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Tuesday, September 23. 2008
Romanian Raise Questions
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I'm sure it is difficult for the Romanians to have their parishes divided between those under the OCA and those under the Patriarch. And most people can understand the nationalism tug to have everyone united under their Patriarch. However, according to Orthodox canon law, local churches are to be led by local bishops. Foreign bishops do not have any business in North America. Since a indigenous, canonical, autocephalous church, the OCA, exists in North America, it is under this omophor ALL the Orthodox in North America should be under. If the Romanians wish to combine their US churches, canonically, it should be under the OCA.
#1 Anonymous on 2008-09-23 14:44
Dear Mark,
I write as an individual priest, albeit one who considers himself reasonably well-informed on his topic.
As a reader of www.ocanews.org since its inception, I believe it to have been the single greatest impetus for resolution of the scandal to which it is addressed, outside of the few heros who have struggled so mightily. I am reminded of Patriarch Teoctist's remark about the martyrs of the 1989 Romanian uprising -- "We have not been as courageous as these children." (my loose translation).
I have read and reread the purposes of this website and find myself endorsing and re-endorsing them.
But . . .
I'm afraid that in posting comments, reflections or documents concerning the ongoing dialogue between the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA) and the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of America (Romanian Patriarchate), you've ventured beyond your stated purposes. I can conceive of no connection between the Romanian dialogue and any of the three purposes listed on the ocanews.org homepage, all of which directly refer to the OCA misconduct scandal.
In fact, discussion of the Romanian dialogue on this website only clouds the issues -- both for you and for us.
Let me explain:
1. The dialogue between the two Romanian eparchies (a good Orthodox Christian word, not Patriarchal jargon as some would have us believe) began at then Bishop Nathaniel's initiative in 1992, well before even Deacon Wheeler mentioned misconduct in Syosset. It has continued for sixteen years, entirely without reference to the troubles of the National Church.
2. The ROEA and ROAA have assiduously resisted making any connection between the dialogue and the OCA scandal, refusing at every turn to comment on it or to do anything to exacerbate the OCA's problems. True, Archbishop Nathaniel fulfilled certain obligations as a member of the Holy Synod -- this is not to be misread as confusing the two issues.
3. In all discussions between the ROEA, the ROAA and the Patriarchate of Romania, it was clear that the OCA scandal is not at stake. It also was made abundantly clear that the ROEA has no interest in judging, repudiating or otherwise characterizing the OCA, its history, autocephaly, or personalities.
4. Simple courtesy and fairness would expect that those outside the ROEA would similarly refrain from judging or characterizing a dialogue to which they are not party. Certainly in our age, no one is obliged to be courteous or fair, and every person in North America has the right to speak on anything -- I simply suggest that ocanews.org is not the appropriate forum in this case.
5. To be sure, there are individuals who see the OCA scandal as a reason to leave. That is their opinion. It is not germane to the ROEA-ROAA dialogue, nor is the dialogue germane to the scandal.
6. I believe, as do my brethren in the dialogue, that the OCA -- guided by the Holy Spirit -- will solve the present crisis and thrive again. I have expressed this belief publicly, many times. That is our opinion. It is not germane to the ROEA-ROAA dialogue, nor is the dialogue germane to the scandal's resolution.
Obviously a full explanation of the dialogue itself would take many more pages but, as I have said, I believe discussion of the whole subject to be outside the scope of www.ocanews.org. I know that any member of the ROEA side of the Joint Dialogue would be happy to answer any questions at any time.
Some questions remain for this website:
1. Are you prepared to publish every single document, comment and reflection that comes your way regarding the Romanian dialogue? You'll be receiving submissions in at least two languages and from at least three countries. In the interest of being unbiased, are you willing to find yourself suddenly an American platform for the Patriarchate of Romania and her apologists? I don't question your openness to this, but I fear the result would be to significantly dilute this website's effectiveness as a voice concerning the original controversy in Syosset.
2. Are you prepared to revise the purposes of ocanews.org? What will be the scope of coverage of scandals, controversies and just plain whining, once you've departed from the Syosset scandal?
3. What do you wish for ocanew.org and its standing in the Orthodox Christian community? At least some of your credibility in the OCA question comes from your personal experience in Syosset. You have no such experience in the Romanian question -- in fact I have noted some important inaccuracies in your coverage before today. Venturing into this uncharted water brings the risk of reducing ocanews.org's credibility to that of one more scandal sheet looking for a story.
4. What does your readership expect from ocanews.org? Perhaps the answer to this question will reveal the answers to my first three questions. Perhaps, as the Syosset scandal subsides and is resolved, this website will need a new raison d'etre. Perhaps ocanews.org will disappear and stokoeorthodoxnews.com will arise in its place. I don't presume to know God's will -- I can only speak of the present instance.
These are troubled times for all of us. We need, more than ever, to deepen our repentance, prayerfulness and forgiveness. We need, each of us, to focus ever more clearly on the particular task that God has given us in our little corners of the world. We need to trust that, as each of us strives to discern God's will in our own contexts, His Holy Spirit will take care of the big picture and that some day, in His time, the prayer of His Son will be answered: "That all may be one."
Archpriest Ian Pac-Urar
The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America
The Orthodox Church in America
(Editor's note: Fr. Ian is a member of the JDC, and so more than a "little informed" on the topic. Thank you Fr. Ian for those well spoken and thoughtful comments. Let me try to answer your major concern, which I understand to be "Is this anybody's business apart from the ROEA and ROAA, let alone OCANews.org?"
The short answer is "Yes".
The longer answer goes like this: I will not accept your reductions of this issue, just as I would not accept Syosset's reductions at the beginning of the OCA scandal.
To wit, it is every Orthodox Christian in America's "business" in general because the church structure being presented affects every Orthodox Christian in America, and the goal of a united Orthodoxy in America. It is not just your business or your business alone, because what you are doing affects us all, for decades, if not centuries, to come.
It is every member of the OCA's business because it affects the future of the OCA specficially, as it relates to our self-understanding as the autocephalous Church in America, and as a vehicle of unity for all Orthodox. (Perhaps we are failing in that - but that is another question. )
Most importantly, it concerns OCANews.org, since no one else is "bothering" to cover this story for the OCA as a whole, or as the OBUSA laments, even for the ROEA, let alone the ROAA. (Pardon me if I seek to fill in the gaps even the small extent I have, since y'all seem to be trying to fly under the radar in this effort - which raises its own questions....)
Finally, and most importantly, I would argue that this is our business - that is, everybody in the OCA's at least - because last time I looked Archbishop Nathaniel was still a member of the Synod of Bishops of the OCA, was still planning on being in Pittsburgh, and more than likely, should someone fail to get 2/3 of the votes on the first ballot, will be one of the five Bishops who will actually elect our new Metropolitan. It is a reasonable question, therefore, to ask, and to consider, and discuss, if in planning the future of the OCA, the ROEA and its hierarch will be along for the ride - or not.
But feel free to disagree.
Finally, if you feel I have reported "substantial inaccuracies" as you alledge, please be so good as to point them out to me. Since everything I have reported regarding the "unity" question comes from documents, which documents do you think were false or inaccurate? But I suspect your real problem, as the tenor of your questions reveals, is that you just don't want anybody talking about this at all. Good luck on that one. This is America.
A more fruitful policy, I would suggest, would be just to put all the cards out on the table, let people discuss it openly and thoroughly and honestly, and then let those responsible come to a decision freely. In short, be transparent and accountable. And what do you know, I guess that is the purpose of this website, after all...)
#2 Fr. Ian on 2008-09-23 14:45
Dear Mark,
Before you ascribe motives to my words and perform diagnoses of my "problem," I suggest you speak with some folks who actually know me. Any of my parishioners will do, or even some of those most opposed to the whole dialogue/unity prospect -- you know some of their names.
We'll never have unity of any sort if we descend to the ad hominem level.
Little of what I say ever has more than face value and, while I accept that the Romanian question is of concern to the OCA and to Orthodoxy in general, I challenge you to correlate this topic in any direct, specific way to even one of the stated purposes of this website.
Fr. Ian
(Editor's note: Father, there was no ad hominem criticism in my reply, in any way shape or form. I fear you have me confused with the ad hominem attack on Fr. Vincent by Fr. Cornel, which follows.
But I do thank you for admitting the issue is of concern to the OCA and Orthodoxy in America in general.
As for how this issue relates to the concerns of this website, I thought I had made that clear with my two final words: accountability and transparency. That you failed to grasp that reminds me of response a friend once shared with me when a another friend told her she was going to Paris sans money. " Don't you think you should take some money?" my friend asked. "Why?" the traveller asked. " Well," my friend replied, " if I have to explain that to you, it probably won't do any good." So, too, here.
But feel free to disagree. )
#3 Anonymous on 2008-09-23 15:28
Dear Fr. Ian,
I personally have not been following the Romanian situation very closely but I would be concerned if +Nathaniel and the ROEA delegates were to participate in the AAC come November. It appears His Grace has distanced himself from the OCA with all of its problems given his prior knowledge of the irregularities (as the SIC report indicates) and subsequent non-action and his absence from the recent Synod-MC gathering. If the Romanian diocese is seeking to break away from the OCA why should it have any say in determining the OCA's future? I wish your bishop would state his intentions clearly prior to the AAC.
#4 Karina Ross on 2008-09-23 15:51
Fr Ian,
Greetings in the Lord!
It is simply assumed that every ROEA parish will join in this union? Was there are is there any provision for a ROEA parish, mission, monastery, to stay in the OCA if they choose to?
What if ROEA parishes want to stay in the OCA? Can they? Is there a provision to do so?
#5 Anonymous on 2008-09-23 16:27
Archpriest Ian,
The obvious reason for this "news", despite a beautifully crafted response, is that ocanews has become the unofficial "blog" to the world about Orthodox-related issues. In effect, it is the perfect definition of a blog (go check it out on Wiki). Any issue that is "orthodox" now has another internet forum.
Content is added or removed at-will by a single user who has ultimate control of what is published and an agenda that can be validated by the promotion of transparency and accountability "the purpose of this website after all..."
I'm we can all see the predicament - any questioning of purpose is an obvious attack on accountability and transparency as defined by, you guessed it, the blogger.
#6 Methodios on 2008-09-23 16:38
I am sure these discussions have been delicate and difficult these past 15-16 years between the ROEA and the ROAA, but looking at the response from hierarchs in Romania and some of the remarks reported by some of the leaders in Romania, I have to wonder if these men are stupid or ignorant, or, worse yet, evil.
Are they really so misinformed about life in America that they would "announce" something that was sure to insite the sensibilities of those Americans of Romanian descent to react in exactly the opposite way?
I simply cannot imagine them being evil, so my only choice is to believe they are ignorant, but that doesn't engender much confidence.
As an outside observer in this, I increasingly wonder if any foreign hierarchs have the slightest clue how to communicate other than by "divine fiat" to Americans.
How often does this method have to fail to achieve their stated goals before they figure out it may be time to change the method? I mean really...
#7 Barnabas Powell on 2008-09-23 20:08
Fr Ian appears to want to keep this whole discussion "in the family" of Romanians...buying into the line "let's go back to the Mother Church." The underlying attitude of those supporting the re-union is "Romanian first, then Orthodox." It is lamentable that all Romanians on this continent are not under one autocephalous national Church. He apparently does not understand that an Episcopate in the US and Canada for 100 years, more than 60 of which has been spent NOT under a foreign Patriarch, is established, is autocephalous and is now the Church which those who come to this land from the "old country" should join. The Patriarchate certainly does not understand the concept.
All the claims about not making the OCA scandal an issue rings as disingenuous. How big hearted of them to say that, while out of the other side of their mouths they (numerous priests) constantly point to how "NOBODY" recognizes the OCAs autocephaly! So, their logic continues, that's a big reason to go from autocephalous to "maximal autonomy." How is that logical? Yes, indeed, they don't want anyone "outside the familia" to know what is being said!
I hope OCA News keeps providing information on this topic, because the JDC has taken on a life of its own that supersedes restoring good relations, and is now advocating a take over by the Patriarchate... no matter how they couch "more autonomous than the Antiochians."
To love one's heritage and roots is a wonderful thing. However, to put it ahead of Christ, the Church and its mission on this continent, ahead of the canons that call for good order, and then justify it with the reasons given is tragic.
There are clergy in the Episcopate who do not support this reunion, and in their numbers are some younger generation, Romanian-born priests. I hope they will continue working to help others who have immigrated to see that their future is here. The future of their church is here, in the autocephalous Orthodox Church in America.
#8 Anonymous on 2008-09-24 05:38
In reply to Fr. Dimitri Vincent articles in the Romanian Brotherhood lettert, please see the following reply:
Dear Fr. Vincent:
To respond to your request for "feedback" on your recent editorial efforts, I would like to say that your publication is ugly. It's ugly not only in its presentation (interminably long and crowded to confusion), but is also ugly and deceiving in its content. It is a treatise entitled "On Unity" which promotes disunity.
Fr. Vincent, where have you been?
For many years you had little to do with our Episcopate. Suddenly you appeared from out of the blue professing to understand our Episcopate, its faithful, and its needs. Do you now attempt to shape its future?
Since you left our Episcopate many things have changed: the cold war is over (did you notice that?) and Romania, a member of NATO and of the European Union, is a partner with the USA in the war against terrorism. Foremost, the structure of our Episcopate has changed. Parishes which once were big and vibrant parishes are now smaller, struggling to make ends meet. Some of them were revitalized by the new immigration. Missions or small parishes at the time when you knew first hand our Episcopate are now large parishes (some are the largest in the Episcopate), and they are formed by newcomers from Romania.
This summer I had a chance to serve again in my first parish, Holy Cross in Alexandria, VA. What a joy it was for me. This is a parish which I thought, when I left to go to St. Paul over 23 years ago, had no future. Now it is full of young people and children. The average age of its membership is under 40 years old.
The faithful there have not been touched by the cold war mentality. This mentality is alive, however, in some of the members of the not-so-brotherly Brotherhood.
Oh brother, where art thou?
The unity we are talking about is not with the Patriarchate of Romania, but with our brothers and sisters from North America. Only a mean step-brother does not want to be united with his brothers. It is the eternal story of Joseph and his brothers, isn't it?
This unity will bring many benefits: spiritual strength, greater missionary potential, and especially order among the divided and independent parishes on this continent. It is a beginning for the greater unity of Orthodox Christians in North America. If two small dioceses formed by brothers and sisters cannot be united, it makes no sense to dream about a greater unity among all the Orthodox in North America.
The offer made to us by the Patriarch is the best possible. It surpasses the autonomy accorded to the Antiochian diocese. If we do not take this great offer made to us by the Patriarch, we should have not only our faith but also our heads examined.
However, it's more about canonicity.
The OCA is only a semi-canonical mitropolia, since it is recognized as autocephalous by its giver alone, the Patriarchate of Moscow. We, in turn, are connected with the OCA by a legal contract with no canonical value. Take a hard and honest look at what we are and where we have been: we are a sort of independent archdiocese and act as such, which is semi-heretical, if not heretical. While there were some reasons for this division, they were only political, not ecclesiastical.
Since the political reasons for this division (schism) do not exist anymore, it is time for us to correct our canonicity within the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Ecclesiologically, the other diocese was right all along. Perhaps they were politically incorrect, but they were ecclesiologically accurate.
Crazy as a loon!
While some leaders in our Episcopate may enjoy this kind of "freedom" as you call it in your publication which we have in the OCA, it contravenes our faith and administratively it is very precarious. It starts at the diocesan level, but trickles down to the parish level and into the lives of the faithful.
To recommend remaining in this semi-canonical defunct church organization and I mean in the OCA is in fact irresponsible. Furthermore, anyone who would believe that the other diocese would join us with the OCA must be, as my mother-in-law likes to say, crazy as a loon.
This member of the silent majority could not silently sit by without taking a stand. While there are several more ideas I'd like to "feedback" to you, that will have to be all for now.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Cornel Todeasa
you would be very right if the so called oca's autocephaly was canonically recognized by the ancient patriarchates,but it is NOT and even the moscow patriarchate which granted that autocephaly at a time of communist control, now seems to marginalize the oca. no, the oca is just one other jurisdiction of the many here in america.THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IS IN THE CHALICE. as long we all serve and commune together we truly are one.
#10 Anonymous on 2008-09-24 08:39
"The OCA is only a semi-canonical mitropolia, since it is recognized as autocephalous by its giver alone, the Patriarchate of Moscow."
The above statement by you just isn't true. The OCA is in communion with ALL the canonical Orthodox Churches around the world and thus, de facto, is recognized by all. If someone doesn't want to "formally" recognize China, that's their right, but this does not mean China does not exist. The only reason "some" may not "formally" recognize the autocephaly of the OCA is because once done, any church under foreign bishops (canonically) MUST come under the OCA. Constantinople refused to recognize the autocephaly of Moscow for over 200 years and then did so after much $$$ was exchanged. Politics is not the reality.
#11 Anonymous on 2008-09-25 05:25
"you would be very right if the so called oca's autocephaly was canonically recognized by the ancient patriarchates,but it is NOT and even the moscow patriarchate which granted that autocephaly at a time of communist control, now seems to marginalize the oca."
This also is not a true statement. The OCA is in communion with ALL the canonical Orthodox and therefore recognized. It isn't the "Metropolia" long past. Nor has the MP marginalized the OCA. ROCOR wishes that were the case, but ROCOR is now under the thumb of Moscow and foreign bishops have no business in the American Church. They are here for the money. ROCOR is no more than some throw back to 1915 Russia waiting for the next Czar and not living in the reality of Orthodoxy in North America. Canonically, the OCA is the ONLY autocephalous Orthodox Church in North America and will remain as such. You however, can be under the thumb of whatever foreign bishop you please.
#12 Anonymous on 2008-09-25 06:38
When will we learn to exercise ecclesial discipline?
from the San Francisco Chronicle:
Struggling with severe mental illness, the man turned in desperation to his church, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco.
But soon after the man implored the Rev. Michael Rymer to be his "spiritual father" and guide him through his troubles, the priest allegedly seduced him without revealing that he had been exposed to HIV, court records show.
"I was going to Father Michael when I was in my worst state," the man later testified. "When I would go to him to help me, he would help me, and afterward he would take advantage of me. That was his method of continual operation over and over again."
Over a 14-year-period, several church officials learned that the priest was HIV-positive, and they suspected he was having sex with his parishioner, according to court records. But they did not report Rymer's misconduct.
The priest's alleged sexual abuse of his vulnerable parishioner seemed destined to remain a secret masked by a church hierarchy steeped in tradition rich with incense and icons.
But the man's psychiatrists urged him to complain. He filed a lawsuit accusing the priest of sexual battery and the church of negligence.
Rymer and the church have denied wrongdoing. But after San Francisco Superior Court Judge Patrick Mahoney ruled that the church might face potentially high punitive damages, the defendants settled the case at a closed court hearing on Thursday from which members of the media and the public were excluded.
The man's lawyers declined to comment but said in court papers that despite blatant evidence of clerical misconduct, "the Church deliberately turned a blind eye."
In the past decade, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese has paid more than $10 million to settle sex abuse cases, according to the church. The archdiocese faces pending lawsuits alleging sex abuse by priests in Texas, Florida, Illinois and Arizona.
Meanwhile, more than two dozen Greek Orthodox priests around the country have been criminally convicted, sanctioned by the church or sued for sexually abusing parishioners.
Clergy abuse has afflicted many religious denominations, most prominently the Roman Catholic Church, which according to published accounts has paid more than $1 billion to victims. But while the Catholic Church has been forced to deal with clergy sexual misconduct, "the Orthodox churches still view themselves as above the law."
As described in the documents, the case highlights a pattern found in clergy abuse cases: Religious officials disregarded mounting evidence of misconduct until the victim finally took legal measures forcing them to act.
The man who complained about Rymer was raised in a devout Greek Orthodox family and served as an altar boy at St. Nicholas Church in San Jose. In 1982, he landed an administrative job at IBM and married. But that November, he was in a bad car accident. During rehabilitation, he became addicted to painkillers and began drinking heavily. In October 1987, he was admitted to a drug detoxification program at Stanford University Hospital, and while there he had a psychotic breakdown. The chronic condition rendered him borderline mentally retarded, according to his lawsuit, without the ability to weigh risks.
But through it all, he remained devout. Released from the hospital, he sought solace from his church "to improve my conscious contact with God," as he testified.
Rymer had his own troubles. He was a self-described homosexual sex addict. And by 1987, he had learned that a former homosexual partner was HIV-positive.
Rymer later testified he understood that the man was "mentally ill, that he had had a psychotic break, that he was oftentimes very emotionally unstable."
A few days later, Rymer invited the man to supper at the home he shared with his mother in San Jose. After she had retired for the night, Rymer and the man had sex on the living room couch, the priest testified.
Almost immediately, the priest felt he was falling in love. "It was very joyful on one hand and somewhat frightening on the other hand," he testified.
He said he struggled with the conflict between being "a practicing homosexual and being part of a church that basically was condemning of what I was engaging in."
For his part, the man believed Rymer was trying to convince him he was gay. "He tried to convince me that homosexuality was acceptable," the man testified. "He told me that a couple of the disciples of Christ were also homosexual."
As their sexual involvement continued, the man and his wife divorced. Meanwhile, he served as an acolyte, helping Rymer celebrate Mass. But then the man told Rymer he wanted to end their sexual relationship.
The priest tried to dissuade him. On a retreat at a monastery at Point Reyes, Rymer testified, he screamed at the man and threw furniture "because of his rejection of me."
Later, while the man was driving them home across the Golden Gate Bridge, the priest had what he later called a panic attack and "wanted to throw myself off the bridge."
Within days, Rymer checked into Stanford Medical Center's psychiatric unit and while there was diagnosed as HIV-positive.
Only then did Rymer tell the man that he had been at risk of exposure to HIV. The man seemed unconcerned and the priest saw the man's continuing sexual participation with him as what he later described in testimony as a "godsend."
The man continued to have problems with substance abuse and "hypersexual" behavior, according to court records.
In 1993, he moved to Vermont for residential psychiatric treatment, but his relationship with the priest would continue. When he returned to California seven years later, they resumed having sex. The man never contracted HIV.
During their on-again, off-again relationship, church officials repeatedly encountered evidence of Rymer's misconduct. The priest testified that he had told a host of them that he was homosexual or that he had HIV and then developed AIDS.
In 1989, for example, Rymer said he confided to another priest about his sexual relationship with the man. "He warned me to be careful," Rymer testified. "Just to be cautious in having a relationship with someone."
Around 1999, the Rev. Michael Pappas learned Rymer had AIDS and was living with the man in Stockton. Even Metropolitan Gerasimos, who has since become the church's top West Coast official, testified that in the late 1990s he had heard indirectly that Rymer had HIV and concluded that Rymer had been infected through homosexual activity.
But Gerasimos did not share his suspicions with other church officials, testifying that Rymer "was not a subject of my immediate interest."
Then, in December 2003, the man made a formal complaint to the church claiming that the priest had raped him.
Church officials suspended Rymer, according to court records, but neither revoked his title of priest nor ordered him to cease contact with the man.
Some time later, Rymer invited the man to his house for dinner, had sex with him and persuaded him to retract his complaint, according to the man's testimony.
But in April 2005, the man reinstated his complaint. Finally, at a hearing of the church's committee on clergy discipline, Rymer admitted having sex with the man.
According to a confidential church report, "Fr. Michael stated that he had 'crossed a line' and 'made a mistake,' calling his actions 'stupid.' "
The man then sued. Both the church and Rymer admitted the priest had sex with the man, but contended they had no legal liability because it was consensual.
But Judge Mahoney found there was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial. The judge also ruled the man could sue for punitive damages based on evidence that church officials "had knowledge of critical facts and did not act upon those facts."
The church then agreed to a confidential settlement. Now 50 years old, the man remains under psychiatric care. He has held a series of menial jobs for short periods and sometimes has been homeless, sleeping on the street.
Meanwhile, Rymer lives at a church monastery near Redding. According to church officials, he was defrocked in 2006.
But Rymer, who is now a monk, testified last year that he still bears the honorific title of "a virtuous father."
In reply to #6 Fr. Hodges: with everything that the sic report says, there is there so little that has been revealed as to "explanation of each of the the expenditures." The majority of OCA Synod of Bishops still haven't made a statement of wrong doing with regard to the outcome of the SIC report. The Romanian question, the ROCOR and Patriarchiates' parishes and the OCA autocephaly, it seems that there should be a better solution than to have all of these as separate jurisdictions. It appears that all of the jurisdictions in the United States should be united administratively. However, each needs to "clean up" its own act and have a clear understanding of the churches mission and goals statement--similiar to mission and goals statesments of schools and colleges. You have to have goals and a mission statement before you know where you are going administratively. The United States is not lacking in the number of bishops--whether under the authority of a foreign patriarchate or under the Metropolitan of an autocephlous church (OCA). A lot of wasteful resources of duplicating administrative work. Yet not one jurisdiction has a magazine for American teens. The IOCC is a step in the right direction. There are more monasteries--women and men than there were 30 years ago. That is a healthy sign of Orthodoxy in the United States.
#14 anonymous on 2008-09-26 06:48
Don't get me wrong, I know that the autocephaley offered by the OCA is precarious. I also realize that a North American(NA) Orthodox Church will be a different organization than OCA, the dream of OCA uniting NA died years ago.
However, I cannot zee how going back under the European Hierarchs will bring us closer to unity. Any move to NA unity means issues to be resolved in Britian, France, Australia, ...
We have Patriarchs that have never met in a council in there lives, how can we expect them to work together in NA?
It helps the Romanian church, funding appeals that would bring in 1000$ in Romania might bring in 10 times that in NA. Not to mention it serves as a place to offer Romanian clergy well paying jobs. It also helps to say that your church serves (x) thousand members abroad, with churches around the world. If maximal autonomy is on the table, what is wrong with under another jurisdiction.
The OCA has failed, instead of working with established SCOBA programs we had to create our own. We fell into the same squabbling over parishes that the former cultural jurisdictions did. etc We have to realize that a NA church may mean us losing ours, but if we can realize such a goal lets do it.
#15 Reader Michael on 2008-09-29 18:15
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Online retailing in India is pegged at $600 million a year and has the potential to swell to $70 billion by 2020, as per consultancy firm Technopak Advisors. The total e-commerce market, (including travel sites) is worth $10 billion currently, and is expected to touch $200 billion by 2020.

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Health records at your fingertips
Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:30:00 GMT —
If you need to get a copy of your medical records, as it is now at most places, you have to fill out a form and wait a couple of days.
That's no longer the case at Quincy Medical Group as you can get your records at your fingertips.
There's a new online portal called Follow My Health.
With a few strikes on a keyboard and a couple clicks of a mouse, you can have access to your medical records.
"Things like prescriptions, problem lists, upcoming appointments, diagnosis, and information that can help them better manage their healthcare," Quincy Medical Group CEO Aric Sharp said.
You can also see a list of your allergies and even immunizations. But not everything is on here ... yet. You can't see X-rays or other images and you can't make an appointment.
"We feel that having access to this information helps the patient become more informed. When it comes to managing chronic disease, information is critically important for the patient to know what's going on," Sharp said.
Sharp says for example if someone is diabetic, they can get lab results right at their computer ... and the results come quickly.
"When you have a lab test done, the results go into the Follow My Health portal very quickly. It's possible that the patient could get an e-mail saying you have results posted, and the physician hasn't had an opportunity to look," the Executive Director of Clinical Services for Quincy Medical Group Kathy Harman said.
That doesn't mean the doctor won't call you to discuss your results. Kathy Harman says this portal does not take away the importance of a doctor patient relationship. It only takes a few minutes to set up an account. You can even log in though your Google, Yahoo, or Facebook account.
"In terms of security, it's very safe. Patients can have every confidence that their data is secure. In this application, just like our electronic record, there are processes that patient goes through to get a password, to get an account set up," Aric Sharp explained.
You can log in from anywhere in the world that you have internet access, so the information goes with you wherever you go. It's also important to note, that everyone in your family has to have a separate account.
There's no app for Follow Your Health just yet.
The software maker does have an app available, and Quincy Medical Group is looking into it for the future.
If you'd like to sign up for the free service, click here.


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Michigan State, Kentucky running out of time to revive Final Four hopes
Tom Izzo is now talking with only the faintest trace of sarcasm about holding middle-of-the-night practices. Michigan State doesn't have classes this week, and in its coach's mind, it needs to focus entirely on rediscovering the form that made it a national title favorite for much of the season. As a result, Izzo growled Monday about scheduling some midnight madness in March.
"No rules," the Spartans coach said at a news conference in East Lansing. "The NCAA can't slap me with anything."
Regular office hours likely will prevail, but contemplating some extreme measures could be forgiven. It is getting too late for comfort for Michigan State, just as it is for Kentucky, two purported Final Four contenders who are encountering some unexpected turbulence as the NCAA tournament draws near. They met in the Champions Classic in November as the top two ranked teams in the nation, a showdown won by MSU and viewed by many as a potential prelude to a more consequential rematch in April. By the looks of it now, any meeting between Izzo and John Calipari in Dallas might simply be for the free Bruce Springsteen show.
The Spartans, who are still not completely healthy, enter the last week of the regular season having dropped six of their last 10 games and have fallen to No. 22 in the nation. The Wildcats, who are still not completely grown up, have lost three of five and are clinging to the last spot in the AP top 25.
What's become clear during those skids is that each of these teams have problems that must be dealt with, and both are running out of time to fix them.
Michigan State
Diagnosis: The high volume of injuries is more typical of underground fight clubs than basketball teams, and it has subverted the chemistry in East Lansing for months. Eight Spartans average at least 13 minutes per game and only one of them -- sophomore guard Denzel Valentine -- has not missed a game this season. On Saturday, Michigan State had its full complement of players for the first time in nearly two months -- and still lost at home to unranked Illinois.
Part of the reason is that even at least one key healthy Spartan is not at full strength. Keith Appling's ailing wrist has left Michigan State to play four-on-five when its senior point guard is on the floor. Appling averages 13.2 points per game for the season but hasn't scored in double figures since Jan. 28, though that span includes a three-game injury absence. In the four games since his return, he is 6-of-18 from the floor with 14 total points. He'd hit or eclipsed 14 points in a single game 12 times previously.
Appling is a vital cog but either he can't contribute effectively or he has no confidence in his ability to do so. In one sequence against Illinois last weekend, he dribbled toward the corner against the Illini's Rayvonte Rice. Rice jumped in front of Appling and simply took the ball away. He didn't poke it away or slap it loose or even wrestle it into his hands. Rice just took it.
Appling's obviously debilitating wrist issues notwithstanding, it was a glaring moment of weakness for a team that has not been as tough as Izzo's squads usually are. Michigan State's rebounding margin for the year is +4.8, good for third in the Big Ten but far below its league-best averages of 7.6 and 8.0, respectively, the past two seasons.
Prognosis: Fair
Appling will be a problem barring a miracle recovery, because there isn't time to rest the wrist for an extended period now. But Izzo alluded to increasing Travis Trice's minutes, which at least would keep an offensive threat on the floor more often. The rebounding margin has been eye-catching all season -- the Spartans were outrebounded in each of their first three losses -- but there is reason to suspect it could soon improve. Starting power forward Branden Dawson returned for the Illinois game after missing the last nine contests with a broken hand, and he is averaging 8.6 rebounds per game this season. Likewise, Adreian Payne has averaged nearly nine rebounds per game in his five most recent outings since returning from his own injury. If Dawson and Payne clean the glass like that, the Spartans can get back to owning the backboards and increase their chances of making a deep run in March.
Diagnosis: You might have heard the Wildcats are young – four of their starters are freshmen, a fifth is a top reserve and the other two players among their top seven are sophomores – and they're certainly not going to get older quickly enough to matter.
The bigger problem for Kentucky has been its offense. During this rough patch, the Wildcats have not taken care of the ball, not shot well from outside and, as Calipari notes, been almost impossibly bad from inside. 'The one's were getting next to the goal, for some reason, we're missing," he said. "If you look over the last three games, I'm guessing we've missed over 20 one-foot shots. I mean right next to the goal."
The ones farther from the goal have also been a problem. Kentucky is shooting 27 percent from 3-point range in its last three games and just 33.8 percent over its last six. James Young, whose 63 made 3s are 27 more than his next-closest teammate, has been frigid lately, making just under 31 percent from outside and leaving the Wildcats with no reliable perimeter threat.
Similarly, the ballhandling has been shaky of late. Five times in its last six games Kentucky has recorded more turnovers than assists. Three times the Wildcats have recorded single-digit assist nights. Point guard Andrew Harrison has just 34 assists against 25 turnovers in his past 10 games, four of which have been losses.
Prognosis: Tenuous
Shooting inconsistencies aren't likely to be worked out in March practices. As Calipari suggested on Monday, the Wildcats would benefit from getting into transition more and getting a few easy ones to fall. Confidence could swell from there. That's a lot of ifs in the equation, and if Kentucky starts shooting better -- its season field goal percentage of 45.5 is the same as Wichita State's -- its circumstances could change dramatically.
Still, the truth is that Kentucky is not as accomplished as its reputation often suggested. The Wildcats have been ranked all season long but have played five games against ranked opponents and lost four of them, with the only win coming at home against then-No. 6 Louisville back on Dec. 28.
For both Michigan State and Kentucky, there is precious little time remaining for reliable signs of progress to emerge. Still, both the Spartans and the Wildcats have the talent on the floor and the sidelines to make everyone take notice with very little notice.
"I know there's something left with this team. I'm 200 percent positive," said Izzo of his club.
"Where we are right now has no bearing on where we're going to be," Calipari said of his.


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For me the month of September is the month of parental birthdays, in fact my mom's birthday is in less than a week! I find that the hardest part about my parents birthday is finding the perfect birthday present! Of course when I was younger it wasn't nearly as difficult; I would simply go shopping with my parents (which ever one wasn't having the birthday in question) and pick out something I liked which they would pay for. As I reached the preteen years I decided I wanted to shop for my parents gifts on my own, that meant that I had to pay for it too. This being said it got much harder to find something nice within my price range. I've finally realized that the gift doesn't have to be from a fancy store; my parents definitely appreciate it a lot when I give them a gift that means something to me and to them!
While I was headed to the store with my mom to pick up some pictures I needed for my dad's present this year (a photo album), we both had a bit of a realization. My mom said that if she had to do it all over again she would give me a little bit more independence during gift shopping when I was younger. She likes the idea of giving a child five or ten dollars to pick out something in the dollar store, with a little bit of supervision, that they think might be nice for a birthday present. I thought this idea was a nice one too, even though it might not be a fancy piece of jewelry or tools from home depot, parents would be happy just to get a present that their children thought of all on their own!
If this technique doesn't quite seem right for your child another thing that I always liked doing was giving my parents some of the school projects I did. Art projects work really well and you can even plan to make something that reminds you of your parents or your parents of you somehow! I've made my dad everything from wax paintings to wire sculptures in art class; I even made him a dream catcher at camp one year! Even if your children don't make a lot of projects at school yet, a neat idea on the website is the cards because they are easy to make, you can personalize them with a cute message and the best part is that your kids can colour them! If your kids are scrambling to find a birthday present for their parent any of these techniques would be sure to put a smile on the receivers face!
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I'm sick of talking about Vancouver now. I truly am. I'm sick of reading about them in blogs, I'm sick of reading about them on Twitter and Facebook. I'm sick of hearing about the Canucks on the radio. I'm sick of talking about them with friends, family and co-workers. I'm sick of Vancouver. It's a shame that this hockey game has turned into the "12 Days of Vancouver" because it makes me want to blow my brains out. Burrows and Lapierre and Marchand and Salo, oh my!
So it's time to refocus on a rivalry that truly means something: The Montreal Canadiens.
Having a tough time getting "into" it now that Vancouver is back in there cave? Well here you go:
If that doesn't make you remember why this rivalry is so intense, nothing will. Look, I know the on-ice fuckery of the Vancouver Canucks can't be dismissed but the king of on-ice fuckery will always be the Canadiens. Look at the history. Up until the Stanley Cup Finals,the Bruins and Canucks have had very little on-ice issues. Since last year's Finals everyone believes that the Canucks and Bruins are "major rivals" but I think that's not true. Yes, a 7 game series can breed a lot of hatred and contempt for one another, but when the two teams played in February before the Finals there was very no issues.
The Montreals Canadiens are in a pretty shitty position right now however we should be eating this up. The Canadiens are currently 12th in the East with 39 points and 7 out of the final playoff spot. Imagine if the Canadiens don't make the playoffs? Remember all the chirping and tweets about how "amazing" the Canadiens are throughout the years? It's a god damn ghost town now. I don't hear anything about the dominance of the bleu, blanc and rouge and it's undeniably boner inducing.
I mean, we got sucked into this Canucks bullshit so much that we missed the Canadiens' language rally. A FUCKING LANGUAGE RALLY! We were to busy analyzing Sami Salo doing cartwheels over Brad Marchand videos to realize that in Montreal people are holding rallies because their coach doesn't speak French.
The announcement of a unilingual Anglophone coach is the straw that broke the camel's back," said Mouvement Québec français leader Mario Beaulieu in a press statement.
This is a real thing. I didn't make this shit up, hell, I couldn't make this shit up! Who cares that the Canadiens are 3-7-0 in their last 10 games. Who cares that they're under .500 on at home (7-86) and on the road (9-11-1). Wait, their road record is 9-11? 9-1-1?! This has to be some sort of omen. Some sort of sign. Right? No? Okay. So the Habs are under-performing. Their highest paid player, Scott Gomez, hasn't registered a goal all season and hasn't even played since who the fuck knows when. $7M bucks for 13 games, sign me the fuck up please.
So in all this mess that's the Montreal organization, the only thing bringing people together is the fact their coach can't speak French? What's worse is that the organization apologized for hiring an English speaking-only coach. Can you grasp this concept for a minute? The organization, who hired Cunneyworth, is now apologizing for hiring him. Imagine if the company you worked for hired you and then sent out a press release saying "Ah, we're sorry he hired this stupid sonofabitch". Knowing how squirrley the Canadiens organization is they probably wrote it in French too so Cunneyworth couldn't read it.
"Ah, nous sommes désolés il a embauché ce fils de pute stupide"
The bigger problem is that Cunneyworth is probably a good dude. He probably likes to sit at home and play with his kids while his wife knits them all matching barber pole striped sweaters. He probably reads "Goodnight Moon" to his kids and then gently kisses them on their forehead when it's bedtime. He probably showers his wifes with gifts. His wife probably shaves her head to buy him an elegant platinum watch chain for his watch while he sells his watch to buy her hair clips.
But in Montreal he's a monster. All he does is eat children, ride motorcycles, punch old ladies in the face and…the worst part of all…
After the jump, lets finish this big boy off...
Projected Lines Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Nathan Horton
Beniot Pouliot – Patrice Bergeron – Tyler Seguin
Zach Hamill – Chris Kelly – Rich Peverley
Danny Paille – Greg Campbell – Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara – Johnny Boychuk
Dennis Seidenberg – Andrew Ference
Joe Corvo – Adam McQuaid
Tim Thomas
Tuukka Rask
Puck Drop: 7pm
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411's WWE Main Event Report 2.13.13
Michael Benjamin here with another Main Event recap! Tonight, Main Event is Jericho! So let's get to the show.
WWE Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: The Rock
World Champion: Alberto Del Rio
IC Champion: Wade Barrett
US Champion: Antonio Cesaro
Unified Diva's Champion: Kaitlyn
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Daniel Bryan and Kane
– Jericho is on his way down to the ring as we kick off the show. Cole is pimping how many Elimination Chamber matches he's been in. Oh yeah, how many has he won? Jericho explains that Miz couldn't make it tonight because of the brutal attack from Antonio Cesaro on Monday. They replay it. I love it. Jericho's about to introduce Alberto Del Rio as the replacement guest but Ricardo insists that he makes the introduction. Here comes ADR to a real good pop. It's kind of weird seeing all three of these guys in the ring as babyfaces.
– Alberto says that he doesn't want to talk about Big Show anymore and then proceeds to talk about him. He says that he'll defeat Big Show at the Chamber. Jericho says that he has nothing but respect for Alberto and his family. Despite that respect, if Jericho wins at Elimination Chamber he's going to go on to beat ADR for the title at Mania. Alberto says that he doubts that will happen. Things break down quickly and all three men are going back and forth in Spanish. Ricardo was going on a hilariously long winded rant before…
– Ziggler, accompanied by AJ and Langston, interrupt the argument. I could have gone for another 5 minutes of that. Jericho speculates as to what the E stands for in Big E Langston. Seems like the crowd liked "Ear Wax" the best. Big E is getting frustrated but Ziggler cuts him off. He calms Big E down and declares that he'll be cashing in his contract before Mania. Alberto says that he wants to shut Dolph Ziggler up tonight.
The match is official and here we go. Alberto locks in the side headlock. Dolph gets out of that and hits the ropes. Alberto hits a nice hip toss on Dolph. Big E pulls Ziggler out of the ring so that he can catch is breath. Aw. That was nice. Ziggler's back in and Alberto immediately corners him. Some kicks and a clothesline from Alberto. Alberto gets him in the middle of the ring and goes for a suplex. Ziggler reverses that and hits a snap suplex on ADR. It's time for DZ to mount some offense. He gets a two count off a neck breaker. Dolph locks in a side headlock and Alberto quickly makes it to his feet. He hits the ropes and Ziggler turns him inside out with a clothesline. Alberto eventually regains control and charges at Ziggy in the corner. He evades that situation and Alberto goes shoulder first into the ring post. Ricardo is checking on him outside of the ring as we head to…
We're back as Ziggler drops seven elbows on Alberto. He stops as soon as the crowd starts counting out loud. That's a nice little heel tactic. Alberto fights out of a sleeper and hits the ropes. He ends up getting dropkicked and Ziggler gets a 2.5 count! He gives ADR a strong whip into the corner. He waits for ADR to get to his feed and hits another dropkick. This time for 2.6! Why didn't he go for the Zig Zag though? ADR catapults Ziggler into the top turnbuckle and the tides have turned. Ziggler makes it to his feet in the corner and Alberto charges! Ziggler back body drops him over the ring post! He rolls him in and gets a 2.7! Ziggler goes to the top rope but ADR crotches him. Ziggler his sitting with his back to the ring. ADR hits a huge reverse suplex! These, guys are seriously putting it all on the line tonight. Both men are down and we head to another commersh break. We're getting more!? Awesome.
We're back and Ziggler and Del Rio are slugging it out! Boo! Yeah! Boo! Yeah! Dropkick by Ziggler! Ziggler misses a splash in the corner and here comes Alberto! Tilt-A-Whirl backbreaker on Ziggler! This crowd is rabid for Alberto! Kick to the face! 2.89999! What's he gonna have to do!? He's calling for the cross arm breaker as the crowd chants Si! Ziggler counters with a HUGE DDT! 1… 2… NO~! Alberto makes it to his feet! Ziggler misses a clothesline and gets locked up in the ropes! Alberto delivers some punches to the ribs and a Lung Blower. AJ puts Zigglers foot on the ropes! ADR is like WTF at AJ and turns around only to get hit with a Fameasser! Alberto works the arm and calls for the arm breaker again! Alberto charges at Ziggler in the corner but Ziggler jumps up and catches a sleeper! Del Rio makes it to his feet and gets an enziguri for TWO! Del Rio sets him up! Ziggler pushes him off and he goes face first into a fist by Langston! AJ is distracting the ref! Ricardo attacks Langston and Langston chases him to the back. In the ring, Alberto locks it in finally! It's over! That was an awesome TV match. There was never a dull moment. And before anybody says anything – NO! Ziggler did not look weak at all!
OFFICIAL RESULT: Alberto Del Rio @ about 23:00 via submission.
– We're back and we're hyping up the Chamber match with replays and whatnot.
– Cole sends us to the back for an interview with Punk. Striker is confused that he's actually conducting the interview Heyman. Heyman says that him being there is the same as Punk being there considering he IS the voice of the voice of the voiceless. He begins to interview himself and says that Punk IS in the arena but he's busy training for his match with Rock. He continues on and does a better job hyping up the title match in one minute than The Rock did with 10 minutes on Raw.
RAW REBOUND: We get the replay of the The Shield promo on Raw. Since everybody else is doing it, here's my take on these guys. They're all capable in the ring and the general debate is over their mic work. Dean Ambrose is far and beyond the most developed on the mic. If he has a long run with the company, he'll probably go down as one of the top talkers in company history. Seth Rollins is serviceable. He's actually a lot better than people give him credit for. The problem is that he has to share the stage with Ambrose. That's no easy task. I'm still on the fence with Reigns though. Sometimes he just delivers his lines SO cheesy. At least to me. I see Rollins being the first to get canned for some reason.
OVERALL: This was a great episode of Main Event. The Highlight Reel was short and entertaining. Everybody involved in it is great on the stick so that's no surprise. Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler was definitely a PPV quality match like the early reports suggested. They did a great job hyping up the Elimination Chamber too. It was a little weird that we ended on a Raw Rebound but Del Rio vs Ziggler was so good that it didn't matter. Go out of your way to find that match if you can. ,
As always, thank you for reading and I'll see you on Friday with the Smackdown Report!


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When Jackson Merklinger was born May 28, 2006, his parents, Cherokee and Tim, and their midwife, Elizabeth Emmert, say everything appeared normal. According to his parents, Jackson was a healthy pink and passed his APGAR tests, the first health tests typically done on newborns.
But less than an hour after Jackson was born, Emmert says, something seemed off. She tested the infant's breathing and found he was having difficulty.
Emmert says that after 50 minutes (the parents say it was closer to two hours) Jackson was carried from Emmert's private practice, Kalispell Maternity & Birthing Center Inc., across the street to the Kalispell Regional Medical Center (KRMC) emergency room.
There, Jackson was found to have a bacterial infection in his lungs. He had arrived at the hospital, according to Emmert, in the nick of time. After seeing doctors at KRMC and being flown to Community Health Center in Missoula for further treatment, Jackson, say Tim and Cherokee, has recovered well.
"It was a rollercoaster," says Tim. "One minute he's fine, the next, we're boxing him up and flying him to Missoula."
But while Jackson may have come out of a scary situation unscathed, the close call just added to problems Emmert was already facing.
Four days earlier, on May 24, Emmert had facilitated a birth in which the child was born with a heart defect. That infant also had been rushed to the emergency room. Of the 40 to 50 babies she has delivered, Emmert says, she had never had problems like these before.
"These were my nightmare babies," she says now.
In both cases, complaints against Emmert were filed with the Montana Board of Alternative Health Care, the state body that licenses midwives and other alternative health-care providers. According to Darcee L. Moe, legal counsel for the board, two doctors and a nurse who worked with the babies alleged that Emmert took too long to diagnose problems with both babies, and that she should have called an ambulance to take them to KRMC instead of walking them across the street.
These are the only complaints against Emmert involving deliveries, but she was also put on probation by the board in March for not filing quarterly progress reports, which she was required to do as an apprentice midwife. Under board rules, midwives spend one year as apprentices under the supervision of a mentor. Emmert's probation required her to spend a second year under supervision before completing her apprenticeship.
When a midwife, or any alternative health-care provider, is accused of violating the board's rules, board members consider the complaint, decide if it warrants further investigation, hold hearings, and determine if or how the midwife is to be disciplined.
The parents of the newborns did not file the complaints against Emmert; health-care workers in the emergency room made the complaints. In the case of the Merklingers, the parents have disputed the complaints and spoken to the board on Emmert's behalf.
The parents in the May 24 case declined to speak with the Independent. Jackson's parents, however, were willing to talk.
"There was nothing she could have done," Cherokee says. "We are firmly on Elizabeth's side."
Cherokee says she and her husband have remained close to Emmert since the birth, and still send her baby pictures. Both say they spoke in favor of Emmert to the board and the board's investigator. Cherokee believes the complaints were the result of "a bunch of docs who didn't like a midwife coming into town."
Dr. Douglas Nelson, the Kalispell pediatrician on call in the KRMC emergency room when Jackson came in, and who filed a complaint in that case, declined to comment. The Independent was unable to reach Anne Gray, a nurse who also filed complaints against Emmert in the Merklinger case. Moe says their complaints were nearly identical.
Dr. Wallace Wilder, another Kalispell pediatrician who was on call when Emmert's May 24 baby came in, and who filed the complaint in that case, was out of town.
Emmert agrees with Merklinger's assessment of the complaints.
"It's a turf war," she says.
She says she decided to open her birth center, in April 2004, next to the hospital so that if she ever had to transport an infant to the emergency room, it would be quick.
She now believes that opening her practice so close to the hospital made doctors feel competitive, leading to the complaints.
But Emmert ultimately decided not to fight the complaints.
"I'm just not willing to fight the system," she says. Instead, she closed her birth center this summer. At the same time, the board has now recommended that her license be revoked.
"My feeling is that licensed midwifery in the state is going to die out," because of pressure by physicians, Emmert says.
Missoula midwife Dolly Browder served as Emmert's mentor, and says Emmert was a fine midwife. She says the complaints against Emmert are unwarranted. Browder has been a midwife in Montana since 1977. She helped establish the Montana Board of Alternative Health Care, served on the board for 14 years, and is currently secretary of the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives.
She, too, has faced challenges from the medical establishment.
Back in 1988, a Montana physician tried to have her prosecuted for practicing medicine without a license. Browder went to court, where her case eventually established that midwifery fell under the laws governing medical procedures, and that she therefore needed a license to practice. She was unable to practice as a midwife for another year, until she had lobbied the legislature to change the law to exclude births from the regulatory category of medical procedures.
"There are a lot of physicians who do not like homebirths or midwives," she says. "There are some that will do anything to shut down midwives."
But Browder doesn't agree that pressure from doctors is going to shut down midwifery in Montana, saying that what's happening to Elizabeth Emmert is nothing new.
"Midwifes have always had trouble with the status quo establishment," she says.


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NEW YORK (May. 11)
Max Zaritsky, American Jewish labor leader who was treasurer of the National Labor Committee for Palestine for many years, died here yesterday at the age of 74. He was active also in other labor Zionist groups, including the Jewish National Workers Alliance.
The son of a rabbi in Russia, he came to the United States in 1906 and started as a worker in a hat factory. He later was elected president of the Hat and Millinery Workers International Union, and held this post until his retirement in 1950.


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Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet John Ashbery to Read at Smith
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass.—Smith College will present a reading by distinguished poet John Ashbery at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. The reading is free and open to the public.
Ashbery has received nearly every major writing award the literary world has to offer, and his work has been translated into more than 25 languages. He first met critical acclaim with his 1956 collection "Some Trees," which was selected by poet W. H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Series. In 1975 his work "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award and the National Book Award. His most recent volume, "Planisphere," was praised by Boston Phoenix as "repetitive...in the way that a beach is repetitive with sand, or the night sky is repetitive with stars."
A native of Rochester, N.Y., Ashbery spent his high school years at Deerfield Academy, later attending Harvard University and going on to earn a master's degree in French literature from Columbia University. A two-time Fulbright Scholar, he lived in Paris for a decade, where he wrote art criticism, returning to New York and continuing to work for ArtNews. His teaching career began with a long stint as co-director of the master of fine arts program in creative writing at Brooklyn College and included a year at Harvard and nearly two decades at Bard College.
Ashbery has served as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and poet laureate of New York. Among his innumerable awards and honors are a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, the Bollingen Prize and two Guggenheim fellowships. Retired now from teaching, Ashbery remains a prolific writer and an important presence in the literary world. He lives in New York with his partner, the writer David Kermani.
Ashbery's reading will be followed by a book sale and signing. For further information, contact Ellen Doré Watson, director, at (413) 585-3368.
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I am already neutered, housetrained, up to date with shots, good with kids, and good with dogs.
March 2013 update - handsome Andy is a terrific medium size dog who absolutely loves his foster sister Gracie (she is a Lucky Pup alum also)! His foster mom says, "He is such a sweet, gentle boy. He loves to play with Grace and loves to snuggle. We met some of Grace's canine friends in the neighborhood yesterday and he did well. The owner of the other 3 dogs was even surprised at how calm and sweet Andy was after only being here a short time."
Andy is a delightful Labrador Retriever mix and is about 18 months old. His shiny black coat has beautiful white markings. Andy looks forward to long, daily walks around the dog park trail with our southern rescue partners. He is housebroken and is learning to play fetch! Andy has a happy-go-lucky, loving personality and enjoys affection and attention and giving kisses.
His former family say that he is good with children and also gets along with other dogs. He hasn't had a cat test yet but he is a 45 lb bundle of joy!
Andy was turned in to one of our southern rescue partners and you probably know that as a black dog he has little chances for adoption there.
To apply to adopt this dog, please visit our web site to access our application and learn more about adoption through Lucky Pup Rescue, www.luckypuprescue.org.
Please note, we do not have a physical location, but we are supported by a network of wonderful foster homes that are spread throughout New England. A dog will need to be visited by a prospective adopter in the foster home where they are feeling safe and comfortable.
Thank you for considering rescue!
Andy - PENDING, in Maine, a kennebunkport Labrador Retriever dog was adopted! Here's how you can benefit by looking at adoption as an option to buying a Labrador Retriever for sale in kennebunkport, or seeking a Labrador Retriever dog from a breeder in kennebunkport.


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Is there a way this (possible) plan can be exposed more publicly and to all the new councillors be informed of the meetings/vote in advance?
.... you mean like give rise to pause, insert an Apostrophe'? Shutdown these Playground Psychotics, stop them from committing the city to a $320M folly with Uncle Meat?... I believe it will be Moon. See, You Cant Do That on Stage Anymore. Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowining Witch.Time to put an end to these purveyors of Burnt Weeny Sandwiches, shut down their stand.... ever tell you about the time Weasels Ripped My Flesh? Dreadful experience. Hideous really. Never really did recover. Still wake up in the middle of the night screaming the screams of silence no one ever hears.
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Clark might feel some sense of personal satisfaction at voting "aye" in her final act...
... exactly, and thats whats so frightening about this. She has motive
(which may now include vengeance) and seemingly the means.
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The NHL has no morals. Never has and never will.
.... Bingo. Beyond irresponsible. Cold, calculating and callous to wantonly push a host city right over the edge. One who has already gone well beyond the call of duty in being more than accommodating & generous. If it was up to me, Id "over-pay" to the tune of $6M in AMF's per annum over the first 5yrs, that amount decreasing with performance & incentive bonuses increasing over the life of the agreement, and, Id give the owner an "out" whereby if within the next 4yrs their unable to meet the minimum thresholds, still bleeding red-ink, they serve 12mnths notification that they plan to leave, the city receiving 6mnths to prospect & secure a new owner at an agree'd upon price, books opened, the entire process open & transparent. None of this ASG type nonsense, you play by the rules or leave now.
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Welcome to another post of Amor de Lacquer….the series all about nail polish and nail care! Send me your requests, suggestions and ideas to firstname.lastname@example.com.
When it comes to glitter nail polishes, you either love 'em or hate 'em. Love them, I do. Removing them, I don't. But some are so nice that they are worth the trouble of removing.
Take Nubar's Sparkle collection for example.
This collection of glitters takes only requires 1-2 coats to achieve an opaque finish. Don't believe me? Watch this!
Meadow Sparkle is pretty cool! A light green glitter is something I could have never imagined. This was the only one that needed 3 coats but no worries…once applied, it sparkles just as good as its classmates.
Star Sparkle is one of my favorites! It's more than just a silver glitter. It has a holographic look to it that is just blinding. I love it!
It is a little thicker than most of the other polishes. But it's not TOO much of a bad thing because that means it only needs one coat. Holler!
Petunia Sparkle is my favorite. What a gorgeous color! My camera is unable to to capture the essence of this magenta. It is so pigmented and I always get compliments when I wear this color. It's the best!
Night Sparkle is another must have. Wow! What a blue. It is so important to put down a base coat to prevent staining with this baby. But…wow-sers!
Fire Sparkle almost reminded me of China Glaze's Ruby Pumps but Fire Sparkle has A LOT more glitter. It is insane. Which of course means I love it!
Violet Sparkle is indeed the best. I love love LOVE it! If I had a favorite color, this would be it. It is a rich royal blue with a good amount of hot pink glitter. It is magnificent. I can't stop looking at my nails when I wear this color. My camera is having a tough time capturing a color this awesome so please don't mind how OFF it looks in these photos.
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Missing from the collection is Hyacinth Sparkles, a light purple and Sky Sparkles, a light blue. I can't seem to find those boogers anywhere. I LOVED this collection. I didn't love the removing process that comes with most glitters. It's not something you can avoid…even if you use a base coat. I found that while these glitter polishes were easier to remove, they still let tiny micro glitters all under my cuticles and under my nails. I'm so meticulous that it took me FOREVER to thoroughly rid my nails of the glitter.
With all of these you will get an opaque finish in only one coat. Which is huge! Most glitters require 2-3 coats for complete coverage. I did, however, use 3 coats for each simply because I wanted to see the differences the number of coats would make. The must haves in this collection are Petunia Sparkle and Violet Sparkle. They are amazing!
You can get the entire collection here for $49.95 or buy them individually for $7.49/ea.
Other Nubar collections I've reviewed:
Going Green
Modern Mattes
Chocolate Truffles
Any holo lovers out there?
Your fellow nail polish junkie,


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A Brief History of Flower Mound
From the 1973 Greene Group Report by A.C. Greene
Long Prairie
The original name of the immediate area of the present Flower Mound Presbyterian Church was Long Prairie. Geographically it included a rather narrow, but lengthy (approximately four miles), stretch of east-west open country immediately south of Hallford Prairie. Apparently it was called Long Prairie before anyone had settled on it.
John L. Lovejoy, a participant in the Village Creek fight, (Editor's note: in which John B. Denton was killed) said in after years that the first sermon preached in Denton County was on Long Prairie, preached by John B. Denton to (Continued on p. 4) the company of rangers then chasing the Indians, on a Sunday morning in May, 1841. For several years the name continued to be used. One such occasion was a report in 1850 that "Sam Hazelton's widow married a doctor down on Long Prairie." (This is believed to have actually been Edy Wizwell, widow of John R. Wizwell, who married Dr. Burnett Doen.)
A report on an Indian raid in 1862 says, "Jack Foster, of Long Prairie, lost a boy." Even as late as 1879, in the deed given by Matthew Donald to Flower Mound Presbyterian Church, the location is described as "on Long Prairie." The church and the activity it generated seem to have caused "Long Prairie" to fall into disuse in favor of "Flower Mound in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Source of the Flower Mound Name Flower Mound is named for a small, smooth cretaceous mound on the southern line of the John R. Wizwell survey, which rises to a height of some 650 feet - about fifty feet above the surrounding prairie.
The name was given in the 1840's because of one particularly abundant growth year, wildflowers frequently being more abundant in one year than another. There is a legend that nothing may be built on the mound. One aspect of this legend involves Flower Mound Presbyterian Church. Materials were said to have been stacked on the mound in preparation for the erection of a church building when a tornado swept across the mound, flinging the materials before it. The elders of the church immediately changed site plans. (This does not correspond to known history of the Flower Mound church site.) A similar legend involves a house about to be erected on the mound which was also blown away. The builder quickly moved his homesite to the north side of the mound and there (according to the legend) it stands today. ( 1973)
The mound is a noticeable landmark and had enjoyed a kind of community status since settlement began. In some records, it is almost assumed to be public property. A kind of blue flowered grass once grew on the mound and was baled as a feed crop by the Beavers family. ( Possibly Bluestem? ) No trees have been known to grow on the mound in modern times.


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An 8-year-old boy ran away from his biological father's residence in Pontiac and was found by deputies at his former foster parents' home approximately two miles away, the Oakland County Sheriff's Office reported.Ā
The boy was reportedĀ missing around 11 a.m. Tuesday from his home on the 40 block of S. Merrimac Street. The father said he disciplined his son earlier and, when he went to check on him, found his bedroom window open and the child missing, deputies reported.
About one hour later, his former foster mother called dispatch and said the child was at her home on Stout Street. She reported that the boy had visible bruises and belt marks on his body, deputies said.
ĀThe boy is now living with his original foster parents while detectives and Child Protective Services follow up with the abuse investigation.


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TFA's Public, Member and Administrative Forum for the serious discussions of issues relating to the safe and responsible use and ownership of firearms.
Moderators: C. Richard Archie, marauder, SomeGuy
SomeGuy wrote:Even if all 50 sign on, if nothing happens when the Feds ignore it, nothing happens. Something has to be planned for the next step.
Tim Nunan wrote:So the opinion of a federal agency overrides the laws of the individual states? I'd think it would next go to court.
C. Richard Archie wrote:Are you sure he is from Tennessee?
SomeGuy wrote:I got a letter from our friends in the ATF. (I have an FFL).
Basically parroted their position. Lovely bunch of swine they are.
johnharris wrote:SomeGuy wrote:I got a letter from our friends in the ATF. (I have an FFL).
Basically parroted their position. Lovely bunch of swine they are.
Uh, some swine are redeeming. We benefit from ham, BBQ, sausage and bacon. I am not sure how we benefit from the current carnation of the ATF which institutionally continues to move fully toward a corporate mentality of "Always Think Forfeiture" or, if going under BATF "Ban All Those Firearms", or, it seems increasingly
redbarron06 wrote:So according to the AG congress can regulate where we can take a dump beacuse the toilet paper was made in another state. His opinion also could be twisted to say that congress has the authority to tell you what veggies you can grow in your own back yard beacuse you could be costing a professional farmer profits by not buying his stock.
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Sleigh Bells, CSS coming to the State Theatre in St. Petersburg
In case you have no idea how loud Sleigh Bells is, one look at their website should tell you. Garish, flashy, uncontrollable graphics screaming at you like a neon firework: Yeah, that's pretty much the visual equivalent of Infinity Guitars.
Improbably, the wall-of-noise pop-metal duo was one of the breakout indie acts of 2010, with their debut album Treats dishing out loud yet loveable jingles like Rill Rill, Riot Rhythm and Tell 'Em. They opened for LCD Soundsystem last fall. And they even have Florida roots -- guitarist/songwriter Derek Miller is an alumnus of the SoFla hardcore band Poison The Well.
Come April, curious Tampa Bay fans will finally get their first solid look at Miller and singer Alexis Krauss. According to Pollstar and Pitchfork, Sleigh Bells will hit the State Theatre in St. Petersburg on April 29. The icing on the cake: Brazilian dance-rock outfit CSS will open the show. So this will be a danceable ... thrashable... absolutely odd, insane, screamable night to remember.
We'll bring you the ticket details when we get 'em. IN LOUD, SCREAMING COLOR.
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So I had a bad dream...and its been eating at me. SO mentioned his best man wants him to go to his house for a mans weekend before the wedding next month. Cool cool. I even ribbed him, saying "oooh, his town has strippers, that sounds fun!"
I had a bad dream the other night that he did all kinds of nasty sex with a stripper they hired in, and the dream stupidly, literally made me jealous and insecure (of an imaginary stripper, no less!)
I trust him. I could trust him completely alone with naked woman easily. He has never done anything to make me distrustful. One time I was distrustful of a relationship he had with a female friend but that was because the woman was hitting on my then bf for the sake of being annoying and making her bf jealous, at one point whilst we were dating, and despite it being old history once she became closer with current SO I wanted to burn her with fire. Nothing came of it and she is just so backstabbingly annoying she drove apart their little work clique anyway. Long to short, I absolutely trust him.
But say you were to spin the tables and turn them on to me why I am I having these dreams?
I say dreams because I also had a dream not so long ago that he was breaking up with me to see other people. Also uncharacteristic of SO, even when I am all angsty and moody and have my "our relationship is so void. What happened to our spark?!" tantrums, he reassures me he has never been more in love and each day he loves me and our son more, even if we don't have time to show each other that. So I feel like he isn't going anywhere, yet I dream he is?
Is this pre wedding jitters? Is this cold feet? Is the fact that my mind is dumping a bunch of shitty insecure dreams on me this close to my wedding absolutely non factor and dream analyzing means nothing?


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Stuff with the Perl Foundation. A couple of patches in the Perl core. A few CPAN modules. That about sums it up.
As expected, AI::Life::World is ridiculously slow. The C version of the program can run a million iterations in a few minutes. The Perl version takes a few days. There are many reasons for that and I've got a good handle on them, but it's going to be a long, tough slog to get this program performing at an acceptable level.
Amongst other things, this has reconfirmed my opinion that overloading accessors to also be mutators is a bad idea ($o->foo and $o->foo(7)). There's extra logic in the method and if I just separate the two (having a $o->set_foo), I get to avoid that. I also intend to get rid of Class::Struct and craft all of the methods by hand (or perhaps building methods at startup) to give me a bit more control over the performance of the system. I also need to figure out how to improve the speed at which the animals "see". The $agent->look method is taking about 25% of the entire run of the program.
The most radical idea I have, though, is to skip all data validation. I know this sounds terrible, but my thought is to use Devel::Profile to ensure that I am testing almost 100% of the program. From there, I'll start tracing the data flows and see if there's an entry point I can do data validation at and the just trust that it will work out internally. I've always admired tightrope walkers who don't use a net (I've also thought they were pretty stupid, too).
You might want to check out my Class::Meta module. It does accessor and mutator generation at startup and data type validation. You can optionally turn off data type validation for production code, however, but provide your own simple code reference to generate accessors and mutators. I've been meaning to add this as a standard, but tuits are in short demand at the moment.
I also want to add "Semi Affordance" accessors, e.g.,
foo() and
set_foo(). The current options are Perl-style accesors (
foo()) and "Aff
That sounds interesting, but I have to confess that I want something as fast as this:
sub foo { $_[0]->[FOO] }
sub set_foo { $_[0]->[FOO] = $_[1] }
sub foo_list { $_[0]->[FOO_LIST][$_[1]] }
sub set_foo_list { $_[0]->[FOO_LIST][$_[1]] = $_[2] }
I confess that this makes me cringe, but again, this software is so incredibly slow that I'm looking at extrame measures.
You're hurtin' me, man, you're hurtin' me! I've been painfully aware of this. Currently, nothing needs OO, but switching away from is daunting and will complicate further plans. I'm going to sleep poorly tonight, thanks to your suggestion
Well then perhaps you can fall back on direct hash access for your objects:
my $foo = $obj->{foo};
$obj->{foo} = $foo;
Yeah, I hate it too, but it's the fastest way to do it and still have "objects" of a sort.
Array lookups are typically faster than hash lookups. That's why I avoided the blessed hashes.
Curiously, that's sort of an idea I considered a couple of days ago [perl.org] when I wrote "maybe it's time for me to start eyeing Parrot for some of this." One one hand, I'm doing this specifically in Perl so that any Perl programmer can pick it up and see how this stuff works. On the other hand, if a simulation "week" starts approaching real-time, ain't no one gonna wanna play. I suppose that Parrot would be an interesting compromise.
chromatic was mentioning that yesterday at his Parrot/SDL talk. That's interesting. Hmmm
Patience; as soon as the copyeditor finishes with it in a couple of hours, I'll publish the link.
A writer and his editor were crawling through the desert, dying of thirst, when they discovers a small pond. Overjoyed, the writer starts drinking deeply when he notices the editor relieving himself in the water.
"What the heck do you think you're doing?" screamed the writer.
"Improving it."
(with sincerest apologies to chromatic
Sheesh. There's something supremely ironic about making a typo while making fun of editors.
set_ mutators in the next week.


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Fast ferry makes test run to Block Island
NBC 10 was on board the Ava Pearl on Tuesday morning as it traveled from Quonset Point to Block Island.
The fast ferry did not carry passengers Tuesday, only crew members and NBC 10 were on board the ship, as it made a test run to Old Harbor, Block Island from North Kingstown.
Rhode Island Fast Ferry has applied for approval with the Public Utilities Commission. It is expected to have a hearing later this summer.
Currently, Rhode Island Fast Ferry only offers services to Martha's Vineyard. The company's owner says demand for ferry service to Block Island is high.
The owners of Block Island Ferry, however, say they'll be petitioning the PUC to deny the request for this service, saying it's unfair. Especially if Rhode Island Fast Ferry isn't required to run service year round like Block Island Ferry is required to do.
"If this is allowed to go forward it will affect, adversely, our services for years to come," said Chris Meyers of Block Island Ferry.
The PUC will help set prices for the 30-mile round trip excursion, which is expected to take about 55 minutes.
Rates for the ferry going to Martha's Vineyard are $79. But the owner of Fast Ferry told NBC 10 the Block Island roundtrip will be closer to $50. However, that will depend upon approval from the PUC which will help set those prices.
Service could start as early as next summer.


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The Basics of Social Research, 6th Edition, Earl R. Babbie
This thorough revision of Babbie's standard-setting text presents a succinct, straightforward introduction to the field of research methods as practiced by social scientists. Contemporary examples, such as terrorism, Alzheimer's disease, anti-gay prejudice and education, and the legalization of marijuana, introduce students to the "how-tos" and "whys" of social research methods. With increased emphasis on qualitative research and practical applications, this edition is authoritative yet student-friendly and engaging enough to help students connect the dots between the world of social research and the real world.
About the Author
Earl R. Babbie graduated from Harvard University before enlisting in the U.S. Marine Corps. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and began teaching shortly thereafter. Credited with defining research methods for the social sciences, Dr. Babbie has written several texts, including the bestseller, THE PRACTICE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH (Cengage).
The book, The Basics of Social Research, was an easy read. The author made the lessons very relatable and understandable.
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By sqwirll
From: Las Vegas
Sep 18, 2008
|Probably want 5-6 draws plus material for anchor, not 3 draws.
By Justin Marlen
From: Bozeman, MT
Mar 31, 2009
|I think there are only two bolts nowadays, one right off the ground, and another protecting the bulge.
By Bud Martin
From: Bozeman, MT
Sep 21, 2010
|Yes, two bolts and a purple TCU works well to protect before the second bolt.
By B-Mkll Mackall
From: Bozeman, MT
Jun 5, 2014
2 bolts. One at first bulge, one at second. There is a decent .5 or blue TCU placement on the slab before the second bulge, and a great yellow TCU placement at about 3/4 height. This was all that felt necessary protection-wise, but there are certainly other placements to be had.
4 draws (2 for bolts, 2 for anchors) are all that are necessary. The cam placements are close enough to the natural line that they probably don't even need extension.
Huge moves between even bigger jugs. Felt super safe and fun, almost like climbing in a gym. Good chain anchors with rap rings.
One of the best .9 single pitches I've ever been on.
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Clemson, Florida State and Miami all won by double-digits on Saturday, which means the top of the ACC' bowl projections remain relatively unchanged.
There was some change with the mid- and lower-tier bowls. And for local purposes, that includes Syracuse nosing into the bowl picture for the first time all season.
The bottom couple of slots in the ACC pecking order figure to change repeatedly in the season's final two months, particularly with so many teams hovering at or just below .500. It will take a few surprises, though, to alter which three teams top this projection on a weekly basis.
Orange (Miami): Clemson. Still firmly in the national title discussion, the Tigers ripped Wake Forest 56-7 to improve to 2-0 in the ACC. All that stands between Clemson (4-0) and its much-anticipated showdown with Florida State in Death Valley on Oct. 19 is this week's trip to Syracuse and a home game with Boston College.
Sugar (New Orleans): Florida State. The Seminoles didn't fully shoo away Boston College until the fourth quarter of a 48-34 victory, though some of the credit for that belongs to the Eagles for fully exploiting a bye week. Next up for Florida State (4-0) is Maryland (which is also coming off an open date) before the Seminoles get a bye heading into their game with Clemson.
Chick-Fil-A (Atlanta): Miami. The Hurricanes (4-0) encountered minimal resistance at South Florida to polish off a perfect nonconference record. They remain the Coastal Division favorites and open league play against Georgia Tech on Saturday.
Russell Athletic (Orlando): Virginia Tech. The Hokies (4-1) have already won twice on the road, and their history of being an attractive bowl team only enhances their position in this exercise. Three consecutive division home games await Frank Beamer's team, with a bye week wedged in there as well. This is not a team that will need late-season heroics just to get to six victories like last year.
Sun (El Paso): Maryland. The Terrapins' stock rose even though they didn't play this week. While it is still debatable just how good West Virginia is, the Mountaineers upended Oklahoma State just a week after getting blanked by Maryland in Baltimore. The Terps (4-0) would build on their stellar start if they won at Florida State this week; they've never done it before.
Belk (Charlotte): N.C. State. The Wolfpack (3-1) is halfway to bowl eligibility after ripping Central Michigan, and they'll face reeling Wake Forest in their first road game on Saturday. The opening month of the Dave Doeren era has unfolded pretty much according to expectations, particularly without the sort of quarterback needed to run the N.C. State staff's preferred offense.
Music City (Nashville): Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets (3-1) will be a tricky team to slot come December, particularly if they don't win the Coastal (a task that became much more difficult after losing to Virginia Tech). Georgia Tech has played in the Sun Bowl the last two years and the Belk Bowl veers toward Tobacco Road teams. Hence this placement, which on the surface seems a bit low.
Independence (Shreveport): Pittsburgh. Nothing really changed for the Panthers (3-1) as a result of their forgettable 14-3 victory over Virginia, including this projection. The less said about Pittsburgh's game this weekend, the better.
Military (Annapolis): Syracuse. The task is to pick one out of the Orange, Boston College, Duke and Virginia, the three remaining ACC teams at .500. This week's dart toss is based on a best guess of who will finish with at least six victories. The Orange (2-2), despite dates with Clemson and Florida State still to come, gets the nod for now.