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By Melissa Meador/Monroe Journal
Addie Forbus' busy soccer schedule doesn't leave her with much time to wait around.
But five goals away from the state's career goals record, that's exactly what Amory's senior scoring star had to do in January after heavy rains caused a handful of games to be canceled or postponed for her Lady Panthers team.
"It was frustrating for us to get anxious for games and then have them canceled every day," Forbus said. "But when we finally got to play, our main priority was to beat Pontotoc and win our division. The fact that the record came with it was a bonus."
After scoring a state-leading 50 goals and setting a new state career record of 231, Forbus has been selected as the Daily Journal's 2013 Player of the Year.
Amory soccer coach Nathan Clayton said Forbus' impact for Amory has been felt just as much off the field.
"She brings not only her scoring ability, but also her character off the field. It's hard to describe it if you don't see it on a daily basis," Clayton said.
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Midfielder Bailey Boyd, who has played alongside Forbus since the beginning of her soccer career, praised her leadership abilities.
"Addie always has the best possible attitude," Boyd said. "She's always the first one to praise the younger girls or call them with helpful advice."
The Ole Miss signee has known her college destination for the past three years but made it official with the Rebels on Feb. 6.
"It seems like forever ago since I committed, but it also seems like it's gotten here so fast," Forbus said. "I think my style of play meshes together just right with theirs. The coaches are great, and we talk at least once a week."
A six-year starter, Forbus leaves behind a legacy for a young Lady Panthers team that included 14 seventh- and eighth-graders.
"They're young but they're full of potential," Forbus said. "I just hope I've made a difference for Amory soccer in general, given them a good role model to look up to and made an impact in their lives."

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By Brandon Speck/NEMS Daily Journal
SALTILLO – Houston proved its pitching goes beyond the surface Wednesday in a 3-1 win over Pontotoc in the Saltillo Spring Classic.
The Toppers improved to 11-1 on the season behind the arm of back-end starter Sharone Wright and an opportunistic mindset.
"We've got a pretty deep group. We feel good about our pitching staff," Houston coach Scott Gann said. "If we score enough runs, we'll be alright on the mound."
Tied at 1, Kyle Wilson singled to open the fourth and moved to second on Reid Carter's groundout. Quon Brand tried a pair of bunts before blooping a single to right field that scored Wilson for a 2-1 lead. The Toppers added a third run in the fifth. Blake Johns singled and went to second on an error on the play. He scored on Wright's pop to right that dropped beside Chance Witt's glove.
Houston left runners at second and third in the first inning, but Peyton Callahan's double opened the inning, Johns singled and Austin Burdine reached on an error to get the run home. Ryan Watts (1-2) took a hard-luck loss.
"Our pitcher did a wonderful job. He made it tough on them. They capitalized on some mistakes we made, which is to their credit.," Pontotoc coach Casey James said.
Pontotoc (4-5) tied it in the bottom of the first with Reid Tackett's RBI single. Hayden Cummings reached on an error to open the inning.
Houston left Burdine on second in the third. Wright left two runners on in the bottom of the sixth after an error and a single from Sy Holley. Pontotoc stranded two more in the bottom of the seventh.
Wright (2-0) struck out four and allowed seven hits. Holley went 2 for 3 for Pontotoc. Johns had two of Houston's seven hits.
"We've got a good core of not just nine or 10," Gann said. "We feel comfortable with about 12 or 13 guys that we can interchange."


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By Ben Levisohn
There's a moment in Mystery, Alaska–yes, that feel-good flick about a town where everyone plays hockey–when Russell Crowe shouts at his wife in a fit of jealousy, "Charlie f$%^ing Danner."
Well, I feel like screaming "Larry f'ing Summers" today because how else can you sum up the S&P 500 coming within a spitting distance of a new all-time high simple because Larry Summers decided he's no longer interested in being Fed chief. Give me better economic data out of China, give me blockbuster earnings, tell me that someone accidentally leaked the Fed's decision on tapering. Give me anything but a Larry-Summers rally.
But Summers it is. The S&P 500 traded up as much as 1% to 1,704.95–within five points of its all-time high of 1,709.67–before falling back to close at 1,697.60, up 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrials, meanwhile, gained 0.8% to 15,494.78. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1% to 3,717.85, because of that very large tech company that shan't be named.
As much as I jest, I should acknowledge that Summers' departure does have an impact, perhaps a sizable one. Barclays' Ajay Rajadhyaksha explains:
Our view had been that under Summers, the Fed might have been less inclined to keep short rates low once the 6.5% UER threshold was breached. As a result, we would have expected the market to keep pulling the hiking cycle forward to late 2014, especially if our outlook for the unemployment rate materializes. Given what we know about [Janet] Yellen and [Donald] Kohn, the risks of this outcome are far lower. In addition, the market may view the likelihood of lowering the 6.5% unemployment threshold as higher under Yellen/Kohn versus Summers (although slightly lower under Kohn). Hence, it is hard to argue for a hiking cycle starting earlier than Q1 15…
Still, before investors get too excited, they might want to consider the uncertainty that his departure adds to the mix. Citigroup's Tobias Levkovich explains:


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...in words any person with a job should understand. (I know this will sail over Sambo's head, but this isn't written for his ilk.)
This is not a threat, it's a reality. If this oligarchy is given another 4 years, this nation as you know it will dissolve. It will be a Humpty-Dumpty moment, and Atlas will shrug...you can bet the farm on it. Nothing can be more understandable than what this business owner/employer writes. This is unarguable. Obama is the most ignorant fool to ever live in the White House. He has no clue what is involved in running a small business, or ANY business for that matter. As has been stated many times, "elections have consequences". This coming one will be the biggest most consequential in our lifetime.
UBMichael A. Crowley, PEis the owner of Crowley & Associates, Inc. and was President and an owner ofCrowley, Crisp & Associates, Inc. and Michael A. Crowley, PC. As President of Crowley & Associates, Inc.,Mike is a lead designer of water supply, treatment and storage projects, regional sewage lift station design, andresidential and commercial site development projects and is responsible for the management of the firm. Mikesindustry background includes over 20 years experience in the civil engineering field inclusive of executive levelresponsibilities in Marketing and Project Management. Prior to founding Michael A. Crowley, PC, Mikeheld positions with several engineering firms in North Carolina and Maine . Mike holds a B.S. Degree inCivil Engineering from University of Maine and a Master of Business Administration from Boston College .Mike is a member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and holds professional registrations inNorth Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Indiana, Maine,Tennessee, Australia, and Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. Mike is a native of Norridgewock , Maine . TheCrowley family resides in Wake Forest .My friends refinanced their mortgages and lived a life of luxury. I, however, did not. I put my time
To All My Valued Employees,
There have been some rumblings around the office about the future of this company, and morespecifically, your job. As you know, the economy has changed for the worse and presents manychallenges. However, the good news is this: The economy doesn't pose a threat to your job.What does threaten your job however, is the changing political landscape in this country.
Ofcourse, as your employer, I am forbidden to tell you whom to vote for - it is against the law todiscriminate based on political affiliation, race, creed, religion, etc.Please vote for who you think will serve your interests the best. However, let me tell you somelittle tidbits of fact which might help you decide what is in your best interest.
First, while it is easyto spew rhetoric that casts employers against employees, you have to understand that for everybusiness owner there is a back story.This back story is often neglected and overshadowed by what you see and hear. Sure, you seeme park my Mercedes outside. You saw my big home at last years Christmas party. I'm sure allthese flashy icons of luxury conjure up some idealized thoughts about my life.
However, whatyou don't see is the back story.I started this company 12 years ago. At that time, I lived in a 300 square foot studio apartmentfor 3 years. My entire living space was converted into an office so I could put forth 100% effortinto building a company, which by the way, would eventually employ you.My diet consisted of Ramen Pride noodles because every dollar I spent went back into thiscompany. I drove a rusty Toyota Corolla with a defective transmission. I didn't have time to date.
Often times, I stayed home on weekends, while my friends went out drinking and partying. Infact, I was married to my business -- hard work, discipline, and sacrifice.Meanwhile, my friends got jobs. They worked 40 hours a week and made a modest $50K a yearand spent every dime they earned. They drove flashy cars and lived in expensive homes andwore fancy designer clothes. Instead of hitting Nordstrom's for the latest hot fashion item, I wastrolling through the Goodwill store extracting any clothing item that didn't look like it was birthedin the 70's.


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Dimensions Length: 5 1/4" (13 cm)
Habitat Common summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to open deciduous woodlands. Winters in Central America.
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Range Texas, Alaska, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Western Canada, Florida, California, New England, Northwest, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, Eastern Canada, Southeast, Great Lakes
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New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney (right) tours the lab of Yibin Kang (left), the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University. Kang's research focuses on applying modern molecular biology, genomics and computational biology approaches to understand the molecular basis of how cancer spreads.
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New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney visited a laboratory on the Princeton University campus Monday, July 21, where researchers are trying to understand how cancer spreads in the human body.
Sweeney toured the lab of Yibin Kang, the Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology. Kang is among 32 Princeton researchers who have received a total of nearly $4.4 million from the New Jersey Commission on Cancer research since 1997. The grants support a variety of projects, from summer research fellowships to the analysis of the impact of particular genes in the spread of cancer.
Of the total amount of funding received by Princeton, $667,516 was awarded to Kang to support his research. It focuses on applying modern molecular biology, genomics and computational biology approaches to understand the molecular basis of the spreading of cancer, or metastasis, which is responsible for most cancer deaths.
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United Healthcare has pulled their Medical Advantage program out of Sodak, which is what my wife and I were on. Since I'm a DAV, I get the majority of my healthcare from the VA, but I still carry a supplemental for times I'm unable to get to the VA for a problem.
We are meeting with Humana this afternoon to see what their 'Advantage' program is all about. Will let you know.


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text: I guess the president is in perpetual CAMPAIGN MODE..tonights health care speech will mark his 263 speech in 231 days in office, with 28 speeches specifically on health care. That teleprompter is going to burn up at this rate. Maybe he just likes to here himself talk, at this rate he is going to have to have a larger ipod when he gives another world leader a copy of all his speeches


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Rating explainedKills/Deaths (K/D) ratio is usually recognized by people as an indicator of how good a player or a team performance was, and it is a solid indicator in around 75% of situations. However, it is faulty and unfair in other situations, so with that in mind, we wanted a more solid indicator, so we introduced the Rating.
How is rating calculated?Rating is calculated by comparing a player's average stats...
- kills per round
- survived rounds per round
- a value based on number of rounds with multiple kills
Average number of kills per round is 0.679, so if a player had 22 kills in 18 rounds, or 1.22 kills per round, he would have a Kill-Rating of 1.80 (1.22/0.679), meaning he did 80% better than expected on average in the kills department.
In the same way a Survival-Rating is calculated, as well as a RoundsWithMultipleKills-Rating for which you can see the formula below. These three values are then added together, with Survival-Rating participating with a 0.7 factor (as surviving a round is less important that getting a kill) and then divided by 2.7 to give a 1.0 value for an average performance.
Note: Survived rounds are used instead of deaths, as deaths are reversely proportionate to other stats (having less is better, and more is worse).
What's wrong with K/D ratio?K/D ratio has several downsides, mainly, it favors players who play fewer rounds and therefore have fewer deaths, giving them high K/D ratios. That is why it isn't really useful for comparing performances from different matches.
For example:
Player 1 had 13-6 (K/D = 2.2) in a match of 18 rounds and Player 2 had 37-17 (K/D = 2.2) in a match of 30 rounds.
K/D ratio would suggest they had a similar performance, while Player 1 actually had an average game with 13 kills in 18 rounds, with 5 rounds with 1 kill (1K rounds) and 4 rounds with 2 kills (2K rounds), and Player 2 had a great game with 37 kills in 30 rounds of a close match with nine 2K rounds, four 3K rounds a one 4K round. If we apply the Rating on the two performances, we get that Player 1 had 1.28, while Player2 had a much higher 1.91.
Another problem can be the fact that K/D ratio doesn't have an actual limit, since it can go from 0 to infinity. That makes it hard to compare performances from a single match as well.
For example:
Player 1 has 22-4 (K/D = 5.5) in 18 rounds, and in the same match Player 2 has 20-9 (K/D = 2.2). K/D ratio would suggest that Player 1 had a much better game than Player 2, while that wasn't actually the case, as he had only 2 kills more, and 5 deaths less. Rating shows Player 1 had 1.87 and Player 2 had 1.56, suggesting Player 1 had around 20% better performance.
Advantages of RatingRating disregards the amount of rounds played in a match, as it considers average values, so it is very useful for comparing performances. It has a limited range, as it can go from 0 to 3 (although rarely over 2, which is then an amazing performance). It also has a well spread range of values that should reflect properly on how many average, good and great performances there are.
So here is how Rating is calculated in detail:
(KillRating + 0.7*SurvivalRating + RoundsWithMultipleKillsRating)/2.7
KillRating = Kills/Rounds/AverageKPR
SurvivalRating = (Rounds-Deaths)/Rounds/AverageSPR
RoundsWithMultipleKillsRating = (1K + 4*2K + 9*3K + 16*4K + 25*5K)/Rounds/AverageRMK
AverageKPR = 0.679 (average kills per round)
AverageSPR = 0.317 (average survived rounds per round)
AverageRMK = 1.277 (average value calculated from rounds with multiple kills: (1K + 4*2K + 9*3K + 16*4K + 25*5K)/Rounds)
1K = Number of rounds with 1 kill
2K = Number of rounds with 2 kill
3K = Number of rounds with 3 kill
4K = Number of rounds with 4 kill
5K = Number of rounds with 5 kill


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Daniel Slater, in town rehearsing NBR New Zealand Opera's upcoming The Bartered Bride, is no stranger to the company or the country.
The Englishman first visited us in 2004, setting Donizetti's The Elixir of Love in the 1980s, taking place during the day of the annual prom at Napa Valley High. It was a witty and stylish concept, cleverly carried through, with everything from a chorus of cool chicks and geek guys to Kiwi bass-baritone Paul Whelan in full leathers, playing Dulcamara, the peddler of potions.
Twenty years ago, at Cambridge University, Slater seemed to be destined for a theatrical career.
"I had been directing a lot of plays there," he says. "Then, out of the blue, I was asked to do Eugene Onegin for a very small opera company and I fell in love. I had no idea what I was doing. I found myself expecting the singers to have the same needs and talents as the actors I was used to, but they were different."
It was a difference pursued when he joined Opera North, making his mark with an acclaimed 1998 production of The Bartered Bride, the same one about to open in Auckland.
Slater muses on the shortcomings of straight theatre for him.
"There are the inevitable restrictions of being set in one room, with a few characters and the need to be very naturalistic. That wasn't where my talents as a director lay. I wanted to tell stories on a big scale."
Over the next two decades, Slater's many productions on both sides of the Atlantic would include a well-received Wozzeck for Santa Fe Opera in 2001, revived only last year. Berg's masterpiece is the sort of repertoire many of us pine for in this country, especially when, just a few years back, we sent three of our finest singers over the Tasman to be in the opera. Should we have more faith in the power of these works?
"Well, Santa Fe Opera was worried at first and reduced the first season from five to four performances because they thought it wouldn't sell. As it happens, all four sold out. I feel that audiences are open to this sort of opera - it just has to be given to them."
Yet Slater's most challenging assignments have been the more traditional operas. "Everyone thinks The Magic Flute and Don Giovanni do themselves, but the audience's expectations are so high and the pieces so problematic that it's hard to have those expectations met."
So often, Slater points out, the issue is whether to update or not. "I always consider my approach in terms of the best way to tell a story. Inevitably that tends to lead me down a path more likely to favour a contemporary setting than not," he smiles.
"It's not updating for its own sake. I just look and see what the opera does for me and how I can then convey this to the audience."
Next Saturday's The Bartered Bride is a case in point, bringing Smetana's 1866 opera forward to 1972, four years after the Prague Spring that saw Czechoslovakia temporarily free itself from the shackles of Eastern bloc oppression.
"This is one of the most fantastic feel-good operas ever written," Slater enthuses. "Even if it goes through stages where the story is incredibly painful.
"The playwright Alan Ayckbourn once said that comedy is tragedy averted and that's the case here. After you've been to a quite dark place and seen it all, you're all the more satisfied when you come out the other side."
Dazzlingly mounted, The Bartered Bride reaps the benefit of the director and his designer Robert Innes Hopkins being sent to Prague for a week by Opera North back in 1998 to gather a veritable storehouse of visual material. "It was a wonderful collaborative experience," Slater remembers.
The new setting has necessitated something of a re-think with certain characters such as Kecal, the wily marriage-broker. "Kecal is sometimes played as a conventional 19th century marriage-broker, as a bumbling drunk or a buffo character," Slater explains. "The strength of our Kecal is that he's played by Conal Coad who makes such a charming villain that it can be disconcerting for the audience. At the end of the show we're hoping that you'll hate and love the man in equal measure."
Musically, The Bartered Bride is "uniquely Czech and so joyous", Slater exclaims. He mentions a few highlights but decides "it's the whole that makes it work, not individual numbers".
He is particularly pleased to be doing it in English.
"After all, it is a comedy. It should hit the audience between the eyes, and when you want to land a joke it's better to do it with sung or spoken words than surtitles."
Gone are the cumbersome recitatives that Smetana added to the score four years after its premiere.
"These were very, very bad," Slater says. "We've replaced them with dialogue which means we can write whatever we want. So we can change a rather silly, rural comment about an expected dowry into, 'She runs a tractor, that's quite a factor"'.
As for Slater's theatrical coup of the Act III circus, not only is it a "spectacular piece of anti-regime protest", but "it will take the audience to another place and set them up for the rest of the evening".
What: The Bartered Bride
Where and when: Aotea Centre
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Between Thought and Expression
That pregnant line pretty much encrapsulates the horror of totalitarianism, for what is the latter but a wall between thought and expression?
In the free world, between thought and expression lies exactly one lifetime. Or, the time of one's life consists in the expression of one's thought, precisely, i.e., the actualization of the soul's potential.
And even then, the time one is allotted couldn't possibly contain the expression, which is more or less "infinite." For example, had Mozart lived to 70 or 80 instead of 34, he would have no doubt continued transforming musical thought into sonic expression. It is not as if he -- or it -- would have run out. But he could have also lived to 200 or 300, and we could say the same thing.
Except that if such were the case, works of genius would be so common as to be completely disposable. A play by William Shakespeare would be as rare as a film by Adam Sandler, or a post by some logorrheic spiritual blogger.
There seems to be a cosmic sense of proportion guiding these matters, so that works of genius are accessible without being too common or too rare. To put it another way, in any aesthetic endeavor, 99% of what one encounters will be crap. But if the figure were less than that, we would soon have a glut of excellence, thereby deflating its value.
Back to this question of the nature of totalitarianism. Applied to Lou Reed's formula, we might say that between thought and expression lies a.... state. Or, authority, which is to say, raw power. Or sometimes the means of expression, say, literacy, or a printing press, or the internet. Any totalitarian system must control access to information. Just as it was a crime to teach a slave to read, free access to the internet is forbidden in the totAllahterrorist world.
Perhaps the most concise way of saying it is to reverse the terms: between thought and expression, a lifetime of lies.
This is indeed the peculiar thing about totalitarianism, and what distinguishes it from mere tyranny (or from contemporary authoritarian states).
Think of ancient Rome, for example. As far as they were concerned, you were free to think what you wanted, so long as it didn't threaten state power. There was no need for the tenured to come up with fancy ideologies to legitimize the lust for power, or to reach into the individual soul and try to control its very existence. No one was crucified for political incorrectness, nor were there any low-tech lynchings for having racially impermissible thoughts.
Therefore, one cannot say that a Stalin, a Hitler, a Castro, simply wanted "power." That they already had. For some reason, they also wanted to refashion man by controlling him from within. There was nothing logical about this, because if anything, it only made the regimes more fragile instead of more robust. After all, National Socialism lasted only a dozen years, the Soviet Union less than seventy (ironically, a "lifetime"). By closing off thought in this manner, there is no way for the soul to "let off steam." One either goes insane, numbs oneself (say, with drink), or becomes a rebel.
"The most totalitarian regime is the one where the penetration of the regime into the soul of the individual is complete." Taylor adds that "the people must be made to want what they are allowed to have or to behave as if they want what they have." Therefore, there is always a "pretend" element in totalitarianism, at least until one convinces oneself that the Lie is the Truth. One then lives in "an ideological universe of lies," but no longer recognizes it as such.
I should add that this can be a very subtle process, especially in the non-totalitarian west, where ideology, for the most part, isn't imposed, but rather, seduces and hypnotizes.
For what is ideology but a substitute reality, or anti-world? It is a pseudo reality, like scientism, or materialism, or leftism, something superimposed on the world. Eventually the world is no longer perceived at all. Either it is filtered through the ideology, or critical aspects of reality excluded by the ideology aren't even seen (say, the spiritual world).
I am reminded of a story about a visitor to Moscow who was standing in front of a large Orthodox cathedral. He looked down at the official government map in his hands, but the church was nowhere to be seen. It was forbidden by their ideology to exist.
That is a very ham-handed example of denying reality. But think of the multitude of realities that are forbidden to exist by political correctness. Ironically -- I guess -- there is nowhere in America where thought is more constrained than on a university campus. Between thought and expression lies... speech codes!
Any liberal democracy -- indeed, the very essence of liberalism -- is grounded in the opposite principle: that freedom of expression is the essence of our humanness. Between thought and expression is... everything. It is the potential space -- the transitional space -- where we spend most of our timelessness (assuming we are truly "alive" in the human sense).
One might say that between 〇 and (¶) lies not just a lifetime, but eternity, precisely. It is where we compose our lifetome.
Now, what is totalitarianism but a false absolute? If one's thinking is constrained by any absolute except the Absolute, then one is living under auto-totalitarian rule.
In fact, perhaps totalitarianism is "evoked" by the madness of relativism. Totalitarianism is a solution to a very real problem of modernity, that is, the sundering of a unified worldview into facts and values, quantities and qualities, vertical and horizontal. Totalitarianism "heals" that split -- or, more accurately, stitches the wound closed with barbed wire.
Since man was not made to exist in such an absurd and unintelligible world of absolute relativity -- and to the extent that he rejects the perennial wisdom that articulates the Absolute -- then he will be susceptible to the lure of the false absolute, i.e., the "totalitarian temptation."
This helps to explain the novel emergence of the political religions of the 20th century -- and why public enemy number one of any state religion is always real religion, whether one is talking about communism, Nazism, or the ACLU. If one has ever read a gimme letter from the ACLU, their immorality always comes clothed in a hysteric veneer of moral urgency and crisis -- the perpetual crisis of conservatives who don't want an intrusive state between thought and expression.
Reminds me of Himmler, who, in delivering his speeches to the elect, always did so in the heat of great "moral exhortation." With this kind of stark cosmic inversion, Taylor observes that "We are outside of the human realm..., as though standing before a negative transcendence" (emphasis mine).
This is the very definition of the demonic, in that "these acts were carried out in the name of a good, under the guise of a moral code." And this was a strict moral code. For example, one of the authors notes that German soldiers who routinely murdered Jews were punished if they were caught stealing cigarettes from the corpse.
(This brings to mind Taranto's column yesterday [last story], which stresses the importance of wearing a condom if you are going to have sex with an animal. This is precisely the kind of absurd morality that exists in a scientistic world of negative transcendence.)
As Himmler urged his men, "If we do not find this moral connection, which is the deepest and best connection because it is the most natural, we will never rise to the level necessary to defeat Christianity and to constitute this German Reich, which will be a blessing to the entire world.
"For thousands of years, it has been the duty of the blond race to rule the world and always to bring it happiness and civilization." Emphasis mine, because note the extreme irony of Germans depicting themselves as the chosen people who have the extreme burden of bringing happiness and civilization to the world.
And it was a burden for those poor Nazis. In another address, Himmler said that extermination of the Jews "for those who carry it out is the hardest and most difficult thing in the world." Nevertheless, "I think I can say that this was accomplished without our men or our officers suffering because of it in their hearts or in their souls. Even so, this was a real danger."
I think it is accurate to say that the underlying purpose of ideology is to render the wrong right and the lie truth. It magically allows the means to justify the ends, since the utopian goal is so beautiful.
While there is always a strong element of this in contemporary leftist statism and bureaucratic socialism, there is also the converse: the means justify the end.
What I mean by this is that leftists are not interested in the actual results of their policies. Rather, the policies are always self-justified by the good intentions behind them, for example, forcing banks to make loans to unqualified borrowers, which is at the epicenter of our current economic woes (that and the inevitable day of wreckening for European socialism, since you can toss out economic reality with a pitchforked tongue, but it always comes roaring back; and oddly enough, the burden is once again on the Germans).
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A central component of QBG's landscape design, the Cherry Circle and Four Seasons border are striking gardens in all seasons.
Cherry trees line a curved walkway and erupt in blooms each spring. Several trees have been adopted in honor or memory of a loved one, making this space even more special.
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Evergreen's Baroque Folke invite everyone to "gaudete!" (rejoice) at their traditional Holiday Concert at Center/Stage on Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. This consort of four recorders, plus harpsichord and vocal quartet, performs carols and songs of many cultures. New pieces mingle with traditional recorder works and audience favorites from seasons past.
Appearing again as Baroque Folke are Mike and Ann Moore, Bob Baldwin, Rebecca Beshore, Paul Ahlquist, Hopi Moore Sargent and Sally Ochsner. The Folke also welcome new member Ann Sprague to the ensemble.
If Evergreen High School senior Cameron Vogel has a motto, it's "Why start later when I can start now?"
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He's a body-builder and hopes to enter the Mr. Teen America competition next year.
Third-graders at Bergen Valley Elementary School recently danced Native American dances and ate at a potlatch — in part to create memories.
"This has been a tradition at Bergen Valley for years," said third-grade teacher Cindy Cox, who coordinates the Native American program. "I have kids come back (years after leaving third grade) to say that they remember this program."
Cox, who has been teaching at the school for 17 years, said she has kept the tradition going after the previous teacher in charge of the program retired.
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Have you ever "missed" when administering local anesthesia? Would you like to add an additional injection to your arsenal of techniques? Are you lacking confidence in your ability to effectively administer local anesthesia or has it just been too long since you gave an injection? Through both lecture and hands on clinical lab, this course is designed as a review of local anesthesia for the practicing dentist and dental hygienist. You will review new local anesthetic agents and adjuncts and when they are appropriate to use.
This course will review theory of pain control, pharmacology of local anesthetics, selection of pain control modalities, anatomy, and techniques of both maxillary and mandibular anesthesia including the Variazani-Akinosi technique.
Participants will review injections on skulls for a "behind the scenes" look. After confidence is reinstated, participants will hone their skills while practicing on their patient partners. You will leave this course with a renewed sense of confidence.
Course Objectives
At the completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Identify relevant bony landmarks, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels associated with local anesthesia on a model, skull and intraorally on a patient partner
- Describe the tissues anesthetized by the most common types of dental injections and the target areas for each
- Restore confidence in the ability to administer local aesthesia
University of Detroit Mercy Dental Corktown Campus, Detroit, MI
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Includes a light dinner and refreshments.
Dentist - $250; Allied - $175
UDM Alumni: Dentist - $225; Allied - $157.50
If you choose to pay for a continuing education course by check, please note that the check must be received by UDM within ten (10) days of registration. If the check is not received within ten (10) days of registration, we will assume that you are no longer interested in the course and will remove you from the course roster and you will forfeit your held seat. If you register less than ten (10) days prior to the start of a course, payment will be accepted up to the course start time. If additional time is required, please contact 313-494-6626 prior to registering to make a payment arrangement.
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This course meets the Michigan licensing requirement of at least one hour of continuing education in Pain and Symptom Management (required each renewal period for dentists and dental hygienists).
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Unless otherwise posted, a full refund less $25 will be granted if notification of cancellation is received by the Institute for Advanced Continuing Dental Education office two weeks (14 or more days) prior to the start of the course. If a cancellation is received less than two weeks (13 or less days) prior to the start of a hands-on course, no refund will be granted. Refunds cannot be given for same any day cancellations or no-shows.
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Huge Congrats Ken.... Well done.
It is far easier to spit on the work of others than it is to produce something better yourself.
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The University's annual International Festival is expanding this year from its traditional half-day celebration.
Part one of the event will run from Tuesday through Saturday, April 3-7, and part two will take place in conjunction with Communiversity Saturday, April 28.
This is the 27th year for the festival, which highlights the University's rich cultural diversity.
Festival I will take place on the 100 level of the Frist Campus Center and will include exhibits, displays and talent shows. Each day has a regional focus: April 3, Africa; April 4, Europe, the Middle East and the Near East; April 5, South, Southeast and East Asia; and April 6, the Americas and Australia. Events will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be martial arts demonstrations and a cappella singing in the afternoons. International foods will be served in the Frist Food Gallery.
Starting at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, "Global Voices: The IF Cafi Night" will feature literary and lyrical styles from around the world in the Frist Cafi. The event will be opened by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and creative writing professor Yusef Komunyakaa and will be followed by faculty and student performances. International games including Go and Mahjong will be available following the performances.
From 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 7, "Global Rhythms: The IF Cultural Show" will bring together Princeton's culturally diverse musical, drama and dance talents in the Frist Performing Arts Theater. This event is free for Princeton University ID holders and $2 for others. Tickets can be purchased at the Frist Box Office on the day of the event.
International Festival II will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 28, on Nassau Street and Nassau Green. It will feature an international flag procession, the presentation of the fifth annual International Service Award, international performances and food.
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
Woah, it's got Boba Fett! Boba Fett can sell me on anything!
Back and more bearded than ever before
It's a nice line, but with everything else, it falls in the back.
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May the force be with You!!!!!
I would be all over this like Chew on Bacca. (That was so lame...)
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Definitely! My kids love this line and I enjoy them as well. They look so daggon cute. The more the better.
That's the one, I'd love to see this! Although I do think that It's asking a lot to expect six figures with a playskool set. Still, I would buy it in a minute.
I love the Playskool line, and I would buy anything that they put out SW related. Bobafett would be awesome, plus another Stormtrooper, YES!
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Betty Crocker's Heart Healthy Cookbook shares a recipe! Looking for a hearty and warm dinner? Enjoy this turkey soup made with rice - ready in 40 minutes.
*To toast nuts, bake uncovered in ungreased shallow pan in 350º oven about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Or cook in ungreased heavy skillet over medium-low heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently until browning begins, then stirring constantly until golden brown.
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I got brave enough to install my CVA Rename Layer action the other day, and I installed it to just do Scrap Girls file format. Can I go back and change that to all files? Do I have to uninstall the action first and re-install? If so, how do I uninstall the action? Where will I find an answer from anyone? Thanks
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Posted 29 November 2012 - 08:58 PM
Hmmm, I have that action, but I have no idea if you can make the changes you want to make to it or not. I'm not real sure about uninstalling/re-installing either. The designer is no longer with Scrap Girls and the product is no longer available. Maybe someone else who has it will come along with some good advice for you...
Posted 30 November 2012 - 06:25 AM
I am not familiar with this action but I am assuming it is for when you are putting a layout together and need to change the layer names. Is this correct?
If I am correct you would just run the action each time you want to use it on a layout.
If I am correct you would just run the action each time you want to use it on a layout.
Posted 30 November 2012 - 08:05 AM
Can you delete it from the folder and then copy it back in (wondering if this will reset the settings). I use this action but don't remember setting any formats, when I get home I'll hopefully remember to have a look.
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This 2-hour introductory-level program helps lawyers, law firm support staff, and non-financial law firm managers raise their awareness of law firm economics and financial management. Law schools and paralegal schools do not teach financial management skills. Consequently, many lawyers and paralegals lack the financial management skills to prepare and manage case budgets, and to understand and analyze clients' financial information. Lawyers establishing a new law practice need to understand financial reports to manage firm finances and daily operations. As lawyers strive to balance firm management with active caseloads, there is a greater need to understand financial information, particularly the balance sheet, profit and loss statement, owner's equity statement, and cash flow statement. Decisions made without properly understanding the underlying financial implications may lead to reduced earnings (or even losses), layoffs, dissolutions, and improper client intake procedures.
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Tocco, Graceann, age, 51, October 4, 2014. Beloved daughter of Anthony and the late Grace. Loving sister of Phyllis (Oreste) Vaccari, Rosalie (Frank) Vitale, Billy (April) and the late Peter.Dear aunt of Peter, Anthony (Megan), Bianca and Andrea. Visitation at the Sterling Heights Chapel of Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Home, 13650 E. Fifteen Mile Road (at Schoenherr) Sunday 2-9 p.m. Funeral Monday at St. Thecla Parish, 20740 Nunneley (at Groesbeck), Clinton Township. Instate 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass 10 a.m. Entombment Resurrection Cemetery. Memories shared at: www.bcfh.comPublished in Daily Tribune on Oct. 10, 2014+Read More Share Listen to Obituary Remember Share a message, photo, or video below View all messages 8 "To the Tocco family, I am shocked and deeply sad that..." "I just learned this sad news. My heart breaks for your family..."- Karen Wright"Graceland, you had a beautiful soul. I'm happy your with your..."- jeannette Brow"We are Bradenton FL friends who so enjoyed knowing Graceann..."- Billj & Barbara Schudlich"So Sorry, Lots of great Memories, Prayers go out to the Family"- Kathleen Cicarella Add a memory or condolence to the guest book Add Message Please add or record a video for the family of Graceann Tocco Add a video + Please add a photo and share in the life story for Graceann Tocco Add a photo + http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailytribune/obituary.aspx?n=graceann-tocco&pid=172738220&fhid=12926


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Dick Cheney is recovering after undergoing heart transplant surgery. The donated heart didn't even have to be thawed when it came out of the cooler as it matched the temperature of Cheney's old one.
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Atheists gathered on the National Mall for a rally. They equated coming out as a non-believer with coming out as being gay. But since the rainbow has already been used as a symbol by both God and gays, they're out of luck.
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Gallagher is done performing live, saying his job was like "baby-sitting people who can't handle alcohol." As opposed to the producer of "Jersey Shore," whose job IS to baby-sit people who can't handle alcohol.
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A Denver woman faked mental illness to avoid jury duty. She dressed oddly, claimed to have PTSD, and said crazy things like, "the Spice Girls are still every bit as attractive as they were in the 90's."
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A marriage guide advising Muslim men how to beat their wives is a big seller. It says the wife can't leave the house without permission, and the man can hit her with a stick or pull her by the ears. The book can be found by its alternate title, "The Chris Brown Story."
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Apple, Cranberry & Praline Cake… and Ten in 10!!
Here's a fruity filled beginning to 2010, a year that's already beginning to look good. The year that we just wrapped up was filled with goodness too, ever so satisfying. The high points being blogging with friends, Food Blogger Connect, Twitter and macarons! Who would have dreamt that life would change monumentally with a microapplication called Twitter?? I've made breakfast club pals, macaron pals, laundry club pals, dragon pals and even snail pals!
Food blogging led to fabulous new friends, and some I was actually able to meet at the Food Blogger Connect! We exchanged gifts there, BIG TIME, and so came the idea of this absolutely delicious dessert! This is one from the heart, and is thus sweeter. It tasted so good!!
I used the praline from Pamela and cranberries from Jamie, both fine foodies and fab friends from France. As a matter of coincidence, I had apples on hand and was browsing one of my favourite French food blogs, Bea's La Tartine Gourmand. I just had to make this comforting cake. Bea's blog is heart warming, just like I love it … full of connections, memories, family, food and gorgeous pictures. If you need a dose of inspiration, do head straight here! Vive la France!!
Twittering with food bloggers offered things to make life even better this year. I am delighted to have joined up for a wonderful challenge Ten in 10: ten Weeks to Healthy in 2010, the brainchild of a wonderful blogger Lori @ Recipe Girl. What is this all about?
It's about wanting to feel healthy. Everyone has a different vision of what being healthy means. Some want to lose weight, some feel that they're already at a comfortable weight but they would like to make a commitment to exercise, some would like to eat healthier, etc. Everyone will have their own individual goals for this healthy challenge.
Read about it here, and you can join in too.
I have penned down a few goals that I hope to work towards…(easier than putting down New Year resolutions LOL!)
- Eat healthy
- Increase vegetables in meals
- Decrease non-vegetarian options on the table to 2 days a week
- Make more stuff at home vs store bought to decrease preservatives, & my carbon footprint
- Stick to local & seasonal food
- Use more fruit in the daily diet especially for the kids
- Focus on fruit and natural sugars in dessert
I have learnt to look at food in new ways. Fruit have become a HUGE part of my baking life, and I aim to include vegetable in the roll call too. I am waiting for a recipe of brownies with sweet potato that my sister has promised to mail me. Broccoli has been won, and I have my sights set on cauliflower. I can say from recent experience, persistence pays with kids; I can see them battling their veggies less now!
Apple,Cranberry and Praline Cake
Adapted minimally from this recipe from La Tartine Gourmand
3 large apples
2 oz dried cranberries (soaked in hot water for 20 min)
3 eggs
7 Tbsp butter, melted (1/2 cup)
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt (or 1/2 tsp fleur de sel)
75gm plain flour
1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp vanilla sugar (or light brown sugar)
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 cup nut praline (optional)
Sift the flours with the baking powder and keep on the side.
Soak the cranberries in hot water for 20 min, then drain.
In the meantime, peel your apples, remove the core and slice them thinly.
Preheat your oven at 180C.
Break the eggs in a large bowl and beat them with the sugar and salt, until light.
Add the melted butter and the rest of dry ingredients. Mix well but not for too long, until everything is incorporated.
Add the apple slices and half the nut praline.
Butter a round 9.5″ mold and pour in the apple batter.
Top evenly with the cranberries and nut praline.
Cook in the oven for 30 to 35 min. Remove and let cool for a few min before unmolding on a large plate. Eat it lukewarm, it is even better.
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Dried banana chips pump up the flavor in and on top of this bread. The crunchy banana-cereal topping is a bonus.
The special crunchy topping works best when the cereal is crushed and the banana chips are chopped to pieces about the same size. Pat the topping lightly onto the batter to assure it won't fall off after baking.
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Games site Gaming Horizon has put up a short, but sweet article, claiming that GTA will be coming to the PSP. There is no new information available now, but there probably will be soon. I'll definitely be getting a PSP now!
Link: GTA On PSP
Update: Rockstar declined to comment on the article, stating that they have made no official announcement on their PSP plans. Strangely, GamingHorizon don't state a source for the news, but replied to my enquiries. They claim that they are merely repeating information printed in a recent edition of Famitsu a hugely popular Japanese magazine regarded highly within the industry. In their email, they go on to claim that Rockstar will make a formal announcement 'soon', if not before E3 in May.
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For her senior thesis, computer science major Hijung (Valentina) Shin has developed a technique to simulate how ancient art was destroyed. Shin hopes that her thesis project will benefit archaeologists who are working to reconstruct frescoes painted thousands of years ago.
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The senior thesis: Quintessentially Princeton
Inspired by learning experiences both in and out of the classroom -- around campus and across the globe -- all Princeton undergraduates tackle a monumental academic challenge by completing a senior thesis.
The thesis, considered the capstone of Princeton students' academic journey, is an independent work that requires seniors to pursue original research and scholarship under the guidance of faculty advisers.
In reflecting on his mechanical and aerospace engineering thesis for the publication "The Thesis: Quintessentially Princeton," 2010 graduate David Kwabi wrote: "The opportunity to delve into a subject that is open-ended by definition carries with it the chance to verify a hypothesis, but for me it also held the promise that, at the end of every week, I'd have something remarkable to think about."
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Shattering art to reconstruct the past
Posted April 7, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Destroying ancient Greek art has become something of a specialty for Hijung (Valentina) Shin.
For her senior thesis at Princeton, Shin, a computer science major from Yongin, South Korea, is working to perfect her method for shattering stone frescoes painted thousands of years ago -- a technique designed to return the art to its former glory.
"I'm actually breaking things inside a computer," she said. "If we can simulate how the art was destroyed, it will help us piece the shards back together again."
Shin's thesis project involves studying a reconstructed fresco titled "Crocus Gatherer and Potnia," which depicts a supplicant offering crocuses to a goddess. (Photo by George Papandreou)
The artworks in question were frescoes found on Thera, an Aegean island also known as Santorini that was devastated by a volcano around 1650 B.C. The eruption destroyed the island's Hellenic civilization, including the frescoes painted on town walls, burying the remnants for millennia.
In recent decades, archaeologists have begun excavating the ancient ruins, but face the daunting task of sorting through the debris and reconstructing the frescoes one shard at a time. Shin's project developed as part of an effort by Princeton computer scientists to aid these archaeologists in their work.
Shin's thesis builds upon her previous contributions to a Princeton-led project that involved creating a laser-based scanning system to record measurements of the shape, size and color patterns of ancient fresco fragments. The project was led by Szymon Rusinkiewicz (left), an associate professor of computer science. (Photo by Brian Wilson)
In 2007 a group from Princeton traveled to Akrotiri -- a site on Thera that had flourished in the Late Bronze Age, around 1630 B.C. -- to begin studying the methods used by archaeologists to piece together the fresco fragments unearthed at the site. The group led by Szymon Rusinkiewicz, an associate professor of computer science, invented a laser-based scanning system to record measurements of the shape, size and color patterns of the shards.
Since then, the archaeologists have used the system to scan newly recovered fragments, and the Princeton team has continued developing ways to use the data to help the conservators find matches among the plethora of pieces.
Shin began contributing to the project for her junior independent work, under the guidance of Rusinkiewicz and Thomas Funkhouser, a Princeton professor of computer science. Her research expanded into her senior thesis project, which Funkhouser is advising.
Last summer, Shin traveled to Greece to meet with the archaeologists and learn the process of scanning and reconstructing the ancient art. She quickly discovered that computer scientists and archaeologists think differently.
"With computers you focus on speed, because you want programs as efficient as possible to improve processing time," she said. "But archaeologists work on a single fresco for decades, and they say the reconstruction of Santorini will take centuries. One of them told me the work is like a long beaded necklace, and their contribution is a single bead. That really surprised me."
At first, Shin focused on studying a reconstructed Theran fresco known as the "Crocus Gatherer and Potnia," which depicts a supplicant offering crocuses to a goddess. She analyzed the crack patterns for clues to how the wall originally crumbled. This allowed her to make generalizations, based on statistical relationships among the fragments, about how any fresco would have deteriorated.
For her thesis, Shin is using data collected during her junior independent work to develop a mathematical model that describes how ancient frescoes broke apart after a volcanic eruption. Using a computer program that traced the crack patterns in the reconstructed artwork (shown in blue), Shin has been able to obtain clues as to how the wall originally crumbled. (Image by George Papandreou)
"Imagine you have puzzle pieces strewn across a table and you want to figure out a way to put them back together," Funkhouser said. "Valentina took pictures of an already assembled puzzle and got statistics about how the pieces fit together."
Shin's junior independent work earned her the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award 2011 from the Computing Research Association, a prestigious national honor.
Now, for her thesis, Shin is using the data she gathered as a junior to develop a mathematical model that describes how the Theran frescoes broke apart after the volcanic eruption, depending on their size, the materials of which they were composed and the forces that shattered them.
She is testing her model using modified graphics software originally developed for simulating cracks in digital images and movies. Using the simulator and the rules she's developed, she repeatedly breaks a virtual version of the "Crocus Gatherer and Potnia," then compares the result with the actual crack patterns in the reconstructed fresco.
Her goal is to refine the simulation so that it more closely matches reality, then to use her algorithm to guide how archaeologists on Thera make matches and to speed the process of recreating the frescoes.
"I really liked working on a project where I could actually see the outcome," she said. "I'm planning on going to graduate school and this influenced the direction I'd like to go. I want to study how people perceive things -- like matching two shards together -- and how to apply that to computers to help identify objects."
More generally, the independent nature of the research taught Shin about the creativity it takes to tackle a novel problem.
"In classes, I was used to working on problems that had a clear answer," she said. "But more and more, as I worked on this, I realized that we didn't know the answer, or even if we were asking the right question. That was exciting."


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Dear Bishops,
I would like you to excommunicate me.
I've had enough of your antics, the latest having jailed my RH activist friend Carlos Celdran and threatening to excommunicate our President. So let's dissolve this relationship once and for all.
I am doing this with a sound mind and have since age 12, not participated in any Catholic practices from going to church, receiving communion and donating to your cause.
I'd like to end this relationship with the Church for many reasons but the most blatant are the following:
1. The Church is anti-women. It deprives them of information on how to be healthy and to decide how many, if any children they will have. Because of that deprivation, close to 500,000 married Filipina women commit abortions each year. Ironically, your deprivation of their right to know promotes abortion. Many women have died because of this situation so I also accuse the Church of wholesale murder.
2. You condemn homosexuals. I'm one so lets not pussyfoot on this issue. You think I sin and I think your sin blaming is a lot of malarkey and hypocritical. By keeping quiet, you have allowed priests to have sex with boys. Yet you don't want me to have sex with my male lover. The Church has a consistency problem.
3. You now threaten to excommunicate President Benigno Aquino for his stand on providing contraceptives to the poor. Your threat is arrogant and anti-Filipino. You seem to have forgotten that the struggle for Philippine independence was very much anti-clerical.
You know what? Spare the President and let him do his job in this area. If you need a culprit just excommunicate me instead since I'm fine with it. You can still fulfill your quota of errant souls.
4. You are anti-poor. See No. 3.
I'd like to be excommunicated because I want to join the ranks of distinguished individuals like Martin Luther and Galileo who got axed but were later vindicated. I sense I will be vindicated as well but may not see it in my lifetime, so I'd rather have the excommunication done now. I know for sure you will eat crow later.
Please inform me when you'll have the excommunication ceremony so I can attend it and have it on video. I'd like to put it on my blog and on FB. I guess the attire is formal but do let me know if the ceremony will be inside an aircon dungeon or outside near a burning stake.
Before you go on with the ceremony, I'd like a few minutes of airtime. I'm going to make fun of your ermine gowns and make mincemeat on your silly ideas of infallibility. For sound bites, I'll out a couple of your queer priests. And I'd like to tell you all to your faces that you've ceased long ago to become the force for good for our country and for the world.
Please do not attempt to further pray for my soul or hope for a reconciliation or that I will ever reverse my feelings on the matter.
I have long decided to do good for others, to love who I please, and to help in some small way to protect the earth which your Church has been remiss in all these areas. I categorically do not want the slightest association with some man-made contrivance that espouses hate and condemnation and so diametrically different with what I do.
You may think you have the ultimate carrot – the Salvation Card – dangling over me when I die.
Well Bishops, go eat your carrots. It's good for your eyesight. You certainly need it since you can't seem to see the poor around you.
Let me call you next week to remind you. I so love pageantry, especially those quaint and ridiculous.
Your former Catholic,
John L. Silva