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Women's National A2 Program Tournament Continues Pool Play
by Deb Stadick for USA Volleyball
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DALLAS (June 30, 2013) - All four squads competing in the 2013 U.S. Women's National Volleyball A2 Program (WNTA2) head into the final day of pool play tomorrow with 1-1 records after Team Blue defeated Team Red in five sets and Team White defeated Team Gold in four sets on Sunday in Dallas.
The WNTA2 competition is being held at the Dallas Convention Center in conjunction with the 2013 USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships.
Head Coach Ruth Nelson and Assistant Mike Gawlik led Team Blue to a 25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 victory over Team Red, led by Head Coach Bill Neville and Assistant Coach Ashley Allen.
Team Blue was paced by Annie Drews (Elkhart, Ind.), who tallied 18 points on 13 kills, four aces and one block. Ashley Wittman (Shakopee, Minn.) chalked up 14 points with her 14 kills, while Ariana Williams (Riverside, Calif.) added 11 points on nine kills and two blocks. Victoria Hurtt (Kansas City, Mo.) contributed nine points on seven kills and two blocks. Kimberly Dahl (Pleasant Grove, Utah) added five points on five kills. Adreene Elliott (Winston-Salem, N.C.) and Mackenzie Dagostino (Tampa, Fla.) both added four points, tallying two kills, one block and one ace a piece. Hannah Tedrow (Foothill Ranch, Calif.) added three points with her ace, block and kill. Chantale Riddle (Roswell, N.M.) added three points on two kills and one block. Simone Antwi (Fairfax Station, Va.) added two points on one kill and one block.
Kristen Hahn (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) chalked up 11 perfect passes in 20 attempts (.550 efficiency), while Ellen Mullins (Nashville, Tenn.) added 10 perfect passes in 16 attempts (.620 efficiency).
Tai Manu-Olevao (Honolulu, Hawaii) led Team Red with 21 points on her match-high 19 kills and two blocks. Chelsey Schofield (Provo, Utah) added 14 points on 14 kills, while Casey Hinger (Fullerton, Calif.) contributed 11 points on seven kills, three blocks and one ace. Valerie Nichol (Normal, Ill.) chalked up ten points on eight kills, one ace and one block. Kierra Jones (Fishers, Ind.) added seven points on four kills, two aces and one block. Courtney Windham (Houston, Texas) also tallied seven points, scoring on six kills and one block. Kathleen Luft (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) scored four points on three kills and one ace, while Mita Uiato (Laguna Beach, Calif.) added three points on two kills and one block. Hannah Jonson (Longview, Wash.) tallied two points with her kill and block, and Moneshia Simmons (Buford, Ga.) added two points on two kills.
On defense for Team Red, Kori Moster (Cincinnati, Ohio) chalked up 16 perfect passes in 34 attempts (.47 efficiency), while Caitlin Welch (Louisville, Ky.) added three perfect passes in six attempts (.500 efficiency). Team Red held the advantage in kills (66-57) and points scored (81-73). Team Blue held the 9-8 advantage in blocks. Both teams clipped seven aces during the match.
Team White, led by Head Coach Mike Hebert and Assistant Coach Marci Sanders, defeated Team Gold 29-27, 20-25, 29-27, 25-18 to improve their record to 1-1 in Dallas. Team Gold, led by Head Andy Banachowski and Assistant Coach Linda Hampton, is also 1-1 in pool.
Lauren Wicinski (Geneva, Ill.) led Team White with 15 points on 13 kills, one block and one ace. Kaitlyn Leary (Parma, Ohio) added 13 points on thirteen kills, while DeLaina Sarden (Lawrenceville, Ga.) tallied eight points on six kills and two blocks. Brooke Mattingly (St. Henry, Ohio) also contributed eight points with her seven kills and one block. Courtney Thomas (DeKalb, Ill.) added six points on five kills and one ace, while Whitney Billings (Helena, Ala.) chalked up five kills on five swings. Ellen Chapman (Glenview, Ill.) tallied five points on three kills, one block and one ace. Ashley Battle (Apex, N.C.) contributed four points on three kills and one ace. Hannah Kvitle (Quincy, Ill.) and Kathryn LeCheminant (Layton, Utah) both added three points, Kvitle scoring on one kill and two aces while LeCheminant scored on two kills and one block.
Carly Cramer (Martinsville, Ind.) passed 16 perfect passes out of 24 attempts (.670 efficiency). Team Gold was led by Nicole Walch (Stuart, Fla.), who tallied 17 points on 14 kills, two aces and one block. Alexis Mathews (Detroit, Mich.) added 13 points on six kills, a match-high six blocks and one ace. Taylor Simpson (Colorado Springs, Colo.) added 11 points on nine kills and two blocks, while Litara Keil (Long Beach, Calif.) added nine points on eight kills and one block. Morgan Odale (Star, Idaho) tallied seven points on six kills and one block. Zoe Nightingale (Sacramento, Calif.) contributed five points on three blocks and two kills. Deedra Foss (McKenna, Wash.) chalked up three points on one block, one ace and one kill. Mackenzie Bigbee (Williamsburg, Iowa) added two points on two kills, while Elizabeth Koberstein (Madison, Wis.) added two points on one kill and one block.
Annemarie Hickey (Oswego, Ill.) passed 18 perfect passes in 24 attempts (.750 efficiency), while Veronica Lewis (San Jose, Calif.) passed five perfect passes in 12 attempts (.420 efficiency).
Team White tallied two more aces than Team Gold during the match (6-4) and eight more kills (58-50). Team Gold tallied an impressive 17 blocks in the losing effort compared to Team White's six blocks.
Team Red will close pool against Team Gold at 4:30 p.m., and Team White will face Team Blue at 7 p.m.
Final pool-play results will determine seeding for Tuesday's semifinal matches.
June 29
Gold def. Blue 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 19-25, 15-10 (Stats)
Red def. White 27-25, 18-25, 18-25, 25-23, 15-12 (Stats)
June 30
Blue def. Red 25-23, 23-25, 20-25, 25-23, 15-11 (Stats)
White def. Gold 29-27, 20-25, 29-27, 25-18 (Stats)
July 1
Red vs. Gold, 4:30 p.m. CT
Blue vs. White, 7 p.m. CT
July 2
2nd vs. 3rd, 1 p.m. CT
1st vs. 4th, 4 p.m. CT
July 3
Bronze-Medal, 3 p.m. CT
Gold-Medal, 5:30 p.m. CT
Name (Position, College, Hometown, Remaining Eligibility, Club)
5-Mackenzie Bigbee (Opp, Iowa State University, Williamsburg, Iowa, 3, Six pack)
9-Annemarie Hickey (L/DS, University of Wisconsin, Oswego, Ill., 1, 1st Alliance)
10-Deedra Foss (S, Colorado State University, McKenna, Wash., 2, Kent Juniors)
16-Elizabeth Koberstein (S, Marquette University, Madison, Wis., 1, Capital)
17-Taylor Simpson (OH, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colo., 2, Colorado Juniors)
20-Veronica Lewis (L/DS, University of Arizona, San Jose, Calif., 2, Vision)
30-Maddy Klineman (OH, UCLA, Manhattan Beach, Calif., 3, Rockstar)
34- Alexis Mathews (MB, Michigan State University, Detroit, Mich., 1, The Victors)
36- Zoe Nightingale (MB, UCLA, Sacramento, Calif., 2, SynergyForce)
37-Morgan Odale (OH, University of Utah, Star, Idaho, 1, Idaho Stars)
45-Litara Keil (MB, Loyola Marymount University, Long Beach, Calif., 2, Sports Shack)
47- Nicole Walch (OH, Florida State University, Stuart, Fla., 3, Treasure Coast)
Coaches: Andy Banachowski, Linda Hampton
Name (Position, College, Hometown, Remaining Eligibility, Club)
3-Caitlin Welch (L/DS, University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky., 1, MAVA)
8-Casey Hinger (MB, Cal State Northridge, Fullerton, Calif., 2, Cal Juniors)
14- Hannah Johnson (S, University of New Mexico, Longview, Wash., 3, Cowlitz)
15-Kierra Jones (MB, Purdue University, Fishers, Ind., 2, Munciana)
21-Kori Moster (L/DS, Michigan State University, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2, Team Z)
23-Valerie Nichol (Opp, Purdue University, Normal, Ill, 2, Illini Elite)
24-Chelsey Schofield (OH, University of Utah, Provo, Utah, 2, Club Utah)
32- Kathleen Luft (OH, Loyola Marymount University, Thousand Oaks, Calif., 1, Santa Monica)
33- Tai Manu-Olevao (OH, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3, Asics Rainbows)
40- Mita Uiato (S, University of Hawaii, Long Beach, Calif., 1, Laguna Beach)
42-Courtney Windham (MB, University of North Texas, Houston, Texas, 1, Willowbrook)
44- Moneshia Simmons (Opp, Clemson University, Buford, Ga., 1, NFC Volleyball)
Coaches: Bill Neville and Ashley Allen
Name (Position, College, Hometown, Remaining Eligibility, Club)
6- Whitney Billings (Opp, University of Kentucky, Helena, Ala., 1, Birmingham Volleyball)
7- Carly Cramer (L/DS, Purdue University, Martinsville, Ind., 1, Circle City)
11-Ashley Battle (Opp, Virginia Tech, Apex, N.C., 4, Club Red)
18- Hannah Kvitle (S, University of Louisville, Quincy, Ill., 2, STL CYC)
19-Kaitlyn Leary (OH, Ohio State University, Parma, Ohio, 1, CVC)
27- Ellen Chapman (OH, University of Wisconsin, Glenview, Ill., 2, Sky High)
31-Kathryn LeCheminant (MB, Brigham Young University, Layton, Utah, 1, Club V)
35-Brooke Mattingly (MB, University of Louisville, St. Henry, Ohio, 1, Team Atlantis)
38- DeLaina Sarden (MB, University of Central Florida, Lawrenceville, Ga., 2, A5 Mizuno)
39-Courtney Thomas (S, University of Wisconsin, DeKalb, Ill., 2, Mizuno SPVB)
41-Lauren Wicinski (OH, Michigan State University, Geneva, Ill., 1, Kane County)
Coaches: Mike Hebert and Marci Sanders
Name (Position, College, Hometown, Remaining Eligibility, Club)
1- Kristen Hahn (L/DS, Iowa State University, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 1, Six Pack)
2- Chantale Riddle (Opp, University of New Mexico, Roswell, N.M., 2, N.A.)
12-Adreene Elliott (MB, University of Maryland, Winston-Salem, N.C., 2, Set Point)
13-Kimberly Dahl (OH, Brigham Young University, Pleasant Grove, Utah, 3, Club Utah)
22- Ellen Mullins (L/DS, University of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., 1, Nashville One)
25- Mackenzie Dagostino (S, University of Maryland, Tampa, Fla., 3, Tampa Bay Juniors)
26- Simone Antwi (MB, University of Florida, Fairfax Station, Va., 3, Virginia Elite)
28-Annie Drews (Opp, Purdue University, Elkhart, Ind., 3, NIVA Juniors)
29-Victoria Hurtt (OH, Iowa State University, Kansas City, Mo., 3, KC Extreme)
43-Ashley Wittman (OH, University of Minnesota, Shakopee, Minn., 1, Northern Lights)
46-Hannah Tedrow (S, Loyola Marymount University, Foothill Ranch, Calif., 3, Surf City)
48-Ariana Williams (MB, University of Oregon, Riverside, Calif., 1, Club West)
Coaches: Ruth Nelson and Mike Gawlik
*Technical coaches with all WNTA2 teams are Jay Van Vark, Ted Wade and Nicki Holmes


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About the Author: Lillian deValcourt-Ayala serves as a Public Affairs Officer at the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, Italy.
We were not as fast as Carl Lewis in the Olympics nor did our team place first in 4th Run for Food this weekend, but runners from our three U.S. embassies in Rome got involved and showed our commitment. That's the difference we all can make in the real life race against hunger.
The UN's largest technical agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), commemorated World Food Day on October 16 to refocus world attention on the need to achieve food security, even in times of crisis. This year five new FAO Goodwill Ambassadors including Carl Lewis joined the effort, lending their star power to bring an end to wide-spread suffering.
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By Bill Miller • Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 11:13
University of Washington climate scientist Philip W. Mote, co-author with Georg Kaser of an article in the July/August issue of American Scientist magazine, said most scientists who study Kilimanjaro's glaciers have long been uneasy with the volcano's poster-child status.
Pictures of the peak, which has lost 90% of its snow and ice, were featured in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." Greenpeace activists once held a satellite news conference on the summit during an international climate conference.
Kilimanjaro has seen its glaciers decline steadily for well over a century, Mote said, due to lack of snowfall and sublimation, the same process that causes freezer burn by sucking moisture out of leftovers.
"Kilimanjaro is a grossly overused mis-example of the effects of climate change," said Mote, who doesn't want skeptics to use his and Kaser's article to debunk broader climate-change trends.
He emphasized that global warming is, indeed, responsible for the melting away of nearly every other glacier around the globe. "Kilimanjaro just happens to be the worst possible case study."
jev2000 replied on Permalink
Bad science
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"nearly every other glacier
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Big deal. You've got a
Big deal. You've got a couple glaciers which are growing. This is actually expected given that precipitation over certain areas is increasing due to increased evaporation due to warmer temperatures. Increased precipitation means more snow in some alpine areas, meaning growing glaciers.
JEV2000, you'll have to do better than that.
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"Big deal. You've got a
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
I agree. However, large
I agree.
However, large scale atmospheric temperature changes due to AGW are changing large scale precipitation patterns, such as the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone), SPCZ (South Pacific Convergence Zone), etc.
Also, ENSO is likely becoming more irregular. It is thought that El Ninos will become more permanent fixtures on the Equatorial Pacific which spells trouble for the Indian Subcontinent's vital monsoon season. As well, the west coast of South America will likely see more precipitation as a result of weakening trade winds and warmer, moister air flowing eastward over the Andes during strong El Ninos.
Ian Forrester replied on Permalink
Did you just make this up?
JEV2000 said: "And gosh, retreating glaciers in Europe are exposing Neolithic sites where humans hunted, mined ore and camped. At one mine site, tools were piled up, indicating that the miners expected to return after the next spring thaw which never happened".
Did you just make this up or can you give a source and reference?
Ian Forrester
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Mt Kilimanjaro
Eco-Hilter replied on Permalink
Don't forget about the "endangered" polar bears!
Yet another example of "fake but accurate", eh?
If the Global Warming alarmists are wrong about this, then what else are they wrong about?
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Countdown to The North Face Championship
A stacked field of women and men are readying themselves for a soggy, competitive contest
Runners in last year's TNF 50
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The annual North Face 50-Mile Endurance Challenge (TNF 50) will be run on December 2, 2012, just north of San Francisco in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The final races in The North Face series, the event will host the GORE-TEX 50-miler, a 50K, a marathon, a marathon relay and a 5K. The hyper-competitive 50-miler is notorious for its challenging elevation changes (a total gain of 12,480 feet) and big-money purse. The race boasts the largest prize purse in the ultramarathon trail racing. Cash prizes are awarded to the top three male and female 50-milers—$10,000 for first, $4000 for second and $1000 for third.
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About the Author: Joel Maybury serves as U.S. Consul at the American Presence Post in Bordeaux, France.
Bordeaux's metropolitan area straddles the Garonne River. The city's left bank has long been regarded as privileged and the right bank as underprivileged. And so, for this year's celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we deliberately reached out to high schools on both sides of the river to speak to more than 200 students about the Civil Rights Movement, the late Dr. King, and his legacy.
As a result, students at Lycee Francois Magendie on the left bank and students at Lycee Les Iris on the right bank both had the opportunity to read aloud Dr. King's celebrated "I Have A Dream" speech, and then reflect on his life and accomplishments.
These students' knowledge of the Civil Rights leader and key developments and trends from that era was impressive: Dr. King was a pastor; he was inspired by the methods of Indian nationalist Mahatma Gandhi; he served as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; he led the March on Washington in 1963 and gave his famous speech there; he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
These same students were captivated by accounts of the Montgomery bus boycott and Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger; the sit-in in Greensboro, N.C.; the Freedom Riders; and the many African-American grassroots organizations and their allies who employed non-violent direct action strategies for social change.
With the referendum in Southern Sudan and events in Tunisia as a backdrop, these Bordeaux area students seemed to grasp the concept that acquiring and protecting one's civil rights is an ongoing process that continues to manifest itself across the world.
Before leaving each of the schools, I urged the students not only to think about Dr. King's dream, but to ask themselves whether it has been fulfilled with, for example, the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States -- or is the dream still a work in progress?
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@ Nikos T. in Greece
Hi Nikos, Welcome to the most intellectual community in the Web. No doubt he was one of many people who inspired changes.
However, the most constructive man in the world was:
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According to my opinion, NO! – it's how you interpret things.
This is silly and it "stops" things to ancient Greece!, while history is bigger...
The oldest trade/profession and "HUMAN†mission was/is to: CREATE AND BUILD!
When the first man get out of his cave he attempted to build a new one.
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So this "cave man" was the best, no matter the color, race, religion or whatever.
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P/B FD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIKlIJ8xSDo
P/B FD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIKlIJ8xSDo
K/K FD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQALB5sh4I0
love this program. modernity with restraint. musical placemetn of each element is what they do best. the straight line lift entry is very interesting. footwork can use some refining in edgework and posture. but like last season's ruled by secrecy....im in love.
I'm really very impressed with P/B's FD. This will demand power and precision from them if they are to fully realize it - I hope they get there!
OMG, I absoultely loved P and B's FD....that was so much more dynamic than V/M's....
Anybody have youtube links of award ceremonies besides ladies which is up already I think.
Finally saw V/M's performance.....a thing of beauty.
Last season my favorite FD was D/W's (followed by V/M's Great Gig not far behind), but this season thus far it is definitely V/M's though for similar reasons. Lyrical, well interpreted, not-over acted, impressive technique made to look easy, amazing music choice. Everything thats lacking in D/W's phantom piece.
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My, V/M were sleek...and that early in the season, too! Was very skeptical when they announced their FD music, as Umbrellas was in the same vein but IMO horribly bland. This was minimalistic and sophisticated, their style is a bit too lovey-dovey for me in general but they really owned it here. Great costumes as well. But Zueva is not kidding when she says they remind her of Gordeeva/Grinkov, is she? Both the Mahler piece and the Flamenco she used for G/G/Katia as well...
Thanks to Doris for the live reports.
Very interested to read 1795's reviews of the Top 3 too.
"Time Goes Millenium" - Winkler & Lohse's FD from 2000 Worlds.
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However, they had personality issues: Gustav was a super artistic, introvert and Alma was totally the opposite... liberal, out-going (especially with artists). Alma never seemed to understand Gustav... At least to me she did not have that kind of depth as a person (Let's give her a break... she was 19 years younger than him). From Gustav's point-of-view, Alma was some sort of fire that he could not quite handle... she left a huge burn mark in his heart, despite of which he could not help but loving her... She was his source of inspiration as well as absolute desperation.
Tessa's smile and her jolly description of the music reminds me so much of Alma Mahler and your uneasy feeling makes so much sense because the music is desperately compelling. It doesn't matter if her expression is too light for the music, because this irony seems the essence of Mahler's later music, especially in the symphonies.
I really love V/M`s new FD. I think the coreography is breathtaking and that it shows a higher of level of maturity than the Umbrellas of Cherbourg (which I also loved). I think this program will get them an olympic medal. It`s a difficult program to skate, but they make it look easy. I also love love love Tessa`s dress, makes her look so elegant.
Tessa's dresses rock the house this season, IMO, I love them all. They strike the perfect balance between maturity and freshness - the designer, IMO, is brilliant. When she did her hair up for Valse Triste there was a bit of teen playing dress-up about it, but now she looks like a genuinely mature young woman. Also, love the make-up she's wearing in all three programs.
IMy thoughts exactly. I really don't see where she is hearing "colorful" and "joyful" in that piece. There is joy, yes, but it is mixed with a certain sorrow, bittersweet. If that is really Tessa's opinion of the music ten Marina Zueva must be reconsidering her music choice for them. I love, love, love the music, and the chreo is good, but If Tessa will keep smiling through the whole thing then the effect is ruined. I realize that it is the first time skating it this season, but the lifts looks sloppy, as they did last year. They need to work on those.No, they don't, but Mahler's music is essentially serious and melancholic, therefore Tessa's description of it as "colourful, it's really joyful" seems incongruous to me. The choreography is absolutely stunning, and they skated it beautifully, but only Scott's expression was pitched correctly to match the tone of the piece. It felt strange to watch Tessa smiling at the beginning. The facial expressions should interpret the depth of this serious classical symphony throughout.


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Skip to comments.The Ideology of Homosexuality [Ecumenical]
Posted on 11/16/2010 9:44:10 AM PST by Pyro7480
Regarding the problem of homosexuality that is emerging today, the Christian conception tells us that one must always distinguish the respect due to persons, which involves rejecting any marginalization of them in society and politics (except for the unalterable nature of marriage and the family), from the rejection of any exalted "ideology of homosexuality," which is obligatory.
The word of God, as we know it in a page of the letter to the Romans by the apostle Paul, offers us on the contrary a theological interpretation of the rampant cultural aberration in this matter: such an aberration the sacred text affirms is at the same time the proof and the result of the exclusion of God from the collective attention and from social life, and of the refusal to give him the glory that he is due (cf. Romans 1:21).
The exclusion of the Creator determines a universal derailing of reason: "They became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While claiming to be wise, they became fools" (Romans 1:21-22). The result of this intellectual blindness was a fall, in both theory and practice, into the most complete dissoluteness: "Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies" (Romans 1:24).
And to prevent any misunderstanding and any accommodating interpretation, the apostle proceeds with a startling analysis, formulated in perfectly explicit terms:
"Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity. And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper" (Romans 1:26-28).
Finally, Paul takes pains to observe that the greatest abjection takes place when "the authors of these things . . . not only do them but give approval to those who practice them" (cf. Romans 1:32).
It is a page of the inspired book, which no earthly authority can force us to censor. Nor are we permitted, if we want to be faithful to the word of God, the pusillanimity of passing over it in silence out of concern not to appear "politically incorrect."
We must on the contrary point out the singular interest for our days of this teaching of Revelation: what St. Paul revealed as taking place in the Greco-Roman world is shown to correspond prophetically to what has taken place in Western culture in these last centuries. The exclusion of the Creator to the point of proclaiming grotesquely, a few decades ago, the "death of God" has had the result (almost like an intrinsic punishment) of the spread of an aberrant view of sexuality, unknown (in its arrogance) to previous eras.
The ideology of homosexuality as often happens to ideologies when they become aggressive and end up being politically triumphant becomes a threat to our legitimate autonomy of thought: those who do not share it risk condemnation to a kind of cultural and social marginalization.
The attacks on freedom of thought start with language. Those who do not resign themselves to accept "homophilia" (the theoretical appreciation of homosexual relations) are charged with "homophobia" (etymologically, the "fear of homosexuality"). This must be very clear: those who are made strong by the inspired word and live in the "fear of God" are not afraid of anything, except perhaps the stupidity toward which, Bonhoeffer said, we are defenseless. We are now even charged sometimes with the incredibly arbitrary accusation of "racism": a word that, among other things, has nothing to do with this issue, and in any case is completely extraneous to our doctrine and our history.
The essential problem that presents itself is this: is it still permitted in our days to be faithful and consistent disciples of the teaching of Christ (which for millennia has inspired and enriched the whole of Western civilization), or must we prepare ourselves for a new form of persecution, promoted by homosexual activists, by their ideological accomplices, and even by those whose task it should be to defend the intellectual freedom of all, including Christians?
There is one question that we ask in particular of the theologians, biblicists, and pastoralists. Why on earth, in this climate of almost obsessive exaltation of Sacred Scripture, is the Pauline passage of Romans 1:21-32 never cited by anyone? Why on earth is there not a little more concern to make it known to believers and nonbelievers, in spite of its evident timeliness?
Catholic ping!
Nothing to say but repent of your sins, homosexuality is a flesh passion not a genetic calling...
Excellent from beginning to end.
"the Christian conception tells us that one must always distinguish the respect due to persons, which involves rejecting any marginalization of them in society and politics"
The Cardinal is making this up. We have an obligation to "marginalize" persons who engage in various behaviors. This double-minded approach to unrepentant sodomites is cowardice and will fail.
The Church needs to show more courage and be less afraid of "offending".
This is completely false, and I stopped reading right there. Does this give them open license to "non-discrimination" such as in employment (including child care), adoption "rights" and other marriage-like unions? The true Christian says "no." And we consider them unbelievers, as is scripturally mandated.
Thanks to the LEFT in this country, yesterday's deviants are today's alternative lifestyle.
I don't think the cardinal would agree with that, given his "unalterable nature of marriage and the family" phrase.
Then read the first paragraph again. So softpeddling on the issue.
It isn't when you read THE REST of it.
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.
2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.
I agree with much of what the Cardinal has to say, but I don't think that is what the quote says (your due process point). Moreover, homosexual sodomy has everywhere in Christendom for over a millenium been a crime, and with good reason....until relatively recently, and mainly because of the courts.
The church has allowed sodomites to infiltrate and destroy. They need to be identified and thrown out of every position of authority in the church and in our public and private institutions. No compromise; no exceptions.
I think that the catechism is excellent teaching, but I don't think I'm missing the context. My comment was directed at an initial comment made by the Cardinal before he launched into some worthwhile commentary. Frankly, the "don't marginalize" language is included in many discussions of this subject almost reflexively, and it reflects a fear of man ingrained in us by the culture.
The Church has paid and is paying a very heavy price for not having dealt with unrepentent sodomites biblically long ago.
The church has allowed sodomites to infiltrate and destroy. They need to be identified and thrown out of every position of authority in the church and in our public and private institutions. No compromise; no exceptions.
An excellent analysis.
This has to be one of the biggest straw men that the homo-activists promote. As if they HAVE been denied due process.
And now the straw man is being erected by a "Christian?" Incredible.
homosexuality is a flesh passion not a genetic calling..."
True...but it is much, much worse than that. It is much more deranged and sick than the flesh that normal men feel for with beautiful (and sometimes less than beautiful) women, for example. Perfectly understandable, and there is nothing perverted or distorted about that. It is flesh, and the flesh has to be beaten back.
But homosexuality is completely twisted.
At the minimum, it is a very, very serious mental illness. But of course the most accurate portrayal is in Romans 1. A mind that has gone down that road is one that has been turned over as depraved.
Yes, we should have compassion on homosexuals. They are usually abused, and very sad figures.
But...in my experience, they are truly depraved and sick. I a homosexual would very easily kill you if just pushed a little in the right direction. They are dangerous, sick, twisted characters who should not be trusted for anything.
Christ can bring them salvation and restoration, of course, as you have noted. But the repentance from homosexuality is not something that can be done glibly, because it is so deep rooted and so deranged.
sentence above should read (reminder to self, proofreading is a virtue!):
I BELIEVE a homosexual would very easily kill you if just pushed a little in the right direction. They are dangerous, sick, twisted characters who should not be trusted for anything.
That explains my disagreement.
Does not matter the source is Catholic and therefore suspect.
you are so correct. i agree entirely.
I do agree, it is demonic, but let's be honest and understand that to God all sins are sins, they are not separated into sins he can live with, no , all have fallen short of the glory of God...all sins are despicable and abominations to our Holy Father whom we cannot even look upon without dying..
While indeed homosexuality is a terrible sin, all sins have their demonic roots and all demons are satanic..That is why we need Jesus salvation so much...Even today the best Christians are sinners and grievous unto God, if it were not for the blood of Christ in our hearts we would be possessed..
Because of this it is al;so important that those who have indulged in any sinful activity be able to forgive themselves while at the same time viewing the sin as what it is, demonic..looking at others wives with lust etc...you know the 10 commandments I am sure, while forgiven of these sins in Christ, the 10 commandments will once again be real in Heaven, it could not be Heaven unless we obeyed these commandments..
Peace to you in Christ..
|The exclusion of the Creator determines a universal derailing of reason: "They became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. While claiming to be wise, they became fools" (Romans 1:21-22).
Yes, homosexual behavior --- perverse sex relations, split off from their true meaning of man-woman bonding and fertility --- spring from a "flesh passion," but much moreso, and more dangerous, is that the wide acceptance of the "twisting" of sex involves a derailing of reason.
The almost-universal acceptance of contracepted intercourse, for example, is a perversion in itself, and paved the way for the acceptance of homosexual intercourse. People no longer accept the intrinsic meaning of intercourse as an act that uniquely "means" the transmission of life (that is, the marital act, unimpaired and unaltered, means "lovemaking is life-making") ---
People who can deliberately twist the act so as to split that meaning away from sexual intercourse, will eventually accept and justify any kind of sexual jack-assery.
This derailing of reason, the denial of the instrinsic structure of sex, goes far beyond the 1 - 2% of the population who are actively homosexual.
John tells us how to treat them rather clearly.
2 John 7-11 7Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist. 8Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully. 9Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him. 11Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.
that said, there is also no doubt that some sins are more harmful to the psyche and more destructive to the mental and physical survival of the sinner, reflect a "deeper" level of depravity, as it were.
All sinners need Jesus, and there is not one word of Scripture which minimizes the reality of the sin of man, even the "best" of men. Our righteousness are as filthy rags in front of God, no doubt about it.
I always thought this an interesting paper.
Maybe. That sort of argument seems to reflect a very JPII understanding of sexuality. It seems to suggest that the division of the sex act and the loss of reason sets up a sort of continuum where, for example, promiscuous heterosexual sex for mere pleasure, is sort of in the same path as gay sex.
That just doesn't ring true.
That's sort of like saying eating too much at a banquet is the same "type" of thing as eating excrement. Yes, both are wrong. And both involve "eating". But one is done by a person who has fleshly desires, but desires which are also normal and wholesome if exercised in the right context. But gay sex and the eating of excrement are done only by mentally ill people who are deeply depraved (and also sinners).
They both deny that sex has an intrinsic structure which is meaningful and providential.They both assume that you can restructure what sexual intercourse IS to fit your preferences.
It's a safe bet that the vast majority of heterosexuals who approve of homosexual sex, also approve of contraceptive sex.
It's also a safe bet that the vast majority of heterosexuals who don't approve of contraceptive intercourse, also don't approve of homosexual intercourse.
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What are they supposed to do then? Like parolees, what are they supposed to do? They have to eat. They need to work.
Yet, we aren't allowed to judge what's in a person's heart. God looks on the heart. So, if someone is clearly gay looking and at church, I guess we have to think the best of him, and that that little sodomy thing is between him and his maker.
Women only have such rights as men choose to give them.
So, if someone is clearly gay looking and at church, I guess we have to think the best of him, and that that little sodomy thing is between him and his maker."
Well, not at the church I attend, nor at any church I would ever attend. That is where the hard line on repentance and church discipline comes in. Repent, or hit the road.
Hmm... I repeat, we are not allowed to judge what's in a person's heart. We ARE allowed, required, to judge a person's actions, their "fruits" if you will. But just because someone is a bit effeminate and you think he's probably faggotish, you aren't allowed to conduct an inquisition. Even if they ARE gsy, you don't know if they repent and are sorry, even if they keep succumbing to the urge. In other words, they don't answer to you.
There are varying "results" from differing sins. Homosexuality is vile in every way for it affects the entire person, body, soul and spirit..not to mention the mind. The 'effects' of this sin on family, children, wives, culture and all other areas is vast as well. Not to mention the God speaks very candidly about this particular sin.
So though all sin is sin...how they play out can be vastly different. Homosexuality kills others as much as abortion does for it infects the innocent as well as the guilty.
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Richard Doxsee worked as a comic book artist during the 1950s. He did art on a lot of mystery, war and western titles in Stan Lee's Atlas line, including Battle, Journey Into Unknown Worlds, Strange Tales, Gunsmoke Western and Navy Combat. He also contributed to Mysterious Adventures and Mysterious Stories by Story Comics, and to Cracked by Major Magazines. In the early 1960s he did romance stories and contributions to Sick for Feature Comics.
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NEUHAUS, MAX: New York School
Known now as one of the pioneers of sound art, Neuhaus trained and was active in the early '60's as a percussionist. These recordings, made between 1964 &1968 in New York, London, Koln, and Chicago present 3 interpretations each of three pieces by Cage, Brown and Feldman. The Brown (four systems) feature amplified cymbals, the Feldman (The King of Denmark) metal, wood and occasional drum is played with the fingers, and is modestly great., the Cage (Realization '64 and Realization '65) are wildly different again; for '64 he chose amplified Tam Tam, automobile string, a wood scraper, tympani and a radio, for '65 (both versions) he constructed a frame with metal rods, wood, rawhide and plastic and amplified it with contact microphones, then he made a tape from Realization '64 to accompany himself. Clean, dry sounds, very electronic, hard to imagine it being played. Good 16pp booklet with thorough notes, scores and photographs. Altogether an excellent collection, and rare - a very useful addition to the record of an important period. L
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Skip to comments.The Next Oil Revolution
Posted on 11/17/2012 9:08:10 PM PST by neverdem
By Peter C Glover
Far from running out of oil, new studies confirm the world is headed for the next oil revolution with growing US production playing an nascent role. And, as with the unconventional shale gas revolution, nearly all new unconventional oil development is taking place despite pre-election White House energy polices through development on private, rather than on federal, lands.
A new IHS CERA group study Americas New Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution and the US Economy, spells out how unconventional oil and gas production in the US is changing the US energy landscape and contributing significant economic growth, job creation and federal revenues. The report shows how the unconventional oil and gas sector will support over 1.7 million jobs at higher than average wages. That figure is anticipated to increase to 2.5 million by 2015 and 3.5 million by 2035.
According to IHS vice chairman Daniel Yergin, The United States currently has the highest rate of growth in crude oil production capacity in the world while being virtually self-sufficient in gas, except for some from Canada. All a stark contrast to the doom and gloom predictions envisioning a heavy dependence on oil and gas imports just a few years ago. Yergin points out how the growth of unconventional oil and gas capacity, is creating a new energy reality for the United States that has contributed to U.S. energy security and is proving a significant source of new jobs and economic activity at a time when the economy is the top priority.
The reports findings include:
John Larson, IHS Vice president for public sector consulting, further observes that the collusion between unconventional oil and gas production and the high capital-intensive supply chain will make the US a world leader with most of the dollars spent here and supporting American jobs.
All of which bears out what former oil executive and research fellow at The Belfer Center, Leonardo Maugeri was predicting in August. After a field-by-field analysis of the bulk of the worlds major oil exploration and development projects, Maugeris report(PDF) concluded that, by 2020, the worlds oil production capacity could be more than 110 million barrels per day (bpd), an increase of 20 percent. And Maugeri predicts that the four leading producers will be Iraq, the United States, Canada and Brazil. Neither is it hard to see where it will come from as new technologies have made formerly difficult to extract deposits more commercially viable. Maugeri even predicts a global glut of oil after 2015 that could lead to a collapse in prices. He also foresees that the coming oil boom will become a fault-line environmentalists and the oil industry.
Such are the opportunities elsewhere that even the lure of vast oil and gas resources in the Arctic may be on hold though the US Interior Department is selling 4.5 million acres of Arctic land leases for exploration in November.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the US Energy Administration (EIA) between 89 and 90 million bpd will be consumed in 2013. Global oil production has never exceeded 74 million bpd. In recent years, natural gas liquids and other liquids have made up the difference and will, together with already stored oil and innovations like natural gas to drive trucks and buses, continue to do so in the short term. However, the contribution from Canadas oil sands, US shale oil, Brazils presalt oil among other resources is set to have an increasingly dramatic impact ushering in a new age of plentiful oil.
As one commentator on the coming oil boom put it, Its yet another reminder that what the expert consensus assure us to be true very often isnt adding It was equally apparent we were running out of oil until we werent.
Equally, aiding the discovery of an abundance of relatively cheap hydrocarbons is something President Obama could claim as a vote-winning personal achievement except it isnt.
I bet its Kills Obama
I bet its Kills Obama
I bet Obama tries to kill it.
Well, at least Interior is selling 4.5 million acres of oil land leases in Alaska. That sounds like a fairly large area. I have heard that one of the issues on public lands has been that companies were just sitting on leases and not doing anything with them so a bunch were canceled to be reactivated, or something like that. Hopefully someone here is more knowledgeable and can clarify this issue.
You have a regime which by design was driving up the costs and uses of energy the most a basic resource because it suits its socialist matrix. Whats even worse is the massive corrpution resulting from that regime doling out tons of funds towards its campaign donners for so called alternate forms which dont work or are laughingly inefficient . That got a pass by the Romney campaign and a huge mistake because this policy affected everyone. It was a bread a butter issue affecting all Americans.
Thank God for Big Oil and the coming American oil boom. It's one of the few reasons for optimism these days.
"Unconventional oil and gas activity will generate over $61 billion in federal and state tax revenues in 2012, rising to $91 billion annually in 2015 and $111 billion by 2020."We need to starve the beast, not feed it. Cut the size and scope of government, not increase funding.
For starters, start up the refinery on the California coast that they have stopped from using for over 40 years.
is there some reason that shale oil
only exists in North America?
is shale oil existed worldwide,
the Arab hegemony would be broken
Oil shale is not exclusive to the U.S.A.
I believe it requires specialized equipment to find it, however.
I wonder whether these particular leases are the best leases?
I hope it kills Biden too!
You are correct. China has the largest holdings in the world. The U.S. has the lead in exploration technology and knowledge - after all we started the oil industry, from exploration and production to refining. That leadership is something most politicians don't ever appreciate. It's a leadership lead as wide as our IT technology lead. So you can bet that as China and others seek to use their new-found reserves, they will turn to U.S. companies for help.
Don' let em bamboozle ya kid!
What good is a lease if they won't let you have a drilling permit, won't approve the site construction, the well plan, etc.?
If you find oil, you still have to get it to market, no road, no pipeline permit, no EIS approval for the righto-of-way, you aren't going to make a dime, but the costs can run into the billions (right, with a 'b'). Oil companies are visionary in that they are always looking for 'the next big thing', but even so, dumping a lot of money into Exploration with little chance for payout is a great way to crash your company.
For now, the easier pickings are in the lower 48, on private leases, especially with the administration making noises about ending "subsidies" (which are the ordinary business expenses other industries deduct, not a payment by the government to the oil industry).
In reality, most oil companies pay three times as much in taxes as they make in profit.
So you want lower inefficiencies combined with more infrastructure being built, to duplicate existing capacity.
And you think that lowers cost?
There is an economy of scale involved in the refining of oil, and larger facilities are already tied into existing pipeline networks--both incoming and outgoing. Permitting a new facility would be tougher than expanding existing ones, as the past few years of refinery development have shown (refiners opted for the latter).
Guarding myriad facilities is perhaps more difficult than guarding one or two, even though larger facilities might be more of a terror target.
Refineries are surrounded by chemical plants for a reason: ship the feedstocks for the chemical plants next door, rather than ship them longer distances. Shipping those same multiple and more specialized feedstocks to chemical plants would negate some of the economic advantage of the more localized refineries. (Think ethylene, tolulene, etc.), especially when the costs of environmental compliance are factored in.
Where modular facilities might pay off is for the production of fertilizer or electricity from otherwise flared wellhead gas, especially if those facilities could be moved in a few truckloads. Some separation of heavier gasses, water, etc. might have to occur onsite for the process to be efficient, and the units would have to be able to be tuned to differing gas mixtures inherent in different wells and over the well's production history. Plus, all that would have to get EPA approval, which could be a real bugaboo (along with allocation of extraction taxes and royalty issues--something for the lawyers to sort out).
Still, something only flared at the production site could conceivably be turned into a viable resource.
Around 12 years ago, ground beef was on sale for 99 cents a pound, too.
Shale oil and gas are plentiful throughout the world's energy basins. China, Europe, and Argentina have huge resources. The problem is the infrastructure. To develop on a massive scale, you need roads, pipelines, and processing facilities. You also need some economic sanity (Europe has effectively banned hydraulic fracturing, which is the only way to unlock the hydrocarbons). Major oil service companies must be set up with yards, equipment and personnel - this alone will take years to establish overseas. You need the right kind of proppant (spherically-grained white sand works best, found exclusively in the upper Midwest of the U.S.).
All of these are up and running in the U.S., which is why we are the front lines of the unconventional resource revolution!
-——Where modular facilities might pay off is for the production of fertilizer or electricity from otherwise flared wellhead gas-——
On Monday I visited a very large American company building equipment for an electric generating plant in Abu Dhabi. It was like the tower of Babel........ engineers of many national origins with two common languages. Those were English and American engineering project management methods. (but I digress)
The electricity generated by the flare gas is used to smelt aluminum. When complete, it will be the largest capacity aluminum smelter in the world
As a rule, at least here in Texas, if a company leases property for production, they have to drill it within a specified time on the lease or they lose it. After they drill it they have to produce something(amount varies, I think) or the lease will still expire. They can drill, however and cut production back to a minimum and still hold the lease indefinitely. At least that is case with my own property that is leased.
"..All of these are up and running in the U.S., which is why we are the front lines of the unconventional resource revolution!..."
Yep. You are correct on every point you made. Other places in the world have those shale resources as well, but little, or no, physical infrastructure and their governments are totally insane.
The horizontal drilling and fracking technologies were developed right here in the good old US of A. As I type this, I'm sitting in the middle of the Eagle Ford trend in south Texas working on an oil/gas processing facility overseeing a major equipment/piping upgrade to get this little puppy up to about 30,000bbl/day capacity. Oh, one of the companies down here has bought into the fracking sand business...BIG TIME. Not only for their own corporate use, but for when the rest of the world eventually wakes up and digs their head out of the butts.
Human beings are the ultimate resource. Yet, liberals keep getting elected by using resource scarcity to terrorize people. Go figure.
A simple topping plant is very unlikely to meet current EPA requirements of ULSD.
Cost of Diesel climbed because cost of making ULSD climbed. It isn't made with simple topping.
That would depend on feedstocks, I would think. No H2s in Bakken oil.
I have never seen an oil assessment for any location that meets the 0.0015% sulfur requirement of the EPA.
While much or most of the Bakken is classified as sweet, I don't think anything is that sweet without sulfur removal processes.
Have you seen anything meeting that criteria?
I suspect the sweetest crudes are going to be nearly 100 time too much sulfur.
I had no idea that the standard was that (insanely?) low. How much of that sulfur would come out in the distillate versus remain in the other fractions?
I think (but don't know) that the distillate is going to keep the sulfur in similar ratios. A significant part of that sulfur is bound in the molecular string; it isn't pure hydrogen-carbon bonds only.
It is often removed with hydrotreating, which is a milder version of hydrocracking. This process creates H2S in order to make it removable from the product stream. It requires a source of Hydrogen. In a refinery, that is often from steam reformation of Natural Gas.
Takes more than a still these days to stay legal with the EPA.
Sorry, I should have supplied some info on that.
A 15 parts per million (ppm) sulfur specification, known as Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD), was phased in for highway diesel fuel from 2006-2010.
EPA Home > Transportation & Air Quality > Fuels and Fuel Additives > Diesel Fuel
Yep - I am up to my eyeballs in the fracking business! It's incredible technology, and we're in the early innings of a game that will someday soon make North America energy independent. A worthy cause! Never thought it possible a few years ago. Too bad the industry's reputation still gets abused by the leftists.
"...Too bad the industrys reputation still gets abused by the leftists...."
Leftists are chronically mentally sick. Liberalism rots out the brain to think straight. EPA isn't much better since they're run by liberals. Inmates running the asylum so to speak. They're hellbent on trying to destroy the USA. Rest assured, they'll continue trying to find ways to shut us down... Our job is to see that they don't and to get as much of this out of the ground, treated, and then on to the market as possible. The sheer number of jobs this industry creates is what I think really bothers them as it creates people not dependent on them for anything.
>>and their governments are totally insane.
We're working on that one. Lisa Jackson's people are on it!
Exciting times ahead and it looks like the US is poised to benefit if proper choices are made! Nice tag by the way.
I'd like to think that way, too. Except that "BIG OIL" doesn't think of themselves as American. They think of themselves as global entrepreneurs in search of maximum profit and while there is absolutely nothing wrong with a profitable bottom line, in the case of energy, it is literally the life blood of the country. Yet the folks at EXXON and SHELL et al will see nothing wrong at all in selling US supplies to CHINA or wherever they can get maximum profit at the expense of our national security. Of course, true to form, OBOZO will do everything he can to help them undermine us.
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ONT's more than 64 daily flights provide service to major cities in the U.S. ONT's airlines include AeroMexico, Alaska, American, Delta, Southwest, United/United Express, and Volaris. The "new" Ontario International Airport opened September 27, 1998. The $270 million project includes two new terminals at 265,000 square foot each for a total of 530,000 square feet, a new ground transportation center, an additional parking lot and new roadway system, airfield improvements, landscaping, and a site storm-drain system. The new terminals are eight times larger than the former terminal and can accommodate up to 10 million passengers a year. When passenger traffic at ONT reaches 10 million in two consecutive years, a third terminal will be constructed.
ONT is also the center of a rapidly developing freight movement system that includes the airport, two railroads, four major freeways, and an expanding network of freight forwarders. ONT is served by major U.S. air freight carriers including Ameriflight, Empire Airlines, Federal Express, Kalitta Air, West Air and United Parcel Service. ONT is ideally situated as an airfreight center for Pacific Rim and European cargo. The airport is less than 50 miles from Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors."


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Apple: David Einhorn Responds to Being Labeled a 'Hustler'
Over the weekend, hedge fund manager David Einhorn sent me an email and we had what ended up a constructive exchange.
I'm not going to kiss the guy's tail. As much as I enjoyed his dialogue with Einhorn , I don't buy Henry Blodget's repeated "You are vastly more sophisticated" and "way smarter than I am" act; that's a weak way to concede an argument. If you're not sophisticated or smart enough to make your case in the first place, then why make it?
That's why I never got into the merits of Einhorn's preferred stock proposal. Frankly, I don't understand it well enough. At the same time, I feel strongly that Einhorn -- and others -- miss big when they demand that Apple (AAPL) (A) has a responsibility to return even more cash to shareholders and/or (B) needs to do something better with its cash.
Apple has never acted merely for the sake of acting or because an MBA textbook prescribes that it should.
But I humbly digress. There's one thing I wish I would have done differently in Friday's article. And, for the record, Einhorn put no pressure on me to say this; I'm doing it of my own accord because it's simply the right thing to do.
In one of the emails we exchanged, Einhorn said this:
Hustling is what an energetic center fielder does to get a fly ball in the gap. A hustler is a con man, who operates on the edge of the law and at a minimum takes advantage of people.
Well-stated. As a person who takes the not-so-subtle differences between words seriously -- and appreciates well-done rhetoric -- I value Einhorn's distinction. I agree with it. I'm always hustling, but I'm not a hustler. Although trading a few emails doesn't make us buds, I'm confident the same applies to Einhorn. I think he's a good guy.
I called him out. Einhorn responded. In this business, you can't ask for much more than that. If he considered himself too big -- or me too small -- for engagement, all I could do is continue to speculate about his motives.
After conversing with Einhorn, it's clear that he has well-thought out and well-informed opinions on Apple. He's convinced that Tim Cook runs a software company; that Apple's hardware sells (and provides a lion's share of the company's revenue and profit) because it runs Apple software and the Apple ecosystem. But this view minimizes the design achievements of Apple devices.
Heck, when Apple Maps flopped, everybody wanted a Google Maps app. But they wanted it on their iPhones. It's not like more than a handful of people, if that, said screw this, I'll just switch to Android . Not at all, you keep the Apple hardware to run all sorts of platforms. Sometimes they're Apple platforms; however, quite often, probably more often than not, they're somebody else's, be it Google's (GOOG) , Netflix's (NFLX) or Pandora's (P) .


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What is Your Magic Number?January 29, 2012
I knew that after I had my first child I wanted another child. Not only for myself but to give him a sibling. I really didn't want him to be an only child. I was under the impression that two children was the magic number. One child per parent. Two hands. One for each child. It just made sense. In fact, looking back it made perfect sense. Even though it was an adjustment going from one child to two, our family seemed complete. When I found out I was pregnant with my third child, I was extremely nervous. I wasn't sure how it would work. I was concerned about the divided attention each of my children would get. I was concerned with many things, in fact I was petrified to add a third to the mix! It really did take some time to adjust to having a third. So, even though I'm still adjusting in a lot of ways, I know that three children is the magic number for our family.
Here's a thought:
Did you know the average family size is 2.6? The average family has 2 children, but in the family there is an average of 4 people.
Small family vs big family?
While one child may be ideal for some couples, larger families are ideal for others. Look at the Duggar's for example. They have 19 children and continue adding to their brood. I have to wonder what their secret is! How can they possibly give attention to all those children and still stay sane at the end of the day? I guess that is why everyone is so fascinated by their super sized family! It also makes me wonder how they can afford to raise 19 plus children these days especially when the cost of raising just one child is so high.
How much does it cost to raise a child?
As of last year the cost of raising a child averaged $226,920. This figure is from birth to age 18 and does not include college!( In other words, the cost of raising a child is outrageous.) Not only is this number disturbing, it's gone up by 40% in almost a decade. It really made me wonder how much the Duggar's will eventually spend to raise all 19 children. I did the math. Ready? $4,311,480.00 not including college! That figure certainly makes me feel better about sending my three children to college.
What's your magic number?
Since everyone has a different situation, I'm curious what size family works for you. What is your magic number?
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I have had 2 beautiful daughters . They are 9 yrs. apart, I never imagined having another until I laid eyes on my Precious 2nd daughter. I just recently found out my baby-gurl @ 17 is going to be a 1st time Mommy.:) <3 She is going to be a Senior in Highschool after the time she gives birth. We have alot ahead of us. I already have 3 Precious grandchildren by my oldest daughter. It is Grand being a Me-Maw (grandma).Thanks for your Blogs, It is nice to read other Moms feelings about the wonders of being a Mother <3.
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Had a lot of fun
I used to wait all summer for the season to open. Back then the weather was colder. Going out early, many mornings were frosty. That made it noisy when walking.
Having lots of time, the birds would run and hide under the pines rather than fly. As the early sun melted the frosty trees dripped cold water. The thawing brush would saturate my clothes. Often a covey of three or more would fly up making a lot of noise.
It seemed most of the time they flew into that powerful, bright, early morning sun so I would not see them very well. Anyway, I usually shot some tree branches off.
If they flew sideways there was usually a large sapling or big tree in the way. This prevented me from swinging on them to shoot.
Back then the birds were big and plentiful. Being back in the house, many times I would hear a thud. I would go out to look and I would see a partridge on the ground that had flown into the side of the house. They always recovered and flew away. That has not happened in many years.
Out in the woods in the old days, I would see some beautifully colored birds and flying squirrels. Also, once in a while, a rare black silver-tipped fox. There were lots of rabbits and woodchucks to see as well. I had a lot of fun in the great U.P. Michigan woods.
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