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By JASON BRANSON, TRINA BRANSON, CARL LABBEE, SUSAN LABBEE, CLAUDIA KENNEY AND MIKE KENNEYOrangeville
Dear Editor,
As concerned citizens of Orangeville, we have seen a need to become more involved in our city government and advocate for changes in policies and regulations that unreasonably limit the uses of our properties. We are also concerned that policies and regulations are manipulated to this same end. Our city ordinances should be written and interpreted to allow us the maximum use and benefit from our property, not limit our use. Our zoning administrator has admitted on numerous occasions that, "Our policies are more restrictive than Salt Lake City's policies." Several citizens have researched specific policies ranging from dogs to property issues and have found no other cities as restrictive as Orangeville.
We have attended planning and zoning and city councils meeting the last few months. We are hearing that our city government is considering having a deputy attend our city council meetings. After witnessing how the citizens are treated, we feel that this might be a good idea. As citizens of Orangeville we are considering making this request ourselves. We want our constitutional rights and freedoms of speech protected. We do not want to be interrupted or threatened with the sheriff if we are saying something the mayor does not want to hear.
One citizen who attended planning and zoning was having problems getting on the agenda. This citizen had made this request the previous two months and was not put on the agenda. This same citizen, whose project had been "red-tagged" had been told to go to planning and zoning at the request of the zoning administrator. At the following planning and zoning meeting the zoning administrator advised the commission that this citizen needed a letter. The administrator explained that because the citizen was in violation, he could no longer come to the planning and zoning commission but would be required to go to the board of adjustments. The letter would also inform the citizen that he could appeal this decision within 30 days. This citizen was being denied a chance to be heard by either of the boards mentioned above in the decision making process. This citizen had been threatened with a fine based on a policy that has not yet received the approval of the city council or the zoning commission. This citizen had requested a copy of the code he was violating and has not been able to get a copy. This citizen with the support of others has attended city meetings to advocate for himself. This prompted Orangeville City to check into the situation while at a training with the League of Cities and Towns. It appears that the citizen will be able to keep his porch.
Other citizens who are being taken to court by Orangeville City have experienced similar difficulties. While waiting to receive a decision from the zoning commission, they were asked to attend the board of adjustments meeting. The citizens had not received information they had requested or any feedback from the commission. Without being able to attend the board of adjustments, or being given a chance to appeal they were threatened with court. They are hoping a hearing or other resolution comes in the near future.
There is a citizen who is advocating for the two feet on the property owners side of the sidewalk to be deeded back to the property owners. This citizen was instructed to have a petition signed to work towards this change. Almost 400 citizens of Orangeville have signed this petition. At the last planning and zoning commission there was some discussion about the recommendation that would be made to the city council. Although many signed the petition, the recommendations the commission wanted to make to the council would require property owners to request the two feet individually. There was also discussion among a couple of the members of the commission on who would be able to attend the city council meeting where the citizen advised them he would follow up on his petition. Why was this person advised to get a petition going if the changes that were being proposed were till going to be on an individual basis? There was little discussion on this decision at this meeting. Almost 400 citizens signed this petition and have to pursue this change individually. Why didn't they address his concern as an individual in the first place? At city council meeting, there was no one from planning and zoning in attendance and the mayor advised him that they had not received a recommendation and it would have to wait until October. This comment was made with no apology or regard to the time and effort that this citizen ha put into the things the city was requiring him to do to pursue this change. This citizen was very disappointed and frustrated after almost five months of following all the recommendations and getting the petition they requested.
One voice may easily be dismissed. Can so many citizens voices go unheard? Do we as citizens have the right to the scheduled time given us even through our views might not be what our mayor wants to hear? Are we allowed to speak without rude interruptions and orders to "sit our butt down?" The citizen demanded that he have the right to speak for his remaining time while orders from the mayor continued. The mayor then threatened to call the sheriff and have the citizen removed. Though the citizen was very upset about the treatment he was receiving and persisted to argue his case, he was not demonstrating behavior that would merit the threat of having the sheriff called. This citizen had earned the right to be heard by this city council and he had the right to disapprove of the way the city government was treating his situation. Citizens who signed the petition need to attend the next city council meeting and get on the agenda if they want to speak.
Our previous mayor spoke at the last city council meeting against the petition claiming that the "old timers" were not the ones signing it. He advised the newcomers, "If they did not like it here, to go back where they came from." There were at least seven fairly new citizens attending this meeting. Are the new citizens, with different ideas and needs, not welcome in Orangeville?
Another citizen in Orangeville was told they had to move a carport to meet zoning regulations and was given information that contradicted everything the building inspector had said. This citizen was told her carport was an accessory building and it had to be moved to meet the 40 foot setback requirement. In a recent planning and zoning meeting the zoning administrator reported that this citizen had been denied a building permit due to several issues with the building inspector. Several citizens at this meeting were surprised to hear this incorrect information. Citizens contacted the building inspector who was going to come to a city council meeting to clear things up. The building inspector was on the agenda, but did not attend at the mayor's request. Several citizens were at this meeting to communicate with the building inspector with concerns over this and other issues.
Citizens of Orangeville are concerned about our ability to advocate for ourselves and bring any concerns we have before the mayor, city council, planning and zoning, or board of adjustments. There are strict limits on our ability to talk or have any open discussion at any of our city meetings. We have just recently been allowed in city council to make a comment without being on the agenda. We are allowed five minutes, and we can comment, but not be given a response. This limits our ability as citizens to even ask questions. If we are not on the agenda we are not allowed to make any comments or ask questions. As citizens become more involved, the restrictions are increasing to the point that we are going to have to write letters to communicate. We have only been actively involved in attending city meetings for a few months. In this time, we have demonstrated respect and courtesy. We feel we have no voice. Many citizens in Orangeville feel we are not respected by our city government. We are not being treated with fairness, decency and respect. Our city government has been elected by the citizens and should represent the citizens.
As citizens of Orangeville, we want to have our individual issues heard. We want to be given requested information when we ask for it. We want access to public records in a timely manner. We want all of the people in Orangeville to be accepted as citizens of Orangeville even if we are new. We feel there is discrimination with the interpretation of ordinances and codes depending on who the individual is. We want to be individuals, not just policies and codes. We want variances and special exceptions. We would like to be able to communicate with our building inspector so requirements and information are not kept from us.
Because we are becoming involved and advocating for others and showing an interest in making positive changes in our city, we are being viewed as trouble makers by city officials. There are issues that we are bringing to their attention, but we are not the antecedent to problems in Orangeville, we are just the result. We would like to encourage citizens to become involved with city issues by attending meetings and requesting to view the public minutes and other records that should be available to us. Many, many citizens in Orangeville have voiced concerns about Orangeville City codes or government. We would encourage everyone to attend your city council and other meetings to advocate for positive change.


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"Besides showcasing the premium Emirates A380 experience, the ground floor of the globe stand will be more interactive at ITB, offering a meaningful and collaborative exchange for visitors because we understand the importance of customer engagement. In Berlin, Emirates is showing more of its product and services than at any other international travel trade event outside our home of Dubai," added Mr Antinori.
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The beleaguered F-35 Lightning II program keeps taking blows. Two partner countries, Canada and Italy, are now indicating the possibility of cutting orders for the F-35. Each time a partner nation slashes its orders, the price goes up for each jet purchased by other partner countries.
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Boeing, on the other hand, continues to lobby Canada to cancel orders for the F-35 and purchased the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
At the same time word that a leading Prime Minister candidate in Italy might trim F-35 purchases if elected to office. Italian Prime Minister candidate Pier Luigi Bersani is the man many expect to win the PM election in Italy. He said on time TV, "I would consider a relaxing, a reduction of the commitment to the F-35 and military spending."
Pentagon leaders continue to support existing U.S. orders for the F-35. U.S. leaders do say that they can afford to make cuts far in the future to keep near and mid-term production volume up. However, other countries don't have that luxury.
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El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said he was "pretty confident" that lightning or other natural phenomena would be ruled out as the cause of the fire outside Colorado Springs. The blaze has killed two people, destroyed 473 homes and displaced tens of thousands of residents.
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The change in weather aided the effort against the blaze, which had been fueled by dry timber, record heat and stiff winds since it began Tuesday.
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The blaze is now the most destructive in Colorado history, surpassing last year's Waldo Canyon Fire, which burned 347 homes and killed two people.
Maketa said the fire was 30% contained Friday evening, with full containment forecast for June 20. About 800 firefighters were on the scene.
The fire was burning about 25 square miles Friday within a few miles of Colorado Springs, the state's second largest city. More than 38,000 people across 70 square miles have been forced to evacuate, Maketa said.
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FREDONIA, ARIZ./FERRON, UTAH-Beth Lemon Stephenson Jensen, 85, passed away peacefully April 26, 2011 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah.
She was born Jan. 7, 1926, the fourth of five children to Arthur and Irena Lemon in Ferron, Utah. She grew up on her father's farm and learned the value of hard work. When her older brother Ralph went on a mission and into the military, she and her three sisters helped out with the farm work.
She attended schools in Emery County then after high school attended Utah State University on a home economics scholarship for one year. The following year she attended Snow College then later Brigham Young University. She majored in education with a minor in music and art. She applied for a kindergarten teaching job in Holden, Utah, where she met her future husband, Linford Stephenson. They were married in 1947 and moved onto a farm where they had their first child, a baby girl. Later they moved into Holden where they had four little boys. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Manti Temple. They lived in Holden for about 10 years but eventually divorced.
Beth received assistance with government displaced homemakers type program and returned to college earning her Bachelors Degree and teaching certificate. She was one of the first success stories of this program and was able to support her family without assistance thereafter. She moved her young family to Vernal, Utah where she taught elementary school for three years then moved to Fredonia, Ariz. where she taught second grade for 22 years.
She dedicated her life to raising her five children. She set the example of hard work, dedication to the Lord, service to others and the importance of getting a good education. All of her children attended college and earned advanced degrees. She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holding many positions in the mutual, primary, sunday school and relief society. She was also a member of the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.
In 1985, she married Bruce Jensen and returned back to Emery County, living in Castle Dale. They had 14 wonderful years together and were sealed together in the Manti Temple. Bruce passed away in 1999. Beth was grandmother to 24 of her own, 48 great-grand children and two great-great-grandchildren. With Bruce she was grandmother to 15 and great-grandmother to 38 children.
She was preceded in death by her parents Arthur and Irene Lemon, her brother Ralph Lemon, sisters Mae Barton, Maxine Jensen; her first husband Linford Stephenson and second husband Bruce Jensen and step-son Lynn Jensen; a granddaughter Sarah Stephenson and a great-grandson Tanner Stephenson.
She is survived by her own children Rhea (George) McCormick of Fredonia, Ariz; Dwight (Lori) Stephenson of Oconomowoc, Wis.; Howard (Julie) Stephenson of Draper, Utah; Larry (Charlotte) Stephenson of Washington, Utah; Kendall Stephenson of Mesa, Ariz. Survived by sister, Jeanne (Claude) Scovill of Orangeville Also, survived by Bruce's children Renee (Barry) Jordan of South Jordan Utah; Ray (Gloria) Jensen of American Fork, Utah and George (Marie) Jensen of Castle Dale, Utah.


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Students begin this activity by building a model of Earth's magnetic field using a bar magnet to show Earth's Ring current (the magnetic field which is in opposition to Earth's magnetic field). Using this model, students will then observe the... (View More) response of a magnetic field to a fluctuating electrical current. The lesson includes teacher background information, worksheets, an answer key, extensions and resources. (View Less)
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The theme of this unit is the development of an imaginary mission to the asteroid Vesta. It also introduces teachers and students to the Vesta Mappers citizen scientist project, which is part of the CosmoQuest online community. The unit is designed... (View More) to be used in 50-minute periods over 13 days and lessons follow the 5E instructional model. Students will explore not only science content but science and engineering practices as well. An alignment is provided to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
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This Science On a Sphere (SOS) module is designed to help the public better understand the story of water on Mars and how we're learning more about it. It portrays the mystery of what happened to the water on Mars in the context of a detective... (View More) story. NASA's MAVEN mission (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutoN) will help solve this mystery by studying the Martian atmosphere, how it has changed over time, and how it interacts with the Sun and the solar wind. The module also delves into Mars exploration, featuring past, present, and future Mars missions, and includes an activity comparing images of water-related features on Earth and Mars. It will help people understand that a planet's climate can change over time and how learning more about Mars helps us learn more about Earth and other planets as well. Resources included are: script, SOS playlist and datasets, background and tips for the docent or facilitator, and image comparisons of water-related features on Earth and Mars. (View Less)
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
As can be expected with a primary election, the voter turnout was light in the three towns holding elections. Orangeville has a total of 877 registered voters and of those 301 voted for a total of 34.32 percent. In Castle Dale they have 1,022 registered voters and 292 people showed up at the polls for a total of 28.57 percent. In Cleveland there are 325 registered voters and 85 people cast ballots for a percentage of 26.15 percent.
In the city council race in Castle Dale, there were a field of seven candidates which was narrowed down to four. Kyle Beagley-66, Jeremy Jewkes-116, Cindy Lopez-24, Julie Johansen Love-128, Jack R. Rogers-64, Adam B. Thompson-95, Douglas Holmes Weaver-68. For the Cleveland Councilmember the field of five was narrowed down to four: Kit Anderson-51, Bryan J. Christensen-48, Verla Jensen-50, Ashlee Stansfield-14, Jesse Ward-8.
In Orangeville there were four candidates running for the office of Mayor and two of these candidates were knocked out of the race. Incumbent Mayor Bart Cox received 49 votes, current councilmember James L. Davis received 75 votes. Carmen Humphrey-38, Patrick J. Jones-139. In the Orangeville City Council there are two positions available and the field of five was narrowed to four. Carol D. Cox-86, Carole Larsen-209, Thomas D. Madsen-53, Paul Riddle 54, Mark M. Tuttle 179.


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One of the nicest, yet most difficult, letters to write is a thank you letter. Although many of us say "thanks" when we receive a gift or service, putting it in writing shows deeper gratitude for the person who sent you a gift, did you a favor, or gave special support when you needed it.
Keep in mind, a thank you letter doesn't need to be lengthy or overly gracious. Be sincere in your approach, and write the letter as if you were the one receiving it. Here are a few tips on writing thank you letters, as well as a few samples, are below:
Send your thank you notes within one to two weeks of receiving a gift. For services, dinners, or hospitality, send your letterd within a day or two. If you are unable because of special circumstances, you may want to ask a friend, your spouse/partner, or other family member to write a few for you.
Be specific when thanking someone. Highlight what pleased you most about the gift, favor, kindness, service, etc. Even if the gift isn't something you needed or wanted, you can focus the attention of the letter on the person who gave you the gift.
Avoid the following when writing the letter: general remarks of thanks
("thanks for the gift/service"); mentioning dollar amounts for monetary gifts or certificates; mentioning receiving more than one of the same gift; asking for the receipt so you can exchange it or get a refund for it; saying "thank you" over and over; using thank you letters as a means to discuss news, information, questions or comments; and, forgetting someone's name when the gift or service came from a group of people.
Below are some sample thank you letters you may wish to use:
I wanted to thank you for the wonderful (type of gift) you gave at the shower. How thoughtful! Being a first-time mom, it's good to know I have you as a "veteran" mom who knows what my baby needs, and who can offer some great advice after (he/she) comes. I appreciate you putting your time and thought into making this day in my life a special one.
I can't begin to thank you enough for taking care of me and my family after our little (name of baby) arrived. It's amazing how you knew exactly what we needed! The house looks sparkling clean, and the hot meals were a treat! Our family is blessed to have someone like you who cares so much. We look forward to a more social visit with you and your family soon.
Thank you so much for the (check/money order/gift certificate) for (baby's name, if applicable). It seems like there's so much to buy when you have a baby, and this will definitely help! I'm sure to find what (baby's name, if applicable) needs, thanks to your kind generosity.
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Leicester Tigers came from behind to beat Harlequins 43-33 in a thrilling clash at the Stoop on Saturday.
Leicester Tigers came from behind to beat Harlequins 43-33 in a thrilling clash at the Stoop on Saturday.
Leicester's form looks ominous for the other play-off contenders as they saw off the leaders to move into second place in the standings.
The game didn't take long to get warmed up as both sides sought to lay down a marker ahead of the end of season play-offs and it was the Tigers who struck first as they turned down a potential three point opportunity and Thomas Waldrom rumbled over from the resulting line-out to open the scoring.
But, after Nick Evans had replied with two penalties to Toby Flood's one, Ugo Monye telegraphed a poor Flood pass inside his own half and raced away to score under the posts and give Quins the lead for the first time.
And with the home side on top, Manu Tuilagi was sent to the sin bin for tackling his opposite number George Lowe without the ball, allowing Evans the chance to add another three points to the total.
Harlequins made even more of their one-man advantage moments later as Nick Easter picked the ball up from the base of the scrum and smashed straight through Tom Croft on his way to the line, injuring the England man in the process.
Flood and Evans again exchanged penalties and, back up to their full complement, Leicester had the final say of the half as Steve Mafi, on as a replacement for the injured Croft, went over. The Australian-born forward picked the ball up and smashed straight through some poor defending on the fringes of a ruck.
And Flood added the conversion and a penalty with the final kick of the half to narrow the deficit to just three points at 26-23 at the break.
Flood levelled the scores early in the second half but no sooner had he done so than Lowe catapulted Quins back into the lead.
Evans created the try with a deft grubber kick that bounced perfectly into the centre's hands but both have their forwards to thank after they won a scrum against the head to provide the opportunity.
The Tigers came back again though as some incessant pressure and good breaks from Anthony Allen and Flood created an overlap which Alesana Tuilagi finished with aplomb to level the scores once more.
And Leicester's now customary late charge was completed ten minutes from time as Waldrom grabbed his second try of the game after a great break from Allen down the left and good work from Flood gave him the chance.
Flood added a late penalty to secure the win for the Premiership's form team and deny the leaders a bonus point.
Tigers now move ahead of Saracens in the table, making them favourites to claim a home semi-final.
The scorers:
For Harlequins:
Tries: Monye, Easter, Lowe
Cons: Evans 3
Pens: Evans 4
For Leicester:
Tries: Waldrom 2, Mafi, AT Tuilagi
Cons: Flood 4
Pens: Flood 5
Yellow cards: M. Tuilagi (Leicester – 21st min)
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Ugo Monye, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw (capt), 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu, 5 George Robson, 4 Olly Kohn, 3 James Johnston, 2 Rob Buchanan, 1 Joe Marler.
Replacements: 16 Aston Croall, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Tomas Vallejos, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Ross Chisholm.
Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy (capt), 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 George Skivington, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Logovi'i Mulipola, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Steve Mafi, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Billy Twelvetrees, 23 Scott Hamilton.
Venue: Twickenham Stoop
Referee: Wayne Barnes


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A thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and one girl's unyielding courage through the darkest of nightmares.
Epidemics, floods, droughts–for sixteen-year-old Lucy, the end of the world came and went, taking 99% of the population with it. As the weather continues to rage out of control, and Sweepers clean the streets of plague victims, Lucy survives alone in the wilds of Central Park. But when she's rescued from a pack of hunting dogs by a mysterious boy named Aidan, she reluctantly realizes she can't continue on her own. She joins his band of survivors, yet, a new danger awaits her: the Sweepers are looking for her. There's something special about Lucy, and they will stop at nothing to have her.
I started out just wanting to write an adventure story with a teen heroine. The details came later. Sometimes it's hard to remember exactly where the inspiration comes from. I was living in NY, so that was a setting I was familiar with- though of course I completely destroyed the landscape in my book. One of my dearest friends had been swept out to sea during the Indian tsunami and barely escaped with her life, so I was thinking about natural disasters and death and bravery. I think I was reading a book on foraging at the time. So all these things came together in my messy head and eventually emerged as a post-apocalyptic adventure with a 16 year old girl at the center of everything.
Basically a dystopian novel is also a post-apocalyptic novel by definition but a post-apocalyptic novel is not necessarily a dystopian. All dystopians begin with an apocalypse (could be nuclear war, natural disaster, epidemic disease, biological warfare for instance) and from that arises a new social order. Many of them strive to be utopias and then morph into dystopias. It could happen quickly following the apocalypse but usually it's a number of years in the future. Many of the most popular- the Giver by Lois Lowry for example- happen so far into the future than most vestiges of familiarity with our world have disappeared. In my book the apocalypse is on-going so there's been no time to set up much of any kind of order.
I'm inspired by everything. Art, music, books, nature, architecture, but also by people I know, don't know, imagine lives for. I never know where an idea is going to come from. Sometimes I am so filled with ideas that I worry I will never remember them all or have time to write them all down. When I am not inspired, I suppose I won't write. I hope that day never comes.
I post photos and maps on my walls, and research bits of relevant information when I am working on a book. I have folders of notes and character descriptions and sketches which help me imagine my characters and the setting. The clearer I can see it in my mind, the easier it is to write it.
I think we certainly need to be aware. It's our responsibility as humans sharing the earth to educate ourselves as to alternatives and certainly try to live in a way that is less wasteful. I think as long as people are doing the best they can, making some kind of effort even if it is just recycling, we'll find a way to make things better and we will survive.
Sometimes. Often on me. Sometimes on family members (not so much my immediate family but slightly removed). Mostly though they come from place in my imagination. There might have been a real person there once, but I've forgotten who they were. Now they exist on the page as something I've made up. I think, that if a character is well-thought out then they begin to live and act like real people anyway, and sometimes they take over the plot in unexpected ways.
When I first started writing I just knew I wanted to write. I listened to the loudest voice in my head, the one demanding that a particular story be told. I didn't, and don't think about genre or age group necessarily. I just visualize a character or a place or a situation, but I do feel that the breadth and diversity of YA makes it very attractive to writers. Teen and young adult readers are sophisticated and there's a lot of room to work. Everything I've written since Ashes, Ashes has been YA. I would like to write middle-grade as well, and hopefully I'll have time to do that some day.
Writing is hard work. There's no concealing that. It's a grind to show up everyday and sit down and concentrate even when the words come slowly or not at all. When I am working on a book, I set myself minimum daily word count goals. It's usually 1000 wpd but most of the time I exceed that. I'm telling you, some days I just want to type out the word 'blah' one thousand times and be done with it. But then–and they are rare enough to really feel magical- there are days when the words just flow and that makes it all worthwhile. The challenge is to keep going on those days when that doesn't happen. I always find the middle section of the book difficult. And then even when you're done, you're not DONE. (One could say that you are never done but I won't say that because it will bum out all the aspiring writers). Because then comes revision, and again, and again, and again. I think that once you get over the hurdle of thinking that reaching the end of the first draft is the end, you can learn to enjoy revision. That's where you really get to choose your words.
Yes. I tend to sink myself into my stories. So much so, that I vicariously live through my characters. Whenever Lucy or Del or someone else had to make a difficult choice, I felt as if I was making it as well. The thought of my beloved NYC almost completely destroyed just killed me too. And imagine if you lost your entire family and all your friends and neighbors? How sad would that be?
The Golden Compass (Philip Pullman)
The Amulet of Samarkand (Jonathan Stroud)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Ursula K. Leguin)
Gossamer (Lois Lowry)
Dust of 100 Dogs (A.S. King)
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Sparrow (Mary Doria Russell)
Wind Singer (William Nicholson)
White Cat (Holly Black)
Will Grayson Will Grayon (John Green, David Levithan)
The Galapagos (but there are 100s of places I want to go to).
I definitely have more stories set in the same world as Ashes, Ashes. I just finished a punk rock road-trip book about 2 teen girls searching for beauty in an ugly world. And I'm almost done with an urban fantasy fish-out-of water story with great white sharks.
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Z Man Punch Crawz 6pk
The Z-Man Punch Crawz feature a compact, streamlined design that effortlessly penetrates grass mats and other thick surface cover without hanging up. When at rest, their buoyant claws float up every time to mimic the defensive posture of a crawfish and drive bass crazy. Available in a variety of proven colors, the Z-Man Punch Crawz are ideal finesse jig trailers that also really shine on a heavy gauge flipping-style hook or a shakey head.
What separates Elaztech plastics from other soft plastics is their life-like action, natural buoyancy and unmatched durability. Elaztech baits not only look great, they are also up to 10X tougher than other plastics. They resist nicks, cuts and tears, and that means you're likely to catch a lot more fish on Elaztech before having to replace them.
Please note that the Punch Crawz length maybe shorter than the manufacturer provided length.
Do not mix Elaztech baits with standard plastic baits.
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Comments: By far the best craw I have ever used. It floats extremely well so on the back of a shakeyhead or a jig its unbeatable. Great value also. Need more colors! White, browns maybe a gray too.
From: Bear: Massillon, OH
Comments: Not exactly 4 inches as advertised. I measured about 3 7/16, a little under 3/5 inches. Still a Great crawfish and it is super tough. Great trailer for finnese and football jigs because of the smaller profile. Great bait Z Man, just not the right measurements.
From: Austin, Texas
Comments: Put one of these in gren pumpkin in the back of a green pumpkin mini mop jig, lights out.
Comments: I love these baits ,Ive been waiting a long time for Z Man to come out with a good craw. These are super tough and last for the whole day. One thing I would change, I would make the claws bigger but still a great bait.
From: Dave: Columbia, MD
Comments: O.K. Folks here is the trick. A 1/2 oz. pepper jigs tungsten punch jig with a Gamakatsu 3.0 red braided line hook rigged with the Z-Man punch Crawz. Slather it with hot sauce attractant. Pitch this to your target on 25lb. floro-carbon and shake gently. Just be sure to hang onto the fishing rod firmly. p.s. Oh! I forgot to mention, this is not a small rig. This gets the big ones interested.
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Posted on 12/18/2003 10:38:18 AM PST by ckca
Is the Death Penalty Morally Equal to Abortions? US Bishops Preach Politics Rather than the Gospel Truth
|Bishop John H. Ricard: Abortion, death penalty... What's the difference?
|Doctor of the Church, St. Thomas Aquinas: "If a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good, since 'a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump' (I Cor. 5:6)"
"We face a serious pastoral challenge, Some Catholic politicians defy church teaching in their policy advocacy and legislative votes, first and most fundamentally on the defense of unborn life, but also on the use of the death penalty, questions of war and peace, the role of marriage and family, the rights of parents to choose the best education for their children, the priority for the poor, and welcome for immigrants...."
The task force is charged with creating guidelines to aid our bishops in making distinctions between "respect for the office and approval of the officeholder ... to distinguish between fundamental moral principles and prudential judgments on the application of those principles, between essential substance and tactics," according to Bishop Ricard.
This rhetoric creates a false moral equivalence between support for the death penalty (which has been seen as morally licit in well defined circumstances for the entire history of Christianity) and support for abortion (which has always been taught to be inherently evil, with no exceptions.) This misrepresentation of fundamental Catholic beliefs has grown increasingly common to the frustration of faithful Catholics who identify the political agendas behind the confusion.
Another example of this intentionally misleading approach is by Michael L. Shields, writing in the August 1, 2003, National Catholic Reporter article, "Double standard in public life hurts Catholic credibility," states:
"In March 1995, Pope John Paul II issued his encyclical Evangelium Vitae stating that the death penalty is nly appropriate "in cases of absolute necessity, in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today, however, as a result of steady improvement in the organization of the penal system, such cases are rare, if not practically nonexistent." In spite of this declaration by the church, so-called "true" Catholic Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was able to reconcile his views on the permissibility of the death penalty with church teachings. Scalia argued that since the popes teaching on the death penalty in Evangelium Vitae did not come ex cathedra (i.e., with formal infallibility) he is not obligated as a Catholic to accept it, only to give it "serious consideration." Using Scalias logic, it is just as easy for a pro-choice Catholic to justify his belief in the right of a woman to choose because Humanae Vitae also did not come ex cathedra. However, the pro-choice Catholic would be considered more reprehensible than Scalia simply because well-entrenched conservative consider abortion to be the greater of the two evils and thus they turn a blind eye to Scalias inconsistent views."
Tim Francis-Wright, writing for the self-declared Marxist/Leftist web magazine "Bear Left," states in his May 6, 2003 column, "Acta Santorum,"
"Santorum has criticized Catholic politicians who espouse liberal views on social issues, while praising President Bush as "the first Catholic president of the United States." Bush is a Methodist, unlike former President John Kennedy He is, however, an unwavering conservative, and that is good enough for Santorum.
"Santorum is free, as he should be, to use his religious beliefs to guide his political beliefs. His problem is that the complete tenets of Roman Catholicism are awfully hard to reconcile without some cognitive dissonance. If Santorum took a hard line against abortion and euthanasia and homosexual acts, but also against the death penalty and nuclear weapons and wars of retribution, as do "seamless garment" Catholics, then his views on sexuality and homosexuality would reflect the odd amalgam of radical and puritanical within the teachings of his church.
"But Santorum is hardly a critic of the death penalty or of any war. Like many Catholics-and many non-Catholics-he has chosen from his religion's dogma what he wants to hear and ignored the rest. He may not want to admit that he, too, is a cafeteria Catholic, but his public pronouncements belie him. Ultimately, Rick Santorum is no better a Catholic than myriad Catholics who attend only Christmas and Easter services."
For left wing hypocrites to twist the truth for their own ends is one thing, but for a Catholic bishop to compare defying the Church's stance on abortion, which is intrinsically evil, to a prudential judgement on the death penalty, which the Church still admits the State has a right to impose (though it should be rare) simply provides the desired fodder for the enemies of political conservatism and the Christian morality.
Abortion is by its very nature, i.e., intrinsically, evil. No circumstances, no application of "situational ethics," can change its intrinsically evil nature.
On the other hand, the Catechism of the Catholic Church does not exclude the possibility that a state could justifiably use capital punishment in cases "of extreme gravity," but adds: "If bloodless means are sufficient to defend human lives against an aggressor and to protect public order and the safety of persons, public authority should limit itself to such means..." [#2266, 2267]
In Evangelium Vitae, Pope John Paul II wrote that punishment should not include the death penalty "if it is not a case of absolute necessity, in which the defense of society would not otherwise be possible." The Pope continued, "such cases are now very rare, if not practically non-existent." However, the Holy Father added that the principles put forth in the Catechism remain valid.
So a case can be made that from the perspective of charity, and within the framework of justice in modern society, that Capital Punishment should be so rare as to be non-existent. This is the thinking of the current Pope, the Catechism now reflects that thinking, and many pro-life activists are indeed personally opposed to Capital Punishment.
But recourse to the death penalty is not intrinsically evil. A Catholic who supports the death penalty commits no sin. To compare the two is disingenuous at best, and a direct attack upon conservative pro-life Catholic politicians and activists at worst. It would seem that certain factions within the USCCB are upset that lay Catholic activists and faithful Catholic politicians have forced them into addressing an issue they would much rather continue to ignore.
(Furthermore, Catholics in the pro-life movement tend to share a 95% crossover identity with "orthodox" or conservative Catholics. Certain bishops may see these orthodox lay Catholics as a real threat to their overall liberal agenda. This Jesuit bishops comment may also have been intended as a shot across the bow, i.e "push us on this too hard and we might excommunicate your political heroes --like Santorum and Scalia-- also.")
Pope John Paul II coined the terms "Culture of Life" and "Culture of Death." The four components that are traditionally named as the four pillars of the Culture of Death are 1)the contraceptive mentality (from which springs legalized abortion and the current destruction of marriage and the family), 2)abortion, 3)homosexuality and 4)euthanasia.
Christian moral theology has condemned these four pillars of the Culture of Death, constantly and definitively, since the times of the apostles themselves. For instanc e, all of Christianity unanimously taught contraception to be inherently evil (i.e., no circumstances can make it acceptable) until 1930, when the Anglicans caved to pressure from the Margaret Sangers of the early 1900s and permitted contraception, but only in carefully defined circumstances. The ensuing decades saw all mainstream Protestant sects fall into grave error on these issues until the present time, when only Roman Catholicism remains steadfast in its adherence to the continual teaching of Christianity against contraception.
Likewise, Christianity has always condemned abortion, homosexuality, and Euthanasia as inherently evil, with some denominations falling recently to the pressures of the modern world to change.
Unlike these four pillars of the Culture of Death, Capital Punishment has continuously been regarded as morally licit, for the vast majority of the history of Christianity, with some modern changes in thinking.
St. Thomas Aquinas sums up the thought of Christian tradition on the subject,
"If a man be dangerous and infectious to the community, on account of some sin, it is praiseworthy and advantageous that he be killed in order to safeguard the common good, since 'a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump' (I Cor. 5:6)"
"The life of certain pestiferous men is an impediment to the common good which is the concord of human society. Therefore, certain men must be removed by death from the society of men.... Therefore, the ruler of a state executes pestiferous men justly and sinlessly in order that the peace of the state may not be disrupted.... [However], the execution of the wicked is forbidden wherever it cannot be done with out danger to the good. Of course, this often happens when the wicked are not clearly distinguished from the good by their sins, or when the danger of the evil involving many good men in this ruin is feared" (Book III, ch. 146).
Clearly, the continual teaching of Christianity has been that Capital Punishment is not only necessary but also just and licit. The recent changes in Church teaching regarding Capital Punishment are finely nuanced and situational.
The constant teachings regarding contraception, abortion, homosexuality and euthanasia simply cannot and will never be changed.
Is Opposition to Capital Punishment an essential Part of the Culture of Life? Is it a seamless garment, whereby if one opposes the 40 million abortions of innocent babies over the last several decades, one most equally oppose the death by capital punishment of several hundred murderers during that same time?
More importantly, does not the current practice of equating opposition to Capital Punishment with opposition to abortion itself cheapen and trivialize the grave crime of abortion?
In a world that is post-Christian, where even practicing Christians fail to have the reasoning and critical thinking to separate that which is inherently evil from that which is only made evil by current circumstances, the danger lies in more Christians failing to comprehend the crucial distinction between that which by its very nature is inherently evil (abortion) and that which is morally licit in general (death penalty) but currently should be rare due to circumstances.
Keeping Capital Punishment alongside these other issues leads many to conclude that like Capital Punishment, these other Culture of Death issues also can be made situationally acceptable due to our changing societal circumstances. Persisting to lump these disparate issues together threatens to destroy any efforts to teach the inherently evil and unchangeable nature of true Culture of Death issues.
Situational ethics have won the day in too many battles in the Culture Wars already. We cannot afford to lose the overall war between the Culture of Life and the Culture of Death because some cannot or purposely will not "distinguish between fundamental moral principles and prudential judgments on the application of those principles, between essential substance and tactics."
Lumping opposition to capital punishment alongside the true Culture of Death issues of contraception, abortion, homosexuality, and euthanasia is scandelous and wrong. It also demonstrates an example of how the demise of Catholicism in America is due, at least in part, to Bishops more concerned with preaching politics than the Gospel truth.
Or to put it another way, I would never agree to give the government a power that I wouldn't agree to give to Hillary Clinton. Hitler creatively applied many laws that had been put into place by previous administrations with the best of intentions because no one thought someone like Hitler would end up in power to abuse them. You never know what bizarre political circumstance the future holds; if future history was predictable, history wouldn't be as interesting as it is.
LOL! Thanks for that.
In your world, where the pope isn't even Catholic enough.
Obviously you're not Catholic. What you describe is just not the case. In some sense the pope has no more ability to decide what is Catholic than you or I. In fact, he is even more bound to uphold the constant teaching of his predecessors because he takes an oath to faithfully hand down what he has received and to change nothing of the faith.
the Pope is its leader on earth and if you want to be Catholic that's who you follow unquestioningly.
This is a common misunderstanding about the Catholic faith. No one is required to follow the pope "unquestioningly." Normally that is a safe thing to do, even if it's not required, but there have been other historical circumstances like our own in which it has been necessary to cling to the Catholic faith when the pope went astray. His personal opinions in particular, for example on the death penalty, have no obligatory force whatsoever.
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If you must sail the oceans in boats with no rudders, you learn that the greatest disasters happen to the most powerful boats. If all boats are rudderless, then the only safe boat is the child's boat in a bathtub.
Without faith in the guidance of a higher power, they are without a rudder.
Hence they fear power. They fear the military, they fear America, they fear George W Bush, they fear capitalism and industry, they fear freedom, they fear Moral Judgment, and they fear Faith itself, the one thing that would enpower them and enable them to overcome their fear. And for them, as for you and me, hatred, anger and loathing are the usual emotions that follow upon and cover up fear.
Without knowledge of good and evil and lacking the rudder of faith, all things powerful become all things dangerous. And since "safe" versus "risky" is their substitute for Good versus Evil, anything that is powerful is Bad.
Hitler and Bush become indistinguishable.
The Leftists are just as intelligent and learned as us, their emotions just as primal as ours, and their bodies just as strong. The critical difference is that they have lost their spirit.
Voting for social welfare nets is the extent of their "goodness." That's all they have to do to prove to the world (and themselves) that they "care." They don't want to take any longer dealing with their own morality than it takes to pull that "D" lever.
Fear, and avoidance and denial to themselves.
Have you ever read any books by Oliver Sacks? He's a neurologist who has chronicled the most interesting case studies of brain injuries in the US. (He wrote "Awakenings"--Robin Williams played him in the movie) What I found particularly interesting is that a certain number of his patients were sometimes particularly exasperating to deal with because the nature of their brain injuries left them completely unaware that they were injured. While they are obviously physiological causes of denial, it was interesting to see the way their minds worked.
If you do choose to read him, I recommend "The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat" to start. Each chapter is a different patient, each one fascinating in his own way. You should be able to find them in the science section of your library.
And yes, Rats are completely unaware that they [are] injured.
Your analogy with brain injuries is apt. I haven't read Sacks, though his books look familiar. At one point, I spent some time with such brain and mind studies. I tended more toward the conceptual -- Sacks appears to be more anecdotal in his presentation than I would have preferred.
Good stuff, however you choose to come at it.
Just because we are born with an itch for sin doesn't mean we have acted on that itch. How can an unborn child commit a sin?
The Bible says man kind is born into sin. Aborted infants are not yet born into sin, therefore without sin, or sin free.
The criminals are not only born into sin, but chose through their own free will to commit the worst of sin.
The Bible addresses in much detail the differences between cold-blooded murder, manslaughter, revenge killing, capital punishment, killing in self-defense, killing as part of your duties (e.g. soldiers killing in combat), etc.
Murder is punishable by death. Manslaughter is not. Revenge killing is wrong. Capital punishment is not. Killing in self-defense is justified. Soldiers killing combatants is justifiable, too (it's an expanded form of self-defense, because soldiers are defending themselves, their platoons, their country. It is not OK for soldiers to abuse their positions for their own selfish gain, though. The Bible forbids them to rape, pillage, and deliberately kill innocents).
I wish I could supply you with verses, but can't off the top of my head. If you do research it, you will find ample verses in the Bible that support what I've said.
The Bible does not specifically use the word abortion that I'm aware of, but does address the unborn. A child in the womb is regarded as a miracle, a wonder, and as a person that God already knows and loves.
I don't see how anyone who reads the Bible can honestly believe that God would condone killing unborn children. Everything that God says about how we should treat one another (do unto others as you would have done unto you, love thy neighbor as thyself, etc.) tells me that God would view abortion as a terrible, terrible sin.
Depends on what you mean by 'born with original sin'. A child is born with the tendency to sin, but I doubt it has already sinned. We aren't 'guilty' just for being born, but for the sins we have committed.
Of course, I realize there are those who think a baby who dies cannot go to heaven if it wasn't baptised. I don't see support for that view in scripture, and it sure negates the view of a loving, compassionate, merciful and just God.
Regardless of what Jesus said???
Oh, my.
He is. And He instituted the death penalty. Life for life.
Of course, we as individuals aren't to carry that out. We are to turn the other cheek. But government has a different role than the individual
How odd it was for Christ to have ordered individual Christians to turn the other cheek but then to allow those very same Christians to do the exact opposite when they act as agents of the state. I understand this odd distinction comes from Thomas Aquinas, but he was wrong on other life-issues as well.
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She was born May 12, 1937, in Harrisburg to Frank Harrison and Bonnie Perkins. She was married Oct. 1, 1958, to the Rev. George William McClusky in Little Rock, Ark. Her husband died Feb. 8, 1988, after 29 years of marriage.
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She is survived by one daughter, Donna Bryant and husband Don of Carbondale; one son, Ronny McClusky of Harrisburg; grandchildren, Heather Bryant and husband Stewart Clark of Carterville, Don Bryant III of Carbondale, Maggie Bryant of Carbondale, Ryan McClusky of Carrier Mills and Lara McClusky of Marion.
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