text:
package OffenderUtil

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"time"
)

// Offenders represents a response from FamilyWatchdog
type Offenders struct {
	Searchtype string     `json:"searchtype"`
	Vers       string     `json:"vers"`
	Status     string     `json:"status"`
	Offenders  []Offender `json:"offenders"`
}

// Aliases is offender aliases
type Aliases struct {
	Name       string `json:"name"`
	FirstName  string `json:"firstname"`
	MiddleName string `json:"middlename"`
	LastName   string `json:"lastname"`
	Suffix     string `json:"suffix"`
}

// OtherAddresses are additional addresses
type OtherAddresses struct {
	Type      string `json:"type"`
	Name      string `json:"name"`
	Street1   string `json:"street1"`
	Street2   string `json:"street2"`
	City      string `json:"city"`
	State     string `json:"state"`
	Zipcode   string `json:"zipcode"`
	MatchType string `json:"matchtype"`
	Latitude  string `json:"latitude"`
	Longitude string `json:"longitude"`
}

// Convictions are the charges
type Convictions struct {
	Charge          string `json:"charge"`
	Statute         string `json:"statute"`
	VictimAge       string `json:"victimage"`
	VictimSex       string `json:"victimsex"`
	ConvictionState string `json:"convictionstate"`
}

// Markings are additional markings
type Markings struct {
	Description string `json:"description"`
}

// Birthdates are unknown
type Birthdates struct {
	Dob string `json:"dob"`
}

// PossibleNicknames are nicknames
type PossibleNicknames struct {
	FirstName string `json:"firstname"`
}

// Offender is a single offender
type Offender struct {
	OffenderID        string              `json:"offenderid"`
	Photo             string              `json:"photo"`
	Name              string              `json:"name"`
	FirstName         string              `json:"firstname"`
	MiddleName        string              `json:"middlename"`
	LastName          string              `json:"lastname"`
	Suffix            string              `json:"suffix"`
	Dob               string              `json:"dob"`
	Age               string              `json:"age"`
	Sex               string              `json:"sex"`
	Race              string              `json:"race"`
	Hair              string              `json:"hair"`
	Eye               string              `json:"eye"`
	Height            string              `json:"height"`
	Weight            string              `json:"weight"`
	Street1           string              `json:"street1"`
	Street2           string              `json:"street2"`
	City              string              `json:"city"`
	State             string              `json:"state"`
	Zipcode           string              `json:"zipcode"`
	County            string              `json:"county"`
	MatchType         string              `json:"matchtype"`
	Latitude          string              `json:"latitude"`
	Longitude         string              `json:"longitude"`
	Aliases           []Aliases           `json:"aliases"`
	OtherAddresses    []OtherAddresses    `json:"otheraddresses"`
	Convictions       []Convictions       `json:"convictions"`
	Markings          []Markings          `json:"markings"`
	Birthdates        []Birthdates        `json:"birthdates"`
	PossibleNicknames []PossibleNicknames `json:"possiblenicknames"`
}

var myClient = &http.Client{Timeout: 120 * time.Second}

var apiKey string

// SetAPIKey will set the api key
func SetAPIKey(a string) {
	apiKey = a
}

// getJSON will make a request and return the response as a struct supplied
func getJSON(params string, target interface{}) error {
	url := fmt.Sprintf("http://services.familywatchdog.us/rest/json.asp?key=%s&lite=0%s", apiKey, params)

	r, err := myClient.Get(url)

	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	defer r.Body.Close()

	return json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(target)
}

// SearchByZip returns sex offenders near zip
func SearchByZip(zip string) Offenders {
	params := fmt.Sprintf("&type=searchbyzipcode&zipcode=%s", zip)
	records := Offenders{}

	// getJSON will return the offenders JSON
	err := getJSON(params, &records)
	if err != nil {
		log.Println(err)
	}

	return Offenders(records)
}

// SearchByNameState returns sex offenders with name in state
func SearchByNameState(fname string, lname string, state string) Offenders {
	params := fmt.Sprintf("&type=searchbynamestate&fname=%s&lname=%s&state=%s", fname, lname, state)
	records := Offenders{}

	// getJSON will return the offenders JSON
	getJSON(params, &records)

	return Offenders(records)
}

// SearchByLatLong returns sex offenders with name in state
func SearchByLatLong(minLat string, maxLat string, minLong string, maxLong string) Offenders {
	params := fmt.Sprintf("&type=searchbylatlong&minlat=%s&maxlat=%s&minlong=%s&maxlong=%s", minLat, maxLat, minLong, maxLong)
	records := Offenders{}

	// getJSON will return the offenders JSON
	getJSON(params, &records)

	return Offenders(records)
}

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Hi, my name is Sean and I'm just starting development on a new rollerball game. I've been playing this genre since Marble Madness and Super Monkey Ball was one of my all time favorite games. For a long time I've wanted to try my hand at making my own version with a few key differences.
So, I'd like to ask you all, if you could have ANYTHING you wanted in a rollerball game, what would it be?
Floor tilting goes without saying.
Also, is this a good place to be discussing this? Does anyone have any segestions of other places I should look for input from?
Edit: I'm having alot of trouble posting the image here.. I tried attaching it and that worked but I can't link to it (0 links alowd) Anyone know how I do this?
One more screen.. As you can see, this is already imagined to be quite different from the traditional roller, so I'm not sure how it will be recieved by the comunity. Neverball's formula is tried and true and can never be replaced.
Excellent! I'm still in the phases of engine building, so most content stuff is planned and pending.
Tunnels and dodging could be fun... maybe a spiral tunnel into the earth?
Narrow rails are a given. A rainbow rail was one idea.
Right now there is water that you float and bob around on / in.. but if I make the ball heavyer it will sink and move slower / flowyierr.. So, def ball weight is on the table. (Included an image with water in view) Extra weight to access deeper water sounds awesome!
The labyrinth is my fav idea.. and I'm surprised I hadn't thought of that yet as I'm ussually really into mazes. I guess I'm going to have to do some procedual generation after all... I have made maze algoritms before. ;p hmmm. At the very least there will be a very pretty hedge maze.
Rodeo... Oh how frustrating! Yeah, good idea. I'm at a loss for ways to integrate that into a setting tho. ?? Oh, I did like the idea of having a circus.... still not sure how the pop up blocks could fit stylisticly, but I'll keep thinking.
As for the track... my eyes went cross as soon as I could see again. Yeah, I should look at spline editing to see if I can make loopy tracks easily. I'll report back on that.
Thank you for the ideas! It's too bad it's so quite here.. Neverball is one of my all time favs, I was really hoping more peeps would be on here.
I'll drop one simple feature I've been enjoying alot, that I'm yet to see in a floor tilt roller; multiplayer. Works nicely right now and I hope it'll expand nicely as well. I've only tested it with 2 players but it runs smoothly and accurate as ever with client side authority. I always wondered why there was never a full multiplayer monkeyball clone?
Any more ideas? Esp big dreamy ones that require early planning! Content is awesome too and good to think about for design later. Big gameplay ideas will be implimented first tho, so if anyone has any, I'm down to test things out and post my results here.
Thanks again dtb! Any more pop up?
is there a place I can download it and try it or no?
Hey! Thanks for the support all. As for downloads, I'd like to have a tech demo to let a few select peeps try out and get thier oppinions on a few things. It may be another month or so before I'd have enought content to really get any ideas from.. If you'd like, armanelgtron (or anyone else?), I'll send you a PM when I have something to share?
Hey, can anyone tell me if my pictures are coming though ok?
@dtb: I'm looking at adding 'tracks' soon. I found some really nice looking spline assets that are pretty cheap, so I'll try and up some pics of loopy Darda action soon!
Cool, thanks. That's good, as I dont really want the pictures to be fully public yet.
hmmm.. seems I can't post links yet. hopefully copy paste will work, if you want to see.
the video is pretty dang cool, and this seems to be the most powerful of the plugins availible. It's cheap too!
...or go to slow on a straight (as an example), they flex apart and the ball falls inbetween them? If that's what you had in mind, I like it!
That's exactly what I had in mind - like "run fast or drop deep..."


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June 1, 2019 June 1, 2019 DisIsAfrica
Former Arsenal star jose Anthonio Reyes has died in a car crash on Saturday morning.
The 35 year old invincible legend died in a serious car collision in Utreta.
The news was confirmed by another of his formar club, Sevilla FC through their Twitter page.
Reyes was a member of the Arsenal's invincibles of 2004 having arrived through the season.
He played key roles towards the end of that season and the season after that.
Reyes moved to Real Madrid afterwards which doesnt really work out for him.
Reyes was the first Spanish to win the Premier league when he did with Arsenal in 2004. He was also one of the few to have played for both Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid.
Reyes also played for espanyol and two spells with Sevilla FC.
Jose Anthonio Reues was a gentleman and a legend. Very genuine guy and well loved wherever he went.
He will be a great loss to football and all and sundry, unfortunately he never got to impact his wealth of knowledge on the new generation of footballers, especially young ones coming over to England from Spain.
May his gently soul rest in peace.
Adieu Jose.. You will be missed by the Arsenal family and football world.
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text:
package schema

import (
	"themis/models"
)

func createLinkTypeBlocks() []models.LinkType {
	linkTypes := []models.LinkType {
		createLinkTypeBlocksBugToStory(),
		createLinkTypeBlocksBugToTask(),
		createLinkTypeBlocksTaskToStory(),
		createLinkTypeBlocksStoryToStory(),
	}
	return linkTypes
}

func createLinkTypeBlocksBugToStory() models.LinkType {
	linkType := models.NewLinkType()
	linkType.Name = "Blocker Link"
	linkType.Description = "The blocker relationship."
	linkType.Version = 0
	linkType.ForwardName = "blocks"
	linkType.ReverseName = "is blocked by"
	linkType.Topology = "graph"
	linkType.CategoryRef = "default"
	linkType.SourceWorkItemTypeRef = "bug"
	linkType.TargetWorkItemTypeRef = "story"
	return *linkType
}

func createLinkTypeBlocksBugToTask() models.LinkType {
	linkType := models.NewLinkType()
	linkType.Name = "Blocker Link"
	linkType.Description = "The blocker relationship."
	linkType.Version = 0
	linkType.ForwardName = "blocks"
	linkType.ReverseName = "is blocked by"
	linkType.Topology = "graph"
	linkType.CategoryRef = "default"
	linkType.SourceWorkItemTypeRef = "bug"
	linkType.TargetWorkItemTypeRef = "task"
	return *linkType
}

func createLinkTypeBlocksTaskToStory() models.LinkType {
	linkType := models.NewLinkType()
	linkType.Name = "Blocker Link"
	linkType.Description = "The blocker relationship."
	linkType.Version = 0
	linkType.ForwardName = "blocks"
	linkType.ReverseName = "is blocked by"
	linkType.Topology = "graph"
	linkType.CategoryRef = "default"
	linkType.SourceWorkItemTypeRef = "task"
	linkType.TargetWorkItemTypeRef = "story"
	return *linkType
}

func createLinkTypeBlocksStoryToStory() models.LinkType {
	linkType := models.NewLinkType()
	linkType.Name = "Blocker Link"
	linkType.Description = "The blocker relationship."
	linkType.Version = 0
	linkType.ForwardName = "blocks"
	linkType.ReverseName = "is blocked by"
	linkType.Topology = "graph"
	linkType.CategoryRef = "default"
	linkType.SourceWorkItemTypeRef = "story"
	linkType.TargetWorkItemTypeRef = "story"
	return *linkType
}


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KDH welcomes two new specialists, Dr. Kate Kelly, Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgeon, and Dr. Irfan Moledina, Consultant Paediatrician
Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) is pleased to announce two new specialists providing services in its newly redesigned outpatient clinic wing: Dr. Kate Kelly, Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgeon, and Dr. Irfan Moledina, Consultant Paediatrician.
Dr. Kelly will serve local patients referred by their family doctor or specialist physician, offering surgical treatment for skin lesions suspicious for skin malignancy. Dr. Kelly has focused her professional career on surgical management of skin cancer and subsequent facial reconstruction. As one of the few surgeons in Eastern Ontario whose practice is fully dedicated to skin cancer management, she helps patients navigate the intimidating world of cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. Kate Kelly
After finishing her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto, Dr. Kelly completed her medical training at Dalhousie University. She followed this with a five-year residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Ottawa, and then an international fellowship in Skin Cancer and Reconstructive Surgery through Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, training with experts in the field across Canada and New Zealand. Dr. Kelly is currently completing the rigorous Masters in Medicine: Skin Cancer program through the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia.
Dr. Irfan Moledina offers a full range of paediatric services, including general paediatrics, development, post-neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) care, and behaviour. He has extra training in child mental health and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). At KDH he will be serving local patients who have been referred by their family physician or nurse practitioner. He notes that he does not provide primary care ─ the day to day healthcare that a family doctor would deliver.
Dr. Irfan Moledina
Dr. Moledina graduated from medical school at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 2010. He then completed a paediatric residency at The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and started practicing as a Consultant, General Paediatrician in 2014. He maintains hospital privileges at CHEO and the NICU and Special Care Nursery at The Ottawa Hospital and is also a Lecturer in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, in the Department of Paediatrics.
"We are thrilled to welcome both Dr. Kelly and Dr. Moledina to KDH," said Cathy Burke, KDH's Vice President of Nursing/Clinical Services. "Dr Kelly will complement our existing dermatology and plastic surgery clinics by offering more extensive intervention. Dr. Moledina, in addition to providing a comprehensive range of paediatric services, will play an important role in the creation of the Child and Youth Mental Health and Addictions Health Hub for North Grenville, which KDH recently received funding from the Champlain Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) to help develop."
Dr. Moledina responded, stating, "I am excited to be able to continue offering consulting paediatric services for local residents in the new KDH clinic space, in addition to sharing my expertise in developing the new child and youth mental health and addictions health hub."
KDH's new clinic wing is located on the upper level of the hospital, where 4,000 square feet of under-utilized space was modernized in 2017 to effectively double the hospital's array of outpatient services. Dr. Kelly, whose first clinic at KDH was held on March 1, 2018, commented on the new facility. "This is a wonderful space, both for my patients and myself," she said. "In addition to being ultra-modern in terms of equipment and fittings, the new clinics are inviting and welcoming. I'm delighted to be here."
Referring physicians are invited to visit Dr. Kelly's website, www.ottawaskincancer.com, which contains a portal where physicians can securely and in a privacy-compliant way send digital patient photos to accompany their referrals; this aids in Dr. Kelly's triaging and treatment of patients.
About Kemptville District Hospital
Kemptville District Hospital is Accredited with Exemplary Standing, the highest ranking bestowed by Accreditation Canada. Committed to building healthier communities, we are a model of hospital-led integrated health services within the provincial health system. Kemptville District Hospital consistently ranks among the top hospitals in Ontario for both patient and employee satisfaction. We pride ourselves on being a good partner within the system. Kemptville District Hospital provides primary care management services, acute care hospital services, and advanced orthopedic care.
Jenny Read, Communications Officer
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Email: jread@kdh.on.ca
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Syria's Heisenberg
Afghanistan — the irony of multiplicity
Going beyond normalcy
To offset the mountain of challenges, Pakistanis will need to be more resilient than ever
M Mubashir Ehsan December 09, 2021
The writer is a researcher at Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan. He can be contacted at [email protected]
Pakistan is a developing country whose resilience is best exhibited through the behavior of its public in times of crisis. Be it in the response to natural disasters, or epidemics and public health crises, Pakistanis have emerged courageously to face the challenges as they arise.
As a recent multidimensional index developed by The Economist called the Normalcy Index illustrates, Pakistan has shown a capacity to manage its day-to-day matters despite the pandemic. The NI measures the eight unique indicators of public behaviour which cover various areas of socioeconomic importance. When we explore the subcomponents of the NI, we see that in most of the 50 sampled countries, there is a movement towards amplified retail activity. This particular indicator has shown convergence to the pre-pandemic level. Moreover, the other activity indicators such as the use of public transport, spending time outside, increased traffic, and office occupancy are converging factors towards the pre-pandemic levels. On the other hand, some indicators are not performing at a similar pace, such as going to the cinemas, the number of people taking flights, and attendance during sports activities.
In Pakistan's context, there is a remarkable trend illustrated according to the initial estimates of this index. In July 2021, Pakistan was ranked third on the NI. The recent ranking illustrates that Pakistan has topped the table. The country has done well to sustain economic activity during the pandemic; and the government's strategy regarding smart lockdowns has been successful. The measures taken by the government and the response of the public to the crisis illustrate that Pakistan can confront crises in a sober manner.
However, while Pakistan has performed better than many Western countries as a response to the pandemic, there are mountains of challenges that the public has to deal with. These include rising inflation burdening the largest (and poorest) segment of society, a rise in international commodity prices, and amplified volatility in the exchange rate. Moreover, policymakers are under the duress of international pressures such as increased conditions from the IMF to receive a $500 million tranche under the Sixth Extended Fund Facility (EFF). Currently, a deadlock in the government-IMF talks is related to the State Bank Bill Amendment 2021. The proposed bill is a direct attack on Pakistan's economic sovereignty in return for more debt. More recently, the government sent a revised draft to the IMF. This draft excludes the complete immunity clause for Governor SBP and other officials of the central bank. However, Pakistan needs to take drastic steps to divert its economic dependency from the shackles of the IMF.
Inflationary pressures persist with increasing international commodity and energy prices. On the Global Hunger Index, Pakistan falls in the 'serious' category, ranked at 92nd among 116 countries. The government needs to make adjustments to ease the hard-pressed public. The government needs to increase the tax base through income tax and property tax which may offset the rent-seeking behaviour of the elites. Fiscal consolidation to ensure food security, especially with uncertainties related to climate change, could facilitate the public.
Another potential risk for Pakistan would be a refugee influx due to an alarming economic situation in Afghanistan. This inward movement also will have a constraining impact on Pakistan's capacity and resources.
Yes, one must appreciate that Pakistan is closer to achieving pre-pandemic normalcy on the indicators mentioned on the NI. But in broader context, normalcy is not enough. Pakistan needs to aim towards super-normalcy to counter the heaps of challenges that it confronts.
The most crucial step the government needs to prioritise is expanding the tax base through reforming the tax collection process by increased accessibility and user-friendly interface on digital platforms. This would encourage more people to file their tax returns. Another significant measure would be to maintain a firm stance during IMF negotiations keeping in mind the long-term consequences. Regardless, it is clear that to offset the mountain of challenges, Pakistanis will need to be more resilient than ever.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 9th, 2021.
Adil Rashid | 1 month ago | Reply
Excellent analysis


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A countless number of books have been written about the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, but few penned by the same hand who lived to tell their stories.
Trained to be an OSS Spy, by Helias Doundoulakis, along with the following, are unique to the literary world, for only these books have been written by those who served in the OSS.
A Spy's Diary of World War II: Inside the OSS With an American Agent in Europe
by Wayne Nelson, 2009, who served in Europe.
by Richard Cutler, 2004, who served as an X2, or Counter-Intelligence branch officer.
No Bugles for Spies
Robert Hayden Alcorn, 1962, who served with R&A, or Research and Analysis, and as Special Funds officer for OSS Europe.
by John Giannaris, 1988, who served as an OG in the Greek mountains.
Assignment Algiers
by Erasmus Kloman, 2005, who served as the Chief of Operations for OSS in the Mediterranean Theatre.
Journey to Peking; A Secret Agent in Wartime China
by Dan Pinck, 2003, who served in the SI branch in the Far East
Return to Glory
by Gregory M. Pahules,
1991, who served fighting in the Greek mountains as an OG, and as a spy in the SI branch in Athens.
Max Corvo: OSS Italy 1942-1945
by Max Corvo, 2005, who served as head of the SI branch in Italy.
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Reflections of a newly ordained priest: Father Brian O'Hanlon
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Around this time each year, I like to give some our newly ordained priests a chance to introduce themselves to you through my blog. Earlier in the month we heard from Father Joe Almeida and this week I have asked Father Brian O'Hanlon to share his reflections with you.
Cardinal Seán
I remember thinking about becoming a priest since around my first Holy Communion. I grew up in Manassas, Virginia, about 30 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Our parish there was All Saints, the only Catholic church in the city and surrounding towns.
I am the oldest of five siblings; I have three sisters and a brother. My father grew up in New York and my mother was from Salt Lake City, Utah; they met at a parish CYO group in Northern Virginia after having both moved to the area. I remember being eager to go to Mass and CCD classes and learn about the Faith. My mother's brother is a priest with Maryknoll, and I always looked forward to seeing him when he visited from Korea, where he was stationed. While I may have had a simplistic view of priesthood at the time, there was something about it that drew me, and I had a sense from a young age that I should be involved in the Church and follow her teachings.
Reading at my First Holy Communion
As I got older, I remained faithful to the Church and participating at Mass. I was a youth lector and eventually an altar boy; I admit that I was not particularly eager to be up there to serve, but my parents pushed me to try it and I eventually got used to serving and being in the sanctuary. I was very excited to be Confirmed when I was fourteen years old. I remember the day vividly, as an auxiliary bishop from the Military Archdiocese was supposed to come; he got stuck in traffic and had difficulty finding the church in the pre-GPS days, and the Mass started an hour late! But I was happy to receive the final Sacrament of Initiation.
After my Confirmation with the bishop, my uncle Father Phil Mares, M.M., and my uncle Steve Mares who was my sponsor.
Through my high school years, I stopped thinking as much about becoming a priest, though it was always in the back of my mind. After Confirmation in middle school, our parish offered short six-week classes about different aspects of the faith; it was a sort of mystagogy to give us a foundation after Confirmation. I enjoyed the different classes and getting to learn more about the teachings of the Church. After a year, though, they hired a new youth minister, and started a LifeTeen program. He asked me to be on the Core team, which I enjoyed doing the next three years. A particularly exciting time was going to World Youth Day in Toronto, where we got to see Pope St. John Paul II very close, and had the opportunity to meet Catholics from all over the world. It was very encouraging and made me think a little more seriously about priesthood again, though I did not really consider entering seminary after high school.
As a kid, I was also very interested in computers and electronics, and had been thinking that that was what I wanted to pursue professionally. I enjoyed outdoor activities such as camping and hiking as well, and I combined these interests by becoming involved in wilderness search and rescue with the Civil Air Patrol, specializing in direction-finding for missing airplanes. I also got my amateur (ham) radio license shortly after 9/11 for doing emergency communications and electronics projects, and was happy to be able to help with public service events. I continued these interests as I was applying to college, and ended up deciding to go to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to study Math and Computer Science.
In college, I continued my interest in computers and ham radio.
In college, I continued going to Mass, and I occasionally attended Newman Club events, but my focus was primarily on my studies and extracurricular activities. I joined the Ham Radio Club, which regularly helped with communications at events on campus and throughout the city. I also joined the Computer Club and the Spring Carnival Committee, which helped run the annual carnival on campus every year.
I had an experience, though, that changed my outlook on faith and the Church. The campus ministry was handled by the Oratorian Fathers whose oratory was a few blocks from campus; they also did ministry for the University of Pittsburgh and other local colleges. They have a Sunday Mass on campus in a lecture hall; this setting made it seem somewhat informal. One Sunday, I attended the Mass, and the priest said that even though it is not a church, we needed to take Mass seriously and show the proper respect toward the Blessed Sacrament, including kneeling and genuflecting in the Presence of Our Lord. It was a moment of grace for me; I realized that I would have to take my faith seriously, and that my life had to reflect what I believed to be true. This led me to want to study more about the Church and her history and theology, and grow in holiness.
The Newman Club had an intellectual focus which appealed to the college students, and I decided to go to a book discussion that they were having. The book was Dom Scupoli's The Spiritual Combat. The book made me realize the importance of a spiritual life and the necessity of prayer and the sacraments, and made me rethink my focusses in study and how I spent my time. I started reading more about spirituality, liturgy, and Church history, and I started going to daily Mass. I discovered some of the missionary work of the Church, and became interested in the story of Father Walter Ciszek, SJ, who had gone undercover to Russia to minister to Catholics there. I started thinking about becoming a priest again, and signed up to take Russian in college thinking that I might want to join the Jesuits and go there. I talked to the local vocation director for the Jesuits, but he encouraged me to finish up school and work before applying.
My senior year in college, I started looking for jobs. Most of my interviews were with companies in the D.C. area, out in Silicon Valley, and then one in the Boston area. The Boston job interested me most, so I took it and moved up here after graduation. I first went to Newton, where I got involved in Mary Immaculate of Lourdes Parish. I was working in Bedford, and enjoyed my job, which involved computer security and cryptography research. It was very interesting, and I enjoyed the cutting edge work and the combination of mathematics and computer science that it involved. It was a good workplace, and I was very happy with the work. I also enjoyed exploring New England, and all that the Boston area had to offer.
A view from the Franconia Notch trail in New Hampshire. I love hiking and being out in nature!
Even though I enjoyed my work and life here, the thought of priesthood kept coming back to me. Because of my college experiences, the thought of spirituality and being a missionary kept coming back to me, and I was looking at a few religious orders, especially the Jesuits, who had interested me especially because of Father Walter Ciszek. I visited a few places, and got to talking to a spiritual director. I realized that my focus was really on parish life and being a priest for the people in a particular place, and my spiritual director asked whether I had actually considered diocesan priesthood. I prayed about it, and realized that that was really where my call was. In a religious order, the focus is on the charism of the order and following its rule, and the priests support this. In diocesan priesthood, the focus is on the people of the parish where you are assigned and serving them, and this is where my prayer always led me.
I had to decide then whether to apply back in Virginia where I had grown up, or here in Boston where I was living now. I had not lived in Virginia in nine years, and did not know many priests or people there well, and I had gotten to know people up here, so I contacted the vocations office of the Archdiocese of Boston in December of 2012. I was surprised how quickly I was applying and preparing for admission to seminary; by the grace of God, I was going to be entering in August of 2013!
There was one experience that seemed to confirm everything for me. Because of my emergency communications training, I regularly volunteered at the Boston Marathon. The communications guy would be paired with a medical guy and get people aid when they needed it. At the 2013 Marathon, I was assigned for the second time to be at the finish line, helping people once they completed the race. When the bombs went off, we started running toward the area to assist in the confusion. I remember reaching into my pocket and grabbing the crucifix on my rosary; at that moment, I had a sense, almost an interior voice, that I could be of so much more help if I were a priest. My interview at St. John's Seminary was exactly a week later, and that is when I learned that I had been accepted for formation.
Seminary life is a blessing, but it is also an adjustment. I had been out of school for a few years, but here I was going back to taking classes, and philosophy was quite different from the more technical subjects I had studied before. I expected that since I was entering as a 27-year-old, that I would be fairly old compared to the other guys, but I was actually in the middle of my class. I enjoyed the structure, though, of seminary. The life of prayer, Mass, classes, study, work, and Adoration was a wonderful way to prepare for priesthood. Still, much of the important formation work came from outside of the structure — hanging out with other guys in the seminary, informal talks with the priests, and going out with friends.
Seminary life is focused on Christ, and there are four areas of focus for our formation. Intellectual formation allows us to learn about Christ and His Church, human formation helps us to be like Christ Himself in service to the people, spiritual formation allows us to know Christ personally and respond to Him in our own lives, and pastoral formation teaches to bring Christ to others. I especially enjoyed my summer assignments; my first summer was at the three parishes in Billerica. There were three wonderful priests there, and it was a good way to see how collaboratives work in the Archdiocese of Boston and what day-to-day ministry is like. Two summers later, I was in Dorchester at St. Mark's and St. Ambrose. I was very happy to be able to work with the Spanish-speaking community there, as well as get to interact with the very faith-filled Vietnamese parishioners! My last summer as a deacon, I had the blessing to be in Roxbury at St. Patrick's, and work with the Spanish-speakers and Caboverdianos. It was wonderful to know more about these communities.
I also spent two summers travelling. My second summer, I went out to a spirituality program in Omaha, Nebraska, where most Boston seminarians go at some point. It was wonderful to get to explore the Midwest and I took advantage of some of the parks out there and did some camping! I was also blessed to spend a summer in Mexico City to work on Spanish. I was surprised by how much I loved my time there, and I probably would have loved to live there before seminary. I had a great time getting to know the people and learning about their language and culture.
A fellow seminarian and I went to the Badlands in South Dakota when we were in Omaha one summer; there are some beautiful things to see out there!
Three of us Boston Seminarians at the very old Cathedral in Cuernavaca, Mexico. We spent the summer there learning Spanish.
Preparing for Ordination was exciting this past year. As a deacon, I was getting used to preaching, and had the opportunity to perform Baptisms, which was a great joy. My first baptisms were at my assignment at St. Peter's in Dorchester, they were in Portuguese for the Caboverdiano community. It was a challenge, but a great consolation to be able to bring children into the faith. It is funny that through all of seminary I had been looking forward to priesthood, but with the date approaching, it always seemed like a little more time would be good — time to send out invitations, to plan my first Mass, to study for exams and write papers, to do all those things that we needed to do before the big day. And yet, I knew that God would take care of everything, and Our Lady was arranging things to work out.
The day of my ordination was very surreal. It takes a while for the reality of what happened to set in, but there was certainly grace, and I was stricken by everything. It seemed to go by very quickly, and yet I can remember each part very distinctly and vividly. We vested and spent time in prayer, and then we processed in, and everything went as we had practiced. (I was happy that I was in the middle of the alphabet, so I could follow the guys in front of me!) I mostly went where I was supposed to go, and when I didn't, I tried to make it look natural… But thanks be to God, I was a priest of Jesus Christ!
My Ordination
The night before our ordination, we had dinner with Cardinal Seán, at which we received our assignments. I have to admit that we spent a lot of time in the months before trying to figure out where we might go, and had a good idea of what the options were, though of course, we were not sure who would go where. I was excited to be assigned to Sacred Heart and St. Mary's in Lynn, which I knew were diverse parishes in a busy city. It was especially poignant for me, as I would be starting on June 1, the first Saturday in honor of Our Lady, of the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart! It was very exciting to know where I would be serving as a priest.
Shortly after I arrived, Sacred Heart celebrated their 125th anniversary, and Bishop Mark O'Connell came and celebrated Mass with all of us.
Transitioning to being in a parish in a new place is not necessarily easy, but it is also a very joy-filled and exciting time. I have been here now for a month and a half, and I still need a GPS to find my way to some places, but not everywhere anymore! Father Brian Flynn, our pastor, has been very good with introducing me to the churches and to the people, and getting me settled in and used to the routine. I had a funeral my first week, so it was a good way to get started in the parishes. They are very well-run, and the people are wonderful. I tell them that it speaks very highly of their pastor and of the people of the parish if they think that it is a good place for a newly-ordained priest.
We had the parish barbecue at St. Mary's the week after I started, and everyone took a picture after
Both churches are quite beautiful. St. Mary's is built in the 1940's art-deco style, which I love; it is really a joy to pray and say Mass there. Sacred Heart is older and has exquisite woodwork and stained-glass windows; the people will always point out to me if something that I mention in a homily or in Scripture is depicted there. The parishes are very diverse, and the people of different backgrounds get along, talk, and attend Mass together. It has been especially nice to see the Haitians and Congolese worship with us and to get to know them a little. Lynn is very blessed to have people from all these different backgrounds. One of the greatest joys of my priesthood has been seeing the deep faith of the people, especially poor immigrants who know how much they depend on God, and they have a deep love for Him and His Church. It keeps me humble and serves to remind me of my own duty to grow in holiness and to stay close to Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and to Our Lady and the angels and saints in heaven!
Saying Mass at St. Mary's in Lynn
Being a priest in an indescribable blessing, and I encourage any young man who thinks that he might be called to spend time in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, and ask God for the grace to trust in Him. There were so many times before and during seminary that I was not sure how things were going to work out, but thanks to God's grace and the intercession of Our Lady, I made it through to serve her Son as His priest. Being able to be with the people of God and walk toward Christ with them is a great joy, and to live and preach the truth is a grace that we cannot fully comprehend. To be a priest is first and foremost to be one who offers sacrifice, and the sacrifice of Christ is His offering of Himself on the Cross; all of His priests are called to offer themselves with Him, especially in the Mass, which makes present this sacrifice. It is not easy, but through the grace of Jesus Christ, it is possible, and an incredible joy.
Thanks to Cardinal Seán for asking me to write this, and for all the editors and photographers who helped me put it together!
The Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul
Regular readers will remember that, as I concluded my last post, I was in Rome for a meeting of the Council of Cardinals, and it was the eve of the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patronal feast of the city.
Before I move on to the events of this week, I want to share with you some of the things that took place in Rome around that feast. It is very a very grand celebration, which also happens to coincide with my birthday. (So, I always tell people the fireworks in Rome are in honor of my birthday — but nobody believes me!)
For the feast, there is a wonderful tradition in Rome of decorating the streets in front of St. Peter's Basilica with images made of flowers and colored sawdust.
I also want to share with you this photo of the statue of St. Peter, which has been venerated for many centuries, but on the Feast of St. Peter is dressed in papal vestments. I always find it very impressive.
Another wonderful tradition for the feast of St. Peter is that the new archbishops that have been named during the course of the year gather in Rome to receive the pallium from the Holy Father.
The pallium is a white band with black crosses worn around the shoulders and is the symbol of an archbishop. It represents the lamb that the Good Shepherd carries on his shoulders, and the black part of the bottom is the hoof of the lamb.
Here you see my pallium on the left
It is created from the wool of lambs raised by Trappist monks and is placed near the tomb of St. Peter before it is presented to the archbishop by the Holy Father.
There were about 30 archbishops from around the world who received the pallium this year. A couple of them were Capuchin confrères whom I knew and there were two from the United States — Archbishop Byrnes from Guam and Archbishop Wilton Gregory from Washington, D.C.
So, the American Embassy to the Holy See had a lovely reception for the Americans in Rome in honor of the new archbishops.
It was held at the Ambassador's residence, known as the Villa Richardson.
With Ambassador Calista Gingrich and her husband, Newt
With us for the Pallium Mass was Orthodox Archbishop Job of Telmessos, who was heading the delegation representing Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Archbishop Job is the Patriarchate's representative to the World Council of Churches at Geneva and is a good friend of Metropolitan Methodios of Boston.
It has been the tradition, for many years now, that the Ecumenical Patriarch sends representatives for the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul and the Holy Father does the same for the Feast of St. Andrew, the patronal feast of Constantinople, in November.
Mirroring this tradition, here in Boston we also exchange delegations between the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston and the archdiocese on the feasts of St. Peter and St. Andrew. So, that same day in Boston, we were very happy to welcome Father Demetrios Tonias, the dean of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral for the Mass at the Pastoral Center celebrated by Bishop Arthur Kennedy.
As I mentioned, the feast coincides with my birthday. So, that afternoon, I had lunch with the Capuchin community in Rome, where there were four of us who were celebrating either birthdays or name days.
I also had a meeting with the Holy Father at which I presented him my letter of resignation, which is the custom for residential bishops when they reach the age of 75. The Holy Father did not accept it but instead asked me to stay on for a few more years in Boston. As long as my health is good, I am very happy to serve in any way that I can.
Then, that evening, I had dinner with the Boston priests who are in Rome.
I returned from Rome a few days before Independence Day, and I spent some time away around the holiday.
Then, last Sunday, I went to St. Benedict's in Somerville, to celebrate a Mass as part of the parish's weeklong celebration of their patronal feast.
They also had another cake for me in honor of my birthday. (I think that was the end of the novena of cakes I seem to have been celebrating!)
It was good to be back at St. Benedict's again and see that Father Alejandro Lopez-Cardinale is doing such a great job as administrator.
Then on Tuesday, I was visited by Archbishop Anthony Obinna of the Archdiocese of Owerri, Nigeria, who was accompanied by three of his priests who are here in Boston.
He was in town to celebrate Mass for the Nigerian community at St. Katharine Drexel Parish and wanted to greet me. So, I was very happy to be able to receive him.
Until next week,
Reflections of a newly ordained priest: Father Joseph Almeida
I hope you all had an enjoyable and safe Independence Day holiday!
As I always like to do this time of year, I have asked a couple of our newly ordained priests to share their stories with you. I think it is an important opportunity for all of us to get to know them a little better and, hopefully, be inspired by their vocation stories.
This week, we will be hearing from Father Joseph Almeida and, later in the month, Father Brian O'Hanlon will share his reflection with you.
– Cardinal Seán
My name is Father Joe. In 1983, I was born into a Catholic family, the fifth of eight children and we lived in Somers, Connecticut until I was 6 years old when we moved to the little town of Heath in the countryside of Western Massachusetts.
Our faith was a very important part of our home. Every Sunday, we would put on our best clothes and head out to church as a family. After Mass, we would return home and have Sunday brunch together. Then, in the afternoon and evening, we would often play board or card games, which I have always enjoyed. Needless to say, we looked forward to Sunday throughout the week.
During and after brunch, we would talk around the table. Often in our talks, a papal announcement or some other Church related news would come up, and we would read and discuss it along with any other news one of us wanted to share. Even when I was young, I was always welcomed in the discussions, although I mostly listened. As early as this, the Lord was giving me a longing for his truth and to have a relationship with him.
Many of these talks were on topics brought forth by Pope John Paul II, and it was from then on that I could see in him a great example of Christ. In John Paul II, by his asking and encouraging for vocations, I saw the importance of the priesthood and, in a sense, the search for my own vocation was fed by his example. In these years of my early life I began a deep relationship with Christ and started serving as an altar boy at Mass.
While I had a beautiful childhood, my relationship with my mom was very difficult. She would call me her "Slow Joe" and I took it badly. Also, I had many problems growing up; we had bad well water, and I would drink it and get very sick. My mom would have to take me often to the hospital, where they did numerous tests to try to see what was wrong. During this time, I often felt like I was a burden for my family.
When I was 10 years old, my mother, oldest brother Adam, and youngest siblings Mark and Christie were driving home when a tractor-trailer truck collided with another car, which in turn hit my mother's vehicle. Both my mother and brother Adam, who were seated in the front, were in critical condition, while my younger siblings had only minor cuts and bruises. The doctors saved the life of my brother Adam with some major operations, but my mother had a blood clot after an operation that went to her heart leaving the doctors powerless to save her, and she died.
Having to face the reality of death was very difficult. I thank God that he gave me a large loving Catholic family and, in the light of this tragedy, we all drew closer together and relied heavily on the providence of God.
My father left his work and became a "domestic engineer," raising us kids with great faith. His willingness to take care of us and his continual trust in God and the Church will always be a powerful example for me of a Christian man. He gave himself completely for us in order that we could have full lives.
After high school, I began to feel that something important was missing in my life. I was going to college and, humanly speaking, had everything — friends, family, education, work, a car, money, etc. — but I felt a calling to something more. I started bouncing around from devotion to devotion, looking for something more, and I began to really question if I was called to the priesthood.
In these young adult years, I found that I was most happy when I did some form of service for another person — whether by tutoring someone in their studies, helping someone move, or performing work for someone not able to do it themselves. In serving someone else, there was a joy for me that transcended the difficulties of the task and transformed my experience of it.
At times, I would go to the Shrine of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge for a sort of Sunday retreat. There I would pray, go to confession, Mass, and the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Often I was with my family or, later, I would bring my nephews and nieces. Returning home afterwards, I would celebrate by taking them out for a beautiful dinner and be filled with joy for the mercy and love of God.
One of the times I went, I confessed with Bishop Emeritus Thomas Elliot of the Virgin Islands. I told him I was questioning if I had a vocation to the priesthood and he canceled all his appointments for that afternoon and told me his life story, then I told him mine. At a certain point, I mentioned that my brother John had begun the Neocatechumenal Way in New Jersey and that I was thinking of becoming part of it, as well. My brother had shared with me his experience of the Neocatechumenal Way, of meeting in a small community; living the Catholic faith in the Liturgy of the Word midweek, the celebration of the Eucharist on Saturday night, and in gathering one Sunday a month for prayer and fellowship with the community.
When I said this, Bishop Thomas stopped me and told me that he is not part of the Neocatechumenate but that he had been to some of their events and was impressed with their spirit. He told me that the Neocatechumenal Way would help me in my discernment. Encouraged by that, I moved out to Boston in 2005 to become part of a Neocatechumenal community.
Through the Neocatechumenal Way, I began to see the events that I experienced in my life, especially the death of my mom, in a different way. I started to see more and more how God had been present with me through all the sufferings and difficulties. I saw how he had used these to form a relationship with me and to call me to enter into his plan for my life. Within this context, I was invited to an international meeting of men considering the priesthood, and I was sent to the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary of Boston.
In the seminary, I found a great sense of fraternity with the other seminarians and was touched by the spirit of mission within the house. We would help each other and be constantly involved in the evangelization in Boston. My time in the seminary established in me the rhythm of prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours and formed the discipline to pray in times of peace, joy, and fecundity, as well as in times of difficulty and dryness. It was a beautiful time full of graces, in which I experienced the faithfulness and mercy of God deeply.
Now as a priest, I have found great Joy in doing priestly things and serving the people of God. My first assignment is to serve as parochial vicar in the Sacred Hearts Collaborative in Bradford and Groveland. Having been a month in ministry here, I already have seen God working powerfully in the lives of the people and am in awe of how He can use me to carry out His work.
Being outside of the city and more in the countryside, Sacred Hearts Parish reminds me of where I grew up in Western Mass., which is a blessing for me and helps me to feel right at home. Little by little, I am coming to know the people of Sacred Hearts Parish and visiting the sick and ministering to those in need has given me the opportunity to share a little of the love and comfort I have received from the Lord in my life.
I am just beginning, but already I am finding joy in my ministry here. Please pray for me that God may continue to bless me and give me the grace to live faithfully the call I have received to follow Him.
Father Joseph
The Feast of Corpus Christi
Last Saturday, I attended the 60th anniversary of the priestly ordination of Father Patrick, a Capuchin at the friary in Jamaica Plain.
It was a wonderful occasion to gather with his family, friends and our friars to celebrate his jubilee. I reminded him that this year Father Raniero Cantalamessa is also celebrating 60 years as a priest — so he is in good company!
That afternoon, we had a Mass at Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Brookline for the institution of new lectors and acolytes. These are sacramentals that our seminarians receive in preparation for priesthood.
These important moments for the Church impress upon the young man the need for his spiritual preparation and discernment in his vocation. The lector is instituted to proclaim readings from Scripture, and the ministry of acolyte allows a man to have the prerogatives of what we used to call the subdiaconate. He can now be an ordinary minister of Communion, distributing Communion at Mass and taking Communion to the sick.
The new lectors were Francis Trewin and Diego Alejandro Peña and the new acolytes were Jose Ignacio Montero, Diego Valdez, Gabriel Hanley, Giovanni Argote, Paolo Strudthoff and Mateus Martin.
It was a very joyful celebration and, of course, afterwards there was a lovely meal.
During the evening, the seminarians entertained us with a number of Mexican songs that they prepared for the visit of Eduardo Verástegui at the Redemptoris Mater Gala last week.
I again teased them that at the Gala Dinner they are usually the stars, but this year they were eclipsed by Eduardo's brilliant testimony. But, I told them, I was happy to be the beneficiary of all their practice and preparation for performing at the Gala Dinner!
The following day, I celebrated the Mass of Corpus Christi at St. Mary Parish in Waltham, where Father Michael Nolan is the pastor.
It was an extraordinarily diverse and vibrant bilingual celebration. I think only in Boston would you have had Ugandan, Hispanic and American parishioners all celebrating together.
In my homily, I spoke about the importance of remembering God's love for us, which is manifested in his providential care, but particularly in the Eucharist. In the Eucharist, he makes a complete gift of himself to us so that we will have the strength to be his people and to make a gift of ourselves to God and others.
The Mass was followed by a wonderful procession through the streets Waltham with benediction outside. It was truly a great way of celebrating Corpus Christi, which is always one of my favorite feasts.
Immediately after the procession, I departed for Rome, where this week I have been attending a meeting of the Council of Cardinals advising the Holy Father. Much of our work this time was dedicated to considering recommendations we have received for Praedicate Evangelium, the document on the reform of the Roman Curia.
We have received numerous recommendations from different bishops' conferences, Catholic universities, theologians and members of the various dicasteries here in Rome. So, it is quite a task to go through all the recommendations, but I think it will certainly improve and enrich the document, which will be very important for the curia going forward.
The Holy Father celebrated a Mass Thursday to mark the golden wedding anniversary of Guzmán Carriquiry and his wife, Lídice Gómez. Guzmán is a layman from Uruguay who has worked in the curia for almost 50 years and under five popes. He wrote speeches for John Paul II, helped prepare many of the Holy Father's trips to Latin America, and he was with us at the Encuentro in Texas last year. As the Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, he is the highest ranking layman in the curia. Cardinal Ouellette, who is in charge of the Congregation for Bishops, which is over the Commission for Latin America, was also with us for the Mass.
He and his wife have been very much involved in the life of the Church throughout their marriage. So, in a marvelous gesture, the Holy Father offered to celebrate this Mass at St. Peter's for them. Many of their friends from Latin America and the curia gathered with them for this beautiful celebration where, with the Holy Father, they renewed their vows and exchanged rings at the Altar of the Chair.
The Mass was very moving and ended with the singing of the lovely song for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Desde el cielo una hermosa mañana — and the whole congregation sang it out loud and clear.
I was very moved by the fact that the day was also the Holy Father's anniversary of episcopal ordination, but no mention of that was made. Of course, the Holy Father would never want to eclipse the couple that he was honoring at the celebration.
Welcoming Eduardo Verastegui to Boston
Last Saturday, I had the joy of ordaining a new Capuchin priest, Brother Akolla, at St. Catherine of Sweden Church in Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Cameroonian community, so we were joined by a large number of his Cameroonian relatives and friends for the celebration.
I belong to the Pittsburgh Province, and it is always a joy when I can spend the day with our friars, especially around something as joyful as a profession or ordination.
By Sunday, which was, of course, Father's Day, I was back in Boston and we had a Mass for the Hispanic community in the cathedral, during which we had a special blessing for all the fathers and grandfathers present.
Then, in the afternoon, I attended the 10th annual Gala Dinner to benefit the Redemptoris Mater Archdiocesan Missionary Seminary of Boston.
We were so pleased to be joined by our keynote speaker, Eduardo Verástegui. I have been inviting him for a long time to come to Boston, and it was wonderful that he was able to make it on this occasion.
He gave just an extraordinary testimony about his own conversion and his commitment to working for evangelization and the Gospel of Life in Hollywood, where so many values that are in conflict with our faith are so prevalent. There, in the midst of an extremely secular and often interreligious atmosphere, he maintains a sense of mission and the presence of God in his life, which makes him ready to risk his economic well-being and his career to be faithful to his vocation as a Catholic.
He also talked about making the movie Bella. He said that, after it was released, they received over a thousand letters from women who saw the movie and had been considering abortion, but after seeing the film, were convinced that that was not the path they wanted to take. With Eduardo and rector Father Tony Medeiros
Eduardo galvanized such a reaction from the crowd, it was just stunning. As I told the seminarians afterwards, usually the songs they sing at the end of the evening are sort of the highlight, but they were completely eclipsed by the speaker this year. The undisputed highlight of the evening was the very moving testimony of the faith of this young soap opera star-turned-apostle.
I invite you to watch his full address. (He begins in Spanish, but very quickly turns to English.)
Monday, I was visited by Bishop Raymond Wickramasinghe of the Diocese of Galle, Sri Lanka, who came to the cathedral accompanied by Father Marc Bishop. He was staying with Father Bishop because he was preaching for the Mission Appeal in his parish.
He brought me the gift of this statue of a spear fisherman.
We had a very nice visit. During our discussion, he spoke about the terrible bombings that took place on Easter in his country, and he described the atmosphere of fear and intimidation that exists there. However, it was encouraging to hear that, after the terrible bombings, the Buddhist community reached out to them offering help, which was very consoling for Bishop Raymond and his people because they had never had that close relationship with the other religious communities.
Then, I went to the Boston College Club in Boston to attend the annual lunch for senior priests of the Archdiocese of Boston sponsored by the Order of Malta. Once again this year we were entertained by Dick Flavin, who was just extraordinary, reciting all of his poetry and stories about the Fenway and the Red Sox. He really is quite the raconteur. I know all the priests there had a wonderful time. Of course, the view of the Boston skyline from the Boston College Club is just stunning, and makes it a wonderful venue for this gathering.
We are so grateful to the Order of Malta, particularly Jack Joyce and Jim O'Connor, as well as the Boston College Club, for their efforts in supporting this special event.
Tuesday, I met at the cathedral with Mother Olga, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch, John Flatley and Jason Jones to discuss the Night 4 Life.
The Night 4 Life itself was held on Wednesday.
I offered a reflection and benediction, but the evening featured keynote addresses by Jason Jones and Cathy "Ki" Morrissey.
Ki Morrissey shared her story of how she became pregnant in college and was encouraged to have an abortion. She chose instead to give birth and place her son for adoption.
After being separated, Ki suffered from depression and turned to God to help her through the pain. When her son was 19, he reached out to her. They reunited and were able to have a relationship. Ki said she hopes to change society's image of birthmothers as cold and uncaring, because the choice to place a child for adoption is really one of love.
Jason Jones shared his very compelling story of how, when he was in high school, his girlfriend became pregnant. They had planned to raise the child but, tragically, the girl's father took her by force to have an abortion.
Jason was so distraught by this that he decided that he would spend the rest of his life fighting against abortion. As a young man, he was very much an atheist and only came into the Church much later. Now, he collaborates with Eduardo Verástegui in making films, and it was providential that they both happened to be in Boston in the same week.
It was also providential that the Night 4 Life was held during the same week that hearings were held on the ROE Act at the State House. (You can read more about the hearing and the testimony offered by representatives of Massachusetts Catholic conference in our archdiocesan newspaper, The Pilot.)
During the event we also heard from Mayor Koch. It was very edifying to see a political figure who would speak with such conviction about the dignity for human life. Also, Rev. Gene Rivers was there representing the black community.
Also on Tuesday, I attended the wake for Phil Crotty at St. Lawrence Church in Brookline, who was a member of the Order the Holy Sepulchre, an instructor of Latin at St. John's Seminary and a longtime supporter of the seminary.
I was happy to be there for a short wake service with his friends and relatives.
Wednesday morning, I went up to Kennebunkport, Maine to join the seminarians from the Archdiocese of Boston at their annual summer retreat at the Franciscan Guest House.
This annual event is a wonderful opportunity for the Boston seminarians from all the different seminaries to come together for a time of prayer, recreation and fellowship. This year, for their recreation, they made a boat trip to Portland to visit the cathedral there.
During my visit, I celebrated Mass with them, and then we had a conference afterwards.
Wednesday afternoon, I went to South Boston to visit with members of American-Cassinese Congregation of Benedictines, which includes several monasteries in the United States and Latin America. They were holding their General Chapter at St. Anselm's College, and Father Casey had invited them to come to Boston.
We had Vespers together at St. Augustine Chapel, which is the oldest extant Catholic church in Boston.
Afterwards, they hosted a lovely barbecue for us at St. Bridget's.
Thursday, we had one of our regular meetings of the Presbyteral Council. Among the items on our agenda was a presentation by Patrick Krisak and Michael Lavigne on different young adult groups in the archdiocese and how priests could encourage an adult ministry in the parishes.
It was very encouraging to hear all that is being done to help reach our young adult Catholics.


Water Babies works closely with Irish Water Safety to educate parents and change behaviour to prevent drowning and water related accidents.
We are hosting a series of free talks around the country with Irish Water Safety during National Water Safety Awareness week which will include water safety guidelines for babies and young children while Order of Malta Ireland Ambulance Core will provide first aid tips for parents.
Clayton Hotel Briarhill Galway (20 June @ 7pm).
All attendees will receive a fabulous goodie bag including products from Piccolo, Childs Farm, Milton and Lucozade!
We have also produced a Prevention Against Drowning guide in the form of a bookmark which is sponsored by Irish Life Health to educate parents to prevent drowning and water related accidents.
We advise parents to be extra vigilant with their children around water this summer – whether it's a paddling pool in the back garden, at their local beach or swimming pool.


Print the game! You can sign up for access to all of my printables in the exclusive content section of this blog for free here (have the password already? Head over and enter it).
I prefer to laminate all of my printables because it makes them much more durable, especially for a game like this! This also helps it double as a busy bag, because I know it will hold up thrown in a purse or a diaper bag.
Cut out the game board and pieces.
Attach velcro (optional) and get ready to play! I love to use velcro because I can take this with me on the go without worrying too much about my kids getting frustrated with falling pieces – this can be especially difficult on an airplane or something!
My toddler is loving this game, we are experimenting with placing the pieces upside down and sideways too for added fun!
Like I mentioned above, by throwing the pieces into a zippered pouch or a plastic bag, this becomes a great busy bag that you can do together, or that siblings can play!
I hope you find many ways to play with your Spring Tic Tac Toe printable game!
I am in awe of the idea of the "Busy Bag" and the use of velcro dots. I would never have thought of those ingenious adaptions. She is adorable!
Thank you so much, we really love it 🙂 In fact it came is very handy at our dr visit today- so thank you!!


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Iran dismisses execution sentence on US-Iranian national
TEHRAN - Iran's supreme court on Monday dismissed an execution sentence passed by a revolutionary court against an Iranian-American national accused of spying for the CIA in January, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
"The supreme court nullified the execution sentence against Amir Mirza Hekmati and sent it to an affiliate court," said judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei.


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Solvent recycling and recovery services use the latest recycling equipment innovations to produce recycled products to the highest solvent specifications. This allows companies to use solvents again at a fraction of the price of regular chemical solvents.
Through our recycling and recovery program called MaraSolve, Maratek Environmental will pick up your waste solvents and bring it to our liquid recycling facility in Bolton, Ontario.
Your solvent is then tested, segregated from other companys solvents and run as a batch through our solvent distillation technology. The resulting recycled product will be of virgin quality and will be available to you for purchase at a rate lower than your current liquid virgin solvent purchase price, saving you money.
Waste solvent is picked up and taken to the licensed Maratek recycling facility.
Blanket wash is used on the press, generating waste blanket wash for disposal.
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Recycled MaraSolve Solvent is delivered for reuse.
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Temperature sensor - ESO-R 200 (Rice temperature sensor) is designed to monitor temperature inside bags / boxes containing materials. The ESO-T has a handheld grip to introduce the measurement rod inside the measured object. The sensing part is located at the opposite end of the rod.
It connects to EMOS 200LH via one of its sensor interfaces.


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Fantasy Breakdown: Patriots at Bills
The Pats came one yard away from an overtime game in Chicago, but managed to secure the win after keeping Mitch Trubisky's Hail Mary attempt out of the end zone. Now, they face one of their easiest matchups of the year: Derek Anderson's Buffalo Bills. Oh boy.
Tom Brady's interception habits are concerning, but not concerning enough to leave him on the bench, especially when you consider how many of those pics have come on tipped passes or overall unlucky plays. As it is, he's generally a lock for at least 250 passing yards and 2 scores. With Sony Michel injured, the Pats will likely ease off the running game between the tackles, giving Brady more opportunities to work the quick game for yards and scores. If you start Derek Anderson, you should quit your league.
WBUR
Tom Brady: 24 points
336 passing yards (13 points), 3 passing TDs (12 points), 1 INT (-2 points)
Without Sony Michel, James White ascends to strong RB2/RB1 status this week. Expect him to get decent carries (maybe ~60-70 yards?) on the ground this week, plus his usual passing role. Buffalo's LeSean McCoy is still in concussion protocol and may not play this week--either way, the Bills backfield isn't exactly fantasy gold. Opponents have had fantasy success against the Pats on the ground, and Buffalo certainly won't have anywhere else to turn to generate offense, but I still have little confidence in a Chris Ivory-Marcus Murphy backfield tandem.
James White: 17 points (26 PPR)
64 rushing yards (6 points), 7 receptions, 73 receiving yards (7 points), 1 receiving TD (6 points)
Chris Ivory: 5 points
51 rushing yards (5 points)
Buffalo ranks seventh in the NFL for passing yards allowed, but that stat could be misleading on Monday night. Without any semblance of an offense to relieve pressure from Tom Brady, expect Josh Gordon and Julian Edelman to have productive days. Cordarelle Patterson is a threat if you get points for kick return yards in your league, but otherwise I'd leave him and Chris Hogan on the bench. James White has supplanted them both. With Anderson behind center, I wouldn't trust any Buffalo wideout this week.
Julian Edelman: 13 points
6 receptions, 71 receiving yards (7 points), 1 receiving TD (6 points)
Josh Gordon: 14 points
After unexpectedly not traveling with the team last week to Chicago, Gronk is back in the lineup. It will be interesting to see whether or not he's on a snap count, and if the back injury affects him in any way. He's been limited in practice all week, and while he'll probably go for the game, you should temper expectations if you're one of his owners. The Bills tight end group has less fantasy value than an actual herd of bison.
Rob Gronkowski: 5 points
4 receptions, 53 receiving yards (5 points)
D/STs and Kickers
Don't start the Bears, do start the Patriots. Stephen Gostkowski is a good play, as usual, while Stephen Hauschka is a risky one for lack of opportunities. Leave him on your bench.
That's it for this fantasy breakdown. Enjoy your Sunday and Monday night, and Go Pats!
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Paolo Cantù: guitars, bass, drums, vocals, drum machines, clarinet, keyboards, monotron tapes, electronics, recording and mix. Federico Ciappini: text and vocals in "Avevo cose da dire" and "Cerambice".
Recorded and mixed at home in Rossoreggio (PC), Italy. Final mix at Trai Studio, Inzago (MI), Italy. Mastered by Maurizio Giannotti at New Mastering Studio, Milano, Italy.
Graphics by Paolo Cantù and Mirko Spino. Photo by Chiara Mattioli.


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AC/DC And WWE Power Up
Andrew Spoors 12th November 2020 EXCLUSIVE FEATURESWrestling
The continued love affair between rock and wrestling continues, as the recent relationship between WWE and AC/DC bears yet more fruit.
With AC/DC's surprise but highly anticipated new album Power Up released tomorrow, the biggest company in sports entertainment has jumped on the highway to hell.
Angus and co. already supply the opening theme for WWE's Friday night SmackDown show, in the shape of Are You Ready.
But the Aussie/Brit rockers will also supply the soundtrack to next week's Survivor Series PPV.
Shot In The Dark, from the band's first new album in six years, is the track selected to accompany WWE's second longest running PPV event.
With the band's line-up currently consisting of Cliff Williams, Phil Rudd, Angus Young, Stevie Young and a returning Brian Johnson, AC/DC are starting yet another chapter in one of the most steeped careers in music history.
Curiously, this isn't the first time the two titans in their industries have collaborated on a PPV theme this year.
For Those About To Rock was briefly selected to open WrestleMania 36 back in April and WrestleMania 25 featured Black Ice track, War Machine.
This isn't even the first Survivor Series that AC/DC have featured on, with the aforementioned Black Ice also supplying Spoilin' For A Fight for the event back in 2008.
For WWE, 2020 has showcased the diverse mix of artists it works with: from chart topper The Weeknd to cult favourites like Poppy and Code Orange and established names like Corey Taylor to headline acts like Metallica.
It may have been a deeply depressing year for many people around the world but listening to new tracks from the gravelly, dulcet tones of Johnson and sublime axe work of Angus is enough to raise even the briefest of smiles for rock fans.
Laying those tracks over hype videos of Raw and SmackDown Superstars colliding for bragging rights and it might be more of a shot in the arm than a shot in the dark heading in to the dark winter months ahead.
Remember to visit Rushonrock for the very best wrestling features in the build-up to Survivor Series as WWE honours 30 years of The Undertaker.
And look out for a review of Power Up — hotly tipped to be this week's Rushonrock Record Of The Week!
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Der Brekkukambur ist ein Berg aus vulkanischem Gestein im Westen von Island. Er erreicht eine Höhe von 650 m und liegt an der Nordostseite des Fjordes Hvalfjörður nahe einer Walfangstation.

Geologie
Auffallend ist die helle Farbe des Gesteins am Berg. Dies erklärt sich dadurch, dass er als Teil des Inneren eines erodierten Zentralvulkans aus dem Tertiär, des sog. Hvalfjörðurvulkans, großenteils aus Rhyolith besteht.

Eine große Einbuchtung unterhalb des Gipfels zeugt von einem riesigen Bergsturz. An der Westseite des Berges hat die Wassererosion eine bedeutende Schlucht geschaffen, die Miðsandsgil.

Der Berg weist ein von den Gletschern der Eiszeit geschliffenes Gipfelplateau auf.

Östlich des Berges am Þyrill stößt man auf die Überreste eines eiszeitlichen Schildvulkans.

Wandern am Brekkukambur
Zur Wanderung auf den Berg kann man dem Flüsschen Miðsandsá folgen.

Siehe auch
 Geographie Islands
 Vulkane in Island
 Liste von Bergen und Erhebungen in Island

Weblinks

  Sigurður Garðar Kristinsson: Hvalfjarðarmegineldstöðin, uppleðsla, heggun og myndun. Háskóli Íslands, Reykjavík, April 2009 (PDF-Datei; 6,7 MB) (isländisch)

Einzelnachweise

Geographie (Hvalfjarðarsveit)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


4. What is the OpenNTF Domino API?
22. Session handling: different approaches • Extension Library • ExtlibUtil.getCurrentSession(); • ExtlibUtil.getCurrentSessionAsSigner(); • ExtlibUtil.getCurrentSessionAsSignerWithFullAccess(); • needs exception handling • XSPUtil • like ExtlibUtil • needs exception handling • Factory • Factory.getSession(); • uses enums for different session types • no exception handling needed!
39. Xots (cont'd) • Core elements of tasklet • Interface Callable<?> • Interface Future<?> • get() method to get the return value(s) • only if you are interested in a return value • Class Xots from the ODA • submit() method to create a tasklet • schedule() methods to create a periodic tasklet • use the PeriodicScheduler!


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Рогодзьоб жовтоокий (Eurylaimus ochromalus) — вид горобцеподібних птахів родини рогодзьобових (Eurylaimidae).

Поширення
Вид поширений в Південно-Східній Азії. Трапляється на півдні М'янми і Таїланду, на Малайському півострові, Суматрі, Калімантані та деяких сусідніх островах (острови Ріау, Бангка, Белітунг, Натуна)

Опис
Птах близько 20 см завдовжки. Тіло кремезне, голова округла та велика з великими очима, з плоским та широким дзьобом, ледь зігнутим на кінці. Голова, спина, крила, хвіст чорні. На кінці хвоста є ряд з білих пір'їн. Черево та груди рожеві. Боки, нижня сторона хвоста, крижі та окремі пір'їни на крилах жовті. Горло та шия білі. Дзьоб блакитний з чорними краями.

Спосіб життя
Живе під густим пологом дощових лісів. Трапляється поодинці або парами. Живиться комахами та іншими безхребетними, рідше дрібними хребетними, ягодами та фруктами.

Примітки

Посилання
 Рогодзьоб жовтоокий на сайті Xeno-Canto
 Image at ADW

Рогодзьобові
Птахи, описані 1822
Птахи М'янми
Птахи Таїланду
Птахи Малайзії
Птахи Індонезії
Птахи Брунею


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// pages/Assets.js

// main imports
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import DocumentTitle from 'react-document-title';

class Assets extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <DocumentTitle title='Assets - FreelancerCalculator'>
        {/* add the children components here with props */}
        {React.cloneElement(this.props.children, {
          assets: this.props.assets,
          addNewAsset: this.props.addNewAsset,
          removeAsset: this.props.removeAsset,
          currency: this.props.settings.currency,
        })}
      </DocumentTitle>
    )
  }
}

export default Assets;


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#ifndef itkContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter_h
#define itkContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter_h

#include "itkImageToImageFilter.h"
#include "itkNumericTraits.h"
#include "itkArray.h"
#include "itkImage.h"

namespace itk
{
/**
 *\class ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter
 * \brief Computes the directed Mean distance between the boundaries of
 * non-zero pixel regions of two images.
 *
 * ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter computes the distance between the set
 * non-zero pixels of two images using the following formula:
 * \f[ h(A,B) = \mathrm{mean}_{a \in A} \min_{b \in B} \| a - b\| \f]
 * where \f$A\f$ and \f$B\f$ are respectively the set of non-zero pixels
 * in the first and second input images. It identifies the point \f$ a \in A \f$
 * that is farthest from any point of \f$B\f$ and measures the distance from \f$a\f$
 * to the nearest neighbor in \f$B\f$. Note that this function is not
 * is not symmetric and hence is not a true distance.
 *
 * In particular, this filter uses the SignedMaurerDistanceMapImageFilter
 * inside to compute distance map from all non-zero pixels in the second image.
 * It then computes the mean distance (in pixels) within the boundary pixels
 *  of non-zero regions in the first image.
 *
 * This filter requires the largest possible region of the first image and the
 * same corresponding region in the second image. It behaves as filter with
 * two input and one output. Thus it can be inserted in a pipeline with other
 * filters. The filter passes the first input through unmodified.
 *
 * This filter is templated over the two input image type. It assume
 * both image have the same number of dimensions.
 *
 * \sa SignedMaurerDistanceMapImageFilter
 *
 * \ingroup MultiThreaded
 *
 * \author Teo Popa, ISIS Center, Georgetown University
 *
 * \ingroup ITKDistanceMap
 */
template <typename TInputImage1, typename TInputImage2>
class ITK_TEMPLATE_EXPORT ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter : public ImageToImageFilter<TInputImage1, TInputImage1>
{
public:
  ITK_DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter);

  /** Standard Self type alias */
  using Self = ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter;
  using Superclass = ImageToImageFilter<TInputImage1, TInputImage1>;
  using Pointer = SmartPointer<Self>;
  using ConstPointer = SmartPointer<const Self>;

  /** Method for creation through the object factory. */
  itkNewMacro(Self);

  /** Runtime information support. */
  itkTypeMacro(ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter, ImageToImageFilter);

  /** Image related type alias. */
  using InputImage1Type = TInputImage1;
  using InputImage2Type = TInputImage2;
  using InputImage1Pointer = typename TInputImage1::Pointer;
  using InputImage2Pointer = typename TInputImage2::Pointer;
  using InputImage1ConstPointer = typename TInputImage1::ConstPointer;
  using InputImage2ConstPointer = typename TInputImage2::ConstPointer;

  using RegionType = typename TInputImage1::RegionType;
  using SizeType = typename TInputImage1::SizeType;
  using IndexType = typename TInputImage1::IndexType;

  using InputImage1PixelType = typename TInputImage1::PixelType;
  using InputImage2PixelType = typename TInputImage2::PixelType;

  /** Image related type alias. */
  static constexpr unsigned int ImageDimension = TInputImage1::ImageDimension;

  /** Type to use form computations. */
  using RealType = typename NumericTraits<InputImage1PixelType>::RealType;

  /** Set the first input. */
  void
  SetInput1(const InputImage1Type * image);

  /** Set the second input. */
  void
  SetInput2(const InputImage2Type * image);

  /** Get the first input. */
  const InputImage1Type *
  GetInput1();

  /** Get the second input. */
  const InputImage2Type *
  GetInput2();

  /** Return the computed directed Mean distance. */
  itkGetConstMacro(ContourDirectedMeanDistance, RealType);

  /** Set if image spacing should be used in computing distances. */
  itkSetMacro(UseImageSpacing, bool);
  itkGetConstMacro(UseImageSpacing, bool);

#ifdef ITK_USE_CONCEPT_CHECKING
  // Begin concept checking
  itkConceptMacro(InputHasNumericTraitsCheck, (Concept::HasNumericTraits<InputImage1PixelType>));
  // End concept checking
#endif

protected:
  ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter();
  ~ContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter() override = default;
  void
  PrintSelf(std::ostream & os, Indent indent) const override;

  /** Pass the input through unmodified. Do this by Grafting in the
    AllocateOutputs method. */
  void
  AllocateOutputs() override;

  /** Initialize some accumulators before the threads run. */
  void
  BeforeThreadedGenerateData() override;

  /** Do final mean and variance computation from data accumulated in threads.
   */
  void
  AfterThreadedGenerateData() override;

  /** Multi-thread version GenerateData. */
  void
  ThreadedGenerateData(const RegionType & outputRegionForThread, ThreadIdType threadId) override;

  void
  DynamicThreadedGenerateData(const RegionType &) override
  {
    itkExceptionMacro("This class requires threadId so it must use classic multi-threading model");
  }

  // Override since the filter needs all the data for the algorithm
  void
  GenerateInputRequestedRegion() override;

  // Override since the filter produces all of its output
  void
  EnlargeOutputRequestedRegion(DataObject * data) override;

private:
  using DistanceMapType = Image<RealType, Self::ImageDimension>;

  typename DistanceMapType::Pointer m_DistanceMap;

  Array<RealType>       m_MeanDistance;
  Array<IdentifierType> m_Count;
  RealType              m_ContourDirectedMeanDistance;
  bool                  m_UseImageSpacing;
}; // end of class
} // end namespace itk

#ifndef ITK_MANUAL_INSTANTIATION
#  include "itkContourDirectedMeanDistanceImageFilter.hxx"
#endif

#endif


In the folder'maps' you will find all the maps , used for rendering.
Real world scale of the model - 180 cm. on the sholder.
- the model is rigged with 3ds max BONE TOOLS.
- No one custom wire parameters and expretions for animating.Only Animation Controls (Shapes).
- advansed twisting sistem for the spine and the neck with custom wire parameters and expretions.
- The morph targets are included in the max file.


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Home | British Glass | Dartington
Dartington glass - shown below is our current range of vases, bowls and other decorative vintage collectable British glassware by Dartington of England.
Dartington Glass was founded in 1966 in Devon, England, by The Dartington Hall Trust. Frank Thrower was chief designer and co-director, and made over 500 designs for Dartington during his 20 years at the company. Staff at Dartington were trained by skilled glassblowers from Kosta and Orrefors. In 1982, Wedgwood glass bought a 50% stake in Dartington, but sold their share to the Rockware Group in 1989. Dartington was renamed Dartington Crystal in 1987, and returned to private ownership in 1994.
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Company /
The Team /
Brian McBride
Chef Brian McBride
Partner / Executive Chef
For the Newark native, Brian McBride, his dad had one simple rule: his sons needed to learn about responsibility and that came with working, beginning with a summer job at age 14. Smart man, because it kept him out of trouble. Young Brian landed in a restaurant washing dishes, the life stuck, and he rose right to the top of the Washington culinary scene.
His first step toward making the after-school gig a professional reality was heading off to Providence for an intensive 12-month program at Johnson & Wales. It opened up a whole world of cuisine for McBride, who realized that this was a job he could do for 100 years - and still be learning. Sure enough, a third of a century later, he still is.
Right out of school, McBride landed a job in Cambridge at the Empress Room at the Hyatt, then at the cutting edge of the hot trend that became known as Asian Fusion. After a while, his career with Hyatt brought him to London, where for six months he was immersed in the world of traditional French cuisine at CarltonTowers. A brief break from Hyatt found him working in Cuernavaca, Mexico at Las Mañanitas, a Relais & Châteaux property, creating authentic Mexican cuisine; for three years afterward, McBride remained on board as a consulting chef.
Returning to the Hyatt, he opened The Park Hyatt Washington, DC in 1986 - and stayed on for 26 years, the last 20 of which he served as executive chef, overseeing food service throughout the hotel. Melrose, the hotel's signature fine dining restaurant, became a Washingtoninstitution, renowned for its nouvelle cuisine and the Asian fusion menu that McBride developed from his experience at the Empress Room. After nineteen years, he created the celebrated Blue Duck Tavern that took Washington by storm. Its down-to-earth dedication to farm-freshness and time-honored techniques in an atmosphere of elegant simplicity earned McBride top accolades and a reservation list a mile long.
For over the course of all those years, he formed a close bond with fellow chef Robert Wiedmaier, whose career paralleled his own in the Washington hotel world before Wiedmaier opened Marcel's, the #1 restaurant in town, according to Zagat. The friendly rivalry between Marcel's and Blue Duck Tavern for top spot melted away in 2011, when the two friends decided to become partners. For McBride, being released from the demanding administration of multiple hotel outlets means a long-awaited opportunity to concentrate on cuisine. For Wiedmaier, it means a partner with exceedingly high organizational skills, who shares his commitment to traditional culinary values.
McBride joins Wiedmaier as Partner-Chef, with an immediate focus on re-establishing the strong brasserie presence of Brasserie Beck. Revising the menu with all the dedication to integrity of ingredients and technique for which he was known at Blue Duck Tavern, he is all about getting back to 'real food.' "It means taking farm fresh local product, and treating it in a rustic, rural, often time-consuming style of cooking. That's what traditional Flemish cooking is all about - same approach, different geography." Revealing a key addition to the menu, he explains, "take a cassoulet: it takes an entire day to make it right, and another day or two to reach optimum flavor." Old-style French cuisine, he points out, is not so far from old-style American cooking: how different are a classic Pot-de-Feu and a Yankee pot roast, after all? He is also bringing back the old fashioned plats du jour system to build a loyal following for daily specials, like a Monday Côte de Boeuf for two with au gratin potatoes and squash purée with maple syrup.
Chef Robert Wiedmaier
Joe Lively


From root to shoot every part can be used to resolve the ailing of human.
We produce different Neem products for different sectors.
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Swingbench 2.6 is available for download. See blog for update on new features.
Each of zip files listed below contains both Linux/Unix and Windows builds. Simply unzip the file to your preferred location. Users adding new transactions in the source directory or updating existing ones should also update the build.xml file to reflect the source directories location. You'll need to make sure you have a set of Oracle/TimesTen client side libraries available if you plan to use native driver functionality.


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Heidi Montag's Plastic Surgeon Says No To More Surgeries
Heidi Montag's Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Frank Ryan told Page Six she's had enough work. He told Page Six "There's really nothing to do!"
(Image of Heidi Montag - DailyCeleb.com - All Rights Reserved)
No surprise there. As I blogged before, Dr. Ryan, who is very handsome and charming, was on "The Bonnie Hunt Show" to discuss Heidi's recent surgeries.
He told Bonnie Hunt he already informed Heidi that he was not going to be doing any more work on her. And especially, he was not going to even discuss enlarging her breasts any further.
Dr. Frank Ryan, told Bonnie Hunt and Page Six "she's had enough."
Heidi claimed to be addicted to plastic surgery in an interview with PEOPLE Magazine earlier this year. She also said she was still in the market for a few upgrades. "I love my boobs, but I still want to improve. I didn't get them as big as I originally wanted," she said, adding that she wants to go up from her current cup size to an H cup -- "for Heidi."
Ryan told Hunt that Heidi doesn't have the body structure to support breast implants that would take her past a D. With ever additional size there are risks of chronic back pain and other long term issues.
Dr. Ryan told Bonnie Hunt that if Heidi Montag wanted to go past the size D's he added she would have to go somewhere else because he would not take her any larger. Period. End of subject.
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