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Miles Davis Project fundraiser dinner a success
ALTON — Representatives with the Miles Davis Memorial Project say the benefit dinner with sculpture artist Preston Jackson — who is currently working on the statue — was a huge success for the project, moving the dream of a Miles Davis statue closer to a reality.
The dinner's program, sponsored by the Simmon Hanly Conroy Law Firm, began with Jim Killion telling the story of the first black doctor in Alton, Dr. Samuels, and his connection to this project. Dr. Samuels delivered Miles Davis on May 26, 1926 in a small house on Milnor Avenue.
Killion said, "Dr. Samuels also delivered me many years later." Killion indicated other instances where we honor influential people and civic leaders who have contributed to the history of our community.
He then asked the question, "Why Miles Davis?"
Even though he was born on Milnor Avenue in Alton on May 26, 1926, his family only lived in Alton for another year after his birth. Can we claim Miles Davis as one of our own? Killion said the answer was clear, yes.
Killion went on to inform everyone of the accomplishments of Miles' career and the fact that he began playing with renowned musicians at a very young age and his career spanned almost 50 years. Miles' influence and impact on the world of jazz extended well beyond the borders of the United States. He is revered in nearly every country around the world.
Davis' Kind of Blue album was recognized as the greatest jazz album of all time and added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. In 2009, Miles was recognized by the U.S. House of Representatives with a resolution honoring the 50th anniversary of his Kind of Blue Album and "reaffirming jazz as a national treasure." He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990 highlighting his eight Grammy Awards.
Currently Miles Davis is commemorated with statues in the countries of France and Poland. This statue will be the only one on public display in the United States.
After Killion's presentation, dinner began at 7 p.m. with the jazz sounds created by Jim Manley on trumpet, Arthur Toney on piano and Travis Mattison on guitar. Preston Jackson joined in later with his guitar to impress the group with his musical talents.
Following dinner, Pat Ackman and Karen Wilson presented Preston Jackson with the signed contract and the first installment to begin work on the sculpture. However, earlier, Preston informed committee members and presented pictures showing that he had already begun working on the piece prior to our signed commitment.
Pat Ackman informed the guests that the project is gaining momentum. With this event, the planned Trivia Night scheduled for Sept. 12, 2014, at the Commons on Lewis and Clark Campus, the current IndieGoGo crowd funding site and a possible grant from the State of Illinois, the project would be very close to it's estimated goal of $120,000.
Ackman closed by saying the project still needs continued community support in order to schedule an unveiling by May 2015.
The IndieGoGo site will be open to accommodate donors until Sept. 4, 2014. Two of the more notable donors so far are famed West Coast trumpeter, Bobby Shew and Alton's own Dale and Carol Neudecker. Thanks to Shew's comments and contacts in the world of jazz, the project has donors all over the U.S., and from Europe as well.
The Neudeckers purchased the limited print of a painting by Jin G. Kam, known for his images of legendary jazz and blues artists.
Visit IndieGoGo at www.indiegogo.com/projects/miles-davis-memorial and help the project.
For further information on our upcoming events, to make reservations for Trivia Night or to donate on IndieGoGo, please call the Pride, Incorporated office at 618-467-2375 or go online at www.prideincorporated.org.


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At the end of March, a delegation of experts from the associated companies of the LIFE project SARMIENTO, in the Murcia area of the D.O. Bullas, headed by Juan José Pajares of the wine cooperative El Rosario, together with Cristóbal Sánchez, of Microgaia Biotech and Meissa Garcia of Eurovértice Consultores visited the VINEYARDS4HEAT project. The objective of the SARMIENTO project is to avoid the burning of the pruning in the same vineyard, without any use, which causes environmental problems such as the emission of greenhouse gases, the risk of forest fires or the destruction of necessary organic matter by the soils of arid zones.
This project, which has the similarity with VINEYARDS4HEAT to take advantage of the remains of the pruning of the vine, is based on the recovery of this pruning, transforming it into a compost of quality with bio-stimulating properties that can be used as organic support of the own vineyards. So this project wants to reduce the impact of the burning on the vineyard of the remains of the pruning, improving the resilience of the soil, introducing the circular economy and reducing the use of chemical fertilizers.
The delegation was received by those responsible for the VINEYARDS4HEAT project of the Vilafranca Town Council, Jordi Cuyàs, Laura Carbó and Carme Ribes, with whom they visited the District Heat of La Girada, the pruning collection system with those responsible for NOU VERD Ton Grau and Camil Rahola and the facilities of Caves Vilarnau to verify on the ground the project of using the remains of pruning of the vine to produce thermal energy.

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Enjoy a walk along the Mörrum river and its wonderful scenery. During the spring, summer and fall you can see people go fishing for salmon in the river. In october and november you can see the salmon play and go upstreams.


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The "Staffie Ban" – what was that all about?
For those of you who don't follow dog-related news, there has recently been a debate in Parliament over whether or not to ban Staffies (Staffordshire Bull Terriers). The mechanism for this was whether or not to add the breed to section one of the Dangerous Dogs Act, along with the Pit Bull, the Japanese Tosa, the Fila Brasileiro and Dogo Argentino. The decision was made not to amend the law to include the Staffie, and I for one am glad – in this blog I'm going to explain why, and why I don't think that breed specific legislation (or BSL) is fit for purpose.
Why was it debated?
A petition on the official government site to add the breed to the banned breeds list received more than 170,000 signatures. Any petition receiving 10,000 signatures gets a formal response, and any petition reaching 100,000 automatically gets debated by Parliament.
Why Staffies?
Some figures suggest that 80% of dogs in rehoming centres are Staffies – and certainly they are a breed with an image problem. The reason is probably because they have become a sort of "status symbol", meaning that a lot of people have obtained one to look macho or tough. Unfortunately, not all of these people are able to look after the dogs properly; and a small number have abused the Staffie's willing and highly trainable nature to train them as attack animals.
As a result, the breed gets a lot of (in my opinion undeserved) bad press – because if there's a nasty incident, there's often a Staffie involved somewhere, so people get the impression that all Staffies are dangerous. You can read more about the breed's image problems here.
In reality, of course, almost any dog is the product of what its owners have made it – and I've met too many lovely Staffies to believe that they're all (or even mostly) dangerous.
What would the effect of adding them to the DDA have been?
A breed or – horribly – type of dog listed in Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 cannot be bred, sold, exchanged, given away, rehomed, allowed off a lead in a public place or abandoned. Most such dogs are euthanised (put to sleep) on the order of the government. Some existing owners of "Dangerous Dogs" (in the legal rather than actual sense) can get an Exemption License, whereby the dog must be neutered and kept muzzled and on a lead at all times in a public place (even inside a private car!).
Essentially, breeds of dog on this list are illegal, and will disappear unless illegally bred.
Why was there a petition in the first place?
This is where things get a bit weird. The "animal rights" group PETA – who's avowed aim is to ban the breeding of all dogs, as they are in principle opposed to keeping animals as pets – launched the petition. While they argued it was because there were so many Staffies facing cruelty, I wonder if they felt this would be an easy milestone in their quest to abolish pet ownership. You can read their justifications on their website, but personally, I fundamentally disagree with them on many points (not least their shameless anthropomorphising).
Why does the Dangerous Dogs Act exist?
It was passed in something of a panic by the government in the early 1990s, following a series of horrific incidents involving children. Unfortunately, like so much else in life, knee-jerk responses have led to a number of unintentional consequences. You can read more about this on my blog from last year.
Are there any advantages to Breed Specific Legislation?
In some ways, yes. Genetics are important – and it's certainly true that some dogs are more likely to show certain characteristics. We have been carefully selecting for physical and behavioural characteristics for so many (dog) generations, that yes, there is a higher than average chance that a Labrador will be greedy, or a Collie hyperactive, or a Pit Bull aggressive.
What are the problems with it?
It's too blunt an instrument! All of these behavioural characteristics are capable of modification by training, and exist on a spectrum – I've met enough neurotic Labradors, greedy Bull Terriers, and aggressive Collies to know that the breed just determines the raw material. What happens next depends on the owner. There are plenty of perfectly decent dogs in all breeds, and a few really nasty ones too. Banning them by breed isn't going to solve the problem – not least as it only takes a couple of (again, dog-) generations to breed any Bull Terrier into a "Pit Bull Type", banned under the law.
What's the way forward?
Personally, I believe we should remove the breed-specific component legislation, and instead target dogs that show particular behaviours – such as aggression. These are behaviours that are either:
- One-off genetic flukes and uncontrollable. Pretty rare, but I can believe it might happen occasionally.
- Deliberately or accidentally trained into them by their human owners, either with malice or ignorance.
I believe that the dog is not to blame for what we've made it. Logically, it therefore follows that banning or exterminating whole breeds will not improve dog, or human, welfare, while the people who caused the problem go on to do it to another breed. Surely the answer is to educate the ignorant, and punish the malicious, not wantonly destroy the dogs who get caught in the middle.


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The Gateway Arch National Park Archives is charged to preserve records and manuscripts that document the administrative history of the park and its associated themes. As the corporate memory of the Gateway Arch National Park formerly Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, the Archives also makes its resources available to the public in accordance with objectives outlined in the park's Statement for Management: To enhance and enlarge public understanding and appreciation of the significance of 19th century American westward expansion and of the related individual significance of the Old Courthouse, the Arch, and of the early development of St. Louis.
The archives is open to the public for research. Materials may not be checked out, but may be used in the library reading room. Please see our research procedures.
The archives contains 39 individual collections. Most of the collections contain material relating to the development and administration of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial site, including the construction of the Gateway Arch and the Museum of Westward Expansion. Other collections contain materials that relate to the park's main theme of St. Louis's role in the settlement of the American West. See a list of the processed collections.
The archives contains many visual images of the park and other subjects. Please contact the archivist for assistance with park images.
The archives is open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. It is closed on federal holidays. You can contact Archivist Jennifer Clark at 11 North Fourth Street St. Louis, MO 63102 Phone: 314-655-1600 Fax: 314-655-1652
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What? After 12 years of working in venues across London, Brick & Liquor is David Layton's first solo venture. It's a local, friendly bar taking inspiration from classic neighbourhood New York bars, but still retaining a cosy, familiar feel.
New? It opened back in October of 2016 and is part of Tooting's regeneration as a London foodie scene to be reckoned with.
Where? 82 Mitcham Road, Tooting Broadway, SW17 9NG www.brickandliquor.co.uk
On the Menu: Brick & Liquor is all about cocktails and sharing food. Cocktails are laid out in the menu based on their strength. Start with the refreshing Capulet's Garden aka their Bellini made from homemade apple and elderflower puree and Prosecco and steadily work your way through the cocktails until you end up at the rather strong, Side Car Named Desire made from Martell VS cognac, Yellow Chartreuse, lemon juice and homemade pineapple sugar. We're told the food is designed for sharing, it's all food just to pick at – nothing you need a knife for, just a fork to pick and graze at as you drink your cocktails. You'll find the likes of baby back ribs coated in their secret Brick & Liquor rum and coke glaze; lamb skewers in a Moroccan marinade and cod goujons with match stick fries, minted pea puree and tartare sauce.
First Impressions: As any bar should be, on a Friday night, Brick & Liquor was bustling. It wasn't frantic, people weren't jostling to get to the bar, it was more laid back than that, although it still had a cracking sound track. The team are big on hospitality, for them it's not just about serving cocktails but really making sure everyone is having a great time, don't worry they aren't over attentive, they aren't going to try and impose on your evening, they just have a passion for cocktails and going out which is infectious.
The Look: You can tell they've taken inspiration from Manhattan bars, it's got that look of a New York converted warehouse to it – think exposed brick walls, wooden floors, tall tables, copper lighting and brown leather bar stools. It's simple and slick, but the low light give it's an intimate feel.
What We Ate: The food was good, not quite on the same par as the cocktails, but for something just to graze on then it's ideal. Arancini came stuffed with mozzarella and chorizo, ready to be coated in a woody, white truffle mayo. Sirloin steak was marinated in a sweet Teriyaki sauce which had just the right kick to it and you can't go wrong with the pork belly served in a sweet chilli and sesame seed glaze, with a satisfying crispy skin.
What We Drank: We say What We Drank, the question really should be, what did we not drink? Because the cocktails at Brick & Liquor are good, very good, and with all cocktails £9 or under, it's not hard to work your way through the list. For a refreshing but punchy cocktail you'll want the Thyme at the Bar – made from Absolut Blue Vodka, lemon juice, tonic and a homemade sugar and thyme syrup – as we say punchy, but great if you like more savoury cocktails. The Mexican Wave made from Olmeca Altos Plata Tequila, Disaronno, lime juice, grapefruit juice and Crème de Muir is a good one to branch between sweet and strong with just a touch of smokiness. The Banhattan is a must, if you go for one, go for The Banhattan. As the name suggests it's a take on Manhattan with a chocolate, banana twist – it's made from Havana 7 Rum, Dolin Vermouth, Angostura bitters and crème de Bananes. We're told a Salted Caramel Old Fashioned is one of the most popular drinks, it doesn't have quite the same oomph as a regular Old Fashioned, so if you want to move away from sweet cocktails but aren't quite ready for the strength of a regular Old Fashioned add in salted caramel et voila. On the menu as the strongest cocktail, worryingly it doesn't taste that strong it just has that tropical taste from the homemade pineapple sugar and yellow Chartreuse – it's the Side Car Named Desire. Round off the night with one and then have a big glass of water before bed.
Go With: It's ideal for a date, given the fact that it's a bit snug so you can get cosy, but also the music and laid back atmosphere will take away any date nerves – make sure you book ahead, they take bookings via Whatsapp, which is handy. Or, if you don't have a date to take, then head there when you want to go out for drinks but don't fancy going out out. It's open until 2am on Fridays and Saturdays – so plenty of time to get the cocktails in.
Final Word: If you're into your wine head there for #winewednesdays – not only do you learn about wine, but you also get three glasses for £12. Or for more cocktails, their cocktail club is on Thursday, you not only get to learn about cocktails but can also have a go at making a few too.
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Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell is excited about the workhorses at the front of his 2017 starting rotation.
The Red Sox traded for left-hander Chris Sale in December to add to a rotation that includes the 2016 American League Cy Young winner Rick Porcello and former Cy Young winner David Price. Farrell, who finished fourth in the voting for American League Manager of the Year last season, recognizes the value this three-headed monster will bring to his staff.
"I think there were five guys last year in the major leagues who threw over 200 innings, we have three of them," Farrell told NESN's Tom Caron on Saturday at Red Sox's "Baseball Winter Weekend" at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. "To think about those three guys leading the way in addition to Steven Wright, Drew Pomeranz and Eddie Rodriguez we feel good about their core group."
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Archbishop Sheehan celebrates his 50th anniversary of Ordination this year! He was ordained a priest on July 12, 1964, installed as First Bishop of Lubbock, TX in June 1983, appointed Apostolic Administrator of Santa Fe in the spring of 1993.
Five months later he was installed as Eleventh Archbishop of Santa Fe on September 21, 1993.
His Excellency was born in Wichita, Kansas to John and Mildred Sheehan, and raised in Texarkana, Texas. He attended both St. John's High School Seminary and Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, Texas. He then furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he obtained a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1965. Sheehan was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on July 12, 1964.
Upon his return to the United States, he served as parochial vicar at Immaculate Conception Parish in Tyler from 1965 to 1968. Returning to Rome, he earned a doctorate in canon law from the Pontifical Lateran University in 1971. Sheehan served as Assistant General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops/United States Catholic Conference from 1971 to 1976, and as rector of Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas from 1976 to 1982.
He turned 75 this past July and submitted his resignation letter on his birthday.


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Exactly what are convertible sofa beds? I made use of to possess a furniture shop and have lots of experience with this rather special furniture piece. Because I am a specialist on this I wished to provide some benefits and drawbacks of possessing one. Most of us understand what a convertible car is: I'm thinking 1950's corvette, gorgeous blonde, big white framed sunglasses, perhaps a horse tail and a ball cap, a headscarf, and a drive on some gorgeous seaside highway simply for enjoyable. A sofa isn't quite as picturesque, but is definitely something all of us understand and have typical experience with. And last, but definitely not least, is the bed. Unfortunately, not everybody has a bed, but everybody identifieds what one is. When you combine these things together you get an unique and beneficial furniture piece that allows you to transform what seems a typical sofa into a bed.
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In keeping with the high demand for recliner chairs of every type, one can select from a wide range besides the routine ones. These consist of those, which permit height changes in keeping with the requirements, push button types for easy modification of angles for reclining, those which work as a wheelchair where motion disability is present, and the zero gravity types that minimize the tension on your spine making it scientific and highly useful.
Home owners know that purchasing red chair and ottoman is an essential purchase. A nice dressers and chests set for the room is big choice. Discovering items that look excellent together and suit the room are very important to think about. The first thing someone needs to do is measure the location where the dresser could go. One spot might be below a window, so the height of the dresser is very important. There could be a mirror that comes with the dresser, so the where the dresser is placed need to not obstruct a window. Determining how close the dresser will certainly be to the door is very important so the door can open without striking the dresser. A conventional sized dresser generally measures about 30 inches. One can measure as long as 6 feet. A dresser will certainly have anywhere from 6 to nine drawers. People can keep clothing in the drawers. The top of the dresser can be made use of for picture frames and mementos or for revealing off precious jewelry boxes.
By now, you have most likely seen a lot of stores offering discount rates on these extremely in need recliners. You can frequently see tags that say "recliners for sale" and would immediately delve into that enticing offer. Nevertheless, it is important that you look much deeper into this offering before completely thinking its claim of excellent bargain. You need to need to examine first if the recliners for sale are still of high quality to match your needs and preferences. Learn if the product is made up of durable product to guarantee longevity. There is likewise some comfort in identifieding that the chair originated from a trusted brand. In that means, you can feel at ease that the company has been popular in business for several years. Upkeep is likewise essential since you wouldn't wish to spend even more time cleaning it than actually sitting on it.
On the other hand, you will certainly observe that a furnishings that looks like an antique but is not really an antique has the following characteristics; too clean with no indicators of gunk, missing hairline fractures, and with smooth edges and uniformed texture. These are all quality indicators of machine crafted furniture, there's absolutely nothing bad about it but if antique is exactly what you are really needing then indicators that a furnishings is certainly old is exactly what you must check. Antique furnitures always look excellent in any home. It is a priced possession that you must keep and keep in order to have it longer. Caring for it and identifieding the best ways to will certainly keep it excellent as new. Antiques likewise include elegance and harmony to any location, exactly what's even more it has an easy yet extraordinary design and appearance that can go with any style you have inside your house. It is certainly beautiful and wonderful to have timeless Dressers inside the home.
You can only decreased your seat peak and decrease or elevate the back again aid. This leather chair is rather priced for all to enjoy the comfort and ease. Recliner chairs are really basic chairs which can be inclined at varied positions to provide likely support to the sitter for optimum ease and comfort. These are really similar to chairs present in flights and buses, while in a more relaxed and fairly avatar. It is the most helpful piece of home furniture in the residing location nowadays and is useful to take a look at Tv, search a book or simply lie down and relax. It is likewise elegant and includes the considerably essential oomph to your living room.
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Not related to that practice, the cedar chest is more popular than ever. Today, it is valued by individuals of any ages and both sexes for its beauty and toughness, as well as its innate ability to push back bugs and withstand decay. This conventional chest also helps keep traditions alive, by keeping household treasures, pictures, grandma's quilt, priceless holiday accessories, unique linens, laces, and table linens, and other mementos completely preserved as well as smelling excellent.
The couches even offer a large range of seating spaces to assist in the customers. It has actually been speculated that the ten feet modular sofa generally supplies accommodation for no less than four individuals. For this reason, these kinds of settees have actually become the foremost selection of all those individuals or households, who love to arrange huge social gatherings often. A person can even change the layout of these sectional sofas in order to offer even more space and convenience for the welcomed guests. A sectional sofa is generally prevalent in different styles and designs such as, leather, vinyl, nylon, microfiber and so on. Although, the approximate length of these couches are almost ten feet, however it can certainly be extended approximately seventeen. It would be a wise decision to choose just those sofas, which would balance well with the size of your room. As soon as you are successful in doing the same, you can remain assured of experiencing some of the excellent advantages and features.
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Also available in pine are futon beds, consisting of the ever-popular Osumi low level bed produced in best quality redwood pine. Futon low level beds are ending up being ever more popular for attic spaces, mezzanine floors and where a very little, modern look is required. Futon Beds are also available in a selection of wood frames frequently produced in Malaysian rubberwoods, giving a great warm 'golden oak' finish to the lumber. The wood framed futons are a popular choice for homes, offices and conservatories, integrating a comfortable sofa with an east to transform double bed.
A futon is a great piece of functional furniture for your home when you need an extra bed for guests, however you do not have a spare bedroom or your additional bedroom functions as a home workplace as well. These are rather lighter than cotton mattress. You can utilize it as a couch up until it needs to operate as a bed, which uses up less area in the room it is kept in. If you do utilize it frequently for a spare bed, you will certainly want to find the very best mattress possible for your futon so your guests will certainly get a good night's sleep while remaining at your home. When many people think of futons, they probably photo either a thick mattress that can feel as stiff as a board or thin bed mattress that have no support and with which you can feel every part of the futon's frame.
A bed frame not only helps support the mattress and the bulk of the bed, it can likewise be a means of including a charming accent to the room. Choose bed frames that go with the theme you want for your bed room decoration. Bed frames with intricately carved headboards, legs, and feet can add a pleasing and classy appearance and are perfect for a conventional ambiance. For an elegant appearance, you can select leather and wood bed frames. An all-wood bed frame is timeless and can go with a range of themes.
So when it's time to select your bed you have to make some options. The very first choice is to select the style of your bed room, this is the first step. Once you've selected your style you need to pick a bed that harmonizes that style. And you need to research your bed mattress choice by spending a long time checking out lots of different mattresses to see what matches you. So there's a lot to think of when it comes to buying a bed. But keep in mind, the bed you pick is a critical part of the bed room design process, and one of the very first things you must pick, after your style. Everything else flows from your choice of style.
The body requires sleep. It is fine to sometimes have the odd night filled with restless sleep however if this takes place on a regular basis, then this can be harmful to the body. It can also influence the mind and the spirit if you are continuously denied of a fitful night of sleep. Many people discover that it is their beds that are preventing them from achieving the deep sleep so essential in their lives. If you are suffering due to the fact that of a less than appropriate bed mattress, then it is time to travel to the bed room furniture store. The search for the best beds mattresses will be a breeze, yet you must avoid futons due to the fact that they will not offer you the support that you need. More traditional beds will offer you the back and hip support that you require in order to have peaceful sleep. Once you have actually picked the size of bed you want, then possibly you must take the time to look at some of the new bed room collections at your local store or online.
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A lot of importantly, your couch needs to be the ideal size for your space and little enough that it will certainly fit inside your doors and perhaps around corners. Make some mindful measurements before you begin going shopping. In addition to the size of your sofa, there are shape factors to consider. There are a range of shapes, but arm shape is of major concern when determining a design selection. The four major arm types are English standard, roll arm, directly or square, and no arm at all. Search for strong building with tough woods such as maple, poplar, beach or oak. But most of the convenience is incorporated to the cushions so make the effort to experiment with the furnishings and feel free to experiment with your preferred position rather than sitting upright. If you buy cushions made only of foam they'll hold their shape rather well but the convenience is simply average. Search for a mix to get the best of both worlds.
Beds made of futon can likewise come within the form of bunk beds with a twin bed on the top and a double, twin or even single bed below! If you have two children within the specific same space you can use a futon sofa which is a couch during the day however it turns into a comfortable bed in the evening. When it is sleep time just open the sofa into a comfortable bed. Since they played on and around "the bed" all day long it's less of a shift for the kids. For teens and university student futon couches or loungers will fit below loft beds conserving space! When you have a tiny space or dorm room you have the ability to value futon beds that convert into a couch throughout the day! Each one of these futon sofas will fit in a space where little other red chair and ottoman will succeed.
Picking a comfortable couch for your living-room is necessary when you're in the procedure of revamping your house as it is where most household activities happen. Whether you want to take a fast nap, checked out a book or just see television, the couch is the perfect location to sit and relax. Here are certain suggestions to consider before selecting couches to enhance your living-room. The size of your living-room is a vital choosing factor. If you have a huge living-room, you could go for a huge sofa or combine two or more pieces of a sectional together. You could likewise use little, round couches which can match a longer couch design by serving as extra seating. If you entertain commonly, choose a sectional sofa and pair it with a couch to accommodate all your guests. If you have a small living location, go for a small sofa that can still make it look spacious and inviting.
If you have actually had your bed for more than 10 years it is time to buy a brand-new one. Various other signs that your bed is on the escape are: awakening with a neck or backache, feeling the springtimes beneath the surface, or a torn mattress cover. Consider things you like and object to about your present bed. Is the mattress too firm or soft? Is the bed the right size? How would you like it to fit with your decor? Producers generally offer mattresses in company, medium or soft. This is frequently an individual selection, although a bed that is too soft might cause back and pose problems, and if the bed is too tough it can cause pain in your hips and shoulders. A mattress might also be referred to as orthopedic' but this does not mean it is created especially for the back. This only means that it is the firmest mattress in the range so do not be deceived by this when you are choosing a bed.
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The production technique is an additional substantial element to consider with your bed sheet investment. Combed construction creates bed linen that are soft and durable. Compact construction creates bed linen that are resistant to pilling and wrinkles. Flannel sheets are made from a medium-weight material that is has a brushed finish which is slightly raised and fluffy. Jacket bed linen have a stretchy fit and are made of a knitted material like t-shirt material. When getting bedspread, look for shop samples or re-sealable product packaging that permits you to feel the sheets prior to acquiring. Guarantee to inspect the shop's return policy to understand if you can return them if required.
A number of researches world over, have shown that appropriate and ample sleep is a fundamental part of healthy living. So, in case you feel that the frenzied routine has taken a toll on your health and it has become quite hard for you to take appropriate sleep during the night then most likely you have to have an appearance at your bed room if you wish to improve your health. Possibly, the bedding is not appropriate or you may have to have a comfortable pillow while sleeping.
With increasing gas and electrical power prices, simply turning the heating on full might not be a choice over the winter months. Not only will this lead to costly energy expenses, but these days businesses are becoming more conscious about their impact on the environment. By buying some winter-proof linen, you might end up conserving yourself and your company a little fortune in heating expenses.
So exactly what do you have to check out for when selecting Dressers for kids Whether online or in the market, you have to inspect and confirm the make of the furniture. The material utilized plays a crucial role in the resilience of the item. Obviously, kids are naturally born offenders for ruining things, so you 'd want to make certain that the item you will certainly purchase is resilient and strong. Another thing you have to inspect is height. Most kids prefer to get on cabinets, chairs, tables and dressers when playing so pick the one that's not too high. The height must be brief enough for kids to reach it but low enough for them to break a bone if they fall off it. You could likewise want to inspect if the furniture has sharp edges to prevent injuries. There are a lot of other things you have to inspect and see when it comes to buying furniture for your kids, be sure to always pass the policy of safety. Remember that kids are naturally spirited so do not provide them something they can play with to avoid mishaps.
Having one or numerous youngsters in the house can cause it to be a hot spot. Toys, books, clothing, blankets and trinkets the majority of the time get left on the floor for others to step on. We all like our kids, but many times want that there was an easy method to keep their belongings kept off of the floor. Storage sofas are one useful method to stow these items, while keeping them easily accessible for the youngsters. Unlike other modes of storage, a storage sofa is dual functioning. Not just can you use it to sit on, but you can likewise put items underneath the seats in storage compartments. This is useful, specifically when play space is restricted and toy boxes use up too much room. With numerous designs from which to pick and a wide range of fabric selections, it is easy to find a storage sofa that fits your house design.
In furnishing a space, color is an essential consideration. You need to make sure that the color of your furniture is concurring with that of the space. Ottomans furniture can be found in a variety of color that you can choose from. This makes it possible for you to select whichever color will rhyme with the color of your space. Shape is commonly an aspect that is overlooked by many. You need to understand that the shape is an essential element that identifies whether your space looks congested or not. It is also essential to obtain the furniture that will fit in a variety of places. Because the square ottomans are square in shape, it is possible to fit this furniture in a variety of places without providing the impression that the space is congested.
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I think your finest choices for buying the frames is to search for those made of wood and/or metal. These are both tough and trusted. Wooden, broadly, is a much more resilient material and will certainly most likely last a lot longer than your kids will certainly even use their beds. But steel is far more affordable which's certainly something that should be taken into consideration. After all, how lengthy do you wish to have this type of sleeping arraignment after your children mature and leave your home? Depending on their age and gender, you can browse for some novelty themed sets for you children. Maybe your children would such as a baseball or NASCAR themed bed. And obviously there are lots of themes developed specifically for your ladies too. There are lots of choices out there for you when it comes time to actually make mind as much as buy your futon beds. Just do your study online and plan your buy extremely thoroughly. You may not really simply conserve area, but money too.
Futon mattresses come with metal frames and wooden ones and are reputable and strong. Futon mattress can also be utilized as a couch as they can be placed in an upright position. In this way you eliminate area relevant concerns also. You simply need to set your futon mattress when you are ready to go to bed. The futon mattresses are developed in such a means that a couple of persons can sleep comfortably in one mattress. Anyone can afford the Futon slipcovers and mattresses which are relatively inexpensive. The futon can also be fixed instantly at no additional expense as it comes with an assurance. You can also purchase chairs that can match the futon. You can also but the futon slipcover which can cover the mattress and safeguard it from dust and dirt. You can have a well embellished space by choosing matching pillows too.


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What an incredible story. Thanks so much to Netgalley for giving me a copy to review.
This book is part love story, part medical tragedy, and part cookbook, yet it belongs in none of these categories completely. Jessica moves seamlessly between having a brain aneurism, to meeting her husband years earlier, to a recipe to macaroons, to having brain surgery. The reader never has to sort out what time period we are in, or which part of the story is being told, and the recipes are added in a way that feels like they belong. I was doing this and thinking of that, so I went to the kitchen and this is what I made because this is how I was feeling…
The story is riveting. Jessica runs in the gym one day and is randomly felled by a brain aneurism. Not because of genetics, not because she was sick, it just happened to her and it could happen to any of us. She details the surgeries and complications she went through as well as the recoveries. She also goes back in time to tell us of meeting her husband and eventually falling in love, and their early years together. It is ALL interesting. Along the way there are very subtle life lessons passed on, though there is absolutely nothing overt and I don't think she even means to give advice on life. But she learned a lot about life, herself, and her loved ones, and so the reader does too along with her.
The recipes range from simply salting a salmon fillet and baking it, to complicated desserts. There are family recipes, recipes that were shared by her favorite cooks, and recipes from other cookbooks. And because every recipe is there for a meaningful reason, the dishes sound warm, delicious, inviting, and make you want to rush to the kitchen immediately. I would say this book is 90% memoir and barely 10% a cookbook, yet the recipes she includes would be worth the price of the book alone. I may have read a free Netgalley copy, but I'll be purchasing this book for my kitchen shelf.


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Seven RMHC Students Receive Workshop Scholarships
Congratulations to students Nineska Del Rosario, Casey Fox, Shanda Holmes, Morgan Lang, Marah McAleer, Esha Shrestha, and Trine Garlett in the Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling (RMHC) program who were awarded scholarships to attend the upcoming 2 day workshop Facing The Dragon Together: EFT with Traumatized Couple with Dr. Sue Johnson. RMHC is co-sponsoring the May 13 & 14th workshop in Tampa with National Marriage Seminars. It will offer a mixture of didactic presentations, case discussion, viewing and discussion of clinical training tapes and experiential exercises.
Dr. Johnson, a leading innovator in the field of couple therapy, is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 25 years of peer-reviewed clinical research. Students attending the workshop will gain a greater understanding of the use of EFT, known to significantly reduce the symptoms of traumatic stress as well as to help these couples, who often suffer from particularly dysregulated chaotic relationships, move into a secure base of relationship satisfaction, trust and equilibrium. Read more...


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D.D.D., international shipping for MCZ3001DB chips should be fairly cheap because they're tiny. Faster shipping will still be much more expensive than standard, slow shipping.
Question: is it normal for these TVs to make a high-pitched buzzing noise at times such as when the screen is all white?
There was an interesting comment on AVS where someone entertained the theory that the two 1200uf 250v electrolyte capacitors going bad could be behind MCZ3001D* failures. Could they be right?
The OEM part number of the United Chemi-Con 1200uf 250v capacitor listed on TSM is EKMQ251VSN122MR45S. The thing is only rated for 2000hrs at 105°C but there is no realistic alternative at the time of writing. It can be ordered elsewhere but TSM's prices are more reasonable. Don't order those unless you're certain your TV does use caps with those specifications.
You can buy MCZ3001DBs on Amazon.com - there is an entry with 2 ICs and 2 sockets so Shindengen must know what's going on . Shipping to outside the US looks very slow.
It is good to see julian49 was able to fix his KV-HR32 by replacing the IC8002 MCZ3001D only. I suspect it may be worthwhile to try just replacing one of the two MCZ3001D*s and see if that is enough; because if it is it halves the chances of a soldering error or thermal cycling popping a chip later on. Someone on another forum suggested holding the chip into the socket with a clip to prevent it popping out (I would want to be careful to make sure that a conductive clip couldn't cause a short circut).


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Uber Hires Valasek, Miller Computer Engineers For Driver-Less Cars Project
After Google and Apple working on self-driving vehicles, Uber Technologies Inc. too has joined with the cause. It has hired two the computer-security engineers who was in news recently for hacking into a Jeep Cherokee. They gained control of the engine, brakes and steering of the car.
Earlier this year Uber has set up a R&D lab in Pittsburgh with Carnegie Mellon University. The facility is working on self-driving vehicles as well as to improve its mapping and GPS technology.
According to CEO Travis Kalanick of the San Francisco-based car-booking company, the day will come when all the cars of Uber will be of self-driving.
The two engineers hired are Chris Valasek who was director of vehicle-security research at IOActive, and Charlie Miller from Twitter Inc. They will be joining Advanced Technologies Center of Uber and work closely with Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan and Chief Information Security Officer John Flynn.
The ride-hailing company said the two are part of their project to build world-class safety and security program for the company.
Currently the company is working with a team of former Carnegie Mellon University robotics experts to improve its maps and automation technology.
Their recent hack of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles raised awareness how vulnerable to risk are the vehicles today which are loaded with more technology.
After the hack Fiat recalled 1.4 million vehicles in July this year. It also angered the executives of the auto giants as well as the atumobile industry's trade group too.
However, the reaction in Silicon Valley was different where security research of the kind is common.


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Butter Chicken or Murgh Makhani is one Indian dish that is quite well know around the world. It is basically tandoori chicken (Chicken cooked in a tandoor oven) cooked in a mildly spicy, creamy tomato gravy. The gravy is what makes this dish a winner. It is rich and buttery, with a hint of sweetness.
The usual recipe calls for marination of chicken in yogurt and spices for few hours and then cooking it in a tandoor or oven. But my recipe is slightly different. I directly cook the chicken in the flavorful tomato gravy. It is fairly simpler and faster, without compromising on flavor. The result is moist, juicy chicken in a rich, creamy sauce.
Here's my version of Butter Chicken.
Total : 40 Mins Prep : 15 Mins Cooking : 25 Mins
- Butter – 4 Tbsp
- Oil – 1 Tsp
- Boneless diced chicken – 400 grams
- Medium sized tomatoes – 3
- Large onion – 1
- A small piece of ginger
- Garlic cloves – 2
- Turmeric powder – ¼ Tsp
- Red chilli powder – 1 Tsp
- Garam Masala – 1 Tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 Tsp
- Dried fenugreek leaves/ kasuri methi – 1 Tsp
- Salt – 1 Tsp
- Cream – ¼ Cup
- Water – ½ Cup
Tomato onion purée:
Cut tomatoes and onions into quarters. Cut a small piece of ginger and 2 large garlic cloves in halves. Add them all into a blender and blend until smooth.
To cook gravy/sauce:
- In a large saucepan, on a medium flame, melt 2 Tbsp of butter and add 1 Tsp of oil (to prevent butter from burning).
- Add the tomato onion purée, water and spices mentioned in the ingredient list along with salt. Stir and cover with lid. Simmer for 15 minutes.
- Add chicken, cream and dried fenugreek leaves. Gently simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Finish with more butter – 2 tbsp (It's butter chicken folks, so don't hold back 🙂 ). Stir and serve it hot!
Enjoy this with any of these dishes : Jeera or Cumin Rice, Zafrani Pulao, Spinach Pulao, Cabbage Roti, Coconut Methi Rice.


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The validated integration provides a comprehensive e-business solution that enables customer service representatives (CSRs) to quickly access digital versions of customer interactions conducted over multiple channels, including Web, telephone, fax, e-mail, and interactive voice response (IVR) systems. The Siebel Validation Program evaluates and documents integrated third-party solutions by putting them through rigorous technical scrutiny to ensure the highest levels of interoperability and customer satisfaction.
The IBM Content Management/CRM Services Offering can cut response times and increase productivity at customer call centers by enabling call center representatives to access customer bills, correspondences and transactions regardless of the format in which they originated.
"Customer relationships are the lifeblood for every organization," said Andrew Warzecha, vice president META Group. "Individuals that support clients, or clients doing self-service, must have access to all of the information they need to quickly respond to customer questions and concerns. This means building systems that can aggregate the relevant content into a dynamic virtual client folder regardless of whether the source is e-mail, images, Microsoft Word documents, CRM notes, reports or databases. The customer support bar is continually being raised, and those organizations that can exceed client expectations will dominate their markets over the long term."
Integrating IBM's Content Manager and Content Manager OnDemand with Siebel Call Center dramatically improves the productivity of CSRs by removing the limitations of routing paper. The solution allows CSRs to respond more quickly to requests for documents. Specifically, the IBM Content Management/CRM Services Offering saves time by using imaging technology for mail and faxes instead of paper; provides a complete view of customers' contact history; displays reference information such as statements, invoices and receipts; and attaches correspondence and reference information to the appropriate customer cases.
"The introduction of IBM Content Management Services helps bolster our already strong alliance with Siebel Systems, by giving our customers the most comprehensive CRM Solution on the market," said Scott Smith, global practice executive for Knowledge and Content Management Services, IBM. "The integration of IBM's Content Management Portfolio and Siebel e-business applications benefits our customers by giving them instant access to all relevant customer information, including bills, faxes and mail."
"IBM's Content Manager OnDemand application complements Siebel Call Center to help companies improve their customer service," said Michael Straub, technical director of Alliances at Siebel Systems. "We are committed to working closely with IBM to provide our customers with robust, feature-rich, and well integrated e-business applications."
Tryg-Baltica, one of Denmark's largest insurance companies and the third largest purveyor of life and pension products worldwide, recently implemented a solution from IBM and Siebel Systems to provide more personalized service to its customers, giving representatives faster and more complete access to policies, agreements, and claims status.
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THE Kerry team to face Limerick in the Co OpSuperstores Munster Senior Hurling League Round 2 game this Sunday at 2pm in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick has been announced. After last week's 4-20 to 0-12 defeat to Clare, they'll be hoping for a good showing against the Treaty county. The team […]Read more ›


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Charity hits her stride and she really opens up with some great smothering, face fucking and ass worship. She puts Roxi thru her paces and makes her use her tongue to please her. There is some super loud ass and pussy slurping because Charity is so wet from being turned on by dominating her seat. The finale is classic.
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Bmoresbaddgurl had never sat on another woman's face until today. She delights in using her ass to make her slave submit. She smiles every time her slave gasps and tries to escape for some air. She rips open her her fishnets to give her slave some of that big black ass. This ebony lady loves forward and reverse facesitting and face scissors.
Cherri employs the assistance of Ju'C to help her in her efforts to smother Roxi into submission. They really work her over good while having some fun of their own by rubbing all over one another. They even help take off each others tops. Cherri finishes Roxi off on her own with facesitting splits that put her nose right up in her pussy until she surrenders.
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Kelly had already had several orgasms on Roxi's face on this day of shooting. Her pussy was hot and sticky and she was still searching for that perfect spot on Roxi's face to get another orgasm. Sexily she grinds and humps this chicks face, moaning and groaning building up to her her climax. Her wiggling and faceriding leaves Roxi breathless and in a state of panic. She gets Roxi to use her tongue to satisfy her needs.
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Are you thinking about purchasing a black leather jacket? There's no denying the fact that black is a popular color for leather jackets. In fact, it's the second-most popular color in which this classic outerwear is made, surpassed only by brown. A high-quality black leather jacket offers a superior level of versatility, allowing you to wear it with any number of different garments and accessories. But if you want to create a dressier appearance, you'll need to follow a few simple steps.
Stick With Genuine Black Leather
Not all leather jackets are made with genuine leather. Some companies sell jackets made of faux leather. Based on the name alone, you may assume that faux leather is just a different type of leather, but this isn't the case. It's actually a synthetic material comprised of a traditional textile with a plastic-like coating on the outside. A black faux leather jacket will probably cost less than a genuine black leather jacket, but as the saying goes, "You get what you pay for." Faux leather is weaker and less resilient than genuine leather. If you're going to invest in a new black leather jacket, make sure that it's made of genuine leather and not faux leather or any other textile.
Wear It With Black Leather Accessories
Don't forget to wear the right accessories with your black leather jacket. A simple way to dress up a black leather jacket is to accessorize it with other items made of black leather. Women, for example, can accessorize their outfit with a black leather handbag, whereas men can accessorize their outfit with a black leather wristwatch. And regardless of gender, you can always accessorize your outfit with a black leather belt.
Avoid Hooded Black Leather Jackets
Like other forms of outerwear, you can find black leather jackets available with hoods. The hoods usually aren't made of leather, however. Instead, they are made of a softer textile like quilted cotton or wool. When the weather is cool, you can pull the hood over your head for added warmth and protection from the elements. But the problem with hooded jackets is that they are less formal than non-hooded jackets. For this reason, you should avoid wearing a hooded black leather jacket if you want to achieve a dressier style.
Wear Formal Attire Underneath
Another way to dress up a black leather jacket is to wear formal clothes underneath it. It's not uncommon for women to wear a formal dress underneath a black leather jacket. Whether it's a white, red or black dress, it will likely compliment the appearance of a black leather jacket while helping to create a dressier appearance in the process. If you're a man, you can wear a button-up dress shirt with formal trousers or suit pants. Combined with a necktie, this will create a formal, dressy appearance that looks great when worn with a black leather jacket.
Don't Forget Formal Footwear
Footwear can make or break an outfit. To dress up a black leather jacket, you need to wear formal footwear that flows cohesively with the rest of your outfit. There's no single "best" type of formal footwear with which to wear a black leather jacket. It ultimately depends on your personal style as well as the specific occasion. Popular formal footwear choices for women include designer high-heeled shoes and ballet flats, while popular choices for men include Oxfords, loafers and derbies. In terms of color, it's usually best to stick with black so that your shoes match your black leather jacket.
Protect It From Fading
You should take steps to protect your black leather jacket from fading if you want to create a more formal, dressier appearance. There's nothing necessarily wrong with wearing a faded black leather jacket. In fact, some people prefer the aged, vintage look of faded leather jackets. But faded leather jackets, regardless of color, offer a more casual appearance. Therefore, you should work to maintain and protect your black leather jacket from fading. Fading usually occurs from prolonged exposure to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays. You can still wear your black leather jacket outdoors when it's sunny, but you should avoid leaving it outside for long periods of time.
Condition It
In addition to protecting your black leather jacket from fading, you should also condition it. We've discussed leather conditioning before. Basically, though, it's a form of maintenance that involves applying a leather conditioning product like saddle soap to a genuine leather garment. Leather conditioning products contain a proprietary blend of ingredients that moisturize and protect leather from damage. When used regularly, it will create a shiny "luster" that leaves your black leather jacket looking like new. Just remember not to overdo it, as conditioning leather too frequently can saturate it with excess moisture. For most black leather jackets, you should only condition them once every few months.
Go Cropped
A popular leather jacket style among many fashion-conscious women is cropped. Like other cropped garments, it's characterized by a shorter design that doesn't extend all the way to the waistline. Cropped leather jackets look dressier than traditional-length jackets. The only downside is that they contain offer as much coverage as traditional-length leather jackets.
Leave It Unbuttoned
To button your black leather jacket or not to button it, that is the question. Well, the answer to this question is no — you shouldn't button it. To dress up your black leather jacket, it's recommended that you leave it unbuttoned. Doing so will reveal your underlying garments. And assuming you are wearing a formal outfit underneath, which you should, this will create a more formal appearance. You can still button up your black leather jacket when it's cold outside or you otherwise feel the need to. For a dressier appearance, though, you should leave it unbuttoned all other times. Along with the other tips listed here, this will enhance your outfit to create a dressier appearance.


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Archbishop Gądecki and the Synod of Doom
[In which Dorothy recounts one step in her slow march over to the Dark Side…
Join us, Dorothy! Join the Traddie snark brigade! Nothing any bishop does will ever scare you again!…HJMW]
If you will cast your minds back to October 2014, you may recall the pit of your stomach falling away and panic coursing through your veins as social media filled with the incredible news that, within the first week, the Synod of the Family had suggested communion for the divorced-and-remarried, posited the special gifts and talents of homosexuals (as homosexuals) and lobbied for a special, back-bending welcome for them (as homosexuals). I realize that this is all very zzzzz now, but that evening it was all shiny and new, like a Panzer division heading for Poland in September 1939.
You may also recall that there had been a media blackout, and we had never really been in this situation before, so we believed all we were told. Therefore, you may also remember despair. Mingled panic and hunger drove me out to the local supermarket – by local, I mean a mile away – but I do not remember the walk. We needed groceries, so I bought groceries. I needed strong drink, so I bought strong drink. My mind kept returning to Rome and the preliminary report and the bishops who had produced it.
As a Catholic, I have had some bad, bad moments and witnessed some shocking betrayals–but always from the dumber "peer ministers" and from priests. Oh, yes, of course, there were some nasty gay or covering-up-for-gay-priests scandals involving a bishop there, a Cardinal here. That, however, was about , sin–men behaving badly–not doctrine. Not doctrine.
The Borgias did everything else (we are told), but I never heard they messed with doctrine.
"Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been six hours since my last confession."
"Dear me, Cesare. What have you gotten up to in six hours?"
"I have beaten a servant within an inch of his life and had sex with my mistress."
"Normal sex or bizarre?"
"Nevertheless, Cesare, those are very serious sins. Try to temper your hot blood with prayer. For your penance, walk around the church on your knees, while reciting the Lord's Prayer 150 times.
"Yes, Father."
"And tell your mother and Lucrezia I'll be home in time for supper."
Alexander VI was a colourful guy, but at no point did he come out and preach to the world that sexual sins were not really sins after all… and then pose for portraits with his mistress. Thus the average Catholic, who was an illiterate peasant toiling away in the fields singing local hymns in honour of the Mother of God, was neither as scandalized nor as unhappy as little Dorothy standing in the check-out queue at Tesco with a bottle of gin.
"Lord, to whom can we go?" I prayed. The Orthodox? What? To the Errors of the Greeks? No. The Ukrainians? Same bishops, same Rome. Copts? Same old Rome. Rome. Rome. Rome. Because ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia. I was stuck. Stuck. Stuck. Stuck. There is only Rome, and Rome was a heretic.
I went home with the groceries and the bottle and poured myself a big old G & T before turning to the computer again. And then a miracle happened. A Polish miracle. This is how I imagine it happened:
"Ale bzdury!" shouted Archbishop Gądecki, reading the preliminary report. "This is rubbish. Absolute rubbish. Dangerous, anti-marriage, anti-Catholic rubbish. Who wrote this stuff?"
"Well, Your Grace, it would seem that his Grace Archbishop Forte…"
But Archbishop Gądecki had disappeared, gone in a swirl of black and purple as he marched to Vatican Radio. Flunkies bowed before him, and the staff in the "Eastern" European division fell to their knees and bopped their foreheads on the floor before pawing at his hands. Given the choice between being a Hollywood superstar and a Polish bishop, I'd pick Polish bishop, 24/7.
"Oh Your Grace! How happy we are that you are among us! Quick, quick, Michał! It is a bishop!"
"Oh happy day!"
"May I kiss Your Grace's ring?"
Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
"Yes, yes, my children, but stop that now. How does this thing work? Turn it on at once."
And soon thereafter your correspondent, drunk in front of her computer, learned that a Polish archbishop had slagged off the preliminary report and revealed that many–but many–of the bishops had hated it too. Reader, I burst into tears.
Tears coursing down my cheeks, I drunk-blogged my devotion to Archbishop Gądecki, the Polish Bishops Conference, Polish Catholicism, Poland, Polish, pierogies, polkas and the little old ladies who who listen to Radia Maryja in the public toilets while making sure the desperate throw 2 złoty into their tin dishes.
My husband, who was not drunk but had kept a cool head in this crisis, came in and made me take down my encomium, but it may have been something like:
I love you Archbishop Gądecki. May you live forever. May you become the next pope. May you be canonized by the one after you. May your lost family estates in the Ukraine be returned to you, if you actually had any. May I play a significant role in returning them to you. May your spiritual children number as the stars in the sky and the sands along the Baltic Sea.
It is no exaggeration to say that when I was feeling as miserable as a Catholic as I had in my whole life, my faith in the bishops shaken to the marrow, Archbishop Gądecki and his Vatican Radio interview restored my faith in the successors of the apostles. The Polish ones, at least. Or that Polish one.
One of the most aggravating things about the Church, which continues on and on and on, is a culture of secrecy and cover-up and outright lying to the poor people in the pews. Some priests and prelates quite obviously love this. They LOVE it. It gives them so much juicy and delicious POWER. I know something you don't know! I know something you don't know!
However, Archbishop Gądecki is obviously not of this ilk because he keeps on telling Poland what is going on at the Synod. Panamanian bishop thinks Moses more compassionate to married people than Our Lord Jesus Christ? Archbishop Gądecki thinks Poland should know. Someone is distributing pro-homosexual sex propaganda written by women theologians? Archbishop Gądecki thinks Poland should know that, too.
And why? Presumably because Archbishop Gądecki is the President of the Polish Bishops Conference, and he models himself on the Good Shepherd who thinks first of his sheep, and not of hanging out with the other shepherds and their hirelings, back-slapping and telling jokes while the sheep fall into ditches and are carried off by wolves.
So God bless Archbishop Gądecki, and may a team of Catholics begin simultaneously translating his blog into all the languages of the world.
HJMW: we offer below some soothing reading material that pairs well with G&Ts.
Abp. Gądecki: Synod document departs from the teaching of John Paul II and succumbs to anti-marriage ideology
Abp. Gadecki: 'Gender Ideology Is Worse Than Marxism'
Archbishop Gadecki: Reducing Theology to Sociology Has No Future
Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, President of the Polish Episcopal Conference on the divorced and remarried and spiritual communion
The Great Division – Wojtyła Nation to the Rescue. President of the Polish Bishops' Conference: "Synod Document Unacceptable"


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Canalys are another one of these data crunching companies who routinely provide us with interesting data analysis which shows how the current markets, trends and predictions are panning out. For instance, very recently, Canalys were the ones who highlighted that Samsung seemed to have been ousted by Micromax in India, in terms of units shipped. Samsung, of course, did contend these findings, adamantly stating that they are still the leaders. Either way though and regardless of who is leading the Indian market, the data highlights that Samsung seem to be losing their foothold in India.
Well, back in 2013 Canalys released a report predicting that somewhere in the region of 5 million smartwatches will be shipped in 2014. That was a big claim and one which if realized, would certainly have cemented smartwatch's place as a mainstream product. Now of course, you won't need a data company to tell you that in 2014 smartwatches were big business. We saw them launched (or at least announced) by virtually every big smartphone OEM and all the talk over the last few months have been around smartwatches. That said, a new report published today by Canalys (source link below) reveals the number of smartwatches sold in 2014, was lower than what we might have thought. At least in terms of Android Wear devices.
According to the new figures, 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014. This was out of the overall 4.6 million smart wearables that were sold. Of the main offerings, it will be little surprise to learn that the Moto 360 was the big seller and remained so throughout Q4. The report also highlights that LG's G Watch R significantly performed better than the original G watch. These two indicate how dominantly rounder smartwatches seem to be preferred to non-round devices. If you are wondering how the mighty Samsung did, then the reports highlights that due to their influx of wearable devices (6 in 14 months), Samsung remained the leader in the 'smart band' market. That said, there was no notable mention in terms of its actual smartwatch offerings, as standalone products. Although Canalys VP Chris Jones did comment that Samsung will have to work hard to attract developers in the future while they shift their focus to Tizen based wearables.
Although the overall number of smartwatches seems low, it is worth remembering that Android Wear devices did not effectively hit the market until the summer and as such the 720,000 figure is much more akin to a six month time-frame, then the year as a whole. With more and more companies expected to launch Android Wear offerings in 2015, we might see that number significantly jump by this time next year.