The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A talented and well-connected artist with a passion for the Greek landscape In 1946 the painter John Craxton, who has died aged 87, had a show of haunted landscapes in Zurich. He sent a postcard home, saying that he might go on to Italy, but by the time it arrived he had landed in his eventual homeland of Greece. He had been spirited away by Lady Norton, wife of the British ambassador in Athens, who...
Daisy's Dead Air (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
At left: St Elizabeth of Hungary, traditional holy card. In the Catholic calendar, today is the Feast of St Elizabeth of Hungary . She exemplifies the time when the lives of saints sounded like fabulous movies by Cecil B. DeMille: In her short life Elizabeth manifested such great love for the poor and suffering that she has become the patroness of Catholic charities and of the Secular Franciscan Order...
causa nostrae laetitiae (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Pope Benedict XVI today told a special summit of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization that “opulence and waste are no longer acceptable when the tragedy of hunger is assuming ever greater proportions.”“Sufficient food is produced on a global scale to satisfy both current demands and those in the foreseeable future,” the pope said. What’s missing, the pope...
dezeen (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
London practice Caruso St John Architects have completed an art centre in Nottingham, UK.
POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Elizabeth Zelvin The 37 is a random number, meant to suggest that I’m holding a lot of pet peeves in reserve for possible future blog posts. The title is my best shot at avoiding the term “dumbing down,” which might seem insulting to just about anybody. But there is indeed a trend in our culture, especially in its literature, to assume that Americans, in particular, will not understand...
Opinionated Catholic (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I have a little personal genealogy blog on the side . I am in need of someone that took some Florida History class either in high school and college. In researching my ancestors and trying to pin them down . In a will I discovered: " to treasurer of Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh, North Britain; my mother's picture; seal with coat of arms; Emaranthia Richardson, wife of John Richardson of East...
Standing on My Head (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Y'all come back now, y'hear?
In a Godward direction (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
This has been a busy weekend. I'd heard in the late summer that I had been promoted to the rank of Officer in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (read more at the Saint John website ). The investiture was yesterday, and the snap above (grabbed by Millard Cook) is just after the Prior "pinned" me and I stepped aside, assisted by Confrère Barbara Hayward)....
solsticedreamer (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
today we remember all of those fallen in war today i think of ~my great granddad johney gaul born in Wales to parents from Kilmacow in Kilkenny, Southern Ireland and one of ten children. he died of wounds in Flanders on 17th September 1918 age 27. the words that have been passed down the family recounts johney as a little bit of a loveable scoundrel~he had been in the navy and had jumped ship in portsmouth...
Chew your grouse (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
So Mary ran uptown to drop something off, and then she stopped into a little antiques store on Rosemary St, and then she thought, "I'll just pop my into Red Window" (a furniture store opened by Elizabeth Edwards promising some sort of oddball discounting of fancy chairs and whatnot). And Mary goes in and who does she find sitting there jabbering on his cellphone, alone minding the place,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'AA-' rating to the expected issuance of approximately $140 million Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority hospital facilities revenue refunding and improvement bonds (Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, Inc. Project). Fitch also upgrades the rating on St. Elizabeth Medical Center's (St. Elizabeth) outstanding debt to 'AA-' from 'A+'. The...
The hermeneutic of continuity (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Have a look at the recently started blog for the Church of the Knights of Malta, or, to give it the full title: Conventual Church of St John of Jerusalem, the Oratory of the Grand Priory of England of the Soveriegn and Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta
The Bastardly (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Elizabeth Hurley with an update on Elton John’s health. He was recently forced into the hospital and had to cancel a bunch of shows. “He’s great, I spoke to David Furnish, his partner, today, and he’s doing great. I think he’ll be out of hospital in a few days." “I’ve been worried sick, but he’s absolutely fine, he’s as strong as an ox and...
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Elizabeth Hurley has revealed that her friend Elton John is “doing great” in hospital, where he is fighting an E.coli bacterial infection and flu.
Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Kim v. St. Elizabeth’s Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis , No. 5-08-0571 (10/23/09) affirmed that collateral estoppel is inapplicable where issue of whether already disclosed mental health records are admissible is distinct from issue of whether records were obtained by improper procedure, in violation of Mental Health Confidentiality Act, because that issue was...
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alfredmdsn | 08/18/2009
Download Uninvited, The movie Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller Year: 2009 Countries: USA Actors: Danny Bristol Middle Wright Child Matthew Bristol Younger Wright Child Dean Paul Gibson Dr. Silberman John Prowse Butcher David Strathairn Elizabeth Banks Rachael Emily Browning Anna Natalie Charles Orderly Arielle Kebbel Alex Maya Massar Mom Directors: Charles Guard Anna Rydell returns home to her sister...
tredd | 07/20/2009
Methadone (Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon, Phy and many others) is a synthetic opioid, used medically as an analgesic, antitussive and a maintenance anti-addictive for use in patients on opioids. It was developed in Germany in 1937. Although chemically unlike morphine or heroin, methadone also acts on the opioid receptors and thus produces many of the same effects. Methadone...
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