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NVIDIA's New Quadro VR Ready Program Targets Enterprise
Subject: Graphics Cards | April 4, 2016 - 09:00 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: workstation, VR, virtual reality, quadro, NVIDIA Quadro M5500, nvidia, msi, mobile workstation, enterprise
NVIDIA's VR Ready program, which is designed to inform users which GeForce GTX GPUs "deliver an optimal VR experience", has moved to enterprise with a new program aimed at NVIDIA Quadro GPUs and related systems.
"We're working with top OEMs such as Dell, HP and Lenovo to offer NVIDIA VR Ready professional workstations. That means models like the HP Z Workstation, Dell Precision T5810, T7810, T7910, R7910, and the Lenovo P500, P710, and P910 all come with NVIDIA-recommended configurations that meet the minimum requirements for the highest performing VR experience.
Quadro professional GPUs power NVIDIA professional VR Ready systems. These systems put our VRWorks software development kit at the fingertips of VR headset and application developers. VRWorks offers exclusive tools and technologies — including Context Priority, Multi-res Shading, Warp & Blend, Synchronization, GPU Affinity and GPU Direct — so pro developers can create great VR experiences."
Partners include Dell, HP, and Lenovo, with new workstations featuring NVIDIA professional VR Ready certification.
Desktop isn't the only space for workstations, and in this morning's announcement NVIDIA and MSI are introducing the WT72 mobile workstation; the "the first NVIDIA VR Ready professional laptop":
"The MSI WT72 VR Ready laptop is the first to use our new Maxwell architecture-based Quadro M5500 GPU. With 2,048 CUDA cores, the Quadro M5500 is the world's fastest mobile GPU. It's also our first mobile GPU for NVIDIA VR Ready professional mobile workstations, optimized for VR performance with ultra-low latency."
Here are the specs for the WT72 6QN:
- GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M5500 3D (8GB GDDR5)
- CPU Options:
- Xeon E3-1505M v5
- Core i7-6920HQ
- Core i7-6700HQ
- Chipset: CM236
- Memory:
- 64GB ECC DDR4 2133 MHz (Xeon)
- 32GB DDR4 2133 MHz (Core i7)
- Storage: Super RAID 4, 256GB SSD + 1TB SATA 7200 rpm
- Display:
- 17.3" UHD 4K (Xeon, i7-6920HQ)
- 17.3" FHD Anti-Glare IPS (i7-6700HQ)
- LAN: Killer Gaming Network E2400
- Optical Drive: BD Burner
- I/O: Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 x6, SDXC card reader
- Webcam: FHD type (1080p/30)
- Speakers: Dynaudio Tech Speakers 3Wx2 + Subwoofer
- Battery: 9 cell
- Dimensions: 16.85" x 11.57" x 1.89"
- Weight: 8.4 lbs
- Warranty: 3-year limited
- Pricing:
- Xeon E3-1505M v5 model: $6899
- Core i7-6920HQ model: $6299
- Core i7-6700HQ model: $5499
No doubt we will see details of other Quadro VR Ready workstations as GTC unfolds this week.
A new fighter has entered the ring
When EVGA showed me that it was entering the world of gaming notebooks at CES in January, I must admit, I questioned the move. A company that, at one point, only built and distributed graphics cards based on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs had moved to mice, power supplies, tablets (remember that?) and even cases, was going to get into the cutthroat world of notebooks. But I was promised that EVGA had an angle; it would not be cutting any corners in order to bring a truly competitive and aggressive product to the market.
Just a couple of short months later (seriously, is it the end of March already?) EVGA presented us with a shiny new SC17 Gaming Notebook to review. It's thinner than you might expect, heavier than I would prefer and packs some impressive compute power, along with unique features and overclocking capability, that will put it on your short list of portable gaming rigs for 2016.
Let's start with a dive into the spec table and then go from there.
|EVGA SC17 Specifications
|Intel Core i7-6820HK
|32GB G.Skill DDR4-2666
|Graphics Card
|GeForce GTX 980M 8GB
|256GB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD
|Sharp 17.3 inch UDH 4K with matte finish
|Intel 219-V Gigabit Ethernet
Intel AC-8260 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.2
2x USB 3.0 Type-A
1x USB 3.1 Type-C
|Realtek ALC 255
Integrated Subwoofer
|1x HDMI 1.4
2x mini DisplayPort (1x G-Sync support)
|16-in x 11.6-in x 1.05-in
|Windows 10 Home
With a price tag of $2,699, EVGA owes you a lot – and it delivers! The processor of choice is the Intel Core i7-6820HK, an unlocked, quad-core, HyperThreaded processor that brings desktop class computing capability to a notebook. The base clock speed is 2.7 GHz but the Turbo clock reaches as high as 3.6 GHz out of the box, supplying games, rendering programs and video editors plenty of horsepower for production on the go. And don't forget that this is one of the first unlocked processors from Intel for mobile computing – multipliers and voltages can all be tweaked in the UEFI or through Precision X Mobile software to push it even further.
Based on EVGA's relationship with NVIDIA, it should surprise exactly zero people that a mobile GeForce GPU is found inside the SC17. The GTX 980M is based on the Maxwell 2.0 design and falls slightly under the desktop consumer class GeForce GTX 970 card in CUDA core count and clock speed. With 1536 CUDA cores and a 1038 MHz base clock, with boost capability, the discrete graphics will have enough juice for most games at very high image quality settings. EVGA has configured the GPU with 8GB of GDDR5 memory, more than any desktop GTX 970… so there's that. Obviously, it would have been great to see the full powered GTX 980 in the SC17, but that would have required changes to the thermal design, chassis and power delivery.
Continue reading our review of the EVGA SC17 gaming notebook!!
Video Perspective: Retail Oculus Rift Day One - Setup, Early Testing
Subject: General Tech, Graphics Cards | March 28, 2016 - 11:24 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: pcper, hardware, technology, review, Oculus, rift, Kickstarter, nvidia, geforce, GTX 980 Ti
It's Oculus Rift launch day and the team and I spent the afternoon setting up the Rift, running through a set of game play environments and getting some good first impressions on performance, experience and more. Oh, and we entered a green screen into the mix today as well.
AMD and NVIDIA release drivers for Oculus Rift launch day!
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 28, 2016 - 10:20 AM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: vive, valve, steamvr, rift, Oculus, nvidia, htc, amd
As the first Oculus Rift retail units begin hitting hands in the US and abroad, both AMD and NVIDIA have released new drivers to help gamers ease into the world of VR gaming.
Up first is AMD, with Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.3.2. It adds support for Oculus SDK v1.3 and the Radeon Pro Duo...for all none of you that have that product in your hands. AMD claims that this driver will offer "the most stable and compatible driver for developing VR experiences on the Rift to-date." AMD tells us that the latest implementation of LiquidVR features in the software help the SDKs and VR games at release take better advantage of AMD Radeon GPUs. This includes capabilities like asynchronous shaders (which AMD thinks should be capitalized for some reason??) and Quick Response Queue (which I think refers to the ability to process without context change penalties) to help Oculus implement Asynchronous Timewarp.
NVIDIA's release is a bit more substantial, with GeForce Game Ready 364.72 WHQL drivers adding support for the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and improvements for Dark Souls III, Killer Instinct, Paragon early access and even Quantum Break.
For the optimum experience when using the Oculus Rift, and when playing the thirty games launching alongside the headset, upgrade to today's VR-optimized Game Ready driver. Whether you're playing Chronos, Elite Dangerous, EVE: Valkyrie, or any of the other VR titles, you'll want our latest driver to minimize latency, improve performance, and add support for our newest VRWorks features that further enhance your experience.
Today's Game Ready driver also supports the HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset, which launches next week. As with the Oculus Rift, our new driver optimizes and improves the experience, and adds support for the latest Virtual Reality-enhancing technology.
Good to see both GPU vendors giving us new drivers for the release of the Oculus Rift...let's hope it pans out well and the response from the first buyers is positive!
Red matter and green blood; Vulkan runs on Linux
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 24, 2016 - 02:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: Ubuntu 16.04, linux, vulkan, amd, nvidia
Last week AMD released a new GPU-PRO Beta driver stack and this Monday, NVIDIA released the 364.12 beta driver, both of which support Vulkan and meant that Phoronix had a lot of work to do. Up for testing were the GTX 950, 960, 970, 980, and 980 Ti as well as the R9 Fury, 290 and 285. Logically, they used the Talos Principal test, their results compare not only the cards but also the performance delta between OpenGL and Vulkan and finished up with several OpenGL benchmarks to see if there were any performance improvements from the new drivers. The results look good for Vulkan as it beats OpenGL across the board as you can see in the review.
"Thanks to AMD having released their new GPU-PRO "hybrid" Linux driver a few days ago, there is now Vulkan API support for Radeon GPU owners on Linux. This new AMD Linux driver holds much potential and the closed-source bits are now limited to user-space, among other benefits covered in dozens of Phoronix articles over recent months. With having this new driver in hand plus NVIDIA promoting their Vulkan support to the 364 Linux driver series, it's a great time for some benchmarking. Here are OpenGL and Vulkan atop Ubuntu 16.04 Linux for both AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards."
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- XFX R9 390 Double Dissipation Black Edition @ [H]ard|OCP
- Far Cry Primal Graphics Card Performance Analysis @ eTeknix
- Inno3D GTX 980Ti iChill Black @ eTeknix
Going for Gold with MSI's newest GTX 980 Ti
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 18, 2016 - 01:59 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: msi, GTX 980 Ti, MSI GTX 980 Ti GOLDEN Edition, nvidia, factory overclocked
Apart from the golden fan and HDMI port MSI's 980 Ti GOLDEN Edition also comes with a moderate factory overclock, 1140MHz Base, 1228MHz Boost and 7GHz memory, with an observed frequency of 1329MHz in game. [H]ard|OCP managed to up those to 1290MHz Base and 1378MHz Boost and 7.8GHz memory with the card hitting 1504MHz in game. That overclock produced noticeable results in many games and pushed it close to the performance of [H]'s overclocked MSI 980 Ti LIGHTNING. The LIGHTNING proved to be the better card in terms of performance, both graphically and thermally, however it is also more expensive than the GOLDEN and does not have quite the same aesthetics, if that is important to you.
"Today we evaluate the MSI GTX 980 Ti GOLDEN Edition video card. This video card features a pure copper heatsink geared towards faster heat dissipation and better temps on air than other air cooled video cards. We will compare it to the MSI GTX 980 Ti LIGHTNING, placing the two video cards head to head in an overclocking shootout. "
Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti Xtreme @ eTeknix
- ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti Matrix 6 GB @ techPowerUp
- 4 Weeks with NVIDIA TITAN X SLI at 4K Resolution @ [H]ard|OCP
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 710: Trying NVIDIA's Newest Sub-$50 GPU On Linux @ Phoronix
Shedding a little light on Monday's announcement
Most of our readers should have some familiarity with GameWorks, which is a series of libraries and utilities that help game developers (and others) create software. While many hardware and platform vendors provide samples and frameworks, taking the brunt of the work required to solve complex problems, this is NVIDIA's branding for their suite of technologies. Their hope is that it pushes the industry forward, which in turn drives GPU sales as users see the benefits of upgrading.
This release, GameWorks SDK 3.1, contains three complete features and two "beta" ones. We will start with the first three, each of which target a portion of the lighting and shadowing problem. The last two, which we will discuss at the end, are the experimental ones and fall under the blanket of physics and visual effects.
The first technology is Volumetric Lighting, which simulates the way light scatters off dust in the atmosphere. Game developers have been approximating this effect for a long time. In fact, I remember a particular section of Resident Evil 4 where you walk down a dim hallway that has light rays spilling in from the windows. Gamecube-era graphics could only do so much, though, and certain camera positions show that the effect was just a translucent, one-sided, decorative plane. It was a cheat that was hand-placed by a clever artist.
GameWorks' Volumetric Lighting goes after the same effect, but with a much different implementation. It looks at the generated shadow maps and, using hardware tessellation, extrudes geometry from the unshadowed portions toward the light. These little bits of geometry sum, depending on how deep the volume is, which translates into the required highlight. Also, since it's hardware tessellated, it probably has a smaller impact on performance because the GPU only needs to store enough information to generate the geometry, not store (and update) the geometry data for all possible light shafts themselves -- and it needs to store those shadow maps anyway.
Even though it seemed like this effect was independent of render method, since it basically just adds geometry to the scene, I asked whether it was locked to deferred rendering methods. NVIDIA said that it should be unrelated, as I suspected, which is good for VR. Forward rendering is easier to anti-alias, which makes the uneven pixel distribution (after lens distortion) appear more smooth.
Read on to see the other four technologies, and a little announcement about source access.
Rumor: NVIDIA's Next GPU Called GTX 1080, Uses GDDR5X
Subject: Graphics Cards | March 11, 2016 - 05:03 PM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: rumor, report, pascal, nvidia, HBM2, gtx1080, GTX 1080, gtx, GP104, geforce, gddr5x
We are expecting news of the next NVIDIA graphics card this spring, and as usual whenever an announcement is imminent we have started seeing some rumors about the next GeForce card.
(Image credit: NVIDIA)
Pascal is the name we've all being hearing about, and along with this next-gen core we've been expecting HBM2 (second-gen High Bandwidth Memory). This makes today's rumor all the more interesting, as VideoCardz is reporting (via BenchLife) that a card called either the GTX 1080 or GTX 1800 will be announced, using the GP104 GPU core with 8GB of GDDR5X - and not HBM2.
The report also claims that NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang will have an announcement for Pascal in April, which leads us to believe a shipping product based on Pascal is finally in the works. Taking in all of the information from the BenchLife report, VideoCardz has created this list to summarize the rumors (taken directly from the source link):
- Pascal launch in April
- GTX 1080/1800 launch in May 27th
- GTX 1080/1800 has GP104 Pascal GPU
- GTX 1080/1800 has 8GB GDDR5X memory
- GTX 1080/1800 has one 8pin power connector
- GTX 1080/1800 has 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
- First Pascal board with HBM would be GP100 (Big Pascal)
Rumored GTX 1080 Specs (Credit: VideoCardz)
The alleged single 8-pin power connector with this GTX 1080 would place the power limit at 225W, though it could very well require less power. The GTX 980 is only a 165W part, with the GTX 980 Ti rated at 250W.
As always, only time will tell how accurate these rumors are; though VideoCardz points out "BenchLife stories are usually correct", though they are skeptical of the report based on the name GTX 1080 (though this would follow the current naming scheme of GeForce cards).
Podcast #390 - ASUS Z170 Sabertooth Mk1, Corsair Carbide 400C, more about Windows Store Games, and more!
Subject: General Tech | March 10, 2016 - 02:10 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, asus, z170 sabertooth, corsair, carbide 400c, Windows Store, uwp, dx12, amd, nvidia, directflip, 16.3, 364.47, 364.51, SFX, Seagate, OCP, NVMe
PC Perspective Podcast #390 - 03/10/2016
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ZOTAC Introduces ZBOX MAGNUS EN980 VR Ready Mini-PC
Subject: Graphics Cards, Systems | March 10, 2016 - 11:38 AM | Sebastian Peak
Tagged: zotac, zbox, VR, SFF, nvidia, mini-pc, MAGNUS EN980, liquid cooling, GTX980, GTX 980, graphics, gpu, geforce
ZOTAC is teasing a new mini PC "ready for virtual reality" leading up to Cebit 2016, happening later this month. The ZBOX MAGNUS EN980 supplants the EN970 as the most powerful version of ZOTAC's gaming mini systems, and will come equipped with no less than an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980.
(Image via Guru3D)
Some questions remain ahead of a more formal announcemnent, and foremost among them is the version of the system's GTX 980. Is this the full desktop variant, or the GTX 980m? It seems to be the former, if we can read into the "factory-installed water-cooling solution", especially if that pertains to the GPU. In any case this will easily be the most powerful mini-PC ZOTAC has released, as even the current MAGNUS EN970 doesn't actually ship with a GTX 970 as the name would imply; rather, a GTX 960 handles discrete graphics duties according to the specs.
The MAGNUS EN980's GTX 980 GPU - mobile or not - will make this a formidable gaming system, paired as it is with a 6th-gen Intel Skylake CPU (the specific model was not mentioned in the press release; the current high-end EN970 with dicrete graphics uses the Intel Core i5-5200U). Other details include support for up to four displays via HDMI and DisplayPort, USB 3.0 and 3.1 Type-C inputs, and built-in 802.11ac wireless.
We'll have to wait until Cebit (which runs from March 14 - 18) for more details. Full press release after the break.
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Dear Carolyn: I know this is going to sound SO DUMB.
My boyfriend participates in the Renaissance Faire. He enjoys this greatly, and doing so has greatly enhanced his self-esteem.
However, what this means for me is that from October to April, his life is pretty much that. It's all he talks about. It's all he cares about. He is gone every weekend from February to April.
At first I was very supportive. I said, "If our relationship is meant to last, then this will be but a drop in the bucket . . ." Now that I've gone through the first year of it, I feel very differently.
I work a very stressful job, and weekends were pretty much where we were spending our quality time. Now it feels like we've been apart forever, and I feel as though our relationship has suffered.
I really want to talk to him about this, but I am also averse to being a controlling girlfriend. I thought about asking him to compromise and only work part time at the Faire next year, so no overnights, but I don't know if that's asking too much or if I'm being selfish.
I thought about joining myself, but I don't want my life to be taken over the way his has.
The specter of control is so controlling.
You are entitled to have needs and desires. You are entitled to express needs and desires. You are simply not entitled to bully or manipulate someone into serving your needs and desires.
Saying, "I am torn — I see how much you love the Faire and I am happy for you, but I don't like essentially losing you to the Faire from October to April," does not make you a control freak, or a manipulator, or a nagging girlfriend. It makes you a SO NORMAL human being who has the capacity and sense to articulate your needs and desires.
Two people on equal footing in a relationship do this for each other: When their feelings are strong enough to be significant, they share those feelings and give the other person a chance to respond. The alternative is to be quietly unhappy and leave your partner either to divine your unhappiness or miss it entirely — at least until it spills over as a much bigger, more consequential issue than it ever had to be.
As long as you recognize that what each of you does with the information is up to you, to share is to show respect.
Dear Carolyn: Both of my kids (under 7) participate in activities requiring a different parent to bring snacks each week. Inevitably, some other parent will send around an e-mail saying that it's best if the kiddos eat something with whole grains and no food coloring and please no juice because it has so much sugar in it, and it would be best if you just brought apple slices. Because the obesity crisis is so, so very dire. The kids, Carolyn. Won't someone please think of the kids?
And it just shuts the rest of us parents up. And then at the soccer practice we all snicker about the busybody's e-mails behind her back, and then we all dutifully bring grapes instead of Oreos.
I mean, these are healthy, skinny kids. There is surely an obesity crisis in this county, but you'd never know it to look at my 5-year-old's soccer team.
What is the best way to tell these people to stuff a high-
fructose sock in it?
Suburban problems
Surely a syndicated advice columnist would be too shrewd to allow you to hijack her platform to serve your so-cool anti-
purpose . . .
Oh, cane-sugar fudge. You got me.
There are food zealots, yes. There are also stuff-your-food-zealotry zealots, and when you've all moved past the parenthood phase of life, one of two things will be true: You'll recall these child-rearing dogmas and anti-dogmas and find them silly, or you'll be convinced that your preferred (anti-)dogma is the very reason your children turned out so successfully compared with everyone else's botched science experiments.
If you envision yourself as the former, then just bring the
(allergy-dodging) snack you want your kid to eat x 20 because that's the only sure way not to escalate a snack into a Statement. If you envision yourself as the latter, then by all means obey the snack police publicly and privately snicker like middle schoolers.
If you want to go completely radical, then question the snack itself: Since when is it a collective truth that kids can't make it through an hour — right? — of swarm-soccer without organized caloric intervention?
Perhaps if the snack orthodoxy in schools and playgrounds and outside activities didn't lead to a potential, cumulative haul of a dozen sandwich-creme binges a week, those erstwhile food zealots would leave you to your corn syrup en route to other battles.
Bad dogma, bad.
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Pending this bird rights ruling stays in our favour and we resign Lin, Novak, Jeffries & Fields, I think a few things need to happen.
Our biggest need is to strengthen our back court, and if we are being realistic, our Full MLE will be needed to secure a backup PG while our Bi-Annual will be needed to bolster the SG spot.
I really think Nash is a pipe dream at this point, and my preference for backup Pg's would be 1. Miller and 2. Felton, both of these are pretty realistic for the MLE. We really need a solid backup PG and despite what most people think, Douglas had some solid games under Woodson last season.
A PG rotation of Lin - Miller/Felton - Douglas is vastly improved from last year.
Shump will probably take till feb/march to be back to his form and funnily enough I think it is possible for us too become too stacked at the SG position later in the season. Unless Ray Allen is willing to come for the Bi-Annual let's give him a pass. Deshawn Stevenson could be had for that money and provides great defense and above average 3pt shooting. By keeping Fields he can get some minutes at the SG but also share the backup SF duties with Novak.
I really don't think back up center is that big of a need, sure it would be great so grab Camby. But Stat should see some time at center with Chandler on the bench to fully utilise his scoring, Jeffries & Stat can alternate between the PF/C positions when Chandler is sitting.
Either way a lineup of:
Lin - Miller/Felton - Douglas
Stevenson - Smith - Shump - Fields
Melo - Novak - Fields
Amare - Jeffries - Novak
Chandler - Jeffries - JJ
Has us set for a solid run next year.


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Never liked Stephenie.. not one bit, and this just reinforces it.Originally Posted by realityfan101
Never liked Stephenie.. not one bit, and this just reinforces it.Originally Posted by realityfan101
"Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk past once more?"
Yes! I'm wondering whatever did I like about Steph... ever... She's totally unlikeable ever since the second episode. They must have edited out all her nastiness when she was last on Survivor.Originally Posted by realityfan101
"Feel the sky blanket you/ With gems and rhinestones/ See the path cut by the moon/ For you to walk on" - EV
Steph sitting up there smirking about it irks me too. I hope karma makes an appearance soon for both of them.Originally Posted by lemon_drop
Hopefully, someone else stumbles across it. But not Jamie or Bbbby JonOriginally Posted by lemon_drop
Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. ~John Lennon
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Birds of a feather...Originally Posted by realityfan101
OK, I liked Judd for about one minute there. I'm over it now.
It was me. I let the dogs out.
Judd is such a bad liar! How could ANYONE hear his tone of voice and believe him?
So the last scene went...
"You don't rehearse Mr. T, you just turn him loose."
-----Sylvester Stallone, on Mr. T-----
The way Bobby Jon was during the meal, trying to be respectful of the others with less food.... now THAT is class.
"Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk past once more?"
I'm right there with you. Of course, I do still like Bobby Jon and Danni but I know they aren't long for the game anyway so I don't really even care about them anymore. This is the first Survivor where I've had such a dislike the cast.Originally Posted by MsFroggy
Ugh. I don't mind if someone withholds info, but to be purposefully misleading to people who are fighting for their own survival? That's just mean. And now "Princess Stephenie" has another leg up on everyone else. WHy did they let her back on the show? She doesn't deserve the million, she doesn't deserve another shot!
oh come on, if you were out there playing head to head with everyone, would any of you believe a clue someone shared? First thing I'd suspect is misdirection. Why would they help people they plan on voting out, to win immunity?


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2012 NFL Fantasy Football Mock Draft Results: 5th RoundJune 14, 2012
Nine receivers went off the board in the fifth round, and all of them hold legit WR2 value. We have a relatively deep class of WR2 / WR3 type receivers for fantasy leagues this year, so keep this in mind if you choose to drop down at the position and grab your receivers within rounds four through seven.
41. Marques Colston
The old standby Marques Colston will give you his normal production, but at this point in the draft I would target receivers with better upside that went after him like Bowe, Bryant, Nicks, Smith, Harvin and especially Thomas.
42. Dez Bryant
It's all about maturity with Dez Bryant as he needs to display crisper route running and the ability to condition himself to the point of playing at a high level for 60 minutes of football.
Let's not be too hard on the third-year receiver as this will be his first full offseason as a pro because of the lockout last year. Even teammate Miles Austin attributed his poor health was due to lack of conditioning in the offseason, so expect Bryant to have a better year.
43. Dwayne Bowe
Another contract situation to keep an eye on as Dwayne Bowe doesn't seem happy with this franchise tag. Can't blame him, but hopefully we will see him get to camp on time. If so, Bowe stands in as a quality late WR2 to early WR3 addition.
Quarterback Matt Cassel needs a productive rushing attack to set up the passing game, and he should get that with Jamaal Charles and Peyton Hillis playing against the easiest schedule vs. the run.
Does strength of schedule mean anything? In this case it does, as the Chiefs had the easiest schedule on paper before the 2010 season, and found great success on the ground.
It took Bowe a little while to get started that year, but when he did, we saw one of the greatest seven-game runs in the history of fantasy football from a receiver. Maybe that won't happen again, but Bowe is primed for a bounce-back year if he gets on the field in time for camps.
44. Hakeem Nicks
A foot ailment may cost Hakeem Nicks all of training camp. The concern shouldn't be if Nicks gets back for week one, but more that he won't be able to work on his conditioning throughout the summer, which is likely to set up other injuries upon his return.
Personally I'm staying away unless I can grab him as a WR3 or WR4, if he should miss up to three weeks of training camp.
45. Steve Smith
The addition of Cam Newton to the Panthers offense proved to be the fountain of youth for Steve Smith, as he got off to a hot start. In truth, Smith's game never really diminished he just had to deal with horrible quarterback play.
I didn't like the odds of Newton helping him last year, but from Week 1 on it was clear Smith was primed for a comeback.
Maybe Smith doesn't have the same numbers as last year, but he's still a great WR2 on your roster.
46. Vincent Jackson
The situation in Tampa Bay would suggest that Vincent Jackson is a worthy top 30 receiver for fantasy leagues, but I'm passing on him. I understand a good running game will help Jackson with free releases off the line as defenses load eight in the box to stop Doug Martin.
That's great, but I still need to see more from Josh Freeman before I'm willing to believe in Jackson as even a WR3, and I likely won't be convinced with a few big plays in the preseason.
Freeman has a long way to go as a starting quarterback, to be the player we thought he was last summer. Look to Mike Williams as a sneaky WR4 to WR5 as he will serve as the possession receiver and when they play from behind, he should produce high reception numbers.
As for Jackson, heck the guy couldn't even play consistent football with Philip Rivers as his quarterback and Norv Turner designing the offense for mismatch opportunities. How will be do better or even the same in Tampa Bay?
47. Percy Harvin
A late-season surge put Percy Harvin as a WR1 down the stretch, but health concerns will always be in the back of fantasy owners' minds with this talented receiver. With good reason as Harvin seems to think he's a fullback at times on the field, crashing into defenders.
It helps him break tackles and make plays, but if you take Harvin make sure you have depth to help you when he's out of the lineup. When active, Harvin has WR1 upside because he will be the top target in this offense and his use in the running game ads value.
48. Demaryius Thomas
In a recent podcast for Football Today, Cecil Lammey talks about how Peyton Manning has overthrown Demaryius Thomas on nine routes, which is a sign the veteran's arm strength is fine.
Lammey also goes on to discuss how Thomas has dominated in OTAs the times he's watched him.
This will be a big breakout year for Thomas and we shouldn't view him as some player who is getting extra hype because of postseason heroics. Thomas likely won't be the top possession receiver on the team, as Eric Decker seems to be the favorite in that regard, but Thomas is the top receiver for fantasy purposes and could be a WR1 this year.
49. Miles Austin
Blaming his injury-filled year on poor conditioning, I'm willing to give Austin a pass because of the lockout. It's sad to say, but we knew certain players were going to struggle because of the shortened offseason, we just didn't know who it would be.
Give Austin another chance and now that the Cowboys offensive line has had a year to work together, Tony Romo should have a cleaner pocket to work from. It also helps that Laurent Robinson is gone, as he was a pest to Austin and Bryant's value down the stretch.
50. Michael Vick
Believe in Philadelphia this year as the team has added quality pieces on defense and seem primed to win the East. We can't forget about the Cowboys and especially the Giants as contenders, but if Vick is focused in his first full offseason as the Eagles starter, he should be primed for a bounce-back year.
Just two years ago Vick was one of the top players in fantasy leagues and while I don't see him returning to that production, he's a clear QB1 and worthy of a fifth-round pick.
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Doug Demarest clipped an office block that houses the law firm where his wife works and then slammed into an unoccupied commercial building in central Anchorage, Alaska.
The FBI said he was not authorised to fly the Civil Air Patrol-owned Cessna 172 which is used in search-and-rescue missions.
The 42-year-old pilot, who joined the voluntary group in 2010 and was believed to be alone in the plane, died at the scene and no-one else was hurt.
Family spokeswoman Jahna Lindemuth said there was no reason to think Mr Demarest was trying to harm anyone but himself.
Ms Lindemuth declined to say how the family knew it was a suicide and asked that the family's privacy be respected.
The early morning crash on Tuesday happened before most businesses opened, in an area surrounded by offices, hotels and restaurants.
The Civil Air Patrol, a civilian auxiliary of the US Air Force, is made up of volunteers who help with search and rescue, disaster relief and homeland security across America.
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Gilbert Addresses Gambling Tie During Tuesday Teleconference
Published January 5, 2005
Gilbert Discusses
College Gambling Incident
In a "hastily called" teleconference yesterday, one day after announcing a deal to buy the Cavaliers from Gordon Gund, Quicken Loans Chair Dan Gilbert acknowledged that he had been arrested in '81 for "running an illegal gambling pool" as a college freshman at Michigan State, according to Alejandro Bodipo-Memba of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. Gilbert suggested that the incident "was a youthful indiscretion that shouldn't have any bearing on his ability to successfully run an NBA franchise." Gilbert, on whether the arrest will hinder his chances of buying the Cavaliers: "I'm not concerned. If I was, I wouldn't have gone through this process over the last 90 days." Gilbert also vowed to "never speak about" the incident again. Meanwhile, NBA VP/Basketball Communications Tim Frank said the league "knew about [the arrest] before it became public" (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 1/5). Frank indicated he could not comment on the approval process, but said that he did not "think the league ever has halted a pending deal" (DETROIT NEWS, 1/5). Gilbert needs approval from three-fourths of the NBA's 30 owners before the sale becomes official. Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban said Gilbert's arrest "won't affect my vote at all. It just makes him more interesting" (Cleveland PLAIN DEALER, 1/5).
UNUSUAL CASE: The AP's Chris Sheridan noted the background check for a prospective NBA owner typically "is focused on finances rather than ethics," and there is no language in the NBA bylaws "setting out what might disqualify a prospective owner." But the bylaws do establish rules of conduct for existing owners including "prohibition on wagering on games" (AP, 1/4).
REAX: The AP's Steve Wilstein wrote Gilbert's transgression did not "stop him from being admitted to the Michigan state bar to practice law or from sitting on the board of a savings and loan. If nothing worse turns up, it shouldn't stop him from taking control of the Cavs" (AP, 1/4). ESPN's Tony Kornheiser: "If you're (NBA Commissioner) David Stern, when you introduce him, you have to say, 'We've looked into this, it was a long time ago (and) we're going to forgive and forget, but we're going to monitor this closely.'" ESPN's Michael Wilbon: "That's for PR value. In the vetting process, this thing has to be incredibly thorough. They're going to have to do the kind of background checks that they ought to do" ("PTI," ESPN, 1/4). ESPN.com's Darren Rovell added, "I don't think this will hold up a $400[M] deal" (ESPNews, 1/4).
FAIR PRICE? Cleveland State Univ. sports economist Mark Rosentraub said that the Cavs "would have been worth $100[M] less" on the market without G LeBron James, adding that $375M is "'a fair price' for the team, given the players under contract, their commitment to stay, the quality of the arena and the size of the market" (AP, 1/4).


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Fifth Mass Wedding Held in UAE
An estimated 45 UAE national grooms were married Wednesday at a festive mass wedding. The exciting ceremony was held at the Julphar Wedding Hall and sponsored by Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah. This is the fifth mass wedding to take place in the Emirate, according to Gulf News.
Jamal Obaid Al Bah, Director General of the UAE Marriage Fund, said that the Fund does not face problems arranging these weddings and added that "But what is worrying, is the problems that arise between couples after marriage." He stressed that Mass weddings, in general, have been a great success story and service to society at large.
With regards to national couples who received marriage assistance and had not got married, he said the number is insignificant, less than one per cent. "Only 20 nationals are guilty – 5,000 couples have got married."
He highlighted that fact that the Fund would take steps against these so that they do not jeopardize the future of the majority who indeed abide by the rules. "Nobody will be allowed to play with this very important social issue, and procedures of the UAE Marriage Fund will remain unchanged."
According to Al Bah, the philosophy behind mass weddings is to control lavish parties and celebrations. They have also played a central role in getting nationals closer to one another and promoting social integration between the people.
Some 300 nationals in Ras Al Khaimah have taken financial assistance from the Marriage Fund. Sheikh Sultan underlined the importance of mass weddings all over the UAE. According to him, they help nationals afford marriage expenses. In due time, couples will give birth to children and this will lead to the prosperity and development of the country. (Albawaba.com)


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A New Case for Trusted Third Party Auditor in Cloud Computing
Cloud computing offers an appealing business model and it is tempting for companies to delegate their IT services, as well as data, to the Cloud. But in Cloud environment, lacking of practical auditing party always put the users' data in danger. Users may suffer a serious data loss without any ...Download Now
A Cryptanalysis on Four State Quantum Secret Sharing Protocol Using Heuristic Attacks
Secret sharing is a typical problem in the classic cryptography which is a procedure for splitting a message into several parts so that the entire set is needed to read the message. QSS (Quantum Secret Sharing) is one important branch of quantum cryptography, which combines quantum mechanics with classical cryptography. ...Download Now
Performance Evaluation of Split-Expand Modified Prime Code for SAC-OCDMA Communication Systems
In this paper, a new family of prime codes called Split-Expand Modified Prime (SEMP) code is proposed to suppress the phase-induced intensity noise in spectral-amplitude-coding optical code-division multiple-access systems. These codes are derived and developed from modified prime sequence codes. The code construction procedure is simple compared to the PMP ...Download Now
Energy Drain Reduction Using Multicast Routing Protocol
Mobile Ad hoc NETwork (MANET) is a self-configuring network of mobile nodes which communicate with each other without any fixed infrastructure. Multicast routing is extremely difficult in MANET due to its limited resources such as bandwidth and battery power. Energy management techniques are necessary to improve the performance of the ...Download Now
The FPGA Implementation of Pulse Width Modulation
Most of the physical systems applications require a real-time operation to interface high speed restraints. The simple and common way to implement these systems is to realize it as a software program on general purpose computers, these ways cannot be considered as a suitable design solution. Higher density programmable logic ...Download Now
Implementation of Privacy Preserving Multiparty Collaborative Mining Technique by Using Integer Programming Model
The concept of multiparty collaborative data mining is an important issue in the areas of data mining technology. When the set of participant wants to find comprehensive model collaboratively based on the given collective data. Each participant has sensitive and non-sensitive data in their local database. In this case, the ...Download Now
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Medicine has a special status in science, philosophy, and daily life. The outcomes of medical care are life or death, and they apply to everybody. Thus mining in medicine is distinct from that in other fields and at the same time very complex Siddha medicine was developed by outstanding Dravidians ...Download Now
A Numerical Pairs Implementation Using Fuzzy Basis Function
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An Optimized Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithm Based on Mobility Prediction in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
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Securing GMR Protocol Using TESLA Based Certificate for WSN
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The cigarette smugglers among us
Porous duty-free enforcement allows quick turnaround
Matt Potter 1:30 p.m., Nov. 17
dear matt:
How did a dozen red roses get to be "the one"? What's wrong with seven yellow dandelions?
-- matt, the net
Nothing. It's just that the rose industry had a better marketing team than the dandelion industry. Now a dozen red ones is a virtual necessity if you want to be taken seriously. It's gotten to be a tradition. Tradition: the perfect ending to a perfect marketing campaign. Why is a diamond "the one"? No reason. No reason that stands up to examination. Marketing, marketing, marketing. How dare you question it, matt? There's an order to the world of consumerism, and it's heavily based on image. If you start messing with the system, well, who knows where it will end.


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Skip to comments.Papal Visit to Portugal: The Apparitions
Posted on 05/11/2010 1:05:27 PM PDT by NYer
For the sake of clarity allow me to list the major catechetical truths communicated to the children by Our Lady in the six apparitions that took place between May 13 and October 13, 1917. I shall omit here the points of "prophecy" made by the Blessed Mother. Although the prophecies are important in themselves and an integral part of the message of Fatima, we must neither forget nor obscure the essential components of the message: faith, conversion to Christ and reparation.
1. God the Father's merciful love for every human person is definitively revealed in the gift of his Son. Many people in the twentieth century are indifferent to and even antagonistic towards Christ.
2. The mission of Christ is essentially redemptive. Christ came into the world to offer his life in sacrifice for the salvation of all people.
3. In Christ, God suffers as a result of sin. In Christ also, the Almighty loves mankind with a human heart and yearns for human love in return.
4. In his conversion from mortal sin, man begins to love the good God. This love continues and grows to perfection as he desires to make reparation for his own sins and the sins of others through acts of charity.
5. When a Christian surrenders himself unreservedly to the Lord, he consoles Jesus and satiates his thirst for souls.
6. Through the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit working in the Church and in intimate communion with Christ, the Christian becomes "perfectly willing to spend all and to be expended in the interest of souls" (2 Cor. 12:15) and "makes up in his own body what has still to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church" (Col. 1:24). In other words, every Christian is called to give himself unreservedly to Christ's redeeming work. He does this by conversion, fidelity to daily duty, prayer (especially the Rosary), acts of charity, acceptance of sufferings permitted by God and voluntary penances.
7. The Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, following Mary as model and guide, unites her self-sacrifice to Christ's and becomes his co-worker in the world. The collective suffering of the Church as a whole, and of each Christian, joined to Christ's passion, brings the saving grace of the Lord to souls. The Church's active role in the application of the grace of Redemption is perhaps the major stress of the Fatima message. (Please note that this theme is conspicuously absent from many expressions of contemporary ecclesiology and is all but forgotten in many quarters as an essential component of the Church's ascetical-mystical doctrine. This fatal deficiency leads to either the denial or the devaluation of the Eucharist as the redemptive sacrifice of Christ and his Church. Hence, the need for Eucharistic reparation is at the heart of the Fatima catechesis.)
8. Every aspect of spirit and the spiritual world is underscored in the Fatima message: the Trinity, angels, demons, the existence of the immortal human soul; heaven, hell and purgatory.
9. Fatima affirms the essential importance of the Vicar of Christ in the daily life of the Church as well as the Pope's mystic identification with Christ, the crucified bridegroom of the Church.
10. Fatima unambiguously reaffirms the doctrine of hellfire (the pain of sense) and the real possibility of eternal damnation.
11. The Christian's union with Christ in his suffering, death and resurrection leads to perfect union with Him in heaven and to the resurrection of the flesh on the last day.
12. Mary reveals that her spiritual Motherhood is the way to fidelity to Christ and eternal life. Through total consecration to Mary, the Christian accepts and benefits from her Motherhood in the spirit.
Taken from MARY: CATECHIST AT FATIMA by Rev. Frederick Miller
The appearances of God, the angels and the saints to human beings on the earth fall into two general categories, apparitions and mysticism.
A mystic is a person who having persevered in the Christian spiritual life, usually a notable length of time, receives by God's free choice the infused supernatural grace of contemplative prayer. Through this grace they are granted a deeper knowledge and experience of God, beyond that which the ordinary ways of prayer and Christian life can give. This grace is usually granted after they have been faithful in avoiding sin, conquered themselves through mortification, and meditated faithfully on Christ and the truths of the faith taught by the Church. Passing through a profound trial known as the Dark Night of the Senses they enter upon the Illuminative Way, in which they make very notable progress in sanctity, as well as receive divine communications, whether of interior words (locutions) or interior (intellectual) or exterior visions. They may also experience ecstasies, levitations, the stigmata, and other signs of their growing intimacy with God and the supernatural. If they persevere on this path they will pass through another Dark Night, of the Spirit, in which their purification is completed. Entering upon the Unitive Way, their union with God is secured by a Mystical Marriage, prefiguring their union with God at death and the consummation of the union of Christ and His Bride at the end of time.
An apparition, however, is a charismatic gift granted by God for some greater purpose of His than the benefit of the one receiving it. It says nothing necessary about the sanctity of the recipient(s); although God usually chooses simple and good Christians, often children, who will readily accept and do His Will. Generally, it can be understood as an external vision, created by some means of God, to represent the holy person depicted. It would not necessarily have to be the person him or herself. Only Christ and Our Lady (possibly St. Joseph, according to St. Francis de Sales and others who hold that he was taken to heaven body and soul), could actually appear in their bodies. All others, and even they, could appear by some representation accessible to the human senses. In such a way God appeared by means of angels to Abraham and to Moses. According to St. Thomas Aquinas, this manner is the ordinary cause of mysticism and apparitions.
In the case of Fátima it is clear that something more than an intellectual vision took place, an external apparition accompanied by indications of the actual presence of Our Lady. This latter cannot be conclusively determined. However, it reasonably follows from the descriptions of the events and especially from the sense of Her Presence continued to be felt there to this day.
As a fruit of the events, and of the fidelity of the three children to the message of Fátima, Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta grew in holiness and became mystics in the proper sense. It is for their heroic virtue in the pursuit of God that the two youngest are being raised to the honor of the altar, not for being the recipients of an apparition. This fact, more even than the miracle of the Sun, authenticates the message of Fátima.
I am looking forward to seeing the new movie the 3th Day. ;-)
I have it! Great movie. We're planning to show it to the parish children this weekend.
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Improving The Suspension For Your Motorhome
The suspension system in today's motorhomes are very complex and lead to a variety of factors and qualities that go into the level of motorhome you purchase. Most factory motorhomes will have lower quality components on them in order to keep the overall cost of the motorhome down. One of these components are the shock absorbers. Many manufacturers will leave off components on there lower and mid level RV's that they will include on there higher level motorhomes such as air bag suspension and high quality shocks.
If your motorhome has a harsh bumpy ride to it, wanders down the road or tracks poorly through the curves, you may want to consider an aftermarket ride enhancement kit. These kits will be custom designed for your coach and improve the ride dramatically. The enhancement kits normally include specially valved shock absorbers, new air bags, sway bars and ping tanks. Once the ride enhancement kit is installed you will think you have a new motorhome and will probably handle better than most new coaches.
If you spend a lot of time in your motorhome and want to improve the handling of your coach then you definitely want to consider a ride enhancement kit for both safety and comfort. Most kits can be found in any RV store that sells aftermarket parts.


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Papoose Interview
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Born in Africa and raised in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn, the rapper known as Papoose (Born Shamele Mackie) has built himself a gigantic fan base. Through a ridiculous amount of mixtape work his buzz has been created without the presence of an actual full length. His introduction to the game came back in 1998 when NYC mixtape extraordinaire DJ Kay Slay featured his work on Streetsweeper, Vol. 2: The Pain From The Game. Known for his sick lyrical abilities and freestyle skills, one of his most well known rhymes is called "Alphabetical Slaughter." The record features Papoose spitting lines using only the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
Despite not being signed to a major label, by choice he maintains, Papoose has continued to thrust himself into the spotlight. Every major label in the industry has offered Papoose a record deal, but none have swooned him away from staying a free agent of the game. Signed by Busta Rhymes Flipmode label in association with Violater Management, Papoose has a strong backing for his mainstream convergence. On the way is his summer solo debut album, titled "The Nacirema Dream" ("Nacirema" being "American" backwards).
During an interview with DJs "Z" and Caliente, Papoose talks about why he has yet to accept a major deal, why NYC needs to stop getting hated on by the other regions, and how he is too smart for the business end of the industry to pass him by. Oh yeah, he also spits a sick 3 minutes freestyle. See if he name drops your baby mama, take a listen!
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There's been a little bit of a storm on Twitter this afternoon about the privacy settings in Spotify, kicked off by an interesting blog post from Dr. Ben Goldacre taking the popular music streaming service to task for its incredibly cavalier attitude to sharing users' playlists and other information. The theme has been picked up by Graham Linehan, who has also apparently written about this for the Evening Standard.
If you don't use Spotify, or haven't noticed the changes, then it goes a bit like this – you now have to connect Spotify to your Facebook account. When you do this, it goes about busily sharing every playlist you create, and updating your Facebook Music feed to show the world exactly what you're listening to.


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Buffalo Bill Village Cabins
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With a stay at Buffalo Bill Village Cabins in Cody, you'll be convenient to Cody Dug Up Gun Museum and Buffalo Bill Center of the West. This resort is within close proximity of Tecumseh's Old West Miniature Village and Museum and Cody Cattle Company.
Make yourself at home in one of the 83 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include coffee/tea makers and ceiling fans, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a seasonal outdoor pool, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services. Additional features include gift shops/newsstands, shopping on site, and wedding services.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Buffalo Bill Village Cabins. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Event facilities at this resort consist of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is complimentary (available 24 hours).
Hotel Facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Number of floors - 1
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free airport transportation
- Multilingual staff
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- Year Built 1914
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VoiceLab's annual Winter Concert will be next Sunday, December 11th, at 3:30 PM (doors open at 3:15 PM) in the Gutman Conference Center (here's a map), courtesy of Class Notes of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
As per tradition, wintry snacks will be served, and admission is free of charge.
If you can't make it on Sunday, then you're still in luck. We will also be performing this Friday evening, December 9th, at 8 PM on the Harvard Medical School campus in Tosteson Medical Education Center room 209.


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Seven people are homeless Monday after a fire tore through their La Mesa apartment complex.
A man claimed he was burning trash in his apartment in the 5000-block of Thorne Drive around 3:30 p.m. on Sunday when the fire broke out, investigators said.
The man had stacks of combustible materials throughout his home and next to the fireplace, said La Mesa Fire Division Chief Chuck Strickland.
It looked like the man may have been a hoarder, lots of clutter and lots of combustible items near the fireplace, Strickland said. The sparks jumped out of the fireplace and into the nearby items.
He told firefighters he was cold and tried to burn debris to keep warm.
The fire got out of control and spread to other units, investigators said, gutting one of them.
Strickland said the apartment was filled with "mounds and mounds" of fuel which allowed the fire to spread quickly.
The man suffered minor burns, but is expected to be ok.


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Photographer's Note
I am fond of this type of village scenes...
This is nearby Dharmapuri in TN....
with Henk and ochu we were going to Hogenakal...
we stopped on the way wherever such scene appeared....
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pablominto (53746) 2007-03-08 13:31
Hello Pramod,
Nice framing of the guy working the fields in the old manner!
Good lines and a fine feeling of depth in thiks well composed image...
Good natural colours and palm leaves are pin sharp!
Pablo -
t0mmm1 (5442) 2007-03-08 16:00
Hi Pramod,
nice composition between the palm trees. Really nice frame for the farmer in the field. I like it very much.
Have a nice day,
Hi Pramod,
Nice composition with the farmer in the field and good frame between the palm trees. Well done my friend...
Have a nice day...
Ali Rıza
oochappan (13051) 2007-03-09 8:05
Indeed I remember this moment, Pramod, the yellow fields, the man behind his bullocks, you got a remarkable good edition out of it from such a distance.
I was only short in Salem for that project, meeting Prem a day before ... lots of stories from the project there.
greetings from back to sweaty Madurai
Hi Pramod
Love the lights in the composition.Very refreshing view of a cultivated land. The details are sharp and bright. Intersting to know that you and Henk work together. Henk is my all time favourite.
Great shot TFS
jaywalker (16105) 2007-03-10 14:03
Hi Pramod, A great daily life photo & superb POV framing the worker with the trees, the overall composition is very good & super colours, a great scene, kind regards Wilson.
thaprem (2558) 2007-03-12 2:00
I can see so many lines of interesting ly interlaced...
A bit over exposed...But you cannot avoid that considering the climate in Dharmapuri....
Angshu (56760) 2007-03-12 3:42
Hello Pramod
Thanks for bringing us the colours of rural India. The lines are good as the yellow, green & browns coexist. Inclusion of the ploughing bulls & the farmer is excellent & I like the idea of framing though the two coconut palms. Good shot Pramod
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- Copyright: Pramod Kumar (prumod) (8300)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2007-01-01
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Canon PowerShot A400
- Exposure: f/3.8, 1/250 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2007-03-08 11:22


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Millennium Park Now Most-Visited Site In The MidwestMayor Rahm Emanuel said 12.9 million people visited Millennium Park in the second half of 2016 alone.
5 Things In Chicago That Exist Nowhere Else In The USThe word first implies follow-ups and copycats such as Chicago-style pizza. Unique is harder to determine because good ideas are copied.
WATCH: Chicago Has A New 'Epic' Tourism CampaignChicago has a new tourism campaign.
Tourism Up In Chicago: 46.2 Million Visitors In 2012You are probably noticing more tourists around town.
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Chicago Tourism App Unveiled For iPhone, AndroidIf you're looking for something to do or somewhere special to stay in our fair city, it just so happens that there's an app for that.
Listeners Pan New Chicago Tourism SongChoose Chicago, the official city tourism agency, has unveiled a new ode to the city. And so far, listeners are panning it.


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Ambidextrous: Gone
Shadow was sick before I even left for San Diego…
I was going to post a new piece about just why I don't read science fiction comics, but the devastating news that he likely had cancer kept me from finishing it. He stopped eating his food, which really was nothing new, but we knew something was wrong after he stopped eating all the good stuff---his treats, bacon, chicken and rice, etc. Got him to the vet and after the initial exam and some x-rays they thought cancer, but a couple days later the ultrasound (allegedly more conclusive) showed no definitive signs. Initially relieved, this new diagnosis would see him on medication the rest of his life, which sounded like a great deal in comparison. He appeared to be getting better leading up to SDCC, which I was extremely nervous about, imagining that things would turn for the worse and my girl would be left to handle it all by herself…which is exactly what happened.
Was actually prepping to leave San Diego on Thursday night or Friday morning but she ultimately stopped me. Still, my last couple days there dragged on forever and I was so glad to eventually leave the place. Felt like a good show but I was only half there, walking the floor and checking in with folks on autopilot. I'd wanted to log daily con reports on my just completed personal website, but didn't feel up to it, even if my laptop hadn't died at the airport just before I left. This again, is exactly what happened. It was just one of those weeks where it all goes bad, and was followed by this one that started with me getting home late Sunday evening and not even a day later having to put Shadow to sleep. The first diagnosis was correct, cancer somewhere in his stomach, which made it impossible to remove. Just a horrible, gut-wrenching experience and something I feel the need to write about in this very public place.
Because this wasn't just any Aus. Shepherd mix, and I mean this next bit in all seriousness---this dog literally helped change my life.
Flashback to January 2007 and I was in a completely different place. After years of passionately stubborn resistance, I'd gone out and found a fairly ordinary day job, after learning the hard way that my dreams of imminent comics stardom (or you know, even quasi-stardom) were distant, unpredictable things that were anything but imminent. I was taking an extended hiatus from my column so I wouldn't have to talk about any of this in public, and wasn't missing comics in the slightest, least not as an aspiring professional. And I was angry---I was so ____'in angry about the situation and possibly more than that, at my best friend in the entire world that I felt had recently shot arrows into my back after the worst year of my life. In short, I was a complete mess.
Then, through this job that I didn't want to get…I met this girl. You probably know how the story turns from there, and even I would consider it overly dramatic if it wasn't entirely true. The difference in my life was just obvious and immediate---the more time I spent around her, the better everything about me got. Miranda officially got signed, I started writing again, got the Robin fill-in after doing the Year Wonder pitch, returned to the column, etc. And mind you, these are only the "professional" related things, which don't even begin to cover all the other little stupid, self-destructive crap I'd made a living from doing. But before I got anywhere near the girl, I had to pass the "Shadow Test," a living, breathing bull___ detector that actually bit the last dude she went out with. Which was pretty unbelievable to hear, because as much as she is the Greatest Girl Ever, he was the Greatest Dog Ever, and I'll probably want a dog the rest of my life because of him. In his own way, he said, "I approve of this dude," and nothing about my life has been the same ever since.
It's only right I say thank you for that, and for him having the strength to hold on until I could get home from San Diego. I should be surprised, but really, stuff like that was just like him…
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"Those of us of the sea must return to it," gurgles Gerard Butler as around him roils a surf drama with all the subtlety of a 50ft breaker. Jonny Weston is Jay Moriarity, the real-life Santa Cruz boarder whose epic turn at California's Mavericks break made him an international star in 1994. Butler plays gruff coach/mock-pop Richard "Frosty" Hesson, the big kahuna who steered Jay away from his deadbeat mom and drug-dabbling mates. The script's a drowner, the acting's awash. Again and again Butler returns to the sea. He just about survives the buffeting.
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SIS Summer Abroad 2013: Malaysia and Indonesia
ASEAN Studies: Globalization, Governance, & Security in Southeast Asia
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Enjoying some FUN in the JUNgle
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Jakarta Adventures
|Jakarta become real lively at night. All the street food vendors come out and sell all sorts of food from Nasi Goreng to fruit smoothies.
|A sky view of Jakarta from a high rise building. While Jakarta is developed there are still areas that need improvement.
|Grilled tiger prawns from a restaurant specializing in Sulawesi food.
|We visited a think tank named after a former Indonesia president, Habibie. We were briefed on Indoensian-ASEAN-US Relations by the Executive Director and the ASEAN Program Manager.
|After our visit to the US Embassy we went to visit the Indonesian National Museum. The museum had a collection of statues such as this one of Buddha to recognize the importance and diversity of religion in Indonesia's history.
|To learn more about Islam and its influence on Indonesia we visited an Islamic boarding school. The kids we were really excited to get visitors from America.
|On our last day in Jakarta we went to visit @America. A place that promotes American cultures abroad. Look who we ran into while there. The POTUS!!!!
|Getting excited about our last field trip in Jakarta.
|We were so thrilled to see an AU decal hanging at the @America Center.
|We celebrated Jose's 21st birthday!!!
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Independence Celebration
I didn't get any bbq or go to any pool parties, but this will be one of my most memorable 4th of July celebrations. Celebrating America's Independence abroad at the Malaysian U.S. embassy. Extremely fortunate and humbled for being able to experience these invaluable opportunities. #ProudToBeAnAmerican
pictured: Me in front of the American flag in the ballroom, Ambassador Paul Jones speaking with Dr. Heng, Marine escorts at the ballroom entrance, the lovely ladies of this trip: Holly, Myself, Jose, and Hoa.
pictured: Me in front of the American flag in the ballroom, Ambassador Paul Jones speaking with Dr. Heng, Marine escorts at the ballroom entrance, the lovely ladies of this trip: Holly, Myself, Jose, and Hoa.
Last Week in KL
|We went to visit Parliament and met with several members of the Parliament from different political parties . This is a group picture with two MPs of the Democratic Action Party (DAP)
|The Petronas Towers at night.
|Professor Heng got us invitations to the attend the 4th of July party with the U.S Ambassador to M alaysia, Paul Jones.
|A celebratory cake.
|Mama's Kitchen famous chicken and rice dish. It was delicious. I will miss the food the most in KL.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
More Adventures in KL...Politics and Food.
|Briefing of the 2103 Malaysian election results at a local think tank, CENSE.
|Late night snack at the Chalk and Cheese downstairs. Rice porridge in a clay pot with century egg. Comfort food, indeed. Reminds me of the rice porridge I ate growing up.
|Fist time trying southern Indian food at Bangsar Village II. The food was amazing.
|Malay food vendors at the National Forest. By far the best Malay food I've had in KL.
|Taking a break to pose for group pictures while hiking up to the canopy walk at the Malaysian National Forest.
|View of the city from the canopy walk.
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There is much research that shows a strong correlation between high attendance and high attainment for all children. A recent publication from the Department for Education indicated that even missing a short amount of time from school can reduce every pupil's chance of securing the grades they are capable of achieving. To view this publication, please click here (PDF, 675.27KB, 10 pages).
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Despite the recent decision it is the Local Education Authority's view that the legal position remains that parents and carers can be failing to comply with section 444 of the Education Act if their child has unauthorised absences even if those unauthorised absences are for a family holiday.
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Team wins first place in local chapter of the NSHMBA Case Competition
Posted 11.26.14Marc Sawaya, Tong Gu, Naiwen Zhang and Victoria Saybe placed first in the NSHMBA Case Competition.
Weatherhead graduate students placed first in the local chapter of the National Society of Hispanic MBA Association Case Competition November 7.
In the NSHMBA Case Competition, each team is assigned a minority owned business and challenged to provide a business solution. The Case Western Reserve University team of Marc Sawaya (MBA, 1st year), Tong Gu (MBA, 2nd year), Naiwen Zhang (MSM Finance, final semester), and Victoria Saybe (MBA, 1st year) was assigned Tortilleria La Bamba, which is a local corn tortilla factory located in Ohio City.
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From Tokyo to Disney
I just purchased 2x 14day rail passes. Trying to figure out my itinerary at this moment so I got a small question, that I can't seem to find the answer for anywhere...
We would like to go to Disneyland on the 2nd of May Thursday very early in the morning to be there to collect our tickets, chek in our hotel and line up to enter the park before the opening at 9am.
Would that be possible? -As I cannot find a schedule anywere for the trains.
Also the next day on Friday we would like to stay as late as we can in the parks and Ikspiarie (closes at 11pm) and take the train back to Tokyo. Is that possible?
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The station you need for Disneyland is Maihama here it is on the map.
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Bonds ties Ruth with homer No. 714
Bonds ties Ruth with No. 714
OAKLAND -- With one more home run to go until he passes Babe Ruth into second on the all-time list, Giants slugger Barry Bonds said on Saturday that tying the Bambino at 714 gave him a sense of relief. "I'm glad it's over with," Bonds said after the Giants defeated the A's, 4-2, in 10 innings at McAfee Coliseum. "This took a lot off me. This is good." Bonds, 41 years old, is now 41 behind Hank Aaron, who is the all-time leading home run hitter in Major League Baseball history with 755. But he's not even thinking about that right now. He'll have a shot at passing the Great Bambino on Sunday against Oakland right-hander Joe Blanton, another pitcher he has never faced. It's then back across the bay to open a six-game homestand on Monday night against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Saturday's homer was Bonds' sixth of the season, and also tied him with Ruth as the top left-handed home run hitter in MLB history. The solo shot came on a 1-1 pitch as he led off the second inning against Oakland's Brad Halsey, with Bonds taking the left-hander deep into the right-field bleachers. Halsey, facing Bonds for the first time, said he knew the pitch was "bad news" as soon as it left his hand. "It was a fastball over the middle of the plate and he punished me for it," Halsey said. Bonds and the sellout crowd of 35,077 figured the wait had ended the minute the 90-mph pitch connected with his bat. "I knew when I hit it that it was gone," said Bonds, who also collected his 2,100th run scored on the milestone homer. "Now it was just, make it around the bases." As he trotted toward first base, Bonds pointed at the front row of seats behind the dugout where his family was seated next to Giants president Larry Baer, Halsey having just become the 420th pitcher to allow at least one of Bonds' homers. The partisan San Francisco Bay Area crowd began to give Bonds a standing ovation as he circled the bases and chanted "Barry, Barry," a mantra that was often repeated when he came to bat with a chance to pass the Bambino later in the game. Bonds went 1-for-3 and was walked intentionally the last two times he hit, extending his Major League record in that category to 626. His 2,353 total walks are also a record. "I'm just glad it happened in the Bay," Bonds said. "East Bay, West Bay, as long as it just happened here. The fans even in Oakland were phenomenal. They gave me a standing ovation. I think it was exciting for them because I hit it in the Bay Area, regardless. It was really gratifying."
"Usually we wait in the dugout because that was his time to have that moment with his son and family in the stands," said Mark Sweeney, new to the Giants and the Bonds scene this year. "We don't want to take it for granted, either, but this was something special."
After that, Bonds stepped forward from the dugout and doffed his helmet to the cheering throng. And then he did it again, responding to a curtain call.
"They were ecstatic," Baer said about Bonds' family members. "It was a reflection of what's in his head -- just a real sense. I think 714 is the real exhale. There's a lot of relief and a lot of pride. From our standpoint, it's pride that he did this in a Giants uniform."
The 390-foot homer was caught by Tyler Snyder, who snared it with his glove as if he was catching a picnic fly ball. Snyder, 19 and a resident of nearby Pleasanton, Calif., then left the ballpark, an A's spokesman said. But several reporters said they had spoken to Snyder and peppered Bonds with questions at the postgame press conference, relaying that the teenager was not a Barry Bonds fan.
Asked what he thought of that reaction, Bonds said: "I forgive you. If he doesn't like me, then give me the ball."
Ruth hit No. 714, the last homer of his illustrious career, on May 25, 1935, as a member of the Boston Braves. The homer, coming at Pittsburgh's long-gone Forbes Field, was his last of a three-homer, six-RBI outburst that day. The Babe played his last game five days later. At the time, former Yankees teammate Lou Gehrig was second on the all-time list with 352 homers, according to David Vincent of SABRE. Ruth originally took the lead in 1921 when he hit his 127th homer.
Aaron, who came up with the Braves and moved with them from Milwaukee to Atlanta, tied Ruth nearly 39 years later -- on April 4, 1974, Opening Day of that baseball season at Cincinnati's old Riverfront Stadium. Aaron passed the Bambino on April 8, 1974, at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
Thus, Bonds tied the Babe five days short of the 71st anniversary of Ruth's last home run.
"This is a great accomplishment because of Babe Ruth and what he brought to the game of baseball," Bonds said. "This and a World Series ring for me would be the ultimate. You can't say enough about him. He changed the game of baseball. We've all had our opportunity to add our two cents to the game. It's just great. It's a great feat being considered in the same class."
|"This and a World Series ring for me would be the ultimate. You can't say enough about [Babe Ruth]. He changed the game of baseball. We've all had our opportunity to add our two cents to the game. It's just great. It's a great feat being considered in the same class."
|-- Barry Bonds
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Some Priests Act Like Priests - Thank God!
Two thumbs up for Fr. Gary LeMoine from Assumption Church in Barnesville, MN. He apparently delayed the Sacrament of Confirmation for a 17-year-old boy who posted this photo on Facebook.
The ignorant Huffington Post called the Sacrament a "rite of passage" and is attacking the priest, of course. But Confirmation is a lot more than that. It is the strengthening of our Baptismal promises to reject Satan and all his empty works and promises.
It is the duty of the parish priest to affirm that a candidate is ready for the Sacrament and prepared to fight for the faith. How could Fr. LeMoine, in good conscience, say that this young man is ready to defend his Catholic faith when he is publicly defending evil and showing that he either does not know the faith or rejects a particular doctrine (which is the definition of heresy). He is not doing God's work and is obviously proud of it. No matter how sincere he is (his faith may have been formed by cafeteria Catholic parents), he is sincerely wrong, and no priest worthy of the name disciple of Christ should let this young man receive Confirmation unless he repudiates his heretical belief, a belief he is publicly professing in this photo. Pray for his conversion and for his mom who proclaims her "shock." I wish I thought she was shocked by her son't behavior, but I suspect she was shocked that any priest would dare to say her child isn't ready to receive the sacrament. After all, these days we are supposed to be the Church of Nice where everyone can do whatever he wants and call it holy.
If you would like to send a message of support to Fr. LeMoine, and I urge you to do so, go here.
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- Restore-DC-Catholicism said...
Especially pray for the mom's repentance. Her soul is in grave danger of damnation for dereliction of her duty as educator to this poorly-educated boy.
- November 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM
- Adrienne said...
When I was in charge of RE for the 7th - 12th graders (which included Confirmation prep) my pastor always listened to me. If this young man had been in my class, I would have recommended that he wait for Confirmation and my pastor would have agreed.
Huff & Puff getting something wrong? Be still my beating heart. /sarc
- November 15, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Well, this is a hot topic at my house as our 8th grade son has informed us that he does not want to be confirmed and while he continues to attend religion class and will attend Mass with us "out of respect for our beliefs" he no longer participates (his grade is a Zero, which is pulling down his whole GPA and he does not receive Communion). Reasoned discussion, prayer, and meetings with our DRE and priest have all been to no avail. I'd like to know exactly what Restore DC thinks the mother should do or what WE should do in this situation. As our Pastor said, you can lead a child to the Altar, but you can not make him partake. He is not alone. There are 8 kids out of a class of about 95 who have stopped preparations. And it is worth noting that our older children are all confirmed abut who knows how this will affect our younger children?
- November 16, 2012 at 7:54 AM
- Jeanne Holler said...
Sad situation in all of this . I have 4 adult children , over 30 that no longer participate in the Catholic Faith and no longer attend Holy Mass, well 2 of them "might" go on Easter and Christmas , I don't ask anymore!
But there is always HOPE and I continue to PRAY daily for there re-version back to the Holy Catholic Church and for there Eternal Salvation and beg the intercession of St. Augustine and St. Monica! To God be the Glory .
Let us continue to BEG the good GOD for Mercy on all of mankind!
- November 16, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Mary Ann Kreitzer said...
Dear Mom,
I hear the cry of your heart. I'm glad I read this before I went to Mass because I offered it for your son and your family. You sound 180 degrees away from the mom in the story who clearly does not accept certain teachings of the Church. So she has trained her son to dissent. Very sad.
As for your own situation, sometimes we moms can only pray, fast, and suffer for our children like St. Monica did for St. Augustine. Your son is obviously not a hypocrite. I'm presuming he goes to a Catholic school since you talk about him getting a zero in religion. Assure him that if he is searching for truth he'll find it, but searching is serious business.
We are living in challenging times. Of my own five children only one did not struggle with accepting the faith. I asked him once if he ever went through a period of not believing and he did not. Why? I have no idea. But we went through some very difficult times that your comment brought back to mind -- painfully. Now our children are all parents themselves raising their children in the faith, thank God.
I don't know that you want any advice from me; forgive me if I'm overstepping. But I would ask your younger children to pray for their brother. If you are not saying the family rosary, perhaps you could have an evening decade before bed. I also think our kids are lacking heroes. Having a movie night with films of the saints might help. I love The Reluctant Saint (http://www.amazon.com/The-Reluctant-Saint-Maximilian-Schell/dp/B002QXOYQK) about St. Joseph of Cupertino. There are great films about St. Damien de Veuster. Song of Bernadette is a classic. The film about the Cristeros, For Greater Glory, is violent but appropriate for parents to watch with older children and explain.
The times we live in are confusing. Why would our children not be confused? The role of parents is demeaned by all the institutions that used to respec them. Prayer,, perseverance, and the sacraments are a parent's mainstay. And remember, "If you raise a child in the way of the Lord when he OLD he will not depart from it." Remember how long St. Monica had to pray for St. Augustine and don't lose heart.
One last thought. I think our commitment to the pro-life cause was an anchor. One of my daughters mentioned that when I asked her why she thought she and her siblings still practice the faith. Perhaps praying at an abortion mill with your younger children during a 40 Days for Life campaign would help cement their love for the giver of life.
I'm asking our Poor Clares to pray for your family.
- November 16, 2012 at 10:14 AM
- Alice Doyle said...
"Be ye hot or cold"--which is worse? Refusing to receive the sacrament of confirmation or receiving it as a "rite of passage" to please adults with no real fervor? I would think of this as an opportunity for the whole family to take a good look at what Catholics believe and maybe even what others believe. I think most children are much more capable of total dedication of themselves than adults, even heroism. What I've noticed though is most lack the knowledge to truly love God and their Catholic faith.
If this were to happen with one of my children, I think we would step back and focus on learning more. Religious education should be a requirement as much as any other education so while a child must decide about whether or not to receive the sacrament, in my opinion, he should be required to learn about the faith every single year he is living at home. After all, the first catechism question "why did God make you?" was answered with, "to know Him, love Him and serve Him in this life and be happy with Him forever in the next". A parent's job is to build that foundation of knowledge and model God's love so that a child can choose to love and serve out in the world. Be encouraged--if your son feels secure enough in your love to choose his own path right now, he has already learned a lot about the love of his heavenly Father. AND those who are "cold" are much more likely than those who are lukewarm to catch on fire for the Lord!
- November 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM
One more thought: the world is a seductive place for us all, but particularly so for a young person. Dr William Marra (RIP) was a wonderful apologist for homeschooling and used to say, when asked why someone might consider such a step that the first moral principle is to "do no evil." Therefore, if there is no good school available to a family, letting your children sit around the kitchen table playing cards all day (OK, a bit facetious) is preferable to keeping them in a harmful environment. This won't guarantee there will never be a rebellion but it will certainly cut down on the percentage of children who do.
- November 16, 2012 at 11:33 AM
I just read about this on the news on my computer. Sad to say some young people just get confirmed for the gifts and the party. The bishops made a big mistake, though, when they let notorious pro abortion politicians and others take Communion and act like they were Catholics in good standing when they were pushing just about every vice the Church forbids. I guess, nevertheless, clamping down on allowing the Sacrament to those who do not really believe in Church teaching and dissidents is better late than never.
- November 16, 2012 at 10:02 PM


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