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PCA Illustrated Standard Debacle ~ Part 6Nov 17th, 2014 Posted in Papillons | one comment »
In this post, I would like to cover some of the things that have been said by the Board, specifically the President, Kevin Ray and also several parts of the contract with Fredrick Carlson.
According to the contract with Mr. Carlson his assignment was:
Create a new set of Papillon standards art pieces per booklet used since 1991
Artwork will be black and white pencil drawings similar to Welsh Corgi and Yorkshire Terrier and Border Collie pieces shown by PCA. Some color pieces to be determined by committee.
References from old booklet plus UK standards book ordered should be sufficient for most of the drawings.
The contact goes on to say (emphasis mine):
Including the cover, as this existing booklet is laid out there are spaces for 31 full-body views. With the possibility of rescanning a correct full side view and re-using it 6 times that leaves the task of 26 new artworks I call 'full-body' views.
In yet another section it continues (emphasis mine):
In the existing booklet there are spaces for 48 small drawings (heads, head/eyes, muzzles, teeth, rear, feet, tail, face faults, etc.). It looks like 4 drawings can be re-used by scanning and re-editing into new positions in the booklet, so this leaves the task of 44 new artworks I call 'small' views.
Here is a quote from PCA President, Kevin Ray (emphasis in the original):
The current Papillon Illustrated Standard was produced from the original artwork of Fred Carlson and the language used in the last illustrated standard that was written for PCA.
First, from the sound of the of the Assignment section it sounds like someone (PCA? Stan Sohn? Fredrick Carlson?) specifically ordered a copy of the commonly called CISPAP written by Mike Foster and Deirdre Ashdown.
Since there are plenty of photos of Papillons out there, why would they need to use yet another standards book for reference so badly that they specifically ordered it for references? An artist should definitely look at many resource photos and maybe even initially try to copy them, but in the end they put their own style in their drawings. This was obviously not done here, because Mr. Carlson's drawings are instantly recognizable as Nancy Pinke's artwork. Having been an artist since 1980 according to his signature file on the IS contract, he certainly should have developed his own style by 2006-07.
Second, if you notice the portions of the contract that I have bolded, they talk about re-using Nancy's original work in the new standard. Under what definition does re-using another artists work does this equal original? Even if Mr. Carlson's work for the IS had been completely original, PCA would still have been guilty of copyright infringement on at least 2 pieces of Nancy's work.
The Board has no regard for copyright as shown in the Board Meeting Minutes from April 13, 2007:
The Pembroke Welsh Corgi Club of America gave their permission, after the fact, to PCA to use their glossary format, which had been taken directly from their standard without prior permission requested.
The Board has also been playing the "only so many ways you can draw a Papillon card since the beginning and Kevin has specifically stated:
There is only one way to draw the ear set, tail set, topline, etc of a papillon as outlined in the breed standard & therefore artists renderings will be similar.
Deirdre was kind enough to send us some example of her work from CISPAP to show how ridiculous this claim is.
As a reminder here are Nancy Pinke's illustration from the original IS and Fredrick Carlson's "original" from the new IS:
Here is a body illustration and a tail set illustration done by Deirdre:
Due to the difference in the poses I can't really compare those to Nancy's originals, but this one is a better pose for comparison:
One other thing, this illustration also shows that Papillons don't have the same markings, which I think anyone that owns or has ever seen more than one Papillon already knows, yet oddly Carlson's Papillons all have the exact same markings as Nancy's. You can find a comparison in part 4.
So here it is:
As you can see it's not really close at all, yet you can see from the one up above it's definitely a Papillon and it certainly looks like it fits the standard. There were 2 areas that I could get to align, the chest and the topline. I chose the chest because it was a larger area. You can see that both drawings have the same general outline/shape yet they are not anywhere close to identical.
Unlike these illustrations:
Here are several head illustrations. They were not the right pose for comparisons either, so I will just show you a refresher illustration from Nancy and Carlson and then the 2 from Deirdre.
That's it for now. Please remember to let other PCA members know about this issue as this is a voting year!


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Exhibit - Multimedia | January 31 – April 22, 2018 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
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Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Avant Dictee offers viewers an opportunity to experience the work of this prolific artist in a new way, through her best-known work, the artists book Dictee. Placing the book as a point of entry into her wider creative production, the exhibition explores resonances between Dictees ten thematic sections (nine of them named for the Greek muses) and artworks drawn from the Cha archive at BAMPFA.
Chas oeuvre was profoundly interconnected across works and media, and she returned again and again to certain key themes. Avant Dictee includes art and archival documentsartists books, photography, concrete poetry, video, performance documentation, mail art, sculpture, and works on paperin conversation with the chapters in Dictee. Some works are clearly related, such as an image in the book that references the artists fathers original calligraphy, seen in the exhibition. Other relationships are less direct, such as a works connection to a statement or question posed in the book.
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (19511982) was born in Pusan, South Korea, and emigrated to the United States, settling in San Francisco with her family in 1964. She attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart, a Catholic high school where she learned and fell in love with the French language. Much of the work in the exhibition was created during Chas time as a student at UC Berkeley, where she earned four degrees (in comparative literature and art) between 1973 and 1978. Greatly inspired by her professors Jim Melchert, who introduced her to Conceptual and performance art, and Bertrand Augst, who launched her interest in film theory, Cha made a body of work that explores language, memory, time, history, and the spaces in between.
The exhibition takes a nonlinear form and is organized around diverse poetic themes that cut across time periods, media, styles, and artistic cultures, bringing together voices from a wide range of practices and representing diverse communities and sensibilities. Works by artists and filmmakers such as Bruce Baillie, Lutz Bacher, Joan Brown, Bruce Conner, Jay DeFeo, Enrique Chagoya, Richard Diebenkorn, Ernie Gehr, Sabura Hawagawa, Sargent Johnson, Joanne Leonard, Chiura Obata, Helen Clark Oldfield, Joe Overstreet, Alice Anne Parker Stevenson, Rosie Lee Tompkins, Carlos Villa, and many others are juxtaposed throughout the exhibition.
In contrast to a conventional historical survey, Way Bay is organized to suggest poetic currents and connections among works from disparate cultures and communities, highlighting transhistorical affinities among artists, filmmakers, authors, and other creative practitioners who have contributed toand drawn inspiration fromthe regions distinctive character.
Continuous film screenings in the galleries showcase the Bay Areas rich history as an incubator for avant-garde and experimental cinema, beginning with a silent film that captures life on the streets of San Francisco just days before the 1906 earthquake destroyed much of the city. The exhibition also includes highlights from BAMPFAs extensive archive of video and audio recordings by artists working in the Bay Area, as well as an interactive post card project devoted to poetry by Bay Area writers. A series of lectures, performances, readings, and participatory workshops in the Fisher Family Art Lab extends Way Bay across diverse media and disciplines.
In addition to works from BAMPFAs collection, including many recent acquisitions on display for the first time, Way Bay includes exceptional paintings, prints, photographs, and other works from UC Berkeleys Bancroft Library and Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

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Mr. Speaker, I want to start by thanking my colleague for introducing this very important motion. I want to thank the member for Abitibi—Témiscamingue who just spoke in favour of the motion. I particularly want to thank the parliamentary secretary, the member for Ajax, who I think is indicating that the government side is likely to support the motion. I think he was speaking in his capacity as the parliamentary secretary and therefore on behalf of the government rather than in his capacity as a private member. In either capacity, his support is very much welcome.
I want to talk about how effective defibrillators can be in saving lives and in particular about a numerical demonstration, a statistical demonstration of just how effective installed automatic external defibrillators, AEDs, can be when placed in the trunks of police cars.
First, let us step back a bit. The purpose of an AED is to reduce fatalities from heart attacks, but specifically to reduce fatalities from the kind of heart attack we refer to as a sudden cardiac arrest, which normally starts as what is known as a pulseless ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. This is a huge issue in terms of the number of lives that are involved in this kind of cardiac crisis.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in Canada and in the United States. Out of hospital, sudden cardiac arrest accounts for 50% of cardiovascular disease deaths, so half of the largest cause of mortality in our country. Ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are, according to one study I was looking at, the source of 85% of all sudden cardiac arrest deaths. The rest of them are caused by trauma, poisoning, pulmonary embolism, drowning, hypothermia, drug overdose, cerebral haemorrhage, and a grab bag of other causes. However, 85% of that 50% of the biggest killer is caused by events that, in principle, could be stopped if a defibrillator were available and applied quickly, along with some other interventions.
In principle, AEDs can be used to save many lives. Let us be clear. It is all about how fast one gets to the person. I want to cite an academic paper published in 2009, in which the author states:
...every patient with a witnessed ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest should survive. If the patient does not survive, the goal is to determine why.
The paper said "every patient". In principle, there should be a 100% save rate. As I say, it is all about the speed with which one is able to intervene, and to make that point, I want to call upon and describe the American Heart Association's chain of survival metaphor. The member for Ajax who was involved in the Canadian heart association would be very familiar with this indeed.
The American Heart Association's chain of survival metaphor lists the key ingredients for success: one, rapid access, calling 911 immediately; two, rapid cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR; three, rapid defibrillation. A fourth step follows defibrillation: rapid advanced care. Usually that takes place after an ambulance has arrived and continues on in the hospital.
In principle it is 100%. In practice, the highest survival rate we have seen for witnessed cardiac arrests, where someone actually sees when it happens, is 74%. That is the survival rate that takes place in casinos. In casinos, it is a high-stress environment, often with people who are in bad health who are doing a high-stress activity, but they are also always on camera. Casinos typically have defibrillators and trained staff close at hand. In that ideal environment, a 74% success rate has been achieved.
However, as I said, time is of the essence. To make this point, it is worth noting that after 10 minutes, the rate of success drops to less than 10%. Within three minutes, the success rate can be as high as 74%. If someone gets there and starts applying an AED after 10 minutes, there is about a 2% success rate.
This is why the public policy response both here and in the United States is focused intensely on putting AEDs into emergency response vehicles, such as ambulances and fire trucks, of course, to speed up response times when someone witnesses a cardiac arrest and contacts 911. We would like to see these put into police vehicles, in particular RCMP police vehicles.
The difference in survival rates in various American cities is based almost entirely on response times. To make this point, I just want to read the different response rates, from a few years ago, in a series of American cities. Detroit was 0%. It could not be literally 0%, but it must be below a 1% survival rate. Chicago is 3%; New York City, 5%; Los Angeles, 7%; the state of Alabama, 8%; Salt Lake City, 8%; Dallas, 10%; Rochester, New York, 10%; Memphis, Tennessee, 12%; Tucson, Arizona, 12%; San Francisco, 15%; Fresno, California, 15%; Houston, 15%; Minneapolis, 20%; Pittsburgh, 22%; Portland, Oregon, 23%; state of Iowa, 23%; Miami 24%; and Milwaukee, 26%. Seattle, Washington, is 46%, based on a combination of good CPR training and the availability of defibrillators where they are needed. In Seattle, they do not regard this as the final destination. I think they are, quite rightly, after 74%, if not the 100% that is available, in principle. We should be too.
Let me tell the House about how faster response times, due to police cruisers having defibrillators, can save lives. I turn here to another study, which tells us that in one case, in Miami, "Response by police averaged about 1.5 minutes faster than that of [emergency medical services] (6.16 versus 7.56 minutes), and the dual-response system", in which both were notified, "reduced overall first-responder time to 4.9 minutes (compared with 7.6 minutes from historical control). This translated to a statistically significant improvement in the percentage of those who survived...ventricular arrhythmias (17.2 percent survival rate...)."
I will skip the other example I was going to give, except to point out that in the other example, the rate in Pittsburgh went from 6% to 14% after police vehicles installed defibrillators.
Now let us talk about Canada. In Canada there are 40,000 sudden cardiac arrests annually, and there are AEDs in police vehicles in many places. They are in Vancouver, Kingston, Laval, Fredericton, Medicine Hat, and even in Smiths Falls, in my riding. Those are defibrillators that were put into police cars, with my assistance, about 12 years ago.
The city of Ottawa has had them longer than almost anywhere else and has excellent statistics, which I want to quote to make the point about how significant the life-saving can be. Every cruiser in the Ottawa Police Service, 145 in total, has a defibrillator in its trunk. In 2012, this resulted in 22 interventions and nine successful saves of heart attack victims. That means they survived for at least two years. In 2013, there were 23 interventions, and eight lives were saved, which is, on average, one life saved for every 17 AEDs annually. That is a 17% save rate, compared to 5% nationally in Canada. It is not as good as Seattle, but it is three times as good as the national average.
AEDs that are purchased in bulk cost about $1,000 apiece. Training costs are essentially zero, because the cops are already trained. The cost factor of the time to arrive is not a consideration, as they are already first responders.
This means that at one life saved for every 17 AEDs, the 5,600 RCMP cruisers in which these could be installed could result in 300 lives being saved every year. Since AEDs last 10 years, we could save 3,000 lives over the next decade at a cost of $2,000 per life.
At one point I wanted to promote this by saying, "Life is cheap so let us start saving now." My staff said that might not be the best slogan, but I believe that. Saving lives really is cheap. It has never been cheaper. At $2,000 a life, we could literally repopulate the House of Commons with people whose lives are saved every year from next year forward, if the motion is passed and we begin to work to fulfill the goals it seeks to promote.


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I've seen several giant-sized minifig MOCs, but this is the first one I've ever seen [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1567197]on a horse:
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Blueandwhite wrote:Actually, LEGO made a slightlylarger horse much like this one in 1984 for their World Show. Its amazing how similar these two sculptures are.
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Would you attend a Novus Ordo Mass if it were the only Mass available? I assume the answer must be "yes" if we are talking about a Sunday obligation. What about during the week, though? For argument's sake, let us assume that the liturgy is no more reverent than your typical NO Mass. This is a matter of some practical importance for me. Where I attend school, the Catholic Student Center has weekday Mass twice a week (no, I have no clue where the resident priest fulfills his daily obligation on the other 4 days of the week). The liturgy is exceptionally irreverent: Mass is typically done outdoors on a wooden table covered with a white cloth, with everyone sitting in a circle of lawnchairs. Kneeling is altogether ommitted (except for by those few brave souls who are willing to be looked at with curiosity and disdain by the rest of the people assisting). When the time for Communion comes, the ciborium is passed around and each person is Eucharistic minister for his neighbor. Now, assuming that I do not participate personally in any of the sacriligeous aspects of the liturgy--for example, whenever I have gone, I always ask the priest to administer Holy Communion to me directly and do not touch the Sacred species--assuming that, do you think my attitude that, however bad the liturgy might be, I'm still receiving Communion whereas I would not be otherwise, is valid? Or do you think it would be better to abstain from Communion altogether in such a circumstance?
-I. Statement of the Problem:
The question really is: "Which is better?
1) To attend the Latin Mass on Sundays AND daily Novus Ordo Mass, or
2) To attend the Latin Mass on Sundays and miss daily Mass altogether."
II. Assumptions:
In this question, we are assuming the following:
A) You have a Latin Mass available less than daily, but at least once-a-week, on Sundays.
B) The Novus Ordo Mass you have access to is valid--i.e., the mistranslation of pro multis (and other defects) do not render the Mass invalid.
C) You can attend the NO Mass, and even receive Holy Communion there, while totally abstaining from commiting, cooperating with, being an accomplice in, or have one's Catholic sensibilities dulled by, any sacrilegious actions that occur throughout the duration of the Mass. (And this is one heck of an assumption!)
III. Reply:
Assuming these points, I would still argue that it is more spiritually profitable for one to attend the traditional Mass exclusively (even if that means only going to one Mass per week) than attending BOTH the traditional Mass on Sundays AND the daily NO Mass. This can sound strange if we think that the only factor that makes Mass spiritually profitable is its validity. But this is far from the truth. In fact, there are many other factors, such as external rituals and the corresponding interior dispositions that they elicit, and these are the aspects where the NO Mass obviously fails. Indeed, interior dispositions are infinitely more important for the spiritual profit we derive from the Mass than the frequency with which we attend.
To defend my view, I will present the following three theses:
1) The NO Mass, as it is normally said, even if it is valid, does not elevate the mind to attaining the interior dispositions necessary for us to attain progress in the spiritual life through the Sacrifice of the Mass;
2) Interior dispositions are essential for the Sacrifice of the Mass to be profitable to us. The greater fervor, the more profitable the Mass is for us; the lesser the fervor, the less profitable.
3) It is more profitable for the soul to attend one weekly Mass with the proper dispositions than to attend many Masses during the week, or even daily Mass, with improper dispositions.
Thesis 1: The NO Mass, as it is usually said, hinders the interior dispositions that are necessary for profiting spiritually from the Holy Sacrifice.
The exterior signs of worship employed in your average NO Mass (e.g., texts, music, postures, architecture, etc.), far from serving the sacred purpose that they ought to serve (i.e., to elevate the mind to the contemplation of divine truth and the heart to the love of God), instead deter the faithful from it, imposing upon the mind misconceptions about the nature of the Holy Mass, the Blessed Sacrament, and about our Faith in general, and replacing them with vain, profane and heterodox notions about the same. I do not think I need to argue for this point at any length. It has been done thoroughly many times over by excellent authors, including those in a position of authority. Cf. primarily Cardinal Ottaviani et al., A Short Critical Study of the New Order of Mass (aka, The Ottaviani Intervention). Thus, in general the NO rite does not foment piety and devotion, but hinders them.
Thesis 2: Interior dispositions are essential for the Sacrifice of the Mass to be profitable to us. The greater fervor, the more profitable the Mass is for us; the lesser the fervor, the less profitable.
The validity of the Mass, as I have explained before, only means that ex opere operato the Mass is efficacious: Our Lord is immolating Himself as the perfect Sacrifice to God the Father. But it says nothing of its effects ex opere operantis, that is, of our profiting from that Sacrifice. Interior dispositions are also essential for the Mass to be profitable to us.
This is seen very clearly from the fact that the bloody Sacrifice of Our Lord on the Cross (which was a true sacrifice, efficacious of itself, ex opere operato) was not profitable for some unto salvation. It was certainly profitable for Our Lady, for St. John, for St. Dismas the Good Thief, and for St. Longinus, the Centurion who pierced the dead Christ with a lance. But it was not profitable for Gestas, the bad thief who "blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us."
Also, we all know that if someone in mortal sin receives Holy Communion, his Communion will be not be profitable to him at all, for his soul is dead, and only Confession can bring it back to life. And this obviously applies to those who commit mortal sins during Mass through sacrilege and the like. The interior dispositions of the communicant are, then, a deciding factor.
The same goes, to a lesser degree, for those who attend Mass in the state of grace but with imperfect dispositions, such as those who skip thanksgiving after Communion (and I confess that I'm guilty--read Garrigou-Lagrange on the subject!), those who are culpably distracted, those who, out of sloth, do less than what is in their power to participate in the Holy Sacrifice, those who commit neglectful acts of irreverence, etc. Although these do benefit from participating in the Sacrifice, nevertheless they profit less than those who attend with ardent fervor and devotion. Here are some excerpts of by the great Thomistic theologian, Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.:
The just man grows thus in the love of God through absolution and especially by Communion. The merit and prayer of the just soul obtain the gifts of God "ex opere operantis," by reason of the faith, piety, and charity of him who merits, but the sacraments produce grace ex "opere operato" in those who do not place an obstacle to it; in other words, by themselves they produce grace from the fact that they were instituted by God to apply the merits of the Savior to us. They produce grace independently of the prayers and the merits, either of the minister who confers them or of those who receive them. This explains why a bad priest, and even an unbeliever, may validly administer baptism, provided he has the intention of doing what the Church does in conferring it.
But, although the sacraments of themselves produce grace in those who do not place an obstacle to it, they produce it more or less abundantly according to the fervor of him who receives it. The Council of Trent says that each one receives justice "according to his own measure, which the Holy Ghost distributes to everyone as He wills and according to each one's disposition." In the natural order, as St. Thomas observes, although an open fire of itself gives heat, a person benefits more from its influence in proportion as he draws closer to it. Likewise, in the supernatural order a person benefits so much the more from the sacraments as he approaches them with a more lively faith and a greater fervor of will. (Three Ages of the Interior Life, Ch. 7)
Thesis 3: Attending Mass once per week (i.e., on Sunday) with great fervor and devotion is more profitable for our salvation than attending daily without much fervor or devotion.
Frequent hearing of Mass is very important for our sanctification. But even more important is the fervor with with we hear it, such that hearing it once per week with increasing fervor is more profitable to us than hearing it frequently without incresing our fervor every time. In fact, those souls who, while attending daily Mass in sanctifying grace and avoiding the aforementioned faults during Mass (distractions, vain thoughts, etc.), nevertheless fail to increase their fervor in every Mass they attend, are in fact spiritually retarded.
This perhaps sounds ultra-rigoristic, but it is the teaching of the Church. The great Thomistic theologian, Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., following the principles of spiritual progress described by the saints, such as St. Thomas Aquinas, St. John of the Cross, St. Theresa of Avila, and St. Francis de Sales, explains this very well. The sacraments themselves do confer grace to our souls regardless of our interior dispositions (ex opere operato); but receiving a sacrament modo remisso (i.e., in a way less fervently than we are capable), far from advancing us in the way of sanctity, actually contributes to the retardation of our souls.
To use Garrigou's analogy of gravity: in order for our souls to ascend to the heights of holiness, they have to accelerate; that is, they need to receive increasingly more and more speed (grace) to ascend in the way of holiness. The minute that they cease to accelerate, their path upwards will be retarded, and eventually they will drop. (Garrigou also explains that Confession restores the soul to the point where it stopped ascending). Here are some excerpts from Garrigou's spiritual masterpiece, The Three Ages of the Interior Life:
"One fervent Communion is worth more than many tepid Communions taken together. The more a person approaches with lively faith, firm hope, ardent love, and fervor of will, our Lord present in the Eucharist, radiant source of graces, the more he benefits from our Lord's influence by graces of light, love, and strength. The Communion of St. Francis, St. Dominic, or St. Catherine of Siena was on certain days extremely fervent and proportionately fruitful; their dilated souls approached our Savior to receive abundantly and even superabundantly from Him that they might later in their apostolate give Him to other souls.
It may happen, on the contrary, that the fruit of Communion is least when a soul approaches the holy table with dispositions sufficient only not to hinder the effect of the sacrament. This should make us reflect seriously, if we show no true spiritual advancement after years of frequent or daily Communion. Possibly by reason of a growing attachment to a certain venial sin, the effect of our daily Communion may be ever weaker, as the movement of a stone thrown vertically into the air is uniformly retarded until the stone falls down. God grant that this may never be our condition!
On the contrary, we should have sufficient generosity to permit the realization in us of that superior law which is verified in the lives of the saints. In other words, because each of our Communions ought not only to preserve but to increase charity in us, each Communion should be substantially more fervent and more fruitful than, the preceding one; for each one, by increasing the love of God in us, ought to dispose us to receive our Lord on the following day with not only an equal but a superior fervor of will. Often, however, negligence and tepidity hinder the application of this law, of which that of the progressive attraction of bodies is only a symbol. Bodies are attracted to each other in increased ratio as they draw near to each other. Souls ought to make proportionately more rapid progress toward God as they draw near to Him and are more drawn by Him. Thus we see the meaning of our Savior's words: "If any man thirst, let him come to Me and drink. . . . Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water," the streams of living water which flow into the infinite ocean that is God, known and loved as He knows and loves Himself, for all eternity." (Ch. 7)
The conditions of a good communion are indicated in the decree (December 20, 1905) by which Pope Pius X exhorted all the faithful to frequent Communion. This decree recalls first of all this principle: "The sacraments of the New Law, while acting ex opere operato, nevertheless produce a greater effect by reason of the more perfect dispositions of those who receive them.... Care must be taken, therefore, that an attentive preparation precede Holy Communion and that a suitable thanksgiving follow it, taking into consideration the faculties and condition of each person."
According to the same decree, the first and indispensable condition for drawing profit from Communion is an upright and pious intention. On this point His Holiness declared: "Frequent and daily Communion, greatly desired by Jesus Christ and by the Catholic Church, should be so accessible to all the faithful of every rank and condition, that anyone who is in the state of grace and approaches the holy table with an upright and pious intention, may not be separated from it by any prohibition. Upright intention consists in this: that he who approaches the holy table is not influenced by custom, by vanity, or by any human reason, but desires to satisfy the good pleasure of God, to be more closely united to Him by charity, and by means of this divine medicine to remedy his infirmities and defects."
Evidently the upright and pious intention mentioned here must be supernatural, that is, inspired by a motive of faith; it is the desire to acquire the strength to serve God better and to keep from sin. If, with this principal intention, a person had a secondary intention of vanity, such as the desire to be praised, this secondary and nondeterminant motive would not prevent the Communion from being good and would not render it bad, but it would diminish its fruit. This fruit is so much the greater as the upright and pious intention is purer and stronger. These principles are positive. One very fervent Communion is, therefore, more fruitful in itself alone than many, tepid Communions.
In her Dialogue, St. Catherine states the conditions of a fervent Communion by using a striking figure:
"If thou hast a light, and the whole world should come to thee in order to take light from it, the light itself does not diminish, and yet each person has it all. It is true that everyone participates more or less in this light, according to the substance into which each one receives the fire. Suppose that there are many who bring their candles, one weighing an ounce, others two or six ounces, or a pound, or even more, and light them in the flame; in each candle, whether large or small, is the whole light, that is to say, the heat, the color, and the flame; nevertheless thou wouldst judge that he whose candle weighs an ounce has less of the light than he whose candle weighs a pound. Now the same thing happens to those who receive this sacrament. Each one carries his own candle, that is, the holy desire with which he receives this sacrament, which of itself is without light, and lights it by receiving this sacrament."
How is this desire shown? The holy desire, which is the condition of a fervent Communion, should manifest itself first in removing all attachment to venial sin, slander, jealousy, vanity, sensuality, and so on. This attachment is less reprehensible in poorly enlightened Christians than in those who have already received much and are ungrateful. If this negligence and ingratitude were to become accentuated, they would render Communion less and less fruitful.
That Communion may be fervent, attachment to imperfections must be combated; that is, attachment to an imperfect manner of acting, such as characterizes the actions of one who, possessing five talents, acts as if he had only three (modo remisso), and only struggles feebly against his defects. Attachment to imperfections may also be found in the seeking after permissible but useless natural satisfactions, such as taking some refreshment which one can get along without. The sacrifice of these satisfactions would be agreeable to God; and the soul, by thus evidencing greater generosity, would receive many more graces in Communion. It ought to remember that it has as a model Christ Himself, who sacrificed Himself even to the death of the cross, and that it ought to work for its salvation and that of its neighbor by means similar to those which the Savior employed. The removal of venial sin and
imperfection is a negative disposition.
The positive dispositions for a fervent Communion are humility (Domine, non sum dignus), a profound respect for the Eucharist, a living faith, an ardent desire to receive our Lord, the bread of life.
All these positive conditions may be summed up as hunger for the Eucharist.
All food is good when we are hungry. A rich man, accidentally deprived of food and famished, is happy to find black bread; he thinks it is the best meal of his life and he feels refreshed. If we hungered for the Eucharist, our Communion would be most fruitful. We should recall what this hunger was in St. Catherine of Siena; so great was it that one day when she had been harshly refused Communion, a particle of the large host became detached at the moment when the priest broke it in two, and was miraculously brought to the saint in response to the ardor of her desire.
How can we have this hunger for the Eucharist? The answer lies in our being firmly convinced that the Eucharist is the indispensable food of our soul and in generously making some sacrifices every day.
For those who are feeble, substantial food is sought which will restore their health; efforts are also made to raise the morale of the discouraged. The food par excellence, which renews spiritual strength, is the Eucharist. Our sensible appetites, inclined to sensuality and to sloth, need to be vivified by contact with the virginal body of Christ, who endured most frightful sufferings for love of us. We, who are always inclined to pride, to lack of consideration, to forgetfulness of the greatest truths, to spiritual folly, need to be illumined by contact with the sovereignly luminous intellect of the Savior, who is "the way, the truth, and the life." Our will also has its deficiencies; it lacks energy, it is cold because it lacks love. This is the cause of all its weaknesses. Who can restore to it the ardor, the flame necessary to its life so that it may ascend instead of descending? The answer is contact with the Eucharistic heart of Jesus, ardent furnace of charity, immutably fixed in the good, and source of merits of infinite value. Of its plentitude we must all receive, and grace for grace. We have great need of this union with the Savior, which is the principal effect of Communion.
If we were profoundly convinced that the Eucharist is the necessary food of our souls, we would have the spiritual hunger which is found in the saints.
To recover it, if we have lost it, we must "take exercise," as they say to people who are stricken with a languorous illness. Spiritual exercise in this case consists in daily offering sacrifices to God; in particular we should give up seeking ourselves in what we do; gradually, as egoism disappears, charity will take the first, uncontested place in our souls. We will cease to be preoccupied with the little nothings that concern us in order to think more of the glory of God and the salvation of souls. Then the hunger for the Eucharist will return. To make a good Communion, we should also ask Mary to make us share in the love with which she herself received the Eucharist from the hands of St. John.
The fruits of a fervent Communion are proportionate to the generosity of our dispositions. We read in Holy Scripture: "He that hath, to him shall be given, and he shall abound." In the Office of the Blessed Sacrament, St. Thomas relates that the prophet Elias, who was being persecuted, stopped worn out in the desert and lay down under a juniper tree to await death. He fell asleep; then an angel of the Lord wakened him, showed him a loaf of bread under the ashes, and a jug of water. He ate and drank, and with the strength that this food gave him, he walked for forty days, even to Mount Horeb, where the Lord was waiting for him. This is a figure of the effects of fervent Communion.
We should remember that each of our Communions ought to be substantially more fervent than the preceding one, since each ought not only to preserve charity in us, but to increase it, and consequently dispose us to receive our Lord on the following day with an even greater love than on the preceding day. As a stone falls so much the more rapidly as it approaches the earth which attracts it, so, says St. Thomas, souls ought to advance so much the more rapidly toward God as they approach nearer to Him and are more drawn by Him. This law of acceleration, which is at one and the same time a law of nature and a law of the order of grace, ought to be verified especially by daily Communion. It would be verified if some attachment to venial sin or to imperfection placed no obstacle to it. We see it realized in the lives of the saints, who make much more rapid progress during the last years of their lives than during the earlier years. This is notably true of the end of St. Thomas' life. Such acceleration in progress toward God was realized above all in Mary, the model of Eucharistic devotion; each of her Communions was certainly more fervent than the preceding one.
God grant that there may be in us at least a remote resemblance to this spiritual progress, and that, if sensible fervor is lacking, substantial fervor, which is the promptness of the will in the service of God, may not fail.
The author of The Imitation says: "For who, humbly approaching the fountain of sweetness, does not carry thence some little sweetness? Or who, standing by a great fire, does not derive therefrom some little heat? And Thou art a fountain ever full and overflowing; Thou art a fire always burning and never failing."
This source of graces is so lofty and so fruitful that the properties of refreshing water and the opposite qualities of burning fire may be compared to it. What is divided in material things is united in the spiritual life, and especially in the Eucharist, which contains not only abundant grace, but the very Author of grace.
In our Communions let us think of St. John, who rested his head on the heart of Christ, and of St. Catherine of Siena, who more than once drank long draughts from the wound of His heart, which is ever open in order to show us His love. These extraordinary graces are given by God from time to time to draw our attention to what is most intrinsic and fruitful in daily Christian life, to what would exist in ours if we only knew how to answer God's call with generosity." (Ch. 32)


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Rose has been out all season after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in last year's playoff opener against Philadelphia. The 2011 NBA MVP continues to practice without restrictions, but his return from remains up in the air.
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The Jazz got Jefferson back after he missed three games due to a sprained left ankle, and the 6-foot-10 center had an immediate impact.
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CLEVELAND -- Closer Joel Hanrahan would have preferred avoiding the disabled list, but he understood why the team put him there on Tuesday. The righty has been dealing with a right hamstring injury that he first felt in the Red Sox's second game of the season at Yankee Stadium.
"It's kind of one of those in between things. I don't think four days would have been enough, but 15 will be [more than enough]," Hanrahan said. "I think 15 will be plenty of time, and if you come back too soon, it's just going to linger through the whole year. I think the 15 days will be plenty to get it all out of there and hopefully not have to deal with it again this year."
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The Guardian obtained more than 3,000 documents that activists claim to be the private e-mails of ruling couple Bashar and Asma al-Assad, firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. The activists obtained access to the presidential couple's accounts in June 2011 after a mole, allegedly with links to the inner circle of the Syrian government, provided opposition group "Supreme Council of the Revolution" with the usernames and passwords for each. Activists claimed that they used the information to stay a step ahead of regime moves in Damascus.
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Within the e-mails, Assad occasionally makes light of reforms he promised in order to control the civil crises breaking out in Syria, at one point referencing "rubbish laws of parties, elections, media..." in an e-mail with his wife, and another time forwarding a YouTube video of a parody re-enactment of the siege of Homs with toy cars and cookies to his media adviser with the response, "Hahahahahahaha, OMG!!! This is amazing!"
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Assad seems to have formed a network of advisers outside of the traditional government circles, and hears advice from Hussein Mortada, a Lebanese businessman with strong ties to Iran to, "stop blaming al-Qaida" for two car bombings that happened in December in Damascus.
It is not in our interest to say that Al-Qaida is behind the operation because such statements clear the US administration and the Syrian opposition of any responsibility; America is fighting Al-Qaida and it will condemn the operation. Based on what we saw from events on the ground yesterday, we have to acknowledge how well orchestrated it was, and we have to say that the US administration, the opposition and the states which infiltrated weapons are behind the operation so that we can start the attack.
As the situation got worse in Syria, e-mail exchanges between Asma al-Assad and the Qatar emir's daughter, Mayassa al-Thani, reveal some frank discussion of the ruling couple's future in Syria. "I only pray that you will convince the president to take this an opportunity to exit without having to face charges," Thani writes to Mrs. Assad, "The region needs to stabilise, but not more than you need peace of mind. I am sure you have many places to turn to, including Doha," suggesting the presidential couple might seek exile in the capital city of Qatar.
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I love Chinatown style roasted chicken(Malaysia version) but to get this type of roasted chicken here in Chinese restaurant is none exist at all!! The only Chinatown style chicken served in authentic Chinese restaurant is soy sauce chicken.The only place I can get this type of roasted chicken is in one of the Malaysia restaurant in Elmhurst,Queens.The problem is the restaurant only serve this type of roasted chicken during weekend and with limited numbers.So in order for me to make this type of roasted chicken at home,I bought a cookbook "Delicacies of ChinaTown" when I visited Malaysia last summer.This recipe is the first recipe I adapted from the cookbook..Enjoy!!
1 whole chicken,about 4-5 lbs,washed and cleaned
1 tsp five spices powder
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp "Shaoxing" wine
1 tbsp maltose or sugar or honey
200 ml Chinese rice vinegar
500 ml water
1 cup hot oil
1:Rinse the whole chicken and drain well,use a spoon to pour in marinade mixture into the cavity,rub well all over.Cover with aluminum foil and store in fridge over night.
2:Bring the bathing ingredients to a boil,cook until the sugar is completely dissolve.Hang up the chicken with "S" shape hook,bath the chicken for 5 minutes.
3:Bring the hang whole chicken to basked dry in the sun for 2 hours.(I just hang the chicken in door over the sink bcos the outdoor temperature is about 40 F or 5 C)
4:Placed the whole chicken over a tray lined with aluminum foil in preheated oven at 200C or 400F.Roast the chicken for 45 minutes to 1 hour.While chicken is roasting ,heat 1 cups of oil in a small pot.
5:Remove the chicken from oven and hang up again using the "S" hook,bath the chicken with hot oil until the skin is golden brown and crispy.
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The real star of Avril Lavigne's new video
Avril Lavigne was out in LA shooting a new video yesterday. Emily, who is our site coordinator, sent me a note last night comparing the look to Tank Girl. As in how dare this goddamn bitch disrespect Tank Girl!?
Oh it's more of the same Avril. Avril in heavy eyeliner. Avril making devil signs with her hands, sticking out her tongue, wearing brand new combat boots that will never be scuffed. Someone out there thinks it's cool. And that's what the problem is.
But you know who the real star of this video will be?
No question.
Winnie Cooper!
Not sure what Winnie Cooper's doing in an Avril Lavigne spot, seeing as she's a MATH GIRL for Christ's sake but for f-ck's sake, look what they've done to the dog. He looks like an asshole. If for no other reason (and remember, she married Chad Kroeger), can we sh-t on Avril for that?
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Kevin Kline must have been quite the sight filming the driving scenes in "The Extra Man," weaving through New York traffic in a hideously broken down Buick Electra.
But Kline wasn't the least bit self-conscious, even when he pulled up alongside acting great Jeremy Irons and exchanged surprised greetings.
Kline was wearing tattered charity shop attire for his eccentric Henry Harrison character. Further, other than a mild-looking passenger in the front seat (Paul Dano), there was no outward sign of shooting a movie since the crew was crouching in the backseat.
"They were having this conversation," recalled co-director Robert Pulcini. "And there was no acknowledgment that Kevin was actually shooting a movie."
When the light changed, Kevin gave a wave to his friend and was off down the street in his clunker. Not even thinking about it.
When PopcornBiz reminded the exquisitely attired real-life Kline about the scene, he seemed to make a mental note that he owed Irons an explanatory phone call.
'"Oh God," he said. "I never even thought of that. He probably thinks I really have fallen onto hard times. I haven't seen him since."
What's worse, as he pulled away from the Irons on that fateful street corner, he stayed in character of snooty Henry Harrison and made a passing comment to his co-star Dano about the encounter.
"The light changed, and Kevin pulled off saying to Paul, 'Jeremy is a fellow Oscar winner. He's worth talking to,' " co-director Shari Springer Berman recalled. "And Paul shot right back, 'But he won for best actor not supporting actor.' "
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Kevin Kline must have been quite the sight filming the driving scenes in "The Extra Man," weaving through New York traffic in a hideously broken down Buick Electra.


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METRO VANCOUVER -- The family of a young Mountie killed in a car crash Tuesday expressed anguish over his death, as his public funeral was slated for next week and the investigation into what caused Const. Adrian Oliver's cruiser to collide with a transport truck at a Surrey intersection continues.
"It is truly hard to express the feelings we have as we deal with the tragic and unthinkable loss of a son, brother, grandson, lifelong companion, friend, colleague and police officer," his family said in a British Columbia RCMP statement released Friday.
"We wanted you all to know that Adrian was a truly compassionate and caring man with an infectious smile and willingness to help anyone and everyone he could. He had a great passion for policing and was equally dedicated to his family and friends."
The RCMP will hold a public funeral for Const. Adrian Oliver Tues., Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. in the Langley Event Centre. Those who wish to watch a livestream of the event can go here.
Cpl. Bert Paquet of the Surrey RCMP said it's too early to tell what may have caused the collision and refused to speculate whether speed was a factor.
"We just want to cover all bases before we make any kind of statement, and see what direction the investigation will go. We're looking at absolutely all evidence," Paquet said.
RCMP investigators, with the assistance of the Vancouver Police Department, are still speaking to witnesses and gathering evidence, he said.
As a way of honouring Oliver's life, Surrey RCMP encouraged donations to the Honour House Society, which provides temporary housing to Canadian soldiers and first responders. Oliver's family arrived in Surrey earlier this week, and plans for a memorial service and other arrangements are pending, RCMP said.
Deputy Commissioner Craig Callens, the officer in charge of the RCMP in B.C., said 28-year-old Oliver was a second-generation RCMP officer. His father is Chief Supt. Joseph Oliver, who serves in Ottawa as director general of border integrity in the RCMP's federal and international operations department. Oliver's twin brother is also a member of the force and based in the Lower Mainland. Oliver was not married and had no children.
"This is an extremely difficult and sad day for the RCMP, " Callens said at a press conference at the Surrey RCMP detachment Tuesday.
The B.C.-born Oliver was educated in Ottawa and joined the RCMP in December, 2008. He joined the Surrey detachment in June, 2009 as his first posting. He had been "excited about his first posting as a general duty constable," Callens said.
Chief Supt. Bill Fordy, who is in charge of the Surrey RCMP, praised Oliver and said little is known about the crash so far.
"He was an outstanding police officer with a great attitude and commitment to serve others," Fordy said. "He was part of an extended RCMP family and he will be missed.
"All RCMP members and employees will be impacted by this loss and we are ensuring that proper support is available to them."
Oliver had been driving an unmarked cruiser back to the detachment at the end of his patrolling shift around 5 a.m. when the collision happened at 148 Street and 64 Avenue. Emergency crews attempted to get Oliver from the vehicle and revive him, but he died of his injuries.
An RCMP collision reconstruction team is trying to figure out the circumstances of the crash that left the cruiser crumpled and blackened in the intersection. The detailed accident scene analysis left Tuesday morning rush-hour traffic snarled. An outside force, the Vancouver Police, has been called in to supervise the investigation.
The driver of the truck did not suffer extensive injuries.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews extended his condolences to the Oliver family on behalf of the federal government, and Heritage Minister James Moore tweeted that the flags on all RCMP buildings would fly at half-mast until Oliver's funeral service is held.
B.C. Attorney-General Shirley Bond, the cabinet minister responsible for policing, also gave her condolences.
"We know the loss of any officer is a tragedy and our community is diminished today because of it," she said in a statement. "Police officers face potential dangers each day while they work to keep our communities safe, and we appreciate their dedication to duty as they serve our province."
The last Mountie to die in line of duty in Surrey was Const. John Baldwinson, who also died in a crash in October 1975.
With files from Christopher Reynolds, Mike Hager, The Canadian Press and Surrey Now


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Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for The Rolling Stones and cofounder of MNN, sits down with the Indigo Girls to chat about their nonprofit, Honor the Earth. The charitable organization raises grant money to help bridge the gap between Indian and non-Indian groups. (Video by Hibbotte)
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Chuck: Great to be with you guys. I want our viewers to know that I played on an Indigo Girls record. It's been a while back. It was a great record called Swampophilia. And I was on, what, two or three tracks, I think.
Indigo Girls: Yeah.
Indigo Girls: I can still hear your parts.
Indigo Girls: Yeah.
Indigo Girls: I really can.
Chuck: Okay. So I'm gonna start with a hard-hitting question, why haven't you called me anymore?
Indigo Girls: Haven't you been working recently?
Indigo Girls: That's what happens when you have a keyboard player produce your records.
Chuck: No. But it really was an honor for me to work with you.
Indigo Girls: Oh, it was our honor, too.
Chuck: Yeah. It was a lot of fun. And I do hope we get to do it again.
Indigo Girls: Me, too.
Indigo Girls: Definitely. Definitely.
Chuck: Absolutely. I think you have your 11th record. Is that right? Poseidon – is this?
Indigo Girls: I think that's what they're saying. We don't really count.
Indigo Girls: Maybe 11th studio record or something? We have a few live things.
Chuck: That's fantastic.
Indigo Girls: Yeah.
Chuck: Poseidon and the Bitter Bug.
Indigo Girls: Yeah.
Indigo Girls: Right.
Indigo Girls: Yeah.
Chuck: I know that you guys have put a lot of heart and soul into something called Honor the Earth.
Indigo Girls: Hmm.
Chuck: Let me know what it's all about.
Indigo Girls: We were at an Earth Day show and a woman was speaking named Winona LaDuke, and just the way she talked about the native environmental movement really struck both of us, me and Emily. And we talked with her afterwards and just decided at that point to kind of put our sort of heads together and form an organization eventually that would bridge the gap between Indian and non-Indian communities and fund native-run environmental organizations and work to lobby within the system and outside of the system as well for change. Because we felt like the environmental issues we were working on, the most effective approach to us, seemed to be through the native lands because it was a lot of communities that had, were interested in sustainability for reasons that they were getting their food from that, from the environment around them, you know, either through fishing or hunting or agricultural. A lot of land-based communities. That's what we would call it. And also, a lot of the communities that we saw were sort of bearing the burden of our energy policies through coal mining and uranium mining, hydroelectric dams, fossil fuels, development, generally speaking. And so, we decided to kind of put our weight with the disenfranchised, I guess, in some way, and try to raise money and lobby for support for these groups. It's been going on since the early '90s and we just, we, it's very, you know, it's small amounts of money. We raise grant money and other musicians work with us. Bonnie Raitt's been involved, Jackson Browne, guys from Pearl Jam, you know, just, the Red Hot Chili Peppers sent us a check one time. You know, it's just like money comes in from different places and there's a lot of fundraising outside of us 'cause the idea was that we would sort of start this group with other native activists and then it would kind of take on a life of its own, which it has. You know, we're involved, but it's, Honor the Earth is like a big sort of entity that runs itself.
Indigo Girls: It's shifting the paradigm not just for native communities, but for the entire United States, and to change the energy paradigm. So, when green energy like solar and wind gets on the grid, then it's good for all Americans. So, the tribes are working very, very hard to institute their own green programs and to provide economies, because the philosophy behind Honor the Earth is that communities don't have to give up their ecosystems for their economies. So, the idea is to work in conjunction with other green energy companies and the United States government with the Reinvestment Act, the Recovery and Reinvestment act of 2009, has also provided money for tribes to get tax breaks for other energy entities that can come and work with the tribes so they're sort of like government, U.S. government support for this and support within the tribes. So they're playing a key role in shifting the U.S. energy paradigm. It's very, very encouraging.


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10 Reasons Your Food Never Tastes as Great as Your Grandma's Did
Why was your grandma such a darn good cook? Well, she learned how to cook in school! Home economics was once a must-take high school course for women. In addition to learning how to sew buttons and darn socks, your grandma also learned the basics of cooking in this class. Yes, even how to boil water correctly. Now, if you want (or need) to learn how to cook, you have to seek it out.iStockphoto.com
She exchanged recipes and cooking tips with her girlfriends
Every family has that cheesecake recipe that came from your grandma's church friend Carol. Grandma was a good cook because she wasn't afraid to crowdsource! After she would go to a potluck, she'd exchange the best party recipes with her girlfriends. And that is how her recipe Rolodex grew with all sorts of delicious pasta dishes and cakes that are better than anything out of a box.iStockphoto.com
She grew everything herself
A house wasn't a home until it had a garden, and that fresh produce made all the difference in Grandma's cooking. A grocery store tomato can be mealy, flavorless or overly acidic, but a fresh heirloom tomato picked right off the vine made for a pasta sauce that's beyond comparison.iStockphoto.com
And made her food from scratch
And what goes great with that irresistible sauce? A pasta that was made from scratch. Grandma knew the importance of making everything by hand. Sure you can buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store, but it's nothing like bread she made at home. And for your grandma, sausages weren't just something you bought by the pack. She would season the pork meat, stuff the sausages herself and then fry them up for supper.iStockphoto.com
She wasn't afraid of fat
Sure, you can make a great pie crust using vegetable shortening or cold butter, but the best crust is made using lard. And Granny wasn't afraid of a little lard. It's not the healthiest fact in the world, but flavor comes from fat. Instead using a spritz of vegetable oil, your grandma would fry her morning eggs using bacon grease. She also knew that chicken fat is the secret to great savory dishes. If you feel like your food is flavorless, consider adding in some fat. Grandma knew that.iStockphoto.com
Or seasoning
Sure, that salt isn't particularly great for your blood pressure, but like cooking with fat, Grandma knew that flavor was in the seasoning. She'd salt her pasta water liberally before boiling her noodles, and she'd generously season her roast chicken and other weeknight dinners. Of course, your grandma also knew how to use paprika, garlic, parsley and other seasonings to enhance a boring ol' chicken breast. If you want your food to be flavorful, don't forget the basics: salt and pepper. They go a long way!iStockphoto.com
She knew how to make ingredient swaps
If Grandma missed a pantry staple during her weekly grocery shop, she didn't have to forego dinner just because she didn't have buttermilk for her fried chicken recipe; she knew to add a tablespoon of lemon juice to 1 cup of milk. When you opened up your grandma's cabinet, she had a handy cutout with all these swaps.iStockphoto.com
She cooked by touch and taste
A meat thermometer may be the most accurate way to make sure your steak is cooked to a perfect medium-rare, but your grandma didn't need crazy kitchen gadgets to make her food correctly. She cooked by taste, touch and texture. Ever wonder why Grandma's crepes are amazing but she doesn't have a recipe? It's because she tasted the batter and developed it over time.iStockphoto.com
She cooked with love
It may sound cheesy, but food just tastes better when someone else makes it for you. You can have the same techniques, fresh ingredients and recipes as your grandma, and while your food will be amazing, it won't have the nostalgia and feeling you had when eating with Nana. Call it that special ingredient: love.iStockphoto.com
She had plenty of experience
Your grandma wasn't just cooking with love, she was cooking with experience. By the time you were eating your grandma's food, she had been making those same family recipes for decades. After you make a lasagna a few dozen times, you're going to be pretty darn good at it! By the time you're a grandma (or a grandpa), you'll have the same set of skills, and who knows, you may be cooking recipes that are even better than your grandma's!
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This Thursday sees the topping-out ceremony for the new A-Plus terminal area at Frankfurt Airport. The new facility expands the terminal areas used by Lufthansa, and was required regardless of the airport expansion program so as to accommodate large-capacity Airbus A380 and Boeing B747-8 aircraft.
Borgo Trento Hospital is of general importance for northern Italy. The new block now completed in the first phase has nine storeys overall, and is in the centre of the century-old hospital site.
The first phase of the refurbishment and enlargement of the state School of Ballet and Artistry is being inaugurated tomorrow. The present phase of construction took 30 months to complete, and comprises a new hall with ten dance rooms plus the refurbishment of the existing school building dating from the 1960s. Still to be completed (by the end of 2011) is a four-storey boarding school for 70 pupils on the same site.
The new opera house for the metropolis of Qingdao in Eastern China was opened yesterday. The design by architects Meinhard von Gerkan and Stephan Schütz with Nicolas Pomränke beat off rival bids from eleven international firms in 2004. Construction has taken just under five years.
Hanoi Museum, the new museum of Hanoi's history, was inaugurated on Wednesday this week as part of the millennial celebrations at the Vietnamese capital. The ceremony took place in the presence of national and regional government representatives.
This Friday sees the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new City Hall, in the presence of Mayor Frank Baranowski, Gelsenkirchen chief executive Michael von der Mühlen and the responsible architect, Prof. Volkwin Marg.
A conference center with service facilities as an extension of the new Hotel Atlantic and a public multi-storey car park with 600 spaces above and 200 spaces below the central bus station could be constructed on a 6,000m² site directly along the shore of Kiel Firth to plans by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
This Friday sees the ceremonial laying of the foundation stone for the new City Hall, in the presence of Mayor Frank Baranowski, Gelsenkirchen chief executive Michael von der Mühlen and the responsible architect, Prof. Volkwin Marg.
On 9th September, 16 months of construction work on the new extension to the town hall in Bielefeld was completed with a ceremony at which Mayor Pit Clausen gave a speech. With an area of 3,400m², the Events and Exhibition Hall can accommodate up to 5,000 visitors.
The jury of the BDA Hamburg Architecture Award has awarded the Office and Commercial Building at Hohe Bleichen 11 in the center of Hamburg a third Prize.
At the 2010 football World Cup championships in South Africa, the competition is not only a matter of sport. The stadia themselves have their own contest, for the Deutscher Stahlbau prize. This year, the prize was awarded jointly to architects gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners and structural engineers sbp schlaich bergermann und partner for Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town.
The ceremonial topping out ceremony of the terminal building as the heart of the new BBI airport for the German capital took place on 7th May. Berlin Brandenburg is (after Munich) the second completely new airport system in Germany to have take-off and landing runways operated completely separately from each other and passenger-handling midfield.
On Thursday, 2nd December 2010, there will be a panel discussion on the quality of the main railway station area in Berlin.
On 29th November, Stephan Schütz will be giving a talk on construction work on existing buildings, as part of the "Weiter BAUEN - Positionen zum Bauen im Bestand" Monday lecture series at the Faculty of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
A panel discussion on the subject of "Building in China. What China still wants (or will tolerate)" will be held on 24th November 2010 in connection with the Cities Unknown photo exhibition by HGEsch at the Carlswerk in Cologne.
On 23rd November 2010, Professor Meinhard von Gerkan will be speaking on the subject of "Building for Art", as part of the TUHH post-graduate lecture series.
From 5th November 2010 to 30th January 2011, architects von Gerkan, Marg und Partner are putting on an exhibition about the design and construction of China's largest maritime museum. The globally active Hamburg architectural firm has come up with an imaginative approach that incorporates the seafaring concept in the new museum structure itself.
This year, for the first time, aac is offering a workshop in Vietnam. The workshop is conducted by the aac, in corporation with the Vietnam Architects Association (VAA).
Taking examples from Cape Town to Brasilia, the exhibition on gmp's most recent sports stadiums at the Architekturmuseum der TU München shows how state-of-the-art technology and the genius loci can best be integrated. Exhibition Duration: 22.4.-20.6.2010


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It's deadly, it's massive and it's growing.
It's called the dead zone — a region in the Gulf of Mexico that is toxic to marine life.
For years scientists and policy-makers have been working to find a way to reduce the size of the affected area, which expanded to a record 6,662 square miles last year (that's an area roughly the size of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined). Fertilizer and waste water flow into the Gulf from the Mississippi River, depositing nutrients that lead to algal blooms. The algae rapidly proliferate, and then suck up all of the oxygen in the water as they die and decompose on the ocean floor.
The folks working on the issue, federal officials and scientists appointed by the EPA, are meeting this week in New Orleans to discuss the issue — again.
According to an article in the Times-Picayune:
Researchers are starting to think that the dead zone could change the ecology in the Gulf because the conditions kill bottom-dwelling organisms, which is now a recurring problem.
But shrinking the size of the zone is an expensive task, and one that many officials don't want to fund, according to the article.
Maybe they should offer to pay kids $1 per bucket of algae they remove from the Gulf. As children, we fell for a similar scheme involving dandelions in our grandparent's backyard.
Story by Susan Cosier. This article originally appeared in Plenty in June 2007. The story was added to MNN.com in July 2009.


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E&Y Gaffe Exposes Hotels.com Customer Info
Hotels.com and auditors at Ernst & Young are warning consumers of an incident that may have exposed the personal data of roughly 243,000 customers of the online travel site.
According to the two companies, an Ernst & Young auditor working with the Hotels.com customer information had stolen from his car a laptop computer that was carrying the data, which included individuals' names and credit card numbers. Both Hotels.com, which is owned by online travel conglomerate Expedia, and Ernst & Young have contacted customers whose information was on the stolen device.
To listen to the UpFront podcast on data theft, click here.
"The security and confidentiality of our client information is of critical importance to Ernst & Young, and we regret any inconvenience or concern this incident may have caused Hotels.com and their customers," Ernst & Young said in a statement.
Expedia spokespeople didn't immediately return calls seeking comment on the data theft.
The Hotels.com customer data breach is the latest in a string of high-profile incidents in which well-known organizations have seen their public images tarnished by embarrassing mishandlings of consumer data.
In May, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs reported that the personal information of as many as 26.5 million veterans was exposed after a break-in to an employee's home.
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