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EPA Releases Final Report on Air Toxics Near East Elementary, Recommends Additional Monitoring for Manganese in East Liverpool, Ohio
Release Date: 11/09/2010
Contact Information: Phillippa Cannon, 312-353-6218, firstname.lastname@example.com
No. 10-OPA139
Chicago (Nov. 9, 2010) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced today that the report on air toxics monitoring at East Liverpool Elementary School in East Liverpool, Ohio has been posted on the Agency's website.
EPA's analysis of outdoor air quality monitoring conducted at the school indicated manganese levels were elevated at the school. These findings do not indicate an immediate health concern; however, exposure to high levels of manganese over a long period of time can affect the nervous system.
EPA and Ohio EPA have required S.H. Bell, a local materials handling and storage facility, to substantially reduce its emissions. These changes are expected to reduce manganese levels in the air at the school site and in the surrounding community.
In order to ensure that these actions are reducing manganese levels, EPA and Ohio EPA will conduct additional monitoring for manganese in East Liverpool. The agencies will continue working to address the elevated manganese concentrations in the community.
Also today, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the results of a Health Consultation for the East Liverpool community. That study also examined manganese levels in the air.
EPA will join ATSDR at a public meeting to discuss the agencies' findings. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, at the East Liverpool Motor Lodge, 2340 Dresden Avenue, East Liverpool, Ohio.
EPA and Ohio EPA monitored the air outside East Elementary from Aug. 12 through Oct. 4, 2009. During the monitoring period, EPA evaluated the concentrations to see if there was an issue with short-term exposures to manganese and other air toxics. Once the monitoring was complete, EPA analyzed the results, along with information on wind speed and direction, to see if there was a concern from long-term exposures. That analysis indicated the need for additional monitoring to further investigate manganese concentrations in the community. All other monitored pollutants were below levels of concern.
The Schools Air Toxics Monitoring Initiative, which monitored outdoor air at 63 schools in 22 states, is designed to help EPA and state environmental agencies understand whether long-term exposure to air toxics poses health concerns for children and staff at the schools.
Other schools monitored in EPA Region 5 were St. Josaphat School, Chicago, Ill.; Abraham Lincoln Elementary, East Chicago, Ind.; Lincoln Elementary School, Warsaw, Ind.; Jefferson Elementary School, Gary, Ind.; Pittsboro Elementary School, Pittsboro, Ind.; Spain Elementary, Detroit, Mich.; Lincoln Park Elementary School, Muskegon, Mich.; Minnesota International Middle Charter School, Minneapolis, Minn.; Elm Street Elementary School, Wauseon, Ohio; Life Skills of Trumbull County and the Academy of Arts and Humanities, Warren, Ohio; The Ohio Valley Educational Service Center and Warren Elementary School, Marietta, Ohio; and Whitwell Elementary School, Ironton, Ohio.
EPA's report is posted on the School Air Toxics website at https://www.epa.gov/schoolair.
The ATSDR report is available at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/HCPHA.asp?State=OH
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Sunday, January 25, 2009
Pagans and Christians by Robin Lane Fox
I think three months -- or was it four? -- to slog through a 681-page book on antiquity's epochal change from paganism to Christianity, which has sat on my shelves for twenty years and whose author may have long since died for all I know, is all right, isn't it? And did I say that right?
Robin Lane Fox's aims in Pagans and Christians are staggeringly ambitious, and are set out right there on the dust jacket for all to see and cope with, or flee as the case may be. I salute whatever book designer it was who composed this summary and squeezed it below a large illustration, but above the (large-print) title and (small-print) author's name. The summary announces sternly, RELIGION AND THE RELIGIOUS LIFE FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH CENTURY A.D., WHEN THE GODS OF OLYMPUS LOST THEIR DOMINION AND CHRISTIANITY, WITH THE CONVERSION OF CONSTANTINE, TRIUMPHED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD.
Oh, that.
I write in some exasperation only because the author annoyed me just a tad, on page 662, as I finished the book this morning. In one paragraph on this page it seemed to me that he negated two major theses for his entire book, and took his reader right back to the standard arguments for this epochal change, encapsulations of which you could probably find on Wikipedia this minute: that ancient paganism died because pagans were tired of its hopelessness, tired of not knowing whether to fear or not fear their goofy little statue-gods.
But that was just one paragraph, on page 662. Perhaps I missed some nuance in the previous 661 pages which would have proved to me that it all fit right in and that Mr. Fox had not thereby contradicted himself wholesale at all.
If I am confused I can't blame his writing style, which is excellent throughout. It is plain, elegant, respectful of the reader's intelligence, but blessedly un-academic. I find it curious, though, that after six hundred-odd pages of it, interspersed with lots of deeply careful tracings and retracings of this source or that, this letter, that inscription, this translation of that reference only known in Eusebius until a fragment of a papyri turned up in Egypt in 1980 -- dear me, you shouldn't dismiss with mimicry historians' tremendous hard work, but sometimes it just seems you have to -- I find it curious that what he ends up saying is simply that Christianity "triumphed" because, after a while, more people liked Christianity than liked paganism.
Of course that's not the only reason for the collapse of the old gods' dominion. I would say the fundamental story Mr. Fox is telling in the book is that, circa 300 A.D., an ageless pagan religious worldview in which communities of people from time to time sought the help or knowledge or mercy of the gods through the interpretation of dreams, or through civic celebrations and attendance at professionally staffed (but still genuinely eerie or "uncanny") oracles, gave way to a new Christian worldview in which individuals, possibly saved for heaven by Christ's sacrifice but also uniquely commanded to moral behavior, suddenly admitted the authority of a holy scripture into their private lives. Sin therefore as a daily worry, including sin in thought, and eternal life as a daily hope, were new. When enough people adopted this worldview, contributed money to it, lived by it, and caused it to shape society -- in other words, when "Christian business became public business" -- it rose to govern not only private lives, but the formerly pagan Roman state.
In Fox's telling, pagans seem to have adopted Christianity piecemeal, for a variety of reasons some of which remain mysterious. One of his major themes is "overachievement." Especially in its very early days when Christ's second coming was believed to be imminent and the faithful postponed baptism until they had reached an absolutely perfect sinless state worthy of it, the new religion held up standards of interior moral scrutiny and vivid spiritual achievement that appealed, and will always appeal, to certain personality types. (Christianity also eventually introduced to the world, he thinks, a commensurate phenomenon, the slacker majority.) The "years of instruction and preparation" for that baptism also appealed, making people feel "they were exploring a deep mystery, step by step." Christian belief in the power of the holy Spirit as a link between God and man, "the source of man's knowledge of himself, a power of conscience which pagan teaching had not recognized," was also new and led, for believers, to a "new and immediate miracle: a potential change in human nature itself" (pp. 314-316).
Persecution and martyrdom, when they happened, could impress witnesses, and sometimes prompted more conversions. After the passing of a few centuries, pagans in the ancient world, still very much the multitude -- the vitality of pagan worship and culture throughout this period is another major theme -- nevertheless noticed that Christians took care of their sick, widowed, orphaned, and elderly in organized ways that pagans did not necessarily do. They noticed also that Christians, along with Jews, held to indubitably higher standards on what we might tactfully call social issues. They "vigorously attacked" infanticide, the exposure of children, and abortion and, when they attained real power, they outlawed violent gladitorial shows.
What did early Christianity lack? After all, many pagans were never interested in it. Many witnesses of martyrdom did not watch in respectful awe, but blanched at what seemed Christians' grotesque zeal, and tried to reason eager victims out of their immolatory frenzy by pointing out the lovely earth and lovely weather, and asking whether it wasn't good to be alive, even if it did mean paying lip service to some Olympian formula for a minute. And Christianity stubbed its toe against a number of empirical problems. The decades and centuries passed, and Christ did not return, nor did the world end. Hope of eternal life with Jesus ("the wholly new idea of man's Redemption") was a beautiful thing, but the actual resurrection of the body seemed to most people a demonstrably foolish idea. Open any grave and see what's left of the human body after a little while -- and besides, if everybody comes back, how is all our property to be divided? Christian refusal to participate in "Romanity" (merely saying prayers for the safety of the Emperor, for instance), their concern to police each other's beliefs -- as the Church grew, "heresy" grew -- and what seemed their sterile glorification of celibacy, virginity, and chaste widowhood all struck pagans as hard and atheistical refutations of the human project. A project which could be summed up, I suppose, in the word civilian.
Civilian, in the sense of being civil? Not exactly. But the word isn't chosen at random. Very early in Pagans and Christians, Fox explains that the word pagan is an ancient Christian slang term, applied in the sense of "civilian," non-combatant, to people who were not yet soldiers in the army of Christ, enlisted to fight Satan.
The book closes with Christianity's triumph under the Emperor Constantine, who converted and then really made things happen. Lone, powerful men can do that. Among other acts he built churches, ended persecutions, and decreed that any party in any lawsuit could appeal to that new authority figure, the Christian bishop, for judgment -- and the bishop's decision then bound any other judge (p. 667). With the passage of time, Constantine gained to his side the most powerful argument of all, that the sky had not fallen with Christianity's usurping of the ancient gods' powers, and therefore they obviously had none and perhaps never did. "The lack of divine reprisals," it seemed, "did show that the 'anger' of the gods was no match for Christ" (p. 672). And in time, Fox argues, Christian worship fell into the patterns familiar to pagan life, patterns which he seems to think are natural to the human mind: long-dead saints began to "appear" to believers, as protecting gods did to Homer's heroes, and artists began to paint and make mosaics of Jesus' face, whose true lineaments no one knew.
The book is so rich in scholarship that anyone could pick out a different handful of themes and write a completely different review which would still be an accurate summation and yet not do the author justice. I'm sure I've overlooked topics or arguments which anyone else would consider major. Monasticism, the role of the wealthy urban religious patron, confession and confessors; and I've overlooked the little anecdotes from the modern day that Fox sprinkles throughout the book, and that help prove his point that "the transition from paganism to Christianity is where the ancient world still touches ours." He was writing in the 1980s, when Yugoslavia was on the brink of falling apart -- not that anyone knew it -- and little girls in Medjugorje were seeing visions exactly as had the martyrs of two millenia before, and the Homeric heroes of two millenia before that. What did they see, and why? "No generation," he says in his preface, "can afford to ignore whether Christianity is true and, if it is not, why it has spread and persisted."
For a Christian reader, this last statement will exemplify a great flaw in the book. Obviously the author is not a believing Christian, and so is cut off from simple truths. He nowhere quotes "For God so loved the world ...." For my part, I found the ending puzzling. He seems to try very hard, and to want to, but to actually tie nothing up. When it grew strong enough, yes, the Christian church eventually stamped out Mediterranean paganism. After Constantine made them safe, individual Christians could pull down pagan shrines without fear of reprisals, and the church could and did torture into silence the staff at pagan oracles. The official Christian view became that paganism had at best only prophesied the coming of Christ and Christianity, and had done nothing else on a day to day basis for the people living by it. By about the year 500 A.D., the pagan story was over.
Fair enough, and fairly clear. But Fox concludes with a short ramble concerning the Sibyl, prophecy, a church built over a Sibylline oracle at Rome, and then a vague worried hint that if Christianity in turn collapses, all religious experience must cease. Why? (This is a pretty large claim with which to end a book.) Because "yet 'not to everyone do the gods appear ...' " So ... some human beings will always receive some kind of epiphany, -- yet not?
At this point, one is tempted to take a break, turn to a google search, and see just for curiosity's sake whether the old fellow is still alive. Why, my goodness, yes he is! And who am I calling old? Just in his sixties. And even got a cameo in a movie he consulted for. Well, well. I must rearrange my ideas, and stop picturing a white-haired soul in a Bath chair, lap robe, and slippers, sitting by a fire in Oxford and scribbling notes in Latin. And no mistake: it's a great, great book.
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Yes, and that in many particulars.
Name some of them.
They told me of the Slough of
was well nigh smothered. They told me that there were Archers standing ready in
to shoot them that should knock at the Wicket-gate for entrance. They told me also of the Wood and dark Mountains, of the Hill
of the Lions, and also of the three Giants,
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They said moreover that there was a foul Fiend haunted the Valley of
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was by him almost bereft of Life. Besides, say they, you must go over the Valley of the
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where the Hobgoblins are, where the Light is Darkness, where the way is full of Snares, Pits, Traps, and Gins. They told me also of Giant
Castle and of the ruin that the Pilgrims met with there. Further, they said I must go over the Inchanted Ground, which was dangerous. And that after all this, I should find a River, over which I should find no Bridge, and that that River did lie betwixt me and the Clestial Country.
The first stumbling-block
And was this all?
No. They also told me that this way was full of Deceivers, and of persons that laid await there, to turn good men out of the Path.
The second
But how did they make that out?
They told me that Mr
Worldly Wiseman
did there lie in wait to deceive. They also said that there was
continually on the road. They said also that
By-ends, Talkative
would go near to gather me up, that the
would catch me in his Net, or that with green-headed
I would presume to go on to the Gate, from whence he always was sent back to the Hole that was in the side of the Hill, and made to go the By-way to Hell.
I promise you this was enough to discourage, but did they make an end here?
No, stay. They told me also of many that had tried that way of old, and that had gone a great way therein, to see if they could find something of the Glory there that so many had so much talked of from time to time; and how they came back again, and befooled themselves for setting a foot out of doors in that Path, to the satisfaction of all the Country. And they named several that did so, as
Pliable, Mistrust
Timorous, Turn-away
and old
with several more, who, they said, had some of them gone far to see if they could find, but not one of them found so much advantage by going as amounted to the weight of a Feather.
The third
Said they anything more to discourage you?
Yes. They told me of one Mr
who was a Pilgrim, and how he found this way so solitary that he never had comfortable hour therein. Also that Mr
had like to have been starved therein; yea, and also, which I had almost forgot, that
himself, about whom there has been such a noise, after all his ventures for a Clestial Crown, was certainly drowned in the black River, and never went foot further, however it was smothered up.
The fourth
And did none of these things discourage you?
No, they seemed but as so many nothings to me.
How came that about?
Why I still believed what Mr
had said, and that carried me beyond them all.
How he got over these stumbling-blocks
Then this was your victory, even your Faith.
It was so; I believed, and therefore came out, got into the Way, fought all that set themselves against me, and by believing am come to this place.
Who would True valour see,
Let him come hither;
One here will constant be,
Come Wind, come Weather.
Theres no Discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowd intent
To be a Pilgrim.
Who so beset him round
With dismal Stories,
Do but themselves confound,
His Strength the more is;
No Lion can him fright,
Hell with a Giant fight,
But he will have a right
To be a Pilgrim.
Hobgoblin nor foul Fiend
Can daunt his spirit;
He knows he at the end
Shall Life inherit.
Then Fancies fly away,
Hell fear not what men say,
Hell labour night and day
To be a Pilgrim.
By this time they were got to the Inchanted Ground, where the air naturally tended to make one
and that place was all grown over with Briars and Thorns, excepting here and there where was an Inchanted Arbor, upon which if a man sits, or in which if a man sleeps, tis a question, say some, whether ever he shall rise or wake again in this world. Over this Forest therefore they went, both one with another, and Mr
went before for that he was the Guide, and Mr
he came behind, being there a Guard for fear lest peradventure some Fiend or Dragon or Giant or Thief should fall upon their Rear, and so do mischief. They went on here each man with his Sword drawn in his hand, for they knew it was a dangerous place. Also they cheered up one another as well as they could;
commanded should come up after him, and Mr
was under the eye of Mr
First Part, p. 138
Now they had not gone far, but a great Mist and a Darkness fell upon them all, so that they could scarce for a great while see the one the other. Wherefore they were forced for some time to feel for one another by Words, for they walked not by Sight.
But any one must think that here was but sorry going for the best of them all, but how much worse for the Women and Children, who both of
were but tender. Yet so it was, that through the encouraging words of him that led in the front, and of him that brought them up behind, they made a pretty good shift to wag along.
The way also was here very wearisome through Dirt and Slabbiness. Nor was there on all this ground so much as one Inn or Victualling-house therein to refresh the feebler sort. Here therefore was grunting and puffing and sighing. While one tumbleth over a Bush, another sticks fast in the Dirt; and the Children, some of them, lost their Shoes in the Mire. While one cries out, I am down; and another, Ho, where are you? and a third, The Bushes have got such fast hold on me, I think I cannot get away from them.
Then they come at an Arbor, warm, and promising much refreshing to the Pilgrims; for it was finely wrought above head, beautified with Greens, furnished with Benches and Settles. It also had in it a soft Couch whereon the weary might lean. This you must think, all things considered, was tempting, for the Pilgrims already began to be foiled with the badness of the way, but there was not one of them that made so much as a motion to stop there. Yea, for ought I could perceive, they continually gave so good heed to the advice of their Guide, and he did so faithfully tell them to Dangers, and of the nature of Dangers, when they were at them, that usually when they were nearest to them they did most pluck up their Spirits, and hearten one another to deny the Flesh. This Arbor was called the
Slothfuls Friend,
on purpose to allure, if it might be, some of the Pilgrims there to take up their Rest when weary.
An arbor on the Inchanted Ground
The name of the arbor
I saw then in my Dream, that they went on in this their solitary ground, till they came to a place at which a man is apt to lose his way. Now tho when it was
their Guide could well enough tell how to miss those ways that led wrong, yet in the
he was put to a stand; but he had in his Pocket a Map of all ways leading to or from the Clestial City; wherefore he struck a Light (for he never goes also without his Tinder-box) and takes a view of his Book or Map, which bids him be careful in that place to turn to the right - hand way. And had he not here been careful to look in his Map, they had all in probability been smothered in the Mud, for just a little before them, and that at the end of the cleanest way too, was a Pit, none knows how deep, full of nothing but Mud, there made on purpose to destroy the Pilgrims in.
The way difficult to find
The guide has a map of all ways leading to or from the city
Then thought I with myself, who that goeth on Pilgrimage but would have one of these Maps about him, that he may look when he is at a stand, which is the way he must take?
Gods book
They went on then in this Inchanted Ground till they came to where there was another Arbor, and it was built by the High-way side. And in that Arbor there lay two men whose names were
These two went thus far on Pilgrimage, but here being wearied with their Journey, they sat down to rest themselves, and so fell asleep. When the Pilgrims saw them, they stood still, and shook their heads, for they knew that the sleepers were in a pitiful case. Then they consulted what to do, whether to go on and leave them in their sleep, or to step to them and try to awake them. So they concluded to go to them and awake them, that is, if they could; but with this caution, namely, to take heed that themselves did not sit down nor imbrace the offered benefit of that Arbor.
An arbor and two asleep therein
So they went in and spake to the men, and called each by his name, (for the Guide it seems did know them) but there was no voice nor answer. Then the Guide did shake them, and do what he could to disturb them. Then said one of them,
I will pay you when I take my Mony.
At which the Guide shook his Head.
I will fight so long as I can hold my Sword in my hand,
said the other. At that one of the Children laughed.
The pilgrims try to wake them
Then said
What is the meaning of this? The Guide said,
They talk in their Sleep.
If you strike them, beat them, or whatever else you do to them, they will answer you after this fashion; or as one of them said in old time, when the Waves of the Sea did beat upon him, and he slept as one upon the Mast of a Ship,
When I awake I will seek it again.
You know when men talk in their Sleeps they say anything, but their words are not governed either by Faith or Reason. There is an incoherency in their words now, as there was before betwixt their going on Pilgrimage and sitting down here. This then is the mischief ont, when
ones go on Pilgrimage tis twenty to one but they are served thus. For this Inchanted Ground is one of the last Refuges that the Enemy to Pilgrims has; wherefore it is, as you see, placed almost at the end of the Way, and so it standeth against us with the more advantage. For when, thinks the Enemy, will these Fools be so desirous to sit down, as when they are weary? and when so like to be weary, as when almost at their Journeys end? therefore it is I say, that the Inchanted Ground is placed so nigh to the Land
and so near the end of their Race. Wherefore let Pilgrims look to themselves, lest it happen to them as it has done to these, that, as you see, are fallen asleep, and none can wake them.
Their endeavor is fruitless
Then the Pilgrims desired with trembling to go forward; only they prayed their Guide to strike a Light, that they might go the rest of their way by the help of the Light of a Lanthorn. So he struck a Light, and they went by the help of that through the rest of this way, tho the Darkness was very great.
The light of the Word
But the Children began to be sorely weary, and they cried out unto him that loveth Pilgrims to make their way more comfortable. So by that they had gone a little further, a Wind arose that drove away the Fog, so the Air became more clear.
The children cry for weariness
Yet they were not off (by much) of the Inchanted Ground, only now they could see one another better, and the way wherein they should walk.
Now when they were almost at the end of this ground, they perceived that a little before them was a solemn Noise, as of one that was much concerned. So they went on and looked before them; and behold they saw, as they thought, a man upon his Knees, with Hands and Eyes lift up, and speaking, as they thought, earnestly to one that was above. They drew nigh, but could not tell what he said; so they went softly till he had done. When he had done, he got up and began to run towards the Clestial City. Then Mr
called after him, saying, Soho Friend, let us have your Company, if you go, as I suppose you do, to the Clestial City. So the man stopped, and they came up to him. But so soon as Mr
saw him, he said, I know this man. Then said Mr
Prithee, who is it? Tis one, said he, who comes from whereabouts I dwelt, his name is
he is certainly a right good Pilgrim.
Stand-fast upon his knees in the Inchanted ground
The story of Stand-fast
So they came upon to another; and presently
said to old
Ho Father
are you there? Ay, said he, that I am, as sure as you are there. Right glad am I, said Mr
that I have found you on this Road. And as glad am I, said the other, that I espied you upon your Knees. Then Mr
blushed, and said, But why, did you see me? Yes, that I did, quoth the other, and with my heart was glad at the sight. Why, what did you think? said
Think, said Old
what should I think? I thought we had an honest man upon the Road, and therefore should have his Company by and by. If you thought not amiss [said
] how happy am I, but if I be not as I should, I alone must bear it. That is true, said the other, but your fear doth further confirm me that things are right betwixt the Prince of Pilgrims and your Soul, for he saith,
Blessed is the man that feareth always.
Talk between him and Mr Honest
Well but Brother, I pray thee tell us what was it that was the cause of thy being upon thy Knees even now? Was it for that some special mercy laid obligations upon thee, or how?
They found him at prayer
Why we are, as you see, upon the Inchanted Ground, and as I was coming along, I was musing with myself of what a dangerous Road the Road in this place was, and how many that had come even thus far on Pilgrimage had here been stopt and been destroyeth. I thought also of the manner of the Death with which this place destroyed men. Those that die here, die of no violent Distemper. The Death which such die is not grievous to them, for he that goeth away in a
begins that Journey with Desire and Pleasure; yea, such acquiesce in the will of that Disease.
What it was that fetched him upon his knees
Then Mr
interrupting of him said, Did you see the two men asleep in the Arbor?
Ay, ay, I saw
there, and for ought I know, there they will lie till they rot. But let me go on in my Tale. As I was thus musing, as I said, there was one in very pleasant attire, but old, who presented herself unto me, and offered me three things, to wit, her Body, her Purse and her Bed. Now the truth is, I was both a-weary and sleepy, I am also as poor as a
and that perhaps the Witch knew. Well I repulsed her once and twice, but she put by my repulses, and smiled. Then I began to be angry, but she mattered that nothing at all. Then she made offers again, and said, If I would be ruled by her, she would make me great and happy, for said she, I am the Mistress of the World, and men are made happy by me. Then I asked her name, and she told me it was Madam
This set me further from her, but she still followed me with Inticements. Then I betook me, as you see, to my Knees, and with hands lift up and cries, I prayd to him that had said he would help. So just as you came up, the Gentlewoman went her way. Then I continued to give thanks for this my great Deliverance, for I verily believe she intended no good, but rather sought to make stop of me in my Journey.
Madam Bubble, or this vain world
Without doubt her Designs were bad. But stay, now you talk of her, methinks I either have seen her, or have read some story of her.
Perhaps you have done both.
is she not a tall comely Dame, something of a swarthy Complexion?
Right, you hit it, she is just such an one.
Doth she not speak very smoothly, and give you a Smile at the end of a Sentence?
You fall right upon it again, for these are her very Actions.
Doth she not wear a great Purse by her side, and is not her Hand often in it fingering her Mony, as if that was her hearts delight?
Tis just so; had she stood by all this while, you could not more amply have set her forth before me, nor have better described her Features.
Then he that drew her picture was a good Limner, and he that wrote of her said true.
This woman is a Witch, and it is by vertue of her Sorceries that this ground is inchanted. Whoever doth lay their Head down in her Lap, had as good lay it down upon that Block over which the Ax doth hang; and whoever lay their Eyes upon her Beauty, are counted the Enemies of God. This is she that maintaineth in their splendor all those that are the Enemies of Pilgrims. Yea, this is she that hath bought off many a man from a Pilgrims Life. She is a great Gossiper, she is always, both she and her Daughters, at one Pilgrims heels or another, now commending and then preferring the excellencies of this Life. She is a bold and impudent Slut, she will talk with any man. She always laugheth
Pilgrims to scorn, but highly commends the rich. If there be one cunning to get Mony in a place, she will speak well of him from house to house. She loveth Banqueting and Feasting mainly well, she is always at one full Table or another. She has given it out in some places that she is a Goddess, and therefore some do worship her. She has her times and open places of Cheating, and she will say and avow it that none can shew a good comparable to hers. She promiseth to dwell with Childrens Children, if they will but love and make much of her. She will cast out of her Purse Gold like Dust, in some places, and to some persons. She loves to be sought after, spoken well of, and to lie in the Bosoms of Men. She is never weary of commending her Commodities, and she loves them most that think best of her. She will promise to some Crowns and Kingdoms if they will but take her advice, yet many has she brought to the Halter, and ten thousand times more to Hell.
The World
Oh, said
what a mercy is it that I did resist her, for whither might she a drawn me?
Whither, nay, none but God knows whither. But in general to be sure, she would a drawn thee
into many foolish and hurtful Lusts, which drown men in Destruction and Perdition.
Twas she that set
against his Father, and
against his Master. Twas she that persuaded
to sell his Lord, and that prevailed with
to forsake the godly Pilgrims Life. None can tell of the Mischief that she doth. She makes variance betwixt Rulers and Subjects, betwixt Parents and Children, twixt Neighbor and Neighbor, twixt a Man and his Wife, twixt a Man and Himself, twixt the Flesh and the Heart.
Wherefore good Master
be as your name is, and when you have done all,
At this Discourse there was among the Pilgrims a mixture of Joy and Trembling, but at length they brake out, and sang,
What danger is the Pilgrim in,
How many are his Foes,
How many ways there are to sin,
No living mortal knows.
Some of the Ditch shy are, yet can
Lie tumbling on the Mire;
Some tho they shun the Frying-pan,
Do leap into the Fire.
After this I beheld until they were come unto the Land of
where the Sun shineth Night and Day. Here, because they was weary, they betook themselves a while to rest. And because this Country was common for Pilgrims, and because the Orchards and Vineyards that were here belonged to the King of the Clestial Country, therefore they were licensed to make bold with any of his things. But a little while soon refreshed them here; for the Bells did so ring, and the Trumpets continually sound so melodiously, that they could not sleep; and yet they received as much refreshing as if they had slept their sleep never so soundly. Here also all the noise of them that walked the Streets, was,
More Pilgrims are come to Town.
And another would answer, saying, And so many went over the Water, and were let in at the Golden Gates to-day. They would cry again, There is now a Legion of Shining Ones just come to Town, by which we know that there are more Pilgrims upon the road, for here they come to wait for them, and to comfort them after all their Sorrow. Then the Pilgrims got up and walked to and fro; but how were their Ears now filled with Heavenly Noises, and their eyes delighted with Clestial Visions! In this Land they heard nothing, saw nothing, felt nothing, smelt nothing, tasted nothing, that was offensive to their Stomach or Mind; only when they tasted of the Water of the River over which they were to go, they thought that tasted a little
to the Palate, but it proved sweeter when twas down.
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Death bitter to the flesh, but sweet to the soul
In this place there was a Record kept of the names of them that had been Pilgrims of old, and a History of all the famous Acts that they had done. It was here also much discoursed how the River to some had had its
and what
it has had while others have gone over. It has been in a manner dry for some, while it has overflowed its banks for others.
Death has its ebbings and flowings like the tide
In this place the Children of the Town would go into the Kings Gardens and gather Nosegays for the Pilgrims, and bring them to them with much affection. Here also grew
Saffron Calamus
with all its Trees of
Frankincense Myrrh
with all chief Spices. With these the Pilgrims Chambers were perfumed while they stayed here, and with these were their Bodies anointed, to prepare them to go over the River when the time appointed was come.
Now while they lay here and waited for the good hour, there was a noise in the Town that there was a Post come from the Clestial City, with matter of great importance to one
the Wife of
the Pilgrim. So enquiry was made for her, and the house was found out where she was. So the Post presented her with a Letter, the contents whereof was,
Hail, good Woman, I bring thee Tidings that the Master calleth for thee, and expecteth that thou shouldest stand in his presence in Cloaths of Immortality, within this ten days.
A messenger of death sent to Christiana
His message
When he had read this Letter to her, he gave her therewith a sure token that he was a true Messenger, and was come to bid her make haste to be gone. The token was an
with a point sharpened with Love, let easily into her heart, which by degrees wrought so effectually with her, that at the time appointed she must be gone.
How welcome is death to them that have nothing to do but to die
saw that her time was come, and that she was the first of this Company that was to go over, she called for Mr
her Guide, and told him how matters were. So he told her he was heartily glad of the News, and could have been glad had the Post come for him. Then she bid that he should give advice how all things should be prepared for her Journey. So he told her, saying, Thus and thus it must be, and we that survive will accompany you to the River-side.
Her speech to her guide
Then she called for her Children, and gave them her Blessing, and told them that she yet read with comfort the Mark that was set in their Foreheads, and was glad to see them with her there, and that they had kept their Garments so white. Lastly, she bequeathed to the Poor that little she had, and commanded her Sons and her Daughters to be ready against the Messenger should come for them.
To her children
When she had spoken these words to her Guide and to her Children, she called for Mr
and said unto him, Sir, you have in all places shewed yourself true-hearted, be faithful unto Death, and my King will give you a Crown of Life. I would also entreat you to have an eye to my Children, and if at any time you see them faint, speak comfortably to them. For my Daughters, my Sons Wives, they have been faithful, and a fulfilling of the Promise upon them will be their end. But she gave Mr
a Ring.
To Mr Valiant
To Mr Stand-fast
Then she called for old Mr
and said of him, Behold an
indeed, in whom is no Guile. Then said he, I wish you a fair day when you set out for Mount
and shall be glad to see that you go over the River dry-shod. But she answered, Come wet, come dry, I long to be gone, for however the Weather is in my Journey, I shall have time enough when I come there to sit down and rest me and dry me.
To old Honest
Then came in that good man Mr
to see her. So she said to him, Thy Travel hither has been with difficulty, but that will make thy Rest the sweeter. But watch and be ready, for at an hour when you think not, the Messenger may come.
To Mr Ready-to-halt
After him came in Mr
and his Daughter
to whom she said, You ought with thankfulness for ever to remember your Deliverance from the hands of Giant
and out of
Doubting Castle.
The effect of that Mercy is, that you are brought with safety hither. Be ye watchful and cast away Fear, be sober and hope to the end.
To Dispondency and his daughter
Then she said to Mr
Thou wast delivered from the mouth of Giant
that thou mightest live in the Light of the Living for ever, and see thy King with comfort. Only I advise thee to repent thee of thine aptness to fear and doubt of his goodness before he sends for thee, lest thou shouldest when he comes, be forced to stand before him for that fault with blushing.
To Feeble-mind
Now the day drew on that
must be gone. So the Road was full of People to see her take her Journey. But behold all toe Banks beyond the River were full of Horses and Chariots, which were come down from above to accompany her to the City Gate. So she came forth and entered the River, with a beckon of Farewell to those that followed her to the River-side. The last word she was heard to say here was,
I come Lord, to be with thee and bless thee.
Her last day, and manner of departure
So her Children and Friends returned to their place, for that those that waited for
had carried her out of their sight. So she went and called, and entered in at the Gate with all the Ceremonies of Joy that her Husband
had done before her.
At her departure her Children wept, but Mr
and Mr
played upon the well-tuned Cymbal and Harp for Joy. So all departed to their respective places.
In process of time there came a Post to the Town again, and his business was with Mr
So he enquired him out, and said to him, I am come to thee in the name of him whom thou hast loved and followed, tho upon Crutches; and my Message is to tell thee that he expects thee at his Table to sup with him in his Kingdom the next day after
wherefore prepare thyself for this Journey.
Ready-to-halt summoned
Then he also gave him a Token that he was a true Messenger, saying,
I have broken thy golden bowl, and loosed thy silver cord.
After this Mr
called for his fellow Pilgrims, and told them, saying, I am sent for, and God shall surely visit you also. So he desired Mr
to make his Will. And because he had nothing to bequeath to them that should survive him but his Crutches and his good Wishes, therefore thus he said,
These Crutches I bequeath to my Son that shall tread in my steps, with a hundred warm wishes that he may prove better than I have done.
His will
Then he thanked Mr
for his Conduct and Kindness, and so addressed himself to his Journey. When he came at the Brink of the River he said,
Now I shall have no more need of these Crutches, since yonder are Chariots and Horses for me to ride on.
The last words he was heard to say was,
Welcome Life.
So he went his way.
His last words
After this Mr
had Tidings brought him that the Post sounded his Horn at his Chamber-door. Then he came in and told him, saying, I am come to tell thee that thy Master has need of thee, and that in very little time thou must behold his Face in Brightness. And take this as a Token of the Truth of my Message,
Those that look out at the Windows shall be darkened.
Feeble-mind summoned
Then Mr
called for his Friends, and told them what Errand had been brought unto him, and what Token he had received of the Truth of the Message. Then he said, Since I have nothing to bequeath to any, to what purpose should I make a Will? As for my
feeble mind,
that I will leave behind me, for that I have no need of that in the place whither I go. Nor is it worth bestowing upon the poorest Pilgrim; wherefore when I am gone, I desire that you, Mr
would bury it in a Dunghill. This done, and the day being come in which he was to depart, he entered the River as the rest. His last words were,
Hold out Faith and Patience.
So he went over to the other side.
He makes no will
His last words
When days had many of them passed away, Mr.
was sent for. For a Post was come, and brought this Message to him,
Trembling man, these are to summon thee to be ready with thy King by the next Lords day, to shout for Joy for thy Deliverance from all thy Doubtings.
Mr. Dispondencys summons
And said the Messenger, That my Message is true take this for a Proof; so he gave him
The Grasshopper to be a Burden unto him.
Now Mr
Daughter whose name was
said when she heard what was done, that she would go with her Father. Then Mr
said to his Friends, Myself and my Daughter, you know what we have been, and how troublesomely we have behaved ourselves in every Company. My Will and my Daughters is, that our Disponds and slavish Fears be by no man ever received from the day of our Departure for ever, for I know that after my Death they will offer themselves to others. For to be plain with you, they are Ghosts, the which we entertained when we first began to be Pilgrims, and could never shake them off after; and they will walk about and seek entertainment of the Pilgrims, but for our sakes shut ye the doors upon them.
His daughter goes too
His will
When the time was come for them to depart, they went to the Brink of the River. The last words of Mr
Farewell Night, welcome Day.
His Daughter went through the River singing, but none could understand what she said.
His last words
Then it came to pass a while after, that there was a Post in the town that enquired for Mr
So he came to his house where he was, and delivered to his hand these lines,
Thou art commanded to be ready against this day seven-night to present thyself before thy Lord at his Fathers house.
And for a Token that my Message is true,
All thy Daughters of Musick shall be brought low.
Then Mr
called for his Friends, and said unto them, I die, but shall make no Will. As for my Honesty, it shall go with me; let him that comes after be told of this. When the day that he was to be gone was come, he addressed himself to go over the River. Now the River at that time overflowed the Banks in some places, but Mr
in his lifetime had spoken to one
to meet him there, the which he also did, and lent him his hand, and so helped him over. The last words of Mr
Grace reigns.
So he left the World.
Mr Honest summoned
He makes no will
Good-conscience helps Mr Honest over the river
After this it was noised abroad that Mr
was taken with a Summons by the same Post as the other, and had this for a Token that the Summons was true,
That his Pitcher was broken at the Fountain.
When he understood it, he called for his Friends, and told them of it. Then said he, I am going to my Fathers, and tho with great difficulty I am got hither, yet now I do not repent me of all the Trouble I have been at to arrive where I am. My Sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my Pilgrimage, and my Courage and Skill to him that can get it. My Marks and Scars I carry with me, to be a witness for me that I have fought his Battles who now will be my Rewarder. When the day that he must go hence was come, many accompanied him to the Riverside, into which as he went he said,
Death, where is thy Sting?
And as he went down deeper he said,
Grave, where is thy Victory?
So he passed over, and all the Trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
Mr Valiant summoned
His will
His last words
Then there came forth a Summons for Mr
(This Mr
was he that the rest of the Pilgrims found upon his Knees in the Inchanted Ground) for the Post brought it him open in his hands. The contents whereof, were,
that he must prepare for a Change of Life, for his Master was not willing that he should be so far from him any longer.
At this Mr.
was put into a muse. Nay, said the Messenger, you need not doubt of the truth of my Message, for here is a Token of the Truth thereof,
Thy Wheel is broken at the Cistern.
Then he called to him Mr
who was their Guide, and said, unto him, Sir, altho it was not my hap to be much in your good Company in the days of my Pilgrimage, yet since the time I knew you, you have been profitable to me. When I came from home, I left behind me a Wife and five small Children, let me entreat you at your return, (for I know that you will go and return to your Masters house, in hopes that you may yet be a Conductor to more of the holy Pilgrims) that you send to my Family, and let them be acquainted with all that hath and shall happen unto me. Tell them moreover of my happy Arrival to this place, and of the present late blessed condition that I am in. Tell them also of
his Wife, and how she and her Children came after her Husband. Tell them also of what a happy end she made, and whither she is gone. I have little or nothing to send to my Family, except it be Prayers and Tears for them; of which it will suffice if thou acquaint them, if peradventure they may prevail.
Mr Stand-fast is summoned
He calls for Mr Great-heart
His speech to him
His errand to his family
When Mr.
had thus set things in order, and the time being come for him to haste him away, he also went down to the River. Now there was a great Calm at that time in the River; wherefore Mr
when he was about half-way in, he stood awhile, and talked to his Companions that had waited upon him thither. And he said,
This River has been a Terror to many, yea, the thoughts of it also have often frighted me. But now methinks I stand easy, my Foot is fixed upon that upon which the Feet of the Priests that bare the Ark of the Covenant stood, while
went over this
The Waters indeed are to the Palate bitter and to the Stomach cold, yet the thoughts of what I am going to and of the Conduct that waits for me on the other side, doth lie as a glowing Coal at my Heart.
His last words
I see myself now at the end of my Journey, my toilsome days are ended. I am going now to see that Head that was crowned with Thorns, and that Face that was spit upon for me.
I have formerly lived by Hear-say and Faith, but now I go where I shall live by sight, and shall be with him in whose Company I delight myself.
I have loved to hear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of his Shoe in the Earth, there I have coveted to set my Foot too.
His Name has been to me as a Civit-box, yea, sweeter than all Perfumes. His Voice to me has been most sweet, and his Countenance I have more desired than they that have most desired the Light of the Sun. His Word I did use to gather for my Food, and for Antidotes against my Faintings. He has held me, and I have kept me from mine iniquities, yea, my Steps hath he strengthened in his Way.
Now while he was thus in Discourse, his Countenance changed, his strong man bowed under him, and after he had said,
Take me, for I come unto thee,
he ceased to be seen of them.
But glorious it was to see how the open Region was filled with Horses and Chariots, with Trumpeters and Pipers, with Singers and Players on stringed Instruments, to welcome the Pilgrims as they went up, and followed one another in at the beautiful Gate of the City.
As for
Children, the four Boys that
brought with her, with their Wives and Children, I did not stay where I was till they were gone over. Also since I came away, I heard one say that they were yet alive, and so would be for the Increase of the Church in that place where they were for a time.
Shall it be my Lot to go that way again, I may give those that desire it an account of what I here am silent about; mean-time I bid my Reader
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Why Can't PROTECT IP Supporters Just Admit That It's About Censorship?
from the they-should dept
Bambauer isn't arguing that PROTECT IP is bad, necessarily. In fact, he argues that "hard censorship" is preferable to soft censorship, in that at least what's happening is upfront and clear, and that there are times when censorship might make sense. His main argument though, is that for there to be a rational and honest discussion about these things, everyone should first be willing to admit that PROTECT IP is absolutely about censorship, and then we can have a direct discussion on whether or not this form of censorship is appropriate.
He notes that supporters are afraid to admit this, and instead insist that it's got nothing to do with censorship, because it's about "stopping copyright infringement." But, as he also notes, pretty much anywhere you see censorship, those who agree with it always couch it in other terms. Thus, South Korea blocking sites about North Korea is about protecting its own people. Various attempts around the world to censor child pornography are seen as reasonable attempts to stop child porn. And China's political censorship has often been framed by the Chinese as protecting its citizens from dangerous ideas. But they're all forms of censorship.
Bambauer, not surprisingly, is not confident that the debate will ever actually move in this direction. It's just not politically expedient to do so. Of course, there's potentially another reason: supporters of the bill know it's about censorship, and they're just embarrassed to admit that. So, denying that it's censorship (and lashing out angrily at those who state the obvious) is just a way of compensating.


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Jan. 18, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The National Women's Soccer League held its inaugural college draft Friday morning in Indianapolis as part of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention. And it didn't take long for Florida State's draft eligible seniors to come off the board. Tiffany McCarty, Casey Short and Taylor Vancil all heard their names called and will now get a chance to continue their soccer careers at the professional level.
The Seminoles had two players selected through the first five picks as McCarty was drafted second overall by the Washington Spirit and Short was taken moments later by the Boston Breakers with the fifth overall pick. Vancil was the first pick in the third round (17th overall) by the Chicago Red Stars.
"I am ecstatic for all three of these players," said head coach Mark Krikorian. "They have worked extremely hard through their careers to develop themselves. Now they have an opportunity to move on to the next chapter in their soccer careers. We are all really excited for them and we look forward to watching them at the next level."
McCarty made school history on Friday becoming the highest drafted player to come out of the Florida State soccer program. Tori Huster held that honor when she was drafted in the second round (eighth overall) of the WPS Draft by the Western New York Flash in 2012.
In fact, McCarty is just the third Seminole player in all sports to be drafted by a professional team in the first two picks of that squad's league draft. The Florida State baseball program held the lone distinction with Paul Wilson (first overall pick) and J.D. Drew (second overall pick) in 1994 and 1997, respectively. The Laurel, Md., native and FSU's all-time leading scorer will now get a chance to play right in her back yard as a member of the Spirit.
"It's a dream come true," said McCarty. "I am going back home so my family is really excited about that and a lot of my childhood friends are excited too! I wanted to be a professional player for a very long time and now that I am getting that opportunity I am very excited and ready to play with and against the best players in the world.
"This speaks volumes to the Florida State program in general. We have a lot of elite athletes that play in all our sports. We train hard and work hard in the classroom as well. It also speaks to the experience that everyone receives when they come to Florida State. We aspire to be professional athletes and to go on and do big things in our sports."
McCarty, who is a three-time All-ACC selection, finished the 2012 campaign leading the team in points (39), goals (17) and shots (63), while tying for the team lead with five game-winning goals. She finished the season ranked in the top 10 in the ACC in three offensive categories while ranking nationally in total goals (10th), game-winning goals (t-17th), total points (15th), goals per game (19th) and points per game (27th). The only three-time All-American in school history, McCarty leaves Florida State as the record holder in 12 different offensive categories.
Short made 23 starts in her final season at Florida State recording four points all on assists. Her final assist of the season came on a golden goal scored by McCarty in a double overtime victory over Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament second round. A native of Naperville, Ill., Short played all three positions (forward/midfielder/defender) at Florida State over her four year career, but was instrumental in FSU's team defending in 2012 which ranked among the nation's best. The Seminoles finished the year ranked in the top 40 in three categories including shutout percentage, goals against average and save percentage.
"I am so excited right now; this is such an incredible opportunity" said Short. "I am really looking forward to playing for the Breakers."
Vancil appeared in 14 games making four starts between the posts in her two seasons at Florida State. The Seminole goalkeeper went 3-1-0 with three shutouts as she posted 19 saves and a goals against average of 0.83.
"This is so exciting, it's a dream come true," said Vancil. "I can't wait to go back to Chicago and train with someone like Erin McLeod. It is going to be a lot of fun."
Here is a list of FSU Soccer's All-Time Drafted Players
National Women's Soccer League
Year – Name, Round (Pick), Team
2013 – Tiffany McCarty, 1st (2nd), Washington Spirit
2013 – Casey Short, 1st (5th), Boston Breakers
2013 – Taylor Vancil, 3rd (17th), Chicago Red Stars
WPS Draft
Year – Name, Round (Pick), Team
2012 – Tori Huster, 2nd (8th), Western New York Flash
2012 – Toni Pressley, 2nd (13th), Philadelphia Independence
2011 – Amanda DaCosta, 3rd (17th), Washington Freedom
2010 – Becky Edwards, 2nd (12th), FC Gold Pride


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May 16, 2007
Lipscomb University golf coach Buddy Harston has announced the signing of Andrew Brock from McMinnville, Tenn.
Brock, 6-foot-1, finished third in the TSSAA State Tournament in 2006, one stroke behind the first and second place finishers. Brock shot a two-under par 142 for the tournament at Murfreesboro's Old Fort Golf Course.
Brock won the Region 4-AAA title with a 70. He tied with Murfreesboro Riverdale's Jason Millard for the lead, winning the tournament in a playoff. He was also an All-Region second-team selection by the Tennessean.
He helped led the Warren County High School golf team to the 2006 District Runner-Up spot and the team's first Regional since 1993.
He was named "Most Popular" male student at Warren County High School fro 2006-2007. He also is a three-time winner of the Edith Goody Golf Award.
Brock is undecided on his major.
He is the son of Jill and Greg Brock. He has an older brother, Barrett.


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A computed tomography (CT) scan of the shoulder is an imaging method that uses x-rays to create cross-sectional pictures of the shoulder.
Alternative Names
CAT scan - shoulder; Computed axial tomography scan - shoulder; Computed tomography scan - shoulder; CT scan - shoulder
How the test is performed
You will be asked to lie on a narrow table that slides into the center of the CT scanner.
Once you are inside the scanner, the machines x-ray beam rotates around you. (Modern "spiral" scanners can perform the exam without stopping.)
A computer creates separate images of the shoulder area, called slices. These images can be stored, viewed on a monitor, or printed on film. Three-dimensional models of the shoulder area can be created by adding the slices together.
You must be still during the exam, because movement causes blurred images. You may be told to hold your breath for short periods of time.
The scan should take only 10-15 minutes.
How to prepare for the test
Certain exams require a special dye, called contrast, to be delivered into the body before the test starts. Contrast helps certain areas show up better on the x-rays.
- Contrast can be given through a vein (IV) in your hand or forearm. If contrast is used, you may also be asked not to eat or drink anything for 4-6 hours before the test.
- Let your doctor know if you have ever had a reaction to contrast. You may need to take medications before the test in order to safely receive this substance.
- Before receiving the contrast, tell your health care provider if you take the diabetes medication metformin (Glucophage) because you may need to take extra precautions.
If you weigh more than 300 pounds, find out if the CT machine has a weight limit. Too much weight can cause damage to the scanners working parts.
You will be asked to remove jewelry and wear a hospital gown during the study.
How the test will feel
Some people may have discomfort from lying on the hard table.
Contrast given through an IV may cause a slight burning sensation, a metallic taste in the mouth, and a warm flushing of the body. These sensations are normal and usually go away within a few seconds.
Why the test is performed
CT rapidly creates detailed pictures of the shoulder. The test may help diagnose or detect:
dislocation, fracture, or other shoulder injury
- Evaluate the soft tissue such as rotator cuff tendons
Abscessor infection
- The cause of pain or other problems in the shoulder joint when
MRIcannot be done
- Masses and tumors, including cancer
This test may also help guide a surgeon to the right area during a biopsy in the shoulder area.
Normal Values
Results are considered normal if the shoulder being examined is normal in appearance.
What abnormal results mean
Abnormal results may be due to:
Abscess(collection of pus)
- Bone tumors or cancer
- Shoulder fracture
What the risks are
Risks of CT scans include:
- Being exposed to radiation
- Allergic reaction to contrast dye
CT scans do expose you to more radiation than regular x-rays. Having many x-rays or CT scans over time may increase your risk for cancer. However, the risk from any one scan is small. You and your doctor should weigh this risk against the benefits of getting a correct diagnosis for a medical problem.
Some people have allergies to contrast dye. Let your doctor know if you have ever had an allergic reaction to injected contrast dye.
- The most common type of contrast given into a vein contains iodine. If a person with an iodine allergy is given this type of contrast,
nausea or vomiting, sneezing, itching, or hivesmay occur.
- If you absolutely must be given such contrast, your doctor may give you antihistamines (such as Benadryl) or steroids before the test.
- The kidneys help remove iodine out of the body. Those with kidney disease or diabetes may need to receive extra fluids after the test to help flush the iodine out of the body.
Rarely, the dye may cause a life-threatening allergic response called
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Perez EA. Fractures of the Shoulder, Arm, and Forearm. In: Canale ST, Beaty JH. Campbells Operative Orthopaedics. 12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa:Mosby Elsevier;2012:chap 57.
Grainger RG, Thomsen HS, Morcos SK, Koh DM, Roditi G. Intravascular contrast media for radiology, CT, and MRI. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allisons Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 2.
Shaw AS, Dixon AK. Multidetector computed tomography. In: Adam A, Dixon AK, eds. Grainger & Allisons Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 4.
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C. Benjamin Ma, MD, Assistant Professor, Chief, Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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No Karate technique is 100% effective. There is always a margin for error. A punch or kick might miss or not have the intended effect. A person high on drugs might not even feel a good kick to the groin.
And even if a technique is executed properly, it remains possible to be hit, kicked, bit, scratched, or stabbed in the process.
In short, even the best technique is not a guarantee. Perhaps that is one reason that Karate is only used "as a last resort." One rationale for this is to prevent unnecessary violence and the use of force. We do not even want to injure an attacker. However, another reason might be that even a good Karate technique can fail. It is safer -- much safer -- not to use Karate and the scales only tip in favor of its use, "as a last resort."
One thing is 100% effective -- that is avoidance. If you can avoid a problem you have avoided the risks that a technique might fail and that you could become injured. If you cross the street because you see someone lurking in the shadows, that might prevent the attack from materializing. And if the attacker follows you across the road, at least you will have tried to avoid the attack, and will have some time to judge his intent and movements. But if you just walk in front of him and he attacks, then what?
I was teaching recently as was asked about striking to the throat. The questioner had been told that a strike to the throat was effective. My third son, Cael, was there. He practices Brazilian Ju Jitsu and MMA (as well as Karate). He said, "I get punched in the throat all the time. We can take it."
I tried striking Cael's throat area and sure enough, he could take it. He is very strong anyway, but has been conditioned to tense his throat when he is hit. He explained further that they get hit in face too.
A strike to the throat might be effective or it might not. I recognize that there are ways to strike the throat that a person actually could not take, at least not very easily. But even such a strike could fail.
Avoiding an attack is 100% effective -- if you can do it.
Avoiding an attack does not only mean crossing a dark street when you see someone lurking in the shadows -- it also means avoiding being in the dangerous situation to begin with. Why are you alone on a dark street? Could you have taken a safer route? Could you have waited for someone to accompany you?
Avoidance is not just a "last minute" thing. You should plan for safety.
Of course, attacks can happen, even to a careful person who has tried to avoid danger. In the case of the last resort, I say that you have to just open the can and let the monster out -- meaning you have to do everything and anything to protect you life and the lives of your loved ones. There is no holding back. A technique might work -- or it might not -- but you will have to try your very best. At the point of "last resort" there is not further possibility of avoidance. There is no weighing the likelihood of success and failure. There is only the necessity to act to protect yourself.
But if you can avoid such a situation, it is a good strategy to do so.
Charles C. Goodin
Avoidance is 100% Effective
No Karate technique is 100% effective. There is always a margin for error. A punch or kick might miss or not have the intended effect. A person high on drugs might not even feel a good kick to the groin.
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The US premiere of "These Halcyon Days" a new play by Deirdre Kinahan, an eight-show residency by Irish songwriter and singer Declan O'Rourke and the seventh Masters in Collaboration instalment, pairing award-winning Irish traditional musician Karan Casey with vocalist and bluegrass musician Aoife O'Donovan are among the highlights of the Irish Arts Center's spring season.
The 19-week season opens on February 12th and runs until the Bloomsday (June 16th) literary events at the Irish Arts Center and at several partnering venues across New York City.
The Spring season features the Irish Arts Center's annual St. Patrick's Week concert Celtic Appalachia - back by popular demand at Symphony Space on March 15th - featuring Mick Moloney, The Green Fields of America and third generation Carter Family member Dale Jett; and the annual Irish Arts Center Book Day where volunteers distribute thousands of books by Irish and Irish American authors for free across all five New York City boroughs.
Working with the Irish Arts Center for the first time will be the renowned Irish choreographer John Scott who brings his vital, fluent dance work The White Piece to La MaMa which will also feature the US premiere of Irish contemporary dance company ponydance in the Irish Arts Center's inaugural dance season at La MaMa.
Audiences can also look forward to contemporary Irish films; literary readings and talks with leading figures in the arts, politics, business and media; visual art exhibitions with artist John Spinks and "Ulysses seen" artist Robert Berry; comedy nights with one of the longest running comedy shows in New York City, Sundays at Seven; over 30 classes in music, dance and language as well as the annual Féile na Gaeilge / Irish Language Day.
Meanwhile the Center's acclaimed exhibition of "Fighting Irishmen" travels for the first time to Phoenix, Arizona with a reception honoring local World Heavyweight Champ, Muhammad Ali.
Work being presented at the Irish Arts Center this spring is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership by the City Council; and Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide.
Irish Arts Center is located at 553 West 51st Street. Booking and information for all events can be found on irishartscenter.org or by calling 866-811-4111
Full details of the season:
Tall Tales Theatre Company in association with Landmark Productions presents "These Halcyon Days" by Deirdre Kinahan
May 7-June 2
The US premiere of a funny, touching, life-affirming play about facing our fears and bucking against despair.
February 23
A concert performance and family show performed by the outrageously entertaining Irish Brothers Owen and Moley Ó Súilleabháin
Celtic Appalachia II
Irish Arts Center's Annual St. Patrick's Week Tradition
March 16 At Symphony Space
Celebrating the cultural links between Irish traditional music and American folk, old time, country and bluegrass music.
Masters in Collaboration VII: Karan Casey meets Aoife O'Donovan
April 5-7
The seventh Masters in Collaboration installment, pairing award-winning Irish traditional musician Karan Casey with vocalist and bluegrass musician Aoife O'Donovan. Audiences will be welcomed into the IAC artists-in-residence experience for an exclusive midweek conversation as well as three performances in the intimate Donaghy Theatre.
Declan O'Rourke In Residence with a String Quartet
April 20-28
Irish songwriter Declan O'Rourke returns to the Irish Arts Center with a string quartet for a residency of eight unforgettable performances following his thrilling New York appearance in the first installment of SongLives, curated by Grammy Award-winner Susan McKeown.
Curated by Grammy Award-winner Susan McKeown
After two successful seasons including musicians Mark Geary, Declan O'Rourke, Wallis Bird, and Mundy, Irish Arts Center presents the third installment of SongLives, bringing the richness of the busking tradition of Dublin's Grafton Street to New York City. Participating artists to be revealed at irishartscenter.org.
Irish Arts Center At La MaMa
The White Piece by John Scott Dance at La MaMa
March 14-24
Part documentary, part poetry, 14 dancers, backgrounds ranging from Merce Cunningham Dance Company to a retired Royal Ballet ballerina to African Torture Survivors, show, with humor and athleticism, the presence of everything: what we do and dream, for today and tomorrow.
La MaMa in association with Irish Arts Center presents
Anybody Waiting? by ponydance
at La MaMa
March 28-31
Comedic dance theatre champions ponydance show a love for good dancing, good looks and a good time.
An Saighdiúr (The Soldier)
February 20
2012, 25 minutes
Directed by Sonia Nic Jones
An Saighdiúr follows Sergeant Séamus O Fianghusa, a Brooklyn native of Korean and Irish heritage, as he travels to the frontline in Afghanistan and on a visit to his beloved Donegal Gaeltacht. A panel discussion will follow the film.
Music of Ireland
February 26
2010, 90 minutes
Directed by Phillip J. Marshall
Music of Ireland tells the definitive story of Irish music in America, focusing on the Emerald Isle's greatest musical exports, their influence on America and the music's global impact. An artist talk with the filmmakers and a live performance will follow the film.
April 14
2007, 88 minutes
Directed by Tom Collins
Kings is a story of a lost generation, rich in humanity and emotion, in search for identity.
Vona Groarke
The Middle Kingdom
A Celebration of Poetry, Song and Visual Art
February 28
Poet Vona Groarke joins forces with composers and singers Irene and Annette Buckley, and artists Helen O'Leary and Eva O'Leary to celebrate women's youth and age, innocence and experience, and the unforeseen of the in between.
A Tribute to William Kennedy
Moderated by Peter Quinn and Special Guests in association with Irish American Writers and Artists
An evening with William Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ironweed, screenwriter and playwright, celebrated by moderator Peter Quinn and special guests.
Irish Arts Center presents the fifth Pen, Paper and Palate
in association with Ruda Beresford Dauphin
A Panel Discussion: Crime Writing
May 14 at The Half King
Pen, Paper and Palate, a celebration of Irish and American writing, food and culture. The witty and entertaining Frank Delaney, author, BBC host and Booker Prize judge, will moderate on the topic of "Crime Writing" with an esteemed panel.
Bloomsday on Broadway XXXII
June 16 at Symphony Space
The 32nd annual BLOOMSDAY ON BROADWAY, a tradition created by Symphony
Space co-founder Isaiah Sheffer and carries on in his memory, celebrates James Joyce's Ulysses with Symphony Space and the Irish Arts Center.
Black and White and Green: St. Patrick's Day in Harlem
Two Roads Diverged: A Dialogue on Irish and Black Contributions to American Culture
with Lenwood O. Sloan and Dr. Mick Moloney in associations with Harlem Stage
March 12 at Harlem Stage
Live piano and dance performances accompany the final part of the Two Roads Diverged series examining the cultural relationships between Irish and African communities in America.
Kids Film Fleadh with The Craic
March 9
The Kids Film Fleadh features storytelling with special guests Honor Molloy and John Liam Shea; brings the best of award-winning children's short films, including Pet Hate, Bird Food, Thin Ice and more; and concludes with an Irish step dancing performance.
Annual St. Patrick's Open Day in association with our neighbors PAL William J. Duncan Center
March 17
Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day the only way you should: by immersing yourself in all things Irish. An afternoon of authentic Irish music, dance, song, language, and crafts. Take part in workshops, take in a performance or two, and take the whole family.
Classes for kids including Celtic Harp for Kids, ModERIN Dance Class, Introductory Step Dance with Niall O'Leary, TCRG, ADCRG and Gaelic Kids
John Spinks
Current Chords
February 1 – April 22
Artist Talk and Reception on February 12
In Current Chords, artist John Spinks examines and reinterprets the language of
music—a language he appreciates but does not "speak"—through his own vocabulary of the brush stroke and collage on canvas.
Ulysses "seen"
An International Bloomsday Celebration by Robert Berry
in association with the James Joyce Centre, Dublin
May 1 – June 30
Irish Arts Center Gallery
Artist Talk and Reception on May 1
An international Bloomsday celebration with an exhibition of illustrator Robert Berry's original drawings from the Ulysses "seen" project, a web based comic adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses. More participating cities to be revealed at irishartscenter.org.
Fighting Irishmen
Celebrating Celtic Prizefighters 1820–Present
January 2013 – May 2013
James J. Houlihan's popular exhibition on boxing in Ireland and Irish America continues its international journey and opens on January 31st at the McClelland Irish Library at The Irish Cultural Center in Phoenix, Arizona with a reception honoring local World Heavyweight Champ, Muhammad Ali.
Show Your Love: Our Annual Young Patron's Party
February 22
Honoring Aisling Garvey, Senior Vice President, Teneo Strategy; Jason O'Brien,
Proprietor of Dublin 6, Trinity Place and The Bailey Pub & Brasserie; Patrick Tully, New York Director & National Director of the Young Leaders, The American Ireland Fund. An exclusive party for IAC Young Patron level members celebrating the beginning of another innovative and exciting season at the Irish Arts Center.
Irish Arts Center Book Day 2013
March 15
Irish Arts Center will kick off St. Patrick's Day weekend with the third annual Irish Arts Center Book Day, handing out 10,000 works by Irish and Irish American authors, free, at eight subway stops and transportation hubs across all five boroughs.
Twelfth Annual Irish Arts Center NYC Dance Festival
At Riverside Park South
Led by Niall O'Leary, TCRG, ADCRG
May 5
Start of the Summer on the Hudson series at Riverside Park South, celebrating Irish dance and culture.
Breezy Point Benefit
February 15-17
Featuring performances of Frank McCourt and Malachy McCourt's A Couple of Blaguards. Breezy Point Benefit will aid victims of Hurricane Sandy in Queens, NY.
BOOKING & LISTINGS INFORMATION - irishartscenter.org or 866-811-4111.


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EA Origin UK boss Roger Walkden joins Microsoft
EA Origin's UK chief Roger Walkden has joined Microsoft Studios.
The former EA and Activision man takes the role of Chief of Staff, and will work behind the scenes across all of Microsoft's European studios, which includes Rare, Lionhead, Soho Productions, Press Play and the new studio, Lift London.
"My job is going to support this development teams from the back end," he said.
"I will make sure these teams maintain their individuality and give them the independence they need to get the job done. It's a great opportunity for me and there's a great job to be done."


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I don't see Cowher leaving just yet. The media likes to read into everything way more than they need to. I'm glad the talks have stopped for the season so we can work on getting back to back titles once more! I'll say this though. If we win the SB again this year I would bet on Bill calling it quits. If we don't he may go another year or two just to try and get another.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06228/713842-66.stmBy Ed Bouchette, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Evidence continues to mount that the 2006 football season could be the last one for Bill Cowher as coach of the Steelers.
The latest indication came when club president Art Rooney II yesterday confirmed a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette report that negotiations with the coach's agent to extend his contract had ended for this year. Talks will not resume -- if they do at all -- until after the season.
Cowher has two seasons left on his contract. This will be the first time in his 15 seasons that he will not have extended his contract when it had two years left. He and the Steelers last came to an agreement on a two-year extension through the 2007 season in July 2004.


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Next week I will travel to Vietnam and China on behalf of USDA and our nation's farmers, ranchers and agricultural businesses.
I want to strengthen trade relationships we have with both nations, support the American brand, and create more opportunities for American producers to sell their goods throughout the Asia Pacific region.
This year, China moved ahead of Mexico and Canada to become our No. 1 export market for U.S. agricultural goods. In the past decade, the Vietnamese market has also become increasingly important for our farmers, ranchers and growers — jumping from the 50th to 15th position as a market for U.S. farm exports.
Overall, U.S. agricultural exports are on track to reach new highs this year, helping support more than one million American jobs and bolstering our nation's economy with a record trade surplus expected to exceed $42 billion.
This progress is no accident. Our farmers are the most productive in the world, and 'Grown In America' products and known for their quality at an affordable price.
Under the Obama Administration, USDA has continued to expand markets for American goods abroad. We have worked aggressively to break down trade barriers to trade and assisted U.S. businesses of all sizes with the resources needed to reach consumers around the world.
Just last month, President Obama signed new trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama. When implemented, they will increase farm exports by an additional $2.3 billion—supporting nearly 20,000 American jobs—by eliminating tariffs, removing barriers to trade and leveling the playing field for U.S. producers.
Strong export performance means higher incomes for farmers and ranchers, more opportunities for small businesses owners, and jobs for folks who package, ship, and market agricultural products.
Moving forward, partnerships with growing markets like those in China and Vietnam are integral to maintaining strong exports for U.S. agriculture. We need to build an economy that makes, creates, innovates and exports. As we continue to strengthen American agriculture, it should be a model for improving the rest of our economy.


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