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Sports update: Trout, Angels agree to $1 million, 1-year contract
TEMPE, Ariz. — Mike Trout has his first seven-figure contract. Up ahead is what figures to be a nine-figure deal.
"It feels good," Trout said Wednesday after agreeing to a $1 million, one-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels.
The salary is the highest for a one-year major league contract for a player not yet eligible for arbitration who wasn't coming to the big leagues from Japan or Cuba or wasn't required to have a larger amount because of the maximum cut rule. Ryan Howard earned $900,000 with Philadelphia in 2007 and Albert Pujols with St. Louis in 2003.
Trout will become eligible for arbitration after this season and could become a free agent after the 2017 World Series. The sides are thought to be discussing an agreement through 2020 in the $150 million range.
Trout wouldn't talk about the possibility of a multiyear contract.
"I just go out there to play the game," he said. "If the money is where it's at, that's where it's going to be."
By agreeing to a one-year contract now with the 22-year-old, the Angels avoid having a long-term deal count toward their 2014 luxury tax payroll.
"It's a landmark to do a $1 million with a two-plus player," Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said. "I think it's fitting and Mike's earned that and we're glad to provide that for him."
Trout was voted AL Rookie of the Year and finished second in MVP voting in 2012, when he hit .326 with 30 homers and 83 RBIs, and led the majors with 129 runs and 49 steals. He was second again to Detroit's Miguel Cabrera in MVP voting last year, when he batted .323 with a .432 on-base percentage, 27 homers, 97 RBIs and 33 steals.
"We thought his performance was exceptional," Dipoto said. "There are players that force you to break rules. What he did for two consecutive years forced us to break our own rule. His performance certainly merited us to do differently than any of the others."
Trout had a $482,500 salary as a rookie and earned a $10,000 bonus for winning Rookie of the Year. The Angels renewed his contract last year for $510,000 — just $20,000 above the major league minimum at the time.
"The Angels could have easily just done the same thing that they did last year," Trout said. "It makes you feel good inside. It makes you feel like they really want you here. It means a lot to me."
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Obama offers faith groups new birth control rule
Facing a wave of lawsuits over what government can tell religious groups to do, the Obama administration on Friday proposed a compromise for faith-based nonprofits that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans.
Some of the lawsuits appear headed for the Supreme Court, threatening another divisive legal battle over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, which requires most employers to cover birth control free of charge to female workers as a preventive service. The law exempted churches and other houses of worship, but religious charities, universities, hospitals and even some for-profit businesses have objected.
The government's new offer, in a proposed regulation, has two parts.
Administration officials said it would more simply define the religious organizations that are exempt from the requirement altogether. For example, a mosque whose food pantry serves the whole community would not have to comply.
For other religious employers, the proposal attempts to create a buffer between them and contraception coverage. Female employees would still have free access through insurers or a third party, but the employer would not have to arrange for the coverage or pay for it. Insurers would be reimbursed for any costs by a credit against fees owed the government.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the plan would satisfy the objections of Roman Catholic charities and other faith-affiliated nonprofits nationwide challenging the requirement.
Kyle Duncan, general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing religious nonprofits and businesses in lawsuits, said many of his clients will still have serious concerns.
"This is a moral decision for them," Duncan said. "Why doesn't the government just exempt them?"
Neither the Catholic Health Association, a trade group for hospitals, nor the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had an immediate reaction, saying the regulations were still being studied.
Some women's advocates were pleased.
"The important thing for us is that women employees can count on getting insurance that meets their needs, even if they're working for a religiously affiliated employer," said Cindy Pearson, executive director of the National Women's Health Network.
Policy analyst Sarah Lipton-Lubet of the American Civil Liberties Union said the rule appeared to meet the ACLU's goal of providing "seamless coverage."
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a statement that the compromise would provide "women across the nation with coverage of recommended preventive care at no cost, while respecting religious concerns."
The birth-control rule, first introduced a year ago, became an election issue, with some advocates for women praising the mandate as a victory but some religious leaders decrying it as an attack on faith groups.
The health care law requires most employers, including faith-affiliated hospitals and nonprofits, to provide preventive care at no charge to employees. Scientific advisers to the government recommended that artificial contraception, including sterilization, be included in a group of services for women. The goal, in part, is to help women space out pregnancies to promote health.
Under the original rule, only those religious groups that primarily employ and serve people of their own faith — such as churches — were exempt. But other religiously affiliated groups, such as church-affiliated universities, Catholic Charities and hospitals, were told they had to comply.
Catholic bishops, evangelicals and some religious leaders who have generally been supportive of Obama's policies lobbied fiercely for a broader exemption. The Catholic Church prohibits the use of artificial contraception. Evangelicals generally accept the use of birth control, but some object to specific methods such as the morning-after contraceptive pill, which they argue is tantamount to abortion, and is covered by the policy.
Obama had promised to change the birth control requirement so insurance companies — and not faith-affiliated employers — would pay for the coverage, but religious leaders said more changes were needed to make the plan work.
Since then, more than 40 lawsuits have been filed by religious nonprofits and secular for-profit businesses contending the mandate violates their religious beliefs. As expected, this latest regulation does not provide any accommodation for individual business owners who have religious objections to the rule.
Questions remain about how the services ultimately will be funded. The Health and Human Services Department has not tallied an overall cost for the plan, according to Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, an HHS deputy policy director.
However, in its new version of the rule, the department argues that the change won't impose new costs on insurers because it will save them money "from improvements in women's health and fewer child births."
The latest version of the mandate is now subject to a 60-day public comment period. The overall mandate is to take effect for religious nonprofits in August.
Zoll reported from New York. Associated Press writer David Crary in New York contributed.


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Monday, May 2, 2011
Did Jesus appear first to his Mother after the Resurrection?
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Another source of the saints worth considering is the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The fourth week of these Exercises, which focus contemplation on the Resurrection of the Lord, begin with an imaginative Ignatian meditation on "How Christ Our Lord Appeared to Our Lady." The meditation includes imagining the setting at Mary's home, the joy of such an encounter, etc. [SpEx 218-224]
May God bless your writing and vocations and thank you for your service to the Church.
- May 2, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Thank you for the specific reference to the Spiritual Exercise!
Certainly, St. Ignatius of Loyola deserves special mention as (perhaps) the saint who has done the most to inspire this devotion in the Church.
Blessings and peace. +
- May 2, 2011 at 6:26 PM
Dear Father,
This is one of those questions that makes me think that, while Our Lady was the source for many of the passages of the NT, the Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, etc, we might best see her gentle hand in what is not in Scripture. Might She not have said, "These passages and no others. Concentrate on My Son, not on me." In this way, the BVM would gently, with the inspiration of her Spouse the Holy Spirit, curb the natural inclination of the Gospel writers to include more about her. This is perhaps wild speculation but... Thank you for addressing a most compelling subject, Father.
Ignem Mittere in Terram
- May 2, 2011 at 7:07 PM
- Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosque said...
Dear Father. Splendid. God Bless you. That was so well-written and balanced and it truly warmed my heart.
I love the idea of the symmetry of Mary giving Birth in a Cave and then being the first to receive confirmation that her Son had been reborn in a Cave.
I'm copying and saving your piece.
- May 3, 2011 at 4:33 AM
- A. T. Wallace said...
I would lean toward Our Lord not appearing at all to Mary, His mother, after His resurrection. As Reginaldus put it in the post, "Mary already knew and believed that her Son would rise, she had no need to see – Blessed are they that have not seen, and have believed (John 20:29)."
The Resurrection was needed to confirm the faith of the Apostles, to instruct them in various matters, to confer the primacy on Peter. Our Lord didn't need to appear to His mother. She knew, trusted, and loved Him more than all the apostles combined.
Let us also remember that one of the last things Jesus did before expiring on the cross was to give His mother to the care of St. John (see Jn 19:26-27). Of course, this is speculation, but why wouldn't He say this during one of His appearances after the resurrection? It even seems more fitting, to me at least, that He would do this immediately before His ascension.
One final point. St. Paul considers to whom Jesus appeared. Mary is not listed.
"[4] that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, [5] and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. [6] Then he appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. [7] Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. [8] Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me." (1 Cor 15:4-8)
- May 3, 2011 at 5:17 AM
I have no problem with this, that like a good jewish son, he appeared to his mother.
- May 3, 2011 at 7:01 AM
Perhaps an angel showed Mary a vision of the Risen Lord?
- May 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM
I am with Dom Gueranger.
It only makes sense that Our Lord would comes first to His Mother. No doubt, She firmly believed and knew that He would in fact rise from the dead. It doesn't matter that Our Lord didn't need to appear to His Mother. He loved Her and She meant the world to Him. And only in Heaven will we know what She suffered on His account.
- May 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
If you are with Dom Gueranger, then you are in good company! :)
[on the other hand, St. Thomas Aquinas is pretty good company too!]
- May 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM
Eastern Catholics and Orthodox Christians answer with teh Ressurrectional Troparion in Tone 6, which is central to prayer and Divine Liturgy: "The Angelic Powers were around your tomb and the gurads became as dead,... then you dispolied Hades without being tried by it and you met the Virgin, o giver of life ..." Yes, Jesus met his mother.
- May 3, 2011 at 11:07 AM
Fr. Reginaldus, maybe someday (God willing!)!! I look forward to meeting my friends in Heaven and hope that there is a period of "getting acquainted" with them before being engulfed in the Beatific Vision.
- May 3, 2011 at 11:18 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Anonymous (11:07am),
While it is certainly true that the Eastern Rites contain numerous liturgical prayers which commemorate the Lord's visit to his Mother, we also have to be careful to examine the context of each text.
For example ... the portion of the Resurrectional Troparion in Tone 6 which you cite does not seem to be decisive ... Mary Magdalene is called a "virgin" by St. Ambrose and there is an early tradition (I believe also in the East) that she was a virgin ... hence, whether the line "you met the Virgin" refers to the Virgin Mother or to the "virgin" Mary Magdalene is not entirely clear from the passage you have cited (neither does the capatalization of "Virgin" solve the question, since such capatalization is almost certainly not original).
However, it is worth noting (as I do in the article) that many many liturgical texts of the East do speak of a prior apparition to the Mother of God ... [why none of the Eastern Fathers mention the tradition, I do not know] ...
- May 3, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Am at a loss what purpose these argument would serve. Is the resurrection enhanced in anyway if it is believed that he first appeared to his mother? I am of the view that our God is more interested in all of us returning to Him, our first Love. These arguments may further create divisions in the body of Christ. Sam.
- May 3, 2011 at 2:02 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Samuel Oviawe,
I'm sorry that you see it that way ... the Catholic spiritual tradition has long asserted that it is very helpful to know certain specific details of Christ's life which are not expressed directly in the Gospels -- the idea is that it helps us to meditate better.
Thus, many traditions about Christ's life (traditions which need not necessarily be held, but may be helpful to the life of prayer) have been honored by the saints and theologians ...
Here are two examples of such traditions:
1) The stations of the Cross contain traditions that are not expressly recorded in the Bible (the three falls, the meeting with his Mother and with Veronica, etc.)
2) numerous traditions about St. Joseph (that he was older, or that he was young)
Now, are you advocating that we stop praying the stations of the Cross?
Are you advocating that we stop venerating statues of St. Joseph? (since the Bible gives no description of his age and, therefore, we have to guess when we make a statue)
Personally, I believe that consideration of these themes -- though not strictly necessary to the faith -- can be a great aid in the spiritual life.
Apparently Bl. John Paul II thought the same ... that is why he dedicated a Wednesday audience to the topic of whether or not Jesus appeared first to our Lady.
- May 3, 2011 at 3:41 PM
I agree that Mary would not have needed to see her son. The Human person had been given over so to speak to John for her wordly care and thus was with someone who loved her as much as the "human"son (no dichotomy intendded here and no hersey either). Mary who had expeienced both angelic revelation and pondered things in her heart would know that her son had risen and I think this is not only more logical but more fully reveals the Mary we have venerated for eons and is thus a deeper and more mystical entity without losing nay of the maternal aspect of her womanhood. thios in a sense challenges to believe fully and avoid the temptation to reduce Divine activity to the sphere of mere human experiences.Jim
- May 3, 2011 at 4:18 PM
Something that has always haunted me is wondering how Our Lady survived all those years separated from her Son, living with the experience, memories and horror of His crucifixion.
This article seems to have provided me a new perspective. I had always subscribed to the idea that Jesus, of course, would have appeared to His Mother first, but it occurs to me, for very human reasons.
Now, however, I wonder if He didn't actually need to appear to His Mother in His glorified state. What a delightful and fascinating thought that He may have made His presence known to Her, first, in a much greater, more gifted, mysterious and lasting way?
- May 3, 2011 at 6:26 PM
Without attempting to provide an answer to this discussion, as I am writing 'on the fly', I would like to point out a couple of methodological aspects that could be improved.
They focus on the use of arguments from Tradition against this possible apparition.
First, the use of Mk cannot be considered overwhelming, since we must also consider 1 Cor 15, as quoted by dmw (etc.). Paul does not mention the apparition to Mary Magdalene either. Both passages must be taken in their context. Paul is making an ecclesially oriented argument. Mark is ostensibly talking about public apparitions. One should remember that the Evangelists, while obviously writing accounts of historical events, only include the aspects most pertinent for the theological point they are making, lest the world be filled to overflowing with books on what Jesus did and said. Scripture does not speak of the dormition of Mary, which is virtually impossible to argue against. Yet, the argument for her dormition and assumption remains unity with all aspects of the life and mystery of Christ. These arguments call, in those cases, for more than a spiritual unity. It would seem probable that similar consequences of this unity are found here.
The second is the use of a sed contra from ST. This is a weak argument regarding Thomas' opinion (please take that technically, not argumentatively). Thomas does not tend to comment on sed contras in the ST. If this were a sed contra that he left uncommented in a QD, where he usually responds, it would be more valuable. Finally, remember that Thomas was wrong about the Immaculate Conception. His Marian theology is not his strong point, while Trinitarian theology, Christology, and Eucharist are.
Finally, you are right that, for the moment, Catholics may hold either belief. However, I hope that the issue becomes ever clearer, as a clarity on this point similar to that we have for the dormition would be spectacular.
Thank You for your work and reflections!
- May 4, 2011 at 12:54 AM
Thank you father, it does give some food for thought!
I'm inclined to side with the witness of scripture, the early fathers, and the Angelic Doctor, yet my great love for the Blessed Virgin pushes me to find a better explanation.
I wonder if the Assumption could give a hint into this? Our Lady certainly had a 'exalted participation' in the Resurrection: for she would shortly have a share in the bodily resurrection, while the rest of the disciples, and ourselves, would have to wait much longer. So while the disciples had to see Christ glorified to be witnesses to His resurrection, Our Lady witness consisted in her participation and sharing in it.
I don't even know if I'm making any sense!
But I guess we're dealing with the 2 things that the scriptures seem to be deliberately hazy about: they speak little about Our Lady, and they certainly give confusing accounts of the resurrection: all underscoring the great mystery of these 2 subjects.
- May 4, 2011 at 3:19 AM
My Dear people of God, I am surprised there is any discussion about whether or not Jesus Christ appeared to His Holy Mother first immediately after His Resurrection. How many times do the Gospels mention the relationship or encounters of Jesus with His Holy Mother? Very few. Does that mean Jesus abandoned His Mother or never visited her during the 3 years of His public life. CERTAINLY NOT!!!!. The Mother of Christ is mentioned only when it is necessary to emphasize her pre-eminent and pre-ordanined position in the Redemption Mystery foretold in the Book of Genesis. Common sense screams at everyone of us that when Jesus rose from the dead the very first person to see Him, hug Him with joy and even share a meal with Him, was His Holy Mother. We do not need to see it in black and white in Bible to believe this with total conviction. Mary42
- May 4, 2011 at 3:44 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Mary42 and Dr. S,
Regarding the scriptural evidence.
I think you are both missing an important point ... it is not so much that the Scriptures are silent about an apparition to the Mother of God ... silence wouldn't lead to any conclusion at all.
My point (as well as the point of the Catechism and the sed contra of St. Thomas) is that the Scriptures ARE NOT silent when it comes to the first apparition.
Mark states: "He appeared FIRST to Mary Magdalen."
Now, I am not saying that this one passage decides the issue ... I am only saying that this would at least tend to make us thing that Jesus really did appear first to the Magdalene rather than to his Mother ...
I am not making an argument from silence ... I am making an argument from what appears to be a very clear statement.
[though I am not necessarily concluding one way or the other]
Peace. +
- May 4, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
@Dr. S,
Regarding St. Thomas' Marian theology ... I would have to disagree with your statement that "Marian theology is not his strong point" ...
If your PhD is in theology, I am sure you well know that those who were holding to the Immaculate Conception were actually holding to it in a way that we would now consider heretical -- for they (namely, the Franciscans and others) argued that, by the Immaculate Conception, Mary did not need to be redeemed.
Among those of his time, St. Thomas' belief is closer to the truth!
Moreover, the dogma of the Immaculate Conception is largely founded on the principles which are established and developed by St. Thomas in his treatise on Mary -- ST III, qq.27-34.
There is no need to enter into the wider debate about St. Thomas' doctrine on Mary ... but I cannot let a red-herring like that go entirely unanswered ...
In any case ... the question of the first post-Resurrection apparition is not primarily point of Marialogy, but of Christology -- and, as you stated, Christology is the Angelic Doctors strong point.
- May 4, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Kathleen Hockey said...
I haven't read all the comments in detail but it seems to me if Blessed Mother was intimately united with her Son in ways we will never understand, then she experienced His Resurrection in ways we will never understand; and probably not the way Mary Magdalen experienced it.
- May 4, 2011 at 11:44 AM
I would simply like to repeat that I am not trying to resolve the issue.
My point about Scripture is that it is not correct methodology to presume that something is a dogmatic statement or historically exclusive affirmation without an enormous level critical of demonstration, because the text is always highly complex and subtle, even when it appears simple. You could be right, but it is only an intuition at this point. However, in this mariological question, the Tradition of the Church, not only in her spiritual writers and many of her theologians, but also in her dogmatic proclamations, goes against this type of absolute reading here. Scripture does not stand alone, it must be interpreted within the whole Tradition, which regards in particular dogma and Papal teaching, such as that of John Paul II.
My point about Thomas has been missed I feel. This is a sed contra. Thomas is not promoting his own opinion, and he does not return to this passage in the corpus or responses. Further, this was obviously not a burning question of his, and he was not at all attempting to deal with it in the article in question. I will just have to agree to disagree with you about the importance of his theology for Mariology. I love Thomas, and wrote my doctoral thesis on his Trinitarian theology, however, I think the history of dogma shows well enough that the major developments in Mariology, the most important of which were before Thomas, are not from his work. Finally, it is not totally accurate that those who promoted the concept of the Immaculate Conception at that time were stating that Mary was therefore not redeemed by Christ. This was not yet a specific aspect of the debate (perhaps one could find some author...). What was said, quite clearly, is that this was an act of grace, and this grace, as all grace, came through Christ the Head. CF Bonaventure, on this position he does not agree with: Fidei etiam christianae, ut dicit positio praedicta, non repugnat, pro eo quod dicunt, ipsam Virginem ab originali peccato liberatam per gratiam quae quidem pendebat et ortum habebat a fide et, capite Christo, sicut gratiae aliorum Sanctorum.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- brencel said...
Reginaldus in his May 4, 9.41AM post writes that "the question of the first post-Resurrection apparition is not primarily point of Marialogy, but of Christology".
Hence, let us examine the issue from Christ's perspective. Jesus was a Jew who obeyed the Ten Commandments; the fourth being to honour your father and mother.
Jesus would not have been honouring His mother, Mary, if He had appeared to anyone else before appearing to His mother. So it is difficult to believe that Jesus did not appear to Mary first.
It would have been in keeping with Mary's character not to mention this post-resurrection visit.
- May 4, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
brencel et al.
Let me be extremely clear: I am not saying now, nor have I ever written previously, that Jesus did not appear first of all to his Blessed Mother.
I have only written that there is room for multiple views when it comes to this belief -- Bl. John Paul II does not contradict this ... he only says that we "may" believe he appeared first of all to his Mother, not that we "must" believe it.
brencel, your argument (that it would have been a sin for Christ not to appear first of all to his Mother) is way out of line.
It is one thing to say that it is possible, or even likely, and indeed extremely fitting that Jesus should appear first to his Mother ... but to say that "Jesus would not have been honouring His mother, Mary, if he had appeared to anyone else before" her?! That is just too much ... you are taking a pious belief (one which I am very open to agreeing with) and making it into a sententia certa ...
- May 4, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Dr. S,
The "sed contra" is cited as the divine authority upon which the faith is based [the belief being that no one saw Christ rise because Mary Magdalene was the first to see him and she did not see him rise].
However, you are quite right (and I should have said this more clearly before) that St. Thomas does not return to the point.
Indeed, it is not so much that St. Thomas Aquinas denies that Jesus appeared first of all to his Mother -- he only presumes (following the most natural reading of the Scriptures) that Jesus "appeared first to Mary Magdalen".
Like the early Fathers, the question of whether Jesus appeared first to his Mother does not seem to have even entered the mind of the Angelic Doctor ... it was simply presumed that the Lord appeared first to Mary Magdalene.
Hence, as you stated, I should not present St. Thomas as though he is opposed to the pious belief, but only as one whose general thought on the subject would preclude the devotion.
- May 4, 2011 at 2:55 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
Regarding the interpretation of Mark 16:9 "He appeared first to Mary Magdelen" ... I would never intend to interpret this one passage apart from the Tradition or the magisterium ... hence I look to CCC 641, "Mary Magdalene and the holy women [...] were the first to encounter the Risen One."
Now, Bl. John Paul II apparently did not see it that way ... and so we are certainly free to think either way on the issue.
But it is simply not accurate to present me as taking a single passage of the Bible out of context and interpreting it separate from the magisterium and the Tradition.
There is room for diversity of opinion ... neither side needs to be condemned ...
- May 4, 2011 at 2:58 PM
I am sorry if you got the impression I was claiming you are taking a passage out of context. That was certainly not what I meant to say. I in fact stated that you may be correct. Instead, I was communicating that we are at a pre-critical stage in the strictly biblical aspect of the discussion, and much has to be done before the passage can be considered determining. I then continued to speak of Tradition, because it tends to support the interpretation of an apparition (all can see that there are variants, as one would find on almost any theological topic). The strongest part of that argument in my mind is that affirmation of an apparition is completely in line with the major line of Mariology that was used to define dogmatically numerous points about her role. This of course means that denial of it requires an almost completely inverse theological perspective to defend. If the CCC was published under JP II's authority, we should probably not use it as an argument against his position, as that would not be hermeneutically correct however. I would hope everyone reading these comments understands I am not attempting to condemn you, although public discussion on the internet is always awkward, because it is so easy to read things in a 'harder' sense than they are written in. This is certainly the most difficult aspect of your labor here. As you said, + Peace
- May 4, 2011 at 11:10 PM
It is the month of May dedicated to Our Lady.
Why don't we just ask Her ourselves? Maybe She will tell us.
- May 5, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- brencel said...
Reginaldus, we are talking about a sacrament, not a "pious belief."
- May 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
... ? ...
Which of the 7 sacraments are we discussing?
... I'm terribly confused ...
- May 5, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- brencel said...
You should be confused, Reginaldus, as I meant commandment not sacrament. Sorry for the confusion!
- May 6, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
oh! :)
Now I understand ... my point about the "pious devotion" refers not to the question of WHETHER Jesus would honor his Mother Mary, but HOW Jesus would honor her.
To me, it seems entirely plausible that he would honor her through an interior illumination of divine grace -- such that not appearing to her is a testament to the whole world that she is the Woman who alone maintained the faith on Holy Saturday.
On the other hand, it is also possible that he honored his Mother by appearing first of all to her.
As far as the Church is concerned, either pious belief is acceptable.
Peace to you! +
- May 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosque said...
This may sound irrational - much of what I think and write is - but I fancy a symmetry in which The Theotokos is the first to see Him at The Incarnation in a Cave and the first to see Him after The Resurrection in a Cave and Dom Gueranger, in entry after entry, insists that Jesus appeared to His Mother first.
But, I do respect the way you laid-out the issue and I appreciate your open-mindedness.
At least this ain't a Molinism-Thomism moment :)
- May 12, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
[in a comment mistakenly deleted on account of a crash in the blogger website] I am not Spartacus wrote:
"This may sound irrational - much of what I think and write is - but I fancy a symmetry in which The Theotokos is the first to see Him at The Incarnation in a Cave and the first to see Him after The Resurrection in a Cave and Dom Gueranger, in entry after entry, insists that Jesus appeared to His Mother first.
But, I do respect the way you laid-out the issue and I appreciate your open-mindedness.
At least this ain't a Molinism-Thomism moment :) "
- May 13, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosque said...
Dom Gueranger, "The Liturgical Year," has another example of Jesus appearing first to Mary.
From "Tuesday of the fourth week of Easter," he quotes a 9th century sequence by Saint Gall:
"...Jesus triumphs; he appears to them that love him, to Mary first..."
- May 17, 2011 at 5:06 AM
- Father Ryan Erlenbush said...
I am not Spartacus,
Are you sure that this sequence of St. Gall refers to Mary the Mother of God rather than to Mary the Magdalen?
I don't know one way or the other ... I am only saying that the passage you have quoted does not seem decisive.
If you could give me the full citation, that would be helpful. Thanks! +
- May 17, 2011 at 8:22 AM
- Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosque said...
Dear Father. I am still searching for it on google.
Because the Saint-to-be has multiple references to Jesus appearing first to Mary in his entries at Paschal time, I just assumed ti referred to His Mother, Mary.
But, I specialise in errors, so :)
In any event, the Sequence of St Gall begins..."Laudes Salvatoris, Voce modulemur supplici, Et devotis melodiis Coelesti Domino...and when I thought it refered to Jesus first appearing to Mary...
""Et victor suis apparens dilectoribus vivens, Primo Mariae..."
I'lll keep searching
- May 17, 2011 at 12:43 PM
Perhaps this is not worth the mention but I think we are discussing Mark 16:9...not Mark 9:16...for what it is worth! Anyway without a lot of further blather...who but one unfamiliar with the nature of Jewish moms and their sons would believe for one second Jesus would not deliver, in Person, the Good News first to His mother. End of discussion!!
- May 22, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- gedda fan said...
I like to think that the SON took his foster Father with Him to see Mary- and reunite the Holy Family.... I recall a reference to this from reading some of the early fathers..... on His ascent from the Limbo of the Fathers ... certainly within the scope of possibles for a most devoted obedient SON, to have His mom and ' Dad '. with Him celebrating the fruits of their sacrifices .....
Gedda fan
- May 22, 2011 at 1:42 PM
- GodAlwaysWatches said...
Fr. Reginaldus:
I am probably the most nonentity, or one among them, when it comes to blogging and argumrentation. But somewhat similar to 'I am not Spartacus', I do have thoughts about certain scriptural matters that at the time I was thinking of such, I did not have specific knowledge nor did I do any prior research on it. All I did was ponder about it. But by God's grace, it would turn out later that my thought is not heretical or contrary to the Church teaching, because I always pray not to entertain any thought contrary to the teachings of our Holy Mother Church.
One of this was the nature and truth of our Lord's Resurrection [which, thanks to you, you've already covered in another article, http://newtheologicalmovement.blogspot.com/2011/04/lazarus-resuscitation-compared-to-jesus.html]. Although I was approaching it from a different perspective: The question I was reflecting on was, "If Jesus was resurrected and appeared to His apostles and disciples, why was he not being tempted and annoyed by Satan and the evil spirits anymore?" And at that time, I wasn't familiar with the glorified essense of His being. Then, I also pondered on the scientific nature of his passing through the closed door: Did the molecules of His Body kind of interspersed with those of the door and other earthly materials?
It was only later, after I read about our Lord's Resurrection in the Mystical City of God of Sr. Mary of Agreda that I began to be more enlightened about His glorified nature, and among other things, glorified body - His or the elects in the future - can occupy the same space as those of earthly entity. Furthermore, the then Cardinal J. Ratzinger's 'The Truth of the Resurrection' [http://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2007/ratzinger_resurrectionitc_mar07.asp] from his book, Introduction to Christianity, and more recently, the entire Chapter Nine of our Pope's Jesus of Nazareth, Part 2, [pages 241-277] have enriched my understanding of the Resurrection.
The reason why I'm bringing this up is because when I came across the subject about our Blessed Mother as being favored to be the first witness of His Resurrection also in the same book, Mystical City of God, there was an instinctive assent of my intellect, notwithstanding the fact that Sr. Mary of Agreda's City of God took al least 10 years before it was equitably and gradually accepted by many in the Catholic circles.
In contrast to this, even though I'm a convert to the Catholic Church, I never entertained any merit of the Protestant's 'Rapture'. To date, I could not understand why non-Catholics [and unfortunately even the usual theologically onion-skinned 'Catholics'] would even come up with such distorted belief.
So, to recap, I am one of those who are convinced that the 'logic of the faith' seems to support that our Lord favored our Blessed Mother to be the first witness of His Resurrection. After all, Saint John said that there are many things that our Lord did and are not in the Bible.
Note about the related issue: I am still interested in finding your reflection about what the devil and his cohorts were doing as our Lord appeared to His apostles. Did he [the devil] sense anything or was he completely made blind by our glorified Christ. In the same venue, did the angelic intellect of the devil allowed him to sense the apparation of our Blessed Mother to the 3 children of Fatima and other visionaries?
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- May 29, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- jay said...
I strongly believe that, the reason why Mary did not choose to visit the tomb because she was neither anxious nor doubtful about her son's resurrection on the third day. So it does not simply matter whether Jesus met her first or second but i want some one highlight on how she spread this good news to the world though it was not possible to a women and specially a widow considering the systems and rules existing during her time? -Fr.Bala CppS
- September 5, 2011 at 1:55 AM
- Eufrosnia said...
Thank you father for this article. I was just reading Dr. Carroll's Vol.1 on Chistendom and he mentioned the existence of such a tradition of Jesus appearing first to the Blessed Virgin Mary. He didn't give much information but as soon as I Googled it, I was happy to find you had wrote about it :)
I noticed in your opening paragraph you mentioned there were private revelations that confirmed this. I was wondering if you remember some of the saints who had these revelations and where I could find some information on it.
Thanks in advance! :)
- October 23, 2013 at 8:06 PM
this is very helpful
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Ok, boys and girls. The Holiday Season is over… and the Spring Season, full of mini Blockbusters, is still months away.
Between now and then lies Hollywood's dumping ground. The Hollywood fields lie fallow in the winter, bearing little quality product. It's the two months of the year we need to "Get through". While January typically offers some limited releases from the prior year going wide, there's typically little else to get excited over.
Will this year be different? Are there any movies to get excited about these next two months? Let's take a look at the release slate and see what we've got!


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There are many ways to quit smoking. There are also resources to help you. Family members, friends, and co-workers may be supportive. But to be successful, you must really want to quit.
Most people who have quit smoking were unsuccessful at least once in the past. Try not to view past attempts to quit as failures. See them as learning experiences.
It is hard to stop smoking or using smokeless tobacco. But anyone can do it.
Know the symptoms to expect when you stop. Common symptoms include:
How bad your symptoms are depends on how long you smoked. How many cigarettes you smoked each day also plays a role.
First, set a quit date. Quit completely on that day. Before your quit date, you may begin reducing your cigarette use. But remember, there is no safe level of cigarette smoking. See also: Risks of tobacco and Benefits of quitting
List the reasons why you want to quit. Include both short- and long-term benefits.
Identify the times you are most likely to smoke. For example, do you tend to smoke when feeling stressed or down? When out at night with friends? While drinking coffee or alcohol? When bored? While driving? Right after a meal or sex? During a work break? While watching TV or playing cards? When you are with other smokers?
Let your friends, family, and co-workers know of your plan to stop smoking. Tell them your quit date. It can be helpful if they know what you are going through, especially when you are grumpy.
Get rid of all your cigarettes just before the quit date. Clean out anything that smells like smoke, such as clothes and furniture.
Make a plan about what you will do instead of smoking at those times when you are most likely to smoke.
Be as specific as possible. For example, drink tea instead of coffee. Tea may not trigger the desire for a cigarette. Or, take a walk when you feel stressed.
Remove ashtrays and cigarettes from the car. Put pretzels or hard candies there instead. Pretend-smoke with a straw.
Find activities that focus your hands and mind. But make sure they are not taxing or fattening. Computer games, solitaire, knitting, sewing, and crossword puzzles may help.
If you normally smoke after eating, find other ways to end a meal. Play a tape or CD. Eat a piece of fruit. Get up and make a phone call. Take a walk (a good distraction that also burns calories).
Make other changes in your lifestyle. Change your daily schedule and habits. Eat at different times or eat several small meals instead of three large ones. Sit in a different chair or even a different room.
Satisfy your oral habits in other ways. Eat celery or another low-calorie snack. Chew sugarless gum. Suck on a cinnamon stick.
Go to public places and restaurants where smoking is prohibited or restricted.
Eat regular meals, and don't eat too much candy or sweet things.
Get more exercise. Take walks or ride a bike. Exercise helps relieve the urge to smoke.
Set short-term quitting goals and reward yourself when you meet them. Every day, put the money you normally spend on cigarettes in a jar. Later, buy something you like.
Try not to think about all the days ahead you will need to avoid smoking. Take it one day at a time.
Even one puff or one cigarette will make your desire for more cigarettes even stronger. However, it is normal to make mistakes. So even if you have one cigarette, you don't need to take the next one.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are having a big, expensive party at their French chateau this weekend and everyone is speculating they're going to get married even though they said it's being thrown in honor of Brad's parents Bill and Jane. "There's a real buzz around the estate," said their good friend Anonymous Source.
Guests include, um, the Pitts, the guy who made Angelina's $250,000 diamond engagement ring, George Clooney, George Clooney's smirk, and probably Brangelina's six kids unless they have somewhere better to be. [Daily Mail]
Harper Collins has announced that Cameron Diaz is writing a book about health, wellness and lifestyle for young women that's scheduled to be released in 2013. Hmm. I am sensing it will be Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP with 200% more pratfalling. [USA Today]
One month after the death of son Sage, Sylvester Stallone has another tragedy to contend with. The actor's half-sister, Toni Ann Filiti, has been battling Stage 4 lung cancer as well as liver cancer, and took a turn for the worse a few weeks ago. She's currently in critical condition at the UCLA hospital. There's reportedly not much of a chance that she'll make it, but the Stallone family is "praying for a miracle." [Page Six]
The Kardashian/Jenner Horror Boogaloo continues jitterbugging frantically along as it's revealed that Kris Jenner—previously accused of orchestrating the Kim/Ray-J sex tape, actually also had a hand in distribution rather than simply leaking it. She brought it to adult video companies and negotiated a deal with Vivid Entertainment for "somewhere between $250,000 and $500,000." [RumorFix]
Meanwhile, Kris is pissed at Kanye West for titling his ode to Kim "Perfect Bitch," telling him to "get a grip" and that "no woman should be called such a term." Basically the blind leading the blind here. [TVNZ.co.nz]
Joe Simpson and Kris Jenner could sit down and write a bang-up parenting book. The father of Jessica and Ashlee, arguably most famous for being an insane stage dad and talking too much to the press about Jessica Simpson's tits (which, really, is talking about them at all), was pulled over on Ventura Boulevard and then thrown in jail overnight for a DUI. [TMZ]
"Zou Bisou Bizou" it ain't: Mad Men's Jessica Paré joined Jesus and Mary Chain onstage to perform their best-known song "Just Like Honey."
Ne-Yo made it rain on Drake's stripper ex-girlfriend. [TMZ]
A lady dropped a lawsuit against Johnny Depp that originally claimed his bodyguards pulled her pants off. [TMZ]
Like most of us, Rita Ora considers Beyoncé magical. She hopes someday she can follow Bey's lead: "a baby in one arm and a microphone in the other." [Capital FM]
Roseanne Barr's most recent vague presidential-nominee promise is that she's gonna "outlaw bullshit." [The Daily Beast]
David Duchovny's gunning for a third X-Files movie, which will totally not help the rumors that he and Gillian Anderson are doing sex together. [Collider]
"Christina Aguilera smells like hot dogs, swear to God." [Bossip]
Mischa Barton and James Middleton are pals, not Bee-Eff/Gee-Eff. [Telegraph.co.uk]
D.L. Hughley, former Chik-fil-a lover, wrote a disappointed letter to the establishment:
You say that gay marriage is a sin, like in Leviticus 19:22. But a preceding verse, Leviticus 17:14, says, "You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off." You don't cook your chicken in a kosher way. On what grounds are you picking and choosing which edicts to follow?
His postscript reads: "I would have written this on one of your fine napkins, but it was just too painful a reminder of the way we were." [HuffPo]
Jennifer Lopez said she's much more comfortable performing than she is judging American Idol. [NDTV]
David Schiwmmer sold his "Mediterranean paradise" for $8.8 million. [Monsters and Critics]
Heather Graham will reprise her role as Jade in The Hangover 3. [Variety]
Taylor Swift took Conor Kennedy home to meet her parents and they went to dinner and someone Tweeted a picture and I just want her to be happpppyyyyyyyy, gahhh. Daily Mail]
Nicole Polizzi wants Pauly Delvecchio in the room when she has her kid, AND SO DO I. [Us Weekly]
Rihanna flew five lucky fans out to Barbados for tea. [The Sun]
Mother Debbie Rowe approves of the guardianship of MJ's kids being split between Katherine and TJ Jackson. [Toronto Sun]
Speaking of which, Michael Jackson believed that his pet chimp Bubbles could tell which of the people around him was using him for his money. [The Sun]
Goddammit. Victoria Beckham forgot to tip at a pizza place. GodDAMMIT. [The Sun]
Someone got sick on a flight and had to be escorted off the plane, which delayed the arrival of Ryan Reynolds' tongue in Blake Lively's mouth for a few hours. [Page Six]
Julie Delpy speaks out about the casting-couch culture in her native France: "I think I broke an ashtray on one director's head." [Page Six]
People are being assholes about Naomi Campbell's receding hairline, apparently a result of years of extensions. [NYDN]
Saorsie Ronan will play the titular character in Mary Queen of Scots. [Deadline]


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Great research note [PDF] by Croke et al. (2012). Here's the abstract:
As mobile phone ownership rates have risen dramatically in Africa, there has been increased interest in using mobile telephones as a data collection platform. This note draws on two largely successful pilot projects in Tanzania and South Sudan that used mobile phones for high-frequency data collection. Data were collected on a wide range of topics and in a manner that was cost-effective, flexible, and rapid. Once households were included in the survey, they tended to stick with it: respondent fatigue has not been a major issue. While attrition and nonresponse have been challenges in the Tanzania survey, these were due to design flaws in that particular survey, challenges that can be avoided in future similar projects. Ensuring use of the data to demand better service delivery and policy decisions turned out to be as challenging as collecting the high-quality data. Experiences in Tanzania suggest that good data can be translated into public accountability, but also demonstrate that just putting data out in the public domain is not enough. This note discusses lessons learned and offers suggestions for future applications of mobile phone surveys in developing countries, such as those planned for the World Bank's "Listening to Africa" initiative.
Of particular interest to me is the fact that part of the design used financial incentives as a means to reduce nonresponse and attrition rates. In the technology and development world there has been lots of talk about "incentives to participate", where the practical shortcut is often the provision of financial incentives. In Tanzania, for instance, the authors report that "respondents who successfully completed an interview were rewarded with an amount varying from $2 to $4", not a negligible sum in the Tanzanian context.
Interestingly, in the working paper [PDF] from which this note is drawn, a footnote sheds some light on how effective these rewards were:
Remarkably in both Sudan and Tanzania the amount of the reward did not have a discernable impact on response rates.
But these findings are not as surprising as they may seem. Indeed, there is a good deal of evidence from behavioural economics pointing out that financial incentives might not work as well as traditional economics (and economists) would predict.
And a noteworthy excerpt on the limits of transparency and the role of existing institutions and actors:
One lesson is that providing citizens with relevant, timely, and accurate data about the actions of politicians, policy makers, and public service providers is not sufficient. For the data to have impact, they need to be accessible and disseminated widely, and in ways that allow them to be utilized by already existing institutions and actors.
This is an interesting point, although I am not sure to what extent existing institutions are enough. In the field of technology and governance, I believe that it has become quite clear that very little is achieved when technological solutions are not coupled with institutional innovations.
But that's another story. In any case, a great read, and the type of effort that is badly needed in this space.


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Apple has blacklisted the latest version of the Java browser plugin to protect Mac users from the latest Java exploits. As noted by MacRumors, OS X now requires a newer, as-yet unreleased version of the Java plugin which is expected to patch a flaw that resulted from an incomplete patch added to Java last year.
Previously, OS X required point software updates in order to update its built-in protections against malware. Now, however, Apple can quickly update a malware definition file called
Xprotect.plist, and OS X will check a secure Apple server for these updates on a daily basis. As of Friday, Apple has blacklisted the latest version of the Java plugin in
Xprotect.plist, requiring a newer version to run Java applets in a browser.
The latest known security hole in Java is already being "massively exploited in the wild," according to security researchers. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) issued a warning that Java should be disabled in browsers until a patch is released by Oracle.
The Java browser plugin has been exploited in several critical malware attacks in recent months, including the high-profile Flashback malware campaign that targeted Macs in early 2012. As Apple has looked to increase the security of OS X, it has increasingly distanced itself from Java over the last couple of years. Apple deprecated its own version of Java in 2010 and removed the browser plugin from default installs of OS X last October.


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MEXICO CITY – A new documentary about Mayan civilization proves they made contact with extraterrestrials.
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond," proves that Mayans had contact with extraterrestrials. Producer Raul Julia-Levy told WWN that the evidence is "overwhelming." And the Mexican government is backing him up.
"Mexico will release codices, artifacts and significant documents with evidence of Mayan and extraterrestrial contact, and all of their information will be corroborated by archaeologists," said Julia-Levy, son of actor Raul Julia.
Luis Augusto Garcia Rosado, the minister of tourism for the Mexican state of Campeche, said new evidence has emerged "of contact between the Mayans and extraterrestrials, supported by translations of certain codices, which the government has kept secure in underground vaults for some time."
He also referenced "landing pads in the jungle that are 3,000 years old."
Raul-Julia claims there is proof that the Mayans intended to lead the planet for thousands of years, but were forced to escape after an invasion by "men of dark intentions," leaving behind evidence of an advanced race.
"The Mexican government is not making this statement on their own — everything we say, we're going to back up," he said.
The film is directed by Juan Carlos Rulfo, who won the Humanitas Prize for "Those Who Remain" in 2009 and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for International Documentary for "In the Pit" in 2006. Juan Diego Rodriguez Gonzalez will serve as the Guatemalan executive producer, and Eduardo Vertiz as the Mexican executive producer.
"The message of the film is crucial to human survival," Julia-Levy said.
When Julia-Levy, producer Ed Elbert and co-producer Sheila McCarthy announced the Mexican cooperation with their documentary to , they were circumspect about claims of alien contact, with Julia-Levy admitting he'd been ordered not to say anything about it.
The Guatemalen government was also skeptical and brushed off the question about alien contact, while allowing the filmmakers' access to previously unexplored sections of a Mayan site at Calakmul.
Not only did the Guatemalen government change its tune, but they also joined the project, giving access to artifacts and newly discovered prophecies. "We believe for certain that aliens worked with the Mayans.," said Guatemalen arts minister, Jose Rosado.
"Guatemala, like Mexico, home to the ancient yet advanced Mayan civilization … has also kept certain provocative archeological discoveries classified, and now believes that it is time to bring forth this information in the new documentary," Guatemala's minister of tourism, Guillermo Novielli Quezada, said in a statement.
He said the country was working with filmmakers "for the good of mankind."
Raul-Julia claims that the order to cooperate came directly from the country's president, Alvaro Colom Caballero.
Guatemala is the site of a large number of pre-Columbian Mayan settlements in the Mirador Basin, including the extensive and highly organized city of El Mirador (detail, left; exterior on previous page).
"Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond" is due for a theatrical release in late 2012, before the end of the Mayan calendar.
While doomsday scenarios focus on the calendar ending on Dec. 21, 2012, many scholars point out that it simply resets for another 5,126-year cycle on that date.


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– 1 3-oz package lime-flavored gelatin
– 1+1/2 cups granulated sugar
– 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
– 1/2 tsp salt
– 1 tsp baking powder
– 1 tsp baking soda
– 5 large eggs, slightly beaten
– 1+1/2 cups vegetable oil
– 3/4 cup orange juice
– 1 Tbsp lemon juice
– 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
– 1/2 cup Key lime juice (from about 25 small Key limes or 4 large regular limes)
– 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 9-inch-round cake pans.
2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the gelatin, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir to mix well. Add the eggs, oil, orange juice, lemon juice, and vanilla. Divide the batter evenly among the 3 pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Test for doneness by lightly touching the tops of the layers or inserting a toothpick. Cool the layers in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto racks.
3. While the layers are still hot, mix the lime juice and confectioners' sugar and pour it over the layers on the racks. You can pierce the layers with a fork to allow the glaze to soak in better. Allow the layers to cool completely as you prepare the icing.
– 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature
– 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
– 1 (1-lb) box confectioners' sugar
(I used lime zest & lime juice in my icing)
1. Cream the butter and cream cheese. Beat in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is smooth and easy to spread. Spread the icing between the layers and on the top and sides of the cake.
Note: The cream cheese icing is optional. This cake is beautiful and tastes great with just the glaze poured over it. Serves 12.
Via: Heidi Bakes


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When working from home for long hours each day, it's important to create a comfortable environment. Computer screens, TVs and smartphones emit blue-light that can damage our health. Studies show that without taking preventative steps, it can cause accelerated fatigue, eye strain, insomnia, and even contribute to retinal damage.
Control exposure to blue-light
- We recommend users check their PC to see if it has settings to combat eye strain. For example, most Lenovo devices include Lenovo Vantage settings which includes an Eye Care Mode that reduces blue light emissions.
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Using a reasonably large monitor is recommended, even for laptop users, as it not only provides more screen space, but encourages users to lean back. But according to ergonomics expert Dr. Alan Hedge, "If the monitor is too low, you will crane your neck forwards, if it's too high you will tilt your head backwards and end up with neck or shoulder pain." To find the right position, sit back with your chair slightly reclined and hold your right arm out horizontally - your middle finger should almost touch the centre of the screen. At this position you can see the screen more clearly because humans have a greater visual field below the horizon, rather than above.
- Accessories such as the Lenovo Adjustable Notebook Stand raise the laptop to the optimal viewing angle that is far superior to the tiltability of the screen. Optimal angles prevent strain and save from neck and backaches.
- A mounting arm for an external monitor allows a higher degree of flexibility in selecting the best viewing angle. It can support even large monitor sizes and can be installed on almost any desk without damaging it, with a simple clamping mechanism.
- For long hours of work, a laptop's touchpad and keyboard won't be nearly as comfortable as an external mouse and keyboard.
Pay attention to neatness
- Research shows that cluttered environments can affect work speed and quality. Accessories like a USB-C or Thunderbolt-enabled dock create one, multi-functional connection to the PC, reducing the need for cables.
- Get the monitor up off the desk using equipment such as the Lenovo Adjustable height arm. These create extra space and increase comfort too.
Finally, nobody should feel bad about taking regular breaks when working at home. Taking time to give eyes a rest, or even virtually 'bump into a colleague' for a catch up online, can help improve productivity and well-being.


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'42' scores at home, Cruise dominates overseas
LOS ANGELES — Baseball has scored a rare hit in Hollywood, while another American institution — Tom Cruise — has delivered his latest hit overseas.
The Jackie Robinson tale "42" took in $27.3 million to claim the weekend box-office championship domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday.
The film has yet to open overseas, where the sport is a harder sell. But Cruise knocked it out of the park with a $61.1 million international launch in 52 countries for his sci-fi thriller "Oblivion."
That bodes well for the domestic debut of "Oblivion" next Friday. The film stars Cruise as a workman on a devastated future Earth who lands in a battle with aliens.
If "Oblivion" packs in comparable domestic crowds, it will help maintain the action-star momentum Cruise regained with 2011's "Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol." That return to box-office luster came after some fitful years that followed odd turns in his personal life, culminating with the breakup of his marriage to Katie Holmes last year.
Released by Warner Bros., "42" easily beat the domestic start of an established franchise in "Scary Movie 5." The Weinstein Co. sequel opened in second-place with $15.2 million, the smallest debut for the horror-comedy series.
Three of the previous four "Scary Movie" installments had debuts of $40 million or more.
On the other hand, "42" outdid the usual expectations for baseball movies, which usually do modest business at best. Box-office trackers had expected "42" to pull in less than $20 million.
The previous weekend's top draw, Sony's horror remake "Evil Dead," tumbled to No. 5 with $9.5 million, raising its domestic haul to $41.5 million.
The $27.3 million opening for "42" is a record for a baseball flick in terms of straight dollars, topping the $19.5 million debut of "Moneyball" in 2011. Factoring in higher ticket prices, the $13.7 million debut of 1992's "A League of Their Own" would have been on par with "42" in terms of inflation-adjusted dollars.
The film stars Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as Brooklyn Dodgers boss Branch Rickey, who brought No. 42 onto the team in 1947 as the Major Leagues' first black player.
"It's a story that has so much emotion to it. Jackie Robinson's life had such an influence on our country," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., who noted that all Major League players will wear No. 42 on Monday for Jackie Robinson Day, the 66th anniversary of his Dodgers debut. "Think of what a tribute that is for what he accomplished. Every player wearing 42 on his back."
With generally good reviews, "42" drew in older crowds, with 83 percent of the audience over 25, Fellman said.
"Scary Movie 5" was the franchise's first installment in seven years and had the same lukewarm reception as another Weinstein series that returned after a long lag. In 2011, "Scream 4" opened 11 years after the franchise's last movie and took in just $18.7 million, a fraction of the $30 million-plus debuts for the previous two sequels.
The previous low for the "Scary Movie" series was the second one, which opened with $20.5 million in 2001. "Scary Movie 3" had the best debut, with $48.1 million in 2003, though its total domestic haul of $110 million fell well short of the $157 million take for the 2000 original.
"Sometimes, when there's too big of a lag, people lose interest. If it's a 'Star Wars' movie, nostalgia works in your favor. The long lag works in your favor. People are loaded with anticipation," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "Other franchises, if you go too long, they lose that pop and excitement, and it's hard to get that back."
It didn't help that "Scary Movie 5" got the franchise's worst reviews. Critics haven't much cared for any of the "Scary Movie" flicks, but reviews for the latest were almost universally bad.
In limited release, director Terrence Malick's drama "To the Wonder" had a modest start, taking in $130,000 in 18 theaters for an average of $7,222 a cinema. That compares to a $9,074 average in 3,003 theaters for "42."
"To the Wonder" stars Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams and Javier Bardem in a dreamlike, poetic musing on love.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.
1. "42," $27.3 million.
2. "Scary Movie 5," $15.2 million ($3.5 million international).
3. "The Croods," $13.2 million ($25.5 million international).
4. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $10.8 million ($15.6 million international).
5. "Evil Dead," $9.5 million ($2.9 million international)..
6. "Jurassic Park" in 3-D, $8.8 million ($1.3 million international).
7. "Olympus Has Fallen," $7.3 million.
8. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $4.9 million ($5.2 million international).
9. "Tyler Perry's Temptation," $4.5 million.
10. "The Place Beyond the Pines," $4.1 million ($2.2 million international).
Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:
1. "Oblivion," $61.1 million.
2. "The Croods," $25.5 million.
3. "G.I. Joe: Retaliation," $15.6 million.
4. "Oz the Great and Powerful," $5.2 million.
5. "Fists of Legend," $3.7 million.
6. "Scary Movie 5," $3.5 million.
7. "Identity Thief," $3.2 million.
8. "Evil Dead," $2.9 million.
9. "Dragon Ball Z: Kami to Kami," $2.8 million.
10. "The Place Beyond the Pines," $2.2 million.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.


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For those of you who have not visited the south-west of Victoria, the following article gives a wonderful description from Camperdown through to Port Fairy. Published on June 1, 1928 in the Hurstbridge Advertiser, the correspondent, "Mernda" journeys by bus to Port Fairy. There are descriptions of some of the towns and their industries as well as the volcanic countryside.
The former Bank of Australasia (below) was a highlight for "Mernda" in Port Fairy.
Of interest is the Glaxo works in Port Fairy, considered by "Mernda" as a "great success". Glaxo produced high quantities of milk powder, from milk sourced from the local area. In the 1940s, the company name changed to Glaxo Laboratories and still exists today in Port Fairy as GlaxoSmithKline.
Nestle at Dennington, just outside Warrnambool, was another milk powder manufacturer that caught "Mernda's" eye. Nestle operated from 1911 until 2005 when Fonterra bought the factory. To read a history of the Nestle factory at Dennington, follow the link http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/news/general/flavours-of-switzerland-linger-a-century-on/2073943.aspx?storypage=1


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The sea-corroded instrument, now unplayable, is thought to have belonged to bandmaster Wallace Hartley, who was among the disaster's more than 1,500 victims.
The story of Hartley's band, which stoically continued playing on the ship's deck until the disaster's final hour, is a memorable part of James Cameron's "Titanic," when Hartley and his colleagues are seen playing "Nearer, My God, To Thee" as the passengers around them scream and drown in the icy water.
The incredible story, and its heart-rending portrayal in one of the world's most popular films, likely played a role in pushing the instrument's price to 900,000 pounds, or past 1 million pounds when the buyer's premium and tax are taken into account.
"It's a world record for a Titanic artifact," said Peter Boyd-Smith, a Titanic memorabilia collector at the auction, hosted by Henry Aldridge and Son in the western England town of Devizes.
"The only other items that are probably worth that kind of money are the items salvaged from RMS Titanic if they are ever put up for sale and those are in the exhibitions that go around America and Europe.
"It may never get beaten."
The violin, with Hartley's name on it, is believed to have been found at sea with the musician's body more than a week after the Titanic sank.
"Mr. Hartley and the band were very brave people ... standing by their posts to the bitter end," auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said ahead of the sale.
Henry Aldridge and Son said the violin has been subject to numerous tests to check its authenticity since it was discovered in 2006. It said earlier this year that the violin was Hartley's "beyond reasonable doubt."
The violin, of German make, was a gift from Hartley's fiancee Maria Robinson, and was engraved with the words: "For Wallace on the occasion of our engagement from Maria."
Andrew Aldridge said the buyer, who bid over the phone, wished to remain anonymous.
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To tell the truth making up a menu can be easy for a week or two, but then it can sometimes become a chore. When it gets daunting, it helps me to remember a few things to make it a bit more manageable.
1. Take turns. At least two nights a week, my husband does the cooking, and plans what we eat those days.
2. Make a routine. During the summer especially, we have homemade pizza every Friday. I make large batches of pizza dough and freeze it in one pound balls. We use it as a way to clean up any left over veggies. That means we have weird sounding, but delicious tasting pizza. Steak, onion, and bell pepper; tomato, basil and chard; potato and rosemary; eggplant, thyme and Swiss cheese; etc. This makes every Friday a given on the menu. Combine with whatever my husband has planned, now I only have to think of four more meals.
3. Be flexible. Keeping my pantry reasonably well stocked means that if I really don't feel like fixing what I had planned on the day I planned it, I can usually go another direction without impacting the rest of the week's meals. Also, if your neighbor invites you over, feel free to delay you menu by a day. It's ok to plan take out once in a while. Give yourself a night off. The plan is more like a guideline, really.
4. Use those bulk purchases. The elk needs to get used up. So I make sure to plan one or two meals a week using elk meat. This removes still more brain damage in coming up with a plan, because I only have so many meals I can make out of red meat. In the winter, there are lots of stews, chilli, steak. The summer, we use less, mainly grilling, always with a big salad, sometimes stir fried or fajitas. When I had to get us through a hog, we had pork a couple times a week too.
5. Cook once, eat twice. Plan for left overs. Your pork roast on Monday becomes Wednesday's pulled pork sandwich. Tuesday's left over pasta becomes Thursday's frittata. Cook a little extra early in the week to make it easier on yourself later, when your willpower starts wavering.
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Central kids, staff wear pink to support bullying awareness
Central Elementary and Junior High School participated in Pink Shirt Day for bullying awareness on Tuesday.
Central staff and students gathered in the gymnasium in their pink shirts to take a stand against bullying at their school.
Pink Shirt Day was created in response to a bullying incident that happened in 2007 at the Cambridge, Nova Scotia high school.
A freshman boy was mocked and harassed on the first day of school for wearing a pink polo shirt. Two Grade 12 students, David Shepherd and Travis Price, heard the story and decided to take action.
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CMH services restored for some clients
A state administrative judge has sided with about half of 30 people with disabilities who say their services were illegally cut by a St. Joseph County agency.
Appeals filed by clients of the Community Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services of St. Joseph County were represented by Farmington Hills attorney Patricia Kefalas-Dudek, an authority on disability rights.
Kefalas-Dudek said 25 percent across-the-board cuts imposed on CMHSAS clients were unfairly and illegally implemented in January.
At issue was the number of hours for activities, co-op employment opportunities and other services for CMHSAS clients who are mentally or physically compromised. A number of those clients were served by Michigan Agency with Choice. The Sturgis agency has terminated its contract and the agreement with CMHSAS will end in early June.
Kefalas-Dudek said CMHSAS staff and board members insisted over the course of several months that the cuts were appropriate.
"It was always exceedingly clear that the cuts were illegally handled," Kefalas-Dudek said in a press statement. "The fact that board members blindly followed their leader, at the expense of the people they are supposed to protect, is deeply troubling."
CMHSAS board president Barb Parker was not available for comment Tuesday.
Liz O'Dell, CMHSAS executive director, said the matter was handled by Kalamazoo County CMH attorney Michael Schlack. Because the situation involved Medicaid dollars, the Centreville-based CMH agency that services St. Joseph County was not part of the hearings.
The remaining dozen cases will be reviewed soon.
"I have maintained it was up to our Kalamazoo attorney all along to make decisions, and Kalamazoo in their review of utilization management agreed the services in question were not medically necessary," O'Dell said, adding that the cuts were not made illegally, contrary to what is alleged.
The initial review of the situation sided with CMH, but those decisions were then appealed, resulting in the latest development.
O'Dell said she respects the judge's decision and, as she has long maintained, CMHSAS will follow the direction of the judge.
"Our focus of providing the best service possible to our clients will not change," she said.
John Carmichael, director of business development for the parent company of Michigan Agency With Choice, said it is his understanding that clients affected by the cut in hours will be able to resume their previously allocated hours.
"'Happy' may not really be the right word, because I think it's a shame this ever took place," he said. "A lot of damage was done in the process."


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