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Janet Porter Plays the Victim, Literally
One of the predominant themes of Religious Right discourse over the last couple of years has been to claim that Christians are under constant attack in America and to play the victim at every opportunity. And nobody dedicated more effort to pushing this theme than Janet Porter .... heck, she even wrote a book about it called "The Criminalization of Christianity."
And so it is not surprise that she would also be at the fore-front of efforts to prevent hate crimes legislation from including "sexual orientation" by claiming, naturally, that it would grant gays and lesbians special status at the expense of Christians. As I pointed out when she made that claim last week, she was fundamentally wrong.
But that is not stopping her and this week she is back and playing the victim once again - this time literally:
I am the victim of a hate crime.
I've been targeted. Stalked. Threatened. All because I'm … pro-life.
Back when I was working to pass the nation's first ban on partial birth abortion, my car burst into flames when I started it. The arson investigator said the attack was deliberate. The banner headline of the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Friday, May 13, 1994, read: Right to Life Leader's car Sabotaged, Odds are it is connected to abortion issue, police say." The sticker on the bumper read: "Abortion? Pick on someone your own size."
Why don't I have an elevated level of protection in the so-called "hate crimes" bill soon to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee? I'll tell you why. Because I'm not a lesbian, an exhibitionist, or a practitioner of one of the American Psychiatric Association's list of 547 sexual deviancies, which includes pedophilia.
Let's get this straight, if you threaten and attempt to kill me, no problem. No special protection; I'm just pro-life. But if my bumper sticker said "Lesbian Rights," the perpetrator would be looking at an additional decade in jail ... In addition to being targeted for being pro-life and threatened for being pro-marriage, I've also had to push away unwelcome advances. If that unwelcome advance were to come from someone of the same sex or someone who is on the APA list of sexual deviances, according to H.R.1913 and S.909, I would be a felon for pushing them away. So would you – unless you rise up to stop this insidious bill now.
I've already addressed several of these false claims in previous posts, so I'm not going to bother doing it again ... but the assertion that she deserves protection because she is "pro-life" warrants a response.
Now, one way to look at it is to say that being pro-life is a political position and since political positions are not protected by any hate crimes legislation, then she is really in the same boat as the rest of us. If someone who was pro-choice was violently attacked because of that position, the attacker would not be subject to hate crimes legislation either.
Of course, Porter would probably claim that her pro-life views are rooted in her religion ... and guess what? Religion is already protected under existing hate crimes law.
I can almost guarantee you that if someone were to violently attack Porter because of her pro-life views, she would claim that she was really targeted because of her religion ... and, if that was indeed the case, she would certainly receive "special protection."
Frankly, this whole line of argument doesn't even make sense - it's like saying "if I were violently assaulted because of my anti-death penalty views, I'd get no protection while someone who was violently attacked for being an African American would get 'special protection.'"
They are two completely different things.
And finally, if "special rights" or "special protections" or whatever are so bad and so unfair, maybe Porter and everyone else on the Right who has been screaming about this legislation for weeks should be working to repeal the existing protections for religion and race because, as Christians, they are already protected by hate crimes laws. But you didn't hear them complaining about the "special rights" they were receiving until "sexual orientation" was going to be added to the list of protected classes.
It seems that, for the Religious Right, the predominant theme of late has been "special rights for me, but not for thee."
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Kerrygold is here year round.
The current grass-fed cow butter I use is from Organic Valley, but is only available from May-September. I haven't used Kerrygold butter yet, but my understanding is that it is delicious and also comes from grass-fed cows. Is it available throughout the year or only seasonally like the Organic Valley butter? Thanks!
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You say Kerrygold is grass-fed too? Interesting! I might try it out next time!
Yeah, the packaging doesn't explicitly state that kerrygold butter comes from grass-fed cows, but I found this article on the kerrygold website:
Grass-Fed Cows Make The Kerrygold Difference
Costco (here in Colorado anyway) carries Kerrygold butter in blocks of 3 (are they pounds? I'm not sure). The blocks are in the free-standing cases near the meats instead of being with the other butter. King Soopers (local Kroger affiliate) carries the single blocks - it's in the gourmet foods section with the fancy cheeses. It's much much cheaper to buy it in the blocks at Costco, though - I think it works out to the equivalent of a block free.
Kerrygold butter is the bomb, and their reserve cheddar is really good too.


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True, many pet owners now feed their birds a formulated pellet as their base diet. Even then, many people supplement that diet with some seeds. "Pellets have all the nutrients we know that a bird requires and that's a great way to go, but there's nothing wrong with providing some seeds for a fun treat or for a small amount of the diet for some species," said veterinarian and BIRD TALK columnist Margaret Wissman, DVM, DABVP, Avian Practice.
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Configuring and Using Outlook 2007
- Configuring and Using Outlook 2007 with Zimbra
- Adding the Whitman directory to your Address Book
- Import accounts and settings from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007
Configuring and Using Outlook 2007 with Zimbra
WhitMail Users : Please visit WhitMail's IMAP support page to configure Outlook for WhitMail
If you have never opened Outlook 2007 on your computer before, the "Add New Email Account" wizard should start.
- If presented with the connection wizard, click Next
If the "Add New Email Account" wizard does not start automatically when you start Outlook, do thefollowing:
- Select Tools > Account Settings
- Under the E-mail tab, click New
The "Add New Email Account" wizard should now be open.
- Under "Choose E-mail Service" select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP and click Next.
- DO NOT fill out the form information (name, e-mail address, etc.). Instead, check the box for Manually configure server settings or additional server types and click Next.
- Choose Internet E-mail (the setting with POP, IMAP, or HTTP) and click Next
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- Your name = your name as it will appear on outgoing mail
- E-mail address = your full email address (firstname.lastname@example.com)
- Account type = IMAP
- Incoming mail server =
- Outgoing mail server = smtp.whitman.edu
- User Name = your Whitman username
- Password = your webmail password
- Remember password = if you don't want to type in your password whenever Outlook opens, check this box
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Outgoing Server area, change the port number to
2525, and choose
TLS for the type of
encrypted connection.
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- After the test is complete, click Close.
- Click Next > Finish
Adding the Whitman directory to your Address Book
- Go to Tools > Account Settings
- Select the Address Books tab and click New...
- Select Internet Directory Service (LDAP) and click Next
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Server Name, type
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- Click More Settings... A warning message may appear; if so, click OK
- Under the Search tab, select Custom and type the following exactly: ou=People, dc=whitman, dc=edu and click OK
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- Click Close
- Click New in the top left corner to start writing a message. In the To: field, write a common first or last name, such as "Smith".
- Click the Check Names button in the ribbon at the top of the page. A list will appear displaying all the people registered in the Whitman directory who meet your search criteria, in this case "Smith". Select a name and click OK. Now, the next time you start to type "Smith" into the TO: field of a message, a drop-down list of people you have selected in the past will appear and you can quickly select among them.
- Click Address Book under the Tools menu
- In the window that opens, select ldap.whitman.edu from the Address Book list. Now type a name into the search field, click Go, and select the one you want.
- You can also search the directory while composing a message by clicking the Address Book button at the top of the window. This allows you to directly insert a name into the To: field of your message by selecting a name and clicking the To-> button.
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NOTE: The following instructions apply to importing settings from Outlook 2003 to Outlook 2007 when each version of Outlook is installed on a separate computer. The process involves moving a file from the old computer (running Outlook 2003) to the new computer (running Outlook 2007), so be sure to have some sort of method of file transfer ready (i.e. USB flash drive, netFiles, e-mail, etc).
- Open Outlook 2003 and select File > Import and Export...
- Select Export to a file and click Next
- Select Personal Folder File (.pst) from the list and click Next
- Select the folder which contains the data you wish to copy. This is the folder where you keep all your messages that you would have been named when you set up your Outlook account - for example, "My Webmail" or something similar. Select this folder and notice that any folders you have created in your webmail account appear below it; to include them, check the box next to Include Subfolders. It should look similar to the screenshot below. When ready, click Next.
- Browse to an easily accessible location, like the
Desktop. If you plan to use a device like a USB flash drive to transfer data, you may copy the file directly to it by selecting the correct drive (for example, F:).
- The default name of the new file will be backup.
- Check Replace duplicates with items exported and click Finish
- Type a name for the account: you may leave this as Personal Folders or change it to something that makes sense to you, such as My Webmail or simply your name.
- If not already selected, select Compressible Encryption
- Type and verify a password for the folder and select whether or not you want Outlook to Save this password in your password list. Click OK.
- You have now exported a data file which may be used with Outlook 2007. Close Outlook 2003 and find the file you created by navigating to the location you specified (i.e., Desktop or F:). If you did not change the name of the file, it will be called backup.
- Now move this file to the computer running Outlook 2007 by using one of several methods:
- Use a USB flash drive - fastest and easiest method. Move the file directly onto the drive and insert the drive into the computer running Outlook 2007.
- E-mail the file to yourself as an attachment and download it to the computer running Outlook 2007.
- Use netFiles to upload the file, then download it to the computer running Outlook 2007.
- Save the backup file to the following location:
C: > Users > Username > AppData > Local> Microsoft Outlook (where
C: is your main hard drive and
Username is your profile name on the computer).
- NOTE: The folder called
AppData is by default a hidden folder. If you can't see it, you have to enable hidden file viewing by doing the following:
- Navigate to Start > Control Panel > Classic View > Folder Options. Under the View tab, select Show hidden files and folders and click OK
- Exit the control panel. The AppData folder should now be visible - navigate to it and save the backup file to the location specified above.
- NOTE: The folder called AppData is by default a hidden folder. If you can't see it, you have to enable hidden file viewing by doing the following:
In Outlook 2007:
- Go to File > Import and Export...
- Select Import from another file or program. Click Next
- Scroll down and select Personal Folder File (.pst). Click Next
- Under File to import, the backup file may already be selected. If not, click Browse... and navigate to the location where you saved the file (see above). Select the backup file and click Open.
- Under Options, select Replace duplicates with items imported if not already selected and click Next
- Type the password you set for the file and click OK
- Under Select the folder to import from, select the folder which you named earlier (i.e. " Webmail"). If not already selected, select Include subfolders and Import items to the same folder in:. The default location for this should be Personal Folders. Verify this is correct (see screen shot below) and click Finish.
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For years, administrators of the five programs that provide retirement benefits for public employees in Ohio have been begging state legislators to do something about unfunded liabilities. Meanwhile, the debt continues to grow.
At last count, the five pension systems had a combined unfunded liability of about $66 billion. Only about two-thirds of the benefits they were pledged to provide were covered financially. Paying off the liabilities would cost every man, woman and child in Ohio more than $5,700 each.
Some progress has been achieved in dealing with the liabilities. But legislators need to give the five retirement boards more flexibility to keep the programs solvent.
That may mean requiring public employees to pay more of the cost of funding pensions and covering retirees' health care costs. It also may require new limits on benefits such as health insurance.
Even if such changes are phased in to spare those already retired the burden of higher costs for health care, they will be very unpopular. And, as the referendum on the now-defunct Senate Bill 5 law demonstrated, government worker unions wield enormous political clout.
But changes have to be made, or the programs at some point will be insolvent - or will have to turn to Buckeye State taxpayers for massive bailouts.
Some legislators have expressed reluctance to tackle the issue this summer. That is because many of them, like State Rep. Tom Letson, D-Warren, are up for re-election this fall, of course.
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Glock IWB holster
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Handguns: Holsters and Accessories
> Glock IWB holster
February 11, 2011, 07:20 PM
Need holster advice from those of you who carry full size or compact glocks in IWB holsters. What works best for you? What is comfortable to wear all day?
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February 20, 2011, 10:45 PM
I've been using this:
February 20, 2011, 11:25 PM
This is what I carry mine in. This is one of my biggest sellers and or good reason. Concealable, and most of all comfortable, even for long periods. I though it was impossible to have an all kydex holster that would be this comfortable, until I came up with this design, and it has worked out great, everyone that tries it out agrees.
February 20, 2011, 11:39 PM
One of these. $39.99, and so damned comfortable I can fall asleep on the sofa while wearing it. Its ugly, but comfortable and solid.
Got mine from www.dragonleatherworks.com
Sebastian the Ibis
February 21, 2011, 12:29 AM
Comp-tac Minotaur. I got one a few months ago from a member on this board and it has changed my life - perfect angle always, comfortable, secure and it has J-Hooks so a shirt can be tucked over it. My Desantis was traded away and my Don Hume IWB does well attached to the nightstand.
That Kydex custom job Possum is offering looks really good too. I might look at one of those if I couldn't find a used Minotaur
I would recommend against any and all soft-sided IWB holsters, they may be thinner but it is damn near impossible to practice safely with a loaded gun. Since you have to put a finger somewhere it shouldn't be when you reholster- or you have to take off the holster, insert gun, and insert everything in your pants - a real PITA.
February 28, 2011, 01:33 PM
Don Hume PCCH holster, affordable and well made, works great with my G-36.
February 28, 2011, 01:56 PM
I carry a Glock G30sf in a Crossbreed supertuck ! Very comfortable and secure ! Kevin
February 28, 2011, 02:39 PM
Crossbreed supertuck
$50 Crossbreed knock-off works fine for me. I'll be ordering a raven concealment phantom holster with pancake adapters and IWB loops. I've heard nothing but good about them. I'll let you know how that goes...
February 28, 2011, 02:49 PM
I have been using a IWB Black Hawk for about a month and on one occasion wore it on a cross country trip, after 14hrs sitting in the car it felt great. They cost about $50 bucks and my mod. uses a very strong metal clip. Made in Italy of good quality leather, it stays open when the gun is drawn and covers the gun well when holstered.
March 1, 2011, 08:50 PM
I carry either my Glock 26 or my 19 in a High Noon Mr. Softy AIWB daily.
March 2, 2011, 08:43 PM
Flavor of gun doesn't matter...
Comp-Tac MTAC. They now offer them in all black. The Minotaur Concealment pouch will be tested shortly. :)
March 2, 2011, 08:52 PM
I've had great results with CompTac CTAC holsters but my next will be the MTAC (which wasn't out yet when I got my CTACs), it looks even more comfortable.
March 4, 2011, 06:27 PM
Thanks for the suggestions everyone
March 5, 2011, 02:30 AM
Seraph & possum it might help if you were to give at least a company name if you're going to recommend a holster.
March 5, 2011, 06:49 AM
Notbubba, Possum makes those himself...
March 5, 2011, 07:47 AM
Milt Sparks WS1 model is very comfortable, but the long wait may change your mind(20 Weeks) I recently purchased a package deal with a Kahr CW9 and an Adams leather holster, as comfortable if not more.
Adams holster
March 6, 2011, 01:26 AM
Notbubba, Possum makes those himself...
And the company name is Possum??????????
March 6, 2011, 07:39 AM
I don't think you are understanding it, the member on this forum, Possum is his screen name and he makes the holsters himself. Not a company.
March 6, 2011, 07:14 PM
And the company name is Possum??????????
Ludus Magnus, I don't currently have a website, though I do have a face book fan page. Under "Ludus Magnus". I was just making gear for myself, friends and folks in the industry, but it got too "big" to not be a "business" anymore.
I don't think you are understanding it, the member on this forum, Possum is his screen name and he makes the holsters himself. Not a company.
This was very true until very very recently, it is a small business of mine now, and I am going at it with all that I have. There was more interest in it than I ever thought, and people want good gear, so I have been making it for them. Currently I am in the process of making gear for a Training company, Ludus Magnus will be their exclusive kydex gear maker. I am also working on 2 other companies as well. Just one will set me up pretty well, but I am going to try to get as many under the Ludus banner as possible.
March 6, 2011, 07:27 PM
Possum, is that availabe with different attachments so that it is owb also?
March 6, 2011, 07:45 PM
In short, yes. However what I am striving to do with my company is give the end user exactly what they need. I don't make holsters that are the best IWB and OWB, I have 2 seperate designs, that are the best for what they are meant for. I purpose build my holsters for what the end user needs. Now yes I can make a holster that will and can go both ways. However everyone gets a better product the less "cookie cutter" they are and the more purpose built they are. As you can see from my pics (on other threads), my holsters are different depending on if they are IWB or OWB, and that is for a reason. Essentially I custom make them for the end user. I can do what you ask, and have, I just don't want to become a mass producer of holsters and gear that is ok at this and ok at that, but isn't great at anything.
I could do OWB loops, and IWB tuckable, pull the dot loops, etc, any and all of those if you wanted them. I have even done belt clips but that was a custom rig for someone and I don't like them so I don't offer them as I do not believe that they are the best way to go. They wanted them and I made it for him but that is about the extent of "clips".
I hope this answers your question. Thank you.
March 6, 2011, 07:50 PM
I hope this answers your question. Thank you.
Very much, sir. I will pm you regarding your holsters. I have to spend some time in the gym now to work off my son's birthday cake...or I'll also need new belts instead of new holsters. :)
March 7, 2011, 02:52 AM
Thanks Possum.
I just see a lot of post "I like this" but they don't say what this is.
March 7, 2011, 02:35 PM
Possum, congrats on your new explosion of business! I like your work!
March 7, 2011, 03:14 PM
Possum, congrats on your new explosion of business! I like your work!
All it takes these days is a few good recommendations and a well timed forum discussion. :)
Happened to the guy I bought my last IWB crossbreed-like holster from over on glock talk.
March 7, 2011, 08:36 PM
Thank you.
Update: My supplier is out of the black .08 thick kydex that i normally use. So this is a good excuse for me to buy coyote tan. It is .093 thick. First I want to check interest levels though. If there are enough folks that would like me to make stuff for them in Coyote then I will.
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Letters to the editor: Minimum wage misunderstand
Ray Sayre's letter of April 19 makes many bizarre claims, but the one I wish to address is that "minimum-wage jobs were never meant to be family-supporting jobs, only jobs for those not qualified to do anything worth a living wage" ("'Real energy' creates jobs," Erie Times-News).
Given the context, he is presumably implying that Congress should not raise the federal minimum wage.
In the first place, he is mistaken about the origin of the minimum wage. It has long been connected to the provision of a living wage. The first minimum-wage law, in 14th century England, tied wages to the price of food. Although in later centuries minimum-wage protections were often focused on industries with large numbers of women and children, the first federal minimum-wage law in the U.S. -- passed under President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression -- was explicitly designed to set a "minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency and general well-being."
In the second place, even if the letter writer were right about the origin of the minimum wage, that would not make the raising of the current level unjustified. More than half of minimum-wage workers nowadays in the U.S. are indeed trying to support themselves and their families on what they earn at such jobs. Despite some traditional concerns about rising minimum wages causing unemployment, there is little doubt that an increase of several dollars per hour would significantly reduce poverty and indeed reduce dependence on food stamps.
Perhaps the letter writer would be better informed about these issues if he consulted other sources than right-wing propaganda.
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More police
would help
This city knows the trouble areas in Erie. Why are there not more police showing their presence?
If police would regularly patrol those areas, possibly the rate of shootings, robberies, burglaries and drug dealings would diminish. The city officials are lacking in efforts to protect the residents of this city. Our crime rate is escalating.
Debra KellyErie
Little brown bats
draw another view
The Nature Watch in the April 19 Erie Times-News states that little brown bats do not hibernate but rather go into torpor, and that they will come out to feed when temperatures reach 50 degrees.
I believe that there may be some confusion between the behavior of little brown bats (genus Myotis) and a distantly related species, big brown bats (genus Eptesicus). The former is known to migrate to cool caves and mines in the fall and go into hibernation until the appropriate time to leave in early spring. They may rouse on occasion but will not fly about unless disturbed or diseased (e.g., suffer from white-nose syndrome). Big brown bats also hibernate but in varying domiciles including caves, hollow trees and buildings. It is this species that occurs over winter in some of our older buildings in Erie.
And, on warm winter days, a few may be seen feeding, or more likely, flying around in a room of someone's house. A bat doing this has probably been awakened from hibernation by the warm temperatures of the building's attic or walls being used by it.
Members of the same species hibernating in caves are unlikely to emerge in winter, even when temperatures outside the cave are warm because the cave will still be cool. The best way to discern hibernators from animals in torpor is to note how frequently the animal will arouse to feed. Ones in torpor may arouse daily to several times a week. Hibernators will remain in a deep sleep for weeks or more before awaking.
Although semantics will cause some disagreement on whether a species hibernates or undergoes torpor, the little brown bat is a true hibernator.
Kenneth W. AndersenErie
I noticed the young people were out marching for jobs in Erie on Monday ("125 rally for summer jobs," Erie Times-News, April 22). They are marching in the wrong city. They need to go to Washington, D.C., and march in front of the White House.
The problem is down there. President Barack Obama is anti-business. All his anti-business policies are keeping the business people from expanding and making jobs.
Many companies that could not make a profit over here have contracted with overseas companies to make their products. Then they went to being distributors over here. You look in the stores and most everything is made outside the United States. That is what has happened to our manufacturing jobs.
The news media keeps saying the unemployment rate is down, but I do not believe it. There are fewer people working all the time. There are more people on welfare and food stamps all the time. If they counted all the people who are on welfare and food stamps who would work if they could find a job, the true unemployment rate would probably be more than 30 percent.
My advice is to call the White House, your senators and congressmen and tell them you want the government to stop being anti-business and start being pro-business. We want jobs in this country so we can support ourselves and take care of our families. Tell them you are going to vote only for candidates who are pro-business, and then do it.
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He's the creator and host of "Catholicism," a documentary film series that has recently been airing on PBS stations across the country and on EWTN Global Catholic Network.
It's a $3 million project that included filming in 16 different countries, including Israel, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, India, Greece and Uganda. He began filming in June 2008 and finished in fall 2010.
"The basic goal is evangelization," Barron said in an interview after a stop at EWTN headquarters. "I had this dream project of a grand, sweeping documentary. I wanted to show the international quality of the faith on film."
He took all 10 episodes to a PBS affiliate in Chicago, which agreed to show four episodes and syndicate them to other stations. Since Oct. 13, more than 100 public television stations nationwide have aired it. Those four episodes focused on Jesus, God, Mary, Peter and Paul.
Then Barron took the remaining six episodes to EWTN, the Catholic network based in Irondale. Those dealt with the institution of the Catholic Church and its liturgy and theology, topics more suited to a Catholic network.
"It's an insider, a Catholic priest, talking about Catholicism," Barron said. "I didn't know if anyone would pick it up. I was delighted with the response."
In an episode on saints of the church, Barron went to Calcutta, India, to offer an overview of the life of Mother Teresa, who died in 1997.
"I've never seen poverty as wrenching as that, and to see Mother Teresa's sisters working there among the poor was very moving," he said.
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Barron wanted to show the good the Catholic Church has done worldwide, its epic reach and accomplishments.
EWTN will air the following episodes today through Dec. 17:
Today: "Happy Are We - The Teachings of Jesus," noon and 9 p.m.; "A Body Both Suffering and Glorious - The Mystical Union of Christ and the Church," 1 p.m. and 10 p.m.; "Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven - The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist," 3 p.m.; "A Vast Company of Witnesses - The Communion of Saints," 4 p.m.; "World Without End - The Last Things," 5 p.m.
Dec. 3: "The Fire of His Love - Prayer and the Life of the Spirit," 3 p.m.
Dec. 10: "Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven - The Mystery of the Liturgy and the Eucharist," 5 p.m.
Dec. 11: "A Vast Company of Witnesses - The Communion of Saints," 10 p.m.
Dec. 17: "World Without End - The Last Things," 9 p.m.
With some of the greatest artists, writers, scientists, art and architecture in world history intertwined with the church, he had a lot to work with.
Barron shot footage in the stomping grounds of Dante, Aquinas, Michelangelo and other great figures in church history. He used the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Gardens in Rome and a Vatican Observatory in Arizona as backdrops. He shot scenes at the Sea of Galilee and in Jerusalem.
"I wanted to inspire Catholics and give them a broader view," he said. "The church has always evangelized through beauty."
One of his motivations was to put the church in a broader perspective beyond its recent sexual abuse scandals.
"It's the worst crisis in the history of the American Catholic Church," Barron said. "I didn't want 2,000 years of art, architecture, theology and the saints forgotten and relegated to a focus on our current crisis."
Still, the devil gets his due.
"I deal with the dark side of the church, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the sex abuse scandal," he said. "As St. Paul said, 'We hold the treasure of Christ in earthen vessels.' Lots of people have done sinful things in the name of Christ. Certainly priests and bishops have done wicked things. Human beings are a bad lot. We mess up whatever we touch. With 2,000 years of church history, finding wickedness is like shooting fish in a barrel. But the message of the church remains Christ and the new power he unleashed in the world."
The church is a human, fallible attempt to carry that message, he said.
"It's a repository of western civilization," Barron said. "We found so many things that are beautiful and culturally compelling and important."
Barron, 51, was inspired by Kenneth Clark's "Civilisation," a 1969 documentary series on BBC and PBS.
"That show had a big impact on me," he said. "Kenneth Clark was director for the National Gallery in London and he was an evangelist for western civilization."
In essence, "Catholicism" is a church version of that defense of western civilization.
"I wanted to give a reasonable and rational basis for the faith," Barron said. "There's a great confluence between science and faith when properly construed."
While inspiring Catholics, he hopes he touched a chord in society at large.
"Anyone who has a hunger for the fullness of truth has a hunger for God, because God is truth itself, God is justice, God is goodness. The quest for truth is a quest for God."
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Many people put a cat flea collar on their cat and assume that's all they need. In fact, many cats are allergic to the pesticides in flea collars and break out in a rash or lose the hair around their neck near the collar. Flea collars generally don't kill fleas anywhere but around the neck.
Most flea collars are not break-away collars. If your cat gets caught underneath furniture or on something in your home, it may choke if it can't break free of the collar.
An easy and effective flea solution is a topical treatment and/or shampoo recommended by your veterinarian. It's important to treat your home as well, otherwise any fleas hiding in your couch or your carpet will just hop right back onto your cat. Ask your veterinarian to recommend a safe in-home treatment product that won't threaten your pet's health. Flea treatment products are usually effective within 48 hours of usage as long as they are applied correctly.
Keep in mind: if your cat lives indoors, she will be less likely to attract fleas.
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Always take your cat to the vet at least once a year for a check-up or twice a year if your cat is over 10 years old. Your veterinarian will do a thorough examination of your cat and advise you on anything you need to know about cat care. Be sure to let your veterinarian know if your cat's eating habits or behavior seem unusual or different.
If you've never had cats before, you may find they are a little easier to take care of than their canine counterparts. That's because you don't need to walk cats (although they do need exercise), and you can leave them alone for more than a day as long as you leave them enough food and water, something you can't do with a dog.
It's easy to provide your cat's nutritional needs throughout the day. Invest in a drinking fountain and keep a portion of kibble out for him while you're at work. Also, your cat doesn't need to be let outside; a litter box is easily accessible, day or night. Sure, a litter box may be messy to deal with, but you'd have to clean up after a dog too.
Cats' teeth are one of the main reasons pet owners seek healthcare for their cats. Regular brushing will help your cat live a longer and happier life. Here's a list of supplies that will ensure your cat's dental health:
Ask your veterinarian for recommendations if you find it difficult to brush your cat's teeth. Also, once your cat reaches the age of 5, have his teeth cleaned by your veterinarian as needed to prevent dental decay associated with soft food and age.
Cats groom themselves every day, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't groom them yourself. Some long-haired cats need to be groomed every day, while short-haired breeds should be groomed at least once a week. Grooming can also be a bonding experience with your cat; most enjoy being touched and receiving as much attention as they can get.
To get started, you'll need a few supplies:
The right grooming tools are an essential part of your pet care supplies. Regular grooming can help keep your cat healthier too, because it can eliminate the amount of ingested hair that creates unwanted hairballs.
Older cat care isn't difficult, but you need to be more observant and aware of your cat's behavior. Here's what you should pay attention to in older cats:
Some of these symptoms may develop gradually, which is why you need to be especially observant with older cats. If you notice any changes, take your cat to your veterinarian immediately.
To help your cat stay healthy and happy, keep him indoors. Studies show that not only do indoor cats live longer than outdoor cats, but they also live healthier lives. Indoor cats aren't susceptible to diseases carried by other cats and outdoor critters like rodents. They also won't get into territorial fights with other outdoor cats, or be victims of predators like dogs or coyotes.
Since cat care is easier than dog care, keeping your cat indoors shouldn't be any harder on you. After all, if you raise your kitten indoors it won't crave the outdoors.
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In my attempt to educate people about their tattoo process, I often try to explain about the use of contrast in tattoo designs. Not only the contrast between colors within the tattoo design but also between tattoo and skin colors. This is never more true than in the case of tattoos on dark skin.
The first problem occurs when you are viewing flash art. Many tattoo shops have artwork displayed on their walls or in binders that allows potential clients to pick out the design they want in their skin. The majority of this art is in full color on nice bright white paper, often done in watercolors or colored pencils. While this all looks really fantastic, you have to realize that no one's skin is that white. Secondly, all tattoo pigments sit under several layers of skin so no matter how great that piece of flash looks the tattoo will never look as great.
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Let's create a simple scale from 1 to 10 where 1 is the pure white of a piece of paper and 10 is pure black. We can see how contrast works when we start assigning tonal values to skin color. A pasty white person will never have bright, paper white skin. Their skin value on our hypothetical scale will be somewhere between 2 and 3. Likewise, the darkest skin tone will never be pure black, no matter how much sun that black skin receives. At the high end it may reach a scale of 9. At left is an image of black ink on white skin. As you can see, the ink stands out clearly because of the great amount of contrast between the black ink (scale of 10) and the white skin (scale of 3). That's a value difference of 7 points.
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When you put a similar black ink tattoo on someone whose skin is darker such as a tan person or someone of Mediterranean descent (Italian, Hispanic, Greek, etc.) you see that the contrast starts to diminish. Not enough to cause a problem with tribal tattoos as shown, but certain color will cause problems such as yellows, oranges and other light colors. Looking at this on our scale we have now reduced the contrast from 3 to about 5. This is a reduction down to about a 5 point value difference between the ink color and the tanned skin.
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As skin color gets darker contrast really becomes noticeably problematic. African-American skin can range in value from 5 or 6 all the way up to a good solid 9. The sample at left is at about a 7 on our scale (a 3 point value difference between skin color and black ink). As you can see the design is not as crisp and clean as the previous samples. Subtle shades of gray also tend to become lost and careful attention needs to be made to the negative spaces of the design. Color choices have to be made with careful consideration to how it will ultimately look on such dark skin.
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Our final example is the dreaded black ink on black skin scenario. I say dreaded because too often even the customer is unaware of the difficulties involved in doing a tattoo on such dark skin. Historically aboriginal art was restricted to scarification due to the inherent nature of dark skin. With the distillation of traditions and the 'Americanization' of African-Americans, scarification is a thing of the past. Tattoos are the preferred method of body art. As you can see, the tattoo is hardly noticeable against the dark skin tone. What you can't see in this particular sample is the slightly raised sections of the tattoo where the skin was scarred by an inexperienced artist. Not only is the skin's pigment too dark it also makes the skin much more fragile.
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PHILIPPI - Tygarts Valley and Tucker County advanced to the championship game of the Class A, Region II, Section 1 tournament with wins Wednesday night at Rex Pyles Arena on the campus of Alderson-Broaddus College.
The Lady Bulldogs (16-6) earned a 58-43 win over Notre Dame, while the Lady Mountain Lions rolled to a 93-25 victory over Union in Wednesday's first game.
Shanda Howell had 20 points, Emily Pingley added 15 and Kelsey Arbogast 10 for Tygarts Valley, which took the lead for good in the second quarter after trailing 13-12 after the opening canto.
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Tucker County's Stephanie Betler puts up a shot in front of Union defenders Haelli Killen and Destiny Mann (24) during Class A, Region II, Section 1 tournament action Wednesday night at Rex Pyles Arena in Philippi. The Lady Mountain Lions coasted to a 93-25 win and will face Tygarts Valley, a 58-43 winner over Notre Dame in Wednesday's late game, at 7 p.m. Friday in the championship game.
"I was very happy with our rebounding," Lady Bulldog coach Mike DiPasquale said. "We dominated on the boards with our inside players, and our guards also played well to keep the game at our type of pace."
Pingley grabbed 16 caroms to pace Tygarts Valley, which had lost both regular-season meetings against the Lady Irish.
"This win gives us a great opportunity to play for a sectional championship," DiPasquale said. "We're very excited to keep playing and advancing."
Molly Angotti led Notre Dame (10-13) with 23 points.
Tucker County, meanwhile, had all 11 players dressed reach the scoring column in its victory.
Amber Evans and Stephanie Betler each had 13 points for the Lady Mountain Lions (17-5), while Madison Mullenax tallied 11 points, Aiyana Kachmarek 10 and Savannah Ambrose five blocked shots.
"We were able to play a lot of girls and get everyone involved in the game," Tucker County coach Jim Ambrose said. "Now we have to get ready to play Tygarts Valley."
Tiffany Jones had nine points for the Lady Tigers, who end the season 7-12.
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Both Nate & Story can be in very exciting fights but most likely with the weight cut Nate would probably have stalled hard.
I think this Rick Story fight with Brenenman is gonna be a much better fight, I expect Brenneman to make the most of this opportunity.
The rest of the fights also have the possibility to be slugfests as long as biitch ass Kongo don't LNP that should be explosive!
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It would be ludicruous for any correspondent who doesn't cover the White House to offer any insight on the President's address on bombing Syria the other night.
But that same reporter can offer observations just like any other arm chair viewer who watched and conclude that President Barack Obama did not connect with the viewer on one major front.
There is no question it is wrong to gas anyone, but when the President tried to explain why this should matter to you, his pitch did not resonate.
Mr. Obama says, "Our ideals and principles, as well as our national security are at stake in Syria…It's a danger to our security." And then he tries to convince you that somehow your children are at risk.
"We can stop children from being gassed by a dictator and thereby make our own children safe over the long run."
Try as he does to raise those apprehensions back here, some 6,000 miles away from a country you couldn't' pick out on a map if you had to, his argument to some falls flat.
It's unlikely that anybody in Michigan feared for the safety of their own children in the wake of these events way over there.
It's unlikely that many folks concluded that somehow what happens in Syria will impact security back here. Sure anything is possible, but let's just say that apprehension has not reached believable status at this read.
The President warns against turning your head, but in the wake of the nation's most recent war endeavors, nobody is rushing out to buy Bomb Syria Now buttons.
And staying in the that same arm chair, even ultra conservatives will have to hand it to their liberal pal Jon Stewart from the Daily Show for his frontal attack on CNN's Wolf Blitzer's approach to dealing with the President of the United States on this delicate issue that could lead to World War III.
As presidents are want to do, they grant "exclusive" interviews to all the big anchor guys and gals when they want to get a message out and so six of them were trotted in to meet with the president. But it was Mr. Blitzer who stood out as Mr. Stewart so wonderfully and sarcastically pointed out.
The wolf-man didn't start out with the customary, "Thank you Mr. President."
His self-promoting, me-first ego got top billing instead.
"You're being seen on CNN and CNN worldwide" Mr. B.litzer commenced his amateurish chat with the head of the free world. And then he proceeded with a feeble attempt to choreograph how Mr. Obama was to answer his questions.
He did preface this next line giving the president an opt out, but then directed him to, "look in the camera and talk directly to the President" of Syria and "tell him" what he has to do to avert a U.S. military strike.
With this incredible "look in the camera" request, the president smiles and looks down at the floor. Ah to be inside his brain at that moment.
"Who does this guy think he is?"
"You gotta be kidding."
"Where's Dan Rather when you need him."
You get the idea.
Mr. Stewart, who probably would have done a better job had he had the chance, proceeds to slice and dice up Mr. Blitzer for trying to "make a moment" instead of just asking a question without all the "theatrics."
Spot on.
By the way, the president declared, "I don't need to talk in the camera."
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Travelers Get Greater Access to Europe From New York's JFK With New American Airlines Service to Milan and Barcelona
American Airlines continues to grow and enhance its New York service into Europe, announcing today that it will begin two new routes early next year to Milan, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain, from JFK International Airport (JFK), as well as a second daily roundtrip between JFK and London's Stansted Airport.
Beginning May 1, 2008, American will begin flying to Milan and Barcelona, and on April 7, 2008, American will launch a second daily flight to Stansted Airport in London. American's initial new service between JFK and Stansted is scheduled to begin Oct. 28. The return flights from these new European destinations will first launch on the next day following the dates listed above.
American will fly all three new routes with its two-class (Business and Economy/Coach) Boeing 767-300 aircraft with 221 seats, including 30 Next Generation Business Class seats.
"These new routes further demonstrate American's commitment to New York as an important international gateway," said Dan Garton, American's Executive Vice President -- Marketing. "That commitment equates to 244 daily departures from our New York airports to 59 nonstop destinations, 26 of which are international. Adding Barcelona, Milan and London Stansted will greatly benefit our New York customers as well as those who connect to these flights from elsewhere."
Milan is an important business, manufacturing and retail center in northern Italy with close proximity to the Italian Alps. Barcelona is a large business center located on the Mediterranean Sea. With more than 6 million people who live in the area, Barcelona is responsible for more than 20 percent of Spain's Gross Domestic Product. The nearby Mediterranean beaches also make it a popular leisure and cruise destination, as does its tradition of fine architecture and artwork. Stansted is a growing third London airport, popular with business travelers and convenient to some of London's booming financial and business districts.
American also continues to serve both London Heathrow and London Gatwick from several U.S. gateways. American currently flies six daily round trips between JFK and Heathrow.
Here are the tentative schedules and times for American's three new routes from JFK - all times local:
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April 7, 2008 128 JFK 10:30 p.m. STN 10:30 a.m. Next Day
April 8, 2008 129 STN 4:35 p.m. JFK 7:30 p.m. Same Day
JFK - Barcelona (BCN)
Effective Date Flight Number Departs Arrives
May 1, 2008 152 JFK 7:05 p.m. BCN 9:10 a.m. Next Day
May 2, 2008 151 BCN 11:30 a.m. JFK 2:05 p.m. Same Day
JFK - Milan (MXP)
Effective Date Flight Number Departs Arrives
May 1, 2008 198 JFK 5:45 p.m. MXP 8:10 a.m. Next Day
May 2, 2008 199 MXP 10:35 a.m. JFK 1:40 p.m. Same Day
These new routes are part of American's ongoing initiative to become the clear-cut airline of choice for passengers in the New York market. And there is much more to come. Already announced and starting Sept. 5, American will add service from New York LaGuardia to Minneapolis/St. Paul and from JFK to Las Vegas. That same day American Eagle begins service from LaGuardia to Louisville.
In November, American will begin flying nonstop to St. Lucia and St. Kitts/Nevis from JFK, while American Eagle will add service from LaGuardia to Flint, Mich. In December, a new flight from JFK to Orlando will be added, as will seasonal service between LaGuardia and West Palm Beach.
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