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Beards are no longer for the rugged adventurers. These days, everyone from your local barista to the corner-office CEO has facial hair. A well grown, well-maintained beard is a thing of beauty. But whether you've got some boyish scruff or a full-blown wild man mane on your face, you've got to maintain your beard. Trust us, your better half will thank you.
Just because you've made it past the first few patchy weeks of growing a beard doesn't mean that you should stop paying attention to it. Even though a full beard is almost the epitome of laid-back, you should give your beard as much as attention as you would the hair on top of your head. If you're new to the beard world, consider one of Detroit Grooming Co.'s grooming kits. Their grooming kits are stocked to the brim with everything you need for a luscious beard.
In the "Captain of the Ship" beard kit, there's a beard cleanser for getting all the wear and tear of daily life out of your beard, two different types of grooming oil, beard butter, and moustache wax. There's even a stainless steel comb, designed to rid your moustache and beard of any knots. Plus, the comb has a built in bottle opener, because why not? And since the comb is made of stainless steel, if it ever gets dirty just rinse it under water.
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Detroit Grooming Co's secret weapon isn't just their wide selection of products, but it's their unmatchable beard oil. Made with almond oil, their beard oil not only untangles and tames any unruly hair but moisturizes and revitalizes both your beard and the skin underneath. Their beard oils come in a selection of scents, from a cedar-based scent for those woodsy adventurers to a fresh peppermint for those downtown folks.
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Detroit Grooming Co. hair & body care, Starting at $5.99 at DetroitGrooming.com
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We get it. Mornings are tough enough. There's nothing that puts a damper on an early morning like messing up your morning shave. Whether the razor was dull, you didn't use enough products, or you just weren't paying attention and nicked yourself, an improper shave can be a painful ordeal. The team at Detroit Grooming Co has been there. They've come up with a variety of products designed to make shaving as painless as possible, from high-tech razors to boar's hair brushes to soothing aftershave balms.
If you're just growing out a beard, take a peek at one of Detroit Grooming Co.'s shaving kits. They include everything you need to grow out a healthy, soft beard. Use a soft scrub to wash your beard daily, and condition it with beard oil to keep the hair strong and soft. Run a steel beard comb after applying the oil to distribute it evenly. The more you condition your beard with oil, the less prickly it will be!
Starter shave set, $45.95 at DetroitGrooming.com
Travel Kits For Guys On The Go
Packing for a trip can be tough enough without the addition of all your grooming supplies. The team at Detroit Grooming Co. feels your pain, which is why they curated an assortment of pre-packed grooming kits. Their "Home Pro Shave Kit" includes everything you need to get a clean, smooth shave. Inside the kit is a boar bristle brush, a porcelain shaving mug, shave creams and soaps, and a great razor with five additional blades.
If you can't figure out which product is best for you, the "Kitchen Sink Kit" includes, well, everything but the kitchen sink. Five different half ounce vials of their signature beard oils come in the kit, as well as three different scents of shampoo and body wash. Travel-sized jars of moustache wax, beard butter, and pomade top off this tester kit.
Kitchen Sink Kit, $59.95 at DetroitGrooming.com
Intrigued? We don't blame you. Find out more about all things Detroit Grooming Co. at DetroitGrooming.com.
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Retired Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Hospira, Inc.
Elected 2012
Director Since 2012
Executive Chairman of the Board of Hospira, Inc. from May 2007 until his retirement in January 2012. Mr. Begley also served as Chief Executive Officer from April 30, 2004, when Hospira was spun off from Abbott Laboratories, to March 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Begley served in various positions with Abbott between 1986 and 2004, most recently as Senior Vice President of Abbott's Hospital Products division. He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.
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AT&T Corp.
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Director Since 2009
President of AT&T Corp. from October 2002 until her retirement in December 2003. From April 2001 to October 2002, Ms. Bernard was Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Consumer. Prior to joining AT&T, Ms. Bernard held senior executive positions with Qwest Communications International Inc., US WEST, Inc., AVIRNEX Communications Group and Pacific Bell. Ms. Bernard received a B.A. degree from St. Lawrence University, an MBA from Fairleigh Dickenson University and an M.S. in management from Stanford University's Sloan Fellowship Program.
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Allergan plc
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Director Since 2012
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
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Chief Executive Officer, ResMed Inc.
Director Since 2014
Chief Executive Officer of ResMed Inc. since March 2013. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Farrell served as President – Americas for ResMed from 2011 to 2013. He was previously Senior Vice President of the global business unit for sleep apnea therapeutic and diagnostic devices from 2007 to 2011, and before that he held various senior roles in marketing and business development. Before joining ResMed in September 2000, Mr. Farrell worked in management consulting, biotechnology, chemicals and metals manufacturing at Arthur D. Little, Genzyme Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company and BHP Billiton. Mr. Farrell holds a bachelor of engineering, with first-class honors, from the University of New South Wales, a master of science in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
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Anthem, Inc.
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Chairman of Anthem, Inc. (formerly known as WellPoint, Inc.) from May 2003 until his retirement in March 2010. Mr. Glasscock also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Anthem, Inc. from July 2001 until his retirement from day-to-day operations in June 2007. Mr. Glasscock earned a B.B.A. from Cleveland State University. He also completed the Commercial Bank Management Program at Columbia University.
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Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
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Director Since 2008
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated until his retirement in July 2013. Mr. Hagemann joined Corning Life Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics' former parent company, Corning Incorporated, in 1992, and held roles of increasing responsibility before being appointed Chief Financial Officer of Quest Diagnostics in 1998. Prior to joining Corning, Mr. Hagemann held senior financial positions at Prime Hospitality, Inc. and Crompton & Knowles, Inc. He was also previously employed by Arthur Young & Co., a predecessor company to Ernst & Young. Mr. Hagemann holds a B.S. in accounting from Rider University and an MBA from Seton Hall University.
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Blackstone Healthcare Partners
Director Since 2007
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Member, Private Equity
Director Since 2015
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Retired President, Research and Development
Biogen Idec Inc.
Elected 2008
Director Since 2008
President, Research and Development and a member of the board of directors of Biogen Idec Inc. from September 2006 until his retirement in October 2009. Prior to joining Biogen Idec, Dr. Pickett held several senior R&D positions, including Corporate Senior Vice President of Schering-Plough Corp. and President of Schering-Plough Research Institute. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, he held several senior R&D positions at Merck & Co. Dr. Pickett received a B.S. in biology from California State University at Hayward and a Ph.D. in cell biology from University of California at Los Angeles.
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|Jeffrey K. Rhodes
Director Since 2015
Partner, TPG. Mr. Rhodes is a leader of the firm's investment activities in the healthcare services, pharmaceutical and medical device sectors. Prior to joining TPG in 2005, Mr. Rhodes was with McKinsey & Company and Article27 LTD, a start-up software company. He was a founding board member of the Healthcare Private Equity Association, a non-profit trade association that represents the U.S. healthcare private equity industry. Mr. Rhodes earned a B.A. in Economics from Williams College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.
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A 5.84 per cent swing meant Tory Simon Reevell beat Mr Malik by more than 1,500 votes.
Mr Malik had faced an investigation into his expenses and was ordered to pay back some money but was cleared of any wrongdoing.
He blamed his defeat on boundary changes that incorporated traditional Tory areas.
"Dewsbury town itself was rock-solid Labour and increased my vote but I've inherited 26 villages that are blue," he said.
"I got 2,000 more votes than I got in 2005 but it was not enough to stop the 26 villages gained through severe boundary changes of 65%.
Mr Reevell, who polled 18,889 votes, said: "The voters have decided enough is enough. This election was all about restoring trust in the House of Commons."
Mr Malik won his seat in 2005 after Labour MP Ann Taylor stood down. He beat Sayeeda Warsi - now Baroness Warsi, the shadow minister for community cohesion and social action.
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Bad 25 is a documentary film of the album, Bad to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album. This film is directed by Spike Lee and will be shown on ABC. This film was aired on Thursday, November 22, 2012 (Thanksgiving) 9:30 - 11:30 PM Eastern Time.[1]


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The U.S. banking sector and weak economy could spark a crisis worse than the 2008 meltdown, warns James Rickards, editor at Strategic Intelligence.
The impact of higher U.S. market interest rates turned the dollar positive against both the euro and a basket of currencies.
U.S. equities rose in choppy trade, while investors were already looking ahead to a Federal Reserve meeting next week.
Société Générale FX Strategy Director Alvin Tan discusses moves in major currencies in response to potential rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Philip Wee at DBS Bank weighs in on the impact of President Park Geun-hye's impeachment on the Korean won and the direction of the dollar.
The euro jumped to a fresh three-week high against the dollar on Friday.
CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets.
U.S. equities were mixed in choppy trade Thursday as investors got ready for key employment data.
Jack Caffrey of JP Morgan Private Bank discusses whether the recent drop in oil prices is a threat to the market's upward trend.
The euro gained after ECB head Mario Draghi suggested it was less necessary to prop up the market through ultra-loose monetary policy.
U.S. equities closed mostly lower on Wednesday as investors dealt with plunging oil prices and digested scorching employment data.
Gareth Berry of Macquarie says the dollar rally could be propelled if the dot plot reflects the potential for four Fed rate hikes this year.
The dollar rose to its highest level in five days, just below a two-month peak after a better-than-expected ADP report.
Rusal President Oleg Deripaska concedes that his company's growth prospects could be damaged by more than one interest rate hike from the U.S. central bank in 2017.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross discusses the flaws in NAFTA and the opportunities for U.S. and Mexican business.
U.S. equities closed lower on Tuesday after House Republicans unveiled legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare.
China's forex reserves unexpectedly rose for the first time in eight months in February, rebounding above $3 trillion as a regulatory crackdown and weakness in the dollar helped staunch capital outflows.
EMs are more likely to weather a Fed rate hike as their domestic economies are more "balanced," says Yonghao Pu of Fountainhead Partners.
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Wednesday, a UK judge threw out 26 charges against the self-styled "No. 1 name in console modifications," leaving MrModChips, as Neil Higgs is known, to freely do his business (from his parents' home.) More broadly, some are hailing the decision as effectively
legalizing legalising console modifications in Great Britain, six years after a similar decision in Australia.
Higgs got into trouble because he sold modchips that allowed copied and overseas games to be played on Nintendo and Microsoft consoles. In October, Higgs was convicted of 26 antipiracy counts and faced a £1M fine and two years in jail. But a judge ruled in favor of his appeal, which is that any copyright infringement involved here had taken place before the use of the modchips Higgs had sold, and thus the chips themselves do not circumvent copyright protection. Thus, there was no basis for charging Higgs, and he's free, and his legal bills will be reimbursed.


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A new database of government spending, the only good interview with Rachel Dolezal, and a eulogy for Hood By Air.
The "Drizzy Manor" project will also be developed into a video game.
The festival is saying that Free People, an Urban Outfitters Inc. company, has been using registered Coachella trademarks to sell apparel.
The streetwear designer who counts Chance The Rapper as a day-one fan explains how he built his brand and why community comes first.
The month-long series will give women, LGBTQ, and gender nonconforming people the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of DJ-ing from fellow artists.
Hebru Brantley teamed up with the Bleacher Report to celebrate black America.
The Georgia woman is hoping to put her mark on the culture once more.
An Oregon Trail oral history, a Macedonian fake news complex, and the hidden costs of cheap eats lists.
After a turbulent 2016, Kanye West's new line swapped spectacle for subtlety. It was a step towards what he's promised all along: goods for the people.
The Off-White creative's talk, "Everything In Quotes," is streamable in its entirety.
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In Love
099. When She's Happier
"Kankuro, can I ask you a question? Gaara asked.
Kankuro put down his puppet. He looked up at his brother. "What is it?"
"It's…Temari…and…" Gaara frowned, unsure of how to say it. "She's always…happier when she's with that ninja. Why?"
Gaara didn't need to say what ninja. He knew. He'd noticed it too. Temari was always happier around him. When she was around Nara Shikamaru. Kankuro sighed. "She…It's…I'm not really sure."
"But you have a theory?"
Gaara blinked. "And?"
"She may…I believe…She could…"
"Come out with it already."
"I think she's in love with him. But I don't think she knows it yet."
"…In love?"
"Yeah, the kind of love where you eventually want to get married."
"Hmm." Gaara studied the inside of their house carefully, "She's not getting married anytime soon, is she?"
Kankuro frowned. "Not that I know of, why?"
Gaara shrugged. He didn't want her to get married and move out anytime soon, that would mean he would have to start cleaning.
Plus…he would really miss her.
100. The Answer to Her Question
Temari gazed at the fluffy clouds above her. They still didn't hold a candle to stars. The night sky was much more beautiful and serene. She lay on her back, a light breeze brushing by every now and then. The grass tickled at her exposed skin. It really was a nice day. She glanced at the person next to her. His dark eyes were practically smiling and they were focused with an intent, desirable gaze.
Temari blushed furiously. He always looked at the sky that way. Always. The thing that was different this time that made her blush was that he was looking at her that way. "Baka." She muttered loudly, the blush still on her face. "What the hell are you looking at?"
"What I see every time I look up at the sky."
"Baka," She accused, "You aren't even looking at the sky." The blush had abated.
"I know. I'm looking at something better."
She blushed furiously once more and looked away, focusing on a passing cloud. He was lazy and uncaring and an incredible genius. He would rather watch clouds than do even the slightest amount of work. He was everything she wasn't.
This didn't make any sense.
She asked herself the question she'd asked so many times before. Why did she care?
Temari's eyes widened in shock as she felt his fingers intertwine in hers; she turned to look at him. He was looking at the sky. Blushing.
She felt yet another small blush spread across her cheeks. She squeezed his hand lightly. "Crybaby." She whispered.
"Troublesome woman." He muttered back.
Temari smiled. Maybe she cared because…She loved him.
She wanted to laugh; Shikamaru was most certainly NOT an ambitious man. Quite the opposite, in fact. And she liked it that way.
A/N: Ta-da! Finite! Looks like I'm done. So sad. I was growing fond of these little drabbles. -sniff, sniff- I'm tempted, (somewhat) to do a sort of sequel...Just because I had fun writing these...Alas, I must stop making up reasons to keep writing these. I hope you guys liked it!


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The 2010 FIBA World Championships have not been kind to Spain. Spain has now lost two games at the 2010 FIBA World Championships, and there are still two games before group play comes to an end. When Spain lost to France on Saturday, it seemed like one of those aberrations that they could recover from quickly in order to still win the group. When Spain beat New Zealand on Sunday, it seemed like they were back into the swing of things, but the wheels came off the train on Tuesday when Spain lost again to Lithuania after a terrible fourth-quarter performance.
Spain is the defending FIBA World Champions, having won the 2006 World Championship on the backs of Pau Gasol and Felipe Reyes. Now Spain has returned to the 2010 championships with several new assets on the floor, and they were supposed to present a challenge to the United States and Greece when it came to the final games of the tournament. Now Spain is at risk of not even advancing out of group play, and they will really have to pull it together on Wednesday and Thursday if they want to survive just to see the knockout rounds of the tournament.
On Thursday, Spain plays Canada, who hasn't won a single game at the 2010 World Championships. That might make this Canadian team even hungrier for a win, but it means that Spain needs to buckle down and put them away early in the contest. First they have to play Lebanon on Wednesday, another team that isn't supposed to even be in the same class as Spain. Lebanon has only won one of their three games in the tournament, but that could mean that the winner of the Lebanon vs. Spain game will advance to the knockout rounds slated to start at the end of the week.
Each group has the top four teams advance to the knockout rounds, so all that Spain really needs to do is make sure that they are in one of the top four slots in Group D. They can finish fourth out of six teams and still advance, and, if they win their final two games, they could actually end up with the No. 3 seed. With France and Lithuania pulling away from the group, it probably comes down to Spain really hoping they can nab that third seed. The third seed will then play the second seed from Group C, which could be either Russia or Greece. Having a Greece vs. Spain game to decide who makes it to the quarterfinals would certainly be a shock to everyone.


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Officially speaking, the 49ers still have not figured out who will be their starting wide receiver opposite veteran Isaac Bruce for Sunday's game against the Houston Texans.
"We're not in a position to name the starter yet," Singletary said late Wednesday morning. "It will either by Josh (Morgan) or Michael Crabtree."
But forget the either-or stuff.
All signs point to Crabtree making his NFL debut as San Francisco's starting split end when the 49ers resume their schedule after sitting out last Sunday during their bye.
The 49ers are just being practical here. Crabtree is a bona fide playmaker, and he already has shown enough in the brief time he has practiced with the team that he can provide some oomph to the offense and make an impact where the Niners need it most.
In keeping with his what's-best-for-the-team philosophy, Singletary isn't about to keep a guy like that off the field, even if he missed the first 71 days of the team's 2009 program that began with the start of training camp in late July.
"If the guy can play, if he can make plays, put him on the field, give him a chance, let's see what he can do," Singletary said. "Or I could be stubborn. I could be a knucklehead and say, 'You know what, he wasn't here, Josh is going to start or this guy's going to start and that's the way it's going to be.'"
But Singletary is no knucklehead. His eyes don't lie, and he has seen what Crabtree can do in the short amount of time he has been practicing.
"I want to be fair to the team," Singletary said. "The team comes first and the team wants to win. We're going to do all that we can to make sure we have the best 11 people on the field at all times that gives us a chance to win."
That's the reason the 49ers have moved Adam Snyder – the starter at right tackle for each of the first five games of the season – to right guard to alternate with struggling Chilo Rachal – the starter at that position the first five games – while making newcomer Tony Pashos the new starting right tackle this week.
And, while Morgan hasn't exactly struggled in San Francisco's anemic passing game – he's averaging a healthy 15.5 yards on his 13 receptions – the potential that Crabtree brings as a steady threat to opposing defenses already has become too tempting to resist.
What about all that time Crabtree missed with the team? The learning and bonding of summer camp and the preseason? The experience and development of the first stage of the regular season? Well, Crabtree was making progress on his own, Singletary said, and now he's ready to make up for lost time.
"It shows he hasn't been sitting around on the couch looking at television," Singletary said. "He's been working. When you see the young man run routes, when you see his presence on the field, what he does for the offense… It's not like I'm the only one. I'm not having to fight anybody to say, 'Hey, you know what, what do you think? Do you think maybe he's a starter?'"
Yes, the 49ers think Crabtree is a starter. They don't want to publicly say so until later in the week, but Morgan said he already has been told by coaches to expect Crabtree to take his place in the huddle at the start of games, though Morgan could wind up playing as much as the rookie as the team rotates its wideouts and goes with three-receiver sets.
But the idea now is to see whether Crabtree can help right away rather than easing him into the lineup.
"It's a matter of a sense of urgency for him," Singletary said. "For us, Crabtree coming in the way he's come in – tremendous attitude, tremendous work ethic and doing everything that he can to get on the field – the most important thing for us is to get him out there as soon as we can as much and see what he can and cannot do.
"When you have a kid like that and he comes out and the young man works hard every day, he doesn't have to tell you what he's been doing while he wasn't here, you see it. You see it in his route running, you see it in the way he runs the route and his margin for making, running a bad route or whatever, that's not something you see very often. You tell him something one time and it's normally one time you have to tell him. It shows why we drafted him where we drafted him at the 10th slot.
"I'm excited to see what he has. It's one thing to practice, it's another thing to get in the game and play the game full speed. Going forward, it's going to be very important for us and in our best interest offensively to find out as soon as we can how much of an effect he can have and how much of a playmaker he really can be."
Nobody knows yet what Crabtree is thinking and feeling about making his mark immediately. He declined to talk with reporters Wednesday, saving that exercise for Thursday.
But quarterback Shaun Hill, who had his first session of pitch-and-catch with Crabtree just last week, said he likes the idea of getting the rookie on the field to add another dimension to an offense that ranks 24th or lower in nine statistical categories recorded by the NFL.
"I've been impressed with the things I've seen, so I'm excited to see what he can do," Hill said. "I can see that he has special talent, without a doubt. He brings a lot of playmaking ability, he brings a big target, and I've been impressed with the way he's been able to pick up everything as well."
Ideally, the presence of Crabtree in the lineup will have a trickle down effect throughout the offense – helping open things for the running game, other receivers and particularly tight end Vernon Davis, who has been the top target in San Francisco's passing game thus far.
With 22 receptions, Davis has nine more catches than any other player on the team and is on a pace for career-high totals of 70 receptions, 771 yards and 10 touchdowns.
But the presence of Crabtree could give Davis even more room to roam and more opportunities to beat defenders.
"He comes in here with a lot of hype," Davis said. "It's going to take some time, but it would be the expectations for Crabtree to open things up. He looks pretty good. I expect him to come in and help me out as well in the passing game as far as catching passes."
One thing is fairly certain: The 49ers are planning to make Crabtree a big part of their offense from the get-go, and exactly how big a part will depend on what he can do with the opportunities that are given to him.
"He wants to play and make a contribution," Singletary said. "It's exciting to see him out here, and obviously, he's a good football player. I'm excited to see how it starts and the progression. I don't think it's going to be too big for him. To me, even though he's come in late, he looks like he's ready. As far as how much he plays, I think it depends on how much success he has when it really gets right down to it. Going forward, that is something that will play itself out in a game."
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There has been no small amount of words published on what many term "The Francis Effect." While there is no exact definition of what this admiration for Pope Francis means, there seems to be a consensus that it involves the attributes of mercy, reconciliation, the dignity of all persons and perhaps above all else, a true encounter with the risen Christ found beautifully in the poor. Indeed, our Holy Father echoes the Gospel beautifully as he points to the presence of Christ in everyone. And yet Pope Francis' witness is powerful in reminding us that Christ is found in a unique, wonderful and even redemptive way in the poor.
While this message is the bedrock of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, I believe it nevertheless has been focused in a powerful way by Pope Francis' words and actions. Indeed, his witness testifies to the truth that it is not possible to be fully alive in Christ without a concrete and sacrificial love for the poor. I believe it is for these and other reasons that he is admired by millions. I know they are reasons why I find in him an inspiration that actually points beyond him to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
With that in mind I would note that in the journey that brought me to Salina five years ago I was initially impressed by the mission and ministries of our small and rural diocese. We have healthy parishes, a solid priesthood, faithful deacons and religious, wonderful examples of lay leadership, strong Catholic schools, exemplary college ministries, youth ministry programs that serve as a model for other dioceses, and a clear voice advocating for life issues. As I looked carefully at our Diocesan Church, I quickly recognized that the area I most hoped to see grow was our direct outreach to the poor. Almost two years ago, and after much prayer, a single donor unexpectedly came forward in humility and faith, offering a gift that would profoundly renew the critical ministries of our Catholic Charities. While that special donor provided for the vast majority of our new facility, others have assisted in profound ways, such as with the solar energy system soon to be installed. What has resulted is a highly visible ministry that proclaims to the world our commitment and witness to the Risen Christ who is found wonderfully and beautifully in the poor. In this gift we have all been greatly blessed.
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Salina — Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas is open for business at its new location, 1500 S. Ninth Street in Salina. "As I reflected on today, I kept coming back to one particular scripture from Luke that says when someone is given a great deal, a great deal is expected of them," said Michelle Martin, the executive director of Catholic Charities. "When someone is entrusted with an abundance, even more is expected of them. That's an awesome task, because as you can see we have been so blessed. "We have been so blessed to have so much given to us and as stewards, we're looking forward to that challenge of living up to that expectation." Martin addressed a crowd of donors, supporters and board members March 25 at the blessing of the building. Following the blessing, a public open house was held. "What (God) tells us not simply 'Take care of the poor,' " Bishop Weisenburger said, reflecting upon Matthew chapter 25. "He says 'When you do that you're having an encounter with me.' It's a whole different, profound motivation. "It makes me want to weep with joy at what we will be doing for the poor in this facility."
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Salina — Seminarian Andy Hammeke's spirituality was something that grew over time. During his fourth year of college, he moved into a house directly across from the Comeau Catholic Campus Center in Hays.
"I'd come home from baseball practices and see people walking into daily Mass," Hammeke said. "I didn't have anything better to do and (seeing students go to daily Mass) started playing on my conscience, so I started going (to daily Mass) more regularly."
Hammeke will take another step in his vocation when he is ordained a transitional deacon April 22.
The ordination begins at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral. All are invited.
Hammeke has been studying at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology in Saint Meinrad, Ind.
Typically, a seminarian has one year of school left after being ordained a transitional deacon before his ordination to the priesthood.
A Hays native, Hammeke began his studies in 2012 after earning a bachelor's degree at Fort Hays State University.
Hammeke, 27, is the son of Curtis and Annette Hammeke of Hays, the grandson of Denis and Arlene Stastney of Dwight, Neb. and the late Norman and Jolene Hammeke.
He grew up in Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Hays and attended Thomas More Prep-Marian Jr.-Sr. High School. Upon graduating from TMP, Hammeke attended Fort Hays State University, playing baseball for the university.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Carrie McClish, Catholic VoiceBy Carrie McClishOAKLAND, Calif. (CNS) -- A new shiny truck is bringing food to senior citizens in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood and nearby communities. A year in the making, the Mercy Brown Bag Program has expanded, with the truck visiting several locales and offering assistance to seniors faced with the high cost of rent and medication. Krista Lucchesi, director of the program that is part of the services of the Mercy Retirement and Care Center, couldn't stop smiling as she looked at the vehicle parked behind the residential care facility. Having the truck "now is kind of amazing for all of us," she told The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Oakland Diocese. Staff and volunteers cheered the truck as it arrived April 2 after a cross-country trip from St. Louis, where it was built. Nicole St. Lawrence, Mercy Brown Bag's assistant director, brought the truck west on a mission to help stem the tide of senior hunger in Alameda County. Most recipients enrolled in the Mercy Brown Bag Program have an average yearly income of less than $12,000 in a county where the annual median income is $82,000. Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment is about $1,663 a month, Lucchesi said. In such a costly environment, many seniors must make difficult choices about buying food, medication or shelter in order to survive. "Healthy food is usually the first thing they will give up," Lucchesi said. That's where the Mercy Brown Bag Program comes in. The program delivers food to 5,000 seniors at 17 sites and through 45 social service providers. Most of the food that the program distributes comes from the Alameda County Community Food Bank. Each registered person can take home up to 20 pounds of groceries. Much of the food from a variety of food groups can be considered senior-appropriate: low in sodium and easy to chew. Contacts at the distribution sites indicate which foods are more desired or more popular. "Some sites say to bring rice every single time and say, 'we are always going to want rice' or 'we love sweet potatoes,'" Lucchesi said. "Whenever we can find them we try to make sure we have certain foods available for that site." Fresh produce makes up the majority of the food delivered. The new truck is equipped with a system that will lower baskets of produce to street level, making food selection easier. The truck has a refrigerated area, allowing for the transport of milk and other products that must be chilled. The food truck, which cost about $200,000, was paid for with donations from the Thomas J. Long Foundation and the Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Foundation. The truck is allowing the program to reach up to 3,000 more seniors in need, Lucchesi said. "We are currently building our route to see which areas are not as well served," she said. The truck also will help address new challenges facing seniors. "We kept getting calls from low-income seniors who are homebound and with little or no social support," Lucchesi said. "We used to be able to ask them, 'Do you have a child or a friend or a neighbor who can come and get your bags for you?' People had some social connections. But now the isolation is so much deeper and we are hearing more and more from people who say they have no one who can come out to pick up their bag, which makes us sad. So we have been trying to figure out how to get closer to those folks." The truck may also help address public transportation concerns. "We have been getting calls where people are saying, 'I don't have any money to get on public transportation to get to one of your sites.' They are really, really living on the edge. This (truck) is a way to get food to them so that they don't have to go on public transportation," Lucchesi said. A formal dedication of the truck took place April 19 and deliveries were to begin as soon as drivers were hired and trained. - - - McClish is a staff writer for The Catholic Voice, newspaper of the Diocese of Oakland.- - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All rights reserved. Republishing or redistributing of CNS content, including by framing or similar means without prior permission, is prohibited. You may link to stories on our public site. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To request permission for republishing or redistributing of CNS content, please contact permissions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IMAGE: CNS photo/EPABy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Despite the ongoing risk of terrorism, Pope Francis planned to travel to Egypt as a sign of being close to the people there, said Greg Burke, Vatican spokesman. Heightened security is part of the "new normal" in many countries, but even in the wake of the Palm Sunday attacks in Egypt, it is the pope's desire "to go ahead, to also be a sign of his closeness" to those affected by violence and all the people of Egypt, Burke told journalists April 24. At a Vatican briefing outlining some details of the pope's trip to Cairo April 28-29, a reporter asked if there were any worries or concerns about the pope's security. Burke, speaking in Italian, said he wouldn't use the word "worries" or concerns, but would say that "we live in a world where it is now something that is part of life." He added, "However, we move ahead with serenity." The pope has requested that a "normal car" -- not an armored vehicle -- be used when he is driven from one venue to another, Burke said. It will not be an open-topped vehicle, he added. The pope will use a "golf cart," however, rather than the open-air popemobile when he makes the rounds through the crowds at the air defense stadium, where Mass will be celebrated April 29. He also will use the golf cart for circulating among the more than 1,000 seminarians, religious and clergy expected to attend an outdoor prayer service at the Coptic Catholic Church's St. Leo's Patriarchal Seminary in the Cairo suburb of Maadi April 28. Burke said that after Pope Francis' private meeting with Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, at the patriarch's residence April 28, the two leaders will go together to the nearby church of Sts. Peter and Paul, which had been bombed during a Sunday Mass in December 2016, killing 24 people and injuring at least 45 others. They will pray "for all the victims from these past years and months, pray for Christians killed," Burke said. The two will leave flowers outside the church, light a candle and then have a moment of prayer for the victims from the December attack, the Vatican spokesman said. Soon afterward, the pope will go to the apostolic nunciature, where he will be staying, and will greet a group of children who attend a Comboni-run school in Cairo and later will greet more than 300 young people who made a pilgrimage to Cairo to see the pope, he added.- - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All rights reserved. Republishing or redistributing of CNS content, including by framing or similar means without prior permission, is prohibited. You may link to stories on our public site. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To request permission for republishing or redistributing of CNS content, please contact permissions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tony Gentile, ReutersBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Mercy is a true form of knowledge that allows men and women to understand the mystery of God's love for humanity, Pope Francis said. Having experienced forgiveness, Christians have a duty to forgive others, giving a "visible sign" of God's mercy, which "carries within it the peace of heart and the joy of a renewed encounter with the Lord," the pope said April 23 before praying the "Regina Coeli" with visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square. "Mercy helps us understand that violence, resentment and revenge do not have any meaning and that the first victim is the one who lives with these feelings, because he is deprived of his own dignity," he said. Commemorating Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis said St. John Paul II's establishment of the feast in 2000 was a "beautiful intuition" inspired by the Holy Spirit. God's mercy, he said, not only "opens the door of the mind," it also opens the door of the heart and paves the way for compassion toward those who are "alone or marginalized because it makes them feel they are brothers and sisters and children of one father." "Mercy, in short, commits us all to being instruments of justice, of reconciliation and peace. Let us never forget that mercy is the keystone in the life of faith, and the concrete form by which we give visibility to Jesus' resurrection," Pope Francis said. - - - Follow Arocho on Twitter: @arochoju.- - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All rights reserved. Republishing or redistributing of CNS content, including by framing or similar means without prior permission, is prohibited. You may link to stories on our public site. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To request permission for republishing or redistributing of CNS content, please contact permissions at email@example.com.
IMAGE: CNS/ReutersBy Cindy WoodenROME (CNS) -- The Christian church today needs believers who witness each day to the power of God's love, but it also needs the heroic witness of those who stand up to hatred even when it means giving up their lives, Pope Francis said. At Rome's Basilica of St. Bartholomew, a shrine to modern martyrs, Pope Francis presided over an evening prayer service April 22, honoring Christians killed under Nazism, communism, dictatorships and terrorism. "These teach us that with the force of love and with meekness one can fight arrogance, violence and war, and that with patience peace is possible," the pope said in his homily in the small basilica on Rome's Tiber Island. Departing from his prepared text, Pope Francis said he wanted to add to the martyrs remembered at St. Bartholomew by including "a woman -- I don't know her name -- but she watches from heaven." The pope said he'd met the woman's husband, a Muslim, in Lesbos, Greece, when he visited a refugee camp there in 2016. The man told the pope that one day, terrorists came to their home. They saw his wife's crucifix and ordered her to throw it on the ground. She refused and they slit her throat. "I don't know if that man is still at Lesbos or if he has been able to leave that 'concentration camp,'" the pope said, explaining that despite the good will of local communities many refugee camps are overcrowded and are little more than prisons "because it seems international agreements are more important than human rights." But, getting back to the story of the Muslim man who watched his wife be murdered, the pope said, "Now it's that man, a Muslim, who carries this cross of pain." "So many Christian communities are the object of persecution today! Why? Because of the hatred of the spirit of this world," the pope said. Jesus has "rescued us from the power of this world, from the power of the devil," who hates Jesus' saving power and "creates the persecution, which from the time of Jesus and the early church continues up to our day." "What does the church need today?" the pope asked. "Martyrs and witnesses, those everyday saints, those saints of an ordinary life lived with coherence. But it also needs those who have the courage to accept the grace of being witnesses to the end, to the point of death. All of those are the living blood of the church," those who "witness that Jesus is risen, that Jesus lives." Under a large icon depicting modern martyrs of the gulag and concentration camp, Pope Francis prayed: "O Lord, make us worthy witnesses of your Gospel and your love; pour out your mercy on humanity; renew your church; protect persecuted Christians; and quickly grant the whole world peace." During the prayer service, Pope Francis wore a stole that had belonged to Chaldean Father Ragheed Aziz Ganni, who was murdered in Mosul, Iraq, in 2007. Father Ganni's stole along with dozens of other items that belonged to men and women martyred in the 20th and 21st centuries are on display on the side altars at the basilica, which is cared for by the lay Sant'Egidio Community. During the prayer service, at which Anglican, Lutheran and Orthodox clergy were involved, people who had been close to those honored as martyrs at the shrine spoke. Karl A. Schneider's father, the Rev. Paul Schneider, was the first Protestant pastor martyred by the Nazis for opposing their hate-filled doctrine. He was married and the father of six children. "My father was assassinated in 1939 in the Buchenwald concentration camp because he believed the objectives of National Socialism were irreconcilable with the words of the Bible," Schneider told the congregation. "All of us, still today, make too many compromises, but my father remained faithful only to the Lord and to the faith." The next to speak was Roselyne Hamel, the sister of French Father Jacques Hamel, who was murdered as he celebrated Mass July 26, 2016. The Archdiocese of Rouen has begun his sainthood cause with Pope Francis' approval. Father Hamel's breviary is preserved at St. Bartholomew's. "Jacques was 85 years old when two young men, radicalized by hate speech, thought they could become heroes by engaging in homicidal violence," his sister told the pope. "At his age, Jacques was fragile, but he also was strong -- strong in his faith in Christ, strong in his love for the Gospel and for people." His witness to Gospel values continues, she said, in the reaction of Christians who did not call for revenge after his death, but for love and forgiveness. And, she said, the family and local church have experienced "the solidarity of Muslims who wanted to visit our Sunday assemblies after his death." "For his family, there certainly is pain and a void, but it is a great comfort to see how many new encounters, how much solidarity and love were generated by Jacques' witness," she said.- - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All rights reserved. Republishing or redistributing of CNS content, including by framing or similar means without prior permission, is prohibited. You may link to stories on our public site. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To request permission for republishing or redistributing of CNS content, please contact permissions at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IMAGE: CNS photo/Bob RollerBy Mark PattisonWASHINGTON (CNS) -- With religious persecution against Christians on the rise worldwide, it is important for other Christians to stand in solidarity with them, said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington. Christians in the United States and elsewhere must raise their voices on behalf of "the millions who are suffering," he said April 20 during a symposium held in connection with the release of "In Response to Persecution, Findings of the Under Caesar's Sword Project on Global Christian Communities," a report detailing the nature of persecution against Christians in different nations across the globe. "Make it difficult for others to ignore," the cardinal said. Doing so, Cardinal Wuerl noted, may require Christians "to be aware" of the persecution their fellow believers face on different continents. He suggested one response should be to "continue to support the flow of material assistance" to persecuted Christians through aid agencies like Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishops' international aid agency; Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican umbrella agency for different nations' Catholic relief organizations; or their counterparts run by other Christian denominations and organizations. "And we must, of course, continue to pray," said Cardinal Wuerl, who has just had a new book published, "To the Martyrs: A Reflection on the Supreme Christian Witness." He lamented the rise of intolerance in the Middle East. In Egypt, the cardinal said, "all found a way, until recently, to live together. Under the rise of ISIS ... things have just continued to get worse." He added he believes that, despite last year's declaration by then-Secretary of State John Kerry that the Islamic State group had been responsible for genocide in the regions it controlled in Iraq and Syria, most Americans are not aware of it. "This is not a Christian crisis of concern only to Christians," Cardinal Wuerl said. "This is a human crisis." Daniel Philpott, a professor of political science and peace studies at the University of Notre Dame and the principal author of the report, expressed surprise that few persecuted Christians resort to violence. He said there were limited instances of Christian groups forming militias to protect their people and property and, given the situations they face, that reaction may be "understandable and justifiable." Philpott outlined five contexts in which persecution exists: Islamic persecution, such as applying Shariah law to Christians; communist persecution such as that found in China, Vietnam and North Korea; state-supported persecution, such as in Turkey; religious hostility such as that seen in India; and the West's reaction to a secularizing influence. Philpott quoted Pope Francis, who called the secularization "polite persecution." Beyond these, there are nongovernmental actors like Islamic State; Philpott called them "Little Caesars" who persecute Christians. Archbishop Sebastian Shaw of Lahore, Pakistan, a country where 3 percent of the country's 120 million people are Christians, said working together with the Muslim majority is the best course of action. While Pakistan's blasphemy law has resulted in the deaths of many Christians, Archbishop Shaw said he does not want to have the law repealed, but he wants it modified so mob justice is eliminated. He told the story of a poor Christian couple working in indentured servitude at a brick kiln in the country. Somehow, a rumor spread that the couple had blasphemed Allah. Word got to the local imam, and "within 20 minutes there were 4,000 people" ready to exact their own justice against the couple, who had two children. Soon, both were thrown into the kiln furnace and "within five, seven minutes, they were both burned to death," the archbishop said. Later, officials discovered that the Christian woman was pregnant, and that both husband and wife were illiterate and could not have committed the blasphemy of which they were accused. "They did not have a Quran in their home," Archbishop Shaw said. "They didn't even have a Bible in their home." The archbishop said he gives the "two-F" instruction to his Catholics: "Don't fear. Jesus said, 'Do not be afraid,'" he told his audience. "The second F is do not fight, do not fight. No fear, no fight." He said he encourages Catholics to "know your purpose. You were born in Pakistan" for a reason, Archbishop Shaw added. "Know your religion and your religious values, and express them in your life." The symposium also featured a 27-minute documentary, "Under Caesar's Sword," which explored religious restrictions and violence in Turkey and in India, along with glimpses of situations in Myanmar, Pakistan, Eritrea, Iraq and Syria.- - -Follow Pattison on Twitter: @MeMarkPattison. - - -Copyright © 2017 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. www.catholicnews.com. All rights reserved. Republishing or redistributing of CNS content, including by framing or similar means without prior permission, is prohibited. You may link to stories on our public site. This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To request permission for republishing or redistributing of CNS content, please contact permissions at email@example.com.