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Paul Green of Laser Grafix and Darren Parker of DPL Production Lighting have risen to the technical challenge presented to them by the Brighton Comedy Festival, to provide a temporary architectural lighting system for Brighton's derelict West Pier.
The key word being derelict. Given the pier's state of repair products could only be rigged in very specific places, whilst running any signal cables to the pier was completely impractical. Darren Parker of DPL turned to Artistic Licence to provide a solution. An Art-Net radio system was used to broadcast DMX to the various lighting points used.
All involved in the project, Laser Grafix, Amber Media and Paramount Comedy Channel were delighted with the impact of the lighting scheme, as were local residents.
DPL Production Lighting has again proved the power of Art-Net as a lighting control distribution tool in a hostile environment. Darren Parker for DPL says "We will always choose Art-Net on a project like this as it is reliable, affordable and allows us to cope with the most challenging of DMX512 distribution problems".


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Google and Facebook Share FISA Requests for Data from First Half of 2013
It isn't exactly a secret that a lot of people don't like the idea of the government asking for user data from the tech companies whose services many of us use every day, but recently, those very same tech companies were given the ability to disclose more information about these data requests. Today, we're seeing Facebook, Google, Yahoo, and LinkedIn doing just that, with each sharing reports on FISA content requests, FISA non-content requests, and NSLs (National Security Letters). While this is encouraging news, the data they're sharing is a little out of date – though this new agreement with the government allows companies to share more data on these requests, they can only reveal information on requests that are at least six months old.
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Therefore, the data we're seeing today covers the first six months of 2013, ending in June. The data is also vague in that the companies are only allowed to share affected user numbers in groups of 1000, so it's impossible to know exactly how many users are being targeted in the requests. Regardless, it's a step in the right direction, and this agreement could open the door for even more transparency in the future. Before getting into the numbers, let's talk briefly about what kind of data each type of request entails. When FISA makes a request for the disclosure of content, the agency is looking to get its hands on content users have created and perhaps even stored on a company's servers. As Yahoo points out, this can include stuff like emails, instant messages, photos, or calendar entries.
On the other hand, sometimes FISA makes a request for the disclosure of non-content data. This can include things like your name, IP, billing information, and where you're sending emails to or receiving emails from. Finally, we come to NSLs, which are requests approved by the FBI that straight up require a company to share non-content information potentially including the names and addresses of users. So, how many of each did these companies receive in the first half of last year? For the period from January 1 to June 30, 2013, Facebook said it received 0-999 requests for content affecting 5,000-5,999 users or accounts, while non-content requests came it at 0-999 for 0-999 users or accounts. NSLs had the exactly same numbers as non-content requests, so both were pretty low considering how absolutely massive Facebook's user base is.
Google similarly had 0-999 content requests in the six month period, with 9,000-9,999 users or accounts at the center of the requests. Non-content requests once again sat at 0-999 with less than one thousand users affected. Yahoo, just like Facebook and Google, received 0-999 content requests, but they concerned a whopping 30,000-30,999 accounts. We're noticing a trend here, as Yahoo's non-content requests and NSLs sat at less than one thousand, just like the number of accounts affected by both. LinkedIn's report was a little less jarring, as it received 0-249 national security requests impacting 0-249 user accounts.
So, while it's nice that these companies are now sharing this information, it is a little bit unsettling to see that the requests for content far outweigh the non-content ones in most cases. Google, Facebook, and Yahoo all state that they're going to continue pushing for further reform and transparency, so here's hoping that they're successful in getting the government to let them release more data in the future.
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Criss Angel Is A Douchebag is the 12th episode of Season 4. It aired on January 22nd, 2009.
A mysterious death draws Sam and Dean to a town full of old-school magicians. Their investigation leads them to Charlie, Jay and Vernon, three friends who were famous magicians in their day but have now been replaced by flashier, younger magicians. One of them has made a deal to acquire real magical powers, but the price was extremely high. Sam and Dean must figure out a way to reverse the spell before others are harmed.
It's Magic Week in Sioux City, and Jay, a magician, sits in a bar amusing the waitress with card tricks. A younger magician, Patrick Vance, heckles him, calling him washed up. Later Jay and his friends Charlie and Vernon sit in a theater watching another flashy young magician called Jeb Dexter go through his paces. They bemoan that their day is passed and Jay is increasingly depressed. He announces that he intends to undertake the "Table of Death" trick that night, a trick he almost died trying 30 years ago.
That night on stage, as Jay lies bound under a rack of steel spikes about to descend, his death seems certain. The spikes fall but the curtain is parted to reveal Jay alive and well. Meanwhile, as he is leaving a bar, Patrick Vance falls to ground dead, blood oozing from ten puncture wounds in his chest.
Sam and Dean arrive to investigate. Sam reveals a knowledge of the world of magicians gained during a phase when he was 13. Speaking to his assistant, they find that Patrick Vance had a tarot card, the Ten of Swords, on him when he died. Dean questions Charlie and Vernon to no avail. They send Dean off to speak to someone called the Chief that they say once crossed Patrick. One arriving at the address, Dean finds he's been had - the Chief is a gay leather Dominant.
Sam is doing research at the hotel when Ruby arrives. She accuses Sam of wasting time while The 66 Seals are being broken. She tells him that the angels are losing the battle. Thirty-four of the seals have been broken. Sam says that he doesn't know where the seals are or how to stop them from being broken. Ruby counters that he needs to go after the source of the problem - Lilith. Sam refuses and Ruby leaves.They returned and Dean threatens that they withhold their rights to charge them for obstruction of justice, but Charlie and Vernon reveals their con of being an agent. They then lie about them being aspiring magicians.That night Jay attempts another death-defying act - the Executioner which involves escaping from a strait-jacket before being hung by a noose. As Jay struggles to escape, we see a noose of rope 'come to life' and hang Jeb Dexter from the ceiling fan in his hotel room. Just as the noose tightens on stage, Jay is freed. Sam looks upon with suspicions.
Sam and Dean confer, postulating that Jay is using black magic to regain his old glory. Sam asks Dean if he thinks they will grow old, but Dean says that their life 'ends bloody or sad'. Sam asks if Dean wouldn't want to do something if they could end the demon war. Dean is suspicious that Sam isn't telling him everything but Sam denies it.
Back at the theatre, they find out that Jeb Dexter is dead. He also had a Tarot card, The Hanged Man, on him. They confront Jay but a bewildered Jay has them arrested.
Jay admits to Charlie that he doesn't know how he is performing the feats and that he intended to kill himself the day he performed the table of death. He also wonders if he should stop, but Charlie urges him on, saying how happy he is to see Jay on top again.
That night, Jay performs the Table of Death again. He succeeds again but backstage Charlie is dead, punctured through the chest.
Jay has the boys released from jail, and asks for their help. They go to Vernon's room to search for clues. They find an old poster of a young Charlie as a magician called The Great Dessertini.
On stage Jay confronts Vernon who denies any knowledge of what is happening, but then a young man arrives - it's Charlie and he is young again.
Charlie reveals he once worked with P.T. Barnum, who gave him a powerful grimoire that contained a spell for immortality - the enchanted pack of Tarot cards. He offers eternal life to Vernon and Jay - although it means Sam and Dean will have to die. However Jay pickpockets Charlie's deck of cards, leaving one, The Magician, with Charlie, and then stabs himself, killing Charlie.
Afterward, Sam and Dean meet Jay at the bar. He is depressed - his best friend is dead and Vernon has left. Dean tells him he did the right thing but Jay finds no comfort in that and leaves. Dean suggests to Sam that they have a beer, but Sam says he wants to go for a walk. Outside Ruby arrives and Sam gets in the car with her. He says he's in. Ruby asks Sam why he changed his mind and Sam says that he doesn't want to be hunting monsters when he's an old man.
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The Douchebag ThemeEdit
By Christopher Lennertz and Steve Rangadakis
Featured Supernatural BeingEdit
- Dean says "I hope I die before I get old" this is a line from The Who's popular 1965 single 'My Generation'.
- This episode had a few different tentative titles, including 'Ace Up My Sleeve' and 'Magic Me'
- The episode's title name is a reference to Criss Angel, a real life magician that dresses and wears makeup similar to Jeb Dexter. Interestingly, Jeb refers to his own real-life inspiration by name in the episode, mentioning Angel being in Cirque du Soleil during a phone conversation.
- When Charlie and Vernon tell Dean to find the Chief, they told him to go to Bleeker Street. In Marvel Comics, Bleeker Street was the same street Doctor Strange's Sanctom Sanctorum was on.
- Older Charlie and Young Charlie played by John Rubinstein and Michael Weston (born Michael Rubinstein) respectively, are actually father and son.
- The rabbit the magicians assistant pulls out is an angora rabbit.
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- German: Illusionen (Illusions)
- Sam: Wow, it's like a magic museum.
Dean: You must be in heaven.
- Dean: What a douchebag.
Sam: That's Jeb Dexter.
- Dean: I don't even want to know how you know that.
Sam: He's famous, kind of.
Dean: For what, douchebaggery?
- Chief: You are really gonna get it tonight, big boy.
Dean: There's been a misunderstanding. I, uh, think I've been had.
Chief: Oh, you ain't been had, till you been had by the Chief. Oh, and before we get started, what's your safe word?
- Sam: What are you doing here, Ruby?
Ruby: I should be asking you the same thing.
Sam: I'm working a job.
Ruby: The whole world's about to be engulfed in hellfire, and you're here in Magictown, U.S.A.
Sam: You got something against magic?


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THIRTY years after weather forecaster Michael Fish ignored a viewer's warning about an impending hurricane, the most infamous meteorological mishap of the last century, with calamitous consequences for a country unprepared for the unstoppable forces of Mother Nature, the same could not be said yesterday as Storm Doris breezed across Yorkshire.
This was a county which was able to batten down the hatches, and put contingency plans in place, thanks to the increased public awareness, especially on social media, as a result of the Met Office's relatively recent decision to follow America's example and name those gathering storms which have the potential to cause lasting damage to buildings and endanger human life.
And although the quaint and old-fashioned name Doris brings to mind the legendary American actress Doris Day, she was – in this instance – doing her day job.


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President Obama is set to sign an executive order that would bar anti-LGBT workplace discrimination among federal contractors.
A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Blade on Monday the new directive is in line with Obama's pledge to make 2014 a year of action and use his "pen" to take administrative action if Congress fails to act.
"The president has directed his staff to prepare for his signature an executive order that prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity," the official said. "The action would build upon existing protections, which generally prohibit federal contractors and subcontractors from discriminating in employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This is consistent with the president's views that all Americans, LGBT or not, should be treated with dignity and respect."
The executive order was one of the last remaining initiatives that LGBT advocates had sought from the Obama administration in the aftermath of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal, discontinued defense of the Defense of Marriage Act in court, coming out for marriage equality and submitting a brief in the case against California's Proposition 8.
Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, called the decision "a major step forward" in improving the lives of LGBT people.
"Now millions of people will have the economic security they need to provide for their families," Carey said. "Through his actions, the president has demonstrated again his commitment to ending discrimination. We thank all the organizations who have worked so hard to make this piece of history. This decision is good for LGBTQ people, good for our economy and good for America."
According to a 2012 study from the Williams Institute, as many as 16.5 million people would receive protections under the executive order because they work for federal contractors. However, the number of LGBT people within this group is smaller — about 400,000 -600,000.
Outgoing White House Press Secretary Jay Carney had faced questions about whether Obama would sign the executive order from multiple media outlets, especially LGBT media including the Washington Blade, since April 2011. Each time, Carney has said the administration prefers the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, legislation that would bar anti-LGBT workplace discrimination among many public and private employers, not just federal contractors.
Following a high-level meeting between LGBT advocates and the senior adviser to the president Valerie Jarrett in April 2012, Carney announced that the administration wouldn't issue the executive order "at this time." But that didn't stop LGBT advocates from continuing to call for and demonstrate on behalf of the executive order.
Vice President Joseph Biden told The Huffington Post just last month he sees no "downside" to issuing an executive order against LGBT discrimination, although he maintained legislation remains the best path. Nonetheless, Biden's words triggered speculation that an executive order from would soon follow, much like his endorsement of marriage equality, which preceded Obama's just days earlier.
On Monday, the White House official told the Blade that Obama continues to support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, but noted the U.S. House has not yet acted to pass the legislation following a bi-partisan vote of 64-32 to approve the bill in the U.S. Senate late last year.
"No current federal law adequately protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers from employment discrimination," the White House official said. "That's why the president has long supported federal legislation to explicitly prohibit employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Last November, the Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) with strong bipartisan support. However, the House has failed to act on this important legislation."
It wasn't immediately known when Obama would formally pen his name to the executive order. He's scheduled to speak this week at a Democratic National Committee gala for the LGBT community in New York City and to speak at a Pride reception at the White House on June 30.
Asked by the Blade whether there could be a scenario in which Obama would drop plans to sign the executive order, the White House official replied, "The president's intentions are clear."
It also wasn't immediately known whether Obama would sign a new executive order or simply amend Executive Order 11246, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion and national origin among federal contractors who do more than $10,000 a year in business with the federal government.
The White House official pushed back in response to a question over whether the decision to sign the order reflects an assessment that ENDA won't pass by the end of this Congress.
"We do not believe executive action and congressional action are mutually exclusive," the official said. "By prohibiting discrimination against LGBT workers by federal contractors, we would be doing our part to expand opportunity for every hard-working American, regardless of who they are or who they love. We continue to hope the House will follow the bipartisan lead of the Senate and pass legislation. But we're not going to wait any longer for them to do so."
Despite the continued push for ENDA, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told the LGBT Equality Caucus in January there's "no way" it will come up before Election Day, although participants in the meeting expressed a sense that a vote may take place in the lame duck session of Congress.
On the same day the Blade learned about this development, the Human Rights Campaign published new polling data demonstrating strong public support for federal non-discrimination protections for LGBT people in the workforce.
According to the national survey by TargetPoint Consulting, 63 percent of those surveyed favor a federal law that protects gay and transgender people from employment discrimination, while only 25 percent oppose it. The poll was conducted June 6-10 among 1,200 registered voters.
A 2011 poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research had similar results regarding the executive order itself and found 73 percent of likely voters would support it.
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, praised Obama for his plans and said the House needs to follow suit by taking up ENDA.
"The reality is that many LGBT workers still remain vulnerable to employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity," Harkin said. "Without the enactment of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, it remains perfectly legal to do so in many states across the country. The House should take up and pass ENDA, which was approved with bipartisan support both in the HELP Committee and on the Senate floor."
The White House official said the executive order builds on Obama's record on LGBT issues — and would precede more work on behalf of the LGBT community.
"From signing an inclusive Hate Crimes law to passing the Affordable Care Act, from reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act with provisions to protect LGBT victims to ensuring equality in federal housing, we have taken many important steps forward," the official said. "While work remains to ensure that all Americans, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, are equal under the law, we look forward to continuing to make progress in the months and years ahead."


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Matthew Tecumseh Constantino, a senior at Jefferson High School, earned Student of the Month honors for April from the Jefferson Union High School District.
Starting in his freshman year, he participated in the Summer Math and Science Honors Academy at UC Berkeley. He created public service announcements for a community service project, a project he would continue through his junior year.
He earned an outstanding performance as a witness in mock trial from the San Mateo County Bar Association.
He was the best student in geometry and made the principal's honor roll. He also earned a first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
In his sophomore year, he earned the outstanding sophomore award, as well as best student in chemistry and in Spanish. He made the principal's honor roll once again.
He played the lead role in the school play, "4 AM." He joined the student newspaper, the Tom-Tom, as a staff writer and wrote articles about alcohol laws, Asian mayors in Oakland and San Francisco and apathy among students.
In his junior year, he was a delegate at the American Legion's California Boys State. He earned an AP scholar award and principal's honor roll. He was the prosecuting attorney in mock trial. He joined the California Scholarship Federation, GATE and the Anime Club and continued to be active with them through his senior year. He earned his second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
In his senior year, he is Jefferson's voice of the morning announcements. He was the emcee and game announcer of the FTC/FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Competition in Daly City. He played a role in the school musical, "It's Not You, It's Me."
He was accepted to UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Irvine.
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UPDATE: Penelope Cruz, and not Lady Gaga, will star as Donatella Versace in the upcoming season of American Crime Story, with Edgar Ramirez portraying Gianni Versace and Glee alum Darren Cross in the role of Andrew Cunanan, The Guardian reports.
Lady Gaga will portray fashion designer Donatella Versace in the upcoming third season of the anthology series American Crime Story, which revolves around the murder of Donatella's brother Gianni Versace in 1997.
Versace/Cunanan: American Crime Story reunites Gaga with executive producer Ryan Murphy, who cast the singer in American Horror Story: Hotel, a role which earned Gaga a Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Limited Series; Gaga also currently appears in American Horror Story: Roanoke.
The third season of American Crime Story is expected to go into production in early 2017, around the same time the anthology series' second season – focusing on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – begins filming. The first season of American Crime Story – The People Vs. O.J. Simpson – won nine Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Limited Series.
Gianni Versace was shot and killed outside his Miami Beach mansion in July 1997 by serial killer Andrew Cunanan, who committed suicide eight days later with the same gun. It's still unclear why Cunanan, who murdered at least five people over the span of a three-month-long killing spree, targeted Versace.
Gaga and Donatella Versace, who took over as head of design for the fashion empire following her brother's death, are close friends, with Gaga recording a "love letter" track titled "Donatella" for her 2013 album Artpop. Gaga also starred in Donatella Versace's Spring 2014 ad campaign. Gaga and Versace also walked the red carpet together at the Met Gala in May 2016.
As Us Weekly noted, Murphy hinted at Gaga's casting as Versace in the anthology series at a Los Angeles PopFest panel in late October. When the panel moderator suggested that Gaga would make "the perfect Donatella," Murphy replied, "You think?"


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The Court of Appeal clarifies the test for the court's discretion to disapply a limitation period
Section 33 of the Limitation Act 1980 gives the courts a discretion to disapply a limitation period "if it appears to the court that it would be equitable to allow an action to proceed" having regard to the degree of prejudice which would be suffered by both the claimant and the defendant. The section also provides that the court shall have regard to all the circumstances, and lists various factors which should be taken into account.
In this case, the claimant's claim for sexual abuse was time barred and at first instance the judge declined to exercise his discretion under section 33. The claimant appealed. One of the grounds of the appeal was that the judge had applied the wrong test as to the exercise of his discretion by not considering whether a fair trial was still possible, but instead asking whether it was fair to the defendant to face such a trial.
The Court of Appeal rejected that argument. Although the issue of whether a fair trial can still take place is "undoubtedly a very important question", that fact that a fair trial can still take place "is by no means the end of the matter" (although, conversely, if a fair trial cannot take place, it is very unlikely to be "equitable" to expect the defendant to have to meet the claim"). Nor had the judge erred in determining that the discretion was only to be exercised "in exceptional cases". The Court of Appeal held that the judge had been saying no more than that the claimant was asking for the "exceptional indulgence" of proceeding outside the limitation period. The judge had accepted that he had a wide and unfettered discretion.
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In keeping with my recent obsession with all things Halloween, I fell in love this Magic Potions stamp set from Close To My Heart. It coordinates with the new CTMH Artiste Cricut cartridge which has quickly become my #1 favorite out of the 60+ cartridges I currently own.
I knew I wanted to make some home decor with these label stamps so I started looking around for inexpensive glass bottles that I might be able to attach these to. But then my friend Darlene and I were browsing Michael's last week and I spotted these tins in the clearance aisle for just $.99 each:
I have a rooster-themed kitchen anyway, so I liked them just how they were. But then I realized they would be perfect for my Magic Potion labels.
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The venue is not an exceedingly old building. The Mullins Center opened in 1993, taking a year and a half to complete construction. This project began because of the very vocal William D. Mullins. The state representative fought for the multipurpose complex in the 1980s. He passed away in the middle of the decade but his fighting spirit is the reason ground was broken in 1991. The venue honors him by taking his name.
Over the two decades the building has stood, the Mullins Center has been the home of the UMass hockey team that went from club level to Division 1A. It has been the home of men's basketball team that made it as far as the Final Four (back when they had Marcus Camby on the roster). It has been the home of multiple Minutewomen teams that have gone on to play in the NCAA Tournament. It has rocked out for groups like Phish, performers like Elton John, and country singers like Carrie Underwood. The Mullins Center looks forward to as many highlight, if not more over the course of the next two decades.


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Tam O&apos The Linn
- Tam o' the Linn cam up the gait
Wi' twenty puddins on a plate,
And every puddin had a pin -
"We'll eat them a',' quo' Tam o' the Linn.
- Tam o' the Linn, had nae breeks to wear,
He coft him a sheep's-skin to mak him a pair,
The fleshy side out, the woolly side in -
"It's fine summer cleedin', quo' Tam o' the Linn.
- Tam o' the Linn and a' his bairns,
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- Tam o' the Linn gaed to the moss,
To seek a stable to his horse;
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Remarkable Group Acquires Infrastructure Specialists
Communications and public consultation specialist Remarkable Group has acquired Pendragon Public Relations, a ten-strong infrastructure project specialist, creating Remarkable Pendragon.
The deal brings together the Pendragon team, led by Alex Doyle, with Remarkable's 70 staff.
The acquisition of Pendragon Public Relations follows the opening of three regional Remarkable Group offices offices in 2014, in Manchester, Bristol and Cardiff.
The announcement comes as the CBI highlighted the challenges faced by the UK infrastructure and energy sectors. According to the latest CBI/URS Infrastructure Survey, released this week, business leaders' confidence in the UK's key areas of competitiveness such as energy and transport is low, with many expecting infrastructure to worsen in the next five years and believing the UK has much to do to meet the transformational upgrades it needs.
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"I saw angels come to His assistance, otherwise He would have been unable even to raise it from the ground." – Bl. Anne C. Emmerich
In the Memento, Domine, the Church's public prayer is explicitly for all of the faithful, all those of the household of the faith whose "faith and devotion are known" to God. Being faithful and devoted means to willingly pick up one's cross and follow our Savior. For most, this simply amounts to the fulfillment of daily duty accomplished with a cheerful heart, embracing even its hardships and sorrows.
Suffering is naturally repulsive to human nature, but we need not fear since God's angels are always ready to assist us. God never asks what cannot be accomplished. Gihr tells us that, "sentiments of faith and devotion are awakened and nourished in proportion to the lively interest taken in the celebration at the altar."
The priest prays "tibique reddunt vota sua" for those paying their vows to the eternal God. At Baptism the faithful solemnly vowed to renounce sin, to die to the world, and to live solely for God. At the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the faithful "pay" these vows to the degree that they unite with the priest in offering not only the Eucharistic Victim, but in union with Him, they offer themselves in body and soul along with all labors, trials, sufferings, joys. The more perfect the offering of self, the more disposed one will be to receive of the treasury of Graces from the Mass – bountiful gifts, both temporal and spiritual.
Prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ, who for me didst bear on Thy own shoulders, Thy cross; make me ardently embrace the cross of mortification through dying to self, and for Thy love, to bear it daily after Thee. Amen."
The Mass is most efficacious for those who are connected to the Sacrifice. Therefore, it behooves us to be magnanimous of heart, and to, at this moment, make supplication for all living family members, those whom we love, those who are in need of prayers, those who have recommended themselves to our prayers; yes, even those who have offended us.
As can be seen, the TLM already has a place for intercessory prayer in the Memento Domine. There is no need for "bidding prayers". The "Prayers of the Faithful" that are formulated into the N.O., is an idea borrowed from Protestants. The "petitions" are often no more than expressed agendas, rambling sentimentality, opinions and politics masquerading as prayers to God.
Furthermore, the Memento for the Living in the N.O. is deficient and inferior to that of the TLM. In the TLM, the petition "pro spe salutis et incolumnitatis sua" – "the hope of their salvation and safety", expresses the desire for an eternal and supernatural good, as well as temporal blessings. Gihr states that in the word "salus", all spiritual and supernatural gifts are comprised, while the word "incolumitas", designates temporal blessings of the natural order which include health and success in undertakings – if they are not a hindrance to our salvation.
In the N.O., the line ("pro spe salutis et incolumnitatis sua") is translated as "hope of health and well-being", thus requesting of God only a natural good.
Also, in the N.O., the expression "paying homage" is used instead of "pay vows". To pay homage to God is not the same thing as to pay Him our vows.


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Jenna and Barbara Bush Charm Dallas Hometown at Nexus Luncheon
Published May 13, 2011 by Candy Evans
I got a chance to chat with Jenna and Barbara Bush at Thursday's Nexus luncheon, where I asked Jenna how the sale of her Baltimore town home is going. Seems the national housing market's double dip dip dip is affecting the former First Daughter as well.
"We just reduced it," she told me. The Baltimore townhome had been listed at $474,900 and is now reduced to $449,000.
During a Q&A with Candice Crawford, formerly of WB33 but now the fiancee of Tony Romo, (click here to find out there THEY will live!) the twins said they are both living in New York City now where their cats are "cousins", and Jenna and hubby Henry came home one weekend to "Goldilocks" — Barbara and her cats asleep in their bed. Henry offered to let Barbara live with them, but only if she paid rent.
"He's cheap," teased the outgoing Jenna, a teacher and correspondent for NBC-TV.
(Chase is not moving in with us, quipped Candice.)
When asked how they handled negative comments of their father and family, Jenna said they had both been raised by their parents with no pressure to follow any traditions and to think for themselves — in other words, to be the independent young women they have become who cherish the amazing experiences they have been given. (Barbara came home to meet the Dalie Lama at her parents' house.) Besides, said Jenna, we were 18 when we got to the White House–
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Breaking News
14 comments :
- Claudia said...
And while the arguments ferment
another finger reaches to pull the trigger....ugh...true...sometimes it just takes too long to change things and this is not an easy to solve topic either...i wish they would really try and cumulate their strength to go steps into the right direction
- January 23, 2013 at 12:26 AM
- sreeja harikrishnan said...
Oh this is straight from heart and I feel every line... wish if everything goes in right direction as Claudia said.
- January 23, 2013 at 1:43 AM
- anthonynorth said...
Powerful words on an important subject. Excellent.
- January 23, 2013 at 2:49 AM
- lucychili said...
yes your poem feels raw and real.
it does seem that all the media are telling the same story over and again. might is right. politics is overt bullying. there does not seem to be bandwidth for collaboration and working together. perhaps we need to 'occupy' libraries and civic places. there is a library in pima that shares seeds. i thought that was a hopeful thing. perhaps you can conquer guns state by state?
- January 23, 2013 at 5:25 AM
- Brian Miller said...
while we are busy arguing over who is right, people are dying....pretty sick ....and in the mean time more assault rifles are flying off the shelves than ever before....
- January 23, 2013 at 5:44 AM
- marousia said...
Powerful - love the message - I wish America would take a leaf out of Australia's book on gun laws - ours work well and there has been a dramatic decrease in domestic murders as an unintended consequence
- January 23, 2013 at 5:46 AM
- Mary said...
"And while the arguments ferment another finger reaches to pull the trigger" - so very true. A very timely write, Susie.
- January 23, 2013 at 6:40 AM
- Kerry O'Connor said...
This is such a topical point of discussion. The people want responses to their questions, but is anything substantial being done, except to teach children how to be better victims in the case of crazy gunmen.
- January 23, 2013 at 7:21 AM
- poetjanstie said...
"Bright lights hum as buzzing microphones
give another killer their fifteen minutes of fame.
Mayhem explodes the ratings where kindness
puts a network in last place."
Susie, you are on the same plane as Kellie's "And We Call it Rebellion", and so much with my thinking on this subject. I believe that mass murderers should NEVER be given the oxygen of publicity in their perversely manic attention seeking. With this offering, I love the sentiment and fact that it is a direct hit on the gun debate. Well penned.
- January 23, 2013 at 7:45 AM
a heartfelt poem on a problem that seems unsurmountable. where to begin, stop selling guns and ammo ?... then there would be a black market. So difficult a challenge.
- January 23, 2013 at 8:22 AM
- Ginny Brannan said...
That fine line between ratings and rational, between practical law vs big gun lobbyists. Seems the line has been drawn, and sides are being chosen. With so many sportsmen in our family, I never saw the need to support gun control, but the misuse by the few has far surpassed the current laws of the many. We can no longer afford to live with "blinders" on!
Well penned, Susie, lots of food for thought in this!
- January 23, 2013 at 11:38 AM
- Susie Swanson said...
Excellent poem Susie.. I know this was bound to be close to your heart and your home..Something has got to be done to stop this..Hugs
- January 23, 2013 at 5:19 PM
- Margaret said...
Honestly, I don't think it is the news that is fermenting this issue... it is the mind set of the individuals. I'm not even sure gun control will stop this now... as I don't think any law will be strict enough to keep guns out of their reach... I wish it weren't true.
Your last two lines pack quite a punch!
- January 23, 2013 at 7:35 PM
- dragyonfly said...
very full of anger, angst. you managed to drag my (tendency to avoidance)attention into the fray. very good piece!!
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Hi, Im a newcomer to this board. My Wife and I are taking our Honeymoon in Europe for three weeks in October of 2015. We planned on flying into Paris since it was the cheapest flight we found. We wanted to see Paris for a day or two, then head to Munich for rotenburg (?) Dachau, Oktoberfest, and a castle. from Munich to Rome ( we were invited to stay with the crosiers at Vatican city. We must be in Rome the 18th and 19th.) then spend the last 2-4 days on the island of Crete in Greece.
We are having difficulty figuring out the best and most cost effective way of traveling between these countries with our luggage. Rail passes looked to be 1000 USD per person (roughly).
Looking for idea's to help keep the dream a reality for us. We are a blue collar couple so this is a once in a lifetime trip for us. any thoughts or suggestions would be welcome
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Hi, Im a newcomer to this board. My Wife and I are taking our Honeymoon in Europe for three weeks in October of 2015. We planned on flying into Paris since it was the cheapest flight we found. We wanted to see Paris for a day or two, then head to Munich for rotenburg (?) Dachau, Oktoberfest, and a castle. from Munich to Rome ( we were invited to stay with the crosiers at Vatican city. We must be in Rome the 18th and 19th.) then spend the last 2-4 days on the island of Crete in Greece.
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Are you flying in and out of Paris or are you looking at open jaw tickets - to avoid wasted time and money to get back to Paris/
You don't say what your interests are - and it looks to me like you are really short-changing Paris - which IMHO for a first visit needs 3.5 days (5 nights).
As for Germany - not sure when you plan to go but much of Oktoberfest is actually in September - and hotel prices them will be sky high. Rothenburg is very cute - but while you are in Munich you should spend a couple of days seeing that and the castles in southern Bavaria.
I'm not at all sure that a rail pass is your best bet. For instance - there is a special pass for Bavaria that might cover that portion of the trip - but you really need to look into individual fares (at the web sites of the appropriate rail company for each country - do NOT look at RailEurope - they are a reseller and very expensive).
And I think flying to Crete is the only option. Not sure why you are going there. It may or may not be warm enough for beach in Oct - I don't have the details but would check.
For a start suggest you lay out your trip one day at a time - since what you have listed doesn't seem to take up 21 days (or however many you actually have on the ground - you can;t count the day you arrive or the day you depart). And it isn't clear what you will be doing before Rome.
(We would probably do Paris to Rome as a road trip for 8 or 9 days - but it depends on if you want to drive or are willing to pay the fee for dropping in another country.)
Separately, I would start building a zero-based budget now - so there are no surprises when you arrive. (You can easily get estimated hotel costs and exact sightseeing costs as well as estimated train and internal flight costs using a number of the online travel sites.)
Or - if you have a fixed budget now, let people know what it is and they may well have suggestions on how realistic it is and money-saving tips.
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Also, this is VERY early to start looking at ticket prices, a lot can change from now until October. Its an old debate; how soon to book airfare. Based on my limited experience, you won't see the best prices this far out. Still worth tracking, but a lot can change. Also, If you have flexibility on the exact dates you fly (different days of the week) and locations, you can really move the price around. Try a whole bunch of different scenarios on Kayak to get a feel for what costs might be. Take a look at costs for October 2014, just to get a feel for possible pricing closer to your actual travel dates.
And as nytraverer mentioned; get started on that budget. The Google Docs spreadsheet is a GREAT travel planning tool. When I plan, I have tabs for budget and schedule, to start with. By putting my budget in a spreadsheet, I can model out different scenarios to see how it works with my budget.
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Something is wrong here. You did not find a price for October 2015 because those are not listed yet. Airlines only list 300-330 days out and October 2015 is more than a year away.
So did you just make a typo and are you leaving in 3 months?
Need more time in Paris.
What's the idea for Crete? That's not close and backtracking will be difficult. If you're looking for an island in the Mediterranean, you'd be as well off to go to Sicily and only have to backtrack to the US through Rome, which has more flights to US airports.
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We are having difficulty figuring out the best and most cost effective way of traveling between these countries with our luggage. Rail passes looked to be 1000 USD per person (roughly>
There are far cheaper railpasses you should be looking at if any - the Eurail Select Saverpass valid in any 4 countries you wish - in your case France, Germany, Austria and Italy starts at five days of unlimited travel to be used any time over a two-month period -= cost $488 US $ p.p. and is first class, which IME of decades of European rail travel has definite benefits - a more relaxed ride, especially for folks with typically too much luggage.
Pack Light! That's crucial for rail travel without pain.
Use the five days to do your five long train trips - but it seems you have only two long train trips - Paris to Munich and Munich to Rome so your best bet will be with those to go to the national railways official sites and book, weeks in advance to get these limited in number discounted tickets - for Paris to Munich www.voyages-sncf.com - French Railways site and for Munich to Italy www.bahn.de/en - German Railways official site.
As for the Bavarian trains Munich to Rothenburg, etc like nytraveler says there is a bargain Bavarian Pass sold locally that for I think 27-29 euros two people can travel all day on regional trains and urban transports.
There are also overnight trains on each route that can be booked on the same sites.
For lots of great info on European trains check www.seat61.com - great info on discounted tickets; www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com.
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I'm not sure that any of us can look into the future and predict that any one trip will be the trip of a lifetime. But let's say that you never get back to Europe. Would you want your one and only trip to involve spending lots of time to get from place to place? Seeing the landscape between locations is nice but it's not experiencing a city or town.
Going to Paris or a large island such as Crete will give you little experience of these places. It takes time to get your bearings in a new locale and many people who spend too little time someplace hate that place since they spent their entire day trying to figure out how to get to the sights.
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I'm not clear why luggage would pose a problem when changing locations unless you're bringing steamer trunks. You're only going for 3 weeks so do not need more than a 19" or 21" roller bag each and a piece of hand luggage each.
You've planned 8 days for Paris, Rome, and Crete and 2 weeks for Bavaria. This is a lopsided itinerary. You need more time in major cities like Paris and Rome. Rather than Crete I would include Venice as it's beautiful, special, and accessible.
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Yes half the time spent in say Bavaria - this is also a dreary time weather-wise often in one of Europe's wettest climates and spend more time in Paris and Rome - four days is about right for the average tourist in each.
Maybe do a day trip from Paris - like to Versailles, Chartres or Reims for Champagne tastings! All easily done by train.
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"We wanted to see Paris for a day or two, then head to Munich for rotenburg (?) Dachau, Oktoberfest, and a castle.... Looking for idea's to help keep the dream a reality for us. We are a blue collar couple so this is a once in a lifetime trip for us."
I think it's terrific that you are doing a honeymoon in Europe! Fortunately you have lots of time to make sure your dreams translate into a smooth plan; if it were my honeymoon, I'd want to have a relaxed time without fussing over a bunch of details or worrying about the budget while you are there.
Before deciding on transport options, you need to give your itinerary some more serious thought. Your current plan has some fundamental problems.
1.) Oktoberfest means VERY expensive lodging costs.
2.) Rothenburg is 3 hours by train from Munich.
3.) You won't find much in the way of real castles in or near Munich - the "castles" in the Füssen area are really late 19th century palaces.
1.) Do as nytraveler suggests - spend more time in Paris.
2.) Germany's Rhineland is very close to the French border and best for castles - there are 40 castles in the 40 mile stretch of river between Bingen and Koblenz alone; Marksburg and Rheinfels are easy to reach and can be toured. And you can sleep in castles in this area as well. If most of your once-in-a-lifetime trip will involve budget rooms, you should have a romantic splurge for 1-2 nights in Schoenburg Castle.
3.) And look into point-to-point rail tickets for France-Germany and day passes (not railpasses.) A Bayern (Bavaria) ticket day pass for two costs €27/day and is good for travel throughout Bavaria. The DB (German Railways) site offers great advance-purchase fares. Right now I can buy an advance-purchase "Europa-spezial" ticket for travel on 10/30/2014 for two adults on the high speed trains between Paris and Munich for USD $105.
Bavaria Ticket: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/USA/en/prices/germany-regional/bavaria-ticket.shtml
Europa-Spezial tickets: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/prices/europe/europa-spezial.shtml
Saver fare tickets for domestic trips in Germany: http://www.bahn.com/i/view/DEU/en/prices/germany/savings-fare.shtml
DB itinerary page: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
4.) Look into cheap AIRFARES for getting to Rome and Crete.
5.) Fly open-jaws - into Paris, OUT of somewhere else (Athens??) so you don't have to return to Paris.
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Spend more time in Paris. You're really getting very little time there, since your first day is an arrival/get to hotel/check in/jet lag day. Paris is the number one tourism city in Europe (I think), and there is a good reason for that. It merits several more days than you have considered.
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Yes spend at lest another day in Paris if not two.
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I love Russ's ideas and I think that you would get a lot more from the Rhine than going to Munich at Oktoberfest time.
After the Rhine, how about going to somewhere like Barcelona [a complete change and has a beach] to finish the trip? or the swiss alps? you could spend a wonderful week in, say, the Bernese Oberland and them fly home from Geneva. [or even go back to Paris].
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Something to consider:
Flying into a city because it's the cheapest is false economy...unless you WANT to go there. You will have to spend time and money getting from there to where you REALLY want to go.
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I love Russ's ideas and I think that you would get a lot more from the Rhine than going to Munich at Oktoberfest time.>
that Munich will be mobbed during Oktoberfest has IME proven to be kind of a myth - oh rooms may be hard to get because folks are drinking all day and night in the Theriessenwqiesse (sp?) but other places around the city may see less tourists than in say summer.
Plus Octoberfest whether you stay there much at all livens up the city - drunken groups wearing uniform colors parading thru the Marienplatz and downtown adds kind of a touch.
But it may be a great time to see the proper sights of Munich, which has much much more to offer IME than the Rhine during October, a potential wet weather time - it may rain in Munich too but Munich is must more enjoyable in the rain than the Rhine (which to me is heavily overrated anyway - the nearby Mosel which is way way more beautiful as a river valley than the Rhine IMO - but in October except for the ubiquitous wine festivals also not an optimal time for this area.
But Cochem is a picture postcard town and could be a great honeymoon sojourn - there is no comparable fairy-tale town on the Rhine. Cochem is at an extremely gorgeous part of the Mosel with vineyards carpeting the cliffs right opposite town and the town has a dreamy castle of its own topping a vienyard-clad hill right in the town center.
Stay in one of Cochem's cozy familuy-run geusthouses - down feather bedding - humongous breakfast and just relax. Do the Rhine as a one day trip from Cochem - take the K-D boats and that for most is enough - the Rhine towns are nice but IME not that intersting or cute really - the Rhine gorge is aloud area with train lines on each side of the river and main roads too plus lots noisy freighters, etc.
Cochem is church-mouse quiet at that time of year - a neat honeymoon sojourn.
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