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A big part of life's journey for people is making connections and interacting with other people who share common interests. If you're recovering from an addiction, then making connections and interacting with people is seemingly even more important.
For people interested in making a connection, there is a program being offered through Rehab Services Inc., which can provide telephone support to individuals who are in alcohol and drug addiction recovery.
Volunteer trainings will take place May 14 on the second floor of the Recovery Services Inc. building, above Restore Thrift Store at 112-2nd Ave. SW in Minot. There will be two standalone training sessions offered, from 1 to 3 p.m. and from 6 to 8 p.m. Food and refreshments will be provided. People are encouraged to RSVP by calling 839-4240 and there is no cost for the volunteer trainings.
The training program, called Recoveree Connection is a telephone service where the volunteer contacts the person recovering from alcohol or drug abuse to encourage them to stay clean and sober, explained Colman Quill, the statewide coordinator for Recoveree Connection. The word recovery is spelled wrong as a catch or a way to get people's attention, he said, and is based on a Connecticut program. RSI recruits and trains volunteers to make the phone calls and how to offer support and encouragement, Quill said, and is meant for people in recovery to be aware of resources available, to do something different, reach out for positive influences, keep trying and not give up on recovery. "A lot of people fall down 90 to 100 days into recovery," he added. "This gives the person another leg to stand on to facilitate long-term recovery."
"Change is the essence of recovery," Quill said. "If you go back and do the same thing with the same people, then the chances of falling are astronomical."
The mission of Recoveree Connection is to help recoverees maintain sobriety by providing peer support through communication via phone.
The phone calls are free of charge, Quill said. Confidentiality is highly stressed and conversations are between the recoveree and volunteer, he also said. Recoverees are called at least once a week at the time they specify and volunteers use a call blocker as the calls are outgoing only.
Rehab Services Inc. contacts treatment providers for referrals, Quill noted. Recoverees must be 18 years old and sign a consent form to be contacted, he added. There is no obligation to continue if they do not wish to keep getting the contact calls.
Volunteers must be 18 years old and are asked for a six-month commitment, Quill said. All volunteers must pass a background check to assure they have no predatory offense, he continued. Also, many of the volunteers are in recovery or have been prior participants, Quill noted. "It's good if they have a basis in recovery, but not mandatory," he added. Quill also said the coordinator matches men to men and women to women based on the times they are available. The volunteers make the calls whether the recoveree has fallen down or not, he noted, and are trained not to be judgmental.
The use of texting has worked, Quill said, but it's hard to tell in a text message if a person is high or drunk. They try to take advantage of social media as well, he added. Quill thought the phone works the best, though.
"If we can keep one person from getting drunk or getting high or getting in a car and killing someone, that's a victory," Quill remarked.
Recoveree Connection has been operating in North Dakota since 2008 and have served close to 800 clients, Quill said. It extends to all of North Dakota, he added, and they have served people outside of the state but those people have typically received treatment in the state. Recoveree Connection is an ideal program for people in rural areas, Quill said, because people can be out in smaller communities that don't have recovery meetings available. People in recovery often feel isolated, he added.
When the program first started, they routinely had 25 to 30 clients served by the program and had a peak of 190 clients, Quill noted, and right now they have about 170 clients being served. Currently, the list has 25 active volunteers, he added, and over the course of time have possibly had 75 to 80. "We'd like to bring on at least 10 new volunteers, but we can fit 20 in the room."
Quill said folks who receive the calls are very appreciative. "Sometimes they don't have that and this has been a good program in that one-fourth of our volunteers have been participants in the program," he said. It's hard to recover alone, Quill noted, and the more supports a recoveree has, the better chance there is of recovery. "The more legs you have, the less likely you'll be to fall. It's hard to trip a centipede."
Currently in North Dakota, there is possibly in excess of 2,000 people each year going through drug and alcohol treatment, Quill said. "The scope of the problem in North Dakota is pretty amazing."
Recoveree Connection encourages people to have outside, healthy, good, clean hobbies to make recovery fun, Quill said. He also encourages people who are interested to come to the training.
"You can make a difference in one person's life and with that being said, the rewards of that are really priceless."


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The BIT is the clearinghouse for tracking and responding to behavioral issues that are reported on campus.
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via an established protocol. The team tracks student behavioral concerns over time, detecting patterns, trends and
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Summer's official harbingers are captured in an OBSERVER photo after recently having being restored to Mayville's park for the summer season. The boy and girl statues sheltering under an umbrella have been a feature of the park's fountain for a century and are repainted each winter for their reappearance come summertime.
Thirty years ago – 1983
Ronald J. Sievert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy K. Sievert, 33 Greco Lane, Dunkirk was recently appointed Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. In his new position, he will work with the FBI, DEA and other federal agencies in the investigation and prosecution of federal criminal violations involving government corruption, racketeering, organized crime and large scale drug transactions that occur within the eastern part of Texas. Mr. Sievert is a 1966 graduate of Dunkirk High School.
Forty years ago – 1973
Fredonia High School seniors James Fitzgerald, Karen Petrella, Holly West and Deborah and Rachel Schaffer all shared the title of valedictorian for the graduating Class of 1973.
Fifty years ago – 1963
The USS Hoffman, a government engineering corps hopper dredge, touched in at the Central Avenue pier in Dunkirk today. After taking on three unidentified passengers, it set out again to begin dredging the lake.


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Ice cream truck operators' rivalry gets sticky
GLOVERSVILLE – Sno Cone Joe has been harassing rival Mr. Ding-A-Ling, city police say.
The two operators of the Sno Cone Joe ice cream trucks were charged Tuesday with stalking and harassing the operator of the Mr. Ding-A-Ling ice cream truck last month, police said.
Amanda C. Scott, 21, and Joshua V. Malatino, 34, both of the same Gloversville address, were charged with fourth-degree stalking, a misdemeanor, and second-degree harassment, a violation.
Police said they were charged after an investigation into a complaint filed by the owner of the Mr. Ding-A-Ling truck. According to a news release, Malatino and Scott harassed and stalked the driver three times last month on three different streets: April 16, 19 and 28.
A police investigation found Scott and Malatino followed the rival truck, played their music at a high volume and yelled they had free ice cream in an attempt to draw customers away from the rival truck, police said.
Police said Malatino told the Mr. Ding-A-Ling driver Malatino's business controls the ice cream sales market in Gloversville.
"We recorded every incident when we were in the same neighborhood of that truck, so everything will come out in the end," Malatino said Wednesday afternoon.
He declined to comment further and directed all additional questions to the pair's lawyer.
"He will let you know that there is a whole bunch of evidence and big thing of harassment with the chief of police documented," Malatino said.
The lawyer did not return a call seeking comment Wednesday.
Police Capt. John Sira said as long as a truck vendor acquires a permit from the city clerk, the vendor is permitted to sell products in the city.
"It is a wide-open market," Sira said.
Both ice cream trucks have permits to operate in the city, said Deputy City Clerk Cindy Ostrander.
Sira said the issue is not necessarily new because the same problem occurred last year.
"In the spring, the chief had a meeting with (Malatino) and his attorney advising him if we had a recurrence of this type of behavior from last year, this year we would be looking into sanctioning them," Sira said.
"This was brought to light by one of our patrol officers observing some of this behavior and contacting Mr. Ding-A-Ling inquiring if this has been ongoing, and we followed up from there," Sira added.
Sira said the owner of Mr. Ding-A-Ling is a local man in his 50s. Sira declined to provide the man's name because it is the department's policy never to give the name of a victim.
"He hasn't done anything to require this level of attention," Sira said. "He was doing nothing wrong."
Levi Pascher is a reporter for the Leader-Herald, based in Gloversville.


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Claremont Graduate University alumna Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran (MA, Educational Studies '72; PhD, Educational Studies '77) has been named chair of the board of directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) for 2013-14. She assumed her position on Feb. 6 at the NAICU 2013 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
The NAICU serves as the unified national voice of private nonprofit higher education. With more than 1,000 member institutions and associations nationwide, NAICU reflects the diversity of independent higher education in the United States. Since 1976, the association has represented private nonprofit colleges and universities on policy issues with the federal government, such as those affecting student aid, taxation, and government regulation.
Wilson has served as president of Kalamazoo College in Michigan since 2005. As NAICU chair, she will lead the organization in setting the association's agenda on federal higher education policy, actively encourage support of NAICU priorities and initiatives, and oversee the association's financial administration.
"President Wilson-Oyelaran assumes the NAICU chair at an unprecedented time of change and challenge for American higher education," said NAICU President David L. Warren. "The deepening role of the federal government, tightening fiscal constraints, rapidly changing student demographics, a wave of technological innovation, and globalization are converging in ways the nation has never experienced."
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Experts on predation have become increasingly convinced that ecosystems are ruled from the top.of predation — a so-called "top-down" force in nature — have always run a weak second to ecology's traditional focus, which holds that the foundation of life springs from bottom-up processes enabled by plants capturing energy from the sun. While no one disputes the importance of photosynthesis and nutrient cycling, experts on predation have become increasingly convinced that ecosystems are ruled from the top.
'We have to pay attention to the well-being of predators if we want a healthy ecosystem,' says one scientist.perturbations that afflicted the "islands" of Lago Guri. Top predators — jaguar, mountain lion, harpy eagle — fled rising waters. Multiplying out of control, howler monkeys went mad as their numbers soared and the plants they ate increased toxins in self-defense. Some islands were cloaked in thorns as leaf-cutter ants — undeterred by armadillos or other predators — starved the soil of nutrients by carrying every leaf down to their lairs.
'The idea that plants are affected by the things that eat them has not been widely appreciated,' says one expert.wolves, tigers, and jaguars are important." But Schmitz, who grew up north of Toronto where wolf-hunting was a way of life, thinks the process is underway: "Piece by piece, it's taken 20 years to accumulate the evidence, and the culmination is in that Science paper — that the world is driven by predators as well as nutrients. We have to pay attention to their health and well-being if we want a healthy ecosystem. Simply eliminating them because we want more prey or because we don't think they're important is very misguided."
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The following provide details of disabled accessibility and special needs facilities:
In compliance with regulations issued by Hong Kong government authorities, Cathay Pacific Airways is not allowed to accept service animals other than dogs in the cabin.
Cathay Pacific accepts guide dogs that have been trained by an individual or organisation that is accepted by and affiliated to the International Guide Dog Federation.
Cathay Pacific also accepts assistance dogs that have been trained and qualified by an organisation registered as a member of Assistance Dog International or Assistance Dogs Europe The dog will have been granted certification by the relevant organisation and country's Health Department on the basis that the dog's high standard of training, behaviour, health and welfare are such that it should be permitted to accompany its client, owner or partner at all times and in all places.
The Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) has very strict regulations regarding the import/transhipment of dogs (including Disability Assistance Dogs) into Hong Kong.
Dogs cannot be brought into or transit through Hong Kong unless a Special Permit to do so is obtained in advance from AFCD. Additional prior approval from AFCD is also required for in-cabin transport of a Disability Assistance Dog.
Definition of Disability Assistance Dog (DAD)
A "Disability Assistance Dog" is a dog that has been trained to help people with physical disabilities to gain more personal independence. DADs are non-aggressive, highly obedient and hard-working. Their health conditions are regularly and closely monitored by veterinary surgeons and they would have a good history of vaccination against the major infectious diseases.
In light of these regulations, we currently only accept service animals for travel in our aircraft cabins if:
All other animals are treated as pets and therefore other arrangements must be made for their carriage. Depending on each passenger's situation, there may be quarantine regulations imposed.
Application Procedure
To apply for the Special Permit, the passenger should submit the permit fee as well as the following documents to AFCD:
The in-cabin transportation of a service dog is considered separately from the issue of the Special Permit. Passengers wishing to apply for their dogs to travel in the aircraft cabin should submit an additional request to AFCD for approval and provide the following additional information:
Applications can be submitted in person or by post and generally take 5 working days from the date of receipt of the application form and permit fee to the date of issue, subject to the provision of all required information. Please apply well in advance and make allowances for mailing time.
For more details, please refer to the AFCD website. In light of the AFCD's stringent requirements, we ask that you contact our local Global contact centres and/or AFCD as far in advance as possible so that we can assist you with the permitting process and make necessary arrangements for the transport of your animal.
Please note that there may also be additional requirements for entry at your end destination if you are only transiting through Hong Kong. In order to facilitate transit through Hong Kong, the dog should also have been granted certification by the relevant end destination country's Health Department to accompany its owner or partner at all times and in all places due to the dog's high standard of training, behaviour, health and welfare.
The Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HK CAD) only permit dogs complying with the definition of Guide Dog or Assistance Dog to be carried in an aircraft passenger compartment.
Definitions according to HK CAD:
Guide dog: is one that is trained to provide mobility assistance to a blind or partially sighted person. A guide dog is one that is trained by an individual or organization that is accepted by and affiliated to the International Guide Dog Federation.
Assistance dog: is one that has been specifically trained to assist a disabled person and that has been qualified by an organization registered as a member of the Assistance Dog International and Assistance Dogs Europe. The dog will have been granted certification by the relevant country's Health Department on the basis that the dog's high standard of training, behaviour, health and welfare are such that it should be permitted to accompany its client, owner or partner at all times and in all places.
Guide and assistance dogs being imported or travelling in transit or transhipment to countries other than Hong Kong should comply with the regulations of their final or transit destination, as well as the following HK CAD guidelines, to ensure flight safety:
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Caleb, Lloyd, et. al:
First, I think you should announce that the Lyric is on backorder. My efforts to find one here, in stock at the shops (and even the "guitar box store"), have been fruitless. Finally, a luthier friend gave y'all a call, and found out you are waiting on a part. Great.
My only concern is that the public might get the idea that there is a problem with the design and you are having to re-tool or recall
(Again, this is not meant as a "flame" comment. I am a big fan of Anthem and Baggs in general)
I've ordered my Lyric.
Now, I have an installation question.
Is the presence control pre-set (as in, in the middle, or a "manufacturer's recommended setting")?
It is configured as a "set it and forget it," screw. But I would think that presence (high mids/low treble?) level is just what one might want to adjust for older or newer strings, a dead room versus alive room, etc. I can adjust presence from my Venue preamp (same frequencies?) so I'm inclined to think I should just leave it in the middle, assuming that is how it comes.
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The Public Security Ministry in the State of Israel has announced that they will be setting up CCTV systems in many of Israel's cities. These surveillance systems will be part of the City Without Violence program which has the goal of deterring criminals, terrorists, and making it easier for Israeli authorities to more efficiently track down these criminals.
The cameras will be mounted in industrial zones, residential neighborhoods, schools, major intersections, and parks, but the Ministry spokesman promises that the CCTV systems will not adversely affect individual people's privacy.
This new surveillance network initiative is part of a 5 point plan that Prime Minister Netanyahu started last year in order to reduce violence. The plan also includes limiting alcohol sales at night, harsher penalties for violent crime, and anti-violence education in schools.
(Via Israel National News)


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MARQUETTE – Former Kingsford High School coach Mandie Meyer has been named an assistant coach with the Northern Michigan University volleyball team.
Meyer, a student-athlete under Yoder from 2006-09, was the head varsity volleyball coach at Kingsford High School during the 2012 season.
"Mandie brings a level of experience, maturity and passion to compliment our staff," NMU head coach Dominic Yoder said. "She will focus on team serve reception, serving skills and systems and will also work with the left side hitters."
Meyer served as a volunteer assistant coach for Yoder during the 2011 season.
During the 2010 season, Meyer coached the Negaunee High School varsity team and also was a volunteer coach for the Articatz Volleyball Club of Marquette.
Meyer was a two-time all-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference selection. She was an honorable mention selection to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Great Lakes Region Team.
Meyer was a captain, two-time team MVP, appeared in 366 career matches and is fifth in NMU history with 1,211 kills and 11th in career digs 1,036.
Meyer has a bachelor's degree from Northern in physical education with an emphasis in coaching.


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OBA-MAP is a state-bar sponsored practice management advisor serving the members of the Oklahoma Bar Association. The OBA Management Assistance Program was created to help Oklahoma lawyers better organize and operate the business and management sides of their practices. The use of law office technology is also rapidly changing and reshaping the processes of the traditional law office.
For more information, you can find a list and explanation of the services offered to Oklahoma lawyers by OBA-MAP.
Several other state bar associations or law societies sponsor PMA programs. Most existing PMA programs share these common objectives:
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Tickets & Hospitality
At Lime Rock Park, regardless of which races you come to, free parking is always available, paddock access is free, and kids 12 and under don't pay to enter the track.
At Lime Rock, there are no bleachers or assigned seating. Rather, choose your own little piece of paradise on either the Infield or Outfield Spectator Hillsides… wherever you want to spread the blanket or pop open the chair, we say Go for it!
Do you want to be a VIP? At every Race Weekend, Lime Rock offers VIP Fan Hospitality for a very reasonable cost. You'll be treated to excellent food and drink, guest speakers, a "goody bag" and much more!
Tickets for Lime Rock's events are available both in advance and at the gate. You can buy everything from individual days to full weekend passes (VIP Fan Hospitality available only in advance). Advance-purchase tickets save you money. Tickets can be purchased online at www.limerock.com or over the phone (860.435.5000) or at a number of AAA Offices in the tri-state region.


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Buried in a note in my book about the economic teachings of the ecumenical movement is this insight from Richard A. Wynia: "The Lord does not ask for success in our work for Him; He asks for faithfulness."
This captures the central claim of Tyler Wigg-Stevenson's book, The World is Not Ours to Save: Finding the Freedom to Do Good (IVP, 2013), which I review over at Canon & Culture. As Wigg-Stevenson puts it, "Our job is not to win the victory, but to expose through our lives the victory that has been won on our behalf."
The wrong way of understanding this insight would be to conclude that what we do on this earth really doesn't matter. All we have to do is be "faithful," especially in terms of our mental orientations, and that's sufficient. But as Gilson would remind us, "Piety is no substitute for technique." The reality that the world is not ours to save is no excuse for pursuing good irresolutely or amateurishly.


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On the road to withdrawal and a couple of Crohn's-free days
Well, here I go again. I am going down on my prednisone. I hate going through withdrawal, I hate the prednisone, and I can't wait to get so low that I won't have to deal with it so much. It is really easy to go up but very difficult to go down. When I moved back to Texas, I had to go way up on the prednisone due to all the change and all the stress. Every time I had to go up, I got so depressed because I knew that it would be that much longer before I could go back down. I just can't wait to be completely off prednisone or at least below 10mg. I am now on 20 mg and will stay at this level for a few weeks.
It seems that just when I am getting used to being on a lower dose and my emotions are under control and I feel like I can think clearly again, I have to lower my prednisone again. It's a vicious cycle and I'm getting really tired of it. In fact, I'm so tired of the whole thing that now I am actually standing up for myself more (and saying "No" more often). My husband is really helping out a lot more and this is giving me more time to rest. I think that this is also making a difference in my recovery. That, and the fact that I am no longer mad at him all the time for not caring. He still doesn't understand what it is like to be sick with Crohn's and he never will, but at least he is more willing to help me. And I am very appreciative for anything that he will do to help me around the house. And when he is resting and I am working hard at housework, I ask him for help. And if he says that he is too tired, I tell him that I am also tired and ask him why he needs so much rest. I then try to gently remind him that my body will suffer if I push myself too hard but that his body will do just fine.
I am really focusing on my ten Crohn's commandments too. I want to complain and tell my husband about my terrible insides and the pain and all the other stuff, but then I remember my commandments and keep it to myself. There is no point in telling anyway. The only thing that it has been doing is making him think about sickness too much. I don't want to think about sickness anymore and just want a break.
Sunday and Monday of this week, I had no pain, no gas and no diarrhea. They were amazing days and I enjoyed them to the maximum. I didn't think about when it would end, I stayed in the present so that I could enjoy every second of pain free existence. I went for two bike rides, played with my daughter a lot, worked real hard at work, and just pretty much enjoyed the quietness of my Crohn's. Last night was not so good because we made a pizza and I think that the cheese is bothering me. That or the sauce, but there was very little sauce. I didn't feel all that great today, but not so bad either. Maybe there will be more days like Sunday and Monday in my future – and in yours!!
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Keywords: Year of Faith, daily catholic homily, father roger landry
FALL RIVER, MA (Catholic Online). Right at the beginning of his letter announcing the Year of Faith, Pope Benedict wrote, "To profess faith in the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - is to believe in one God who is Love." Pope Benedict then cites St. John from today's first reading, who tells us, "In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only-begotten Son in to the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins."
Our Catholic faith, the faith in which each of us is called to grow during this Year of Faith, is fundamentally a faith in God who is in love with us to the extreme. Given the choice between having us perish in our sins or allowing himself to take on our flesh and be crucified as the Lamb of God to take away our sins, God - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - showed his real essence as love by giving up his life to save ours.
To believe in God means to believe in this love. That's the essential message that St. John preached to the first Christians and that Pope Benedict has been trying to communicate to all of us since the beginning of his pontificate. The first encyclical a pope writes is normally a program for his pontificate, an indication of what he thinks is most timely and important for Christians to grasp and to live.
It's highly significant that in Pope Benedict's first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), he wrote boldly and clearly about how love is the "heart of the Christian," and the key to understand who God is and who we are. The Pope says that the "summary of the Christian life" of faith, the "fundamental decision" of the Christian life, is found in St. John's expression, "We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us." That's why he wanted in his first encyclical to write to us about "the love that God lavishes upon us and that we in turn must share with others."
We see that love enfleshed in the Gospel reading. When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart exploded with merciful love for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And then he did two things for them. It's easy to focus on the great miracle of the multiplication of the five rolls and two small fish, which is a foretaste of the even greater miracles of feeding contained in the Holy Eucharist and the eternal wedding banquet. But what I'd like to ponder today is the first of the two great deeds Jesus did, the one that in some ways was an even greater priority for him out of love for us.
St. Mark tells us that the first thing Jesus did was to "teach them many things." Jesus had come down from heaven to teach us the truth about God, the truth about God's love for us, and therefore the deep truth about who we are and whom we're called to be. This points to the reality that to teach the truth in love is one of the greatest acts of mercy. Without the truth, one remains blind and lost. This is one of the most important purposes of the Church and for every Catholic.
At St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, this truth is depicted very powerfully in art. At the very back of the basilica, one of the most famous pieces in art history is found, done by the great sculptor Bernini. It's called the "Altar of the Chair" and it was so beautiful and influential that art historians say it launched the baroque era.
At the top of the altar, there is the brilliant translucent image of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove surrounded by angels. The Holy Spirit is descending upon a huge bronze chair that houses what in the 16th century was believed to be the actual chair on which St. Peter used to teach the people of Rome. (Much like today when the judge gives his authoritative rulings from the "bench," in the ancient world, kings, magistrates, rulers used to teach and give formal pronouncements seated on a chair, which became a symbol of their authority.)
Peter's chair was the symbol of the teaching authority of the Church and particularly of the Popes, the successors of St. Peter, who are Christ's vicars on earth. The most formal teachings of the Church were called "ex cathedra," meaning literally from the chair. The Holy Spirit is descending upon the chair to depict that, according to Christ's promise, the Holy Spirit teaches the Church everything, leads us into the whole truth and reminds us of everything Christ has taught (Jn 14:26; Jn 16:13).
Sculpted onto the back-rest of the Chair, however, is what is most relevant to today's Gospel: it's a depiction of Peter's feeding Christ's sheep. This is a reference to the end of St. John's Gospel, when Jesus asked Peter three times, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" (Jn 21:15-17). After Peter three times had replied in the affirmative, Jesus responded, "Feed my lambs," "tend my sheep," and "feed my sheep." Peter's love for Christ, his obedience to caring for and feeding Christ's sheep, is seen above all, therefore, in his teaching the truth of Christ authoritatively in his name.
And each of us is called to love the sheep and lambs Christ entrusts to us in a similar way.
Just as Christ, the Good Shepherd, looked with compassion on the crowd and taught them, so the Church's compassion for the crowd is to teach them this truth as well, the truth that sets them free, the truth that helps them become more and more like Christ, who is the Truth incarnate. Our compassion for those in need must involve this element of teaching.
To "instruct the ignorant," is one of the spiritual works of mercy that the Church has carried out from the beginning. It has inspired those in the Church to pass on the truth of Christ, by founding Catholic schools and universities, by doing catechesis, by RCIA, by talking one on one with friends, by leavening the "marketplace of ideas" with the truth that comes from Christ.
Today, in the face of so many people in our culture who are lost, who don't know the purpose of their lives, who often go from one pleasure to the next so as not to confront the most fundamental questions of existence, who don't know the difference between right and wrong, who do not even realize that there is a heaven and a hell not to mention what actions could land them in either place - in the face of so many people who are indeed like sheep without a shepherd, the great act of compassion that the Lord wants from us is to teach them about him, to share our faith, to share the good news of great joy that God is love and that we have come to believe - and are inviting others to believe - in that love that God has for us..
But we cannot give what we don't have. In order for us to be able to give the truth of Christ to others, we first have to know Christ and what he teaches us, and through living that truth come to abide in Him who is the truth. Just as the Good Shepherd goes in search of his sheep, so good sheep must go in search of the Good Shepherd. For us to be capable of bringing Christ to family members and friends, coworkers and fellow students, we need first to bring ourselves to Him, to spend time with Him, to be fed by Him and the Church he founded so that we can in turn feed others. This points to the importance of one of the most important aspects of the Year of Faith now underway.
For us to believe in the love the Lord has for us and to love others as he has loved us by continuing his mission of compassion in the world for all sheep without the Good Shepherd, we need to know the truths of the faith very well. And since - except in the case of a few rare saints - God does not give this knowledge by infusion, we, like the first disciples, need to allow the Master to teach us. How does he do so? He educates us through Sacred Scripture, particularly the Gospels and the writings of his first apostles. He teaches us through the Catechism of the Catholic Church, written for adults in the 1990s, which is the summary of everything the Catholic Church he founded and sent the Holy Spirit to guide believes. He teaches us through the successors of St. Peter, who in their various homilies, encyclicals and other documents, apply the truths of the faith to modern questions and problems. He teaches us locally, through our pastors, through Catholic newspapers and solid websites, through adult education opportunities, through religious education.
To be a good sheep of the Good Shepherd, to receive rather than refuse his compassion, we need to be faithful disciples. The word disciple in Greek means "student." To be a good disciple means to "study" our faith, to sit at the feet of Jesus the Master and allow him to teach us. Recent surveys have shown that very few Catholics, including those who are very faithful, study their faith. One recent poll showed that only three percent of Catholics who come to Mass faithful every Sunday ever read the Bible on their own. I think the percentage of those who have studied the Catechism or read papal encyclicals is much lower. While most American Catholics would never be satisfied with merely an elementary school education in math or reading, many do not seem to be troubled at all if their education in the faith stopped in the eighth or tenth grade with Confirmation.
When "adult issues" come up - like whether it is moral to have recourse to in-vitro fertilization, stop nutrition or hydration for a terminally ill loved one, conduct embryonic stem cell research, support same sex unions, defend torture, do unnecessary work on a Sunday, and so on - many adult Catholics do not know what the Church teaches; after all, these issues are not normally taught in fifth or sixth grade catechism classes.
When friends confronting similar situations are lost and confused and ask for our advice, while we can extend a certain sympathy, we cannot extend Christ's compassion, because we do not know Christ's teachings well enough to do so. All we can give is our "honest opinions," but - and now we have to be honest - often these opinions are formed more by popular culture than by the Gospel.
Rather than imparting the truth revealed to us by God, we, despite our good intentions, often pass on a popular falsehood. On other occasions, even when we know what Christ's teaching is, we do not know it well enough to be able to answer common objections; as a result, lest we embarrass themselves and the Church, we often stay silent. Our friends and family, who are often searchers without a guide, end up remaining lost.
A truly compassionate doctor or nurse seeks to learn everything possible to care for patients and help them get better. A truly compassionate Christian needs to know everything possible about the truth Christ reveals to care for their family members, their friends and acquaintances, their fellow parishioners younger and older and help them not only get better spiritually but get to heaven.
Today Christ the Good Shepherd, the incarnate love of God, looks on us with great compassion and gives us out of love an invitation to make a commitment to study our faith hard and well, so that we may be able to love others as he loved us, by passing onto others all of the truths he has passed on to us. Love and truth go together. We believe in the love God has for us! We believe in the truth he has taught us! We believe in him and all he has done and said!
Father Roger Landry is pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Fall River, MA and national chaplain of Catholic Voices USA. His homilies and articles are found on catholicpreaching.com.
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Recall supporters get 12,648 signatures certified against Giron
Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has certified 12,648 voter signatures against state Sen. Angela Giron, D-Pueblo, taking the next step toward a recall election for the first-term lawmaker who was targeted for supporting gun-control legislation this year.
"I'm ecstatic," said Victor Head, one of the recall organizers said Monday afternoon after getting the notification. Head's organization, Pueblo Freedom and Rights, had turned in more than 13,500 signatures on June 10, needing 11,200 to be certified to force the recall.
"We only had about 6 percent of our signatures rejected and that was mostly due to the error of a notary public," he said.
Gessler's certification decision means Giron's campaign has 15 days to scrutinize the signatures for mistakes.
She was chairing a Colorado Election Commission meeting Monday and was not available for immediate comment.
Gessler is holding a hearing Thursday on a complaint from state Sen. John Morse's campaign that recall petitions against the Colorado Springs Democrat were unconstitutional because they lacked language that cited the need for a special election to replace him. The petitions against Giron were worded similarly.
"I'm expecting a court challenge on our petitions too, but they can scrutinize our signatures all they want," Head said.


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There needs to be a "rate my setup" section in the budget ballers topic. over half of the posts in there are rating setups. It is actually hard to weed through those to find useful tips to pinch the pennies at the field
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Posted 16 July 2011 - 01:42 PM
If you live in Houston please don't hesitate to pm me where you play
Posted 17 July 2011 - 01:38 PM
I completely agree with this. There really does need to be a new folder.
I show up at a field that I never been to before for some rec-play wearing cargo pants with a t-shirt....carrying a old mech Spyder and two pringle potato chip cans for pods shoved in the pants pockets. The stares are priceless and after the first game or so you get to see the grins from the ref and players who know....priceless.
Posted 18 July 2011 - 02:30 PM
If it's split rather than one relatively slow forum you'll get 2 dead forums, we already have enough separate forums as it is, sorry.
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Are you protecting yourself?
For those of you who don't know, this year I hit the quarter century mark, yup 25 years old. I've made it a new priority to protect my skin and take on preventative measures to ensure that it's looking fab into my later years.
If you ask any of my friends, I've become a huge proponent of wearing sunscreen. Luckily, a lot of moisturizers and cream contain sunbluck which makes our lives a little easier.
I had been using Oil of Olay moisturizer with SPF 15, but I wanted to kick it up a notch. A lot of moisturizers with built in SPF don't have a high enough level for me.
I recently began using Jan Marini Antioxidant Daily Face Protectant with an SPF30. I heard about this line through DE at http://www.beautylogicblog.com/. I have introduced this product as the last part of my skincare regimen, and I feel comforted knowing that I'm protected. Unlike most, this sunscreen isn't heavy or greasy at all. It also dries with an oil-free matte finish, which is a comfort to mainly of our oily girls out there.
A lot of articles I've read about older women and dermatologists alike always have the same common theme "they wish they had avoided the sun and wore more sunscreen when they were younger!"
Not only is it good for you, it smells lovely! Think tropical coconuts and passionfruit...subtle yet sweet.
And guess what? I'm giving one away to a lucky reader! Leave a comment telling me your best skincare tip and I'll choose one and announce it Monday.
Till next time, Ciao Bellas!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
37 comments:
- Tammy M said...
I know this seems simple, but I am amazed by how many people do not do it: remove your makeup and wash/moisturize before you go to bed!!!! I have a ton of friends who don't do this, and then want to wonder why they have so many breakouts! Your skin needs to breathe!!!!
- December 12, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Posey said...
The one skin care tip i tell my friends that they dont know surprisingly is to MOISTURIZE.
No joke, none of my friends do this! And they tan! They use havign oily skin as an excuse, but your skin still neds moisture, just find one made for people with oily skin!
- December 12, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Jamilla Camel said...
Ladies, this is what age 50 looks like for an Asian woman after using sunscreen for over 30 years:
I'm not wearing any foundation in this photo, and it has not been photoshopped!
RenRen, good on ya for using the SS!
- December 12, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Mrs.Young_fashion said...
I make it a point to wash and moisturize every morning and evening. It helps a lot. I have less breakouts and more even tones. I use the Jan Marini serum that I got from DE and I love it.
- December 12, 2008 at 10:00 AM
- Charlene said...
I have a couple tips...
1)Understand your skin, understand that each day is different and that means your skin may require eg. a heavy moisturizer one day and a lighter one the next, or it might mean that you 'spot' moisturize,
2)be gentle with your skin, pat dry, never go pull down on the skin,
3) moisturize/spf ur NECK!! (ever see ladies with a nice face and a heck of a neck in which the texture looks totally different?)....
4) stack up on antioxidants...use products that are GREAT for your skin in order to keep it healthy inside and out!...
lastly...keep hands OUT of the face :)
- December 12, 2008 at 10:04 AM
- CARNIVAL ENTHUSIAST said...
Who does not want smooth silky lips, especially during the winter months? I have a toothbrush that I use only on my lips. I put a little bit of Vaseline on my lips and let it sit for about 5 minutes; you can use anything cocoa butter etc. Afterwards I get the toothbrush and gently brush my lips. This removes any dead skin and leaves your lips silky and smooth. After I apply another lite coat of Vaseline to moisturize the lips. Do this before applying lipstick or lip gloss and you will have the, smoothest, softest lips!
- December 12, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- yummy411 said...
hey ren! so glad that you found a great spf that you like and love. now i wanna try it! you know i've been on a sunscreen kick for a min. even though my moisturizer has spf in it. i use an additional one.
my skin tip:
do not exfoliate everyday, even if the bottle says micro scrubbers for daily use. you are resurfacing your face.... the face does its own exfoliation once every 30 days in addition to the recommended once a week to every 2 weeks (depending on your skin type).
- December 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- yummy411 said...
oh btw.. @jamilla camel.. you make 50 look amazing. i hope i'm just as fresh and radiant!
- December 12, 2008 at 11:30 AM
- Sharon Rose said...
Hi there-this sounds a gorgeous product! Have a lovely weekend my dear!
- December 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM
- Product Junkie Diva said...
Ooooh La La this product looks nice. I love antioxidants, they are great for skin.
Best tip probably drink tons of water....a tried and true tip.
Have a great weekend Ren.
- December 12, 2008 at 11:51 AM
- JENSMAKEUPBAG said...
my skin tip: moisturize a clean face! use a great cleanser that really removes dirt, oil, and makeup leaving the skin ready for moisturizer. i've found that when i do this before putting on makeup or going to bed, my makeup looks better and i have no breakouts.
- December 12, 2008 at 12:07 PM
- Mz Nes said...
In the morning I wash my face with warm water, moisturize and then apply my makeup.
At night, I use baby wipes to remove my makeup and then I wash my face with a mild, creamy cleanser. I don't like cleanser's that lather up (usually gel cleanser's) because they tend to strip the natural protective barrier on my skin and that's how I start to breakout or my face starts to turn a little red. Then finish with my moisturizer and spot treatment if needed.
Also, drinking at least 8 glasses of what every day helps. ALWAYS remove your makeup before going to bed. ALWAYS wear a moisturized sunscreen when outdoors, winter and summer. And lastly, get enough sleep. :)
- December 12, 2008 at 12:20 PM
- Bel said...
My tip is to add oil to our routine. Yep, even if you have oily skin. There are some oils like jojoba, emu or camellia oil who not only provide antioxidants, but also balance out oil production in your face, or even get rid of scars, like what Emu oil does. It might seem weird that you are fighting oil with oil, but many times what happens is that your skin overproduces oil when there is not enough oil on our skin. So adding oil balances things out. Trust me, it works!
Hope it was't too confusing!
- December 12, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- kat-heel-well said...
Never underestimate the power of a good alpha-hydroxy. :)
- December 12, 2008 at 12:43 PM
- rkeophimane said...
I alway make sure I use makeup remover every night and wash my face. I then use Olay Regenrist night cream which I love. My skin feels soo smooth and soft in the morning. I also started using the Olay microdermabasion kit, and I LOVE IT. I use it maybe twice a month because I have sensitive skin and I get compliments because my skin just glows. Along with my daily moisturizer, I use Mary Kays gel moisturizer to dab on my try spots. Its AMAZING... seems like a lot but people think I am 21 and I am almost 31...lol
- December 12, 2008 at 2:19 PM
- Sarai said...
Hey renren! Seriously I never knew how important SPF is until I spoke to a friend of mine. Now, its my main priority. My nana has redness all over her cheeks and neck (CHARLENE IS RIGHT!) and she would come home from school as a teenager and pull out a long chair in her backyard and lay on her stomach while reading a book everyday and she grew up in Florida! so it took its toll. now she spends money on covering it up :(
well anyways my tip:
Once a week (if possible), put four cups of water in a pot to boil. get a wash cloth and put your face over the pot but be sure to be 5 inches AWAY so no burning occurs. this opens your pores. keep your face over it for about 15-20 seconds each time. (i put my face over it about 3 times) and after, go exfoliate or cleanse your face better than just applying water to soften up your pores. the shower alone doesnt get enough steam to do this! hope this helps :)
- December 12, 2008 at 4:10 PM
- Dominican Enigma said...
You know how much I love Jan's stuff. Big Hugs, De
- December 12, 2008 at 4:50 PM
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- December 12, 2008 at 5:29 PM
- •·.·´G£aM CåT`·.·• said...
Good day ms Ren...
how do i take care of my skin? here is a good skin care tip...
clean/wash my face and neck every morning and night in circular upward motion (need to be gentle to facial skin). then put a little toner on a cotton ball and apply upward to remove any stubborn dirt left behind (when using toner it helps adjust the skin's ph back to normal). after that i moisturize my face/neck every morning and night.
if i do exfoliate, i do it once a week, sometimes once every two weeks. besides that, i drink plenty of water everyday!! :)
ladies, if you apply mosturizer and/or eye creme always use your ring or pinky finger to apply products around the delicate area of your eyes. the pinky and ring finger are weak by nature and force you to apply gentle pressure :)
- December 12, 2008 at 5:33 PM
- C said...
Hey RenRen,
here's my best tip:
Besides eating a banana, you can also use it to help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Just mash about ¼ bananas until it becomes creamy.
Next, apply it all over your face and leave it on for approximately 15 minutes.
Wash it off with warm water followed by a quick dash of cold water.
Finally, pat it dry and you will gradually see younger looking skin
after several runs.
Hope you try it!
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- December 12, 2008 at 5:43 PM
- Wind said...
My best skin care tip is to know what skin type you are. By knowing this, you can save yourself a lot of trouble and a lot of money on products that don't work for you!
- December 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM
- Emily Cabitac said...
My mom slathered sunblock on my skin ever since I can remember (we're Filipina too, and she was adamant about us not being out in the sun (sorry mom!), but of course, who doesn't want to be out in the sunshine?), and bought me my own moisturizer w/sunblock when I was 12. I haven't looked back ever since, and I also use one for the eyes (by Clinique). Also, be gentle to your skin, no tugging or pulling when cleansing.wwwwwwww
- December 12, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- Anne @ yummiebitez.com said...
Use your ring finger and pat on the eye cream to prevent pre mature wrinkles around your eye area. Oh, and the face is not the only need sunblock, but your eyes too!
- December 12, 2008 at 8:28 PM
- Claudia said...
My best skin care tip for you ren, is ALOE VERA facial oil w/vitamin E...this is probably the cheapest(about $3-5 for 90 capsules)and easiest way to keep your skin not only moisturized, soft and healthy looking...but it also helps the aging process as well..i just pop one of these lil capsules open and rub onto my face after cleansing and moisturizing every other night or when my skin feels dryest and the next morning your face feels soo soft and smooth and hydrated! its 100% natural and designed for your face! you can also use it on your lips when they're chapped or dry and you can mix it with a bit of sugar for a lip exfolient too!! trust me one lil capsule goes along way!!...hope that helps!!
- December 12, 2008 at 9:41 PM
- A. Rose said...
My tip is to use clean your face TWICE, whether it be a combo of cleanser/toner or cleansing oil/cleanser. I don't believe that just one product can get rid of everything so it's always good to have a 2nd step as a back up! Thanks for sharing your skincare find!
- December 13, 2008 at 12:20 AM
- MZ.CYN.DEZ said...
Use an eye cream. This helps keep your eyes fresh and ready for makeup or concealer. It also helps reduce fine lines, wrinkles, and can even get your eyes looking energized, not tired. If that makes sense. LOL.
- December 13, 2008 at 1:38 AM
- Vera said...
My skin tip is to drink a lot of water and to eat tons of vegetables and fruits. What they say about "you are what you eat" is true; it reflects in you complexion!
- December 13, 2008 at 4:03 AM
- RICANPRINCESS7830 said...
I have been taking care of my skin since my teens - mainly because I had acne but as the years have gone on and now that I reached the lovely age of 30- I am grateful for adding this before I needed to and they are the regimine of eye cream and night cream- I started the eye cream and night cream at 20- when people told me why start so early and now the reason is the compliements- many people tell me I look younger for my age and that may be the reason of taking the time to add something we may not necessarily need right now- but to protect our skin for the future.
- December 13, 2008 at 8:52 AM
- Askmewhats said...
I am just starting to protect myself, shame on me!!! I am too lazy, but now, I am learning :)
- December 13, 2008 at 12:22 PM
- Couture Carrie said...
Great Q, darling! I went running outside today and even though it was 30 degrees out, I wore my 30 SPF sunscreen - very important!!
Sadly, I spent my youth lifeguarding with very little regard for the health of my skin, so I have to do everything I can to preserve it now!
Hope you are having a fab weekend, R2 :)
- December 13, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Camelle said...
Exfoliate! Brown sugar is a good, cheap alternative to harsh chemicals, especially for sensitive skin. For dark elbows or armpits, lemon juice or extract is a mild way of brightening them. Don't forget to use spf lotion or cream on hands! This prevents those nasty age-spots! Always use anti-bacterial gel or wipes to keep hands clean just in case you unconsciously touch ur face throughout the day.And finally, never use hot water to wash your face..talk about instant wrinkles!
- December 13, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- Tao's makeup said...
I love HA serum! HA stands for Hyaluronic Acid. They are SOOO moisturizing and comfortable on! They hold hydration up to 1000 times its own weight.
- December 13, 2008 at 5:03 PM
- Van said...
Using eye creams, both for day time and night time. Help me revent wrinkles, dry skin, and puffy eyes before they come to visit me.
- December 14, 2008 at 2:18 PM
- LindaLady said...
when I'm around my friends when they apply their makeup, I notice a smilar application process with all of them. They all start applying their creams and cosmetics from the top, and pull their skin down! My suggestion is to not do that! My mother told me when I was 12 to start from the bottom working your way up. By doing this, you don't pull your skin down and preserve the elasticity of your skin. My mom looks pretty good for a 55 year old lady, so it must work! =D
- December 14, 2008 at 11:09 PM
- Francesca said...
Honestly, i have to say my fav skin care tip right now is.... ( besides the obvious washing your face , and moisturizing....EVEN IF YOU HAVE OILY SKIN!...)
At night when your done your facial cleaning routine, take some 100% tea tree oil and put that on your blemishes, for overnight. It dries out your blemish and reduces the size quite a bit.
In about two days the blemish should be completely gone.
Only down side.... tea tree oil really smells lmao.... but you get use to it pretty quickly.
- December 14, 2008 at 11:36 PM
- Girl with Curl said...
I know I left a comment on Friday but, I can't seem to find it. I have a hard time finding moisturizer that has SPF and that works well on acne too. I ended up having to buy two different moisturizers. One with SPF and one that was for acne.
- December 15, 2008 at 9:46 AM
- Van-Lang Nguyen said...
My tip is to use 1/2 tsp of baking soda mix with 1tps of water into a paste to exfoliate your skin. Its a gentle exfoliator that is safe to use more often and will leave your skin baby soft :D. Try it out and let me know what you think about it :)
- July 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM


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Vanilla, Chocolate and Kahlua Chiffon Cake with Port Wine and Raspberry Sauce
Recipe courtesy of Jean-Pierre Brehier
- 2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar, divided
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup sunflower oil
- 2 tablespoons Kahlua or other coffee flavored liqueur
- 2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 7 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- Nonstick cooking spray or oil to brush on baking pan
- Port Wine and Raspberry Sauce (see below)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Into a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, 1 cups of the sugar, the cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in the center and add the oil, Kahlua and vanilla. Do not mix. In another bowl, beat the egg whites and cream of tartar until white and foamy. Slowly add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and continue beating until stiff peaks form. Do not overbeat. Mix 1/4 of the egg whites until well incorporated into the flour mixture. Gently fold in the remaining egg whites using a rubber spatula. Spray a 9-inch tube pan with nonstick cooking spray, or brush the inside with oil. Dust with flour and tap out the excess. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bang the mold on the counter to remove any air bubbles. Bake for 55 minutes, or until the top feels springy, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake upright on a wire rack for 1 hour. Loosen the sides with a small, thin knife. Remove the cake from the pan and allow it to cool. Wrap airtight, or serve immediately with a light sifting of confectioners sugar accompanied by the Port Wine and Raspberry Sauce.
1 cup fresh raspberries 1 1/2 cups nonfat yogurt 1/4 cup port wine 2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
In a food processor, blend all the ingredients until very smooth. Strain, if necessary.
Yield: 2 1/2 cups
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The great thing about surfing is you will rarely ever get bored with all the sport has to offer. Just when you think you've perfected your bottom turn, the guy next to you is throwing monster floaters in your face. You've finally conquered your local surf break and some buddies think going to Baja sounds fun….oops, maybe you still have more to take from surfing! As long as the sport keeps evolving, there will always be a way to up the ante in what you can accomplish. Point being, don't let your surf get rigid because you get comfortable. Over the past few blogs we have had an opportunity to check out the most critical way to change your surfing. In our "shaper series" we're taking a tour of all the great surfboards that South Coast has to offer. Having in-house shapers allows for the surfing fan to check out different shapes and styles of boards, with the experts helping to direct you onto that perfect board.
We've already checked out the Prod-Quad and the Swegg with Robin. Both boards offering some different performance aspects for varying conditions. We hang with Robin for one last time as his talks about the South Coast CK Competition Longboard. One of the great things about South Coast is we have some amazing team riders that help the shapers develop boards with their ideas from surfing. This insider knowledge will provide with killer boards that all levels of surfer will enjoy. This board was shaped with NSSA competitive surfer Chris Koerner in mind. Take one last "safari" with Robin in the series as he walks you through this blog's featured south coast competition longboard.
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10 Reasons To Love Fresh Hop Beer Season
Nothing against the nutmeg and cinnamon of a pumpkin or harvest ale or the easy drinking goodness of an Oktoberfest Marzen, but if you're fortunate enough to live in a place where the vines stretch 20 feet and the hops blossom so thick that the air is tinged with the scent, fresh-hop beer season is a wonderful time of year.
Situated outside Portland, Ore., as it is, our beer reporting bureau spent the past year learning the merits of the fresh hop through immersion. We attended The Oregon Brewers Guild and Oregon Hop Growers Association's 2012 Portland Fresh Hop Fest at Oaks Amusement Park last October and sampled from dozens of state offerings teeming with Centennial, Cascade, Chinook, Nugget, Crystal, Liberty and various other hops.
In spring, we planted a few hop rhizomes -- basically, hop roots -- of our own and watched our fledgling Cascade and Willamette hop vines slowly creep up the twine. With a first-year yield of scarcely a cup of mixed hops, our first crop landed on the back porch of Lucky Labrador Brewing in Portland -- where pickup truck beds filled with surplus hop vines were transferred to tables of beer-fed volunteers for picking, sorting and weighing.
Daunted in our own efforts, we took a quick trip to the Hillsboro, Ore., site of Oregon-based brewery, restaurant, theater and hotel chain McMenamins, where a brewer at the six-barrel Cornelius Pass Roadhouse and Imbrie Hall brewery explained how fresh hops were most effective in their brew Thundercone when producing aroma and just a bit of flavor. Much of the bittering is left to a somewhat less-fresh hop stockpile.
But it's that flavor and aroma that give those once-a-year fresh hop beers their unparalleled character. Though brewers and beer fans in hop-growing regions such as the Pacific Northwest are usually the prime beneficiaries of U.S. harvest season, the logistics of modern commercial delivery has made it possible for even far-flung breweries to get in on the action. The fresh hops being used by brewers at the Craft Brewers Alliance's Widmer Brewing facility in Portland bear a distinct resemblance to those being flown in by brewers on the Atlantic.
Granted, as blogger and Northwest beer writer Bill Night pointed out so vehemently this month, that has led some breweries to play it fast and loose with the "fresh hop" designation. Some will instead use the term "wet hop" to describe freshly picked hops while applying "fresh hop" to bundles of dry product they deem the freshest hops of the season. How can a beer buyer really know the difference?
We wish we could tell you it was a regional thing and that you should be good with beers from hop-growing regions, but Night singled out two Oregon brewers -- Widmer and Hopworks -- for using only dried hops in "fresh hop" batches from several years ago. Each has since abandoned that practice in favor of the real deal.
Our advice: Get to know the brewers you like and if you have doubts about their fresh hop beer, just ask. Most have a Facebook


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I'm using the JS shipped with Rails. I believe this part is from http://script.aculo.us/
I have a drop_receiving_element (img) inside a fixed position div. so, when I scroll the page, the img stays at the same position. but the JS acts only with the original position of the img. so when I scroll and drag something onto the img, it does not catch it. but I can move my mouse up and find there original position of the img.
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Will Mr. Biden make it to election day?Posted Friday, September 26, 2008, at 6:02 PM
Most of you following the race have heard about poor Joe Biden's stumblings. Some think that he is being purposely coached to create a situation where Mrs. Clinton has to step in to save the party ticket.
Publicly asking a wheelchair bound man to stand up, suggesting Hillary would have been a better choice than him, referring to a president (who was not president at the time) going on TV to explain the Depression when they did not have TV yet, all sounds as if he is trying to self-destruct.
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I've honestly been wondering the same thing. I certainly hope that's not the case. I'd hate to think that the candidates would insult our intelligent by attempting such an obvious ploy.
I wish ALL of the candidates would just stick to the issues (in plain English) and be done with it. I'm sick and tired of empty promises from both sides.
Not only do I want to hear what they intend to do, but HOW they intend to do it, and at what cost. I think they can't answer these questions because they don't want to admit that they will have to raise taxes. I don't see any way around it, yet nobody's willing to admit it.
-- Posted by Nobody'sFool on Fri, Sep 26, 2008, at 7:27 PM
Some partizan cynics might claim he's trying to give the public what it wants (or deserves).
I'd suggest that he is overshadowibg his virtues with all-too-human fallibility.
Perhaps,he and others should concentrate on staying rested,clear-headed and ready to deal with the issues at hand.
Performing like circus acts is no longer considered good form for seals or tigers much less elephants and donkeys.
If candidates falter while courting the vote,they'll have difficulty convincing us they can take on the daily,unglamorous drudgery of leadership.
I'd prefer to see less stage presence and more indications that the people running will put in a full,painstaking day thinking hard,working hard and caring enough to get us what we need even if it's not what we demand.
I want our elected officials to be part of a team and neither puppetmasters nor someone's tools.
I want some people we can trust who can trust those that work with them and those who placed them in office.
If we find ourselves asking what games the candidates are playing,it might be that the players have already assured our defeat-whichever side they think they're working for.
-- Posted by quantumcat on Fri, Sep 26, 2008, at 7:34 PM
The Clinton's are NOT stupid. They both have a vested interest in Mr. Obama's losing this election. An eight year Obama term would all but destroy Hillary's chance to become President, and even if he was only a one term President, she could'nt run again until 2016 or 2020. The Clinton's understand that the Obama campaign is on the verge of self destructing, thus allowing a McCain presidency for only one brief four year term. Then of course, Hillary and her Vice Presidential nominee can win by a landslide in 2012 when the Democrats correct their mistake of not chosing her as their nominee in 2008. This will clear the way for Democrats to quite possibly lock up the White House until 2028. She has dreamed of sitting in the oval office since she was a college student, and she truly believes that this country owes her the presidency. I still won't vote for her, or any Democrat, but this is the way I see things playing out.
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 2:24 AM
That's ok. Sarah Palin will make Joe Biden look like a genius at the vice presidential debate.
-- Posted by Richard on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 3:50 AM
Someone told me there will be no interaction among the V.P. candidates and each response will be timed, to the T! That will probably work for Joe Biden's benefit because of long winded answers. It will also be good for Sarah because she won't really have to answer anything... LOL.
-- Posted by darrick_04 on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 6:15 AM
Speaking of Governor Palin, where is the news coverage of her now? I admit, I shy away from too much "news", but all I can recall hearing about is McCain, Obama and Biden.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 7:05 AM
You want hear how any politician plans to do anything. Too many voters think that the President is all powerful, but the truth is that Congress can cause havoc in their plans from day one in office.
That's why I laugh at diehards who blame everything over the years on whoever the President is at the time and think their candidate will be all-powerful and cure all the problems that have been around since I remember.
-- Posted by stardust on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 7:36 AM
Good point. It is interesting that Congress rarely, if ever takes responsibility. One congressional leader blamed this present financial crisis on Bush, yet stated that Fannie $ Freddie were in no trouble a few years ago and shot down Bush's proposal to regulate better.
Then he and a few others say that the Republicans never met a regulation they ever liked and blame the Republicans for not getting a bail-out plan passed, yet they have the majority and don't need the Republicans.
So if it is so good, why do they not just pass it and take credit for a good bill? Or is there crap in there that they do not want to take sole responsibility for so they try to blame the Republican Pres. candidate for "blowing it up".
Even some Democrats slipped and said they were not on board yet for this bill, yet the leaders get camera time saying that there was full agreement BEFORE McCain got to town. What a bunch of crap, but the press likes it and the American people........
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 10:21 AM
Speaking of Governor Palin, where is the news coverage of her now? I admit, I shy away from too much "news", but all I can recall hearing about is McCain, Obama and Biden.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Sep 27, 2008, at 7:05 AM
The Mccain campaign has been hiding her from the media. After watching her interview with Katie Couric, I see why.
Sarah Palin on the bailout package:
Seriously, what the hell is she talking about?
-- Posted by Richard on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, at 3:27 AM
She has NO idea... there is a reason the media doesn't see her. The only thing her selection proved was the utter desperation of the McCain campaign to energize its base. It did just that, but failed to achieve anything else.
I wish I could like her, I wish I could believe she is some great reformer, and most of I wish when she said "HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE" over the troopergate case, she would have actually meant it, instead of hiding behind million dollar McCain appointed lawyers... Please, we've seen enough of this the last 8 years, and everyone wonders why I can't distinguish between Bush and McCain.
-- Posted by darrick_04 on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, at 8:44 AM
IF they are protecting her, I understand it when you consider that she went from Alaska politics to World politics in the matter of a few weeks. Not much time to "gear up". Comparatively Mr. Obama was running for the Oval Office for years wile he was supposedly doing a Senator's job for the people of Illinois.
It is a popular mantra to keep saying enough of the last 8 years, but McCain is NOT the same. In fact, I did not like all that McCain supported because it appeared too liberal for me.
But since we are talking about the last 8 years, what is your response about the President trying to reform Fannie and Freddie in 2003 and the Democratic leadership saying there was no problem? They encouraged Fannie and Freddie to MAKE MORE LOANS to unqualified people.
How do you blame Bush for that?
The Democrats now have control of the Congress but they can not pass the bailout plan without Republicans? What is that about? Reality says it is NOT because they just want to have bipartisanship. They either could not get all of their members to agree or they want to play politics by blaming others.
I have not heard the Dems talking points on that yet so maybe someone has the answer.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, at 1:28 PM
But since we are talking about the last 8 years, what is your response about the President trying to reform Fannie and Freddie in 2003 and the Democratic leadership saying there was no problem? They encouraged Fannie and Freddie to MAKE MORE LOANS to unqualified people.
How do you blame Bush for that?
Posted by stevemills on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, at 1:28 PM
Bush had no opposition in Congress from his inauguration until 2006. SO... in 2003, why didn't that problem get fixed? I suppose the same reason we had passage of NCLB, Patriot Act and multiple record deficits. A little more than 5 1/2 years of Republican rule, and suddenly this is something the Democrats should have passed. LOL. Explain to me why it took more than 12 years to pass a minimum wage increase, and less than 12 days to pass this bailout plan, which was at first designed to ONLY help Wall Street.
-- Posted by darrick_04 on Sun, Sep 28, 2008, at 5:18 PM
I understand that it also had 20% earmarked for one of Mr. Obama's favorite organization ACORN. Was that removed?
-- Posted by stevemills on Mon, Sep 29, 2008, at 1:28 PM
And I still ask how do you blame a president for trying to correct something five years ago and the opposition said there was no problem, but NOW in HINDSIGHT they claim he did not try to do anything?
-- Posted by stevemills on Mon, Sep 29, 2008, at 1:30 PM
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