March 16, 2022 is the day of infamy when that aggressive act took place.
More than 1,500 civilians were finding shelter and safety in the grand, columned
Donetsk Academic Regional Drama Theater in central Mariupol, Ukraine
when it was struck by Russian forces. Two 500-kiloton bombs struck close to
each other and were detonated simultaneously. SOURCE: ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/International/mariupol-theater-airstrike-clear-war-crime-russian-military/story?id=85983513
Today June 30, 2022
Today is the two-part swearing-in ceremonies for the newest Justice -- at noon
Chief Justice Roberts will administer the oath (Constitutional) and afterward
the justice for whom she clerked on SCOTUS, Steven Breyer, will administer
for her the "Judicial Oath." Both ceremonies will be live-streamed at the SCOTUS
website (SCOTUS.org). Her family will be present at the national court in Washington
D.C.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_06-29-22c
Affected region = Berrien County, Michigan
SW winds may gust 25 mph. leading to a risk of rapid drying of grass,
tinder for field rapidly spreading fires
https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/c19fd083f8fef1bbbe76e6eca494d09cbcfc55627cddf8c383d665d066b73b14?phenomena=TSL&significance=S&areaid=MIZ077&office=KIWX&etn=0000
Michigan dept. of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy has issued
an "Air Quality Alert" Action Day for Thursday June 30
due to elevated levels of Ozone.
Active Children and Adults and those with respiratory diseases like
Asthma should limit outdoor exertion.
Counties included: Berrien and Cass (SW Michigan).
https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/c19fd083f8fef1bbbe76e6eca494d09cbcfc55627cddf8c383d665d066b73b14?phenomena=TAQ&significance=L&areaid=MIZ077&office=KIWX&etn=0000
Levels in the UNHEALTHY for sensitive groups Range Expected !
source: Uncoverniles dot-com
Family Fun and Bluegrass & Americana Music Festival
Time t.b.a. Thursday July 7- 10, 2022
concludes Sunday evening (7/10/2022)
Niles Riverfront Park, near downtown at Main and Front Street
Niles, MI 49120
https://www.uncoverniles.com/event-info/family-fun-bluegrass-festival
MORE DETAILS
13 bands over the four days of live music
Bring Your Own lawn chairs or blanket to sit on the grass next to Concert venue
Lots of vendors with fun, eclectic, unique merchandise
Diverse food from lots of food trucks
Children's activities
SPONSOR = Niles Riverfront Optimists Club, Niles, MI 49120
https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2022
Class IV - section 1 Philosophy & Religious studies
James Vanderkam, professor emeritus of Old Testament in Univ. of Notre Dame
College of Arts & Letters (Theol. Dept.), will receive American
Academy of Arts and Sciences Scholars membership ( http://amacad.org/ )
along with 261 new inductees for
work of substantial and excellent quality -- he was a co-editor of DJD (Discoveries
in the Judean Desert): the scrolls and manuscript fragments found around Qumran
(Israel near the Dead Sea).
Vanderkam published in 2018 a commentary on the ancient
Book of Jubilees (Fortress Press), revered by the Qumranites (some think Essene community).
https://www.nd.edu/stories/2022-aaas/
July 3 - August 11
day of particular high heat and humidity occurring
during July and August annually in the Northern Hemisphere
https://www.almanac.com/content/what-are-dog-days-summer
Beginning July 19, 2022
Daily Tuesday to Saturday tours resume from 8 a.m. up to 12:30 p.m., excluding Fed. holidays.
Contact your Congress Repr.'s office at D.C. or in your district
https://abc57.com/news/white-house-announces-free-public-tours-will-resume-full-operating-schedule-on-july-19
from Freeman's anthology - general work "How to Run a Country" (2013)
The ideal state is one in which the best people desire praise
and honor while avoiding humiliation and disgrace.
Such citizens are not deterred from wrongdoing
by a fear of punishment as laid out in the law
as much as by an inborn sense of shame given
to us by nature itself that makes dread the thought
of justified criticism. A true leader also encourages
this natural feeling among others by using public
opinion and enhances it through institutions and
education so that shame encourages
good citizenship no less than
fear of legal penalties. . .
Just as a helmsman desires a successful voyage
or a doctor works for the health of a patient
or a general plans for victory,
so the leader of a country should strive
for citizens to lead a happy life
with financial security, abundant resources,
good reputations, and honest virtue.
This is what I (Cicero) yearn for from our
leaders, for it should be their greatest
and most noble goal!
(pages 12 - 13, "How to Run a Country")
Cyril I of Alexandria - African theologian and church leader - preacher - exegete
Church Orthodox defender -- controversies with Arians, Novatianists,
also engaged in lethal combat with Neo-Platonists based at Library of Alexandria
(then led by philosopher Hypatia); he was also antagonistic with Jewish community
at Alexandria, eventually evicting and banishing those with whom he engaged in controversies
He also extremely engaged in debate and opposition to St. John Chrysostom of Antioch and
Bishop Nestorius of Constantinople
This "Doctor of the Church" died June 27, 444
https://dacb.org/stories/egypt/cyril-alexandria2/
from FRESNO Bee newspaper / online article (June 8, 2022)
David Valdao was one of few Republicans to vote to impeach Tr#mp
over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
He thereafter was one of the few California GOP members
of the House of Representatives who did not
receive an "endorsement" from TFG Trump,
now based in Mar-A-Lago, Florida.
Democratic Assemblyman Rudy Salas of Bakersfield
will take on David Valdao in Fall general election.
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/election/article262200512.html
Rotten Tomatoes online article/review
The biopic is told by an UNRELIABLE NARRATOR,
and that is entirely by design.
Not only does that make Presley's larger-than-life persona leap off the screen,
it makes Col. Tom Parker more of a craven, inhuman monster than any
straightforward biography of the singer likely ever could have accomplished.
Parker is the supervillain of the piece,
the duplicitous and savvy Lex Luthor to Presley's wholesome and talented SUPERMAN.
http://moviefreak.com/elvis-2022-movie-review/#.YrjNYFXMJoY
MOVIE FREAK review by Sara Michelle Fetters (June 24, 2022)
Sponsored by Niles District Library, Niles, MI 49120 http://www.nileslibrary.com/
Free for all ages and skill levels; must have membership in "U.S. Chess Federation"
Boards also available for non-members to play among themselves
https://www.uncoverniles.com/event-info/chess-tournament-niles-district-library
July 2, 2022 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Eastern
The tournament should conclude by about 2 p.m.
The Library will be closed on Monday July 4; following its regular Saturday
hours of 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. it will re-open on Tuesday July 5 at 9 a.m.
Beach Hazards Statement until 5 a.m. June 27, 2022
National Weather Service issued alert for Berrien County, MI
Avoid swimming due to danger from wave and current undertow; stay off docks
Waves will build to 3 - 5 feet during afternoon until night and overnight
https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/c19fd083f8fef1bbbe76e6eca494d09cbcfc55627cddf8c383d665d066b73b14?phenomena=BH&significance=S&areaid=MIZ077&office=KIWX&etn=0002
From "A Brief History of Fascist Lies" (2020 book on how supporters
of Fascist ideologies regard political lies as truth incarnated
in their leaders). Historical quotations and propagandistic
appeals from Mussolini, Hitler, Trump, Bolsanaro;
The current fascist-populist talk of "post-truth" has a long political and intellectual
lineage that we cannot ignore.
FROM: Chapter 7 THE FASCIST UNCONSCIOUS
pages 61-3 =
Mussolini conflated the desires of the people (as deduced by himself)
with those of the sacred. In 1926 he stated that when thinking about the historical
destiny of the nation, he was able to "see" the work of a sacrosanct will, "The
Infallible hand of providence, the infallible sign of divinity" in the unfolding of
events. . .For fascists, instincts, soul, character, and personality were mythical
embodiments, biological realties as well as collective legacies of the imperial past.
[n.b. for Mussolini Italy's past was a divinely-led Roman empire of the Caesars
and furthermore the Holy Roman Empire]
. . .The idea that a subject would find transcendental value "in pain and war" is
a testament to the dehumanizing dimensions of the fascist idea that truth belongs
to the world of the supernatural rather than to human history and agency.
This belief in a sacred form of truth had clear Christian theological connotations.
In NT statements and declarations:
the Lord's truth contrasts with the lies of men (Romans 3:4 NRSV) "Although
everyone is a liar, let God be proved true."
those who do not believe the truth of God are literally demonized (I John 2:22)
"Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist,
the one who denies the Father and the Son."
the lies of the unfaithful emanated from the devil. They wanted to judge according to
human standards and stood against the truthful understanding that only faith could provide:
"Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot accept my word. You
are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a
murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth
in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father
of lies (John 8:43-45)
Fascism's idea of truth grew from this traditional set of oppositions between divine truth
and demonic lies. . .
BRIEF HISTORY OF FASCIST LIES (2020, Univ. of CA Press) by Federico Finchelstein
Today is a Weather Advisory Day
Tuesday June 21, 2022
from Noon to 8 p.m. Eastern
Temperature in Berrien County MI and the city of Niles may reach 98 - 100 degrees F.
This may lead to heat illnesses
https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/c19fd083f8fef1bbbe76e6eca494d09cbcfc55627cddf8c383d665d066b73b14?phenomena=HT&significance=Y&areaid=MIZ077&office=KIWX&etn=0003
Details at OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC web article
Longest daylight of the year --- 5:14 a.m. Eastern
15 hours, 22 minutes
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-summer-solstice
Sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer
Details here and connection to TICKETMASTER
$53 to $263 prices available from those seeking to sell back for Sat. Concert
https://www.ticketmaster.com/billy-joel-south-bend-indiana-06-25-2022/event/0500574300149F11
https://events.nd.edu/events/2022/06/25/new-date-billy-joel-in-concert/
8 p.m. at dusk
Parking lots will open that day at 10 a.m.
doors/gates open at 6 p.m.
https://gameday.nd.edu/special-events/billy-joel/
Monday, June 20, 2022
affecting the region (Midwest)
The Air Quality Alert extends until 11 p.m. 6/21/2022
Limit your outdoor activity if you have asthma or breathing difficulties;
Do not use gas combusion engine -exhaust equipment that will add to outdoor pollution/fumes.
https://weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/l/c19fd083f8fef1bbbe76e6eca494d09cbcfc55627cddf8c383d665d066b73b14?phenomena=TAQ&significance=L&areaid=MIZ077&office=KIWX&etn=0000
Illinois Great Rivers Conference
met in Peoria, IL and in virtual livestream
June 2022 session
https://www.igrc.org/newsdetail/16526376
6 p.m.
Concert at Riverside Park in downtown Niles, MI
https://www.uncoverniles.com/event-info/touch-of-texas-niles-summer-concert-series
Join the friends for a Thursday July 7, 2022 Preview (admission $3, free for local Friends)
Two-day Friday 7/8 and Saturday 7/9
10 a.m. - 4 first day and 10 a.m. - 2 Last Day
4460 Lake Street, Bridgman, MI 49106
Phone = 269-465-3663
5,000 book expected inventory (1/2 donated)
paperbacks 50 cents, Hardcover $1; children's titles 25 cents
in Library Community room
http://bridgmanlibrary.com/Pages/Index/182070/about-the-friends
Wed. June 29, 2022 5 - 7:30 p.m.
NILES, MICHIGAN Police, Fire, City Department Staff
PLACE: Library Rotunda, Niles District Library near downtown
Join the Niles MI City Staff for a meet and greet; you will be able to meet and speak with
Police, Fire, Public Works, Utilities among others
Admission is Free; no registration is required
https://www.facebook.com/events/594217741924810/?ref=newsfeed
Niles, Michigan FIRE DEPARTMENT at Riverside Park, Niles
bring your family & friends to enjoy a refreshing, high-powered
sprinklers and popsicles!
https://www.uncoverniles.com/event-info/niles-fire-dept-cool-off
Thursday June 16 at 1 p.m. EDT
Tuesday June 21 at 1 p.m. EDT
Thursday June 23 at 1 p.m. EDT
for much of N. IN and many MI Counties and OHIO
From 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time until Thursday Midnight 12:01 a.m.
Heavy rain, lightning, winds
National weather service
National weather service announcement (6/12/2022)
Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110 possible
FOR:
Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, St. Joseph Counties in MI (South and West sections of Michigan)
Heat indices to rise dangerously during Tuesday and Wed. afternoons up to 100 to 110 degrees
Jurassic Park (based on the Michael Crichton novel - directed by S. Spielberg) - Year 1993;
initial follow-up was Crichton's novel "The Lost World" -- it was made into a 1997 movie;
"Jurassic Park III" did NOT finish out a trilogy as Franchise was underway -- 2001 movie;
SINCE initial 8 year release of "Trilogy" :
Jurassic World 2015
JW: Fallen Kingdom 2018
JW: Dominion 2022
Let's go see old Abe
Sitting in the marble and the moonlight,
Sitting lonely in the marble and the moonlight,
Quiet for ten thousand centuries, old Abe,
Quiet for a million, million years.
Quiet ---
And yet a voice forever
Against the
Timeless walls
Of time ---
Old Abe.
contributor to _The Playbook_ a collaborative book by Kwame Alexander
52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life (2017)
YA illustrated book - guidance
pages 80 - 81 (with photography, graphics by Thai Neave)
"In the face of opposition, a well-timed crossover just might
give you enough space to execute the play and score"
Make it work no matter what you have to work with --
that's something that stuck with me very early on as a point guard.
Adjust.
Get creative.
Try a different angle, a different lane,
a different move
or a different shot -- just make it work!"
June's Full moon will reach full illumination at 7:52 a.m. Tuesday June 14, 2022
details at ALMANAC dot-com
https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-june
Any full moon that stands at 90% of perigee at 222,238.4 miles away will be considered a
SUPER- MOON
1 - 2:30 p.m. Katmandu (Bob Seger cover hits)
3 - 4:30 The Erly
5 - 6:30 Hey Annie
7 - 8:30 Tim Dudley (Elvis hits)
June 9, 10 a.m. Central Time -- first of three days
Peoria Civic Center, Peoria, IL
Click on this web link
https://www.igrc.org/ac2022live/
igrc.org/
Annual Conference session 2022
also AGENDA (today, Friday, Saturday)
The visions that I saw I beheld neither in sleep
nor dreaming nor in madness nor with my bodily eyes nor ears
nor in hidden places.
I saw them in full view and according to God's will,
when I was wakeful and alert
with the eyes of the spirit and the inward ears.
And how this was brought about is indeed hard
for human flesh to search out -- Hildegard of Bingen
QUOTED FROM
Univ. of Notre Dame online page/reference article
http://faith.nd.edu/s/1210/faith/interior.aspx?sid=1210&gid=609&calcid=53508&calpgid=61&pgid=16351&crid=0
Dual aspects of Peoria IL Civic Center and online streaming
https://www.igrc.org/ac2022
Includes chronological and annotated helps to understand, John Wesley's interactions
with Moravians, William Law, Roman Catholic doctrine and practice, Emanuel Swedenborg,
Indexes range across the three theological subset on JW as a theologian.
ISBN : 978179106005
https://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9781791016005
Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man's smudge and shares men's smell: the soil
Is bare now; nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went
Oh morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --
Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
World broods with warm breast and with ah! bright wings.
Sunday June 5, 2022
Noon until 6 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/RiverfrontOptimist
Food Trucks, Live Music, Booths for local merchants and other enterprises
Riverfront Park in downtown Niles, MI 49120
Main and Front Streets (near Wonderland Cinema)
Events range from
Quilts of Valor (6/11/2022): to honor local veterans 1 p.m. Saturday
Fireworks seen above St. Mary's Field, on Linden Street Saturday 10:30 p.m.
Flag Day market at Carver Park - Saturday and Sunday - arts and crafts
https://threeoaksflagday.com/events.html
Did you know that besides leaving a fingerprint on world music as "King" of Rock 'n Roll,
Elvis Presley was also a blood donor in Memphis, TN who left a legacy of generosity
and community service that continues to this year (2022)?
You as well can leave a lasting legacy, too, by making blood donations a "move" this June 2022!
Donation opportunity in Niles (Berrien County) Michigan in the next 10 days :
First Presbyterian Church (13 S. Fourth Street, Niles, MI 49120)
on Tuesday June 14 from Noon to 5:45 p.m.
Call Jo Birdsong (269)-683-7650 to schedule your appointment reservation
also use 1-800-733-2767 (Red Cross) or RedCrossBlood dot-org/RockNRoll
Cannon Building, Capitol Hill office buildings, Washington, D.C.
to be televised
https://www.facebook.com/SunburstRaces/
First Race (half-marathon) begins at 6:30 a.m.
7:10 is Second Race (10K) that begins in downtown S. Bend
5K Race begins at 7:45 a.m.
All conclude at Notre Dame FB Stadium, middle of campus of Univ. of Notre Dame
Course is along the beautiful St. Joseph River
7 facts for astronomy - seasonal change fans [see ALMANAC dot-com]
5:14 a.m. EDT on Tuesday June 21, 2022
The solstice Sun stands directly over the Tropic of Cancer the Crab [Zodiac part of sky]
https://www.almanac.com/7-facts-about-june-solstice
June 1, 2022 = 22 page views
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Monday 6/27 = 34 page view
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Month of June's total Page View Visits for http://faithfor2008.blogspot.com/ = 677
ION television network (Usually Crime - law enforcement rerun schedule back-to-back)
June 1, 2022
2-hour special of semi-final competition among elementary student spellers
8 p.m. Eastern until 10 p.m.
Live coverage of the 94th annual Sports / Academic round of play
2022 host is LeVar Burton; location is Washington, D.C.
Poem by W.S. Merwin
Night when the south wind wakes the owl
and the owl says it is summer
now it is time to be summer
it is time for that departure
though the blanket dates from childhood
it is time whoever you are
to be going they are older
every one of them there is spring
no longer this is the south wind
you have heard about that brings rain
taking away roofs with a breath
and a season of grapes in one
blind unpredictable moment
of hail this is the white wind that
you cannot believe here it is
and the owl sails out to see whose
turn it is tonight to be changed
