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Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux
October 3 is the feast of St. Therese of Lisieux, whom Catholics also know as "the Little Flower" (she is honored on October 1 on the Novus Ordo calendar). She was born Therese Martin to Louis Martin, a jeweler and watchmaker, and Zelie Guerin, a lacemaker, in the city of Alençon in Normandy, France on 2 January 1873. She was baptized two days later at the church of Notre Dame in the same city.
Therese was the ninth and last child in her family; four of her siblings, two of whom were boys, died before she was born. And her mother followed them, dying of breast cancer on August 28, 1877 when Therese was four and a half years old, an event which affected her very deeply, causing her to become extremely emotionally sensitive and needy. After Zelie's death, her family moved to a house called "Les Buissonetts" in Lisieux, a different Normandy city about sixty miles north of the town of her birth.
She was a sickly, neurotic, and very spoiled child, being babied by everyone in the family. But she had the grace of growing up very Catholic, with frequent Mass attendance and the liturgical year lived out in a true domestic church. The three oldest of of her four sisters -- Marie, Pauline, Leonie, and Celine, born in that order -- embraced the religious life, entering the Carmelite monastery at Lisieux, one after the other, leaving her feeling abandoned and alone, and she wanted to follow them, but in a childish way marked more by sentimental longing than love of God.
The illnesses that plagued her young life increased in intensity all the while until she experienced a miraculous healing on the Feast of the Pentecost in 1883, when she was ten years old and gazing at a statue of the Virgin in her house. She writes,
Suddenly the statue came to life, and Mary appeared utterly lovely, with a divine beauty I could not possibly describe. There was a wonderful sweetness and goodness about her face, and her expression was infinitely tender, but what went right to my heart was her smile. Then, all my pain was gone. Silently two big tears trickled down my cheeks, tears of complete and heavenly happiness.
Her body healed, God began to work on her soul next, granting her a sudden conversion when she was thirteen, another story she recounts in her autobiography:
I do not know how I could think of entering Carmel when it needed a miracle to overcome my childishness, but as it happened, God did work this miracle on Christmas Day in 1886; the Divine Child, scarcely an hour old, flooded the darkness of my soul with a radiant light.
By becoming little and weak for love of me, He made me strong and full of courage, and with the arms He gave me, I went from one victory to another, and began to "run as a giant."
My tears were dried up at their source, and after that I hardly ever cried again.
I must tell you how the precious grace of this complete conversion was granted me.
When I got home to Les Buissonnets from Midnight Mass, I knew that I should find my shoes standing in the fireplace, filled with presents, as I had always done since I was little, so you can see I was still treated as a baby.
Father used to love to see how happy I was and hear my cries of delight as I took each surprise packet from my magic shoes, and his pleasure made me happier still. But the time had come for Jesus to cure me of my childishness; even the innocent joys of childhood were to go. He allowed Father to feel cross this year, instead of spoiling me, and as I was going upstairs I heard him saying, "Therese ought to have outgrown this sort of thing, and I hope this willbe the last time." This cut me to the quick, and Celine, who knew how very sensitive I was, whispered to me: "Don't come down again just yet; you'll only go and cry if you open your presents now in front of Father."
But I was not the same Therese any more; Jesus had changed me completely. I held back my tears and, trying to stop my heart beating so fast, I ran down into the dining room. I picked up the shoes and unwrapped my presents joyfully, looking all the while as happy as a queen. Father did not look cross any more now, and entered into the fun of it, while Celine thought she must have been dreaming. But this was no dream. Therese had got back for ever the strength of mind she had lost at four and a half.
That glorious night the third period of my life began, the lovelist of all, and the one in which I received the most graces. In one moment Jesus, content with good will on my part, accomplished what I had been trying to do for years.
I could have said what the Apostles said: "Master, we have labored all night and have taken nothing," but Jesus was evn more merciful to me than to them, for He took the net into His own hands, cast it into the water, and pulled it out full of fishes, making me too a fisher of men. Charity took possession of my heart making me forget myself, and I have been happy ever since.
In an instant, her childish narcissism gave way to looking outside of herself. Now her desire to enter Carmel was becoming rooted in something real, a true love of God, a love she nurtured by studying Thomas à Kempis's "The Imitation of Christ." At around this time she also came to meditate on the wounds of Christ, which led her to realize her deepest vocation: to save souls. This desire brought her to pray for the soul of a notorious murderer, about which she wrote:
As I closed my Missal after Mass one Sunday, a picture of the Crucifixion slipped out a little way and I could just see one of the wounds in Our Lord's hands, with blood flowing from it. A strange new thrill passed over me. It pierced my heart with sorrow to see His Precious Blood falling, wiht no one bothering to catch it, and I made up my mind, there and then, to stay in the spirit at the foot of the Cross, to gather up the dew of heavenly life and give it to others.
The cry of Jesus as He died, "I thirst," echoed every moment in my soul, inflaming my heart with a burning love. I longed to satisfy His thirst for souls; I was consumed myself with this same thirst, and yearned to save them from the everlasting fires of Hell, no matter what the cost. Then Jesus stirred up my love even more by letting me see how pleased He was with these longings of mine. I had been hearing people talk about a notorious criminal called Pranzini, who had been condmened to death for several brutal murders, and as he was unrepentant it was thought he was going to lose his soul. I longed to save him from this final tragedy, but though I did use every spiritual means in my power, I knew that by myself there was nothing I could do to ransom him; ans so I offered for him Our Lord's infinite merits and all the treasures of the Church. Needless to say, deep down in my heart, I was sure he would be reprieved, but I wanted some encouragement to go on in my search for souls, so I said very simply: "My God, I am sure you are going to forgive this wretched Pranzini, and I have so much confidence in Your mercy that I shall go on being sure even though he does not go to confession, or show any sign at all of being sorry; but because he is my first sinner, please give my just one sign to let me know." He answered me to the letter. Father never used to let me read the papers, but I didn't think I was being disobedient when I rushed to La Croix the day after he was executed and turned to the bit about Pranzini. Guess what I found! I was so moved that tears came to my eyes and I had to rush out of the room. He had gone to the scaffold without confession or absolution, and was being led to the block by the executioner when he suddenly turned round. The pr iest had been holding out a crucifix to him, and as if moved by some inspiration, he had seized it and kissed the Sacred Wounds three times. This was my sign, and it touched me very much since it had been the sight of the blood flowing from one of these very wounds that had given my my thirst for souls. I had wanted to give them His Precious Blood to drink to wash their sins away, and here was my "first-born" pressing his lips to His wounds. What a wonderful answer! After this, my desire to save souls grew day by day.
St. Therese at age fifteen
With love of God and love of others in place, her desire to enter Carmel became a truly mature one. But she was still too young, a problem she tried to get around in a dramatic way: Therese and her father went on a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Italy in November of 1887 when she was fifteen years old. There they attended an audience with Pope Leo XIII and -- well, Therese herself tells the story:
Wearing a simple white cassock and a white cape, Leo XIII as sitting on a raised throne, surrounded by prelates and other dignitaries of the Church.
As was the custom, each pilgrim came forward in turn, knelt down and kissed the foot of the Supreme Pontiff, and then his hand, before receiving his blessing. Two of the Noble Guard then touched him on the shoulder as a sign to rise and pass on, giving place to the next one. No one uttered a word. I had made up my mind to speak, when Father Reverony, standing on the right of His Holiness, announced in a loud voice that he absolutely forbade anyone to speak to the Holy Father.
I turned a questioning gaze upon Celine, with my heart beating wildly. "Speak," she whispered. A moment later I was on my knees before him, and had kissed his slipper. He gave me his hand; then I raised my eyes, brimming with tears, to his, and began my appeal: "Most Holy Father, I want to ask you a great favor." He bent his head at once, his face almost touching mind, while his piercing black eyes seemed to be gazing into my soul. I began again: "Most Holy Father, in honor of your Jubille, let me enter Carmel at fifteen." The Vicar General of Bayeux was startled and far from pleased. "Your Holiness," he interrupted, "this is a child who wants to enter Carmel; the superiors are already going into the question."
"Very well, my child," said His Holiness, "do what the superiors decide." I clasped my hands and placed them on his knee, while I made a final effort. "Holy Father, if you said yes, everyone else would be willing." He gazed at me steadily, and said, stressing every syllable: "Well... Well... You will enter if it is God's will."
As I was about to say more, two of the Noble Guards signed to me to get up, and when they saw that that was not enough and that I stayed where I was with my clasped hands upon his knee, they pulled me up, with the help of Father Reverony. As they did so, the Holy Father gently touched my lips with his hand, then lifted it in blessing. His eyes followed me a long way.
Finally, on April 9, 1888, she was allowed entry into Carmel and began her postulancy; on September 8, 1890 she made her vows, becoming Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.
She spent some of her time as a nun praying for souls and for priests, corresponding with priests, writing and putting on plays (she wrote two about St. Joan of Arc), and reading the works of St. John of the Cross, the great Carmelite mystic. But she always felt incapable of attaining the lofty spiritual heights he had reached. Then she developed her own approach to God, her "Little Way" -- a path to holiness which she described as "the way of Spiritual Childhood, the way of trust and complete self-surrender." She wrote:
We live in the age of inventions now, and the wealthy no longer have to take the trouble to climb the stairs; they take a lift. That is what I must find, a lift to take me straight up to Jesus, because I am too little to climb the steep stairway of perfection.
So I searched the Scriptures for some hint of my desired lift until I came upon these words from the lips of Eternal Wisdom: "Whosoever is a little one, let him come to Me." [Proverbs 9:4] I went close to God, feeling sure that I was on the right path, but as I wanted to know what He would do to a "little one" I continued my search. This is what I found: "You shall be carried at the breasts and upon the knees; as one whom the mother caresseth, so I will comfort you." [Isaias 66:12-13 ] My heart had never been moved by such tender and consoling words before!
Your arms, My Jesus, are the lift which will take me up to Heaven. There is no need for me to grow up; on the contrary, I must stay little, and become more and more so.
The theme of "littleness" also explains how she came to be known as "the Little Flower." After pondering the Mystery of the different graces granted to different people, she wrote:
He showed me the book of nature, and I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume of the violet or the sweet simplicity of the daisy. I understood that if all the lowly flowers wished to be roses, nature would lose its springtide beauty, and the fields would no longer be enamelled with lovely hues. And so it is in the world of souls, Our Lord's living garden. He has been pleased to create great Saints who may be compared to the lily and the rose, but He has also created lesser ones, who must be content to be daisies or simple violets flowering at His Feet, and whose mission it is to gladden His Divine Eyes when He deigns to look down on them. And the more gladly they do His Will the greater is their perfection.
On Good Friday of 1896, she began coughing up blood, a sign of the tuberculosis which would kill her. During her illness, she was told to write her autobiography, which we know as "Story of a Soul." She languished about a year and a half, with the last few months of her life becoming absolutely torturous (for a moment, though, she rallied, famously enjoying a chocolate eclair before relapsing). But she bore her torments with complete equanimity and trust in God, never losing sight of her deepest vocation. She told her spiritual sisters, "I will spend my heaven doing good on earth!" and "After my death, I will let fall a shower of roses!"
She finally died on September 30, 1897, at the age of 24. Death found her gazing at a cruficix; her last words were "My God, I love You!"
St. Therese in death
She was canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 17, 1925; on October 19, 1997, Pope John Paul II declared her a Doctor of the Church. Her relics remain at her monastery in Lisieux, which, along with the great basilica built there in her honor, has become the second greatest site of pilgrimage in France, coming right after Lourdes. The house she grew up in -- les Buissonnets -- remains as well and can be visited.
St. Therese is the patron saint of missions and florists, and can be recognized in art by the presence of a crucifix and an abundance of roses.
Her parents were canonized in 2015, the first couple ever to have been canonized together. The last of her sisters, Celine, entered Carmel after their father died.
All five of of the Martin sisters
Some Catholics may prepare for this Feast by praying the Novena to St. Therese of Lisieux starting on September 24 and ending on October 2, the eve of her Feast (note that her Feast is kept on October 1 in the Novus Ordo calendar, so Catholics following that calendar would begin the Novena on September 22). If you pray this novena, prepare to receive roses in some way after as many have throughout the years after praying to St. Therese! Actual roses, images of roses, the fragrance of roses -- there may well be some rose-based sign granted to you, letting you know that your prayers have been heard.
The French singer Edith Piaf had a special devotion to the Little Flower, one that lasted all of her life. Her friend, Simone Berteaut, relates that
[s]hortly after her birth Edith developed a cataract. She was blind for almost three years. Her grandmother, Louise, took her to Lisieux. She saw. It was a real miracle for Edith. She always believed this. Since that time she had a real devotion to St Therese of the Child Jesus … [S]he always had a small picture of the saint on her bedside table.
Because of this miracle, the association of St. Therse with roses, and the story of St. Therese eating a chocolate eclair on her deathbed, a fine way of celebrating the day would be to sit at a table with a vase of roses as a centerpiece, play some Piaf, and enjoy an eclair. A bit of the great Piaf, and a recipe for that last:
Chocolate Eclairs
Makes 8 to 10 eclairs
1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise or 1 tsp vanilla
1 tablespoon cold unsalted butter
Pastry:
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, in pieces
1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
3 eggs, plus 1 extra, if needed
Egg Wash:
1 1/2 teaspoons water
Chocolate Glaze:
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
In a medium saucepan, heat the milk and vanilla bean (if you're using liquid vanila flavoring, wait to add it) to a boil over medium heat. Immediately turn off the heat and set aside to cool for 15 minutes. In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the cornstarch and whisk vigorously until no lumps remain. Whisk in 1/4 cup of the hot milk mixture until incorporated. Whisk in the remaining hot milk mixture, reserving the saucepan. Pour the mixture through a strainer back into the saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, whisking constantly, until thickened and slowly boiling. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter (now's the time to add any liquid vanilla flavoring you're using). Let cool slightly. Cover with plastic wrap, lightly pressing the plastic against the surface to prevent a skin from forming. Chill at least 2 hours or until ready to serve. The custard can be made up to 24 hours in advance. Refrigerate until 1 hour before using.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt and sugar to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. When it boils, immediately take the pan off the heat. Stirring with a wooden spoon, add all the flour at once and stir hard until all the flour is incorporated, 30 to 60 seconds. Return to the heat and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Scrape the mixture into a bowl and mix at medium speed. With the mixer running, add 3 eggs, 1 egg at a time. Stop mixing after each addition to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and the eggs are completely incorporated. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl. If the dough is still clinging to the beaters, add the remaining 1 egg and mix until incorporated.
Using a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip, pipe fat lengths of dough (about the size and shape of a jumbo hot dog) onto the lined baking sheet, leaving 2 inches of space between them. You should have 8 to 10 lengths.
In a bowl, whisk the egg and water together. Brush the surface of each eclair with the egg wash. Use your fingers to smooth out any bumps of points of dough that remain on the surface. Bake 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees and bake until puffed up and light golden brown, about 25 minutes more. Try not to open the oven door too often during the baking. Let cool on the baking sheet. Fit a medium-size plain pastry tip over your index finger and use it to make a hole in the end of each eclair (or just use your fingertip). Using a pastry bag fitted with a medium-size plain tip, gently pipe the custard into the eclairs, using only just enough to fill the inside (don't stuff them full).
In a small saucepan, heat the cream over medium heat just until it boils. Immediately turn off the heat. Put the chocolate in a medium bowl. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Set aside and keep warm. The glaze can be made up to 48 hours in advance. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use, and rewarm in a microwave or over hot water when ready to use.
Dip the tops of the eclairs in the warm chocolate glaze and set on a sheet pan. Chill, uncovered, at least 1 hour to set the glaze. Serve chilled. (Recipe adapted from the Food Network)
Another fun thing to do today is to help your children make paper roses.
Finally, you may enjoy watching the 1986 movie "Therese" directed by Alain Cavalier.
Learn more about St. Therese and her "Little Way" by reading her autobiography "The Story of a Soul" (pdf), available in this site's Catholic library. There you'll also find Thomas à Kempis's "Imitation of Christ" (pdf) and the Complete Works of St. John of the Cross (pdf) which inspired St. Therese to holiness.
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Devotion to the Child Jesus
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Homily of Pope Pius XI at the Canonization of St. Therese
Blessed be God and the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Father of mercies, and God of all consolation; who in the midst of the countless cares of our apostolic ministry, has granted Us the joy of inscribing as our first Saint in the calendar the Virgin who was also the first to be beatified by Us, at the beginning of our Pontificate. This maiden became a child in the order of grace, but her spirit of childhood was united to such greatness of soul that, in accordance with the promises of Christ, she merited to be glorified before the Church upon earth, as well as in the Heavenly Jerusalem.
We give thanks to God likewise for permitting Us, who hold the place of His Only Son, to repeat insistently today from this chair of Truth and during this solemn ceremony the salutary teaching of the Divine Master. When the disciples asked: "Who will be the greater in the Kingdom of Heave?" calling a child and setting him in their midst, He pronounced these memorable words: "Amen, I say to you, unless ye be converted and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven." (Mat 18:2)
The new St. Therese had learned thoroughly this teaching of the Gospels and had translated it into her daily life. Moreover she taught the way of spiritual childhood by word and example to the novices of her monastery. She set it forth clearly in all her writings, which have gone to the ends of the world, and which assuredly no one has read without being charmed thereby, or without reading them again and again with great pleasure and much profit. For this simple child, this flower that blossomed in the walled garden of Carmel, not content with adding to Thérèse the name of the "Child Jesus," retraced in herself His living image, so that it may be said that whosoever honors Thérèse honors the Divine Model she reproduced.
Therefore We nurse the hope today of seeing springing up in the souls of the faithful of Christ a burning desire of leading a life of spiritual childhood. That spirit consists in thinking and acting, under the influence of virtue, as a child feels and acts in the natural order. Little children are not blinded by sin, or disturbed by the passions, and they enjoy in peace the possession of their innocence. Guiltless of malice or pretense, they speak and act as they think, so that they show themselves as they really are. Thus Therese appeared more angelic than human in her practice of truth and justice, endowed as she was with the simplicity of a child. The Maid of Lisieux had ever in memory the invitation and the promises of her Spouse: "Whosoever is a little one, let him come to Me." (Prov. 9:4) "You shall be carried at the breasts, and upon the knees they shall caress you; as one whom the mother caresseth, so will I comfort you." (Is. 64:12-13)
Conscious of her weakness she abandoned herself entirely to God, and leaning upon Him she labored to acquire -- at the cost of every sacrifice, and of an utter yet joyous abdication of her own will -- the perfection she arrived at. We need not be surprised if in Thérèse was accomplished the word of Christ: "Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the Kingdom of Heaven." (Mat 18:4) In her catechism lessons she drank in the pure doctrine of Faith, from the golden book of The Imitation of Christ she learned asceticism, in the writings of St. John of the Cross she found her mystical theology. Above all, she nourished heart and soul with the inspired Word of God on which she meditated assiduously, and the Spirit of Truth taught her what He hides as a rule from the wise and prudent and reveals to the humble. Indeed, God enriched her with a quite exceptional wisdom, so that she was enabled to trace out for others a sure way of salvation.
That superabundant share of divine light and grace enkindled in Thérèse so ardent a flame of love, that she lived by it alone, rising above all created things, till in the end it consumed her; so much so that shortly before her death she could candidly avow she had never given God anything but Love.
Evidently it was under the influence of that burning charity that the Maid of Lisieux took the resolution of doing all things for love of Jesus, with the sole object of pleasing Him, of consoling His Divine Heart, and of saving a multitude of souls who would love Him eternally. We have proof that on entering into Paradise she began at once, there also, this work among souls, when we see the mystical shower of roses which God permitted her, and still permits her to let fall upon earth, as she had ingenuously foretold.
Therefore do We desire earnestly that all the Faithful of Christ should render themselves worthy of partaking in the abundant profusion of graces resulting from the intercession of "little Therese." But We desire much more earnestly that all the faithful should study her in order to copy her, becoming children themselves, since otherwise they cannot, according to the oracle of the Master, arrive at the Kingdom of Heaven.
If the way of spiritual childhood became general, who does not see how easily would be realized the reformation of human society which We set ourselves to accomplish at the commencement of our Pontificate, and more especially in the promulgation of this Jubilee. We, therefore, adopt as our own the prayer of the new St. Therese with which she ends her invaluable autobiography: "O Jesus, we beseech Thee to cast Thy glance upon the vast number of little souls, and to choose in this world a legion of little victims worthy of Thy love." Amen.
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ROSS W. GREENE, PHD, is the originator of the influential model now known as Collaborative & Proactive Solutions, as described in his previous books The Explosive Child and Lost at School. He was on the faculty at Harvard Medical School for over twenty years, and is now founding director of the nonprofit Lives in the Balance, an organization providing free online resources on his model and advocating on behalf of behaviorally-challenging kids and their teachers, parents, and other caregivers. He is also adjunct associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Tech. He consults to families, general and special education schools, inpatient psychiatry units, and residential and juvenile detention facilities throughout the world.


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Bubbling ocean on Saturn's moon could explain vanishing island
Space 30 March 2016
Lakes like a fizzy drink
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The oceans and lakes on Saturn's moon Titan might be fizzy – a suggestion that could explain a mysterious disappearing island recently seen on the surface.
Titan is the only place in the solar system besides Earth with open bodies of liquid on its surface. But since the temperature is a frigid -180°C, we're not talking water. Instead, observations from NASA's Cassini probe have confirmed the oceans are liquid hydrocarbons, like ethane and methane.
And like our oceans contain dissolved salt, Titan's hydrocarbons are mixed in with nitrogen gas. Imagine Earth's seas were made of Coca-Cola, and you're close to the scene on Titan.
By Jacob Aron
Now Michael Malaska of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and his colleagues have discovered that the nitrogen can bubble out of the ocean.
Bubbling away
In the lab, his team mixed nitrogen gas with various combinations of ethane and methane at Titan-like temperatures. They found that the amount of nitrogen that dissolved in the hydrocarbons decreased as the liquid got warmer.
On Titan, this would mean that a small amount of extra sunlight would be enough to unlock some of the nitrogen found in the liquid hydrocarbons. Their experiment shows that heating a cup of Titan-like liquid by 1°C would release 2.5 times the volume in nitrogen.
The amount of dissolved nitrogen also depends on the exact blend of hydrocarbons. The team's results show that if a methane-nitrogen mix rained down on a pure ethane lake, as much as 15 times the volume of nitrogen would be released, potentially making for some very big bubbles. Malaska presented the work at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in The Woodlands, Texas, last week.
Exactly what those bubbles would look like on Titan depends on how rough the bottoms of the lakes are, since a smoother surface has fewer spots where bubbles can form, also known as nucleation sites. "If there's a lot of nucleation sites, you'll get a lot of bubbles," says Malaska. "If there are only a few, you might get one bubble that becomes really big and pops up."
Vanishing island
Such bubbles could explain Titan's "magic island", a feature in the Ligeia Mare sea that has repeatedly appeared and disappeared in radar images taken by Cassini over the past few years. "You can get a very large amount of bubbles coming out, and if those bubbles happen to have a pattern such that you get a radar signature, you would see the radar footprint we saw for the magic island," says Malaska.
They also mean NASA will need to think carefully if it goes ahead with a proposed mission to drop a robot submarine on Titan. If Malaska's prediction is correct, such a daring manoeuvre would be like dunking an Alka-Seltzer in water, producing a huge amount of bubbles.
Designs for the submarine discussed at LPSC now suggest placing its scientific instruments at the front and its heat-producing engines at the back, to avoid any interference from the on-going production of bubbles.
It just goes to show how much these alien worlds can surprise us, says Malaska. "We used to think of Titan as very Earth-like, but the more we learn about it, we learn it is really weird."
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Mersen, the global expert in electrical power and advanced materials, has selected Legendre Énergie to install two solar PV power plants at one of its industrial sites located in Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, 30 kilometers south of the French city of Lyon. The two self-supply plants, which will produce energy for consumption on site, will have a combined capacity of 716 kWc and are due to be commissioned in spring 2021.
Supplied by Legendre Énergie, the two solar PV plants will cover 22% of the energy needs of Mersen's Lyon site.
With nearly 350 employees, the Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure industrial park is Mersen's biggest site in France and will soon also be home to its own ground-mounted solar PV power plant with a capacity of 218 kWc, currently under construction by the teams at Legendre Énergie, who will equip the site's car park with five solar PV shades. With a combined capacity of 498 kWc, the shades will be coupled to eight charging stations for electric vehicles – also to be installed by Legendre Énergie – for use by Mersen employees.
Fitted with close to 1,940 PV modules, the two PV plants will produce 866 Mwh per year, i.e., enough to cover the electricity consumption of 335 homes (excluding heating) or 22% of the site's energy needs.
Installing the two solar PV power plants is part of Mersen's ambitious sustainable development strategy
Committed to corporate social responsibility from day one, Mersen has always set itself ambitious targets for improvement by developing innovative products that contribute to the energy transition, increasing waste recycling or improving and securing the environmental and social performance of its supplier base.
Investing in the two self-supply solar power plants to be provided by Legendre Énergie allows the Group to press ahead with this commitment whilst at the same time reducing its energy bill and dependence on the grid.
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The Alliance Amateur Radio Club recently conducted a fundraiser in support of the Alliance firefighters' annual toy drive. The club donated $625 to the effort to help provide toys to needy area children.
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Daisha Jaskolski September 2, 2019 November 5, 2020
South America is a land overflowing with culture and history, dating back thousands of years to the ancient civilisations of the Aztec, Mayans, and the many cultures that came in between.
Many of the countries in South America have immortalised their fascinating history with a number of unmissable museums that are all worth seeing at least once.
Imperial Museum – Brazil
This incredibly amazing neoclassical building was finished in 1862 in order to serve as the summer residence of the Emperor at the time. The mansion served as the St. Vincent de Paul College after the empire collapsed in 1909. It was one of the students of the school, Alcindo de Azevedo Sodre, who first planned to turn the school into a museum of history. He had persuaded enough people by 1940 that the building was eventually transformed into the Imperial Museum.
Museu Paulista – Brazil
If you can't get enough history about the Brazilian Empire, you'll also want to attend the Paulista Museum. The museum is situated close to where Emperor Pedro I declared independence from Portugal, and is operated by the University of Sao Paulo.
The structure— designed by Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi — and its grounds are closely focused on Versailles ' French Palace, and the museum contains a range of furnishings, artworks, and records related to the Brazilian Empire.
Juan Carlos Castagnino Municpal Museum of Art – Argentina
This beautiful house was initially built in 1909 as a summer home for Buenos Aires' Ortiz Basualdo family. Designed by the Tigre Club team of Pablo Pater and Luis Dubois, the house features a characteristic French half-timber motif.
Museum of Italian Art – Peru
Peru may not be the first location you think of when it comes to Italian art, but if you get the chance, this beautiful museum is definitely worth a visit. In 1921, Peru's Italian community gave the museum as a donation to the nation to mark Spain's 100th anniversary of independence.
Designed by Italian architect Gaetano Moretti, the house is itself a piece of artwork. The interior displays aspects influenced by renowned painters such as Donatello, Ghiberti, Michelangelo and Botticelli from Bramante's architecture and ornaments. The façade contains emblems from Italy's biggest towns and two Venetian mosaics depicting Italian history's renowned people. Inside is a huge stained glass inspired by the Primavera of Botticelli.
National Museum of Fine Arts – Chile
Chile's fine arts museum was created in 1880, making it the earliest museum in South America, known locally as the MNBA (which stands for Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes). The Palace was constructed to celebrate the first centenary of Spain's independence from the country. It was designed by French-Chilean architect Emile Jecquier, who combined the design of the building with Beaux-arts, Neoclassical Second Empire, Baroque, and Art Nouveau, taking inspiration from the Paris Petit Palais.
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CTD stands for conductivity, temperature, and depth, and refers to a package of electronic instruments that measure these properties.
A CTD Rosette is lowered into the water to measure the salinity, temperature, depth and concentration of particles in the water column. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
A CTD device's primary function is to detect how the conductivity and temperature of the water column changes relative to depth. Conductivity is a measure of how well a solution conducts electricity. Conductivity is directly related to salinity, which is the concentration of salt and other inorganic compounds in seawater. Salinity is one of the most basic measurements used by ocean scientists. When combined with temperature data, salinity measurements can be used to determine seawater density which is a primary driving force for major ocean currents.
Often, CTDs are attached to a much larger metal frame called a rosette, which may hold water-sampling bottles that are used to collect water at different depths, as well as other sensors that can measure additional physical or chemical properties.
CTDs can provide profiles of chemical and physical parameters through the entire water column. By analyzing these parameters, scientists can make inferences about the occurrence of certain biological processes, such as the growth of algae. Sudden changes, or "anomalies," in one or more of the properties being measured may alert scientists to an unusual occurrence, such as an active hydrothermal vent.
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Deep in the Heart of Texas: Aiming for Authenticity in the Texas Hill Country
April 16, 2015 /	by Malcolm Logan /	1 Comment
Jumping into the river seemed like an unpalatable alternative, so Doug whipped out a pair of pistols and unloaded on it.
Above all things I value authenticity in travel. Cruise ships, all-inclusive resorts, and gated communities hold little appeal for me. I like to feel I'm in among the people, experiencing how they live. This is always most rewarding when the people themselves seem to genuinely enjoy their lives.
So I was headed to the Texas hill country, west of San Antonio. I was looking for a taste of the genuine article, the Texas you see in Hollywood westerns: big-hearted, down-to-earth, square dealing, but steely-eyed and quick on the draw if necessary. I was looking for authenticity.
Someone was clanging on a triangle bell.
Lassoos and Campfires
I had decided to hole up at the Running-R Ranch near the little town of Bandera. I arrived late, after dark, to the strains of Gene Autry on my radio. When I pulled up to the little ranch house, it was quiet. I looked up. The stars that night were big and bright. I was deep in the heart of Texas.
I took my key from an envelope tacked to the door and let myself into the cabin. The accommodations were spartan, a bedstead made of rugged cottonwood, a bench, a table and four chairs. On the bed was a handwoven quilt. On the wall was a picture of a quarter horse. I went to sleep.
My cabin was located in a cul-da-sac at the end of a dirt road. Somewhere up the road the clanging had stopped and I could hear the sound of someone digging.
In the morning I was awoken by the sound of clanging. Someone was banging on a triangle bell. Bleary-eyed, I pulled on my jeans and stepped out onto the porch. My cabin was located in a cul-da-sac at the end of a dirt road. Somewhere up the road, not far away, the clanging had stopped and I could hear the steady chuff-chuff of someone digging. I went to investigate.
I passed through an open area behind one of the buildings where the remains of a campfire lay. Low wooden benches surrounded it. Near the head of the burnt out fire beside a yucca bush was a replica of a steer's head with coils of rope looped around it. Obviously this was used to practice lassoing. I smiled. I liked being in a place where people felt that mastering the art of throwing a rope around the head of a bovine was a worthwhile use of their time.
"The Roundup" was a long wooden mess hall with a flagstone fireplace at one end. A number of tables were set out. Arranged along one wall was a buffet.
I saw a man digging a post hole. He looked up as I approached. "Mornin'", he said, and then he nodded to a nearby building and said, "breakfast is up."
Hands and Fixins
I climbed a short flight of steps to the building, which a sign identified as "The Roundup", and I went in. It was a long wooden mess hall with a flagstone fireplace. A number of tables were set out. Arranged along one wall was a buffet: scrambled eggs, bacon, biscuits and gravy. I was the only one there.
But then a woman appeared from the kitchen and seemed to startled to see me. She said, "I didn't hear you come in." It sounded like, "Ah, didn't hare you come in."
I breakfasted with Doug and Sherry. Doug is the foreman of the Running R Ranch and Sherry arranged my reservations. The conversation was priceless. (Click pictures to enlarge).
"Here I am," I said, spreading my hands.
"Well, sit down," she said. "The hens'll be along directly."
This puzzled me. "The hens?" I said, nodding toward the eggs. "Looks like the hens have already come and gone."
She laughed. "No, the hands. The hands'll be along directly. They always have to be prodded 'for they come round for the fixins."
Hands, I thought. This was good. I was in a place where the staff were referred to as hands, and the meal was referred to as fixins.
Jerry, left, and Doug swapped stories on a variety of Texas-related topics, from armadillos to cottonmouths.
Sure enough, just then, three people came ambling through the door, two men and a woman. The "hands", I inferred. The men were wearing Stetsons, which they removed. They introduced themselves and sat down.
The big man with the boyish face was Doug; he was the ranch foreman. The shorter, older man with the round face was Jerry. He was a longtime resident of Running-R Ranch who hosted a call-in radio show on the topic of horses in Austin. The woman was Sherry. t was she who had taken my reservation and tacked my key to the cabin door.
We had breakfast and talked. Or I should say, they talked. And the conversation was priceless.
You never go swimming in a river in Texas Hill Country without first tossing in a rock. If there are cottonmouths in the river, the rock will fetch them out.
Armadillos and Cottonmouths
Doug, big and hulking, but as harmless as a boy scout, got on the subject of armadillos. Seems he had eaten armadillo once and found it difficult to stomach. Jerry wanted to know what had possessed him to do that. Doug explained that he had worked on a ranch, and the ranch owner had told him he could hunt anything he wanted, but he must eat what he killed. One night he shot an armadillo, thinking it was a fox or something, and true to his word, he cooked and ate it. But there was something unusual about it, Doug meant to tell us.
Doug bringing out my mount, Colton. He was a good horse. He would pick it up at a shake of the reins, change directions, and spin around and go back.
"Funny thing is," he said. "Armadillos are a-sexual. That's right. Every armadillo can reproduce. When I was cleaning the armadillo, I found this little pouch with four little tiny armadillos in it. I thought I had killed a pregnant mother, but the foreman told me all armadillos have those little pouches, regardless of sex. Ain't that somethin?"
We all admitted it was. Later, I found out Doug was not entirely accurate on this score, but I didn't care. I liked the fact that we were talking about armadillos over breakfast.
But then the conversation turned to snakes and the precautions necessary in those regions to keep from getting bit.
My wrangler was an attractive 30-something woman with a vague resemblance to Sheryl Crow. Her name was Mary and she knew horses – had been a trick rider.
Jerry told a story about a young couple who went camping and set up their camp after dark. Unbeknownst to them, their tent was pitched on a rattlesnake pit. Days later the authorities found them dead in their sleeping bags. "They had bites all over them."
Doug volleyed back with a story about a friend who had moved north and then come back to Texas. He had forgotten some basic precautions, like the fact that you never go swimming in a river in the hill country without first tossing in a rock. If there are cottonmouths in the river, the rock will fetch them out. His friend, having forgotten, jumped into the river and landed in a nest of cottonmouths. They swarmed up and killed him.
Malcolm Logan at Running R Ranch in Bandera, TX.
Jerry remarked that cottonmouths sometimes drop out of the trees. Doug stepped up and struck that lob with force. He had been on a fishing trip, he said, that nearly ended in disaster when he startled a cottonmouth lurking in the bottom of his boat.
"Must've fallen out of a tree," Jerry said.
"Most likely," agreed Doug.
Anyway, it was a moment of high tension as he was out in the middle of the river, and the snake was between him and the outboard. Because jumping into the river seemed like an unpalatable alternative under the circumstances, Doug whipped out a pair of pistols and unloaded on it. He killed that snake, sure as shootin', but the boat got shot full of holes, and now he was sinking.
Texas Hill Country is a broad expanse of rugged hills covered by cedar scrub, prickly pear and Texas live oak. It represents the easternmost reaches of the American Southwest.
"But isn't that the boat that comes with floating seats?" asked Jerry.
"Why, yes, it is," confirmed Doug, not at all put out by the way Jerry had taken the wind out of his story. "So I was able to motor ashore, as you might expect."
Now Sherry weighed in. "Didn't hit that snake with your first shot, though, did you?"
"I was just glad I hit it," said Doug, "The boat was rocking with the current, and I was standing there trying to draw a bead on it. The snake was moving, the boat was moving, nothing was standing still. If it'd got me first, I'd be dead."
We loped along past yucca, sage and prickly pear. The Running R Ranch borders a vast state park in the Hill Country.
"You don't survive a cottonmouth bite, as a general thing," Jerry observed.
"The only way is to cut yourself open with a knife and suck the venom out," Doug explained. And then after a moment's pause: "Takes grit."
Jerry avowed he knew a guy who had done it and survived, but it was a rare thing. Then he thought about it, smiled a little and offered to tell the well-known joke about the two cowboys, one of whom is bitten in the penis by a snake, and the other one says, "What can I do to help you?", and the first guy says…
Jerry hesitated. "Do you know the joke?"
We all did. We all laughed. It's a good joke.
Mary been a trick rider in a horse show, wearing fringe and rhinestones, hanging off the side of the saddle, shooting blanks, standing up, riding backwards.
Marshals and Wranglers
I had come to Running-R specifically to ride, so after breakfast it was time to head out on the trails. It was the off-season at the ranch, so I was the only one there, which is the way I like it. Doug led me out to the barn where the wrangler was waiting. I was expecting a lean and rangy looking character chewing on a straw, but instead my wrangler was an attractive 30-something woman with a vague resemblance to Sheryl Crow. Her name was Mary.
As we rode off into the hill country, one of the first topics we discussed was the appropriateness of names. I told Mary that her name suited her, because of her dark hair, which made me think of Catholic girls, although she wasn't.
Mary and I had a great ride together, exploring the Hill Country, talking about everything from fake Indian attacks to breaking horses to guns.
She generously allowed that I was the first Malcolm she had ever met and was not put in mind of young TV stars or angry civil rights leaders. We both agreed, however, that Doug was not appropriately named. "I call him Dougie Doo-Right," she told me. "He's a big sweet guy like that."
We talked about Doug a little longer and it came to light that Doug had formerly been the deputy marshal of Bandera before he became foreman at the ranch. I loved it. I had just breakfasted with a real Texas marshal, and then he'd helped me saddle up. "You should respect him," I suggested to Mary. "You should call him Marshal Do-Right." We laughed.
Mary had a dark bruise under her eye. Doug had kidded her about it when she'd brought out the horses, but I didn't feel it was appropriate to ask. So I didn't.
The front porch of the Round Up building at the Running R Ranch, a great place to relax after a day of riding.
We rode up a winding dirt trail lined by Texas live oak and cedar brush. In the distance low hills lined the horizon. A falcon soared overhead. A jackrabbit spooked and bounded away.
The name of my horse was Colton, and he was a good one. He would pick up his pace at the shake of the reins, change directions with a mild pull, and spin around and go back on command, which is saying something about a trail horse, which generally only go in one direction.
The rural roads leading to and from the ranch hold some surprises. I passed this wagon train as I was headed out.
But then these horses had been trained by Texas horsepeople, which are some of the best, Mary among them. She had come to the ranch from a horseshow where she had done trick riding in front of an audience, wearing fringe and rhinestones, hanging off the side of the saddle, shooting blanks, standing up, riding backwards. She had ideas about how to spice up the trail ride with a fake Indian attack.
"I think we should get halfway into it and then these Indians come screaming down out of the hills, and then we fight them off with a bunch of fancy riding and gunplay."
I told her I thought it was a great idea. I'm all for spicing things up, even it might seem a little politically incorrect to some folks.
Main Street in Bandera, TX. The real deal.
"We'll have to break the horses to it," she said, explaining that horses have to be broken to gunfire with cap pistols to start, otherwise they'll bolt. "You keep going louder and louder until they're used to it. Once they can take gunfire, they'll take anything, even bombs."
"It's a good thing you don't have to break them to bombs," I said.
Trotting and Loping
We rode far out into the hills. I put the heels to Colton, and we loped along past yucca, sage and prickly pear, enjoying the unique hill country biodiversity the way generations of Texans have, astride a well-trained steed, side-by-side with an accomplished horseperson, the thump of hoofbeats in our ears.
Replica steer's head with lariats looped around it. A place to practice lassooing on something that stands still and allows it.
Back at the barn, I learned how Mary had come by her black eye. "You probably think I'm a victim of domestic abuse," she said. "Actually it's even dumber than that. was currying a horse and dropped the brush behind it. I stepped around to pick it up and pow!"
"He kicked you?"
"He just grazed me," she said, a little embarrassed.
"Otherwise you wouldn't be standing here talking to me."
"Uh, that's right."
Sundown on the ranch. Big-hearted, down-to-earth and square dealing. I couldn't have asked for a more authentic visit to the Texas Hill Country.
Damn, I thought. It's dangerous in these parts. If the snakes don't get you, your horse might deal you a blow that'll knock your brains in. Nevertheless, these Texans take it all in stride, approaching things with grace and good humor.
Taken altogether, my brief visit to the Texas Hill Country provided everything I had been looking for. Unique surroundings, friendly people, and authenticity. I believe I'd like to come back again, bring the wife, and try my hand at throwing that lasso around that steer's head.
I like it when things stand still and give me a chance to draw a bead on them.
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9059 Bandera Creek Road
Bandera, TX 78003-3866
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A Self-Guided Tour of the Manson Murder Sites in Los Angeles
Is it Safer to Fly or Drive During COVID?
Groundbreaking Attractions: Over and Under in the New Las Vegas
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A Self-Guided Tour of the Manson Murder Sites in Los Angeles January 16, 2021
Is it Safer to Fly or Drive During COVID? January 12, 2021
Groundbreaking Attractions: Over and Under in the New Las Vegas March 16, 2020
Good Medicine: A Spiritual Journey Through Monument Valley March 2, 2020
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My name is Malcolm Logan. I travel America.
Some folks say they know what America is. Lots of folks say they know what it ought to be. I say let's have a closer look, because America is not so easy to pin down.
The only way to get a true sense of this extraordinary country is to immerse yourself in it, and the only way to immerse yourself in it is to explore it – by car.
Wild Man: Down to Earth and Out on the Edge with the Mayor of Telluride February 15, 2020
Bad Blood: Tracing the Family Blood Lines Through the Hatfields & McCoysApril 16, 2015
Running on Empty: A Strange Visit to the Pennsylvania Oil SitesApril 16, 2015
Maximum Mediums: Communicating with the Dead in Lily Dale, NYApril 16, 2015
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Britain's Communists have welcomed the renewed commitment of trade unions at last week's TUC conference to campaign for the 'New Deal for Workers', building up to a national 'day of action' next May Day. 'It is in the interests of all workers that the unions and the TUC conduct a coordinated, militant campaign to recruit millions of non-union and mainly young employees', Communist Party trade union organiser Andy Bain reported to the party's executive committee. 'The other vital aspect of the "New Deal" is that it demands extended trade union and workplace rights to improve wages, terms and conditions for all', he pointed out.
Six Communist and workers' parties have issued a joint statement in Paris warning against the continuing threat of a new war in the Middle East. Meeting at the Fete de l'Humanite, representatives of parties from Iran, France, Lebanon, Cyprus, Iraq and Britain expressed their concern at the rising tension between the governments of the US and Iran. They also condemned the 'economic warfare' being waged against the people of Iran as the result of US and European Union sanctions and pledged solidarity with forces in that country struggling for democratic and human rights.
The European Union cannot be reformed in the interests of the workers and peoples of Europe, insisted an international panel of speakers at the huge 'Avante!' festival near Lisbon, Portugal, at the weekend.
Corbyn and Communists in Machynlleth
Jeremy Corbyn received a standing ovation from a large crowd at the 'El Sueno Existe' ('The Dream Exists') festival in Machynlleth, mid-Wales, at the weekend.
Left and Labour must resist 'Very real threats', say Communists
Imperialism and the Middle East (revised edition)
A Faded Empire Strikes Back


For a leader's contact information, please email our church office.
There are always opportunities at Redeemer to dive deeper into God's Word!
Meets Thursday mornings at 10:00AM at Redeemer. All are welcome to join anytime.
Meets Tuesdays at 5:30PM at Redeemer for four weeks. The cost is $9 for materials. Email Steve Sundby as soon as possible (supe@epbfi.com) if you would like to join!
Meets every Wednesday at 7:15PM at the McLelland's. Contact Reg at phiprofmac@gmail.com for more info.
Younger women of Redeemer (40ish and under) meet at church on the third Saturday of each month at 10AM for coffee + fellowship. Childcare for 5 and under is provided.
Redeemer "Young-ish" Ladies Book Club meets on the first Tuesday evening of each month for a book discussion.
Contact Cherita at cheritalanee@gmail.com to get plugged in.
Younger men of Redeemer meet one evening a month for drinks and discussion.
Contact Nathan at nathancswann@gmail.com to get plugged in.
Once a month, all young adults and young families are invited to have lunch + spend the afternoon together.
Anyone is welcome to attend our Prayer Group that meets every Wednesday morning at 10:30AM at Redeemer.


Hip-Hippo Hooray for composer, lyricist and book writer Joan Cushing who returns to Imagination Stage with her funny, rhythmic, heart-warming and charming musical George and Martha: Tons of Fun, which ends its run this weekend. The show is truly tons of fun!
Based on James Marshall's children's books about two hippo best friends (who may remind adults of the verbal-sparring leads with the same names in a famous Edward Albee play), Cushing fills her adaptation with lots of humorous scenes, including a funny workout with Dog and George and a cuckoo clock from hell that won't stop ticking loudly. Cushing also pays homage to several Broadway musicals including two of Stephen Sondheim's best works – Sweeney Todd andSunday in the Park with George – in addition to Gypsy and Cabaret.
Director Kathryn Chase Bryer guides the wonderful performances of the brilliant cast of young actors and hoofers who dance and sing their hearts out. Imagination Stage regulars Michael John Casey and Sandra Lee Murphy are hysterical as George and Martha. Their facial expressions and bickering made the audience roar with laughter.
Who are these two hippos? George is a jokester and a dreamer who plays the tuba – he wants to be the first of his species to fly – and when he tries to take flight "Like Orville and Wilbur Wright", he fails to get off the ground. Martha takes ballet lessons in a very pink tutu, plays cards with George, loves to go on picnics, plays the cello, and tells scary stories at night. Although their friendship has its ups and downs – many times because of misunderstandings (like assuming George likes Martha's split pea soup which George despises: "It looks like buggers to me!") – they still make beautiful music together.
Rounding out the talented cast are Kate Guesman (Pig), Dereks Thomas (Dog), and Nickolas Vaughan (Croc) – energetically dancing Choreographer Scott Rink's ever-moving vaudevillian-style choreography. Milagros Ponce de Leon's set includes two colorful bright orange rotating houses, and it frames the three fiends in a French cabaret complete with flashing lights. Debra Kim Sevigny's colorful costumes include a pink bubble-gum dress for Pig. She clothes George and Martha in human clothing complete with hippo ears. Special kudos to the beautiful lighting and the crisp and clear sound by their respective designers, Cory Ryan Frank and Christopher Baine.
The audience was wall-to-wall school kids when I saw the show, and Joan Cushing's clever book allowed for copious of audience participation. Once, the whole theatre exploded with the sound of tots trying to get Martha to look down and smell the (fake) tulips. But there was one line that got the adults in the audience – including myself – roaring. Martha is at home reading Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? when she says, "This is the funniest play I have ever read!" It cracked me up!
Joan Cushing's 'Oom-pah-pah' score is filled with accordions and Martha and George's favorite instruments – the cello and tuba. Among my favorites was "The Split Pea Soup Song," which was side-splitting. "Plastic Flowers for Sale" with Nicholas Vaughan (Croc) sounding a lot like Pirelli the elixir-selling Barber in Sweeney Todd. The toe-tapping "The Secret Club" was not a secret for very long and had a hilarious and clever use of a subpoena, a notarized letter, and a habeas corpus. "The Autumn Song" was simply lovely.
And as many children's productions often do, George and Martha: Tons of Fun teaches children – and hopefully some adults – the importance of friendship and communicating your honest feelings. As I was leaving the theatre I heard a youngster say to a friend, "I apologize for not telling you how I really feel," Now that's the power of the theatre!
George and Martha: Tons of Fun plays through May 28th at Imagination Stage – 4908 Auburn Avenue, in Bethesda, MD. For tickets call 301-280-1660, or purchase them online.
The running time is 90 minutes with no intermission.


Avocado. Bone ash. Copper. Egg whites. Pumice powder. Sumac. Vinegar. Walnut.
Some of the students' creations.
This isn't some bizarre, arcane shopping list–it's a sampling of just a few of the ingredients used by students in Kate Dimitrova's Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts class. A few more modern materials, such as newsprint and coffee, pepper the list, but for the most part the students stuck diligently to their incredibly difficult mission–to create their own illuminated manuscript pages using techniques and recipes from the Middle Ages.
Given the arduous process of producing their basic materials, much less designing and painting the actual illustrations, this was no small task. Each student was given a scrap of vellum to start with, then was directed to medieval recipes for pigments, inks, and even tools–some of which the students made by hand, as in the case of a home-crafted brush with human hair.
Students working with some of our manuscript facsimiles.
When their works of art were complete, they were put into a display case here in the Scholes Library, and the students were given the opportunity to experience the next best thing to an original manuscript–high quality manuscript facsimiles.
A facsimile is a very detailed reproduction or replica of an original manuscript, in this case medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. Though the specifics can vary depending on the quality and completeness of the facsimile, an ideal manuscript facsimile reproduces every facet of the original, from the cover to the uneven and sometimes torn pages. Facsimiles are valuable in that they provide the rare opportunity to experience the manuscript as it was intended to be experienced–not as a flat, disconnected projection on a wall, but as part of a whole work.
Patrons who wish to see facsimiles from our collection can contact me, Eva Sclippa, at sclippa@alfred.edu, for a list of available facsimiles and information on accessing Special Collections. If you'd like to see the students' beautiful work, it will be on display until April 30th, next to the reference desk–so be sure to get in before then!
The full group with their works on display.
Coral Lambert and one of her students, Lily Montgomery, have mounted a week-long art auction in the Book End Lounge. The auction will support a trip to the Pedvale Sculpture Park in Latvia this summer. Coral and her students will be building a large Earth Work Sculpture and participating in the International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art.
All are welcome to stop by Herrick Library to enjoy the art and/or to make a bid on any of the one-of-a-kind items on display. The auction will wind down on Friday, April 18th.


Our Texas UU voice has been missing on many issues. Approaching the next Legislative session, UUs need a voice more than ever. TXUUJM provides a vehicle for our congregations and the members of our association to make a difference in our state and to help those learning about Unitarian Universalism see the values for which we stand.
In the months leading up to the 2017 session, there is much work to be done in our communities and working with our elected representatives around the state. The TXUUJM Advisory Board will discuss what issues which we wish to take a position on during this period. Members of the participating congregations engaged in discussions of their own to determine which issues to present to the Advisory Board.
The TXUUJM Advisory Board, consisting of member representatives from participating churches, selected three focus issues for 2015 session: women's health, expanding Medicaid, and income inequality.
TXUUJM, an educational organization to acquaint legislators with UU perspectives and acquaint Texas UU congregations with statewide issues, received its 501 (c) (3) status in 2014 The organization, similar to UU "legislative ministries" or "state advocacy networks" in other states, was started when three Emersonians, after receiving Board of Trustees approval, organized a meeting in Austin that launched TXUUJM. They are Rev. Mark Edmiston-Lange, Larry Huelbig and Gabe Gelb.
The Rev. Chuck Freeman is our half-time executive director in Austin but we are asking Emersonians to help finance him to full-time status.
Emerson has two advisory board members to represent us in guiding priorities for TXUUJM; if interested, please contact Gabe Gelb at ggelb@gelbconsulting.com. The representatives are appointed by Emerson's Board of Trustees.
Current representatives are Kenny Jones and Jane Collins.
The motto of the Texas UU Justice Ministry is: Bending Texas towards Justice.


In the past few years, Pillivuyt has been exploring "new traditions". While preserving all the classic items, Pillivuyt has kept an eye towards new styles and trends. Pillivuyt porcelain is internationally known for its exceptional quality and design. With the contributions of chefs and artists to the design process, form and function are perfectly combined to make this the most versatile, practical, and beautiful culinary porcelain in the international market today. Every piece of Pillivuyt porcelain is oven, microwave, and dishwasher-safe.
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Mix the flour and eggs together and stir in the oil and white wine. Add the Gruyere cheese, herbs de Provence, yeast, feta, and cherry tomatoes. Pour into a floured and buttered galantine mold or bread pan, filling only 2/3 full to leave room for rising. Bake for 45-50 minutes. Cool completely on a rack before slicing.


Both Leon Haslam and Cal Crutchlow have spoken about their intentions to secure good results at Cadwell Park this weekend at the home circuit of the Honda UYK squad.
With the HM Plant team based just down the road in Louth, the 2.18-mile Lincolnshire circuit is very much the local track for the reigning British Superbike Champions.
Both Haslam and Crutchlow have shining résumés at Cadwell, with Leon winning races in each of the last three years and Crutchlow securing his first British Supersport win there a year before taking the 600 crown.
And after a confidence boosting victory in race two at Knockhill last time out, Haslam will be looking to begin his characteristic late surge of winning form.
"After the win last time out I'm looking forward to Cadwell. We've been making progress all year with the bike and while it's got a way to go, I can ride it properly now and I'm confident to be able to ride it hard. At Cadwell confidence is just what you need as it's a technical track."
Crutchlow, who now has Tom Sykes breathing down his neck for the second spot in the championship standings, knows the importance of this weekend to his employers.
But the 2006 British Supersport Champ admits the track is one of his favourites, not just because of the location to the Honda team.
"I love Cadwell Park. It's a wonderful and very special track for me," said the Coventry rider.


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Search - List of Books by Lauren Belfer
Lauren Belfer is an American author fromBuffalo, New York, where she attended the Buffalo Seminary, which would later become the girls boarding-school depicted in her debut novel, City of Light, about Buffalo, NY during the Pan-American Exposition.
At Swarthmore College, she majored in Medieval Studies. After graduating, she worked as a file clerk at an art gallery, a paralegal, an assistant photo editor at a newspaper, a fact checker at magazines, and as a researcher and associate producer on documentary films. She has an M.F.A. from Columbia University.
Her debut novel, City of Light, was a New York Times bestseller , as well as a number one Book Sense pick, a Barnes & Noble Discover Award nominee, a New York Times Notable Book, a Library Journal Best Book, a Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, a bestseller in Great Britain, has been translated into seven languages, and was adapted into a stage play by Anthony Clarvoe.
Belfer's fiction has also been published in the Michigan Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, and Henfield Prize Stories. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, the Christian Science Monitor, and elsewhere.
Belfer is interviewed as an author/historian for the PBS documentary on Elbert Hubbard entitled Elbert Hubbard: An American Original.
Her second novel, A Fierce Radiance, a romantic historical thriller which follows the development of penicillin during World War II in New York City, was published by HarperCollins in June, 2010.
She lives in New York City.
This author page uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lauren Belfer", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
Total Books: 20
Available Only List
2017 - And After the Fire a Novel (Paperback)
Genre: Literature & Fiction
2016 - And After the Fire (Hardcover)
2011 - A Fierce Radiance (Paperback)
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance
2010 - A Fierce Radiance (Hardcover)
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
2003 - Wie Ein Licht Im Strom (Paperback)
2003 - City of Light (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Substores
2003 - Les Lumires De L'aube (Paperback)
2001 - Wie Ein Licht Im Strom (Hardcover)
2000 - City of Light 24cc D/bin (Paperback)
1999 - City of Light [Large Print] (Hardcover)
1999 - City of Light 8c Flr (Hardcover)
1999 - City of Light (Hardcover) → Paperback, Audio Cassette
1999 - City of Light (Audio Cassette) → Paperback, Hardcover
City of Light (Paperback) → Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
La Ciudad De La Luz [Spanish Edition] (Hardcover)