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Best of AppStorm in March
We've collected the top four reviews, roundups and how-to articles from across the AppStorm network in February. Whether you're interested in Mac, iPhone, Web, Android, Windows, or iPad apps, there's bound to be something you didn't spot over the course of the month. Now would be a good time to explore a part of the AppStorm Network you've never seen before!
Thanks for reading AppStorm, and I hope you enjoy looking over some of our favourite posts from last month!
Best of Android.AppStorm
60 More Gorgeous Wallpapers for Your Android
Here we are again with a fresh batch of 60 more wallpaper images for your phone (or tablet or even your desktop for that matter). A lot of the images we have linked are available in a variety of resolutions and will therefore suit your needs just fine. Given the crazy variety of screen sizes and resolutions on Android today, you will most probably need to crop the image to fit your screen. Shouldn't be a problem though, since the OS should take care of letting you do that at the right time.
ADWLauncher EX
Personally, I came to use ADWLauncher EX very late indeed; after being smitten with LauncherPro for a while, but disappointed when the development on that launcher ceased, I went looking for something else and found ADWLauncher EX. I remain completely open to new launchers and persist in trying new ones out. However, time and time again I always return to ADWLauncher EX. Why do I do this? Why keep coming back? Read on for more…
Why the HTC "One" Line Is a Big Change
HTC has always held a place of honor in the Android community in general. Since the launch of the Dream, they have grown bigger and stronger and have not looked back. While still holding an extremely influential place in the smartphone industry, they have evolved from their humble beginnings into one of the industry's largest innovators.
However, at this year's Mobile World Congress, HTC's launch of the One series of smartphones signalled a shift in philosophies that had served them well for the past couple of years, but was starting to show signs of weakness. I believe that this change is definitely for the better, and indicates exciting times ahead for HTC, consumers and developers.
Our Top 100 Android Apps
In February, we here at Android.AppStorm put together our best tips, tricks, features, and shortcuts. This month, we've gathered our favorite apps – the ones we use all the time, and that we'd recommend to our friends.
Best of iPad.AppStorm
The New iPad and Apple's Massive 4G Mistake
March 7th was a bit of a milestone for me – it was the first time in my life that I had reserved and bought an Apple product straight after it was launched. Normally I am a bit dubious when it comes to technology, and before investing in a new gadget, I like to read countless reviews about it to really ascertain whether I'm getting the best value for money. But when the new iPad was announced I was certain that I could trust my instinct, took the plunge, and bought it outright without even reading one single review.
The features were certainly worth shouting about – that all-new, highly anticipated retina display and a beefed-up A5X processor with more powerful capabilities. All sounding good so far, I thought to myself. Then, the bombshell dropped – the new iPad will have 4G support (LTE), allowing blisteringly fast download speeds that makes 3G look ancient and sluggish.
100 High Definition Backgrounds for the New iPad
Okay, so you've got your amazing new "resolutionary" iPad and you're looking for the best way to show off the powerful display. I mean really, you're going to want some breathtaking wallpapers and backgrounds that are the same resolution as your new iPad to go along with the device – so that people can see how great it is. Well you're in luck, because I've managed to gather 100 of the best iPad Retina-optimized wallpapers, saving you all the work of searching the entire World Wide Web for them.
40 Wonderfully Creative iPad Apps
We all have the capacity to be creative, it's in our very nature.
The iPad is a wonderful tool for creation is almost every sphere you can imagine, from expressing poetry to capturing artistic ideas, from exploring musical invention to manipulating captured light. Whether you consider yourself a creative professional, or are simply a person who loves to dream and imagine, there are hundreds of awesome iPad apps to help you do just that.
Exercise your mind, make something new today!
On Graphics: An Open Letter to iPad Devs
Check. Check. Is this thing on? Hello everyone. If you're a developer of iPad applications, then today, I'm talking to you. More specifically, the one's who shouldn't snooze through today's address are the iPad game developers, but what I want to talk about applies to a wide range of apps.
I come to you today with a problem that I've been putting a great deal of thought into over the last few months. You see, I'm what the tech world might call a "dinosaur." I got my iPad (the original iPad) around Christmas time the year it came out. This was, if you don't recall, only months before the iPad 2 was released. I've watched as the new iPads and the apps developed for them have gotten better, and I can't help but feel like I'm being left in the dust – specifically, regarding graphics.
Best of Windows.AppStorm
Windows 8 – The AppStorm Review
Microsoft is under tremendous pressure from multiple fronts. Every vertical of the company's business is facing steadfast competition from battle hardened brands like Google and Apple. Frankly, they missed the smartphone revolution and it looked like they were about to lose the desktop and tablet revolution to the Mac and iPad.
For a company deeply entrenched in bureaucracy, Microsoft bounced back with the stunning Windows Phone 7 and now, Windows 8. Windows 8 is designed to offer the familiar user experience of the past and a brand new one for the future. Join me after the break to find in detail what the future of Windows holds for you.
The Gaming Netbook – Alienware m11x Review
Is this the end of the ultraportable as we know it? Not so, I say! In addition to the fresh arrival of the buffed up 'ultrabook', the netbook category has been bolstered by an arrival from Dell-owned purveyor of gaming systems, Alienware.
The group, renowned for its reputation in building high-powered gaming systems, surprised us in 2010 with the m11x, which could probably be the world's first 'Gaming Netbook'. Those two words I thought I'd never see together, and now with the m11x in it's third revision, I thought I'd see if it lives up to its promising nickname.
Ease Your Eyes at Night With F.lux
It's not at all a secret that if you live your digital life within the clouds of technology and the internet that you spend a significant amount of time transfixed to your computer screen.
Though with lesser fears of the age old 'square-eyes' myth, a common symptom of late-night hours-long continuous gazing at your computer monitor is eye-strain. It happens to everyone, but what if not using your computer as much for extended periods of time at night is not an option?
Well, this is where F.lux comes in.
Showdown: Which is the Best Free PDF Reader?
The PDF is one popular file type to exchange different types of information. Mostly eBooks, article pages or simply a collection of images. To open and view PDF files you need of course a PDF viewer.
There are many of them, but I picked out the ones which I think are the most popular and useful.
Best of iPhone.AppStorm
League of Evil 2: Even More Platforming and Scientist Slaying
How can I introduce League of Evil 2? As a sequel to one of my favorite iOS games? As a difficult, well-designed platformer? How about as a testament to the responsiveness of the iPhone's touch screen? League of Evil 2 is all of those things and more. I had the chance to review the original game a while back, so I think that it's only appropriate for me to take a look at this, the hot-off-the-press sequel.
The only thing I need to ask is this: are you ready for some hardcore, evil scientist butt-kickin'? I mean, not physically, obviously. What did evil scientists ever do to you?
Scramble With Friends: Words with Friends' Addictive Brother
It seems as if word games and iOS come hand in hand. As with all types of applications, there are several different word games out in the App Store. However, there are only a few that stand out from the rest of them.
This is where Scramble with Friends comes into the picture. The ever-so-popular 'With Friends' series of games has just expanded with this new release, Boggle's iOS counterpart. It's yet another stellar iOS application from Zynga, but what makes it so great? Read more about it after the break.
iPhoto: Pixel Imperfect
Last week, Apple dropped a few big products our direction. We saw a new AppleTV, 1080P video for true HD content, a new iPad and even more. And then there was iPhoto, the latest and greatest piece of software for the iPad that allows you to edit your pics right there on the device. Oh, and it's a universal app too, so it's on the iPhone! Yay!
But how would an app that's built to perform well on the expansive screen of the iPad work with the iPhone? Let's file down those fingertips and find out.
What's In a Name?
As most of you probably know, Apple held a press event this past Wednesday, and they introduced the new AppleTV and the new iPad. Note, that's note the AppleTV 3 or iPad 3 as some had expected, but just the new iPad.
So what does this mean for the next iPhone? Will we see an iPhone 5, iPhone 4G LTE or just the "new†iPhone? It may not sound important, but it kinda is.
Best of Web.AppStorm
Basecamp Next: The Original Project Managment Webapp, Reinvented
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, you'll have heard of Basecamp being described as the project management app to rule them all. Built from the ground up in 2004 to help users complete projects without getting in their way, 37signals' Basecamp has been a runaway success. It has become the weapon of choice for software companies, universities, design agencies, freelancers and everyone in between, because it did one thing well: helping teams work together on projects. Since then it has helped manage over 8 million projects.
Having learned a few things along the way, the team behind Basecamp gave it a fresh coat of paint and a few tweaks under the hood. Naturally, as users (and ardent fans) of this wonderful app, we just had to take a closer look. I went ahead and signed up for the trial to create a new project and kick the tyres on this redesign. Hop in and let's take a ride through some of the major updates to Basecamp.
Wireless Scanning To The Cloud with the Doxie Go + WIFI
As most of you know that read this site, there is a huge movement toward cloud based computing. With the rise of applications like Evernote and Dropbox, people are starting to put more and more of their documents and media in the cloud. With this rise, comes devices like the Doxie Go scanner that make the transition to the cloud that much easier for people.
For those of you that don't know, Doxie has been around since 2009.They came out with their first scanner that year and I decided I had to try it out and I liked it, but it still had some quirks. Then fast forward a few years to this January and Doxie introduced the Doxie Go + WIFI. Paul and the team over at Doxie were kind enough to give me a review unit to test out and let me tell you, I have been loving this thing.
Jolicloud Me: Making Your Own Personal Cloud … From All the Other Clouds
Remember that picture you shared last fall? Or the link you shared in 2009? How about the note you write in CloudApp and shared on Twitter? Or that article that was about … ramen noodles. You shared it, you're sure. Now how in the world can you find it? Facebook and Twitter's search sure won't help you, and it's no where to be found on your computer.
Welcome to 2012. Back in 1995, folders were enough to organize the digital things you wanted to keep, as they were all on your computer. Bookmarks helped a bit as we transitioned to a world where the web mattered more than files on our devices. Native desktop search made it relatively easy to find our files and favorites. But today, most of the digital things you really want to keep up with are on your social network profiles, and for the most part, are wildly inaccessible and incredibly difficult to find when you want.
It's time for a new way to organize and find the digital things that really matter to us, no matter where we shared and stored them online. We've looked at Otixo, a web app to combine cloud storage services, but it's still more focused on the old files-and-folders viewpoint. What about the social media part of our lives, that in some ways is often a more important part of people's digital lives than static files today? That's where Jolicloud Me comes in.
Gmail SMS – (almost) Free SMS, Right Inside Gmail
Sometimes email and Facebook and Twitter and everything else isn't enough. Sometimes, you need to send an SMS. For many of us, that sometimes is more often than we might think; no wonder unlimited SMS plans are still in vogue most places. When you send SMS messages that turn into a conversation, you can quickly send more messages than you even realize. And even though smartphones keep threatening to make SMS obsolete, the frank truth is that SMS is here to stay until everyone you ever txt has an internet connection on their phone and is using the same messaging app.
So you need to send an SMS, but pulling out your phone to txt while you're sitting at your computer seems rather odd. Why not put the larger keyboard to use, and just send an SMS from your desktop? There's a number of apps and sites that let you send free online SMS messages, but there's one you likely already have open: Gmail. If you didn't know you could send SMS messages right from Gmail, keep reading to see how you can sta in touch with everyone through Gmail, even if they don't have email on their phones.
Best of Mac.AppStorm
100 Mac Apps To Rule Them All
This post is the answer to the first question that any new Mac user will ask: which apps are the best? The next time someone asks you this question, don't think twice, just send them here.
We've spent hours and hours browsing the web, combing the Mac App Store and wandering through our own archives for the absolute best Mac apps around and we've found a whopping one hundred of them that we think you'll love. Whether you're looking for a screenshot utility, a todo list or even a great game to play, we've got you covered. We're not merely offering a mindless list of links either, we took the time to tell you what each app does and why we love it so you can make an informed decision. Happy downloading!
Oh iMac, Where Are You?
If you take a look at the Buyers Guide on MacRumors, you'll notice that the iMac has been lying dormant for just under a year (since May 2011 to be precise), the longest period of silence since before 2008. The site recommends that any potential iMac buyers hold off for the time being, seeing as 'updates are due soon'. This would tie in with Apple's product refresh cycle, which usually occurs every year.
But this hibernation got me thinking about two things. Firstly, are we due to see a massive overhaul of the iMac product line sometime in May/June and secondly, have Apple forgotten about their fantastic range of desktop computers?
Cobook – A Better Address Book?
In some ways, the built in Mac OS X Address Book wears like an old pair of sneakers – comfortable and familiar. What it lacks in style and features, it makes up for in dependability. Over the years, updates to Mac OS X have brought numerous improvements and enhancements. Yet despite these changes, the Address Book has remained largely the same. A facelift here and there, some improved syncing capabilities, but not much to get excited about (in fact, the Lion overhaul was largely protested).
Seeing the opportunity for real feature improvement in the realm of contact management, the team at Cobook have created a unique, innovative app that breathes some life into the Address Book. If you're looking to give some more muscle to your Address Book, Cobook will take care of the heavy lifting.
50+ Free Mac Apps for 2012
Let's face it; buying a Mac isn't cheap, but you can help justify some of that cost if you use only a few of these outstanding free Mac apps. I've included my favorite apps, from simple text editors to advanced publishing tools, which are available at no cost to you.
In addition I attempted to stay away from the apps that everyone uses, instead focusing on the apps which are either up-and-coming or gems in the rough. Read on and see if you can't get some extra value out of your Mac!
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Is there something in particular you'd like to see on the site next month? We'd absolutely love to hear your suggestions for articles, topics and giveaways. Just let us know in the comments. Thanks for reading AppStorm!


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Stat Sheet: Christopher Bastin's Favorite Salsa...
- Eric Twardzik
Welp, it's finally that time of year when we start seeing the familiar fall things: heritage tweeds, thick cable-knits and... seasonal salsas.
Okay, that last one's just at Gant Rugger, where they've teamed up with the Brooklyn Salsa Company to launch "The Rugger." Here's the need-to-know.
The Story: Salsa has been a dinner-party staple since the Mayans prepared it by mashing tomatoes and peppers with a mortar and pestle. Wait, you knew that already. Re: this salsa: the Brooklyn Salsa Company starting mixing their own in a Bushwick loft, and the rest was delicious, spicy history.
Who to Channel: Butch Cassidy and Sundance snacking in a smoky Bolivian cantina; an Argentine beef magnate raising a tortilla chip as he surveys his empire.
When to Eat It: Whenever you damn well please. And ideally, near some kind of tequila or michelada situation.
Degree of Difficulty: Low to medium, depending on your spice tolerance.
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FreeBSD may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section focuses on those ways that are primarily useful for obtaining a complete FreeBSD distribution, rather than updating an existing installation.
FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD from several publishers. This is frequently the most convenient way to obtain FreeBSD for new installations, as it provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, precompiled "packages" from the FreeBSD Ports Collection, or other extra material.
A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the project are listed in the "Obtaining FreeBSD" appendix to the Handbook.
You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of its
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which is the official FreeBSD release site, or any of its
Lists of locations that mirror FreeBSD can be found in the FTP Sites section of the Handbook. Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to download the distribution is highly recommended.
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Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to create a CDROM of a FreeBSD release. They usually also contain floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the files necessary to do an installation over the network. Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for the most current release.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — A bipartisan group of state governors toured Washington on Tuesday to bring their perspectives to the fiscal-cliff negotiations.
The governors met with President Barack Obama in the morning and then headed to Capitol Hill to meet congressional Republicans.
The governors attending the meetings are leaders in the National Governors Association. The Democrats are Jack Markell of Delaware, Mark Dayton of Minnesota and Mike Beebe of Arkansas. The Republicans are Gary Herbert of Utah, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Mary Fallin of Oklahoma.
After the White House meeting, the governors told reporters that they were not endorsing any proposal. They said they don't want the deficit-reduction plan to just shift spending to state budgets, and asked for flexibility on how cuts are passed down.
Federal grants make up a large portion of state budgets.
Stock indexes wavered between gains and losses Tuesday as markets watched the fiscal cliff talks closely. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.32% was recently down 20 points at 12,945.
On Monday, White House officials quickly dismissed a House Republican fiscal-cliff plan outlined in a letter. The Republican plan would raise $800 billion in new tax revenue without increasing income-tax rates. Read: Republicans offer tax revenue in cliff plan.
"The Republican letter … actually promises to lower rates for the wealthy and sticks the middle class with the bill," White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer said in statement.
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said that if Obama rejects the Republican plan, he must "present a plan that can pass both chambers of Congress."
House Republicans added that their proposal was based on a deficit-cutting plan floated by former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles, who was the Democratic chair of Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, commonly known as the Simpson-Bowles commission.
In a statement, Bowles said that he was flattered House Republicans said they were keying off his ideas, but countered that the Republican plan does not "represent the Simpson-Bowles plan nor is it the Bowles plan."
In an interview with PBS Newshour, Bowles said he thought a deal on the fiscal cliff was closer than it appears on the surface. So far, the two sides have engaged in "Kabuki theater," he commented.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said in a statement that he was concerned the House Republican offer does not include an increase the federal debt ceiling.
House Democrats are pushing forward Tuesday with a plan to force the House to vote on a bill to extend the Bush-era tax cuts on the middle class.


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NAPILI - George Kahumoku Jr.'s Grammy Award-winning "Slack Key ShowMasters of Hawaiian Music" is hosting Da Ukulele Boyz, Peter deAquino and Garrett Probst, for their CD release party at a special show on Wednesday, Jan. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Napili Kai Beach Resort's Pavilion.
Other featured performers will include host George Kahumoku Jr., Derick Sebastian, Sterling Seaton, and Wainani Kealoha performing beautiful hula. Come and celebrate the new year and enjoy this special price of only $22 per person as the musicians' gift to everyone on Maui.
"We are especially excited about our new release, 'Da Ukulele Boyz: Live from George Kahumoku's Slack Key Show," stated Probst and deAquino, co-hosts of the weekly show.
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Garrett Probst (left) and Peter deAquino have a new CD called "Da Ukulele Boyz: Live from George Kahumoku's Slack Key Show."
This long-awaited album is the culmination of the 14 years that Da Ukulele Boyz have been performing together. It features a blend of traditional and contemporary Hawaiian music with songs such as "Paper Roses," "Pauoa Ka Liko Ka Lehua" and "Maori Brown Eyes."
Seating is limited; buy tickets online at www.SlackKeyShow.com or call 669-3858. A pre-show dinner at the Sea House with show package is also available. View slack key show videos at www.youtube.com/user/Nancy Kahumoku.


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It was touted as Australian retail's opportunity to "fight back" against growing competition from international online stores – a chance for us to show off our online retail skills – but Click Frenzy's virtual doors have failed to open.
The landmark national online sales event which was due to begin at 7pm is experiencing serious technical difficulties with bargain hunters unable to access the Click Frenzy site.
Shortly after 7pm, frustrated shoppers took to Twitter expressing their disappointment at Australian retailers' seeming inability to get it right online.
"They plug Click Frenzy all week and when it comes to the crunch the server fails. Back to bricks n mortar retail we go," tweeted one frustrated shopper.
"Click frenzy can't handle the clicks... Probably best for my credit card," tweeted another.
Others took to using the hashtag #clickfail instead of #clickfrenzy.
But it wasn't just the Click Frenzy website that crashed under the heavy weight of traffic. At 7.30pm, the websites of several other participating retailers, including Myer and Toys R Us, were also inaccessible.
The Toys R Us' website explained that "the website is currently over capacity due to the Click Frenzy promotion." Other retailer sites simply would not load.
The meltdown came after organisers said they had worked to ensure the website could handle the unprecedented number of visitors and urged retailers to do the same.
They expected more than 1 million shoppers to take part during the 24 hour event.
The crash comes just hours after David Jones' attempt to hijack the event with a one-day sale of its own backfired when its site crashed for about two hours mid-afternoon.
The department store which had snubbed the Click Frenzy event, said the meltdown was caused by unprecedented traffic to its new website which was only relaunched a fortnight ago.


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Bite me. When the powerful seek to work their will upon us and demand that we be nice about it, that's the right response: Bite me. Even if he were the one being nice about it, we shouldn't have to put up with it without complaint.The second paragraph, is, of course, a play on the famous scene from the 1976 movie "Network":
I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - "Bite me!" Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, "Bite me!" Then we'll figure out what to do about the recession and the taxes and the oil spill. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "Bite me."
Did you watch the clip? How did it affect you today, after all the talk last week about the need for newly civil discourse in America? What is the role of angry speech? "First, you've got to get mad," we're told. "Mad as hell." You've got to yell. This is a dramatic speech that has resonated with Americans for 35 years. Why? And what does that tell you about the importance of maintaining civility?


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LAKE PLACID - Voters here overwhelmingly passed the 2013-14 school budget Tuesday night.
Meanwhile, Rick Preston was the top vote-getter in the race for two three-year terms on the Lake Placid Central School District Board of Education. Incumbent John Hopkinson won the other open seat.
Next school year's budget totals $17,264,976 and will increase the tax levy by 3 percent.
"I'm thrilled by the vote and the support," school board President Mary Dietrich said. "It's great. I just think that this is the final piece of getting the foundation together for us to move forward. That's what this positive vote allows us to do now."
The final vote tally for the budget was 401-88.
A separate, 427-61 vote authorized the district to lease on wheelchair passenger bus for a period not to exceed five years, at a cost of no more than $19,000.
Voters also chose to support the district's Energy Savings Capital Project by a 420-68 margin. The district can now seek an additional 10 percent in state building aid for the project, which includes replacement of an electric boiler at the elementary school.
Preston, Adirondack Health's director of rehabilitation and sports medicine, garnered 333 votes and will be sworn in prior to the end of the school year. Hopkinson received 295 votes and will be sworn in at the board's organizational meeting in July.
"I want to thank everybody who supported me," Preston said. "I'll work 100 percent for all of the stakeholders, including the students, teachers and the administrative staff."
Jennifer Tufano came in a close third with 282 votes and was upbeat despite the loss.
"I really appreciated the opportunity, and I was happy to be encouraged to put my name forward and talk about some of the things that are important to me," she said. "I think John and Rick are going to be great assets to the board. Hearing what they had to say - the voters couldn't go wrong. ... Everything that's happening in our district is positive, everybody is moving forward - it's a brand-new start. I look forward to staying involved in one capacity or another."
Tufano is a member of the elementary school's FRIENDS group and has two daughters in the district.
According to unofficial totals, 517 people voted Tuesday, down significantly from the more than 800 people who voted last year.
Contact Chris Morris at 891-2600 ext. 25 or cmorris@


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A Penn State student earned a scholarship from the Philadelphia Advertising Club as part of the organization's annual competition for college students from Pennsylvania.
Emily Burke, a junior advertising major from West Chester, Pa., became the second Penn State student honored by the program in the past three years. After an application and interview process during which she competed against 15 other students from across the state, Burke earned a $2,500 scholarship.
"It was pretty exciting news. I feel honored to represent Penn State," Burke said. During an interview with five members of the Philadelphia Advertising Club, she discussed her plans in advertising and her experiences during her time at Penn State.
Burke serves as president of the AdClub, Penn State's Donald W. Davis Chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF). She has been a member of the group since her freshman year. In addition, she was a member of the AAF competition team, which created an ad campaign for Mary Kay Cosmetics as part of the national competition this spring. Burke also serves as a peer mentor in the College of Communications and is a member of the Trilogy, a special interest group that supports the Penn State Dance Marathon.
The Philadelphia Advertising Club is the largest professional advertising organization in Philadelphia and a member of the American Advertising Federation. Members feel passionately about recognizing and rewarding outstanding student achievements in the advertising and communications fields. The group awarded a total of $42,000 in scholarship money this year.


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From Classically Trained Musician to World Class Chef
How on earth does a classically trained pianist from South Korea become a world class chef in Columbia, Missouri? Jina Yoo's story is as interesting as her food. As a child, Jina showed incredible talent as a musician. From the age of six, her career path was laid out for her, and it had nothing to do with cooking—she wasn't even allowed in the kitchen for fear she would cut or burn her fingers and reduce her practice time. At the age of six Jina practiced three hours a day and that expanded to eleven hours a day as a teen. Jina was extremely talented and hard-working, but she was never passionate about music. She graduated with a major in pipe organ and was accepted into graduate school at Indiana University. At a recital where she made several errors, she had an epiphany that her future was not in music. She told her professor she was leaving music. Her professor wished her luck and didn't seem overly upset, which surprised Jina.
Fast forward a few years to a young homemaker and mother in Columbia, Missouri. Jina didn't have a green card. She cooked as a volunteer for the local Korean church, serving up to 150 people at a time and loving it. Her friends and family urged her to open a restaurant. After eight years of dreaming, Jina consulted Virginia Wilson at the Small Business & Technology Development Center. (SBTDC) in Columbia and wrote her first business plan. She took out an SBA guaranteed 504 loan for $312,500 and along with $100,000 of her own money, opened Jina Yoo's Asian Bistro in July 2007. She gained an immediate following and she now employs 13 full and part time workers in her restaurant, and is still seeking advice from Virginia and the SBTDC.
Jina's path hasn't been without obstacles. When she started the restaurant, her English was so poor that her employees couldn't understand her. She left her husband in 2009 and only had $300 in her business account; she had no personal bank account. She spent half of that on a few essentials at Walmart—a shower curtain liner and shower rod, a towel, shampoo, sheets (no blanket), and a cheap pillow. She once caught her chef outside smoking pot with her high school employees and fired them on the spot half an hour into the evening service. Another time her chef walked out with all of her employees and she ran the restaurant—cooking and serving—for the entire weekend. He expected her to beg him to come back but she never gave him that satisfaction. The economic downturn has hurt her business as it has most restaurants—hers is an upscale restaurant and people have less disposable income for eating out. The catering side of her restaurant helped keep it afloat during these difficult times, along with her faithful patrons.
Jina runs her business according to a few simple rules. First, she pays her food and liquor vendors. She purchases her ingredients then creates her dishes so she can buy more. Second, she pays her employees "on time". The prevailing wage in Columbia isn't that high, and she knows it's not a lot of money, but her employees are counting on that money to pay their bills. A couple of times she despaired that the checks might bounce. Once she even borrowed money from her cousin in Las Vegas to make payroll. Third, she never owes sales tax. Her counselor, Ms. Wilson, made sure that she understood from the beginning "that never was her money," so she remits it right away. Fourth, she pays her SBA guaranteed loan on time—she couldn't have opened her restaurant without the loan and is deeply appreciative. Finally, she works hard—14 to 16 hours most days. Her labor costs stay lower because she can jump in and do any job in the restaurant, lending a hand wherever needed. She keeps extra shoes and a chef's jacket in her office. She does not open for lunch on Saturday and Sunday, but she opens back up in the evening. She likes to go peruse the cookbooks and magazines at Barnes and Noble for inspiration on weekends; it's her way of relaxing and refreshing herself.
Jina epitomizes the American dream. She demonstrates that hard work, dedication, and perseverance can still yield remarkable results even during tough economic times. She credits much of her success to her grandmother who told her to love what she does and success will follow. Her grandmother also told her not to be stagnant like a pond but to flow like a river. Sometimes she'd be stretched thin, but eventually she'd meet up with the ever-changing ocean. (That same wise grandmother faked an illness a while back to get Jina to take a break and come visit her in Korea.)
Jina is highly competitive, at least in part because of her musical training. She has always thrived instead of merely surviving, and refuses to accept failure. She's a creative perfectionist, energetic, and easily bored—she cooks off-menu items on Sundays and caters to diet restrictions with advance notice (she needs time to purchase special ingredients). She teaches her chefs to impress themselves instead of trying to impress her—she feels that makes them more creative and better chefs. She loves her restaurant, her employees, and her customers. Her customers have been her moral support as she's operated her restaurant so far away from her family and her native country. Jina cares for her employees and tries to hire and retain employees who love what they do. While she was never trained as a chef herself, Jina has encouraged two of her workers to attend chef training. Jina considers her office manager indispensable at keeping things on track, since she freely admits she's a creator, not an organizer. She's just as happy to leave that side of the job to someone better suited to it. Jina is very self-aware of her strengths and weaknesses and very open about the difficulties she has encountered.
She is active in the Rotary Club—she joined at the suggestion of a customer. She donates to the annual auction the highly coveted "Dinner Party at Jina's" for six as well as hosting fundraisers at the restaurant with part of the proceeds going to charity.
So, how exactly does a classically trained musician become a successful chef and restaurant owner? She sees the two as closely aligned. Jina views cooking as being similar to creating a song or symphony. The main ingredient is the melody or theme. The other ingredients are harmonious additions to the main ingredient—they should never overpower the theme, but should make it even more beautiful by supporting the main themed ingredient. It seems to be working. She was recently one of 22 businesses featured in the Missouri SBTDC/MO PTAC (Procurement Technical Assistance Centers) Client Showcase. Jina is also invited to participate in the first Master Chef Korea competition on Korean television. She heard there were over 5,000 applicants for the show and she's one of 100 finalists. Jina is looking into opening a restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri within the next year, too. While she's nervous and excited about both endeavors, she also has a lot of confidence. Whenever she travels she tries new restaurants and she's never tasted anything similar to what she serves at her restaurant—more of a Korean fusion than traditional Korean food. She likes to pull in flavors from other cuisines such as rosemary and cumin to augment the traditional Korean ingredients.
If you're in Columbia, Missouri visit Jina Yoo's Asian Bistro at 2200 Forum Boulevard, Suite 109, Columbia, MO, 65203. You'll see Shrimp Bad Hair Day, Burning Lips Endamame, Gorilla in the Kitchen, and Wanna Share, along with more traditionally titled dishes on the menu. You can also call 573-446-5462 or visit the web site at http://www.jinayoos.com/ for more information. (Be prepared to salivate at the delicious and beautiful food displayed—Jina can't escape being an artist even though the medium has changed!)
For further information on SBA, visit http://www.sba.gov/ or contact your local SBA office. More information on Missouri's SBTDCs can be found at http://www.missouribusiness.net/index.asp.


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The Dolphins personnel people and coaching staff are, to sum it up, excellent. Football czar Bill Parcells is without peer right now in his personnel acumen, Jeff Ireland was a rising star before Parcells plucked him from the Cowboys and has continued his ascension, and Tony Sparano has long ago put to bed any questions about how he would respond to being a new head coach.
These guys are among the best in the business and the best Miami has had since Don Shula, who was the best coach of all time.
Having said all this, every single person I just mentioned is human. They don't always get it right. They don't always hit home runs. They admit as much.
And now I'm wondering if there isn't a blind spot with this group in Miami.
The receiver position.
Forget for a second that Miami's receiver group isn't impressive by any definition. There are good players in Davone Bess and Greg Camarillo, but there are no great players. Never mind that.
The issue that worries me is how the Miami brain trust views receivers.
Example: This week as the New York Jets made a trade for receiver Braylon Edwards, there was much excitement in Gotham over the acquisition that sent Chansi Stuckey to Cleveland. The Jets figure they have traded a slot-type receiver for a full-fledged No. 1 type receiver that can stretch the field.
"I think he's a receiver who really draws attention," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "In other words, you almost have to game plan specifically about someone with Braylon's talent, and if you don't, we'll take advantage of that situation. That's a guy with his type of size, speed, type of talent he has, it's almost more of what defenses really can't do to us anymore. Again, I think he's just going to be just a huge part of our success."
Obviously the Jets see Edwards as a major upgrade over Stuckey. ESPN's Scouts Inc. analyst Matt Williams, while noting Edwards drops a lot of passes, which he does, also agrees New York's new receiver is an upgrade over the previous one.
"That offense is now complete," Williamson told ESPN AFC East blogger and reporter Tim Graham, "and for the long haul, too."
My problem is that while the Jets and outside "experts" see Edwards as an obvious upgrade over Stuckey, the Dolphins apparently don't agree with that. While Ryan is saying Edwards is a player you "have to game plan specifically about," Sparano sees Stuckey and Edwards in the same light.
The coach the Edwards addition does not change one iota Miami's preparation.
"Stuckey was a pretty good player," Sparano said. "We thought he was a pretty good player. From our end it is just another weapon out there. Do you know how many weapons the team last week had? We sat here and talked about it, they had a bunch of them. And the team the week before? Every week there is a bunch of weapons out there and we need to prepare for them. From our end, the preparation really won't change."
So clearly, Miami's evaluation of Edwards is that he is not necessarily special. New York's evaluation is that he was worth two draft picks and two players in trade.
One also has to look at Miami's attempts to improve their receiver corps this year when discussing this issue.
The Dolphins hit a home run on Bess as an undrafted free agent. They struck out on Ernest Wilford as a high-priced ($6 million guaranteed) unrestricted free agent. And it is too early to tell on 2009 draft picks Brian Hartline and Patrick Turner -- although Hartline is contributing and Turner is not.
And what about history?
We know that Parcells doesn't like tempermental wide receivers or those that might seem to become tempermental -- likely as good a reason as any why the Dolphins didn't buy into the Edwards trade talks.
Parcells didn't want Jerry Jones to sign Terrell Owens. Parcells didn't want the Patriots to draft Terry Glenn. He was overruled on both counts and eventually left both teams, in part, because of that overruling. Owens and Glenn did, for a time, produce bigtime for the Parcells teams that acquired them.
Glenn, matter of fact, was good enough that Parcells brought him to Dallas when he went there.
Meanwhile, name another outstanding receiver to have been uearthed by Parcells? Mark Ingram? Stephen Baker? Phil McConkey? Miles Austin? Patrick Crayton? Am I forgetting somebody?
The point is some solid football people have disagreed over the years with the Dolphins current brain trust on receiver decisions. And the brain trust has been wrong on some of the more notable decisions.
So it merits study what happens going forward with the Edwards trade, what happens going forward with Hartline and Turner, and what happens going forward with Miami's resolution to its receiver issues.
That will give us the answer whether there is a blind spot with that position ... or not.


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If "Warrior" predictably throws many of the same punches as the many boxing movies that came before it, there are just enough differences to make this movie seem both quirkier and more topical. Although it falls short of delivering a knockout punch, it is of some interest dramatically.
The most obvious thing setting "Warrior" somewhat apart is that it is about mixed martial arts. Based on what we see on screen, this is a combination of boxing, wrestling, karate, gouging and grunting. The numerous fight sequences are edited into such a fast jumble, however, that what they gain in visceral energy is lost in clarity. Unless you already know about mixed martial arts, you might be left feeling confused about the rules of this particular game.
Even though the movie could do a better job showcasing the sport, it does convey how fighters from diverse backgrounds are drawn to compete in matches that certainly promise more money than their dead-end day jobs. Also well-conveyed is the, er, "Fight Club" crowd that has paid its money and wouldn't mind seeing a little blood.
The movie's demographic sensitivity definitely carries through to its protagonist, Brendan Conlon (Joel Edgerton), who seems trapped in a gray zone between a rough-and-tumble, punch-filled past and his more respectable present as a high school science teacher.
This drama actually is at its best as we see how Brendan's tough-guy past serves him well in his Philadelphia classroom. His essentially good-natured students have enough city sass in them to make Brendan's strong personality a disciplinary plus.
There's a nice rapport established between this teacher and his students, and it's moving that he's even able to get them interested in science.
Money is tight for Brendan and his wife, Tess (Jennifer Morrison), in a recessionary economy. They may lose their house to the bank, and one of their kids has large medical bills.
It's frustrating that director and co-writer Gavin O'Connor ("Miracle") presents a viable working-class setting, but does not fully develop it. There are grungy aspects to Brendan's life with Tess that are glossed over pretty quickly.
When the financially pressed Brendan resumes competing in mixed martial arts events to help make ends meet, he feels that it won't interfere with his daytime teaching job. He would like to keep this bloody moonlighting a secret, but such matches get sufficient public attention that he shouldn't be surprised when both his students and supervisors become aware that a high-kicking science teacher walks among them.
His uptight school administrators get really upset about his martial arts activity and give him an ultimatum to quit the sport, but nobody seems bothered about other family connections that are closer to strip club sleaze than to science classroom respectability.
Perhaps this is a moot point, because most of the movie does not focus on whether Brendan and his wife are too trashy for proper middle-class society. Most of the dramatic energy in "Warrior" is generated by the contentious relationship between Brendan, his estranged brother, Tommy (Tom Hardy), and their wrestling coach dad, Paddy (Nick Nolte).
A former alcoholic who seems beaten by life itself, Paddy still has some fight left in him when it comes to confronting his wayward sons. Besides, Nick Nolte's sandpaper-textured voice is so gruffly assertive that he arguably could defeat anybody with his voice alone.
This Irish-American family has such intense brother-to-brother and father-to-son squabbles that it should apply for citizenship in ancient Greek tragedy. Indeed, it almost seems like scripted overkill to toss mixed martial arts action into the equation. The pot really boils over when it turns out that Tommy, who also competes in this sport, is likely to face Brendan in a major competition.
As "Warrior" relentlessly punches away at its dysfunctional family themes, the thematically heavy scripting starts to wear on your nerves in a movie with a 139-minute running time. You see where this particular family battle is headed long before its final round. Grade: B-
"Warrior" (PG-13) is now playing at area theaters.


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AMERICUS - The No. 2 Hurricane Highlight of the 2012-13 golf season came off a strong showing at the PBC Championships at Callaway Gardens in Columbus.
The Hurricanes had its best showing in school history as GSW finished in fourth place at the 11-team event. Matthew Whittaker earned All-Tournament honors as he led the Hurricanes with a 2-over par 218 total.
GSW's previous top showing at the PBC Championships was a sixth-place finish obtained last spring. With Whittaker earning All-Tourney honors, GSW has now placed an individual in the Top 3 in two-consecutive seasons. Craig Gibson tied for third in 2012.
Seniors J.P. Griffin and Nate Gahman were also honored by the PBC. The two were named to the All-PBC First Team.
Griffin, a three-time PBC Golfer of the Week, earned his second All-Conference selection. The Glennville native has finished under par in five of his 27 rounds in 2012-13, including a pair of 3-under 69s. Griffin was a PING All-America Third Team member last spring.
Gahman also earned his second All-Conference honor after being named to the squad in 2010-11. The Leesburg native currently ranks fifth in the PBC in scoring average at 73.6 through 27 rounds in 2012-13.
Southwestern rode its strong showing at the conference championships to their second straight appearance in the NCAA postseason where the 'Canes finished in 10th place at the 20-team NCAA Division II South/Southeast Regional.
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Talk of snow this weekend in the Savannah area is just, well, talk, according to the National Weather Service.
There is no doubt temperatures are going to dip, said a meteorologist with the Charleston-based service, pointing to overnight lows in the 30s beginning tonight and continuing, at least, through early Tuesday morning.
"But there's pretty much a zero percent chance you're going to see any snow in Savannah," the meteorologist said. "If it's not zero it is really, really close to zero."
Overnight Sunday should be the coldest with a predicted low of 31 degrees, but by the time any precipitation is likely to fall, the weather service said, temperatures will be too warm for snow, reaching upward of 50 degrees.
Savannah hasn't seen snow since 2010 when the flaky white stuff showed up twice - a major (for this area) snowfall in February and some flurries just after Christmas.
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Skip to comments.Is the tea party movement in sync with Catholic teaching?
Posted on 10/22/2010 3:28:22 PM PDT by NYer
Since their not-so-quiet arrival on the U.S. political scene, the tea party has garnered a great deal of attention and found growing support among disgruntled Americans, many of whom are Catholics.
A study commissioned earlier this year by the National Review Institute found that 28 percent of tea party supporters identified themselves as Catholic. Yet while the movement may include aspects that are attractive to practicing Catholics, there are also serious questions about whether the at times radical views and controversial practices seen from tea party protesters fit with the teachings of the Church.
Although the tea party movement lacks a centralized leadership, with its divergent branches representing an array of different interests and viewpoints, the groups common focus is on limited government and reduced taxation, creating a political ideology that combines elements of libertarianism and populism.
While populist movements have a long track record in the United States, Catholic historian David OBrien told Our Sunday Visitor that they have generally been associated with Midwestern or Southern Protestants and, in some cases, have been fueled in part by anti-Catholic sentiment. But the tea party movement has grown out of a shared frustration over the nations current economic situation something Catholics are not immune to giving it a strong appeal.
People are either out of work and dont think they are ever going to get a job again, or they are very fearful of losing what are not very good jobs to begin with, said OBrien, the University Professor of Faith and Culture at the University of Dayton. Theres this huge anxiety, and that cuts across religions, races, even classes.
But among Catholics, he said, the support for the tea party movement has been unique.
I dont recall a broad-based Catholic populist upsurge of anything of this variety, OBrien said.
Stephen Schneck, director of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, said that Catholic voters have been known for their propensity to switch party allegiance, but their strong show of support for the tea party comes as a surprise.
What strikes me is that even though Catholics are attracted to this movement, there really is a pretty sharp tension between some of the basic teachings of the Church in regards to politics, the role of government and what we owe to the poor, and what these tea party advocates are promoting, Schneck told Our Sunday Visitor.
Church teaching, he explained, has an inseparable link between rights and responsibilities for both the citizen and the government, with both having an eye toward promoting the common good. The tea parties, however, have argued for rights based on liberty, not responsibility.
From that perspective its all about getting the government out of our lives and about citizens being free from the demands and needs of the country as a whole, Schneck said. Much as we might like otherwise, the Catholic argument is that government and citizen are equally expected to be our brothers keeper.
While the U.S. bishops have supported the idea of universal health care, tea party activists have commonly called for the repeal of Congress health care legislation. And positions argued by tea party activists on issues such as immigration, Social Security and the governments regulation of racial discrimination by businesses dont fit within the principles of Catholic social teaching, Schneck said.
That kind of thinking is at odds with Catholic thinking about solidarity, about the common good and about the role that the political order should be playing in regards to the dignity of the human person, he said. So theres actually quite a distance between what the tea party is advocating and the Churchs general understanding of how politics and governance should work.
Not everyone agrees, however, that there is a divergence between the views of the Church and tea party ideals.
According to Father Robert Sirico, president of the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, the radical extremists in the tea party represent only a small percentage on the fringes of the movement. At its heart, Father Sirico said, the tea party and its view of government are very close to the Churchs social teaching on the principle of subsidiarity, which favors doing things on a simplified level rather than leaving them to a more complex, centralized organization.
I think the majority of the people who are involved in the tea party movement prefer things to be done at the most local level possible, Father Sirico told OSV. They are not against government in principle, they are against the excessiveness of government that we see, and thats expressed in the principle of subsidiarity.
Many of the stances tea party activists have taken on political issues also would resonate with Catholic voters, Father Sirico said. For example, many practicing Catholics would likely agree with the tea partys concern about the overreaching involvement of government in schools and health care, he said, and though the movement has hesitated to identify itself as pro-life, the majority of tea party activists appear to be in agreement with the Churchs stance on abortion.
But while he doesnt feel that there is a conflict for Catholics to join the tea party, Father Sirico said, he does think tea party advocates could benefit from a greater understanding of Catholic teaching.
The thing Catholics could teach the tea party is that not every social obligation needs to be viewed with suspicion, he said. We recognize that human nature is social as well as individual, and we balance these things out. To say I have an obligation to the poor is [to say] society has an obligation to the poor.
It is not to say that the government should be the first resort for those problems, he said. But I think some of the tea party are a little too quick to just dismiss social justice out of hand.
Scott Alessi writes from New Jersey.
A poll conducted earlier this year by McLaughlin and Associates for the National Review Institute posed a number of questions to Catholics about their views on current political issues and party affiliation. Questions regarding the tea party indicated that among Catholics who regularly attend Mass, there is a fair amount of support for the movement, but that support wont necessarily translate to votes for tea party-backed candidates at the polls. A sampling of the studys findings:
59% say the tea party is driven by legitimate concern over the U.S. economys future, 21% say it is driven by anger
58% sympathize with the tea party protests, 25% do not
8% would vote for a congressional candidate fielded by the tea party, while 28% say they would vote Republican, 28% Democrat and 36% undecided
Catholic writer Michael Novak has written extensively on this subject for many years. His "On Two Wings" is an excellent resource on America's founding ideas, as was his "Democratic Capitalism."
So?...When did following the Constitution become "radical"?
No bias here, folks! Move along! ( sarc)
You wrote:
"I must have been asleep at Mass for about 40 years. When did the Catholic Church begin teaching that governments are supposed to be our brothers keeper?"
I think you've been asleep much longer than 40 years. Pope Leo XIII wrote: "And it is for this reason that wage-earners, since they mostly belong in the mass of the needy, should be specially cared for and protected by the government." RERUM NOVARUM, 1891.
Leo XIII also wrote:
[I]n the case of the worker, there are many things which the power of the State should protect; and, first of all, the goods of his soul. For however good and desirable mortal life be, yet it is not the ultimate goal for which we are born, but a road only and a means for perfecting, through knowledge of truth and love of good, the life of the soul .
Personally I would say it began in the first century AD. If you're looking for documentation you can find sources that definitely talk about it in the Middle Ages.
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"Selective excerpting. Read Rerum Novarum again and try not to distort the teaching of the Church when you come back."
Wow. You must really be desparate. The quote was only selective in that it mentions the government which is only mention in Rerum Novarum about a half dozen times. I distorted NOTHING. Here's the whole passage.
37. Rights must be religiously respected wherever they exist, and it is the duty of the public authority to prevent and to punish injury, and to protect every one in the possession of his own. Still, when there is question of defending the rights of individuals, the poor and badly off have a claim to especial consideration. The richer class have many ways of shielding themselves, and stand less in need of help from the State; whereas the mass of the poor have no resources of their own to fall back upon, and must chiefly depend upon the assistance of the State. And it is for this reason that wage-earners, since they mostly belong in the mass of the needy, should be specially cared for and protected by the government.
Now, you tell me what I am distorting about that passage. When you fail, and you will because all I did was quote the passage, we'll know just how desparate you must have been.
To wit: Many legitimate Catholic social justice documents refer to the duties of the individual and of society and people assume it means "the State."
It does not. "Society" means the entire ensemble of people organized in many ways on many different levels: marriages, families, parishes, churches, businesses, labor organizations, professional organizations, non-profits, for-profits, philanthropies, fraternal and civil associations, partnerships, city and county governments, corporations, etc.
This whole ensemble comprises many levels which should tend toward the common good (that's "solidarity"); tasks and responsibilities should remain with the lowest and most local level at which they can be done (that's "subsidiarity").
It's always both solidarity and subsidarity, not one or the other.
But somehow, you rarely even see the word "subsidiarity" in a USCCB document. Which is why --- as regards its public policy involvement, anyway--- the USCCB should be disbanded.
In my humble opinion.
Too many Social Justice types think you are supposed to provide for the poor by giving them free stuff and not asking anything from them.
Catholics who live in reality know that you can help the poor by giving them jobs. They know that it takes money to make money and if the businessperson is making money then he can provide more jobs.
Government intervention in every aspect of business, attempts to set up criminal enterprises in the guise of "carbon trading", pushing anti-christian teaching in the schools at the same time they are dumbing it down, building a two trillion dollar slush fund bypassing congressional oversight, letting outside radical groups funded by radical billionaires write the laws, refusing to secure the borders, stealing car companies from their stockholders, seizing control of the medical industry... none of that has anything to do with Christianity. We can see as well as anyone can that the government is awash in marxists. Including a few who masquerade as Christians, fooling nobody.
Church teaching, he explained, has an inseparable link between rights and responsibilities for both the citizen and the government, with both having an eye toward promoting the common good. The tea parties, however, have argued for rights based on liberty, not responsibility.
Tea partyers have a very solid understanding of the responsibilities of individuals, and families, and churches, and communities, and want to make sure those responsibilities aren't usurped by unelected bureaucrats. And marxists.
What the man says is based on the assumption of a model of government that is top-down. It completely misses the point of a government that is bottom-up.
You are responsible to do what you can to deal with what is in front of you. Failing that, you combine with friends, family, neighbors, the church, business partners, investors, to do what you can't do by yourself. You turn to the community for what can't be handled privately, and the state for what your town can't do. Only what you and your church and your town can't do gets kicked up to the federal government.
People who see government top-down are stuck in another paradigm. There are plenty of them out there, but there is no reason for us to follow their example. Americans do more for the poor than any other country on earth, because traditionally we don't wait for the government to do what we can do.
My thoughts exactly!! It is really scary that these thoughts are espoused by people in the name of Catholicism.
What is the Catholic teaching on the Tea Party?
Here it is:
The Founding Fathers of the United States asserted their claim to freedom and independence on the basis of certain "self-evident" truths about the human person: truths which could be discerned in human nature, built into it by "natures God." Thus they meant to bring into being, not just an independent territory, but a great experiment in what George Washington called "ordered liberty": an experiment in which men and women would enjoy equality of rights and opportunities in the pursuit of happiness and in service to the common good. Reading the founding documents of the United States, one has to be impressed by the concept of freedom they enshrine: a freedom designed to enable people to fulfill their duties and responsibilities toward the family and toward the common good of the community. Their authors clearly understood that there could be no true freedom without moral responsibility and accountability, and no happiness without respect and support for the natural units or groupings through which people exist, develop, and seek the higher purposes of life in concert with others.
The American democratic experiment has been successful in many ways. Millions of people around the world look to the United States as a model in their search for freedom, dignity, and prosperity. But the continuing success of American democracy depends on the degree to which each new generation, native-born and immigrant, makes its own the moral truths on which the Founding Fathers staked the future of your Republic. Their commitment to build a free society with liberty and justice for all must be constantly renewed if the United States is to fulfill the destiny to which the Founders pledged their "lives . . . fortunes . . . and sacred honor."
John Paul II
Thanks for the reference. I would love to use it with my "Catholic" family. Can you please direct me to exactly where John Paul II said this? Thanks!
Reading this passage as an indictment of the Church against western society is your error. Taken in its context (the whole encyclical) makes this very clear.
You could just as easily post excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church or the Bible to the same effect and purpose. However, when taken as a whole, the Church's doctrine is opposed to the very foundations of socialism. Only the ignorant or overtly biased would see otherwise in the teachings of the Church.
Let's not overlook these either:
14. The contention, then, that the civil government should at its option intrude into and exercise intimate control over the family and the household is a great and pernicious error. True, if a family finds itself in exceeding distress, utterly deprived of the counsel of friends, and without any prospect of extricating itself, it is right that extreme necessity be met by public aid, since each family is a part of the commonwealth. In like manner, if within the precincts of the household there occur grave disturbance of mutual rights, public authority should intervene to force each party to yield to the other its proper due; for this is not to deprive citizens of their rights, but justly and properly to safeguard and strengthen them. But the rulers of the commonwealth must go no further; here, nature bids them stop. Paternal authority can be neither abolished nor absorbed by the State; for it has the same source as human life itself. "The child belongs to the father," and is, as it were, the continuation of the father's personality; and speaking strictly, the child takes its place in civil society, not of its own right, but in its quality as member of the family in which it is born. And for the very reason that "the child belongs to the father" it is, as St. Thomas Aquinas says, "before it attains the use of free will, under the power and the charge of its parents."(4) The socialists, therefore, in setting aside the parent and setting up a State supervision, act against natural justice, and destroy the structure of the home.
15. And in addition to injustice, it is only too evident what an upset and disturbance there would be in all classes, and to how intolerable and hateful a slavery citizens would be subjected. The door would be thrown open to envy, to mutual invective, and to discord; the sources of wealth themselves would run dry, for no one would have any interest in exerting his talents or his industry; and that ideal equality about which they entertain pleasant dreams would be in reality the levelling down of all to a like condition of misery and degradation. Hence, it is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would seem meant to benefit, is directly contrary to the natural rights of mankind, and would introduce confusion and disorder into the commonweal. The first and most fundamental principle, therefore, if one would undertake to alleviate the condition of the masses, must be the inviolability of private property. This being established, we proceed to show where the remedy sought for must be found.
The link is to the Vatican website.
TO H.E. Mrs. CORINNE (LINDY) CLAIBORNE BOGGS
16 December 1997
7. This becomes still more clearly evident if man's nature be considered a little more deeply. For man, fathoming by his faculty of reason matters without number, linking the future with the present, and being master of his own acts, guides his ways under the eternal law and the power of God, whose providence governs all things. Wherefore, it is in his power to exercise his choice not only as to matters that regard his present welfare, but also about those which he deems may be for his advantage in time yet to come. Hence, man not only should possess the fruits of the earth, but also the very soil, inasmuch as from the produce of the earth he has to lay by provision for the future. Man's needs do not die out, but forever recur; although satisfied today, they demand fresh supplies for tomorrow. Nature accordingly must have given to man a source that is stable and remaining always with him, from which he might look to draw continual supplies. And this stable condition of things he finds solely in the earth and its fruits. There is no need to bring in the State. Man precedes the State, and possesses, prior to the formation of any State, the right of providing for the substance of his body.
8. The fact that God has given the earth for the use and enjoyment of the whole human race can in no way be a bar to the owning of private property. For God has granted the earth to mankind in general, not in the sense that all without distinction can deal with it as they like, but rather that no part of it was assigned to any one in particular, and that the limits of private possession have been left to be fixed by man's own industry, and by the laws of individual races. Moreover, the earth, even though apportioned among private owners, ceases not thereby to minister to the needs of all, inasmuch as there is not one who does not sustain life from what the land produces. Those who do not possess the soil contribute their labor; hence, it may truly be said that all human subsistence is derived either from labor on one's own land, or from some toil, some calling, which is paid for either in the produce of the land itself, or in that which is exchanged for what the land brings forth.
9. Here, again, we have further proof that private ownership is in accordance with the law of nature. Truly, that which is required for the preservation of life, and for life's well-being, is produced in great abundance from the soil, but not until man has brought it into cultivation and expended upon it his solicitude and skill. Now, when man thus turns the activity of his mind and the strength of his body toward procuring the fruits of nature, by such act he makes his own that portion of nature's field which he cultivates -- that portion on which he leaves, as it were, the impress of his personality; and it cannot but be just that he should possess that portion as his very own, and have a right to hold it without any one being justified in violating that right.
10. So strong and convincing are these arguments that it seems amazing that some should now be setting up anew certain obsolete opinions in opposition to what is here laid down. They assert that it is right for private persons to have the use of the soil and its various fruits, but that it is unjust for any one to possess outright either the land on which he has built or the estate which he has brought under cultivation. But those who deny these rights do not perceive that they are defrauding man of what his own labor has produced. For the soil which is tilled and cultivated with toil and skill utterly changes its condition; it was wild before, now it is fruitful; was barren, but now brings forth in abundance. That which has thus altered and improved the land becomes so truly part of itself as to be in great measure indistinguishable and inseparable from it. Is it just that the fruit of a man's own sweat and labor should be possessed and enjoyed by any one else? As effects follow their cause, so is it just and right that the results of labor should belong to those who have bestowed their labor.
See, Leo is talking, in paragraph 37, about the government's role in helping people maintaining their rights. Leo asserts that the rich have the resources to protect their rights but that the poor do not. But what rights?
I personally can't see where those rights defined above (with references) are at all in opposition to conservatism.
It is only through the most tortured reading of Rerum Novarum where one asserts that Leo XIII makes a claim for Nanny-Statism.
Thank you for saying it better than I. I didn't have much time for researching and posting specifics.
You wrote:
"You are distorting its meaning."
I am NOT doing that one bit.
"Rerum Novarum is a very harsh rebuke of socialism and communism. It also has warnings about unbridled capitalism. However, it is no conflict with American values as we also don't believe in unbridled capitalism. That is why we have labor laws, anti-trust laws and the rest."
Nothing I posted from RN goes against RN - of course! You accused me of distorting it with a selective excerpt. Prove your accusation. Can you?
"Reading this passage as an indictment of the Church against western society is your error."
What? What on earth are you talking about? Who made an "indictment of the Church against western society"? Not me. Now you are apparently just making things up out of thin air. Show where I EVER said this was "indictment of the Church against western society". Can you?
"Taken in its context (the whole encyclical) makes this very clear."
Taken in its context it shows the government has responsibilities to the poor. But here's what you said: "When did the Catholic Church begin teaching that governments are supposed to be our brothers keeper?"
"You could just as easily post excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church or the Bible to the same effect and purpose. However, when taken as a whole, the Church's doctrine is opposed to the very foundations of socialism."
Who - between the two of us - is claiming the Church is supporting socialism? Not me. Again, you're creating straw men. I guess you do that when you lose an argument that quickly. I wouldn't know.
"Only the ignorant or overtly biased would see otherwise in the teachings of the Church."
And that means - even by your standards - that I am not "ignorant or overtly biased" since I do not believe that and made no such claims.
The Church teaches the government has duties to the poor. Deal with it.
You wrote:
"It is only through the most tortured reading of Rerum Novarum where one asserts that Leo XIII makes a claim for Nanny-Statism."
Thank goodness I never did that!
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Dr. W. Ardell Haines, 91, son of Waide B. Haines and Ida M. Haines, passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2011.
He was born in Punxsutawney and graduated from Punxsutawney High School in 1935 Dr. Haines was married to the former Wilma Gall, of Punxsutawney, who survives.
He graduated from Indiana State Teachers College (now Indiana University of Pennsylvania) in 1940 with a B.S. degree in business education. In 1940, he began his career in education at Baldwin Township High School in Pittsburgh, where he taught business education courses in the commercial department.
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He was promoted to the rank of master sergeant before his discharge in March 1946.
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During this time, Dr. Haines enrolled in the master's program at the University of Pittsburgh and earned the M.Ed. degree in secondary school counseling.
In 1950, he and his family moved to Cumberland, Md., to accept the position as guidance counselor at Fort Hill High School. Two years later, in 1952, he was appointed principal of Bruce High School in Westernport, Allegany County, Md.
Dr. Haines continued his graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh and earned a Ph.D. in school administration in 1956, at which time he was assigned to be principal of Allegany High School in Cumberland, a position he held for 10 years.
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Ex-Plaistow finance director indicted on theft chargeBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
May 16. 2014 9:11PM
BRENTWOOD — Plaistow's former finance director has been indicted on a felony theft charge for allegedly overpaying herself more than $20,000, according to prosecutors.
Janet Gallant, 52, of Koper Lane in Pelham, is facing a felony theft by unauthorized taking charge for allegedly siphoning the money from town coffers between May 10, 2012, and Nov. 1, 2012, according to an indictment.
A grand jury returned the charge against her in Rockingham County Superior Court earlier this month, according to court records.
Gallant has pleaded not guilty, and remains free on bail.
She is scheduled to appear later this month for arraignment in superior court.
Plaistow police arrested Gallant in December following a months-long investigation. Police were called in to examine suspicious payroll transactions. Gallant was fired on Sept. 4. Town officials then hired an outside accounting firm to audit Gallant's work.
The audit concluded that Gallant had allegedly overpaid herself on several occasions, totaling more than $20,000, police said.
Gallant was hired in Plaistow in April 2011, after having worked in Pelham as finance director between 2005 and 2010, according to town officials.
In Pelham, she resigned from her post as part of a mutual agreement with the town in 2010, town officials said. She faces no charges for taking money in Pelham.
Plaistow town officials have said previously that they had identified some concerns about Gallant's work at the end of 2012.
The accounting firm was hired in January to examine Gallant making unauthorized electronic payments, officials said. She has pleaded not guilty and remains free on $50,000 personal recognizance bail.
The theft charge is a Class A felony, punishable by up to 7½ to 15 years in state prison. Town officials say they should be covered by insurance for the theft, but hope to recover as much money as possible.