Day: June 15, 2021

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Betty Brook Road, South of the Campsites

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Betty Brook Road is a four-wheel drive trail located in the Burnt Rossman State Forest. While the northern and southern most portion of the road is in pretty good shape, a large portion of the road is just course shale track through the woods. It hasn't been mowed yet this year, so the grass is pretty high along the road, but it does look like the DEC has some gravel stockpiled in preparation for future repairs. This video plays at two times the normal speed (13 minutes of driving in 6 1/2 minutes of playtime).

NPR

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Florida Man Accidentally Buys City Water Tower : NPR

When business owner Bobby Read approached the Brooksville City Council about purchasing a municipal building at the base of the small Florida city's water tower, he didn't expect the water tower to come with it.

Read discovered the mistake after the property had been sold to him for $55,000. The certified personal trainer intended to turn the building, which various city departments used for storage, into a personal training studio named Downtown Athletics. But when he went to the county property appraiser's office to get an address for his new business, the county told him he'd received much more than the building — several thousand gallons more.

Questions and answers about indulgences, with special reference to Martin Luther’s objections

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Questions and answers about indulgences, with special reference to Martin Luther’s objections

1. What is an indulgence?

An indulgence is the full or partial remission of temporal punishment for sins after the sinner confesses and receives absolution. Under Catholic teaching, every sin must be purified either here on earth or after death in a state called purgatory.

2. How did the practice of dispensing indulgences begin?

The first known use of plenary indulgences was in 1095 when Pope Urban II remitted all penance of persons who participated in the crusades and who confessed their sins. Later, the indulgences were also offered to those who couldn't go on the Crusades but offered cash contributions to the effort instead. In the early 1200s, the Church began claiming that it had a "treasury" of indulgences (consisting of the merits of Christ and the saints) that it could dispense in ways that promoted the Church and its mission. In a decretal issued in 1343, Pope Clement VI declared, "The merits of Christ are a treasure of indulgences."