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Sanctae Marthae & The New Urns
The St. Martha Foundation
The current St Martha House ("Domus Sanctae Marthae"), is a Foundation. Prior to this there existed an institution known as the St Martha Hospice, within which there was also a Pontifical Dispensary of St Martha.
The "Domus" is a modern residence for cardinals and other prelates visiting Rome (it has 106 suites, 22 single rooms and one apartment). It is run by the Daughters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, which is the most numerous female religious congregation in the world today, with some 22,000 religious. The "Domus" has a direct link with the social and charitable work undertaken by the Daughters of Charity from the late 19th century and throughout the 20th century, especially during the Second World War.
During the period of vacant See, all the occupants of the "Domus" have to leave in order to make way for the cardinal electors. During the Conclave, in addition to the cardinal electors, people who already reside in the Vatican and who according to the Apostolic Constitution "Universi Dominici gregis" also participate in the Conclave, will also move into Sanctae Marthae.
From a juridical point of view, today's "Domus" is a "Foundation," set up in 1996 by means of chirograph written by the Pope himself. This Foundation took the place of a pre-existing Foundation established by Pope Leo XIII, who in 1891 decided to dedicate an area within the Vatican as a hospice to help the sick living in the neighborhoods near the Vatican, also to face a cholera epidemic afflicting various Italian cities at the time. During the Second World War, the hospice was used to welcome refugees, Jews, and ambassadors from countries that had broken diplomatic relations with Italy.
John Paul II's 1996 chirograph, decrees that a "new building is to be constructed on the area part of which housed the said Hospice, and with a view to the situation that has arisen in the meantime. I have decided to suppress the earlier Foundation and to create a new Foundation under the title of Domus Sanctae Marthae designating it to offer hospitality - in a spirit of authentic priestly fraternity - to ecclesiastical personnel serving at the Secretariat of State and, as far as possible, at other Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, as well as to cardinals and bishops visiting Vatican City to see the Pope or to participate in events and meetings organized by the Holy See. All this to be in accordance with what is laid down in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici gregis, which allocates the building for the exclusive use of the cardinal electors during the Conclave for the election of the Supreme Pontiff."
Therefore, apart from the cardinal electors, certain other people also enter the Domus Sanctae Marthae and the Conclave, people whose presence is important for the proper running of the election process and whom paragraph 46 of Universi Dominici gregis indicates in these terms: "In order to meet the personal and official needs connected with the election process, the following individuals must be available and therefore properly lodged in suitable areas within the confines mentioned in No. 43 of this Constitution: the Secretary of the College of Cardinals, who acts as Secretary of the electoral assembly; the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations with two Masters of Ceremonies and two Religious attached to the Papal Sacristy; and an ecclesiastic chosen by the Cardinal Dean or by the Cardinal taking his place, in order to assist him in his duties. There must also be available a number of priests from the regular clergy for hearing confessions in the different languages, and two medical doctors for possible emergencies. Appropriate provisions must also be made beforehand for a suitable number of persons to be available for preparing and serving meals and for housekeeping. All the persons indicated here must receive prior approval from the Cardinal Camerlengo and the three Cardinal Assistants."
The New Urns for the Election of the Pope
On a tapestry that can be seen in a gallery in the Vatican Museums, we find one of the oldest witnesses of the chalice-urns that served to gather the ballots of the cardinals voting in the election of a new pontiff.
The tapestry refers to an episode narrated in the chronicles of the election of Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644).
In the final scrutiny, during the counting of the ballots, one ballot was missing. To the right of the tapestry, one can see a scrutineer who is looking inside a large chalice with attention and interest, as if to verify the presence of the lost ballot.
A chalice very similar to the one in the tapestry and a pyx (ciborium) are preserved in the pontifical sacristy of the Sistine Chapel. This chalice and pyx have been used to gather the voting ballots in the conclaves of the last century, up to John Paul II.
With the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution "Universi Dominici gregis" concerning the vacant see of the Apostolic See and the election of the Roman Pontiff (John Paul II, February 22, 1996), the need arose to adapt the urns to the new norms. In fact, it was necessary to add a new urn to the chalice and pyx foreseen in previous regulations to receive the votes of any cardinals having the right to vote but who are impeded through illness from leaving their room to be present for the vote counting in the Sistine Chapel. Rather than creating another urn, three new ones have been designed, principally to make them more functional for the intended use, but above all to make them uniform and in the same style, dignified and artistic.
The function of the urns is described in Chapter V of the Constitution, which also speaks of a plate to be placed on top of the first urn. Every cardinal, in fact, must "place his ballot on the plate, with which he drops it into the receptacle beneath."
The second urn, as has already been noted, will be used only in the case of the presence in the Conclave of cardinals impeded by illness from leaving their rooms, and the third urn will be used to gather the ballots after the scrutiny, before they are burned, which causes the traditional smoke to announce to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square the non-election (black smoke) or the election (white smoke) of the new Pontiff.
To create the new urns an artist of renown was needed who could undertake such an assignment. The choice fell to the sculptor Cecco Bonanotte, well known in the Vatican as the author of the new entrance doors of the Vatican Museums, inaugurated on the occasion of the Jubilee Year 2000.
Collaboration between this artist and the Holy See began in 1975 with the "forziere" (a coffer) walled into the Holy Door of the Basilica of St. Paul's Outside-the-Walls at the closing of the Jubilee of that year and the votive lamp given by Paul VI to the catacombs of St. Callixtus to mark that same Holy Year. In 1985 Bonanotte created the sculpture "The Journeys of St. Paul," which was donated by John Paul II to the United Nations headquarters. For the Holy See pavillion at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, the sculptor created a three-dimensional work in bronze, which is now in the gardens of the new apostolic nunciature in Berlin.
The three urns, done in silver and gilded bronze, are further confirmation of an aesthetic, artistic path of notable prestige, and underline the appreciation for Bonanotte not only in Italy, but especially abroad.
Bonanotte's sculpture is marked by the use of bronze, worked with refined and ancient techniques: "cera persa," (a method of fusing bronze through the liquefaction of a model in wax) for works in the round, and with models in plaster for reliefs. These are treated with a light patina which underlines the various chromatics of the bronze, the irregularities on the surface and the contrast between opaqueness and brightness. The sensation received is that of a space which opens up beyond the visual plane. And this is precisely the characteristic of Bonanotte's art: ancient and modern harmonize in barely accented forms where the classical tradition of perfection is tempered in a vision of open lines that suggest infinity.
The language of the urns is fundamentally linked to two symbols: the first, iconographically emerging, is that of the shepherd and his sheep, the other, barely accented, of birds, grapes and ears of grain. In the symbols chosen by the artist the three urns are united in a simple and direct way to the meaning that the person of the Pope has in the Church: the shepherd, indeed the Good Shepherd who, in the name of Christ, has the duty of "confirming his brothers" (Luke 22,31) in the faith. In that "confirm" is the declaration of the primacy of Peter over the Apostles and, as a consequence, the primacy of the Pope over the other bishops. But the symbolism of the Good Shepherd also underlines the style of exercising this primacy, linked indissolubly to charity. This idea is clearly expressed in the Gospel of John (21,15ff) where "feeding" the flock is joined inseparably to loving care: "Simon of John, do you love me?..." Peter tells him: "Lord, you know everything, you know that I love you: "Feed my lambs."
The relationship of love between Jesus and Peter, and as a consequence between the Pope and the Church, is underlined and confirmed by the artist in the other symbols used to decorate the urns: birds, grapes and the ears of grain.
In a mosaic in the Basilica of San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (6th century) there is a scene of the Last Supper with Jesus and the apostles. At the center of the table, on a plate, instead of the chalice of wine, there are two fish: an original way to synthesize the Eucharist that, under the signs of bread and wine, make Christ present in His Mystery of death and Resurrection. The word "fish," in fact, translated in Greek, in the letters that compose it is an acrostic, that is, a word composed of several letters which in, our case, leads us to a sentence: "Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour." And this is the reason why paleo-Christian art often has the image of a fish as the symbol of Christ.
But it is the symbol of the ear of grain that in a more direct and immediate way links to Christ, "the living bread." The ear is at the origin of bread, the basic nourishment for man and, as such, at the origin of Eucharistic symbolism.
Eucharistic bread and wine, which are Christ, accentuate the idea of charity underlined by the sharing of this very bread and the chalice: "The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? And the bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one bread (I Cor 10, 15-17)
The Pope, in the sign of the Eucharist, thus becomes the living sign of unity between Christ and His Church.
The very placement of the symbols chosen by the artist for the diverse urns confirms and develops this meaning.
The idea of the Good Shepherd, underlined by the three little sheep and the bas relief, adorns the urn that will hold the ballots of the cardinal electors: the plate that will serve to introduce the single ballots into the urn bears the symbols of the birds, the grapes and the ears of grain.
On the top of the urn which will hold the just-counted ballots, there is the figure of the Good Shepherd. At the feet of the little sculpture are two crossed keys, the traditional symbol of papal "power." The symbol is rooted in the Gospel, the Lord tells Peter that He will give him: "...the keys to the Kingdom of heaven..." (Mt. 16,19), prescinding from every interpretation on the human level of the term "power." The structural organization of the urn underlines that the sign of power takes specific form in the figure of the Good Shepherd that dominates and rises above the symbol of the keys.
Bonanotte's artistic intuitions come from a passionate research. The structure of the urns, "meteors" of light and the images which adorn them, seem to give visual consistency to the archetypes of the human soul. This type of operation is very complex and difficult; everything must be brought to the basic essence of things, beyond any abstruseness or easy ideological and intellectual schematics. The result on Bonanotte's three urns is evident: the barely perceptible embossed lines and the indistinct figures: everything serves one purpose, so essential as to constitute the sense and scope of a service, such as that of the Roman Pontiff for the entire Church.
Thus, beyond their value as instruments, the urns reveal the importance and the responsibility of the cardinals called to elect the successor of Peter. The task cannot be dismissed, as often happens in journalistic services, as a tactical-political operation. If it was like this it would have been difficult to have pontiffs of the stature of John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II, just to cite the names of only a few Popes of the last century.
- Roberto Zagnoli (Vatican Press Office)


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A native of Rochester, N.Y. and graduate of the College of Charleston, Burke began his work in professional sports in 2003 with the Dallas Stars, later joining the New Orleans Hornets and helping the club through the temporary relocation to Oklahoma City after Hurricane Katrina.
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After coping through several lean years, Missouri's Republican legislative leaders now are at odds over whether to save or spend an apparent excess of money.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Kurt Schaefer says he expects Missouri will end its fiscal year on June 30 with about $400 million more than had been projected. He wants to spend more than $200 million of that to replace an aging state mental hospital in Fulton.
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But House Budget Committee Chairman Rick Stream, R-Kirkwood, prefers to save the money as cushion for next year's budget while waiting to see if the economy continues to improve.
The difference of opinion among Missouri's top legislative budget writers will have to be resolved soon. Lawmakers face a constitutional deadline of May 12 to send a budget to Gov. Jay Nixon for the fiscal year that starts July 1.
Schaefer, R-Columbia, has been pressing House members to revise the revenue projections agreed in December – upon which the budget is based – because tax revenues have been better than expected. But Stream and other House leaders have refused to do so.
"Being momentarily ahead of the consensus revenue estimate is not a good enough excuse to me to engage in a new large amount of additional spending," House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, told reporters Monday night. "I just don't see that that's fiscally prudent, fiscally conservative or anything the House has done in the past."
Schaefer contends House members are acting as if the excess revenues do not even exist.
"It's some kind of alternate reality in this building where generally accepted accounting principles don't seem to apply," Schaefer said.
Missourians should get an update soon about state revenues. Tuesday was the final day of April, and monthly revenue figures typically are released a few days after the close of the month.
Linda Luebbering, the budget director for Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon, has said previously that revenues are running ahead of projections, but that may diminish in coming months.


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With the release of former Vice President Al Gore's 2006 Academy Award-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," environmental activism reached a tipping point in the country, as millions of Americans were exposed to the negative effects green house gas emissions had on the planet. But for Glendale resident Gary Gero, a longtime environmentalist and current president of the Downtown Los Angeles-based Climate Action Reserve, the Gore documentary served as more of a validation to his life's work.
"I've always been involved in environmental issues," recalled Gero, who as a young boy, noted how the first Earth Day inspired him to take action. "Growing up in Los Angeles, and experiencing the air pollution we had, it made me concerned about the environment from a very young age."
Gero's early interest in environmental causes led him to his first job in local government. While working as a grants administrator and manager for the city of Manhattan Beach, Gero used his position to promote environmental causes, including starting the first on beach recycling program in California.
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"I really want to show Glendale as a leader in green practices," Gero said of his work with the Green Building Advisory Committee. "I think there's a real direct connection between energy usage, given that we have a power plant in Glendale, and it seems to me that we have a particular interest in trying to reduce emissions as much as possible and use energy as wisely as possible."
Gero now serves as the president of the Climate Action Reserve, a nonprofit organization that encourages people to take early action in reducing their emissions. Established in 2001, the Climate Action Reserve's standards have served as models for environmental policy around the country.
"Under Gary's leadership, the Climate Action Reserve has emerged as the leading standard for reducing greenhouse gases," said Jennifer Weiss, communications director for the Climate Action Reserve and longtime colleague of Gero. "As president of the Climate Action Reserve, Gary has established a local environmental organization as a global leader."
Although Gero has had much success in shaping environmental policy in both California and the country, he realizes that there are still some battles that have yet to be won. His latest concern is Proposition 23, a measure that aims to repeal the landmark climate change legislation the state of California passed in 2006.
"Believe me I'm personally, tremendously pleased with the progress we've made. Our air is clear, our water is cleaner, our oceans, our coast is much more protected than it was in the past," said Gero, who hopes California residents will vote down the measure on Nov. 2. "But we still have a ways to go."
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You might think that the last thing on the mind of someone sitting on a newly discovered billion-barrel oil find would be alternative fuels. You would be wrong.
Mike Miller, president of Michigan-based Miller Energy Inc., whose company is part of a joint venture in Utah that made what could turn out to be the largest onshore find of oil in the United States in 30 years, instead expresses his concerns about the eventual depletion of oil and gas. If the Utah discovery turns out to be a billion barrels as touted--Miller isn't putting any number on it yet--it would provide only enough oil to supply the world for 12 days at the current rate of consumption.
"I totally accept the fact that oil and natural gas are finite resources," Miller said in an interview at his office last week. "I know we have to develop alternative sources." He added that he follows the debate over when world oil production will peak, but he has no firm opinion on the issue himself.
Miller does see some room for optimism that a peak isn't imminent. "We continue to surprise ourselves with new discoveries, new technologies," he said. "We've become much more efficient at extracting oil and gas." Miller added that his own company, which also has operations in Michigan, Wyoming, Texas and California, has frequently spent resources on capturing more oil from existing wells using new technology rather than exploring for new oil. And, he believes that "efficiency rates are going to improve."
He cited large research and development spending on recovery technology by major oil companies as a sign that "they definitely believe that there is a way to continue to improve."
Still, he is deeply concerned about oil depletion. He believes that the world economy is utterly dependent on oil and gas for its continued operation and growth. As for the current substitutes, he thinks ethanol is no solution at all because it takes more energy to produce than it provides.
Until those substitutes are perfected, oil and gas will be needed to power the world economy. He's worried, however, that the oil industry may not be up to the task. "The infrastructure [of the oil industry] has been just demolished," he explained. The long bear market in energy that lasted from the early 1980's to the late 1990's has taken its toll.
"The workforce just isn't there," he said. "And, even when the boom started again, they never came back." He explained that hordes of workers at every level of the industry from field to lab have long since left for other employment.
So scarce are petroleum geologists, Miller said, that if he needed 50 of them, he would have to find some interested young people and send them to school for four years before he could hire them. That's because the number of people going into the few college programs that train petroleum geologists has declined sharply over the last two decades.
In addition, he's having trouble getting the drilling rigs he needs to work his leases. "I have three wells in Wyoming that we want to complete," he said. But, he's been waiting for a month to get what are known as completion rigs to prepare those wells for production. No amount of money can pry the rigs loose, he said. They are simply unavailable.
Miller added that oilfield equipment is in such short supply that major oil companies pay to have rented equipment held even when they aren't using it. The majors want to make sure the rigs and other equipment are available when they need them again.
With demand this high the oil services companies ought to be building more rigs, he said. But, those companies have been burned too many times in the past when upturns in the oil price petered out and left them with huge debts and unused equipment. Many went bankrupt.
With the supply of personnel and equipment this tight, exploration is being held back. Miller believes that it will take many more years of rising prices before new people come into the oil industry and badly needed equipment is built.
As for the big Utah find, Miller is cautious about the size. He says only, "It's going to be significant." One field, called the Covenant field, is already producing. "The next big obstacle to overcome is, can we duplicate the [Convenant] field numerous times?" With 500,000 acres under lease, Miller and his joint venture partners at Wolverine Gas & Oil Corp. which is also based in Michigan will have many chances to do just that.
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The song "From a Distance" performed by Nanci Griffith awakened Discovery's crew, and astronauts Paul Richards and Andy Thomas quickly began preparing for a planned six and a half hour space walk. Richards and Thomas plan to install a stowage platform for spare station parts as well as attach a spare pump to the platform, ready in the event future crews need it. They also will complete the connection of several cables that were put in place by astronauts Jim Voss and Susan Helms during their space walk conducted on Sunday. The cables, on the exterior of the Destiny laboratory, will be used by the station's robotic arm set for launch aboard the next space shuttle in April.
After the cable connections are completed, Richards and Thomas will climb to the top of the station where the giant, 240-foot wingspan United States solar arrays are attached and attempt to tap a brace for the port side array into its latched position. The brace, one of four, did not latch in place properly when the arrays were installed on the station last year. However, the other three braces are secure and the array's stability has not been a concern. In addition, several quick tasks are planned during the space walk, including work with a connector on the Unity module as part of an analysis of a past lab heater problem; taking photos of a vent on the Destiny lab and of the Zvezda service module's general exterior; and inspecting an exterior experiment called the Floating Potential Probe that has operated intermittently since it was installed on the station a few months ago.
During the space walk, Discovery Pilot Jim Kelly will operate the shuttle's robotic arm to maneuver Thomas as he carries gear between the shuttle and the station. Astronaut Susan Helms will serve as the in-cabin space walk coordinator aboard Discovery.
While Discovery's crew is busy installing exterior equipment, inside the station Expedition One Commander Bill Shepherd, Expedition Two Commander Yury Usachev and Expedition Two Flight Engineer Jim Voss will continue unloading the Leonardo logistics module. Leonardo, attached to the station last night, carried almost five tons of gear to be installed aboard the complex.
Richards and Thomas are scheduled to begin donning their space suits and associated gear at about 7:42 p.m. and exit Discovery's cabin at 10:47 p.m. The space walk is scheduled to conclude at 5:17 a.m. Tuesday.
Discovery and the International Space Station continue to orbit in excellent condition. The next Mission Control Center status report will be issued Tuesday morning.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - MIT's women's swimming and diving team, ranked No. 20 nationally, split a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) tri-meet on Sunday afternoon at Springfield College. The Engineers defeated the United States Coast Guard Academy, 221-79, but were narrowly edged by the host Pride, 154-146.
Springfield downed Coast Guard, 212-88, in the afternoon's other match-up.
MIT's dual meet record moved to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the NEWMAC with the split, while Springfield improved to 5-6 and 4-0 and Coast Guard fell to 2-7 and 2-4.
Freshman Amy Jacobi once again led MIT with three victories, including two in individual events. The rookie finished first in both the 100-yard backstroke (1:01.62) and 100-yard butterfly (59.97) before leading off the victorious 400-yard freestyle relay team along with Sarah King, Ashley Pinchinat and Sasha Brophy. The quartet touched the wall at 3:44.91, ahead of all competitors.
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Senior Doria Holbrook, the defending three-meter diving National Champion, was tops on the three-meter board with a score of 287.80 points.
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How old should I be before applying for my license in Kentucky?The state of Kentucky requires you to be at least 16 before applying for your permit.
Are there documents I need when I go to apply for my license in Kentucky?When you go to apply for your license, there are a few things you should remember to bring with you such as:
- A School Compliance Verification Form (if under 18)
- An Application Form (signed by parents if under 18)
- Birth Certificate
- Social Security Card
- Proof of Residence
How can I qualify to get my permit in Kentucky?You may qualify to get a permit in Kentucky if you….
- Are at least 16 years old
- Have proof of address
- Can provide a school compliance form ( if under 18)
- Have a signed application by parents (if under 18)
- Pass the vision test
- Pass the written test
Where do I go when I'm ready to apply for my license in Kentucky?Driver licenses are issued at any local Kentucky Circuit Court Clerk office.
What is the contact information for a Kentucky DMV office?You may contact the main Kentucky DMV office by calling 502-564-1257. You can also find a local field office near you at http://transportation.ky.gov/Driver-Licensing/Pages/Testing-Hours-and-Locations.aspx.
Who should bring me for my permit test in Kentucky?You must have a signed application by your parent or legal guardian; therefore it is best for them to bring you. If they are unable to bring you, a licensed driver over 21 can take you. Just contact the DMV office at 502-564-1257 for more information.
When getting a license in Kentucky, do I need a physical?No. Kentucky doesn't require a physical in order to obtain your license.
Does Kentucky require applicants to take a vision exam?Yes. When you apply for a license, your vision will be tested. You can practice your vision exam online at http://transportation.ky.gov/Driver-Licensing/Pages/Eye-Test.aspx.
Where should I go for my driver's license photo in Kentucky?The DMV office will take care of all of that the day you go in for your exam. Just relax and look your best!
How do I apply for my Kentucky driver's license?The Kentucky licensing process is simple.
- First: Be sure to have all of your documents such as your birth certificate, social security card, proof of address and school compliance form.
- Next: Be sure you are at least 16 years old.
- Afterwards: Be sure you are prepared for the written exam by studying.
- Finally: Go to your local County Circuit Clerk's office to take the test.
What happens after I apply for my Kentucky driver's license?Once you have passed your written exam, you will be issued a learner's permit. If you are under 21, you will have to hold your permit for at least 180 days before applying for your road test. You must also have 60 hours of behind the wheel practice with at least 10 of those hours being at night. If you are over 21, you will have to hold your license for 30 days before applying for your license.
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BOSTON, Mass. - The MIT men's cross country team competed against teams from all across New England at Franklin Park on Saturday and took home a 29th place finish out of 47 teams. Hemagiri Arumugam led the way for Tech, which had the best showing among New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) teams.
Arumugam's time of 25:40 was good for 44th overall, the second best finish among NEWMAC runners. Dawit Zewdie (26:15) was next in 105th position. Dan Harper completed the eight kilometer course in 26:24 to finish 127th. Ben Mattocks (26:41, 157th) and Jacob Young (27:44, 248th) rounded out the scoring for the Cardinal and Grey.
UMass-Lowell edged UMass-Amherst for the team title with 93 points. Glarius Rop from American International College was the top overall finisher with a time of 24:22.
MIT will travel to Williams College next weekend for the Plansky Invitational. The meet begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 17.


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If you've always wanted an entertainment room to watch movies and the big game every Sunday, there's no better time to start planning one than now. Whether you intend to use your den or a family room that could serve another purpose, here are a few tips on how to transform your space into an entertainment hub.
1. Find the right window treatments.
When you're in the room and ready to watch a movie, you're going to want it to be dark and cozy, reminiscent of a movie theater. To achieve this, you'll need to find the right window treatments for the space. Consider wood blinds to keep out the sunlight when you don't want it and make the room feel more like an entertainment center.
Not into the idea of wood? Cordless shades are another option that can block out sunlight completely (lacking the holes typically found in cord shades) and can be easily opened when necessary. Take the time to look through your options before making a final decision.
2. Bring in comfortable seating.
If you truly want to transform your extra room into a space that people look forward to using on a regular basis, you'll want to find the perfect seating for your family and guests. Home theater chairs are the obvious choice, but if they're too pricy for you, consider sofa sets to cater to your comfort needs. Shop around and try out the furniture before you buy it - after all, you'll likely be sitting in it for an extended period of time.
3. Keep it organized.
The Live Well Network suggests keeping your electronics and furnishings organized if you want to make the space functional as well as comfortable. There will likely be numerous wires around the room as you hook up everything from your DVD player to your television. Keeping them wrapped up and tucked away can ensure no one trips and that your space always looks clean.
There are several cabinet options available to you as well for storing your home theater items and your television. Whether you want to make your television the focal point of the room or blend it with the interior design of the space, the cabinet choices are endless. By taking advantage of these tips, you can create an entertainment room that's fun as well as practical.


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Neighborhood Watch is one of the most effective crime prevention programs in the country, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer.
Focusing on organization, communication and education, Neighborhood Watch participants look out for one another - without being nosey or obtrusive. They are observant of unusual activity and report suspicious activity. Participants are never asked to act in lieu of the police or put themselves in dangerous situations.
Neighborhood Watch Brochure
Neighborhood Watch Manual
"Be Safe" - Do It Yourself Home Safety Brochure
Home Security Checklist
Apartment Security Checklist
Operation Identification and Register Your Valuables
(One volunteer suggested per 10-20 households)
For more information and material on how to begin a Neighborhood Watch program, contact Redmond Police at 425-556-2541 or email email@example.com. Once you have developed a Neighborhood Watch, be more prepared through Map Your Neighborhood and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).


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fun haver needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
The name of the website is professionalfunhaver.com. Our aim is to collect stories and create a forum for people to share their stories about a big night out, road trip, or adventure/misadventure in a forein land. We need a header, Profesional Fun Haver. Tag line, "Everyone
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We need a logo for our website, as well as a header and tagline. I am looking for cool and catchy. Our tatget audiance is between 22-32 yrs. I live, work, and play in the ski/snowboard, white water kayak, and surfing culture. The concept of being a professional fun haver evolved from these sports, which all involve travel, and recounting the days events over beers and shots. One logo concept that I would like to see explored is a martini glass with an airplane sticking out of it. I don't want this logo concept to stear the header or tagline.
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By Glenn Ruffenach
When it comes to saving for retirement, the advice is all but universal: Avoid, if at all possible, tapping your 401(k) before you retire. But according to Karen Blumenthal of The Wall Street Journal, there are a few instances – with the emphasis on "few" – when pulling funds early from your nest egg can make sense.
As we noted recently in this space, "leakage" from retirement savings represents a hefty chunk of 401(k) assets. A report from HelloWallet, a company that sells personal-finance and budgeting technology to employers, estimates that one-quarter of 401(k) participants have, at some point, raided their accounts to cover non-retirement expenses, including mortgages, college tuition and credit-card bills. In all, workers withdrew about $70 billion from their 401(k)s for non-retirement needs in 2010, HelloWallet says.
Such withdrawals, of course, usually come with one major drawback: If you're under age 59 ½, you owe income tax on the amount you take out, plus a 10% penalty.
Even if you take the withdrawal in the form of a loan, which avoids the penalty, the maneuver has three strikes against it. First, you're costing yourself a potentially significant amount of interest and investment gains. (If you pull money from your savings, your nest egg is smaller and earns less money.) Second, when borrowing from a retirement account, you pay back loans with after-tax money; in contrast, contributions to 401(k)s are made with pre-tax dollars. And third, interest on those loans isn't tax deductible.
So, when is it acceptable to put your hand in the cookie jar? If you can borrow judiciously, it could make sense to tap your retirement account for something that is an investment: a house, an education, or eliminating high-cost debt to free up more of your future income for savings.
An important first step, Blumenthal notes, is anticipating whether there might come a time when you need to tap your nest egg before retiring; if that's the case, you will need to save more money in the first place. In this way, you'll have something of a cushion and still be able to provide for your retirement.
Yes, leakage from retirement savings can be problematic. But some people – again, with proper planning – might have sufficient reason to dip into their 401(k) before retiring. Blumenthal quotes Steve Utkus, director of the Vanguard Center for Retirement Research, an arm of the Vanguard Group: "One person's leakage is another person's safety valve."


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What are the parathyroid glands, and what do they do?
The parathyroid glands are four tiny glands, located in the neck, that control the body's calcium levels. Each gland is about the size of a grain of rice (weighs approximately 30 milligrams and is 3-4 millimeters in diameter). The parathyroids produce a hormone called parathyroid hormone (PTH). NIKE Men Men NIKE Men NIKE Men NIKE RxxFqBf raises the blood calcium level by:
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Normal parathyroid glands work like the thermostat in your home to keep blood calcium levels in a very tightly controlled range. When the blood calcium level is too low, PTH is released to bring the calcium level back up to normal. When the calcium level is normal or gets a little too high, normal parathyroids will stop releasing PTH. Proper calcium balance is crucial to the normal functioning of the heart, nervous system, kidneys, and bones.
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So it's been over two years since I posted anything on my blog. No I have not been busy or anything even remotely close, it's just that I have been lazy. Just thought of breaking this prolonged period of laziness and writing something which probably no one will read. But what the heck, at least, I'm writing.
A lot has happened since 2011 when I last wrote. Aly who came into our lives in April 2011 is growing up at the rate of knots, and both Dimple and I are running out of ideas to keep her occupied so that she doesn't go back to her favorite task of ransacking cupboards and kitchen shelves! Kids are very ingenious, they always find ways to reach places where their natural height and reach doesn't allow them to. Something interesting lying on the kitchen shelf, no problem, we'll just get the center table stool and climb onto it to reach whatever it is that drew her attention in the first place. Be it raw onions, ginger, garlic, or the bottle of cooking oil, which by the way she's already spilled once.
Papa's wallet or mom's dressing cupboard are fair game as well! Every evening she has to empty out my wallet and see what goodies lie therein. Though it's just the regular cards and some cash. But her favorite target is Dimple's office notebook which she loves scribbling onto, now that a scolding happens if she targets the walls.
On a different note, Dad passed last April five days after Aly turned one. Though death is inevitable, one never thinks it could happen to your loved ones. Not a day goes by that I don't miss him. More so because Aly is so much like him, her mannerisms, smile, the way she chews whatever little food she eats, the way she walks, and more than anything else her arms are miniature a replica of dads'. Thank God for this, just hope that she has also inherited the wisdom of her grandfather, because her father is still trying to find some of his own!


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Midsomer Murders "The Green Man, Part One" A new season of this long-running show brings change for the Midsomer team. Sgt. Troy wins his promotion to inspector, but before he can decide on his future, the Midsomer canal tunnel collapses during a restoration project. The collapse reveals ancient human bones with a recent skeleton hidden among them. Part 1 of 2G
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Masterpiece Classic "The Paradise, Part Six" With her high-profile nuptials just around the corner, Katherine turns The Paradise upside-down as she prepares for the event. Across the street, Denise proves her aptitude for business again, though not all the shopkeepers are easily convinced. Glendenning spots Moray consoling Denise and warns Katherine. Part 6 of 7G
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Scott & Bailey Troubled saleswoman Helen, whose mother was murdered as this season of shows began, turns up on Janet's doorstep with information that takes the investigation in a completely different direction. The formidable Det. Supt. Julie Dodson is called in. New recruit Sgt. Rob Waddington arrives, and Janet is demoted back down to constable.G
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Dialogue "Bravo!" Host Marcia Franklin talks with Ken and Betty Rodgers, Idahoans who produced a documentary called Bravo! Common Men, Uncommon Valor about the siege of Khe Sanh in Vietnam. They are joined for this Veterans Day-inspired show by Steve Wiese, who with Ken Rodgers, was a member of Bravo Company, First Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, which fought in the 1968 battle.G
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Sesame Street "Grouchy Mother's Day" It's Grouchy Mother's Day, and Oscar has ordered a fish bouquet for his mother. He wants this to be the worst Grouchy Mother's Day ever, especially because Oscar's mom thinks everything on Sesame Street is horribly nice. Oscar's sister, Bunny, drops in to celebrate, too. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "Good Morning Daniel/Goodnight Daniel" Good Morning Daniel - It's a typical morning in the Tiger household, and Daniel has to get up for school but his playing and imagining distract him from his routine. Daniel learns that his morning routine helps him be ready in time for Trolley to take him to school. Goodnight Daniel - Tonight, Daniel is pretending to be Super Daniel! But after dinner, he has to follow his nighttime routine even though he would rather play. D
4:30 am
Martha Speaks "The Return of Ralph/Little Bo's Sheep" The Return of Ralph - Buying a bigger TV usually means a better entertainment experience. For the Lorraine's, it means the return of Ralph, the conniving duck whose obsession with television has Helen's family desperate to be duck-free. But this time, Ralph has an even bigger surprise under his feathers. D
5:00 am
NOVA "Cold Case JFK" For decades the assassination of John F. Kennedy has fueled dark rumors of conspiracies and mishandled evidence. Now, 50 years later, NOVA asks: Could modern investigators do better?G
6:00 am
Rick Steves' Europe "Belgium: Bruges and Brussels" Rick explores this land of contrasts from the powerhouse headquarters of the European Union and Europe's grandest square in Belgium to small-town Bruges with its back-land bicycle rides. He checks into a medieval hospital, savors exquisite art and climbs a bell tower.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Greek Islands" Rudy island-hops the Aegean by ferry. Santorini sits on the rim of a still active volcano. At Akrotiri, archeologists uncover a city frozen in time by an eruption.G
7:00 am
The Desert Speaks "Dying Traditions in a Mexican Pueblo" Host David Yetman takes a trip to the pueblos of the Sierra Madre, where traditions are slowly dying out as the big cities become more accessible to the population. After stopping to see a donkey-powered Pinole grinder made of stone, he heads to agrarian community of Sahuaripa to visit its talabarteria (a leather goods shop) and call upon the last remaining weaver of palm hats and baskets. D
7:30 am
Baking Made Easy "Two-Toned Baking" Baked goods are better in black and white. Yummy Marbled Pound Cake, Jumbo Black and White Cookies. D
8:00 am
Taste of History "El Camino Real" Chef Walter Staib travels to New Mexico and recounts the incredible journey of migration to our early Southwest .Chef Staib visits Taos Pueblo, and prepares authentic People of the Red Willow recipes of Atole, a Blue Corn Porridge, and Elk Stew for a special Taste of History. D
8:30 am
Simply Ming "Fish Broth" Fish is on the menu in this episode of Simply Ming that goes on the road to the Azores. Stopping off at the picturesque Island of Pico - Ming learns the secret behind a famous national dish when he meets up with a local chef. Together they meet the fishing boats as they come in with the days catch. D
9:00 am
The Jazzy Vegetarian "Rockin' Moroccan Stew" Host Laura Theodore prepares oven baked "Rockin' Moroccan Stew," which features a rainbow of veggies delicately infused with flavorful sweet and spice. Paired with "Quick Quinoa," it makes a hearty meal for any night of the week. Then "Fig, Kale, and Tomato Salad," brings a welcome change to everyday greens. D
9:30 am
Chef's Life "Muscadine Time" Ben, Vivian and the twins pick muscadine grapes at a small local vineyard while learning the history of this native grape. Vivian visits Mike and Gator, her grape suppliers, and makes homemade wine. Back at the restaurant, Vivian makes a pizza with mulled muscadines, and Ben tests this new creation during their first stressful pizza night in the wine shop. D
10:00 am
Austin City Limits "Emeli Sande/Michael Kiwanuka" Scotswoman Sande performs hits from her album Our Version of Events, while Kiwanuka plays tunes from his debut recording Home Again.G
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Sesame Street "Big Bird Nest Sale" Snuffy helps Big Bird with his nest sale and accidentally sells Big Bird's teddy bear, Radar. Educational Objectives: Cognitive Reasoning, Emotional Development. D
12:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Dinos A to Z, Part 3, Classification/Dinos A to Z, Part 4, A To Z Picnic" The Pteranodon family rides the Dinosaur Train - now with extra cars attached -- as it continues picking up more dinosaurs that are in the `Dinosaurs A to Z' song. The Pteranodon family reunites with some dinosaurs they've met before, and are introduced to species they've never met! The Pteranodon kids also learn about classification, and Don leads the way organizing the dinosaurs on the Train by their species, features, and size. The Pteranodon family is on the Dinosaur Train, now very crowded with all 26 dinosaurs mentioned in the `Dinosaurs A to Z' song. D
12:30 pm
Peg + Cat "The Three Bears Problem/The Giant Problem" The Three Bears Problem - Fairytale Land. Peg and Cat bring the Three Bears, the Three Little Pigs, and the Three Billy Goats Gruff together to form a super group: "The Electric Eleven." Primary Content: Adding 1; Secondary Content: Counting to 11. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Manatees and Mermaids/The Last Chocolate" Manatees and Mermaids - Sally and Nick are pretending to swim, but why not go for a real swim asks the Cat! Off to the Glippydrippy Gulf to meet Matilda the Manatee and her son Marlin. Matilda and Marlon teach their guests how to swim slowly and gracefully. Until they hear the sound of a boat motor! Those can be dangerous for manatees, but luckily the Cat, Nick and Sally help their new friends to stay safe. D
1:30 pm
WordGirl "Bonkers for Bingo/The Ballad of Steve McClean" Bonkers for Bingo - Granny May is the city's newest bingo champion. WordGirl challenge Granny May in a bingo tournament to make sure that she's given up her evil ways. Vocabulary Words: Undefeated, Adore. D
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Sara's Weeknight Meals "Cook Once, Eat Twice" Sara's easy strategy for quick meals is to cook once, eat twice. Spicy Roast Pork is a simple and delicious meal any night, but a visit with her brother to a Vietnamese food joint inspires Sara to turn that pork into delectable pork Banh Mi Sandwiches later in the week. Sauteed Duck Breasts one night become delicious Peking Duck Wraps the next. D
2:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "Normandy: War-Torn Yet Full of Life" Rick explores the half-timbered charm of Rouen, reflects on Monet's lily ponds, peeks in on local artisans, and sees Honfleur's harbor with an easel. The adventure also includes composer Eric Satie's eccentric world, Normandy cuisine, a tour of the D-Day beaches and a visit to the abbey of Mont St. Michel.G
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My Hero "Mission Impossible" Thermoman is called upon to save Grimsby from destruction by an abandoned Russian space station. Unfortunately, he has his own domestic disaster to deal with first, which leads to the threat of discovery.G
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Last of the Summer Wine "The Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall" Foggy decides to have a coat of arms made after convincing himself that he may have some blue blood in his veins.G
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As Time Goes By "A Weekend Away" Jean and Lionel find themselves alone for the weekend. Lionel finds his book cover photograph distasteful.G
6:30 pm
The Cafe "Reap What You Sow - Part 2" Richard worries whether he has chosen the right bride. Phil is leaving Weston and hopes his parting words to Sarah will inspire her to tell Richard how she really feels about him, even if it is too late. Part 2 of 2G
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The Red Green Show "The Lost Dog" Lodge members go in search of a lost dog in Possum Woods. Red demonstrates creative ways to keep a dog at home.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "The Rolls Royce" Hyacinth is stung to lose first prize at the local craft fair for her floral table decoration and to a social rival.G
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May to December "There's A Small Hotel" Alec and Zoe's relationship is rocketing along - until the memory of Alec's deceased wife, Jenny, casts a pall on a dinner date. They decide they need a nice weekend together away from it all.G
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My Family "The Heart of Christmas - Part 2" Newly qualified as a massage therapist, Abi decides to pay for her and Roger's room by working in the hotel spa, leaving Roger jealous of her clients. Janey sets out to find a gift that tops Kenzo's dad's pony. Alfie needs help to find Uncle Idis, who has wandered off again. Part 2 of 2G
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My Hero "Mission Impossible" Thermoman is called upon to save Grimsby from destruction by an abandoned Russian space station. Unfortunately, he has his own domestic disaster to deal with first, which leads to the threat of discovery.G
9:30 pm
Last of the Summer Wine "The Dewhirsts of Ogleby Hall" Foggy decides to have a coat of arms made after convincing himself that he may have some blue blood in his veins.G
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As Time Goes By "A Weekend Away" Jean and Lionel find themselves alone for the weekend. Lionel finds his book cover photograph distasteful.G
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The Cafe "Reap What You Sow - Part 2" Richard worries whether he has chosen the right bride. Phil is leaving Weston and hopes his parting words to Sarah will inspire her to tell Richard how she really feels about him, even if it is too late. Part 2 of 2G
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The Red Green Show "The Lost Dog" Lodge members go in search of a lost dog in Possum Woods. Red demonstrates creative ways to keep a dog at home.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "The Rolls Royce" Hyacinth is stung to lose first prize at the local craft fair for her floral table decoration and to a social rival.G


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1. privation - noun
· a state of extreme poverty
Synonym(s): want, deprivation, neediness
Hypernym(s): poverty, poorness, impoverishment
2. privation - noun
· act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Synonym(s): deprivation
Hypernym(s): social_control
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While the asking price on Bud Norris remains high for the Orioles taste, they could be looking at a trade for Lucas Harrell or Erik Bedard, according to Ken Rosenthal.
GM Dan Duquette:
We've been just trying to upgrade our pitching. I don't know if there will be many more opportunities to
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3 comments:
I think there is misprint. He said "upgrade" then mentioned Harrell or Bedard?
- July 24, 2013 at 1:09 PM
Bedard has pitched really well lately, at least serviceable and decently consistent.
Harrell not so much...
- July 24, 2013 at 1:33 PM
L-a-u-g-h-i-n-g o-u-t l-o-u-d!
- July 25, 2013 at 8:44 AM
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Trailer FrenzyA special place to find the newest trailers for movies and TV shows you're craving.
Finally, a Woman in Black trailer that isn't all dusty antiques and creepy whisperings. The ghost that possess Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house is pissed off, and going to scare you all to bits — or so she hopes.
Here's the quick synopsis of James Watkins' vinage ghost story:
Young lawyer Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) travels to a remote village to organize a recently deceased client's papers, where he encounters the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.
The movie hits theaters on February 3rd, 2012.


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Dynatronics To Release Fiscal Second Quarter Results Wednesday, February 13, 2013; Conference Call set for 3:00 p.m. ET
Feb 12, 2013, 12:33 ET
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dynatronics Corporation (NASDAQ: DYNT) plans to release financial results for its quarter ended December 31, 2012 during the morning of Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
Dynatronics has scheduled a conference call for investors later that day at 3:00 p.m. ET to discuss its results for the quarter and six-month periods. Those interested in participating should call (800) 616-4707.
Dynatronics manufactures, markets and distributes advanced-technology medical devices, orthopedic soft goods and supplies, treatment tables and rehabilitation equipment for the physical therapy, sports medicine, chiropractic, podiatry, plastic surgery, dermatology and other related medical and aesthetic markets.
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Theblackdog wrote:Those are barely even construction toys -- the studs don't serve any purpose that I can see other than holding the minifigs in place.
Other clone brands are just shitty. This is pathetic.
RunsWithLegos wrote:also: why are all the guns tiny?
dilanski wrote:Now this is just a fucking tragedy.
Silverdream wrote:Get it for the dalekz and tardis only.
dilanski wrote: Just noticed something weird, if you click the pictures you zoom in, and on the Rib and Jeep sets, some of the bricks look like they've got 'LEGO' printed on the studs? Anyone with better eyes confirm?
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It sucks. Gizmodo's parent company, Gawker Media, is home to a lot of great blogs and great people – people who seem to have some professional standards. But in the face of such reprehensible journalism, Gizmodo has been inexplicably wearing their tarnished reputation from this saga as if it were some kind of badge of pride. I'm sure they have lawyers going over every step of their story, but how someone in their legal or PR departments could have greenlit this is really beyond my comprehension.
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2 1 John iv, 4.
3 [There is in the church of S. Stefano Rotondo at Rome a series of delineations of the sufferings of the early martyrs, poorly executed, and too horrible to contemplate; but it all answers to these words of our author. See Ep. xxxiv.infra.]
4 Ps. cxvi. 15.
5 Matt. x. 19, 20.
6 Isa. vii. 13 ; videLam. iii. 26.
7 Isa. vii. 14.
8 1 Cor. ix. 24, 25.
9 2 Tim. iv. 6-8.
10 [He contemplates the peace promised in Ep. viii. supra. But note the indomitable spirit with which, for successive ages, the Church supplied her martyrs. Heb. xi. 36, 37.]
11 Rev. ii. 23.
1 Oxford ed.: Ep. xvi. A.D. 250.
2 In letter ii. we have noted a limited exercise of jurisdiction: the canons seem not to have allowed them the full powers these preabyters had used.]
3 Matt. x. 32, 33.
4 Mark iii. 28, 29.
5 1 Cor. x. 21.
6 "Exomoiogesis."
7 1 Cor. xi. 27.
8 [Compare Tertullian, Ad Martyras, vol. iii. p. 693.]
9 [Note this persuasion of Cyprian, and compare St. Matt. xxi. 15, 16; Luke xix. 40.]
10 [Celebrating the Lard's Supper; Rom. xv. 16 (Greek) compared with Mal. i. 11, texts which seem greatly to have influenced the language of the early Church.]
1 Oxford ed.: Ep, xv. A.D, 250.
2 That these were everywhere soliciting the martyrs, and were also corrupting the confessors with importunate and excessive entreaty, so that, without any distinction or examination of tbe individuals, thousands of certificates were given, against the Gospel law, I wrote letters in which I recalled by my advice as much as possible the martyrs and confessor' to the Lord's commands.
3 [Another instance of this word as applied to the bishop, kat= ecoxhn. So in St. Chrysostom, De Sacerdotio= episcopatu.]
4 1 Cor. xi. 27.
5 [He refers to his comprovincials, not arrogating all authority to himself. See Hippolytus, p. 125, note 2, supra.]
6 [The African Church.]
1 Oxford ed.: Ep. xvii. A.D. 250.
2 [The faithful laity. A technical expression, in the original.]
3 2 Cor. xi. 29.
4 1 Cor. xii. 26.
5 [Here is a recognition of the laity as contributing to the decisive action. 1 Cor. v. 4.]
6 [Elucidation III.; also Ignatius, vol. i. p. 69.]
1 Oxford ed.: Ep, xviii. A.D. 250.
2 "Concerning this also I wrote twice to the clergy, and commanded it to be rend to them, that for the mitigation of their violence in any manner for the meantime, if any who had received a certificate I (from the martyrs were departing from this life, having made confession and received the hands imposed upon them for repentance, they should be remitted to the Lord with the peace promised them by the martyrs," etc.
3 [2 Cor. ii. 10.]
4 "Audientibus," scii. catechumens.
5 [See Hermas, vol. ii. p. 15, note 6.]
1 Oxford ed.: Ep. xix. [See letter xxvii. infra.]
2 Rev. ii. 5.
3 Faciunt invidiam: "are producing ill-will to us." Those who were eager to be received into the Church without certificates would produce ill-will to those who refused to receive them, as if they were too strict. Thu. Rigaltius explains the passage. "These," Cyprian says, "should wait until the Church in its usual way gives then) peace publicly."
4 [Elucidation IV.]
5 [i.e., they can become martyrs, if they wil.]


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2012 MTV EMAs Best Dressed Pictures
Taylor Swift, Rita Ora and Lana Del Rey were easily the best-dressed ladies at the 2012 EMAs, which are the European equivalent of the VMAs. The pop divas wore long gowns, each of very different colors, textures, fabrics and shapes. The results were stunning on an individual level. Psy and Gwen Stefani also went the black and white route, and looked faboo while doing it.
Let's dissect each of the best-dressed ladies and their looks, though!
Swift wore a figure-hugging, white column gown with a diamond-pattern bodice, sprinkled with sparkles. She let her hair down, with a little bend to the ends, and the result was just beautiful. Swift, when she wears full skirts and British boy Oxford shoes, can get a little frumpy and dress too old for age. But when she hits the red carpet, there are rare missteps and few pop stars work it better than she does. This look is a winner.
Ora bloomed like a red rose in her full gown. She was the belle of this pop music ball. It was the fanciest and most couture-looking dress on the carpet, with its lacy top and voluminous, sateen skirt. With her crimson lips and blond curls, not to mention that brighter-than-the-sun smile, Ora was a vision. We're used to seeing her in street looks -- camo, shorts, sneakers -- but she doesn't just clean up nice. She cleans up gorgeous. More of this style of dress, please!
Del Rey is pretty much a fashion model with all of her clothing endorsements -- hello, Versace! -- but she wore a simple, midnight blue, satin wrap dress, paired with darker-than-usual brown hair. The asymmetrical hem and the color gave it an extra edge, as did the fabric. If it had been any other length, hue or fabric, it might have been too casual. But all the elements that were present kicked it up a notch.
Ora kept the red theme going in her post-red carpet outfit, which was a racy red lace pantsuit. It worked because it was so coordinated. She was all in. If you are going rock tip- to-toe scarlet, you have to do it with confidence, which Ora did.
During her performance, Swift looked very Madonna-esque, with her majorette boots and fitted jacket. It was sexy, for sure. And a nice change for her. No nautical stripes or high-waisted shorts this time out, like her VMAs perf!
Psy demonstrated what 'Gangnam Style' truly is by wearing a tux, the jacket of which buttoned low, exposing more of his crisp white shirt. We loved his shoes, too. It was coordinated without feeling too "matchy matchy."
We've gotta give it up to Gwen Stefani for her performance outfit. Normally, she rocks top knots in her hair and Doc Marten combat boots on her feet when she performs with her band. Tonight, her hair was down and framing her face, while she paired shorts with thigh high boots. The result was undeniably sexy. What a hot mama.


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The U.S. Supreme Court debated the reach of the federal securities laws, questioning whether investors can sue law firms and outside companies for their alleged roles in R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
In an hour-long session sprinkled with questions about home loans and prenuptial agreements, the nine justices gave no clear indication how they will rule, directing skeptical questions at both sides.
The defendants to the suits are in the unusual position of arguing alongside the Securities and Exchange Commission and Obama administration. They are seeking a broad application of federal securities law -- an interpretation that would thwart the Stanford suits from going forward under state law.
The case involves "classic securities fraud," putting it under federal jurisdiction, said Elaine Goldenberg, a Justice Department lawyer.
The case tests a 1998 U.S. law enacted to prevent investors from using state courts to circumvent federal limits on class-action securities claims. Federal law prohibits punitive damages and requires higher levels of proof than many state laws. It also bars the type of "aiding and abetting" suits the investors are seeking to press in the Stanford cases.
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Under the 1998 law, known as the U.S. Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act or SLUSA, investors can't sue under state law if the case is based on a misrepresentation made "in connection with the purchase or sale of a covered security."
Because the phrase "in connection with" also governs the SEC's jurisdiction in a separate statute, a ruling barring the Stanford suits might simultaneously bolster the commission's powers.
The defendants in the Stanford case include units of Willis Group Holdings Plc, a London-based insurance broker. They are accused of writing letters that gave the investors reason to believe the certificates of deposit they bought were backed by safe, liquid investments. The investors sued the units along with the administrator of a trust Stanford used in his scheme.
Investors are also suing two law firms, Proskauer Rose LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP, for allegedly lying to the SEC and helping Stanford evade regulatory oversight. The defendants deny wrongdoing.
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smart fitness needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 144 designs submitted by 28 freelance designers.
potential names include - aspire fitness, inspire fitness, motion and core fitness. We are still working on final name
Logo design for new fitness concept. We are a fitness studio which integrates cycling, pilates and innovative core conditioning programs.
The studio will be a hip, fun studio targeted to mid 20s to late 40s. Hip brand that will produce a cult like following in the fitness space.
It will be attracting fitness enthusiasts that are looking for a targeted workout and don't want a boring workout on a treadmill with weight training after...We believe this is the next new trend in the fitness industry and we want to be the first movers.
Target audience anyone looking to change their lifestyle and change their body through exercise and nutrition. Fitness enthusiasts who are looking for a more targeted workout than a regular workout. It will be geared towards enthusiasts that love a good cardio workout – cycling and then looking to participate in core strengthening through pilates or group fitness cores classes.
Think hip, modern and fun. Energy should radiate from the brand.
Target age – mid 20s to late 40s
Potential cities – NY, LA, Chicago, San Fran, Miami
This is a hip new concept which will be a leader in the fitness space. We are looking for a logo that can integrate the three offerings – mind, body and strength. other words that come to mind are transform, tone. Brand represents core training and not weighlifitng (please no use of weights in logo) This is meant to be a logo for a lifestyle brand. We need the logo to be catchy yet speaks to the targeted offering. Also we want the logo to be simple and not too cluttered. We feel this customer responds to a hip, confident attitude and values authenticity and originality. We expect this brand to represent us on sports related clothing and can relate to the targeted customer. Use of words should be limited to 1-3 words but nothing more, but would rather no words. Use of color is okay as well but again not more than 3 colors. We are looking for something which can create brand association upon first glance and maintains simplicity.
Brand should clearly indicate that this is a fitness studio providing cycling, pilates and core conditioning programming. We want Aspire to stand out with a logo that can be catchy and worn on exercise clothes (think lululemon).
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Walks Doom Wabash in 13-2 Loss at Butlerby Brent Harris • March 30, 2011 Share:
Wabash nearly matched Division I Butler University hit for hit on Wednesday afternoon, but the Little Giants surrendered 15 walks in a 13-2 loss to the Bulldogs.
The Little Giants finished the game with 10 hits compared to 14 for Butler (10-10). However, Wabash could not find a key hit throughout much of the game, stranding a total of 10 base runners. The Bulldogs left 15 runners on base over eight innings.
Andrew Swart took the loss for the Little Giants, falling to 3-3 for the year. He worked the first two innings of the game, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and two strikeouts. A total of seven Wabash pitchers combined for 14 hits along with the 15 walks.
John Pennington (left) and Chris Deig each had two hits in the starting lineup, while sophomore Robby Hechinger collected hits in each of his two trips to the plate after coming off the bench in the sixth. David Seibel and Joe Johnson each had RBI for Wabash in the loss.
Wabash (8-14, 1-1 NCAC) returns to conference action this weekend with four North Coast Athletic Conference games. The Little Giants will play two seven-inning contests against Oberlin on Saturday at Wabash Ballpark, followed by two more seven-inning game against Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday.


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In last week's post, I asked whether Governance and Public Sector Management (GPSM) projects are having much large scale impact. It is tempting to reduce this to the question of why don't development projects which focus on this work more often (although their track record is perhaps not as limited as some reviews of donor assistance might suggest). From this starting point, recent thinking suggests that donor rigidity and project designs which fix the visible form without improving the underlying public management function are the problem.
The remedy, as set out most prominently in "Problem Driven Iterative Adaptation" and in the World Bank's own Public Sector Management Approach, suggests that we should focus on the de facto rather than the de jure and adapt the nature of our support as project implementation unrolls. Problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) approaches are referred to in recent reforms of Ministries of Finance in the Caribbean and reform approaches in Mozambique and in Burundi. Bank interventions in Sierra Leone and in Punjab have been cited as examples of this approach in practice.
There are a few difficulties here however. First, we run the risk of declaring this more problem-focused, adaptive intervention style to be a success, when really all that we know is that the more rigid Plan A wasn't too great. While there are strong theoretical grounds for hope in this more problem-centered approach, there is, as yet, little evidence.
Second, the learning that emerges from this approach is primarily in terms of intervention technique. Since the approach is, intentionally, idiosyncratic and based around the specifics of the context, it will not be easy to add up the findings across a range of cases.
The third problem is perhaps the most vexing. Adaptive approaches, in the way that they have been advocated to date, focus on the relatively small. If they raised the rate of project "success" in small areas of public sector management from, say, 50% to 75%, but reduced the scope of the resulting improvements in the process, would this be a big step forward? We would have a larger scatterplot of mini-successes, but would this add up to anything that really mattered? Surely we don't want to do things right without making any progress in finding the right thing to do (a friendly critic of the Bank once pointed out that a project I had designed in Afghanistan was not so much like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, it was more akin to moving the umbrellas in the cocktail glasses next to the deck chairs). Wouldn't we be prepared to tolerate a reduction in that success rate if at least some of them were in some way transformative – the country-level public sector equivalents of the Marshall Plan, the "Green Revolution" or the near eradication of smallpox?
How might we edge our way towards more transformative public sector management interventions?
Taking the adaptive, flexible logic as a reasonable basis for GPSM interventions (but let's not declare victory – it really is just plan B, and doubtless plans C and D will be announced with accompanying trumpet fanfares at some point) the challenge is to apply it in a way which allows us to build up a picture across time and space, so that we can learn more about what seems to work in public sector reform and where we can see the prospect of transformative change emerging.
Designing reforms that we can learn from…
Large scale improvements in the machinery of the public sector take a very long while to introduce (a reform of the public sector pay system in Afghanistan took 3 years to pass and 8 to implement) and even then don't show up as improvements in the real world of service delivery until some considerable time later. This is why, when we measure GPSM improvements at the aggregate, country level, we can't find transformative change. So we need sound metrics of things that can be changed in the short to medium term which we have reasonable grounds for believing will make a significant difference in the overall capacity of the public sector in the long term.
One possibility is that we focus on measuring and improving the different, underlying management systems (public financial management, procurement, human resource management, etc.) within the public sector. This is starting to happen and there are now a variety of system-specific instruments for tracking progress including the World Bank's CPIA, PEFA, TADAT and CABRI for aspects of the public financial management system and MAPS for the procurement system.
…and which likely contribute to transformational change
Of course we also need to be comfortable that real change in these management systems is associated with improved development outcomes. There's a lot to learn from. Countries such as the Central African Republic, The Gambia, Kyrgyz Republic and Tonga have all made dramatic improvements in their CPIA scores for GPSM (Quality of Budgetary and Financial Management, Quality of Public Administration and Transparency, Accountability, and Corruption in the Public Sector) in the period 2004-2011. How did these system improvements relate to improved development outcomes in these countries?
There is significant new thinking emerging
The debate initiated by a recent article from Francis Fukuyama has reinvigorated the debate on how to measure state capacity in a useful disaggregated way. The World Bank's Indicators of the Strength of Public Management Systems (ISPMS) initiative is one of several signs of fresh energy being brought to bear on this topic.
There's a lot to worry about in the development of such metrics. Management system indicators could be a Trojan Horse, hiding the reappearance of, now much-reviled, "best practices" and again encouraging a "Washington Consensus"-equivalent approach to public management reform. There's also the risk that such metrics distract us from important historical lessons about the necessary political conditions for institutional reform or from the significance of learning from positive outliers within countries. These are huge risks, but my sense is that without taking them, public management specialists in development might be doomed to doing ever smaller things right, but without finding the right thing to do.
This is an interesting and
This is an interesting and provocative blog from a distinguished practitioner and one of the most innovative thinkers on improving the quality of public sector interventions, and the points that Nick Manning raises are worthy of serious consideration by the broader donor community. There is much to embrace in the approaches suggested here—from moving to a more adaptable, problem driven and iterative approach to the use of improved governance metrics. The note's broader thrust serves as a useful corrective against the tendency to pursue more narrow and incremental reforms in the hope of achieving greater success.
One could argue that public sector reforms need an aspirational dimension, even if it means that we inevitably fall short. It may be easier to sell reforms that involve improving performance and the quality of service delivery across government, for example, than introducing a new monitoring mechanism targeted at reducing absenteeism in remote schools or improved inventory control for pharmaceuticals in rural health clinics. But one gets the distinct sense that this is not the author's intent—that he is focusing upon the substance and not the optics or the marketing of reforms.
As such, the blog begs the question as to whether the best can be the enemy of the good when it comes to donor supported governance and public sector interventions. There are relatively few examples of successful transformative change because, well, it's really hard to do. In many cases, such reforms involve incurring considerable pain and/or dislocation for reforms that may not bear fruit within the time horizon of the politicians asked to implement them. In countries grounded in sectarian or identity politics, they may not generate tangible political gains at all. Many countries lack effective coordination mechanisms or the technical capacity to implement complex, integrated reforms reaching across the whole of government.
Organizations such as the World Bank can and should do a much better job of identifying and learning from examples where countries have made great leaps in public sector performance, and the blog identifies a number of useful approaches for doing so. But no matter how far we go down the learning curve, the windows for transformative change are likely to remain few and far between for the reasons noted above. An equally important danger not referenced in the blog—and one that donors are guilty of far too often—is that of over-reaching. We design elaborate and sophisticated reforms that are too complex and difficult to roll out in a timely and integrated fashion.
So in the end, we may indeed find ourselves usefully shooting for the smaller and incremental changes which, if successful, may contribute to something more transformative downstream. As long as we are open to the broader possibilities, that would not necessarily be a bad thing. And we should not forget that, from the Internet to the invention of crepes and chocolate chip cookies, most truly transformational changes often take place as the incidental byproduct of other activities.
The attraction of focusing on
The attraction of focusing on small segments in public sector reforms as unit of special and registering results cannot be ignored. This has seen the focus of reforms mainly - those sponsored by the international development agencies singling out and focusing on aspects such as pay-reform, financial management, procurement and in the process registering "impressive results" in those specific projects or sectors. For example in Kenya, under the new Constitution of Kenya 2010- there is a a Salaries and Remuneration which was set up to regulate the salaries of all public servants to avoid the disparities that existed in salaries offered by different public agencies. Upon taking office, the after a benchmarking tour the commission noted that in differential between the highest and the lowest paid public servant in Canada stood at 7.9% while in Kenya it stood at 169%. Since that came to surface nothing substantial has happened to close this gap across the board. In fact, it gave an opportunity to the 'powerful elite' whose differential is not very far from the president to lobby for salary increaments- leaving the lowest paid earners.
The Anti-corruption unit was set, and if some body was looking for result, they can be pointed out that they have managed to push for the public service ethics bill and recover some assets, but has corruption in Kenya gone down- I do not know!! I can say the same for the Public Procurement Reforms- a law was passed, and a Procurement Oversight Authority established- is there any substantial difference, one might say a law was passed and a number of procurement initiatives deemed to have been unprocedural stopped. The most - disturbing is the much acclaimed reforms of the Judiciary- dubbed the Transformation. Citizens are slowly losing faith in these reforms after a lot of enthusiams and optimism.
What I am trying to drive at- what exactly is public sector reforms- are they piece-meal disjointed sectoral reforms or a reform of the entire Government Sector. Taking the case of Kenya- I looked at the Promulgation of the New Constitution of Kenya 2010 as a real foundation for Public Sector Reforms. It gave a basis for transforming the traditionships between politicians and bureaucrats- which has been the source of many ills in the public sector. In my view therefore for all intent and purpose public sector reform need to look at the BIGGER picture, understand the bigger picture, draw a plan for tackling the bigger and then implement it by systematically tackling its components. The bigger picture allows for understanding and appreciating the root cause of the 'smaller issues' - corruption, procurement, salaries etc. which which might be manifested within the components.
There is a saying in my language that a FISH ROTS from the HEAD. Public Sector Reform is a big issue, it is long haul and can be dangerous. But avoiding the dangers might not be a solution.
The organisational incentives
The organisational incentives which prevail, both in donor organisations and in Governments, will ensure that "adaptive approaches" will adjust targets to what is actually happening, in order to ensure the appearance of success.
This blog raises a number of
This blog raises a number of interesting issues, including fundamental questions about the nature of public management reform, the risks of using common metrics for performance assessment, and even warnings against "best practice" and a "Washington Consensus" on public management reform. A challenging question in that regard is how the development community should relate to de facto emerging practices for off-budget expenditure, such as the use in many resource-rich developing countries of sovereign wealth funds for domestic investment, or the use of resource financed infrastructure deals to access capital markets and bridge implementation capacity gaps - both topics discussed in recent World Bank publications: Working Paper 6776, and World Bank Study on resource financed infrastructure. Except for this initial work, very little guidance currently exists on the type of safeguards, checks and balances that may be put in place to ensure the discipline, integrity and transparency of domestic investment by SWFs, and that of other recent off-budget expenditure forms. It would be interesting to hear the author's views on this complex question.