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Defining marriageApril 06,2013
As the tide has shifted toward greater acceptance of marriage equality, one of the last redoubts of opponents has been the English language. Theirs is not a new argument. Opponents have long claimed that the plain meaning of the language has been that marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman.
That meaning is changing. The jurisprudence of the last 10 years has offered a different definition. In one case, the court defined marriage as an exclusive, permanent, committed relationship between two people. According to the court, the gender of the two people was not an intrinsic part of the meaning of marriage.
The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the problem of definition when it heard arguments last week in two marriage equality cases. The conservative justices seemed uncomfortable tinkering with the definition of marriage, even though their job requires them every day to refine the meaning of a host of concepts freedom, equality, justice, for example.
Of course, the idea that a court could have the power to redefine an institution as important as marriage makes some people queasy. If justices on the bench can redefine marriage so as to exclude gender as a qualification, what is to stop them from eliminating another of those qualifying adjectives? Who is to say they couldnt drop the adjective exclusive, authorizing polygamy?
It is a good question. Do judges have free rein to make up definitions? Where do they get their definitions anyway?
One thing is clear: They dont get their definitions from a church or religion. One of our bedrock constitutional principles is that no church has the authority to foist its definitions on the nation, which includes the members of many other churches. Our judges and political leaders must be able to develop their ideas independent of religious authority from the great marketplace of ideas that is our society and culture. We may form our personal beliefs inside the churches or temples that we attend, but we must debate those ideas out on the public square where all faiths are equal.
Inevitably then, the ideas we use to define institutions such as marriage come from the culture itself. Conceivably, judges could define marriage so as to allow polygamy. But judges are not oracles far removed from the culture they inhabit. They are aware of the ways that people understand the language and the degree of acceptance that any change in definition may encounter. They know that if they lose credibility they will be ignored.
Polygamy is acceptable in many societies, but not in this one. One reason is that it is widely believed to be abusive of women. Maybe polygamy will catch on in a big way some day so that society reaches a different conclusion, but we are far from that day. Until then, the term exclusive remains part of the definition of marriage.
The experience of society over many years allowed us finally to change the meaning of marriage so that gender is irrelevant to the definition. Gradually, straight society learned about the millions of committed, loving, exclusive, long-term relationships between people of the same sex. It was a human reality that could not be denied. It was marriage in fact, if not in legal terminology. So gradually, the jurisprudence and the laws caught up with reality.
The polygamy argument is part of the slippery slope argument: If we allow gay marriage, we will be on a slippery slope toward all sorts of unforeseen outcomes. But there is no slope, and no one is sliding anywhere. We are all walking around on level ground, and if we have our eyes open, we will see that the nature of marriage has not changed, nor its meaning. If anything the testimony of loving gay couples over the years has provided an inspiring example to straight couples jaded about the travails of heterosexual marriage.
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The American Society for Microbiology is proud to announce the winners of the Scientific Achievement Awards. The ASM will present the awards to recipients at the 2009 ASM General Meeting in Philadelphia, May 17-25, 2009.
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The American Academy of Microbiology (AAM) published its November issue of News and Views. The newsletter includes interviews with Academy Fellows and committee members, updates on the critical issue colloquia series, notes about Fellows who have been distinguished with awards and other honors, and other Academy activities.
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New York City International Polar Weekend
Inter-division Event for International Polar Year.
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Look for fossils in your own yard!
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The Arctic's frozen ground contains large stores of organic carbon that have been locked in the permafrost for thousands of years. As global temperatures rise, that permafrost is starting to melt, raising concerns about the impact on the climate as organic carbon becomes exposed. A new study is shedding light on what that could mean for the future by providing the first direct physical evidence of a massive release of carbon from permafrost during a warming spike at the end of the last glacial period.
Kenneth Hunkins, an oceanographer who made many key 20th-century observations about the Arctic Ocean, often while camping for months on its frozen surface, died in his sleep at his home in Tappan, N.Y., on Sept. 2. He was 86. Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where he had spent his entire career, confirmed his death.
Tiny one-celled organisms called radiolaria are ubiquitous in the oceans, but various species prefer distinct habitats. Thus it aroused considerable intrigue in 2012 when protozoa specialist O. Roger Anderson and colleagues published a study showing that radiolaria normally found near the equator were suddenly floating around in arctic waters above Norway. Was this a sign that global climate change was bringing an invasion of warm-weather plankton?
The small town of Barrow, Alaska is perched on a point of land 320 miles above the Arctic Circle, where stark, flat tundra stretches in one direction and a vast expanse of Arctic Ocean extends to the horizon in the other. For most of the year a thick layer of sea ice covers this entire ocean. Even during the height of summer, a partial covering of ice remains, and the ocean temperature doesn't rise above 35 degrees Fahrenheit. Despite these seemingly inhospitable conditions, tiny marine organisms thrive in this frigid environment.
Summers on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard are now warmer than at any other time in the last 1,800 years, including during medieval times when parts of the northern hemisphere were as hot as, or hotter, than today, according to a new study in the journal Geology.
A team led by Kevin Anchukaitis of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Tree Ring Lab is currently in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, studying the effects of changing climate on trees. Ferried in by a bush pilot who landed on the tundra to drop them off, they are practically at treeline–the place where it is too far north for trees to grow. But there are still some spindly white spruces here, and they are taking cores from these, which can be used to measure weather of the past.
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A Magical Mystery Tour (Part I)
When I lie, people call me a liar. It's part of this whole
thing I do called "living in the real world." I'm not saying I lie
all that often but when I do, I expect to get called out on it. However, it
would be kind of nice, just for once, to live in another world. A world where
words don't necessarily mean what the dictionary says they mean and where I can
spin the events and claim that the usual consequences don't apply to me. You
too? You want to live in this world? Well, come with me as we tour of a few of
these magical lands.
"I thought they were vitamins." "Really? It wasn't just some
sort of magical cream/ointment?" "Sure, I've always taken estrogen
hormone therapy. Doesn't everyone?"
And the list goes on.
Major League Baseball players have a somewhat impressive track record when it
comes to PED prevarications. And the longer this slow leak of names and
offenses takes, the more ridiculous the excuses will become.
However, that's the beauty of living in a land like this. You never have to
face the truth. You know that MLB is going to slap you with a fine or a
suspension, you either pay it or serve it and then you're back to doing what
you do best. No silly, not hitting home runs. Finding new ways to beat the
system by masking the drugs you're taking.
Many, many people live in this fantasy land where nothing is ever quite what it
seems. However, one of the more recent newly minted citizens seems to be
carving out his own space and setting the foundations (or lack thereof) of an
enormous castle built almost entirely on sand.
Now, if you follow politics, you know that John Ensign used to be a
fire-breathing dragon of the Newt Gingrich led Republican Revolution. And he
was so personally affronted by Bill Clinton's "low morals" in the
Monica Lewinsky affair that he helped push through the president's impeachment
and urged him to resign since his actions meant he could no longer be an
effective leader.
However, it appears that screwing
the wife of one of your best friends and then having your family pay her hush
money so she won't talk about it is somehow different. Yes, my friends,
only in this fantastical land can you justify adultery by claiming it's not the
same thing because you "didn't perjure yourself." I wonder how that
excuse would fly for me?
Join me next week as we continue our tour with a couple fantastical lands that
could only spring from one delusional and mildly sociopathic man. That's
right, next week we visit the mind of Jeffery Lung and I feel it's only right
that I warn you in advance: It's not a pretty thing. You might want to make
sure that any young children leave the room.
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Jeff, Allen got some ground back on you. You better think of a comeback quick before he gets the upperhand.
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the water Allen pulls a "Jaws" out of nowhere and goes for the jugular.
Love it, want to read it, got to have it.
We want more fellas, we want more!
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Al = Loser. (Capital "L")
Now this I have to see, cause Allen is going to have to pull a rabit out of a hat, or a mind, cause I thought Jeff didn't have a mind to visit…..hahaha
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More than half the time I read this blog, I just laugh. No verbal responses, no thoughts, just laughter. It's like my brain refuses to function otherwise. I LOVE IT!
The Ensign scandal should absolutely not be compared to to Clinton. It's far more reminiscent of a Kennedy-style faux pas–call it an homage, if you will.
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Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies ReviewBy Gus Mastrapa - Posted Jul 09, 2010
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies makes subtle changes to the tried-and-true Japanese role-playing formula. With respect for the classics the new adventure for the Nintendo DS forges into the future, casting aside random battles, introducing multiplayer and giving players more ways to customize the way they play.
The Pros
- Top Notch Story and Writing
- Fun, Flexible Mutliplayer Co-op
- No More Random Battles!
The Cons
- No Online Multiplayer
- Random Wireless Hookups Unlikely
There are earth-shaking changes afoot in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies. These tweaks may seem meager or even behind-the-times to outsiders. But this is the JRPG we're talking about – a genre trapped in amber and steeped in nostalgia. And in a time when the Final Fantasy series drags fans kicking and screaming from one experiment to the next, it's nice to play a game that makes measured progress and makes sure not to throw the Slime out with the bathwater.
Dragon Quest IX expertly walks the tightrope between old and new, spinning an original yarn in the sprawling, epic style of the originators while injecting fresh ideas to the mix. The end result is close to perfect – the ideal entry point for the JRPG neophyte and a fresh dose of nostalgic adventure for the long-time fan.
Heaven Can't Wait
Dragon Quest games work a bit like Zelda and Final Fantasy games. Each sequel is something of a reboot, but common themes run throughout. Dragon Quest IX sticks with the iconic character design of Akira Toriyama (marred only slightly by the Nintendo DS's meager visual capacities), a medieval world infused with the DNA of Anglo-Saxon Christianity and the untouchable gospel of turn-based combat.
Here players are a Celestrian – an angel tasked with protecting a village full of mortals. Things seem hunky dory at first. Your good deeds done from the spirit world are rewarded with Benevolessence -- the crystallization of mortal gratitude towards you for your earthly works. But when you present a hunk of the stuff to the great tree Yggdrasil, the most holy living relic of the Celestrians, things go awry.
The ancient tree fruits with magical fyggs and the creator ain't happy about it. A massive bolt of energy comes down from the sky, smiting the whole tree-hugging party. The magical fyggs are scattered to the winds and the player is cast down from the heavens, their halo and wings torn from them.
And so begins the familiar quest to put things right. One fygg at a time.
Change Is Good
Everything begins in Angel Falls, the tiny berg you were once charged with protecting. Turns out your work isn't done. Players find their feet as a mortal in a tiny village and learning the ropes of combat while helping humanity from the ground. That means chasing quests, killing beasties and going toe-to-toe with a nasty boss monsters.
While the nuts and bolts of fighting in Dragon Quest IX are familiar to anybody who has touched a turn-based role playing game, there are quite a few tweaks new to the series.
Players customize their character from the start, creating a unique visual look for their avatar from square one. When it comes time to add allies to your party, players can roll and customize them from scratch as well. This is a big change for the Dragon Quest series, which has traditionally dictated the look of the hero and the personalities of all their buddies.
Random battles are no more. You can see enemies as your roam the countryside. Some will make chase. Others will book it away from you if they think you're too strong. And the trickiest of the creeps will pop up out of the ground or pounce right in front of you, catching you off guard.
On top of the main story, adventurers will pick up a wild array of side quests. These are nothing new, but they're tracked and rewarded in a way that makes them more manageable than before. And the best of them reward players for playing outside of their safety zone -- granting loot for amping up an ally's tension or killing enemies with the Frizz spell. The genius of these quests is that they're instructive -- they teach players the value and fun of using skills and spells they may have otherwise left to gather dust.
As Dragon Quest IX progresses, players gain the ability to change the vocation of their main character and teammates. Everybody starts as a minstrel – a hybrid class that dabbles in swordplay and magic. At first the ability to swap jobs seems counter intuitive, but the practice makes sense when players hook up to adventure with real world friends.
It's Dangerous To Go Alone
Local multiplayer is something of a sea change for the traditional single-player role-playing game. But rather than re-write combat from the ground up and shake the series to its foundations, Dragon Quest IX does the obvious. When four friends play it in the same room, they can all teleport into a single realm and adventure at will -- roaming wherever they please. The host can summon his buddies to battle in his adventure. When they heed the call, they're teleported to the host's fight, entering the turn-based battle queue as if they were one of the player's NPC allies. Only they get to call their own shots.
Here's when job-swapping starts to make sense. If you decide to go play with a friend who just started playing Dragon Quest IX, you can change to a level one priest, carrying over some of the skills you earned on your own adventure, and fight alongside your pal without feeling too overpowered.
Or you can just leave your friend to their own devices and scour their realm for crafting ingredients that blossom and grow all around the landscape or hunt for buried treasure while they busy themselves with their single-player story.
A less-involved sleep mode (not unlike Nintendogs' Bark Mode) lets players gather allies via local wi-fi while their DS is closed and in a backpack or pocket. But unless you're in elementary school or hanging out at PAX, the likelihood of randomly bumping into fellow Dragon Quest players in the U.S. is slim. We're not a subway country full of people playing the same game on the train. The utterly friendless can still connect to the internet to buy stuff from an online store and download new side quests.
Despite the setback of finding other players, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is great enough that it that it may just merit an organized meet up or two. The game's stellar single-player plot, smartly executed co-op multiplayer and seemingly endless cache of side quests, treasure hunts and crafting recipes are good enough reason to put the Dragon Quest IX cart in your DS and let it live there for a long, long time.


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My first surprise was seeing the smiling face of 18-year-old Leslie Hatch, our Miss Live Oak County Queen who lives on the outskirts of George West and drove more than 20 miles and was there before 8 a.m. to help us!
(I attended her graduation party the previous Saturday, and Leslie has already started taking classes at Coastal Bend College and plans to major in the medical field in radiology. She is the niece of my special friends, Ena Pena and Stella Hatch and paternal granddaughter of ChaCha Hatch. Her parents are Larry Hatch and Elda (Lyndon)Spect.)
My second surprise was seeing only a few volunteers that showed up to help…Rose (Dove) Burch, Rosie Fernandez, Drusanne Hunter, Leslie and I!
We weren't discouraged as we put on our safety orange vests and went outside to get started! We divided and started around the City Square picking up litter, when we were met by Matt Naber, our young Progress editor that wanted to take "action photos!"
He is such a joy to talk to and does an outstanding job at The Progress. I'm glad Matt was out there early because, by mid-morning, we felt a breeze, but it was also the first day of summer!
After we finished picking up several bags of litter at City Hall, we went to the parking lot behind the Rialto and cleaned that and the sidewalk along Highway 281. We laughed, stating that the heavy traffic (drivers) that saw us working possibly thought we were doing "community service!"
Indeed, the dirt that has collected from the heavy traffic onto the sidewalks is truly hard to clean up. We made piles and piles and used large shovels to put in into the wheelbarrow and actually filled up a large pothole in the alley!
By 11:30 a.m., we decided not to go to another location and were treated to lunch at the Taqueria across from the refinery. We continued drinking fluids, and actually it was fun working, eating and talking together.
Afterwards, we went back to City Hall to leave our vests, and hopefully there will be another litter clean-up prior to the 4th of July celebration to make our town look especially clean for all the expected people that will be here then and throughout our Centennial celebration.
We will definitely need "Please Do Not Litter" signs!
Please consider being a volunteer with the next litter cleanup. It's actually fun when you have a lot of people working together! No more surprises, please! Litter is everybody's problem!
On Saturday, June 22, we traveled to D'Hanis to attend the annual family reunion of our cousins, the Rodriquez family. I had not attended since Mom died.
Mom was the oldest of the Urrabazo family born in D'Hanis on Jan. 17, 1915, to abuelitos Jose y Juanita (Rodriquez) Urrabazo. Mom and her sister, Tia Santos married cousins, our dad Aniseto Cruz and Nico Rodriquez. Mom and Dad moved to Three Rivers two weeks after their wedding and had 12 children and Tia Santos and Tio Nico remained in D'Hanis and had 14 children. (All of them have a college education.) I remember Mom talking about Tio Luis Urrabazo, Cipriano and Rosendo Urrabazo who were brothers to abuelito Jose.
Well, Luis Urrabazo was there, but it was his "grandfather" that Mom was talking about! Luis had a photo of their wedding in 1963 that showed him and his wife Gloria and his "grandfather" because his dad, Luis Urrabazo Jr. died during World War II.
The photo also showed Cipriano (whom my brother Cipriano is named after) and Rosendo Urrabazo who was a Deacon (his son Rosendo Urrabazo is a priest and daughter Gloria Urrabazo is a nun!)
Another surprise is that Luis Urrabazo, above, had a cousin in Three Rivers, Ben Ramirez married to Margaret O'Brien who are parents to Gladys (Ramirez) Ruiz, who is married to our nephew Danny Ruiz!
The whole day was amazing!
Tia Lencha (Atnipp) and Tio Juan Urrabazo, along with Mom and Tia Santos Rodriquez are deceased. Tio Fred Urrabazo and Tia Mary Urrabazo Hughes are the only living siblings in Mom's family, and it was a joy seeing them.
Another surprise during the introductions is that we have members who were enlisted in the military to include the Army, the U.S. Marines, the Air Force and Navy and several had been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
We left with the proud feeling that our family on my mom's side (we don't know too much on dad's side from San Luis, Potosi) has indeed accomplished a lot for us to be proud of!
Please make plans to come see "the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe."
This miraculous missionary image was obtained from the digital image file blessed by Pope John Paul 11 and will be at Sacred Heart church on Friday, June 28, at 4:30 p.m. starting with singing, procession, Holy Mass, reflective talk, veneration and rosary. Father Richard cordially invites everyone to attend this special celebration.


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Exchange Students
The Office of International Programs currently welcomes students from overseas institutions every year to complete one to three terms of academic study at North Central College.
If you are a student from one our partner institutions and wish to apply to study at North Central College through an exchange agreement, please click here.
Exchange Partners
Australia - La Trobe University in Melbourne
England - University of Birmingham
England - University of Leicester
England- Canterbury Christ Church University
France - Universite d'Avignon
France - Universite Catholique de L'Ouest in Angers
Greece - DEREE ( The American College of Greece in Athens)
Japan - Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo
Japan - Iwate University
Japan - Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba
Japan - Kyoto Gakuen University in Kameoka
Japan - Nagoya Gakuin University in Nagoya
Kenya - United States International University in Nairobi
Northern Ireland - Study USA (British Exchange Initiative)
South Korea - Yonsei University in Seoul
Spain - Pablo de Olavide University in Seville
Sweden - Linnaeus University in Vaxjo and Kalmar
Taiwan - Tunghai University in Taichung
Turkey - Kadir Has University in Istanbul


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Caucasian honey bee
The Caucasian honey bee (Apis mellifera caucasica) is a sub-species of the Western honey bee.
The Caucasian honey bee originates from the high valleys of the Central Caucasus.
Anatomy and Appearance
- Shape and Size: similar to A. m. carnica
- Chitin Color: dark with brown spots at times
- Hair Color: lead-grey
- Tongue Length: up to 7.2 mm
beneficial for beekeeping
- gentle and calm on the comb
- ardent brood production - raising strong colonies
- colonies reach full strength in mid-summer, which is good for areas where the highest nectar flow is in mid-summer
- very great user of propolis
- in its native area a better honey producer than the European dark bee
not beneficial for beekeeping
- colonies do not reach full strength until mid-summer, which is an undesirable trait for areas with the highest nectar flow in the spring.
- the great use of propolis may be seen as undesirable as it makes hive management more difficult. Frames and hive boxes are glued together more substantially.
- over wintering in northern climates not good due to susceptibility to nosema
- inclined to drifting and robbing
The Hive and the honeybee, Chapter 11 Races of bees by Prof. Friedrich Ruttner, published by Dadant 1975
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Here's the question. Why did Holder withhold this information from the President and from Congress? Yes, the FBI has a decades-old policy not to brief the White House or Congress in the middle of a criminal probe. But there's an important exception to that policy. That exception: when it involves a security threat. That's exactly what unfolded with the Petraeus situation. This represented a significant security threat – a security compromise. Imagine, the President discussing the nation's top secrets with his CIA Director who was being investigated by the FBI – something the President apparently did not know.
Holder had a responsibility to brief the President when he learned about the Petraeus probe. As I told Megyn Kelly on FOX News today, his failure to do so is inexplicable. We know that Petraeus actually travelled to Libya and conducted his own investigation of the Consulate attack that claimed the lives of four Americans, including the U.S. Ambassador. He was prepared to testify in a closed hearing this week in Congress. But, with his resignation and departure from the CIA, that's not going to happen. Members of Congress still want to hear from him – whether he appears voluntarily or is subpoenaed.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/193358
- Title
- Nanoparticle-enhanced photopolymerization
- Author(s)
- Ueno, Kosei; Juodkazis, Saulius; Shibuya, Toshiyuki; Mizeikis, Vygantas; Yokota, Yukie; Misawa, Hiroaki
- Abstract
- Photopolymerization of commercial photoresist SU-8 assisted by plasmonic near-field enhancement in nanogaps separating gold nanoblocks was investigated. Photopolymerization rates enhanced by orders of magnitude were found in gold nanoblock structures with nanogaps narrower than 10 nm. The mechanisms responsible for local and nonlocal nonlinear photopolymerization of SU-8 are discussed.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. 113, no. 27 (Jul 2009), pp. 11720-11724
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0904 Chemical Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Gold nanoblocks; Nanoparticles; Near-field enhancement; Nonlinear optical interactions; Photopolymerization; Photoresist; SU-8
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- 1932-7447
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from the KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on the Priority Area 'Strong Photon-Molecule Coupling Fields' (No. 470 (No. 19049001)) and 20710068, and Grants-in-Aid from Hokkaido Innovation through Nanotechnology Support (HINTS).
- Peer reviewed


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Church Bulletins for February 2
Editor's note: For information on church location, phone numbers or regular service times, please refer to the Church Directory, Pages C5-6.
Bunker Hill United Methodist Church
Wednesday: 7 p.m. Bible study
Thursday: 10 a.m. Bible study; 7 p.m. choir practice
January emphasis for Loaves and Fishes is canned fruit
Falling Waters Presbyterian Church
Sunday: Covered dish fellowship dinner follows service
Tuesday: Newsletter deadline
Immanuel New Life Bible Church
Wednesday: noon "Hour of Refreshing;" 6:15 p.m. prayer service; 7 p.m. In Life Empowerment Network meets
St. John's Lutheran Church
Today: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friends Feeding Friends free lunch in Luther Hall
Wednesday: 1 p.m. Bible study meets in the lounge; 6:30 p.m. choirs rehearse in the chapel
St. Luke's United Methodist Church
Sunday: 9 a.m. children's choir rehearsal; 9:30 a.m. Acolyte training; 6:30 p.m. guitar practice
Wednesday: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Daily Bread Soup Kitchen is open
Thursday: 5:30 p.m. handbells begin, with choir practice following
Feb. 2: 5:30 p.m. Saturday Night Alive in the social hall
Tuscarora Presbyterian Church
Today: 9 a.m. pickup youth from lock-in
Sunday: 6 p.m. annual meeting with potluck dinner in the church hall
Monday: 6:30 p.m. member care meeting
Thursday: 6 p.m. senior choir practice
Winchester Avenue Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Sunday: 3 p.m. installation service for the Rev. Benjamin Manning
Wednesday: 5:45 p.m. choir rehearsal
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Zion Episcopal Church
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Paris hotel in 8th Arrondissement, walk to Grand Palais
Located in 8th Arrondissement, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Grand Palais and Place de la Concorde. Arc de Triomphe and Parc Monceau are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
Along with a meeting room, this smoke-free hotel has concierge services and dry cleaning. WiFi in public areas is free. Additionally, a 24-hour front desk, limo/town car service, and express check-in are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 89 rooms offer free WiFi, minibars, and LCD TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include room service, free newspapers, and hair dryers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
Hotel Beauchamps
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This 4-star property offers access to limo/town car service and a meeting room. For a surcharge, the property provides a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) and a train station pick-up service. This Paris hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and concierge services.
Hotel Beauchamps is a smoke-free property.
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 89
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Number of floors - 6
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Express check-in
- Luggage storage
- One meeting room
- Train station pickup (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Free newspaper
- Phone
- Minibar
- Pay movies
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Desk
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service (limited hours)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge and served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 12 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
Union Pay
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
- Deposit: EUR 50 per night
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 2.48 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 19 for adults and EUR 19 for children (approximately)
Hotel Name
- Beauchamps Hotel
- Hotel Beauchamps
- Beauchamps Hotel Paris
- Hotel Beauchamps Paris
- Beauchamps Paris
- Beauchamps
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport and train station (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 12 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
National Rating
This property has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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Liquor sales are up nearly 3 percent since the state got out of the liquor business in June. Prices are also up — a standard liter of liquor now costs an average of $2 more per bottle than last year.
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Bars and restaurants, meanwhile, are buying less — there was a 13 percent drop in liquor purchases from businesses from June to September. The revenue department speculates that's because businesses stockpiled in May, before the privatization law went into effect.
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TPC of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
June21-24, 2004
Hines wins Girls Division title in two-hole sudden-death playoff
NEW ORLEANS â Matt Fast of Hattiesburg, Miss., shot the low round of the tournament Thursday with a 4-under-par 68 to win the Fore!Kids Junior at TPC of Louisiana. In a two-hole sudden-death playoff, Caney Hines of San Antonio scrambled to defeat Christie Reed of Oak Ridge, Tenn., for ownership of the Girls Division title.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the Fore!Kids Junior at TPC of Louisiana was held at TPC of Louisiana in New Orleans. The 54-hole stroke-play event featured 82 of the nationâs premier golfers from 13 states and Paraguay.
Entering the final round at even-par, Fast said he âgot off to a good start.â After a par at No. 1, Fast hit his second shot on No. 2 into a bunker but placed his third shot within five feet of the green to putt in for birdie.
âI was hitting it pretty close,â he said. âAnd I putted well from 10 feet in.â
On the par-4 465-yard No. 4, Fast carded an eagle that took him to 3-under-par for the tournament.
âI holed out from 150 yards,â he said.
The win, Fastâs first AJGA championship title, came after a win last week at the Cleveland Golf Joe Durant Southern Junior held in Pensacola, Fla.
Thomas Hugghins of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., finished in second place, eight strokes behind Fast, with a tournament total of 220. Kyle Kelley of Houston, Morgan Landry of Lafayette, La., and Weldon Martin of Houston finished tied for third at 221.
In the Girls Division, Hines and Reed were tied at the top with 54-hole totals of 222, setting up a playoff.
On the par-4 tenth, the first playoff hole, Hines had a rocky start, placing her tee shot in a fairway bunker while Reed placed her own shot in the center of the fairway. However, Hines knocked her ball out of the bunker to within 10 feet of the hole.
âI didnât think I was going to make it over the lip of the bunker,â she said. âI just hit it as hard as I could.â
Both Hines and Reed made par at No. 10 and continued the play-off on the 495-yard, par-5 eleventh. While Reed placed her tee-shot center-fairway, Hines found herself behind a Cyprus tree over 30 feet tall on the left side of the fairway. Once again, Hines scrambled, punching her second shot around the tree to within 10 feet of the hole. Hines two-putted for par but Reedâs second putt lipped-out to leave her with a bogey.
âItâs tough to win that way,â said Hines about her second AJGA win. âI watched that happen to Christie all day.â
Hinesâ final-round score of 73 was highlighted by birdies on Nos. 4, 8, 9 and 17 balanced out by five bogies.
âNos. 8 and 9 really helped a lot,â she said. âOn No. 8, I had a 15-foot putt for birdie, and on No. 9, I had a 25-foot putt for birdie.â
Brittany Nelson of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. finished third, three strokes behind Hines and Reed. Nelson shot a personal-low competitive-round score of 69 in the final round of the tournament, highlighted by birdies at Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 7 to finish with a 33 on the front nine.
âI was playing very consistent,â Nelson said. âI hit 16 greens and 12 fairways.â
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA has a membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
For more information about the Fore!Kids Junior Classic at TPC of Louisiana or any of the AJGAâs events, contact AJGA National Headquarters at (877) 373-2542.
The Foundation
The Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program provides financial assistance to junior golfers who wish to play in AJGA events. Its goal is to give top-flight golf opportunities to young golfers regardless of financial resources. This program helps to fulfill the AJGA's mission of developing young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
What is Leadership Links?
Leadership Links is a new program whereby the AJGA is able to further its mission to help develop young men and women by teaching charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age. This program gives juniors all the tools necessary to donate their time, talent and resources to local charities and the AJGA youth development programs. Please click here to learn more about the program and the different opportunities available.


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"We just handed the baton to the locals. I am very pro-local control," said Kansas Board of Education member Mary Douglass Brown in defense of her vote to eliminate evolution from the state standards.62
Brown's remark obscures the facts of this vote: teaching evolution was already a matter of local control in Kansas. Yet school districts do not generally exercise their option to eliminate it. Proponents might argue that concern over the state test would have precluded local districts from taking this action, but Board members' willingness to jeopardize student performance on such high-stakes tests as the SAT and ACT substantially undermines this argument.
Board members' local control argument becomes even more suspect in light of their previous votes. These same members who voted to eliminate evolution in the name of local control voted to eliminate local control for programs with which they disagreed. For example, conservative Board members opposed the state's school-to-work program on ideological grounds, claiming it was a federal program with strings attached—a common conservative argument against such voluntary federal programs as Goals 2000.63 Yet the school-to-work program was completely voluntary: each local school district determined whether to participate; if the district opted in, it had the further option of selecting among many programs. But conservatives on the state Board had no problem eliminating that already-existing local control option.
These same Board members similarly micro-managed the administration of the 4th grade statewide math tests by eliminating the use of calculators in some sections against the recommendation of the math committee, and pulling critical thinking questions from parts of the test because they wanted only "objective" scoring.64 (Ironically, these same Board members argue that teaching evolution and creationism will allow students to develop their critical thinking skills by choosing the scientific theory that makes sense to them.)
John Staver, co-chairperson of the 27-member science standards committee, finds conservative Board members' local control argument unconvincing, noting that the "board has been very proactive in creating state standards in all of the subject areas. To single out one theoretical framework, evolution, represents a major inconsistency."65
Interestingly, in the publicity following the Board's vote, virtually all presidential candidates turned down the opportunity to support good science education, and instead took refuge in the "local control" argument. This appreciation for local primacy comes just as federal and state governments assert their influence on standards design, assessment and reform legislation.


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The Reunion: Andre Ethier and Matt Kemp greet Juan Pierre
I actually missed taking the pictures because I went looking for food. Lucky for me my friend LuvtheDodgers23 stayed so she took all these pictures. When I saw them I went "ahhh, how cute!"
The shake:
Where are you pointing Andre?
Friends chatting
Matt Kemp shows up! Here is the bump!
and here are the three doing the bump:
The hand shake:
And another bump before leaving
A tough week for LA Sports fan this week.
I mentioned this on facebook but not here. Last week we mourn two LA sports figures in Willie Davis and Merlin Olsen.
Willie Davis who still holds the all-time L.A. Dodgers records for the hits, extra-base hits, total bases, plate appearances, triples, and for the longest hitting streak, at 31 games. The last time I saw Willie Davis was at the RBI(Reviving Baseball in Inter-cities) dinner last year.
Merlin Olsen. As a Los Angeles Rams fan, I remember watching Merlin Olsen an afterwards as a broadcaster more so than his acting career.
I could not help shed a few tears when I heard of both these gentlemen passing away. Both were 69.
This letter from a fan sent to the L.A. Times says it well:
"I can still hear Dick Enberg describing another Merlin Olsen sack, "And the applause is for the defense!" I can still see Willie Davis galloping around the bases for another triple. A big part of my youth just walked into the shadows of the Coliseum tunnel. A piece of my childhood just rounded third and headed on home. -John Thompson Chino, CA.
Rest in peace 3-Dog and Merlin Olsen.
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VERY COOL! What a great capture by your friend.
I spent about an hour following the Whitesox practice on Thursday, in hopes of seeing Juan Pierre. But it's a little hard to get close over there. And hard to get good shots, let alone talk with them.
It is indeed tough to see your boyhood heroes go. Too bad Merlin never got a ring, but in his prime he was considered the best in the game.
It's so nice when players get to reunite once they've been traded or have signed elsewhere. Nice pics by your buddy! How eery that both Olsen and Davis were 69 when they died. RIP to them.
I love how the players from different teams talk to each other. I think it's great. Though I am a bit weirded out when Papi is joking with Jeter. So sorry to hear about those losses. That quote from the LA Times is beautiful!
You can bet that the bumping gets a little more painful when it is opposing teams. Looks like Matt Kemp physically took out Juan Pierre in that one picture! Great picture!
yeah I missed it but I left her with my camera and when I came back she said "You missed it, but look at this." I got a little sentimental watching the pictures.
That he was, the best in his prime. I Loved that team but they broke my heart when they left.
I found it cute that they were doing the same thing with the bump and hand shake as when they played together.
I too found it eery that both Davis and Olsen were the same age.
Just like you feel weird when Papi and Jeter joke around, I feel the same way when the Dodgers joke with any Giant or Angel. I say from far away "don't socialize with the enemy!" lol.
I too loved that quote in the LA Times. It got me choked up reading it .
Really!? I did not know that! But it makes sense since Pierre is much smaller than Pierre. I am going to look at the other pictures more closer. Thanks!
What a contrast; the free spirit and frollicing of spring training and the finality of the game of life. Happy comings and sad goings. Keep having fun in the Cactus League.
Love it! Great investigative work picking up these photos! Still, the competitor in me is a bit perturbed. I can't help but think of Bob Gibson talking about the necessity to not fraternize with the other team on the field… but those days are way in the past I suppose.
Your quote is so beautiful! So poetic! Thank you my friend!
I know what you mean. Just like Bob Gibson, Don Drysdale did not believe in franternizing with the other team on the field. Don would knock Willie Mays down in every other at bat. Willie tells the story of trying to talk to Don prior to Don pitching a game and Don would say "Don't talk to me Willie!"
Nice photos. Now that the dodgers traded him Juan Pierre should thrive.
thanks Legastep! I wish Juan the best. He is really a nice guy.
Those are my favorite photos to take…the reunions :O) Got some great shots when Aaron Rowand came back to Philly…lots of serious man-hugs. Priceless.
Always great to see how some players react when they see old teammates.
Some get down right giddy, while others just play it coy and cool on the field.
Great that you got both reactions in photos.
Merlin Olsen, still can't believe we lost another gentle giant.
Great post.
Your brother did real good for you in Fantasy, but then he had a great set of players for his first pick….We were all jealous of him.
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Dear Emma, great pictures and good to see Pierre, Ethier and Kemp together again, Pierre will be missed here !, You know he is my favorite baseball player.
Love those serious man hugs! and you are right! they make great pictures!
Love to watch the boys get giddy but get all serious when the games starts. I was proud of brother Vic! He did good! He kept me posted.
Glad you enjoyed those pics!
So good to read you again. Interesting about the ice cream. I will check it out. Noone should be denied the pleasure of having ice cream at the stadium. My friend Uni collects all the little helmets from every ballpark. I am surprised she did not mentioned this to me as she and her hubby have been there. Thanks Nao!
I love these pictures! I cans see how both players and fans are enjoying Spring Training games!
BTW, I've got to know an interesting project going on here:
This is a movement to convince the Baltimore Orioles to offer ice cream helmets at Camden Yards, the only ballpark that is reported to serve no ice cream in plastic helmets. Data on ice cream helmets are still missing from twelve MLB ballparks.
AL: Comerica Park (Tigers), Kauffman Stadium (Royals), Target Field (Twins), Tropicana Field (Rays)
NL: Turner Field (Braves), Sun Life Stadium (Marlins), Minute Maid Park (Astros), Miller Park (Brewers), PETCO Park (Padres), AT&T Park (Giants), Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
If you are interested, have the missing data, or know a friend visiting any of these ballparks, please visit that page and take a look. Thank you!
Sorry, Miller Park does have ice cream helmets. So data is missing for the following 6 NL ballparks:
Turner Field (Braves), Sun Life Stadium (Marlins), Minute Maid Park (Astros), PETCO Park (Padres), AT&T Park (Giants), Busch Stadium (Cardinals)
Hey, Emma! I hope you got the e-mail I sent you about 10 days ago. Thanks again!
My condolences and prayers to Wille Davis' family.
I remember Merlin Olsen very fondly. I was too young to watch him with the Fearsome Foursome, but I would have loved to see it–I have seen some of the highlight reels. I still remember watching the Enberg-Olsen broadcasting duo for many years, and I always enjoyed them. I also watched him for years afterward on "Father Murphy". It was strange to see him in an acting role for a while–I kept expecting Enberg to make a cameo! ;)–but he was a very good actor as well. In both his broadcasting and his acting roles, he personified the "Gentle Giant"–very much in contrast to his playing days.
Rest in peace, Merlin Olsen, prayers and condolences to his family as well. I will always remember him fondly. I wondered what you (and others in LA) would say or write about his death, so I am glad I saw your entry!
Take care, Emma!🙂
Is always an honor for you to visit my blog. Yes, I saw your email when I was in Arizona. Thank you for reminding me. I did meant to respond Greg! We will miss you in the blogsphere but I hope you will come over when the Red Sox meet my beloved Bums or I can pay you a visit at your forum.
Is sad to hear about our heros passing away.
Dodgers were hosting a private memorial for Willie Davis today at 11: am.
He sure does! WelikeRoy said that those bumps get more painful when is being done with oppossing players. Seeing how big Matt Kemp is, ouch for Pierre!
Wow, your friend takes realy good pics!! I think Either was pointing at the fans… They were probably like "Pierre, how dare you go to Chicago!!"
Hi Holly,
Our Juana Soohoo (because of our amazing Dodger photographer Jon Soohoo) aka LuvtheDodgers23 takes very good pictures. I chop peoples head or they come out blurry but every once in a while I find nuts.
You are probably right. Someone said something good and Andre pointed.
So how are those Red Sox doing?
Nice entry, Emma.
It's good to see Juan Pierre went to a contender. He looks sharp in the old school black threads.
I love the hip bump! I think it's great and entertaining🙂
juan pierre is amazing. I'm glad he's on a team where he can have more playing time. He certainly deserves it! Anyways, those are great pictures! Thanks for sharing as always
I am glad he went to a contender too and I wish him the best!
Love the hip bump too Mimi! They look so happy doing that! and they make great pictures with those jumps! Thanks!


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If Goku's power level increases at the same rate till the end of DBGT as it does till the end of the Frieza saga, as a SS4 Goku would have a PL of roughly 939 Quinoctogintillion. For reference that is a 260 digit number. A PL of 14,600 is required to destroy an earth sized planet. There are about 2 nonillion earths worth of mass in the universe. That means SS4 Goku can destroy the universe about 32 Octosexagintillion times over. There's a reason they made Goku a god at the end of GT.
those are my assumptions on the power multipliers
Hate to burst your bubble, but they checked the other side, and there is a big neon "FAKE NAMEK" sign.
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BTW when Vegeta goes SSJ2 against Kid Buu (even though in the anime they made it just SSJ), did he keep all his Majin power? Or was he a SSJ2 before?
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He knows he has no chance, maybe rather then going all out and wasting energy for no reason like he did against cell. He's simply turning himself into the most durable punching bag possible. If he went SSJ2 he'd be out of steam so fast against Kid Buu. Wouldn't last the full minute maybe?
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In terms of his motivation for staying soft, it's very possible. Even if he was going to lose it seems uncharacteristic of Vegeta to not throw everything he has at an opponent, but again, we can only speculate.
In terms of the origin of the discussion (when did Vegeta go SS2), wasn't it right after he got out of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, or more accurately, while he was in it? If that's the case, he definitely turned SS2 before the Buu saga.
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