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Puppet Theatre PUK
By Emma, Australia, February 2013
Housed in a theatrical looking and puppet-sized building (by Tokyo-standards) in Shinjuku, Puppet Theatre PUK has been charming children and adults with its puppet shows since 1929.
Using a range of puppets and puppetry techniques, including rod puppets, hand puppets, shadow puppets and traditional Japanese puppets, PUK performances are held regularly in its specially constructed puppet theater. In addition to PUK's own performances, the theater hosts touring puppet shows from many of the world's leading puppet theater groups. There are even puppet shows exclusively for adults!
Editor's Note: This recommendation was taken from our Tokyo Things to Do blog. Visit the original post to continue reading the full post and to learn more about things to do in Tokyo.
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We are regretful in informing you that Earthshine Farm has closed. Although we still passionately beleive in the heirloom movement,
we have been unable to sustain a viable business model that will keep quality and costs in line with a livable income.
We are so thankful for all who have purchased and enjoyed our product over the years and would never give up all the people who have helped us
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Thomas Percy, clergyman, scholar, poet, was born on 24 April 1729, the son of Arthur Lowe Piercy and his wife Jane Nott. His father was a wealthy wholesale grocer and tobacconist, and later a chamberlain and bailiff of Bridgnorth, Shropshire. The young Percy (he changed the spelling of his name in 1756) exhibited an early interest in tales of chivalry, but also had a precocious literary taste and by the age of 17 had compiled a library of 265 books. He attended Newport School, from where he won an Exhibition to Christ Church, Oxford in 1746. He was awarded his BA in 1750, and three years later was ordained and awarded his MA. He received the living of Easton Maudit in Northamptonshire, which he took up in 1756 when he was also appointed …
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MANGALORE: 4th Clergy Meeting of the Diocese of Brahmavar was held on December 5, 2011 at the Diocesan Aramana, Mangalore. The Diocesan Metropolitan Yakob Mar Elias presided over the meeting.
Around, 20 priests from all over the Diocese attended the clergy meet. The Metropolitan took a class on "Good and Wicked Shepherds".
The Newly Introduced 'Identity Cards' for Priests were distributed to all of the clergy at the meet. Election for various posts was held. General Issues and Concerns of the diocese were also discussed.
Dates for various Diocesan programs were also decided. The meeting ended with a General Photo Session.
In the Afternoon, the Diocesan Council Meeting was held.
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Modular Design and Fabrication
What is Modular Design & Fabrication?
Eton Modular specializes in the design, manufacturing and management of projects using modular construction.
Prefabrication is a proven alternative to traditional construction methods. Eton Modular's modules are manufactured off-site in China and are delivered complete with finishes, fit out and furniture to suit the project's requirements. Their installation forms the key structural elements of the building.
The modules are built using mature manufacturing technology adapted from the automotive industry and use only the latest concepts in architectural and structural design.
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The modules are manufactured in China by a UK owned and managed foreign enterprise. With ISO 9000, LEAN and Six Sigma certified manufacturing facilities, our manufacturing partners have the ability to complete the 600 modules every three months.
Built to the exacting standards of ISO 9001 and the Building Code of Australia, they modules are designed to client's specifications. Registered engineers, electricians, plumbers, builders and sustainable practitioners manage, oversee and test all fabrication and fit-out.
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With fail-safe locking mechanisms, assembly is simple, fast, safe and built on industry standard foundation systems. The modules are weatherproof and the interiors remain protected throughout the assembly process. Fully customisable, modules can be fitted out to the clients specifications before arrival on site. In addition, modular solutions have minimal exposure to the logistical and weather related delays commonly encountered in traditional construction.
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North Idaho College will be closed Monday, Feb. 20 in observance of Presidents' Day.
The college will also be closed during the third annual Employee Day event Tuesday, Feb. 21 for employee development activities campus wide. Classes that meet during the day are canceled and evening classes held at or after 4 p.m. are in session.
Exceptions to the closure include the NIC Children's Center, Molstead Library and the Molstead Computer Lab and the Edminster Student Union Building, which will remain open. Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy classes will still be in session and the NIC Adult Basic Education Center, Area Agency on Aging, Bonners Ferry Center and Workforce Training Center will remain open. The NIC Silver Valley Center will be open adjusted hours from 3:30 to 6 p.m. and the Testing Center will be open from 4 to 8 p.m.


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As the fall season approaches just as the leaves age, wither, and fall off the tree, so too do veteran football players approach the twilight of their careers.
Some move out gracefully and some exist on the fringe where they can no longer sustain a starting role. The following are the most likely veteran AFC position players to be subject to the bench during training camp or shortly thereafter based upon training camp results.


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Start the School Year Securely
As another school year begins, staff and students will be bringing their educational tools like laptops, tablets and smart phones into the schools and classrooms. They will as well be using the Internet and sharing files as always. The last statement is what opens the door for trouble if they haven't protected these computing and communications devices. Read the rest of this entry »


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It was one year ago when Somerset knocked off the Hollidaysburg baseball team in the District 6 Class AAA semifinals, preventing the Golden Tigers from a trip to the championship.
New year, same opponent, different result.
The second-seeded Golden Tigers capitalized on four Golden Eagle errors en route to a 3-1 victory in the District 6 Class AAA championship Thursday at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
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Tigers pitcher Brett Hileman (7) gets a big hug from catcher Reid Miller after the final out Thursday afternoon at PNG?Field.
Hollidaysburg coach Jon Syznal credited his team's work ethic in the win.
"[We were] working ahead and we got a couple of runs," he said. "We got tired at the end, made the right switch at the end and it all worked for us."
The Golden Tigers (14-8) scored first in the top of the first inning. Leadoff hitter Tanner Claar smacked a single and scored on a throwing error by pitcher Ian Stiffler for a 1-0 lead.
In the top of the fourth, the Tigers cashed in on two more errors. With one out, Tiger catcher Reid Miller belted a double. Brian Urban, running for Miller, then scored on a throwing error by Stull to give the Golden Tigers a two-run cushion.
Urban scored again, this one on a wild pitch, as the Tigers took a 3-0 lead in the sixth.
Somerset coach Steve Costea, whose team finished the year at 15-4, knew defense was the reason for the downfall of his ballclub.
"There are no excuses," he said. "When you make more errors than you have hits, you don't deserve to win."
The Eagles did manage to muster a run on an RBI double by Stull, which scored Alex Dirienzo in the bottom of the sixth inning to make it 3-1.
But for most of the day, Tiger starting pitcher Dom Viduya was the unsung hero. In the win, the southpaw pitched six innings, giving up just one run on two hits. Having already played at PNG Field earlier this season was a part of why Viduya thought his team was successful on Thursday.
"I think that it helped out that we played in the Curve Classic," he said. "It made it feel like a routine."
Viduya struck out four and walked two while flirting with a no-hitter into the fifth inning.
"He had a great performance. He got ahead of the batters, he was changing speeds and he was pretty much able to throw all his pitches for strikes," Syznal said. "He kept them off balance. The ball moved enough that they weren't able to get a lot of hits off him."
Szynal, who watched Brett Hileman get the save in the seventh with the help of a double play and a strikeout to end it, couldn't have been happier with how his team kept to their goals.
"You never know when you're going back," he said. "The last one was [Class] AAAA and this one is [Class] AAA so it does make it special. For the kids, every one is special and for the coaches they worked so hard to get to this goal and they reached it [today]."
Miller and Hileman each had two hits for the Tigers, who will now play the No. 3 seed out of District 3 on June 4 at a site and time to be determined.
HOLLIDAYSBURG (3): Claar cf 311, Burger 3b 300, Hileman ss-p 302, Viduya p 000, Urban cr-ss 020, Crum dh 200, Sell ph 100, Storm 2b 400, Ford 1b 200, Miller c 212, Russell lf 300, Gallagher 300. Totals - 26-3-5.
SOMERSET (1): Stull c 301, Stiffler p 300, Brewer p 000, Hemminger 3b 300, Sleek 1b 201, Beeman pr 000, Barron rf 300, Blough lf 300, R. Dirienzo 2b 000, Costea dh 200, Flyte cf 200, A. Dirienzo ss 110. Totals - 22-1-2.
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Viduya (W)621142
Hileman (S)100010
Stiffler (L)653145
Umpires: Home - Stan Risser; First - Tracy Cornelius; Second - Bob Weld; Third - Dave Mease
Records: Hollidaysburg (14-8); Somerset (15-4).


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T-shirts for youth and adults from the 2015 show & undated caps + posters.
Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain with beautiful T-shirts.
New Blue Angels tanks tops for women in 3 designs & colors + new T-shirts for men
On September 23rd, 2015, Father Junipero Serra will be canonized by the Pope in the United States and furthermore known as Saint Junipero Serra. The 300th Birthday design has been updated to reflect this momentous occasion.
We now have a very limited number of T-shirts and tanks plus posters for the 2015 fiesta.
The CH-46 Sea Knight "Battle Phrog" will retire from U.S. Marine Corps in 2015 and the Gavins have designed a beautiful T-shirt and poster to commemorate the occasion.
Paul Gavin's "Morning Colors: San Clemente Pier Walk" oil painting on canvas is featured on the 2014 City of San Clemente Recreation Magazine. Along with regular morning pier activities, this painting captures the three stripes down the pier phenomenon. Purchase the enhanced giclee here.
Like his watercolor painting Dana Dreams: An Endless Summer, the first of his Premier Coastal Series completed in 1988, the view is from above the Orange County Marine Institute looking across the Harbor toward's Dana Point, Capistrano Beach, and San Clemente with Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in the distance.
A new life — with a little help from some friends. The original Beach Flag at Poche unofficial monument has been relocated and restored and Paul has painted it as he did with the original. See them both.
Paul Gavin's San Clemente Pier at Sunset: Playa Romantica captures the San Clemente Pier's magic golden moment. This beautiful sunset scene can be your family portrait. You can be photographed on site and then added to a custom giclee. Contact the artist for more information.
Amgrunt is one of six paintings from Paul's new series featureing paintings of United States Marine Corps Amphibious Tractors (Amtracs) at Camp Pendleton and in Vietnam from 1967 - 1969.
The hills above San Juan Capistrano provide a peaceful location to get away and on a clear day a beautiful view of San Diego to the south, Avalon on Catalina to the west, and the San Gabriel Mountains to the north. Horses and riders have played a major role in San Juan's history and the city is still home to a large equestrian population.
See more information about the piece or head to our online store to order now!
When in San Clemente be sure to stop by The Fisherman's Restaurant & Oyster Bar for a great meal with a beautiful view.
At the historic San Clemente Pier and in Seattle at Pier 57
Paintings, lithographs, giclees, and prints spanning the career of Paul Gavin. Reflections on his life and work along the Southern California coast as well as Normandy, Mexico, Yosemite and points in between.
Graphic creations for special events from Kimberleigh Gavin grace posters and clothing from T-shirts to Hawaiian fabrics to some very feminine tanks and tops with a U.S. military bias.
January 10, 2012 — Kimberleigh, Paul and Claude the Vizsla took a one-day trip up to experience Yosemite's high country during this rare winter where lack of snow has allowed the Tioga Road (Highway 120) to be open the latest on record. ... Read more, watch the videos, and see our collection of Yosemite art and wearables — including our famous Yosemite Hawaiian™ Shirts.
About Gavin Arts and its artists
Kimberleigh Gavin: About the artist
Paul Gavin About the artist
Our Guestbook provides onscreen pens and brushes so you can leave us a message by drawing a picture.
Or if you would rather send us a message the more traditional way, please contact us.
From the beginning, Gavin Arts has had a special relationship with the men and women who serve our country in the armed forces. We have posters, clothing, fine art, and a lot more honoring the U.S. military, air shows, naval demonstrations, and related events.
Gavin Arts is proud that we make some of the highest quality and most unique Hawaiian apparal — quality shirts, sarongs, and fabric of original Hawaiian designs saluting the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds flight teams, the U.S. Marines, and the California resorts of Yosemite, San Clemente, and Huntington Beach.
We were thrilled to see our friends, Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Amos and wife Bonnie along with their grandkids at the Andrews AFB Open House, May 19th, 2012. Pictured left to right, Paul, Gen Amos, Kimberleigh, Bonnie Amos, with the Amos grandchildren in the front. Photo by Sgt. Mallory S. Vanderschans


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December 03, 2014
Santa makes me do all the work. So I don't give him any of the credit.
But I do enjoy being an elf, immensely.
Santa makes me do all the work. So I don't give him any of the credit.
But I do enjoy being an elf, immensely.
I've been reading from Oswald Chambers' works lately. Here a Chambers' quote that I liked so much, I created a graphic for it from a photo of our littlest at the beach.
"Huge waves that would frighten an ordinary swimmer produce a tremendous thrill for the surfer who has ridden them. Let's apply that to our own circumstances. The things we try to avoid and fight against - tribulation, suffering, and persecution - are the very things that produce abundant joy in us. 'We are more than conquerors through Him' 'in all these things;' not in spite of them, but in the midst of them. A saint doesn't know the joy of the Lord in spite of tribulation, but because of it."
~ Oswald Chambers, My Utmost for His Highest
Happy. And. Grumpy. (my 11yo and our very own Grumpy Kitten)
"Don't you be tough on him now, ya hear? You know why he's working that hard, don't ya?
... It's for you."
- Mr. Willie, a local fisherman I met this evening, after I pointed to the shipyard across the Bay and said my husband works over there. #AlabamaCoast
I'm really loving 11 on this kid. Probably because she's #4 of 4 and I know how much she'll change soon. The change will be beautiful, too, but I'm loving 11.
11 is all giggles and goofy grins and wiggles and Girls-Only-why-would-we-invite-boys-Play-dates. I won't be selfish enough to ask her to stay 11 forever, but I do wish it could be a slower year.
I just about killed my other blog.
I hit a corner. Not a roadblock, but a corner. A three-sided corner...which isn't really a corner, I suppose, but bear with me - that's not the point.
On one side, I was blocked with our eldest leaving the nest because that brought up all 10,000 abandonment/attachment/somesortofoddity issues that I have, and I was falling apart inside.
On another side, there was that gunk that came up a few times over the past year and to which I finally said, ENOUGH! in a very assertive, non-missionary-kid-like way.
And on one side, there was that I can't please everyone, so I stopped trying to please anyone. Which didn't please everyone. Not even me.
And so. I left the blog alone for most of a year, visiting only to copy/paste an old post when the guilt was too much.
This month, after a Summer of healing, and after the college kid left home and I actually survived (!), I woke up one day and decided that since it was going to die anyway, I had nothing to lose in making the other blog mine.
I'm redesigning it how I would like it to look, without a concern over what the experts say it should look like. I'm writing it how I want to write it, without concern if I'm offending the very conservative or the very secular, both of whom like to tell me that something I highlight isn't what they'd like to see, and then they threaten to unsubscribe.
I used to go, "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I want to do it just right for you."
And now I'll go, "So," but not in a you-don't-matter way, but in an I-will-be-a-loyal-bestfriend-to-me way.
Want to know what's funny? Not ha-ha funny, but odd-funny...
By making the other blog mine, it's becoming fun to blog there again. I'm excited about things again. I'm mostly happy that I can help people walk through the trails I've cleared of tangled brush (also known as "you learning from my mistakes").
And even crazier, my ad revenue is up and my numbers are up and I'm all whaaaaat?! Isn't that cool? Through all of this, I remembered something:
When we're authentic, we're unique...and when we're unique, we're magnetic.
p.s. I'm closing comments on this blog for a time. It's not you - it's me. I need to have no editors in my head for a while, so I can get back to finding myself again. Sometimes, we must have silence in order to hear our own voice.
My teen began lettering onto paper this Summer, and her interest sparked my own again. I used to sit bored in class, writing the alphabet and my name and future baby names (Brenden Schaad and Brittany Annelie - both partially used on future babies, and Savannah - not used at all).
Lettering is easy because any scrawl is art. I like to write the alphabet in caps and in lowercase in different fonts that I think up. If I like a font, I combine letters to make simple words like "no" and "home", to connect the font and see how it looks. Then I write full quotes or phrases.
Honestly, it is easy. It will look wonderful. And you'll feel more relaxed because of it. Try!


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Tools and Technologies
Rifle Country
June 5, 2009, 07:32 PM
where can you get a BOSS. I have googled them and can only find info on them not anyone selling them
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June 7, 2009, 06:31 PM
As far as I know you can't get one after market only when you buy a new Browning Rifle
Ol` Joe
June 7, 2009, 06:48 PM
Barrel tuners are the same thing with a diferent name. Benchrest shooters are playing with them some, and a search should show a maker or two you can get one frm.
June 7, 2009, 07:53 PM
Have several rifles with these on them, they aren't all they are cracked up to be.
LOUD, hard to clean, takes away useful barrel length.
They work very well though. Took about 4 boxes to get it just right.
June 23, 2009, 03:01 AM
I have seen some rifles other than browning ones for sale fitted with a boss but still cant find any to try. I had a look on all those sights but didnt find anything. I know they are only a barrel tuner and i could have a barrel tuner made but starting from scratch with a barrel tuner could take hundreds of rounds to set up and that gets expensive. with the boss at least I would have a starting point for the caliber
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Clifford Primeaux
CROWLEY - Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Crowley for Clifford "Red" Joseph Primeaux, 83, who died Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Crowley.
Fr. Matthew Higginbotham will celebrate the Mass of Christian Burial and the committal services at Woodlawn Cemetery. The Rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Monday. Visitation may be observed from 4 p.m. Sunday until 10 p.m.; from 9:00 a.m. Monday until 10 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 a.m. until service time.
Mr. Red was born September 16, 1925 to the late Alcide and Melissa Primeaux in Lyons Point. He worked for 20 plus years at the Whiteway Laundry as a delivery driver and prior to that he was an insurance salesman. He was an avid outdoorsman who had a passion for hunting and fishing. He enjoyed gardening and raising animals, but his greatest love was spending time with his grandchildren. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather who will be dearly missed.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years Agnes T. Primeaux of Crowley; three daughters, Ethel Rose T. Brossett and her husband Roland of Glenmora, Sandra P. Trahan and her husband, Robert of Lafayette and Phyllis P. Chiasson and her husband, Eric of Lafayette; one sister, Edia Primeaux of Gueydan and two brothers Avery Primeaux of Houston and Linson "Tui" Primeaux of Crowley; eleven grandchildren, Wayne N. Richard, Burt A. Richard, Christopher Richard, Jeremy P. Trahan, Kiely M. Trahan, Taylor M. Chiasson, Mary Katherine Chiasson, Stephen P. Chiasson, Elizabeth A. Chiasson, David and Christi Brossett ; a great grandchild Zoe Trahan and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Glen Primeaux; 2 sisters, Ezia Sonnier and Velma Lafosse and seven brothers Ennes, Ennis, Cleveland, Lawrence, Hilliard, Luke and Ellis Primeaux.
The family sends their gratitude to the caring staff of Southwind Nursing Home, Lamm Home Health, Dr. Chad Vincent and his staff and all who cared for him.
Pallbearers will be Jeremy P. Trahan, Taylor M. Chiasson, Stephen P. Chiasson, Wayne N. Richard, Burt A. Richard and Christopher Richard.
Honorary pallbearers will be Leroy Trahan, Charles Trahan, Randall Trahan, Michael Primeaux, Zachary Richard, David Brossett, Darryl Hulin, Keith Frederick, Glen Higginbotham, Carl Hulin, Brian Jennings, Russell Primeaux and Scotty Trahan.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.


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Room nice and clean. Hotel near town and good places to eat. Breakfast good and good service. Would stay here again. Good value for money.
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Half term break - twin sister reunited!
This is our second stay at this hotel, our first visit was to look around Exeter University and this visit was for twin sisters to be reunited.
It is an excellent location for us for town and university. The staff are pleasant and helpful and we would recommend it to our family and friends. Good value for money well spent.
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The Clock Tower hotel is very conveniently located for a short walk into Exeter's town centre.
The staff were very friendly and helpful. The twin room we had was perfectly adequate for our night's stay, and the full cholesterol breakfast was very good. My only minor complaint: the coffee was very bitter. There is no on-site parking - you have to get a permit from reception to display in order to use the local 'permit holders only' street parking.
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Bell, the 49-year-old executive vice president of Autism Speaks, served as president and CEO of Cure Autism Now (CAN) from 2004 until 2007 when the organization merged with Autism Speaks, he said.
"I've spent 10-plus years working on autism research and advocacy. With this new role, I'm really looking forward to being more involved in the support and care of people living with autism," he said.
Bell has a "personal connection" to the development disorder, he said. When his now 20-year-old son Tyler was diagnosed with autism as a child, Bell wanted to learn more and become involved with autism research, he said.
At Autism Speaks, Bell founded and directed its government relations and family services departments, he said.
He has a strong record of public policy achievements as well — he was instrumental in pushing for federal legislation that called for $1.8 billion in funding for autism research and services and he helped enact autism insurance laws in more than 30 states, he said. Bell also oversaw a program that gives $25,000 community grants for autism services, he said.
Bell also co-founded Advancing Futures for Adults with Autism and spearheaded important initiatives in areas such as employment, housing and residential supports for adults with autism, he said.
"I'm looking forward to using my background in public policy to benefit Eden at a local level and, potentially, a national level," Bell said. "While we recognize science is busy trying to help us understand autism better, we have to improve services for those who have autism now. It's an exciting time to be jumping into that arena and Eden is a great place to do it."
Bell has also represented the autism community with an appointment to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, a position that will expire in May 2014, he said.
Under McCool's reign, Eden Autism Services created an entirely new curriculum for autistic children and adults, expanded the school both structurally and corporately, and installed a strategic plan for the school to build from. As Bell prepares to take over, he is most looking forward to working with the Eden staff and families to develop new programs that could become national models for other organizations, he said.
"Tom has done a wonderful job at Eden and I hope I can continue that," Bell said. "I plan to spend a lot of time and effort further developing Eden's adult services and vocational training to help those with autism find meaningful employment, and identifying ways in which we can provide housing and residential supports."
Bell earned a bachelor's degree in hotel administration from Cornell University in 1986 and a master's degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in 1992, he said.
He currently lives in Pennington Borough with his wife, Elizabeth, and their three children.
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Christianity Isn't the Only Thing in Crisis: A Reply to Andrew Sullivan
Andrew Sullivan has written a cover story for Newsweek (disclosure: where I also work) that I think deserves attention and scrutiny. It could not be more timely, and in many ways more needed. But even as it advances some crucial criticisms of the contemporary monstrosity that presents itself as Christianity, I think there is a lot more to be said. Specifically, I'm not sure Andrew's political framework is up to the task of diagnosing the real crisis we face as inhabitants of Western democracy. If only things were as easy as putting a mutant political Christianity back in its cage.
I have read Andrew's bracingly honest writing about his own faith enough to know that his Christianity is deeply considered and deeply sincere. In many ways, I sympathize with where he has ended up as a believer: a follower of Christ who wants his readers to understand the purity of Jesus' life and moral teachings before the contaminations of worldy movements and interests, even those of Jesus' own disciples and the early Christians who authored the New Testament. The strange, countercultural liberty of the "religion of unachievement," is what I think moves Andrew so powerfully. Despite what I'm about to argue, I understand how this can be practiced and understood as apolitical, even anti-political.
Andrew describes Jesus' ideas as "truly radical," for example, "love your enemy and forgive those who harm you; give up all material wealth." His project is to convince us that these "radical" ideas are also "apolitical," that when salvaged from the tangle of theological and political movements that have distorted them, they are something pure, spiritual and otherworldly. Like a good liberal individualist, he reads all of these virtues as a kind of private interior experience, something I'm not sure Jesus ever intended them to mean. Jesus' ideas are not anti-worldly in the sense that they help guard one's inner peace against the chaos of the Internet, but in the sense that they challenge the way most human societies work. This is certainly why Jesus was executed, and why the spread of Christianity was met with bloody resistance: he claimed to have a kingdom, threatened to "destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days," and preached a kind of forgiveness and self-sacrifice that upended and undermined established Jewish law. It is almost impossible to imagine Jesus "without politics," as Andrew would have him, or that practicing his "pure" ideas would be anything less than an affront to an established political order—as they are invariably perceived wherever they manifest themselves.
So the pure, radical Jesus does not seem to be the one Andrew is really recommending. I would argue that there is another Jesus in the picture who is as much a modern political construction as the god of Rick Santorum. He goes without a name in Andrew's essay, much like he does in America's founding documents. Most often when Andrew is describing "good" Christianity, his Jesus seems to dovetail with pragmatic moderate-liberal politics. He wants Christians to be "faithful in a religious space and reasonable in a political one." It is immensely revelatory that he opens with an admiring retelling of Thomas Jefferson's cutting out the "good parts" of the New Testament—leaving only the words of Jesus that amount to, in Jefferson's words, a "benevolent code of morals." I would argue that it's this Jesus, not the historical, radical one that Andrew is most interested in.
The Jesus who lives in your heart but doesn't care much who you vote for or what kind of country you think the United States should be is the result of a long philosophical evolution that began with theorists who explicitly set out to separate Christian principles from their apocalyptic, metaphysical content. That produced liberal democracy, with its dream of a neutral secular state, a politics of compromise, and religion that expressed itself outside the political arena. The liberal view is that this actually went according to plan, and that it continues to be a workable if imperfect setup.
When Andrew says that Christianity is "in crisis," of course he is concerned that the plain meaning of Jesus' teaching is being travestied. But, as he makes very clear, he also means that Christianity has jumped the wall between church and state—that it is once again placing metaphysical demands on politics, insisting that politics matter, and that they extend beyond setting next year's tax levels and paving highways. This is by no means only Andrew's view; it is the view of virtually every Serious Person in Washington and New York, every mainstream media pundit complaining about strident political discourse, protesters that are too angry, and political parties that just refuse to get with the program and compromise. As religion or genuine political conviction seem to overstep their bounds, the Serious People tell us that the system is experiencing "atrophy," a devolution from the enlightened ideal we once enjoyed. Religion is delivering its final gasping howl of protest against modernity, and the sooner it runs out of breath, the sooner we can get back to the inevitable march of progress.
But I think liberals are deluding themselves about the success of what Mark Lilla has called the "Great Separation." There were fatal cracks from the beginning, and it was only a matter of time before it plunged into crisis. Liberalism's troubles with belief were apparent as far back as Rousseau's Social Contract, which concluded with a hastily-written chapter on what the hell to do about religion. He couldn't throw it out—no we'd need it the moral formation and social cohesion it provides, much like Jefferson's "benevolent code of morals." But he clearly couldn't keep it, either: because actual Christianity is so pure and anti-worldly, Rousseau argued, it is "contrary to the social spirit." So he proposed a familiar duality: a "religion of man, and that of the citizen." The Social Contract ended with an uncomfortably tacked-on solution: people can believe whatever they want as long as it helps the state and doesn't keep them from being good citizens. In other words, the radical teachings of Jesus are an anathema to the social contract—"pure" Jesus is anything but liberal.
Liberalism set up a house divided against itself from day one: it would ostensibly welcome belief while remaining deeply, necessarily hostile to actual religious belief with metaphysical content, especially if that content posed a challenge to its own secularized Christian theology. (Make no mistake: the liberal state has a theology grounded in a metaphysics; if you doubt this, read some John Locke, or just the Declaration of Independence.) Contemporary Protestantism evolved hand-in-hand with modernity and with liberal capitalism, meaning that is broadly compatible with those projects.
But it's not surprising to see a crisis of belief bound up in political crisis. If the numbers tell the truth, liberal Christianity has failed as a motivational force for liberal society, leaving a blend of disenchanted agnosticism and pseudo-spiritual scams. Liberalism's partisans will continue to try to discredit and marginalize both religious and political movements that see politics as an arena where deep, metaphysically important decisions take place; this is why you will always find good liberals positioning themselves as the pragmatic, non-partisan decision-makers between the populist right and the radical left. Those movements bring high-stakes convictions into the picture, and have increasing resonance in a context where global liberalism has so deeply discredited its own promises of law, liberty, opportunity. The default response in Western democracies is anxious boredom, produced by decades of belief that politics don't matter. But it's no surprise to see the disenchanted turn to movements that provide actual metaphysical energy—the very thing liberalism cannot abide, cannot provide, and in the face of which it seems to be utterly without answer.
Where this leaves us is a paradox that stretches back into political theory: the need for belief in a world where belief seems to have been thoroughly discredited. It is terrifying to imagine that the failure of the secular liberal state might lead us back into murderous political theology, but a simple reassertion of liberalism's core dogmas will not save us now. How to breathe life back into politics—to allow them to matter the way they actually do—without returning to false gods might be described as the leading challenge of contemporary philosophy. I'm glad that people like Andrew are able to find personal meaning and value in the liberalized version of Christianity, and that is certainly preferable to the virus spread by the likes of Rick Santorum. But I'm afraid we're long past the point of the liberal Jesus being the collective messiah.
[Cross-posted at The American Scene]
David Sessions
David Sessions is the founding editor of Patrol, and is currently a doctoral student in modern European history at Boston College. His writing has appeared in The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Jacobin, Slate and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter here.
19 Responses to Christianity Isn't the Only Thing in Crisis: A Reply to Andrew Sullivan
Peter S. says:
Thanks for writing this, David. Very interesting, provocative thoughts.
Sex Mahoney says:
Liberal Jesus is an attractive figure because he gets to tear the house down. A functioning church/state is more like The Grand Inquisitor, who has no use for such a Jesus.
Matthew says:
Right on. I find it intriguing that the cover story for Newsweek would be a direct, pointed, downright evangelistic appeal to "Follow Jesus." And yet the Jesus that Sullivan wants us to follow is apparently a pure & transcendent spiritual being, but is He coming again to rule? And, for example, would He want us to stick up for the poor to get healthcare or would He want us to fight so that the unborn are not killed? He has the same problem as Rick Santorum– reading his own cultural biases into the story of the Bible and assuming that its grand metanarrative fits his own.
Warren says:
Lovely to read an articulate summation of the project of modernity in re: religion and its role in the state – to extend the timeline further back, it is worth considering the pre-Reformation status of Christianity that was political in a very different way than afterwards (pre-nation state &c.). Christian practice has been a servant of the state since Constantine in different forms (e.g. Byzantine Emperor's state-controlled model or Charlemagne's and others' military expansion of the faith). Fundamentally, Christians in all times must consider how (as you put it) "Jesus' ideas are not anti-worldly in the sense that they help guard one's inner peace…but in the sense that they challenge the way most human societies work."
The challenge to the 'way societies work' is Christianity's strength. It resists static definition and the prophetic voice continues to rebuke those who attempt to turn it to their corner for their benefit. Perhaps what Sullivan hopes to find is this neither left-nor-right Jesus, the one who equally rebuked political conservatives (pharisees) and political liberals (saduceess). Easy to see that as apolitical rather than politically engaged though actively resisting easy boxing up (the way any authentic person should). Perhaps as much a culprit is the human desire for over-simplified models rather than ongoing deepening of understanding over time.
Alan Hoffman says:
I agree with much of the article but take issue with the quote: "…he claimed to have a kingdom, threatened to "destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days," and preached a kind of forgiveness and self-sacrifice that upended and undermined established Jewish law."
As a learned observant Jew and a Jewish historian, I have to call this out as mispercieved at best. Jesus, if he was a believing Jew, would have understood Judaism of its day – all of which survives still today (Pharasaic Judaism IS normative rabbinic Judaism). Threatening to "destroy the Temple" (or any building) is prohibited in Jewish law – only a heretic, brigand or enemy of the people and nation of Israel would even consider that. In modern politics, this is considered arson, theft and mayhem. As for "rebuilding the Temple in 3 days", I leave it to Christians to rationalize Jesus' failure to meet his own prophecy and whether that disqualified him as a divine predictor of events. History proves Jesus was wrong on that tidbit. Lets be honest at least.
The we come to "he…preached a kind of forgiveness and self-sacrifice that upended and undermined established Jewish law." First, this anti-semitic characture has been debunked by Jewish history, and thankfully, even the Catholic Church has repudiated such characterizations. Hillel's teaching, occuring circa 30 BCE, probably was part of Jesus' own education as a child, taught a similar kind of "foregiveness and self-sacrifice" before his birth and was already considered millenia old at the time. Jewish Law has yet to be "upended and undermined" as Jews continued to survive, and even thrive during the 2,000 years this prejudice has been held. The Jewish world recently will celebrate its 12th seven year series of Jews completing the study of the entire Talmud – over 70,000 celebrants will be feted, simulcast in 11 countries and dozens of cities. That Law kept the Jewish people alive…against impossible and overwhelming odds: the Church, Communists, Nazis, Islam and even the Enlightenment. So before we resort to such obvious Christian-inspired, stereotyped polemical statements and triumphalism, consider: we Jews are still here, we still study, we now have our language and state re-established, Orthodoxy is quickly growing faster than all other Jewish branches, and the Jewish people today are a nuclear power. We no longer wear our Stars of David on our clothes in yellow – we wear them on our flag, and on the wings of F-15s and F-16s….probably to the discomfort of the author. Show some respect for the people and nation that took all the Church and Jesus dealt us and reconstituted ourselves. May you have a happy Passover and Easter and consider the message of love Judaism bequeathed to Jesus and Christianity.
Alan Hoffman says:
One follow up to the idea of religion and state…Judaism has always been "more than a religion", its a socio-political-religio construct. Its simultaneously a people, a nation and religion (you can add culture and ethnicity). No where in the Hebrew Scriptures is Judaism referred to as a religion ("das"). Religion merely emerges as a cultural form or expression from the context of Jewish history. However, Jews are referred to as a people and nation repeatedly, most importantly at the foot of Mt. Sinai at the giving of the covenant (a constitution?). The covenant is the model for political self-determination, it includes: a court system, limited rights for the sovereign, defined borders, a military, civil and criminal laws, building codes, farming policies, land and boundary rules and much more. By my count 211 of the 613 commandments involve the trappings of "state". The rest of the commandments deal with ritual, holidays and social roles. All of which define a society of people, living within a nation. The basis for the hope and resurrection of the body of Israel and the Jewish The Enlightenment presumably certified the separation of house of worship and state: current events, history seems to be saying – that is not so easily done.
What Rome and Christianity, and the other assorted forces of history, tried to put or keep asunder in Jewish consciousness has been resurrected. Why this should be ignored by the religious faithful can only be explained by religious bias or assumed replacement theology.
Lakbima says:
So much Jewish chauvinism in Mr. Alan Hoffman's typing. I believe some call it Zionism. According to him, challenge to the story of Jews, Jewish religion and culture will be braded with the antiS word. Jewish people did kill prophets before Christ because previous prophets threatened their leaders, just as Jesus was a threat to Jews leaders in Jesus' time.
Why is this tendency to shift the blame to others (that is so antiX ethnicity/race/breed). Just because the media entertainment Borg (church/synagogue of hollywood) doesn't stigmatize, ridicule your biases doesn't make you a better human being. You are just another human being, yet a one with a false clear conscious.
Said that, I do think that as a group of people/religion Jews do have a right to the real estate that the present day Israel is located, because Judaism did come before the other two Abrahamic religions. However, a permanent land for Jews? That is not a right of any group of people. Some people loose/regain/loose.. historical land they live for many reasons. And the present day Israel is there because many non Jews died for that strip of land, so it is not the single handed accomplishment of Jews.
Now, before I will be labeled an antiS let me mention that, I just don't know why Christians think that Judas betrayed Jesus (despite even Jesus' claim, in an emotionally weak night). Judas did what he was supposed to do. I believe that Judas and Jews (the ones that were manipulated: yet that is what they were supposed to do) acted according to God's will. So, they don't deserve any scorn from a theological point of view. Now, how some Jews behaved regarding power/money and as a minority they were getting wacked, is behavior unbecoming of Jews and Christians and others who act maliciously toward Jews.
I guess what I am saying is that no group of people is without sin when it comes to inhumane behavior toward the other. Some more examples: There is this idea that Pharaohs were black in complexion. So that means Jews were held slaves by blacks. In addition, it is true that there were Jews who were involved in the slave trade to the US.
James Stagg says:
Discouraging, just like Sullivan's ravings. The enduring essence was once written years ago, and remains the standard by which such goofiness as this article (and Sullivan's) will be judged by literate Christians and religious apologists: Mere Christianity, by C.S. Lewis.
Often, confused scribes tend to illustrate their lack of knowledge by such stretches of their imagination as this article and Sullivan's do. This could even be given a title: "pop Christianity", where current politics and failed culture masquerade as current ideological anchors. A famous quote comes to mind: "Better to be considered an idiot, than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt." Such a comment also applies to the written "opinion" piece.
SW says:
From Rousseau's "social contract" and beyond, the notion of the "social" being able to take by coercion from the individual has been the large problem in philosophy as in practice. Societies which have practiced charity as a voluntary thing need no "contract," because contracts impose legalism and a hierarchical authority to trump the voluntary, especially when the voluntary refuses to "volunteer" to the depth and productivity as defined by the authority itself. Today's social contract has large numbers in many peoples and nations unable and unwilling to work for many reasons, and for them the "social contract" has become a one-way street — to them, from others. Quite a parallel to Marx, excepting the small detail that creativity and entrepreneurship are mostly individual at their root, and when these roots are dealt blow after blow, that productivity weakens and fails. For this, even Brezhnev noted that in order to "distribute" one must "produce," and we know where the Soviet system led. We are seeing where Greece's "social contract" leads. Collapse comes to those who deem a social contract to benefit them over others, and this rather well describes all the talking heads and politicians and bureaucrats aplenty. Those of us individual enough to understand this hunker down, produce enough for us and wait for the insolvency. Greece is only a prelude, for the floor show is bringing on new acts like Detroit and Harrisburg, Portugal and Spain, and — the program of all the performers hasn't yet been printed in its complete listing. The state must suck the life out of the individual, when it becomes hungry enough, and many states as noted above and in other articles states are now carnivorous. The outcome is foreseen. Liberal churches slowly collapse, as liberal inner cities implode around the world. People wander off, when the burden becomes too onerous, and no "social contract" can stop this basic, human response.
Delevega says:
The passion of the Christ. not sure if you have alaredy seen it but its pretty heavy stuff. . . . its based on God's Crucifixion!i cried most of the way through it. . . but even if you have seen it, it would be good to watch it again and it has plenty of stuff to discuss.
Dan Jr. says:
Great review and potent statement "I'm afraid we're long past the point of the liberal Jesus being the collective messiah."
I did a less scholarly reply to the Newsweek article> http://danwhitejr.blogspot.com/2012/04/newsweek-abandoning-church.html
Maria Lucia Gomez-Greenberg says:
Bravo! I just listened to Andrew Sullivan On Face the Nation give the most eloquent position against churches wilding their power for political power–Jesus died because he refused to be part of politics!
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Tony says:
It is strange. Back when people took for granted that ours was a Christian nation, they drank in their republicanism from Polybius, Livy, Cicero, and Tacitus. Now that people take for granted that ours is not a Christian nation, they also know nothing about the republicanism of Polybius, Livy, Cicero, and Tacitus.
The Jesus who rejected the kingdoms of the world did so not because they were insignificant, but because they were not God. The temptation is always either to fall down in adoration of the One Who Really Matters, namely Jabba the State, or Papa Joe, or Great House Ramses II, or We Whom We Have Been Waiting For; or to ignore the state as a bad job, and retire to your worship nook, pottering about with Gnostrums … The Christian can do neither. It is precisely because the State is NOT God that we must not allow it to pretend that it is; it is a good thing that must, if it is to retain its goodness, be subordinated to what is transcendently good. There can be no such thing as a godless State; the State merely moves into the vacant place on the throne. If we fall down in adoration of the all-competent State, we are apostates and cowards; if we fail to attempt to tame that State and bring it back to order, our charity towards our fellows must be cold.
I feel all the time the temptation to write off my country as a lost cause. Andrew Sullivan's "remedy" would seal its loss.
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you can always contact Salty Peaks Snowboard Shop - specialty snowboarding gear since 1987 they have a huge snowboard collection and may have some interest in this item.
I am also interested....if snowshredder doesn't want it let me know! Does anyone remember the model around the same time frame that had the Buddha with every color of the rainbow....was my first board and my jackass husband threw it away last year...would love to find one.
Snowshredder is not interested.
As you can see from the pics, the damage is minor, and it has been repaired adequately. CaptTenielle, make me an offer, and let's figure out the shipping thing if you are not in the Bay Area. I am excited for this baby to have a new home. I'm living in a tiny SF apartment, and even though, the board has improved the decor, I need to lighten my load.
Make me an offer, CaptTenielle!
If you are in Vegas, let me know quick!! I'm packing, and I can add it to my stuff.
I am in utah.....not far but would need to have you ship it. Sorry I just noticed the prior post. I would want the board only.....no bindings. Don't want to low-ball you but was thinking 80.00....or somewhere close.....let me know.
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LEWISTOWN - Area real estate professionals are seeing improvement and growth in the Mifflin County housing market, with a general increase in sale prices and a decrease in time on the market.
"We've been very busy over the last year with lots of buyers and lots of sellers," said Kim Yoder Rickert, owner of Stone Arch Real Estate. "Things have been starting to sell faster and prices are stabilizing."
Rickert reports a number of recent instances where a property was sold in less than a month with more than one offer made, resulting in a sale of full asking price or higher.
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This house along Electric Avenue in Lewistown is listed for sale by Stone Arch Real Estate.
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This home along W. Fifth St. in Lewistown is for sale by Gold Key Real Estate and Appraisals.
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Smeltz and Aumiller Real Estate is selling a home on Academy Hill in Lewistown.
"A year ago, the average time on the market was over 120 days," Rickert said. "Now, it tends to be between 60 and 90 days."
The most likely reason for this progress, said Tom Heller, owner of Gold Key Real Estate in Lewistown, is the market's current low interest rates for home mortgages.
"You never know when interest rates will change, so people take advantage when they're good," Heller said. "As they start to inch up, people will move even faster on them."
According to Freddie Mac, a government-created organization that works to keep money flowing to mortgage lenders, as of Oct. 10 the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 4.23 percent, the lowest in four months.
However, the sale price and time a property spends on the market depends on its location, price and style more than the current interest rate, said Richard Smeltz, co-owner of Smeltz and Aumiller Real Estate in Lewistown.
"Absolutely, the market has been improving - this August was our best month in 10 years," Smeltz said. "And though there has been an increase in listings and sales, time on the market often depends completely on the property."
For example, Smeltz said his company recently sold a ranch style house in Pleasant Acres West. When the property was put up for sale, almost immediately there were five offers made on the house for at least the asking price, he said.
Comparatively, it took Smeltz and Aumiller three years to sell a house priced at $850,000 with 5,000 square feet and 59 acres. As a general rule, Smeltz said, homes priced at or above $300,000 with 3,000 square feet of space or more take longer to sell.
According to the Mifflin Juniata Multiple List Serve, the average sale price for Mifflin County homes has continued to steadily increase since 2009, growing from $85,000 to $99,271. And, Smeltz said, he continues to see increased demand for specific niche interests in the market.
Right now, there's a large need for building lots to further community development in Mifflin County, Smeltz said. Areas like Blossom Hills, in Lewistown, and Edgewood Estates, in Reedsville, are bright spots in the county, providing totally new homes with minimum upkeep, he said.
"I definitely see a demand for more building lots in Brown Township in the future," Smeltz said. "Especially with the Sheetz project, PennDOT moving and the possible asphalt plant. People are going to be looking for homes."
Another popular area in the market is investment properties, or foreclosures, Heller said. These homes can be purchased at a minimum price, fixed up until they qualify for financing and resold or rented out.
"Financial investments aren't providing the return that people are hoping for right now," Heller said. "But people can invest in a property to rent it out and get a guaranteed return each month. They're selling like hot cakes."
Generally, buyers are looking for one of two things, Rickert said. Either they're planning to downsize or they're looking for something bigger and better.
"What a buyer is looking for depends where they are in life," Rickert said. "The majority of buyers around here tend to be retirees trying to downsize or a couple looking to start a family. They each want something specific, but tend not to want a property that requires a lot of improvements."
Which means, Rickert said, that sellers need to make sure their home is move-in ready so it can sell faster and at a higher price.
"With buyers, first impressions count," Rickert said. "A small investment in time and money will give your home an edge over other listings in the area when the time comes
to show it to a prospective buyer."
Rickert suggests that sellers add some of the following to a to-do list to ensure buyer preference: paint the front door, update the mailbox, cut the lawn, clear the driveway of leaves, touch-up exterior paint, weed gardens, remove clutter from all rooms, shampoo carpets and clean bathrooms.
Sellers, and any pets, should be absent during showings, Rickert said. All the lights should be on, curtains opened and maybe some soft music playing. It's all about creating a happy buying atmosphere, she said.


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Its that game that the guy that made the Metal gear seres made
It never got a translation into English UNTIL NOW!!
http://policenauts.net/english/Policenauts (ポリスノーツ, Porisunōtsu?) is a cinematic adventure game, with a hard science fiction storyline published by Konami, written and directed by Hideo Kojima. It was initially released for the PC-9821 computer platform in 1994, followed by remade versions for the 3DO in 1995, and the PlayStation and Sega Saturn in 1996. The game has never been officially released outside Japan, despite plans for an English localization of the Saturn version. On August 23, 2009, an unofficial English translation patch was released onto the internet.
Policenauts, like Snatcher before it, pays various homages to previously-existing films, the most obvious being Jonathan's and Ed's (the main characters) respective resemblances to Riggs and Murtaugh from Lethal Weapon. The game centers on a detective who travels to a space colony to investigate the circumstances surrounding his ex-wife's murder and her new husband's sudden disappearance.
Spoiler Alert!
TNOG.ORG - Games events in Manchester
MikeDBloke - PSN
I was into weird games before people knew what they where
@D_Bloke - My inane prattle
So they finally finished the translation eh? This might be worth a look...
I never add friend codes.
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