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Popular excursions sold onboard ships, in addition to walking tours, horse and carriage excursions and combination bus and walking programs in and around the old city, include a tour to the Botanical Gardens in the village of Turbaco, programs to the mud baths at Totumo mud volcano, culinary tours featuring a cooking class, and full-day excursions to the Rosario Islands with opportunities to swim, catch some rays and enjoy a typical Colombian lunch.
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Bryan College Station seems to empty out in December, partly because of Texas A&M students going home for the holiday break.
And that can mean less business and revenue for the city. The Convention and Visitors Bureau sponsors sporting events like the McDonald's All-Star Invitational high school basketball tournament.
For the next few days basketball will dominate the Twin Cities.
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"December is usually a slower time in the community. It's right after the football season so we have a little lull; so we try to bring different events in to the community to generate some impact, economic impact into the community in the slower time," said Powell.
It's expected nearly four thousand people will come into the Brazos Valley to support the McDonald's All-Star Invitational basketball tournament.
Teams are playing this day to find out where they stand in the competitive brackets, which will lead to the championship game.
The Lady Jays from Snook High School just won a game and are excited.
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Earlier this month the first Brazos Valley Bowl was held at Kyle Field.
The Convention and Visitors Bureau says the economic impact surpassed their expectations at more than $1.5 million dollars.
The city continues to score and looks forward to the flow of growth throughout the year.
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Never has a Pope, in a book-length interview, dealt so directly with such wide-ranging and controversial issues as Pope Benedict XVI does in Light of the World. Taken from a recent week-long series of interviews with veteran journalist Peter Seewald, this book tackles head-on some of the greatest issues facing the world of our time. Seewald poses such forthright questions to Pope Benedict as:
Twice before these two men held wide-ranging discussions, which became the best-selling books Salt of the Earth and God and the World. Then, Seewald's discussion partner was Joseph Ratzinger, head of the Vatican's chief doctrinal office. Now, Joseph Ratzinger is Pope Benedict XVI, the spiritual leader of the world's over one billion Catholics. Though Seewald now interviews the Pope himself, the journalist "pulls no punches", posing some of the thorniest questions any Pope has had to address. Believers and unbelievers will be fascinated to hear Benedict's thoughtful, straightforward and thought-provoking replies. This is no stern preachment or ponderous theological tract, but a lively, fast-paced, challenging, even entertaining exchange.
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Pope Benedict XVI is the spiritual leader of over one billion Catholics, and a highly regarded theologian and the author of dozens of best-selling spiritual and theological books, including Jesus of Nazareth, Introduction to Christianity, and Spirit of the Liturgy.
"The extraordinary personal and professional chemistry of Peter Seewald and Joseph Ratzinger has proven itself over the years in previous book-length interviews. Light of the World is Seewald's latest conversation with the man who is now Pope Benedict XVI -- and arguably the most compelling. The Benedict XVI who emerges from these pages is a man of profound faith and intellect, combined with disarming simplicity, and willing to engage any issue frankly and without rancor. For anyone interested in the future of the Church, this book is 'must' reading."+Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Denver
"What the Pope sees, and what he discusses with frankness, clarity, and compassion in this stimulating conversation with Peter Seewald, is a world that has lost its story: a world in which the progress promised by the humanisms of the past three centuries is now gravely threatened by understandings of the human person that reduce our humanity to a congeries of cosmic chemical accidents: a humanity with no intentional origin, no noble destiny, and thus no path to take through history. Benedict XVI brought to the papacy more than a half-century of reflection on the truths of biblical faith, and a master teacher's capacity to explicate those truths and bring them to bear on contemporary situations in a luminously clear way. I have had the privilege of knowing many men and women of high intelligence, even genius, in my lifetime; I have never known anyone like Benedict XVI who, when one asks him a question, pauses, thinks carefully, and then answers in complete paragraphs - often in his third, fourth or fifth language. Peter Seewald's well-crafted questions give Benedict XVI good material with which to work. But it is the remarkably lucid and precise mind of Joseph Ratzinger that makes the papal answers here sing."-George Weigel, From the Foreword
"Peter Seewald's book length interview, Light of the World, allows the reader to 'eavesdrop' on an intimate and revealing conversation with the Vicar of Christ that reveals him to be the "humble servant in the vineyard of the Lord" that he described himself as shortly after his election to the See of Peter. Both reader who does not count himself or herself among his flock as well as one who, like the Holy Father, calls the Church 'Mother' can profit from engaging in this 'conversation' with a man who continues to surprise and disarm his critics with the authenticity of his witness. As an intellectual and as a pastor, Benedict witnesses - with great joy and unwavering hope - that God does matter."-Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Archbishop of Miami


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With so many new characters coming on Once Upon a Time Season 2, it's hard to keep track sometimes. But we can't help but get super-excited about a new character named Tamara, mainly because she sounds like just the kind of girl who could keep up with tough girls Emma (Jennifer Morrison) and Mary Margaret (Ginnifer Goodwin).
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According to SpoilerTV, the role of Tamara is being cast for OUAT Season 2, Episode 15. She is described as African American, and in her late 20s to mid-30s. Here's a more complete description.
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In the meantime, we'll just count down the days until Season 2 returns!
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Runners and walkers from all over the Lowcountry will gather together April 13 to participate in the fourth annual Run for Adela 5K presented by Fleet Landing Restaurant.
This is the only official 5K in Charleston held on the Sullivan's Island beach.
The race is in memory of Adela Holmes Cook, an 18-year-old Charleston native who passed away in 2009 from injuries sustained in a golf cart accident while on vacation in the Bahamas.
Last year's race was supported by more than 900 registrants of all ages. Since the inaugural race in 2010, this annual event has raised more than $145,000 for the Adela Holmes Cook Foundation benefitting Camp Happy Days, a non-profit organization that provides a carefree environment for kids and teens battling cancer.
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The Extreme Teen Water Weekend will feature watersports, boating, fishing and fellowship among teens with cancer. The Run for Adela 5K is symbolic of Adela's passion for spending time outdoors in her cherished hometown.
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Peter Steinfels November 27, 2011 - 1:36pm
Now that wasn't so bad, was it?Or was it?The choir processed in with the pastor and our fine troupe of altar servers. The congregation was a bit sparse, which I attribute to Thanksgiving weekend and not the new translation. We did pretty well by Bach and "Wake, O wake, and sleep no longer."We often go right to the Kyrie. which this morning solved the problem of the new Confiteor text with the breast-beating, repetition and "my most grievous fault." (Being someone known to say "Sorry, sorry, sorry," I've always been for the repetition and a little breast-beating doesn't hurt, but I know when I'm in the minority.)We've already been chanting the new Gloria text for a few Sundays at our parish but, for some reason, skipped the Gloria this morning. That solved that problem.Our cantor is excellent, so with the help of the choir the congregation seemed together at the Kyrie, the responsorial psalm, and the Alleluia.I'm a terribly difficult person to preach to but today's homily was genuinely helpful.We usually use the Apostles Creed rather than the Nicene, so that took care of that.The pastor usually chants the Eucharistic Prayer, so that "for many" and "precious chalice" slipped by without causing any uprising.
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over the Suscipiat, and at least a few aggressive references heard in my vicinity to "God's" name, and a little more stumbling later over "enter under my roof."As for the proper prayers of the day, I've always believed that for most congregants these simply mean assenting with their Amen to some pious, high-minded sentiments of which the precise content doesn't matter much. That seemed all the more true this morning: Dah da, dah da, dah da, dah da, dah DA. Through Christ our Lord. AMEN.There was a good deal more stumbling over "and with your spirit" -- about a 50-50 split, I'd say. After the post-communion prayer, we welcome any newcomers in the congregation, and when the pastor resumed "The Lord be with you," the response was particularly ragged. So he laughingly tried it again and again, and we rose to a rousing, "And with your spirit!"Frankly I wish he would do that more often. A majority of the congregation mouths most responses, if at all, with scarcely enough vigor to be heard by the person in back or front of them. This raises doubts in my mind whether forty years after Vatican II the basic idea of active participation in a communal worship has been successfully communicated. I was hoping that the introduction of the new translation might be an occasion to undertake the catechesis which had not been done in the 1970s.Mass concluded with the reliably lively "O come, Divine Messiah." We'll survive the new translation. That is now the bar we've set: Could've been worse.
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My wife, who is Lutheran, found the experience frustrating. As did I. The priest's prayers were quite difficult to follow, which distracted and annoyed me. I had to read along (when I could find his place). He did well, but stumbled through some of the more troublesome locutions. Too many chalices. Half the congregation kept forgetting "and with your spirit." The creed was bumpy. "Under my roof" was almost completely botched. Certainly not disastrous. But not very good either.
Addendum: At announcements and before the final blessing, the pastor observed (or was it opined?) that there were likely to be revisions! To which my neighbor behind replied, "in thirty-five years!"
Thanks for this. We struggled through just fine, too. At the close of Mass our pastor said that it would take "a few weeks" ("months?", I thought) until we all got comfortable with the new translations and urged us all to be patient with him, with ourselves, and with each other.He also opined---as someone who grew up with the Latin Mass and celebrated Mass in Latin in the early days of his priesthood---that this transition would be harder than the one from Latin to English, in part precisely because the changes are (in many cases) so minor, and the language so close to what we have used over the past 40 years.A couple of other observations after Mass: our teenage daughter, now in her 4th year of studying Latin, disapproved of some of the changes. She specifically mentioned "consubstantial" replacing "one in being" as being needlessly obscure. "One in being *means* the same thing as consubstantial! And it's clearer! I don't understand why they changed it." (Interestingly, a theologian in our parish made the same observation about consubstantial: "It's mystification. I don't mind mystery, but this seems like mystification for the purpose of keeping the laity in their place.")Our daughter also speculated (not having seen the Latin text) that the several places in which "adore" has replaced "worship" reflected some form of "adorare" in the Latin text. She then explained why she thought that was a poor decision by the translators. Adore, in her view, has come to have a "cutesy" connotation in contemporary English ("I adore Justin Bieber!", "Don't you just adore this picture of that cute kitten?"). Also, in her view, there's nothing "cutesy" about the God of the Bible! Thus, her conclusion that "worship" is a better, more appropriate, more accurate, dare I say more solemn, English translation of "adorare".
Luke HillYour daughter is very perceptive. All the arguments for "consubstantial" that I have seen are unsubstantial. She also has a fine sense of the effect of "adore". I wonder if she also noticed that "born of the Father" is rather odd. One might have expected "begotten by the Father", which, oddly enough, is what the Greek original has.
No Gloria because it's Advent. Our pastor said "here we go" a couple of times, trying to keep everyone together. He got jumbled up about three times and just stopped and began again.He thinks it will take about 3 months for everyone to get used to the new text. So here we arein Advent, watching ourselves begin something new together.
In our tiny parish, no big deal. One woman remarked: "What is all the fuss about?" It was a little bit like Y2K--nothing disastrous happened.The London Tablet in the 19 November issue (unfortunately not available on-line) has a 12-page comparison and analysis of the 1973 version, the Latin, and the new version.
Today's Mass was an exercise in English as a foreign language.
from St. Theresa's in the Bronx:The Vigil Mass was celebrated by a priest ordained just this past Spring. He said afterward it was like celebrating his "First Mass" again. He prayed Eucharistic Prayer II quite beautifully.This morning I prayed Eucharistic Prayer III, inviting the Congregation to follow in their books. It seemed to me that there was a considerable level of attention.Peter says: "I was hoping that the introduction of the new translation might be an occasion to undertake the catechesis which had not been done in the 1970s."Amen! and in the two parishes where I celebrate regularly, it is being done.Finally, though I love robust singing, and rejoice when there is heart-felt and impressively audible exchanges (much better at Saint Theresa than at Sacred Heart, Newton), the "participatio actuosa" that I strive to foster is in the paschal Mystery of the Lord: the ongoing Advent challenge for us all -- until we attain "the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ."
I agree with Luke's daughter and I think "one in being" is actually closer to what St. Thomas Aquinas was driving at.As I recall, "being" is "esse" which is, when applied to God, a verb as well as at the same time being a noun. In everything else the the thing "ens" participates in the esse (verb) of God. But God is the only being whose essence is his existence. This makes God by definition impossible to conceptualize in any way that is not misleading.When the term "substance" is used it sounds as if there is a stable substrate (noun) that holds everything in place which is actually misleading because the stable substrate is actually not so stable in that it is simultaneously a verb. If I am not mistaken, Aristotle believed in such a stable substrate (The Prime Mover) but it was corrected by the very revelation of God on Mount Sinai as "I Am who AM". The Hebrew term is a noun that means a verb.
Alan Mitchell and I belong to the same parish, but I go to Mass at 5:30 pm. So my experience is yet to come.I have heard several times in recent days from Catholics who are at Mass every Sunday (not members of the parish I belong to) ,"Why are they changing everything. Nobody listens to the prayers anyway." !!!Of course, I know the ready response of the proponents, "But they will start listening now." As one my former bosses, Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk, was wont to say, "If I were a betting man, ...."I am convinced that the jury will be out until at least the end of the Easter Season, if not a full liturgical year. I put no stock in instant analysis in something as consequential as this. Perhaps one of the contributors will take up this discussion next year on 2 December.
The Advent prefaces were some of the most beautiful prayers in the year. The new ones are gobbledegook. I couldn't makes heads or tails out of what I heard today. The old ones echo in my heart.
Some folks gravitate toward archaic verbiage; others don't. I recall attending Holy Communion service on Sundays with my Episcopalian wife thirty-odd years ago; her parish used the 1928 BCP. My Catholic parish, of course, used a more contemporary liturgical phraseology in its worship. I preferred the latter, not because it was Roman Catholic but because it was the American English of my times.This RM3 has been criticized on two counts:+ Quality (or lack thereof) of translation for ordinary people, and+ Its history of development.I'll let others debate the merits/demerits of translation (I've reached my conclusion).On the other hand, the new translation was the product of a top-down process clearly at odds with the principles and process of translation addressed in Sacrosanctum Concilium, especially articles 21, 34, and 36. Its latinized English brings to mind the old Tridentine liturgy that, no doubt, prompted the world's bishops to consider liturgical renewal to be *the* key priority at Vatican II. Old curial cardinals tried to stop change, and it appears that they have finally been successful. How sad.As for catechesis, nothing's going to change. Past performance is the best predictor of future performance. If it wasn't done before (or wasn't done correctly/adequately/whatever), it's not going to be done in the future (or be done correctly/adequately/whatever). If I may opine, when "catechesis" is necessary to explain the meaning, etc. behind a community's way of worship, something is wrong with the worship!!!I'll leave future debates on the translation itself to others.It's the underlying story of development that will stop me from every using this translation.
To me the most jarring and wrong-headed change was the repeated use of "chalice" rather than cup - "the chalice of salvation"? This fussiness about Jesus using a chalice is particularly silly since in the assembly's proclamation of the mystery of faith right after the consecration, it's still a "cup."My own pastor (after four masses with a total of 1500+ people) says he didn't get one single comment, positive or negative, about any of the changes. Not at all sure what that means, and neither was he.
Peter: I hope your servers weren't altered too much. You know the church position on transgenders!We have a very bright pastor/presider who pulled off his part with a minimum of muss and fuss, but he did substitute cup for chalice - deliberately.We also dodged the "C" word by using the Apostle's rather than Nicene Creed."Also with you" will not die easily.Few if any of us entered under anyone's roof, either.When all is said and done, however, if homilies continue to uninspired and the music insipid, then all of this new wording will simply be yet another example of rearranging the deck chairs on the Barque of Petrus.
I should be clear: our parish homilies are rarely if ever uninspired and our music will hold its own (along with our joyful, full and activie singing) with anyone's.
Today at Mass the answers from the congregation were pretty mixed. I could see people using their pew cards. The Creed was difficult. For the sentence about incarnation, almost every one stumbled, which produced a strange effect, almost as if we had skipped that line. I guess that line is just hard to read aloud without prior practice.The presider's part sounded foreign. One big plus was that, before both the opening prayer and the post-communion prayer, he remained standing in silence for a few moments before starting. He was probably just re-reading it in his head before saying it out loud, but the effect of that silent moment was a much more attentive congregation for those prayers. (Not that we got much reward for our attention, but at least we were praying, not looking for our purse or putting on our coat.)The only part to which I had strong negative reactions was at consecration. That chalice! Not just once but several times! And when the priest said "for many", I muttered under my breath: "For all! For all! For all!", and my neighbor turned and stared at me curiously.
Ordain Luke's daughter as a cardinal now! She knows something about the emperor's new clothes that too many of the sheople and clerics do not!
"To me the most jarring and wrong-headed change was the repeated use of chalice rather than cup the chalice of salvation? "Those same prayers in Spanish already used the word "caliz." Perhaps you should ask some Hispanic people how they manage to stand it.
The Washington Post has a helpful blog entry about the changes the English translation. Here is an excerpt:
Posted at 04:56 PM ET, 11/23/2011Will Catholic Mass changes cause mass confusion?By Elizabeth TenetyThe Catholic Church, its religious authorities often remind its followers, is intentionally slow to change, if it ever changes at all. The ritual of Communion, where the priest consecrates the bread and wine for distribution to the faithful, for example, has been observed in similar fashion for thousands of years.But this weekend, millions of English-speaking Catholics will experience some of the most profound change in their lifetime when the words of the Catholic liturgy are phased out in favor of a new translation. . . .One example of that shift is in a line familiar to Catholics at the height of the Mass, just before Communion. Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed, Catholics have said for decades. This weekend, those words change to, Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. This new translation borrows from a story in the Gospel of Matthew in which Jesus entered a mans home and healed his servant.
Here is Elizabeth Tenety's bio from the Washington Post.
Elizabeth Tenety is the editor of On Faith. She formerly was producer of Divine Impulses, On Faith's video interview series. She studied Theology and Government at Georgetown University and received her master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. A New York native, Elizabeth grew up in the home of Catholic news junkies where, somewhere in between watching the nightly news and participating in parish life, she learned to ponder both the superficial and the sacred.
Saying that the ritual of communion has been observed in similar fashion "for thousands of years" strikes me as incorrect for several reasons, although I suppose some might be willing to let it pass. But to refer to the story of the healing of the centurion's servant as one "in which Jesus entered a mans home and healed his servant" is to reveal a stunning ignorance of one of the most famous stories in the gospels. The Washington Post should temporarily reassign her until she reads at least the New Testament.
At end of Mass at LA Cathedral we (a very multicultural congregation) applauded ourselves for doing so well. AB Gomez also said we did well. The LA Times warned about the dangers of "consubstantial" but there have been no injuries reported.Dignum et justum est.
The for "many" makes me cringe too. It is like fingernails scratching against a blackboard or listening to a best man speech at a wedding.I wait to here the catechesis on that one. If you go by traditionalist oriented blogs who just love that translation, their interpretation is that Christ died for all but only some will avail themselves of Christ's grace.Actually this is incorrect. The translation of the for many comes from the Latin which in turn is based on a Semitic idiom which actually meant for all. So, for example if we were using Vatican logic, the correct translation in 1 Corinthians 15:22 "For as in Adam the many die, so in Christ the many will be made alive." But nobody translates it that way!This is precisely the reason that originally the Vatican opted for the principle of dynamic equivalence in translation for texts but then shifted later on to formal equivalence.
PSthe "for many" is QED of the problem of formal equivalence in translation.
As some have mentioned it is the arrogance of the change that gnaws. After that the constant dominative understanding is that missing Mass is a mortal sin, at least if one misses for a month. With all the learned repartee as to what is wrong or right it might be argued that few understand the theology of the Eucharist. Surely the Apostles were not all that illuminating because they were the "unlearned" of this world. What to do then is to follow Francis to say that we should continue praying (he said preaching) and sometimes use words.
Early liturgy this Sunday - little music; our foreign priest and deacon made it through with no explanations, no directions, etc. Priest does okay in english but he struggled. The deacon - well, to be charitable; it is a lost cause in english. The sparse congregation followed along as best they could.Both our diocese and parish did the minimum in terms of introduction and catechesis (did you know that the root words of catechesis have to do with listening - as in listening to those you are engaging with in terms of faith, community, witness, etc. vs. any US educational definition of teaching or instructing). Of course, we have a FBI bishop who still has the strong brough after 25+ years in the US who stated a year ago - well, the peoples' parts are barely changing; what is the big deal?. The diocese did choose one set of music for the Gloria and Acclamations which began in most parishes in September. The diocesan rag published the USCCB notices and explanations over the last three weeks. Sorry, Fr. Imbelli, don't think that we in this diocese will come close to what you were hoping for. Would agree with John Page - let's see by Easter time.Did have a couple of friends stop me after mass asking about that "strange" word - I guessed "consubstantial" which they affirmed. Tried to give a brief explanation - it only left them confused and wondering what was going on. They were more disturbed by the new pastor's elimination of midnight mass at christmas...guess we will have a more sacral vernacular but move with the secular times and provide masses on Christmas Eve but only one on Christmas day? Now how is that for countercultural and opposing secularism (how yeah, the stores did open Thanksgiving evening for Black Friday - guess it is all okay and in the spirit of the times).
Max Zerwick, SJ, of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome gave this definitive treatment of "pro mulits" meaning "for all". It was published in Notitiae, the official publication of the Congregation for Divine worship in MAy, 1970. Vox Clara has violated what the Congregation offered as the rationale for the translation "for all."http://www.americancatholicpress.org/Father_Zerwick_Pro_Multis.html
I was home for the holiday weekend, so my first experience with the new translation was in the parish where I grew up. It felt appropriate to be in such familiar surroundings for this venture into the unfamiliar (especially since, in my ordinary life, I'm adjusting to a brand new parish). I thought the priest handled it all extremely well -- he started out reminding us of the changes, in a positive but not patronizing tone. When, immediately thereafter, nearly everyone said "And also with you" anyway, he laughed with us. (By the end of Mass I was four for five with that particular line.) And he pronounced his texts about as well as anyone could, even making a solid effort to get across the unclear pronouns in the post-communion prayer. The congregation was likewise very game. The creed actually sounded more full-throated and less mumbly than usual, with everyone reading it from the page. The line about the incarnation was the exception -- but I suspect it was the marginal instruction about bowing that tripped everyone up. (For me, seeing that particular practice become more widely observed would be a nice outcome of having our heads buried in worship aids for the next several weeks/months.)I agree with Tom; "chalice" was the change that made me cringe most. Hearing "this is the chalice of my blood" made me feel like I was back in introductory Spanish, getting tripped up by apparent cognates and discovering how much more there is to thinking in another language than first meets the eye.
"The line about the incarnation was the exception but I suspect it was the marginal instruction about bowing that tripped everyone up. "Interesting, because that instruction has always been there, hasn't it?
The line about the incarnation was the exception" - a friend had a different conjecture: many people in the US, she said, learnt to read globally, and never learnt how to decompose a word into syllables, so when they meet a new word such as "incarnate" that they have not seen before, they do not know how to read it. (I find that difficult to believe even though I have noticed teenage lectors having trouble with unfamiliar words).
Raber said that the priest stopped parishioners three or four times for "do overs" when they made the wrong response or the responses were muddled. The poor man is in ill-health, so perhaps can be forgiven for being a little testy.National Public Radio ran an interesting spot yesterday about the big boost the new liturgy is giving to religious musicians, composers, and publishers! http://www.npr.org/2011/11/26/142664983/new-catholic-liturgy-reanimates-...'s an ill wind that blows nobody good (or, to Latin up a cliche, it's an adverse atmospheric ventilation that that exhales beneficences on no individual. Much better!).
FWIW, regarding "pro multis" - I don't see "many" and "all" as mutually exclusive choices. "All" exists on a continuum that runs from "none" through "some" and "most" before arriving at "all". "Many" exists in a different set of possibilities, one in which its opposite number is "few". It may clarify the difference between these two sets of possibilities to note that a statement about a group of things can refer to *all* without referring to *many*, if it is a small group. For example, if I have three children, and all received a flu shot at school, it would be correct to note that all of my children have been given a flu shot, but it wouldn't make much sense to say that "many" of my children have received the shot, because I wouldn't have many children, I would have only three, i.e. a few.As "pro multis" is used in the consecration narratives, the set of possibilities being referenced is both "many" - billions upon billions of people - and also "all" - no fewer than every person who has ever lived or ever will live.By tradition, only twelve others - subsequently reduced to eleven - heard Jesus utter the words of consecration at the Last Supper. Those words, as remembered in the Gospel accounts and in our Eucharistic Prayers, take care to note that the group of people being referred to is not just those twelve - a set that could be described as "all" but simultaneously "an exclusive, chosen few", but *many* - the twelve plus many, many others besides.I suspect that what folks object to - and what I would certainly object to - is the suggestion that "many" should be taken to mean, "most, but not all".
Peter's experience was almost identical to mine, except that our music seems a lot more contemporary :-)
I think in the begining, when Christians gathered to celebrate they all knew the tune. They knew because they were composing it. When the liturgy begins to sing a familiar song, one that flows naturally from the pews, life and its celebration will once more be one.
Ours went fine. Anticlimax.
Jim, You are losing your breath trying to explain that we replaced "all" by "many", and yet it still means "all". What is communicated is not what you understand but what is heard and understood by the congregation. In regular, everyday English, "many", in the context where it is substituted for "all", obviously implies "not everyone". You can explain what it means for you (and for Pope Benedict) as much as you want, but it's not going to change how people understand it.I glanced, right after consecration, at the row of gay men in the pew behind me. They were looking grim.
At my parish, our first mass with the new missal came off smoothly. Many (including myself) often said the old responses out of habit (particularly "and also with you" instead of "and with your spirit") even as we had the pew cards in hand, but overall the sound of the some saying old responses melted into the sound of others saying the new responses. Father didn't have to interrupt mass for any "do-overs." We've been practicing the Gloria and the Sanctus with the new translations and settings since September, and I think people are used to them (if not in love with them!).I will miss the words that I grew up with, but I open myself to the possibility of being elevated and enriched by a new translation that is not only faithful to the Latin but, more importantly, to the Scripture from which so much of the liturgical text is drawn. The success of the new missal will depend on the willingness of priests to take the effort to proclaim the more complex sentences of the new translation in the most effective way (similar to the effort a lector must make in delivering a passage from, say, Paul's epistles) as well as on the congregants' willingness to do the same and to listen more attentively, i.e. devotedly. As for the "infelicity" of substituting "adore" for "worship".... it is true that the word "adore" has been cheapened in colloquial usage, but I doubt that the cheapened meaning would occur to someone during a properly solemn mass (and "worship" has not escaped some colloquial "cheapening" either). Why shouldn't we RECLAIM these words for their original meanings rather than give up the field to the culture/the world? "Consubstantial"? Hmmm... The idea it is seeking to express is ultimately a mystery. The phrase "one in being with" may have been making things TOO clear, lulled us into believing we understand what cannot in itself be completely understood by the human mind. Perhaps an obscure word we have to ask about is more helpful in this context than a common word whose meaning we take to be transparent."For many"... simply an accurate translation of the Latin "pro multis" as elucidated by the Greek original ("peri pollon" in Matthew 26:28) it is translating. Don't quarrel with the translation of the liturgy; quarrel with Scripture itself. If indeed "for many" was an idiom in Latin, Greek, Aramaic, or Hebrew for "for all," then why don't we (in catechesis) give ourselves the license to interpret "for many" in English as meaning "for all." In any case, "for many" does not exclude the possibility that "all" will be saved (i.e. that all will respond to God's grace and be saved by it) for that "all" would indeed be "many."
Attended 5pm Mass last night and, in general, it went okay. People's parts were the least of the difficulties and, with cue cards, most folks did fine. EPIII was my favorite and I'm not a huge fan of the new version. Concluding doxology is painful to listen to, although I'd like to reserve judgment until I hear it chanted.With that out of the way, I want to weigh in a bit on the arguments for replacing "one in being" with "consubstantial." I am actually in favor of this change for a couple of reasons.First of all, few words have caused more sturm and drang in the history of Christian doctrine than homoousious, the Greek word in the Nicene Creed that was translated as consubstantilem in the Latin version. In the 4th century, Christians literally gave their lives over the words of the Creed. Given that the East accepted the Latin translation of the term as orthodox, my personal view is that the bar to using anything but the closest possible English analogue would have to be very, very high. This is one case where I think a strong argument exists for "formal equivalence."Secondly, I question whether the term "one in being" is an adequate translation of the underlying concept. Here, I admit, my views are deeply influenced by the Trinitarian theology of Orthodox Metropolitan John Zizioulas. In his 1985 book, Being as Communion, Zizioulas argues against the general tendency in the West to see the "being" or "substance" of God as somehow prior to God's personal existence as Father, Son and Spirit. "One in Being" reinforces this tendency, because it suggests that the "oneness" of God is primarily found in God's being or substance rather than His uniquely personal existence. I realize that there are arguments to the contrary, but in some ways that is precisely my point. Given the very complex theological and doctrinal issues we are dealing with here, I do not think it was wise to paraphase this particular term. For that reason, I am pleased with this particular change even if I not am not a fan of some others.
Three things left me discouraged:In his homily, the priest said that the reason for the more difficult text was that we need a special language to speak in church that isn't the same English we speak when we go to the donut shop. I guess this is the idea of having a "sacral" language; carried far enough you end up going back to Latin. There was no instrumental music today. This is a church that until now has had a half-dozen different groups providing a wide range of music for different masses. Today there were no musicians in sight and except for a single unaccompanied hymn verse at the end of the Mass, there was only unaccompanied chant from the Missal. I was surprised at how much this diminished my sense of participation in the Mass. The third isn't related to the change in the Mass, but just piled on one more thing to add to my discouragement. Last month, on two consecutive Sundays, Communion was distributed under both kinds. I hoped this was a trial run for distributing under both kinds starting in Advent with the new Missal. I sent an email to the pastor thanking him for those two Sundays and encouraging him to continue. I got no reply from him and there was no Communion under both kinds today.
George D., consubstantial (homoousios) means "of one being with" or "of one substance with" -- it was used by the council of Nicea as a refinement on the previous lawyerly phrase "that is, of the substance of the Father" (dropped in the Niceo-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 which we now recite). Thomist ontology is not very relevant to this. But you are right that "when the term substance is used it sounds as if there is a stable substrate (noun) that holds everything in place which is actually misleading because the stable substrate is actually not so stable in that it is simultaneously a verb." Put more simple, ousia in Greek is better translated as being rather than as substance (Augustine already objected to substantia and preferred essentia). The refinements of Aquinas' definition of being as act and of God as the subsistent act of being were not in any theologian's mind in the 4-5th century.
One might even make a case that theology in the century from Nicea to Ephesus worked with a too substantialist idea of God's being and that consubstantial or even homoousios could encourage a regression to that. Like much of our Chirstian language it functions more as a historical memento than as present living expression of what we believe.
Hi, John H, if you don't mind my asking, what diocese are you in? Do I understand you to say that communion under both kinds is unusual there?Re: the missal chants - there is a (conservative) diocese that adjoins mine that is, I'm told, requiring all parishes to use the missal chants at least in these first weeks. While I am a proponent of liturgical chant in some situations, I think it's pastorally a mistake to mandate it for all situations.
Our celebrant at the mass I attended (our pastor) worked pretty hard to get the words right. By my scorecard, the collect, the preface, the Eucharistic Prayer (EP II) and the post-communion were all pretty easy to follow. (I was in listen-only mode - the parish has provided us with a pew card that has only the people's responses that have changed). The Eucharistic Prayer in particular allowed me to enter in to the prayer more consciously than is usually the case - no doubt in part because the novelty of the language; it will be interesting to see if it wears off after a while.Interestingly, the prayer that struck me as a bit over-the-top was the final blessing.
Translation of anything meaty is always an art, as well as an approximation. When it's considered important to remain faithful to the original, the second text can hardly fail to be a little rough at the edges. The roughness, then, reminds us that it's only a derivative and a crutch - albeit a friendly and permanent one. Reminders are good; we tend to forget.
Yes, the new trans is a crutch for readers of the Latin who may not have a good formation in Latin. The CTS "People's Edition" of the Sunday Missal helpfully prints the Latin alongside the new translation. Thus the faithful are kept involved in the Mass by discovering the Latin originals of what they are praying. Some truly educated people may even discover the meaning of the translation by looking at the Latin (a clear case of the need to consult the Latin to understand the English was given by yesterday's postcommunion).
"When, immediately thereafter, nearly everyone said And also with you anyway, he laughed with us."Good for him! take note, those of you who fear that this new translation is an attempt to roll back Vatican II. If this were truly 'the old days', I suspect that a priest breaking into spontaneous laughter in the middle of liturgical prayer would have been thought to have committed a mortal sin, and he would have dashed off at the end of mass in search of absolution.The times, they have a-changed. For good. Even if anyone wanted to roll back the clock or the calendar, it can't be done.
Then there's eduardo's thread.The general sense in reading this thread is a mixed bag of results.I think we muddled through -with laughter from priest and people, but that doesn't mean the clock wasn't turned back in this.People wil get used to the texts and wil try to cooperate nad do better in participating as good children should.That's the sense I have: after it's over, it's like daddy telling his kid, see taking that medicine wasn't so bad -even if it didn;t taste good.I think Joe J, is right that it won't make much difference in increasing faith!I fact, in this dysfunctional world, needing to hera the Good News, it will continue the dysfunctional proclamation that is tied up with (yes, Jim) the move backward.Peter's,"Could have been worse." struck me as accurate - but not good News.(PS not only "chalice" bugs me but way too many "graciously" inserts.But, words. words, words....)
Most folks I spoke with after mass said they thought it went fine. The priest has the more difficult adjustment, and he did a good job. The rhythm is a bit different, a bit more elongated; more poetic e.g., "...from the rising of the sun to its setting". Also, in my opinion, the rhythms are closer to the verbal rhythms used in the Spanish mass. The language reflects a deeper view of the mystery of our faith.I stayed for both the English and the Spanish masses this weekend (was selling Christmas cards for the KCs) and noticed that the English mass now closely tracks the Spanish mass. This was not the case before.I noticed that in both masses, the priest made a point of mentioning that from here on, in the Credo, when we get to the part about the Incarnation (incarnate of the Virgin Mary), we will all bow our heads.Also, I notice that during the consecration, the Spanish priest like in English - now uses por muchos where he used to say por todos.
Hi, Jim P. I'm in the Boston suburbs. The archdiocese has said that the ICEL Mass setting is the "official Mass setting for the Archdiocese of Boston" and all parishes should use this setting at least through the end of he Advent-Chistmas season - after which they can introduce other musical settingsThe diocese supports the distribution of Communion under both Kinds. Last year, after the flu epidemic ended, it published a notice asking parishes to revert to our "common liturgical customs" of distributing Comunion under both kinds and using a handshake as the sign of peace.The final decision seems to rest at the parish level. Some parishes do and some don't; others doom some occasions but not regularly.
I had hoped that I would not be as disappointed as I expected to be. But, in fact, meeting it finally off the page, I found the text shockingly second-rate. This, after eight years and a good deal of money and time? And 7,000 people consulted, we're told. (Not to mention a tendentious and wholesale re-writing of history under the guise of "catechesis.")Spin it as you will, it's an inferior product. We have gained little, or nothing. Lots of words, lots of long words, but no respect for the rhythms of the English language.It is largely ungainly and forgettable. The interruptive deprecative language makes the collects all but unintelligible. That is why 1973 and 1998 avoided this confusing clutter, and opted for "We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ ...." An eminently sensible pastoral solution in English. But pastoral considerations appear not to have been a great priority in the 2010 text. The Eucharistic Prayers are more literally rendered but at the expense of the sure cadences that marked the texts that were superseded on Saturday evening. Sonority is also an aid to prayer, especially public prayer.It's hardly likely that Catholics will leave the Church over this. And just as unlikely that this text will attract people to the Church, including the numbers of Catholics who, for various reasons, most unrelated to the liturgy, have already decided to opt out. Yes, I have broken my own rule on instant analysis. (But then I have thought a bit about these questions for some time.) I still look forward to that Commonweal article (or forum) in December 2012, "The Roman Missal: A Year On."A happy feast of Saint Catherine Laboure', Daughter of Charity and saint of the Miraculous Medal.
The new translation doesn't feed, clothe or house one hungry person. The new translation relies on a dead language. Who decided the latin was "authentic"? The new translation shows the bankruptcy of Rome and the American bishops who gave in so easily. The tales of those at your Masses is just as silly as the translation. Please let there be a schism from Rome and its bankrupt foolishness.
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Fringe Paranormal to reveal findings of Packo's, Birmingham Branch Library investigations March 4Written by Kevin Moore | | email@example.com
Ghost hunting has become a national phenomenon in recent years with the popularity of such TV shows as Syfy's "Ghost Hunters" and the Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures." But Ohio has a rich tradition of ghost lore that has intrigued believers in the paranormal since long before the avalanche of cable network ghost shows. The five installments of Chris Woodyard's "Haunted Ohio" book series from the 1990s are evidence of that.
On March 4, Fringe Paranormal, a Toledo-based paranormal investigation group, will share the evidence it collected from recent investigations of the Birmingham Branch Library and The Original Tony Packo's.
Fringe Paranormal was founded by Don Collins, Kelly Scheufler and their fellow paranormal researchers in 2009 to "explain the unexplained." The group uses reason, logic and the latest in science and technology to explain claims of paranormal or supernatural phenomena. Sometimes these claims have become publicly associated with well-known businesses and landmarks, and sometimes they come from private individuals who report strange occurrences in their homes.
"There are quite a few groups that do this kind of thing, and maybe four or five in this area," Collins said. "We range from Michigan to Kentucky, and we've gone as far Cleveland."
Their investigations have taken them locally to The Oliver House and the old South Main school in Bowling Green as well as renown paranormal hotspots like the Mansfield Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio and Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Ky. The team even did an investigation of the "Christmas Story" house in Cleveland as part of a fundraiser for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
"We were connected to the Birmingham Library through an investigation of the Maumee Branch Library we did in 2013," Collins said. "Birmingham librarians had reported hearing odd noises, and we had heard of shadows being seen in the basement of Tony Packo's as well as workers reporting merchandise having been moved in the gift shop when they arrive in the morning. We decided to investigate both in one night since they are so close."
During the investigation, the Fringe researchers heard footsteps at the Birmingham Library, and two members claimed to see shadows in the Tony Packo's gift shop. Collins and Scheufler said that their K2 Meters and REM-PODs picked up some unusual disturbances, which they concluded could not have resulted from their radio equipment, and that their recorders had picked up some "suspect" audio. One librarian, who was working alone in the library during the investigation, heard noises while the Fringe investigators were still at Tony Packo's.
"I just assumed they had come back from Packo's. I didn't realize they were still gone until they actually returned several minutes later," she said.
Fringe Paranormal will share the results of the investigation during a free presentation at the Birmingham Branch Library, located at 203 Paine Ave. in Toledo, at 6:30 p.m. March 4. The group will also discuss general topics related to paranormal investigating and will be on hand to answer any questions of those interested in the subject.
When asked to conceptualize a ghost hunt, most people will think of investigators spending a few hours scanning a dark room with an infrared camera, spotting shadows darting in the distance, and asking questions in an empty room in hopes that a tape recorder will pick up some kind of a response. But the process of investigating a site for paranormal activity is quite involved.
"Usually someone will contact us with their claims, but sometimes we'll contact them because we had heard some claims about a site," Collins said. "To get started, we do an interview with the person to see what's going on. Then we do preliminary information into the site's history. We'll try to find out the names of people who had lived there, any significant dates related to the property and if anyone had died there."
"We spend about a month to a month and half on an investigation," Scheufler said. "If we conduct an eight-hour investigation overnight with two tape recorders and two or three cameras, then multiply each of those by eight hours for how long we have to review the evidence. We end up listening to a lot of silence."
Over the course of an investigation, Fringe investigators utilize a whole array of equipment: video cameras, tape recorders to catch electronic voice phenomena (EVP), and K2 Meters and REM-PODs, which measure changes in the electromagnetic field. The investigators are mindful when using the latter devices as they can be influenced by radio waves and the investigating team's two-way radios.
When people call Fringe Paranormal to investigate suspected activity, they report such things as hearing voices and footsteps, seeing shadows at the end of the hall or seeing figures at the foot of their bed. But the researchers at Fringe are realistic about their expectations of catching evidence of something paranormal. Claims of the paranormal are often random and unpredictable, and much of paranormal investigating involves being at the right place at the right time.
"What are the odds that we happen to be there on the one day out of the month strange activity happens?" Scheufler said. "There are times when you feel you experienced a lot live only to find there is nothing on the recorder, but then other times you'll leave what you thought was a quiet investigation and find an interesting piece of evidence. Sometimes when you go back to a site that was really active only to find nothing!"
Despite the odds, Collins, Scheufler and their team press on in hopes of one day finding that solid piece of evidence of the unexplained. The results of Fringe Paranormal's investigations are available on their website.
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Outdoor Portable AudioWhat do you need if you want to listen to your music out on the road? Camping World has a number of audio sources you can enjoy. Outdoor speakers have to be able to withstand the weather, unless you want to keep them inside all the time. Ideally, such speakers should be wireless so they can receive the music you are playing inside on your MP3 player.
If a wireless speaker isn't your cup of tea, perhaps you would prefer a waterproof boom box or speaker case. This will let you pick up local stations or bring along your regular speakers from home without having to worry about it getting wet or damaged.


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This Week on Xbox Live – Video Feature
Check out tribal battles, Bad Company 2 add-ons, and some Crackdown 2.
Check out tribal battles, Bad Company 2 add-ons, and some Crackdown 2.
Xbox Live Update: Infinite Interactive's genre-fusing title hits digital marketplace alongside Games on Demand releases Tomb Raider Underworld, Command & Conquer Red Alert.
Xbox Live Update: Microsoft confirms new Darkspawn Chronicles for May 18; Zeno Clash, RayStorm HD, Snoopy Flying Ace, Game Room updates dated.
Following two preemptive reveals, Electronic Arts has officially confirmed the final chapter in the Command & Conquer series.
EA UK's Twitter feed touts banner headline officially revealing long-rumored next installment in EALA RTS series.
The Command & Conquer series of games can be traced back to the very beginnings of real-time strategy. What better time than now to take a look back at the ...
Take a look back at how the Command & Conquer series all began!
EA survey indicates "epic conclusion" to real-time strategy series will feature role-playing-style character classes, MMORPG-like persistent progression, co-op campaign, and all-new story with "grittier" cinematics.
Top Downloads of the Week Unreal Tournament 3 Titan Pack This pack adds 16 new maps, three bonus pack one maps, two new game types, and more. Read the readme ...
Ever since I started working as a File Producer for Gamespot I've uploaded many demos, wallpapers, patches, and of course MODS! Now I was introduced to mods way back when ...
The four most anticipated mods for the first half of 2009.
Stalinist Command & Conquer spin-off confirmed for latest consoles, will sport full cooperative campaign with "lighthearted" storyline; beta to be bundled with Kane's Wrath.
Watch part seven of the industry's premier awards show, and find out who wins the Best Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year.
Activision's military shooter takes top prize, but 2K Games' undersea actioner, Valve's compilation, and MTV/Harmonix's rhythm game also get their props.
Expansion to World of Warcraft sells 2.25 million copies at US retail, original game comes in second with 914,000 sold.
UK news site Develop cites industry chatter saying Command & Conquer developer will be next studio affected by cost-cutting measures; publisher strongly refutes.
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Herd tries to shake off rough stretch
HUNTINGTON -- A handful of Marshall University men's basketball players were in the gym Sunday working out on their day off.
That was a good sign, head coach Tom Herrion indicated.
Marshall, 10-14 overall, lost five of its last six games and is tied for eighth place in Conference USA at 3-6 with seven regular season games remaining.
"We have a good group of kids," Herrion said Monday before practice. "They're trying to do the right things."
Last-place Rice (5-18, 1-8) visits Marshall for a 7 p.m., Wednesday, game in Cam Henderson Center.
First-place Memphis (20-3, 9-0) brings a No. 22 national ranking to town for an 8 p.m., Saturday, contest.
Marshall fell to 0-9 on the road last week with defeats at Tulane and UAB, but is at home to play two of its next three games.
Herrion compared his players to boxers who have taken too many punches to the jaw.
"We are a boxer or a fighter that at times can't take a punch and that's led to our lack of success on the road," he said.
Marshall needs someone to steer it through some tough times, and Herrion said seniors Dennis Tinnon, Nigel Spikes and Rob Goff and junior Dre Kane are attempting to do that. Tinnon, Spikes and Kane are the Herd co-captains.
Tinnon said it's about leading by example.
"If guys are seeing we're doing a good job, they'll follow," he said. "If we're not playing well, that kind of brings the other guys down.We're at the point where everybody is not feeling well because we're losing. Everybody has got to play their hearts out."
Other things factored into losing, but giving up points from the 3-point line figured heavily in Marshall's last two games.
UAB burned Marshall with nine 3-pointers in 16 attempts Saturday and won, 75-61. Tulane went 11-for-25 from the 3-point line Wednesday and defeated Marshall, 91-75.
Up next is a 3-point shooting Rice team.
Rice is only ranked eighth in the conference for 3-point field goal percentage, but Marshall is last defending against it at 37.0 percent. Rice has taken more 3-point shots (504) and made more (171) than any C-USA team. Their 7.4 makes per game also leads all teams.
The Owls had only 10 field goals Saturday at home in a loss to SMU (61-39) and six of them were 3-pointers.
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to terms with veteran goaltender Michael Leighton on a one-year contract, the team announced Monday.
Leighton, 33, spent last season out of the NHL playing overseas for the KHL's Donbass Donetsk.
He was drafted by the Blackhawks in 1999 and appeared in 42 games for them between 2002-04 with an 8-21-10 record.
Leighton's last NHL action came in 2012-13 for the Philadelphia Flyers, his fourth season with the team. He had three shutouts against Montreal in the 2010 Eastern Conference finals, setting an NHL record and leading the Flyers to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Blackhawks.
He has 35-41-14 record in 105 regular-season NHL games for Chicago, Nashville, Philadelphia and Carolina and an 8-4 postseason record.


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Saturday, July 5, 2014
Pinewood Prep graduate Aurie Engel Schmieding recently signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Gamecock equestrian team for the 2014-2015 season.
Schmieding will ride with South Carolinas western team and compete in reining.
Originally she focused on finding a college with a strong music program, but then decided she wasnt ready to give up competing and started considering offers from equestrian programs. She chose the University of South Carolina over Auburn, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Georgia.
Im happy about finding a college where I can ride, she said. South Carolina has the best team and they had better offerings. Its going to be fun and I consider it an honor to ride with them. I was able to hang out with some of the team and they were very welcoming and nice.
The Gamecocks are happy to have her.
Were very fortunate to have such a talented in-state girl like Aurie Engel sign with us, Carolina head coach Boo Major told gamecocksonline.com. We dont get many reiners from the state of South Carolina, but weve had some really good ones in Rebekah Roof and Lydia Roof and Cody McMillion, and were getting another talented one in Aurie Engel. She has a lot of experience in the IEA and we think that will benefit her a great deal when she joins us next year.
In 2013, Schmieding was the NRHA Sliding Summer Classic Rookie Non-Pro Level 2 Champion. In 2012, she was the Interscholastic Equestrian Association Intermediate Reining National Champion. In 2011, she was the South Carolina Independent School Association (SCISA) All-State Hunt Seat rider on the flat.
Schmieding began riding horses when she was 5 and showing horses when she was 8. While she has had a lot of success at horsemanship competitions, her passion is reining.
It is basically the cowgirl version of riding, she said. Its more fast paced and more about technique than opinion. Its just fun and cool.
Schmieding trains with Kevin Jewell and Chad Crosby, who board her horse Twist in Conyers, Ga. Jewell is the father of former Gamecock equestrian Audrey Jewell, who was a four-year letterwinner between 2009 and 2013, and was captain of the western team when Carolina won the 2013 SEC Championship.
At Pinewood, Schmieding had a 3.65 GPA, making her a regular on the schools faculty and headmasters honor roll. She was actively involved in Beta Club and student government.
In 2010, Schmieding was on the girls varsity tennis team, and she was on the varsity and competitive cheerleading squads from 2011-2013. In 2011, she was named Varsity Cheerleading Rookie of the Year, and she was on the 2012 and 2013 competitive cheerleading teams that won back-to-back SCISA championships.
Her parents are Dana and Robyn Schmieding. Her sister, Ali Clines Schmieding, is a Pinewood graduate who is now on the equestrian team at St. Andrews University.
Before Ali left for college, she and Aurie Engel had their own band, Home Grown. They played mostly Blue Grass, Country and Gospel.
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TSI's 8th International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT)
Tribology for Sustainable Development
December 7-9, 2012
Pune, India
The International Conference on Industrial Tribology (ICIT)is being organized by leading industries from the public and private sectors in India under the aegis of TSI The Tribology Society of India. This three day event provides a platform for practitioners of Tribology to discuss and showcase their work in various aspects of this multidisciplinary area. ICIT will highlight various innovation, solutions and emerging technology trends in tribology for enabling sustainable development.
The theme for this year's meeting will focus on "Tribology for Sustainability." Sustainability has emerged as the subject of global concern, due to its impact on the survival of not only our future generations but the Earth itself. Tribology has a key role to play in sustainable development, due to its inherent potential for conserving energy, materials, resources and the environment.
Plan to attend 1 of 2 education courses (pre-conference December 6, 2012)
1. Basics of Tribology
2. Automotive Tribology
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Call for Papers
Engineers, scientists, academicians, and practitioners in Tribology are invited to present technical papers in line with the theme of the conference. Prospective contributors are requested to submit abstract of their papers in about 250 words by June 30, 2012 for review and selection. Please submit your abstracts at http://www.tribologyindia.org/
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Mr. A.K. Mehta
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For more information about the ICIT12, Click here
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
There is a good chance a second season for "Party Down South" will happen. But, media outlets that cover entertainment report the cast of the show — filmed in Murrells Inlet — want more money to keep the series going.
TMZ — www.tmz.com — reports Party Down South has been a "runaway hit" for CMT and the cast is in talks "with a high profile management team" to negotiate new contracts.
According to the report, filming for a second season is expected to begin next month but the cast "won't film another second of footage" unless they get more money.
Sources told TMZ the eight cast members earned $500 per episode for the first season but they say they need more money since CMT has announced in a press release that Party Down South has helped generate the network's highest ratings since 2009. It is also reportedly CMT's highest rated digital series ever, meaning more people have watched the show online than any other streamed by the network.
It is has not been announced where a second season of the series would be filmed.
Georgetown County spokeswoman Jackie Broach says the production company — 495 Productions — has not contacted the county about returning to Murrells Inlet.
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