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THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: As Christian Americans we are naturally obsessed with the prophetic future of our nation. Evangelicals search feverishly for some allegorical reference to the United States in Sacred Scripture. Catholics seek references to America in private revelation. An entire devotion has arisen during the 20th century, called Our Lady of America, in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is said to have relayed specific warnings and guidance to our fledgling nation. Yes, that's right, I said 'fledgling' nation, because you see, the United States is not a very old nation at all. It's rather young actually, less than 240 years old, and our government is built entirely on a proposition more than any culture or national identity. This makes America very structurally weak, relying entirely on the force of the federal government to hold it together.
In the sixth period of the Church will begin the powerful Monarch and the Holy Pontiff, as mentioned previously, and it will last until the revelation of Antichrist. In this period, God will console His Holy Church for the affliction and great tribulation which she has endured during the fifth period. All nations will become Catholic. Vocations will be abundant as never before, and all men will seek only the Kingdom of God and His justice. Men will live in peace, and this will be granted because people will make their peace with God. They will live under the protection of the Great Monarch and his successors.
Washington DC Post Apocalypse
The Venerable Bartholomew Holzhauserb: Aug. 24, 1613, d: May 20, 1658
What Americans often forget however, is that our federal republic is a creation of circumstance and nothing more. When we talk about culture, we have to ask ourselves what culture is. The word 'culture' comes from the Latin word cultus meaning religion. Culture is in fact nothing more then the way a religion interacts with a people and their environment. America, for the most part is a culture based on the indigenous Christian cultures of the British Isles -- English, Scottish and Irish. There is a smattering of other cultures as well, that have left their impression on the United States, but the dominant culture (the prevailing and established culture) is very British. Americans speak English. Our legal system is based on English Common Law. Our traditional music and dance are based on Celtic folk culture -- Irish and Scottish. Even the large black population in the United States is heavily influenced by this, as they have virtually nothing in common with African culture and haven't in centuries. This is who we are, and there is no mistaking that. We are all Americans, and that means we are all culturally British, or at least some variant of that.
What makes matters confusing is the modern phenomenon of multiculturalism and the historical reality of Yankee imperialism. We could argue America's empire actually began just before the American Civil War (1861-1865), in what we know as the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). This resulted in the large annexation of previously held Mexican territories, as well as their people and culture. Having once been a resident of Southern California, I can attest to the heavy Spanish-Mexican influence on this region to this very day. Thus, in the Southwest corner of the United States, there exists a very Spanish-Mexican culture, punctuated by enclaves of other cultures that have immigrated from all over the world. In this region of the United States, it seems that the English language is optional, and as a result of this (as well as massive immigration from Mexico in recent years), much of the businesses and local governments in the United States have essentially become bilingual (English and Spanish).
I bring this up because to understand America's future, we must understand America's history. The United States of America is a proposition nation, made up entirely of a propositional republican form of government that was heavily based on a culture of British imperialism. The creation of the United States of America is the result of a secession from the British empire, followed by a political imitation of that same empire. The American hegemony is very British, very Protestant and very imperialistic. It is also an aberration. For had it not been for the abuses of King George III, the original thirteen colonies that started the United States might have never seceded from the British Empire. Had this secession from the crown never happened, it is likely the United States would exist much in the same way Canada does today. In fact, I dare say, the United States of America would exist today as part of the British Commonwealth, and her borders would stop at the Mississippi River, (France having sold the Louisiana Purchase to Spain instead), while Canada would occupy most of the American Northwest, and Mexico would likely occupy much of the American Midwest and Southwest. This is just speculation to be sure, but the point of such historical speculation is to further understand what America is. Had it not been for the British-Protestant-Imperialist heritage of the United States, coupled with the unrestrained nature of republican politics, it would not exist today as we know it.
History being what it was however, the United States consists primarily of English-speaking Anglo-Celtic peoples, with the exception of the Southwest corner of the United States, which is heavily Spanish-Mexican in language and culture. That being clarified, let's get into what we know to be the prophecies of the coming era, especially as they relate to private revelation and the future of the United States.
Above I briefly mentioned the devotion to Our Lady of America. This was canonically approved in 1963 by the Archbishop of Cincinnati, the late Paul Francis Leibold. Because of some concern over this, the canonical approval was reviewed by canon lawyer Archbishop (now Cardinal) Raymond Burke in 2007. (Cardinal Burke is now Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura at the Vatican.) Cardinal Burke's letter of canonical review can be read here. Cardinal Burke determined that Archbishop Leibold did indeed canonically approve the apparition and message according to the canonical norms of the Catholic Church, and that because of this, Catholics are free to practice what he described as this 'beautiful devotion.' The message of Our Lady of America is long, but essentially simple in nature. Basically, it involves a commitment to the indwelling presence of the Holy Trinity within the hearts of every Christian, and an absolute commitment to chastity and spiritual purity. We are told in this message that this is God's will for the people of the United States, to lead the world in chastity and spiritual purity, and that failure to embrace God's will on this will only result in our national misery. Not many details are given as to what this 'misery' entails. We can assume that much of it is our own doing, since it is obvious that we Americans, as a nation, have not heeded the warning and reformed our lives accordingly. We have seen American society unravel before our very eyes. In just the course of one generation, the United States of America has gone from the apex of human civilisation to a nation that is fighting to stay above third-world status. Morality is virtually a thing of the past in America. Teen pregnancy is rampant. Unwed mothers are the norm. Couples are far more prone to just 'live together' than enter into marriage, and as a result of this, artificial contraception and abortion are considered 'reproductive rights' protected by the government. America is the world's number-one producer of pornography which is exported around the globe. In some places, prostitution is legal in the United States, and protected by state law. Strip clubs and 'gentlemen bars' can be found in every American city. 'Ladies clubs,' where men strip for entertainment, can be found in the larger cities. Many revealing fashion trends are created in the United States, and exported around the world for material consumption. The United States government is also the chief promoter of abortion, artificial contraception and 'homosexual rights' in the whole world. At home, both our federal government, and many state governments, have directly persecuted the Catholic Church for its stand on sexual morality, especially as it relates to the administration of its own ministries. Whatever God had planned for the United States as revealed through Our Lady of America, it is painfully clear beyond all shadow of a doubt that Americans have soundly rejected it. So according to the private revelation, now comes the 'misery.'
There are three particular apparitions and messages that I believe directly relate to the future of the United States of America. These three are the apparitions at Fatima, Akita and Champion. While the political fate of the United States is not revealed to us, I think it is safe to assume, based on the global nature of two of these apparitions, confirmed by the local nature of one, that the United States will not remain intact as the political entity we know today. I also think it is safe to say the federal republic that was created in 1789 will be lost as well. In all likelihood, it would appear that the English-speaking people (including those in the former United States) will once again be united under the reign of one English-speaking king, who himself will be subject to the prophesied French-speaking Great Monarch. Likewise, the Spanish-speaking world will also find themselves reunited under a similar king of their own culture. As for the territories of the United States, I think it may be safe to say that they will be divided along the terms of dominant language. The dominant English-speaking regions will likely go to the English king, while the dominant Spanish-speaking regions will likely go to the Spanish-speaking king. All of these kings will be ruled by the French-speaking Great Monarch, the new Holy Roman Emperor, and they will all be Catholic.
The very thought of such a radical geopolitical paradigm-shift is shocking to most of us today, but in light of America's refusal to follow God's plan for us, should it be surprising? We must remember WHY we are an independent nation to begin with. Why was that? Ah yes, American colonists sought independence from a despotic and tyrannical King George III -- a Protestant emperor! God in his mercy granted that independence, and he tolerated the Protestant imperialism of their American descendants. However, when he revealed his plan for us as a nation in 1963, we immediately rejected it outright, and it was within just one decade that America began its downward spiral into irrelevancy. There is no indication of any national repentance in sight. Only a remnant of faithful Catholics (and a few Protestants of good will) remain for the worldwide Chastisement that is to come.
The private revelation of Our Lady of Fatima needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most famous Marian apparition in the world. Canonical approval has been given at both the local and Vatican level. Sister Lucia, the eldest of the three seer children at Fatima Portugal in 1917, revealed that as a result of the 20th century, many souls would go to hell, and the primary cause of their damnation would be sexual impurity. Because the United States of America has virtually led the way in sexual impurity toward the latter half of the 20th century, until now, this First Secret of Fatima does not bode well for us as a nation of people....
Our Lady showed us a great sea of fire which seemed to be under the earth. Plunged in this fire were demons and souls in human form, like transparent burning embers, all blackened or burnished bronze, floating about in the conflagration, now raised into the air by the flames that issued from within themselves together with great clouds of smoke, now falling back on every side like sparks in a huge fire, without weight or equilibrium, and amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair, which horrified us and made us tremble with fear. The demons could be distinguished by their terrifying and repulsive likeness to frightful and unknown animals, all black and transparent. This vision lasted but an instant. How can we ever be grateful enough to our kind heavenly Mother, who had already prepared us by promising, in the first Apparition, to take us to heaven. Otherwise, I think we would have died of fear and terror.The Second Secret of Fatima relates directly to the end of World War I and the start of World War II, Here the United States is indirectly referenced, because America was a chief player in both World War I and World War II. It was our unnecessary involvement in World War I that ultimately brought about World War II, and it is after World War II that America (alongside Russia's Soviet Union) establishes the New World Order that would ultimately play out the final drama in these latter days...
First Secret of Fatima
You have seen hell where the souls of poor sinners go. To save them, God wishes to establish in the world devotion to my Immaculate Heart. If what I say to you is done, many souls will be saved and there will be peace. The war is going to end: but if people do not cease offending God, a worse one will break out during the Pontificate of Pope Pius XI. When you see a night illumined by an unknown light, know that this is the great sign given you by God that he is about to punish the world for its crimes, by means of war, famine, and persecutions of the Church and of the Holy Father. To prevent this, I shall come to ask for the Consecration of Russia to my Immaculate Heart, and the Communion of reparation on the First Saturdays. If my requests are heeded, Russia will be converted, and there will be peace; if not, she will spread her errors throughout the world, causing wars and persecutions of the Church. The good will be martyred; the Holy Father will have much to suffer; various nations will be annihilated. In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph. The Holy Father will consecrate Russia to me, and she shall be converted, and a period of peace will be granted to the world.A few things should be pointed out here. Our Lady of Fatima wanted to establish a world devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The United States of America was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception by the Catholic bishops at the First Council of Baltimore back in 1846. The National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception was built in honour of this patronage, in Washington DC, during the time of Sister Mary Ephrem's visitations by Our Lady of America. This apparition of Mary requested that a statue of her as "Our Lady of America" be placed in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception by the bishops in solemn procession as a sign that America had accepted God's plan of chastity and spiritual purity. The statue was never placed there, and remains at the Blessed John Paul II Cultural Centre in Washington DC, just blocks away from the National Shrine. It is placed in an ideal location for a future procession, however, it looks as if the Chastisement of America will have to come first. Regarding the requested Fatima consecration of Russia to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, that did not happen in a timely manner. Sister Lucia plainly stated that the consecration came too late, and did not follow the full instructions of Our Lady of Fatima. So while the effects of the coming Chastisement will be mitigated because of it, they will not be prevented. Russia did indeed spread its errors around the world, as prophesied, and persecuted the Church most severely. Of the many errors Russia spread, one of the most damning was sexual liberation, which was carried to America by Soviet moles in the media and universities. The objective was to weaken America's moral foundation and thus prepare it for an eventual communist takeover. (See the writings of Friedrich Engels for details of this strategy.) Rather than embrace the message of Our Lady of America, we Americans (mostly Protestants and cultural Catholics) chose the message of Soviet moles instead, fully and wholeheartedly embracing sexual immorality as our new national norm, in what came to be called the 'sexual revolution.' Our Lady of Fatima went on to describe what would come of this...
Second Secret of Fatima
I write in obedience to you, my God, who command me to do so through his Excellency the Bishop of Leiria and through your Most Holy Mother and mine. After the two parts which I have already explained, at the left of Our Lady and a little above, we saw an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand: pointing to the earth with his right hand, the Angel cried out in a loud voice: 'Penance, Penance, Penance!'. And we saw in an immense light that is God: 'something similar to how people appear in a mirror when they pass in front of it' a Bishop dressed in White 'we had the impression that it was the Holy Father'. Other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious going up a steep mountain, at the top of which there was a big Cross of rough-hewn trunks as of a cork-tree with the bark; before reaching there the Holy Father passed through a big city half in ruins and half trembling with halting step, afflicted with pain and sorrow, he prayed for the souls of the corpses he met on his way; having reached the top of the mountain, on his knees at the foot of the big Cross he was killed by a group of soldiers who fired bullets and arrows at him, and in the same way there died one after another the other Bishops, Priests, men and women Religious, and various lay people of different ranks and positions. Beneath the two arms of the Cross there were two Angels each with a crystal aspersorium in his hand, in which they gathered up the blood of the Martyrs and with it sprinkled the souls that were making their way to God.When the Vatican unveiled the third secret, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the current Pope Benedict XVI, explained that the language of the third secret was apocalyptic in nature, and as a result should be interpreted in a highly symbolic manner. The image painted is symbolically a world destroyed by the errors of communism, both directly and indirectly, the faith of millions left in ruin, and the torturous persecutions of the Church reaching even as high as the pope himself. Pope John Paul II suffered two assassination attempts, one of them (the most famous and public one), was prompted by the Soviet KGB. Who knows what future persecutions await the Church, and what further sufferings await the pope. Students of private revelation have an idea. Something interesting about the solar phenomenon surrounding Our Lady of Fatima. As reported by some 70,000 people present at the event in 1917; the sun appeared to dance and twirl in the sky, taking on all shapes and colours, then it plunged to earth, terrifying all who witnessed it, leaving their rain-soaked clothing and ground dry, before returning to its natural state in the sky. Pope Paul VI believed this miraculous event was a forewarning of some terrible future Chastisement involving fire from the sky that would cleanse the earth and leave it 'dry' for the persecuted Church to begin her work of preaching the gospel again. It is here Our Lady of Fatima retires her message, and picks it up again as Our Lady of Akita in Japan in 1973.
Third Secret of Fatima
The Apparition of Our Lady of Akita occurred in the remote area of Yuzawadai, near the city of Akita in Japan. This occurred between July and October of 1973. Like Fatima this apparition and message has received proper canonical approval from the local ordinary, Bishop John Shojiro Ito gave approval on April 22, 1984. This was followed by the 1988 private approval of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (currently Pope Benedict XVI), as relayed by the former Ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See, Mr. Howard Dee. In keeping with canonical norms, however, the approval of Bishop Ito should be enough for us. The private revelation at Akita is chilling and when asked about its nature, Bishop Ido replied that the message of Akita is the message of Fatima. Sister Agnes reported the following...
July 6, 1973Again, like in the Third Secret of Fatima, we see the coming of flames. Our Lady of Fatima revealed a miracle of God, in which the earth was nearly scorched by the sun witnessed by tens of thousands of people. In a vision she revealed to the three children: "an Angel with a flaming sword in his left hand; flashing, it gave out flames that looked as though they would set the world on fire; but they died out in contact with the splendour that Our Lady radiated towards him from her right hand." At Akita, our Lady again warned: "Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son." So here we see the future of our fallen world, which awaits us in terror, the transition from our present world into the world that the Venerable Holzhauser foresaw, the exit of the 'fifth period' of the Church and the dawn of the 'sixth period.' It shall be inaugurated by fire from the sky. Where, however, is America's place in all of this? What becomes of the United States? Surely something special awaits the last remaining superpower of the world?
"My daughter, my novice, you have obeyed me well in abandoning all to follow me. Is the infirmity of your ears painful? Your deafness will be healed, be sure. Does the wound of your hand cause you to suffer? Pray in reparation for the sins of men. Each person in this community is my irreplaceable daughter. Do you say well the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist? Then, let us pray it together."
"Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, truly present in Holy Eucharist, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart, being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father pleading for the coming of His Kingdom."
"Please receive this humble offering of myself. Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls."
"Most holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your Special Child. Amen."
When the prayer was finished, the Heavenly Voice said: "Pray very much for the Pope, Bishops, and Priests. Since your Baptism you have always prayed faithfully for them. Continue to pray very much...very much. Tell your superior all that passed today and obey him in everything that he will tell you. He has asked that you pray with fervour."
August 3, 1973
"My daughter, my novice, do you love the Lord? If you love the Lord, listen to what I have to say to you."
"It is very important...You will convey it to your superior."
"Many men in this world afflict the Lord. I desire souls to console Him to soften the anger of the Heavenly Father. I wish, with my Son, for souls who will repair by their suffering and their poverty for the sinners and ingrates."
"In order that the world might know His anger, the Heavenly Father is preparing to inflict a great chastisement on all mankind. With my Son I have intervened so many times to appease the wrath of the Father. I have prevented the coming of calamities by offering Him the sufferings of the Son on the Cross, His Precious Blood, and beloved souls who console Him forming a cohort of victim souls. Prayer, penance and courageous sacrifices can soften the Father's anger. I desire this also from your community...that it love poverty, that it sanctify itself and pray in reparation for the ingratitude and outrages of so many men.
Recite the prayer of the Handmaids of the Eucharist with awareness of its meaning; put it into practice; offer in reparation (whatever God may send) for sins. Let each one endeavour, according to capacity and position, to offer herself entirely to the Lord."
"Even in a secular institute prayer is necessary. Already souls who wish to pray are on the way to being gathered together. Without attaching to much attention to the form, be faithful and fervent in prayer to console the Master."
After a silence:
"Is what you think in your heart true? Are you truly decided to become the rejected stone? My novice, you who wish to belong without reserve to the Lord, to become the spouse worthy of the Spouse, make your vows knowing that you must be fastened to the Cross with three nails. These three nails are poverty, chastity, and obedience. Of the three, obedience is the foundation. In total abandon, let yourself be led by your superior. He will know how to understand you and to direct you."
October 13, 1973
"My dear daughter, listen well to what I have to say to you. You will inform your superior."
After a short silence:
"As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never seen before. Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests."
"The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, bishops against bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their confreres...churches and altars sacked; the Church will be full of those who accept compromises and the demon will press many priests and consecrated souls to leave the service of the Lord.
"The demon will be especially implacable against souls consecrated to God. The thought of the loss of so many souls is the cause of my sadness. If sins increase in number and gravity, there will be no longer pardon for them"
"With courage, speak to your superior. He will know how to encourage each one of you to pray and to accomplish works of reparation."
"It is Bishop Ito, who directs your community."
And She smiled and then said:
"You have still something to ask? Today is the last time that I will speak to you in living voice. From now on you will obey the one sent to you and your superior."
"Pray very much the prayers of the Rosary. I alone am able still to save you from the calamities which approach. Those who place their confidence in me will be saved."
Message of Our Lady of Akita
To answer we have only this. In 1859, just one year after Mary appeared in France to Saint Bernadette Soubirous, revealing herself as the 'Immaculate Conception,' in what has come to be known there as the apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes, she appeared again to a young Adele Brice in Champion Wisconsin, just outside of Green Bay. The apparition and message were approved by Bishop David L. Ricken, ordinary of Green Bay, on December 8, 2010. Here Our Lady revealed herself as the 'Queen of Heaven' and 'Our Lady of Good Help.' The private revelation itself is simple, with a very simple instruction, and does not itself include any apocalyptic visions of the future....
As they approached the hallowed spot, Adele could see the beautiful lady, clothed in dazzling white, with a yellow sash around her waist. Her dress fell to her feet in graceful folds. She had a crown of stars around her head, and her long, golden, wavy hair fell loosely around her shoulders. Such a heavenly light shone around her that Adele could hardly look back at her sweet face. Overcome by this heavenly light and the beauty of her amiable visitor, Adele fell on her knees.Our Lady of Good Help told the young American girl to do nothing more than teach the Catholic faith to the children of this wild land (America). There is yet one ominous line in this revelation: 'If they do not convert and do penance, my Son will be obliged to punish them.' In light of later revelations, at Fatima and Akita, this is ominous indeed. Like Fatima however, a miracle occurred at Champion, which foreshadowed the punishment to come upon the United States and the whole world. Our Lady demonstrated her presence with a miracle exactly twelve years after the initial Champion apparition. By this time Adele Brice had become a religious sister. In 1871 a raging wildfire swept through Wisconsin destroying many of the settlements in the area. It was one of the worst in U.S. history. Rather than flee for their lives, Sister Adele and the faithful rushed to the shrine of Our Lady of Good Help. The fire completely surrounded the shrine, but rather than panic in fear they turned toward Our Lady and prayed. The fire engulfed everything in all directions, singeing the fence around the shrine on all sides, but the shrine, the small plot of land it stood and everyone inside were left untouched. It is a foreshadowing of what is to come upon the people of the United States of America. The same can be said of Canada, Australia, Russia, China, Europe and the whole world. The great and mighty superpower of the United States of America will be thrown in with the lot of every nation, no more special than they, to endure the same Chastisement that is to come. What awaits America? Fire! Not just any fire, but fire from heaven, in some kind of cataclysmic worldwide disaster that will destroy most of the inhabitants of the planet, and leave a world behind that is ruled by Catholic kings, a Great Monarch and a holy pope. It will be the last great era of peace, the sixth age of the Church, before the rise of Antichrist and the end of history.
'In God's name, who are you and what do you want of me?' asked Adele, as she had been directed.
'I am the Queen of Heaven, who prays for the conversion of sinners, and I wish you to do the same. You received Holy Communion this morning, and that is well. But you must do more. Make a general confession, and offer Communion for the conversion of sinners. If they do not convert and do penance, my Son will be obliged to punish them'
'Adele, who is it?'' said one of the women. 'O why can't we see her as you do?' said another weeping.
'Kneel,' said Adele, 'the Lady says she is the Queen of Heaven.' Our Blessed Lady turned, looked kindly at them, and said, 'Blessed are they that believe without seeing. What are you doing here in idleness…while your companions are working in the vineyard of my Son?'
'What more can I do, dear Lady?' said Adele, weeping.
'Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation'
'But how shall I teach them who know so little myself?' replied Adele.
'Teach them,' replied her radiant visitor, 'their catechism, how to sign themselves with the sign of the Cross, and how to approach the sacraments; that is what I wish you to do. Go and fear nothing. I will help you.' "
The manifestation of Our Lady then lifted her hands, as though beseeching a blessing for those at her feet, and slowly vanished, leaving Adele overwhelmed and prostrate on the ground.
Our Lady of Good Help
Champion Wisconsin
What then is the moral to this story for Catholics in the United States? Simple. We have only two jobs. First, turn to Our Lady and Lord through the Holy Rosary and the Holy Eucharist. Second, evangelise, Evangelise, EVANGELISE!!! As our Lady told Sister Adele: 'Gather the children in this wild country and teach them what they should know for salvation. Teach them their catechism, how to sign themselves with the sign of the Cross, and how to approach the sacraments; that is what I wish you to do. Go and fear nothing. I will help you.' This is our only hope against the heavenly fire that is to come, for if we do this, we will save ourselves by relying on the protection of Jesus through Mary. As it becomes painfully clear that the political influence of the Catholic Church is coming to an end, an the lofty goal of 'Social Justice' appears further and further out of reach, we have nothing left to do but return to our first mission and transform our neighbourhoods one conversion at a time. For our fate is the same as all others. As Our Lady of Fatima prophesied, 'entire nations will be annihilated,' so it seems probable that ours will be no exception.


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It's one thing to make it to the Olympics. It's another to get there with a half-ton of gear. Equestrians and sailors pack that much and more. And while shooters don't pack heavy, they pack heat - in their bags, of course.
This is the second of three articles that examines how Olympic athletes manage traveling with unwieldy gear.
Will Faudree, who competes in equestrian's three-day event, says his horse, Antigua, "knows when he gets on a plane that he's going somewhere fun."
The pair has already been to Australia, New Zealand, and several countries in Europe together. If they qualify for the 2008 Olympic equestrian event (to be held in Hong Kong) Faudree's horse will be required to travel with a horse passport which details his body markings and vaccinations and bears stamps from past competitions.
When traveling overseas, the horse is quarantined for several hours before it gets to the airport. The duration depends on the arrival country. (Before a horse may enter the US, for example, it must be quarantined 36 hours before the flight.)
After the quarantine, Faudree picks up his horse and drives to the airport. There, a van takes Antigua to a fiberglass box called a pallet, which can house two or three horses during the flight. Next, the pallet is loaded onto a trolley which leads to a lift that transports the horse (in his pallet) onto the plane.
The series of vehicles is necessary because a horse isn't allowed to touch the ground after being quarantined.
Once the horses are loaded, Faudree gets out of the pallet and crawls toward a seat behind the cockpit for takeoff. On domestic flights, Faudree usually takes Fed Ex planes and once the door closes, "it's just us, the horses, the pilots, and the mail," he said.
There's no view because the windows are in back near the horses. There's no heat. There's also no horse bathroom. "It's not bad because you're sitting in front," Faudree contends.
The upside of flying cargo is that the horses never get lost. "Someone's always with them. They're so well taken care for," Faudree said. "When [Antigua] gets on a plane, it's all about him. It's really exciting from start to finish - for the horse."
Not so for sailors. Austin Sperry competes in the Star boat, the largest and heaviest class of Olympic sailboats. In mid-May, he shipped two of his 1,475-lb. boats to China, along with eight masts and two motorboats. But first, he had to wait a week in Miami for a two containers to become available.
"I don't know if the weak dollar and big export business is creating a shortage of containers, but it's the first time that's happened," he said.
Each container is 40 feet long and 10 feet high. If Sperry were to lay the masts horizontally across his 22-foot boats, they would hang six feet off the bow and four feet off the stern, so Sperry ties them to the walls of the container.
Next, he wheels in the first boat - stern first - and secures it diagonally fore and aft with hefty ratchet straps. The second boat enters bow first, so the two boats meet bow-to-bow at a slight angle. Before the second boat is tied down, Sperry has a trick. He shuts the door.
"If it's not in far enough, you're in big trouble. If it overhangs by an inch, the door won't close and you'll have to start over," he said.
Lastly, Sperry fills out a "carnet," an inventory of the container's contents, including serial numbers of the trailers and the hulls.
All told, the entire process takes Sperry about four hours. For China, he made one concession. To comply with a 2005 export rule, he removed wooden packing material to reduce the risk of sending foreign insects overseas. "The guy said, 'Don't put wood in there!' about three times," Sperry said.
Sperry's containers were due to arrive in China on June 13 (one month later). He planned to meet the ship to unload the boats himself.
"It's a big thing I like to do," he said. "Often stevedores try to do it. I saw one take out a container with a forklift in the Bahamas and put holes in it."
Sperry has not had any travel disasters. "Maybe I can attribute that to my anal-ness," he said, but he knows the horror stories. "I've heard of containers falling off the ship in the middle of the ocean. It's happened to people I've known."
In all, Sperry and his teammate, John Dane, plan to have three Star boats at the Olympics. A third one is being built in Germany which Sperry may send by air.
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"It's still being sorted out," he said.
Back at the airport, where officials confiscate water and pat down grandmothers "for security reasons," Olympic shooters show up with firearms.
Jason Turner, a two-time Olympian, travels with two air pistols. When he arrives, he tells the agent that he's traveling with a firearm (although he is not asked to produce a gun license).
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requires that all firearms must be checked through and locked. The ironic twist is that checked baggage is not allowed to be locked - so TSA agents must check Turner's case by hand and tag it, and Turner must prove that his pistols aren't loaded.
Airline regulations also require the ammunition be kept separate from firearms, so Turner puts his ammo in with his clothes. "It's just lead pellet, no gunpowder," he said, "but with a 22 there is. A lot of those guys have small hard-sided cases for their ammo."
The airlines haven't lost Turner's guns in eight years, but travel does not always go smoothly. At Turner's first international competition, the 1998 World Championships, the US team changed planes in Paris and when the team arrived in Barcelona, several gun boxes had been cut open and their pistols had been removed, "including our top guy's, Daryl Szarenski's," he said.
"The biggest advice I have is to take the grips off and put it in your carry on. We tinker with our pistol grips they fit like a glove. I've had grips broken in flight. It doesn't matter how softly they're packed."
Corey Cogdell, a 2008 US Olympic trap shooter carries a 12-gauge shot gun with a 30-inch barrel and a 20-inch stock. All told, it weighs 8 or 9 lbs, and she keeps it in a plastic case with dense foam inside.
Cogdell follows the same airport procedure as Turner, with one exception. "We don't carry ammunition. We used to, but regulations changed, so we make arrangements to receive ammunition where we compete."
Customs can easily take three to five hours. "There's a lot of paperwork when you travel with 10-12 people with guns. If we're with the rifle and pistol team, we can have up to 25 people," she said.
In April, Cogdell was in Beijing for the Olympic test event. As she and the team were leaving for home, they were told their guns made it from the competition hall to the Chinese airport, "but we didn't know where in the airport," she said. (Beijing's new Terminal 3 is reportedly the largest building in the world, twice the size of the Pentagon.)
Eventually, the organizing committee discovered that the truck carrying them kept circling because it couldn't park outside with the guns. "Good thing we were there four hours in advance," Cogdell said. "That's why we have test events, I guess."
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Aimee Berg is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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DETROIT ( TheStreet) -- Sales of the Chevrolet Volt slipped in November, the first month-to month decline in seven months, a result of inventory shortages that has California consumers eagerly awaiting more deliveries to dealers.
But one analyst said GM (GM) should sell 50,000 Volts in 2013, meeting its 2012 sales goal a year late.
Volt sales in November totaled 1,519, up 33% from the same month a year earlier, but down from 2,961 in October, the car's best month ever. Volt sales had increased every month for six straight months, starting in May.
Inventory declined not only because Volt production was suspended for four weeks to allow for retooling so the GM Hamtramck plant could also build the 2013 Impala, but because "sales in the last two months were more robust than we anticipated," said Don Johnson, vice president of Chevrolet sales and service, on GM's November sales conference call on Monday.
California now accounts for about 34% of Volt sales, up about 5% from a year earlier. In the state, "dealers are clamoring for more (Volts)," Johnson said. "We were down to eight days' supply -- we've just gotten it up to 23 days' supply. Customers are waiting for them to come in."
Johnson said national inventory has been built back to the more standard 60-day levels, although the California level continues to lag.
Volt is beneftting from favorable lease pricing and from the loyalty of its owners, whose recommendations are helping fuel sales. GM dealers lease volts for about $250 to $300 monthly.
"I am always surprised that, since they started these lease programs, that people aren't lining up to get Volts," said TrueCar.com analyst Jesse Toprak. "It's basically a free car."
Toprak said he test drove a Volt for several weeks. His commute in Santa Monica, Calif., is about 34 miles a day, nearly exactly the range of Volt's battery. "I did not use a drop of gas," Toprak said, while charging the battery cost about $1 a day for electricity. He estimated he saved about $270 a month on gas, enough to pay the lease cost.
Can Volt change the world? Its innovative technology uses electricity stored in a battery to power it for 35 miles, then switches to a gasoline engine that powers an electric generator to extend the vehicle's range by about 300 miles. Three days ago, a virtual odometer on the Volt Web site showed that Volt drivers had driven over 100 million miles powered by their electric batteries, saving over 5 million gallons of fuel.
Toprak anticipated that next year GM could sell 50,000 Volts. That would be a year later than the company expected to reach sales of 45,000. Through November, 2012 sales totaled 20,828.


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NEW YORK -- BlackBerry
The smartphone maker earned 22 cents a share on revenue of $2.7 billion during the quarter. Analysts were looking for BlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion, to lose 29 cents a share on revenue of $2.84 billion.
The company said it shipped 6 million BlackBerry smartphones, including 1 million BlackBerry 10 smartphones and 370,000 PlayBook tablets, during the quarter.
BlackBerry shares rose 22% in the first quarter.
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To The Reader's Forum:
A July 19 letter appeals for unity, then blasts approximately half of Americans who disagree with his views. It categorizes many thousands of good Americans in our area as "judgmental" and "hate/fearmongers" because they support traditional marriage and moral sexual behavior. It imagines the opposition as a tiny minority that should be completely marginalized, and even claims that the reason someone would disagree with his position must be ignorance.
And the personal attack on Rev. Mel McGinnis and bashing of The Post-Journal for printing his opinion on July 4th is silly.
But seeking to silence all opposing opinions is common leftist strategy. Call names, distort the facts, intimidate if you must. Some liberals won't be happy until free speech (which they supposedly cherish) is squelched. Already Canada and some European countries are there, and it's what homosexual activists desire in this country.
Public debate on such important issues is necessary. Referring to your opponents as idiots and hatemongers is poor argument. Gay activists should also remember that a sizeable portion of the population everywhere disagrees with them, and that over 30 states have banned same-sex marriage!
I think Mel made many good points in the July 4 article. Never before in our history have we redefined marriage. Marriage was one man and one woman throughout our history, see Reynolds v. United States, the 1878 Supreme Court decision concerning polygamy.
Problems and pathology with homosexuality and "same-sex marriage" abound. Many health, sociological, and psychiatric studies, and pro-homosexual groups like the GLMA, continue to find that gay men and women – even in very "gay-friendly" countries like the Netherlands – have considerably higher rates of disease, substance abuse, mood/anxiety disorders, battering, and suicide than heterosexuals.
"Striking" promiscuity exists among homosexuals (2006 UCLA study); Dutch research (2003) found even gay men with a steady partner averaged 8 sexual partners per year. Dissolution rates of homosexual and lesbian couples are 3-4 times that of married heterosexuals.
Homosexual practice doesn't conform to any genetically-prescribed model, and in some societies it is very rare or (such as with one group of the Dani) unknown.
Homosexual acts were long outlawed in America; some states initially had the death penalty for it. Same-sex marriage is not constitutional. It was unthinkable to our Founders (including the religiously unorthodox Thomas Jefferson) and every generation until now. The public should understand the principles our nation was founded on, and turn again to the Creator that our Founders said our rights flow from. The homosexual movement is a tragic but predictable symptom of the rebellion against God and traditional sexual morals that has captivated western society over the past 50 years.
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Proof positive that extreme wealth and power make one blithely immune to criticism or self censure - Oprah took to the streets of NYC Thursday evening donning fuzzy green frog slippers, and wielding a beige Celine Luggage Tote, which we can only hope contained a pair of real shoes. The slippers later made an appearance during her Friday morning "Good Morning America" hosting gig.
We're all for comfort, Oprah, but walking around NYC in slippers is just a degree or two more hygienic than walking around barefoot. Don't stick those frogs under a blue light anytime soon. Oprah goes head-to-head with J.Lo this week in a battle for overly casual celeb eminence! Who was the most stylishly under-dressed?


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The Bankruptcy of the Obama-Pelosi 'Progressive' Agenda: Opinion
In the wake of the financial collapse, the Democrats took full control of both the Congress and the presidency in 2009 and were presented with an historic opportunity to put their ideas into practice. Unfortunately, the newly elected President Obama and then-Speaker Pelosi treated the situation as a political opportunity to build a Democratic majority rather than an obligation to fix what's broken in the economy.
Shrewdly, President Obama cobbled together a broader Democratic coalition by delivering to women free health-care services, to Hispanics amnesty for young adults, to younger folks overly generous student loans, to teachers and civil servants subsidies to protect their jobs, to labor unions a rebuke of Simpson-Bowles recommendation that the retirement age be raised, and to his political friends generous subsidies for solar panels, windmills and other whimsical projects. Meanwhile, he cut defense, raised taxes on small businesses and imposed unproductive regulations on manufacturing.
No surprise, the revolution of the takers has instigated a strike among the makers. Rather than be slaves -- yoked under burdensome taxes, regulations and endless hectoring from the Left -- small banks aren't lending but instead are looking to sell out to the Wall Street barons who financed the President's rise to power. Small businesses are not expanding, and multinational corporations are taking factories and jobs to China and other Asian venues where genuine enterprise and capitalism, paradoxically, is supported.
Now, Obama's tepid recovery is failing.
When the President campaigned in 2008, he promised to address the huge trade deficits with China and oil, which together sap demand and slow growth and jobs creation, and address skyrocketing health care costs.
Early in his presidency, Obama blamed China's undervalued currency for slow U.S. growth and warned Chinese leaders if they did not cooperate to redress the situation, he could act unilaterally. Liberal economists like Paul Krugman, conservative economists like this author and moderates like the Peterson Institute's Fred Bergsten all recommended viable courses of action.
Sadly, the President talks tough in front of friendly audiences and to Republicans when he enjoys the high ground, but brings his kneeling pad when negotiating with Chinese leaders. He has simply done little to reverse the flow of money and jobs to the Middle Kingdom and other venues in Asia.
In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the President punished the entire oil industry to gain political points and appease environmentalists. So much for substantially reducing the oil deficit!
His most significant accomplishment -- Obamacare has turned into a massive subsidy for the health-care industry and welfare program for working class voters he hopes to secure for the next generation. Health care costs 50% more than in Germany -- where outcomes are better -- and health insurance premiums and co-pays borne by business and the middle class keep rocketing.


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That's of course the great lesson of ecology — these things are connected."health, on your mood, on your immune system, on your metabolism, and whether you're going to become infected by bad bacteria or not. And it turns out that health — which we think of as a property of us, the human cells in our body — turns out to be a collective property of the whole community. That community consists of these microbes. You can't be healthy if they're not… That's a radical rethinking of who we are.
I was struck by how many microbiologists were concerned about very common food additives."ask the questions that ecosystems scientists ask?" Which was radical for medicine. Medicine doesn't usually think that way. And that really opened it up. And they started using terms like community dynamics and invasion resistance. And exotic species. And resilience. So there was an intellectual tool and there was a technical tool. And they were both required to make the breakthroughs we're starting to make.
If you damage the biodiversity enough, the various genes you need to cope will not be there."these emulsifiers, which seem like one of the least toxic of food additives — these are just chemicals that allow water and oil to be held in solution so they don't come apart. And if you're making processed food, that's really important because it looks really nasty when the sauce in your frozen, I don't know, beef Stroganoff, starts separating.
I still feel that the great evil of American agriculture is monoculture."break down. When you eat seaweed in a Japanese restaurant, you're not getting the nutritional value from it that a Japanese person is getting. And they actually traced the source of that gene, and it came from the bacteria that hang out on seaweed in the ocean. In other words, the bacteria who first learned how to digest seaweed. Through the eating of enough seaweed, this bacteria that is common in the gut of the Japanese borrowed this bit of genetic information and uses it now to digest seaweed. And so now it's a permanent part of the genome of that bug.
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Belize City – Driven by the need to protect the cultures and economies of countries and regions most affected by climate change, representatives of Arctic communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) from the Caribbean, and Pacific have formed an alliance called Many Strong Voices to press for significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
In a passionate and forthright address in which he supported the establishment of the Many Strong Voices alliance, Honourable John Briceno, Deputy Prime Minister and Environment Minister of Belize said we need action now, not tomorrow. He urged participants to raise their voices and insist that those responsible for climate change be held accountable for their actions.
The participants, who came from 16 countries and regions, including Alaska, the Caribbean, Fiji, the Canadian Arctic and the Overseas Countries and Territories Association of the European Union, including Greenland and French Polynesia, met in Belize City to prepare a five-year action plan. The strategy includes plans to push for deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It also includes an assessment of the ability of SIDS to adapt to climate change and a plan to inform and warn the world of the dramatic effects of climate change in their regions.
Together, we have identified common problems as a consequence of climate change, and our communities are suffering, said Taito Nakalevu, Climate Change Officer with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, based in Samoa. We insist that those countries that are causing the problems have a responsibility to those whose lives are being affected.
The participants from the Arctic and the SIDS regions pointed to similar climate change effects, including the relocation of communities as well as changes in marine resources on which communities depend.
In the Arctic, we know that melting ice and sea level rise are going to affect everyone on the planet especially people in Small Island Developing States. This is why we have chosen to work together – amplifying our voices in global negotiations, said Alaska-based Patricia Cochran, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council.
Stressing the connection between the Arctic and the SIDS regions, Dr. Ken Leslie, Director of the Belize-based Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) noted that Belize has been experiencing many effects of climate change. We have many small, low-lying, inhabited islands along our coast and the second largest barrier reef in the world that are vulnerable to sea level rise and, most significantly, hurricanes which are increasing in intensity due to the warming of the sea.
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Welcome to my convoluted world. I believe you don't have to be someone you are not, people will see through it. It's much better to be hated for someone you are than be loved for someone you are not! I hope you find my blog funny and insightful.
Saturday, 24 March 2012
It doesn't come to you by chance.
No. I won't get all spiritual up on your ass. A bit philosophical maybe.
I have been pretty silent. I haven't had the time to blog, not because I had nothing to say. In fact I had plenty...but I didn't want to get TOO personal.
I had an epiphany recently. I was turning 32 and it suddenly hit me. That all the challenges, failures, mistakes I have made didn't just happen. It was meant to happen and I am thankful. I was more or less going through a furnace. A burning one. Believe it or not everyone is carrying some sort of burden around. No one is free from this.
My puppy didn't just die. I didn't just lose that business. I wasn't disappointed by that person by chance. These things are orchestrated to make your life a breeze in the future. To make you a better person and teach you that life is not all about skittles and toblerones.
I believe there is also an optimal balance in life. A precise equilibrium. To be honest me thinks Life is very fair. Some people are RICH and others are POOR. Some are TALL and some are SHORT. If the world was perfect and everyone was the same and happy, then I can tell you for free. The world will tilt over and it would end. The guy who is poor feels life is unjust and feels unfairly treated. Truth is I have come to believe that the man who is poor has that which is embedded in him to make him rich. The rich kid doesn't have it so is under the umbrella of a rich father. I bet some poor tall guy would wish he was Danny Devito, funny and rich. What I am saying is, wherever you find yourself is where you are meant to be at that time. You have what it takes to get out of it if you look deep within. Next time you feel let down or disappointed or unhappy with where you are....think deeply! You are broke today so you know how to manage better in the future. You may have failed that course so you can be much much better at it when you try again. If that bloke left you, then his sorry ass is more deserving somewhere..let him go. I don't know what you may be going through but you'd smile later. So it isn't bad luck, it may just be one of life's lessons :-)
I'd share a small story. Last year I couldn't afford my dream house because it was too expensive. 2 times my proposed budget. Anyway I got another place and I loved it. A couple months ago I jogged past my dream house and it was a shadow of its former glory. It now looks like a Barracks. I laughed last. On that note I say, be happy, be grateful and be wise.
On a tangent, I went to Vegas last month and had the opportunity to see the Chippendales. What a joy. Totally. ...I mean, what beats 12 scantily clad men grinding on a stage with barely anything covering their taut buttocks. Shiet!!! Oh No, I didn't gamble. Not my thing.... it was more of a culinary expedition and I loved it. So what have you guys been up to?.
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13 comments:
- @ilola said...
I don't believe anything in life happens by chance. Thanks for sharing
- 24 March 2012 at 18:20:00 GMT+1
- Toinlicious said...
Too true
- 25 March 2012 at 16:43:00 GMT+1
- Mamuje said...
Thanks for reading guys. How has it been?
- 26 March 2012 at 09:19:00 GMT+1
- Myne Whitman said...
The Vegas experience is always a blast, glad you had a good time. The Chippendales sound a bit like the Thnder Down Under show :)
- 26 March 2012 at 21:21:00 GMT+1
- Mamuje said...
Myne the chippendales sounds like 'Thunder from down under' but only that they are cooler. Vegas was awesome and I went to the grand canyon too. Wicked!
- 27 March 2012 at 13:21:00 GMT+1
- Ginger said...
Hey you. Travel queen. Shoulda known.
Good to have you back.
Chance? what's that? I am part of a divine plan.
- 29 March 2012 at 01:31:00 GMT+1
- Mamuje said...
My point exactly. We are connected to divinity my dear. Shalom xox
- 30 March 2012 at 16:21:00 GMT+1
- livelife said...
So true.
- 30 March 2012 at 20:25:00 GMT+1
- Olufunke said...
Although its difficult to accept the thought that ""wherever you find yourself is where you are meant to be at that time".....especially when you're in a very unpalatable situation.
Nice one
- 11 April 2012 at 17:22:00 GMT+1
- LucidLilith said...
Girl - the thirties are the best years of you life. I heard it once and did not believe it. You would not pay me to go back to being 24. I would like to be 28 again though or maybe 29. I am happy you see things as positive. Life is short. Just do it.
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The president of Nintendo of America has revealed the first details about the company's next-generation console. Apparently, it will not be just a high-definition Wii, as many analysts tend to believe, but it will be a brand-new system with support of HD resolutions as well as mysterious
"additional capabilities".
"The fundamental issue in the logic flow is that […] 'gosh it is such an opportunity to take HD capability and link it with the Wii'. […] That is not the way we at Nintendo do things. The way we at Nintendo do things is, you know, when we will move to a new generation, it is because there are some fundamental things the [current] console cannot do. What that says is that simply the addition of HD capability will not be the next step for us. There will be more to it. There will be additional capability. There will be additional elements, and, given that, it is far into the future," said Reggie Fils-Aime in an interview with Kotaku web-site.
Late last month a rumour transpired that the next-generation game console from Nintendo will feature high-definition video output (for 720p or 1080p) as well as support for Blu-ray disc in order to limit piracy. The new system was projected to be designed in order to inspire owners of current-generation Wii owners to migrate to the new console and will likely offer better-quality casual games.
Nintendo Wii is only slightly more powerful than that inside PS2 and the original Xbox. It is very likely that the company spent loads of time optimizing the costs of its hardware instead of boosting its performance. As a result, it is very likely that internally the firm has been working on something more powerful than Wii. Theoretically, this could be so-called Wii HD, but considering that fundamental technology development for Wii was finished around 2004 at the latest, the company has already had five years to develop something completely new, not just an update to Wii.
When asked to clarify whether Nintendo's next-gen console is set to be launched in 2010 or later, Mr. Fils-Aime denied to make any claims.
It is interesting to note that usually information about hardware development contracts for future game systems emerges years earlier than the console arrives to the market; hence, it is a surprise that this time "Wii 2" is a complete mystery: it is completely unclear which technology companies helped Nintendo to create its next-generation game console.


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Tomato Feta Salad
- 4 pints grape tomatoes, red or mixed colors
- 1 1/2 cups small-diced red onion (2 onions)
- 1/4 cup good white wine vinegar
- 6 tablespoons good olive oil
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil leaves
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 1 1/2 pounds feta cheese
Cut the tomatoes in half and place them in a large bowl. Add the onion, vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, basil, and parsley and toss well. Dice the feta in 1/2 to 3/4-inch cubes, crumbling it as little as possible. Gently fold it into the salad and serve at room temperature.
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I've recently been fascinated by Anthony Mangieri, and have watched the "Natural Risen" video many times. I've even read the thread here about how he makes his pizzas. In most of the litterature about him, he claims that he's not using yeast, but simply a mix of water and flour. I read in a danish book about Biga. There are many ways to make a biga, but apparantly one of the most classic ways is to make a mix of 50% water and 50% flour, stir it together, and let it sit for some days while stirring a couple of times a day. After 4-5 days the mixture should be bubbling, and be ready to use as a preferment.
"At New York's Una Pizza Napoletana, Anthony Mangieri's recipe relies on Italian 00 flour, a 12-year-old starter and a two-day proofing period"
Ooooow, sexy little red number, Kermit, nice mixer indeed! Is it a spiral mixer? How expensive it something like that in Denmark? We have nothing like that here in the US at an affordable price...
What size is that Kermitt? 5L ? Just curious whats affordable to the average home pizza maker for a well built residential model spiral mixer. $1000? 1500? they are built to last forever! so if you make pizza 2 x a week for ten years thats less than $1 a batch right ! I cant say enough about having the right mixer designed to do the job. I also respect all those who mix all or a part by hand My injuries prevent such but I wish I would have done it many years ago. JOhn
Nice bake Kermit! congrats!!what kind of cheese is that with the potatoes?


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The Ferris State University Board of Trustees approved $1.6 million in funding for 2014-15 housing improvements at its regular meeting on Friday, Feb. 21 in the Swan Building on the Big Rapids campus.
The plan targets improvements to student residential facilities that include residence halls as well as West Campus Apartments. The upgrades will focus primarily on floor covering, lighting, painting, residence hall lobby/front desk upgrades and improved wireless Internet service. Halls scheduled for selected improvements include: Clark, Cramer, Hallisy, North and South Bond, Puterbaugh, Vandercook and Ward. Additionally, West Campus Apartments upgrades will include selected replacements of appliances, doors and furnaces.
"In our continuing effort to provide quality facilities for our residential students, the university is committed to upgrading our residential facilities," said Jerry Scoby, vice president for Administration and Finance. "As funds become available, we're focusing our efforts on improvements to our facilities that will better meet the expectations of and provide the best value for our student residents and the university."
Funding for improvements will come from Housing Maintenance and Repair funds and the Capital Renewal and Deferred Maintenance initiative.
The board approved granting three honorary doctorates – James Gartner and Susan P. Wheatlake on the Big Rapids campus and Steven Kolb for Kendall College of Art and Design.
Trustees also approved the recommendations from Ferris' Charter Schools Office to charter six new school academies. These schools have a range of "magnet" features meant to engage students through the applied and relevant nature of their curricula.
In other news, trustees approved:
The next regular full meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Friday, May 9 in Big Rapids. Board of Trustees committee meetings commence at 10 a.m.
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Morris David Bell, PhD, ABPP
Professor of Psychiatry; VA RR&D Senior Research Career Scientist
Research Interests
Neuropsychology; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Veterans
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center | Mental Health Services Research, Division of | Psychology Section | VA-CMHC-Yale Learning Based Recovery Center
Research Summary
"Exploring Ways to Restore Cognitive and Work Capacity" is our mission. Our goal is to restore functional capacity to people with disabling psychiatric conditions. We are particularly interested in vocational rehabilitation and neurocognitive rehabilitation and have tested interventions that can augment current best practices. Our work suggests that providing patients with on-going, specific feedback about their cognitive and work performance can improve vocational outcomes. Based on models of neuroplasticity, we have tested the use of computer-based cognitive exercises of attention, memory, language and executive functioning. We have found that such training can result in normal levels of task performance, improved neuropsychological test performance, and better functioning on the job. We have found that cognitive training combined with work therapy leads to greater productivity and when combined with supported employment leads to higher rates of competitive employment, especially for those with the poorest initial community functioning.
Evidence linking cognitive training to neuroplastic changes comes from pre-post fMRI studies that show improved cognitive efficiency on working memory tasks. Other methods being explored include social information processing groups, a CBT approach to negative cognitions regarding return to work, using D'serine as a cognitive enhancer to boost new learning in conjunction with cognitive training, and using motivation enhancing strategies. While most of our work has been with schizophrenia, we are now applying cognitive remediation approaches to patients in initial stages of substance abuse treatment and early stage Alzheimer's disease. Under development are new cognitive training software, simulated job interview training, and psychophysiological approaches.
Specialized Terms: Cognitive Remediation; Neuropsychology; Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia; Psychiatric Rehabilitation; Schizophrenia; Supported Employment
Extensive Research Description
NIDA Cognitive Remediation and Work Therapy in the Early Phase of Substance Abuse Treatment. Pilot study to determine whether these interventions improve substance abuse outcomes.
NIMH SBIR "Vocational Rehabilitation Training Simulation for the Psychiatrically Disabled, Phase 1.- Development of computer-based job interview role-play training.
VA Rehabilitation R&D "Cognitive Training to Enhance Work Program
NIMH "Cognitive Training and Enhanced Supported Employment." - RCT of Positscience cognitive training with CMHC based Supported Employment
VA Rehabilitation R&D (Lysaker PI, Bell Co-PI). Effects of CBT and Cognitive Remediation on Work in Schizophrenia." - RCT of CBT and Positscience cognitive training with VA work therapy.
Selected Publications
- Bell MD, Choi KH, Dyer C, Wexler BE. Benefits of Cognitive Remediation and Supported Employment for Schizophrenia Patients with Poor Community Functioning. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jan 2. doi: 0.1176/appi.ps.201200505. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:24382594
- Smith MJ, Ginger EM, Wright K, Wright M, Olsen D, Bell MD, Fleming MF. Virtual Reality Job Interview Training For Individuals with Psychiatric Disabilities. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders 2014;202: 659–667 PMID: 25099298
- Johannesen, J.K., Lurie, J.B., Fiszdon, J.F., & Bell, M.D. (2013). The social attribution task – multiple choice (SAT-MC): A psychometric and equivalence study of an alternate form. ISRN Psychiatry, Volume 2013, Article ID 830825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/830825
- Bell MD, Corbera S, Johannesen JK, Fiszdon JM, Wexler BE. Social Cognitive Impairments and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: Are there Subtypes with Distinct Functional Correlates? Schiz Bull, 2013, 39, 186-196.
- Bell MD, Weinstein A, Simulated Job Interview Skill Training for People With Psychiatric Disability: Feasibility and Tolerability of Virtual Reality Training, Schiz Bull 2011, 37: S91-S97.
- Bell MD, Fiszdon JF, Greig TC, Wexler BW. Social Attribution Test-Multiple Choice (SAT-MC) in schizophrenia: Comparison with a community sample and relationship to neurocognitive, social cognitive and symptom measures. Schiz Research, 2010, 122:164-171.
- Bell MD, Johannesen JK, Greig TC, Wexler BE. Memory profiles in schizophrenia: categorization validity and stability. Schiz Research, 2010, 118:26-33.
- Bell MD, Tsang HWH, Greig TC, Bryson GJ. Neurocognition, social cognition, perceived social discomfort and vocational outcomes in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 2009, 35(4), 738-747.
- Bell MD, Zito W, Greig T, Wexler BE. Neurocognitive Enhancement Therapy with Vocational Services in Schizophrenia: Work Outcomes at Two Year Follow-Up. Schizophrenia Research, 2008, 105:18-29.


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The Mid-Rivers Academic Support Center and TRiO Student Support Services are housed together in the Jane Carey Memorial Library. It's mission is to ensure the success of all Dawson Community College students.
While providing many of the same services as TRiO Student Support Services, the Academic Support Center provides services to the student body as a whole, such as:
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- study skills instruction
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We've all heard about social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook causing drama in relationships. Questions like "you were WHERE?" and "why would you post a comment on so-and-so's wall?" have become common confrontations. As if this drama wasn't bad enough, prosecutors in the U.K. are speculating that shady Facebook activity could have prompted a murder.
Welsh born Brian Lewis has been accused of strangling his partner and the mother of his four children, Hayley Jones. Apparently prosecutors are looking towards Facebook as the possible precipitate for the crime.
Jones had become very involved with Facebook and her buddies online. She began hiding the site from her partner and preventing him from looking at her profile or viewing her friends. Ten days before the murder, Jones changed her status from "in a relationship" to "single."
Psychologists have confirmed that Facebook increases jealousy in relationships, which in turn is a common motivator for murder. The trial is ongoing but the outcome doesn't look very good for Lewis, since he reportedly told authorities on the phone that he had just strangled his partner.
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SNAP Benefits To Cut Back On Friday
In 2009 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provided most four-person households an $80 increase in their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program allotment to spend on groceries. As of Friday, this extra allotment will end.
"Our biggest concern right now is letting people know that yes, it is a cut," said Brooke Barone, Nutrition Outreach and Education Program coordinator for all of Chautauqua County. "A lot of misconceptions are going around that the program itself is being eliminated, and we definitely want to let people know they are still going to receive benefits. Even with the government shutdown, we still maintained benefits."
According to the Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, everyone will receive a 5 percent reduction in their current benefits. How much a household receives depends on multiple variables such as the number of members, rent, health care and income.
"We also like to recommend and remind people that we have local food pantries they are all qualified to use, to become involved in," she said. "There are some really great food pantries out there."
Due to the loss in benefits, Barone says families will need to budget more and choose wisely where they grocery shop. She also said there are programs out there in addition to SNAP, such as food pantries, people will be able to utilize.
"It definitely is a significant loss to those families that are already struggling," Barone said. "We have not heard anything as far as it (nutrition assistance) being reenacted in the legislature."
Barone has an office at 120 W. Third St. in Jamestown where she helps families set up SNAP applications and receive the benefits. She also is available for home appointments. People also can go to the Social Services building on 110 E. Fourth St. in Jamestown or online at www.mybenefits.ny.gov to apply for nutrition assistance.


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Farewell, Caballo Blanco - Page 3
True in his element - on a backcountry trail. Here, running near Santa Maria, California. Photo by Luis Escobar.
"It's a really good read. It's a nice book, really inspiring," True said in 2009 after reading Born to Run for the first time. "After the first 40 pages, I thought, 'What the hell is he talking about?' Chris drew readers in with this character that is supposed to be me, but he made me out to be some sort of legendary badass. When I called Chris on it, he said, 'I was told to write the book from the beginning to the end and these were the things I heard and were my first impression.'
"But to his credit, as the book went on, it really captured us all. It did take some liberties with our personal lives, and it was very controversial, but when you get a half-million dollar advance to write a book, you've sold out right away and you have to answer to people."
Although True had some differences with McDougall after Born to Run came out, they maintained a cordial relationship. While True became somewhat of a reluctant savior, his uncomplicated genuineness never wavered, nor did his dedication to the Raramuri way of life. He eschewed the fame that came his way, but he graciously accepted the opportunity to help the plight of Raramuri.
"He wasn't a guy who cared about publicity or having his name in the headlines. What he did for the Tarahumara people, he lived it," says David Weil, a Boulder massage therapist and longtime friend of True. "He was bi-cultural for sure. Whatever money he earned in Boulder, he spent or gave away down there."
In addition to the intrusion of the modern world, an extended drought, the ongoing Mexican drug war and a downturn in tourism in recent years has left the Raramuri in dire straits.
In 2003, True started the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon, because he wanted to find a way to help the impoverished Raramuri people help themselves. He supplied cash prizes and vouchers for bulk corn (at times out of his own pocket) and often turned down corporate donations to protect the Tarahumara from exploitation, though he also later helped convince the local government to match the prizes.
The race provided food and money, but True didn't want to just give them handouts to meet their material needs—he also wanted to show them that they were respected and honored by many other people and that they should be proud of their culture because that was not a lesson that they heard very often.
"And they responded," says Mike Miller, a Durango, Colorado, trail runner who ran the Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon in 2009. "And Micah did the same for many of us. Us 'dispersers.' He gave us a name, called us Mas Locos, and when the world was at war he brought us together in peace at the bottom of a canyon in Mexico, because that's what dispersers do—they connect us. He taught us, like the Raramuri, that we are not alone, that there are others out there like us who have never really felt part of this modern world. He provided a venue where we could express all these innate qualities that we all share—strength, perseverance, peace, love, humility. And like the Raramuri, he instilled in us a sense of pride in who we are, and we went home changed people."
"We were both admirers of the indigenous, but he was able to help them far more than I," Ravitz says.
Although True was always surprised at the number of speaking engagements and media opportunities that came his way after the book was published, he spoke passionately about the race and sustainable agricultural projects he helped create for the Raramuri.
"I think he was proud of being included in the book the way he was, but he never really understood all of the attention he got from it," Walton says. "He was proud because it was bringing an awareness to the Raramuri and the beautiful spirit that they have."
The 10th Copper Canyon race on March 4 was the largest yet, drawing more than 300 Raramuri runners, 160 Mexican nationals (including two-time New York City Marathon champion German Silva) as well as about 80 more people from around the world. True had a profound impact on just about everybody who experienced the unique cultural immersion of the race, an alliance of runners he long ago dubbed Club Mas Loco.
"My outlook on life started to change after that race," says Boulder resident Chris Labbe, who participated in the race in 2009 and later helped True create a non-profit to support the Raramuri people. "The people down there changed me. It wasn't just Micah, but the people Micah brought together. You just had to be humbled by the way he lived."
Not surprisingly, when news spread in late March that he had gone missing in a remote section of New Mexico's Gila National Forest, dozens of Mas Locos (including McDougall) came from far in wide to help the search efforts, many hopping on airplanes within hours of the news or driving through the night.
On Friday, April 6, more than 100 runners showed up at Chautauqua Park in Boulder near the base of the iconic Flatirons to honor True with a trail run. Organized by a handful of Boulder runners who had logged countless hours with True on the dozen or so trails leading out of that park, the memorial was meant to be an organic event, not a pre-planned production. "We'll just show up and run," said longtime Boulder trail runner Buzz Burrell, one of the organizers. "That's what he was all about, and that's how he would have wanted it.
Sandrock reminded everyone to mind the trees during the run because, in Raramuri lore, the spirits of the dead go into the trees. With that, several groups of runners headed off in different directions for 60- to 90-minute trail runs. Along the way, runners set various items—pinecones, leaves, rocks, feathers—on tree branches as a way of honoring True.
By the time runners meandered back to the park, another 100 or so people had arrived, friends and acquaintances of True—some dating back 35 years—not to mention many admirers who had never met him.
As the sun began to set behind Green Mountain, the group gathered informally in a circle and over the next 90 minutes shared stories that brought smiles and tears and heartfelt laughter. A bag of pinole (corn powder, a Raramuri food staple) was passed around for people to sprinkle into the wind as they offered up private blessings.
Several people spoke about True's understanding of Korima, how he was always giving everything he had without ever wanting anything in return. Someone said True became the living embodiment of the idea of "giving 'til it hurts," noting that with True, it never hurt.
Renowned ultrarunner and Born to Run character Scott Jurek talked about True's conviction and integrity, how simply True lived, how he respected his elders and history and how he managed to keep a good perspective on life and running.
"Anyone who knew Micah, knew he kept life fun, kept running fun," Jurek said. "If you went for a run with Micah, you got a history lesson, a sociology lesson, an anthropology lesson, a biology lesson. He was always interested in the world around him and he would pass that on whenever you ran with him or sat down to talk to him. He's going to be missed, but his spirit will always be alive and well with us."
"What inspired me was the way he brought everyone together," said photographer Diana Molina, who documented the 2011 Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon. "The Rararmuri just loved him. He was part of their world and it's not an easy world to enter. That race and the amazing union he managed to bring together was something magical."
Despite his post-Born to Run fame, True always insisted that he was simply a common man who cared about those around him. He was a stubborn, street-wise survivor, often quite witty and seemingly completely footloose and carefree, and took life as seriously as it needed to be taken.
"I have a theory that to breathe is to live—and the more you breathe, like on a long mountain run, the more you live," True said in 1986. "That sounds cosmic, but it's really a simple statement: when you run up in beautiful country, breathing all that clean air, there's no better way to live."
Brian Metzler was the founding editor of Trail Runner and is the editor in chief of Competitor Magazine.
At press time, we learned that True's death was attributed to idiopathic cardiomyopathy, which results in an enlarged heart.
A memorial fund has been set up at www.caballoblanco.org and a new non-profit foundation is being launched to continue the Copper Canyon Run. Another U.S.-based non-profit that supports the Raramuri people (set up by True and supported by members of Club Mas Loco) can be found at www.norawas.org.


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