Christian, You Have Been Released from Servitude to God

Readers - below is a repeat of my 2nd post from July 2011 based on Wade Burleson's January 2, 2011 sermon. <br /><br />These four posts - with the third and fourth coming in the next week, are some of my favorites.<br /><br />I hope you enjoy!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">-------------------------------------------------------------</div><br /> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="263" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/26791730?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="351"></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 130%; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"You and I are released from servitude TO God. In other words I rest from my efforts to produce for God...because I have been released from my servitude to God....'I thought when I became a Christian I became a servant OF God.' No, No....you became a SON of God" Wade Burleson</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">----------------------</div>In part 2 of our look at Wade Burleson's January 2, 2011 sermon, we see above Wade tell us that we have been saved and been made sons and daughters of God, and we are not slaves or servants to God. Our debt has been paid and we can rest.<br /><br />In Part 3, we will look at the concept of a "bond slave", and in Part 4 Wade explains his view on the tithing doctrine as an example of how Christians have been released from having to perform FOR God. What Wade says in Part 4 is so simple yet profound, and something that you just won't hear in most pulpits regarding the truth on Christian stewardship.<br /><br />Stay tuned....<br /><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------</div>Part 1: <a href="http://fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/07/christian-jesus-is-your-jubilee-and-you.html">"Christian, Jesus is Your Jubilee, and You Can Rest"</a> - July 21, 2011

Christian, You Have Been Released from Servitude to God

Readers - below is a repeat of my 2nd post from July 2011 based on Wade Burleson's January 2, 2011 sermon. These four posts - with the t...

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Mount Sinai rethinks medical school admissions | Inside Higher Ed

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; text-align: left; "><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">In a major policy shift, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Wednesday announced that it will fill half of its entering class going forward by admitting college sophomores -- three years before they would enroll in medical school -- and will do so without requiring traditional pre-med course requirements and the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">In what a press release called the beginning of a "fundamental shift," sophomores will be admitted to<a href="http://icahn.mssm.edu/static_files/MSSM/Files/Education/Medical%20Education/Programs/FlexMed/IcahnAdmissions_Brochure.pdf" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">"FlexMed,"</a> <span class="print-footnote">[1]</span> a new program in which they will spend the rest of their undergraduate time in tracks such as  computational science/engineering, biomedical sciences and humanities/social sciences. Students will be encouraged to take courses in biostatistics, ethics, health policy and public health.  These courses would replace the <a href="https://www.aamc.org/students/applying/requirements/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">traditional pre-med science requirements</a> <span class="print-footnote">[2]</span>.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Students will also be encouraged, but not required, to become proficient in Spanish or Mandarin.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">David Muller, Mount Sinai's dean of medical education, said in an interview that although requirements issues had been "written about for years and years... there's been either an inertia or a reluctance to take a first step and break down the model and try something new. What I hope will happen is that this program will prove very successful and prove decisively that it's a viable alternative."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Mount Sinai has had a <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2010/07/30/nontraditional-route-med-school-success" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">similar program</a> <span class="print-footnote">[3]</span> on a much smaller scale in the past, and says it has been a success.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Explaining the rationale behind the decision to take a small program and apply it to half of the class, Muller said that pre-med science requirements tend to be "science that is not the most applicable to current clinical or translational research; it's not unimportant science, but it's kind of outdated."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The announcement comes at a time that the MCAT itself is changing in ways that reflect some of the concerns raised by Mount Sinai; <a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/02/17/mcat-changing-how-it-tests-would-be-physicians" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">last year</a> <span class="print-footnote">[4]</span> saw the first major amendments made to the exam since 1991, with a plan to add sections on critical thinking and social sciences.</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"I don't think of the MCAT as something that should be eliminated; I think the efforts to rethink the MCAT are admirable," Muller said. "[The revision] was a very thoughtful process, and yet the MCAT didn't eliminate some things that are really not that relevant to medical school. It really just sort of begins to scrape away at the iceberg of what we really need to do." Muller added that he thinks an over-reliance on the exams has developed. "The use of the MCAT, I think has really been warped over the course of time," he said. </p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Muller also said that the current medical education model fails to take into account changes in the medical and technological landscape. "All of science has changed, even if you went back 50 years," Muller said. "The science that has had the most impact… is completely different." For example, Muller said, when he was attending medical school, "the whole concept of information technology didn't exist… we trained at a time that there was no such thing as a computer that you had [personal] access to."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Robert Schaeffer, public education director of the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, which has been a frequent critic of the MCAT, and of standardized testing in general, called the move "definitely a step in the right direction." Schaeffer said that the alteration of requirements "moves Mount Sinai into the national leadership of medical school admissions reform. [The decision] indicates that they recognize the importance of multiple measures to assess for medical school."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Although he said it was hard to predict the best course of action before any data on the program was in, Muller said that "if we get to the point where we see that there is equivalence between the two groups… we might actually consider increasing it to a larger proportion of the class or the whole class."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Medical schools can change their requirements at any time based on their environment and the mission of the institution," said Geoffrey Young of the Association of American Medical Colleges, which is responsible for the composition and administration of the MCAT. "The AAMC commends innovation in the medical school admissions process."</p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: static; z-index: auto; ">"Our hope is that this proves to be a viable alternative to the traditional path," Muller said. "It'll really all depend on the data."</p></div><a href="http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/28/mount-sinai-rethinks-medical-school-admissions">http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/02/28/mount-sinai-rethinks-medical-school-admissions</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Mount Sinai rethinks medical school admissions | Inside Higher Ed

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So You Spot A Coyote. What Should You Do?

<br /><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left;">Ohio wildlife biologists are frequently contacted by concerned residents who spot coyotes. Yes, frequently, but this is not cause for alarm. Coyotes are highly adaptable animals that are regularly viewed by humans throughout the state. Here are a few steps to keep in mind when you encounter a coyote in the Buckeye State. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><ol style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Understand that coyotes are common throughout Ohio’s 88 counties and are even regularly seen within city limits. Read more about coyotes at <a href="http://www.wildohio.com/">www.wildohio.com</a> </span></div></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There are no wolves living in the wild in Ohio.</span></div></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;">If you spot a coyote on your property, make sure to remove all “attractants” to deter the coyote from returning. This includes removing garbage and pet food before nightfall and cleaning up around the grill. </div></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;">Coyotes prey primarily on small mammals such as rabbits and mice. However, interactions with domestic pets do occur sometimes.  Keep small dogs and cats inside or leash them when outside. </div></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;">Occasionally, an inquisitive coyote will stay put and watch you curiously. Clap your hands and shout; the coyote will likely move on at this point.  </div></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><div style="text-align: left;">If the coyote visiting your yard does not respond to harassment techniques such as loud noises or is presenting a conflict even after removing attractants from your yard, contact a nuisance trapper. You can locate a trapper on our website at <a href="http://www.wildohio.com/">www.wildohio.com</a>  For a fee, these nuisance trappers use highly regulated techniques to reduce urban wildlife conflicts. Coyote populations in rural areas can be managed through legal hunting and trapping methods. Consult the yearly <em><a href="http://www.ohiodnr.com/wildlife/dow/regulations/hunting.aspx" target="_blank">Ohio Hunting andTrapping Regulations</a></em> digest for more information. </div></li></ol><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPkJwN-Lox6Nc89J_a1f8N9VnVA9UY-mA3S59wKRaM1NyIFFReCW3szH4rRVwXWG-cB0NDBO-geqV7I9litZusJRVE89ySX3KmEoq6ybM-3ysOIKBLb6B4nLNX2tZWmhcSTwr5163FiQJ/s1600/coyote62.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPkJwN-Lox6Nc89J_a1f8N9VnVA9UY-mA3S59wKRaM1NyIFFReCW3szH4rRVwXWG-cB0NDBO-geqV7I9litZusJRVE89ySX3KmEoq6ybM-3ysOIKBLb6B4nLNX2tZWmhcSTwr5163FiQJ/s320/coyote62.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">coyote<br /><br />Thank you to Jamey Emmert for this post. Jamey is the Wildlife Communications Specialist in our District Three office.</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>

So You Spot A Coyote. What Should You Do?

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Newman's Own Organics Review and Giveaway

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And the winner is.....</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Robin Davidman! </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I was sent a wonderful assortment of delicious foods for review from <a href="http://www.newmansownorganics.com/index.php">Newman's Own Organics</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If anyone has ever heard of their products I know your mouths are watering, but before I get started let me tell you about their company.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Newman's Own Organics was established as a division of Newman's Own in 1993, then in the late 2001 became their own individualized company.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Did you know since 1982 Paul Newman and the Newman's Own foundation have donated more than a whopping $350 million dollars to charitable and educational organizations world wide!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The ingredients to these tasty treats and snacks have grown on farms that are free of pesticides and artificial fertilizers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am amazed at how much snacks came in the package for review!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't tried them all yet though.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They also have a wide selection from pretzels to dog food!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgMGmscXZTCUK3SKRTBw2Whttrk7DfCvLgRR0Jp5wzc-fv-Lc1UtmSpVk8nnN0OSNqAVLqP1GGiqghIFIqld1h1mqOMZ9d002P3ooKodS7UDzS_-WzFLfOEd2AGbux9FWfVJPe5VQaVA/s1600/Newman's+Own+Display.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixgMGmscXZTCUK3SKRTBw2Whttrk7DfCvLgRR0Jp5wzc-fv-Lc1UtmSpVk8nnN0OSNqAVLqP1GGiqghIFIqld1h1mqOMZ9d002P3ooKodS7UDzS_-WzFLfOEd2AGbux9FWfVJPe5VQaVA/s200/Newman's+Own+Display.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Products I received:</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">pretzels</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">candy bars</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">chocolate cups</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">mints</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">alphabet cookies</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Newman O's cookies</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">licorice</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Dried fruits</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hermit cookies</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They also have coffee, popcorn, dog food, salad dressings and more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*Facts*</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">certified organic</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">pretzels:</span></u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Honey Wheat mini salted thins- I am a huge fan of salty and crunchy snacks, especially when it tastes great and is healthy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved these pretzel minis they were great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The honey taste was right on, not too much salt taste and worked great with hummus or salsa!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><u>Mints:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u>peppermint-</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />freshens breath with a cool minty taste!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><u>Cookies:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Oatmeal Chocolate Chip-</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoK5Fhb9Ets4uRqR2LqynEm1MqWL3rwyT8lQQbDJB6dFdaA36EkQ0xEgh_EGQrnC7asL-rskjYOJS_VmQQezPSHajtyW4rAxrMVaab8omZ8N8PR11_IL06IG0E9ubRD0kYX2q17rfyGo/s1600/oatmeal+chocolate+chip+newmans+own.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwoK5Fhb9Ets4uRqR2LqynEm1MqWL3rwyT8lQQbDJB6dFdaA36EkQ0xEgh_EGQrnC7asL-rskjYOJS_VmQQezPSHajtyW4rAxrMVaab8omZ8N8PR11_IL06IG0E9ubRD0kYX2q17rfyGo/s200/oatmeal+chocolate+chip+newmans+own.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Small bite sized cookie with oatmeal and sweet chocolate chips!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />These were amazing!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />You could not even really taste the oatmeal at all!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u><u>Chocolate Bars:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Orange Dark Chocolate- </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I didn't take a picture oops, it was too good!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />All I have got to say is wow!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe the sweet taste of chocolate and the citrus from oranges were so great together!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loved the taste of the chocolate and just the scent of it alone was intoxicating!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I mean seriously whoa, talk about mouth watering!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mocha Milk Chocolate-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love coffee,it's even better when it's with the sweet taste of chocolate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T7z0CaZXuQHdja4t1ogU1G16SUS3ylBkD9sMWYREZ8nYgW3bfrdQ_RDtACxsI7UcgBg0R8mfrUz1Cod-sjY4L-O5ULJtfZ9Y1YYZKd9qkE9gMrni5MpKeQs-NNAPD5clp44AcMxD1X4/s1600/newmans+own+mocha+milk+chocolate+bar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5T7z0CaZXuQHdja4t1ogU1G16SUS3ylBkD9sMWYREZ8nYgW3bfrdQ_RDtACxsI7UcgBg0R8mfrUz1Cod-sjY4L-O5ULJtfZ9Y1YYZKd9qkE9gMrni5MpKeQs-NNAPD5clp44AcMxD1X4/s200/newmans+own+mocha+milk+chocolate+bar.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So good, a bit strong but amazingly delicious!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Chocolate Cups:</u></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Peanut Butter-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PXTCAmra395yWfnuL_E8pYuGQHH7wik4LMxJKLXDovaLW5zxtUzvcryXGxo55iN_wc1FjaNqsMShl_LNKiWEqCW8W2VJDQABSyEwikqyrFZ9VaaCnKT63l-o0DBPRkzQSmjsI8moowc/s1600/newmans+own+peanut+butter+cup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PXTCAmra395yWfnuL_E8pYuGQHH7wik4LMxJKLXDovaLW5zxtUzvcryXGxo55iN_wc1FjaNqsMShl_LNKiWEqCW8W2VJDQABSyEwikqyrFZ9VaaCnKT63l-o0DBPRkzQSmjsI8moowc/s200/newmans+own+peanut+butter+cup.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Better than your average peanut butter cup!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">creamy organic peanut butter in the center bathed in milk chocolate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Worked great with a glass of milk!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Caramel Cups-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M1h3JFdoBYwLkGeOevxgzmM7n68fjbwNqhDM9Fi9wwjji1AQ59hk1oTwY5cjrjdhM8huuqRvr8KsRAh8VTHahPYLHR4mbdWZq_zulicqPVDnJmx3ngliplVGw4X5agj4DJPkP-4gp3w/s1600/newmans+own+caramel+cup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_M1h3JFdoBYwLkGeOevxgzmM7n68fjbwNqhDM9Fi9wwjji1AQ59hk1oTwY5cjrjdhM8huuqRvr8KsRAh8VTHahPYLHR4mbdWZq_zulicqPVDnJmx3ngliplVGw4X5agj4DJPkP-4gp3w/s200/newmans+own+caramel+cup.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The wow factor was sent when I first bit into this delicious cup.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First bite you get is the sweet chocolate taste and then the gooey caramel.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Mint Chocolate cups:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Loved the refreshingly cool minty flavor with the sweet chocolaty taste!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tasted like an Ande's mint!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u><u>Newman O's:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Chocolate-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love chocolate, especially when it's double the chocolate!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What's not to love?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Chocolate creamy center sandwiched between 2 chocolate cookies!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u>Mint O's:</u></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These taste just like Thin Mint's Girl Scout cookies but way better with the creamy cool center!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They are amazing!!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So delicious!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OK, let's get down to business shall we!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to pick four of my favorite items and host a giveaway!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tough choice.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have to say from what I have tried so far I loved the caramel cups, orange chocolate bar, honey wheat pretzels and the peanut butter cups!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Truth is though I love all of the products I've tried!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OK, so for the giveaway I will pick one winner!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">1.What are four products of Newman's Own would you like to try?</span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Want an extra entry? </span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">2.  Must Follow my blog.</span><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">3.Then also follow me via Twitter, here. https://twitter.com/kelli_bliss </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">4. then Re tweet my post about the giveaway and if you tweet on your own make sure you use #NewmansOwnOrganics</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">5. leave me a link here to your tweet.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like their face book page as well please! </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newmans-Own-Organics/219994593191?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newmans-Own-Organics/219994593191?fref=ts</a></span><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Be sure to check out their products online here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.newmansownorganics.com/index.php"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://www.newmansownorganics.com/index.php</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Connect with them on their social networking sites as well!</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newmans-Own-Organics/219994593191?fref=ts"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Newmans-Own-Organics/219994593191?fref=ts</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*Disclosure*</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Received items for reviewing purposes only all thoughts about these products I have tried are my own.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sold at:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />Whole Foods</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shaw's Supermarkets</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and much more!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

Newman's Own Organics Review and Giveaway

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Jerusalem, My Happy Home: Part 3

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Calibri;} </style><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">My reason for coming to Jerusalem is connected to how Jerusalem got to be here in the first place. So before asking “why am I here?” I need to ask “why is Jerusalem here?”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The first written reference to Jerusalem is in an execrations (cursings) document of Egypt from about 1800 BCE. Think of that dreadful web site of Westboro Baptist Church, which lists all the people and places God supposedly hates. The execrations list is an Egyptian version of that, invoking the wrath of their deities on despicable people and places. Jerusalem and two of the city princes made Egypt’s hit list. Skeptics deny Jerusalem existed before then, but it usually takes people awhile to get to know me before they start cussin’ me. So I suspect Jerusalem is older. We haven’t found older archaeological evidence, but small simple places don’t leave a lot of evidence and what they left we may just not have found yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">The oldest Biblical reference to Jerusalem is perhaps in Genesis 14. Abraham, in a Bronze Age style commando raid, rescued his nephew Lot from some marauders who were also crossways with the royalty around where Abraham lived. The local royalty were grateful to see their enemy bested.  One of the grateful local kings was also a priest – see being bi-vocational is not new. This priest-king blessed Abraham. That king was Melchizedek, the “King of Salem” – as in Jeru-salem. Melchizedek was the priest of an Amorite God named El Eljon.  It’s kind of an odd story -- Abraham a Yahweh-worshiper getting an El Eljon blessing. But it was an interfaith moment. Melchizedek was a Bronze Age inter-faith minister. In the New Testament, the Book of Hebrews calls him the spiritual ancestor of Jesus, who like Melchizedek was a priest connecting all of humanity regardless of religious affiliation, to the Divine. Today Melchizedek’s city is the Holy City of three world religions. It’s fitting. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Of course all of this is too far back to be tested historically. As for whether Jerusalem is where Melchizedek blessed Abraham, that’s possible but not proven. Eusebius writing in the 5^th Century said “yes.” Josephus writing in the late 1^st Century put Salem a few miles away. Who knows? But we can say this with certainty. Egypt was talking smack about Jerusalem in 1800 BCE. The troubles have been around awhile. It is commonly said that conflict in Jerusalem is caused by the intolerance of Jews, Christians, and Muslims for each other. But the hostilities and violence here go back before Judaism, Christianity, or Islam had been born. That isn’t to say religion isn’t intimately involved in prejudice and aggression. Our hands are far from clean. But it is to say; a simplistic blaming of religion won’t do to explain a human habit of hostility that has been around a long, long time.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is a second story associated with the founding of Jerusalem. Rabbinic tradition has put 2 Chronicles 3, which says Solomon’s Temple was built over a threshing floor in Mt. Moriah, together with the Genesis 22 story of the sacrifice of Isaac on Mt. Moriah. Conclusion: Jerusalem was made holy in Abraham’s day as the site where Abraham was willing to kill his son, but God provided the ram for the sacrifice. That’s why David made this the capital and Solomon built the Temple here. Again, this isn’t certain. It isn’t clear that the word “Moriah” in Genesis and the word “Moriah” in Chronicles are the same word. But it seems highly plausible that Solomon’s Temple was built on a place of sacrifice for pre-Jewish religions. James Carroll sees Jerusalem as a place where religion and violence (as in human sacrifice) have been mixed from the beginning.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">Our class began today. This afternoon we drove around the hills constituting the outskirts of Jerusalem. It was a full circle of looking down from hilltops across the valleys to the hill on which the ancient city is built. It was quite a view! I got what one comes here for – a sense of how the world looked to Jesus. It was profound to look down into the Kidron Valley from the Mount of Olives knowing that after the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples sang a hymn, then walked across the Kidron Valley here to Gethsemane. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">I will adjust but I was thrown off by a disconnect between the readings that had been recommended and the kind of presentation we had today. In pointing out significant locations, the teacher would say, “this happened here” and “that happened there.” But we don’t actually know the story with that kind of certainty. It made the Western skeptic in me cringe a bit. Tell me a place has been associated in tradition with part of the sacred story, and I will relate to that place as if the story had happened there. But tell me, as a fact that something has happened in a particular place and my lawyer’s mind begins taking measurements and saying, “Uh, I don’t think so.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">This visit to Jerusalem is an encounter with complexity. There is blood in Salem, the City of Peace. There was blood here before the city was founded. But there is also peace in the very midst of bloodshed. Jesus healed, forgave, and reconciled – not at Mt. Shasta, not at Esalen, not in Rhinebeck, New York or any blissy place of enlightened smiles – but here. There is truth and wisdom here, mixed with a naiveté, even gullibility that reduces religion to concrete literalism. Yet, that naiveté has a humility about it that is somehow more congenial than the cynicism I have encountered in academic settings or among religious intellectuals who are inordinately proud of what they don’t believe. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">This is a mixed place. Being here is a mixed experience. But then so is the church. So is life. Augustine famously said, “If you understand it, it isn’t God.” If this place were comprehensible, it wouldn’t be Jerusalem.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.0pt;">To lighten the day’s reflections, let me tell you about a mischievous moment I got to observe. While we were surveying Jerusalem from a scenic overlook outside the city, I looked down and saw there was lower level of park beneath us. The part of the park we could see was secluded and three young Muslim women were there. They were the sort of hip Muslims wearing hijabs and jeans. They were assembling a couple of hookahs and getting ready to smoke. It was the Middle Eastern version of boys behind the barn rolling their own. Sometimes the complexity and incongruity of Jerusalem is playful and funny – but not often enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><!--EndFragment-->

Jerusalem, My Happy Home: Part 3

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Marketing Intern - Connecticut Library Consortium (CLC), Middletown

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28 in 28 #28: Architecture Concepts: Red Is Not a Color

<i>February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The "<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/search/label/28%20in%2028">28 in 28</a>" series features a different book every day of the month.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.assouline.com/9782759404674.html"><b><i>Architecture Concepts: Red Is Not a Color</i></b></a> by Bernard Tschumi<br />Rizzoli, 2012<br />Hardcover, 776 pages<br /><br /><img alt="28-28_tschumi.jpg" src="http://www.archidose.org/Blog/28-28_tschumi.jpg" title="Book cover" /><br /><br />On page 741 of this hefty 7-pound tome spanning five decades of <a href="http://www.tschumi.com/">Bernard Tschumi</a>'s architecture and writing comes a new essay, "Architecture Concepts." In it the architect writes, "Concepts are what allow us to apprehend reality," and, "Inventing a new concept always starts by determining the right architectural question." Those familiar with Tschumi's theoretical work will not be surprised by his starting point; a 1990 book with some of his writings is even called <a href="http://www.tschumi.com/publications/27/"><i>Questions of Space</i></a> (Architectural Association). But readers who have journeyed through the first 740 pages of the book will have grasped it as well, given that Tschumi begins each project's presentation with one or more questions—<a href="http://www.tschumi.com/projects/14/">Le Fresnoy</a>, for example: "Can one achieve architecture without resorting to design? What if, instead of designing a new building, you keep one slated for demolition? Hod do you insert an original program inside the old and new structures simultaneously? How do you reconcile coherence with multiplicity?"<br /><br />The word "you" stands out in these questions. As I wrote about it in my <span class="field-content"><a href="http://www.designersandbooks.com/designer/booklist/john-hill/notable-books-2012">Notable Books of 2012</a> list at Designers & Books, "Curiously [Tschumi] writes in the second person, a tactic that is intended, among other things, to 'draw the reader in,' and which ultimately is successful due to the text’s conversational tone and its thoughtful integration with numerous illustrations.</span>" This happens throughout the book but most notably in the "photoessays" that preface the five parts: A-Space Event Program; B-Program: Juxtaposition/Superimposition; C-Vectors & Envelopes; D-Concept/Context/Content; E-Concept-Form. The illustrations in these sections fall well outside of Tschumi's architecture, such as a photo of a gymnasium being used for voting in Part B, where Le Fresnoy is located. This photo reveals how the illustrations are part inspiration, part polemic, and they strengthen his arguments; the gymnasium, for example, makes it clear that programmatic juxtapositions are becoming the norm, not the exception.<br /><br />The book's five parts are thematic but they are also chronological (with a few exceptions), illustrating shifts in concerns over the years, if gradual rather than dramatic ones. And this does not mean, for example, that "space event program" has been set aside in the current emphasis on "concept-form." Rather, the conceptual approaches have expanded as commissions have done the same. But with more and more projects since his breakthrough 1982 competition win for <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/1999/02/01/parc-de-la-villette/">Parc de la Villette</a>, there is a sharp decrease in the essays from Part A and Part B to the rest of the book. This is no surprise, as Tschumi, like other academic-architects, wrote a lot in the 1970s and early 1980s when work was slim. That theorizing laid a groundwork for conceptualizing about projects that would later make the move successfully from idea to reality. This large book encapsulates the evolution of Tschumi's five-decade-long (and counting) career, making his thinking and architecture more accessible and understandable to a larger audience.<br /><br /><b>US: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0847837971/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0847837971&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.com" border="0" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan.gif" /></a> CA: <a href="http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/0847837971/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0847837971&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.ca" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-ca.gif" width="90" /></a> UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0847837971/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&camp=211189&creative=373489&creativeASIN=0847837971&link_code=as3&tag=aweeklydoseof-20" target="_blank"><img alt="Buy from Amazon.co.uk" border="0" height="28" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/buy-from-tan-uk.gif" width="90" /></a></b>

28 in 28 #28: Architecture Concepts: Red Is Not a Color

February is Book Month on A Daily Dose of Architecture. The " 28 in 28 " series features a different book every day of the month. ...

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Name="Bibliography"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]><style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normale Tabelle"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style><![endif]--> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">VATICAN POLICIES ‘CATASTROPHIC IN THEIR IMPLICATIONS’</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A lack of tolerance to modern social problems - along with repeated child abuse and money laundering allegations - is forcing the congregation away from the Catholic Church, Keith Porteous Wood of the International Secular Society told RT.</span></span></b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Failure to deal with these issues, as well as other “symptomatic” failures, is partly the reason why Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down, Porteous Wood argues.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /><b>RT:</b> <i>One of the growing allegations right now is that there is some sort of influential gay network operating within the Vatican. What do you think? If there is anything behind that? Is that why the pope is leaving, or is there no mileage in that at all?</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Keith Porteous Wood:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> I think, it is symptomatic of the fact that he has lost control, which that whole episode over his butler showed that very strongly. But, I think there are several other important factors playing as well. I’m certainly aware of two major issues over child abuses that are going to come up and are going to be very, very hard for the Vatican to swallow. Because it is not like it is the child abuse, bad though that is, is the issue - it is actually that the finger of blame is going to be pointed at the Vatican for having obstructed justice and all the secret files that it won’t release.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">So, that is going to look very, very bad, and I think people will get less and less tolerant about that. And the Vatican has shown no real sign of actually coming to terms with this, of putting its hands up and really atoning for its past sins, and being much more open and dealing more properly with victims and actually getting the people who perpetrated these crimes turned over to the police.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives on St Peter's square for his last weekly audience on February 27, </span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RT:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <i>It begs the question: why not? Why have they not done that?</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i> </i></span></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">KPW: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The Vatican has forever been an organization that is only interested in its own power and preserving its own reputation and its own finances - it has always been thus. But with the kind off communications we have today, they can’t get away with that any longer. And the stronger regulatory powers as well - that is also coming around to hit them quite big time on money laundering. I mean, there have been rumors for ages about the way the internal banking of the Vatican works. In fact, they could not even get the credit cards working in their museums. It's so humiliating, and so symbolic of the complete breakdown of the system.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">They just can’t get away with that any longer either. And it is very interesting that his grace, even though he was right at the end, that Cardinal O’Brien from the UK said that he thought it was about time that priests should be allowed to marry, which may also be behind some of the child abuse problems. I think the time has come: the church has to make up its own mind, it is not for me to tell it, but I think an awful lot of people are thinking it is time they ought to be much more open to modern thinking over issues like these, and also their obsession with contraception is so damaging in the third world to women, to women’s health, to overpopulation. That is something that is so quiet and not talked about, but it is catastrophic in its implications.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">to)</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">RT:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <i>What does the Church need to do now, to change all the negative things you’re talking about?</i></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">KPW:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> The outgoing pope has to pad the college of cardinals with people who are not more conservative then he is, so it is going to be pretty hard. But if they’ve got any sense they should look and see that the vast majority of Catholics don’t actually agree with all the positions of the sensitive social issues. And I think, they actually need to look at their own congregation, and start taking some signs from that, and be much more sensible over issues like contraception, homosexuality, abortion - all those kinds off things - and actually be open to secular justice on matters such as child abuse and money laundering.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></span></span></span> </b></span></span><br /><br /> <span style="color: #b00000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /></div>

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VATICAN POLICIES ‘CATASTROPHIC IN THEIR IMPLICATIONS’ A lack of tolerance to modern social problems - along with repeated child abuse and m...

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