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|James Albert Pike
February 14, 1913
Oklahoma City, OK
|September 3, 1969
(aged 56)
Wadi Mashash, Israel
James Albert Pike (February 14, 1913 – c. September 3-7, 1969)[1] was an American Episcopal bishop, prolific writer, and one of the first mainline religious figures to appear regularly on television.
His outspoken, and to some, heretical views on many theological and social issues made him one of the most controversial public figures of his time. He was an early proponent of ordination of women, racial desegregation, and the acceptance of LGBT people within mainline churches.[2] Pike was the fifth Bishop of California. Late in his life he explored psychic experimentation in an effort to contact his recently deceased son.
Early life[edit]
Pike was born in Oklahoma City on February 14, 1913. His father died when he was two, and his mother married California attorney Claude McFadden. The young Pike was a Roman Catholic and considered the priesthood; but, while attending the University of Santa Clara, he came to consider himself an agnostic. Pike earned a doctorate from Yale Law School and married Jane Alvies. He served as an attorney in Washington, D.C., for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal era and taught Law at George Washington University. In World War II, he served with Naval Intelligence.
Conversion and early church life[edit]
After World War II, Pike and his second wife joined the Episcopal Church. He first entered Virginia Theological Seminary and then Union Theological Seminary, to prepare for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1946, first serving as an assistant at St. John's, Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., then as Rector of Christ Church in Poughkeepsie, New York. He next became head of the Department of Religion and chaplain at Columbia University. He left Columbia in 1952 to become the Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York. Using his new position and media savvy, he vociferously opposed the local Catholic bishops over their attacks on Planned Parenthood and their opposition to birth control. He accepted an invitation to receive an honorary doctorate from Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee, but then publicly declined after finding that the university did not admit African Americans. An example of Pike's use of the media is how he released his letter to the New York Times before it was delivered to Sewanee's trustees: they heard the news when reporters called for reactions.[3] It was also at this time that he publicly challenged Senator Joseph McCarthy's allegation that 7,000 U.S. pastors were part of a Kremlin conspiracy; when the newly elected President Dwight D. Eisenhower backed up Pike, McCarthy and his movement began to lose their influence.[4]
In New York, Pike reached a large audience with liberal sermons and weekly television programs. Common topics included birth control, abortion laws, racism, capital punishment, apartheid, antisemitism, and farm worker exploitation.[5]
Election as bishop[edit]
Pike was elected as bishop coadjutor of California in 1958 and succeeded to the See a few months later, following the death of his predecessor, Karl Morgan Block. He served in this position until 1966, when he resigned, to work for the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, a liberal, private-sector think tank.
His episcopate was marked by both professional and personal controversy. He was one of the leaders of the Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State movement, which advocated against John Kennedy's presidential campaign because of Catholic teachings.[6] While at Grace Cathedral, he was involved with promoting a living wage for workers in San Francisco, the acceptance of LGBT people in the church, and civil rights.[citation needed] He also recognized a Methodist minister as having dual ordination and freedom to serve in the diocese. Later, he ordained a woman as a first-order deacon, now known as a "transitional deacon", usually the first step in the process towards ordination in the priesthood in the Episcopal church. The ordination was not approved until after Pike's death.[7]
Among his notable accomplishments, Pike invited Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to speak at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco in 1965 following his march to Selma, Alabama.
Pike's theology involved the rejection of central Christian beliefs. His writings questioned a number of widely accepted beliefs, including the virginity[clarification needed]of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, the doctrine of Hell, and the Trinity. He famously called for "fewer beliefs, more belief."[7] Heresy procedures were begun in 1962, 1964, 1965, and 1966, each growing in intensity, but in the end the Church decided it was not in the denomination's best interest to pursue an actual heresy trial.[3]
In his personal life, Pike had been a chain-smoker and an alcoholic. His charismatic personality drew many people to him, including Maren Hackett Bergrud, with whom he developed a romantic relationship after the failure of his second marriage in 1965.
The Other Side[edit]
In 1966, Pike's son Jim took his own life in a New York City hotel room. Shortly after his son's death, Pike reported experiencing poltergeist phenomena—books vanishing and reappearing, safety pins open and indicating the approximate hour of his son's death, half the clothes in a closet disarranged and heaped up.[8] Pike led a public pursuit of various spiritualist and clairvoyant methods of contacting his deceased son to reconcile. In September 1967, Pike participated in a televised séance with his dead son through the medium Arthur Ford, an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ church. Pike detailed these experiences in his book The Other Side.
Pike's first marriage was in 1940; he had it annulled in 1941. He married Esther Yanovsky in 1942; she filed for divorce from Pike in 1965 (finalized in 1966). They had two children, a boy and a girl. He lived with, but did not marry, his secretary Maren Bergrud, until 1967, when she committed suicide after they had an argument (he performed the funeral for her in his church). In 1968 he married Diane Kennedy (born 1938), with whom he had collaborated on a book detailing his experience with spiritualism.[9]
In August 1969, Pike and Diane traveled to Israel, to perform research for a proposed book. On 2 September they drove into the Judean Desert. In preparation for a book on the historical Jesus, they wanted to have a feeling for why Jesus would have gone out into that wilderness to fast and meditate for 40 days. They were unprepared for the journey, having taken along only two Cokes and no water. When their rented car became stuck in a deep rut, the two were not able to extract it (neither knew how to use the car's jack). After an hour of stressful efforts to get the car to move, they decided to walk toward Qumran, where they knew there would be water. What they did not know was that they were far south of Qumran in Wadi Mashash. After two hours of walking in the very hot sun, Pike felt he had to rest. Diane was concerned that, without water, they would both die there so she determined to walk on to find help. After ten long hours of climbing on the walls of the canyon and stumbling along a road under construction, she came upon a camp of Arab laborers. They gave her tea to drink until the foreman came and took her to the nearest army camp. It took four days to find Pike's body. He had tried to follow his wife and had fallen more than 60 feet down a steep canyon wall where he died. The probable date of his death is 2 September; some sources cite it as between 3 and 7 September. He was buried in the Protestant Cemetery in Jaffa, Israel, on 8 September 1969.
In literature[edit]
- James Pike was an inspiration for the character of Timothy Archer in Philip K. Dick's book, The Transmigration of Timothy Archer. They were friends, and Pike officiated at Dick's wedding to Nancy Hackett, stepdaughter of Maren Hackett (1966).[10]
- Joan Didion wrote about Pike and the building of the Grace Cathedral in her collection of essays, The White Album (1979).
- E. L. Doctorow includes Pike as a fictionalized character in his novel, City of God (2000).
Major works[edit]
- Dentan, Robert C.; Pike, James A. (1949), The Holy Scriptures – The Church's Teaching, NYC: National Council, Protestant Episcopal Church
- Pike, James A.; Pittenger, Norman (1951), The Faith of the Church, Greenwich, CT: Seabury Press
- ——— (1953), Beyond Anxiety, NYC: Charles Scribner's Sons
- ——— (1954), If You Marry Outside Your Faith, NYC: Harper & Bros.
- ———; Krumm, John McG (1954), Roadblocks to Faith, NYC: Morehouse-Gorham
- ——— (1955), Doing the Truth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co
- ———; Pyle, John W. (1955), The Church, Politics and Society, NYC: Morehouse-Gorham
- ——— (1956), Pike, James A., ed., Modern Canterbury Pilgrims, NYC: Morehouse-Gorham
- ———; Johnson, Howard A. (1956), Man in the Middle, Greenwich, CT: The Seabury Press
- ——— (1957), The Next Day, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co
- ———; Byfield, Richard (1960), A Roman Catholic in the White House, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co
- ——— (1961), A New Look at Preaching, NYC: Charles Scribner's Sons
- ——— (1961), Our Christmas Challenge, NYC: Sterling
- ——— (1963), Beyond the Law, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co
- ——— (1964), A Time for Christian Candor, NYC: Harper & Rowe
- ——— (1965), Teen-Agers and Sex, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
- ——— (1966), What is This Treasure, NYC: Harper & Rowe
- ——— (1967), You and the New Morality, NYC: Harper & Rowe
- ——— (1967), If This Be Heresy, NYC: Harper & Rowe
- ——— (1968), Facing the Next Day, NYC: MacMillan (paperback edition of "The Next Day")
- ———; Kennedy, Diane (1968), The Other Side, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co
- Holzer, Hans (1970). The Psychic World of Bishop Pike. Crown Publishers. ISBN 0-5321-2255-0. OCLC 422271163.
- Robertson, David M. (2004). A Passionate Pilgrim: A Biography of Bishop James A. Pike. NYC: Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41187-9. OCLC 53360781.
- Stearn, Jess (28 January 1968). "Bishop Pike's Strange Séances". This Week, The Baltimore Sun.
- Stringfellow; Towne, The Death, and Life of Bishop Pike
- Unger, Merrill Frederick (1971). The Haunting of Bishop Pike: A Christian View of the Other Side. Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House. ISBN 0-8423-1340-0. OCLC 141366.
- Spraggett, Allen The Bishop Pike Story (1970). New American Library
- ^ [1] Pike, James Albert, An Episcopal Dictionary of the Church
- ^ http://www.booksandculture.com/articles/webexclusives/2004/august/040830a.html
- ^ a b Maudlin, Michael G. "Books & Culture's Book of the Week: Be Careful What You Pray For". Christianity Today. Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ^ Robertson, David M (2004). A Passionate Pilgrim: A Biography of Bishop James A. Pike. New York: Knopf. ISBN 0-375-41187-9. OCLC 53360781.
- ^ Lampen, Michael. "Bishop James Pike: Visionary or Heretic?". Tales from the Crypt. Grace Cathedral. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
- ^ Woodward (Dec 5, 2007), "Mitt Romney is no Jack Kennedy", The New York Times.
- ^ a b Pike, James A (1967). If This Be Heresy. New York: Harper and Rowe Publishers.
- ^ Christopher, Milbourne (1970). ESP, Seers & Psychics: What the Occult Really Is. New York: Crowell. ISBN 0-690-26815-7. OCLC 97063.
- ^ [2] Maudlin, Michael A., Be Careful What You Pray For (book review in "Books & Culture" of A Passionate Pilgrim: Biography of James A. Pike by David A. Robertson)
- ^ "The author with Bishop Pike". Philip K. Dick Trust. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
External links[edit]
- James A. Pike Papers, Syracuse University
- Nimoy, Leonard, "Bishop Pike", In Search of...
- Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury
- 1913 births
- 1969 deaths
- Converts to Anglicanism from Roman Catholicism
- Episcopal bishops of California
- Virginia Theological Seminary alumni
- Union Presbyterian Seminary alumni
- Burials in Israel
- Writers from Oklahoma City
- Yale Law School alumni
- George Washington University faculty
- Santa Clara University alumni
- American military personnel of World War II
- Columbia University faculty
- Clergy from Oklahoma City


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For these digital paintings, I started with original butterfly photos that I specially prepared for the painting process. Two separate painting techniques were layered over the photos to create the hand-painted look. Printed on Japanese Washi, these are truly original works of art.
This gallery shows off the wide range of possibilities I have to enhance my images by creating "painterly" effects of some of my favorite photos. Before commencing with the digital painting, I'll often assemble pieces of several of my photos to create a brand new composition, just as traditional painter might do.
Visual history of the Haber family. Features a video of Harry, Sarah and David Haber at 7825 Orchid St., NW., Washington, DC.
I'm often asked about "going digital." Here are some reasons why I enjoy, and need to work on some of my photos on the computer.
July 3 - 14, 2016
The cicadas had been making a racket for weeks, but this was different. Instead of from the trees, there was a ruckus in the grass. Looking closer (and thanks to a Google Search), he stumbled upon a CICADA KILLER. Or Sphecius speciosus. They are large solitary wasps that hunt cicadas and provision their nests with them, and then lay eggs in them, allowing the egg to get it's nutrients directly from the decaying body. At one point, the wasp chewed off the head and flew away with it. That must be what it was doing. Because then it returned, and did the same with body parts, until the cicada was gone!
Taken from the beach during sunrise. All photos were taken and processed on the iPhone. Other than the "Painterly" images, no post-processing was performed on the photos. I used an iPhone camera app to slow the shutter down to 2 seconds.
The Lama Nuptials.
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Artwork created in part on the iPad or iPhone.
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Solar Flair - Reston, VA, April 14, 2012
Deep in the Cohen archives, 80 2.25" x 4" negatives were hiding at the bottom of a box. This is just a preview of some of the negatives that I digitized. More information, and more photos to follow.
Orchid Extravaganza at Longwood Gardens.
The George Peabody Library is a remarkable research library housed in a remarkable building in the Mount Vernon Cultural District of Baltimore, Maryland. Begun in 1860, the library collection contains over 300,000 volumes largely from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Where Water and Land Dance
In an age old dance land, water, and wind combine here. Sparkling in the sun on a breezy day, this natural area of Anacostia Park has origins in a 1926 act authorizing parks to preserve forests and natural scenery. The park reflects the history of the nation's rivers and wetlands.
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The United States Air Force Memorial is a national place of reverence, remembrance and celebration where the Air Force "family" and all Americans can pause to remember, honor and gather to celebrate the people and the achievements of America's Airmen. It is located on an elevated promontory, adjacent to the southern boundary of Arlington National Cemetery, less than a ½ mile west of the Pentagon, in Arlington, Virginia.
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Joint Services Open House 2010 at Andrews Air Force Base
Grand Bahamas
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All these photos were taken around our house. Tracey's some gardener, huh!?
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
It was supposed to be a walk around the lake today, but because of the rain, I took shots through the rain covered windshield of my car. These are untouched photos except that I added a little warmth to brighten up the photos.
These were taken at the District of Columbia Radio Control Club field in Germantown, MD. Their web site is http://www.dc-rc.org/index.htm
A few photos from my visit to a few hotels with Eric T. the night before the inauguration.
University of Maryland Homecoming football game on October 25, 2008 ... in a slight drizzle.
Taken at the "Wings of Fancy" butterfly exhibit at Brookside Gardens.
These pictures were taken as part of the Gaithersburg Camera Club Photo Safari to this historic cemetery just 1 1/2 miles from the U.S. Capitol. It was established in 1807 as neighborhood burial ground, but until 1835 it was also used as the final resting place for nearly every Congressman who died in Washington. Fast forward to today and you'll find many famous people burried there. Read the rest of the history at http://www.congressionalcemetery.org/.
Alex's Bar Mitzvah Party - December 22, 2007
The 2007 National Book Festival was held on September 29 on the "Mall" in Washington, DC. These are pictures of Jodi Picoult speaking in the Fantasy and Fiction pavilion. Jodi's web site: http://www.jodipicoult.com/.
Smith Family Portraits (and Friends)
Gartner Winner Circle 2006
Eze is a medieval village perched like an eagles nest on a narrow rocky peak overlooking the Mediterranean sea. The ancient fortified village is still crowned with the ruins of its 12th-century fortified castle (torn down in 1706), sitting on a narrow rocky peak.
Thousands assembled in Washington, DC to protest Bush policy and demand war's end.
A raucous and colorful multitude of protesters, led by some of the aging activists of the past, staged a series of rallies and a march on the Capitol to demand that the United States end its war in Iraq.
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Tracey's team celebrates their success in Kiawah Island. (More great pictures coming soon!)
Backyard Spiders
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Finally ... SNOW! Ginkgo Terrace finally had a really cool snow storm on February 12, 2006! And to make it even better ... NO SCHOOL tomorrow!
Random photos from throughout the year.
These are just a few of my favorite nature photos.
Here are a few pictures from the beach the week before school. Tracey took all of these beautiful pictures!
Tracey noticed this cardinal nest outside our living room window in July. Jon rearranged the living room furniture so he could set up his camera on a tripod hoping to catch some action. As it turned out, the eggs hatched just days before we left on summer vacation. It was great fun watching and listening to the cardinals over the next few days.
Tracey and Jon's summer vacation to Rome, Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast.
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U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, returns to Pennsylvania Friday to plug Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin in the Jewish community.
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Temple Beth Hillel at 10 a.m. 1001 Remington Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096
B'rith Shalom House at 11:15 a.m. 3939 Conshohocken Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131
Congregation Shaare Shamayim at 1:45 p.m. 9768 Verree Road Philadelphia, PA 19096
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Fanning fears during London's mayoral election: Islamophobia on the Rise in England
By Linn Washington, Jr.
During a casual conversation inside a store on a swanky shopping street located a short distance from London's fabled Kensington Palace a twenty-something retail clerk said she feels a strange sense of discomfort that she's never felt before in London, the city where this native of Algeria has lived most of her life.
Takin' it to the Street, and Pushing Bernie to Not Endorse Hillary and Instead Run as an Independent
By Dave Lindorff
New TCBH! poem by resident poet Gary Lindorff: 'Riding the elephant'
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The push to make Sanders the Green Party's candidate: Bernie Sanders' Real 'Political Revolution' Could Happen This Fall
By Dave Lindorff
Why the best candidate can't win the support of People of Color: Where the Bern is Fizzling
By Alfredo Lopez
In the recent New York primaries, Bernie Sanders experienced some very cold water thrown in his face. Not only did he lose, and soundly, but he was served a major lesson about one of the primary deficiencies in his campaign.
New TCBH! poem: 'Sucking the bones of bees'
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Bernie's right on free tuition -- we had it once: Free College for All Worked in the US for 100 Years Until Elite Took It Away
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Denying discrimination: Clintonian Political Calculus and the Culture of Hooey
By Linn Washington, Jr.
Hooey –- silly talk/nonsense –- frequently has slimy characteristics and slime is slippery.
Former President Bill Clinton recently slipped on some silly talk when trying to dance around a slime trail oozing from his presidency during the 1990s.
Hysterical Cold-War Style US Reporting as 2 Unarmed Russian Jets Buzz US Destroyer Sailing Near Russian Port
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US news reports on an incident Tuesday in which two Russian jet fighters buzzed very close to a US destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, in the Baltic Sea, make it sound like a serious threat in which the US might have been justified in defending itself against a simulated attack on the high seas.
Nowhere in the reports in the US was it mentioned that the Cook was itself engaging in provocative behavior.
Clinton has a delegate lead thanks to 6 Deep South states: The Democratic Convention Pledged Delegates Story Nobody Talks About
By Dave Lindorff
Bernie Sanders is behind Hillary Clinton in the number of pledged delegates he has amassed over the course of just under two and a half weeks of primaries and caucuses. Her advantage in pledged delegates has fallen over the last month and a half from a high point of just over 300 to a current 213.
The problem's that Clinton IS qualified for president: Is Bernie's 'Political Revolution' the Real Thing or a Pathetic Joke?
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Bernie Sanders had a shining moment last week at a massive rally in Philadelphia at the Temple University Liacouras Sports Center. The high point came when he mentioned that his opponent, Hillary Clinton, had implied that he was "not qualified" to be president -- a charge that she has continued to make in a tense campaign for the April 19 Democratic primary in New York state.
New poem by ThisCantBeHappening! resident poet Gary Lindorff: 'We are not all in the same boat'
If the 5% disappeared
And the 95% became the 100%
There would be a tomorrow.
We could buy maybe another hundred years
Something's happening in the presidential race: Clinton's Crumbling, Bernie's Surging 'Political Revolution' is in the Air
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Philadelphia -- Something "YUGE" is happening in the Democratic presidential campaign, and perhaps in the broader American body politic. It's hard to put your finger on it, but like that feeling of your neck hairs rising off your skin as a big thunderstorm approaches, you know it's big and it's coming.
Heartfelt message or political gamesmanship?: WTF! John McCain Saluting an American Communist?
By John Grant
New TCBH! poem: 'Fishing the Red Herring'
We were at Shelby's at the bar and Jeff,
Who was watching Fox News,
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New Mifepristone label approval just a band-aid: FDA Change to the 'Abortion Pill' Overrated
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CIA 'K-9 test' gone wrong or something else?: Plastic Explosives Found in School Bus Engine Compartment by school's mechanic
By Dave Lindorff
What on earth was the CIA doing putting plastic high explosive charges on school buses and in hidden places in a Virginia public school in a "test" of K-9 dogs reportedly belonging to the Agency itself?
New poem by TCBH! resident poet Gary Lindorff: 'One day, in the asylum'
We were having a bad day in the asylum,
A bad 8 years, a bad sixteen years,
Oh, heck, a bad era,
Well, let's face it, a bad history.
But we had a good leader for a change,
Hot time in the old town of Philly in July?: Washington, Alaska and Hawaii Blowout Wins Boost Sanders Nomination Odds
By Dave Lindorff
Stolen primary in Arizona?: Questioning Hillary's Tuesday Primary Win Amid Widespread Evidence of Voter Suppression in Phoenix
By Dave Lindorff
It sure looks like there was some voter fraud committed in the Democratic primary in Arizona on Tuesday.
Hillary Clinton backed the coup: Shine the Light of Truth on Poor Honduras
By John Grant
Since the coup, Honduras has become one of the most dangerous places in the world.
Why I won't be voting for Hillary in November: A Neolib Posing as a Progressive vs. a Reality TV Star Posing as a Fascist
By Dave Lindorff
I won't be voting for Hillary Clinton if she wins the Democratic Party nomination for president, and I won't heed Bernie Sanders if, as he has vowed to do, he calls on his supporters to "come together" after the convention, should he lose, to support Clinton and prevent Donald Trump or another Republican from becoming president.
Sanders to keep campaigning: Decrying Clinton's Wall Street and Oil Industry Bribes, Bernie Soldiers On
Ticking time bomb: Youth Violence Solution? Authorities Should Stop Ignoring Local Activists
By Linn Washington, Jr.
London and Philadelphia -- Over three thousands miles and more than forty years in age separate anti-violence activists Bilal Qayyum and Noel Williams, yet each advocates a similar solution to 'the problem' they seek to solve in their respective cities located on separate sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
Time for Sanders to play hardball: With Clinton Stumbling Following His Big Michigan Win, Bernie Should Attack Her Integrity
By Dave Lindorff
Bernie Sanders, whose campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination is on a roll following a stunning if narrow win in last Tuesday's Michigan primary, where he embarrassed pollsters who were predicting a double-digit rout by Hillary Clinton only a day before the voting, has famously said he's "not interested" in the issue of his opponent's exclusive use, during her five years as Obama's Secretary of State, of a private, instead of government email account and server.
Expat insights: The Color of Change in Berlin and Beyond
By Linn Washington, Jr.
The consequential changes sweeping across Europe, from immigrants impacting demographics to an increasing embrace of right-wing ideologies, are not surprising to Professor Donald Muldrow Griffith, an American who has lived in Berlin, Germany for over three decades.
Lawmakers make Texas MDs offer substandard care: Texas Abortion Laws Pose Dangerous Implications for All of Medicine
By Jess Guh
Much like expensive red wines, many Facebook relationships, and Kanye West's psychological state, the case of Texas House Bill No. 2 is complicated.
Not a typical TCBH! article, but urgently important: If You and a Spouse Will Both Be 66 by 4/30, a Pot of Money Awaits You
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Profile in lack of courage: Sen. Warren has Betrayed the Cause the Put Her in the Senate and Once Made Her a Hero to Millions
By Dave Lindorff
Sen. Elizabeth Warren just had a chance to turn the tide in this rigged Democratic primary season last Tuesday, and she ran away from it.
White power and the 'model minority' myth: Officer Peter Liang Highlights the Asian-American Identity Crisis
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William and Kate are believed to have left yesterday for an undisclosed destination. The couple want to keep the holiday "entirely private" after the publicity surrounding their wedding at Westminster Abbey.
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St James's Palace confirmed that Prince William has taken two weeks' leave from his role as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot. A palace spokesman said: "We are not confirming and we are not commenting on speculation on where they may be going on their private honeymoon, we are just confirming that they have gone."
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This November, the people of the State of California will be voting on Proposition 8 which could ban homosexual marriage in that state. On a site that I ran across called "Gather" (which I gather is a gathering site for gay rights people), an author (Troy W) published a short essay entitled Why California's Proposition 8 Would Make Jesus Weep in which he said:
In the name of "traditional family values" and spearheaded by conservative Christian groups a measure has been put on the California ballot to, for the first time in California history, add discrimination to the state constitution. This measure has no other purpose than to limit the rights of human beings to legally acknowledge their love for one another and make a binding commitment to one another.
Now, I don't particularly want to get into the merits of this proposition. Needless to say, I disagree with the opinion of Troy W. both as to the purpose and effect of the proposition. I will say that it seems apparent to me that the reason for this proposition is that a lot of citizens of California don't share the same ethical worldview as Troy W and felt that the California Supreme Court overstepped its Constitutional boundaries in dictating as a matter of equal protection that gay marriage should be equated with non-gay marriage. Certainly, there are those of us who disagree that the highest and most important ethical obligation is to promote pleasure.
Most of the essay is the usual pablum against Proposition 8 and limits on homosexual marriage, but what caught my eye was Troy W's statements about Jesus. He said:
In the Bible Jesus teaches us to love our enemies and embrace those whom others would cast out. Jesus led by example when he embraced the lepers and brought the pariahs of his time to sit at his side. He embraced those who others disparaged and ridiculed. He never said that homosexuals were evil. In point of fact he never spoke on the subject anywhere in the Bible. He taught love and acceptance of all even those whom have wronged you. He forgave those who crucified him as he died on the cross. He never said he hated anyone. Truth be told you have to go to the Old Testament to find anything about homosexuality and even then you have to look pretty hard, unless of course you are one of those for whom that passage of the Bible is more important than the actual teachings of Christ in which case you can find the dog-eared page most quickly more than likely.
If you accept that the New Testament is the chronicle of the teachings of Christ then as a follower of Christ you should be opposed to any law that would subjugate a segment of the population for who they happen to love. One of the few times Christ was ever cited as showing real anger was when he went into the Temple and saw people perverting the church for their own gain. Now the so-called followers of Jesus are using religion as a club to scare people into making laws that cause God's children to be excluded and feel emotional pain unnecessarily. "Judge not lest ye be judged." "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." That is what Jesus taught. Hate and exclusion is the realm of darkness. Do you think telling people their love is illegitimate is what Jesus would do?
This is part of the typical parsing of the Bible that I have seen coming out of the gay rights movement, and it is an example of really poor thinking. Allow me to break it down by pointing out faulty reasoning in the writing. In doing so, I do want to point out that my writing here is based upon my conservative understanding of the Bible. I know that not everyone who I readily acknowledge as a Christian agrees with this understanding, but that is an in-house discussion that will be going on for years (and in which I am confident the conservative reading will ultimately prevail).
(1) Jesus never said that homosexuals were evil. This is a variation of the argument from silence (argumentum ex silentio). Looking at the argument in syllogistic form reveals the missing term and the flaw in the argument:
Premise One: Jesus never said that homosexuals were evil.
Unstated Premise Two: Whatever Jesus didn't discuss is not evil.
Conclusion: Therefore, Jesus didn't find homosexuality evil.
Now, I don't particularly like the use of the word "evil" here because of the connotation that is carried into our present day society. When people think "evil", they think Halloween or Friday the 13th which are extreme examples of evil. I prefer to make the argument using the word "unethical" because the word "ethic" implies an actual objective moral code, and it puts the argument into a more realistic context using today's vernacular. So, substituting "unethical" for "evil" the syllogism reads:
Premise One: Jesus never said that homosexuals were unethical.
Unstated Premise Two: Whatever Jesus didn't discuss is not unethical.
Conclusion: Therefore, Jesus didn't find homosexuality unethical.
Obviously, Premise One is true (as long as one understands that we are dealing with what Jesus directly said), and the conclusion is the conclusion that Troy W wants the reader to reach. However, to get from Premise One to the Conclusion, one must pass through Premise Two (or something similar). Is there any reason to believe that Premise Two is true? Jesus never mentioned rape, does that mean he thought it isn't unethical? Does the fact that Jesus never mentioned torture mean that it isn't unethical? Obviously, It doesn't follow from Jesus' non-mention of something (either approving or disapproving) that He approved of it. It means, rather, that it wasn't something that we can say he addressed in his three year ministry. To assume that Jesus' non-mention of homosexuality is some sort of silent affirmation of homosexuality is to make an unwarranted leap to a not-so-certain conclusion.
In fact, isn't it true that if Jesus' non-mention of homosexuality could be seen as affirmation of the practice then it's equally valid to argue that Jesus' non-mention of homosexuality can be understood as rejection of the practice? After all, Jesus spent a great deal of time pointing out how the Jewish Priests and Pharisees had distorted God's law, which means that Jesus' failure to address this particular "distortion" proof that Jesus approved of the practice? Obviously, if the failure to mention homosexuality can be seen to support Troy W's position, then the failure to mention it can equally support condemnation of the practice.
Now, Troy W's argument may not be fallacious if the argument can be made that Jesus didn't condemn homosexuality when he was confronted with the issue. However, nowhere in any of the four Gospels is there any account that Jesus was confronted with the opportunity to either affirm or condemn homosexuality. It simply isn't there. Thus, the fact that Jesus never addresses homosexuality cannot be seen as some type of silent affirmation of the practice.
2. In point of fact he never spoke on the subject anywhere in the Bible. It is certainly true that Jesus never directly addressed the subject of homosexuality. However, the Bible as a whole is not silent on the subject. It does refer to it as a sin -- in fact, it identifies it as an "abomination" (Leviticus 18:22) and as "shameless lusts" and "indecent acts" (Romans 1:26-27). Jesus Himself said that he had not come to abolish the Law (including Leviticus), but to fulfill the law. (Matthew 5:17). In other words, Jesus did not say that the law does not identify sin anymore, but rather that he had come to free us from the consequences of that sin.
Consequently, the fact that Jesus never spoke about homosexuality does not mean that the Biblical teachings on the subject as a whole are void and without effect. They are still binding, but the punishment has been taken away because of the work of the cross.
3. He taught love and acceptance of all even those whom have wronged you. He did teach love, and He did teach that all people can attain the Kingdom of God. However, Jesus did not teach acceptance of the actions of all people. Yes, He sat down with the sinners, but the limited times that the Bible discusses Jesus' interactions with these sinners they are identified as people most in need of God's forgiveness. Jesus points out that those who are healthy don't need a healer (Matthew 9:10-13). The woman who cleaned Jesus' feet with tears was also identified as a sinner. (Luke 7:36-50). If anything, Jesus teaches that those He went to (and who came to him) were most in need of His mercy and forgiveness -- not that he accepted what they did.
4. Jesus never said he hated anyone. True. However, the Bible says that God hates those who do wrong (Psalm 5:5) while at the same time loving them enough to offer forgiveness if they turn from their evil ways. Moreover, Jesus didn't hesitate to show His contempt for those who distorted God's Word for their own purposes (Matthew 23). Make no mistake -- God is a God of love, but that does not mean that God is equally accepting of all activity as either acceptable or sin-free.
5. You have to go to the Old Testament to find anything about homosexuality. No, despite attempts by some to have the verses in Romans (Romans 1:26-27) apply only to cultic prostitution, these efforts are largely baseless (in the opinion of many). There are also references to homosexuality as a sin in one of the other letters which I can't find that quickly because my edition of the Bible isn't dog-eared to those pages.
6. If you accept that the New Testament is the chronicle of the teachings of Christ then as a follower of Christ you should be opposed to any law that would subjugate a segment of the population for who they happen to love. If I believed that love was the highest and only ethic, I would agree with this statement. However, a solid understanding of the Biblical teaching requires a synthesis of the teachings as a whole. Christians are not free to ignore the remaining teachings of the Bible about sin and leading Godly lives and still be consistent with the teachings of the entire Word of God.
7. One of the few times Christ was ever cited as showing real anger was when he went into the Temple and saw people perverting the church for their own gain. Yes, he saw people perverting something that was holy. Since God has set his imprimatur on marriage between a man and a woman (Genesis 1 and 2) but has never done the same for homosexuality (which a conservative reading would say has clearly identified as sinful and not blessed), it seems to me that it is the people who are trying to claim that Jesus would support homosexual marriage who are "perverting the church for their own gain."
8. "Judge not lest ye be judged." Christians are not to judge whether a person has sufficient saving faith. Christians are to judge actions and behaviors as either consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of the church (e.g., 1 Corinthians 5). Almost immediately after saying "Judge not lest ye be judged" in Luke 6:37, Jesus states that Christians are to identify good trees and bad trees by its fruit, i.e., they are supposed to judge a person's heart by their actions (Luke 6:43-45). Moreover, God has judged and will judge (Romans 2).
9. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." This phrase from John 8 is an admonition to be merciful and forgiving in light of our own sin. This verse is usually cited as a club against Christians not to identify sin, but the people who cite this verse always forget the end of the account. There, Jesus tells the woman who was a sinner and about to be stoned, "Go now and leave your life of sin." The account does not say that Jesus wanted her to continue in her sinful ways, and Christians, likewise, warn about sin and oppose its casual acceptance.
10. Do you think telling people their love is illegitimate is what Jesus would do? I think that Jesus would tell the truth. If the overall Biblical teaching on this subject is accurate (and I strongly contend that it is) then Jesus would not lie and say that He approves of homosexual marriage. Rather, he would say, "Go now and leave your life of sin."


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Garmin Vivoactive HR
The activity filled and superb Golfing vívoactive HR, a GPS smartwatch with Garmin Elevate™ wrist heart rate technology. The vívoactive HR helps keep track of active moments throughout the day, counting steps and floors climbed, intensity minutes, monitoring sleep and featuring built-in GPS-enabled sports apps for walking, running, biking, swimming, golfing, paddle boarding, rowing, skiing and snowboarding. The vívoactive HR uses 24/7 wrist-based heart rate data to calculate calories burned information as well as the intensity of fitness activities, providing proper credit for users' array of workouts. With the Connect IQ store, users can easily personalize their vívoactive HR with free apps, widgets, watch faces and data fields. The vívoactive HR is being announced in conjunction with Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, and will be showcased at the Garmin booth #CS 90.
"The vívoactive HR builds on the incredible versatility and multi-functionality of its predecessor by adding wrist-based heart rate and a barometric altimeter – allowing it to track even more data essential to workouts and day-to-day activity," said Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of worldwide sales. "All your efforts to stay active are accounted for from taking the stairs at the office to going on a run or ride."
Measure Daily Activity
Featuring Elevate wrist heart rate technology1, the vívoactive HR provides 24/7 heart rate monitoring and eliminates the need for a chest strap. Using the heart rate data the vívoactive HR quantifies the intensity of fitness activities and allows users to monitor their progress against aerobic activity goals recommended by leading health organizations like the American Heart Association.
The vívoactive HR's always-on, touchscreen, sunlight-readable Garmin Chroma Display™ lets users track activity and stay connected anytime, anywhere. Its built-in GPS-enabled sports apps include:
Running – Using a built-in accelerometer and GPS users can track runs either indoors or out. Additional features include Auto Lap®, Auto Pause®, and vibration alerts for heart rate, pace, run/walk intervals, and more. Post-run summaries include stats such as total mileage, calories, average pace and overall time.
Cycling – The cycling app measures time, distance, speed and calories. It is compatible with speed and cadence sensors, and the Varia® lights and radar (sensors and radar are sold separately).
Pool Swimming – In addition to tracking total and interval time, distance, pace, stroke count and stroke type, the swimming app also features easy pausing for rests, complete with rest timers, and can calculate swolf, a measure of swimming efficiency.
Golfing – Users can view a simplified view of the green, measure shot distance and be pointed in the right direction with PinPointer while golfing on one of the 40,000 course maps worldwide available for download from the Garmin golf course database.
Stand Up Paddleboarding and Rowing – Users can easily track and view pace, time, distance, stroke count, stroke rate and distance per stroke. When using an indoor rowing machine, users can track time, stroke count and stroke rate.
Skiing and Snowboarding – The skiing and snowboarding app measures 3-D speed by calculating the speed and distance on an incline versus latitude and longitude. It also provides splits automatically and features Auto Pause, which freezes the timer automatically when users stop or ride the lift.
The vívoactive HR also includes Garmin Move IQ™, a new feature that continuously monitors for periods of sustained activity. With Move IQ, the vívoactive HR automatically recognizes walking, running, biking, swimming and elliptical training. Users can easily track their exercise throughout the day without needing to start a timed activity. Once synced with Garmin Connect™, users can review their full day of activity in a convenient Timeline view.
The New Srixon AD333 Golf Ball
Luke Donald visits Mizuno's iron forging factory in Hiroshima Japan
Precision iron player Luke Donald flew to Japan in November 2015 to see how the Grain Flow Forged irons that he has played since college are made. #nothingfeelslikeamizuno. You can be custom fit for your own custom built set of Mizuno irons here at Aslan Golf
Mizuno Given Gold Award in the 2016 Equipment Hot List
Mizuno irons dripped gold yet again at Golf Digests 2016 HOT LIST awards – with four irons taking top marks and an industry best five iron medals in total.
The new Boron fuelled MP-25 and JPX EZ dripped in gold alongside the established JPX850 Forged and JPX 850. Mizuno's new MP-5 was not considered as muscle backs and pure blades are excluded from Golf Digests testing. Across all categories Mizuno took six gold medals – with the S5 wedges and JPX EZ hybrid (both played by Luke Donald), joining the elite ranks.
"It's to the credit of the awards and testers that a more niche club maker like Mizuno holds its own in these awards. Especially when you realise that blades aren't eligible for consideration – which is the category for which Mizuno is most recognised," said Alex Thorne, Tour Operations Manager for Mizuno Europe.
"Back in the 90's it looked like the aesthetics of club design were being lost as irons pushed bigger and chunkier. As manufacturing techniques have evolved, we can now give golfers the best of both worlds. Beautiful, more precise irons packed with technology to make the game a little easier. It's changed the landscape and put manufacturers with a heritage in classic design back to the forefront. It's not enough to just have technology anymore – golfers want great feel and precise looks too. That puts Mizuno back at the very front edge of the latest generation of equipment."
Garmin Golf Watches Loaded with 40,000 Courses
Garmin Approach GPS Golf Devices Now Preloaded with More Than 40,000 Global Courses
Garmin are excited to announce that there are now more than 40,000 worldwide golf courses preloaded and available for Approach GPS watch and handheld users. With the addition of these courses, Garmin now offers the most courses of any golfing device on the market. Courses will come preloaded on new Approach units, while current Approach owners will be able to download all of the new courses to their device at no additional cost.
"We're thrilled to announce that we now have the largest selection of courses available," said Dan Bartel, Garmin vice president of worldwide sales. "With Garmin Approach devices, we want to ensure that golfers have an upper hand when they play, and having more than 40,000 courses available is a big part of that."
Each course is displayed as full-color CourseView™ diagrams1, so golfers are able to preview hole details like traps, green shapes and more. Golfers will also get precise distances to the front, middle and back of the green, as well as layup and dogleg distances.
In addition to course data on Approach devices, golfers will also be able to access data through the recently updated Garmin Connect Mobile app. Golfers can view their scores and stats from each round, and track their progress over time. Garmin Connect Mobile also provides course analysis, so golfers can be aware of their own trends and tendencies to improve their game.
The Approach series is the latest solution from Garmin's expanding outdoor segment, which focuses on developing technologies and innovations to enhance users' outdoor experiences. Whether hiking, hunting, geocaching, golfing, dog training, or capturing it all on VIRB action cameras, Garmin outdoor devices are becoming essential tools for outdoor enthusiasts of all levels.
For more than 25 years, Garmin has pioneered new GPS navigation and wireless devices and applications that are designed for people who live an active lifestyle. Garmin serves five primary business units, including automotive, aviation, fitness, marine, and outdoor recreation.
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Top 10 Christmas Golf Gifts
No.10 - The Sun Mountain 2Five Stand bag comes in at number. Well it is the lightest stand bag made.
No.9 - The Garmin S6 GPS Watch is the most Tech Packed GPS Watch ever made. Think the golfer has everything, well guess again.
No.8 - The Glenbrae V Neck Sweater is a little bit of quality. Seamless Lambswool Jumper that gives you that extra bit of warmth when playing winter golf.
No.7 - The Mizuno Tour Elite Staff Cart Bag stylish and desirable, why not have Luke Donalds bag?.
No.6 - The SKLZ 7ft Practise Net makes practise easy and often. 7ft in size so its portable and ready to use anytime.
No.5 - The Motocaddy M1 Lithium Electric Golf Trolley is the perfect space saving Electric Golf Trolley. Fits perfectly in the boot and grab your £50.00 cashback with all purchases made before Xmas.
No.4 - The Mizuno S5 Blue IP Wedge is Blue and has all the feel you would expect from a Grain Flow Forged Mizuno Wedge.
No.3 - The Trion:Z Acti-Loop Wristband comes with patented technology that helps with general fitness.
No.2 - The Sun Mountain H2NO UltraLite Stand bag comes in a number of colours, waterproof and lightweight a definite winner.
No.1 - The Titleist Pro V1 Golf Balls No.1 for the second year running the No.1 Golf Ball.
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Sun Mountain ClubGlider Series of Golf Travel Bags
Sun Mountain ClubGlider Series of Golf Travel Covers
Going on Holiday? Sick and tired of using useless Golf Travel Covers? Then look no further as Sun Mountain have the widely acclaimed Sun Mountain ClubGlider series of Travel covers providing the best protection possible when travelling with your clubs.
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SKLZ Putter Mirror - Voted Best Putting Tool by Aslan Golf
21" SKLZ Putting Mirror - Best on Test
Aslan Golf found to improve your putting accuracy and consistency the 21" Putting Mirror offers a large surface, for a full view of your head and shoulder alignment over the ball, and 10 optional putting pegs to serve as a path guide, exit gate and backstroke control. Depending on how you set the pegs, you can practice a square or arcing putting path for left or right handed use. The durable 3/16" mirror comes with a protective carry bag for storage between sessions.
In our tests this product came out the best for simplicity and increases in performance levels for putting. If you need any help with putting then you shouldn't be without one.


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By MIKE McCALL
Even in a weekend when she didn't play, Alex Morgan managed to make the biggest splash in the National Women's Soccer League.
Sidelined with a sprained MCL, Morgan was forced to watch Portland's showdown with Western New York via an online stream, and to put it mildly, she was not impressed.
Her sentiment echoes a common complaint with the league's online streams — a solid idea that could certainly use some fine-tuning for next season. And Morgan's comments will ring louder thanks to a mostly quiet slate of games on Saturday.
With the playoff spots already set, the only thing at stake is home-field advantage, and thanks to this week's results, that won't be settled until the final round of matches next weekend.
For a closer look, here's a complete rundown along with what each team must do to play at home in the postseason:
The Red Stars really have a nose for drama. This time, they gave up a go-ahead goal to Sky Blue FC in the 89th minute, only to equalize one minute later for a 3-3 draw.
Maribel Dominguez opened the scoring for Chicago, Monica Ocampo brought SBFC level, Sophie Schmidt put the visitors ahead, and Jackie Santacaterina pulled Chicago back into it in the 77th. That set up the late goals by Ocampo and Santacaterina, polishing off a shootout that will go down as a major opportunity lost for SBFC.
Along with the comeback kings in Chicago, Boston is one of those teams that would have been fun to watch had they made the playoffs. This time out, the Breakers pulled out an impressive 1-0 win over league-leading FC Kansas City.
Sydney Leroux netted the game-winner, ending FCKC's 10-game unbeaten streak and marking only the third time all season that they were held scoreless. All that comes as little consolation for Boston, who could finish the year just two points out of the postseason.
Whatever got into Washington lately, it's working. After spending most of the season in an epic tailspin, the Spirit notched their second straight victory with a 1-0 home win over Seattle.
Diana Matheson found the net in the 83rd minute to give Washington the win, meaning the club has nearly doubled its season point total in the past two weeks.
Morgan's absence helped lead to a lopsided shot total (the Flash led 14-7), but there would be no goals in the meeting of two teams gunning for home-field advantage.
That leaves the drama until next week, when both teams have plenty to play for.
All four playoff teams go up against non-playoff teams next week, needing the following to earn a home game in the postseason:
FC Kansas City (38 pts) has already clinched at least one home playoff game, and the club will take home first place with a win, draw or a Western New York draw or loss.
The Western NY Flash (35 pts) can snatch first place via a tiebreaker with a win and FCKC loss. They also hold the tiebreakers over the Portland Thorns (35 pts) and Sky Blue FC (35 pts), both of which need to earn more points than the Flash next week. In the event of a tie with Portland, SBFC needs to make up a deficit of one in goal differential.
What do you think? Agree with Morgan's thoughts on the live stream? Disappointed that none of the playoff teams took charge this weekend?
Share your thoughts below.
Good call, Alex Morgan — thank you!
When I recently complained here about streaming (only) NWSL coverage, I was told by one responder that "jaded fans" were the biggest problem challenging the success of this league. Glad to be in such fine company on the point, I guess…
By and large, the streaming has been pretty awful all season. It's clear that most teams simply don't have (or choose to allocate elsewhere) the resources to pay two competent announcers (or even one) and even a single quality digital video camera with the bandwidth to stream it. It's sad because one of the best ways to grow interest in women's soccer is to have some friends over to watch an away match and expose them to the high quality of play that's happening all across the league. Unfortunately, that's undermined by the horrible broadcasts with frequent late starts, missed plays while the sole camera pans across the mostly empty stadia, and stream quality so low that sometimes one can't even find the ball, let alone distinguish who the players are. The stream Alex was talking about was a perfect example. Rarely was the quality high enough to distinguish the players, the audio lagged 5-10 seconds behind the video the entire time, and the announcers went AWOL for about 45 minutes (whether they were actually pursuing the stray cat who wandered through the press box we leave to speculation).
Of course, anything is better than the policy of the Boston Breakers, making themselves an embarrassment to the entire league by being the only team to charge for viewing their stream (with a signup process that isn't tablet-compatible so even those of us willing to suck it up and pay for something that every other team has seen fit to offer for free, can't).
I have attempted to watch most of the games that were streamed this season. I can honestly say the only 2 teams that have great quality streams are Portland Thorns and Seattle Reign's the rest are to put it kindly less than quality almost not worth the effort and frustration to watch.. Boston charging to watch their games isn't right plus their stream is awful.. I do enjoy the play-by-play at http://www.nwslsoccer.com/index.html when I give up trying to watch at least I can keep up on the games. In defense of the streaming at least most teams offer it free hard to argue with free I guess.
i've watched all of the red stars game streams and they have definitely improved over time. they were pretty rough the first couple times and their initial announcer was absolutely horrendous. but as the season went on the quality went up to the point where there was no time lag between audio and visual; the announcer was solid, not amazing or anything, but solid; and the stream was available at hd levels. the second half of the season you could definitely see the players and follow along easily without frustration. more cameras would be amazing of course, but onwards and upwards.
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"We'll just drop her round at 8am, OK? And be back around seven..." Sound familiar? The deceptively casual arrangement that sees grandparents acting as unpaid nannies for their children's children is endemic in this country, with one in three working mothers depending on their parents for childcare, and we're not the only ones. In Spain, almost half of all grandparents provide (free) help with the kids, but, in a development that will be greeted by parents across the EU like a nappy explosion on a cream-coloured sofa, they are being encouraged by a general workers' union in Andalucia to go on strike.
Picture it: legions of militants in wide-fitting slip-ons and comfortable windcheaters chanting: "What do we want? A fair wage. When do we want it? When we've had a nice cup of tea and a sit-down." But because it would be a very cold-hearted relative indeed that abandoned the little ones for a day on the picket line, the strike is unlikely to get any traction.
Grandparents agree to help because they want to support their harassed offspring and bond with their grandchildren. Parents are thankful that they don't need to trawl Gumtree for a nanny, and set up a TeddyCam to make sure Chloe or Archie isn't coming to any harm.
But it's a complex, very tenuously calibrated arrangement. Who decides the hours, and are they stuck to? Do the GPs get any payment, or is the promise of a family holiday (for which read busman's holiday) all that's on offer?
It's possible that we've got here thanks to the so-called "sandwich generation". So many of us have left childbirth until our thirties that one adult in 10 is now helping their parents financially while raising children. Is it any wonder that we want to get some free childcare in before the balance tips and our mentally or physically incapacitated parents need our care, or a care home?
All this, of course, makes one slice of bread in the sandwich thicker than the other. Men and women are working (and childcare is work) well into their eighties, if the anecdotal evidence of my fortysomething peers is correct. Only a few have formal arrangements: one colleague was careful to specify the hours with his mother before things got started, and she is paid. At the other end of the scale, a woman of my acquaintance has her 78-year-old mother catch a train from Suffolk to London every week to do school runs, cook supper and fit in a spot of light house-cleaning, gratis.
Somewhere between exploitation and emancipation lies a happy medium, and the unlikely scene for it is Cuckfield, West Sussex. On 9 October, the first of a planned series of "granny graduate" courses takes place, in which refreshers in discipline and learning are taught. Organisers Grannynet hope the classes will develop into a support network for the vast, unrecognised, unpaid community.
Parents may quake at the idea of silver foxes comparing notes on hours, pay and conditions. But, as my 79-year-old father is already on "the Facebook", it's possible that the grey army is already mobilising. The planned National Insurance credits that child-caring grandparents will be eligible for next year can't come soon enough.
What goes around comes around – and stripes do too
Fashion is cyclical. The general timescale of these changes is at least six months, to give us poor women just enough time to get our eye in and our bodies in something approximating the right shape for maxis/minis/whatever. But now Miuccia Prada, doyenne of directional fashion, has changed the playing field.
The jaunty nautical look, for which the signature item is a striped matelot top, has been big this summer. Fashion bellwether Alexa Chung championed it, and women in the real world quickly found that horizontal stripes were – shock – flattering. But with the arrival of autumn came news that polka dots and leopard spots are in and that we must banish our hoops. Except that, at last week's fashion shows in Milan, contrary Mrs Prada put stripes back on the catwalk.
Can the cycle have speeded up to the point that we don't notice a full circle? Or is it proof that since there are no new ideas in fashion, we have permission to keep wearing our favourite styles, safe from the sniggering of the style police?
Live large and spend, spend, spend
Mark Zuckerberg, an unprepossessing, whey-faced youth who looks as if he just rolled out of bed, is 26. He's also worth £4.5bn – made by creating Facebook, as if you didn't know. A critically acclaimed – and decidedly critical – cinematic portrait of him, The Social Network, is about to open in US cinemas, with Zuckerberg emerging from self-imposed obscurity to come over all philanthropic, donating £64m to the New Jersey education system. Wrong, Mark, wrong. Stop trying to emulate Bill Gates. Just paaaaarty. If you must wear pyjamas, at least do it while jet-skiing round St Tropez, à la Puffy. What we want from our young billionaires is something to aspire to, and envy. By all means donate eye-popping amounts to charity, but do it quietly. Live large... and don't forget to post the pictures on Facebook.
Katy's sexy-me street
So, Katy Perry has been edited out of a guest appearance on Sesame Street for wearing a racy dress. Cleavage is not entirely appropriate for pre-schoolers, apparently. This is daft – when you're little, bosoms are food providers, not sexual come-ons. Last year Sesame Street ran a spoof of the noir-ish Mad Men, and the show is about to screen a hand-puppet True Blood (that blood-soaked soft-porn vampire show). Last time I checked, most three-year-olds weren't aware of either adult show. The makers of Sesame Street are, perhaps, well aware that its audience is made up of two parts: the toddlers and the stoners and skivers. With wry adult humour, bright colours and upbeat rhymes, it works perfectly on two levels, so let's allow Katy her trademark jiggle. Oh, and keep the spelling songs in: both sets of viewers could probably benefit from them.
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Greetings, I have a question.
I have made groups so they will work like this;
1. Unlimited buffs only
2. Buffs with 7min or more time left
3. Buffs with 6min or less time left (Here's the problem)
4. Buffs with 2min or less time left
5. Buffs from Anyone except Player with 30sec or less time left
I want the (3.) bar to only show buffs that have atleast 1min to 6min maximum time left ONLY.
Right now I am making a very big filter to filter out all buffs I don't want in the (3.) bar that appears there. My question is if it's possible to do this without making a huge filter?
And without making a white list filter as well..


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This hotel is of a very high standard for a three star property, highly recommended throughout the year.
The Nolda is centrally located in St. Moritz Bad. It is right next to the signal path which leads to the St. Moritz ski resort Corviglia / Marguns. Within 3 minutes walk to central bus station, post office and shops. Located on the Inn, the hotel is an ideal starting point for Nolda hiking or a guided cross-country skis. In winter, the downhill ski right up to the hotel!
The building is modern and nondescript.
The lobby is medium and in rustic style with wooden furnishings offers ample seating.