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Tailinh, whatever those folks are paying you it's not enough.
Wed 9 Dec 2009
Wed 9 Dec 2009
Tailinh, whatever those folks are paying you it's not enough.
Fri 11 Dec 2009
IN SEARCH OF MEMORY at IFC CENTER
Friday January 8, 2010 - Thursday January 14, 2010
from 8:00pm – 11:00pm
IFC Center
323 Sixth Avenue
New York City, New York 10014
"Memory is everything. Without it we are nothing," says neuroscientist Eric Kandel, winner of the Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking research on the physiology of the brain's storage of memories. As he explains, memory is the glue that binds our mental life together and provides a sense of continuity in our lives.
IN SEARCH OF MEMORY is a compelling blend of autobiography and history that recounts the life of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century and illuminates scientific developments in our understanding of the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. In addition to archival footage and dramatic re-creations of Kandel's childhood experiences in Nazi-occupied Vienna and his formative years as an emigrant in New York, the film features discussions with Kandel, friends and family, as well as his public lectures in Vienna and New York, which explore both his professional and personal life, especially his emotional ties to Judaism.
Both through its personal journey into the memory of this amazingly spry and witty 79-year old, especially his traumatic experiences during the Holocaust, and a visit to his Columbia University laboratory, where Kandel and his colleagues demonstrate their experimental research, IN SEARCH OF MEMORY examines how the brain stores memories, the difference between short-term and long-term memory, Alzheimer's and age-related memory loss, and structural modifications to the brain that enhance memory.
In revisiting the people, places and objects of Kandel's lifetime experiences, IN SEARCH OF MEMORY reveals how everything we undergo changes the brain, even our genetic make-up, and can determine the focus of a life's work.
Sun 13 Dec 2009
Friendly reminder that the regular deadline to submit your film to the Newport Beach Film festival is DECEMBER 18, 2009.
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Mon 21 Dec 2009
Hi Doug.
In reply to Doug Block's post on Wed 9 Dec 2009 :
Mon 21 Dec 2009
It's today! December 21, 2009 from 12-4pm. DocuMentors is having their 50% off sale. This includes How To's, DVD's, and Mentoring Services (they will consult with you on any stage of your project or process). Coupon code: YA1221
Also, be advised that Membership rates will be going up in the New Year, so if you join now, you can start benefitting from things like DOC TALKS with ITVS, Sundance Film Fest and more, and the new Budgeting Templates and Tutorial in the Members Area. Many of the upcoming DOC TALKS and tutorials will be for Members Only in the New Year.
Tue 22 Dec 2009
Edited Tue 22 Dec 2009 by Doug Block
In reply to Tailinh Agoyo's post on Mon 21 Dec 2009 :
Still not enough, Tailinh. You need to have a talk with those Mentors, especially now that their rates are going up ;-)
Tue 22 Dec 2009
Any folks in the DC area who are still looking for a special gift for themselves or a loved one...Docs In Progress starts up with a new round of classes and workshops in January. Here's what's coming up:
Saturday, January 23: Documentary Fundraising 101 (an all day workshop)
Tuesday, January 26 – Tuesday, March 2: Intro to Final Cut (a six week
evening class limited to 6 participants)
Wednesday, January 27 – Wednesday, March 3: Documentary Filmmaking
from A to Z (a six week evening class aimed at new filmmakers or
filmmakers transitioning into independent documentary filmmaking)
Thursday, January 28 – Thursday, February 11: The Art of Writing
Documentary Treatments (back by popular demand in a longer workshop
Saturday, January 30 – Saturday, March 6: Documentary Production (a
six week Saturday morning class aimed at first-time filmmakers)
More information on these programs plus screenings, salons, guest experts, and more on the Docs In Progress website at http://www.docsinprogress.org.
If you have any additional questions, please contact Director of
Programs and Services Adele Schmidt at adeleATdocsinprogressDOTorg
Fri 25 Dec 2009
Hello, I'm writing to let you all know that the call for entries for this year's Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant is online. More info below:
Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant
What: This grant funds first time documentary makers for travel and accommodations at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, April 8-11, 2010. For four days, grant recipients will be given access to films, participate in master classes and be mentored by experienced filmmakers. TWO filmmakers will be chosen for the grant in its third year.
Deadline: Applications must be RECEIVED BY Friday, February 5, 2010. Applicants will be notified by email in early March.
About the Grant: Garrett Scott made a distinctive mark in documentary during his short career. Without any formal training in film, he directed Cul De Sac: A Suburban War Story, examining the case of a methamphetamine addict who stole a tank from an armory and went on a rampage through the San Diego suburbs. The film prompted Filmmaker Magazine to cite Scott as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. He went on to make Occupation: Dreamland, co-directed with Ian Olds, about U.S. soldiers in Falluja, Iraq. It won prizes at Full Frame and the Independent Spirit Awards. Both films were broadcast by the Sundance Channel. In 2006, Scott died of a heart attack at age 37.
Scott's work examined how the forces of state power and economics impact individuals. Stylistically, his films broke convention, giving audiences new perspectives on familiar milieus like suburbia or war torn Iraq. He was a beloved member of film communities in San Francisco and New York City and several points in between.
His friends, family and colleagues established this development grant to help other emerging filmmakers reach their potential. The grants selection committee looks especially for filmmakers who somehow fulfill Scott's example, by bringing a unique vision to the content and style of contemporary documentary making.
Previous grant recipients include Elinyisia Mosha and Cameron Yates in 2009, Rebecca Richman Cohen, Nathan Fisher and Mai Iskander in 2008 and Robin Hessman and Lee Lynch in 2007.
Criteria: Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or green card holder and live in the continental United States; any age 18 or older. By "first time filmmaker," we mean someone who is in the early stage of their documentary career and has not yet received significant recognition (such as major festival play or broadcast). All applicants should anticipate finishing their first project by March 2011. You still qualify as a "first time filmmaker" if you've made shorts or student projects, worked professionally as a crew member on other people's films, or if you've recently completed a documentary that hasn't been released yet. The grant is open to students and non-students alike.
How: Applicants should send a 2 page letter addressing these areas:
1) Project summary: Describe the documentary you're working on. It doesn't matter whether the film is a short or a feature, though the judging tends to favor more ambitious projects. Describe the characters, structure, visual approach and what stage you're at.
2) Director's statement: Describe how you came to filmmaking and how you've trained as a filmmaker. It doesn't matter whether you went to film school or are self-taught. Describe what you want audiences to take from your film.
Work sample: Applicants must send a 5-10 minute DVD sample of a work-in-progress or a past work. You may send a longer work sample, but judges may only review the opening minutes.
Submit TWO COPIES of both the letter and DVD along with your...
Send to:
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
ATTN: Garrett Scott Documentary Grant
324 Blackwell Street. Suite 500
Washington Building, Bay 5
Durham, NC 27701
Question or comment? e-mail us firstname.lastname@example.com
Thanks, RR
Mon 28 Dec 2009
A friend is looking for a local fixer in Guatemala City and also in Honduras for shoots in January 2010.
Email him – firstname.lastname@example.com
Tue 29 Dec 2009
an awesome new blog post from Jilann just went up on DocuMentors. it's an interesting and super informative take on documentary budgeting. here's an excerpt:
How the heck are you supposed to know what your film is going to cost before you even begin shooting it? I am working on a budget right now for the film that we wa...nt to shoot this summer, STILL DREAMING, and it's a bit like dreaming up your treatment when you don't know how your film is going to play out. It's a series of creative and educated guesses that can dramatically impact your film. The way I start the budgeting process is...
READ MORE at http://documentaryhowto.com/documentary-blog
Tue 29 Dec 2009
lol Doug.
Happy holidays. :)
In reply to Doug Block's post on Tue 22 Dec 2009 :
Sun 3 Jan 2010
GRAPHICS DESIGNER needed for the Out in the Silence film and community engagement campaign. We need to create a "look" for posters, marketing items, the discussion guide, toolkit, etc. Prefer DC based but not essential. The project is supported by the Sundance Institute and the David Haas fund and focuses on human rights in rural America.
Please email email@example.com with your resume or links to samples.
Sun 3 Jan 2010
Seeking a PUBLICIST or COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT to help with message development and media relations for the Out in the Silence film and community engagement campaign. Experience with social issue films and/or LGBT rights preferred. The project is supported by the Sundance Institute, David Haas fund, Active Voice, and multiple outreach partners.
Please email email@example.com with resume.
Mon 4 Jan 2010
Looking for a DP in Toronto and one in London to do a 5 minute interview / spot. Please have a simple light kit for one person. Fine to use DVX100A. Can pay $350. It's actually for a corporate client's website, but I figure I'd hook a brother or sister up here!
Mon 4 Jan 2010
Free teleseminar with Food, Inc. producer, Elise Pearlstein. Thursday, January 7. It's free and open to everyone. Register at www.documentaryhowto.com.
We'll discuss how Elise and director Robert Kenner navigated the very treacherous waters of the Industrial Food complex and came outwith an incredibly engaging, as well as eye-opening film.
We'll talk with Elise about working with Participant Media and Magnolia Pictures, two of the foremost companies in the documentary industry today.
Visit www.documentaryhowto.com to register for the teleseminar.
Wed 6 Jan 2010
I will be speaking at Notre Dame on February 5th. It's free, so please come join if you happen to be in IN. I look forward to meeting you!
Wed 6 Jan 2010
I'm traumatized I won't get to hear you speak, Danielle. Have fun.
Wed 6 Jan 2010
The Amtrak goes directly from Penn Station to South Bend. Only takes 17 hours. See you there!
Wed 6 Jan 2010
Wed 6 Jan 2010
Final Call For Entries – 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival
The 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival will screen over 350 feature length and
short films. The 2010 NBFF will also host red carpet Opening and Closing
Night Gala Celebrations, International Spotlight events, an Action Sports
Film Series, an Environmental Film Series, a Family Film Series, a
Collegiate Showcase, a Youth Film Showcase and a free Seminar Series. Come
be a part of the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.
The FINAL deadline for film submissions to the 11th Annual Newport Beach
Film Festival is JANUARY 25, 2010.
Submit your film at
The Newport Beach Film Festival runs April 22-April 29, 2010!!
Thu 7 Jan 2010
I'm looking for first-time documentary directors in post-production to participate in IFP's Documentary Lab – a free week long workshop to help you strategize the finishing and most professional release of your film. The illustrious Doug Block is a mentor for this program, among many other top producers and directors. Apply yourself or spread the word to anyone you think might be interested. Email me at email@example.com if you have any questions or if you want to discuss your project- more details are below.
Documentary Lab – April 12–16, 2010; Application deadline FEBRUARY 12
Narrative Lab – June 7–11, 2010; Application deadline MARCH 26
Wed 13 Jan 2010
DocuClub in January!
Our January DocuClub will take place on Wednesday, January 27, 7 p.m., at the 92YTribeca, located at 200 Hudson Street (at Canal). You can take the E, 1, or 6 trains to Canal.
We will screen a rough cut of UP HEARTBREAK HILL by Erica Scharf. The documentary chronicles the lives of Thomas, Tamara and Gabby – three Native American teenagers in Navajo, New Mexico –as they navigate their senior year at a reservation high school. As graduation nears, they must decide whether to stay in their community– a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their being – or leave in pursuit of opportunities elsewhere. Largely isolated from mainstream America, they hesitate to separate from their families and traditions, rooted to home in equal parts by love, obligation and fear. Tribal elders urge members of the younger generation to leave, acquire an education or learn a trade, and return home with the skills to help their people. But, with an unemployment rate near 58% and a per capita income under $4,600, Navajo has few prospects. Thomas, Tamara and Gabby each bear amazing strength and promise, but all are products of their environment, and it is the same community that has set before them so many challenges that now asks them to become the leaders that will reshape the Navajo Nation. Their battles to shape their identities as both Native American and modern American lie at the heart of the film.
Director Erica Scharf has spent much of her career in documentary film and television. Most recently, she worked as an editor on Investigation Discovery's documentary television series, THE SHIFT. She has shot, produced and edited numerous episodes of THE FIRST 48 (A&E). She directed and edited MARNEE: A GARAGE SALE RETROSPECTIVE, which was the First Place Winner at Movie Making Madness 2005, and edited CIY (Best Short Film, 2007 Aspen Shortsfest). Other credits include SWAT (A&E), MIAMI INK (TLC), and LAST SEEN ALIVE (Discovery). In 2005, Scharf was the Assistant Editor on GOD GREW TIRED OF US (Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, 2006 Sundance Film Festival). Scharf is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has a B.F.A. in Film and Television.
Producer Christina D. King's body of work spans news, documentary, and film. After producing broadcast news in her home state of Oklahoma, King went on to associate produce the documentaries ELECTION DAY (PBS), BAD BLOOD, and human rights projects for the ACLU. Recently, she line-produced WE SHALL REMAIN: TECUMSEH's VISION directed by Chris Eyre and Ric Burns. King also field produced for Michael Moore's recent documentary, CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY. A Native American of Creek/Seminole/Sac & Fox descent, King has a B.A. in Film Studies and Mass Communication from the University of Tulsa.
Executive Producer Chris Eyre's film EDGE OF AMERICA received a 2005 Peabody Award and he was recognized with a Directors Guild Award. His first feature film, SMOKE SIGNALS, won the Audience Award and Eyre received the Filmmaker's Trophy at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. His other credits include A THIEF OF TIME and SKINWALKERS for PBS's MYSTERY! In 1995, Eyre received a Rockefeller Foundation Intercultural Film Fellowship. A Cheyenne/Arapaho Native American, he earned his M.F.A. in Film and Television at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Editor Cindy Lee has worked extensively in documentary and narrative film, television, and commercials. Her feature editing credits include NO END IN SIGHT (Academy Award nominee 2008, New York Film Critics Circle 2007 Best Documentary, Sundance Special Jury Prize 2006), HOTEL GRAMERCY PARK (Special Jury Mention, Tribeca Film Festival 2008) and MANHATTAN, KANSAS (SXSW Film Festival 2006). She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and an M.A. from Lund University in Sweden.
Editor Isaac Wayton honed his editorial skills while cutting short form documentary films, as well as various television and web projects. His documentary short, CHILDREN IN THE FIELDS (2004), has been used by multiple foundations to raise awareness about the lax child labor laws among migrant workers in the United States. He has collaborated with music artists Keith Urban and Sir Paul McCartney to create unique featurettes for the artists' websites. His television credits include MYSTERY DIAGNOSES (Discovery Health), THE DETONATORS (Discovery), and IT TAKES A THIEF (Discovery). Wayton received his B.F.A. in Film and Video from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Our moderator will be filmmaker Almudena Carracedo. Born in Madrid, Carracedo is the Emmy-award winning Director and Producer of the documentary MADE IN L.A. Funded by ITVS, POV and the Sundance Documentary Fund, the film has received critical acclaim and international awards, including an Emmy Award, a Henry Hampton Award and a Special Mention of the Jury at the Valladolid International Film Festival. Her previous documentary on Tijuana as a border town, WELCOME, A DOCU-JOURNEY OF IMPRESSIONS, received the Sterling Award for Best Short Documentary at SILVERDOCS and screened in numerous national and international festivals. Carracedo is the 2008 recipient of NALIP's (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) ESTELA Award, and has served as a jury in several film festivals, including the SILVERDOCS, Valladolid International Film Festival and Santiago's International Documentary Festival in Chile (FIDOCS).
Admission is free for current DocuClub members and $8 for non-members.
Only DocuClub members who plan to attend need to RSVP at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Membership is an annual $50 and it includes free admission to all DocuClub events. It takes five minutes to join online:
Wed 13 Jan 2010
I'm looking for recently completed feature docs for Cinewomen On Screen, a series I help to program for NYWIFT (New York Women in Film and Television). We screen at Anthology Film Archives in Manhattan and we have a slot open for our March program. Please contact me ASAP at firstname.lastname@example.com. We will also consider short docs for future programs. Check out the lineup for our January 27th event: http://nywift.org/article.aspx?id=2107
Thu 14 Jan 2010
Cool Audio Producer job in NYC just posted by The National Black Programming Consortium:
Sat 16 Jan 2010
ATTN: DC-area documentary filmmakers
Docs In Progress is holding an all-day workshop next Saturday, January 23 in Silver Spring which is focused on fundraising for documentaries. This workshop is appropriate for documentary filmmakers of all experience levels – whether you have never raised funds for an independent documentary or have been frustrated by your efforts to do so.
The focus will be on providing participants with concepts and tools that can help you learn how to develop a fundraising plan, track the fundraising effort, research potential donors, conduct a fundraising drive, and solicit grants from corporations and foundations. There will be plenty of handouts of samples. The workshop is being led by Sam Hampton, an experienced fundraiser. Dr. Hampton, in addition to being the Director of Planning and Special Projects for Docs In Progress and a documentary filmmaker himself, is also the Founding Partner of Hampton Consulting, LLC which works with nonprofit, philanthropic, corporate, and public sector clients on building their strategic plans and increasing their chances of fundraising success – elements which apply just as easily to documentary filmmaking.
Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Docs In Progress Documentary House, 8700 First Avenue Silver Spring, MD (walking distance to free parking and the Silver Spring Metro)
$250 (or $225 if you join Docs In Progress' new Docs Insider Program which gets discounts to many programs)
Since space is limited, advance registration is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. Please visit our website for more details or contact Adele Schmidt, Director of Programs and Services, at adeleATdocsinprogressDOTorg or (301) 789-2797.


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Marian Apparitions
Our Lady of Akita: Pray for Japan!
Japan's devastation this week from the earthquake and the resulting tsunami have left thousands dead. Now, the Japanese are beset with damage to six nuclear reactors. We must give our brothers and sisters in Japan our prayers and assistance. It is also a very good time to recall that in the Seventies of the last century Japan was the scene of the best authenticated Marian apparition since Fatima, and which has been deemed worthy of belief by the Vatican. The message of Our Lady of Akita is a stern one, and a call for repentance and a turning to God. Here at the beginning of Lent we have a graphic reminder that in this world, as well as in the next, our only sure reliance is in God. Continue reading
Two Momentous But Little Remembered Dates In Western & Church History
Recently two momentous events in Western and Church History passed with hardly a mention. Actually, these events may be better known in the Muslim world than the Christian world; the Islamic army's desecration of St. Peter's in Rome, along with St John Lateran and other churches in 846, and the stunning defeat of the Islamic military onslaught by Charles the Hammer Martel at Tours, France in 732. Though these two events occurred over 100 years apart, they do point out that until the Ottoman-Turkish Islamic defeat in 1683 at the gates of Vienna; Europe was facing a never ending threat from radical Islam. Yet how is it that according to the mainstream media it was the fault of Christians, and specifically Catholics? In my last article, I wrote of the naval Battle of Lepanto in 1571 and the land at the Gates of Vienna in 1683. Some wondered why I didn't right about Charles the Hammer Martel and some of the earlier Islamic incursions into Europe. Now is a good time to delve into that subject. (For more on Charles the Hammer Martel and the Battle of Tours please read this excellent article by my colleague Donald McClarey.)
Ask most practicing Catholics, Evangelicals and mainline Protestants who Charles the Hammer Martel was and you would probably get blank stares. Perhaps a few young people might be under the false impression that he is some sort of up and coming professional wrestler. However, you would probably stand a better chance of having someone in the Islamic world tell you about Charles the Hammer Martel. The same might be true for the sack of Rome in 846 by Muslim forces who disembarked at Ostia (the Tiber port) and marched right into Rome desecrating holy sites like St Peter's and St John Lateran and leaving the Eternal City with their plunder. Many in the western world might be surprised why they have never heard this and why those who reside in the Islamic world are better informed of these events than in the Western World. Let us peer back into time to see what we can learn about the past and what it might mean for the future.
It is said that God can make the best out of the worst. As Charles Martel grew older and realized that his mother was simply a consort of his regal father, Charles must have realized that he could have been abandoned to poverty, or worse yet aborted (if that had happened Christianity might have been confined to Ireland!) Charles must have developed a thick skin and a courageous spirit that enabled him not to run at the first sign of trouble. Europe was in a state of near panic by 730 as the well seasoned professional Islamic Army had laid waste to much of the Middle East and North Africa leaving the homes of those past saints like Augustine in ruins. Europe was in the Dark Ages, armies were merely feudal in their makeup, a far cry from the type of regimented units needed to stop the largest invading armies Europe had seen since the days when Rome ruled the world. Continue reading
At Marian Apparition Locations, Great Trials & Tribulations Often Occur Before & After
Marian apparitions have always been a sign of God's love. It truly is one of His greatest graces, which physically shows us the Blessed Mother along with her love, words of encouragement and warnings about the world in which we live. Sometimes the Church Militant heeds her call, but sadly often it doesn't. This article will only cover a handful of Church approved apparitions (this can be a little tricky, more on this later,) but what it will show is that often the Blessed Mother appears in lands that have experienced great suffering with often more suffering to follow. Her message to bring the world closer to her Son and live according to Jesus' teachings is one of God's greatest graces, something that is often met with violent, evil attacks. The miraculous events surrounding her appearances often take place in the presense of great vistas; a window of sorts into God's loving handiwork. The said could be said about Jesus at The Transfiguration and the Sermon on the Mount.
Something to keep in mind before we begin; during the early days of the Church investigative bodies were the last thing the Church was worried about at a time when the Church was trying to literally stay alive during an array of persecutions. Following the Protestant Reformation, a more detailed structure emerged for investigating appartions. They often took a long time to investigate in order to prevent any hoaxes. Most reported modern day apparitions are not approved. In the 20th Century only 8 of the 300+ reported apparitions were approved. This link from the University of Dayton, a Marianist institution, which houses the largest collection of Marian Apparitions, might be a helpful.
The year was 1300. Though parts of Spain remained under Islamic control, a liberated area, near the Guadalupe River would reveal an amazing find. A cow herder named Gil Cordero would be told by the Blessed Mother to dig, and there he would find holy treasure. Though laughed at by his fellow villagers, his faithful dig yielded a secret burial vault that would house many relics including that of a lifelike carving of the Blessed Mother. It was said to be carved by St Luke and transported to Spain in the sixth century by Bishop Leander, a relative of Pope Gregory the Great.
The vault had been placed there as Islamic armies were making their way to Spain. The lifelike carving, which still exists today, was said to have been processed through the streets of Rome around the year 590 AD, at the direction of Pope Gregory the Great. He had been given the famous carving while he was Papal Legate in Constantinople.
The famous pontiff had ordered this procession during a terrible plague and famine that had engulfed the city, some one hundred and fifty years after the Roman Empire had collapsed. As the procession ended, the assembled crowd saw the Archangel St Michael sheathing his sword, signifying that the famine and plague were over. (One can still see the statue of the Archangel St Michael atop the Castel Sant Angelo which commemorates this momentous event.) The carved statue of the Blessed Mother was then sent to Spain where it remains today, seemingly unscathed after spending years underground during the Muslim conquest.
Years later a young Italian navigator named Christopher Columbus would come to pray at this now famous shrine. He was at the end of his financial rope in seeking backing for a "new way to India." Soon after his prayer, he was granted an audience with King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and the rest is history. Few know about this religious side of Columbus. Even fewer know that when he first caught sight of what would be known as the Americas, he had minutes before ordered his crew to pray the Rosary. In gratitude, he named one of the islands he discovered for the site at which his prayers were answered back in Spain, the isle now known as Guadeloupe. Continue reading
Visionaries of Medjugorje May Appear Before The Vatican
The Rome Reports TV News Agency is saying that the seers may appear before the Vatican where they will need to answer certain questions that they have refused to reveal to others.
Its Official, CDF to Investigate Medjugorje
Pope Benedict has appointed Cardinal Ruini to head a commission of inquiry under the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to investigate the alleged apparitions in Medjugorje.
This has been a long time coming and should be comprehensive and decisive.
It has been said that the late Pope John Paul II wanted to believe in the Marian apparitions while Pope Benedict has withheld judgment with reservation. We know Pope Benedict has visited Medjugorje incognito in the past.
Medjugorje has been controversial from the very beginning and it will be interesting to see what the CDF has to say.
Thank you Rome Reports for the video.
Vetting Miracles at Lourdes
A neat and brief clip explaining the arduous process of a miracle to be approved by the Vatican, but first by medical science!
To learn more about Our Lady of Lourdes click here.
The Construct of Rebellion
In 2010 the Catholic Church in particular and Christianity in general are under attack because age old truths are being abandoned for the Dictatorship of Relativism. One might ask; how did we get here? It didn't happen overnight; as a matter of fact many of those doing the rebelling actually think they are doing us all a favor. Centuries and millennium evolved into a construct of rebellion where self appointed leaders who thought knew better than the Church and society itself tried to change all that was sacred and holy into something, they but most importantly their friends in the intelligentsia, could accept. Too many cooks in the kitchen can be bad for your acquired culinary tastes, but when truth is watered down it is something entirely different and far more serious. In this instance, we are talking about souls, not taste buds. If this is so then how could the thesis of my book, The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism be true? The answer is simple because the world is getting closer and closer to the precipice. Some may chose to jump but thankfully more will chose to come back from ledge into the world of reality and when they do they will see the many positive developments happening in the Church. One's own mortality has a way of causing self preservation.
Medjugorje, Exploring the Origins
The alleged Marian apparitions at Medjugorje have had a sordid history. Much of it to some extent successfully glossed over or reinterpreted by the Franciscans that run the parish at Medjugorje. A document was put out by Bishop Ratko Peric, the ordinary of the Diocese of Mostar-Duvno that encompasses Medjugorje, which was translated by Richard Chonak of the Catholic Light blog, that put to record of what actually occurred in Medjugorje and how the alleged apparitions were fabricated and manipulated by dissident priests such as Tomislav Vlasic and Slavko Barbaric.
I want to briefly summarize some highlights from this translated document first, which then be followed by the translated document in full.
1. Tomislav Vlasic, in collusion with his superior, undermined the authority of the bishop by relocating himself to Medjugorje without asking permission. They waited an entire year to do so.
2. Tomislav Vlasic and Slavko Barbaric, the spiritual directors of the alleged seers, did not allow the seers to report any alleged messages from the Madonna without coming to them first so they can have their stories straight.
3. A grave theological error that the alleged apparition stated that all people in Heaven have their souls and their bodies with them. I guess Tomislav Vlasic never studied the Nicene Creed.
4. Tomislav Vlasic claimed to have visited the Pope (John Paul II) when he never did.
5. The Madonna wanted Slavko Barbaric to replace Tomislav Vlasic as the spiritual director so he could document the entire episode of the visions. Slavko Barbaric passed away in AD 2000, and the alleged apparitions continue to this day… without Slavko Barbaric. Another "vision" that never came true.
There are many more, but I just highlighted the big ones that I thought were prescient. The following is the completed translation of Bishop Ratko Peric's documentation of the many errors of the apparitions in Medjugorje:
Just as last year, when the Holy See sanctioned the Rev. Vlasic with interdict, warning him of more severe penalties if he would not obey, once again numerous comments have appeared in the mass media to proclaim the non-connection between the "Medjugorje phenomenon" and the "Vlasic case". If in both the letter and in reference to the two more serious penalties there is an explicit reminder of the "Medjugorje phenomenon",[1] in which Tomislav Vlasic in involved, why is there never any connection between the one and the other? We would like to recall just that undeniable connection, from the beginning.
The 13th Day
[Updates at the bottom of this post as of 10:33 pm CST for 8-20-2009 AD]
The 13th Day is a film based on the true story of the Marian apparitions to three shepherd children at Fatima Portugal on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May. The three children were Lucia Santos and her cousins, siblings Jacinta and Francisco Marto. These apparitions at Fatima were officially declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church.

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Campus News
Daedalian Trap Displayed
The Statehouse Convention Center is hosting
the "Arkansas Exhibition." This display features 155 pieces of murals,
sculptures, and paintings of 97 Arkansas artist.
Mr. Blaine Caldwell has been selected among this
group for his sculpture "Daedalian Trap." The sculpture is made from
wrought iron and steel that has been welded, bolted, and riveted.
It is to be wall mounted, inside or out, by anchor bolts and nuts
or lag screws. The piece is thematic in nature. It is an abstract
composition that is based somewhat on the mythological tale of Daedalus
and Icarus.
The exhibition shows a variety of creative works
from many talented artist. It is showing until February of 2000. Special
congratulations to Mr. Caldwell and his achievement!
Under The Big Top
Family Weekend will be held October 15-17. The weekend
holds many activities for the students and their families.
Friday's events start with registration in Seay
Student Center. That night CAB will be hosting a Talent Show at 8:00
p.m. in the Walton Center. Saturday the fun continues when the halls
gather beds and compete in creativity and speed in the Parade of Beds
and the Great Bed Race. After the soccer games and the President's
Reception, "LUMA: Theater of Light" in the Walton Center will
end the evening. Sunday, a special chapel service will be held at
10 a.m. in Raymond Munger Chapel. The weekend ends with the Eagles
and Lady Eagles playing again Sunday afternoon.
If a place to stay is needed for families, please
contact one of the areas hotels as soon as possible. If there are
any additional questions or comments, please call the Student Life
Office at ext. 1322.
Career-Placement Activities
The Career Fair is coming! On Wednesday, October
20, recruiters from corportations, graduate schools, and the armed
forces will be on campus to talk with students about career options.
The Fair will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Seay Student
There will be severeal companies who will be looking
for both yearly, full-time and summer intern employees. Students
are strongly encouraged to wear business attire and to bring their
resume for distribution. The Caree-Placement Office will also
be hosting two workshops on resume writing — Wednesday, October 13,
from 4:30-5:30 p.m. and Thursday, October 14, from 11:00 a.m.-noon.
Students will receive a FREE guide to resume writing and will have
an opportunity to complete their resume during the workshop. Convo
Credit will be given! Call ext.1320 to reserve a spot.
Breast Cancer Awarness
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. The U
of O Women are sponsoring a Breast Cancer Awarness Program on October
21st at 11:00 a.m. in the Boreham Building, Baldor Auditorum. There
will be guest speakers and door prizes. A drawing for a free mamogram
from the hospital will also be given. For more information contact
Leanita Pelts at 979-1331.
Faculty/Staff Campaign Reaches 90%
The Faculty/Staff Campaign, a part of the
University's Campaign To Preserve the Pride,
To Keep the Promise, has reached the 90 percent participation
mark with more than $139,000 pledged. Thank you for your participation!
Faculty Vocal Recital
Dr. David De Seguirant and Rick "R.L." Robinson
will be giving a recital in Rowntree Recital Hall at the Walton Fine
Arts Center on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m.
Robinson is the director of vocal music at Van
Buren Junior and Senior High Schools. His portion of the program will
feature a varity of songs written for baritone.Dr. De Seguirant is
director of choral activities here at U of O. His selection for the
second half of the recital is Dichterliebe (Love Poems). The
selections are by Romantic composer Robert Schumann and are for a
tenor. There is no charge for admission to the event. Everyone is
invited to attend.
Trio Tulsa To Perform
Ozarks will be hosting the Tulsa Trio on Wednesday,
Oct. 13, at 7:30 p.m., in Rowntree Recital Hall in the Walton Fine
Arts Center. The trio consists of a violinist, a pianist and a cellist,
all members of the University of Tulsa's School of Music. The concert
is free and open to the public. For more information contact Malea
De Seguriant at 979-1366.
One-Act Play Auditions
Have you ever wanted to try your hand
at acting? Well here is your shot. The theatre directing class will
be holding auditions for their one-act plays. Auditions will be held
on October 21 at 6:30 p.m. in Seay Theater. The auditions will require
a one-minute, memorized monologue. There will be a workshop for the
auditions on the 18th of October at 6:30 p.m. in Seay Theater. This
workshop will explain the audition process and what to expect.
There is a total of 19 parts available (10 women
and 9 men). The directors and their
plays are Megann McManus, Laundry and Bourbon; Katari Hawthorne,
Junk Yard; Jennifer Kreienheder, Impromptu; Rachel Pickett,
Wanda's Visit; and Cooper Mann, Who Made Robert
Deniro King of America? These people can answer any questions
you might have. The actual performances of the one act palys will
occur on the evening of December 6th and 8th.
Scholarships Available
The Alumni Association will be offering several
scholarships. Applications are available in the Alumni Office in the
Mabee Adminstration Building. The due date is Jan. 14, 2000.
Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma is offering a scholarship
to a female student majoring in education, who has completed the general
education requirements and has a cummulative GPA of 2.5. Applications
are due Nov. 1 in the Financial Aid Office.
Single Parent Scholarship for a resident of Johnson
County who is economically disadvantaged single parent with custody
of children under the age of 18, and has a high school diploma or
the equivalence of one. More informatinon and applications are available
in Financial Aid Office. Deadline is Nov. 1.
Can You Make A Difference?
Yes, you can make a difference with SIFE. On Saturday,
Oct. 23, SIFE will be sponsoring a Make A Difference Day for the Johnson
County Helping Hands Shelter.
The group plans on renovating the shelter and collecting
donations of food and supplies. You do not need to be a SIFE member
to help and lots of help is needed. For more information please contact
Maria Pineda (2774) or Cesar Cervantes (2754).
Be Prepared for the Ride of Your Light
The Walton Arts and Ideas Series is sponsoring "Luma:
Theatre of Light" on Saturday, Oct. 16, in the Walton Fine Arts
Center's Seay Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Luma blends various physical performace
disciplines with new light technology. The three dimensional illuminate
images create a diffent world with light color and motion for the
audience. As always, there is no charge for faculty, staff and students.


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EDITORIAL: Well Done, Maudine Cooper!
11/13/2013, 3 p.m.
Well-wishers from near and far gathered on Friday, Nov. 8 to honor one of the city's finest.
They came together to show Maudine Rice Cooper just how much they love and appreciate her and the considerable personal legacy she has bestowed on the District of Columbia. Cooper is wrapping up 23 years as the engine of the Greater Washington Urban League and moves into well-deserved retirement.
This special lady leaves behind a robust organization that serves more than 65,000 people. Seniors, mothers, people in search of a home, those experiencing hard times and others knew they could turn to the Urban League for a hand up.
Mayor Vincent Gray, elected officials, three former Urban League presidents – including uber-lawyer Vernon E. Jordan – and a constellation of admirers showered Cooper with lots and lots of love.
This couldn't have happened to a more deserving person. Cooper was a trendsetter who used her legal prowess to agitate publicly and behind-the-scenes for equality and social justice.
The sumptuous retirement party at the Marriott Wardman was a fitting tribute to a passionate and dedicated woman.
We'll miss Maudine but she's left us a solid foundation on which to continue improving this region.


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Calvin Coolidge Teacher Resources
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The Roaring 20's
Discover the roaring and contradicting nature of the 1920s in the United States. The video provides an overview of laissez faire capitalism in the decade and the nation's dramatic increase in productivity, as well as a variety of other...
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1920s Policies of American Presidents
Eleventh graders interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this 1920's America lesson, 11th graders compare and contrast the policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover....
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Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore
Students define elements of stories from around the world that include helpful animals. They explore animal character motivations and use graphic organizers to compare and contrast animal stories from different cultures.
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The Hyper-Partisan Politics of Prohibition
A full and thoughtful activity includes links, handouts, guided viewing worksheets, and great extension activities. Upper graders will examine extreme politics, propaganda, hyper-partisanship, and the 1928 presidential election. They...
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The Meaning of America: Enterprise and Commerce
Using Mark Twain's The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, invite your learners to consider the concept of virtue in a democratic society devoted to gain and self-interest. This stellar resource guides your class members through a close...
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The Meaning of America: Freedom and Individuality
What are the strengths and weaknesses of American individualism and independence? Explore these principles through a close reading of Jack London's To Build a Fire, and engage in high-level discussion with your class by analyzing the...
9th - 12th English Language Arts CCSS: Designed
Reading Strategies for the Social Studies Class
Word splashes, read-draw-talk-write activities, exhibits. Middle schoolers use the Storypath approach to a unit study of America's concerns during the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Teams organize a 21st century world's fair,...
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2016 Electoral College Map
New ReviewThe electoral college can be confusing for citizens of any age. Clear up misconceptions with a handy printable map that details how many electoral votes are allotted to each state, as well as a history of modern elections, complete with...
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The American Presidency Grades 7-9
As part of a study of the American Presidency, groups investigate five topics: Campaigns and Elections, Role and Responsibilities, Life in the White House, Assassination and Mourning, and Communicating the Presidency.
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The Meaning of America: Equality
What if society sought equality by handicapping the gifted and dispelling any traces of diversity? Kurt Vonnegut Jr. offers one possible answer to this question through his incredibly engaging and thought-provoking satirical...
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The Meaning of America: Freedom and Religion
The United States of America was founded on firm ideals of both the pursuit of happiness and a spirit of reverence. Through a close reading of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The May-Pole of Merry Mount," you can examine what some consider was a...
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The Meaning of America: National Identity and Why It Matters
Combining a close reading of a classic American text with the study of history can be a very powerful strategy, and this is most certainly the case with this resource using Edward Everett Hale's The Man without a Country. Consider themes...
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F.D.R. and the New Deal
Your young historians will discover how President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought to alleviate hardships of the Great Depression by analyzing the words of his inaugural address and exploring the various New Deal programs he would later...
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How do we hire a President?
What are the job requirements for the office of president of the United States? What attributes should a candidate possess? Are the qualities needed to govern the same as those needed to win? What can an analysis of the management style...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History CCSS: Adaptable
Piece by Piece
What do your pupils know about quilting? Read and discuss the information included here before sending class members off to create their own quilt blocks using construction paper. When they have completed their blocks, provide some time...
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According to Activision head Bobby Kotick, there are price cuts coming for consoles. The head of the largest video game publishing company on earth told The Financial Times:
"We've more confidence in consumer spending, we feel like some of that has stabilized and there are price cuts on the [console] hardware in the works."
Keep in mind: Kotick isn't in charge of prices for any console, and has an interest in keeping console prices as low as possible as more consoles sold means more potential customers for Activision.
Kotick also opined a bit on the changing meaning of the word "platform," saying, "The platform used to be defined as just the box, but the platform today is really the box plus all the online services and capabilities."
Publishers love the idea of online, of course, because selling a $60 piece of software is one thing, but selling years of subscriptions fees is even better.
On a separate subject, Kotick said that the PSN downtime has affected Activision's sales, but not enough to affected the financial reports the company discussed earlier in the week.
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When the story of the Washington Nationals' 2012 season is written, it's expected to hold plenty more celebratory moments with which they cannot just mark their organization's progress, but assert its dominance.
Their plans contain champagne celebrations and filling the blank space left on the pennants that fly above their scoreboard.
Those have not yet been fulfilled.
But there was historical significance in their 82nd win, sealed Monday with a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs in which Ross Detwiler spun seven scoreless innings. And it was the kind that should go underappreciated if the Nationals continue on the path they have set in the season's first 134 games.
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Meet with the economic and community development of Karnes County on the priority list of the morning's discussion. Visit with Chamber of Commerce. Find out what programs and projects are developing in our booming area. Bring a positive outlook and someone from your organization. 2nd Friday is the most informed coffee club in town! Contact email@example.com for more information or to request to host upcoming meetings.
See you Friday at Karnes County Extension's Office in their new office in the Karnes County Offices on the Square.


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There's a large wave of netbooks showing up in preorder listings off Amazon and flyers here since Windows 7's release last Thursday, and boy do they look tempting LOL. Many of them have somewhat similar specifications – they possess 11.6 inch LCD screens, chiclet keyboards, weigh about 1.4 kg, and make use of Intel's new line of ultra-low voltage processors. With a 5600 mAh battery, you could get up to 8 hrs – or about 6 hours of under actual realistic usage – of battery life, which would be nicely enough for the flight to Kyushu later this year.
The one that's caught my eye is this one for instance: the Acer Aspire 1810TZ Timeline that's going on Amazon for USD599. Unfortunately, there's no indication that this unit's gonna be available here though – drat.
But then again, I've had miserable luck with Acer notebooks: the last one I had – an ultraportable Travelmate that I did a lot of thesis work on – had to be sent for repair three times in the first 18 months, though to be fair it worked pretty well after that.


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Jessica Simpson Talks 'Mom Jeans' In The February Redbook
Jessica Simpson probably hasn't worn blue jeans since January 2009, when she performed at the 24th Annual KISS 99.9 Chili Cook Off at CB Smith Park in Pembroke Pines, Florida.
It was then that the singer was photographed wearing a pair of dark blue "mom jeans" paired with a double leopard-skin belt and tight tank top, getting her lots of the wrong kind of attention from the press.
The singer discussed her fashion faux-pas in the latest issue of Redbook magazine, saying that she actually weighed less than she does now.
"What's so unbelievable is that I was probably at least 15 pounds smaller than I am right now," she says in the February 2014 issue of Redbook. "What's more unbelievable is that the press could create something like that out of a pair of jeans... what woman wants to be brought down for wearing a pair of jeans?"
Jessica posted an image to her Twitter page from backstage at Good Morning America on Tuesday, looking like she's gotten herself back into great shape following the birth of her second child, son Ace Knute. The singer gave birth last June and has gotten back into form thanks to a deal with Weight Watchers.
Simpson's Redbook cover is her first magazine cover since giving birth to daughter Maxwell Drew, her first child, in May 2012.
See more of Jessica and read her full interview in the February issue of Redbook, on newsstands January 14.


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Quality health services and community support have been the tradition at O'Connor Hospital since we opened our doors in 1889.
Whether for the birth of a baby or a life-saving surgery, our reputation for medical excellence, superior skill and advanced technology precedes us. Our Values guide everything we do at O'Connor Hospital.
O'Connor Hospital is an active member of the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is a coalition of businesses representing more than a quarter of a million jobs across every sector of the economy. The Chamber has an active history of advocacy, economic development and business promotion programs to enhance and improve the business climate and quality of services in the San Jose area. O'Connor Hospital has taken an active role in community building by participating in Chamber events.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Pope Benedict: The Man and His Message
Thankfully, I found this concise, well-written, and very enlightening editorial from the National Catholic Register to fill me in on what I missed, to interpret the events for me, and to point out the significance of his visit. Most importantly --this editorial helps me to understand who Pope Benedict really is and what he wants me to do to build the kingdom of Christ in the world.
The World Meets Benedict
As we launched Pope2008.com, our blogsite covering the papal events; as we put together stories for the Register; as we planned features for our sister publication, Faith & Family magazine, as our own Circle Press published the book Benedict of Bavaria; one thing became very clear: The world already knew Pope Benedict XVI.
After all, he had been Pope since 2005 — nearly the equivalent of a full presidential term. Before that he headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for decades. We already knew that the old canards about him weren't true. He was caricatured as a stern figure hurling anathemas. That wasn't him.
We already knew him, from his first encyclical, as a deep thinker about love, and, from his next, as the "Pope of hope." We already knew him as the brave Christian witness who traveled to Istanbul in the wake of Muslim fundamentalist riots. And we already knew him as a lover of the liturgy who wanted nothing more than to deepen Catholics' worship.
But there were some things we didn't know. We had to see him for ourselves, in our churches and on our streets, to learn them.
We didn't know that he had a profound pastoral touch. As we followed the Holy Father around Washington and New York, we kept finding people who were moved by their encounters with the Pope. He would lock eyes with them, touch them gently, and communicate peace wordlessly.
We also didn't know that Benedict's deep concern for the victims of abuse was such that he would want to make it the centerpiece of his visit. He mentioned it in formal remarks at least six times on his trip, and his visit with victims of abuse — a seventh instance of the theme — caught almost everyone off guard.
We also didn't know Benedict's immense, "John Pauline" optimism. The previous Pope spoke of great things to come. He promoted the New Evangelization, which for him was nothing less than the re-Christianization of the Western World. He organized the Great Jubilee for the whole Church. He told us to prepare for the new springtime of the faith.
But Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had predicted a chastened, smaller church. When he became Pope Benedict, we felt a bit as if our high hopes were a dream we once had, but had outgrown.
We didn't know Benedict would come to us and revive them all, calling us once again to the New Evangelization in a "great jubilee" for America to prepare for the new springtime of the faith. We also didn't know how much Benedict loves America, though we could have known it. It was there to read in more than one interview. But all of that seemed abstract — until we saw him bound down the airplane stairs, delighted and eager to be here.
Throughout his stay, one of the most common observations commentators made was that Benedict was clearly glad to be here. He never seemed tired in public; the reports of those who witnessed the last event of each day matched those who witnessed the first: He was a sprightly, alert and engaged man.
He was very forthright about his feelings for America, also.
When he spoke at the White House, he praised America's founding principles. At each of his Masses, he reminded us that the Church's presence in America is the result of the Holy Spirit's efforts. At Yankee Stadium, he even gave Americans our marching orders: Build the Kingdom of Christ in the world.
First: Build the Kingdom in business, media, science, education; everywhere. "Praying fervently for the coming of the Kingdom also means being constantly alert for the signs of its presence, and working for its growth in every sector of society."
Second: Build the Kingdom first in yourself, through a passionate love for Christ that looks at the Church supernaturally. "It means facing the challenges of present and future with confidence in Christ's victory and a commitment to extending his reign," he said. "It means not losing heart in the face of resistance, adversity and scandal."
Third: Build the Kingdom through an integral, authentic life, not a compartmentalized one. "It means overcoming every separation between faith and life, and countering false gospels of freedom and happiness," he said. "It also means rejecting a false dichotomy between faith and political life, since, as the Second Vatican Council put it, 'there is no human activity — even in secular affairs — which can be withdrawn from God's dominion.'"
"The World Meets Benedict" suddenly seems to fit after all. We did meet Pope Benedict XVI in a new way this year.
But for that meeting to be more than just a touching memory, we need to take up the Pope's challenge. We need to do as he says, to make sure that the world meets someone far, far more compassionate, wise and brave than Pope Benedict.
Next, the world needs to meet the one his visit was named for: Christ our hope.
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In the midst of all the commentary, I keep coming gratefully back to reality as I experienced it during Pope Benedict's visit to our country.
I was deeply moved by the very-palpable love he carried to us, for instance in his papal video announcing his visit and intentions in coming, and during the Holy Masses he celebrated with us.
He showed us, as Christ did, how this life is supposed to be "done."
He drew a sharp contrast, for me as a currently-parishless Catholic, between God's Church and local churches, which seem to have gotten so self-protective in the sex-scandal fallout.
He didn't waste time or energy trying to come up with responses to Protestant critiques, which has been such a popular, but off-point, emphasis in Catholic media in recent years.
He didn't waste love in judgments about the people who, for so many reasons, decided to hold their faith--somehow--outside regional parochialisms and misguided self-protectiveness.
Perhaps many of those people now know that Christ wants them, and that local church practices are not the last word in Christ's church, and must never stand as an obstacle to His loving reaching out to all. Christ is, and Benedict showed what that means, how that feels.
Let's pray that parishes and local churches will take the lesson as presented to us.
- simplycatholic said...
I have been so in love with our Pope as he visits the United States. His love and generous nature was shown and more importantly seen by our whole country.


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> Founded in 1991
> Based in Taichung,
> Innovator of modern
bicycle shaft drive
> Hold patents on
shaft drive
> First shaft drives to
work with Shimano
7/8-speed hubs
> Innovators of first
STI-style road bike
shifter for Shimano
8-speed hubs
Shaft Drive
What are the advantages of shaft drive bicycles versus chain bicycles?
How long have shaft drive bikes been around?
How durable is the shaft drive?
How much do shaft drive bikes weigh versus chain bikes?
How will the shaft drive effect or enhance riding performance?
Can existing bikes be retrofitted with a shaft drive?How does Sussex's shaft drive compare to other shaft drives?
Where are the gears?
How many speeds do internally geared bicycles have?
How do you shift gears?
What are the gear ratios for your bikes?
How fast are your bikes?
Shaft Drive Care and Maintenance
What maintenance is required for the shaft drive and internal gears?
What happens if I have a problem with the shaft drive?
How do you remove the rear wheel on a shaft drive bicycle if you get a flat tire?
What if the gears are slipping - how can you adjust the gears?
Shaft Drive
What are the advantages of shaft drive bicycles versus chain bicycles?
Easier to operate: Simple twist grip shift is convenient, responsive and operates independent of pedaling so you can shift gears anytime, even at a complete stop. Safer: No chain to fall off; no chain bite on clothing. Cleaner: Axles and gears are fully enclosed - no grease/oil exposure to get on hands or clothing. Lower maintenance: Fully enclosed, durable bevel gears are protected from impacts, debris and the elements. Smoother ride: Fluid shifting and mesh gearing combine to create smoother pedaling and shifting. Easier to transport: Easy loading and unloading without getting chain grease on hands and clothes. Lower cost of ownership: Increased durability and drastically decreased maintenance schedule means fewer service and repair costs.
How long have shaft drive bikes been around? Shaft drive bikes actually date back to the early 1900's. However, our modern shaft drive has been in production for nearly 15 years. We are currently on our third generation shaft drive. However, until the last several years, shaft drive bikes were limited in popularity due to the limitation of gearing available. Now, with Shimano's advanced 7-speed and 8-speed internal gear hubs, our bikes offer a very wide gear range without all the external moving parts.
How durable is the shaft drive?Our shaft drive is designed to have twice the life expectancy of a chain under comparable riding conditions. Our shaft drive is made of the highest grade components, is assembled by hand in our own factory, and has been rigorously tested for strength and durability. Our shaft drives are made with:
The shaft drive is also resilient to impacts and is weather resistant for all-season use. Its sealed design makes it better protected from adverse conditions such as sand, dirt, water, salt and grime than any chain bike ever could be.
How much do internally geared bikes weigh versus chain bikes? Bikes using our Versa road bike components weigh approximately 21-23 lbs. depending on the components. Road bikes using our Versa road components are by far the lightest internally geared bikes on the market, and are very competitive with externally geared road bikes. Bikes using our shaft drive system weigh approximately 27-31 lbs. depending on the model. In fact, bikes using our shaft drive system weigh less than one pound more than a traditional chain bike of the same configuration. In other words, if the same bike was configured with a chain and sprockets instead of our shaft drive, our shaft drive bike would be less than 1 pound heavier than the chain bike. That means for all the added advantages of our chainless bikes including a smoother ride, smoother shifting, less maintenance, fewer repairs and greater safety, the trade-off is less than 1 pound!
How will the shaft drive effect or enhance riding performance? Testing has shown that the efficiency of our shaft-drive system is about 92%-94% without regular maintenance. According to Dobrovolsk and Others' "Machine Elements Textbook", the peak efficiency of very expensive chain systems ranges from 95% to 97% (chain-rings in same diameter, chain in perfect alignment and chain in permanent ideal tension). However, typical, averagely maintained chain-derailleur bikes range in efficiency from 75% up to 85%, and can often skip and/or jump gears. This means that for every pedal stroke, shaft drive bicycles will perform more consistently and shift gears more smoothly than a chain bike that is not meticulously cleaned, adjusted and lubricated. This translates into more consistent performance without worrying about adjusting chain tension, aligning chains and derailleurs, and regularly cleaning and lubricating the chains and chain-rings.
Can existing bikes be retrofitted with a shaft drive?No. The shaft drive requires a specially designed frame. This frame is engineered with a wider and narrower bottom bracket shell and special dropouts where the shaft drive connects to the rear wheel. All of our bicycle frames were designed specifically for use with the shaft drive, ensuring the highest levels of performance, safety, comfort and durability.
How does Sussex's shaft drive compare to other shaft drives?Sussex's shaft drive bicycles is superior in several ways:
uses more efficient spiral bevel gears in a lighter weight and more compact design. This means it takes less pedaling effort to propel the bike forward and to maintain cruising speeds. Sussex's shaft drive also minimizes the grease used to lubricate the gears, making pedaling easier. Other shaft drives fill the front gearbox in grease - so you have to pedal through all that grease - making them harder to pedal. These cheaper shaft drives also use larger, heavier gears and bulkier designs that add weight - particularly rotational weight which makes the bike less efficient.
Sussex's shaft drive uses two mounting bolts between the rear gearbox and the rear dropout on the frame. This preserves the structural integrity of the frame and eliminates the single point of failure of our competitors shaft drive which only uses one bolt to secure the shaft drive to the rear dropout. Our competitor's single bolt connection can allow the shaft to pivot on the dropout, putting force and strain on the shaft drive that it was never designed to handle. This is important - the shaft drive is a drivetrain, not a structural component. By compromising this frame component, our competitors interface design can cause unnecessary wear and tear on gear and bearing components causing inefficiency, excessive wear, and potentially premature failure.
Sussex has multiple patents on the shaft drive. No one knows more about shaft drive technology than we do. And although other companies deep inside China have copied our ideas so they can churn out cheaper products, they cannot keep up with our continuous advances nor our passion for advancing shaft drive technology.
Sussex's shaft drives are compatible with more of Shimano's internal gear hubs than any other shaft drive product. Our shaft drive is compatible with Shimano's 3-speed, 7-speed and full range of 8-speed hubs to provide both lower AND higher gearing for easier hill climbing AND faster speeds than competitive shaft drive bicycles. This makes bicycles using the Sussex shaft drive more versatile and more competitive with traditional chain bikes.
Where are the gears? We have designed our components to work seamlessly with Shimano's advanced Alfine and Nexus internal gear technology. The gears are all neatly tucked away inside the rear wheel axle. These types of internal gears are called hubs. Because all the moving parts are sealed inside the hub, there are no external moving parts to maintain, adjust or clean. Shimano's hubs are sealed and lifetime lubricated to provide many years of worry-free riding.
How many speeds do internally geared bicycles have? Bikes using our components geenrally have either 8-speeds and 7-speeds. However, don't let the number of speeds mislead you. With Shimano internal hubs, these bikes provide bigger "steps" between the gears, so a single gear change on an internally geared bike is like changing 2-3 gears on a derailleur bike. In turn, our 8-speed bikes provide the same gear range as 21 gears on a derailleur bike, and our 7-speed bikes offer the range of 18 gears. This gives you a very wide range of gearing for climbing hills or cruising streets without all the messy, noisy, clumsy external derailleur and chain tensioners components hanging off the bike. In essence, internal hubs just eliminate all the redundant, unused gears inherent in sprocket-derailleur systems and provide you with much simplified, more consistent and more reliable gearing.
With chain bikes, changing gears is done by moving derailleurs to manipulate the position of the chain on both the front and rear sprockets. By changing the position of the chain on the sprockets, you change the gear ratio (i.e. the number of rotations of the rear wheel for each rotation of the pedals). For instance, in 4th gear on a 24-speed chain bike, the gear ratio will be about 1.1, which means that for every one full revolution of your pedal, the rear wheel will turn 1.1 times. In 21st gear, the gear ratio is 2.9, which means that for each complete revolution of your pedal, the rear wheel will turn 2.9 times. The downside of gearing on bikes with chains and sprockets is that in order to create the range of gearing for both climbing hills and cruising along on flats, you end up with many, many redundant gears in between. This is why you often times have to switch 2, 3 or 4 gears at a time on a chain bike in order to feel a difference in pedaling. Also on a chain bike, if you want to know what gear you're in, you have look down at the position of the chain on the sprockets, which is awkward and dangerous.
Using the Shimano internal gear hub, biccyles have a more natural separation between gears so you get a very wide gear range without all the superfluous gears as on chain bikes. Each gear change on our bike provides you a smooth transition to the next speed. We also provide plenty of gearing for climbing hills, cruising on flats and many gears in between. The gear shift indicator tells you what gear you are it at all times, and the single shifter makes it much easier to operate that having to fumble with multiple shifters on each hand.
With shaft drive bikes, one gear change is like changing 2-3 gears on a chain bike. Our 7-speed models offer the range of 17 gears of a chain bike and our 8-speed models offer the range of 20 gears. The 7-speed gear range is our recreational range, giving you the ability to climb hills on paved or packed surfaces with ease, while giving you the high end range to cruise at about 15-20 mph. With the 8-speed, we offer even more flexibility, giving you the ability to nearly match a 24-speed chain bike for high or low end depending on the kind of riding you do most. For a detailed comparison of our gear ratios to that of a chain bike, view our Gear Ratio Charts.
How do you shift gears?Internally geared hubs are simpler to operate than an externally geared bike. All the gearing is controlled with a single shifter on the right hand. Most bicycles using our shaft drive use either the twist grip or rapid fire shifter. Our Versa road shifters provide a single integrated shifter-brake lever for drop handlebar road bikes. All of these shifters come with a gear indicator that tells you what gear you are in all the time - no more guess work or looking down at your chain to see what gear you are in. Plus, with internal gear hubs, the shifting is independent of the pedaling, so you can shift at anytime - while pedaling, coasting or even at a complete stop, making it easy to adjust for changing terrain or respond to road situations without worrying about dropping a chain.
What are the gear ratios for internally geared bikes?Bicycles using our components and the Shimano 7-speed and 8-speed internal hubs offer a surprisingly wide gear range from a very compact space. For complete gear ratio charts, please view our Gear Ratio Charts.
How fast are internally geared bikes?This depends entirely on you as the rider and the configuration of your bicycle. Road bikes using our Versa components and the Shimano 8-speed hub can easily achieve speeds above 35+ MPH for an aggressive rider. Bicycles using our shaft drive system are designed for quick cruising speeds (18-25 MPH) for fitness and exercise riding, commuting, and recreational touring.
Care and Maintenance
What maintenance is required for the shaft drive and internal gears?With our shaft drive, the only maintenance required is grease added to the front and rear gearboxes on a periodic basis - typically every 500-1000 miles. The frequency of this lubrication will depend on the amount and type of riding you do, and the quality of the grease used. More aggressive riders and heavier riders may need to add grease every 1-3 months, while more recreational or occasional riders may only need to add grease every 6-12 months. Grease is added to the front gearbox through a standard grease nipple (zerk fitting) on the underside of the gearbox using a grease gun. Grease is added to the rear gearbox simply by removing the rear plastic dust cover and applying grease right to the gear teeth. Typically, greasing the shaft drive takes less than 1 minute each time -- without getting grease on your hands or clothes. For best performance, we recommend Green Grease (www.greengrease.net) or Finish Line grease with Dupont Teflon (tan color).
The Shimano internal gear hub is sealed and lifetime lubricated. It does not have a maintenance schedule. However, we recommend you periodically check the gear alignment (from cable stretching). See the instructions below for adjusting your gears at home without any tools.
What happens if I have a problem with the shaft drive? The shaft drive is likely the most durable component on the bike. However, if you believe there is a problem with your shaft drive, call the place where you purchased the shaft drive bicycle.
How do you remove the rear wheel on a shaft drive bicycle if you get a flat tire?In many ways, changing a flat tire on a chainless bike is easier than it is on a chain bicycle. You simply remove the black dust cover from the rear gearbox and loosen the axle nuts on both sides of the rear wheel. The wheel slides straight off the back of the bike. You disconnect the shifter cable (quick-pull lever) and the wheel is completely free of the bike. To put the wheel back on, you reverse this process; re-attach the shifter cable, and slide the wheel right onto the bike. The washer on the shaft drive side is keyed so it only goes on one way - this ensures that when you tighten the axle nuts, the gears and wheel are aligned. No special tools or skills are needed. For complete instructions for changing a rear wheel or repairing a flat tire on our bikes, refer to your owner's manual.
What if the gears are slipping - how can you adjust the gears?Shimano hubs are designed to be adjusted without tools and without needing to touch the hub itself. This makes adjustments fast and simple. If the gears feel like they are slipping or not shifting smoothly, this is usually due to a stretching of the shifter cable, which is normal (same as with brake cables). To re-align the gears, you use the barrel adjuster on the handlebar where the cable connects to the shifter to tighten to the cable and compensate for this cable stretching. Consult the owner's manual for more information.


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There's a lot of interesting foreign films hitting this week, but the must have is easily Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (though sadly, it doesn't come with the reported, but also complete BS four hour cut that was rumored).
- Delivery Man: Vince Vaughn had two bombs last year, this and The Internship. What happened? Have audiences tired of his aggressive talking? Perhaps it's that the films didn't look that appealing. Here Vaughn plays the father of over 500 children on account of his sperm donations. Okay, yeah, I get why it didn't work.
- The Great Beauty: The Criterion collection is releasing this Best Foreign film winner stateside, and it's one of the most universally praised art films in a long time, even if it didn't make much of an impression on the box office.
- Key & Peele Season 1-2, Veep: The Complete Second Season: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have blown up, and for those who didn't watch from the start, it's definitely worth getting in on this. And good news, it does feature the "Liam Neesons" sketch. Also, there's no denying the second season of Veep was excellent.
- The Past: Asghar Farhadi's follow up to A Separation (which is easily on the best films of the last ten years) was not met with as much acclaim, but is definitely worth checking out (even if it's in a similar vein).
- Walking with Dinosaurs: The Movie: This movie came out for Christmas, and is the sort of film that didn't make much of an impression on me. It seems like it's meant for little kids, and tanked at the box office. Oh well.
- Welcome to the Jungle: I love Jean Claude Van Damme. I have seen this movie. It's not great, but Van Damme is a lot of fun in it. Adam Brody and Rob Huebel also star. They have moments, but the film is by the numbers.
- The Wolf of Wall Street: In ten years, it seems like people will wonder how this wasn't more revered. Perhaps they won't understand that the film came out at the end of the year, and a lot of people weren't ready for a 71 year old filmmaker to make an out and out masterpiece. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Jordan Belfort, a Wall Street broker who is a debaucherous louse.
- The King of Comedy: Speaking of Scorsese, another one of his most underrated great movies hits Blu-ray this week and it stars Robert De Niro as failed stand up comedian Rupert Pupkin, who sees his big break coming if he kidnaps his idol (Jerry Lewis). One of the blackest comedies ever made, this is a must see.
- Ms. 45: The Alamo Drafthouse has rescued this classic grindhouse movie by Abel Ferrara that casts Zoe Lund as a mute who gets raped (twice) and then decides to get revenge. It's one of the smartest grindhouse films ever made (and though that doesn't sound like high praise, the film is a must-see).
- The Swimmer: Burt Lancaster stars in this Frank Perry adapation of the John Cheever story, it's a great lost 70s film with one of Lancaster's best roles.
- The Freshman, Persona: The latest from Criterion offers a new entry in their Harold Lloyd releases, and the classic Ingmar Bergman film.
- Performance: This Nicolas Roeg/Donald Cammell film would be a cult classic just due to Mick Jagger starring in it, but it's much more than that, and has been hailed as a classic. Plus, you know, it's got some Rolling Stones songs in it too.
What are you picking up this week?


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Our research told us to be aware to taxi drivers taking advantage of unaware tourists in Warsaw so we opted to catch the shuttle bus from the airport to the train station ten minutes away which would then take us in to town. What we didn't know is that we were going to have to wait over an hour for the train to leave… ahhhh more waiting! Anyway, we were at least able to sit on the comfortable and clean train while we waited. There was no English signage or overhead announcements so we didn't know what was going on until we asked some friendly Poles.
We stayed in another airbnb apartment just on the outskirt of the main city area which meant we could walk everywhere which was great and the apartment was way cool
During world war two the town of Warsaw was completely obliterated by bombing and such from the Germans and the town lost 85% of it's buildings. Can you imagine that? Of course the human casualty, estimated at between 150,000 and 200,000, came at a much larger cost.
A couple of months before the end of the war the Russian Soviet Army kicked the Germans out then occupied Warsaw rebuilding the town using traditional communist style architecture. Thankfully they immediately started rebuilding the beautiful old town, which dated back to the 13th century. We had lunch in the square one day and it was so beautiful and completely touristy but we ate well! I ordered a side of mashed beetroot which I ended up eating as dessert because it was so sweet.
It was Sunday night when we arrived and we could not find a restaurant open near our apartment for dinner so we decided to go to the grocery store and buy some supplies to take home. Shopping like this in a foreign country usually takes a little while longer because we can't read the labels so it requires a little more scrutiny. We were blown away by the alcohol isle… one whole long isle was dedicated purely to vodka! They were all different kinds, sizes and shapes. Not being fans ourselves we opted for a bottle of wine and a can of beer
On approaching the check out counter I started packing the bags while the lady asked us something in Polish holding up our bag of grapes. We apologized saying we spoke English and she huffed and puffed got up out of her chair and stormed off with our grapes and us staring after her bewildered. It seems one is supposed to weigh the grapes, print the docket and THEN go to check out. Oops. She then started to cry, can you imagine our surprise? After this a guy who seemed like her boss commenced a conversation with her in which she started sobbing… we avoided going back there for fear of upsetting her further!
The night life seemed to be huge in Warsaw. We went out late one night for dinner and the main streets were packed full of fun seeking people. At one bar we watched a girl busking on the street and boy did she have a strong voice like Alanis Morissette. We ended up opting for a pizza dinner rather than some of the local dishes... beetroot borscht, herring (even for breaky), various cured meats, vegetables or fish in aspic jelly, sauerkraut and pork knuckles
Like in Spain, Asian food restaurants are usually bundled together and one day we had lunch at a place called Bali Cafe & Dim Sum House. It was a unique restaurant but the food was good. I had a noodle soup and my first tofu in a looong time which was lovely. Poor Leigh, with vivid memories of Diana's delicious Beef Rendang, ordered it and alas they were all out for the day! Very disappointing! Anyway, it was never going to be as good as Diana's... the best ever!
Maybe when we go back to Sydney there might be a Beef Rendang (and a Tofu one) waiting for us??


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LAKE WALLENPAUPACK, PA — Nick Spinelli, director of the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District, will lead a session on what live in Lake Wallenpaupack from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 9, at PPL's Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center. Participants will collect samples from the lake and view them under microscopes in the water quality lab. For directions to the event, visit www.pplpreserves.com [1], click on "Lake Wallenpaupack," then select "Directions."
The Wallenpaupack Environmental Learning Center is part of PPL's Wallenpaupack hydroelectric project, built in 1926 near Hawley, Pa. The learning center is off Route 6 just east of the intersection of Routes 590 and 6 and next to Wallenpaupack Area High School. The learning center offers programs and workshops to teachers, students and the public on the environment, conservation and the lake. Visit www.pplweb.com [2].


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Robin Ince and Rolling Stones head to Glastonbury 2013
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Robin Ince and the Rolling Stones are headlining the Theatre & Circus and Pyramid stages at Glastonbury Festival 2013.
The Rolling Stones are heading to the Pyramid Stage (if we needed to point that out) while Robin Ince is taking his hit show The Infinite Monkey Cage to the Theatre & Circus Arena alongside acts such as Abandoman and Marcus Brigstocke.
Known as one of the most popular acts in the last half century Robin Ince has won a coveted Sony Radio Award for his show, which is co-hosted with Prof Brian Cox.
The Rolling Stones meanwhile are headlining the festival for the first-ever time in their career.
Known for thier hits such as Paint It Black, and Sympathy for the Devil it is faior to say that Glastonbury have pulled of the scoop of the century by confirming the band for the Saturday Night headling slot.
Joining the Stones in the musical realm are Robin Ince's own favourites; Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Bad Seeds, Cat Power, Elvis Costello.
Glastonbury are due to announce more comedy over the coming weeks but so far the line-up in the Theatre & Circus tent includes Marcus Brigstocke, Abandoman, Ray Hutchins, The Monsters of Schlack, Chris Bull, Pirates of the Carabina, Josie Long, The Demon Barbers, Maia, Olivier Grossetete and Twister.
Among the bands on offer are Primal Scream, Billy Bragg, Rufus Wainwright, Jake Bugg, Mumford & Sons, Arctic Monkeys. Here's the poster:
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"The response to Neon Mania has been exceptional," says Vivid Games president Remigiusz Koscielny."After the huge success we saw with Speedball 2 Evolution, we're thrilled that Neon Mania has made the same kind of impact just days after its launch. Following such a positive reaction, we're very excited to announce the first of Neon Mania's forthcoming updates, which will coincide with the release of the brand new Mac version."
Neon Mania is a relaxing, addictive title that requires players to trace the shapes on each level, igniting the neon lights and scoring points for accuracy and speed on the touchscreen. Featured immediately by Apple in the US and Japan App Store's New and Noteworthy section, Neon Mania is rapidly climbing the Paid Apps charts.
In response to this overwhelming reaction by iPhone, iPad and iPod touch gamers around the world, a free Easter update pack featuring 50 new neon levels will be issued on 21 st April. Vivid Games is also launching the brand new Mac edition of Neon Mania on the same date, delivering a comprehensive Apple platform gaming experience.
"It's one of those rare times when we're not just the creators of a game, but we're fans of it too," explains designer Bartosz Biniecki."Everyone's still playing it around the office! So we wanted to get the update sent out to Neon Mania's sky-rocketing fan base--including Mac users--for the Easter holiday, because that's exactly how we want to spend our time off– playing the new levels!"
This update marks the beginning of Neon Mania's exciting 2011 release schedule, which will see a variety of themed level packs issued to coincide with holidays such as Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Alongside the level updates, Neon Mania will continue to evolve through a series of additional game modes and new achievements.
Neon Mania is a universal iOS application, and launched on the App Store on 14 th April at $0.99 /€0.79 /£0.59 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The update will be delivered to existing users free of charge on 21 st April at the same time as the launch of the $2.99 /€2.39 /£1.79 Mac version.
Press Reaction:
"Neon Mania: Super Simple, Extremely Addictive" ~ Enoda.co.uk
" It's extremely simplistic, but Neon Mania is one of those impossibly moreish experiences." ~ FoneHome
"The entire family can battle to see who traces best with this <4-star> surprise hit." ~ AppSmile.com
"This is a great game and very enjoyable to play. It is very nice to see something different for a change." ~ InternetGumshoe.com
"It's bright, colourful, has tons of levels and is quite different from the usual games I see on the iOS devices." ~ ArcadeLife.wordpress.com
App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/neon-mania/id426338342?mt=8
Mac App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neon-mania/id426346510?mt=12&ls=1
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=267fGRC2JI0
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Founded in 2003, Vivid Games is a console and mobile developer and publisher of high quality games and applications. Over the course of its existence, Vivid has worked with a large number of leading game publishers on many original and exciting titles, including the re-launch of the classic Bitmap Brothers game Speedball 2 Evolution, and the award-winning Samurai Puzzle Battle.
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When I took over the store in 2007 after my husband passed away from bone marrow cancer, I never knew I would be standing tall today, smiling and thriving. Many people thought I would not be able to do it. Many thought I would fail when I chose to push ahead. Here I am today to tell you that anything is possible if you put your mind to it and work hard. I didn't see the top of the stairs, but I took the first step. It is said that courage is knowing that there will be fears and challenges along the way but still forging ahead. In the past 6 years, our customer loyalty has grown beyond those who new Charles Amamgbo, We set up a website (www.manmustwak.com) where people who are looking for us find us a lot easier, even from New Mexico, Chicago, New York, Ohio (we've mailed goods that far too!) We have joined the social media revolution, facebooking, tweeting, instagraming and blogging. We even deliver within a 60 mile radius. Folks are able to order select products online. It is possible to go above and beyond what anyone can think or imagine if you have faith and work hard. If you are already a customer, I sincerely thank you, If you are soon to be a customer, I welcome you. If you are a supporter, I thank you. Just remember, never give up on your dreams no matter how gloomy things may look. God bless you & we wish you an excellent season of peace, love and joy.
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Serious faith
To my mother's chagrin and in spite of her relentless efforts, I did not read books as a child. I read only baseball box scores. Then Edvart Rolvaag's Giants in the Earth captivated me in high school, and I've been reading books ever since.
I loved Marilynne Robinson's novels Gilead and Home, with their wise and sensitive portrayals of faith, church, family and aging clergy. Usually when religion appears in fiction and particularly when that religion is Christianity, it is presented as simplistic, treated as a cliché and dismissed. Many best-selling works suggest that religion is a waste of time at best and toxic, anti-intellectual and violent at worst. When I saw that Robinson had published a new collection of essays, When I Was a Child I Read Books, I immediately ordered it.
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The Japanese get all the cool stuff. Oneechanbara, the Rez trance vibrator, and now a sexy silver-colored PS3 system.
In addition to being all sparkly, the system will come with one of those brand new rumblin' DualShock 3 controllers when the package goes on sale March 6. Based on the silver plastic used for the PSP, we're hoping for an eventual U.S. release, though none has been announced.