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'Mr. President, acts of Congress, the UN or the EPA cannot alter storms or weather patterns'
Written by Marc Morano – Climate Depot
The President offered up nothing more than the usual incorrect global warming platitudes during his speech. No wonder the speech brought a "smile" to Al Gore's face. The president could not have been more wrong in claiming "extreme weather" was "now more frequent and intense" and he failed to note that global temperatures have not increased in 16 years. President Obama needs to be reminded that acts of Congress, the UN or the EPA cannot alter storms or weather patterns.
Climate Depot's Point-by-Point rebuttal:
President Obama: 'But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change'
Climate Depot Reaction: Our children do not need politicians in Washington posturing and pretending they can control global temperatures and make storms less severe or less frequent. See: Climatologist Dr. Tim Ball: 'Future generations will curse why we allowed a few political bullies to undermine development & progress with the false claim that human CO2 is causing climate change' Future generations 'will wonder how people could write such misinformed, hysterical, commentary.'
MIT's Dr. Lindzen: "Future generations will wonder in bemused amazement that the early 21st century's developed world went into hysterical panic over a globally averaged temperature increase of a few tenths of a degree, and, on the basis of gross exaggerations of highly uncertain computer projections combined into implausible chains of inference, proceeded to contemplate a roll-back of the industrial age.'
President Obama: 'Yes, it's true that no single event makes a trend. But the fact is, the 12 hottest years on record have all come in the last 15'
Climate Depot Response: Obama is ignoring the climate elephant in the room. Global temperatures have essentially been flat lining for 16 years now. The halt in global temperatures has shown up in multiple data sets and peer-reviewed literature.
NASA's James Hansen Officially Admits Global Temperature Standstill Is Real: 'Mean Global Temperature Has Been Flat For The Last Decade'
Trying to cite "hottest year" claims as "proof" of man-made global warming is preposterous when you consider that such claims are purely political. — Even NASA's Hansen admits 'hottest year' claims are 'not particularly important'. German Prof. mocks 'hottest decade' claim as 'a joke' 'Claims based on year-to-year temperature data that differs by only a few HUNDREDTHS of a degree'
Top Swedish Climate Scientist Dr. Lennart Bengtsson Says Warming Not Noticeable: 'The warming we have had last a 100 years is so small that if we didn't have climatologists to measure it we wouldn't have noticed it at all
What about Obama's claim of "hottest decade"? See: German Climate Professor Werner Kirstein Slams 'Climate Religion': Refutes claims of 'hottest decade' as 'a joke' — 'Determining a global avg. is a tricky business and in the end is only a theoretical value'
President Obama: 'Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods – all are now more frequent and intense'
Climate Depot Response: Sorry Mr. President, you are not entitled to your own set of facts. See: Meteorologist Dr. Ryan Maue: 'Are climate scientists bothered that President's speech on 'extreme weather' climate change doesn't jive with the last IPCC SREX report?'
Drought: Study: Drought Trends, Estimates Possibly Overstated Due To Inaccurate Science – Journal Nature study 'suggests that there has been little change in drought over the past 60 years' — 'The major 2012 drought obscures the fact that U.S. has seen a decline in drought over past century'
Floods: Prof. Pielke Jr. : 'Are US Floods Increasing? The Answer is Still No' — 'A new paper out today shows flooding has not increased in U.S. over records of 85 to 127 years'
All Of The World's Deadliest Floods Occurred With CO2 Well Below 350 PPM — 'We know that hurricanes have declined, tornadoes have declined, floods have declined, and droughts have declined. That is why history has been redefined to start in the 1970s'
Heatwaves: EPA Say Heatwaves Much Worse in 1930's: 'Heat waves occurred with high frequency in the 1930s, and these remain the most severe heat waves in the U.S. historical record':
'According to USHCN (U.S. Historical Climatology Network) temperature records, the 1930s holds a wide lead for all-time daily record maximums in the U.S. There is zero evidence that 'climate change' has increased the probability of setting temperature records'
40% Of U.S. All-Time Record Maximums Were Set During The 1930s
Wildfires: 'Wildfire numbers since 1950 have decreased globally by 15%' — 'According to the National Academy of Sciences, they will likely continue to decline until around midcentury'
New paper finds wildfires in the western US are at the lowest levels in 3,000 years: 'Finds current fire activity is at the lowest levels of the entire 3,000 year record'
President Obama: 'We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science – and act before it's too late.'
Climate Depot Resonse: Superstorm Sandy linked to man-made global warming?! Please Mr. President, read up on science before you embarrass yourself. See: Prof. Roger Pielke Jr.: 'Remarkably, the U.S. is currently experiencing the longest-ever recorded period with no strikes of a Category 3 or stronger hurricane' "Sandy was terrible, but we're currently in a relative hurricane 'drought'," Pielke Jr. explained..
The scientific data does not support claims that Sandy was a "new normal." See: Hurricane Facts: 'According to NOAA, they have been on decline in US since the beginning of records in 19th century. The worst decade for major (category 3,4,5) hurricanes was 1940s'
Scientist Martin Hoerling of NOAA on Sandy: 'As to underlying causes, neither the frequency of tropical or extratropical cyclones over N. Atlantic are projected to appreciably change due to climate change'
No Long-Term Trend in Frequency, Strength of Landfalling Hurricanes — A new study by Jessica Weinkle (U of Colorado), Ryan Maue (Naval Research Lab), & Roger Pielke, Jr.
Prof. Richard Muller: 'Hurricanes are not increasing due to human causes (actually, they have been decreasing over past 250 years).
New Report: 'Extreme Weather Report 2012': 'Latest peer-reviewed studies, data & analyses undermine claims that current weather is 'unprecedented' or a 'new normal' — Climate Depot's New 35-Page Report: 'Current weather is neither historically unprecedented, nor unusual' — 'Extreme weather events are ever present, and there is no evidence of systematic increases' — Presented at UN Climate Conference in Doha, Qatar on Dec. 6, 2012
Deaths from 'extreme weather' at their lowest since 1900
The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900–2010: 'Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by more than 90% since the 1920s' — '…In spite of a four-fold rise in population and much more complete reporting of such events. The aggregate mortality rate declined by 98%'
'A study published in 2011 in Geophysical Research Letters on causes of the 2010 Russian heat wave deduced that it 'was due to internal atmospheric dynamical processes' — Paging Al Gore: Peer-reviewed Study: 'It is unlikely that the warming attributable to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations contributed significantly to the magnitude of the [Russian] heat wave'
Climate Depot's Morano on Fox News Mocking Gore's 'Climate Astrology': 'This is now akin to the predictions of Nostradamus or the Mayan calendar' — Morano: 'There is no way anyone can falsify the global warming theory now because any weather event that happens 'proves' their case…Man-made global warming has ceased to be a science, it is now the level of your daily horoscope' — Gore [in 2006 film] did not warn us of extreme blizzards and record cold winters coming'
Obama goes full witchcraft by telling voters they 'can do something about' droughts and floods and wildfires — Climate Depot Responds — Climate Depot's Morano reminds voters: 'Acts of the UN and the U.S. Congress or EPA, cannot control the weather'
President Obama: 'Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science – and act before it's too late.'
Climate Depot Response: 'Act before it's too late' to stop storms?! See: Prof. Roger Pielke Jr.: 'An argument that mitigation of ghgs makes sense in terms of decreasing the future costs of extreme events is not a strong one' — 'Even under the assumptions of IPCC, Stern Review, etc. the future costs of extreme events under the most aggressive scenarios of climate change actually decrease as a proportion of GDP'
The 'overwhelming judgment of science?" See: SPECIAL REPORT: More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims – Challenge UN IPCC & Gore


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To Goulding Lane: That is where today's family-owned GSI Inc. can trace its long and prosperous heritage. More than 60 years ago, James Jones started a small scrap business in Pensacola, Fla., with only a pickup truck and some land. "He would pick up scrap metals from his customers and take them to the lay-down yard," recalls Russ Crosby, president of GSI Inc. and great-nephew of James.
It wasn't long before that yard was open to peddlers, who dropped off their recyclable materials, which joined the materials James picked up. Throughout the next four decades, three generations of family leadership have grown the business and instilled a strong work ethic and deep respect for its customers and employees. These traits are exhibited by today's third-generation leadership of Russ Crosby and Rick Rawls and the fourth generation, which includes Dennis and Eddie Crosby of GSI, Matt Crosby and Westin Rawls of sister company Scrap Inc. and Zac Winans of sister company Milton Iron & Metals.
"You must stay humble and hungry," advises Russ. This guiding principle to fight complacency has helped the company achieve notable growth throughout the last two decades. The original Goulding Scrap Material operation has grown into three separate scrap and recycling facilities under the company's current leadership.
Goulding now operates as GSI Inc. on an 11-acre site in western Pensacola with access to the Alabama Gulf Coast Railroad line and a barge site off of Pensacola Bay. A second facility, Milton Iron and Metals, is located just to the northeast of GSI in Milton, Fla., to service the eastern Pensacola market. Both locations accept ferrous and nonferrous material from a broad customer base ranging from walk-ins to industrial customers as far away as 200 miles. These locations in turn feed GSI's shredding operation, Scrap Inc.
Year after year, GSI has grown and succeeded in the scrap business. The company's ability to recognize market changes and adapt its practices, equipment and services to meet the needs of the evolving scrap market has fueled the company's success.
Throughout the years, GSI has seen and operated a variety of material handlers. From cable cranes to knuckle-boom cranes to modified excavators, the company has used the latest technology available at the time to keep pace with the incoming flow of material. Sometimes this is no easy task.
In late summer 2004, GSI experimented with a new piece of equipment, specifically designed to handle material at scrap and recycling operations. Quickly, Matt Crosby, president of Scrap Inc., and other GSI employees saw differences in the capabilities of their new track-mounted Terex® Fuchs RHL350 material handler. "The cycle times were fast, and the reach and visibility were very good," Matt says.
The current RHL350 design employs a dual hydraulic pump design with one circuit focused on stick movements and the other serving slewing and other machine functions. With a maximum 169-gallon-per-minute hydraulic capacity, the dual-circuit hydraulic system is designed to quickly bring the upper carriage to full turning speed for fast working cycles. The machine's hydraulically height-adjustable cab offers a maximum eye level of up to 18.4 feet for enhanced visibility of the working area.
Timing of the purchase was fortuitous. Shortly after GSI took delivery of the RHL350, Hurricane Ivan hit the Gulf Coast. This Atlantic hurricane ravaged the southern states, leaving behind nearly $20 billion in damage.
Located in Florida's panhandle, GSI's operations are in the Gulf Coast's "hurricane alley." Its location also positions the company to assist after such natural disasters. In the wake of the widespread destruction caused by major hurricanes, intense cleanup efforts need to be quickly underway to get people's lives back to normal. "The material left behind after a hurricane has to go somewhere," Matt says "Scrap recycling centers perform an important service for cleanup efforts."
After Ivan, a seemingly endless supply of scrap material was brought to GSI. "We unloaded anywhere from 400 to 600 customers and 15 truckloads of scrap each day," Matt says. The processing side of the business could not keep pace with the influx of material.
"The iron and tin came in quick after Ivan, and the RHL350 has faster unloading capabilities, which helped us keep up," says Russ.
The 360-degree rotation, track drive and 49-foot reach of the company's new RHL350 offered substantial advantages over the cranes GSI was using at the time. With storage space limited, the only place left for the material to go was up.
Matt says, "The knuckle boom crane we were using at the time could only stack material about 20 feet high, whereas the Terex Fuchs handler could stack it 40 feet high. We could not have taken in as much material without that handler."
With a positive debut and proven reliability, three more Terex Fuchs RHL350s were eventually added to GSI's Pensacola site, and the company purchased one track-mounted RHL340 for the Milton facility. Russ says that because the handlers are not required to travel far, tracked handlers are the preferred option.
GSI has broken from its track drive preference in one instance. The Milton facility also operates a Terex Fuchs MHL331, which features tire drive and outrigger stabilizers. "The MHL331 is used to unload peddler material, so it has to move farther and more often than the other handlers," Matt explains. The MHL331 offers a two-speed drive with up to a 12.4-mph travel speed to quickly move around the scrap yard.
The operators use the slewing, reach and lift capabilities of the track-drive handlers to efficiently unload and load scrap material from a nearly stationary position. "Today's RHL350 offers lift capacities in excess of 10,000 pounds at a 40-foot reach," says Steve Brezinski, heavy equipment product manager, Terex Fuchs material handlers.
The purpose-built material handlers have not only increased efficiency but also have added another layer of flexibility to the operation. The RHL350s are quickly loaded onto low-boy trailers and taken to the port for barge loading and unloading. The company also takes its handlers to industrial sites, utility plants and demolition projects to pull scrap material. "The tracks on the Terex Fuchs machine can be adjusted inward or outward hydraulically to help ease the transportation procedures of the material handler," Matt says.
To protect the company's equipment investment, GSI works closely with Northport, Ala.-based Warrior Tractor, the Terex Fuchs dealer serving Alabama and western panhandle of Florida. The company relies on its dealer for equipment maintenance, including periodic boom maintenance, 500-hour preventive maintenance and annual service items. "Warrior is trained at the factory and specializes in service," Matt says. "We couldn't have a better dealer."
With the material handlers increasing scrap yard efficiency and delivering consistent cost-per-ton operating expenses, GSI leadership focused its efforts on expansion opportunities. In 2008, management met to discuss market conditions and the difficulties the company faced in moving some of its scrap materials.
"We had the equipment we needed to move the material, but no single operation could take in the amount of material we wanted to move," Russ says. At the same time, GSI also was under pressure from domestic steel mill customers to supply more shredded material, a trend that was only expected to grow.
Shortly after this meeting, GSI began looking for a shredder. "The decision was between growth or continuing to sell shred material to other companies," Matt says. "We were taking in enough cars and white material to justify the purchase and opted to grow and increase market share."
On an 11-acre site adjacent to the existing Hollywood Avenue property in Pensacola, GSI installed a 4,000-horsepower, 80-inch shredder, capable of processing 90 tons per hour. From purchase to installation and testing, the process took most of 2009, the height of the global economic meltdown. "The best time to upgrade and invest in a company is when things are down and slow," Russ says.
With 25,000 tons of inventory on the ground, GSI started the shredder in January 2010, naming the business Scrap Inc.
To feed the shredder, Scrap Inc. purchased a new track-mounted Terex Fuchs RHL350 D, GSI's seventh material handler from this supplier, with a 1-cubic-yard five-tine cactus grab. Now at full operation, Scrap Inc. has the ability to process 500 to 700 tons of material with its shredder daily.
Currently, GSI accepts and supplies scrap material to a domestic customer base with a 70/30 split between industrial and walk-in customers. However, with access to rail, a strategic location near a port and the company's propensity for growth, there is plenty of opportunity for this family-run scrap operation to expand to international markets.

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PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. - A Pembroke Pines middle school was evacuated Tuesday morning because of a bomb threat.
Pembroke Pines police said Silver Trail Middle School on Sheridan Street was evacuated about 9:30 a.m.
Police said the bomb threat was sent via email overnight.
After searching the school, police determined there was no bomb and students were allowed to return to their classes about 11:15 a.m.
"I was kind of worried at the beginning, though," sixth-grade student Kevin Russell told Local 10. "I didn't know what to do at first. Some people said it was like a fire drill, but then later on ... I heard it was, like, a lockdown."
Some parents came to the school early to pick up their children.
Police were investigating who sent the threat.
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A number of years ago I was on Lescol and decided to quit to see if changes in my diet had any effect. When I went in for my annual physical six months later my cholesterol was 50 points higher than before I started Lescol! I have learned that this is what happens when you simply quit taking Statins.
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By Yuen Meikeng, The Star Monday, July 30, 2012, 12:39 am TWN
KUALA LUMPUR -- It was an emotional moment and a Hari Raya gift that mechanic Azli Sabran and his family will never forget.
It was the day his year-old babies joined at the pelvis and sharing three legs were separated in a remarkable operation that resulted in the conjoined twins becoming two boys with their own bodies.
Born without an anal opening, Muaiman and Muaimin were also joined at the penis and shared bladders. It took a 24-hour surgery by a medical team at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) to separate them.
Muaimin, however, will require a prosthetic leg while Muaiman gets to keep both of his legs.
The twins, the 14th conjoined pair to be separated at the hospital and the 21st in the country, were in stable condition.
Speaking in a voice choking with joy and relief, 40-year-old Azli said he was grateful to Allah and the medical team for the successful operation on July 14.
"I feel so relieved. I could not sleep well before the surgery as I was so worried.
"For now, I'm just glad that they are safe," he said at the hospital yesterday.
Azli, from Segamat, Johor, said the family suspected the twins were conjoined in the eighth month of his wife's pregnancy and went for a scan.
While initially worried and distraught, they did not give up hope and when the twins were born on April 14 last year, they seemed like a beautiful bundle of joy.
The hospital studied the possibility of separating them and 19 surgeons and anesthetists, with the help of medical staff and nurses, went on to do the surgery without imposing any charges on the family.
HKL pediatric surgery department head Datuk Dr Zakaria Zahari said: "With proper rehabilitation, both boys can lead a fairly normal and independent life.
"The sexual and reproductive functions of both twins will be assessed further as they grow."
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said HKL's success in carrying out such a complicated surgery showed it is able to make history and offer excellent pediatric care.


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Simon Cowell's interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes aired last night, and besides his newsmaking comments that he sells more records than Bruce Springsteen, his interview offered additional insight.
First, watching Simon, it's hard not to appreciate his genius and success–and his sense of humor about himself and the show. He seems grounded despite being filthy rich.
However, he's also quite the fibber. He told Anderson, "We get a lot of people in the auditions who are going to sing badly on purpose, and we never show them. The people we show are the people who genuinely believe they're going to win. And that's what's fascinating. … Every single one. Every single one."
Would that include comedian Chris Wylde, who appeared on the show two seasons ago? Never mind that almost anyone who's watched an audition episode would think Simon is being disingenuous. Certainly, many of them are delusional. But Simon, people dressed in wacky costumes do not "believe they're going to win," you crazy bastard.
The segment included footage of Simon flying to Las Vegas on a private jet with Ryan, Simon, and Randy, who are all good friends. Ryan says, "We do get along. … The great thing about our dynamic, our relationship, is that we're pretty comfortable with each other, so we can say and do anything to one another and not have to worry about hurting anyone's feelings."
Simon also raced high-speed go-carts at speeds of 175 mph with Anderson. Afterwards, Anderson dragged 60 Minutes into daytime talk show territory and had Simon face a panel of judges: Kurt Busch, Michael Waltrip (who said Simon looked like "a drunk going to get more liquor") and Mario Andrietti (who said Simon was "bloody awful"). Of course, they were soon all shaking hands; Simon Cowell can, it seems, take what he gives out.


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Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers kept vintage tunes fresh as the flowers at Denver Botanic Gardens Thursday. As the almost-full blue moon rose over the barefoot-grass amphitheater packed with people and sophisticated picnics, Hornsby took his place at his piano bench. Spine ramrod straight, he tickled ivories not only on his grand piano, but also a smaller keyboard mounted above.
Opening with music scored for Spike Lee's new film "Red Hook Summer," Hornsby complained about the piano's tuning. He did likewise when he embraced his dulcimer. He's a smoothly polished showman and carried on, as he said, "undaunted."
Working his jazzy-jam-band-R&B alchemy, the Noisemakers performed several requests written by veteran fans aware that Hornsby often creates setlists on the fly.
Concertgoers eager to hear favorite radio hits such as "Valley Road" or "End of the Innocence" (co-written with Don Henley) might have experienced surprise because Hornsby often renders archival chestnuts almost unidentifiable. Elegantly elongating songs with complex riffs, Hornsby meanders through music, altering phrasing of vocals. Once keyed up, Hornsby can barely stop himself, which makes for entertaining concerts. With his impressively improvisational approach, there's no danger of phoning it in.
As Hornsby picked up his accordion, he claimed a lack of virtuosity. "A punk at heart," Hornsby said, explaining punk rock's spirit: "You don't have to be good to play."
No punks, the Noisemakers make remarkable music. The drummer stood out, twirling sticks, then getting down and dirty on a washboard.
Despite the amphitheater's coziness, the cultivated beauty of gardens, and permission for concertgoers to bring wine or beer, Hornsby and the Noisemakers sound best where they can make noise: loud, proud strong, and long. DBG's residential neighborhood imposes limitations, and "that's just the way it is."
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LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant pushed his fraying body and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates relentlessly through the second half of a vital game until he felt a searing pain in his left heel.
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On 14th April 2013, the Afghanistan National Security Council announced three weeks ago that the Pakistani government decided to open entrance gates along the Durand borderline between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Council announced that the Pakistani government started reconstructing the 11 security checkpoints that were established by the aid of the Coalition Forces along the Durand borderline on Afghan soil in 2002. In a quick response to the scenario, Karzai ordered the Interior, Defense and the Foreign Ministers to take immediate actions to eliminate the Pakistani entrance gates and any other security installations from the country's soil as soon as possible. General Gunter Katz, the ISAF spokesman, reported concerning the investigations on the issue that the borderline disputes and consequently the instabilities are not of such issues to be solved in a single day.
Hizb ut Tahrir Wilayah Afghanistan, hence, unveils to the Muslims in Afghanistan and Pakistan, that such policies applied by the traitor rulers of both sides of the manufactured Durand borderline, are directly dictated to them by their crusader masters, the US and the NATO. With their hypocritical policies, these rulers are justifying neo-colonialism and distorting the Muslims' public opinion.
During the 12 years of the US and NATO war on Islam, they and their slave rulers on the Afghan and Pak soils have been tackling to create and expand disputes between the two Muslim communities, separated by a borderline drawn by the British Empire, a champion of Colonialism.
The presence of these crusader and colonial western powers in the region are one of the main factors, preventing and delaying the unity of Muslims. For this cause, the US and NATO are strengthening the disunity, through their loyal slaves such as Karzai and Zardari. These agents are consciously or unconsciously micro-managing their masters' plans in the region. Moreover, the US and NATO create disputes in the region in order to achieve their colonial objectives such as:
• to prevent the unity of Muslims. i.e. revival of the Islamic Khilafah,
• to stop China and Russia from turning into the dominant powers throughout Eurasia,
• to expand and maintain their hegemony in the Middle East and the Caspian Ocean in order to exploit the region's oil, natural gas and hydro-carbonic mines.
Because the US has failed militarily to keep the region under its control, it shifted its strategy to maintain its hegemony on the region by political means and deception through its agents. But the worst nightmare for the US and the western crusaders is that the Islamic Ummah has recently risen against their tyrant rulers. The sincere Muslim youth across the Middle East, Central and South Asia and Far East, have been tirelessly carrying the Da'wah towards the Khilafah through intellectual and political efforts. And it is not far, with the help of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that they are shaping a new global order.
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Firstly, I wanted to thank everyone who helped with my last trip, it was incredible.
Well, we are now in the beginning stages of planning our next trip. We are going to give ourselves 16 nights for our trip. We were thinking about flying out of the US to Prague, then Budapest and stop over at Venice for a night (or two) on our way to Florence where we will spend 4-5 nights.
I have not picked specific amounts of time for each location as I still need to figure out exactly what it is we want to see. We do not want to be rushed, though we tend to walk 5+ miles a day while traveling and are thus able to see much in a short time period.
We are mostly interested in food, architecture, drink, and "different" cultures in no specific order. Our favorite way to travel is to get the "big ticket" items out of way and then just wander, taking in the city and its inhabitants.
Please let me know if we will be stretching ourselves to thin. Thanks again everybody!
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Prague - 4 days
Budapest - travel time = 7 hours - 3 days
Venice - 2 days
Florence - 5 days
Total = 15 days/16 nights
Looks like this works and sounds like a great trip! I used days since my mind works better that way.
I'm guessing you'll fly from Budapest to Venice since it's a 13/14 hour train ride and even the night trains take a lot of time with several connections.
Even though you can walk a lot in a day, sightseeing takes a lot of time. I also find I use time to take photos and just to enjoy a sight rather than rushing through it. I also like wandering around cities/towns and getting the feel of them.
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So, something like this:
Red Eye in Prague (day 1)
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Sorry i hit something on my iphone by accident.
So, something like this:
Red Eye in Prague (day 1)
Day-6-train to Budapest
Day-10-fly to Venice
Day-12- train to Florence
Day-17-fly back to US
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That looks good although I would stay in Venice one more day and take the day from Florence but that's my preference.
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Four full days in Florence plus the half day for arrival may be a lot - consider day tripping to Siena (one "n") for a day (best by bus, not train) to see its own Duomo, which is a gem. Plan Florence out in advance - the lines for the major museums are LONG and you may need scheduled entry tickets for many or most of them.
Budapest is worth four full days if you have them: Castle, Parliament, St. Istvan's, Dohany street neighborhood and the Weeping Willow, Heroes' Square, KGB/Terror museum, Gellert Hill, Szoborpark are all worth a visit. The train to Budapest will take about 7 to 7.5 hours so you may want to look into a short flight with a discount airline, which would give you another 3+ hours on the ground in Budapest too.
Prague isn't a foodie haven - the Czechs have about 500,000 varieties of dumplings and traditional fare is fair at best; Hungarian food is better (neither compares to Italian). Terezin is a day trip. Czechs and Magyars have fairly different views about their time spent under Soviet domination.
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Would anyone suggest taking a day from Prague and spending it in Budapest?
We are planning on taking a couple day trips from Florence (Siena, Balogna, maybe Modena, etc..)
Is Czech food really that bad? Our tastes lean stringly towards mediterranean faire. Of which we know we wont get in Prague or Budapest, but eating well is bery important to us.
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We've visited Prague and Budapest, and we felt that four nights in Budapest was more than enough for us. One thing we realized is that we are museum people, and those cities, while having many interesting things, not as many museums as, for example, Rome and Paris. Do take time in each city, however, to visit the Communist Museum in Prague and the Terror Museum in Budapest.
Sounds like you're not planning any time in the countryside of Hungary or the Czech Republic? Your itinerary is good, though mostly focussed on cities. Which is great, of course, if that's what you're looking for.
We're big foodies, mostly interested in good local cuisine (as opposed to high-end stuff). Czech and Hungarian food is not on the upper end of cuisines that most people love. We did sample local favorites, especially in the countryside, but it was not, and couldn't be, a focus of the trip. This would be especially true for people (like us) who aren't huge meat-eaters. Budapest, in particular, does have more high-end places, but their food, I would say generally, is more international than Hungarian in feel.
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With 4 full days in Prague, I would be tempted to at least take a day trip to Cesky Krumlov.
I would also considering subtracting 1 night from Florence and adding it to Venice.
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Thanks for all the input everyone!
I am beginning to worry that this trip will feel too rushed. With the above mentioned itinerary (or something close) will we be able to have any time to relax? Or will this be a "major sites and move on" kind of trip?
My wife and I both like big cities, however if their are quaint towns near the major cities that should not be missed, we are open to suggestions. Our favorite day while in Rome was one spent at the nearby Orvieto. But with such a tight schedule I would not want to stretch ourselves too thin.
It seems as though the general consensus is to shorten our trip to Florence. How many days do you all suggest for JUST Florence sans day trips. And what day-trips would you take aside from Siena and Balogna? This past month we were in Paris and Rome for 8 nights each and while we do not regret spending that much time in each city, we could have shaved a night or two from each and been just as happy (though we do intend on returning to both cities!).
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Hi! Last summer, we visited London, Paris, Prague, Budapest, Venice, Florence and Rome over 21 days and it was great! We didn't feel rushed at all. For the cities you are visiting, we spent 3 nights in Prague, 4 in Budapest, 2 in Venice and 3 in Florence.
In hindsight, 2 nights in Florence is plenty. It is a beautiful but small city. On one of those days, we made a day trip to Pisa to see the Leaning Tower. There were also strikes and peaceful demonstrations while we were there so one of the days, the Uffizi Art Museum was closed. When in Florence, be sure to eat at least one meal at this quaint little restaurant called Coquinarious. It is superb! Authentic Italian restaurant with the freshest pasta and salads ever. The manager is so amazing - he translated the whole menu for us! This restaurant was recommended to us by this local couple we met on the train while enroute to Pisa.
2 nights in Venice was more than enough - even one night will suffice. It is a small city and you can only walk around San Marco plaza, visit the Basilica and look at the Grand Canal for so long. Beautiful little city but not a lot to do. Definitely don't skip it though.
Prague was one of our favourite stops during our trip. This city is gorgeous and full of culture. We took a day trip to Kutna Hora to see the bone chapel. Highly recommended! You can book it thru your hotel. Budapest is so beautiful too - we took a hop-on hop-off bus and visited the Chain Bridge, Great Synagogue and the Castle District.
I think your trip sound fantastic and I hope you have a wonderful time!
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I (and I'm sure many others would too) completely disagree with the comment that Venice is a "beautiful little city but not a lot to do." I have been to Venice 3 times, spending multiple nights each time, and still have not been able to see all that I want. There are so many wonderful churches, museums, etc. There are the campaniles of San Marco and San Giorgio Maggiore, the Doge's Palace and all of the charming back "streets" and campos. There are also excursions to Murano, Burano and Torcello.
Cesky Krumlov, which I mentioned previously, is a charming village about 100 miles from Prague.
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If you have not been to Venice before, I would spend at least another day. There are so many things to see: many absolutely amazing churches, the other islands (Burano, Murano, Torcello), the ghetto with very interesting synagogues, museums, etc. There are also concerts in some of the churches, interesting markets, etc. After 7 visits, I still have not even made it into any of the museums. It is a wonderful place to explore away from San Marco.
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Is Czech food really that bad? Our tastes lean stringly towards mediterranean faire. Of which we know we wont get in Prague or Budapest, but eating well is bery important to us.>>
most of the food we had in Prague and Budapest is not bad, but it is not mediterranean by any stretch of the imagination. you will do a better of course in Venice and Florence,
I agree entirely with the posters above that you want to allow longer for Venice and Florence than kc2117 suggests - we spent a week in both and by no means saw everything that we wanted to see. with your interests in food, you will also find the food there much more to your taste then in Prague and Budapest.
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Kc2117 - Thank you for the reassurance and the restaurant recommendation. What did you think about the time you spent in Prague and Budapest? Just enough, too little, or too much?
Delaine - Cesky Krumlov looks amazing! It seems rather difficult to get to. Did you take the multiple train route, or would you recommend driving? It seems the train would be a bit chaotic?
Sassafrass - Do you think adding another day would give us a significant enough amount of time to make the trip there worthwhile?
Annhig - Thank you. I have a Hungarian friend who lets me try some of his creations and while they are very tasty, they are, as you pointed out, far from Mediterranean. I know it is silly to avoid a location because of the cuisine, but I just want to make sure good food can be found however different from my usual preferences. Do you think it would be better to take a day from Prague and add it to Venice, giving us 2 full days there and 4 in Florence?
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<< 2 nights in Venice was more than enough - even one night will suffice. It is a small city and you can only walk around San Marco plaza, visit the Basilica and look at the Grand Canal for so long. Beautiful little city but not a lot to do. Definitely don't skip it though. >>
The poster who said this definitely missed the best of Venice. It's so much more than St. Mark's Square!!! One of my favorite museums in Venice was the Ca d'Oro.
What a shame kc's scope was so limited. Same with Florence. Clearly the bone chapel in Kutna Hora impressed him/her rather than the Renaissance art around every corner in Florence or the magnificence of Venice. There was not even any mention of the 2 wonderful cathedrals in Kutna Hora or of the lovely Czech architecture. Here's the bone chapel in case you miss it.
<< I am beginning to worry that this trip will feel too rushed >>
Now that you're asking...If this were my trip I would not combine Prague, Budapest, Venice, and Florence. They are two different trips and you will miss the small towns outside the cities since you do not have enough time. Two years ago I spent 2 weeks in the Czech Republic and didn't have enough time to see everything I wanted to see. I concentrated on the southern part plus Prague and Kutna Hora.
Choose either Prague and Budapest OR Venice and Florence and surrounding small towns in the Veneto and Tuscany.
I love Czech food but it's very different from Italian food. When in northern Europe I eat pork every night and love it. I eat much lighter food in Italy.
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You can find decent food in Prague, just don't expect OMIGOSHTHATISSOAWESOME. Prague is not 1970s Moscow or 2010 Minsk. Plus the beer is good and really cheap.
You didn't indicate that you're a museum person like Lexma, so re-configuring your stay for less time in Prague or Budapest for that reason would not make sense.
Don't take a day from Prague. Right now, you arguably have too few, and there are certainly enough day trips you could take (Karlstejn, Thieresenstadt, Cesky Krumlov [a little tougher as a day trip]).
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Excuse me, I have just realized I was spelling Bologna "Balogna," woops.
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If we were to have an additional 2 days added to the plans, should we alott those days to the cities we have already chosen? Or maybe stop in Bologna for a noght on our way to Florence? Or leave Balogna as a day trip and as I just mentioned, distribute them amongst the listed cities?
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Yes, I do think that extra day in Venice would make a difference. With only one day, you would be rushing just to see the San Marco area. It isn't until you leave the touristy areas that you start to appreciate the whole of Venice. It would also give you more time to wander in the evenings to different areas, to take a trip up/down the Grand canal both in the day time and at night and get a sense of the shape of the city. If you haven't already done so, I suggest you read as much as possible about the construction of Venice - pretty amazing.
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wormin - i would add my time to Venice. on the off-chance that you got bored with the city itself, you could always do a day-trip to Verona or Padua, or Mantua or ....
leave Bologna til another time or when you are in Florence [though you won't be short of things to do there, either!]
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So does this look "better?"
Red Eye in Prague (day 1)
Day-6-train to Budapest
Day-10-fly to Venice
Day-12- Venice
Day-13- Venice
Day-14-Train to Florence
Day-19-fly back to US
Hopefully this would give me some more time for day trips?
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looking good, wormin.
looks like a great trip.
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Looking great!
The only thing I might change would be that I "might" stay in some other place in Tuscany and day trip into Florence. However, I've been to Florence several times. If this is your first trip there, then I would stay there and do at least one day trip to Siena or even Lucca. Others like Fiesole, but I would skip it. The ruins are interesting but, IMHO, just not worth the time it actually takes to get there and return. The views were nice, but not as good as from Piazzale Michelangelo. Don't miss Santa Croce.
You mentioned that you are interested in Architecture. A great day trip from Venice is to Vicenza to see Palladio's work, especially Teatro Olimpico. It is, of course, personal, but unless you have some very strong interest in that particular period of early religeous painting, I would choose Palladio's work, especially the theater, over Scrovegni Chapel in Padua in a heart beat.
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Yes, this looks better. Seems less rushed, and you can day trip from Prague and Florence (the hard part will be chosing where!) Have fun!
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Thanks for the input everyone! It looks like this will be our itinerary for the time being.
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One more thing...for now if you don't mind.
If we were planning this trip for the beginning of May, would you start in Florence or Prague?
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it would depend on the ease of the connections I trhink.
you might find that one hsa a particularly early flight home that you would prefer to avoid or a vey late arrival.
worth looking at all the permutations to see what suits you best. and also look at slight changes in dates - when booking our trip to Sri Lanka, we saved £300 each just by flying home on a monday rather than a sunday.
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"2 nights in Venice was more than enough - even one night will suffice. It is a small city and you can only walk around San Marco plaza, visit the Basilica and look at the Grand Canal for so long. Beautiful little city but not a lot to do. Definitely don't skip it though."
I'm another one who says this person hasn't actually seen Venice. There must be hundreds of other calli & campi and dozens of other canals & islands to explore - the 3 places this poster lists are less than most daytrippers would see and they probably leave hating the place because they've only seen areas overcrowded with tourists. After 6 holidays totalling 8 weeks we felt we'd barely scratched the surface - and after moving here nearly 4 months ago we still feel the same. If you like walking several miles a day Venice is perfect.
Last year we spent a week in Florence and even though we'd both been before, we still didn't see everything on my list.
With 16 nights or 15 full days - *minus travelling days* - I would not include more than 2 or if pushed 3 of these cities. I'd work out exactly what you most want to see and do and then choose your top 2 cities.
I've generally eaten well in all these cities except Florence, where we've found food & drink very expensive & not great.
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Caroline- I agree that there is always more to see, but being an American, with little-to-no chance of moving to Europe, I really don't have the luxury of spending unlimited amounts of time in each city. I just spent 9 days in Rome and of course could go back and spend months, however it is what it is.
With that said, do you still think it is unreasonable to try to fit these cities in? Though it is increasingly looking like Budapest is out of the mix as I have read some not so nice things regarding a significant rise in Hungarian anti-Semitism.
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hi again, W/R - i don't think that you would run out of things to see and do if you reduced your list to Prague, Venice and Florence, though may I ask where you read this info re hungary?
we've recently had threads here about whether it's safe to go to Spain, and whether the water in Italy is potable so you can't believe everything you read; in any event it is highly unlikely that as a tourist you would encounter any problems caused by internal politics.
as an alternative, Vienna might fit the bill.
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Annhig- There have been some recent developments in Hungary that have dismayed us. Not only has the Jobbik political party, which is openly anti-Semitic (and received 17% of the popular vote). But I am going to contact some third parties who may be provide better insight.
Either way it seems like a better idea to limit our stay to three cities and have a chance to explore outside of the main cities.
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worminRome - I understand your misgivings and certainly the three cities you have picked will provide more than enough to interest you.
hope you have a great trip!
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Thanks ann
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wormin - if you will forgive a bit of self-publicity, if you click on my screen name you can see my trip reports from our trip to venice with our kids [with two excursions to the islands] and my trip last year to italy - if you scroll down to the end you will get to Florence.
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The Colombian data communications services market is already a mature market, with significant competitive pressure. In order to sustain revenue growth, operators are crafting new strategies, pushing migration to IP and bundling data with other telecom products in order to better penetrate the small and medium businesses (SMBs) market.
New research from Frost & Sullivan (communicationservices.frost.com), Colombian Data Communications Services Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $344.9 million in 2006 and estimates this to reach $469.0 million in 2012.
If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end users and other industry participants with an overview of the Colombian Data Communications Services Market, then send an email to José María Jantus, Corporate Communications, at jose.jantus[.]frost.com with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, address and email. Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you by email.
"The Colombian data communications services market experienced moderate growth in 2006," observes Gina Sánchez, Research Analyst for the Telecom Services group at Frost & Sullivan. "Growth was driven by the country's economic growth, the expansion of the rest of the telecommunications sector and the progressive addition of smaller clients to the market."
Colombia's GDP grew more than 12 percent in 2006. The total telecommunications market growth rate also exceeded 12 percent, while some sectors such as mobile telephony expanded at rates well above 20 percent.
However, due to the level of maturity and competitiveness of the data communications market, operators will have a hard time maintaining current growth rates.
"The large corporations segment is almost saturated," remarks Sanchez. "Operators are, therefore, looking at small and medium-sized businesses in order to sustain further revenue growth."
To create awareness about their solutions in the potential/target end-user segments, industry participants will retain focus on their core competencies. Operators will continue to enhance their product features and offer robust solutions in the market including bundled services and special solutions to medium and small segments.
"Product bundles and IP technologies offer more flexibility and affordable prices," advises Sánchez. "Those are the weapons operators are using to fight in such a competitive market."
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The other funny part about this game was that I sat with my Aunt in the top row of the upper deck. It was about 95 degrees on the ground that day, but in the Upper Deck the wind was so bad-- and felt so cold--that she needed a bona fide winter jacket to make it through the game!
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Classical music boosts listeners' brain functions and energy levels, which is why every child should ingest a well-rounded harpsichord each morning. Treat your noggin to a mellifluous meal with this GrouponLive deal to see Tucson Symphony Orchestra presents The Four Seasons at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. For $25, you get one ticket for general-admission seating in the rear of the hall on Friday, January 11, at 7:30 p.m. (up to a $50 value). Doors open at 6 p.m. with an optional preconcert chat with the conductor beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The Program
Under the baton of guest conductor Michael Hall, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to the seasons twice with a doubleheader of four-part works. One of the Baroque period's great masterpieces, Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons opens the program with a quartet of violin concertos that bring to life the emotions of the year. Each chapter represents a different season with brilliantly evocative melodies such as the torrential storm of "Summer," created by furious cello tremolos and freefalling violin scales. Conversely, the middle movement, "Winter," tucks the world beneath a blanket with delicate pizzicato, glittering like ice in the sun while a violin solo languidly swims above with the peace of a hushed, snowy morning.
After Vivaldi, the symphony jumps to the 20th-century stylings of Argentine tango master Ástor Piazzolla and his The Four Seasons of Bueno Aires. Part tribute to Vivaldi, part avant-garde exercise in composition, the work builds upon the regular, syncopated beat of traditional tango music, with the seasons breaking into violin solos and discordant harmonies. The virtuoso violin parts come to the fore in the second movement, which opens with a quick bass scale before the violin's melody wears itself out with manic, off-tempo ramblings and then settles into barely audible squeaks akin to those of a mouse who isn't sure if anyone's even listening anymore.
Behind the Music
Originally trained on the bandonéon—a type of Argentine accordion—Ástor Piazzolla rose through the ranks of Buenos Aires's tango bands, eventually becoming an arranger for his ensemble leaders. Impressed with his skill, pianist Arthur Rubinstein recommended he take formal composition lessons, a path that eventually led him to study with renowned French composition teacher Nadia Boulanger. According to Piazzolla's telling of the story in the program notes, his first meeting with Boulanger went terribly, as she read his classical pieces with an icy lack of response. Finally despairing, he decided to play a tango of his, and, in his words, "She suddenly opened her eyes, took my hand and told me: 'You idiot, that's Piazzolla!'" Never looking back, he dedicated himself to tango and became one of the form's most influential masters.
Winner of the 2008 Sphinx Competition, youthful violinist Danielle Belén brings fiery life to the evening with her 1709 Alessandro Gagliano instrument, on loan from the Mandell Collection until Alessandro Gagliano's vengeful ghost escapes its tomb.
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"The goal of the program is to decrease pre-term labor, low birth weight babies and to help increase breast feeding rates," says Karen Baker, Nurse Practitioner for the Dougherty County Health Department.
The Dougherty County Health Department has received an $80,000 grant from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation to help support the health department's Centering Pregnancy program.
Baker says after three years, the program is a success.
Health care providers who work with the centering program have watched many women birth healthy children with the knowledge of how to properly care for them.
Latia Carter went through the program back in 2009. She says going through the prenatal care and bonding course taught her and others the difference between fact and fiction.
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Now with the $80,000 awarded from the Healthcare Georgia Foundation, advocates for the program hope to help keep it going strong.
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Were you dancing in the streets last night in downtown St. Petersburg? Lots of other folks were, and photographer Andrea Lypka captured photos of the monthly outdoor party, Get Downtown. Take a look, see who was letting loose on Friday night:
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Presentation of the Augsburg Confession — A Tribute
|Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
25 June 1530 before Emperor Charles V
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I will speak of your statues before kings, O Lord, and will not be put to shame." — Introit Presentation of the Augsburg Confession, Psalm 119:46.
Apart from the Lord's salvific events recorded in the Old and New Testaments, particularly Christ's birth, death, resurrection, and ascension, "one of the greatest days in human history" was "when the Augsburg Confession was first publicly read before the emperor." (Klug, Eugene F A. "Luther's contribution to the Augsburg Confession." Concordia Theological Quarterly 44, no. 2-3 (1980): 155-172, pg. 159.) Martin Luther called the Diet of Augsburg where the Augsburg Confession was read, "the last trumpet before Judgment Day." The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession 481 years ago changed the world. Arguably, the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession is even more important than when Luther nailed the Ninety-five Theses on the castle door in Wittenberg in 1517. The Augsburg Confession was read in German, not Latin, on June 25 at 3 p.m. by Chancellor Beyer. He read with a clear, loud voice for nearly two hours. At least seven (if not nine) Electors and Princes of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, for all intents and purposes) signed the Augsburg Confession. George of Brandenburg declared, "Rather than deny my God and suffer the Word of God to be taken from me, I will kneel down and have my head struck off." (Eh ich mir will das Wort Gottes nehmen lassen und meines Gottes verläugnen, ehe will ich jetzt niderknien und wir den Kopf lassen abhauen." Corpus Reformatorum 2, 115.) Although the German princes who signed the Augsburg Confession did not lose their heads, others would lose their heads.
|The Execution of Twenty-seven Nobles in Prague
After the Bohemian defeat at the Battle on White Mountain.
Just a decade shy of a century after the Augsburg Confession was signed, twenty-seven Bohemian nobles were executed for their confession of the Protestant faith (The Bohemian Confession of 1575 based on the Augsburg Confession), and in some cases for their confession of the Augsburg Confession. The nobles were various shades of Lutherans or Calvinists. Among those executed was Jan Jesenius, physician to the Prince of Saxony 1593, and professor of anatomy in Wittenberg from 1594 until 1600, when he relocated to Prague. He was executed along with twenty-six other nobles for refusing the Roman Catholic faith. In 1621, the Emperor ordered all Calvinists and non-Lutherans to convert in three days to Roman Catholicism or to leave the Czech lands. In December 1621 under Archbishop Lohelius, "The last Administrator, the Lutheran Jiřík Dykastus, was exiled from Bohemia with other Czech Protestant clergy."(David, Zdenìk V. "THE WHITE MOUNTAIN, 1620: AN ANNIHILATION OR APOTHEOSIS OF UTRAQUISM?" Communio Viatorum 45, no. 1 (2003): 24-66, 35.) A few years later the Silesian Lutherans would come under persecution for their confession. From the 16th century until the present day, many would stand before kings and confess the faith confessed at Augsburg.
|Title Page of Confessyon Of The Fayth
Of The Germaynes
London, 1536
Translated by Richard Taverner
Richard Taverner (c. 1505 – 14 July 1575) best known for his translation of the Bible into English, first translated the Augsburg Confession and the Apology into English in 1536. Taverner's commitment to Lutheran theology is questionable, at the very least he was unwilling to lose his life for it. The English Ten Articles of Religion are based on the Augsburg Confession. The effects of Taverner's translation largely are limited to a brief period of time in the 1530s.
|Acta et Scripta Theologorum Wirtembergensium et
Patriarchae Constantinopolitanti D. Hieremiae, 1584.
After Luther's death, the Lutheran's continued to reach out to others with the Augsburg Confession. Melanchthon is believed to have sent a letter to Patriarch Joasaph II (1555-1565) in 1559. After Melanchthon's correspondance, Demetrios Mysos came to study in Wittenberg for about six months. During this time, Melanchthon and Mysos are believed to have translated the Augsburg Confession into Greek. Melanchthon died in 1560 and there is no evidence that Mysos returned to Constantinople with the Greek version of the Augsburg Confession.
|The Augsburg Confession's Title in Greek Reads,
"A Confession of the Orthodox Faith."
Patriarchae Constantinopolitanti D. Hieremiae, 1584, can be downloaded here in PDF.
|Philipp Melanchthon
Das Augsburger Bekenntnis von 1530,
ergänzt durch die Apologie des Bekenntnisses
Wittenberg: Georg Rhau, 1531
The Augsburg Confession confesses, "Ecclesiae magno consensu apud nos docent," that is, "The churches among us with great consensus teach." This is an ecumenical statement that the Augsburg Confession is a universal creed, that correctly expounds the Scriptures and believed by all Christians. On this Dr. Charles Arand writes, "And so in the Augustana they proclaim, "This is the one holy catholic and apostolic faith" which is proclaimed among us. Therefore the one holy Christian church exists among us in its fullness. In this claim of catholicity the confessors issue a call, inviting others to confess their catholicity by confessing the Gospel as it is set forth in the twenty-eight articles of the Augustana. And then they issue a bit of a challenge: And we hope that it exists among you." (Arand, Charles P. "The Future of Church Fellowship : A Confessional Proposal." Concordia Journal (July 1999), 248-249.)
The Augsburg Confession is the bold confession of the Lutheran, rather of the Christian Church, to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world.
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June 25 – The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession
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October 31 is rightly celebrated as Reformation Day, the day in 1517 Martin Luther published 95 Theses for debate, an action considered to be one of the sparks of the Reformation. June 25, however, is at least as important. On this date in 1530, Chancellor Christian Beyer, a member of the government of Duke John,…
Our Connection to the Ancient Church
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Monday, June 25, 2012 is the 482nd Anniversary of the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession before the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, at the Diet (meeting) of Augsburg on June 25, 1530. Remember, and thank God for our Lutheran forebears who gave us this wonderful confession of faith. The Augsburg Confession, along with Luther's Catechisms,…
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Florida education news: ACT test scores, SB 736, principal pay and more
CAUGHT IN LIMBO: Florida high school juniors trying to pass the ACT or SAT to replace their FCAT graduation requirement find the state has yet to set a passing score for them. (IStockphoto.com)
DONE: Tom Gonzalez again says he will resign as Hillsborough School Board attorney.
ACCUSED: Parents at the private St. John's Episcopal school in Tampa say their Latin teacher emotionally and physically abused students.
LIFE LESSONS: Chocachatti Elementary School student choose microsocieties and "work" in them twice weekly.
ARGUMENTS: Lawyers for the Florida Education Association and the state spend two hours in court debating the constitutionality of SB 736, the Sun-Sentinel reports. See the FEA's report on the hearing here.
CAMPUS COPS: Florida lawmakers appear poised to increase funding for school safety, the Herald-Tribune reports. • Lee County adds more officers patrolling public schools, the Fort Myers News-Press reports. • The Lake school district removes extra officers that had been assigned temporarily to elementary schools, the Orlando Sentinel reports. • Florida charter and private schools seek safety solutions too, Redefined reports. • See U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's comments on the president's proposals to reduce gun violence here.
TIME TO CHANGE: Manatee district leaders look for more effective leadership after the bottom falls out in their finances, the Bradenton Herald reports.
DENIAL: The Clay School Board prepares to reject a charter applicant's second attempt to open a school, the Florida Times-Union reports.
COMBAT PAY: Miami-Dade approves a new salary structure for principals, based upon the type of schools they have and the students they serve, the Miami Herald reports.
UNHAPPY: St. Lucie parents react negatively to several budget cutting proposals, the St. Lucie Tribune reports. "They are unpopular with us too," superintendent Michael Lannon told the paper.
APPROVED: An Escambia high school allows students to create a Gay-Straight Alliance after earlier denying the request, the Pensacola News-Journal reports.


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Dad's dead and mom's broke, so what are two Benicia rascals to do?
Strike out and try to make it rich, of course -- the central plot to Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Road Show," currently playing in its Bay Area premiere at the Eureka Theatre in San Francisco.
The Mizners are one of Benicia's pioneer families, coincidentally highlighted by an on-going exhibit at the Benicia Historical Museum, ending this month.
"Road Show" follows two brothers of the Mizner clan, noted architect Addison (Bill Fahrner) and playwright/swindler-extraordinare Wilson (Rudy Guerrero), as they leave the comforts of home behind, initially to find their fortunes in Alaska during the turn-of-the-century Klondike Gold Rush.
Theatre Rhinoceros, a queer theater troupe, did a wonderful job with the stripped-down set pieces and special effects, transforming a single, moveable block into a coffin, bar or veranda, as the scenes call for it. Additionally, the cast members themselves were crucial in developing the show's quirky atmosphere, standing in as a ship's figurehead or creating snow by cutting pieces of paper over the Mizners' heads.
"Road Show," however, suffers from a lack of focus early on after the brothers separate on bitter terms in Alaska. What follows is a meandering yarn as Addison travels through mildly unsettling stereotypes of developing countries, investing in various failed business ventures before finally arriving in New York City.
That's where the brothers reunite, and where Wilson's skill at digging for gold comes in handy when he briefly marries a rich widow and proclaims himself "King of New York."
From there, the plot breathlessly moves to Florida, where Addison finally makes it big by designing rich people's houses, cobbling together his signature eclectic style drawn from his worldly travels.
And it's in Florida where the plot at last stops long enough to delve into the characters and their motivations, albeit not for long and not too deeply. The scenes in Palm Beach, where Addison takes for his lover rich heir Hollis Bessemer (an invented character played by Michael Doppe) and where Wilson returns for a giant real estate scheme, show just how sad the brothers are after a lifetime of
Most telling is Wilson's advertisement pitch for Boca Raton, which the Mizners and Hollis envision as the Venice of Florida. The constant conman describes life as "A road down which we travel, ever seeking, never satisfied. An endless quest for something different, something better."
Guerrero delivers a powerful performance as Wilson, a man perpetually unsatisfied with his life and looking for that "something."
Unfortunately for both brothers, that "something" was not in Boca Raton. Once again the brothers part ways and return to the road in the desperate search for what they're missing.
A lot is left unsaid by the time "Road Show" reaches its abrupt ending. But as Wilson put it, perhaps it's not about the destination, but the journey.
"Road Show" runs through Jan. 19, 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Sundays at the Eureka Theatre, 215 Jackson St., San Francisco. For details, visit www.therhino.org.
Contact Lanz Christian Bañes at (707) 553-6833 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @LanzCBanes.
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For almost three years, Canelo Alvarez proudly wore the WBC junior middleweight belt.
That belt now belongs to Floyd Mayweather Jr. But Alvarez doesn't feel naked without a title, and that he's not fighting for a belt Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden may be proof that titles are overrated.
"It's not strange at all," Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 knockouts) said Tuesday upon his arrival at the MGM for Saturday's non-title, 12-round fight with veteran Alfredo Angulo. "You don't need a title when there's a good fight, and this is a good fight."
Angulo agrees. He's not worried that there's nothing at stake Saturday. If he beats Alvarez, he'll get a chance to fight for a title.
"This is a very, very big opportunity for me," said Angulo (22-3, 18 KOs). "It's up to me to take advantage of it."
For Alvarez, it's about putting his Sept. 14, 2013 loss to Mayweather behind him and moving forward. He knows it would not be healthy for his career to take another backward step and he has no intention of doing so. He moved his training camp from Mexico to San Diego to reduce the distractions and he looked very fit and confident Tuesday.
"The most important thing for me with this training camp was I was very relaxed," Alvarez said. "I was excited to be back in the ring working. I'm happiest when I'm fighting.
"We know what Angulo brings and it's a different fight than Mayweather. We know he brings a lot of pressure and we're ready for that."
Angulo also trained in a different locale — the Bay Area — instead of in Southern California. Working with Virgil Hunter, he had the benefit of sparring with Andre Ward and Amir Khan, both Hunter trainees.
"He has a great group of fighters and everyone helps each other out," Angulo said. "We see each other as friends, not rivals. We're all from different cultures but we all get along and we all work well together."
While everyone knows about Alvarez's total domination by Mayweather, Angulo is coming off his own tough defeat June 8 when he was beating Erislandy Lara at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., before suffering a contusion to his left eye and the fight was stopped in the 10th round. He had knocked Lara down in the fourth round and again in the ninth. But the injury offset all the good he had done.
Both Angulo and Hunter claimed the injury was caused by a thumb from Lara's glove. Still, it's a loss and like Alvarez, Angulo is looking to bounce back.
"Everything's fine," Angulo said of his eye. "I'm as prepared as I can be and I believe people will be very surprised in what they see on Saturday."
■ NOTE — Both fighters will hold free public workouts today in the MGM Grand Garden concourse entrance. Angulo will go at noon, followed by Alvarez at 1 p.m.
Contact reporter Steve Carp at 702-387-2913 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on twitter @stevecarprj.


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