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Annise Parker, the newly-elected happens-to-be-lesbian mayor of Houston was sworn in Monday and the opening prayer was given by ... Rev. Joel Osteen.
Is your head spinning? Osteen heads the nation's most mega of evangelical non-denominational megachurches, Lakewood Church in Houston where about 45,000 people cycle through a revamped sports stadium for services every weekend.
Osteen has been all over telling folks (Larry King, Whoopi Goldberg) for years that homosexuality is not "God's best." I presume he means "God's best choice" because otherwise I'm lost in the dropped or implied rest of the sentence. But "God's best" is phrase Osteen never finishes so I'm just guessing.
Yet, Osteen hasn't joined the more strident wing of the religious right in damning gays. Indeed, Osteen takes heat from other evangelicals who condemn him for not laying down a line of fire about sin of any kind. That's not his style, says the preacher known for his broad smile and sermons that God wants you to be happy. Osteen's best seller was titled, Your Best Life Now.
Now (hat tip to Mark Silk for pointing me to the Box Turtle Bulletin) writer Timothy Kincaid suggests to his gay readership that they look at Osteen more fully and fairly. Kincaid's post (which carries a disclaimer that others on the staff of the webzine don't necessarily agreed) says:
I think it would be useful for our community to adopt a more nuanced view of religious leaders. By doing so, we might find ourselves with unexpected allies.
Joel Osteen does not agree with my understanding of Scripture; but his disagreement does not make him a hater or a bigot. And I recognize the value in having a lesbian politician -- elected despite her opponent's religion-based homophobic campaign -- being given blessing by the pastor of the largest congregation in the nation.
Does this change your idea of Osteen? For better or for worse?
Cathy Lynn Grossman is too fidgety to meditate. But talking about visions and values, faith and ethics lights her up. Join in at Faith & Reason. More about Cathy.
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I was only in Tokyo for two days. I have always wanted to see the City so I stayed as a long lay-over. I have traveled quite a bit and mostly stay at high end hotels. The room was amazing. It was large, clean and the bed was perfect. I think the one thing that stood out was the service. I mostly felt with the front desk manager Tetsuro Nakamura. Everyone at the hotel seemed to really appreciate their job and enjoy helping their guests. Nothing comes to mind
Location, service, pool staff
The Palace Hotel was top rate. The staff were very helpful. The hotel was spectacular! Good location away from the city noise and beautiful details at every turn. Very expensive dining but superb food. Definitely a 5-6 star hotel.
The Palace Hotel is just that... a contemporary palace complete with impeccable finishes, art, and service. The staff could not do enough for us from carrying bags, to creating itineraries, to attending to our every need with prompt attention and happy disposition. So kind and generous and anxious to please. Food and drinks were first rate and the concierge club level lounge put it over the top with intimate lounge overlooking the city, outside lounge area with couches and city views, and beautiful and kind service managers who served food and drinks and made arrangements for us all with a warm smile. The rooms are clean contemporary yet warm and impeccable with every convenience at the touch of a button. There is art throughout the rooms and hotel that make you stop and take notice at every turn. If you are lucky enough to get a corner room as we were we enjoyed city views and over looked the Emperial Palace Gardens. The view from the bathroom and tub were breathtaking. The hotel is connected by a beautifully finished underground tunnel with shoppes and restaurants to the nearest train station. This is clearly one of the finest hotels in the world. even if you are not staying here it's worth the time to see. I travelled with my 25 year old son and although he enjoyed experiencing the best of the best, the location is a bit removed from the more active and younger areas to the west such as Shibuya, Roppongie, Harijuko and Shinjuku! if you're hanging in the high rent district you can't beat it, although I must say Harijuko has great shopping along pedestrian friendly streets! Am must see.
Rooms. Service. Price is relatively high
The breakfast buffet was delicious. There was a wide variety of superb food. The view was fantastic. The fitness center was well equipped.
The great service and facilities. We thought the food in some of the restaurants was average for the price.
Staff were excellent, all spoke very good English and couldn't do enough to help. Restaurants and shops in hotel were really expensive, but there's plenty of excellent local alternatives.
Staff was very discreet and kind (in a japanese way). The hotel is really well placed near a big station of metro (several lines here) 2 minutes walk away. I found a little bit miser not to give free internet access (I always find this a pity) at this price.
Good central location for exploring the city with 4 different metro stops nearby. Nice view from the room as well as the breakfast room at the 42nd floor.
I liked that the hotel served mainly individuals on business. The staff were extremely helpful and nice. There are some great restaurants in the hotel and a great a garden. A tour of the hotel would be great since it's such a big place. It took me until the end of the trip to figure out how to get around easier.
Breakfast was good
the view from the top of the tower and the garden Everything inside the hotel was extremely expensive, the access to the swimming pool was not even free
Brillant service, location and setting - surrounded in its own garden! A very short walk to train networks and city resturants down the road. Restaurants were quite expensive and as the hotel had three sections, orientation was a little difficul.t
Clean room and good housekeeping. Also liked the temperature in the room. The check-in process was not good. I was very delayed for my appointment then was given a smoking room. Also,the room was very dated in its styling.
not free and easy access to internet room
This was a top notch hotel. The rooms were large and very comfortable by Tokyo standards. The staff was very good at what they do and speak great English. The location of this hotel was wonderful from my point of view. While it was for sure in a business area it was a 5 min walk #40or less#41 to Tokyo station which makes it great. The Shinkansen and the Narita stop in Tokyo station which makes for a quick trip to the hotel. If you want they will great you at your train and walk you back. The restaurant was typical of most high end hotels with good food well done but not a value in any way. In the end there are tons of nice inexpensive places within 10 min walk that cater to the worker in the area if you are looking for a little less costly fair. While they can set up tours and the like for you my single experience with that a tour of the fish market left a lot to desired. It way have just been a bad day or a bad guide so I have no idea it others will have better luck. My ro...
very nice hotel, not far away from the subway, a lot of little shop all around,quite a big room ,breakfast delicious and everybody so kind!!!! everything perfect!!!!
Very good location, excellent staff, great value for money ,near train station. The breakfast was excelleny
Location Only had smoking room, which was not mentioned on Kayak.com. Price was higher than advertised on kayak.com
Very nice hotel in Tokyo. Just a few minutes from Suidobashi Subway Station and JR Suidobashi Station. Really good location. Hotel staff were very helpful and accommodating. Rooms are new and clean. I had a very nice stay in Hotel Niwa. I highly recommend this hotel.
All the right things in the room. Standard rooms are small but adequate - we stayed in standard and superior (which was international standard size).
We enjoyed the neighborhood Hotel Niwa is located in. Lots of eateries and convenience stores. We also appreciated the laundry facilities and massage chairs. The staff is very friendly. I would look for a hotel that is even closer to the store best line.
The level of service was exceptional, and the overall quality of the hotel and room was superb. The facility for printing documents/making copies could be improved by having some instructions in English on the machines.
This is my second time staying at Niwa Hotel. It is very near to Suidobashi station & Tokyo dome city. Many choices of food in that area. Strongly recommend to people who is going to see concert at Tokyo Dome .
Nice, we'll run hotel. Rooms are clean and modern. Location, in between suidobashi and Jimbocho subway stops is ok but not the best area to be overall. it was hard to control the room temperature- sometimes it would be boiling even after turning heat way down.
Good location. Very polite staff, good service and clean room. nothing.
Best hotel room I've ever stayed in. Rooms were designed thoughtfully and everything made sense. Extremely clean and in an excellent location. nothing much. maybe wish the rooms were a bit bigger?
location The room smelt like body odor and the rooms definitely felt older
The sevice was friendly and very obliging. The buffet breakfast offerd a good selection of both North American and Japanese food. The hotel rooms were very well kept. I appreciated their attention to being green in the disdretion of changing linen and towels. Internet use was good. I thought the breakfast buffet was a litttle pricey. Paying for use of the internet server and printer was a little downgrading for such a nice hotel. The lounge and fine dining facilities were very expensive
The hotel was in a good location with quick access to major transportation. The air conditioner was controlled by the staff, I called to access the thermostat and was informed that it was not accessible during the winter/spring.
The hotel staff were very friendly and eager to help. The room was bright, clean and comfortable with an amazing view. The hotel was very easy to find and get to on the underground. The breakfast was so expensive that I decided to go hungry instead. The airport shuttle bus was around £50 for two people which is a complete rip off for a one hour journey. The bathroom in the room was too small for such an expensive hotel, and the tv didn't work.
Stay was very pleasurable due to comfort,cleanliness and excellent staff. Too far from airport and the shuttle services did not meet our needs - the last shuttle ran at 7pm - we got to the airport just after 7pm and the first shuttle in the morning was too late to get us to the airport in time for our flight. As a result we had a $200 taxi fare to and from the hotel to the airport which was very disappointing and expensive.
Service is great! no
The staff are charming and the rooms comfortable
Location was good but the nearby areas didn't have much to eat. Hotel was clean and comfortable. Staff was nice. It's easy to get back to the hotel with a taxi since they all know the hotel name. The hotel doesn't offer around the clock housekeeping. We slept in till after 2 and they couldn't make up our room since it was too late.
Kind and nice staff. Quiet location. Smell in the guest room.
everything you need is there, with nice wide open spaces No coplaints
Location, friendliness of the personnel value for money
Friedly staff, good position, clean room Small room
This is a really convenient location for travelers. It's directly across the street from Akasaka-mitsuke Station, lots of Japanese and non-Japanese food options and some historic sites. If you can managed to get a room on the back side of the hotel, I would recommend it. My room was so quiet. It was perfect. The hotel staff were very nice. They were able to direct me to where I needed to go when I had to buy a few things for my trip. Getting there from Narita airport was easy. I just bought a ticket on the appropriate limousine bus for 3100 yen. Yes, that's slightly more expensive than the Keisei Skyliner, but it drops you off at the front door of this hotel. It's worth the extra 600 yen to not have to carry my luggage through the train stations from where the Keisei Line drops you off. And it's way cheaper than a cab. Breakfast downstairs is quite pricey (about 2800 yen or so). Of course, it's not like you have to eat at the hotel. It's literally 4 doors down from a Tully's coffeeshop where you can have a decent breakfast and coffee for less than 700 yen.
Convenient location, opposite subway station, 7-11 downstair, many restaurants across the street, well- English spoken staffs, big twin beds, great bathroom facilities, esp. auto warming toilet seat. Bad wi-fi signal in rooms, uncomfortable duvet cover.
Convenient location, subway connection to city areas, good service and comfortable beds. Language gap with some reception staff.
nespresso machine in the room and speeker for lap top no wifi in the room
1. The metro subway is very convenient. 2. The access of food nearby is plentiful. 3.7-11 downstairs is located at its best.
Free upgrade to a larger room (we checked in fairly late). Late check out. Unfortunately, they only had smoking rooms.
The location is very good, subway station is just in front of the hotel, krispy Kreme just opposit I booked non smoking room , but they provided me a smoking room, whi
Service and good location. Room is too small.
The staff were friendly and helpful at all times. The cost of the meals at the hotel was high.
the staff are absolutly helpful, very accomodating. special thanks to Mr. Nagase and Mr. Kaneko at frontdesk, they both provide execllent professional and heartfelt service. perfect location for JR shinkensan if you want to explore the other provinces with JR East Pass. since tokyo station is a huge one, a bit lost to find the nearest exit to the hotel. not enough direction inside the tokyo station.
The location directly across from Tokyo Station is super convenient, the rooms are clean and extremely well-appointed. Very friendly staff. I would definitely stay at the hotel again during my next visit to Tokyo.
Location to shopping, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Imperial Palace, Narita Express, subways and peace and quiet due to the location of the hotel: 27-34th floors. Small rooms. Bedspread adornment had "funky stains". Breakfast was a little pricy for $30 for a buffet....but it was delish so I ate there for convenience.
Great location at station, very clean and quiet.
Convenient and clean
Great Location No Gym
Rooms were clean and comfortable. Bathrooms were clean and operated perfectly. No Issues. The King size bed was very comfortable. Room was somewhat small. Food options in and near the hotel were limited.

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March 2, 2013
Sidney Crosby excited to play in Montreal
By BRUCE GARRIOCH, QMI Agency
MONTREAL - Sidney Crosby couldn't hide his excitement Saturday morning at the Bell Centre.
Not only will the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar get a chance to play on one of the NHL's biggest stages on Hockey Night in Canada, he'll get a chance to teach old-friend-turned-foe Michel Therrien behind the Montreal Canadiens bench.
Crosby hasn't played in Montreal since November 2011 because of concussion issues.
"I always enjoy playing here. It's always a great atmosphere and a great environment," said Crosby. "Everyone kind of always gets up for playing here. Anybody who loves hockey with the history here and playing here in the playoffs.
"They're always pretty good games."
Therrien was fired by the Penguins on Feb. 15, 2009. He didn't get another job until the Canadiens brought him back last fall. When he got that job Crosby sent him a text message of congratulations.
Therrien has been looking forward to this game.
"It's going to be a special game," admitted Therrien. "I'm not different than any players. I'm sure it's going to be special for Colby Armstrong as well.
"When I was coaching in Pittsburgh everytime I faced Montreal it was a special game. That's normal. You've got to focus on preparation, focus on the game. I really enjoyed my time in Pittsburgh."
The big surprise is No. 1 goalie Marc-Andre Fleury won't be in the Pittsburgh net. The Penguins have decided to go with backup Tomas Vokoun.
"I'm not going to lie, yeah. I'm a little bit (disappointed)," said Fleury.
The Penguins will be without defenceman Paul Martin, who is day-to-day with a lower body injury. Centre Evgeni Malkin hasn't skated in the last couple of days because of concussion issues.


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Ramadi, Iraq (AFP) March 1, 2013
Iraqi Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi announced his resignation on Friday at an anti-government protest, ramping up a conflict between his secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc and the Shiite premier.
State television quoted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office as saying the resignation of Essawi, a leading Sunni and Iraqiya member, would not be accepted until an investigation into "his financial and administrative violations" was complete.
"I announce, in response to you now, that I present my resignation," Essawi told thousands of demonstrators in Ramadi, west of Baghdad.
"I will not be part of a government that has blood on its hands. I will not sell you (or) sell your rights," he said.
"We are with you, Essawi," protesters chanted, also shouting "Allahu akbar!" (God is greatest).
Maliki is at loggerheads with Iraqiya, which is a part of his national unity government, over its accusations of authoritarianism and sectarianism in the run-up to key provincial polls due to be held next month.
"The resignation proves that the political crisis in the country cannot be solved soon," Iraqi political analyst Ihsan al-Shammari told AFP.
"Essawi knows now that he cannot continue working with this government, especially at a time when there are (reports) that there is an arrest warrant against him," Shammari said, referring to Iraqi media reports.
Protests have been staged in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq for weeks, calling for Maliki's resignation and decrying the alleged targeting of their community by the Shiite-led authorities.
The protests were initially sparked by the arrest of several of Essawi's guards on terrorism charges in December, but have since expanded markedly.
In addition to Ramadi, demonstrations were also held on Friday in areas including Mosul, Fallujah, Tikrit, Samarra and Baghdad.
The resignation "was taken after coordination with Iraqiya, because Dr Rafa al-Essawi thinks that the procedure taken against him by the prime minister made it impossible for (Essawi) to work with him," MP Haidar al-Mullah, an Iraqiya spokesman, told AFP, referring to the arrest of the guards.
"Iraqiya will discuss all options in order to put pressure to achieve the demands of the protesters," Mullah said.
In Baghdad, security forces cordoned off Sunni areas including Adhamiyah to prevent protesters from leaving, and set up additional checkpoints in the city.
The Iraqi government has sought to curtail demonstrations by saying it has released thousands of detainees and raised the salaries of the Sahwa anti-Qaeda militiamen.
Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani said on Thursday that 4,000 prisoners had been released since the start of the year, some of whom can request compensation if they are not guilty of a crime.
The arrest of Essawi's guards at the end of last year came almost exactly a year after Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's guards were arrested and accused of terrorism.
An arrest warrant was also issued for Hashemi, also a member of the Iraqiya bloc, who fled to Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region and eventually to Turkey, saying the charges against him were politically motivated.
Hashemi has since been given multiple death sentences in absentia on charges including murder, while death sentences have been handed to his guards as well.
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The Regenerative Power of New Parks
"New parks can sprout up in the unlikeliest places. Low-income, inner-city communities are characterized by hardscapes – asphalt surfaces. When a community organizes and creates a plan for a new park, local governments can respond and purchase asphalt-covered areas like parking lots and transform them into public community parks. The average neighborhood park can run into the millions, but including a park budget in the initial master plan helps ensure local governments will finance it, and even partner with developers, local foundations, or conservancies to get it built. These types of projects can also come about if they are part of broader public-private urban redevelopment schemes aimed at providing housing, improving access to transit, and investing in the local environment."
Transportation infrastructure like old parking lots can provide convertible spaces for new parks, according to this post from Planet Forward.


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I Proofread for wording errors and grammar, but I need help to see if my grammar is proper now.
I personally respect every religion, and I love reading holy books. Holy books inspire many people. Holy books taught me many morals and stories on our everyday life, which really helped me, learn what the purpose of us being in this world is. I read the Quran everyday of my life to learn and get inspired from. Reading the Quran is part of my religion, but I read other religious texts for a reason which is knowledge.
The Quran has many stories that inspire me, but one of the stories that I adore is the story of Maryam or Mary. The Quran, Bible, and many other holy books mention Mary in different views and stories. What makes her story really special to me is that Mary was the only women mentioned by name in the Quran. It is also my favorite story because people amazingly are inspired by her in different religions, and languages. She taught me to be patient and always have faith in god.
I love reading stories about miracles and so believe they can happen. Witnessing a miracle is one of my wishes I know will come true. My dad knows how much I love weird, miracles, and true stories. So, when he went to Lebanon he got me this Arabic book called "القصص الغريبه" which means weird stories. This book was a truly amazing gift; it had hundreds of miracles people witnessed. This book specifically talked about people who marvelously met Imam Al-Mahdi (Prophet Mohammad's grandson).
Shīa Muslims believe he is alive, hidden, and will return to bring justice to the world. Imam Al-Mahdi disappeared thousands of years ago and people believe he will come back. One of the stories in this book was about this lady with cancer. She prayed to Imam Al-Mahdi to help her, and she met him in Mecca. He told her to drink Zamzam Water and she will be cured. When she went to the doctor he told her that she was clearly cured from cancer. This woman and thousands of others were saved by this man, and that made me truly believe he is in this world.
Good and evil are always fighting in every generation. The battle that happened on
Oct. 10, 680 didn't just fight for good, but it also fought for peace, truth and justice.
"The Battle of Karbala" is this sad story I read every year on the 10th of Muharram; it happened between the Benu Umayya clan and the Benu Hashem clan.
Yazid ibn Muāwiya ibn Abi Sufyan, (Benu Umayya clan) was a dictator that had no fairness in his ruling, and Imam Al-Husain (Benu Hashem clan) was Prophet Muhammad's grandson that fought against evil. Imam Al-Husain refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid. Imam Al-Husain's camp was surrounded by Yazid's soldiers and water supplies were cut from Imam Husain's companions and family. What makes this worrier my top roll model is that nothing stopped Imam Al-Husain from fighting against tyranny. Imam Al-Husain suffered and sacrificed so much in that battle that even his infant was arrowed in the chest and killed. Imam Husain was killed in a criminal way that no words can explain. Each time I read the words in this book my eyes water. Terrorist in till this day are killing and bombing people in Iraq because they love this worrier and visit his grave each year. He taught many Iraqi people to fight for justice and never give up. Each time I finish the story I feel happy and sad. I feel happy because the falsehood of Benu Umayya clan appeared to be triumphant over the truth, and that was Imam Al-Husain's goal, but I felt sad on all the suffering and killing that happened.
One of the other reasons why I really like the story of "The Battle of Karbala" is because after all that suffering that happened against tyranny Benu Umayya clan did kill the good people, but they didn't cut all the good roots.
Al-Mukhtār Al-Thaqafī is the good root I was talking about. He was my hero that killed Imam Al-Husain's killers. He was against Umayyad Caliphs , and he also fought for peace. That made me really believe that evil people can never get away on the things they do.
All these worriers were killed because they said no to humiliation and injustice. What makes these three stories similar to me is that they all talk about famous and holy people. They taught me to be patience for the sake of truth, and to have faith in God.


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Bay Minette, Alabama– Faulkner State Community College's Pi Psi Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society prepares for an exciting semester filled with student trips and community service.
The PTK officers will travel to Jefferson Davis Community College in early March for their regional conference. Then they will travel to San Jose, California in early April for the annual international convention.
In terms of community service, the Pi Psi Chapter performs events annually to fulfill their organization's mission. Just this past semester, the PTK students made the holidays much more fulfilling for seven families in need in our local area. On December 13, PTK officers and advisors delivered boxes of goods, totaling approximately 1,500 items. For more than 15 years, the Pi Psi Chapter has hosted a food drive to tend to the local area.
The Pi Psi chapter has many more service-related events this spring. On February 13, the chapter will host a blood drive on the Bay Minette Campus. Also in the near future, the chapter will assist with the annual Computer Fair and TSA tournament in March and will collect books to send to Africa.
Pictured: PTK Officers Katie Glover (President), Brittany Hale (VP of Communication) and Courtney Gilbert (VP of Service) prepare the boxes of canned goods for delivery.


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Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 3, No. 349. Wednesday, 2 December 1992.
Date: Wednesday, 02 Dec 1992 15:19:53 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: English Renaissance Literature Course Outlines
The very large and useful *The Renaissance in England* anthology of
Hyder Rollins and Herschel Baker (eds.) has apparently come back into
print recently (D.C. Heath, 1954), probably because the publishers
noticed that not much else was available. It's plenty for a non-
dramatic Renaissance course, especially if supplemented by a few
complete works and a good library reserve collection, though at first
it appears quite fragmentary. I usually assign reports on major
pieces that interest me (and conceivably a few students) as well as
works that run counter to those included. Sorry, but I don't have a
syllabus handy, and probably wouldn't know how to send it electronically
if I did. Hope this helps.
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Cafe Prima Pasta Introduces Veg-Out Tuesdays
Cafe Prima Pasta wants you to veg out.
In a city where it's not unusual for a restaurant to open and close in a few months, Cafe Prima Pasta is celebrating 19 years of feeding Miamians.
It could be the cool dark space that serves as a welcome respite from the harsh Florida sun, or it could be the simple and identifiable Italian food. You'll find no liquid nitrogen tanks in the kitchen. Instead, the menu features favorites like chicken parmigiana, lasagna, and spaghetti and meatballs. No wonder the restaurant was packed on a Tuesday evening with multi-generational groups dining on food everyone can agree on.
Cafe Prima Pasta is introducing a menu catering to vegetarians. Owner Gerardo Cea explained that many European customers came in requesting a lighter, more vegetarian-friendly menu. "I have a restaurant. I can do that." he told Short Order. The result comes in two parts.
First is a series of ala carte items featured on the menu. Zucchini friti ($9.95) is lightly salted and finished with a touch of lemon. Italian standards like risotto formaggio ($18.95), malanzane parmigiana ($12.95), fettuccini mama ($16.95), and whole wheat spaghetti primavera ($16.95) are served anytime.
On Tuesdays, the restaurant goes veg-wild with Veg-Out Tuesday. For $38.95 (excluding tax and gratuity) , vegetarians are offered a multi-course tasting menu, which includes a glass of wine or cocktail made with fresh fruit. Ladies are also offered a bellini. The menu rotates at the whim of chefs Arturo Cea and Carlos Belon. Our included a six-course menu that alternated between cold and hot dishes. Both menus will be offered through September.
Zucchini roll, filled with arugula, sun-dried tomatoes, and parmigiano was a light start to the tasting menu.
A classic ricotta-filled eggplant rollatini is paired with a simple salad.
Fiocci alla pera, pasta filled with cheese and pair in a cream sauce.
Garden rissotino was filled with asparagus, sweet peppers, and zucchini.
Agnolotti, filled with spinach and ricotta in a fresh pomodoro sauce.
A sweet ending to share.
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Greatest moments in NASCAR all-star races
The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race looms once again, promising aggressive racing as drivers chase the million-dollar prize.
Without any points at risk, the annual event has turned into a hotly contested showdown between your sports celebrities. It offers a pit stop, multiple segments – or even a driver who will get chosen in to the area.
As past years have proven, many things can happen. Drivers make wild attempts at passes. Leaders crash in the finish line. Tempers flare. After which someone takes home the large check.
Allows examines the surface of the greatest moments in all-star racing history
Davey Allison and Kyle Petty fought Dale Earnhardt
Within the first evening race in the track, a brand new generation with pedigrees within the sport fought towards the finish. Davey Allison and Kyle Petty battled Dale Earnhardt in to the final laps. Earnhardt spun, establishing the fight between Allison and Petty. Allison would win, but he and Petty made contact soon after crossing the conclusion line, delivering Allison hard in to the outdoors wall. He was knocked unconscious and airlifted to some local hospital, but was fortunately not seriously hurt within the crash.
Earnhardt Pass within the grass
The race is famous not for any crash, however for Dale Earnhardt's fantastic save, named the "Pass within the Grass." Earnhardt and Bill Elliott have been fighting for that lead when Earnhardt came lower toward Elliott. He slid across before Elliott – and in to the grass. He maintained his straight line, though, and moved back on the track and stored charge. He continued to win the race.
Releasing of the monster
Ray Evernham, lengthy noted for pushing the limitations of NASCAR's rule book, introduced an ideal vehicle towards the 1997 race. Legal through the rules and named &ldquoT-Rex&rdquo due to its "Jurassic Park: The Ride" fresh paint plan, the vehicle permitted Shaun Gordon to totally dominate the big event. Even though the vehicle fell inside the rules, they was told to not take it to the track also it brought with a tweaks within the rules.


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I've already written about the mess the government has made with the handling of the situation in Libya. As we continue to evacuate the last British citizens from the desert of north Africa and Libya heads ponderously towards civil war, the blame game will get underway. Just whose fault was the poor response from the UK?
Despite his claim that in the age of the BlackBerry he is always in charge, David Cameron will be manoeuvring to make sure that the finger isn't pointed at him.
Nick Clegg, although he ended up looking foolish with his statement that maybe he was meant to be running the country and had forgotten (what with all the skiing), won't be blamed for the failings of this operation.
No, even though the Tories would like to be able to blame the Lib Dems or even Labour, the most obvious fall guy here is going to be William Hague.
Hague has always been a great speaker, a consummate performer in the House of Commons where his skills as a debater combined with his quick wit make him a star at the despatch box. As leader of the opposition, he was always worth watching as he went up against Tony Blair during Prime Minister's Questions. But at the same time, there was always something lacking in him as an administrator. There were flaws in his party management back then, and there have been flaws in his leadership of the FCO in the last couple of weeks.
Not only could he not organise the chartering of some aircraft, something that there are surely contingency plans in place for, but he then announced to the world that Muammar Gaddafi had fled Libya and was en route to Venezuela. Not only did this mislead people in Libya and around the world, but it caused a totally unnecessary diplomatic incident with Caracas.
Forcing your boss into a place where they have to apologise in the media for the government's performance can't possibly be good for your career prospects. Hague may have survived the Ashcroft affair, but this time he is a very attractive scapegoat for Cameron. And, as the bookies have him as the 8/1 favourite to be the next to leave the cabinet, I'm not the only one who thinks Hague may have to go.


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Research on the status of caregiving and dependence in U.S. culture
The Foundation's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program was designed to produce major works from senior and new investigators that would add to the health policy field's knowledge base.The modern welfare state is shifting its emphasis from addressing income insecurity through social insurance to addressing needs for direct physical and emotional care through a variety of laws, politics, and institutions. The purpose of this project is to develop a theoretical framework for understanding this new world in which care is both a widespread need and a major social enterprise. The project uses three innovative approaches: (1) it envisions care as a unified problem and looks for commonalties that transcend the standard analyses divided by populations and institutions; (2) it redefines care as a political issue instead of a technical service issue, and asks about the place of care in democratic society; and (3) it challenges the prevailing view of formal caregiving as just another kind of labor that can be managed by traditional corporate and bureaucratic methods. A book and several articles will be used to disseminate the findings from this project.
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Having been a chef prior to my days as a full time dad, I like to make sure I have the best when it comes to kitchen equipment; I have a good set of knifes, I have good pots and pans & I have an array of little gadgets for making food preparation easier. I came across this blender when I was looking for a good deal on kitchen gadgets, and I have to say I got an amazing deal on this, Argos were having a sale on and I bought it for £25.99, quite remarkable considering the RRP is £51 and you can now get it from amazon.co.uk for £45.91 including postage.
==What's in the Box ==
1 x 650w Blender
1 x Whisk Attachment
1 x Chopper Attachment
1 x 1.7 Litre Jug
1 x Double Action Blender Attachment with Protective Cover
Instruction manual
==The Product==
When the blender arrived I was surprised at how big it was, especially with the blender attachment attached, I thought "This is a beast!". It is so chunky and feels so robust that it could handle almost anything you throw at it. The grip and the buttons are made of rubber, so it feels very comfortable to hold, not that you will be holding it for long, as this thing makes light work of any blending task.
The blender has a powerful 650w motor and 16 different speed settings, plus a turbo speed setting. These buttons are located at the top of the handle, along with the "On/Off button", allowing you to change through the different speeds while you chop/whisk/blend. The motor is powerful enough to perform any chopping task for a good length of time(not that time is a factor here when you consider the speed in which this handy device performs its work).
Changing attachments on the blender is really simple, the different attachments just slot in a click into place. When you want to change an attachment you just press the two release buttons on either side and the attachment just drops out.
The blender attachment has a double action blade so it gives whatever you're chopping a nice all round cut, most blenders have a blade that spins round, this one does that, plus it goes up and down, which cuts down your chopping time considerably.
The chopper attachment is something I use when making smoothies and shakes, it is probably the most used attachment other than the whisk. I have put ice in there, nuts etc, there is nothing that I've put in the chopper attachment that I haven't managed to make light work of. The chopping compartment will hold approximately two pints of liquid, so handy if your making a shake for two. This attachment fits onto the blender exactly the same way as all the other attachments.
The whisk attachment makes really light work of eggs, potatoes, cake mixture, I have used it a lot to make really light and fluffy scrambled eggs(sheer laziness really when I have a perfectly good hand whisk in the drawer).
The kit also comes with a 1.7 Litre jug, which not only can you use to store a substantial amount of liquid, but also it doubles up as a storage facility for your blender when not in use. I tend not to use it for that though, as I keep my blender in a drawer where it is easy to grab when I need it.
The blender attachments clean very well in hot soapy water and are dishwasher safe, I recommend wiping the blender with a damp cloth due to the electrical parts on it.
I think I made the right choice when purchasing this blender, it is something I use on a regular basis for making smoothies and milkshakes for the little one and also soups and cakes. This is one gadget I could not live without in my kitchen. I have had it for 6 months now and I think the amount of use I have had out of it, it's really paid for its self already, even if I didn't get it for the price I paid for it, I would still consider buying it. Even with the weight of it(it is quite heavy for a blender), the comfortable grip more than makes up for that and you don't even think about how heavy it is. I have tried other cheaper alternatives in the past and they haven't really lasted that long(maybe I am just too heavy handed), but I can certainly see this one lasting for a good while yet.
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Now there is truth in all this, but not the kind of truth which should lead us to self-flattery.
For, what he thinks is in his heart may be exaggerated by self-flattery, or darkened by morbid self-distrust.
They have not enough vastness to give me room for self-flattery.
It is about the most refined sort of self-flattery imaginable.'
We judge of every thing by comparison, and self-flattery always renders the comparison favorable to ourselves.
This is but vague, and a little too much smacks of self-flattery and adulation of the brother Tuscans.
And do you know—but it's all self-flattery I believe,—still I cannot help fancying the East wind does my head harm too!
Many are overcome, because they allow their zeal to grow cold, and run off in self-flattery.
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Hi Robert,
Im back from a holiday so here is your answer :)
I did mean the 1.23b1 version indeed, and on your radius server you need to
use the WISPr attributes
Those are WISPr-Bandwidth-Max-Up and WISPr-Bandwidth-Max-Down ones.
If your radius server gives those properties back for the user, then the CP
will use the traffic shaper to shape the users connection to those speeds.
Don't forget to enable the traffic shaper for this to work, no need to
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Rachuba [mailto:robertr at bskonin dot pl]
Sent: vrijdag 13 oktober 2006 8:21
To: Jurgen van Vliet; m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] captive portal traffic shaping
> per-user bandwidth restriction is great feature for me.
> Is there any possibility to give each captive-portal user indywidually
> bandwidth?? for instance:
> user1 (or ip, or MAC) - 256kbps
> user2 - 512kbps, user3 - 1024kbps
>>> IF you use radius server for authentication and the last 1.23 beta
>>> you can
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> >Jurgen.
Could you answer my question please?
Do you mean the 1.23b1 version?
what radius atributer i should set?
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Surprise…Trading More is Profitable for Active Funds!
Warren Buffett make it clear why frequent trading damages one's wealth:
"Wall Street makes its money on activity. You make your money on inactivity." (source)
But is activity always a bad thing?
Implicit in Buffett's quote is an assumption that frictional costs outweigh any benefits of enhanced returns due to increased activity. Surely this is true for retail investors with high transaction costs, and it is probably true for vast swaths of active professionals, but does this assumption hold for all professional active investors? New research from professors at The Wharton School and the Booth School of Business suggest otherwise. Drs., Pastor, Stambaugh and Taylor actually find that active mutual funds perform better after trading more. They find this result is especially true for small funds with high expense ratios (sometimes you might actually get what you pay for in active management).
Digging in the weeds, the authors examine a sample of 3,126 active funds from 1979 through 2011. Next they estimate the relationship between a fund's turnover and a fund's subsequent performance. The core result is surprisingly robust and significant: a standard deviation increase in turnover is related to a 65bps increase in subsequent annual performance. The 65bp figure is derived by taking the regression slope estimate in Table 1 (bottom left item is .00123), and multiplying the slope estimate by the within-fund standard deviation of turnover in the prior period (.0438), and then multiplying (.00123*.0438) by 12 to get a simple-compounded annual figure of 65bps.
The results for smaller, higher-fee funds are even more pronounced. A one standard deviation increase in turnover tends to translate into 125bps a year in additional performance.
So far, so good. But all we have to go on is some fancy statistics that show a relationship between turnover in the current period and future performance. How might this work as a portfolio construct? To address this concept, the authors go long a portfolio that buys funds that have high recent turnover, relative to their own history, and shorts funds that have low recent turnover, relative to their own history. Obviously, one could not implement this approach in practice, but the exercise is meant to identify if high recent turnover actually leads to measurable outperformance.
The results for this experiment are presented in table 10. The difference in returns between the high recent turnover and low recent turnover portfolios are 5.24bps a month. When the authors look at high-sentiment periods (when there are more active trading opportunities), the spread in returns is even higher at 8.74bps a month.
There are many other tests conducted by the authors, but the core takeaway is the same: there is evidence of skill among active mutual funds.
Important to note, these results do not suggest that active mutual funds are great investments. One would need to consider the management fees, taxes, and other considerations related to the strategies outlined in the paper (see our FACTS framework for manager selection). For example, in order to capture the expected benefits of the skill identified, an investor would need to know mutual fund turnover at month end (not possible with current disclosure rules) and have an ability to cost-effectively go in and out of funds at high-turnover periods. The negative results in Panel B of Table 10 highlight that while the authors identify skill, they don't necessarily identify if investors will benefits from the skill. If one wants to assess whether an active fund will have sustainable outperformance, one would need to consider our sustainable active investing framework and the fees being charged by the manager.
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The unemployment rate went up one-tenth of a percentage point last month and, worse, the economy only added 54,000 new jobs.
This is very bad news for the White House. Obama remains vulnerable as long as the economy fails to start generating jobs. Indeed, it is striking that so many GOP heavyweights are ducking the fight for the presidency given the President's vulnerability as long as the economy is sluggish. But, seasoned pols like Haley Barbour and Mitch Daniels recognize that after stroking the GOP base into a frenzy of foolishness, anyone able to capture the GOP nod will be so far outside the mainstream, they will be unable to win the White House, even against an incumbent nursing a bad economy. In any other year, a 9.1 percent unemployment rate would trigger a flurry of political obituaries for an incumbent.
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Source: California Invasive Plant Council
URL of this page: http://www.cal-ipc.org/ip/management/plant_profiles/Echium_candicans.php
Echium candicans (pride-of-Madeira)
Echium candicans
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Echium candicans (pride-of-Madeira) is a shrub (family Boraginaceae) found along the central and south coast of California, and in the San Francisco Bay region. This native to Madeira and the Canary Islands inhabits open coastal bluffs and hillsides. Pride-of-Madeira is a common landscape ornamental requiring a summer source of moisture in inland areas, but can escape cultivation in coastal regions. Little is known about the biology or invasiveness of pride-of-Madeira, but it appears to spread slowly into established native plant communities.
Cal-IPC Inventory rating: Limited
Cal-IPC Resources on Echium candicans
- California Invasive Plant Inventory Plant Assessment Form - Information gathered by Cal-IPC on the impacts, rate of spread, and distribution of invasive plants in California. Does not include management information.
- CalWeedMapper - Statewide maps, climate models, and reports.
- Cal-IPC News - Articles from our quarterly newsletter. Each issue is available as a pdf. (None for this species.)
- Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings - Presentations and papers from our annual Symposium. (None for this species.)
- California distribution map - Maps based on survey data from county Weed Management Areas. These maps are the product of those working in the field and are not intended to be definitive.
- Don't Plant a Pest! - Select your region to find non-invasive alternatives to ornamental species. Also see our statewide brochure on trees.
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Other Resources on Echium candicans
- USDA PLANTS database - Federal database with information on identification and distribution, and links to websites in individual states.
- Jepson Online Interchange for California Flora - Information on taxonomy, biology, and distribution from the UC Berkeley Jepson Herbarium.
- CalFlora - Distribution information by county based on submitted observations and herbarium specimens.
- The Nature Conservancy Management Summary - Information compiled by TNC land managers. Photos included for some species.
- CalPhotos - Images of plants taken mostly in California.
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Others have also offered dire estimates, although the dollar amounts are difficult to verify or compare because the definitions of loss vary so broadly. Part of the challenge in quantifying the problem is that businesses are often reluctant to report and publicly discuss electronic theft for fear of attracting other cyberattacks or at the least undermining the confidence of their customers, suppliers and investors - or inviting the ridicule of their competitors.
In one survey of 500 computer security practitioners conducted last year by the FBI and the Computer Security Institute, a trade group, 80 per cent of those surveyed acknowledged financial losses to computer breaches. The computer professionals took part in the survey on the condition they and their organisations would not be identified. Of the 223 respondents who quantified the damage, the average loss was $US2 million ($A3.38 million). Those who had sustained losses of proprietary company information said each incident cost an average of $US6.5 million, while financial fraud averaged $US4.6 million an incident.
One of the best known cases of corporate computer crime involved two accountants at Cisco Systems, who after pleading guilty were each sentenced in late 2001 to 34 months in prison for breaking into parts of the company's computer system they were not authorised to enter and issuing themselves nearly $US8 million in company stock.
But it is nearly impossible to identify the companies that have lost most, because of corporate reluctance to discuss what anonymous surveys have found to be a growing problem.
Computer security experts who help protect these companies said the attacks were hitting major banks, telecommunications companies and other Fortune 500 companies - and include a great variety of attacks.
"If people found out how astoundingly large this problem is, they'd be shocked," said James Hurley, an analyst with the Aberdeen Group, a technology consulting firm. Hurley said one client, which he declined to identify, endured an electronic theft worth $US500 million last year.
Other security consultants recently recounted numerous examples of electronic thefts, but, like Hurley, they omitted company names because of confidentiality clauses in their contracts. Some examples, all provided by consultants who had seen the damage, include these:
The weak economy is partly behind the rise in cybercrime, said Richard Power, global manager of security intelligence for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. "In times of economic hardship, crime always increases," he said. "The more that money flows into cyberspace, the more criminal activity there will be."
Corporations, meanwhile, are struggling to keep pace. With budgets and personnel stretched thin, companies that added many new technologies to their computer systems during the dot-com build-up now find themselves lacking the resources to secure those systems against break-ins.
Part of the problem is that cybercrime is much harder to detect than crime in the physical world.
"The vast, vast majority of virtual crimes right now never get caught or prosecuted, where you have some chance in the real world," said Dan Farmer, chief technology officer of Elemental Security, a computer security firm in Silicon Valley. "It is extraordinarily hard to prove anything using digital evidence."
Law enforcement authorities acknowledge the difficulty of catching electronic thieves. "The crime is much easier because you have anonymity," said Tim Caddigan, deputy special agent in charge of the Secret Service's financial crimes division. And often, he said, "It's much more profitable for criminals to use the computer" than to steal through more traditional means.
Adding to the difficulty of catching wired thieves is the fact that the authorities are outnumbered and, in many cases, outsmarted by criminals with better computing skills - although the FBI and the Secret Service are increasing their ranks of investigators with sophisticated computer skills. The number of investigators in the FBI's cyber division will roughly double in the coming months, to 700, for example, while Caddigan of the Secret Service said 200 of the Service's 3000 agents had completed training and more would follow.
Electronic crime is also difficult to detect because it is so often an inside job. Security experts say the fastest-growing type of cybercrime involves the theft of intellectual property - the pilfering of a company's plans for major projects, for instance, or marketing schedules and budgets stolen by an employee and sold to a competitor.
John Pescatore, an analyst with Gartner, a technology consulting firm, estimated that in 70 per cent of computer systems intrusions that resulted in a loss, an employee was the culprit. In many cases, he said, those employees knew the company was headed for difficult times and possible layoffs, and sold information to competitors "either to make sure they got a good job at another place, or just to give themselves a golden parachute".
In other industries, losses have become so widespread that accounting experts are starting to call for fuller disclosure of cybercrimes by corporate victims, saying that customers and shareholders should know more about the losses and risks.
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| Drug Approvals: Circumstances under which an active ingredient may be simultaneously marketed in both a prescription drug product and an over-the-counter drug product
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Mrs. susan lyon
|Date & Time:
|10/27/2005 08:10:40
|Organization :
|Mrs. susan lyon
|Category :
|Individual Consumer
|Issue Areas/Comments
| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the action regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously marketed in both prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
| A. Should FDA initiate a rulemaking to codify its interpretation of section 503(b) of the act regarding when an active ingredient can be simultaneously market in both a prescription drug product and an OTC drug product?
|B. Is there significant confusion regarding FDA's interpretation of section 503(b) of the act?
| no, i understand that religious forces are running this show. no confusion about that. these forces are against birth control and abortion and it is none of their business. abortion was legal and common in the us prior to the 19th century. roe v wade has made abundantly clear that it continues to be legal.
|C. If so, would a rulemaking on this issue help dispet that confusion?
|why don't you learn how to spell. i guess you mean"dispel," not "dispet"
| A. If FDA limited sale of an OTC product to a particular subpopulation, e.g., by making the product available to the subpopulation by prescription only, would FDA be able to enforce such a limitation as a matter of law?
| of course they would. cigarettes currently are only sold to those over the age of 18. if any cashier at a supermarket or drugstore can ask for id, for cigarettes, why not for plan b. also movies retgularly decline to admit to r rated movies those under the age of 17. why not ask them their arcane practice of figuring out who is over 17.
|B. If it could, would it be able to do so as practical matter and, if so, how?
|of course. show either a school id, driver's licence, or whatever. again ask the movies what they ask for in the way of id
| A. Assuming it is legal to market the same active ingredient in both a prescription and OTC product, may the different products be legally sold in the same package?
|why not? and if not, then tell barr to package it differently. i'm sure they could do so easily and would be happy to.
|B. If the two products may be lawfully sold in a single package, under what circumstances would it be inappropriate to do so?
|i have no idea
| allow this drug to be sold otc. there are many instances when a 17 year old might be sexually active and unable to see a physician. weekends, for example. and there is the additional cost involved. why force someone to pay a fee to an md . this drug has been proved to be safe. i'm only sorry that dr. susan wood resigned rather than be party to this ridiculous finding. this is not an abortifacient in any case. it is a measure of security when a condom breaks or one has unintended sexual relations, at a party, in a car, whatever. and please allow barr to advertise this product in magazines like "seventeen"


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They may sing with a gratified sense of exhibiting a good voice.
Soon, soon, that hunger of his for possession would be gratified!
He had read and thought much in his retired, solitary life, and was evidently well satisfied to find in me a gratified listener.
They were soon to be gratified by having this expectation realised.
The voyages of Frobisher and Drake had aroused a spirit of adventure, if they had not gratified the thirst for gold.
The very kind expressions in your letter have gratified me deeply.
By this treaty every reasonable wish of America, especially on the questions of boundary and of the fisheries, was gratified.
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|Diana Wynne Jones.
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
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HOW he sleepeth! having drunken
Weary childhood's mandragore,
From his pretty eyes have sunken
Pleasures, to make room for more—
[5] Sleeping near the withered nosegay, which he pulled the day before.
Nosegays! leave them for the waking!
Throw them earthward where they grew.
Dim are such, beside the breaking
Amaranths he looks unto—
[10] Folded eyes see brighter colours than the open ever do.
Heaven-flowers, rayed by shadows golden
From the palms they sprang beneath,
Now perhaps divinely holden,
Swing against him in a wreath—
[15] We may think so from the quickening of his bloom and of his breath.
Vision unto vision calleth,
While the young child dreameth on.
Fair, O dreamer, thee befalleth
With the glory thou hast won!
[20] Darker wert thou in the garden, yestermorn, by summer sun.
We should see the spirits ringing
Round thee,— were the clouds away!
'Tis the child-heart draws them, singing
In the silent-seeming clay—
[25] Singing!— Stars that seem the mutest, go in music all the way.
As the moths around a taper,
As the bees around a rose,
As in sunset, many a vapour,—
So the spirits group and close
[30] Round about a holy childhood, as if drinking its repose.
Shapes of brightness overlean thee,
With their diadems of youth
Striking on thy ringlets sheenly,—
While thou smilest, . . not in sooth
[35] Thy smile . . but the overfair one, dropt from some ætherial mouth.
Haply it is angels' duty,
During slumber, shade by shade
To fine down this childish beauty
To the thing it must be made,
[40] Ere the world shall bring it praises, or the tomb shall see it fade.
Softly, softly! make no noises!
Now he lieth dead and dumb—
Now he hears the angels' voices
Folding silence in the room—
[45] Now he muses deep the meaning of the Heaven-words as they come.
Speak not! he is consecrated—
Breathe no breath across his eyes.
Lifted up and separated
On the hand of God he lies,
[50] In a sweetness beyond touching,—held in cloistral sanctities
Could ye bless him—father—mother?
Bless the dimple in his cheek?
Dare ye look at one another,
And the benediction speak?
[55] Would ye not break out in weeping, and confess yourselves too weak?
He is harmless—ye are sinful,—
Ye are troubled—he, at ease!
From his slumber, virtue winful
Floweth outward with increase—
[60] Dare not bless him! but be blessed by his peace—and go in peace.