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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In response to North Korea's third nuclear test, the U.N. Security Council is set to tighten financial restrictions on North Korea and crack down on Pyongyang's attempts to ship and receive banned cargo in violation of existing sanctions.
The measures are included in a draft sanctions resolution which the United States delivered to the council on Tuesday. The nine-page text was the product of three weeks of negotiations between the United States and China in response to North Korean's third nuclear test on February 12.
The 15-nation council plans to put it to a vote on Thursday at 10 a.m. EST (1500 GMT), Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, council president for March, said on Wednesday.
The resolution, which council diplomats say is intended to bring the North Korea sanctions regime more in line with tough U.N. measures in place against Iran, would have the council "expressing the gravest concern at the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)."
But the success of the new measures, council diplomats say, will depend to a large extent on the willingness of North Korea's ally China to enforce them.
Council diplomats say the U.N. sanctions regime against Iran over its nuclear program, which Western powers and their allies say is intended for making weapons but Tehran says is peaceful, has been more effective than the restrictions on Pyongyang. That, they say, is why they used the Iran measures as a model.
The U.S.-drafted North Korea resolution, if adopted, would impose an obligation on the United Nations' 193 member states to block any financial services or monetary transfers that "could contribute to the DPRK's nuclear or ballistic missile programs."
It specifically mentions "bulk cash" transfers, which council diplomats say is one of Pyongyang's preferred methods of moving cash - often in briefcases carried by its diplomats.
The resolution would also impose a binding obligation on countries to "not provide public financial support for trade with the DPRK" if it could in any way support North Korea's nuclear or missile work.
The new resolution would further make inspections of suspicious land, sea or air cargo - including luxury goods intended for the North Korean elite - mandatory. Until now, such inspections have been voluntary.
Similar measures were included in resolution 1929, the council's last sanctions resolution against Iran. Western diplomats say those measures have proven to be surprisingly effective in complicating Iran's efforts to skirt sanctions and raise funds for its nuclear and missile programs.
Pyongyang was hit with U.N. sanctions for its 2006 and 2009 nuclear tests, measures that were subsequently tightened and expanded after several rocket launches. In addition to the luxury goods ban, there is an arms embargo on North Korea, and it is forbidden from trading in nuclear and missile technology.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Tuesday that the new draft resolution "builds up, strengthens and significantly expands the scope of the strong U.N. sanctions already in place" on North Korea.
She said the new sanctions would target "the illicit activities of North Korean diplomatic personnel, North Korean banking relationships, (and) illicit transfers of bulk cash."
The resolution also calls for asset freezes and travel bans on the chief representative of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID), North Korea's main arms dealer which has been under U.N. sanctions since 2009, and his deputy.
Also to be blacklisted is an official at Tanchon Commercial Bank. Tanchon was added to the U.N. blacklist in 2009 as the main North Korean financier for Pyongyang's arms trade.
Two North Korean entities will also be blacklisted - the Second Academy of Natural Sciences and the Korea Complex Equipment Import Corporation, a subsidiary of Korea Ryonbong General Corporation. Both are linked to North Korea's military, the draft resolution says.
The resolution specifies some of the luxury items North Korea is not allowed to import, such as yachts, racing cars, luxury automobiles and certain types of jewelry. This is intended to repair a loophole which allowed countries to decide for themselves what constitutes a luxury good.
Provisions of the new resolution encourage states to expel North Korean diplomats engaging in illicit activity on their territories.
(Editing by Doina Chiacu, Mohammad Zargham and Eric Walsh)


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Well good morning, everyone, on this glorious and warm Commencement day.
As our graduates processed today, they crossed a threshold beyond which they will receive a Bucknell degree. A threshold beyond which they will today formally leave campus and, as some might say, leave the Bucknell bubble and enter the "real world."
But they crossed another threshold too, one that they created and that I am convinced will achieve their goal of creating a lasting tradition at this historic University. That is, they stepped over the Bucknell seal that they, as their class gift, have had fitted in bronze into the very center of this, our most important University space, our main Academic Quad.
Graduates, parents, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, grandparents, siblings, and other family members, fellow trustees, faculty and staff colleagues, friends, and our distinguished speaker, Ms. Anna Quindlen, welcome to Bucknell's 162nd Commencement ceremony.
As long ago as 1865, Bucknell graduating classes have offered a class gift signifying their enduring part in the life of this University. Today, class gifts are everywhere on this campus. They include the pillars marking the entrance to the Grove from the Class of 1905. They include the clock on top of what is now called Kress Hall, given by the Class of 1907. And they include the Bison statue, given by the Class of 1942, 70 years ago, which stands before the Langone Athletics and Recreation Center.
Now, about 120 feet from me, straight up the quad heading toward you and the library, sits ensconced in brick, fashioned of bronze, a large replica of our University seal. All our graduates here today passed it as they took their seats, and will traverse it again as they leave with their diplomas. And because of our faith in the future of Bucknell, we believe that for as long as this University will stand, alumni and visitors of Bucknell will know: this seal on this quad was the gift of this class, the great Class of 2012. I daresay, they have set an enormous task before future classes to top this gift. As I told the class two weeks ago when this gift was revealed, I do not expect any class to surpass what this class, the Class of 2012, has done in provideing tribute to the University
The Class of 1865's gift of a tree, presented soon upon the conclusion of the Civil War, was a thing of beauty in more ways than one, for it was a sign of hope for a future filled with peace. When, 70 years ago, the Class of 1942 shared that stone Bison as their gift, they were doing so when civilization itself seemed to be in peril. World War II was underway, fascism was on the march, Pearl Harbor had just been bombed, and countries the world over were in shambles. Into that maelstrom of human events, a Bucknell graduating class gave a symbolic gift of enduring stone and declared: the future lies ahead.
Since our founding in 1846 in what was called the "wilds of Pennsylvania," this University has been a living expression of this same ideal.
When your class came to the University and told us their idea for their gift, what could we say but: yes. The faculty and staff of a university dedicate their professional lives to the principle that learning, discovery and idealism and promise of youth shall endure. That one generation passing its knowledge to the next creates a better world. And that education is, if nothing else, an expression of faith in tomorrow.
On the University seal is depicted a book above rolling waves of water. These were there before last September's flood. They signify the light of knowledge and education surmounting the storms we all know life can and indeed will bring.
The bronze replica now set in the quad comes from a class graduating during what some have called the Great Recession. During a world beset by strife and economic hardship, during internecine battles in our political culture that put our beloved nation at odds with itself, during a time when it might seem, in fact, that hope and confidence would ebb. But our graduates, in making this gift, have proudly said: We believe.
Class of 2012, we believe too. We believe in your future, the future you, in fact, will help create. And we believe in the future of Bucknell. We join in saying, "We are proud of you. The future is yours to make. We will stand in awe and watch."
As the years pass, and the decades unfold, as you transform your dreams into a life, you can always know that this quad, this campus, this University, will always offer you another home. Touch this seal and know it is yours.
Graduates, your education began with your parents and with your family. They have been with you every step of the way — from kindergarten to caps and gowns. You have done the work and earned the grades but in more ways than one, they have paid the price. I didn't mean tuition.
This is a day they have long awaited too, and in which they share a most meaningful part. You would not be here but for them. So graduates of 2012, I ask that you please stand now, turn to your families and friends, and show us how much you want to thank them.
Now, if everyone in the audience who is able would stand and face this way:
Bucknell's faculty and staff, represented by my colleagues here on stage, have helped our graduates in countless ways in the countless steps it takes to move from your first beginnings at this University to this celebration of your achievements. Without the dedication of our faculty and staff, Bucknell would be nothing. Would everyone here — students I have to ask you to rise for this. I know it's hot — would everyone here please thank the faculty and staff colleagues here, and all their peers for what they have done.
Thank you. Please be seated.
Graduates, on this quad that has been the center of your Bucknell education stands the seal you have emblazoned there. It is a sign of what you have done, the friends you have made, the impressions you have left. This seal shall remain on this quad with an open book always ready to greet you upon your return.
I have met graduates from the Class of 1942; think of the momentous changes seen by them since they gave us their class gift. Now imagine how you will feel when, some 70 years from now, you stand in this very place, gaze upon the gift from your class and look back over the days between now and then. This thought reminds us that we cannot know the future but we take comfort that we can believe in it.
And who believes in the Class of 2012?
We do.
You have been blessed with a Bucknell education. Make the most of it. Congratulations.
And now it is my honor to introduce our Commencement speaker, Ms. Anna Quindlen. An award-winning columnist, celebrated journalist and best-selling author of six novels, she is known for writing on topics of life, work and success. She is the first author ever to have fiction, non-fiction and self-help books appear on The New York Times bestseller lists.
Ms. Quindlen began her career as a copy editor at The New York Post. She soon began reporting for The New York Times, where she became only the third woman to write for that paper's Op-Ed page.
For nine years, she wrote a weekly column for Newsweek. Simultaneously, Ms. Quindlen has enjoyed success as a novelist, including the bestseller One True Thing. Earlier this month, her new book of essays, titled Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, entered The New York Times bestseller list as well.
Ms. Quindlen has a gift for illuminating with wit, insight and precision the small moments in daily life — the moments that connect us in common experience. She recently revealed, for instance, that at age 58, after much practice, she has learned to stand on her head.
Not bad for a writer.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are honored that she joins us here today. Please welcome to Bucknell University Ms. Anna Quindlen.

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DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Iowa police said they have not yet identified bodies found by hunters in a wooded area on Wednesday that could be those of two girls who vanished last summer in a case that received national attention.
Captain Rick Abben, chief deputy of the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office, could not say that the bodies were those of Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10, until they are positively identified by the State Medical Examiner's Office.
But Abben said the families of the two cousins had been notified.
"It's definitely not the outcome that we wanted," Abben said in a news conference that was streamed live by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier.
The girls were last seen on July 13 riding their bicycles in Evansdale in northeast Iowa, after leaving their grandmother's house. Their bikes and a purse were found at Meyers Lake in Evansdale, prompting investigators to drag and later drain the lake in a fruitless search for the girls.
Abben said another news conference will be held Thursday afternoon at Evansdale City Hall.
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WALLDORF, Germany — The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board of SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) recommend that shareholders approve a dividend of €0.85 per share for the fiscal year 2012 at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders. For fiscal year 2011, in addition to the regular dividend of €0.75 per share, SAP also paid a special dividend of €0.35 in celebration of SAP AG's 40th anniversary. Without the consideration of the special dividend for 2011, the proposed dividend for fiscal year 2012 corresponds to a year-on-year dividend increase of €0.10, or 13%. If the shareholders approve this recommendation, the total amount distributed in dividends would be approximately €1.0 billion (2011: €0.9 billion excluding the special dividend and €1.3 billion including the special dividend), representing a pay-out ratio of 36% (2011: 26% excluding the special dividend and 38% including the special dividend).
"Since SAP's IPO 25 years ago, it has always been our policy to let shareholders participate in our success," said Werner Brandt, CFO of SAP. "The increase in regular dividend of 13% and pay-out ratio of 36% demonstrate SAP's commitment to our shareholder base."
The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is scheduled for June 4, 2013 in Mannheim, Germany. The payment of the dividend is scheduled for on or after June 5, 2013.
Note to holders of SAP ADRs (American Depositary Receipts): One SAP ADR represents one SAP AG share. The final dividend is dependent upon the euro/US dollar exchange rate. SAP AG pays cash dividends on the ordinary shares in euro, so exchange rate fluctuations will affect the US dollar amounts received by holders of ADRs, depending on the foreign exchange rate at the time of the conversion of the dividend cash from euro to US dollar. The final dividend payment by SAP AG to the depositary bank is scheduled for June 5, 2013. The depositary bank will then convert the dividend payment from Euro into US-Dollar as promptly as practicable.
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Venison always adds a unique flavor to your dishes, especially if you avoid drenching it in marinade or soaking it for days in ice water to "remove the gamey taste."
We don't soak beef or pork roasts for days in ice water. Perhaps the "it tastes gamey" crowd is just accustomed to bland grocery store meat? Dunno.
In any case, properly cared-for deer meat in the field, at the skinning shed and then with kitchen prep will result in better table fare. There's just no two ways to argue that. Better care and prep results in better meals.
One way to ensure good burgers and sausages is with a top-grade grinder you can use at home. If you're an occasional kitchen whiz, you may like this grinder. If you're definitely a DIY guy who processes a lot of meat each season, check out this awesomely powerful grinder. With some time, a few changes of the sizing plates and your favorite spices and a little fat, you'll be whipping up burgers, chili, sausages and more in no time.
With that burger, you could try this super Venison Burrito Supreme dish.
Stacy Harris, author of Happy Healthy Family, said her family chows down on these burritos just about as quickly as she can get them made! The great thing, too, is with the different ways folks love to make a burrito or taco, it's easy for the family to pitch in with prep work and cutting on this great cutting board. Then, put out everything and everyone can make their own.
Some of the items can be purchased pre-cut at your local grocery store, such as the onions and tomatoes. I don't mind buying the pre-cut onions, but I like to pick my own tomatoes and also some fresh cilantro. It doesn't take much cilantro, either, for a bit of a kick.
If you really want to have fun, take some ground venison, a bit of cream cheese and put a bit in some cored jalapenos. Then put them in this popper roasting rack on the grill or in the oven for a few minutes for great appetizers.
Or, get your kids to help out with the preparations and have them dice the onions, tomatoes and so on. Be sure to use good tortillas; we like to toss ours on a George Foreman grill or into the microwave on about 10 seconds to warm them before making our burritos. Enjoy!
— Alan Clemons, Southern Managing Editor
Venison Burrito Supreme
- 4 tbsp. olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
- 1 can black beans (16-ounce)
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
- 4 plum tomatoes, cored and chopped
- 1/2 red onion, minced
- 1 jalapeno chili, seeds removed, minced
- 1 tbsp. lime juice
- 1 lbs. venison hindquarter
- 4 flour tortillas (10 inch)
- 1 1/2 cups cooked rice
Ingredients for Tomatillo Sauce
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 Tomatillos, finely chopped
- 1 jalapeno chili, seeded and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/3 heavy cream
- pinch salt
- 1 cup cilantro
- Heat 2 tbsp. oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat until shimmering. Add garlic and red pepper flakes for about 30 seconds. Add beans, bring to a boil, then reduce it to a simmer for about 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- To make pico de gallo, combine 2 tbsp. cilantro, tomatoes, onion, jalapeno, and lime juice in medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
- Slice hindquarter venison in half horizontally. Pound each half to about 3/4 inches thick. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Heat remaining oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until skillet is smoking hot. Place venison in skillet for about 4 minutes on the first side, turn and cook the other side for 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board, tent with foil, and let rest 5 minutes.
- For Tomatillo Sauce, saute onion in olive oil. Add tomatillos, chiles, and garlic Saute gently. Add the ingredients to a food processor. Add sour cream and cilantro. Process until smooth. Add whipping cream and pulse until blended.
- Slice steaks thin against grain. Place tortillas on 4 plates and evenly divide rice, beans, venison, and pico de gallo among them. Spoon tomatillo sauce on top. Fold tortillas to form burritos. Sprinkle remaining cilantro leaves on top and serve immediately.
If you need a gift or two for a friend or family member, give one they'll love by ordering Happy Healthy Family by Stacy Harris of Alabama. She's married to a diehard deer hunting outdoorsman and he, along with their sons, bring in a variety of deer, turkey, waterfowl and fish during the seasons.
Harris prepares it all, and in Happy Healthy Family she gives some of her insights about cooking along with fantastic recipes for meats, vegetables and desserts. It's a great cookbook to have in your kitchen or deer camp, and also makes a fantastic gift for anyone who enjoys cooking! Buy it here now!
For more great recipes and insights from Stacy Harris, be sure to visit her super site at GameandGarden.com


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Starting with our new Calistoga wedding invitation suite, we are sharing the new designs we launched at The National Stationery Show in New York this past May. We wanted to give each new design an individual post to share with you the details behind the design and our team's vision of this suite. All of our new designs are now in the hands of our exclusive retailers if you're dying to see these in person.
Calistoga incorporates a few of our newest custom design elements {keep an eye on the blog for even more of these new details!} — the large monogram letterpress printed in our new Apricot ink makes a bold yet elegant statement that pairs perfectly with the coordinating Apricot edging and delicate geometric pattern in our new Sea Glass ink on the back of the double-thick premium letterpress stock. You can't miss the new die cut shape on the response card, which is the perfect finishing touch to any suite!
This is a traditional design with a modern twist that could work for any event, but the below board represents the romantic, ray-of-sunshine event our team had in mind when creating this original design.
I don't know about you, but I would love to be a guest at this wedding. It also has me thinking about all of the different possibilities for customizing this design though. Want a real sneak peek in to what is to come? All of our new designs are now in our Custom Wedding Portfolio II gallery! We will be giving each of them their own post over the next couple of weeks so keep your eyes out for even more eye candy!


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This lesson will examine the most famous speech in American history to understand how Lincoln turned a perfunctory eulogy at a cemetery dedication into a concise and profound meditation on the meaning of the Civil War and American union.
In January 1918, less than one year after the United States entered World War I, President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points to try to ensure permanent peace and to make the world safe for democracy. Wilson's aims included freedom of the seas, free trade, and, most important, an international organization dedicated to collective security and the spreading of democracy. Through the use of primary source documents and maps, students examine Wilson's Fourteen Points, as well as his efforts to have them incorporated into the final peace treaties.


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Many parishes are actively helping Catholics familiarize themselves with the changes to the Roman Missal by setting up meetings about it in their church, handing out flyers after Mass and having speakers address the congregation before the end of Mass. The U.S. bishops' conference has posted on its website numerous resources and catechetical aids to help Catholics understand the changes, which can be confusing.
Catholic News Service is planning a series of articles to explain how the new translation will affect you and why it's taking place.
Do you have questions about the changes? Send them to us and the answers could appear in an upcoming article!
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Iroquois Midwest, Inc., has earned Senior Partner designation from Grange Insurance agency network, placing Iroquois Midwest in an elite insurance group. The honor, which Iroquois has won for the fourth consecutive year, recognizes Grange's independent agent partners for their excellent performance. Iroquois Midwest has been a Grange partner since 2009. Fewer than 180 of Grange's 4,000 independent insurance agencies attained Senior Partner status in 2014, putting Iroquois in the top 14 percent of all Grange agencies.
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For the third consecutive year, Iroquois Midwest, Inc., has earned Senior Partner designation from Grange Insurance group network, placing Iroquois Midwest in an elite group. The honor recognizes Grange's independent agent partners for their excellent performance.
Iroquois Midwest, headed by Managing Partner Philip Dawson, is part of The Iroquois Group®, one of the oldest and largest networks of independent agencies, with more than 2,200 members in 40 states.
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The Iroquois Group® is pleased to announce Patrick Zerarka of Anthem, Ariz., has joined the Iroquois Southwest team as a regional manager in Arizona.
Zerarka brings 15 years of experience in the insurance industry with extensive background in agency operation, marketing, and sales. Prior to joining Iroquois, he worked as a marketing representative for Travelers, MetLife, and Nationwide Insurance. He also owned and operated an Allstate Agency in Arizona.
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April 2, 2014 (Chicago, IL) - Associated Risk Managers of Illinois (ARM) and The Iroquois Group Inc® of Allegany, N.Y., announced on March 28 a joint marketing agreement that allows ARM members in Illinois access to Iroquois insurance group carriers, benefits and services. "ARM has always been about finding unique ways to help our members increase their access to the insurance marketplace and boost their revenue. We looked at a number of possible partners and selected Iroquois to move forward with" says Gary Semmer, a principal at the Esser Hayes Group and Presiden
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Iroquois of New England was recognized in early October at the Foremost® Hall of Fame event in Washington D.C. This award recognizes outstanding work, and achievements with Foremost Insurance Group, a nationwide specialty, auto and small business insurer.


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PURCHASE, N.Y. MasterCard is doubling its quarterly dividend to 60 cents per share and says its board approved the repurchase of up to $2 billion of its common stock.
MasterCard Inc., which is based in Purchase, N.Y., said Tuesday that the increased quarterly dividend will be paid on May 9 to shareholders of record on April 9.
The credit card company says that its new buyback will become effective once it completes its $1.5 billion repurchase program. MasterCard had about $440 million remaining under that repurchase program as of Jan. 25.
Its shares rose $6.26, or 1.2 percent, to $520.49 in premarket trading.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Organizing for Action, the independent advocacy group dedicated to advancing President Barack Obama's agenda, raised more than $8.2 million in its second quarter of operation, the group said on Friday.
The total surpassed the nearly $5 million OFA raised during the first three months of the year, after it was launched as a nonprofit successor to the Democratic president's 2012 re-election campaign.
Led by former Obama advisers including Jim Messina, who was a deputy chief of staff, OFA represents the first time a sitting president's team has been used to form such an advocacy group.
Through campaign-style rallies and TV and Internet ads, the group has promoted Obama's positions on issues such as gun control and overhauling the nation's immigration laws.
But OFA's effectiveness in shaping opinions in Washington remains unclear: So far, Obama's efforts to get such major parts of his second-term agenda through Republican resistance on Capitol Hill have largely fallen short.
OFA operates independently from the White House, and is not required to disclose its donors. Even so, the group has decided to identify donors who give at least $250, noting the vow by Obama, who initially opposed using nonprofit groups to advance his cause, to bring more transparency to campaign finance.
OFA publicly focuses on small donations and grassroots support, but in the second quarter the group drew 19 donors who gave at least $50,000 and 41 who donated at least $5,000.
The group's average contribution was $55, and it has received money from more than 237,000 people since forming.
The second quarter's biggest donors were Newsweb Corp executive Fred Eychaner of Chicago and David Shaw, founder of the New York-based D.E. Shaw & Co. investment firm. They each gave OFA $500,000.
Both Eychaner and Shaw were "bundlers" for Obama's re-election campaign, meaning they donated and collected tens of thousands of dollars in contributions from others. Neither donated to OFA during the first quarter, when the largest donor was New York philanthropist Philip Munger.
Munger gave $250,000 in the first three months of the year but did not donate to OFA in the second quarter.
The donor list sheds light on OFA's ability to draw support outside of election season: the major contributors include many longtime friends of the White House and the Democratic Party.
California venture capitalist Imaad Zuberi was the most generous repeat donor in the new report, tacking $75,000 onto his $50,000 first-quarter donation. Utah venture capitalist Ryan Smith added $50,000 to his first-quarter gift of $50,875.
The group's first-quarter donations came during the dry fundraising period that typically follows a national election.
The Washington Post reported in June that OFA cut its annual donation goal in half because of slow fundraising progress.
OFA came under fire in February, soon after its founding, when The New York Times reported that donors of $500,000 or more would be invited to quarterly meetings with the president. White House spokesman Jay Carney rejected the notion that the group was selling access to Obama.
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I just got a record player and was wondering if any of you guys have awesome record collections. If so, what are the gems in it? Any Animal Collective? I think I might dish out some cash on some animal collective records.... edit;;;; I just ordered Spirit...I need help deciding though. I could get Merriweather with an EP (LP? Whatever...) or Merriweather with Person Pitch or just get Spirit...What do I do!?!?
good decision on going to vinyl. there are a lot of AC records you can get, i've got strawberry jam and its amazing, the only one i can't find is Feels i think they made a limited number. Pink Floyd is great on vinyl same with Zep and the Beatles, actually pretty much anything is great on vinyl, its a much fuller sound. check out In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel if you're into them, and Antidotes by Foals two websites for rare or slightly damaged (but still very playable, usually the covers are damaged or imperfect) are Audophile International and Records By Mail happy vinyl hunting
hey, thanks for the tips. I'll check those sites out! I actually got some Zeppelin initially to go with the player. I saw one strawberry jam on Amazon and it was 100 bucks! Good thing you already have it!
damn, i got mine for like 35-40 which i thought was really expensive let me know if you find any good ones, like Explosions i haven't seen any vinyl for them but that would awesome.
yeah, I just checked those sites and there is Danse Manatee, which is pretty tempting. Though sadly enough it is two dollars too expensive for me. The hard part for me is I have a Visa gift card and not all websites accept it...like amazon oddly enough. So, hopefully one of those works for me.
i don't know if they take gift cards but..... http://www.juno.co.uk/products/280660-0 ... 2BShopping
oh wow! that's cheap. I decided to actually read the information that went with the card and I just had to register it online to be able to use it online (kinda feel stupid). But...That's pretty damn tempting. I'd love to have the Strawberry Jam vinyl. Thanks for the help!
the first 2 vinyl records i owned were THE MONKEES and NIN - PRETTY HATE MACHINE ... oh man i loved it! then i got really into buying cheap used vinyl (some pretty lame ones but also some good ones... def. strangely got into buying the lesser bowie albums on vinyl... all the bad ones!) i don't have that many more current-ish ones and i would have got more but my record player conked out in 03 and i STILL haven't gotten a new one (i don't know what that IS!) ... the last record i got was OK Computer on vinyl! (it was only 18 bucks... not as bad as i'd of thought! ... is it common for albums on vinyl to be REALLY expensive? like over 40 bucks? jeez that hardly seems worth it to me!) the best thing i have is from my dad... the very first REM release (Chronic Town EP) ... i also have murmur!
that's awesome. Love the first two. OK Computer would be sweet for vinyl, 18 bucks is a good deal. Over 40 is kind of expensive...It depends on where you look. I got some awesome ones at Goodwill for a dollar each...Just looking through the array of Animal Collective ones online, the EP's are a little over ten bucks and (some of) the full albums are around 20. If you look at early Modest Mouse vinyl they are INSANELY expensive. I saw the Moon and Antarctica somewhere for 200+? dollars. And to think that I half-owned all of their super expensive shit before my house burnt down.... If you do get a new recordy player (which you should!) look for a good deal! Mine was 15 dollars at Goodwill (i'm not sure if that have those everywhere?). If you look you can find a good deal somewhere, i'm sure.
some of the best records i've gotten have been really obscure ones in bargain bins. there was one vinyl store in park slope, where i used to work and i got a bunch of great blues and old rock records. Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones' No Way! is one of the best albums i've ever bought that and Speaking In Tongues by The Talking Heads
I have MPP, Spirit and Manatee. Other favourites are Bowie EPs, Small Faces greatest hits and DEVO Freedom of Choice. Also Split Enz's True Colours, if anyone knows them.
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OOH, is this the thread for me. Got a record player and some vinyl for Christmas, the vinyl was all vintage from my grandma -- Band On The Run, Magical Mystery Tour, ABBEY ROAD, Paul McCartney, Hall & Oates, and a bunch of others... Plus my MPP record I got back in August for my birthday. Awesome. Yesterday my cousins were over and never touching a turntable in their lives thought they could play DJ and touch up my Abbey Road, which resulted in a scratch all over side 2 (my favorite side of AR). Now it's skippy. Darn it all to heck.
ahhhh! that's awful, KidGrizzly! You've got a great set of vinyl there. I almost bought a copy of the Magical Mystery Tour the other day, the case was beautiful...but then I looked at the record and it was scratched to shit. I'm glad to hear that most everyone here are vinyl fans. It's the way to go.
I've got merriweather and strawberry jam on vinyl, as well as the peacebone single  i've also got the killers sawdust album on vinyl, mainly because I love the album art and it matches my room. they're all in frames  i take them out occasionally to listen.
i always fantasize about being able to play fake DJ and dink around with vinyl records while they play (esp. if you had 2 going at once!) but yeah i don't wanna ruin shit [i don't know how things work!]
My heart went HEUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH when you said the part about Abbey Road getting scratched up. I'd have hurt them very very very badly.
I was very, VERY upset, but they still didn't get why it was such a big deal.
If you get any records pressed in small runs, like punks bands, esp. the Alternative Tentacles label, look for the words engraved on the smooth part near the center hole. Sometimes they are 2 line poems, other times they are just silly or inside jokes. I collect colored vinyl 7" (jockeyed at a college station for 5 years)
that sounds awesome. I once (shared ownership) had an Ugly Casanova vinyl. One side of one of the discs had this elaborate beautiful etching on it. I like colored vinyl...The only one that comes to mind for me is Life of Arctic Sounds by Modest Mouse. I've seen it in red, white, blue, and black.
i was a college DJ for like 5 months  it was so fun! but very scary! i'd get so nervous!
Our university radio is pretty commercial so it's hard to get in on sadly.
ha! ours was DAMN uncommercial... i played PRIDE & FIGHT / ALVIN ROW / MEET THE LIGHT CHILD and a crapload of other Ac Hits!
awesome! What a sweet radio station, then. My friend DJ's at her college radio and she plays indie stuff a lot. Nothing as unique or experimental as Animal Collective. EDIT;;; My SPIRIT vinyl came today!!!!!!! I'm so thrilled. I even took a picture of the box it came in.
wholey moley I wish I had my own ac radio station. you should post a picture of the vinyl tigers! if you haven't already...
I haven't, but I will! I have some pictures. I need to take more. Like...of the unopened vinyl. I almost cried taking the plastic wrapper off (not really) but it was kind of hard to. It felt...wrong. I'm going to be getting Person Pitch on Wednesday too, which i'm thrilled about. I haven't listened to all of that album in one sitting before.
[img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3036-1.jpg[/img] There it is! Playing on my 15$ record player! [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3037.jpg[/img] There it is, there it is! I was a little bummed that the corners of the case were kind of...scrunched? But...whatever. [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3043.jpg[/img] So, on the left (for those of you who don't own the record) is the little story about Panda and Avey with their Rythm sticks and invisible friends. On the right is the credits. I like how Panda is credited with 'perfect percussion'. [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3046.jpg[/img] there's some insane drawing on the back!! [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3049.jpg[/img] and here's a picture of me holding it, since I thought I should do that. I look incredibly sinister, I think.
Did you get lollies with yours?
lollies? I guess not.
Damn. I got lollies sent with mine.
like lollipops?! I'm super jealous, whatever lollies are!
Candy I guess.
that's amazing. Did they have special Animal Collective wrappers or something?
Nah, that would have been cool.
I just realised - you should have kept the plastic on in a way that it slides on and off easily ( I did this). Oh no Tigers!
Oh no! I wish I had thought of that! That would've been brilliant!! i'll have to make sure I do that with Person Pitch at least. Also, i'm glad I didn't miss out on special edition AC lollies. That would've been something to brood about for a few minutes, at least.
that looks pretty awesome, can you type up the story on the left and post it here? i'm curious and need a bedtime story!
[quote]Not long ago a young boy named Avey and his friend Panda Bear roamed the patch work which covers the land (some call it forest). They were looked upon by Pan and raised by fairies and the Angels of light who play deep within the Wood. 'Let's make the music of childhood,' Avey shouted one day as the two played. Panda thought this idea was a good one. 'I can use my magical Rhythm sticks and you can play your Sun harp,' he said. So the two began to create melodies and Panda brought rhythms from every direction while Avey sang. All of the songs were about wooden toys and invisible friends and filled with the light of the forest. This is the first group of songs they played.[/quote] I took it from wikipedia, but that is the true little story there. Epic!
that writing is exactly how I tell stories when I'm forced to make them up on the spot. AWESOME.
YES! That story is so beautiful and simple. I love it. My heart almost melted when I saw it on the inside of the vinyl.
Got the Person Pitch vinyl in the mail today. I'll put up pictures of that for y'all too. It had a poster inside! How exciting! Two discs, can't wait to listen to it! Edit; And my record player is broken. The moment I put the record on the needle SLID across the entire record! jfdalskjfdlsajfdskal
ooooohhhhhhhhhh nooooooooooo! Try adjust the tone arm screw, if it has one. We used to tape pennies to the top of the tone arm, right at the end above the needle cartridge when that happened. Try it with a record you don't care about!
luckily, it was an easy fix. The needle was off center.
Person Pitch came with a poster! How cool is that?! [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3062.jpg[/img] [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3063.jpg[/img] here is the other side with the infamous list of influences: [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3064.jpg[/img] I currently live with my grandparents, and my grandmother constantly tries to find something wrong with the things that I listen to. Her reaction to this cover: "Is that a bunch of naked people?!?" my response "...no...its kids in a swimming pool, wearing bathing suits with animals..." [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3065.jpg[/img] I love how Bros. takes up an entire side of a disc: [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3066.jpg[/img] [img]http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b240/photogal22222/IMG_3067.jpg[/img]
nice! ... those pics were used for all the singles: i'm not / comfy double ... carrot excepter split ... broze ... take pills... i wonder how the non-used ones connected... search 4 delish was on some compf way back in 05! ... so really ponytail was the only one not featured any the where else... (rightfully so! it's the weakest song on there! oh god!]
oh! That's good to know, GO! I thought they seemed a little random...I'm not sure about the rest of them. Yeah, side D is my least favorite disc side. It sucks because my favorites are B. and C. So I have to switch discs! Unfair. Its just one sleeve two, so those two discs aren't always easy to get in and out of there.
that's def. one of my least fave. aspects of vinyl because i love just getting into an album and not having it broken up into chunks... even if it's just a minute or 2... i can't imagine these albums where you have to do it 3 times during the course of the album instead of just the one time for a 1 double-sided LP as for grandparents reaction to music i'll never forget in like... 2001ish? my grandfather acting like jeff buckley was some damn annoying rock and roll music and i joked to my dad "how would he react if i put on the aphex twin?" hoho! back in december i brought over a burnt cd that had Decemberists and Devendra Banhart on it and strangely he didn't really dig the decemberists songs even though some had a polka like feel to it! ... yet he was okay with the banhart stuff? i'll never understand how some people react!
yeah, i've discovered that problem with vinyl. It sucks a little. I mean, especially with Person Pitch. The songs sound so great running together! But then there is something a little magical about the extra effort needed to listen to records... crazy grandparents! I wonder sometimes how my grandparents would react if I played certain songs for them! My grandmother was worried once that I was going to kill myself (when I was a freshman maybe?) because I was listening to Under the Bridge, that Red Hot Chili Peppers song. There is just a huge generation gap between us. that is suprising, GO! I was hoping my grandmother would Dig PP because its pretty chill. She just said it reminded her of African music. At least she wasn't worried about my state of mind.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SZ ... d_i=507846 is anyone else tempted to buy this vinyl of Danse Manatee? [quote]this is the release of Animal Collective's sophomore album, never before available on vinyl, released here as a part of a DMM series of the band's back catalog. Remastered direct from the original master and pressed on heavy weight vinyl audiophile discs. This release is strictly limited[/quote] I wish I had money to throw around.
I saw it at my local record store, but went for Spirit in stead because it is my favorite.


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At Hood, we understand the importance of preparing students to think critically and to situate their understanding of the world within a global context. Study abroad allows students in every discipline the opportunity to expand their understanding of the world and enhance classroom learning with firsthand international experiences. How will you "think globally?"
Study abroad at Hood is designed to expand on the challenge to think globally by giving students the opportunity to study in a program that matches their interests and future goals. Hood has formal associations with several well-established international programs. These include those offered by Sweet Briar College (Paris), Dickenson College (Toulouse), University of Seville and University of Alicante (Spain), Seoul Women's University, CAPA International Education, University of Mainz and Junior Year Munich (Wayne State University), among others.
Hood students may study in virtually every part of the world. Hundreds of students have studied abroad in dozens of countries across six continents. Students recently have studied in Spain, Germany, Ireland, France, Italy, Argentina, England, Cyprus, Turkey, Russia, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Morocco, Israel and South Korea.
Hood students are encouraged to study abroad regardless of their perspective majors. With careful planning, it is possible for students of any major to participate in a study abroad program. Studying abroad provides students with a greater understanding of their academic field and the world around them, making it a beneficial and desirable experience for everyone. Some majors require students to study abroad. Recently:
In addition to yearlong or semester programs, Hood offers short-term courses conducted in Europe (selected topics in European issues) and the Bahamas (marine ecology). Faculty have led Hood students on intensive summer programs—assisting on archeological excavations in Italy and Turkey, social work field experience in Ireland (co-sponsored with Frostburg State University) and conducting research at the Bibliothequé National de France, among others. Faculty have also led January-term programs such Egypt out of Egypt through the Hood College Department of Art and Archaeology and spring break programs such as a service learning trip to Haiti.
The study abroad office provides students with information and counseling about studying abroad. The staff assists students in finding a program that fits their needs, helping with the application process and informing students about scholarship opportunities. The staff also offers pre- and post-departure orientations for living abroad.
Hood College encourages students to study abroad during their junior year. Some sophomores study abroad because of a compelling program or personal reasons and in rare instances Hood permits seniors to study abroad in the fall. All students intending to study abroad should complete the application materials at least one semester in advance of the proposed study in order to ensure that everything is completed in a timely fashion.
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Steve McIntyre visited the LiMux team in Munich and has posted a small report about the visit on his blog. LiMux is the specially tailored Debian distribution City of Munich deploys. "I'd like to talk some more about LiMux, the project being run within the City of Munich to replace all of their desktop Windows systems with Linux. They gave us a demonstration and answered lots of our questions."


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Skip to comments.Early Vote in Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, New Hampshire and Wisconsin
Posted on 10/27/2012 3:17:31 AM PDT by Massimo75
It's well known that Ohio is the key, and that Ohio state polls seem not to follow the national trend (Romney should be leading by at least 3-4, no polls showing him better than tie instead). RCP average in 2008 missed the real result in many states by several points (2.1 in Ohio, 2.5 in Indiana, 3 in Pennsylvania, 3.5 in Colorado, 5 in Arizona e 6 in Nevada) so maybe it's just due to the margin of error but it's worrying anyway.
Anyway if Romney loses Ohio he has to win Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin and New Hampshire (if he wins Ohio only one of them would be enough). So I would like to focus on these five states. Absentee and Early Voting look great so far according to RNC Political Director Rick Wiley:
"COLORADO Republicans are leading Democrats in absentee ballot requests and early votes by over 10,000 voters. Republicans are outperforming voter registration by 2.13 points. Republicans won the first day of early voting in Colorado. In 2008, Republicans lost early voting by nearly 4 points. Republicans have made 1.5 million volunteer voter contacts in Colorado since the RNCs AB/EV turnout program began nationwide.
IOWA At this point in 2008, Democrats led by almost 24 points in early voting. Today they lead by 8.3 points, a 65 percent collapse in Democrat support. Almost 5,000 fewer Democrats have voted early this year than had done so at this time in 2008. Democrats are underperforming their share of 2008 AB/EV votes cast by 0.41 percentage points, while the GOP is over-performing their share by 1.23 points. The result is a net swing of +1.65 percentage points for Republicans. Republicans have made nearly 1.1 million volunteer voter contacts in Iowa since the AB/EV turnout program began in the state.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Republicans lead Democrats by over 5 points in absentee ballot requests in New Hampshires key towns. Republicans are outperforming our voter registration in absentee requests by 4 points. Republicans have made over 700,000 volunteer voter contacts in New Hampshire since the RNCs AB/EV turnout program began nationwide.
OHIO Republicans are outperforming our share of voter registration in absentee requests and early votes by 8.73 points. Democrats are underperforming their share of 2008 AB/EV votes cast by 7.60 percentage points, while the GOP is over-performing their share by 5.94 points. The result is a net swing of +13.54 percentage points for Republicans. Republicans have closed the gap on Democrats historic absentee and early vote advantage for 15 of the past 16 days. Republicans have made almost 3.7 million volunteer voter contacts in Ohio since the RNCs AB/EV turnout program began nationwide.
WISCONSIN AB/EV activity is down from 2008 the Democrat counties of La Crosse (-19.25%) and Rock (-6.41%) AB/EV activity is up the Republican counties of Outagamie (12.06%) and Washington (26.14%). On the first day of in-person absentee voting, the Republican bastion of Waukesha County out-voted Dane County, a liberal Democrat stronghold and home to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, despite visits to Madison by high-profile Democrat surrogates and celebrities. Republicans have made over 2 million volunteer voter contacts in Wisconsin since the RNCs AB/EV turnout program began nationwide."
Everything seem to be going great, but according to others Obama had good news as well, from Ohio in particular. Does anyone have more figures and information that can help to understand who's REALLY winning the early voting match?
Maryland starts early voting today. It is crazy that the author of this story did not add facts. Anyway, Maryland Republicans (yep more than people realize) get out and vote!!!!
Obama's OH "good news" was one cherry-picked report. Ds are already trailing Rs in early voting by a slight .01 margin-—but Ds were way up at this point in 08. All this is without a single Indy vote advantage. So it looks as though without Is we will still win OH. With the Is it might be 4%, or right where I said it would be 3 months ago.
Early voting starts today, 27OCT, in Florida also. I plan to get my vote posted before the day is done. We need every vote we can get. The storm Sandy is well out of the picture here in Florida, so get it done! I have been thinking about what to do if I see any UN-sponsored "observers" today. Any suggestions? Let's hope that the weather eases and that there is a better prospect for everyone in the Northeast.
Got my early Florida vote in for Romney. Polling place was pretty crowded. Initially, when I tried to insert page 1 of 2 into the ballot counting machine, an error message popped up saying "ballot too long." I agree, machine, I agree.
Obama and his campaign, look and sound desperate since the final debate. The MSM is in a state of panic.
Freepers, your opinions please:
I just remembered Rush Limbaugh's OPERATION CHAOS from 2008. Rush encouraged people to vote in any open Dim primaries for Hillary so it would cause, well, cause chaos for the Dims. Sooo, these ppl who participated in OPERATION CHAOS, did they have to register as Dims to do it? Are they still on the books as registered Dims? If so, then there are a significant number of registered Dims who are really republicans, and so the numbers for early ballot requests are looking even better for Republicans...
I thought the 8 years of Clinton was a nightmare—not even close to this.
Florida starting early voting today and when I arrived at 5 to 7 there was a line waiting to get in.....
Unfortunately, the girl behind me was a dumb as a piece of wood, (no offense to wood) and never stopped reciting the bama talking points.....
The military vote may be very important in Florida.
Iowa was the first state to come out for Obama 4 years ago.
Hopefully, Iowa will not support him in this election.
Team Obama is like the football team down 16 points in the early 4th quarter. They know it is likely over, but just can't stop hoping to get a turnover, TD, 2 pt conversion, onside kick, TD and 2 pt conversion to tie and go to OT.
Playing out the string knowing the likelihood but still hoping for a miracle.
The Alred thing was the equivalent of a flea flicker that didn't work.
And why exactly should they "get out and vote"?
I totally disagree with this whole early voting thing. Election day is still 11 days away. Why give the rats any idea of how many votes they need to gin up?
They can steal this election much easier with all this early voting than if they don't find out what they need until election night.
Same here.
I believe that anyone politically active enough to change their registration from R to D in order to participate in 2008's Op Chaos would have changed back to R in order to participate in 2012's R primary season.
WI and CO replace OH and one other state is IA or NH
Wisconsin works
"I believe that anyone politically active enough to change their registration from R to D in order to participate in 2008s Op Chaos would have changed back to R in order to participate in 2012s R primary season."
True that.
Kill them.
According to Rove, who is becoming more and more a pain in the behind, says OH will be difficult to win because the early voting is trending more towards Obumbler and will most like stay in his column....ughhhh, WHAT A PUTZ!! I hope and pray Romney takes OH and Rove will be in the unemployment line come next year.
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Until John Hinderaker and Paul Mirengoff can weigh in, I offer my assessment of the CNN Youtube debate's highs and lows tonight.
Best performance: Mitt Romney.
Runner up: Mike Huckabee ("Jesus was too smart to ever run for public office," offset by Huckabee's dancing around on tuition tax breaks for illegals).
Lowest blow: Rudy Giuliani, on Romney's "sanctuary mansion." Mayor Giuliani is apparently a proponent of mutual assured destruction. I would count him the close runner up to Romney if the referee hadn't instructed me to dock him for the blow.
Most likely to give authenticity a bad name: Ron Paul.
Best sense of humor: Fred Thompson.
Most misdirected question: On Martian exploration, should have gone to Dennis Kucinich.
Most demagogic: John McCain, condemning Romney's support of "torture."
Best line of the night: Mitt Romney, on abortion ("I was wrong").
Best answer of the night: Mike Huckabee, on capital punishment.
Best reminder of why he's fallen to second tier: John McCain, denying he supported "amnesty" for illegal immigrants. See also "Most demagogic."
Worst ambush: CNN planting the general disputing "don't ask don't tell."
Most compelling theme: John McCain, on Vietnam.
Most wrongly slighted public figure: Vice President Cheney.
Most irritatingly cited public figure: Colin Powell.
Most obvious insinuation: Ron Paul, citing Paul Wolfowitz in support of the proposition that "they came here because we're occupying their country."
UPDATE: Jim Vicevich reminds me of another worst: Worst pretense to an impartial news organization:
This was a classic CNN con job.
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Earlier this summer, I had the great privilege of accompanying a church youth troop on a mission trip to Elizabeth, N.J. We spent our week working together on the home of a family whose roof had been ripped of by Superstorm Sandy, and had sustained substantial damage from torrential rains.
Home base for our trip was the majestic colonial-style inner city Presbyterian church in downtown Elizabeth. Steeped in history and tradition, the church was founded in 1644 by a small group of Puritans who migrated from Connecticut to the first English settlement in newly purchased lands that would later become part of New Jersey.
Over the centuries, this church was the spiritual home of the aristocratic and erudite citizenry of the city. In 1746, it founded the College of New Jersey in its adjacent parish hall. Shortly thereafter, the college moved to Princeton and was subsequently renamed Princeton University.
But the halcyon days of Elizabeth and this church had passed. Many of the gracious downtown buildings bordering the church has been demolished and replaced by squat, characterless boxes offering up fast food or tattoos. Street benches no longer provided respite for upscale shoppers, but refuge for street people. A great number of the downtown stores were run by Colombian immigrants, catering to the city�s changing populace.
One of the old mainline churches, clearly a century or more old, a block from the Presbyterian church, has been rebranded as a Haitian church. A block in the other direction, an equally old Episcopal church now displays signs only in Spanish.
In between these majestic remnants of a glorious past, our host church has endeavored to adapt to a changing community. One of the Sunday services is in English, the other in Spanish. A mid-week noon service appears to draw street people attracted as much by the free lunch following it as by the dose of spirituality. Friday night, the church�s Red Ribbon Fellowship, founded two decades ago to support and reach out to those affected by HIV and AIDS, gathers in worship. Soup kitchens and support groups keep the lights on and doors open most of the week.
My week there reinforced an appreciation for the blessings inner-city churches bestow on communities. Nowhere is that more evident than our own backyard. Well before an emerging Historic District and trendy loft apartments made living in the central city fashionable, churches like St. Francis, United Methodist, Third Reformed and Hope Reformed committed to stay on the lands in which they were planted.
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