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Skip to comments.Santorum Shows Lying is a Necessary Habit He Employs to Get Ahead.
Posted on 03/21/2012 9:03:30 PM PDT by true believer forever
The media is smearing Gingrich right and left while going relatively light on Santorum.
We don't know who he is, we haven't examined his record thoroughly, we blindly believe in faith the statements he as a Christian family man uses to make a quick point, and he is the last one standing to experience the negative carpet bombing from Mitt Romney.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Rick and Newt bowed out of any debates after SC.
Prior to that it was all about debates.
The fix is in.
Go fly a kite.
... not!
Does that mean you're not woo-able? Yesterday, Santorum's campaign said they were going to begin to woo Newt's supporters... I'll say it before you do - that's a lot of woo :) GO NEWT!!
Rick and Mitt bowed out of any debates after SC.
Prior to that it was all about debates.
The fix is in.
If a blog from a retired food inspector doesn't convince you...
I'd like to know how Mr Santorum has supported himself and his large family since his Senate re-election defeat, and how has he afforded to live in a pricey D.C, suburb, instead of toiling at a minimum wage in a steel mill in Pittsburgh, where he claims his roots lie. It's an honest question, and why is it that his supporters are not asking it? We know Newt's and Mitt's sources of income, why don't we know this steel mill town boy's?
that's okay. Newt will just have to unfix it. I don't know which is worse, santorum or romney. they belong in bed with each other as far as I'm concerned.
No thanks. The "examiner" blog is a cesspool of viruses and trojans. Hell with them.
Next time if you want to post from that blog, just post the entire content and spare us the all the malware please. Yes, it's that bad.
If you took the time to read the article, it was mostly a compilation of articles, some from very good sources. I understand you wouldn't take the time to do that, before making your derogatory comments, after all, you support Santorum, no?
He owns and manages several rental properties in Pennsylvania
Rick and Mitt bowed out of any debates after SC.
Are you drunk? They participated in over 20 debates from SC on. I don't know what the heck you are talking about. Newt got his chance to convince voters and failed miserably. 22 Debates and Newt still can't get a vote.....that sounds like his problem not anyone else's.
Slumlord then. That's not me, that's Obama's opposition research!
The truth comes out at last. Revealing facts on Vesty that need to be circulated all over the internet.
You're nuts! Rick and Mitt have been in 20 public debates with Newt since SC?
They have hidden.
BTW Rick sucked in the debates prior to SC.
They have hidden.
When was the last debate?
February 22nd in Arizona. However, they had the Huckabee forum in March and the forum that Santorum and Newt participated in Alabama. Don't you think enough is enough. Everyone knows what Newt is for and just are not interested in him for whatever reason. There are a small group of supporters of his on here but you need a heck of a lot more than that. This entire primary is a disaster not because of Newt or anyone really. It is the way that the GOP set it up after the 2008 primary. If you think we are going to the convention, I doubt it. I think Paul is going to give his delegates to Romney and put him over the magic 1140 number. HORRIBLE!!!!
There was supposed to be a debate 3/19
Mitt and Saint ducked it, they've ducked all but one debated since SC If I remember correctly.
What Televised Huckabee forum?
What Televised Alabama forum?
Kinda reminds me of the other two also.
And certainly the one on the other side.
Pretty much a given that whoever gets elected, it will be because they are the more believable liar..
Mitt and Saint ducked it, theyve ducked all but one debated since SC If I remember correctly.
You are so wrong. Remember the disasterous debate that Newt had in Florida which helped him lose the state. They had two in Florida. The second one was a bit better. Below is the debates after SC.
January 16, 2012 Watch Entire Video (1 hr 40 min)
Location: Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Sponsor: Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the South Carolina Republican Party
Participants: Romney, Perry, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul
January 19, 2012 Watch Entire Video (1 hr 50 min)
Location: Charleston, SC
Sponsor: CNN and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference
Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul
January 23, 2012 Watch Entire Video (97 minutes)
Location: University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida
Sponsor: The Tampa Bay Times, NBC News, the National Journal and the Florida Council of 100
Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul
January 26, 2012 Watch Entire Video (1 hr 50 min)
Location: University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL
Sponsor: CNN, CNN en Español, The Hispanic Leadership Network and The Republican Party of Florida
Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, Paul
February 22, 2012 Watch Entire Video
Location: Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona
Sponsor: CNN and the Republican Party of Arizona
Participants: Romney, Santorum, Paul, Gingrich
March 3, 2012 Huckabee Forum 3: Jobs
Watch Entire Video (80 minutes)
Location: Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio
Sponsor: Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Fox News
Participants: Romney, Gingrich, Santorum
Somehow I'm thinking Rick *isn't* from Kenya.
It's the moral arrogance that facilitated the departure from the debates. The primary process was dumbed down into a fist-pumping rant of indignation.
I count 4 after SC
I think maybe 2 were televised
20 my arse.
Even though I have seen many threads from The Examiner, and not one comment like yours, here is the post in full... I am sure you will want to openmindedly read and consider its contents :)
Most of us do not yet know who Santorum really is and yet he is the leading conservative candidate in this primary.
How can that be? Precisely for the very reason stated above. We don't know who he is, we haven't examined his record thoroughly, we blindly believe in faith the statements he as a Christian family man uses to make a quick point, and he is the last one standing to experience the negative carpet bombing from Mitt Romney. Not to worry, though, as he assures us,
Ha! You look at my record. Ive been as much of a reformer, and someone who has been able to shake things up both from the inside and the outside better than anybody else.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-26/santorum-lobbyist-meetings-part-of-insider-history-he-rejects.htmlalk about grandiose.
The media is smearing Gingrich right and left while going relatively light on Santorum.
1. For example, because of the media, many buy into the idea that Gingrich was for the TARP bailout and Santorum was not. Let's look at that idea.
On Hannity and Colmes, Gingrich said in regard to TARP:
"I think this is an appallingly bad plan. I think it will be an engine of corruption....I believe this is about as bad as anything I've seen in economic policy.....Socialism at its worst."
Alan Colmes tells him his words are some of the most strident comments he's heard against this plan and then asks what should be done. Newt amazes with his clear understanding of the problem and with his ability to give forth a solution.
Hannity and Colmes http://youtu.be/jJblJfgXBgw
2. As another example, in one of the GOP debates, Santorum joined the band wagon to say that Gingrich, whom he admitted just a few days before to be his mentor, was thrown out of Congress and that he was disastrous as a Speaker.
Somehow he skips over the fact that Congress with Gingrich enjoyed an unmatched 60% approval rating (unmatched unless you count after 9/11). Santorum hopes with expectation we won't remember that Gingrich actually passed The Personal Responsibility Act (welfare reform), most of his Contract with America, and balanced the budget four times in a row.
Furthermore, Rick Santorum had the audacity to claim he wrote the welfare reform.
I wrote the welfare reform bill in the Contract with America. I was the ranking member on that subcommittee. And when I came to the Senate, through a quirk, I ended up managing the bill on the floor of the United States Senate and working with President Clinton and getting a bill signed after he vetoed it twice to end welfare. We bloc-granted the program, got rid of the federal entitlement — the only one in the history of the country thats ever been done. And I was the principal author of it in the United States Senate, managed the bill on the floor.
Remarks from January NH debate:
His statement is easily refuted by the facts:
"The Personal Responsibility Act had many contributing authors, but none of them were then Representative Rick Santorum. Rep. Clay Shaw, FL is widely credited with spearheading the authorship of the bill with help from the Conservative Heritage Foundation and others.
After being vetoed twice by President Clinton the bill that ultimately became law was the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. The bill, H.R. 3734, was introduced by Rep. John Kasich in the House. The companion bill, S. 1956, was introduced by then Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Pete Domenici." Justin Gray, Feb. 28
H.R. 3734 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d104:H.R.3734
S. 1956 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d104:SN01956:@@@R
Welfare reform was one of the proposals within the Newt's 1994 Contract With America, which was mostly written by Gingrich before the election in November of 1994, before Santorum took office. It was Gingrich who put Santorum on the committee to help draft the legislation but then he had to give him direction when the conservative faction saw Santorum getting confused and actually trying to expand welfare.
"But to the surprise of Santorum and his allies, their own proposal soon became an object of ridicule in one faction of the Republican Party. Led by Representative James Talent of Missouri, this faction argued that a $20 billion work program was not the end of welfare but the extension of it; the real goal in their view was not to put single mothers to work but to discourage them from becoming single mothers in the first place." Source:
3. His loss in 2006 is explained away by him as a bad year for Republicans; but if one digs a little deeper, we'll find his particular loss had something to do with too much spending. He said he was a conservative but he showed himself to the voters as otherwise. See video, Statist Santorum:
4. Santorum claims to be "tea party before there was a Tea Party." That has yet to be objectively verified especially when you consider he supported RINO Trey Grayson over Rand Paul.
In the case of Gingrich, it is easy to verify. Before it was cool, he attended the very first Tea Party and asked people to join in 2009.
Video http://youtu.be/1vKr95e5aIE
See also Gingrich endorsed by tea party nation founder
K Street project
The K Street Project, launched in 1995 by Grover Norquist and Tom DeLay, was a plan for lobbying firms in DC to hire Republicans for plum positions. Those firms would then have special access to officials which could conceivably lead to having the ability to influence any regulations which affected them.
Santorum denies (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-26/santorum-lobbyist-meetings-part-of-insider-history-he-rejects.html ) that there even was such a project, We dont have a K Street Project, but previously in November 2005 he said,
The K Street Project is purely to make sure we have qualified applicants for positions that are in town. From my perspective, it's a good government thing."
Also see "A Peek Inside Santorum's K-Street Past"
He claimed in 2006:
I had absolutely nothing to do — never met, never talked, never coordinated, never did anything — with Grover Norquist and the, quote, K Street Project. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
A fact check, however, shows otherwise:
The following may also be of interest:
Major pro-life donor hits Santorum over The One Campaign/Global Fund connections.... the Clapham Group (Planned Parenthood affiliated group) provided $125,000 out of $900,000 he earned during the year before he filed to run for President. He refused to abandon support for it.
Rick Santorum on Iran
Santorum claimed he never voted for a steel industry bailout
Chuck Norris: Why I chose Newt over Santorum
The Real Dirt on Slick Rick Santorum
They competed in over 20 total throughout the primary season. Everyone knows that but you for some reason. Heck you didn't even know about the 2 forums so either you don't even watch the debates and forums, you have zero memory, or you just don't pay attention. I am not sure which it is.
YOU SAID 20 debates after SC and called me a drunk!
Good night!
Are you drunk? They participated in over 20 debates from SC on. I dont know what the heck you are talking about. Newt got his chance to convince voters and failed miserably. 22 Debates and Newt still cant get a vote.....that sounds like his problem not anyone elses.
I'm probably dense, but I don't get it... I am sure it was something nice about Newt though :)
Didn't rick skip Florida? He went home to do his taxes and we never saw.
I believe you're right
He has been a regular weasel, just like Myth.
I'm thinking The Duke is in the anyone but barry camp.
I am reading through some of the articles.
He seems to have the wrong idea about freedom of one's own personal life and rights of their own control. People are voting emotionally to the image of a good guy so, they won't even consider his record. He is certainly a government protector not on the side of less government. I always understood why the media built him up like a top tier candidate/so, the person with real ideas could never be able to go one on one with ideas to Romney. Romney has been protected. Rick supporters can't seem to realize Rick was that fire wall. Sad tragedy..what amazes me is that there are plenty of influential people who do know the truth about Speaker Gingrich and sit by quietly as we are forced to have Romney as the one who takes on a radical regime. The cheerleaders can yell for a few more weeks for Santorum, he will never be the nominee, in the end. I can't see how conservatives can vote for him on his idea of government control -to make laws that reach in one's private life/the bedroom is a pretty bad idea right there.
Yes, and in flyer form. I have heard from two different people today that Newt is 18 behind in La, and grassroots has started doing what many did in SC, just leaving stuff on porches, public places, churches, especially.
If you know any in La, please send them this, and the following article is also good,another politijim, full of stuff I have never seen before, and I really keep close tabs on Tricky Ricky: :)
HE was told he wasn't needed in Florida, Mitt had all his advertising done to slam Newt 24/7. So he went home to do his taxes and we never saw those taxes. He then went on campaiging in Minn or MI. GOP E weasls indeed.
I see it this way: it is just like 2008 all over again. ONly this time it's the values voters. And in a way, it is understandable. Like the minorities before barack came on the scene with all HIS hope and change, black people had never felt they were represented in the true halls of power, and not only was Obama going to be there for them, he was going to put our racial past behind us. Only we are more divided than ever.
Santorum voters are just as starved for someone they think will truly represent their morals and values. Only he won't. Even if he wanted to, he won't be able to pull it off - he doesn't have the political acumen.
but more worrisome than anything, SAntorum will divide this country even more, along religious lines. He will make things worse, and christians will be painted once more as the bad guys trying to impose their morality on others.
And add to it what you said about the fiscal side, and it is a debacle waiting to happen.
I read a summation of why santorum's supporters support him: Rick is a good Christian man and he never cheated on his wife. Welcome to 2012...
>> The cheerleaders can yell for a few more weeks for Santorum
LOL, and not to forget the charges of sabotage and malice for supporting the ever nefarious Newt.
I confess, I am a sinner. I support Newt and his brain.
that we were right about this. In my circle of friends,
I see no one supporting him. Most of my friends like Newt
(my liberal neighbors are supporting Romney/they say the others are too far right)
What could go wrong? (Thinking Jimmuh Carter here)
I can't wait for Newt to say something about this...
Report: Al-Qaida Was Saddened By Keith Olbermanns MSNBC Firing...
According to Ignatius reporting, Gadahns letter only fully disparages one news organization: Fox News.
As I wrote last week, Gadahn hated Fox News, Ignatius writes. [H]e liked MSNBC but complained about the firing of Keith Olbermann; he had mixed feelings about CNN (better in Arabic than in English) and made flattering comments about CBS and ABC. Basically, he wanted to play them all off to al-Qaedas best advantage.
very important. :) Sympathizer, Keith was their hero.
True, you have burned an awful lot of 1's and 0's with absolutely no effect other than showing why we never win.
It is embarrassing what you and so many are doing, and Crow doesn't go well, with socialist dressing.
ok, i decided to read all of this and see how liberal and non-conservative "statist" santorum really is. hey we all want to learn everything we can about all the candidates right? i followed all the links and i gotta say that this whole article pegs my bs meter off the scale.
summary: someone who once worked for santorum has a connection with a UN group that isn't pro-life. so santorum must be pro-abort by implication. huh? broken links to sources? huh? ron paul as a source? boy paul who works for romney couldn't have an axe to grind against another candidate for president. grover norquist introduces him in a video so santorum has a deep and abiding relationship with K-street? santorum says he doesn't work with norquist (who i think is one of the r-elite) and so the introduction video proves he's a liar since norquist is standing by him at some unnamed republican function? huh?
most of the article doesn't even talk about santorum. it's talking about newt and is nothing but a bald face advocacy of gingrich. wow there is no conflict of journalistic interest there.
one good thing though. if this is the quality of arguments against santorum. i feel real good about all the checks i've been writing lately to support him.
and full disclosure. i've also written quite a few checks for newt as well, as my goal is to stop romney above all else.
I would have preferred we held fast with Newt while he was pounding Romney. But regrettably, Conservative arrogance got in the way and decided to adopt a thin, but "pristine" alternative.
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Gamification in the enterprise updates, September edition
By Erikanollwebb-Oracle on Sep 26, 2012
Things have been a little busy here at GamifyOracle. Last week, I attended a small conference in San Diego on Enterprise Gamification. Mario Herger of SAP, Matt Landes of Google and I were on a panel discussion about how to introduce and advocate gamification in your organization. I gave a talk as well as a workshop on gamification. The workshop was a new concept, to take our Design Jam from Applications User Experience and try it with people outside of user experience. I have to say, the whole thing was a great success, in great part because I had some expert help from Teena Singh from Apps UX. We took a flow from expense reporting and created a scenario about sales reps who are on the road a lot and how we needed them to get their expense reports filed by the end of the fiscal year. We divided the attendees into groups and gave them a little over two hours to work out how they might use game mechanics to gamify the flows.
We even took the opportunity to re-use the app our fab dev team in our Mexico Development Center put together to gamify the event including badges, points, prizes and a leaderboard.
Since I am a firm believer that you can't gamify everything (or at least, not everything well), I focused my talk prior to the workshop on when it works, and when it might not, including pitfalls to gamifying badly. I was impressed that the teams all considered what might go wrong with gamifying expenses and built into their designs some protections against that. I can't wait to take this concept on the road again, it really was a fun day.
Now that we have gotten through that set of events, we're wildly working on our next project for next week. I'm doing a focus group at Oracle OpenWorld on Gamification in the Enterprise. To do that, Andrea Cantu and I are trying to kill as many trees as possible while we work out some gamification concepts to present (see proof below!). It should be a great event and I'm hoping we learn a lot about what our customers think about the use of gamification in their companies and in the products they use.
So that's the news so far from GamifyOracle land. I'll try to get more out about those events and more after next week. And if you will be at OOW, ping me and we can discuss in person! I'd love to know what everyone is thinking in the area.

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From november 2014 there is a second batroom for the guests (toilet and sink). I do have bathrobes and a blowdryer. Only the shower is shared with the landlady. The house is less than 10 minutes by tram or bicycle from Dam Square or the Leidseplein, and in the center ring of the city, in the West. I can tell a lot about the cultural life of Amsterdam and nice restaurants in the centre and in the neighbourhood.
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Cosy room in the basement of a lovely home in a great area. Being accessible to the city centre, the area provides the quiet peacefulness of the suburbs. It takes around 20 minutes to cycle into the centre and is easily accessible by tram too. Janine was a warm and welcoming host, who was so helpful whenever we needed it! The room was comfortable, although lacked a little bit of storage space. The only negative was that the beds are two singles and very creaky!! Not excellent for couples! Other than that, we both thoroughly enjoyed our stay in this B&B and Amsterdam in general!
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Payment set on water tower dispute
An ongoing dispute over payment for the exterior painting of the Benton Street water storage tank has apparently been settled.
When Common Council meets Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall it will consider a resolution authorizing Mayor Anthony J. Dolce to make the settlement official.
Cheektowaga firm AmStar of Western New York was selected to do the job in August 2010 with a low bid of $149,900; having been recommended by Hill Engineering, Inc, the city's engineering consultant on the water system repair and upgrade project, and Director of Public Works Tony Gugino. The company filed a claim against the city in December, asking for payment of $99,900 it said it was due for the work. AmStar had been paid $53,400 as of June, when it notified the city it wanted the balance of the $153,300 it stated was the final cost of the project.
According to Resolution 04-2013, it is in the city's best interests to resolve the dispute "in an attempt to avoid the large expense and uncertainty of litigation." The resolution also states the city's consulting engineer and Director of Public Works endorse 04-2013.
The city is set to resolve the dispute for up to $75,000.
There are two other pre-filed resolutions, two communications and three notices of claim.
Resolution 02-2013 authorizes Mayor Anthony J. Dolce to complete paperwork allowing the city to accept a $250,000 grant from the New York State Office of Community Renewal under its Main Street Program. City officials have said the Coburn Block on Central Avenue, the site of Chautauqua Rural Ministries, would be the focus of the grant.
The change in status of recently appointed Fiscal Affairs Officer Richard Halas from an outside contractor to part-time employee will be covered in 03-2013, along with providing the funding for the purchase of the city's new rescue vehicle. The resolution moves $30,000 between two fiscal affairs office budget lines along with moving $122,650 from the Fire Department's EMS revenue line to its equipment line.
The Great Lakes Experience, a non-profit organization supporting the US Fish and Wildlife Service, is requesting the use of Memorial Park on Saturday, June 15 to hold a Great Lakes Experience Festival. Festivals are currently held in Buffalo and Niagara Falls to "educate the community about local natural resources, celebrate our ecological success stories, and to reinforce the simple truth that everyone has a role in protecting our shared environment. … The GLE Festival targets all members of the public, young and old, avid fishermen and those attempting their first cast," Executive Director Beth Smeader wrote.
Frank Acquavia Memorial Post #1344 Auxiliary Poppy Chairperson Nancy L. Smith wrote to request permission for the annual Poppy Drive sale in Memorial Park on Memorial Day, May 27, from 9 to 11 a.m.
Notices of claim include two involving sewer backups allegedly the fault of the city.
Sylvia Hernandez-Burgos has filed for approximately $15,000 in damages from a Jan. 2 backup at 1165 Central Ave.
Allan Zurawski has filed for the $187.50 it cost to have a licensed plumber to snake the city sewer serving 290 Ruggles St.
City resident Kimberly Donaldson has filed for "pending" damages from a fall she alleges happened Jan. 10 on the sidewalk in front of 501 Central Ave., the site of a recently demolished church.
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Microstar International (MSI), one of the world's largest makers of mainboards and other digital equipment, reportedly plans to bundle with its new motherboards a special adapter that will allow to call via Skype service using traditional phones. The move comes a year after Intel Corp. announced a similar initiative and emphasizes importance of voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) technologies.
Select MSI's mainboards based on Intel P35 core-logic come with a built-in SkyTel module card paired with Realtek's ALC880T HD audio codec to enable a standard telephone to be connected to the PC, according to a news-story at DigiTimes web-site. This can be used for Skype calls as well as traditional telephone calls. The traditional phone can still operate while the system is shut off.
Even though the details about MSI's SkyTel adapter are unclear, it is highly likely that it will be similar to Intel's 600SM Phone Adapter, which was announced at Computex 2006.
Intel 600SM PCI Phone Adapter is a simple low-profile add-in card that employs several chips to enable phone interface, improved voice quality and so on. Users have to install the board, plug the existing telephone to it and then install a program called SoftPhone agent, which will allow users to call traditional landlines or cell phones using various services, including engin, Packet8, Skype or yak
MSI's SkyTel and similar devices allow opportunities to lower telephone bill costs and provide some ease of use to those, not familiar with special headsets for calling using computers or not willing to use a special telephone designed for VoIP services. Asustek Computer has been bundling an adapter for Skype networks with select mainboards for half a year already.


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Rochester Tops Toronto for First Road Win
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The Rochester Knighthawks (5-2) earned their first road win of the season by defeating the Toronto Rock (3-4), who dropped their first home game this year, by a score of 17-9 before a crowd of 10,279 at the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night.
Rochester forwards Cody Jamieson, Dan Dawson and Stephen Keogh scored a combined 27 points to help lift the Knighthawks past the Rock for the second time this season. Rochester's 17 goals is their highest total in a single game this year.
"Offensively, we were good. We didn't waste too many shots," said Rochester head coach Mike Hasen. "We made good on our opportunities."
Rochester, regarded with a struggling offence heading into Saturday, went on an 11-0 run spanning from mid way through the second quarter to just over a minute prior to the final whistle of the third. The stretch was the clear difference in the game and shed a positive light to an otherwise snakebitten offensive group. Prior to the win, Rochester had never scored more than 13 goals in a game.
"[Goal scoring] is not an issue for us because we do so many little things well. We get a lot of opportunities and they were finally falling tonight," said Hasen.
After a quiet start that saw 6:27 of scoreless play, Rock captain Colin Doyle opened the game's scoring potting a pair a goals in span of 58 seconds. Just 26 seconds later, Rochester forward Mike Accursi cut the Rock's lead in half scoring his fourth goal on the year. Doyle capped off the quarter scoring his hat trick goal with exactly one minute remaining to give Toronto a 3-1 lead.
Rochester swayed the game's momentum in the second frame by scoring eight goals on just 14 shots. While Toronto goalie Nick Rose struggled in the frame, Rochester netminder Matt Vinc stood tall only allowing four tallies on 19 shots. Over the quarter's first 7:50, Rochester climbed on top 5-4 after going on a 4-1 run. Cody Jamieson (2), Joe Walters and Stephen Keogh each scored for Rochester during the stretch.
The Rock answered back and regained a 7-5 lead scoring three quick goals in a span of 32 seconds. Stephan Leblanc scored his 18th and 19th goals on the season while Patrick Merrill potted his first. Rochester, over the half's final 2:22, scored four answered goals to put them up 9-7 heading into the second half.
Extending their 4-0 run, Rochester piled on another seven straight goals during the third frame. The Rock finally countered when Rob Hellyer scored his tenth of the year on a Josh Sanderson feed with 1:26 left in the quarter. The goal broke a 19:47 Rock goaless draught, their longest of the season. Rochester led 16-8 heading into the final frame.
The fourth quarter proved to be the quietest of all as each team scored just a goal each. Rochester's Joe Walters and Toronto's Garrett Billings were the goal scorers.
The loss for the Rock is their first on home floor where they've been fantastic this season. Early on, Toronto looked poised to close out another good effort at the Air Canada Centre, but seven straight goals allowed in the third quarter put a halt to any hope for a win.
"We got off to a good start, but defensively we let the game get away from us," said Rock head coach John Lovell. "[Rochester] had too much time to do what they do well."
In the third frame alone, Rochester amounted 18 shots, most of which came inside twenty feet of the net. Jamieson, who scored five tallies on the night, found space in and around the slot and and didn't fail to capitalize.
"Part of our offensive plan was to limit the outside shots and get in close. We did a good job of that tonight," said Jamieson. "We got them spread out a bit and we cut to the middle. We were happy to be open."
Knighthawks goalie Vinc was stellar in goal making 45 saves on 54 Rock shots for a .833 save percentage. For the Toronto meanwhile, the load was shared between Rose and backup goaltender Zak Boychuk. Rose got the start in goal, but was eventually pulled after Jamieson's fifth goal 2:06 into the third quarter. The two allowed 17 goals combined on 46 shots for a .630 save percentage.
"We've got to move on," said Doyle, who was one of Toronto's lone bright spots in the loss. "The coaches got to look at the film and tell us what we did wrong and we need to fix it. And we better."
Saturday's loss also marks the first time Rose was pulled from goal this season. The three year starter for the Rock had played 399 straight minutes in goal before being replaced by Boychuk in the third frame.
"It was absolutely not a message to Nick Rose, it was more a move of frustration to wake some of our guys up on the bench," said Lovell. "Rose has bar none been our most valuable player this season."
Jamieson (5+5) and Dawson (ten assists) lead all shooters with 10 points each on the night. Keogh (4+3) followed up with seven points of his own.
Doyle (4+1) led all Rock scorers with five points in the loss. Billings (1+3) and Leblanc (2+2) each scored four points on the night.
Three Stars of the Game as selected by the media:
1) Cody Jamieson
2) Dan Dawson
3) Stephen Keogh
The Rock are faced with yet another divisional matchup next Saturday when they host the Minnesota Swarm on the tail end of a three game home stand. Rochester meanwhile will play game two of a three game road trip when they head to Calgary next weekend.
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If you beef up the screw, you could also fill in around the rocks with some play sand if you need a little more thermal mass.CL
Love it Kelly! You are getting great spring and beautiful leoparding - is this starter or yeast?John
Break a leg, dude. I will gladly help you with what ever on the propane fired LBE, MBE or what not. I think Chau will tell you I can help some. What is your first, biggest problem aside from the dough? Can we coax the people in with the Lemoncello shots?
Kelly, forget about NP in the LBE. Do hybrid pies at 3-4m bakes. Thats what most ppl will want to eat. Let me know if I can help.
The same result, albeit a little better, occurs with a 65-35 MC00-KABF mix, dittos for a 65-35 MC00-AT mix. The 100% KAAP batch I just did yielded a much better bake at between 3:00 and 3:30.
The 00 could give you browning issues
the KAAP and KABF are in a good range of protein, but they lack bromate
and the AT, although it has bromate, is a little high on the protein scale.
And, while Chau does exceedingly well with his hand stretched mozz, if you have access to Grande or a good Grande clone you might want to consider it.
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WBGO Celebrates Blue Note's 75th Anniversary
October 20, 2014. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: Abrose Akinmusire, benefit, blue note, Blue Note 75, blue note records, Derrick Hodge, jazz, Jazz Alive, Kendrick Scott, le poisson rouge, lionel loueke, LPR, marcus strickland, Robert Glasper, wbgo, WBGO Travel
WBGO Presents: Our Point of View in their only East Coast Appearance
December 12 at Le Poisson Rouge
To commemorate WBGO's 35th anniversary year, we are teaming up with Blue Note Records at the close of their 75th anniversary year to present the only East Coast appearance of the supergroup, Our Point of View. With a limited number of engagements in Monterey, Paris, London and New York City, the December 12, 2014 performance in support of WBGO will be the only opportunity for fans in the jazz capital to experience this historic group.
Created in honor of Blue Note's anniversary, Our Point of View celebrates the vitality of the label by looking ahead and bringing together the leading young artists on the Blue Note roster who steadfastly continue to move jazz forward. Featuring keyboardist Robert Glasper, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, guitarist Lionel Loueke, saxophonist Marcus Strickland, and bassist Derrick Hodge with drummer Kendrick Scott, the band's repertoire draws from each of these artists' own remarkable catalogs as well new spins on Blue Note classics.
The creative young voices of jazz have been the lifeblood of Blue Note Records since its formation in 1939—from Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock, to Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson—all of whom made their debut albums for the legendary label. Since WBGO's inception in 1979, the station has been at the forefront of many brilliant jazz careers, including the members of this group, each of whom has performed in WBGO's studio in Newark.
December 12, 2014 ι Le Poisson Rouge
In 2009, WBGO launched an innovative program entitled, The Checkout, which brought each of these musicians into our Newark studios to perform as band leaders and discuss their music. Two years later, veteran record producer and musician Don Was joined Blue Note as Chief Creative Officer and soon became its president, renewing its dedication to the original label vision, articulated by Blue Note founder Alfred Lion that "any particular style of playing which represents an authentic way of musical feeling is genuine expression."
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Twofer from Detroit Jazz Festival on JazzSet: Sean Jones, Jeff Tain Watts
June 11, 2012. Posted by Becca Pulliam.Add new comment | Filed under: JazzSet, jeff tain watts, marcus strickland, Sean Jones
From last summer's end, to set the stage for a new festival season, listen to JazzSet.
Trumpeter Sean Jones leads his group in music from his CD No Need for Words. Then Marcus Strickland (above) -- with Lawrence Fields, piano; Christian McBride, bass; and 2011 DJF Artist in Residence Jeff Tain Watts on drums -- brings full focus to Tain's closing set, especially the sign-off piece, "Attainment."
Hear a sample in the promo above. Come back for more, Wednesday at 6:30pm.
For info about some of this summer's festivals, click here and scroll down to the WBGO Festival Calendar.
The Checkout: Live Harland and Strickland
August 3, 2011. Posted by Brandy Wood.Add new comment | Filed under: 92Y, 92Y Tribeca, eric harland, Jazz Alive, josh jackson, marcus strickland, wbgo
92YTribeca and WBGO present The Checkout: Live from 92YTribeca, a new series created by Joshua Jackson, host of WBGO's hour-long music magazine The Checkout and an unparalleled enthusiast for modern expressions in jazz.
Curated by Jackson in conjunction with 92YTribeca, The Checkout Live convenes some of the most exciting and innovative players on the NYC scene for monthly concerts that are broadcast live, as well as recorded for future broadcast and podcast. Join us for the city's hottest new jazz showcase, a living and breathing celebration of the present and future of the music.
This month's installment takes place Tuesday, August 9th at 8 p.m. and features The Eric Harland Voyager Quintet and The Marcus Strickland Quartet.
The Checkout: Live From 92YTribeca
Featuring Eric Harland Voyager Quintet and Marcus Strickland Quartet
7:30pm doors, 8:00pm show
"...setting the rhythm of jazz's future." -The New York Times
Eric Du'sean Harland, composer and drummer, is a native of Houston, Texas who was discovered by Wynton Marsalis during a workshop in high school. Since then, Eric has gone on to record and perform with countless jazz greats including McCoy Tyner, Terence Blanchard, Kenny Garrett, Ravi Coltrane, the late, great Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Charles Lloyd, Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis, and John Patitucci to name a few. In 'DownBeat's, 65th Annual Readers Poll', Eric made it on the short list of world recognized drummers along with Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes.
"Marcus Strickland has started to turn heads in the most thriving but most competitive jazz scene on the planet ...his tone: liquid and luminous, yet forceful and exact." -Thomas Conrad (JazzTimes Magazine)
Saxophonist Marcus Strickland was named 'Rising Star on Tenor Saxophone' in Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll '10, 'Rising Star on Soprano Saxophone' in Downbeat Magazine's Critic's Poll '08 and 'Best New Artist' in JazzTimes Magazine's Reader's Poll '06, he also placed third in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition. He has toured internationally with his own Trio/ Quartet and the bands of Dave Douglas Keystone, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Roy Haynes, making Strickland a household name among the world's renowned jazz saxophonists. His latest recording, Triumph of the Heavy, Vol. 1 & 2, is expected to be released by summer 2011.


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Maps App for iPhone Steers Right (via The New York Times)
This piece of news has restored my faith in humanity and has given me hope that maybe, just maybe, the world won't end next Friday. I know this seems a bit dramatic, but if you know me personally, you know that I have very little sense of direction.
Life without Google Maps has actually been a bit of a nightmare. The MapQuest app was alright, but definitely more useful for people who you know, drive. Not people who rely on public transit and their own two feet to get around like me.
I just downloaded it right before I started writing this post and am checking it out for the first time. The article I'm citing is right. It's fast, it has a clean design, and has more options than it did before. You really need to check it out for yourself to believe it – it's everything we've been missing, and more.
After Instagram Breakup, Twitter Adds Photo Editing and Filters (via Wired)
You can no longer embed Instagram photos into your Tweets in a move from Twitter this week. (You can still click the link to see the image, but it won't open up for you in your feed like it did before). With more and more people using mobile for, well, everything, this is going to be kind of a pain.
For me personally, I don't send photos from Instagram to my Twitter feed all that often. I tend to use it as its own channel. However, I am curious to know what the typical consumer behavior is and how this is going to impact Instagram and Twitter usage.
To try to fill the void in our filter-loving hearts, Twitter has added a photo editing tool.
I haven't tried it out yet, but it was definitely a smart move on their part.
Facebook Shows You Your Year in Review (via Mashable)
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Hotel Industry Pioneer Jack DeBoer
A sign in Jack DeBoer's office reads, "Success is seldom permanent. Neither is failure." DeBoer has seen plenty of both in his long career but his spectacular wins have been sufficient to eclipse his losses. Business-minded since childhood, he began selling real estate while still in high school in Kalamazoo, Mich., and has been an entrepreneur ever since. "I've never worked for anybody except for when I was in the Army," he told us when we met recently at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
Early on, DeBoer teamed with his father to construct single-family homes in southern Michigan. Then he entered the apartment business and built more than 16,000 units in 25 states, becoming the country's second-largest multifamily developer.
But DeBoer really hit his stride when he moved into the hospitality industry and helped to pioneer the all-suite hotel concept. He built the first Residence Inn in 1975, expanded the business into a 100-hotel chain and sold it to Marriott in 1987. A year later, he co-founded the Summerfield Hotel Corporation, which Hyatt subsequently bought. And in 1995, he launched Candlewood Hotel Corporation, which he sold to InterContinental after amassing 130 properties.
DeBoer is now 79, but the idea of slowing down apparently hasn't occurred to him. He founded the extended-stay hotel chain ValuePlace in 2003 and still runs the fast-growing operation, which now has more than 160 locations (about 45 company owned and the rest franchised). "We are equal in operating results to a year ago in an industry that's down 20 to 25 percent," said DeBoer, who uses a fleet of six business aircraft to help him oversee the coast-to-coast, 29-state chain.
You've had some huge successes but I've read that most of the 30 or so companies you've started have failed.
I've never had a bankruptcy, never been foreclosed on in a loan, but I've lost lots of money trying to do things that I didn't know how to do. If you get successful in your own business, it's easy to think you can do it in somebody else's and generally you can't.
And at some point you decided to stick with what you know?
That's exactly right. I do have a manufacturing company that I've owned for 20 years, but I have a great partner. If I were running it, it would be another failure, but it's successful because he knows what he's doing.
Speaking of failures, you turned down $100 million for your apartment-building company and a year later the business fell apart. What happened?
I built 16,000 apartments, so I thought I could walk on water and I got overextended. It took me seven years to unwind it. I lost all the business money and started over.
I read that somebody threatened to kill you during this period if you didn't pay a debt. Did that really happen?
It did. He called me up and said, "If you don't pay me by Friday, I'll kill you." I had 8,000 creditors at that time, so I said, "Who is this? How much do I owe you?" He said, "Friday" and hung up.
I'm guessing you repaid him since you're here.
Yeah, everybody got paid.
How did you make a comeback?
It was a case of changing personality as much as anything. You know, a successful entrepreneur can get pretty arrogant. I was one who always thought I was right. And it got me in trouble with the company. So now I listen to other people and I read about how to run companies. I never did that before.
You've emphasized in your speeches that success and failure are both fleeting.
Everybody fails but you've got to pick yourself up and you've got to build certain things into your life to help you when you do fail. Like, you have to be honest. If you're honest, it's pretty easy to face the world to rebuild. If you fail because of dishonesty, you got what's coming to you. And rebuilding out of that is basically impossible.
When you rebuilt, it was with Residence Inn. What gave you the idea to create all-suite hotels?
The transition to Residence Inn from the apartment business was pretty logical. Apartments weren't making money and I thought if I could build an apartment that
I could sell like a hotel, it would work. And it did.
You ultimately developed and then sold the Residence Inn, Summerfield and Candlewood chains. Why didn't you just stick with one of them and keep expanding it rather than sell and start over?
The buyers thought the businesses were worth more than I did-and they were right.
Now you've got ValuePlace, which charges as little as $170 for a week's stay in Phoenix. How do you keep prices so low?
We were able to figure out how to deliver to the customer everything that everybody uses and eliminate the things that everybody does not use. We don't have swimming pools, meeting rooms or fancy stuff in the bathrooms and we don't do free breakfast.
But other budget hotel chains also don't have those things and aren't quite as inexpensive.
Yes, but in the hotel industry the average stay is less than two days. We are a minimum of seven days. That eliminates the churn in the front office and turns over the rooms much slower. So the operating model is driven to a great degree by the fact that we don't sell by the day.
When you interview someone for an executive position in your organization, do you have a favorite question that produces particularly revealing answers?
I don't talk much about their ability to do the job.
I talk a lot about who they are and how they think. "Do you have many friends? Will you keep track of them when you move to this town?" If they say, "Well, I can always get new friends," I shut down. I can teach a person how to run the business. I can't teach him to be a good human being.
So friends and family are very important to you?
I've been married 56 years to the same woman, but I just got lucky. When I was building my apartments company, for a long time I was gone a lot, and one day my kids were grown up.
Do you think you could have been as successful as you've been if you'd spent more time with family?
Absolutely. I have a group of men that I've skied with for more than 50 years and we all have sons. And these young men are better fathers than we ever were. I never changed a diaper. That wasn't my job. Our sons have a balance in their lives that's much better than people my age ever had. They're successful but they have a balance. I thought about business every hour and I still think about it a lot but now I know who my kids are and who my grandchildren are and I spend time with them.
How would you describe your management style?
I'm a lousy day-to-day manager. I don't think any entrepreneurs are good managers. I can read a financial statement, but I hire people who run the business day to day. I'm in too much of a hurry to be a good manager whereas the guy who runs our hotel group-he'll take an hour for a meeting that I would do standing up.
You've said you didn't want to be second largest or get $100 million for your company when someone else got the same amount for his. Why was it so important to you to be biggest or number one?
Ego. I didn't want to go to a convention and have someone say, "Jack DeBoer got $100 million, too." But I got over that. I'll take $50 million.
When did you become a pilot?
I wanted to fly my whole life. In the fourth grade, I wrote a paper about how I wanted to be a doctor and fly back and forth in a helicopter between a series of hospitals. I learned to fly in the early 1960s and it's been an important part of my business all these years.
How so?
You can go to one meeting in one state flying commercial or you can have an airplane and go to four meetings in four states in a day. And if you have the motivation to do that, you make more money, you do more deals. It's an incredible business tool.
What did you think when politicians started bashing the business jet industry after the auto CEOs flew their corporate jets to Washington?
I don't think the president or many members of Congress have any idea of the power of what they say. Have they sat down and said, "Look, we're gonna put 300,000 people out of work because of trashing this industry"? They probably would have acted differently. But they didn't think that way. We've got 23,000 people laid off from the aircraft industry in Wichita alone. And everybody still needs airplanes to run their businesses. It's outrageous.
Can you tell me about the round-the-world trip you took in 1988 in your Gulfstream II?
When I sold Residence Inn, the day that Marriott took over I said to my wife, "Let's go explore the world." We hired the best people we could find, took our own guides and went to 39 countries. It was an incredible experience.
I understand that trip led to your involvement with the World Vision charity. How did that come about?
Before the trip, if I'd had to meet my maker and he'd said, "Jack, how did you do?" I would have said, "I did OK. I obeyed my father and mother, I graduated college, I went in the military, I created businesses and I raised a family and paid the bills." After the trip, [I realized that] if I'd had to go to that meeting with my maker, he'd say, "But what did you do for my planet?" Whoops.
So we invited 10 couples to dinner. We said, "We're gonna tell you about a fantastic trip" and then at the end I said, "OK, now you have to pay for your dinner. You have to write us a letter and tell us what you would do next if you were us." We got 10 letters and they all said the same thing: Find something about which you have a passion; don't start anything new; and get involved.
We went to Guatemala and saw how World Vision worked. We were impressed that they weren't going to fix the whole world; they were going to make a difference one child at a time. Today that organization has a $2-billion-a-year budget without an endowment. They raise it every year. They're in 100 countries. They've got 40,000 employees and 100,000 volunteers.
You started working with them in Myanmar?
Yes. Our goal was to make a difference to children because 50 percent of the deaths in Myanmar are children under five and they're dying of malaria and dysentery, both of which you and I can cure by going to the local Walgreens.
Fast-forward 20 years: We've now affected the lives of about two-and-a-half million people. We have 600 employees and about 1,000 volunteers in 22 townships around the country. So we're proud to be involved.
Last question: Two chains you founded—Residence Inn and Candlewood—have locations right near here. So why are you staying at the Waldorf-Astoria?
Good question [laughs]. Actually, I have a better rate here. Residence Inn is $500. It's $400 here.
CEO Files Résumé: Jack P. DeBoer
BIRTHDATE: Jan. 15, 1931
POSITIONS: Chairman, Consolidated Holdings, Inc. Oversees ValuePlace chain, which he founded in 2003. Chairman and co-owner of Hix Corp., a manufacturer of printing equipment, gas and electric dryers and machines for the food industry.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS: Built Residence Inn chain starting in 1975; co-founded Summerfield Hotel Corp. in 1988; founded Candlewood Hotel Company in 1995.
EDUCATION: Business degree, 1952, Michigan State University.
PERSONAL: Lives in Wichita with wife Marilyn. Has one son, one daughter and three grandchildren. Active pilot who currently holds three-kilometer world speed record for jet aircraft under 18,000 pounds. Enjoys golf, skiing, snowboarding and boating.
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Walden Announces Good News For Grants Pass Veterans (VIDEO)
Oregon Second District Congressman Greg Walden (see also video below) announces that the Veteran's Administration has agreed to upgrade the Grants Pass Health Center, which expands services to some 11,000 veterans in Josephine County. The effect of the move will end veterans needing to travel to White City or Roseburg for routine care.
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Integration of Oral Health and Primary Care Practice 04/01/2014
About 108 million people in the U.S. have no dental insurance. Even those who are covered may have trouble getting care.
The U.S. has about 141,800 working dentists and 174,100 dental hygienists, but 4,230 Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas with 49 million people living in them.
Anyone who has ever had a toothache knows dental pain can make it impossible to work, study or just carry on the normal activities of daily life. Oral health problems seldom get better on their own and can be both a sign and a cause of disease elsewhere in the body.
The U.S. spends about $64 billion each year on oral health care -- just 4 percent is paid by Government programs.
To improve the oral health of underserved people, HRSA is exploring ways to improve access to oral health care, increase awareness of the connection between oral health and overall health, promote prevention, and improve oral health literacy to health providers and patients alike.
The Oral Health Initiative includes HRSA-sponsored Institute of Medicine consensus studies examining existing oral health activities and programs, regulations, and resources and evaluating policies that could better support oral health care:
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e0y2e3 wrote:e0y2e3 wrote:Depends on how Rusty Gordon is, who came back last night. If he comes back and goes off, they can easily pass us.
How about instead of parroting me you give some damn draft thoughts, eh JJN???????
Missed your post. Forums are hard to read on the phone.
Draft thoughts? Four is good. Gives us a shot at Beal, and a much better shot at MKG and Davis. I'm also higher on Drummond than you are. Will be interesting to see how he adapts to a situation that isn't as fucked up as that UConn team was. If Davis/MKG/Beal are all gone, and the choice is between T-Rob and Drummond, I dunno. Next year is the year of the center, but I think Drummond could probably play the 4.


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Long Draw, Miller Homestead Fires Progress
Firefighters say they have kept a wildfire from creeping closer to the small community Frenchglen in southeastern Oregon. More hot, dry and windy weather is expected Thursday, but an assessment from firefighters going into the day said the threat to the hamlet had diminished greatly. Frenchglen is near one of two large fires in the thinly populated ranching region of southeastern Oregon.
The Miller Homestead Fire is in about 94 square miles - 60,000 acres. Firefighters estimate they have established lines around a little less than a third of it.
A similar containment estimate applies to the second big fire, named Long Draw, burning on 711 square miles- or 455,000 acres farther east. A number of outbuildings and several head of cattle have burned. A power line along U.S. 95 was damaged.


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On this Feast of the Ascension we should ask ourselves this question, "How are we doing?" The Feast presents us with an invitation to examine the relationship between the faith we profess every Sunday in the Creed we recite at Mass and its manifestation in the stuff of our daily lives. St. Paul encouraged the Christians in Corinth in his second letter to take such an examination regularly: "Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test. I hope you will discover that we have not failed" (2 Cor. 13:5)
The Ascension of the Lord.
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Keywords: Ascension, Pentecost, Feast of the Ascension, living faith, Jesus Christ, Angels, plan, mystery of faith, Holy Spirit, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA. (Catholic Online) - Today in the Catholic Church we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord. In some places, the Feast is transferred to Sunday. Sadly, the Feast seems to have lost its deeper meaning in the experience of too many Catholics and other Christians.
This is a Feast of profound meaning and promise, if we understand the message proclaimed by the Christian Church about who Jesus is - and who we are empowered to become in Him.
On this Feast of the Ascension we should ask ourselves this question, "How are we doing?" The Feast presents us with an invitation to examine the relationship between the faith we profess every Sunday in the Creed we recite at Mass and its manifestation in the stuff of our daily lives.
St. Paul encouraged the Christians in Corinth in his second letter to take such an examination regularly: "Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless, of course, you fail the test. I hope you will discover that we have not failed" (2 Cor. 13:5)
Philosophers and Theologians sometimes use the word ontology when considering the essence of being, what makes something what it is. There is an ontological meaning to the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord Jesus. It goes to the very essence of the Christian vocation and the plan of redemption. We have ascended with Jesus Christ and are called to live on earth the very realities of heaven, beginning in the here and now.
This Feast can also give us insight into the deeper relaity of the Feast of Pentecost which we will soon celebrate. The breath of God, His Spirit, has been breathed into His Church - and thus into each one of us - in order to capacitate us to live differently - beginning right now - and participate in the ongoing redemptive mission of Jesus Christ.
That mission will not be complete until the One who ascended returns and hands the re-created cosmos back to the Father. That is what the Apostle Paul calls "the plan", or the "mystery" now revealed in Jesus Christ. (See, e.g., Col. 1) The Feast of the Ascension helps unlock the meaning of our lives and the plan of God for the entire created order. No mere intermission, the Feast we celebrate today reveals the inner meaning of the ongoing mission of the Church and our call to participate in it.
Throughout most of the Catholic Church we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord this Thursday. In some places, the Feast is transferred to Sunday. However, the Feast has lost its meaning in the experience of too many Catholic Christians. Does the Ascension affect our lives in the here and now? Is it a commemoration of an event which occurred 2000 years ago? Or, could it help unlock the meaning of our lives and reveal the plan of God for the entire created order?
The great western Bishop Augustine proclaimed these words on the Feast: "Today our Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven; let our hearts ascend with him. Listen to the words of the Apostle: If you have risen with Christ, set your hearts on the things that are above where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God; seek the things that are above, not the things that are on earth. For just as he remained with us even after his ascension, so we too are already in heaven with him, even though what is promised us has not yet been fulfilled in our bodies."
When we went down into the Font of Baptism we were incorporated into Jesus Christ, made members of His Body, the Church. Therefore, as Augustine also wrote, "Where the Head is, there is the Body, where I am, there is my Church, we too are one; the Church is in me and I in her and we two are your Beloved and your Lover."
In other words, we have ascended with the Lord! He is the Head and we are members of His Body. We cannot be separated. Augustine, reflecting the clear teaching of the early Church Fathers reminds us that the Head and the Body are the "One Christ." So, this is our Feast as well! We now live in Christ by living in His Body, the Church, of which we are members. We are invited to live in the heart of the Church for the sake of the world.
Pope St Leo the Great reflected on the joy the disciples experienced on that glorious day in these words: "(T)hat blessed company had a great and inexpressible cause for joy when it saw man's nature rising above the dignity of the whole heavenly creation, above the ranks of angels, above the exalted status of archangels. Now would there be any limit to its upward course until humanity was admitted to a seat at the right hand of the eternal father, to be enthroned at last in the glory of him to whose nature it was wedded in the Person of the Son."
Both of these great Christian Saints point us to the deeper meaning of this Feast. The Ascension does not mark the end of Jesus' relationship with His Church but the beginning of a new way of His relating to the world - in and through His Church. This way includes every one of us who bear His name. We have also ascended - with the Lord. When viewed with the eyes of living faith the Ascension is capable of transforming the way we view ourselves and live our daily lives.
Jesus Christ bridged heaven and earth. Through His Incarnation, His Saving Life, Death and Resurrection, we have been set free from the consequences of sin, including the sting of death. (See, 1 Cor. 15:55) We are being created anew in Him daily as we freely cooperate with His grace. One of the Catechism's definitions of grace is "a participation in Divine Life". (See, CCC #1997) It calls to mind the wonderful words of the Apostle Peter in his second letter. He reminded the early Christians that they were "participants in the Divine Nature". (2 Peter 1:4) So are we!
This Divine Life is mediated to us through the Word and the Sacraments - in and through the Church which is the Bosy of Christ. We are incorporated into the Trinitarian communion of love, beginning now. The Church is not some "thing", the Church is Some-One, the Risen Christ truly present in the world which was created through Him and is now being re-created in Him.
The Church is the new Israel sent into the world to continue His redemptive mission until He comes again. Then, when He does return, He will complete the work of Redemption. The Church, as the fathers were fond of saying, is the new world, and the world in the course of transfiguration. The Christian vocation is about learning to live this new relationship in Christ together, with the Father, through the Holy Spirit and for the sake of a world that still awaits its full redemption. The Feast of the Ascension is not some kind of Intermission but a Continuation of the Redemption of Jesus Christ.
Let me conclude with some words from the great Apostle and mystic Paul who reflects on this plan:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.
"In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth. In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God's possession, to the praise of his glory." (Ephesians 1:3-14)
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