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Pacific Boychoir Presents Rachmaninoff's Epic All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: Boys and Men, Choir Concert, Rachmaninoff, Vespers
Grammy-award winning Pacific Boychoir of Oakland, California, presents Sergei Rachmaninoff's All-Night Vigil (Vespers), Op. 37 on Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 pm at First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Performed every three years in Oakland and San Francisco, this marks the first time in the Pacific Boychoir's history that this piece is being performed in Los Angeles, in its entirety, with an all-male choir including boy sopranos and boy altos in outstanding acoustics. The masterpiece was first premiered by a boy's choir in Moscow in 1915. In 2007, the Pacific Boychoir became the first choir in America to reproduce the original performing forces. Along with Daniel Babcock as tenor soloist, Los Angeles' finest choral tenors and basses augment the choir.
"The last time we were in Los Angeles was in 2006 where we performed with Dmitri Hvorostovsky in an all-Russian language program at a sold-out Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The Vespers, also in Russian, will be our first full-length concert here and we look forward to engaging Los Angeles choral audiences," exclaimed Pacific Boychoir Artistic Director Kevin Fox, who has been eager to bring this piece to Los Angeles.
The All-Night Vigil is an a cappella choral composition by Sergei Rachmaninoff; his Op. 37 was written and premiered in 1915. It consists of settings of texts taken from the Russian Orthodox All-night vigil ceremony. It has been praised as Rachmaninoff's finest achievement and "the greatest musical achievement of the Russian Orthodox Church".
Tickets range from $18 – $28 and may be purchased online at PacificBoychoirAcademy.org or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. For more information call 510-652-4722. The First Congregational Church of Los Angeles is located at 540 South Commonwealth Avenue, Los Angeles 90020.
Pacific Boychoir Academy (PBA) was founded in 1998 with six boys and today comprises over 170 boys and young men age 4-18 in seven choirs. The PBA has become known for its rich sound, musicianship, phrasing, and talented soloists. The New York Times said the PBA goes "beyond the reach of most youth choirs" and the Los Angeles Times described the PBA quality of sound and musicianship as "astonishing."
With the addition of a day school in 2004, the PBA has become the only choir school on America's West Coast. The choir school integrates a full academic curriculum with daily musical instruction for boys in grades 4-8. The choir school students learn sight reading, music theory and repertoire, as well as Math, English, History, Science, Art, PE, and Languages. The choir school has one of the lowest student:teacher ratios for independent schools in the Bay Area, and is a member of the East Bay Independent Schools Association (EBISA).
The PBA has appeared frequently with the San Francisco Symphony (SFS), performing under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, Kurt Masur, Robert Spano, David Robertson, James Conlon, Charles Dutoit, Herbert Blomstedt, and Vance George, performing works by Britten, Orff, Wagner, Mahler, Liszt, Mendelssohn, and Berlioz. Along with the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the PBA recorded Mahler's Third Symphony with the SFS, awarded the Grammy for Best Classical Album in February 2004. In January 2010, the SFS recording of Mahler's Eighth Symphony, featuring the SF Symphony Chorus, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, and the PBA, was awarded Grammys for Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album.
The PBA has also sung with the Oakland-East Bay Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, the UC Davis Orchestra, the American Bach Soloists, the San Francisco Opera, Trinity Lyric Opera, the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, the National Symphony Orchestra of Brasil, the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, the Harvard Men's Glee Club, the Vienna Boys Choir, the Drakensberg Boys Choir, the Boni Pueri Czech Boys Choir, Denmark's Herning Boys Choir, the choirs of UC Berkeley and UC Davis, the American Boychoir, and the Santa Clara Chorale.
The PBA has performed at venues such as Davies Symphony Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Basilica San Marco in Venice, Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Teatro Polyteama in Jundiai Brasil, Dvorak Hall in Prague, Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center in California, Herbst Theater in San Francisco, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, Chartres Cathedral, Linder Auditorium in Johannesburg, Sala São Paulo, Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Zellerbach Hall, Yoshi's Oakland, on Public Radio International (PRI), on Danish National Radio, at Grace Cathedral, at professional sporting events, and also has several self-produced concerts annually. In 2007, the PBA presented the first performances of Rachmaninoff's Vespers (originally written for boy's choir) by an American boy's choir.
The PBA has toured throughout the USA and to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, France, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, South Africa, China, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Russia. The PBA's recordings include Cantate, a recording of Early Music written for boys' voices, a recording of Christmas music by Benjamin Britten, a recording of two of Bach's "Lutheran" Masses, and That Promised Land, a collection of American spirituals and gospel songs.
Making regular appearances to sing the USA National Anthem (and on occasion the Canadian Anthem), the PBA has sung for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland A's, Oakland Raiders, Golden State Warriors, Cal Basketball, and Stanford Basketball. The PBA has also performed with comedian Zach Galifianakis, is the voice of the Yahoo! yodel, has sung for the Chabad Telethon, performs dozens of free school performances every year, and published quite possibly the first ever choir tour blog, in July 2001.
In 2011-2012, the PBA performed over 50 times, including appearances with the San Francisco Symphony, the Oakland Ballet, the American Bach Soloists, the Oakland-East Bay Symphony Chorus, Chora Nova, the Herning Boys Choir of Denmark, in the Oakland Holiday Parade, at the Tech Awards in San Jose, and with Paul Simon.
In the 2012-2013 season, the PBA will perform with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Donato Cabrera and Charles Dutoit, the Oakland-East Bay Symphony, the UC Davis Orchestra and Chorus, the National Symphony Orchestra of Brazil, for the Oakland Raiders, for Cal vs Stanford basketball, and will present three performances of Rachmaninoff's Vespers, in San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles.
Kevin Fox, founding artistic director and conductor, has been involved with boys choirs since the age of eight. He holds degrees in Music (with Honors) and Economics from Wesleyan University, Connecticut, where he studied voice with tenor Wayne Rivera, conducting with Mel Strauss, composing with Neely Bruce, and received the Lipsky Prize for outstanding scholarship in choral studies. He studied music at Oxford University, England, with Edward Higginbottom, and choral conducting at Westminster Choir College in Princeton with Jim Jordan and Vincent Metallo. He has served as Proctor for the American Boychoir, working with Jim Litton and Craig Denison, and has sung with the choirs of Trinity Church in New Haven, Trinity Church in Princeton, American Bach Soloists, the Philharmonia Baroque Chorale, and the Grace Cathedral Choir of Men and Boys in San Francisco, where he also worked as Interim Assistant Choirmaster.
Under his direction, the Pacific Boychoir Academy has grown from six to 150 choristers in four treble choirs and one alumni choir. Working with the PBA staff, Mr. Fox has developed a proprietary music reading and music theory training program comparable to university-level music classes. In 2002, Mr. Fox developed a business plan for the choir school, a comprehensive document compiling the ideas of staff and board members in preparation for the opening of the school in the fall of 2004. In 2010, Mr. Fox accepted the Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance for the PBA's participation on Mahler's Eighth Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony.
Mr. Fox has been on over 40 tours with boys choirs to almost all 50 states including Alaska and Hawai'i, as well as to Brazil, Argentina, Taiwan, China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, France, England, Wales, Ireland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Spain, and South Africa.


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Saturday many players in the Packers locker room spoke of the intensity which comes along with the first padded practice of training camp.
Sunday, that intensity was on display.
Emotions ran high on Ray Nitschke Field, and at times spilled over after plays. Several skirmishes broke out, which is normal for the first padded practice of camp. Afterward, Mike McCarthy said he liked the edge the team played with, but sometimes it went over the line in regards to player safety. The "adrenaline level was high, and the discipline level was very low." he told reporters afterward.
No one was injured as a result of extra-cirricular fighting, although Tramon Williams was held out of the 2nd half of practice because his knee was bothering him.
1st round draft choice Datone Jones didn't disappoint, showcasing his agressive talent during drills. Jones stuffed fellow rookie during a "half-line" run game drill, and was 3 for 3 in 1-on-1 pass rushing competition with the offensive line.
Johnny Jolly was a part of one of the scuffles mentioned earlier, but also looked good in his first padded workout in four years. Jolly still faces an uphill battle to make the team with all the young guys on the d-line, but his head and heart appear to be in the right place, and he has a lot of guys in the locker room rooting for him.
Undrafted rookie James Nixon made the most of a miscommunication on offense, picking off Aaron Rodgers during team drills. Nixon played at D-II California University in Pennsylvania. Rodgers got the better of Nixon, however, on the final play of practice, hitting Jarrett Boykin for a touchdown in the no-huddle.
The Packers will not practice on Monday. They will return to Ray Nitschke Field on Tuesday at 8:20 a.m.
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Russia beats France in women's handball
BEIJING (AP) Russia needed two overtimes to prevail over France on Tuesday in the Olympic women's field hockey quarterfinals.
The 32-31 win enabled the Russians to advance to play Hungary in the semifinals Thursday.
Russia went unbeaten in pool play, but it didn't matter. France, which barely made the quarterfinals, led 16-12 at halftime.
Ekaterina Andryushina's goal for Russia with about a minute left in regulation tied the match at 24 and forced extra time.
The match was tied at 24 at the end of regulation. In the first overtime, Yana Uskova scored the tying goal for Russia.
Natalia Shipilova scored the game-winner for Russia in the final minute. France's Veronique Pecqueux-Rolland couldn't connect on a shot in the final seconds that would have forced a penalty shootout.
Hungary upset Romania 34-30, and will play Russia for a berth in the gold-medal game. Bernadett Ferling and Monika Kovacsicz both scored seven goals for Hungary. Ramona Maier scored on 11 of 13 shots for Romania, but Hungary's more balanced offensive strategy prevailed.
The Romanians were unbeaten until closing pool play with a one-goal loss to Norway.
South Korea will play Norway in the other semifinal.
South Korea defeated China 31-23. Park Chung-hee scored eight goals and Moon Pil-hee scored six for the Koreans.
Norway never trailed in its 31-24 win over Sweden. Tonje Larsen and Else Marthe Soerlie Lybekk both scored six goals for the Norwegians, who led 16-10 at halftime and coasted from there.


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Seagate Technology on Tuesday reaffirmed its position as the world's largest maker of hard disk drives (HDDs). The company said that during its third quarter of fiscal 2012 (ended on March 30, 2012) it shipped record number of hard disk drives - 61 million - and reported record revenue of $4.4 billion.
Seagate reported revenue of $4.4 billion, gross margin of 37%, net income of $1.1 billion (up from $93 million in Q3 FY2011) and diluted earnings per share of $2.48. The company increased its HDD unit shipments by 29% over last quarter, supplying 61 million hard drives, which equates to approximately 42 exabytes. Samsung-branded products represented approximately 13% of Seagate shipments, or 7.93 million, in Q3 FY2012.
Record shipments, revenues and profits of Seagate were conditioned by several factors, including shortages of hard drives amid strong demand that exceeds supply after severe flooding in Thailand in October, 2011. Nonetheless, the company itself did a lot to boost output of own-brand drives from 49 million in Q3 FY2011 to 53.07 million in Q3 FY2012.
"Seagate delivered strong performance this quarter by concentrating our efforts toward supporting our customers as the recovery of the hard drive industry continues to progress. Importantly, during this challenging period, Seagate has successfully transitioned its portfolio to industry-leading products across all markets thereby positioning the company for continued leadership through operational excellence," said Steve Luczo, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Seagate.
It is necessary to note that Seagate forced numerous large customers to sign long-term supply agreements (LTAs) late last year in order to ensure stable pricing and shipments of HDDs going forward. In addition, the firm also auctioned certain batches of hard drives during the third quarter. As a result, Seagate managed to stabilize its margins and avoids price-wars for huge clients going forward.
"Our long-term agreements with our largest customers have been mutually successful and we delivered over 100% of our committed volume this quarter. The number of executed LTAs increased to 50% this quarter. We expect these long-term agreements to account for approximately 60% of our total production capacity for the calendar year. LTA pricing was more favorable to the customer than the company's average pricing, reflecting the benefit of longer-term visibility of supply and demand. Our new auction program continues to evolve and we held multiple auctions worldwide throughout the quarter, selling 100% of the products offered at or above the company's average pricing," explained Mr. Luczo.
Seagate expects at least $5 billion revenue and 34.5% gross margin in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012.
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Banh-mi Wrap: Vietnamese Grilled Pork Wrap with Pickled Carrots and Mint
- Pickled Carrots:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 4 cups shredded carrots (10 ounces)
- Marinated Pork:
- 1/4 cup soy sauce (I use gluten-free low-sodium tamari)
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon five-spice powder
- 1 teaspoon garam masala, store-bought or homemade, recipe follows
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 small shallot, minced (about 3 tablespoons)
- 1 pound (1/2-inch thick) boneless center-cut pork loin chops
- Sandwiches:
- 4 flour tortillas (gluten-free alternative: brown rice tortillas, or use small corn ones and make these as tacos!)
- Mayonnaise, as needed
- 1 English cucumber, sliced thinly on the bias
- 1 bunch fresh cilantro
- 1 bunch fresh mint
- 4 Fresno chiles, or jalapeno peppers, sliced thinly
- 2 limes, each cut into 4 wedges
- Aarti's Hot (not heavy!) Homemade Garam Masala:
- 1/4 cup green cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 2 tablespoons of seeds)
- 3 tablespoons whole cloves
- 4 large black cardamom pods, shelled, husks discarded (about 1 tablespoon of seeds), optional
- 3 large cinnamon sticks (if you have the kind you get at Indian stores, it's about 3 tablespoons of cinnamon bark bits)
For the pickled carrots: In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, vinegar, and salt until dissolved. Add the carrots, toss to coat and allow to pickle for about 2 hours.
For the pork: Combine the soy sauce, fish sauce, sugar, five-spice powder, garam masala, black pepper, garlic and shallots in a re-sealable plastic bag. Seal and shake until well dissolved. Add the pork to the bag, massage the marinade into the pork and marinate for 1 hour.
When you're ready to cook the pork, grab a large cast-iron skillet. Place the pan over high heat until it is smoking. Using a pair of tongs, pull each pork chop out of the marinade, shake off the excess and place it in the pan. Don't crowd the pan - no meat should be touching! You want the meat to sear, not steam.
After about 2 minutes, flip each chop; it should be a caramel brown color. Cook another minute on the other side and remove from the pan. If you're cooking in batches, cook the remaining chops.
Slice the chops into thin strips.
For the sandwiches: Warm the tortillas up over an open flame so they become soft and pliable. I also like to char them a little! If you don't have a gas stove, warm them in a pan over medium heat, or pop them in a microwave for 10 to 15 seconds. Smear a little mayo down the middle of the tortilla. Then, pile a little layer of pickled carrots, some cucumber slices, a few sprigs of cilantro, some mint leaves, pork chop strips, a few slices of chiles a and squeeze of fresh lime juice over the top. Wrap, and secure with toothpick. Wrap in parchment paper if you're taking them to the beach, or just eat right away if you're not!
Add the green cardamom seeds, cloves, black cardamom seeds and cinnamon sticks to a spice/coffee grinder and grind until fine. Store in an airtight container away from direct sunlight. Yield: about 1/2 cup.
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One question I have, however, is that Lou Malnati's claims to have a "buttery/flaky crust" ... does your crust turn out with these characteristics?
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Here is the recipe (Thanks HHB for sharing)
- Line a 20cm round pan (with removable base) set aside.
- Combine crushed digestive biscuit crumbs and melted butter together in a mixing bowl. Press the biscuit crumbs onto the base of the prepared pan. Chill in the freezer compartment for at least one hour.
- Measure water into a bowl and sprinkle in the gelatin (without stirring with a spoon). Set aside to allow the gelatin grains to swell (10mins) before setting the bowl over a pot of simmering hot water. Stir with a spoon and once the gelatin melts, remove the bowl from the pot and set aside to cool to room temperature.
- With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and icing sugar together until smooth. Add in gelatin solution and yogurt, beat till the mixture turns smooth.
- Divide mixture into two bowls, one with 250g cream cheese mixture and add in 125g apple syrup, mix well with a spatula.
- Spoon 4 tablespoon of the plain cream cheese mixture into the middle of the prepared pan, then 3 tablespoon of the apple syrup cream cheese on top.
- Continue alternately the cream cheese until you finish them. Don't tilt the pan, it will spread by itself. You can change the lines to zebra design if you wish (refer here).
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Stocks Close Mixed; Apple Puts Dent in Nasdaq
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages traded mixed Thursday afternoon as better-than-expected U.S. economic indicators failed to push the Nasdaq back into positive territory amid Apple's(AAPL) sharp price decline.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 46 points, or 0.33%, at 13,825.
Breadth was positive, as winners outpaced losers 19 to nine. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Walt Disney (DIS) were unchanged. The biggest percentage blue-chip gainers were Cisco(CSCO) , Home Depot (HD) , DuPont(DD) , Dupont(DD) and Boeing(BA) .
Boeing shares rose 1.4%. Delta(DAL) is talking to Airbus and Boeing about buying $1 billion or more of new jets as planemakers phase out their current single-aisle models, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. Delta shares climbed 0.94%.
Software giant Microsoft is expected by analysts Thursday to report fiscal second-quarter earnings of 75 cents a share on revenue of $21.6 billion after the closing bell. Shares were up incrementally ahead of the announcement.
Alcoa(AA) , Intel(INTC) , Verizon(VZ) and Procter & Gamble (PG) shares were among the stocks that were trading lower.
3M (MMM) , the diversified technology company, posted in-line fourth-quarter earnings of $1.41 a share and revenue of $7.4 billion, which beat the Wall Street sales estimate of $7.18 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 4.3% in the period, and acquisitions added 0.9% to sales. The stock added 0.23% a share on Thursday.
3M affirmed its 2013 full-year performance earnings expectations of $6.70 to $6.95 a share, with CEO Inge Thulin saying that 3M has "built good momentum to innovate and move forward in 2013."
The S&P 500 was effectively flat at 1495. Earlier Thursday the index crossed 1500 for the first time since December 2007. The Nasdaq fell 23 points, or 0.74%, at 3130.
Most sectors in the broader market were trading higher except for technology and basic materials. The strongest sectors were consumer cyclicals, transportation, health care, financials and conglomerates.
Volumes rose to 3.67 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and a heavy 2.04 billion shares on the Nasdaq. Advancers were edging decliners by a 1.3-to-1 ratio on the Big Board and 1.2-to-1 on Nasdaq.
Apple shares plunged 12.4% Thursday after its fiscal first-quarter revenue trailed forecasts, earnings per share fell and profit margins shrank .
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Skip to comments.The Lady of Fatima: Has Mary Appeared in Visions?
Posted on 02/19/2010 11:32:44 PM PST by bogusname
THE LADY OF FATIMA- Introduction Some Roman Catholics believe that Mary, the mother of Christ, has actually appeared to people in places like Fatima and Medjugorje. Well, did she?
THE LADY OF FATIMA- Biblical? In evaluating the alleged appearances of Mary, our primary concern would be to determine whether these apparitions are indeed biblical. Interestingly enough, these Marian apparitions (as they are commonly referred to) are inextricably woven together with the official Catholic teachings about Mary which, by the way, is known as Mariology. In fact, it would be fair to say that Catholic Mariology is the very foundation of Marian apparitions. Its been well said that a structure is only as solid as its foundation; and in looking at Marian apparitions, we need to examine the integrity of this whole concept referred to as Catholic Mariology.
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I don't know why you insist on trying to post a viewpoint about a Catholic subject when it seems you could use a little bit more background understanding.
Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part II
Fatima and Akita
Fatima and the Theology of the Body: Part I
The Story of Fatima -- Part 2
The Story of Faitma -- Part 1
Our Lady of Fatima, May 13
Litany of Our Lady of Fatima
Last Fatima child buried in final resting place (Sr. Maria's remains transferred to Fatima)
Sister Lucia, last remaining witness of Fatima apparitions, dies at 97
Last child who claimed to see "Virgin Mary" dies
Virgin Mary Child Dies (Lucia of Fatima)
Mourning for Fatima seer (Portugal declares day of mourning)
Third Secret of Fatima is not fully revealed.
Sister Lucia, last remaining witness of Fatima apparitions, dies at 97
Sr. Lucia, Fatima, and Islam
Mystery Fatima: Death of Lucia Accents Famed Secrets & Area's Hidden History
"No More Secrets," Visionary Said in 2001 (Sr. Lucia Confirmed Russia Consecrated to Mary)
Papal praise at Sister Lucia's funeral
Our Lady of Fatima, counterrevolutionary and ecumenical
Fatima Statue Due at Vatican to Mark a Fateful Day 25 Years After Attempt on John Paul II's Life
Sister Lucia's Unpublished Writings Released - Visionary Reflects on Marian Apparitions
Sister Lucia's Last Moments
Fatima: Case Closed
Rosary Rallies Planned for Fatima Anniversary [Catholic Caucus]
Giant new church at Fatima shrine
Sister Lucia's Beatification Process to Begin ( Pope Waves 5-Year Waiting Period)
The faithful remember miracle of Fatima, Thousands gather in Washington Twp. on 90th anniversary
Pius XII Saw "Miracle of the Sun" [Catholic Caucus]
Thanks for the links.
Some people say the Third Secret has not been fully made public due to its content on the end of the world.
Lucia herself is reported to have explicitly stated that the Third Secret contains Apocalyptic content. According to one source, when Lucia was asked about the Third Secret, she said it was "in the Gospel and in the Apocalypse", and at one point she had even specified Apocalypse chapters 8 to 13, a range that includes Apocalypse 12:4/
I tend to think that too. Part of it, as I understand it, showed a man in white (the Pope) with a lot of dead bodies around him. He was climbing a hill.
Many have said that the picture represented the attempted assasination of Pope John Paul II.
There just seems to be more than we really know right now.
BTW, the message of Fatima to the three children — Pray the Rosary daily for peace. Very simple message.
Why is it that so many people who claim not to believe in the authority of the Catholic Church cling to the writings that were produced by members of the Catholic Church, used in the liturgy of the Catholic Church, collected by the Catholic Church, and defined by the Catholic Church to be inspired and inerrant?
But the last Pope is supposed to be a fraudulent Pope, even anti-Pope.
I have even deeper and much more complicated questions.
Yes. We are still heading to the end times.
" Just what are we to make of these pronouncements? First of all, theyre non-biblical, as these dogmas have absolutely no scriptural support."
I do think there was and has been a type of prestige for having writings handed down over the generations in the Catholic church...the popular thing to do like professors in colleges etc. do...or scientists do today...much of their "fame" is not that they teach but what they write. In fact most believe what they write is far more important than what they teach. I think in the Catholic Church...for centuries....it has been the same type of mindset.
Also the Catholic Church is big on storing all these writings, as different authors build their writings on top of the others who preceded them. Like a major library of their theological thoughts mingled with history as they saw it and wanted to believe it as.
The Greeks did this as well...they enjoyed hanging out with one another and have intellectual intercourse of their thoughts and writings. We have many of their writings as well. Mohammad did that too only his was to create his very own personal religion using Jewish beliefs and tweaked it to suit his culture and what he wanted to instill in his followers...even to making his own book and claiming it Holy...and from the pagan god of that time. Many other faiths over the years have in a sense high-jacked the faith to meet their own idea of what that should be...and they still do it today. They all believe they are right too...or found the "missing" book or had it delivered to them...or some were "lost". Then each tweaks it to suit them in order to distinguish it's real "truth" from all the others....and writes today their own writings only they are called books today.
Arthur is referring to the Gospels, and to all those other books defined by the Catholic Church to be inspired and inerrant. We call that scripture 'the Bible'.
There's a reason why the Aquarian Gospel, the Babylonian Gospel and all those other Gnostic gospels aren't in the Bible. It's because the Catholic Church rejected them.
There are many outside of the formal Catholic Church who yet cling to the Bible, the body of scripture that the Church has declared inerrant. They implicitly trust the choices made by the Church, on the authority given it by Christ.
Ratzinger has given what must be the definitive answer on this. From an interview:
"Cardinal Ratzinger, have you read what is called the Third Secret of Fatima: i.e., the one that Sister Lucia had sent to Pope John XXIII and which the latter did not wish to make known and consigned to the Vatican archives?"
(In reply, Cardinal Ratzinger said)
"Yes, I have read it,"
(which frank response provoked a further question)
"Why has it not been revealed?"
(To this the Cardinal gave the following most instructive reply)
"Because, according to the judgement of the Popes, it adds nothing (literally 'nothing different') to what a Christian must know concerning what derives from Revelation: i.e., a radical call for conversion; the absolute importance of history; the dangers threatening the faith and the life of the Christian, and therefore of the world. And then the importance of the 'novissimi' (the last events at the end of time). If it is not made public - at least for the time being - it is in order to prevent religious prophecy from being mistaken for a quest for the sensational (literally: 'for sensationalism'). But the things contained in this 'Third Secret' correspond to what has been announced in Scripture and has been said again and again in many other Marian apparations, first of all that of Fatima in what is already known of what its message contains. Conversion and penitence are the essential conditions for 'salvation'."
--November 11, 1984 issue of Jesus magazine
Thanks to Canticle_of_Deborah for first posting the above
For the same reasons I don't believe in the Izlamic religion, or the Mormon religion, or the Buddhist religion...
Why would your religion falsely claim to write the scriptures and then make mincemeat out of trying to understand and teach it??? And why would your religion claim to write the scriptures when the scriptures condemn your religion in so many places???
These apparitions are not from God.
Those apparitions predicted the start of World War II 30 years ahead of it, of which there is excellent documentation. You may want to look into that before passing judgement.
Also, Mariology does have a very strong basis in church tradition. We Catholics view sacred tradition as just as important as the bible. If "sola scriptura" was to be the entire basis of a religion why doesn't it clearly say to rely only and exclusively on the bible anywhere in the bible?
And the owners were blessed by someone purchasing this for $10,000. If that isn't a miracle I don't know what is.
No kidding $10,000? It can't be Mary. I know full well she wouldn't show up just to give someone the shaft.
The article posted along with this posting seems, at least to me, to be anti-Catholic to the extreme. This, of course, is anybody's right. This, however. does tend to lend a sense of high urgency on the part of the author of this article to try to create an environment to relegate the Catholic Church to no more than a raging insignificant and illegal organization.
Nihil dictum est, non-dictum est.
Being a 'Momma's boy' myself, I get offended when heretics, who don't have the slightest idea what they are talking about, start insulting the Mother of God.
Devotion to Our Lady reaches back far into the church. Even before the revolt. One of the Father's of Heresy, Martin Luther, had a devotion to Mary.
Since we are talking about apparitions, I was recently studying on Our Lady of good success. Our Lady had some interesting things to say about the 20th century, when she appeared back in the late 1600's.
The Rosary is the weapon!
You wrote:
"I have even deeper and much more complicated questions."
I doubt that.
"The Rosary is the weapon!"
No. The rosary is idolatry. You are praying to another god. Mary cannot hear your prayers. She's dead. We will see her in heaven, but she is just an obedient human, and nothing special.
She must weep to see people elevating her to a false goddess.
Pray the Rosary daily for peace. Very simple message.
Jesus instructed, "when you pray, pray like this...'our father.' "
Pray to God, not a human.
MH recital of fact.
Your young men shall have visions and your old men shall dream dreams.
I have no problem with visions and dreams.
I wouldn't look on it as "anti-Catholic". Instead I would look on it as pro-Protestant. Perspective does matter.
All accurate and valid points. Thanks for that excellent post.
They,(non-catholics)implicitly trust the choices made by the Church. As you have stated is not necessarily the case. Many do not agree with the catholic churches choices and or decisions on numerous things which I think you'll see on this thread.
One thing which disturbs me about the catholic membership and clergy is that if one disagrees with the dogmas and rituals etc. of their church they are anti-catholic. I for one am not anti-catholic but I do disagree with many of their practices and claims. It just seems if you are catholic you must abide and believe in what the church determines moreso than what Christ Himself has determined...or in fact has warned against.
In your "learned" opinion.
I am a former catholic. I left.
Good riddance.
Yes, I pretty much can agree with your view of the grave errors in the catholic church.
As well I tend to think the over-load of information, numerous rites, and barrage of relics and focus on these has caused a moving away from the centrality of Christ.
I visited the Vatican website for quite awhile recently....admiring some of the photo shots of cathedrals etc. (I appreciate old buildings.) But it was very disturbing to notice several shots of their pope 'crowning' a life sized figure of Mary in the center of the square there...and the pope bowing before this statue. There were other shots of popes who also did so at various statues of Mary. Just very disturbing to say the least. It's as though she has become the queen to the pope and the go to personhead over and above Christ.
While Catholic no less! Heresy? As a Catholic he would have been familiar with it.
"Jesus instructed, 'when you pray, pray like this..."our father." "
I'm not sure if you know this or not, but there are six "our father" prayers said in a standard 5 decade rosary.
Excellent. The parallel heretical religious system is antichrist.
""Catholics have added so much bogus bologna to the Bible its ridiculous.""
Do you not realize that your Bible is from inspired tradition of the Catholic Church and the Church predates the New Testament? Thus,all dogmatic Catholic teaching is just as inspired by God as the tradition of the Bible itself
Here is lesson for you from the late Blessed Fulton Sheen...
"When finally the Gospels were written, they recorded a tradition; they did not create it. It was already there. After a while men had decided to put in writing this living tradition and voice, which explains the beginning of the Gospel of Luke: "That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast been instructed." The Gospels did not start the Church; the Church started the Gospels. The Church did not come out of the Gospels; the Gospels came out of the Church.
The Church preceded the New Testament, not the New Testament the Church. First there was not a Constitution of the United States, and then Americans, who in the light of that Constitution decided to form a government and a nation. The Founding Fathers preceded the Foundation; so the Mystical Body of Christ preceded the reports written later by inspired secretaries. And incidentally, how do we know the Bible is inspired? It does not say so! Matthew does not conclude his Gospel saying: "Be sure to read Mark; he is inspired, too." Furthermore, the Bible is not a book. It is a collection of seventy-two books in all. It is worth opening a Bible to see if we have them all and have not been cheated. These widely scattered books cannot bear witness to their own inspiration. It is only by something outside the Bible that we know it is inspired. We will not go into that point now, but it is worth looking into.
When finally the Gospels were written, they did not prove what Christians believed, nor did they initiate that belief; they merely recorded in a systematic manner what they already knew. Men did not believe in the Crucifixion because the Gospels said there was a Crucifixion; they wrote down the story of the Crucifixion, because they already believed in it. The Church did not come to believe in the Virgin Birth because the Gospels tell us there is a Virgin Birth; it was because the living word of God in His Mystical Body already believed it that they set it down in the Gospels.
A second fact to be remembered is that this Mystical Body of Christ has a memory, as we have a memory. If our physical life extends back forty-five years, we can remember two world wars. We speak of them as a living witness, not from the books written but from having lived through them, and maybe through having fought in them. We may later on have read the books about these two world wars. Yet they are not the beginning of our knowledge but only a recalling or a deepening of what we already knew. In like manner, Our Lord is the Head of the new humanity, the new fellowship, or the spiritual organism that St. Paul calls His Mystical Body. To this Mystical Body Christ is associated, first in His Apostles, and then in all who believed in Him throughout the centuries. This Body, too, has a memory, reaching back to Christ. It knows that the Resurrection is true because she, the Church, was there. The cells of our body change every seven years, but we are the same personality. The cells of the Mystical Body, which we are, too, may change every fifty or sixty years; yet it is still Christ that lives in that Body.
The Church knows that Christ rose from the dead and that the Spirit descended on the Apostles on Pentecost because the Church was there from the beginning. The Church has a memory of over nineteen hundred years, and this memory is called tradition. The Apostles' Creed, which was an accepted formula in the Church around the year 100 and which summed up the Apostles' teaching, is as follows:
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Creator of Heaven and earth; and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, Our Lord, Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell; the third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven, sitteth at the right Hand of God, the Father Almighty, from whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Note the words "conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary." The truths expressed in the Creed were essential for entrance into the Church. Everyone who was baptized early into Christ's Mystical Body believed in each of these truths. The Virgin Birth was as much an accepted Truth as the Resurrection in the first Christian centuries.
There is not one single quotation of the Gospels in the Creed. The early members of the Church were recording the early Christian tradition, of which the Gospels were only the literary expression. There are also several volumes of writings from within the first hundred years of the life of Our Lord; for example, the writing of St. Clement, one of the successors of St. Peter, who wrote in the year 92; and also Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna, one of the successors of John the Evangelist; and Irenaeus, who names the twelve bishops of Rome; and Ignatius of Antioch, who said that he wanted to be "ground like wheat between the jaws of lions to be a living bread for His Savior."
Many of these writers do not quote the Gospels. We have fifteen hundred lines from Clement, and yet only two texts of his are from the New Testament; he was recording the Christian beliefs, accepted by the witnesses of Christ. Polycarp quotes the Gospel only three times, for he lived on familiar terms with many who had seen Our Lord, and he wrote what he knew and had learned from the Apostles. Ignatius of Antioch (who lived within seventy years of the life of Our Lord) wrote: "Our God, Jesus Christ, was conceived of the Holy Spirit and was truly born of a virgin."
There is a double evidence from which we can draw, to learn true Christian teaching: one is the revealed Word of God in the Scripturesthe other is the continuous teaching of the Church from the very beginning, that is, her living memory. Just as lawyers, in proving a point, use not only the bare statement of law but also the way the courts have understood and interpreted that law, so too, the Scriptures are not a dead letter but are living and breathing in the beautiful context of a spiritual fellowship.
In the year 108, there were still many living who had been boys when Our Lord was crucifiedwho as young men saw and conversed with the Apostles before they were martyredand who, in scattered parts of the Roman Empire, were already familiar with the Christian tradition passed on through the Church. Some of the other Apostles were not martyred until laterJohn did not die until the year 100. Some of these early writers were closer to John and other Apostles than we are to World War I. And this much is certain: if the Apostles, who lived with Our Lord and who heard Him speak on the open hills and in the templewho listened to Him preach on the Kingdom of God forty days after His Resurrectiondid not teach the Virgin Birth, no one else would have taught it. It was too unusual an idea for men to make up; it would have been ordinarily too difficult for acceptance if it had not come from Christ Himself!" -Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Martin Luther, Founder of the Reform, Speaks on Mary
In his sermon of August 15, 1522, the last time Martin Luther preached on the Feast of the Assumption, he stated:
"There can be no doubt that the Virgin Mary is in heaven. How it happened we do not know. And since the Holy Spirit has told us nothing about it, we can make of it no article of faith . . . It is enough to know that she lives in Christ.
The veneration of Mary is inscribed in the very depths of the human heart. (Sermon, September 1, 1522).
[She is the] highest woman and the noblest gem in Christianity after Christ . . . She is nobility, wisdom, and holiness personified. We can never honor her enough. Still honor and praise must be given to her in such a way as to injure neither Christ nor the Scriptures. (Sermon, Christmas, 1531).
No woman is like you. You are more than Eve or Sarah, blessed above all nobility, wisdom, and sanctity. (Sermon, Feast of the Visitation, 1537).
One should honor Mary as she herself wished and as she expressed it in the Magnificat. She praised God for his deeds. How then can we praise her? The true honor of Mary is the honor of God, the praise of God's grace . . . Mary is nothing for the sake of herself, but for the sake of Christ . . . Mary does not wish that we come to her, but through her to God. (Explanation of the Magnificat, 1521).
Luther gives the Blessed Virgin the exalted position of "Spiritual Mother" for Christians:
It is the consolation and the superabundant goodness of God, that man is able to exult in such a treasure. Mary is his true Mother .. (Sermon, Christmas, 1522)
Mary is the Mother of Jesus and the Mother of all of us even though it was Christ alone who reposed on her knees . . . If he is ours, we ought to be in his situation; there where he is, we ought also to be and all that he has ought to be ours, and his mother is also our mother. (Sermon, Christmas, 1529).
Martin Luther had the belief of Mary's Immaculate Conception, Luther's words follow:
It is a sweet and pious belief that the infusion of Mary's soul was effected without original sin; so that in the very infusion of her soul she was also purified from original sin and adorned with God's gifts, receiving a pure soul infused by God; thus from the first moment she began to live she was free from all sin" (Sermon: "On the Day of the Conception of the Mother of God," 1527).
She is full of grace, proclaimed to be entirely without sin- something exceedingly great. For God's grace fills her with everything good and makes her devoid of all evil. (Personal {"Little"} Prayer Book, 1522).
Martin Luther on Mary's Perpetual Virginity
Here are some of the founders of refom commenting on Mary:
Christ, our Savior, was the real and natural fruit of Mary's virginal womb . . . This was without the cooperation of a man, and she remained a virgin after that.
{Luther's Works, eds. Jaroslav Pelikan (vols. 1-30) & Helmut T. Lehmann (vols. 31-55), St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House (vols. 1-30); Philadelphia: Fortress Press (vols. 31-55), 1955, v.22:23 / Sermons on John, chaps. 1-4 (1539) }
Christ . . . was the only Son of Mary, and the Virgin Mary bore no children besides Him . . . I am inclined to agree with those who declare that 'brothers' really mean 'cousins' here, for Holy Writ and the Jews always call cousins brothers.
{Pelikan, ibid., v.22:214-15 / Sermons on John, chaps. 1-4 (1539) }
A new lie about me is being circulated. I am supposed to have preached and written that Mary, the mother of God, was not a virgin either before or after the birth of Christ . . .
{Pelikan, ibid.,v.45:199 / That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew (1523) }
Scripture does not say or indicate that she later lost her virginity . . .
When Matthew [1:25] says that Joseph did not know Mary carnally until she had brought forth her son, it does not follow that he knew her subsequently; on the contrary, it means that he never did know her . . . This babble . . . is without justification . . . he has neither noticed nor paid any attention to either Scripture or the common idiom.
{Pelikan, ibid.,v.45:206,212-3 / That Jesus Christ was Born a Jew (1523) }
Editor Jaroslav Pelikan (Lutheran) adds:
Luther . . . does not even consider the possibility that Mary might have had other children than Jesus. This is consistent with his lifelong acceptance of the idea of the perpetual virginity of Mary.
{Pelikan, ibid.,v.22:214-5}
". . . she is full of grace, proclaimed to be entirely without sin. . . . God's grace fills her with everything good and makes her devoid of all evil. . . . God is with her, meaning that all she did or left undone is divine and the action of God in her. Moreover, God guarded and protected her from all that might be hurtful to her."
Ref: Luther's Works, American edition, vol. 43, p. 40, ed. H. Lehmann, Fortress, 1968
". . . she is rightly called not only the mother of the man, but also the Mother of God. . . . it is certain that Mary is the Mother of the real and true God."
Ref: Sermon on John 14. 16: Luther's Works (St. Louis, ed. Jaroslav, Pelican, Concordia. vol. 24. p. 107)
"Christ our Savior was the real and natural fruit of Mary's virginal womb. . . . This was without the cooperation of a man, and she remained a virgin after that."
(REf: On the Gospel of St. John: Luther's Works, vol. 22. p. 23, ed. Jaroslav Pelican, Concordia, 1957)
"Men have crowded all her glory into a single phrase: The Mother of God. No one can say anything greater of her, though he had as many tongues as there are leaves on the trees." (From the Commentary on the Magnificat.)
Commentaries on Luther
". . . in the resolutions of the 95 theses Luther rejects every blasphemy against the Virgin, and thinks that one should ask for pardon for any evil said or thought against her." (Ref: Wm. J. Cole, "Was Luther a Devotee of Mary?" in Marian Studies 1970, p. 116:)
"In Luther's Explanation of the Magnificat in 1521, he begins and ends with an invocation to Mary, which Wright feels compelled to call 'surprising'".
(David F. Wright, Chosen by God: Mary in Evangelical Perspecive, London: Marshall Pickering, 1989, p. 178, Cited from Faith & Reason, Spring 1994, p. 6.)
Martin Luther defends the Eucharist
In 1529 Martin Luther engaged the question of transubstantiation in the famous conference at Marburg with Zwingli and other Swiss theologians; he maintained his view that Christ is present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist.
Other Reformers on Mary's Perpetual Virginity
John Calvin
Helvidius displayed excessive ignorance in concluding that Mary must have had many sons, because Christ's 'brothers' are sometimes mentioned.
{Harmony of Matthew, Mark & Luke, sec. 39 (Geneva, 1562), vol. 2 / From Calvin's Commentaries, tr. William Pringle, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1949, p.215; on Matthew 13:55}
[On Matt 1:25:]
The inference he [Helvidius] drew from it was, that Mary remained a virgin no longer than till her first birth, and that afterwards she had other children by her husband . . . No just and well-grounded inference can be drawn from these words . . . as to what took place after the birth of Christ. He is called 'first-born'; but it is for the sole purpose of informing us that he was born of a virgin . . . What took place afterwards the historian does not inform us . . . No man will obstinately keep up the argument, except from an extreme fondness for disputation.
{Pringle, ibid., vol. I, p. 107}
Under the word 'brethren' the Hebrews include all cousins and other relations, whatever may be the degree of affinity.
{Pringle, ibid., vol. I, p. 283 / Commentary on John, (7:3) }
Huldreich Zwingli
He turns, in September 1522, to a lyrical defense of the perpetual virginity of the mother of Christ . . . To deny that Mary remained 'inviolata' before, during and after the birth of her Son, was to doubt the omnipotence of God . . . and it was right and profitable to repeat the angelic greeting - not prayer - 'Hail Mary' . . . God esteemed Mary above all creatures, including the saints and angels - it was her purity, innocence and invincible faith that mankind must follow. Prayer, however, must be . . . to God alone . . .
'Fidei expositio,' the last pamphlet from his pen . . . There is a special insistence upon the perpetual virginity of Mary.
{G. R. Potter, Zwingli, London: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976, pp.88-9,395 / The Perpetual Virginity of Mary . . ., Sep. 17, 1522}
Zwingli had printed in 1524 a sermon on 'Mary, ever virgin, mother of God.'
{Thurian, ibid., p.76}
I have never thought, still less taught, or declared publicly, anything concerning the subject of the ever Virgin Mary, Mother of our salvation, which could be considered dishonourable, impious, unworthy or evil . . . I believe with all my heart according to the word of holy gospel that this pure virgin bore for us the Son of God and that she remained, in the birth and after it, a pure and unsullied virgin, for eternity.
{Thurian, ibid., p.76 / same sermon}
Heinrich Bullinger
Bullinger (d. 1575) . . . defends Mary's perpetual virginity . . . and inveighs against the false Christians who defraud her of her rightful praise: 'In Mary everything is extraordinary and all the more glorious as it has sprung from pure faith and burning love of God.' She is 'the most unique and the noblest member' of the Christian community . . .
'The Virgin Mary . . . completely sanctified by the grace and blood of her only Son and abundantly endowed by the gift of the Holy Spirit and preferred to all . . . now lives happily with Christ in heaven and is called and remains ever-Virgin and Mother of God.'
{In Hilda Graef, Mary: A history of Doctrine and Devotion, combined ed. of vols. 1 & 2, London: Sheed & Ward, 1965, vol.2, pp.14-5}
John Wesley (Founder of Methodism)
The Blessed Virgin Mary, who, as well after as when she brought him forth, continued a pure and unspotted virgin.
All thats nice but its the words of men. It is not biblical.
MARY WAS A SINNER LIKE ME! The only thing that sets her apart was she was obedient to God.
Prayer to Mary is wasted breath. No one in the Bible ever prayed to the deceased.
You guys are elevating a normal woman to godhood.
Stop it.
Bro, check out my post #41. Then go do your own research. Not only did Luther defend catholic doctrine about Mary, so did alot of his heretical constituents.
Hang on. You say you were a former catholic? And you don't know the church teaching on Our Lady?
You weren't paying much attention.
If you reject catholic teaching, then you are a protestant. Your protestant 'church fathers' defended alot of catholic doctrine about Mary.
So, where does that leave you? You disagree with the catholics and the protestant revolters.
"Bro, check out my post #41. Then go do your own research. Not only did Luther defend catholic doctrine about Mary, so did alot of his heretical constituents."
Post 42 WAS my response to #41.
As to doing my own research, I won't look farther than my own Bible. If its not in the Bible, Its not true.
Purgatory isn't in the Bible. Its a fable. false. a lie.
Nowhere is Mary said to be sinless or a perpetual virgin.
and no one has shown me a single verse that shows prayers offered to the deceased.
Mary is a sinner like me. We will see her in heaven because she was obedient to God. She is not a co-redemtrix, she is just my sister in Christ: nothing more.
You catholic apologists need to get some BIBLICAL backing for your arguments. Words of this guy or that mean nothing.
I've refrained from pinging Fr. Gruner. His folks in NY23 have managed to join the coalition which includes the SSPX chapel in Potsdam in support of local Methodist Doug Hoffman.
Talk about a fragile coalition that could disintegrate with one false move ...
A personal opinion of brother Martin that isn't substantiated by Scripture so it isn't a part of the Lutheran Confessions. But I personally don't hold it against him since he was a Catholic, just an ingrained habit.
Regarding Real Presence: Confessional Lutherans believe in the Real Presence, not transubstantiation.
I'm sure you've heard all this before. You know the catholic church is responsible for you having a bible?
Do you believe in the Trinity? You know the word Trinity is not in the bible?
What did the people do for the first few hundered years when there was no bible?
References to purgatory are in the bible. You believe in the Trinity and that's not in the bible, yet there are references to the Trinity.
You, in a sense, are a 'co-redemptor', you co-operate in the work of redemption. Which Christ sent us out to do. You also, in a sense, are a 'mediator' when you agree to pray for other people. What's the big deal? Just because you don't understand it, and I'm sure you haven't researched it, doesn't mean it's not biblically based.
And, you know, Luther even expounded on what happens when everybody interprets scripture for themselves, which you have done. How unfortunate, you don't have the fullness of Christian faith. If you only knew what you were missing.
Are you God?
Having said that, it is possible that at least some of the Medjugorje apparitions - if anything supernatural occurred there at all - are not from God.
Approved apparitions are another matter.
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The idea of crossing an ordinary PC keyboard with a musical one seems to be obvious, but manufacturers wouldn't give it much attention. That's why the first All-in-One Prodikeys keyboard from Creative (37 MIDI and 104 standard keys) immediately caught the spotlight and was later awarded "Best of CES" at the Consumer Electronic Show 2003.
Creative was reservedly examining the demand and feedback, shipping the product in limited quantities (for example, they didn't offer this gadget in the East European market).
A year has passed and now Creative offers a sequel to the original Prodikeys. It is called Creative Prodikeys DM and features additional keys, different ergonomics and revised software. The new product was announced in late 2003, and now we have received a sample for our tests.
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With the combo keyboard, Creative enters a new market (the market of MIDI keyboards) and also hopes to increase the sales of Sound Blaster audio cards. They are planning to release special kits with the keyboard and audio card bundled together.
As you know, MIDI keyboards have always constituted an independent class of peripheral musical devices that connected to the computer via MIDI or USB interfaces. Professional creation of music is rather a narrow activity, and the average price of such products is somewhere around $250 as they sell in small quantities. Creative Prodikeys DM breaks this rule somewhat: it is connected to the PS/2 port as a standard keyboard and comes at a price of just $90. I think the price is really alluring, so people will buy it readily. But who's going to buy it? Is it just a toy for children (and grownups) or professionals can find it useful, too? Creative anticipated such questions from the potential customers by publishing a voluminous FAQ at their website. So that's what they say about the purpose of Prodikeys DM:
Q: Is Creative Prodikeys DM a music keyboard for children and amateurs only?
A: No, Creative Prodikeys DM is for anyone! All the features are designed to let anyone who wants to have fun playing, learning or creating music easily, anytime at his PC. If you were already a musician, you would appreciate the convenience of having Creative Prodikeys DM right in front of your PC so that you can try out a new tune or simply experiment with sound and music.
Well, that's rather tricky. In other words, the company sounds like "Of course, Prodikeys DM is a toy for children and for anyone who feels like punching the keys and hearing some sound! But is there anyone who's not a child deep in his soul and who's not a music-lover? Just buy it and that's all!" The company surely views children as the largest category of potential users of the combo keyboard. To make the product popular, Creative goes around schools offering the keyboard at a special price. After using Prodikeys DM for some time, I've come to my personal opinion that this keyboard would make an excellent gift to your child, especially if the child practices music. It would also be good if you try to make your child interested in music.


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MARSHALL – It was a step into uncharted territory, Lyon County Commissioner Mark Goodenow said. But it was one that Goodenow and other members of the Marshall-Lyon County Library Board said may be necessary to meet the needs of library patrons in Lyon County.
At their regular meeting Tuesday, members of the Lyon County Board approved a letter announcing the county's intent to withdraw from the Plum Creek regional library system. Plum Creek currently provides shared services, including interlibrary loans and computer catalog systems, to 24 public libraries in a nine-county area.
At this point, commissioners say they don't know exactly how withdrawing from the Plum Creek system will affect libraries within the county, including the Marshall-Lyon County library system and the Minneota and Tracy public libraries. However, they agreed the next step after announcing the intent to withdraw will be to open lines of communication with the cities and libraries that could be affected.
Goodenow, the longtime Lyon County representative on the Plum Creek governing board, presented commissioners with a draft withdrawal letter Tuesday. The letter states that Lyon County intends to withdraw from the Plum Creek Library System effective July 1, 2014.
Goodenow said disagreements between the county and Plum Creek have been coming to a head over the past few years.
"We've actually reached sort of a stalemate at this point," Goodenow said.
This past July, the Plum Creek governing board voted to halt interlibrary loan services to the Marshall-Lyon County Library, which includes the public libraries in Marshall, Cottonwood and Balaton. At issue was a dispute over how long the Marshall-Lyon County Library was allowed to keep new library materials before sharing them with other Plum Creek libraries. However, Goodenow said there were several other issues factoring into the decision to withdraw from the partnership.
"It's not just the issue of how long we hold new books. That's just an example," he said.
The biggest issue, Goodenow said, was that Plum Creek was no longer acting like a federated library system, where individual libraries have some independence and the ability to set their own policies. The letter of intent presented to the county board also cited reasons including "excessive" spending on Plum Creek administrative overhead, dissatisfaction with the computerized automation system Plum Creek uses and Plum Creek's setting fees for services based on a library's ability to pay instead of the services' actual cost.
Goodenow acknowledged that the majority of the Plum Creek governing board had approved the system's current policies.
"When you're working in a joint powers agreement . . . you take votes, and the majority wins," he said. However, he said, if Lyon County wasn't getting its needs met for library services, perhaps it was time to leave the partnership.
If Marshall-Lyon County is no longer a part of the regional library system, it would lose interlibrary loan services and computer catalog services provided by Plum Creek. The Plum Creek system would also lose a portion of its state funding that goes along with Lyon County's membership.
Goodenow and Marshall-Lyon County Library Board Chairman Will Thomas said they thought it was possible for the Marshall-Lyon County library to survive independently of Plum Creek. The three libraries would not directly lose funding, they said – the state library funding generated by Lyon County has always gone to the regional system, to subsidize services like automation or book delivery.
Going it alone would also mean losing the use of Plum Creek's computer catalog system. Goodenow and Thomas said switching to an independent system would come with some one-time financial costs, but once established, an independent catalog system would be cheaper.
Less clear, however, would be the effect on the Minneota and Tracy libraries, they said. Thomas said the Marshall-Lyon County Library would be willing to work with the Minneota and Tracy libraries to help provide automation services, interlibrary loans and other services.
Commissioner Rodney Stensrud said he didn't object to the county withdrawing from Plum Creek, but he couldn't approve the letter unless the county talked with the cities of Tracy and Minneota. He didn't want the two small public libraries there to be hurt.
"We can't really say how it's going to affect them," he said. "We need to have a plan set up so that people know what's happening."
Commissioner Steve Ritter agreed with Stensrud.
Lyon County Board Chairman Rick Anderson noted that before the county could address the results of withdrawal, it needed to decide on its intent. However, he said he also wanted to see the county set up meetings with the cities and library boards of Minneota and Tracy, as well as the cities of Cottonwood and Balaton.
Commissioners voted unanimously to announce the county's intent to withdraw from the Plum Creek system.
Later on Tuesday, Tracy Librarian Blair Nelson said he had spoken with Plum Creek Director Mark Ranum and was assured that the Tracy and Minneota libraries would not be expelled from the regional system if Lyon County withdraws.


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Ordered the pumpkin toffee dragonwell from 52teas. I just couldn't help it! It's pumpkin!!
Everyone was freaking me out that the fall teas would be gone soon from DavidsTea, so I ordered more! I was going to wait until I could stop by the store on a lunch break, but there's a transit strike, so I might be teleworking for awhile. At least by not going to the store, I won't be tempted to buy more stuff!!!
I ordered: pumpkin chai, sugar and spice, and mom's apple pie. :)
Just made my 2nd order from della terra in two weeks. Of course the day after I made my first order they came out with new flavors.
I just ordered an hour ago:
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-Dirty Chai
I took advantage of the Zen Tea 20% off sale and bought some 20g samples since I`m a tea newbie:
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-Black Tea Strawberry Cream
-Black Tea Earl Grey Cream
-White Tea Toffee Dream
-Oolong Bossa Nova
-Rooibos Almond Marzipan
-Rooibos Vanilla Heaven
-Rooibos Cream Caramel
The cart was giving me difficulties with shipping when I had 10 items instead of 9, so the owner kindly offered to include what I wanted as a 10th option (Hojicha) with the rest of my order :)
Also bought a 3-month Della Terra Try Me Sampler subscription and the 52teas Christmas box in the past week or so. Well on my way to becoming a fellow tea addict! :)
I couldn't take it anymore! I placed my first Mandala order :D
Mandala "Wild Monk" Raw Pu'er 100 gram – 2012 (which I have actually never tried before, so I hope I love it!)
2 oz Special Dark – 2006 Loose Ripe Pu'er (which I have been daydreaming about drinking again ever since I finished my swap sample from Kimquat!)
MMmmm can't go wrong with Mandala. I regret not picking up more Black Pearls when I had the chance now they are sold out :((
Really should get another Wild Monk cake, and more Special Dark.
I'm with you on the Black Pearls. I've never even tried them but I keep hearing wonderful things. The Wild Monk Mao Cha is sold out so I wanted to jump on the cake before that one is gone too!
Whoa, synchronicity! I posted below and then saw yours. I know we were both talking in comments about how much we wanted to try Mandala, so funny we both finally did at the same time! High five. (:
HA! Nice! What other pu-erhs did you get? I was super tempted to get more of the milk oolong as well, but I've kind of got plenty of straight oolongs already at the moment! I'll totally send you some of the Wild Monk from my cake to sample if you like :D
I actually grabbed that cake too, I was inelegantly/unclearly lamenting having to buy an entire cake before trying it, sorry for the confusion (and that is super nice of you to offer! If you want to try anything I end up with, let me know!). Let's see, I got Noble Mark, Special Dark, the Loose and Luscious Lincang (because I saw it's what Phatty Cake's made of), and the Bu Lang Gong Ting. These are my first serious forays into pu erh—I've got two or three little sample bits and bobs from Verdant, and pu erh's been in a couple blends I've liked, but I've never really thrown myself into it. Hoping I love it. Have good feelings about it based on the little I've tried and the people here who adore it often having similar tastes to me about other things.
I've had this order on the back burner for a while now, so to finally place it was weirdly cathartic, haha.
OH you got the cake too! I hope we both love them!!!
I've tried most of those except the Bu Lang Gong Ting. We could do a swap some day if you like but there is no rush. I have a TON of new stuff to try right now :)
I feel ya, I had this order on the back burner for weeks, too!
Mmmmmmm you and your pu'er :) sounds delicious. I'll have to check them out!
My first Mandala order! I was bummed the loose version of Wild Monk's sold out and likely unrestockable, but otherwise everything I'd had on my wishlist for months was still around. Grabbed a buncha pu erh people on my feed have been raving about along with Black Beauty and Milk Oolong. Yayayayay!
LOL and I'll say it again, you can't go wrong with Mandala. I'm almost out of a couple of my favorites and I haven't tried Black Beauty. I'm going to have to do this soon too…..
You were a big motivation along with a couple other Steepsters to finally move my butt into gear! So thanks. Now that the weather's finally cooling (the best tea time!) I'm ready and excited for all my darker, heavier teas to come out.
It's odd how I've never heard of a company and then see two recommendations and a really good tasting note for them in a couple of days. Of course that led me to this little adventure at Capital Tea Ltd:
Masala Chai 100g Package $8.00
Hunan Black Congou 100g Package $9.75
Golden Monkey Superfine Grade – 2013 Harvest 20g Sample $6.00
Yunnan Black FOP 20g Package $3.50
Keemun Classic 20g Sample $3.50
Special Golden Yunnan ORGANIC 20g Package $7.00
Yunnan Black Special Grade 20g Package $3.50
Kenya Milima Estate GFBOP1 20g Sample $3.00
Banaspaty Estate ORGANIC Assam FTGFOP1 20g Package $3.00
Borsapori Estate Assam TGFOP1 (SPL) 20g Package $4.50
Ordered some teas (and mints) from Adagio.
From 52teas
1 bag of Frankenberry
2 bags of Graveyard Mist (because it's the best!)
From last week:
Upton Tea
Margaret's Hope Estate FTGFOP1 TP/DEL Second Flush – Sample
Darjeeling First Flush 2013 Sampler
I thought I could hold out until Black Friday
Mandala Tea:
Flowering Black Tea Cones
Big Red Robe Fancy Grade Dark Roast
White Night
2004 Big Leaf Yi Wu Gushu 1oz Packets – Sweeet, an old raw pu'er!
Tea Thermos
My birthday present to myself! Figured in the end it'll be tea. Now to hold onto Black Friday /fighting!


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Recipe courtesy of Patrick and Gina Neely
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- Turkey Meatballs:
- 3 slices white bread, crust removed and torn into small shreds
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 3/4 pound ground turkey (recommended: 93 percent lean dark meat)
- 1/2 pound Italian turkey sausage, casing removed
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan, plus more for serving
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley leaves
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Vegetable oil, for pan-frying
- Spicy Tomato Sauce:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes, in thick puree
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 pound spaghetti, cooked al dente
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Preheat vegetable oil over medium heat.
In a medium bowl, soak the torn white bread with the milk. Let soak for 1minute then remove the bread and squeeze out the excess milk.
In another bowl, add ground turkey, turkey sausage, Parmesan, parsley, garlic and salt and pepper. Add milk soaked bread and mix all ingredients gently.
Form meat mixture into 1 1/2-inch meatballs. In a large heavy skillet, add meatballs and cook until golden brown on all sides. Remove the meatballs to a paper towel lined platter. Repeat in batches until there are no remaining meatballs.
Add meatballs to the cooked sauce and add salt and pepper, to taste. Cook for 10 minutes.
Heat olive oil in a large heavy bottomed saucepan. Add garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant. Add crushed tomatoes and let simmer for 15 minutes. Add dried basil, sugar, salt and pepper.
Toss spaghetti and sauce with meatballs in a large serving bowl. Top with grated Parmesan cheese.
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quote AvalithThe reson i go for mastery over crit is because of the way mastery works for demonology. It will boost your base damage while in demon form 2.5 times. when in demon form you crit ALOT and then adding Molten Core effects you will crit every time on your soul fire so your throwing 100K fireballs Really quick. With crit your still lookign at unpredicatble damage where i am going for solid reliable damage that snowballs, yes its starts and 15 to 20K shadowbolts but by the time the boss is half life down, you can be set to start throwing 100K every 2 seconds.Sir Auron, according to one of my lock friends, it's haste and crit for demonology. Mastery's just nice to have.
quote Sir AuronHaha, not by a long shot. Rogues (subtlety is the best spec by far, btw!) and DKs are the only classes I know inside and out for all three specs. I'm currently leveling an Arms/Prot warrior, and I know Ret/Prot for pallies along with Feral/Guardian Druids. I haven't tried Holy yet in MoP.Avalith
Do you know everything about every class? If you do that's sediment. But for those with similar problems with other classes I use Mr. Robot. It's good for maximizing dps.
P.S. my rogue rocks too now thank you very much.
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