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Blessings at the High Men's School Discernment Day
By Adrian Salazar, Seminarian
On June 18th 2016, eighteen young men from all over the Archdiocese joined SA seminarians, religious brothers, and priests for the second annual High School Day of Discernment hosted at Assumption Seminary. The retreat was an opportunity for these young men to learn more about the diocesan priesthood and religious life as well as hear from young seminarians and religious brothers who have courageously answered the call. Archbishop celebrated mass for the teens, encouraging them to discern their vocation well and telling them, 'Our vocation is like a star in the night sky that we hadn't noticed before but that has always been there.' The teens later enjoyed a game of ultimate Frisbee led by Br. Mikael of the Missionaries of the Divine Mercy and Br. Brandon, a Capuchin Franciscan. In the evening, the parents attended a special meeting about fostering vocations in the family and then joined their sons for praise and worship and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Whether the young men had just begun discerning or had been thinking about it for quite a while, they all left the retreat with something new.
There is a misconception that God isn't calling young men to the priesthood and religious life; after this retreat, it evident that that is not true. God continues to call but in this era it has become more difficult for young people to hear God's voice. As Elijah experienced on his journey, the voice of God can be like "a tiny whispering sound." Priestly and religious vocations are present but they need to be cultivated. And who is responsible for this work? We are, the people of God. It is the responsibility of everyone, especially the parents to provide young people with resources and the environment they need to hear God's voice and truly discern their vocation.
Young people need to remember that God knows what will ultimately make them happy. They need to learn to trust in His will and make it their own. As Pope Francis says: "Ask Jesus what He wants from you and be brave." A vocation is a gift from God and everyone has one. It is a journey to embark on and a treasure meant to be shared with others. Our vocation is our ultimate fulfillment in life and enables us to love like Christ in a particular way whether that is as a priest or religious, married, or single. St. Catherine of Sienna once said: "Be who God meant you to be, and you will set the world on fire." Our Church needs young people to first answer the call to holiness and then to their God-given vocation.
Young men who feel the calling to the priesthood or religious life are encouraged to ask questions about a potential vocation, speak to their parish priest, or a religious congregation and reach out to the vocation office where they can acquire more information and attend events and retreats such the High School Day of Discernment.
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Re: HELP! algebraic math problem
DavidA.Johnson at news.acns.nwu.edu wrote:
: I'm stumped!
: I have a simple problem that I certainly should be able to see the solution and my memory just isn't working. Is there anyone who can help me solve this.
: I have a general equation of: d = a + bx + c ln(x)
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: In reality I know a, b, c, and d and need to calculate x
: I've been trying to solve this in Mathematica and it just doesn't work because of limitations in their solve routine. Of course I've been lazy for quite a while and have been using Mma to much to solve problems and my mind has obviously forgotten simple concepts.
: appologetically, and in advance, THANK'S,
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This works, as long as you have numerical values of a,b,c,d. (Otherwise
it's a much more difficult <possible?> problem:
ans = Roots[d==a + b x + c Log[x]/.{a->2,b->6,c->4,d->5},x]
x == (3 - 4*Log[x])/6
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|Kristina Gafford signs her Letter of Intent to Texas Wesleyan University (standing l-r): Paul and Toni Gafford (parents); (seated l-r): MC coach Tammie Jimenez, Gafford and TWU coach Kimberly Boone-Weaver
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The cd is apparently " bundled blue books " for firearms , and modern black powder , and air guns since it gives the option of looking into any of them when installed . ( tho the subscription for updates you have to choose one book )
The cd took about 45 days to arrive but in all fairness I guess I hit the transition time between last years and this years when I ordered . Upon arrival the software would not register , a phone call to the nice and helpful lady at customer service determined that the Registration Key stickers on some of the cd's had been improperly printed cutting off the first digit of the registration code , she both gave it to me over the phone and emailed the complete one for handy printing or reference tho .
After playing a bit with the search ect.. I was able to quickly run up 18k or so of my guns in a test database . During this time I noted that about half of what I reference in the book has been left off the cd, and is available online thro your subscription as .pdf files not much important , things like the photo grading reference system , serialization ect.. oO( can we say hostile site rip ?? ) LOL
So on the plus side I don't now have to pitch a huge paperback in my laptop case , nor do I need the cd to run the bluebook .
On the down side if you are not intimately familiar with guns and the blue book specifically , search is going to be pretty much useless to you since it does not wildcard well . also there is no easy way to scroll thro the pages of the book , you get a list of what looks to me to be about 1 page of the actual book , must scroll to bottom to change page ( so don't say choose colt with no specific model and start scrolling unless your REALLY curious , and have lots of time lol )
If you need to inventory your guns , I guess its ok But my estimation is honestly .....
are you ready ...
Use the paper back blue book , and set up an exel file , then spend the rest of the $$ on cheap beer and an ugly stripper . At least then you will have something for your money ( a story lol )
Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life .
We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think .
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Thats a interesting review especially the buy the book part
RR -- you're right, just get the book. We figured that out with a sample copy where I work -- the regular old paper book is so much better. I think if Blue Book had a real programmer, it would be a buy, but not sure what they're doing now because, as you said, lots of problems.
I can't comment on the ugly stripper because I only know beautiful ones. Oh, and I lie a lot, too.....
I would take the saved money and buy beer though!


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Hi Maddie!ReplyDelete
I think you have set a great goal for yourself! It seems very reachable, and it will really make a difference in the lives of those you donate to. What are your next steps to help you reach your goal? I know that when I am doing a project I set goals and deadlines so that I can better stay on top of everything.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
I agree with Leanna - 100 books is a great goal, and if you're able to manage all the other things you are responsible for, you'll manage this. It's a great project, as reading is such a comfort for so many, and a necessary skill for all! Keep moving forward, don't give up, because even if you don't reach your goal of 100 books, the books you do collect and donate will still make a difference!ReplyDelete


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Aug 28 (Reuters) - Business software maker Novell Inc NOVL.O posted quarterly results above market estimates, helped by a jump in sales of Linux business software, and also raised its outlook for 2008 adjusted operating margin.
Third-quarter net loss widened to $15.1 million, or 4 cents a share, compared with a loss of $3.7 million, or 1 cent a share, a year ago.
Excluding items, the company earned 6 cents a share for the quarter ended July 31. Revenue rose 3 percent to $245 million. Analysts on average expected the company to earn 5 cents a share, before items, on revenue of $241.3 million, according to Reuters Estimates.
Novell is the world's second-largest seller of Linux software after Red Hat Inc (RHT.N: Cotización).
The company still expects 2008 revenue to be between $940 million and $970 million. Analysts were expecting $959 million. The company now expects adjusted operating margin to be between 8 percent and 10 percent, compared with its earlier outlook of 7 percent to 9 percent.
Shares of the company rose 2 percent to $6.14 in trading after the bell. They closed at $6.01 Thursday on Nasdaq. (Reporting by Purwa Naveen Raman in Bangalore; Editing by Deepak Kannan)
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Honda Accord, Suzuki Kizashi rate highest on new crash test; 2 Toyotas rated poor
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By: Gabe Nelson
More at link - including full list of tested vehicle ratings.Thirteen mid-sized cars have earned high marks on the insurance industry's newest frontal-crash test, but a pair of Toyota models tested fared worse than the rest.
The so-called small overlap test involves crashing the front corner of a car into a barrier at 40 mph. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety devised the test to simulate a collision with a stationary object such as a tree or a utility pole.
Just three out of 11 luxury cars rated "good" or "acceptable" on the insurance industry group's first round of tests this summer, but today the IIHS gave a good rating to the four-door Honda Accord and the Suzuki Kizashi, and an acceptable rating to 11 more mid-sized cars.
"Normally we see new technology and new innovations go into the luxury cars first, so we see them doing better," IIHS President Adrian Lund said. "This is a bit of a surprise."
Three other models -- the Hyundai Sonata, Chevrolet Malibu and Volkswagen Jetta sedan -- rated as "marginal."


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Eight years ago, a particularly nasty cult leader named Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison. Jeffs was - and still is - the spiritual leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, an extremist Mormon splinter group with enclaves scattered across the American West.The FLDS, like most cults, was controlled with an iron fist, and members were expected to live like slaves serving the whims of an all-powerful leader. Both Warren Jeffs and the previous leader, … [Read more...]
The FLDS Cult Is Unraveling
Book Review: Recovering Agency
(Note: This review was solicited and is written in accordance with this site's policy for such reviews.)At the American Atheists convention in Salt Lake City this year, I toured the grounds of the Mormon temple with some other attendees. At the time, I thought of it as an exercise in appreciating wacky religious camp. But the goofy theology of the LDS church is a cover for something darker and more troubling, as I found out from author (and ex-Mormon) Luna Lindsey's book Recovering Agency: … [Read more...]
Sexist Religion Still Isn't a Democracy
In past eras when ignorance and prejudice were the norm, religious authorities could decree ignorant and prejudiced rules without anyone taking notice. But in the centuries since, the world has changed, while religious morality has largely stayed the same; and to many believers of the modern era, those unchanging doctrines, born in a darker time, are archaic relics at best and an embarrassment at worst. The passage of time casts the contradictions between moral progress and ancient dogma into … [Read more...]
#AAcon14 Wrapup
I've just gotten home from Salt Lake City, where I was at the 2014 annual convention of American Atheists. AA always has their convention on Easter weekend (and after all, what better weekend would there be for an atheist not to have other plans?), and this year gave us a double dose of cheekiness by putting it on in the heart of Mormon country.AA's president Dave Silverman took some heat (rightfully so, in my opinion) for his ill-judged comments at CPAC about abortion last month. I didn't … [Read more...]
The Mormons Repeat the Errors of History
Last month, a federal judge in Utah ruled that it violated the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection to deny civil marriage rights to same-sex couples. After a few days of joyful chaos in which gay and lesbian couples flocked to county clerks' offices, Utah state officials managed to convince the Supreme Court to temporarily stay the ruling pending a full hearing by an appeals court. In the meantime, the state announced that they'll refuse to recognize the more than 1,000 marriages their … [Read more...]
Weekend Coffee: June 3
There are a couple of stories from this past week that I wanted to mention: • A three-judge panel on the First Circuit Court of Appeals, two of whom are Republican appointees, have struck down part of DOMA, ruling that it violates the Constitution for the federal government to deny benefits to same-sex couples legally married in their home state. • You may remember a notorious net kook named Dennis Markuze, who engaged in a longstanding campaign of harassment and threats against … [Read more...]
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This piece was originally published on AlterNet. When America was founded, it was the first modern nation to throw off the rule of absolute monarchy and prove that democracy was feasible. But at the same time, when America was founded, it was hardly a democracy at all. The vote was denied to women, to millions of enslaved human beings -- to everyone except a relatively small number of its citizens. Despite the Constitution's prohibition on religious tests, many states had their own established … [Read more...]
Anti-Atheist Prejudice at the Polls
My latest article has been posted on AlterNet, Why Is Atheism a Bigger Obstacle to Political Office Than Mormonism? In it, I look at poll results showing that American voters remain prejudiced against atheists, and ask why it is that Mormons and other groups have managed to avoid the brunt of similar bigotry, despite holding beliefs that are equally incompatible with mainstream Christianity and arguably far more bizarre than ours. Read the excerpt below, then click through to see the rest:In … [Read more...]


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WordPress is one of the most versatile and user-friendly web platforms currently available. From the budding blogger to the business looking for a web presence, WordPress and its many associated plug-ins and themes can offer even the most inexperienced web designer easy entry into website creation.
However, for those looking to move beyond installing a pre-built theme, there are a number of excellent, and free, blank templates available that can be easily edited to create something more personal. With the rise of responsive web design, a lot of these templates offer out-of-the-box responsive layouts, including WordPress's own Twenty Twelve default theme.
Among the best of these blank templates is Reverie, based on Zurb's superlative Foundation framework. Reverie 4 is the most recent release of the fluid theme, and it includes significant changes to both the structure and syntax, embracing the mobile-first ethic for the first time. Reverie makes building your very own responsive theme simplicity itself.
This tutorial assumes the user has some basic knowledge of WordPress installation and HTML editing. Also, while Reverie 4 is built for ideal use with SASS, we will keep the focus of this project on Vanilla CSS. So, let's make a responsive, colourful, movie blog!
Install WordPress
Once you have installed your WordPress site, and you have decided on the basic structure, such as the blog title, pages, and menu items, it will display using the default theme, Twenty Twelve. Not a bad template, but we want to use the superior Reverie 4.
Install Reverie
In the site's dashboard area, proceed to the left-hand menu. Click on Appearance> Themes> Install Themes. Select Upload and using the Choose File window, locate your Reverie zip file. Hit Install Now and once that has completed, click on Activate. Now refresh your site and you will see the Reverie template take over.
Check the responsiveness
Reduce your screen size and see that the elements are already responding. Sidebar elements stack themselves below the main content, forming a single column. Pay particular note to the menu which, under a screen width of 768 pixels (Reverie 4 has only this one cut-off point), converts to a drop-down. The basics are now in place.
Reverie file structure
Reverie 4's structure differs from earlier releases, which followed the standard WordPress structure. Now the style.css located in the theme's root is largely redundant, replaced by a stylesheet of the same name in the CSS folder. Also, whereas large portions of necessary styles were in foundation.css, most of this has now been moved to that same stylesheet.
Setting your background
You have a choice of setting your background in either the CSS (see below), or with the basic customisation function which WordPress offers. From the Dashboard, click on Appearance> Themes and Customize, next to the theme thumbnail. From the left-hand menu select Background Image and upload your image, or select Colors. Then Save & Publish.
001 body { 002 background: url(../img/bg.jpg) fixed; 003 }
Understanding Reverie's recent changes
Those familiar with earlier editions of Zurb's framework will notice a change in syntax for classes. Rather than declaring
in small and large column sizes, eg class="small-12 large-7 columns". This allows more control in the markup between device sizes and a more efficient build.
001 < div class="row"> 002 < div class="small-2 large-4 columns">... 003 < div class="small-4 large-4 columns">... 004 < div class="small-6 large-4 columns">... 005 < /div>
Your blog logo
It's very simple to swap out the standard blog title for a more personal logo image for your blog. Using the new syntax, open up the header.php file (wp-content/themes/reverie-master/header.php) and locate the title declaration on line 77. Remove the h1 tag and replace it with a call to your logo image that you want to use. Remember, you want the logo to sit at the left-hand side at full-width, but fill the screen at mobile.
Extra styling
You will want to add in your personal CSS styles as you go along. The easiest way to do this is to add any fresh styles to style.css (wp-content/themes/reverie-master/css/style.css). Scroll to the bottom and create a comment, 'my styles'. Place all your new styles under here so you can easily keep track of your changes. Then give your new logo some room to breathe.
001 /* my styles*/ 002 #logo { 003 margin:15px 0; 004 }
The header area
To change your header background, locate line 4554 of style.css. Remove header.row from the row cluster and place it alone in your new section with an opaque black value. Remove the underline in the header by deleting the < hr /> tag beneath the logo in header.php.
001 header.row { 002 background-color: rgba (0, 0, 0, 0.9); 003 }
Navigation bar
The navigation bar needs to be highlighted. There are several areas where changes to the background colour must be made to encompass the blog title, < ul> elements and the search bar (for full-width). Change the background colour on lines 2736, 2859, 2953, 3008 and 3071 from the dark-grey to the red of the logo.
001 .top-bar { 002 overflow: hidden; 003 height: 45px; 004 line-height: 45px; 005 position: relative; 006 background: #9a0510; 007 }
Custom home page
To exert more control over how your front page looks, you need to create a custom home page. Locate the file page.php in the theme folder. Copy it and rename the copy home.php. WordPress will automatically look for this file name when loading the site. Now time for some editing. And how about a few posts to show the results?
Installing Orbit Slider
Reverie comes with the responsive Orbit Slider scripts pre-packed. You will need the Orbit Slider plug-in to complete the circuit. Once you have this installed and activated, open home.php and add a slider < div> containing the orbit shortcode, just below the main content < div>. You can set the slides in Orbit's option page (from the Dashboard left menu).
001 < div class="small-12 large-8 columns" 002 role="main"> 003 < div id="slider"> 004 < ?php echo do_shortcode('[orbit- slider]') ?> 005 < /div>
Orbit Slider options
The Orbit Slider comes with many options, which can be accessed from the Dashboard menu under Slides. From here you can set the transition speed, style, captions and navigation elements. Slides can be added individually or by category. Upload a few slides and test it. The default width for the slides is 540px, but they will fit the < div> in which they sit.
Creating post boxes
The latest posts listed on the homepage look better boxed and with a thumbnail. On home.php, close the entire loop in a 'post_box' < div>, which we will style later. In the 'entry-content' < div>, replace 'the_content' with 'the_excerpt'. This will display a snippet of each post. Then add a thumbnail for each post at the start of the 'post_box' < div>.
Post box styling
Give the post box a black background, with a red border, 10px padding and a 10px bottom margin. Change the font for the entry-title h1 to, say, Amatic from Google Fonts, and change the colour. Also reduce the size of the meta and snippet text and make it white. Arrange the thumbnail to sit left-side. Now it's taking shape.
Tidy up
You will need to add in a margin to create some space between the content and the header. In header.php, give the main content section an id 'site-content' and then a padding-top of 15px. Additionally, a matching border for the slider itself would tie it all up very nicely indeed. Use the code below to complete these steps and add a border to your CSS, along with an extra media query so that the thumbnail occupies the full-width at mobile landscape.
001 Header.php 002 003 < section id="site-content" class="container row" role="document"> 004 CSS 005 #site-content { 006 padding-top:20px; 007 } 008 #slider { 009 border:2px solid #9a0510; 010 margin-bottom:10px; 011 } 012 @media only screen and (max-width: 380px) { 013 .thumbnail { 014 width:100%; 015 float:none; 016 margin-right:0; 017 } 018 .thumbnail img { 019 margin:0; 020 }
The sidebar
Everything so far has been put in a box so why not the sidebar? Open sidebar.php in the theme root folder. The sidebar is an aside with an id, open to some styling. Give it a black background, with a 0.8 opacity, a border, 10px padding-top, and colour the text. Now it fits in.
001 #sidebar { 002 background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); 003 padding-top:10px; 004 border: 2px solid #9a0510; 005 } 006 #sidebar p,ul,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { 007 color:#fff; 008 } 009 #sidebar a { 010 color:#ffb016; 011 }
The footer
Open footer.php in the theme root folder. Any changes made here first require the footer tag to be assigned an id. You may also wish to remove the Reverie credit here. The footer is widget-ready, or alternatively you can add your content directly in the HTML. If you would rather not have the menu items, they can also be removed or restyled.
Adding footer content
Widgets and custom menus are an effective way to add content to your footer, but the Reverie syntax allows you great control over hard-coded content. Create three footer areas, each small-12 large-4 columns wide, for an email, logo, and social icons. The social icon div can also contain four small-3 large-3 columns for each icon.
Social header
Having placed the social icons into the footer, it might look cool to place them in the spare area on the right-hand side of the header. This time, however, we have five columns to play with rather than the four in the footer, since the logo occupies seven. The icons will automatically appear slightly larger, but will remain the same for mobile.
Post pages
Now click on one of your blog posts and have a good look about to see what needs refining in those inner pages. Actually it doesn't look bad at all. Just a few areas need tidying up. The post title needs a colour change, but you can take care of that with a colour addition to the 'entry-title' tag we worked on earlier.
001 .entry-title { 002 font-family: 'Amatic SC', cursive; 003 font-weight: 700; 004 margin-top: 0em; 005 margin-bottom: 0.2em; 006 text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; 007 line-height: 1.4; 008 font-size: 2.5em; 009 color:#9a0510; 010 }
Test your blog
It's always very important to take the time to check a responsive site at all device widths before sending it out into the wide world. Use responsinator.com or another, similar device simulator to see how it looks at all widths. Don't be afraid to add in further, more specific, media queries if needs be. Chances are you won't. Reverie probably has it covered.


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Palm Harbor University linebacker Quentin Cumings waited and wondered for months where he would play college football. It all ended last week when he officially committed to Division II Edinboro (Pa.) University.
Cumings had a few small offers, including one from NAIA Webber International. But he said it wasn't the right fit. After exhausting most of his options, Cumings planned to walk on at FIU.
It wasn't until three weeks ago that Edinboro showed interest.
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Gerry Rafferty: An Appreciation
11 Jan 2011 // 3:00 AM
Gerry Rafferty died too young, embittered and ravaged by alcoholism, added to the strange but poignant list of people we've never met but still miss. He leaves behind a perfect song, an aching, sad, beautiful story attached to a sax solo forever lodged in the right brains of millions of music fans.
Right Down the Line: R.I.P. Gerry Rafferty
11 Jan 2011 // 12:00 AM
Hopefully even in his most lonely moments when he could not see the light, Gerry Rafferty's heart was less heavy knowing how many lives he had improved with the gift he shared


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Rules of Thumb for the Age of Doom
By Charles M. Young
Anyone who claims that if you don't know your history, you are doomed to relive it, is boring.
Anyone who claims that you are entitled to your own opinion but not your own facts is boring.
"Anyone dumb enough to wanna be in the military should be allowed in," said the late great Bill Hicks. It was one of the few things he got wrong. Anyone dumb enough to wanna be in the military is too dumb to be trusted with a weapon. So the issue of getting gays into the military is not the issue. The issue is getting heterosexuals out of the military. They're the ones who are shooting civilians for sport and taking trophies. Anyone who gets jazzed about equal rights for war criminals is boring.
As the Huffington Post gets bigger and bigger, it gets harder and harder to find the stuff that's worth reading, unless you're actually interested that Kim Kardashian bought a purse for $30,000.
Most men in the United States know they don't have a chance with Kim Kardashian and they resent it. The fundamental problem here is class, not sexism...
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"Anyone who gets jazzed about equal rights for war criminals is boring."
They equally have the right to be indicted, prosecuted, convicted, sentenced for, well, if they're leaders of wars of aggression, then the rest of their earthly lives. And we could get jazzed up about that, if we could make it happen and did. We'd be so jazzed up that there'd surely be celebrations and joy worldwide.
We painfully can't make that happen, and there's nothing jazzy about this at all.
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"The Top Censored Stories From 2009-2010"
by Project Censored, ProjectCensored.org, Oct. 11th, 2010
Some stories that seem like they're news to me and some that are news to me are the following.
"4. ICE Operates Secret Detention and Courts"
"8. Massacre in Peruvian Amazon over US Free Trade Agreement"
"16. US Presidents Charged with Crimes Against Humanity as Universal Jurisdiction Dies in Spain"
"17. Nanotech Particles Pose Serious DNA Risks to Humans and the Environment"
"18. The True Cost of Chevron"
"19. Obama Administration Assures World Bank and International Monetary Fund a Free Reign of Abuse"
"22. 1.2 Billion People in India to be Given Biometric ID Cards"
"24. War Crimes of General Stanley McChrystal"
I'll highlight two of the above stories, and not because they're necessarily more important than the other stories listed above, or in the full list of 25 stories.
No. 16 has the following three articles.
*) Glen Ford, "Four U.S. Presidents and Four UK Prime Ministers Charged With Genocide," Black Agenda Report, October 13, 2009
*) "Justice for Iraq: Legal Case Filed U.S. Presidents and UK Prime Ministers," Brussels Tribune, October 7, 2009"
*) Center for Constitutional Rights, "CCR Seeks to Intervene in Spanish Court's Investigations into Bush Administration's Torture Program," press release, April 27, 2010
No. 24 has the following two (of three) articles.
*) Seymour Hersh, "Secret US Forces Carried Out Assassinations in a Dozen Countries, Including in Latin America," Democracy Now!, March 31, 2009
*) PressTV, "McChrystal Was Cheney's Chief Assassin," May 16, 2009
I had read that General McChrystal had an assassination kind of military background, but don't think to have read about him having been "Cheney's chief assassin". And I knew that the U.S. carried out assassinations, but don't recall having read that it's in a dozen countries.
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The Bruins win the dual, although Reynolds rests its No. 2 runner
The Barlow boys cross country team made its case for state Wednesday with an eight-point win over Reynolds on the Raiders home course, but the final bids to Eugene wont be awarded until next weeks district showdown.
The Bruins put three runners ahead of Reynolds No. 2 racer to win the dual by a comfortable margin. Jackson Haselnus led Barlow in second place overall, covering the 5K course in 16:13, pulling away from the Raiders top runner over the third mile.
I got into the forest loop late in the race and could feel myself pulling away, Haselnus said.
Central Catholic dominated the race, packing six runners into the top 10 overall. Kyle Thompson won the race with a time of 15:49, pulling away from the pack at the first mile marker and running most of the event alone well ahead of the pack.
On the girls side, Reynolds won the four-team meet with 41 points. Emily Trosino was the first across the finish line, completing the 3.1 miles in 20:17.
The MHC district championships are Wednesday at Centennial High.
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Before participating in Tai Chi, whatever style it could be, people must first understand the components of Yin and Yang. Opposite homes stability is created in a solid element to unify the movements in Kung Fu.
In due time, Chen style Tai Chi gives balance and coordination internally for the whole aspect of the human body. In exchange, the body will be conscious of its surroundings and will put it to use for its advantage being a type of self-defense.
Tai Chi, generally speaking, looks timid empty and timid but if recognized more clearly, one will understand that it is the inner balance that one should achieve. Spiraling circular movements are accustomed to transfer the chi inside the body.
Your brain is also a vital section of the complete martial art. It"s centered on the purposes of Tai-chi for combat and emanate correct health which will move through the whole nervous system. The most essential requirement about Tai Chi is that it"s the capacity to energize the body that will be most advantageous to the methods inside the body.
Chen Style Described
Chen style Tai Chi is one of the hardest and probably the most difficult form of Tai Chi to learn. It needs a top degree of art that"s needed in the requirements of life. Mostly, Chen model is concerned on self-defense but it provides more namely intelligence about kinetics, structure, psychology, aesthetics, and body mechanics, as it progresses.
Chen is indicated by a deep stance, circles and twists, and a rate that"s different. While the index fingers of both of your hands are extended in an angle that forms a plane the hand is produced. The pace varies from a standing position and intense powerful movements..
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In the US-style primary, Agarwal defeated former legislator Rajesh Lilothia. Out of 299 party workers, 252 voted for Agarwal while the rest voted for Lilothia.
Agarwal said he was happy to win the primary and praised party vice president Rahul Gandhi for introducing the process in Delhi.
The primary was the brainchild of Gandhi. It is scheduled on an experimental basis in 16 constituencies countrywide - including two in Delhi - in which party workers would elect the candidate to contest the Lok Sabha polls.
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Fru Therkelsen – see the other half of the room below…
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Huff reports: "Unwilling to capitulate to every demand made by the likes of Monsanto, Lugo was clearly a problem for these movers and shakers."
Monsanto was involved in the coup that overthrew Fernando Lugo in Paraguay. (photo: Reuters)
Monsanto Linked to Coup That Ousted Paraguayan President
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he political system in Paraguay is undergoing some major turmoil right now following the forced impeachment of former President Fernando Lugo, a "left-of-center" politician democratically voted into office by the people of Paraguay back in 2008. And among those who initiated and brought about this controversial coup was multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto, which was apparently threatened by Lugo's resistance against the company's genetically-modified (GM) crop agenda.
For years, Paraguay's government has been dominated by so-called "right-wing" politicians that have served the interests of the country's local oligarchy, as well as the interests of the U.S. embassy and transnational corporations that have established a powerful stronghold in the country. Among these corporate influences was Monsanto, which over the years has converted much of Paraguay's arable land into plantations that grow GM crops.
But with the election of Lugo in 2008, things were beginning to change in many ways, according to reports, which triggered serious upset amongst Paraguay's status quo class. Unwilling to capitulate to every demand made by the likes of Monsanto, Lugo was clearly a problem for these movers and shakers, who had long controlled national policy to their liking at the expense of the underclasses who have had to endure extreme poverty as a result.
"Monsanto planned to introduce a genetically modified seed for commercial use in the country ... (But) [u]nder Lugo's administration, Paraguay's National Service for Plants and Seeds Quality and Health (SENAVE) refused to approve the seed's use," writes Berta Joubert-Ceci of Workers World concerning Monsanto's involvement in the coup.
"The right-wing oligarchs favor dissemination of Monsanto seeds, while the peasantry has been demonstrating against it. The Union of Associations of Producers, a landowners group tied to Monsanto, was preparing a demonstration for June 25 against Lugo to benefit the giant transnational and the 'liberalization' of its genetically modified seeds."
Though not perfect by any means, Lugo had at least tried to fight back in some ways against Monsanto's gradual takeover of Paraguay's agricultural land, the vast majority of which is now owned by less than three percent of the entire population. Many of Paraguay's family farms have been eliminated over the years and forcibly replaced with large mono-crop plantations that now grow Monsanto's GM soy and other cash crops. (http://www.naturalnews.com/030390_GMO_soy_poverty.html)
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The coup against President Lugo was undeniably engineered by special interests concerned about losing control over a nation that they have been exploiting for decades. By stacking Paraguay's legislature with pro-industry hacks that have no regard for the interests of the people; corporate interests in Paraguay once against successfully marked their territory, just like they continue to do here in the U.S.
You see, countries like the U.S. and Paraguay, though they may differ externally in their political structures, operate in a disturbingly similar fashion. Private industry in both countries has essentially morphed with the government into a single, fascist entity that serves the interests of corporations and a select "elite" at the expense of everyone else.
The working class in Paraguay is obviously much worse off than the working class in America, at least at this point in time. But the principle remains that any government, including the American government, that operates for the sole benefit of its corporate masters is really nothing more than a dictatorship in which the people are no longer considered to be sovereign individuals, but rather slaves.
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We cannot afford to let corporations take over the world. They will destroy it simply to make more money. They have no love of people or the planet.
One of the great American myths is that the United States supports and promotes democracy throughout the world.
Was it that Lugo simply played into the hands of the Monsanto/elite crowd, the way Clinton almost did with Monica?
For all the whining going on by Romney and the American right, THIS is exactly what we are fighting for - governments and PEOPLE vs governments and CORPORATIONS.
As the book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman" talks about, the cabal of money that really runs the world go about threatening leaders of other nations: "Play with us and we'll make you very rich, refuse and you will be deposed or killed. Your Choice."
We are in real danger of destroying the world through global warming, polluting (and over-fishing)th e seas and destruction of the agricultural diversity of the planet. GMO is CRAP.
We, the peoples of the world, must unite against these forces that would kill us all for profit. That's all it's about. Neither Monsanto, nor any other corporation doing this, is out for anything more than another buck. they don't care about YOU, me or the planet, only MONEY.
Don't forget that Morales' Bolivia threw Bechtel out of the country after their attempt to dominate and privatize the country's water supply.
This may yet backfire on Monter-anto, as the recent successful lawsuit of $7.7 billion by 5 million farmers have shown Brazil.
They are NOT as invincible as their huge staff of lawyers and lobbyists seem to make them -except in the US and it's puppet nations.
Then the Bushes will have to sell up and move to- where? Colombia?
I strongly suspect that Monsanto was just one of several players in this action. The Colorado Party didn't need any encouragement or help to do what it did. The "excuse" for impeachment was when some local police tried to throw a bunch of peasants off a ranch where they were squatting, they fired back. The ranch is owned by one of the ruling families who got it under the former dictatorship. From the start, Lugo had been trying to institute some sort of land reform and neither the Colorado Party nor American Ag Corp. are very big on that.
As for Lugo's "erstwhile supporters," the Liberal Party, they now have the presidency so it was to their advantage to get rid of him. The 3% of the population that owns the farm land got it under Stroessner when he handed out land deeds to the oligarchy that supported him.
Look back at the past track records of corporations such as United Fruit and it is the same old story.
We send in the "Economic Hitmen" of CIA infused corporate America to coerce what "we" want. If that fails the assassins will follow.(Refer to Trujillo in Panama and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua as examples.)
The Latin American countries have been treated as a corporate plantation for decades. Much of Central and South America have awakened to this and have backlashed against North American empire. It is a continuous struggle ,however, which remains unfinished.
That's the former United Fruit (Guatemalan coup. '54) and still referred to in trading circles as "United Brands". I worked for them as a consultant construction manager in several countries until I found out what they are all about, which includes funneling funds to right wing death-squad militia in quite a few countries for which they were recently successfully sued in Colombia by the families of many "Dissapeared".
I was personally threatened in Ecuador whilst working there in '88, for showing solidarity towards a student rally to get clean drinking water and more open education in Guayaquil on a day off. The company car I was driving was also sprayed by one of their crop-duster planes near Machala in the south of the country -probably with some Monsanto-concoc ted brew.
And they practically own Cincinnati, their world headquarters now under the thumb of the Carl Linder family owner dynasty who call the shots in everything from the press to the arts.
So you might be a bit vigilant next time you shop for fruit -AND please, boycott their bananas, drinks and all products and spread the word about Chiquita; they are as much a part of the death culture as Monsanto!
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Number of Syrian refugees reaches one million
The number of Syrians who have fled their country since a deadly civil conflict erupted two years ago has hit one million, the UN's refugee agency said Wednesday.
"With a million people in flight, millions more displaced internally, and thousands of people continuing to cross the border every day, Syria is spiralling towards full-scale disaster," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said in a statement.
"We are doing everything we can to help, but the international humanitarian response capacity is dangerously stretched. This tragedy has to be stopped."
The UNHCR said the one million figure comprised both registered refugees and those awaiting registration, and that the count was based on fresh data received from its offices in the Middle East.
The agency previously had estimated that numbers would reach 1.1 million by June but said on Wednesday that it would adjust that figure.
The exodus has intensified this year, the UNHCR said, with 400,000 Syrians fleeing their country since January 1.
Only a year ago, the UN agency had only registered 33,000 refugees.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces fiercely cracked down on what were initially unarmed protests inspired by the Arab Spring but the crisis has since escalated into a deadly civil war.
The UN said the latest refugees "arrive traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families." Around half of the refugees are children, the majority under the age of 11.
Over 70,000 people have been killed since March 2011, according to the United Nations.
Most of the anti-Assad rebels are Sunni Muslims, while the ruling clan and many of its most fervent supporters are from the Alawite minority, an offshoot of Shiite Islam.
The refugees have fled primarily to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, but increasingly they are trying to reach North Africa and Europe, the UNHCR said.
"This number translates into one million people who are dependent on the generosity of host countries, the response of humanitarian agencies and the financial support of governments and individuals," said Guterres.
He underlined the impact of the numbers, with Lebanon's population having increased by as much as 10 per cent and Jordan's energy, water, health and education services being strained to the limit.
Turkey has spent over US$600 million setting up 17 refugee camps, with more under construction.
Iraq, already struggling with a million internally displaced people, has received over one hundred thousand Syrian refugees in the past year.
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FHS's portion of the needs assessment was performed by ADPH through a contractual agreement with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health's Health Care Organization and Policy Department to administer two web-based surveys, convene 11 focus group meetings, complete nine key informant interviews to facilitate the collection of qualitative data and by utilizing FHS's MCH Epidemiology Branch (MCH Epi) to complete data analysis of quantitative data from existing databases. CRS entered into agreements with Family Voices of Alabama and the School of Public Health at UAB to assist in their needs assessment process.
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In a move that transforms them from an intriguing contender to a possible favorite in the Eastern Conference, the Cleveland Cavs have reached an agreement in principle to acquire power forward Kevin Love from the Minnesota. The Cavaliers, in return, have agreed to send the Timberwolves a sizable package: the N.B.A.'s past two No. 1 picks, Andrew Wiggins, 19, and Anthony Bennett, 21; and a future first-round draft pick. The deal cannot be made official until Aug. 23. (A player in the N.B.A. — in this case, Wiggins — cannot be traded until one month after signing a first-year contract.)
Love had previously told the Timberwolves that he would not come back to Minnesota upon opting out of his current contract next summer and asked to be traded before the end of this summer. As part of the move to Cleveland, Love agreed to opt out of his contract after the season and sign a five-year extension with the Cavaliers.


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So remember that one time that I had a blog that I updated all the time and then I fell off the face of the planet? Good times.
I'm back! You may either cheer or groan. It turns out I made a lot of friends in the blogging community and I miss connecting with them. It's been...like 9 months since my last post? I figured I'd start out slow with the questions I get asked the most often since taking a sabbatical.
Most Asked Questions Since I Took a Blogging Sabbatical: (cool title)
Are you married yet? Why yes I am! I got married June 18, 2011. That's nearing a year ago. Good Lord.
Why did you take a sabbatical? Wedding planning took a lot out of me. I realize how ridiculous and petty that sounds, believe me. I had NO IDEA how stressed planning an event like that would be for me, and I'm a Production Coordinator! Planning is what I do every day! This 'having OCD and depression' shit is for the birds. I regret not blogging more about what I was going through during the months of planning, and for a long time that kept me from starting up again.
Are you pregnant? Are you kidding me?
How's Benny? Hilarious, furry, not-so-well-behaved (that part's my fault, not his). Oh and spoiled.
What's it like being married? Marriage is awesome! Hard, but awesome! I mean hard not in a negative way but in a realistic 'this is how life is' sort of way. Any thing worth having requires work. But I love my husband (still sounds weird) more now than I did when I got married.
Do you still live in the same apartment? I have the same job, the same apartment, the same piece of shit car, the same dog, even the same underwear! Really the only thing that's changed is my hair. I cut off 11 inches of it.
How was the honeymoon? Awesome! As honeymoons normally are- except for the getting-there part. Which I'll explain later this week. Let's just say it involved a lot of trying to understand Spanish with a day-old husband who couldn't talk.
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Quarterback Rex Grossman took a curious step back, turning the ball over six times - four interceptions and two lost fumbles - against a defense that entered the game ranked 29th in the NFL against the pass. A running game that was making strides did very little against an undersized Arizona defensive front, as neither Thomas Jones nor Cedric Benson was much of a factor. And although they made the plays down the stretch necessary to escape with a win, the defense had no answer for wideout Anquan Boldin and allowed 20 first-half points to rookie QB Matt Leinart.
But throw all that information out the window because the biggest news came a day later.
Safety Mike Brown, the play-making Pro-Bowler and unquestioned leader of the defense, tore ligaments in his right foot and will miss the rest of the season on injured reserve.
Brown made his presence felt in the ballgame late in the third quarter, scooping up a Leinart fumble and dancing three yards for a touchdown to shift the momentum of the game. Few players in the league seem to have a nose for the football like he does. Brown has now scored seven defensive TDs in his career, an all-time Bears record.
But just a few plays into the fourth quarter, Brown got his foot tangled up in a dogpile and could not break free. He grimaced in pain as his body was twisted in unnatural fashion, but there was nothing he could do. Brown left the field on a stretcher and was on crutches after the game.
After being a model of health his first four seasons - he started 63 of 64 games to begin his career - the former Cornhusker missed 18 of 32 games from 2004-05 with various lower leg injuries. Brown knew he had to make a change and completely altered his offseason training regimen, focusing more on flexibility and core strength. Despite coming into training camp feeling better than ever, he will miss the final 10 games of 2006 and is on IR for the second time in three years.
Brown is a smart player and knows what is going to be said about him sustaining yet another injury, but he disputes the claim that his body is breaking down.
"I know people are going to say 'injury-prone,'" Brown said. "All the injuries that I've had, they don't relate to each other. I just happened to be stuck in a pile that no player wants to be stuck in that situation. It's a bad situation to be in. I couldn't get my foot up out of the turf. All the weight came down. I'm just fortunate it's just my foot and not something like my knee is gone and ligaments and all that."
Perhaps nobody understands what Brown's absence means more than head coach Lovie Smith, who was quite frank when asked about the significance of losing his defensive captain.
"It's a severe blow," Smith said. "I think you all know what Mike means to our football team. He's just a special player, and I might add that he was having an outstanding game. He got a game ball. That's a big blow to us, but injuries do happen."
First in line to replace the irreplaceable Brown is Todd Johnson, a fourth-year player out of Florida. A wonderful special teams player who has started 12 games at safety in his career - predominantly when Brown has been out with various injuries - he isn't afraid to lay the lumber to opponents. However, he lacks Brown's coverage skills and could be exposed in the passing game.
No matter how well he plays with Brown sidelined for the rest of the season, Johnson knows he has some big shoes to fill.
"You can't really replace his leadership and his presence," Johnson said. "He spoke to the defensive backs and said the train has to go on."
The train has to go on, indeed, but this defense wasn't quite the same at the end of last season when Brown was out with an Achilles' injury. Johnson and the rest of his secondary mates must pick up the slack if the Bears want to keep their Super Bowl hopes alive.