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where these stacked rings together or apart. where just one to keep gross guys away when you're out at a bar. ha!
I love stacked rings! Elegant.Tags: Tower, rhinestone, stacked, galaciaAdded 6 Years Ago from Anthropologie
Love this stacked ring that can be worn on one finger or one on each finger. Amazing ideaTags: jewelry, silver, rings, mens fashion, stacked, men's accessoryAdded 7 Years Ago from Oki-ni
Stacked tiki sculpture for your tiki bar or lounge. Many other styles to choose from at TikiMaster.
File folders, cabinets, and shelves- so boring! Finally, an organizational tool that's cool. I want this in my home office!
We'd best all start becoming bee keepers if what scientists are saying -- that the bees are disappearing and soon we'll have no more cross-pollination and hence all be doomed -- is true. This is an elegant way to get started!
They stack atop one another like little kisses [ x x x x ].Tags: fashion, jewelry, earrings, sterling silver, accessories, peanuts, beads, dangles, KissesAdded 8 Years Ago from Etsy
indeed. make everyone around you break into retro song. the colors are also super-duper.Tags: fashion, accessories, jewelry, necklaces, words, type, streetwear, funny, KarmaloopAdded 8 Years Ago from Karmaloop
omg this is GREAT deal from a GREAT website!!
looks great with the studs. fits really well also
Minimal and efficient coffee table.Tags: home, magazines, furniture, storage, style, board games, home decor, wood, livingAdded 9 Years Ago from Isolationunit
Just in time for Valentine's day. These are so cool!
These Rodan wood boxes can be used individually or stacked and arrange to create a personalized unit.Tags: storage, office, style, home decor, wood, bedroom, living, living rooms, organizationAdded 9 Years Ago from Rakuten
Adorable. my boyfriend got this engraved for me. D&R. it's simple and cute.Added 9 Years Ago from Jamesavery
I'm loving this set of 3 rings. Stack em or wear em alone. I'd stack em. $18.Added 9 Years Ago from Urban Outfitters
its so awsome & ridiculous. it goes with everything! well i make it go with everything...Added 9 Years Ago from 80s Purple
Yum! dumplings!Added 9 Years Ago from The Conran Shop
The perfect pump by Boutique 9, Ginga offers a beautiful stacked heel in an elegant shape. Suede pump, covered platform front and leather sole.
i like mixing gold and silver, so this gold and silver ring set is perfect for me.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
i always pile on chain and pearl necklaces and they always get tangled. this all-in-one necklace nicely solves that problem.
finally! affordable and attractive stacked gold rings. i must get these before they sell out.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
these enamel rings have kind of a cool harlequin print look.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
oohhh. yessss. another super cheap ring set from forever21.Tags: fashion, style, gold, rings, rhinestone, sets, stacked, Multi, forever 21Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
i love jewelry that combines multiple types of metal. this is a three tone bangle from know label, a brand i truly love.
i own a very similar multi-chain necklace. you'll be amazed at the number of occasions you'll find to wear it.Added 9 Years Ago from Shopknowlabel
this is a set of three stackable rings. they're kind of a cool mix and you could definitely wear each alone.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
What's better than one coffee cup? Three coffee cups stacked inside of each other to create one extra tall cup extravaganza! A great gift for the sipper in your life, this unique mug will put a creative spin on the morning coffee ... What's better than one coffee cup? Three coffee cups stacked inside of each other to create one extra tall cup extravaganza! A great gift for the sipper in your life, this unique mug will put a creative spin on the morning coffee or afternoon tea party!
i've been thinking about getting stacked gold rings, but maybe i should get silver as well so i have more options?Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
i love the alternating textures on these rings. and, of course, i love the price.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
i'm obsessed with stacks of chains. this one keeps from looking too ghetto fab with the addition of a black silk chain.Tags: fashion, style, necklaces, forever 21, Chains?, stacked, Multi, black silk chainAdded 9 Years Ago from Forever 21


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by Lyndsay McGregor | December 1, 2010 | Lifestyle
With a wide selection of natural stone and accessories from Europe, South America and the Caribbean, Opustone is the one-stop shop for anyone looking to take their home's finishes to the next level of luxury. Eric Schigiel—the Miami-based company's vice president and cofounder—tells us why.
OCEAN DRIVE: Your product line consists solely of imported stone. Why?
ERIC SCHIGIEL: We literally travel the globe searching for the newest trends, latest styles and most sustainable products. It's a huge advantage for our customers to have a worldwide selection of stones at their fingertips in one convenient place.
What Opustone applications are the most common?
Every part of a customer's home can be enhanced with beautiful stonework—from the kitchen and bath to the hallway and master suite. Living in Florida, our clients tend to spend a lot of time outdoors as well, so the desire for stone in pool and spa projects and outdoor kitchens and gardens is endless.
Any notable Opustone fans lately?
Billy Joel, for one. We contributed an outdoor oasis and stunning interior design (including kitchen, bathrooms, great rooms and more) to his Miami home.

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I purchased an Xbox elite with 120 GB harddive with additional insurance for any repairs for 2 years. I received my xbox with all the equipment in working order, but when it stopped working only 11 months later I contacted them to utilize my repair program I purchased, let me just say reporting it was nothing short of easy, you must do everything via email the only number they provide is sales and those people are uneducated and ignorant. They told me I must follow the procedure and use the email feature which I did. I talked to several local companies who repair those gaming systems and they said it was an easy fix to send it in. They sent me an email back saying it could not be repaired they would refund my money. I called the sales group back and emailed customer service again to say I did not want a refund and that I wanted it repaired or sent back to me. The reason is I had a $35 cover and purchased over $100 in downloads to the harddrive for my sons, they also had created players and other information on that hard drive that could not be replaced by money, their sales person said that would be fine. 3 days later I received an email saying my refund was in process no details no nothing. I called their sales department again where I asked several times to speak with someone in charge, they hung up on me twice, and they only refunded me a portion of the price I paid and will not return my calls (yes I keep getting a voicemail now) and they are not returning my emails. I now see an Xbox elite for sale on their website and If I could see the serial number my guess is it is the one I sent back for repairs. so they are going to sell my xbox again at a higher price what a ripoff I filed a complaint with the local BBB.
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For a little light on the dining table that can be relocated to an end table later in the evening, look for a battery operated lamp like the Jet Portable LED Rechargeable Lantern!
A pop of color and light does double duty in your outdoor decor. This Silk Effect Garden Lantern – Solar Lantern has a tear drop shape, an updated version of traditional globes.
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Togo to Benin to Nigeria!
Trip Start Sep 05, 2012
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It's a pity we had to leave so quickly so the only highlights were the fishing villages and the traffic going through Cotonou!
It's the most insane experience, survival is key and work as a group...
We crossed into nigeria at 2pm, this was the the firts of the dreaded ones, while tedious with police, then passport control then customs, it was actually very friendly!
The people have been incredible too, everywhere we stope we draw crowd, they want photos and to have a "discussion"...they love a discussion!
Lagos is immense and wild and dirty and jammed with traffic and dirty, oh and it's noisy and dirty! Weirdly still very friendly. We couldn't face the horror of finding a hotel so we headed to Victoria island to the posh bit. Adrian's dad has a friend in protea hotel so he called and got us deal. £90 pp but we would have our own rooms! I haven't had my own room on 7 weeks!
On the way in we're flagged down by a bad boy Nigerian biker, kitted out on his BMW 1100 with a air horn siren
Had a hot shower, a few beers on the beach, watched a movie and ate an actual chocolate that hadn't melted!
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As eminent theologians such as Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and the dean of nuts, Michele Bachmann have informed the world, atheists are evil people who will never get into heaven–like we good folk of the Book! Atheists, agnostics, humanists and anyone else not part o the Tea Party have formed a group at the Fort Bragg army base. They are asking for recognition as a legitimate group by the United States armed forces. Lt. Samantha Nicoll pointed out: Their name is: MASH–Military, Atheists, and Secular Humanists. "People look at you differently if you say that you are an atheist." There have been attempts by other similar groups to get the Army gazing in their direction in order to attain confirmation as a legitimate group in the armed forces.
I assume these people are coming out of the atheist closet and want acceptance as being alive. On the other hand, if we Americans are this "special nation" that Republicans so often exclaim, then as God's chosen people we should expect all to accept OUR God. Of course, this assumes there is a GOD somewhere up in the sky. Frankly, based on my communications with GOD, he left this area thousands of years ago after watching humans engage in non-stop murder.
Please don't get me wrong, some of my best friends are humans. Not, that I would marry any of them.


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Energy: While the U.S. dithers with concerns about "dirty oil" from Alberta's rich tar sands, energy-hungry China makes Ottawa an offer it might not refuse. Memo to Washington: Pipelines can run west as well as south.
When President Obama pledged to wean us off foreign oil, we hoped he didn't mean our friendly ally to the north, Canada. Granted, it doesn't have beaches like Rio, where we're helping the Brazilians drill offshore, but we had hopes nonetheless.
Together, the U.S. and Canada have enough oil and natural gas locked up in shale formations, tar sands, Alaska, the Canadian Arctic and the Outer Continental Shelf to make OPEC pound sand. But we won't drill for ours and apparently, we don't want Canada's.
With more than 170 billion barrels, Alberta has the world's third-largest oil reserves, behind only Saudi Arabia and Venezuela and ahead of Russia and Iran. Daily production of 1.5 million barrels from the oil sands is expected to nearly triple to 3.7 million by 2025. The only question is, will this crude be flowing south to U.S. refineries or west for export to China?
At issue is the Keystone XL pipeline, parts of which have already been built, that would bring Alberta oil to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. The pipeline also could transport oil extracted from shale formations in the Rocky Mountain West.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates the region, dubbed the Persia of the West, may hold more than 1.5 trillion barrels of oil, six times the proven reserves of Saudi Arabia, and enough to meet U.S. oil needs for the next two centuries.
By 2015, oil executives and industry analysts say, the oil-rich lands of the West, including North Dakota's booming Bakken formation, could produce 2 million barrels a day, more than the pre-Deepwater Horizon production rate in the Gulf of Mexico.
Michigan's Fred Upton, the Republican chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, estimates the pipeline would create at least 100,000 jobs. So what are we waiting for?
Environmental groups oppose Keystone XL on the grounds that tar-sands extraction harms the environment through water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and potential pipeline leaks. The State Department, which must approve any pipeline entering the U.S. across international borders, has withheld its approval pending a final decision Nov. 1.
The Chinese aren't waiting. Sinopec, a Chinese state-controlled oil company, has a stake in a $5.5 billion plan to build the Northern Gateway Pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia. Alberta Finance Minister Lloyd Snelgrove met this month with Sinopec and CNOOC, China's other big oil company, and representatives of China's banks.
Besides the Northern Gateway Pipeline, Sinopec recently paid $4.6 billion for a 9% stake in Syncrude, Canada's largest oil-sands project. And in 2009, PetroChina, Asia's largest oil and gas company, bought a $1.7 billion stake in Canada's Athabasca Oil Sands Corp.
American oil companies, accused by the Obama administration of restricting supplies to increase profits, are willing to get the oil. Exxon is spending upward of $8 billion of its profit on the Kearl oil sands project in Alberta. Kearl is part of the Athabasca oil sands in the northeastern corner of that province, near Fort McMurray. Firms need a way to get the oil to the U.S. market.
Will the Obama administration risk offending its environmentalist base by compromising on its commitment to green energy? It would also be hard to explain the importation of Canadian oil via a pipeline running near America's vast untapped shale oil resources.
It just might be that as gas prices soar to $5 a gallon, Canadian oil will flow to China's military-industrial complex, but not here as America's hope for energy independence proves to be nothing more than a pipe dream.


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Jess, I freaking love this. You guys are the best RPCVs ever. Soooo impressed that you did this all in local language, and am imagining all the local lore to come about "the day the foreigners came to town". Love you guys!!
The Wild East
Trip Start May 23, 2011
24Trip End Aug 17, 2011
Waingapu is the main city in East Sumba, and it's the market town. There are few streetlights, and although it's not tiny, there's only one stoplight. Market stalls lined the street by our hotel, selling fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, and many unidentifiable goodies. While the market may appear chaotic, the goods are totally ordered: There is a tuber section, a legume section, a fish section, etc. While many of the stalls have light bulbs hanging over head, some operate under the yellow glow of kerosene lanterns and candles. On the sidewalk in front of the stalls, women seated on mats line the path, selling shelled peanuts by candlelight. As in Bali, most people travel by moto, though there are plenty of cars mixed in
The next morning, we awoke with a mission: We wanted to get out to a village. We had already schemed a strategy. No strategy is needed to "get out to a village" - rent moto, drive to village. But we didn't want to gawk and move on, we wanted to talk to people and learn a little about the place. Feeling that we needed a pretense, we decided to explain that we're studying Indonesian, and as part of our studies we need to interview local people. We carefully crafted about twenty questions, some general, some about the education system, and some about local agriculture and the environment (RPCVs will find this familiar!). Armed with the confidence that comes from having a purpose, we rented a moto and headed out.
A few things struck us right away as we motored up the hills outside of Waingapu. The first was the ecosystem: this was no lush tropical paradise. Dry, hilly grasslands stretched as far as the eye could see, with spines of green snaking up the valleys. The second was the lack of people. We had expected to see villages interspersed along the main road, but this landscape was practically empty. For miles, we passed few cars, and saw only the very occasional solitary house surrounded by fields of corn and other crops.
Eventually we arrived at the next town and the turnoff to the village we had in mind
We stopped for an ear of corn and confirmation of our direction. At 60 cents, the corn seemed relatively pricey. I understood why when the woman bagged up four ears for us! This was lucky, since the corn turned out to be our only lunch for the day.
We turned up the narrow but paved road to Pulupanjang. A few minutes in, the road became a rocky trail, and we slowed to a few miles per hour. In some places, the steep, rocky hills were too much for the little bike, and I walked while Shen rode up. It was a slow pace, and we nearly gave up several times. We were motivated by the gorgeous fields of wildflowers we were passing through, and by the everpresent optimism that is was probably right around the corner.
Finally we reached a high point from which we could see the village
Pulupanjang is tiny, about 500 people, and there's not much for a traveler to do but hang out, drink tea, and practice the language. So that's what we spent the afternoon doing. Shortly after our arrival at John's house, he offered us betel nut, the traditional way to greet visitors. Thankfully, he gave it to us in a way that seemed to imply, "I know you're not going to chew this stuff. This is just what we do." His wife brought out two cups of weak, very sweet "tea" that I think was Nescafe. Conversation flowed smoothly, and we never felt compelled to explain our presence and break out the notebooks. We were still happy to have written the questions, though. Aside from giving us the confidence to go in the first place, they made for good conversation starters during lulls. After awhile we were joined by the Kepala Desa (village head), a wiry man with an obvious air of authority. He had a stern face but an easy smile, and he spoke Indonesian with the careful manner of someone who wants you to listen
We didn't want to go, but we had to return the moto and we had a long drive back. I wasn't planning to take any photos for fear of being a gawker. But before we left, there was some discussion that I couldn't understand. I soon realized that they were, with some exasperation, trying to get me to take a photo! So we took a few with promises to mail them once we got home.
We rode back at sunset, passing at dusk through the statues of spear-wielding horseback riders that flank the entrance to Waingapu. We've heard Sumba described as the "wild west" of Indonesia (even though it's in the east), and it does feel that way. Rolling grasslands, more livestock than people - and an interesting culture of which we just caught the faintest glimpse.


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UPDATED: Comment from Tobyn Leigh of the former Episcopal Diocese of Quincy (now part of the Diocese of Chicago). Leigh is Senior Warden of Grace Episcopal Church, Galesburg, IL, a congregation currently removed from its property and meeting in a Congregational Church building. She was a member of the Quincy steering committee to reorganize the diocese in 2009, and served on the Diocese of Quincy Standing Committee from April 2009 until Sept. 1, 2013, when we reunited with the Diocese of Chicago, and a Deputy to General Convention in 2009 and the chair of the deputation in 2012:
"The people of the former Diocese of Quincy, (now Chicago) are resilient. Although we are deeply disappointed in Judge Ortbal's ruling, we move forward, keeping our eyes on the Lord and the work He has set for us to do. For we are convinced that nothing, certainly not a court ruling, will be able to separate us from the love of God, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
The Eighth Judicial Circuit Court, Adams County, Illinois has ruled on the property dispute between the Episcopal Diocese of Quincy (TEC) and the Diocese of Quincy (DOQ). From the Conclusion:
Based upon the foregoing, the court finds in favor of DOQ on its complaint for declaratory relief and against TEC and EDQ on their counterclaim for declaratory relief. The court directs the attorneys for DOQ to submit a proposed declaratory judgment order within seven days of the date of this opinion and order.
The court has concluded that the supreme and ultimate authority of the General Convention over the property of the DOQ cannot be constitutionally determined.
From p. 15
The court finds, therefore, that the declaratory relief that TEC seeks and the deference to the actions of the General Convention, Presiding Bishop and Bishop Buchanan cannot be legally enforced in this action.
As stated above, the court finds that DOQ met its burden of proof, in its case in chief, that it has title and ownership of the accounts and deed titled in the Trustees. Reviewing its actions under neutral principals of law, DOQ established its withdrawal from association with TEC was compliant with the applicable corporate charter, bylaws, as amended, as well as the not for profit corporation laws.
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This is a very strict constructionist view of the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church that denies any implied powers therein. It is certain to be appealed tout de suite.
At this point, would it not be better to discuss dividing up the diocesan assets between the ACNA diocese and the Peoria Deanery, based on current ASA?
Currently, the only beneficiary of the litigation is Goodwin Proctor. An appeal almost certainly guarantees a Pyrrhic victory for the winner.
I remain deeply troubled by decisions that ignore the contract formed when parishes and dioceses enter TEC, in which they offer their unqualified accession to the constitution and canons of the church. This is both a serious legal and ethical issue, as failure to uphold this contract threatens our First Amendment right to structure the organization in the manner we wish.
In the interests of full disclosure, there are actually two other beneficiaries of the present litigation, Dr. Mullin and myself.
The solution to the problem you raise is embodied in the revised Constitution put forward in 1895, approved by the House of Bishops and (apparently) tabled by the House of Deputies, which would have declared the General Synod (a renamed General Convention) to be "the Supreme Legislative Authority in this Church" and stated that "no Diocese of Province shall by its legislation contravene this Constitution or any Canon of the General Convention enacted in conformity therewith."
It's hard to see how such legislation could have been proposed if the General Convention already enjoyed supreme authority. As things stand, accession, whether qualified or unqualified, is revocable.
Dr. Bonner, it is not at all hard to see how unnecessary and redundant resolutions are proposed, as it happens regularly ever three years. Often such resolutions are rejected in committee and never reach more than a vote to dismiss from consideration.
It may well be that the explicit clause you cite was considered not to be necessary; the documentary history of the foundation of the church, including the requirement that dioceses were bound to follow the C&C even if their deputations were not at the session, the language of the Oath of Conformity, the procedure for the ratification of the election of bishops, and so on, amply demonstrate both the central authority of the "General" Convention. (The word "general" alone is indicative of its authority.)
I will side with Dr. Mullins in this, even if the court has, for the time being, decided otherwise. I imagine this will press on for a bit.
Mr. Bonner, I disagree. Accession is not unilaterally "revocable." It is the inherent nature of a contract to bind all parties together under the same terms. No one party may alter the terms except by mutual agreement or under terms otherwise specified in the original document. The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly prohibit a state from seceding, nor does it include many other things which have become accepted. The U.S. has been able to function all these years because the Supreme Court time and again has ruled that the Constitution has implied powers. The new decision from the IL 8th is extreme strict constructionism which time and again uses conditional words as "explicit" and "express" as if every term must be spelled out very clearly in advance. The fact is that dioceses are under the Constitution and Canons of the Episcopal Church. After all Mark Lawrence became bishop of SC only by approval of TEC, and the Presiding Bishop suspended him and removed him from office under the same. If that is not hierarchical, nothing is.
Dr. Bonner,
I also take issue with the notion, prevalent throughout both the litigation and American culture, that a person's word means nothing when it proves inconvenient. Call me old-fashioned, but I believe that a man's (and woman's) word is his/her honor. Unqualified accession means just that.
Additionally, as I have said many times here and in other fora, the notion that the present occupants of a diocese or parish can cart off assets on a whim — assets that were paid for by generations of loyal Episcopalians — does violence to the express intent of those forebears and the system of self-governance we have adopted, as is our right under the First Amendment. And I know of very few clergy who are so old as to not have been ordained under the Dennis Canon. Thus, those involved knew what they were ascribing too when then took their ordination oaths.
Fr. Haller,
the requirement that dioceses were bound to follow the C&C even if their deputations were not at the session
This is actually the provision that General Convention legislation does not need to be ratified by a diocese to be effective. That's a different issue from whether or not national legislation has priority over everything else.
the language of the Oath of Conformity
The Declaration of Conformity is not an oath of submission. Jonathan Gray's article in the Journal of Episcopal Church Canon Law Vol 1 (available online at http://www.vts.edu/canonlaw) is very illuminating on this point.
the procedure for the ratification of the election of bishops
A bishop is chosen for the Church as a whole, but a diocese can still function without one, as New York did after poor Bishop Onderdonk was deposed.
Mr. Caldwell,
The US Constitution has a Supremacy Clause; the TEC Constitution does not. James Duane and John Jay were involved in drafting both and they knew the implications of not adding a supremacy clause to the TEC Constitution.
As noted above, even assuming that the deposition of Bishop Lawrence was entirely proper, it did not affect diocesan sovereignty.
Mr. Bonetti,
I take your point, but again that assumes (a) that the Declaration of Conformity is an oath of submission to the General Convention (when, in practice, the submission by a priest is to his or her diocesan bishop) and (b) that what is occurring in the seceding dioceses is analogous to the Ellen Cooke affair.
Frankly, I find appeals to the intentions of past generations a futile exercise, whether made by conservatives or liberals. Unless an endowment is governed by specific instructions, it is up to whoever holds it currently to oversee its disposition. Anything else is a recipe for chaos.
We now have conflicting court rulings as to the validity of diocesan withdrawal, so both sides have grounds for arguing that their interpretation is the correct one. I can appreciate that from your side it would be galling to reach a settlement, but I would ask again if it's worth it to appeal?
Mr. Bonner, dioceses are not sovereign. Sovereignty rests in TEC as a whole, with authority vested in the C and C of TEC. A diocese must accede to the C and C of TEC. If dioceses were sovereign there would be no reason to have any central authority. We would have only local, independent entities each going its own way. In short, there would be no Episcopal Church.
Mr. Caldwell,
The dioceses are most certainly sovereign, just as each individual state is sovereign.
The GC was formed by the dioceses and therefore any sovereignty of GC is derived from the sovereignty of the diocese.
Those are the simple facts, like them or not.
Mr. Caldwell, I agree with "joemonk 1964" and Mr. Bonner. TEC's constitution has no supremacy clause. Dioceses came together to form the Episcopal Church, not the other way around.
One other thing to consider regarding diocesan supremacy or TEC hierarchical supremacy deals with how we are organized communally as well. When invitations are extended to the Lambeth Conferences, they are not extended at the provincial level, but rather at the diocesan level. The diocese is the highest level of hierarchy within TEC. That is clearly what the courts saw in SC, Ft. Worth, and now Quincy. Dioceses form first and assimilate into TEC, not the reverse as stated above by Mr. Monk and Mr. McRee.
If dioceses were sovereign there would be no reason to have any central authority.
Mr. Caldwell,
Of course there's reason for a national organization to exist, if only to articulate "mind of the Church" resolutions and plan missionary strategy.
The Southern Baptists have no trouble with this cocnept.
Mr. Caldwell,
The uncanonical deposition of Bishop Lawrence came after the Diocese disassociated from TEC, not before. Please refrain from spinning it otherwise.
Mr. Bonner: Even the Southern Baptist Convention, a relatively localized denomination, has its central sovereignty. Recently, a local SB church was expelled from the Convention because it dared to ordain women as deacons.
Mr. McRee, all of us already know the line put out by the departing group.
This is the first time I have heard someone suggest that the SBC didn't have a congregationalist polity 🙂
The issue isn't whether an organization can choose who belongs to it; of course it can. In the case you cite, however, the Convention didn't get to dissolve that church or depose its leaders and appoint persons more to its liking.
The Episcopal Church IS hierarchical with General Convention and its Constitution and Canons as final word. So far as cases have gone to higher courts and out of local courts the court has also ruled in this way. When dioceses became part of the Episcopal Church they assented to this system. Bishops vow before God to uphold it. Here is a church history scholar's paper that rebuts those who would argue that TEC is not. There is another paper out there is another document that goes into this even more deeply.
Dr. Bonner, you respond that "does not need to be ratified by a diocese to be effective. That's a different issue from whether or not national legislation has priority…" Just what is "effective" if dioceses can ignore or nullify the actions of the General Convention?
You observe that the Oath of Conformity is not "submission" — that is, it is not a personal submission to the personal authority of a bishop — but it is most definitely a commitment to abide by the laws of the church, which laws are determined ultimately by the General Convention.
The absence of a "supremacy clause" from the Constitution of the Episcopal Church was not an oversight, but a decision that such a clause was not necessary in a church that had a "General" Convention. The word "General," in common use at the time, implied control over the whole, as opposed to "local" or "sectional." The OED helpfully notes its use for deliberative bodies, and provides an apposite citation from Geo Washington: "The States individually are omitting no occasion to intermeddle in matters which belong to the general government." There are also cites from Jay and Jefferson that indicate their understanding of "general" in this way as concerning the whole. So the clause, "There shall be a General Convention of this Church…" is sufficient in and of itself to establish the supremacy of that body in all matters affecting the whole church.
As to the history, I commend reading the fulsome memoirs of William White, who offers many helpful insights into the early years of the church, and what the founders thought they were doing when they created a body not "of" the states, but "in" the states — which is to say, not a mere assemblage of independent bodies, but a "union" (their word) bound together organically.
Fr. Haller,
From Bishop White's essay, "The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered," one may find his thoughts on association. That document is here: http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/wwhite/case1782.html
The conclusion of his opening chapter reads in part as follows:
"All former jurisdiction over the churches being thus withdrawn, and the chain which held them together broken, it would seem, that their future continuance can be provided for only by voluntary associations for union and good government."
Yours in Christ,
the Rev. Marcus Kaiser, Diocese of South Carolina
Fr. Kaiser, "voluntary" has to do with the creation of the "union" — once created, that union was intended, as in marriage, to be indissoluble.
The "Case" is an interesting and valuable document; however, it is a discursive proposal from 1782, and does not fully reflect what actually took place. This is why I suggest reading White's Memoirs or Perry's history of the General Convention. Both provide a very clear description of what the founders were about in the formative years between 1784 and 1789 — which was the formation of a national church: not the loose confederation of "dioceses" (as if such even existed) but a union of "the church in the several states."
Fr. Haller,
Bishop Perry is hardly an authority that you should want to invoke.
In his The General Ecclesiastical Constitution of the American Church: Its History and Rationale (New York: Thomas Whittaker, 1891), Perry argued that "each Church in each independent State of the federal union, where organized agreeably to its own pleasure, deemed itself, and was regarded by each independent Church in the other States respectively, as an independent branch of the Catholic Church of Christ, lacking, indeed, a perfect organization while the Episcopate was wanting, but fully competent to seek that perfecting order and to organize for this purpose and for such other purposes as the present need seemed to require." (99)
He also maintained that Article II of the Constitution recognized "Diocesan or State independence" (246) and that by Article V of the Constitution, "our fathers proposed to secure the perpetuation of Diocesan independence." (262) So Perry edited the early journals and still came away with what you perceive as an erroneous understanding of Episcopal Church polity.
Normally, all this would simply be the stuff of dry academic debate and nobody except the academics would really care. Judge Ortbal himself said at one point during the trial that it had been nothing but opinions and to some extent he was right.
I do think it's a little hard though that the voices of bishops like Perry, Vail and Lawrence (Massachusetts not South Carolina) apparently count for nothing and the opinions of ecclesiastical lawyers like Burgwin and Hoffman count for everything, even though the latter never wrote any of their opinions at the behest of the General Convention (indeed, Hoffman's attempt in 1862 to get enacted a Canon that would allow the Presiding Bishop to depose disloyal bishops and appoint loyalist Standing Committees went down in flames).
There seems to be much interest on the question of supremacy and hierarchy in TEC. I suggest we follow Ann's advice (above) and consult the sources who are far better informed on this than are we.
On the anti-TEC side: Mark McCall "Is the Episcopal Church Hierarchical?" Anglican Communion Institute, September 2008.
On the pro-TEC side: Joan R. Gundersen, "A Response to Mark McCall's 'Is the Episcopal Church Hierarchical?'" htto://progressiveepiscopalians.org/html/mccall.pdf.
There are also a couple of articles by James Dator (pro-TEC) and Mark McCall (anti-TEC) in the February 2011 Journal of Episcopal Church Canon Law
Mr. Bonner, thank you for pointing out these articles. I, for one, was not aware of them. I have looked at them and I recommend them. The McCall article, however, seems to be nothing new, a rehash of his ACI 2008 article.
While I have not read the court proceedings, I assume the DOQ side presented at length in court the anti-TEC theories refuting hierarchy and central sovereignty. My guess is that their explanations are so long, complicated, obtuse, and convoluted as to present an impenetrable smoke screen to bewilder a judge who might throw up his hands in despair at ever untangling the mess. Perhaps this was the DOQ strategy all along.
"My guess is that their explanations are so long, complicated, obtuse, and convoluted as to present an impenetrable smoke screen to bewilder a judge who might throw up his hands in despair at ever untangling the mess."
You mean like this?
"It is simply inconceivable that such a concept of a general convention was intended to include supremacy over the state churches when the largest of those churches was legally prohibited even from meeting and could not agree to the "least alteration whatever" to the government of their state-controlled church."
Or maybe this?
"From Virginia, Dr. Griffith was present by permission. He could not sit as a delegate,
because Virginia (a State which, through its whole ecclesiastical history since the
Revolution, has always asserted its independent diocesan rights) had forbidden by law
her clergy to interfere in making changes in the order, government, worship, or doctrine
of the Church. Virginia asserted the entire independence of the Church within her limits
of all control but her own."
Dr. Bonner, I think the Perry citations make my point, though they do require some context and familiarity with the history, which the judge in question may not have had at hand. (One of the notable features of McCall's work, for instance, is the tendency to anachronism.)
To take but one example, the citation from p 99 refers to the pre-formative period: when the church was admittedly "lacking, indeed, a perfect organization while the Episcopate was wanting, but fully competent to seek that perfecting order and to organize for this purpose and for such other purposes as the present need seemed to require." Obviously, this echoes the language of the Preface to the 1789 BCP, that with political independence of the States, the church was at liberty to organize itself in any manner it chose without the interference of any secular authority. The point is that this "liberty" or "independence" was used by the formative bodies to create a binding Constitution (and Canons) for Ecclesiastical Union, authorized to establish doctrine, discipline and worship for the whole church.
One of the "fundamental principles" included the notion that this "general" body would not manage all affairs of the local church; so a degree of "independence" certainly remained in the exercise of functions best carried out at the local level, or governed by local law (such as the nature of vestries, to cite just one example). But it would be to little purpose to create a "general" entity with national scope, if its decisions could be nullified by those who had joined into union with it. One needs to parse the word "independence" with that in mind – it is a liberty in some matters, but clearly not in others, else what could the Oath of Conformity (for example) be referring to in terms of doctrine, discipline and worship, if not that which was held in common, and by common agreement, by the whole church?
So I do not think Perry misunderstood the situation of the balance between local and national authority. To this day dioceses have a great deal of independence in matters not governed by the Constitution and Canons. But in all matters so governed, that independence is conditioned and limited.
Fr. Haller,
I tend to feel that there is a distinction between "independence" and what you are describing, but neither of us are probably going to convince the other of the contrary position.
However, I would note several observations of more recent date:
Committee on Amendments to the Constitution of the House of Deputies (1928):
It was the Dioceses who created the General Convention and adopted the Prayer Book.
Joint Commission on Aided Dioceses of the General Convention (1934):
A Diocese is an ecclesiastical sovereign state and no action can be imposed upon it without its consent.
Committee on Voting Procedures to the General Convention (1976):
An indispensable ingredient of [the Compromise of 1789] was the concept of the House of Deputies as a confederation of dioceses and, not as in the revised national government structure, a body of representatives of the Church constituencies in the Diocese . . . The concept of confederation has persisted and survived repeated efforts to substitute a body representative of and proportional to the Church membership. It is the polity of the Church.
I'm sure that these can be explained too, but such statements promulgated by – one assumes – well-informed members of General Convention fly in the face of what has maintained by the national church since the era of litigation began.
Mr. Bonner, I am curious to know what happened to the two committee reports and one Joint Commission report you mention. Were they brought up in a general convention? Were they voted on (if so what was the vote)? What were the arguments on both sides?
No, Dr. Bonner, citing the odd comment from a committee report will not likely convince me of the truth of such statements as, "It was the Dioceses who created the General Convention." There were no "dioceses" in the formative period, and even on the eve of formation, only three bishops. I can point to reports of the House of Bishops Theology Committee that contain grave theological errors! In a free society, all sorts of things will make their way into print — or phosphor or LED.
In any case, the point is about what those who formed PECUSA intended it to be, and what it became, not what "it" was before. This is shown in the documents to which they put their hand as a body. They agreed upon a "general ecclesiastical constitution" for the "government" of the church, to be ratified by the existing State conventions, requiring accession to the "articles of this union" for any later-developed churches in other states, and once ratified or acceded to, to be held as "fundamental" and "unalterable by… the Convention of the Church in any State" that ratified or acceded to it. (1785 first draft of the Constitution, preamble and Arts. VII and XI.)
Once again to pick up the analogy of marriage — which must have been in the minds of those who so often used the word "union" — a couple is of course the "constituency" of which the marriage is made; but once made, the marriage is not easily dissolved (some would say it is indissoluble).
Mr. Bonner and Mr. Haller, I for one am profiting from your discussion. Could we back up a moment to the argument between Mark McCall and Joan Gundersen that occurred in 2008? It boiled down to the definition of one word "bound." ("Is the Episcopal Church Hierarchical?" Mark McCall, Anglican Communion Institute, 2008; "A Response to Mark McCall's 'Is the Episcopal Church Hierarchical?'" Progressive Episcopalians of Pittsburgh, Sept. 17, 2008; and "Fatal Flaws: A Response to Dr. Joan Gundersen" Anglican Communion Institute, Sept. 19, 2008).
Gundersen cited the GC statement of 1789 "the Church in such state shall nevertheless be bound by the acts of such Convention" as proof of hierarchy and the sovereignty of the General Convention over the separate parts. In his argument that TEC is not hierarchical and sovereignty rests in the individual dioceses, McCall disputed the meaning of the word "bound" in the Eighteenth Century to hold a loose sense, not an authoritative one. I say Gundersen has the side of common sense, then and now. Just wondering what new insights you two might give us on that point.
Mr Caldwell, a quick check of the OED reveals that "bound" is in use by the 15th century to mean "under obligation, of duty… (b) having entered into contract binding to service, as a 'bound' apprentice."
Frankly, McCall's arguments fly in the face of reality, from 1785 on. Assertions of "sovereignty" or "independence" seem specious in the face of the fact that — apart from the very early period in which bishops were obtained more or less on suffrance — a "state" or a diocese can not obtain a bishop without the approval of the rest of the church's episcopal and clerical and lay leadership. Can one imagine a circumstance in which a "sovereign" State of the the US would have to gain the approval of the governors in office and the legislatures of a majority of the states (or of Congress) in order to place their own elected governor into office? The Episcopal Church is more hierarchical than the Federal Government. It is not a confederation, but unitary — ultimately the General Convention is the final authority, and the Oath of Conformity "binds" all clergy to the doctrine, discipline and worship of the Church as determined by the General Convention; and diocesan conventions are not permitted to alter the General Constitution on their own, nor are they given a direct voice in its composition or amendment, save through their deputies to the General Convention — as the Constitution states at present, and as was proposed in 1785, ratified in 1789. Amendments are sent to the dioceses and their conventions for information, not approval, and ratified (or not) at the next session of the General Convention.
Doubtless when the term "sovereign" was used in some contexts in relation to the dioceses, it was to affirm that some powers are in fact exercised locally — which I've mentioned above. But this is a very limited sort of "sovereignty" as it is of "independence."
Jeremy, You need to check the actual journals of General Convention. In fact, John Jay was not present at the 1785 General Convention and arrived at the 1786 Convention on June 25 AFTER discussion of the constitution had concluded on June 24. He was rather busy at the time as Secretary of Foreign Affairs for the U.S. Thus whatever Jay's views were, he was not the active writer of the TEC constitution you would like him to be.
As for the clause in the 1789 constitution binding states (dioceses) to acts of General Convention whether present or not, that article has nothing to do with states ratifying acts of General Convention. Article 2 is about representation at General Convention. Here is the full part that talks about states being bound: " If the Convention of any State should neglect or decline to appoint Clerical Deputies, or if they should neglect or decline to appoint Lay Deputies, or if any of those of either Order appointed should neglect to attend, or be prevented by sickness or any other accident, such State shall nevertheless be considered as duly represented by such Deputy or Deputies as may attend, whether lay or clerical. And if, through the neglect of the Convention of any of the Churches which shall have adopted, or may hereafter adopt this Constitution, no Deputies, either Lay or Clerical, should attend at any General Convention, the Church in such State shall nevertheless be bound by the acts of such Convention." It is clear that what these sentences were intended to do is ensure that ABSENCE from General Convention did not provide an excuse to ignore acts of the General Convention. The underlying assumption is that General Convention's actions bound EVERYONE in the church.
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The bill now goes to the House Finance Committee.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The House Judiciary Committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow for state funds to support private and religious schools.
Rep. Wes Keller, a Republican from Wasilla, and sponsor of HJR1, said the purpose of the proposal is to remove the so-called Blaine Amendment from the Alaska Constitution.
Keller contends that section of the constitution forbidding state funds from going to private and religious schools is anti-Catholic.
Rep. Max Gruenberg, a Democrat from Anchorage, said he opposed removing that section of the constitution because doing so removed the separation of church and state.
The bill now goes to the House Finance Committee.
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text: Ever get a gift and think , yeah thanks but no thanks. Then discover that the gift is awesome and you are shocked you ever didn't want it? My parents bought these books for my son ages ago, and I was not pleased at first. I judged a book by it's cover. I have been put in my place every night or so for over a year. My son reads one of the collection about that often, and I love them too. In this Amazing Machines series they cover submarines, tractors, airplanes, trains, fire engines, boats and more! Author Tony Mitton is a rhyming super star! He entertains and informs the reader about each vehicle, how they work and what they are used for in each book. Ant Parker's adorable cartoon illustrations are bright and fun but still manage to support the information with realistic representations of the text. Of course the rabbits and birds driving trains and forklifts aren't realistic but they sure are fun! So I take back my snap judgment , these books are fantastic and for a child like my son who has just discovered a love for making up rhymes and since become preoccupied with it they are perfect !


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Wishing you had a much larger knowledge base aboutauto repair isn't going to get you anywhere. You can wish all you want, but that's what you're going to be doing next time a repair is needed. Instead, why don't you focus on continuing to read this article so that you can learn some great steps to take regarding auto repair.
Do not take your car to the first mechanic you find. You need to do some research to find a reliable mechanic with fair prices. Ask your friends and family about the mechanics they have been to in the past and check the Internet to find reviews written by other customers.
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Like so many great filmmakers before her, Claire Denis tries her hand at a film noir with Bastards. The result is something as black and sticky and inescapable as a tar pit – a movie whose darkness swallows its characters and the audience whole.
In 1974, Roman Polanski's Chinatown redefined the classic Hollywood noir for an anxious new decade: It was the perfect tragic mystery for the Watergate era. Forty years later Denis not only nods toward Polanski's masterpiece but also matches his achievement. Writing and directing with skill and purpose, she's modulated her story to suit an anxious, late-capitalist present tense. Bastards (Les Salauds) is very much a movie of the moment, even as its basic narrative elements – a lone-wolf hero, a conflicted femme fatale, a scary house in the woods – are as timeless as a fairy tale.
When we first meet Marco (Vincent Lindon), he's a free man – a ship's captain living and working happily on the open ocean. The question of what might compel someone to flee so far offshore is answered when his sister Sandra (Julie Bataille) calls him back to Paris to sort through the family wreckage. Sandra's husband Jacques has committed suicide, leaving his business in ruins; her daughter Justine (Lola Créton), meanwhile, is in thrall to some sleazy thugs with connections to Jacques's ex-business partner Édouard Laporte (Michel Subor) – a sinister high roller who surveys the world below him through covetous eyes.
In an attempt to do some reconnaissance, Marco moves into the apartment next to Édouard's mistress Raphaëlle (Chiara Mastroianni), who doesn't know her new neighbour's identity but is drawn to him like a moth to a flame. As such, she becomes a rather shapely impediment to Marco's mission to exact vengeance on Édouard, although part of what gives Bastards its unique tension is that its nominal hero doesn't really have a plan. For all his admirable strength and cunning, he's powerless in the face of the graft and corruption embodied by his nemesis. Subor, who has starred in several of Denis's previous films, is brilliant: With his ghoulish sneer and ghostly white hair, his Édouard could be a Gallic cousin to Robert Blake's bad guy in Lost Highway.
Denis has always been considered a poetic filmmaker, but Bastards has the terse, clipped quality of hard-boiled detective prose. The dialogue is terse and the cuts are abrupt. When the director tried to put her stamp on the vampire genre in Trouble Every Day (2001), she ended up with a visionary splatter-fest – a film equal parts ridiculous and sublime. Here, despite a few dreamlike digressions, she keeps the story moving forward, borne aloft on powerful currents of dread. The feeling is of characters gamely hurtling toward their doom. A late shot of a smashed luxury automobile being transported down the highway at high speed could be this film's grim emblem.
The final passages of Bastards are among the most devastating of Denis's career, and the intensity of the imagery leaves the titillations of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo or Prisoners back on the airport-paperback rack where they belong. Denis is not a cynical filmmaker, and her indictment of a culture where absurd wealth at once obscures and intertwines with obscene desires is tinged with anguish rather than acceptance. At the end of Chinatown, Jack Nicholson's Jake Gittes is told to forget the horrors he's seen because they're nothing new. But with Bastards, Claire Denis wants us to remember – and rest assured, we will.
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Beginning this year, Portland's curbside recyclers will be able to recycle more and, the city hopes, throw away less.
Residents will get bigger containers and be able to recycle more types of plastic. In 2009, it's expected that compost will be hauled from the curb.
But some or all of that comes with a price: Upcoming changes will raise recycling collection rates. And city businesses are likely to face a new mandate this year to recycle at least 75 percent of their waste.
The Portland Recycles Plan was announced last May with the aim of increasing the city's recycling rate from its current 63 percent of all waste to 75 percent by 2015.
In August, however, only the changes to the residential side were adopted by the Portland City Council.
Changes to services in the commercial sector as well as for multifamily residences (with more than four units) have yet to be finalized.
Starting this spring, new roll carts will be distributed to all residential customers, one for yard debris and one for recycling.
Residential ratepayers will pay an average $2.60 more per month on their garbage bills to cover the cost of the carts.
All recyclables, with the exception of glass and motor oil, will go unsorted into one roll cart. Plastics recycling will expand to include tubs, buckets and some plant pots.
Glass and motor oil can be placed at the curb in one of the yellow bins that the roll cart essentially will replace.
In Phase Two of the plan, slated to begin in 2009, the other roll cart will hold not only yard debris, but all food scraps and food-soiled paper products.
Food scraps account for nearly a third of the 37 percent of all waste that is not recycled now.
The city's Office of Sustainable Development has been working with businesses on a voluntary basis to help them start composting programs. That waste is being hauled to a composting facility operated by Cedar Grove Composting Inc., southeast of Seattle.
Cedar Grove is looking for a site in Portland to build another facility.
While composting in the business sector is voluntary, city officials are working out new recycling mandates for businesses, to be approved by the council, that would include compost, paper and construction waste.
Businesses generate three-quarters of Portland's waste, according to the Office of Sustainable Development.
Although the business sector has been exceeding the current mandate to recycle at least 50 percent of its waste, it's likely that it will face a new mandate of 75 percent sometime in 2008.
One of the main debates within talks about potential changes to commercial waste hauling has to do with whether to do away with the current open-market system, in which haulers compete for business, and replace it with a franchise system of assigned zones, similar to the residential hauling system.
Plans to clean up hauling trucks, including diesel emissions, also are in the works.
A proposal outlining changes in commercial recycling is expected to be presented to the City Council in March.


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I have a friend who wants to install a printer driver. As I understand it, the printer itself needs to be connected physically for this to work.
He also has a desktop, which is the machine with the printer in question.
For some reason, the guy doesn't want to disconnect the printer from the desktop and temporarily hook it up to the laptop for the driver installation. I can only guess that there's a tangle of cords behind the desktop that he doesn't want to deal with.
So, he's asked me a question that I can't really answer.
He's wondering if he can connect the laptop to the desktop via USB ports on both, and thereby have the printer connected to the laptop "through" the desktop. I have no idea what the answer to this question is because I've never come across that issue before.
As I think about it now, the solution seems pretty simple if he doesn't want to mess with the cables behind the desktop.
If he has another USB cable, he can just disconnect the one in the printer that goes to the desktop and then connect the spare and run it to his laptop.
But I'm still curious about this question of connecting the laptop to the desktop via USB ports. Never heard of that and I would expect that the voltage delivered to the laptop over the USB connection would not be near enough to power the laptop.


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You can clearly see the bump upwards in the middle of 2009. This is about six months after the first 2008 foreclosure moratoriums kicked in. Once the inventory sold off, supply dried up and prices began to stabilize.
Then, there was kind of a very slow bleed until the beginning of 2012. I still haven't come to grips with what exactly happened to trigger such a change… what factors existed in February of 2012 that didn't in September of 2011?
Anyways, the REAL story here is that the party may be ending. Even though the most expensive Tier is continuing to see prices run up, the Mid and Bottom Tiers have seen declines in the second half of the year.
It will be interesting to see which direction 2013 takes us.


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Political Poster Art by Lester Beall
"In th 1930s, much of rural America lacked electricity, power, and running water. The Rural Electrification Administration hired graphic designer Lester Beall to create a series of posters illustrating the benefits of electrification." These posters, and a collection of other works, show the influence of one of America's great graphic designers, Lester Beall (1903-1969).September 07, 2012


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Mike Mains & The Branches are offering their first album "Home" in its entirety and the first single from their upcoming sophomore album, "Calm Down, Everything Is Fine." With a live show bursting with contagious energy and the promise of a follow-up record, Mike Mains & The Branches promises to be on the radar for 2013. Sophomore album Calm Down, Everything Is Fine due for release Spring 2013.


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What is Superstition?
Superstition is goth with a wink, we are Boston's funky dark disco, a chimera of sound, and an absolutely dance filled party. Each month offers something different as we bring together DJs with unique specialties. Our goal is to create an atmosphere of fun so you can have one heck of a great Friday night.
We also host special events that happen throughout the year like our 'Time Travelers Welcome' 'In Dreams', and 'Burtons Ball' costume parties. These events are run by the Superstition team but have seperate themes and vary in the type of music you will hear.
(We're back!)
You are invited to our premiere event.
We're extremely pleased and excited to present three of our favorite selectors for our first night at the Middle East Downstairs: DJ Anomaly (Superstition), d.j.lavoie (Superstition, Circle), and DJ Static (Ceremony).
We hope you'll join us.
Please spread the word and help make this one hell of a party.
'What kind of music? Imagine you're at an amazing house party and your friends are playing everything from The Cure, Covenant, David Bowie, Nine inch Nails, Prince, Depeche Mode, 3TEETH, Stevie Wonder, Combichrist, and more. It is kind of like that. You'll have fun. So much fun.'
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Your hosts are Anastasia and Jedi.
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Doors at 10pm / $10 presale at box office | $12 at door / 18+
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Our Venue: The Middle East Downstairs
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The Department of Health was an organization of the New Republic. It was influential in dealing with a Death Seed pandemic on Nam Chorios in 13 ABY. It was reorganized in 28 ABY as the Galactic Alliance Department of Health.
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Get ready to shop till you drop! It's almost Scholastic Book Fair time in the Westwood Terrace Library! Come one, come all! Book Fair will run from Monday, November 11th thru Friday, November 15th. Book Fair hours are 7:15-2:30 on Monday and 7:15-3:30 Tuesday thru Friday. Come check out all the wonderful books for children as well as for adults. Did you know that you can also shop online? Yes! You can shop from the convenience of your home! Check out the following link for instructions and all the details! http://bookfairs.
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She had a lot of fun, although at some points I think she may have been a little overwhelmed by the attention and presents. It had to be a little confusing for her - normally we're saying "no, don't tear the paper" and "let's not make a huge mess please."
In the spirit of being a Type A+ mom trying to be a B+, I did not sweat the decorations too much, however I did make everything by scratch that day - the cupcakes (banana with vanilla pastry custard "frosting"), the fried chicken fingers, the spinach dip... I was exhausted by the end of the day, but it really was worth it.
I hope to get some more pictures of her up tomorrow, on her actual birthday, but here's a couple I just love - the expression on her face while she started her cupcake was precious.
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|Playing on the couch with Papaw (aka, Zane, my step-dad)
|Hanging out with Grandma (aka Elaine, John's mom)


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Wahoo - hit the road about 12pm. Poor liz was still feeling exhausted from being ill the last couple of days and did a sterling job at driving the 250km or so to Port Campbell near the 12 Apostles, most of it through atrocious weather - really foggy and rainy - not exactly ideal conditions for the drive
Well, what can I say? Our prayers were answered - Weds (30th) was a glorious day, and what a difference it made. The sea was a beautiful colour and made the stacks look pretty spectacular. I'm a bit gutted we didn't get to see the sunset on them, but had to be making tracks back to Melbourne. Another long day of driving for Liz, stopping on route at a lovely town called Lorne where we relaxed on the beach for a bit and had lunch. Back into Melbourne by about 5pm and just met back up with Emily (who'd spent those couple of days visiting a friend as she'd already done the Great Ocean Road) and generally getting sorted for our early start the next morning to catch our flight to New Zealand.
So, that's Oz done for the time being, though I'll be heading back over to the west coast after NZ, and am hoping that will be a lot less touristy. Have become a little tired of the east coast to be perfectly honest, and am really looking forward to seeing what New Zealand has to offer...


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City overviewUnique features here include museums and theaters. You'll find a wide variety of coffee and bar choices. If you're looking for a family-friendly getaway, this place is for you.
Where to stayThis welcoming city offers a variety of lodging options. There are 92 hotels in the area and you can shop as many as 20 deals for rooms on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 25%.
- • 20 2-star hotels with an average price of $54 per night
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Here are the top hotels based on 12130 user reviews of local hotels:
- • The Daniel (Brunswick)
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- • Best Western Plus Brunswick Bath (Brunswick)
How to get to BrunswickFly in to Portland, ME (PWM-Portland Intl. Jetport), 25.3 mi (40.7 km) from downtown Brunswick. Augusta, ME (AUG-Augusta State) is the next closest major airport, 29.1 mi (46.9 km) away. Brunswick Station is the closest train station.
What to see around BrunswickKnown for its family-friendly sights such as:
- • Wilbur's of Maine Chocolate Confections
- • Maine State Aquarium
- • Pejepscot Museum
- • Skolfield-Whittier House
- • Maine State Music Theater
- • Joshua L. Chamberlain Museum
- • Pickard Theater
- • LL Bean Flagship Store
- • Auburn Mall
- • Bowdoin College
- • Central Maine Community College
- • First Parish Church
- • Androscoggin Swinging Bridge
- • Bowdoin College Museum of Art
- • Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center
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Google Accidentally Sinks Scottish Island
- By Peter Sullivan<p> Peter Sullivan is an editorial researcher at Foreign Policy. </p>
According to Google Maps, the residents of the island of Jura, Scotland, are drowning in the Atlantic Ocean. In reality, they're fine. An error in the program, discovered earlier this month, has resulted in the island showing up as a mere patch of ocean off the west coast of Scotland — albeit one with a road going through it.
The picturesque island, partly covered by wilderness and home to 5,000 deer, has just 200 people, many of whom seem to be more amused than concerned about their island's disappearance. The deer could not be reached for comment.
The island's "definitely still here," Lisa McDonald, who works at the Jura Hotel, told Scotland's Deadline News. "I'm on it at the moment. We're all safe and sound."
Jura's single malt scotch whisky distillery, which once employed a quarter of the island's male population, somehow spotted a marketing opportunity in the peculiar situation, promising a free bottle of whisky to the Twitter user who could put an 'X' closest to the distillery's location.
Let's help @googlemaps. Mark our location on the map and tweet it to us to win a prize. T&Cs http://t.co/GK4NPUtVZG pic.twitter.com/AopdRdOHKg
— Jura Malt Whisky (@jura_whisky) July 10, 2013
The winner? One Lucy Clapham, whose "first class orienteering skills" were duly recognized.
Others had a more political take on the vanishing island, even managing to connect the glitch with Scotland's upcoming referendum on independence and Britain's controversial Trident nuclear submarines.
So, Jura has disappeared from Google maps of Scotland. Has it been moved south to house Trident when Scotland becomes independent?
— Graeme King (@GraemeKing1) July 17, 2013
The theories will probably die down once Google restores the island to its map, but it's unclear when that will be. A Google spokeswoman announced on July 5 that engineers were "beavering away" to correct the glitch, but the island has not yet reappeared. That's a lot of beavering.
On Tuesday, the delay prompted the Scottish walking site Walkhighlands to tweet directly at Ed Parsons, a Google "geospatial technologist":
@edparsons Come on Ed, we know the whisky is great, but Google Maps should really give us the Isle of Jura back…. please 😉
— Walkhighlands (@walkhighlands) July 16, 2013
You heard it hear first, folks: If you see Google engineers with bottles of Jura Whisky, you'll know why.