with Nick's participation in the EliteXC organization and nothing to do with Zuffa's technical grounds. Everyday this week we will post corresponding emails and let you the reader be the ultimate judge.
Radio Schedule:
12-1 PM EST - TAGG Radio
1-3 PM EST - The Jordan Breen Show
3-5 PM EST - The Stephen Quadros Show
3-4 PM EST - The Fight Network Radio
9-10 PM EST - MMAWeekly's Sound Off
11 PM EST - Knockout Radio
Media Links:
MMA Weekly: This Thing is a Unification Bout
NBC Sports: Sport, not savagery
CBS Sportsline: A look ahead at UFC championship picture
Fight Opinion: Thursday trash talk: Trigg and Toughman
Bloody Elbow: California and Oversaturation
411 Mania: Where Do The UFC 73 Fighters Go From Here
Since we didn't get a CKA up this morning and there is a ton of news to report, I thought we would do a little catching up on things…
Couture, Jackson Nominated for 'Best Fighter' ESPY
UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson were announced as nominees yesterday for the Best Fighter category in the 15th annual ESPY Awards.
Couture and Jackson are joined by boxers Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr, and Manny Pacquiao as finalists. Fans will be able to vote at the ESPY's official site until July 7th for the winner. The awards will be televised on July 15th.
Dana White: Shamrock Rumors False; Set to Release Him From Contract
UFC President Dana White stated to Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole that he never even thought about having Ken Shamrock take on Michael Bisping at UFC 75 in England. He also said that he is considering releasing Shamrock from the remainder of his contract.
"I don't know if he wants to fight, but we haven't spoken to him and I'm not planning to use him," White said.
UFC Officially Announces UFC 74: Respect
The UFC officially announced UFC 74: Respect set for August 25th at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Two bouts were announced: Randy Couture will defend his UFC Heavyweight Title against Gabriel Gonzaga. Also former UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre will take on top-rated contender Josh Koscheck.
Tickets for the event will go on sale Sunday, July 8th.
Cote Meets Grove at UFC 74
Patrick Cote has announced via a post on The Underground forum that he will face Kendall Grove at UFC 74.
ESPN's LeBetard Talks MMA on The Sports Reporters
ESPN commentator Dan LeBetard declared MMA as 'the sport of tomorrow' during ESPN's annual Sunday morning show, The Sports Reporters.
LeBetard's comments were as follows:
"Tomorrow's sports fans, ages 18 to 34, have spoken," LeBetard said. "Generation YouTube wants fights in a cage and submission holds and a bloody sport that appeals to the short attention span more than the ponderous 12 rounds of De la Hoya-Mayweather. Dying hockey would kill for the kind of future and attention and pub MMA has. Boxing is yesterday's sport; MMA is tomorrow's."
You can watch the clip of the segment here via ESPN Motion.
IFL: Las Vegas, CFFC 5 Attendance Numbers
The Nevada State Athletic Commission released the attendance numbers for IFL's Las Vegas event earlier this week. According to the NSAC, the event only brought in $93,270 at the gate. The number seems a bit low, especially when the IFL reported that the arena was sold out with a crowd of 3,200. Well apparently the IFL fibbed a little bit. It turns out that only 996 tickets were sold for the event and the IFL gave out 1,842 complimentary tix.
The New Jersey State Athletic Control Board announced that CFFC 5: Kimbo vs Mercer rang up a paid crowd of 7,286, not counting any complimentary tickets that the promotion may have given away.
Burnett, ProElite Developing Reality MMA Series
Reality TV producer Mark Burnett is planning on producing a series based on MMA in conjunction with ProElite, the parent company of Elite XC.
The most interesting thing about all of this is that Burnett now owns part of ProElite according to Loretta Hunt of The Fight Network:
As part of the agreement between Mark Burnett Productions and ProElite, Burnett was afforded the right to buy up to 17 million shares of ProElite stock at $3 a share in eight portions tied to the success of the joint venture. The format for the planned MMA series is still in the "exploration stage," according to the report.
When Quinton Jackson said that PRIDE offered him a $2,000 bonus to lose to Kazushi Sakuraba earlier this week, I actually kind of believed him. Jackson has seemed to be an outspoken but honest individual throughout his career.
PRIDE officials denied the claim the next day to no one's surprise but it's DSE attorney Tawnya Wojciechowski's comments from today's Fight Network radio show that really have me thinking that DSE is digging themselves into a hole by being outspoken concerning this matter.
Her comments from today's show:
"I have the signed copy of his contract that we negotiated back in 2001," Wojciechowski said. "The compensation that was structured for that particular event was that he would receive a fighting fee of $10,000. He was to receive a bonus if he won by either a submission hold, TKO or KO – he would receive $4,000 for the win. If he lost by KO, TKO or a referee's stop, excluding a tapout, he would get $2,500, basically to make the fight more exciting. There was no bribe involved."
So let get this straight, there was a bonus for winning and there was also a bonus for losing the fight? Are you kidding me? That's the first time in history that I've heard of a bonus being potentially awarded to a fighter for losing a fight and it doesn't make any sense. You give out bonuses for winning and that's it. You don't out extra money for losing.
The Sakuraba fight was Jackson's PRIDE debut. Your first fight in the biggest MMA promotion in the world at that time and you are going up against Sakuraba of all people. What if Jackson was scared out of his mind and decided to just bag the fight for an extra two grand? Technically Jackson isn't lying in this case. PRIDE actually did offer him $2000 to lose the fight. Granted that PRIDE's intentions may only have been to make the fight more exciting for the fans, the event actually took place. Now I don't know whether or not Jackson misinterpreted the offer or PRIDE actually meant what Jackson is claiming - I guess we will find out the truth eventually.
An interesting thing to point out is that KOTC founder and Jackson's agent at the time of the fight is agreeing with Jackson…
"When Quinton got there, one of the guys that I sent directly there with him was with him when he was approached by [the two PRIDE executives] and offered an additional $2,000 to lose the fight by submission," Trebilcock said. "To my understanding from both Quinton and my guy who I sent over there with him, that is what happened."
As far as DSE filing a potential lawsuit, nothing is happening as of yet according to Wojciechowski:
"I need some time to investigate this, as this was just brought to my attention this morning," Wojciechowski said. "Obviously, I'd like to get a hold of the actual interview that was done. If Quinton is making these statements, they are not true. I have irrefutable evidence to prove that they are not true. Hideki Yamamoto and Yukino Kanda did not engage in any bribing activity."
"Quinton has highly neglected to add to the story that he was going to be paid almost double bonus if he had won," Wojciechowski said.
We will definitely continue to follow this story…
In a recent interview with MMA Today, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Quinton Jackson shed light on monetary negoitations that took place before his debut fight in PRIDE against Kazushi Sakuraba in 2001. Jackson is claiming that PRIDE officials offered him a $2000 bonus if he would allow Sakuraba to knock him out or submit him without Jackson tapping.
"I'm never the type of fighter that would lose for money," Jackson said. "I don't do that. But they told me, 'If you win this fight, you get $10,000.' But they told me—these are like the two people from PRIDE who got fired recently, I don't know if the president of PRIDE knew about it—but they told me themselves: 'If you lose by knockout or submission and you don't tap, you get $12,000.'
"I said, 'But what if I knock him out?' and they said 'You get $10,000.' Then I understood what was going on. This was my first time fighting in the big show in Japan and I learned sometimes they wanted the other guy to win. I knew it was going to be tough for me to win that fight, so I went out there and gave it my best anyways to get my $10,000," Jackson said.


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First Person Arts Festival with Marcus
By MarcusSamuelsson.com
First Person Arts Presents
An Evening with Marcus Samuelsson
in Association with the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
Powered by Mole Street Productions
With support from: Precept Wine and Taste of Norway
DATE: November 7, 2012
TIME: 6PM – 7PM: VIP Reception,
7PM – 9PM: Dinner and Author Reading, followed by a book signing
LOCATION: The Racquet Club of Philadelphia (215 S. 16th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102)
TICKET: $100 for Dinner and Author Reading ($80 for FPA members),
$150 for VIP Reception, Dinner, and Book Reading ($120 for FPA members)
All attendees receive a copy of Marcus' new memoir, Yes, Chef.
Flavors and cultures collide when internationally acclaimed chef and winner of Bravo's Top Chef Masters, Marcus Samuelsson, shares his bestselling memoir, Yes, Chef. Adopted by a Swedish family after his mother succumbed to tuberculosis in his birth country of Ethiopia, Samuelsson's journey to the top kitchens of New York City is a unique one. Samuelsson's diverse cultural background feeds his passion for blending culinary traditions at his award-winning restaurants.
The Racquet Club of Philadelphia prepares a special meal honoring Marcus' Ethiopian and Swedish roots. Dinner includes wine.
VIP attendees mingle with Marcus at an intimate pre-dinner reception, with hors d'oeuvres from Taste of Norway and a special cocktail created in Marcus' honor.
Dress: Cocktail Attire (no jeans or sneakers allowed)
First Course: Misr Wot (Ethiopian Lentil Soup)
Second Course: Tunisian Braised Short Ribs with Atakilt wrapped in Injera
Third Course: Seared "Taste of Norway Salmon" over Swedish Potato Cake and topped Cucumber Salad
Fourth Course: Poached Ginger Pear with Vanilla Cream.
Cabernet and Riesling will be served with dinner, courtesy of Precept Wine.
For more information, go to marcus.firstpersonarts.org