Quote of the Day “If then we have angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.” St. John Chrysostom Today's Meditation "I will first, dearest daughter, speak to thee of the dignity of priests, having placed them where they are through My goodness, over and above the general love which I have had to My creatures, creating you in My image and likeness and re-creating you all to the life of grace in the Blood of My Only-begotten Son, whence you have arrived at such excellence, through the union which I made of My Deity with human nature; so that in this you have greater dignity and excellence than the angels, for I took your human nature and not that of the angels. Wherefore, as I have said to you, I, God, have become man, and man has become God by the union of My Divine Nature with your human nature. This greatness is given in general to all rational creatures, but, among these I have especially chosen My ministers for the sake of your salvation, so that, through them, the Blood of the humble and immaculate Lamb, My Only-begotten Son, may be administered to you." St. Catherine Of Siena, p. 137-138 An excerpt from Dialogue of St. Catherine of Siena

Friends, A year after the Second Amendment was ratified, Congress did something that tells us a lot about how the early Republic thought about arms and the militia. In May 1792, Congress passed what we call the Militia Act of 1792 (there were actually two Militia Acts that year). The second one organized the state militias. It said, in plain terms, that free able-bodied white male citizens ages 18 to 45 were to be enrolled in the militia—and each enrolled citizen had to provide his own arms and kit within six months. 1. Enrollment was broad. The Act treated the militia as the body of eligible citizens in the states, not a tiny standing force. That fits the founding-era idea that a “militia” meant the people available for common defense, organized under law. 2. Arms were the citizen’s responsibility. The statute listed what an enrolled man had to bring: a good musket or firelock (with bayonet, flints, cartridges, and knapsack), or a good rifle with powder, balls, and pouch. Officers had their own required gear. Congress was not saying “the government will arm everyone.” It expected ordinary citizens to show up already equipped. 3. This is history, not a modern how-to. The 1792 Act reflected its time—including limits by race, sex, and age that later generations rightly rejected. We’re looking at it as a window into early American assumptions: a free people, a citizen militia, and personal arms as part of that duty. It does not tell you what today’s law allows or requires where you live. So when we read “a well regulated Militia” and “the right of the people,” the early Congress’s own statute is useful context. They expected the people who made up the militia to keep and bring arms. What part of that 1792 picture surprises you mostthe enrollment rule, or that citizens had to furnish their own arms? Sources for further reading: Militia Act of 1792 (May 8, 1792), 1 Stat. 271; Mount Vernon education collection on the Militia Act of 1792.

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Hey family — At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Miele showed a dishwasher that doesn't just sense dirty water. It looks at what's in the rack. The new G8 Diamond uses AutoVision: as you close the door, a light blinks, a camera grabs one frame, and the system identifies what's inside. Bottles get BottleClean with stronger spray. Pots get more intensity. Plastics get harder hot-air drying — because plastic containers love staying damp. A few takeaways: 1. This is object recognition inside the wash cavity — not the old turbidity sensors that only know the water got murky. 2. One photo at door-close is enough for the whole cycle. Miele says it can still treat a bottle loaded at breakfast as a bottle even after you stack dinner plates on top. 3. AutoVision is opt-in (user-enabled). Availability so far: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland starting April 2027 — not a U.S. shelf item yet. 4. Pair it with AutoDos (automatic detergent dosing) and app rules (for example, wait until 80% full / after 10pm), and you're handing the machine more of the tiny daily decisions. Kitchen tech is shifting from "do the scrubbing" to "make the fifty tiny choices we used to make ourselves." Cool — and worth asking how much trust you're ready to give a camera over Grandma's pans. Would you turn AutoVision on the first week, or leave it off until it earns your trust? Source: Yanko Design hands-on at IFA 2026 (Sep 2, 2026) — Miele G8 Diamond / AutoVision.

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