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- anja louise verdugo said...
These are fantastic!! Your mom had a pretty cool style. It's funny how the photos all have such a perfect old look, they remind me of the effect that new magazines try to get in their photos sometimes. This is the legit original! I love it.
- November 24, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- riennahera said...
Your faces are absolutely identical!
- November 24, 2009 at 11:35 AM
- Poke Salad Annie said...
such beautiful photos. now i want to post photos of MY mom :)
- November 24, 2009 at 12:00 PM
- Meaghan Kelly said...
oh she's lovely !!!!!!! and these photos have just about the most perfect amount of real fadedness to them!
i'm so happy you postd about your mom too! we should all post about our moms!
you should definitely get her to read these comments!!!! i'm sure she'd be happy to read how beautiful she was, even if i'm sure you already tell her all the time! :D
- November 24, 2009 at 12:05 PM
wow, your mother is gorgeous. you're gorgeous too! :) (delurking myself-- I've been reading for quite a while and admiring your style~)
- November 24, 2009 at 12:07 PM
- reckless daughter said...
haha. what are you on about - she is the 1970s, slightly more bronzed version of you! that is to say stylish and gorgeous! thanks for sharing these with us!
- November 24, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Darla: Retro Ways said...
So pretty and such great style. She is beautiful beyond words, love all of these photos.
xo Darla
- November 24, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- Maria Confer said...
These are wonderful!!! I think you and your mom look so much alike, so you are indeed very lucky!!!
- November 24, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Mel said...
Aww both you and your mom are so pretty! I love your mom's style, so 70s! Now I want to dig up some old pictures of my mom!
- November 24, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Leilani said...
I love your mom's style, I hope she held on to some of those pieces (that fur-trimmed coat!!) to pass on to you. A sweet story behind them too.
- November 24, 2009 at 1:02 PM
- Lexie said...
i can see SO much family resemblance! these photos are such a treasure!
- November 24, 2009 at 1:24 PM
- Aya Smith said...
Wow, BEAUTIFUL photos! You look so much like your mother... and you are both so gorgeous! It's amazing and sweet :D
I've missed you! Sorry things have been so crazy to stop and say hi! :(
- November 24, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- ValeriaF said...
what a beautiful mum!! You look very similar to her! and she was also very stilish!
- November 24, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- Ariella said...
Didn't you post some pictures of her as a teen model or something quite a while back as well? I think your mum looked amazing - such an inspiring style and so, so pretty! And you are just as beautiful, dear.
- November 24, 2009 at 2:12 PM
- PonderandStitch said...
She's beautiful!! Love her hat, too.
- November 24, 2009 at 2:21 PM
- calivintage said...
wow, these photos are beautiful. and you look so much like your mom! i'm going to be visiting family this week and i can't wait to dig through old photos!
- November 24, 2009 at 2:28 PM
- sarah said...
Those are so lovely! Your mom was so stylish. You two look so much alike! I love this little trend that Meaghan started! It makes me want to dig up old photos of my mom, too! :)
- November 24, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Briel79 said...
Your mom had some great style! :)
- November 24, 2009 at 3:27 PM
How amazing! Your mom is beautiful--and totally smoking hot in her two piece! Thank you for sharing. I recently posted a few photos of my mom on my blog as well: Fashion for Writers and am planning to post a few more once I go home to New York and have a chance to scan in photos of her from her modeling days!
- November 24, 2009 at 3:33 PM
- briannelee said...
I think you def look like your mom!
- November 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM
- Rebecca, The Clothes Horse said...
Your mother was styling and gorgeous! Look at her rocking a bikini!
- November 24, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- emma wallace said...
You look so like her! Both gorgeous, stylish and with that lovely sunniness. Thank you for posting! Now I'm inspired too to post up pics of my mother!
- November 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- muchlove said...
wow, these pictures are wonderful. She is so gorgeous, and I'm loving the styles.
- November 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- Lara said...
Wow, you mother is beautiful! Maybe this weekend I will look for some pictures of my mother in the 70s!
- November 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM
- Eyeliah said...
Yoy look so much alike, especially the last picture. You should submit to my Mom, The Style Icon. :-)
- November 24, 2009 at 7:30 PM
- Andi B. Goode said...
What lovely photos! I was thinking of doing one of my mum, a little while ago, actually.
-Andi x
- November 24, 2009 at 9:55 PM
- Helen said...
you really look like your mum! that fur coat is awesome. i did a post also inspired by meaghan's post, but about old photos of the spanish side of my family. i just love old photos.
- November 25, 2009 at 3:08 AM
- Chiada said...
Wow, you look so much like your mom - and she's GORGEOUS! How lucky of you to have inherited such pretty jeans. :-)
And I love your mom's cream knitted cap. Awesome!
- November 25, 2009 at 7:59 AM
Those are wonderful images! Such a sweet story too. I love your mother's casual style. <3
- November 25, 2009 at 8:48 AM
- Style Bird said...
Great photos. I LOVE your style..I love your hair, love your blog! xo ava
- November 25, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Leproust Vintage said...
These are gorgeous!! Her photos could rival all blogger photos today....this is what I try so hard to make my photos look like!
- November 25, 2009 at 3:39 PM
These are so wonderful! She certainly was just as stylish as you are! Thanks for sharing.
- November 26, 2009 at 9:13 AM
- Cynthia said...
This is so cool!!! Now I want to find old photos of my Mom too! Your mother was gorgeous, and had a nice style. But you say you'd like to look like her, well I think you really do. Except for your hair, you have pretty similar face expressions.
- November 27, 2009 at 2:19 AM
- AlicePleasance said...
Your mom is so beautiful!!
- November 29, 2009 at 11:31 AM
- Rebekah @ Shell Blog said...
so sweet! your mom was gorgeous and had incredible style!!!
- December 9, 2009 at 1:59 PM


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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
To Mr. Tomaso Zirbel
"I gave no names," said Di Luca. "I did it for (the good of) cycling, not to point the finger at any cyclists."
No doubt that your cycling career was destroyed at its zenith by a case of inadvertent ingestion of DHEA, and you are paying the price in the form of a full two year ban (how many tens of thousands of dollars would it have cost you to post-up the experts and legal guidance necessary to prove your innocence and obtain a reduction in your ban? $150,000? A quarter of a million dollars? That works out to more per month in legal and scientific expert fees than most guys earn in two years in the US domestic peloton).
But I don't think that USADA is the villain here - they seem to be reasonably consistent in applying what seems more and more to be unfair penalties against those who've accidentally ingested "banned" products like DHEA. (It also bears mentioning that DHEA doesn't work, as you well know, and there IS a radical difference b/w what one can infer about an athlete's motivation when he's been "caught" w/ DHEA vs. EPO - apples and oranges...)
It seems to be the Italian anti-doping system that which is, at least on the surface, unreasonably lenient in allowing an admitted doper like Di Luca to escape the full sanction despite not providing truly significant assistance in the form of fingering his colleagues in the peloton (spitting in the proverbial soup, he'd call it).
Were he holder of a US license, I suspect Di Luca would be sitting out more than two years, whereas if you were Italian, perhaps a case would never have been brought against Tomaso Zirbel.
No one is perfect, and certainly no agency is above reproach in the fight against doping in sport. But for the most part, USADA seems to me to try to apply consistent sanctions to ensure that there is some measure of fairness - even if that fairness takes the form of still-significant sanctions for all athletes (or most athletes) convicted of inadvertent doping violations...
Keep your chin up and keep trying to stay productive during your sanction, invest that $$$ that you saved by declining to arbitrate your case and come back for a few more years once you're cleared. There's no reason to think you'll have lost the class that took you almost as far as a medal in the elite World ITT. I know it en vogue to be jaded and cynical once you've been banned, but it's crazy to think that even two years away from the sport will succeed in erasing a love of cycling from your DNA.
Good luck!
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- Anonymous26 October, 2010 22:45
Wow, did this really come from you, Joe? You threw Tom under the bus just a year ago. I'm glad to see that you do look at it from both sides now.ReplyDelete
Just as part of me wants to feel bad for your current predicament, and that part is grateful for the remorse you show. But there's still a part that thinks: "here's a guy that knowingly screwed the system by doping. Then after getting caught, didn't change his ways, stayed on course and went on to become a dealer of dope. I'm sure somewhere there will be a price to pay, and I hope that you will take it like a man and admit you did the crime, now you do the time. Stay strong Joe, and keep on the good side of the line. Everybody makes a mistake, and I guess some even make a second mistake before they learn.
Thanks for taking the time to 1) notice and 2) comment, Anon.ReplyDelete
It's late, so you'll forgive me for not responding at length, but what neither you nor anyone else not intimately involved with my case knows is that there is a multi-layered story that explains much of what was going on in 2007 and goes a long way to helping people to understand how and why things occurred that now just appear contradictory. None of this is anything I'll be talking about before my sentencing, but there will be a full and complete accounting some day. Things aren't always as cut-and-dried as they seem.
- Anonymous28 October, 2010 07:02
I look forward to the full story one day.ReplyDelete
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In the largest single Chinese investment in a US business to date, a Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate called Dalian Wanda Group has just purchased AMC, the second-largest US movie theater chain with more than 5,000 screens in the US and Canada.
The $2.6 billion purchase, which makes Wanda the world's largest theater chain owner with nearly 5,800 screens and more cinema-chain purchases under consideration, has many wondering it will mean for moviegoers.
"It offers a lot of possibilities," says Paul Dergarabedian, box office analyst for Hollywood.com, of the acquisition of Kansas City-based AMC, which was a year in the making.
"This transaction will help make Wanda a truly global cinema owner, with theaters and technology that enhance the movie-going experience for audiences in the world's two largest markets," said Wang Jianlin, Wanda's chairman and president, in the Los Angeles Times.
"They intend to put a lot of money into expansion and improvements," says Dergarabedian, some $500 million according to the company's statements.
The purchase, he says, shows a lot of confidence in the theatrical sector: "You don't put that kind of money into something that is not relevant."
This commitment could show up in such items as more reserved seating and higher-quality or more varied concession items. "Maybe even some different kinds of food," adds Dergarabedian with a laugh, "although I'm sure they will always sell popcorn, who knows if some of their own treats might be a big seller."
Don't look for these amenities in every market, however, says Steve Herz, an entertainment attorney and founder of IF Management, a talent agency in Manhattan.
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Some experts cautiously suggest this deal could create more openness in a relationship historically marred by conflicts over Chinese censorship and piracy of US films.
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Baptism in Martin Luther's Theology
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Baptism opens a window to the heart of Martin Luther's 16th-century theology. It offers a perspective for how Luther understands the impact of grace and its channels, as well as the nature of justification in an individual's life. In his teaching about baptism, Luther demonstrates the vital working of the Word and lays a foundation for a Word-centered and faith-oriented spirituality. With baptism, Luther articulates his vision for the purpose of the Church and the rationale for sacraments. Baptism reveals different sides of the theologian: one who argues with a zeal on the "necessity" of baptism and its meaningful God-mandated practice in Christian communities and another who imagines God's saving grace too expansive to be limited to any ritual. The apparent tensions in Luther's articulation can be understood from his overlapping agendas and different audiences: in his baptismal talk, Luther is both processing his own Angst about salvation and negotiating his developing position in relation to the medieval sacramental theology and other emerging reform solutions. While feistily refuting his opponents, he is also speaking from his personal religious experience of being as if reborn with the encounter of the Word of grace and passionately extrapolating his most foundational conviction: God's unconditional promise of grace as the ground of being for human life, given to humanity in the Word. The matter of baptism leads to the roots of different Christian "confessional" traditions. The format of the ritual has generated less anxiety than differing theological opinions on (1) the role of faith in the validity of baptism, and (2) the effects of baptism in one's life. Whether infant or adult baptism is favored depends on whether baptism is primarily understood as a sign of faith, a cause of forgiveness and transformation, or an initiation into the Christian community—or all of the above. Baptism is at the center of Luther's theological nervous system; it connects with every other vital thread in the theological map. Baptism is a mystery and a matter of faith; it calls for a philosophical imagination and mystical willingness to grasp the questions of reality beyond what meets the eye. "I study it daily," Luther admits in his "Large Catechism." "In baptism, therefore, every Christian has enough to study and practice all his or her life. Christians always have enough to do to believe firmly what baptism promises and brings."
Certainty and Security in Martin Luther's Theology
Susan E. Schreiner
Crucial for Luther's theology and his own experience was the question of whether one's salvation was certain. And the security of the truth which underlay doctrine was complexly related to that question. Luther thus received and developed notions of certitude and security. The concepts as Luther inherited them have a long and somewhat complicated history that can be traced back to ancient Greece. These terms were often distinct throughout antiquity and up to contemporary times. The term "security" has referred to the realm of the political; namely, the security or tranquility of the city state or "nation" both in terms of physical security in times of conflict and also in the history of law. Certitude has a more complex history. For example, Aristotle often understood certainty or akribeia to mean precision, especially in mathematical terms. Those sciences that had the most properties removed (aphaeresis) were the most precise and consequently the most certain. Most prominent in the history of certitudo was the issue of epistemic certainty. Thus we find in Augustine's doctrine of illumination that uncreated, immutable exemplars were the guarantors of certainty. It was in the later Middle Ages that the issue of epistemic certainty, in the form of mental representation, became a controversial topic. Scotus criticized Henry of Ghent's views of human cognition and contended that certainty could be had only of self-evident propositions, knowledge of contingent acts, repeated occurrences ordained by God, and sense knowledge of the external world. Ockham argued for epistemic certainty on the basis of self-evident propositions and, most importantly, the reliability of intuitive cognition of individual external objects.
Certainty also had a long history in Christian theology and most often referred to the certainty of faith. Certitude was the conviction of the truth regarding the contents of the faith. Frequently the issue referred to the relationship between faith and reason. Certainty referred primarily to definition of the Christian faith. Not surprisingly, throughout the Christian tradition, certainty was related to the problem of heresy. The early church Fathers tried to establish orthodox doctrine over and against various heretical groups. Everyone agreed that the foundation for Christian truth was Scripture. However, different people interpreted the Bible in ways that were judged to be contrary to Christian faith. Around the year 434, Vincent of Lérins provided a rule that distinguished Catholic truth from heresy. This "Vincentian Canon" required that Christian truth be that which was believed everywhere, always, and by all (Quod ubique, quod semper, quod ab omnibus). These criteria guaranteed the certainty and stability of doctrine. One target of Vincent's was probably Augustine, because he could be quoted against himself. Due to the many conversions in his life, Augustine made many pronouncements he later retracted, and such retractions were not meant to contribute to uncertainty about the faith. Medieval Scholastic inheritors of Augustine continued to define faith as a cognitive certitude. Their training in dialectic was crucial because it provided the certainty of doctrine against heretics. Luther was trained in dialectic, but in his Disputation against Scholastic Philosophy he opposed the use of Aristotle and logic in theology. Nonetheless, dialectic remained a subject in the university at Wittenberg.
Dialectic could not answer the questions of certainty for which Luther sought answers. His questions were about the certainty of salvation and, for Luther, this certainty could only be found in Scripture and the experience of the Holy Spirit. Such certainty also required a redefinition of faith. As the various reformations continued to divide Western Christendom, controversies about the exegesis of Scripture multiplied both among various reformers and between reformers and Catholics. Throughout the course of the turbulent 16th century, the real source of certainty for all parties became the Holy Spirit.
Throughout the late Middle Ages, certainty and security referred to the relationship between the individual and God. For Martin Luther and the other Protestant reformers, these terms took on a meaning beyond the faithful knowledge of the contents of the faith. Any examination of Luther's writings show that he used "security" and "certainty" synonymously to refer to the certitude of salvation whereby one experienced the security, assurance, and certitude of God's benevolent will. Moreover, despite his lack of a firm terminology, Luther meant the same thing by "the certainty of forgiveness," "the certainty of justification," and "the certainty of God's good will," as well as the phrase, "the certainty of being in a state of grace." All of these phrases referred to the certainty of salvation or the security of knowing that God's benevolence was directed to one's own individual salvation.
The Cosmological Vision of Martin Luther
Mickey L. Mattox
Martin Luther was not an original contributor to the study of cosmology, and if one were to judge only by his explicit remarks on the matter, it would seem to have been of little interest to him. He was, however, every bit a man of his times, and as such he assumed what educated people of his times assumed, including in the matter of the nature and structure of reality. The world in which he came of age was informed by a compelling vision of the universe as a whole. Astronomical observation and mathematical calculation in the traditions of Aristotle and Ptolemy had long since combined with philosophical and religious speculation to render Luther's world a coherent "cosmos" (Gk. kosmos, "order" or "world"), at the center of which reposed a stationary sphere, the earth. This world was surrounded at ever-increasing heights by the heavenly spheres, each of them thought to be wheeling in at tremendous rates of speed that increased as one moved up through their heights: first the moon, then the planets, the stars, and ultimately the prime mover. This long-traditional view of the cosmos rendered reality itself an arena of intense motion and beauty.
Taken in a broad scientific and aesthetic sense, cosmology provided not only an interpretation of the heavens but also an imaginative lens through which to experience and understand one's self and one's world. Though he quibbled over some of the details, Luther clearly viewed himself and his world through that very lens. During his university studies in Erfurt for the bachelor and master of arts degrees, he read cosmology as a subject covered in the integrated approach to learning set forth in a curriculum based on the trivium (grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic) and quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music). In combination with other later medieval notions—such as the understanding of the human body and its four humors or the sublunar sphere and its four constituent elements (earth, water, air, fire)—cosmology became for Luther what it was for all his educated peers, that is, a world view. Thus, while Luther was not a cosmologist per se, the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmos provided a set of background beliefs that informed his theology and world view at every level. He also developed a distinctive understanding of the reality and exercise of power and authority, both on the earth and in the heavens.
The Debate between Martin Luther and Erasmus
Robert Kolb
Martin Luther and Desiderius Erasmus played somewhat significant roles in each other's lives. Their early relationship is not free from a sense of the serious differences that divided them, but it largely reflected their common commitment to the biblical humanist ideas of "back to the sources" and effective rhetoric. Erasmus' need to demarcate his positions from those of the heretic and outlaw after 1521 strengthened his resolve to demonstrate publicly at least one important difference between them, resulting in his Diatribe (1524), which provoked a debate with Luther over the freedom or bondage of the will, which Luther treated in his De servo arbitrio (On Bound Choice, 1525) and commentary on Ecclesiastes (1526/1532).
The Distinction between Law and Gospel in Martin Luther's Theological Development
Charles P. Arand
Martin Luther's insistence on the proper distinction between law and gospel in theology marks one of his most important contributions to the Reformation movement and subsequent Protestant theology. In particular, it played the critical role in Luther's "breakthrough" by which he came to his understanding of God's righteousness and his justification of the sinner. The distinction between law and gospel served at least two key functions in his thought. First, it kept the story of Christ focused on the benefits to people achieved by his death and resurrection. In this way, it magnified Christ's work in accomplishing a person's justification. As a corollary, it provided consolation to Christians struggling with the burden of their sins. Second, the distinction of law and gospel served as a hermeneutical tool for pastors not only to interpret the scriptures in line with their purpose, but also to apply the scriptures in a pastoral way to the lives of their people in order to comfort them and to strengthen their faith. Luther's distinction of law and gospel raised questions for his followers regarding the law and whether or not it had any positive role to play within the Christian life.
Luther's distinction between law and gospel is closely related to several other distinctions in his theology. First, it bears a number of similarities with Luther's distinction of the two kinds of righteousness. But whereas the latter focuses on a description of anthropology, law and gospel focuses on the works of God by which he brings about two kinds of righteousness in the life of a person. Second, law and gospel is also related to Luther's distinction of the two realms. But whereas the latter focuses on how God rules with his left hand for the well-being of creation and with his right hand for the well-being of the church, law and gospel deal with the two works of God by which he brings about his goals for creation and the church. In the centuries since, scholars have debated aspects of Luther's distinction, particularly as it impinged on the understanding of the third use of the law.
Emotions and Experience in Martin Luther
Pekka Kärkkäinen
Martin Luther's view of emotions is firmly based on traditional language. He prefers to use affect as a general term for emotional phenomena, which includes general inclinations of love and hate, which involve more incidental emotions such as joy and fear. In general terms, emotions always have a cognitive content, although they are for Luther more than mere cognitions. In some cases, Luther even enjoins a cognitive manipulation of unwanted emotions, using traditional forms of piety, such as meditation on Christ's sufferings. In the healing of emotions both in the spiritual and in the natural realm, music has a prominent place for Luther. The main cognitive source of spiritual emotions for Luther is the Word of God, dispensed by God himself in the scripture as the supreme rhetorician. Luther also noted the social nature of emotions. In particular, he appreciated the innate emotional bonds between the members of the family as God's means for securing the well-being of humankind. The emotions are so deeply embedded in human nature that all the saints and even Christ himself were not without them. Luther's ideal is not Stoic apatheia, but rather a moderation of emotions. Luther seldom attributes genuine emotions to God. He considers biblical language on God's anger as pointing to his future judgment rather than any present state of mind. Luther intimately connects faith, which grasps the promises of the Gospel and creates the certainty of salvation, with human emotional life. This has a double effect on the emotions, providing comfort against the fear caused by sinfulness and external adversities as well as creating spiritual joy and peace of mind. Fear of God is an ambiguous emotion for Luther. The right kind of fear connected to reverence is essential to Christian life, and a similar fear should be felt for parents and authorities. Faith creates joy, which drives away fear, but the remaining sinfulness means that a certain amount of fear remains in this life. Fear and joy are dynamically complementary in Luther's view, and he accuses his adversaries of preaching false security, which gets rid of the fear by denying the inherence of sin and mortality in human life. As with emotions, Luther adopts the traditional terminology of experience but develops it in a creative manner. Experience of God's both negative and positive presence is essential for theology, especially for understanding the true meaning of the scriptures. However, in comparison to scripture, experience is insufficient in spiritual matters.
The German Catholic Dioceses on the Eve of the Reformation
Charlotte Methuen
The structures of the late medieval Church into which Martin Luther was born and within which he received his education and theological training were complicated, particularly in the German lands. German bishops were territorial princes as well as spiritual leaders. Only a minority of German dioceses fell within temporal territories, but in most cases dioceses spanned several territories and some territories included areas in two or more dioceses. Abbots and abbesses were also rulers of independent territories, many of which answered only to the pope. Germany's prince-bishops had considerable political power, exemplified in the college of electors who selected the Holy Roman Emperor. Of these seven, four were temporal political rulers: the King of Bohemia, Margrave of Brandenburg, the Count of the Palatine, and the Duke of (Electoral) Saxony; but the remaining three were Germany's three Archbishops: of Cologne, of Mainz, and of Trier. Although such high-ranking church posts were not hereditary, the candidates for most German bishoprics were required to come from the high nobility, and many bishoprics effectively passed down families, or alternated between two families. The Archbishopric of Magdeburg, for instance, was generally held by a scion of the families of the Electors of Saxony and of Brandenburg. In addition, temporal rulers could hold and exercise spiritual power. Thus in Wittenberg, the Elector of Saxony claimed spiritual jurisdiction over the castle church and later over the town, and this was ceded by the Archbishop. In consequence, long before the Reformation, bishops and rulers were vying for authority and sometimes for territory. Not all ecclesiastical power was mediated through bishops: the Abbesses of Essen and Quedlinburg, like some abbots held their jurisdiction directly from the Pope. The German churches which emerged in the course of the Reformation were deeply influenced by their local contexts and by the patterns of relationship between the bishops and temporal political authorities, which in turn shaped emerging Reformation church orders.
The Gift in Martin Luther's Theology
Bo Kristian Holm
In analyzing the role of gift and giving in Martin Luther's theology, one almost inevitably has to deal with the contrast between Marcel Mauss's description of archaic gift economy, where gifts and exchange are interconnected and gift exchange a total social fact, and Derrida's critique of Mauss for talking of anything else but the gift, since only a gift uncontaminated by exchange deserves the proper name "gift." Accordingly, any reading of Luther relating Luther's theology to the reciprocity of giving seems, from the outset, to grasp anything but the cornerstone of his theology: the justification by faith alone apart from works of the law. Nevertheless, scholars in the early 21st century have been discussing Luther as a theologian of the gift. Some defend a position according to which Luther's theology can only be rightly understood by maintaining that the divine gift is free and pure. Others argue that Luther's mature theology allows for an integration of some kind of exchange as a vital part of the very doctrine of justification.
In both cases, social anthropological gift studies can function as a lens for highlighting the heart of Luther's theology, either negatively by presenting the absolute opposite of Luther's understanding of divine giving in justification and creation or positively by revealing the very heart of the same. The young Luther vehemently criticized a piety regulated by economic principles and understood divine righteousness in contrast to human principles for righteousness. However, he soon began integrating reciprocal aspects from the traditional definition of righteousness into his doctrine of justification. This was possible due to an emphasis on the divine self-giving, revealed in Christ and slowly elaborated to cover Luther's understanding of the whole Trinity. In this move, Luther seemed to have been influenced by Roman popular philosophy, which was widespread in the late renaissance, but biblical passages emphasizing reciprocal justice also played an important role. Advocators for understanding Luther's theology from the perspective of inter-human gift exchange will argue that Luther's theology of the gift is intimately related to his use of the figure of communicatio idiomatum, which allows the giver to share his attributes with the receiver.
God in Martin Luther
Jan-Olav Henriksen
Luther's understanding of God saturates his oeuvre, and in turn, this understanding is saturated by his doctrine of the justification of the sinner. God is the sovereign source and origin of all that is, and Luther develops his understanding of God in a manner that tries to safeguard this position in such a way that the personal relationship to God becomes the focus point for all he says. The doctrine of God as creator and as savior is modeled in a parallel way in Luther, as he sees God as the source of everything positively in both contexts. God is the sole giver of the gifts that human life requires. As creator, God is omnipresent, omniscient, and sovereign. Nothing can determine God. God is accordingly also the only instance in reality that has free will. Everything else is dependent on God, God's foreknowledge, and God's predestination. It is possible to see Luther's position as an attempt to offer the human being a reliable and trustworthy notion of God, someone he or she can cling to in times of despair and desolation. The only God who deserves to be God, who is trustworthy with regard to being able to provide a safe and reliable basis for human life, is the God who justifies the sinner because of God's own righteousness. In contrast, a human who puts her trust in herself and her own works or merits makes herself a god and will not be able to stand justified coram deo in the last judgment.
Luther develops the idea about God's hiddenness in different ways, most notably in his ideas about the hidden God in De servo arbitrio. But also in his notion of the theology of the Cross in the Heidelberg Disputation, and in other places where he writes about the masks of God, behind which God hides in order to do God's work, we can see related or similar ideas. Thus, Luther develops an ambiguous element in his understanding of God.
The Incarnation in Martin Luther's Theology
Anne Käfer
Luther's understanding of the Incarnation concerns various subject areas in his theology, among them his understanding of scripture, his teaching on the sacraments in particular, as well as his description of a human being's life of faith. All these subject areas are based on Luther's Christology, which is essentially determined by his insights into the Incarnation and the humanity of God in Jesus Christ.
Luther's description of the Incarnation and the humanity of God is particularly oriented towards the creed of Chalcedon. The insight that Christ is at the same time true human and true god is something Luther holds as relevant to salvation. For this reason, it is important for him on the one hand to think about the Incarnation of God in a Trinitarian context and thereby to highlight Christ's divine existence. On the other hand, he refers to the concept of the Virgin Birth in order to show that God was born a real human being. Luther describes the union of God and man in Christ principally as a reciprocal exchange of the respective divine and human characteristics. He uses the figure of the communication of properties (communicatio idiomatum) to highlight the Incarnation's fundamental significance for salvation, which becomes manifest in the course of Christ's life.
Luther's conception of the fact and manner in which human and divine natures are united with each other in Christ is of soteriological relevance. With the incarnate God, the sin that Christ has taken upon himself for the salvation of humankind is defeated on the Cross, since by virtue of his human nature the characteristics of being able to suffer and to die were proper to the incarnate Son of God. Accordingly, God himself suffers and dies on the Cross in Christ for his own creatures under the burden of their sins. On the Cross, the God who died in Christ and with his resurrection has overcome the death of sin meets his creatures so that they attain faith and ultimately eternal life in community with God. This saving event is, according to Luther, founded in God's immeasurable love.
The saving effectiveness of Incarnation, Cross, and resurrection presupposes Christian proclamation, according to Luther. The preaching of the incarnate God is needed, so that through the operation of the Holy Spirit the truth of the proclaimed event can be recognized and faith can thereby arise. In faith in the Son of God who has become man, the believer himself experiences a most intimate connection with Christ. According to Luther, this community of faith determines the consummation of the life of the believer, who therefore lives in love for God and for neighbor because the love of God has been revealed to him/her in Christ.
The community of Christ's faithful with one another is, according to Luther, above all formed through the celebration of the sacraments. In celebrating them, the believers experience the real presence of the incarnate God in Christ, through whom they are bound in faith based on the communication of properties between the human and divine natures.


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We'll take a good look at disk-oriented aspects of Gentoo Linux and Linux in general, including Linux filesystems, partitions and block devices. Then, once you're familiar with the ins and outs of disks and filesystems, you'll be guided through the process of setting up partitions and filesystems for your Gentoo Linux installation.
To begin, we'll introduce
The block devices above represent an abstract interface to the disk. User programs can use these block devices to interact with your disk without worrying about whether your drives are IDE, SCSI or something else. The program can simply address the storage on the disk as a bunch of contiguous, randomly-accessible 512-byte blocks.
Although it is theoretically possible to use a full disk to house your Linux
system, this is almost never done in practice. Instead, full disk block devices
are split up in smaller, more manageable block devices. These are called
The number of partitions is highly dependent on your environment. For instance,
if you have lots of users, you will most likely want to have your
As you can see, it very much depends on what you want to achieve. Separate partitions or volumes have the following advantages:
However, multiple partitions have one big disadvantage: if not configured properly, you might result in having a system with lots of free space on one partition and none on another.
All disks in an SGI System require an
The following is an example excerpt from an
# fdisk /dev/sda Command (m for help): x Expert command (m for help): m Command action b move beginning of data in a partition c change number of cylinders d print the raw data in the partition table e list extended partitions f fix partition order g create an IRIX (SGI) partition table h change number of heads m print this menu p print the partition table q quit without saving changes r return to main menu s change number of sectors/track v verify the partition table w write table to disk and exit Expert command (m for help): g Building a new SGI disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content will be unrecoverably lost. Expert command (m for help): r Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 64 heads, 32 sectors, 17482 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes ----- partitions ----- Pt# Device Info Start End Sectors Id System 9: /dev/sda1 0 4 10240 0 SGI volhdr 11: /dev/sda2 0 17481 35803136 6 SGI volume ----- Bootinfo ----- Bootfile: /unix ----- Directory Entries ----- Command (m for help):
Now that an SGI Disklabel is created, partitions may now be defined. In the
above example, there are already two partitions defined for you. These are the
special partitions mentioned above and should not normally be altered. However,
for installing Gentoo, we'll need to load multiple kernel images directly into
the volume header, as there is no supported SGI Bootloader available in Portage
yet. The volume header itself can hold up to
The process of making the volume header larger isn't exactly straight-forward -- there's a bit of a trick to it. One cannot simply delete and re-add the volume header due to odd fdisk behavior. In the example provided below, we'll create a 50MB Volume header in conjunction with a 50MB /boot partition. The actual layout of your disk may vary, but this is for illustrative purposes only.
Command (m for help): n Partition number (1-16): 1 First cylinder (5-8682, default 5): 51 Last cylinder (51-8682, default 8682): 101
(Notice how fdisk only allows Partition #1 to be re-created starting at a minimum of cylinder 5) (Had you attempted to delete & re-create the SGI Volume Header this way, this is the same issue you would have encountered.) (In our example, we want /boot to be 50MB, so we start it at cylinder 51 (the Volume Header needs to start at cylinder 0, remember?), and set its ending cylinder to 101, which will roughly be 50MB (+/- 1-5MB))Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-16): 9 (Delete Partition #9 (SGI Volume Header))Command (m for help): n Partition number (1-16): 9 First cylinder (0-50, default 0): 0 Last cylinder (0-50, default 50): 50 (Re-Create Partition #9, ending just before Partition #1)
Once this is done, you are safe to create the rest of your partitions as you see
fit. After all your partitions are laid out, make sure you set the partition ID
of your swap partition to
Now that your partitions are created, you can now continue with
Now that your partitions are created, it is time to place a filesystem on them.
If you don't care about what filesystem to choose and are happy with what we use
as default in this handbook, continue with
Several filesystems are available. Ext2 and ext3 are found stable on the MIPS architectures, others are experimental.
ext2 is the tried and true Linux filesystem but doesn't have metadata journaling, which means that routine ext2 filesystem checks at startup time can be quite time-consuming. There is now quite a selection of newer-generation journaled filesystems that can be checked for consistency very quickly and are thus generally preferred over their non-journaled counterparts. Journaled filesystems prevent long delays when you boot your system and your filesystem happens to be in an inconsistent state.
ext3 is the journaled version of the ext2 filesystem, providing metadata journaling for fast recovery in addition to other enhanced journaling modes like full data and ordered data journaling. ext3 is a very good and reliable filesystem. It has an additional hashed b-tree indexing option that enables high performance in almost all situations. In short, ext3 is an excellent filesystem.
ReiserFS is a B*-tree based filesystem that has very good overall performance and greatly outperforms both ext2 and ext3 when dealing with small files (files less than 4k), often by a factor of 10x-15x. ReiserFS also scales extremely well and has metadata journaling. As of kernel 2.4.18+, ReiserFS is solid and usable as both general-purpose filesystem and for extreme cases such as the creation of large filesystems, the use of many small files, very large files and directories containing tens of thousands of files.
XFS is a filesystem with metadata journaling which comes with a robust feature-set and is optimized for scalability. We only recommend using this filesystem on Linux systems with high-end SCSI and/or fibre channel storage and an uninterruptible power supply. Because XFS aggressively caches in-transit data in RAM, improperly designed programs (those that don't take proper precautions when writing files to disk and there are quite a few of them) can lose a good deal of data if the system goes down unexpectedly.
JFS is IBM's high-performance journaling filesystem. It has recently become production-ready and there hasn't been a sufficient track record to comment positively nor negatively on its general stability at this point.
To create a filesystem on a partition or volume, there are tools available for each possible filesystem:
|Creation Command
For instance, to have the boot partition (
# mke2fs /dev/sda1 # mke2fs -j /dev/sda3
Now create the filesystems on your newly created partitions (or logical volumes).
# mkswap /dev/sda2
To activate the swap partition, use
# swapon /dev/sda2
Create and activate the swap now.
Now that your partitions are initialized and are housing a filesystem, it is
time to mount those partitions. Use the
# mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
We also need to mount the proc filesystem (a virtual interface with the kernel)
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NORTHEAST GLENDALE — It could be argued that both the Marshall Fundamental and Flintridge Prep boys' soccer teams enjoyed small victories when the pair met in nonleague play.
The visiting Eagles, who entered Tuesday evening's affair having scored 19 goals through three contests, were held well below their average and spent most of the evening in irritation, with part of that sensation due to the Rebels.
Even so, Marshall's attack still proved potent enough in a 2-0 victory at the Glendale Sports Complex.
"The boys have been on target for the first few games and they were a little frustrated today," said Eagles Coach Dino Barbiera, a former Glendale High girls' coach. "The guys got a little panicky, the bounce on the turf is a little bit different than what we're used to and Flintridge Prep made a few plays as well."
Despite outshooting the Rebels, 20-9, the Eagles (4-0) held a tight 1-0 advantage until the 68th minute when a hustle goal from junior midfielder Sam Doctorian secured the game.
Doctorian's seven-yard goal came off a rebound when the halfback banked in a score off the crossbar and past diving Rebels goalie Clayton Weirick (six saves).
The score came after junior midfielder Ben Cuevas crossed from the left side of the field into the goal mouth that resulted in a short pass to David Reyes, who then fed open striker Charlie Henderson.
The junior's shot smacked off the back of a defender, where it was tracked down and cashed in by Doctorian.
"We've been working a lot on playing in the final third and scoring," Doctorian said. "When you get opportunities, you have to finish."
Marshall's other score came barely 90 seconds in when senior striker Jaime De Paz split two defenders and bounced a through ball to Eric Cortez, who laced a 10-yard shot for the early blow.
Marshall's quick score highlighted a systematic offense that's objective was to pepper shot after shot.
"We're playing a whole new formation where we just go up and down the field," Cuevas said.
"We're still a work in progress," added De Paz.
Yet, despite the offensive display from Marshall, the Rebels (1-1-1) certainly had their chances.
After connecting on only three shots in the first half, Flintridge Prep doubled its output in the second half and nearly scored the equalizer on three separate occasions.
Junior forward Henry Griffith rifled a laser from 10 yards that knocked Eagles goalie Jean Paul Balarezo (three saves) to the ground in the 44th minute, while Sean Kilmer was just wide left from 15 yards in the 48th minute and a header attempt from Bryce Delgado in the 67th minute off a corner kick from Manny Perez sailed high and wide from six yards.
Perez actually had a corner kick get by Balarezo in the 81st minute only to have an Eagles defender make a successful clear-out attempt.
"I'm disappointed with the loss, but I'm still pleased. We've only had five practices as a team," Rebels Coach AJ Yates said. "We're coming together as a team and I liked the way we played defense. There was a little confusion, but I liked our effort.
"Again, as a team, we've had a lot of players spend time in other sports, like cross-country, water polo and football, and we've only recently got those players back. So, right now, it's about competing and we're doing so."


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Living in Joe's World
HarperPerennial, 1998 - Performing Arts - 154 pages
Get Real!
To Joe Patane, an outgoing, industrious graduate student from Brooklyn, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. Seven strangers are selected to live rent-free in a resplendent Miami Beach house and given $50,000 to start a business together. The only catch is that every minute of their lives is to be recorded for consumption by millions of MTV viewers. In "Livin' in Joe's World, " Joe Patane gives the first personal account of his harrowing experiences inside and outside of the famous house.
The events in his life are familiar to fans of the show, though the full stories behind them will surprise even the most avid viewers. Find out how the show wrecked havoc on Joe's relationships with his girlfriend/fiancee, family, and friends. Were scenes staged or altered? What happened with the business and Joe's engagement plans, and how does he deal with being back in the "real" real world? Joe fills in the details about himself that were either too revealing, too subtle, or perhaps even too real to fit into the show's conception of his generation. For the first time, a cast member provides an inside look at this "real-life soap opera, " minus the cameras and creative editing.
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The men had just finished their thick steaks and were starting to smoke cigars while artichoke hearts warmed on the grill. A plate of mooncakes awaited them nearby.
On a sunny afternoon in the backyard of his home in the hills of Orange, Van Tran plots his political comeback.
Once California's highest-ranking Vietnamese American politician, riding a wave of activism in the immigrant community where he came of age, Tran was bounced to the sidelines in 2010 when a veteran congresswoman, Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana), trounced him in a U.S. House race.
Now, nearly three years later, the former state assemblyman has set his sights on a slightly less glamorous office: the State Board of Equalization.
"We will raise whatever it takes to run a credible campaign," Tran says as his 6-year-old son, Alex, runs around the patio, clutching an iPad.
The father of two has gathered his "brain trust" of advisors to help steer him in a contest that, although not a run forCongress, is likely to be a scrappy, expensive battle.
The district seat — one of four in California — covers a huge swath, stretching from Orange County to San Diego and east to the Colorado River. The winner ends up with nearly 9.5 million constituents.
For Tran as well as other announced candidates — Assemblywoman Diane L. Harkey (R-Dana Point ) and state Sen. Mark Wyland (R-Escondido) — the race will take them far beyond their home turf. Tran, a lawyer who has always capitalized on his ties to the huge Vietnamese community in central Orange County, will suddenly be left wooing voters in Riverside and Imperial counties.
Political consultant Richard Temple said that "99% of the people who run are not known by voters. If they have a good story to tell and they know how to tell it well — and if they can raise the resources to back that up — they have a strong chance."
Tran said he never entirely stepped away from politics during his absence as an elected official. While doing consulting work, he helped launch phone-bank campaigns in swing states for theRomney-Ryan presidential ticket in 2012. Staffed with Chinese, Korean, Tagalog and Vietnamese speakers, it served as the only multilingual project targeting Asian Republicans or undecided Asian voters — one of the greatest untapped voting blocs in the showdown between Mitt Romney and President Obama.
He also signed on as senior advisor to Travis Allen, who, without any elected political experience, defeated Troy Edgar, mayor of Los Alamitos, in the 72nd Assembly District race. Tran recruited crucial Little Saigon votes for Allen.
Tran, who was born in Vietnam and fled with his family just before the fall of Saigon, was the first Vietnamese American to be elected to a state legislature, becoming a model for dozens of fellow immigrants who achieved such roles as county supervisor, judge, school trustee and mayor.
The Board of Equalization's southernmost seat in California is now held by Michelle Park Steel, who is being termed out. She endorsed Harkey long before Tran jumped into the race.
Steel, who was born in South Korea, said she has known Tran since he was in high school.
"I was very impressed when he got elected because his campaign inspired so many Vietnamese Americans to register to vote," she said. "He can follow through."
One of Tran's trademarks is to push volunteers to boost voter registration among immigrants, a strategy that paid huge dividends in a 2007 supervisors race in Orange County. Two largely unknown Vietnamese American candidates clobbered the presumed front-runners backed by the county's Republican and Democratic parties.
Tran again will turn to Little Saigon for backing, as well as traditional Republican sources in the county. But this time he will also look for support from pan-Asians across the state or Vietnamese Americans across the country who might see in him a familiar "coming to America" success story, said Barrett Tetlow, a former district director when Tran served in the Assembly.
With the Board of Equalization, Tran seeks a job that wouldn't require as much travel time away from his children, yet one that focuses on issues that drive him — small business and taxation. The board is a public agency charged with collecting billions of dollars annually in taxes and fees supporting state and local government services. It also plays a significant role in the assessment and administration of property taxes.
"The balance must be between family life and public office," he says, relishing having the chance to swim with his kids and take them to after-school tutoring or Knott's Berry Farm.
Tran remembers friends urging him early this year to consider a national seat, weeks before Rep. John Campbell (R-Irvine) announced he wouldn't seek reelection in 2014. That post requires regular commutes to Washington, D.C.
Still, why run again?
"We have the luxury to pick our passions," he says. "And politics is my passion."
Do writes for the Los Angeles Times.


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Hey there guys! If you've been waiting for more guides to be posted, I'm going to resume posting guides daily on June 8th(GMT+8). I'll be doing my very best to make sure that a guide, or two, will be posted daily from June 8 onward.
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Gwyneth Paltrow designing yoga range
Actress GWYNETH PALTROW is launching her own collection of yoga wear.
The Avengers star, who is a longtime yoga fan, has partnered with apparel company Beyond Yoga to design the range, which is being sold exclusively through Paltrow's lifestyle website Goop.com.
She says, "I've always wanted a one-shouldered exercise top and could never find one, so we've collaborated with Beyond Yoga (who make really chic, comfortable, perfect exercise gear) to make my dream top!"
She's not the only star creating studio clothing for yoga fans - hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons created his own line of goods, including clothes and mats, earlier this year (12).


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One of the big news bits from last week was from Duke University claiming that iPhones were to blame for a flood of excess WiFi traffic and access point issues. Readers seemed skeptical that iPhones were the sole problem in this situation, because if that was the case, millions of other wireless networks would be experiencing the same problems... and they weren't. But that surely wasn't a good enough explanation for Duke's IT department, which said with confidence at the time that they thought the problem was with the iPhones.
Well, the problem was with the Cisco routers. "Cisco worked closely with Duke and Apple to identify the source of this problem, which was caused by a Cisco-based network issue," Duke said in a statement issued late on Friday. "Cisco has provided a fix that has been applied to Duke's network and there have been no recurrences of the problem since."
Duke also wants everyone to know that its network problems weren't quite as extreme as everyone made them out to be. Rather, they were "minor and temporary disruptions of service." Duke's network is just fine, everybody. Now get back to studying before fall semester starts! Er, right.


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SAN FRANCISCO, June 16, 2014 -- PwC US and Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) today welcomed nearly 120 high school educators to the PwC-KWHS Seminar for High School Educators on Business and Financial Responsibility. The purpose of the biannual, three-day training seminar is to deepen educators' subject-matter knowledge of how to effectively teach basic, yet critical, financial and leadership skills students will need to thrive. Taking place at Wharton | San Francisco, the west coast campus of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the learning experience will serve as a valuable networking and idea-sharing opportunity for teachers looking to accelerate their students' financial capability and business acumen. To date, the seminar has strengthened the financial literacy teaching skills of more than 500 educators across the United States. MORE


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Today, the comic industry celebrates the release of the opening chapters of Forever Evil, DC's newest event, and Battle of the Atom, the latest X-Men crossover, as well as the second (or fourth chapter, if you count tie-ins) of Infinity, Marvel's other big event.
Luckily, the Outhouse is here to help navigate this barrage of event comics, with handy mini-reviews to tell you which books to pick up, and which books to pass on.
Forever Evil
You'll like this book if: You like Geoff Johns events, or Ted Kord references.
You'll dislike this book if: You want resolution from DC's last big event.
Tell me if you've read this Geoff Johns event before. We start off with a protagonist being affected by a cataclysmic, worldwide threat, before panning out to show how the rest of the world reacts. A few plot points are introduced that will be expounded upon in tie-ins. And by the end, a hero is sacrificed in the opening issue to show how bad the vilains are. It's how Johns opened Infinite Crisis, it's how he opened Blackest Night and now it's the opening to Forever Evil as well.
After a decent opening scene with a little wink towards fans of a certain Blue Beetle, Johns sticks to a well-worn outline to start off his new Forever Evil event. While the book doesn't resolve Trinity War's cliffhanger ending, it's clear that the Crime Syndicate of America is in charge and wreaking havoc upon the world, which will be followed up in several DC books next month. While the stakes introduced by Johns in this issue are high, there's a genericism to the book, due mainly to Johns treading a familiar plot and his weak dialogue. Whereas Johns used to craft unique voices for the large casts of his various books, most of the villains feel replaceable in Trinity War. It's a problem that plagued Trinity War as well, one that prevents either event from being truely extraordinary.
Artwise, David Finch still draws like David Finch. I counted at least two cases of jello spine syndrome, but otherwise, it's alright art. I'm not a fan, but your own mileage will vary based on past experiences.
Overall, this book is very much a known quality. If you're a fan of DC's current output (if you are, why are you reading our site!), or like Johns' other events, I don't see why you wouldn't like Forever Evil.
You'll like this book if: You're reading Avengers and New Avengers right now, or enjoy comics with the pacing of a jackrabbit.
You'll dislike this book if: You don't see the appeal of the Inhumans, or think "big" events should be expounded upon.
The main Infinity comic is a outline of plot points with pretty art attached. Infinity #2 opens with brief recaps of the latest issues of Avengers and New Avengers and doesn't slow down much from there. While people often rib Marvel for its decompressed events, this book is almost hypercompressed. So much happens in the issue, it's hard to care about any of it. Epic wars are waged, ultimatums are issued and planets die in a few pages, all in the blink of an eye.
Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver's pencils are a noticeable stepdown in this issue. Weaver's artwork features characters with bulbous heads, and disproportionate limbs while Opena's art is hurt mainly by drab color choices that makes entire pages look as if they were covered with a thin layer of dust.
I didn't like the opening chapter, and the second (or fourth if you count tie-ins) is just as much of a disappointment. It does have a nifty, if understated, cliffhanger, though. I have a feeling Infinity will be one of those events where the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts.
Battle of the Atom
You'll like this book if: You like the current X-books, or you enjoy well-crafted superhero stories.
You'll dislike this book if: You dislike Jean Grey, time travel stories, or how dysfunctional the X-books are.
Had Marvel chosen to release just the first chapter of Battle of the Atom today, I'd probably be comparing it to Forever Evil and not in a positive way. Luckily for readers, Marvel put out both Battle of the Atom #1 and All New X-Men #16 simultaneously, giving readers a double dose of yet another superlative X-Men event. Just like last fall's All New X-Men#1, Battle of the Atom #1 sets up the basic premise of the story. The original X-Men tempt fate in a deadly battle against Sentinels, leading the present X-Men and a new team of future X-Men to try to send them home. The second chapter introduces the future team a bit further and then introduces a new wrinkle to the plot, which will probably lead to more conflict.
In the opening chapters, both written by Brian Bendis, characterization reigns supreme. From Kitty Pryde to Scott Summers to a mercifully brief dose of Deadpool, each character has a unique voice and motivation, turning a relatively simple time travel plot into a joy to read. At the center of the story is Jean Grey, whom Bendis has built up into a fresh and exciting character over his All New X-Men series. Bendis' Grey is a far cry from her older, near perfect self, and it's fantastic. Also, seeing Cyclops' Uncanny X-Men team team up with another X-Men team without reminding readers of the travesty that was Avengers vs. X-Men is a delight. Modern Cyclops and Kitty Pryde's brief interaction is joyously free of angst and anger.
Frank Cho's art is, as always phenomenal. Stuart Immonen's art felt a bit rushed in the second chapter, but is still heads above most of his peers.
Unless you hate the X-Men, this is probably the event of the summer. The X-Books have generally excelled at crossovers, and this appears to be no exception.
To Sum Up: Fans of good comics should pick up Battle of the Atom, fans of safe comics should pick up Forever Evil and fans of emotionless strings of plot points should pick up Infinity.


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May 24, 2007
Eleven Wabash students are in Ecuador this summer as participants in the fifth year of the College's Ecuadorian Studies Program.
The students spend two weeks in intensive language training before splitting off into specialized study experiences. The students arrived in Quito, Ecuador, May 20, with Professor Phil Mikesell, who is co-director of the program. The students live with host families to fully immerse themselves in the culture.
"Many of them have already been recruited to play soccer and basketball at the Pontifical University where they are studying Spanish," said Spanish Professor Dan Rogers, the program's other co-director.
After their two weeks of Spanish, the students divide into two groups – Globalization and Indigenous Concerns. Professors Melissa Butler, Kay Widdows, Doug Calisch, David Krohne, and Rogers join the program for the two modules.
The Globalization module, led by Melissa Butler and Kay Widdows will study the economic, social, and political impact of the petroleum industry on Ecuador. Revenue from oil from reserves in the Ecuador's region of the Amazon basin constitutes more than 40% of the country's national budget. Students will visit a biological research station in one of the most remote areas of the Amazon after which they will travel to oil fields and pumping stations as they follow the petroleum pipeline back over the Andes Mountains.
The Indigenous Concerns module, lead by Doug Calisch, will spend 10 days living in MondaÒa, a small village on the Napo river (a tributary of the Amazon). Working with the FundesÌn foundation, Prof. Calisch's students will do service work at the high school and clinic in the village as the study native Quechua culture and language.
"The program has matured to the point that Wabash faculty can now introduce learning modules that bring together their interests, student learning, all in the context of Latin America," Rogers said. "Calisch is introducing a service learning module for the first time this year.
"Because the program adapts itself to student and faculty needs and interests, new learning modules such as Doug's help us reinvent it every year and keep things fresh."
Students participating include: William Gearhart '09. Ben Ladowski '09, Taylor Larimore '09, John Moore '08, Randall Shirey '09, Andrew Chelton '09, Tyler Dougherty '09, Jonathan Funston '09, Andrew Leshovsky '08, and Mitchell Miles '09.


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Every Monday morning, starting promptly at 9 a.m., Marlene Ramey settles into her favorite easy chair with her phone and makes a few phone calls; although the calls often turn into chats about Twins games or farming in the 1950s, they're not just friendly chats....
Every Monday morning, starting promptly at 9 a.m., Marlene Ramey settles into her favorite easy chair with her phone and makes a few phone calls.
Although the calls often turn into chats about Twins games or farming in the 1950s, they're not just friendly chats.
The calls, often made at family members' request, are intended to make sure area seniors are safe and sound.
Ramey is the official Monday-morning caller for the "Good Morning Telephone Reassurance Program" operated by the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) of Redwood County.
Five other RSVP volunteers call the other days of the week, except for Sundays.
"The Good Morning Telephone Reassurance Program is offered to check on people who live alone," stated Ramey.
"Clients receive a good morning call from a volunteer caller to make sure they are up and about and will be given assistance in getting help if needed.
"The volunteers call older adults who are at risk of sudden illness, falls, and social isolation.
"It provides reassurance for the older adults as well as their families. Each client has one or more friends or family member's telephone listed who can be contacted in case of an emergency
"If we are unable to reach a client, we call that number to see if they have any information on where they might be.
"Many times, the client has just forgotten to tell us that they will be gone but we want to be sure that they are safe."
Ramey currently lives on the Gilfillan estate with her husband Norm. It is a return for them — they originally moved to Gilfillan as newlyweds in 1955, when Norm was hired to manage the Gilfillan farms.
Ramey first heard about the Good Morning Telephone Reassurance Program through her work at the United Methodist Church in Redwood Falls.
"I have been involved in the program for about three years," Ramey said. "You develop a close bond of friendship with these people.
"I enjoy people and I enjoy talking on the phone. I try to remember them on their birthdays with a special phone call - sometimes I sing 'Happy Birthday' to them over the phone.
"Calling these people on a Monday morning really starts my week on a sunny note!"
Ramey has discovered she looks forward to the calls as much as her recipients do.
"(One of my calls was to) a man who lived alone and had some health issues. I found out that he and my husband both attended country school in Redwood County and knew the same teachers," Ramey said.
"He loved to talk about life on the farm, blizzards, and problems with livestock in the snow. I always called him last so that we would have plenty of time to talk and visit."
Another of Ramey's favorite calls was to a lady in her 90s.
"(She was) a former farm wife, and loved to reminisce about life on the farm when she was younger and how it has changed," Ramey said.
"Another lady didn't like leaving her home in the winter because of the icy conditions - our telephone visits were very welcome to her."
"One lady was an avid Twins fan - we would talk about statistics and re-hash the game from the night before," Ramey laughed.
Ramey is a strong believer in the Good Morning Telephone Reassurance Program, and says they're always open to more people getting involved — at both ends of the telephone line.
"This program is active in Redwood Falls, Belview, and Wabasso. Morgan and Lamberton have been active but are on hold now until there are requests for calls," said Ramey.
Telephone callers go through a training session with Karen Christensen before they begin. There is no charge for this program although donations are welcome.
For more about either being added to the call list, or becoming a volunteer, contact Karen Christensen at 507-627-1016.


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Murray,born 1929, U.S. physicist: devised a system for classifying elementary particles and postulated theory of quarks; Nobel Prize 1969.
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Murray. born 1929, US physicist, noted for his research on the interaction and classification of elementary particles: Nobel prize for physics in 1969
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[gĕl′măn′]Murray Born 1929
American physicist who helped introduce the concept of quarks. He received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1969 for his contributions to the description and classification of subatomic particles.
Biography: Physicists have long sought the fundamental building blocks of matter. The atoms that make up the elements appeared to be good candidates, but further investigation into the structure of the atom led to the identification of even smaller subunits, such as the proton and the neutron. With the advent of particle accelerators, dozens more hitherto unknown subatomic particles were discovered, flying out of high-energy particle collisions. Physicist Murray Gell-Mann helped bring order into the chaos of what was called the particle zoo, eventually winning the Nobel Prize for his work in 1969. Gell-Mann, born in 1929, was a child prodigy who entered Yale at age 15 and is today considered to be one of the greatest physicists of the 20th century. Much of his career was spent at the California Institute of Technology, where his sometime collaborator and rival Richard Feynman also taught. Gell-Mann saw that the hundreds of new subatomic particles could be arranged in patterns, similar to the patterns of the periodic table. Always ready with an evocative name for a new discovery, he called his classification scheme The Eightfold Way, after Buddha's Eightfold Path to Enlightenment. Gell-Mann found that the patterns he saw could be explained by assuming that these unexpected particles were simply combinations of a few fundamental building blocks. Gell-Mann called these particles quarks, after a line in James Joyce's notoriously difficult novel Finnegans Wake, and showed how properties of quarks corresponded with certain abstract algebraic structures.
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