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First, I was a seminarian myself for eight years (high school and college). Had I remained in the seminary I would have been ordained to the presbyterate in 1975, placing me in the population of priests being discussed by Father in his reflection, and much of what he writes has a particular resonance with much of my own experience. In checking with other priest-friends of our generations, they too found much in common with their experiences as well. To that end, this reflection offers a good insight into these men of God and their service.
Second, I believe that as members of the church, we have a responsibility to try to place many things in perspective so as to avoid the polarization that is afflicting our society in general and the Church in particular. I often hear many strange claims made about the priests of this man's generation by people who did not live through this period of history, and his own reflections will undoubtedly frame certain questions in new ways.
I'm sure that this reflection will upset some people. I do not apologize for that, because I believe this is an honest reflection of one man's opinion. I do not ask people to agree with him on everything. But I believe it to be insightful and valuable as we reflect on the nature of ministry in general. We, as Church, are called to collaborate in caring for the People of God, and understanding each other is a critical component of that collaboration. This reflection is quite lengthy, but I believe it worth the read.
We are the Gaudium et Spes priests. We went into the seminary at the highest rate in living memory. We were ordained between 1955 and 1975 – in double the numbers our parishes required. Most of us were from the Silent Generation with a few years of Baby Boomers at the end. We took Vatican II to heart. We changed from being priests called and consecrated by God to being presbyters called and ordained by the Church – the People of God.
Ecumenism became a normal way of thinking for us. Prepared for the challenge by Cardijn's apostolate of like-to-like, we were successful at educating a newly vital and active laity. We worked with the people rather than for them. We realized that clericalism was an evil, not a good, and discarded it with its style and culture. We ran highly successful and active parishes. Though ageing now, many of us are still on the job. Our presbyteral and pastoral lives have been a source of that unusual experience – joy.
But not without grief. We have experienced the awakening 60s, the exciting 70s, the suspicious 80s, the depressing 90s and the imploding 00s. During the 1980s we became aware that a lot was going wrong. Ordinations suddenly dropped after 1975. We started to lose parishioners – first from Mass, then from affiliation. Both of these changes had mixed social causes.
Worse! Discordant decisions were coming down from the pope. Priestly celibacy, despite being highly contentious, was reasserted by Paul VI in 1967 without discussion. In 1968 Humanae Vitae was a shocking disappointment. Most of us never accepted it. Paul VI began appointing bishops opposed to the council's ethos. This was most notable in Holland which had become a trailblazer in implementing the council. Paul killed that initiative and we are all the worse off for that. The whole trend was demoralizing.
Then came John Paul II. Charismatic in front of the TV camera; brilliant at languages; but – out of touch in scripture and limited in theology, a bad listener and rock solid is his self-assessment as God's chosen man of destiny. His whole life had been spent in the persecuted church of Poland with its fortress church mentality frozen in time.
The open dialogue of the Church with the new ideas and values arising out of new knowledge in scriptural criticism, theology, psychology, sociology, anthropology stopped. New scientific discoveries in genetics were treated with suspicion and their application usually condemned. Sexual mores were promoted to the top shelf of his panorama of sin – a bit of an obsession with him.
Power corrupts. The history of the papacy shows this pre-eminently. Unchecked potentates believe their own propaganda. Taken to the extreme, they claim infallibility. Pius IX bullied Vatican I into institutionalizing such a claim. Since then creeping infallibility has resulted in the pope and his theologically limited curia stealing the term "magisterium" from its real owners – the college of professional theologians. How can you conscientiously give assent of mind and heart to policies formed without theological debate, consultation, transparency or accountability? In contemporary government and business this would be judged unethical.
John Paul's lust for power showed very early and was taken to monumental proportions. Accountable to nobody, John Paul moved against any opinion other than his own and removed many exponents of alternative opinions from teaching and publishing. His most powerful enforcer was the Ratzinger-led Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). Other Roman dicasteries joined the campaign.
The CDF is the current euphemism for the Inquisition. True to its mediaeval roots, it assumes the pope to be entitled to enforce his views. It conducts its deliberations and proceedings in secret. In today's secular world this is a violation of human rights.
Theological censorship justifies itself as the quest for the truth and poses as truth's champion. In fact it is the enemy of the discovery of truth because discussion is forestalled. The contemporary secular world understands this and wisely enshrines freedom of speech and debate as a central value. The Church no less than any other enterprise is at least the poorer and at worst prone to error when it rejects this value.
All of us are abused by this process. The priest at the coal face is not consulted, yet is contemptuously expected to defend policies he and his people do not believe. John Paul II also enforced much of his own devotional life on the church at large. Despite Vatican II he effectively stopped the third rite of Penance, reversed a burgeoning dynamic theology of Eucharist by reverting to and re-emphasising devotion to the static Real Presence, reinforced a distorted devotion to Mary based on fundamentalist theology and introduced peculiar devotions such as Sr. Faustina's Divine Mercy Devotion which undercuts Easter – the climax of our liturgical year.
A more grievous abuse of power by John Paul II was his appointment of bishops. Appointees were to be clerical, compliant and in total agreement with his personal opinions. This has emasculated the leadership of the Church. The episcopal ranks are now low on creativity, leadership, education and even intelligence. Many are from the ranks of Opus Dei – reactionary, authoritarian and decidedly not creative. Many, often at the top of the hierarchical tree, are embarrassingly ignorant of any recent learning in scripture, theology and scientific disciplines. Many are classic company boys. Some of the more intelligent and better educated seem to have sold their souls for advancement. Can they really believe the line they channel? Ecclesiastical politics have trumped integrity. And when these men are appointed as the leaders of priests without any consultation they become a standing act of contempt.
Worse still, this happened over a period when the priesthood held its biggest proportion of intelligent, educated and competent leaders. It was those very qualities which blackballed them for appointment under the blinkered but powerful regime. Our best chance has been missed. Today the ranks of the priesthood are depleted due to low recruitment over the last forty years. The pool from which future bishops must be chosen is very shallow.
A newly critical laity questions policy but receives no answers. Why can't women be leaders in the Church? Why do priests have to be celibate? What is wrong with contraception? Why alienate remarried divorcees? Why this salacious preoccupation with sexual mores? Why are scientific advances always suspected of being bad? Why can't we recognize the reality of homosexual orientation – and the social consequences of that recognition? Have we learnt nothing from the Galileo case – or the treatment of Teilhard de Chardin? Can't we escape the Syllabus of Errors mentality?
Benedict XVI has continued the reversal of Vatican II. He is imposing a new English translation of the Sacramentary on a resisting English speaking constituency. This may very well backfire because many priests are not going to implement it. Benedict has received back bishops from the schismatic Society of St Pius X. He has encouraged the Tridentine Mass in Latin. He has reintroduced kneeling for communion on the tongue at his public Masses – all deliberate key pointers to regression from the spirit of Vatican II. To the priests who embraced Vatican II they are iconic insults.
Then he has the nerve to decree a Year for Priests in 2009 with St John Vianney as patron. Like Fr. Donald Cozzens, many felt they were being played. The celebration of the importance of priests in the church is belied by the contempt with which they are treated. How can Rome call priests to repentance when it is so recalcitrant; so slow to admit any failing of its own? How can they be serious in stressing the importance of the priest as confessor when it is clear that confession has all but vanished from the life of the Church? How can they urge Holy Hours and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament when most priests have moved on from that static theology of Eucharist to a dynamic one – with Vatican II leading the way? How can they urge priests to more intense prayer when they show no evidence of a change of heart or attitude – the genuine indicator that prayer is working?
We took as normal the world and the church into which we were ordained. In reality, the religious affiliation of the period was abnormally high. Mass and sacramental participation and priestly vocations were at a high water mark. The reversal which began in the late 60s was always going to happen. But with Vatican II we had the tools to handle the new situation. A large group of the priests were ready to meet the challenge. They did not get the chance. T he orders from above were to withdraw to the fortress and sing the old song. Instead of embracing the new they lost the opportunity and left us high and dry – and disappointed.
In the western world priests still always rate highly in job satisfaction surveys. They generally enjoy their job and do it well. That is because they are happy in their own patch. But they feel betrayed by the pope and the bishops. If you ask them what they think about the powers up top and where the official show is going you get a very different answer.


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Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus escaped May 6 when Berry pushed out a door and yelled for help.
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Hello, Woocommerce experts only, we need o...also want their to be an image of the personalisation theyve made using our personalisation tool, and have an option to edit the design they've made. We really need our cart/checkout not to be affected by updates. Our site is here: [kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n] user: bossusto_staging pass: !W5rSmPfsTma
Tenho uma loja de e-commerce e gostaria de fazer...adequação na plataforma de pagamento. Preciso de um programador para fazer integração da plataforma de pagamento "PAGSEGURO" com a plataforma de e-commerce "Shopify" fazendo o checkout Transparente, ou seja, que o cliente não precise ser redirecionado para outra página para efet...
... b) product images and text unaligned. Especially prominent when viewing on a mobile device or smaller screen. 2. Regarding Australian orders, need to implement at the checkout stage the option to: a) check or uncheck a box authorising a parcel to be left without a signature (known as ATL - Authority To Leave) see screenshot. Should be pre-checked
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...environment, after doing a version upgrade from 1.6 to 220.127.116.11 update of modules I run into problems checkout with error in all payment methods. payment with check bank transfer paypal (works ok from the cart page but does not work from the checkout) and Banamex (the credentials are missing these requested to my client, possibly work maybe not, I do
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I need you to create a checkout method where the customer is required to upload id to verify age and is instructed to check email or text to pay the invoice. Creating a manual paypal checkout method where i manually send an invoice to their phone number and email. Is there anyone who can help ?
Hello guys, I am looking for somebody serious to help me sort my Webshop problem. I have arround 20 25 articles, need it optimised for mobile also please. I have already a few templates that i would like to work with, but i am also open to good suggestions. Sometihing similar to WIX would be great! Thank you and waiting news
...hours. All this if you show us u're good, of course. == Tasks for today We have a client with a WordPress site (created and hosted by us) and he needs to send WooCommerce checkout data to its own MS Access server via ASP using the WP API. We need you to setup this with user info, so our client can import client and make the user invoice. Thanks
I need a mobile site using node js and angular js of already established site which in Magento
We have a live site that uses Woo...live site that uses WooCommerce. The checkout page ajax loader keeps spinning and never completes at the bottom of the page. We need someone to fix this problem on our development site and document what changes they made so we can make same changes on our live site. Site URL: [kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n]
I need a developer that has experience customizing the Opencart Journal 2 Quick Checkout Page to work with Paypal Braintree & Amazon Pay. It would help if the developer has done this specific project for another customer and can show me their work. We need the "place your order" button to function as the primary trigger to complete the transaction
After I created a SSL certificate, the last page on the checkout section is blank can somebody help?
Unable to fetch the exact location based on the pin code. Need an expert who can fix the shipper address issue. The website is on Magento 1.9.
...project. We need a full stack laravel developer to implement checkout process in an existing project Laravel Framework version 5.5. The process has 3 HTML pages which should be implemented in blade template. The database design exists with migration codes. No need to design database. Checkout Process: o Add A product to Cart o Receive Customer Address
Store owners should be able to install the Safepay plugin, configure it with their api keys. On the checkout page users should see a "Checkout with Safepay" button which receives the total cart amount as a configuration option, along with the store owners api key. Upon clicking the button, a popup window would appear (already built) which will handle
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Ensure to make the entire checkout process work, (backend & frontend ) and integrate payment Gateway attached is payment gateway details, please check and only bid if you can do this job.
Ensure to make the entire checkout process work, (backend & frontend ) and integrate payment Gateway
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I need someone that can customize the Woocommerce checkout of a Wordpress page that is already done. It an easy job, the only thing that you have to do is create a copy of the template of woocommerce checkout and adapt it (Attached an image of how it should look). We are delegating the work because we don't have time for doing it right now. The
i am facing problems with my opencart stores i am receving many errors on editing or changing setting cant even upload a backup checkout is not working need some help quickly
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Hello. I'm lead developer and owner of Nebula Automation, LLC. We are a small team of 3 software engineers that are developing a Shopify auto-checkout bot. This bot runs as an ElectronJS desktop and is written in NodeJS. It's currently structured using the lovely Create React App framework developed by Facebook. We're looking to hire a few backend
Please read the project description in full before applying! We are looking for someone who has build a one page checkout for a shopify store and proof of an active store using it or demo shop that is using it. Please do not apply if you haven`t done it before or cannot prove that is working. Thank you for your time.
I need checkout page for Stripe payments. i have Opencart shop ([kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n]) when customer places order - he is redirected to checkout page ([kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n]). redirect is done with Opencart payment extension (X-Payment Pro). When customer succesufuly finishes payment - he shoud be redirected back to Opencart ([kirjaudu nähdäks...
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For whateve reason my checkout page is throwing me an error processing request. looking to get this fixed as soon as possible
I have created a coupon in WooCommerce and it works in cart (gift vouchers) however the same code does not work in checkout (where it is required as site is used for event bookings and intent is to apply a doscount through a code)
Country cannot be loaded with address->id_country We are getting this error on Prestashop. Please PM if you really know the solution. NO TIME WASTERS please. Please reply TWO + THREE in your proposal so I know you read full description
I need to configure payments, shipping costs and carrier pickup points.
...existing website. Need checkout systems that is quick, easy and secure for users. Current has too many steps for completion and too many abandoned carts. Current website: [kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n] New system should collect email very early in the process so emails can be sent to remind of an abandoned cart. Clean checkout system. What do
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My website is: [kirjaudu nähdäksesi URL:n] When a user goes to cart after adding products, the cart is empty. Only when I log in as admin it works. Need your help.
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Replacing existing checkout page by template from Storefront theme.
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I would like to create an automated checkout system using RFID. There should be a database to record the product detail and price. RFID tags will be pasted on each product, each tag have a unique ID which will be used to identify the product detail and price. The customer will place their shopping bag on the RFID reader, which would be able to detect
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The National Cancer Institute provides the following information on the use of acupuncture for cancer treatment.
- Acupuncture applies needles, heat, pressure, and other treatments to one or more places on the skin known as acupuncture points (see Question 1).
- Acupuncture has been used in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years as part of traditional Chinese medicine (see Question 2).
- Acupuncture has been used in the United States for about 200 years (see Question 2).
- Acupuncture is used to treat many illnesses and ailments and in cancer patients is usually used to relieve pain and other symptoms and improve quality of life. (see Question 2).
- There is strong evidence from clinical trials that acupuncture relieves nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy (see Question 8).
- Acupuncture may work by causing physical responses in nerve cells, the pituitary gland, and parts of the brain (see Question 4).
- Laboratory and animal studies of acupuncture for cancer treatment suggest acupuncture can reduce vomiting caused by chemotherapy (see Question 7).
- Most acupuncture research with cancer patients studies the use of acupuncture to relieve symptoms caused by cancer treatment (see Question 8).
- It is important that acupuncture treatment be given by a qualified practitioner who uses a new set of disposable (single-use) needles for each patient (see Question 9).
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You used to think he was insatiable in the bedroom. Now? Not so much. If your husband's sex drive has tanked, it can leave you feeling confused, concerned and maybe even hurt. Here, our experts unlock the secrets to the mysterious male libido and help you figure out what to do when he's lost that loving feeling.
1. Male "Menopause"
It may be surprising to hear, but many health experts say that what menopause is to women, andropause is to men. The good news for our guys: It's not as sudden or intense as the bodily changes women can sometimes face. As men age, it's natural for them to experience a somewhat decreased sex drive, says Jeanne O'Connell, MD, medical director and cofounder of Sylvana Institute for Medical Aesthetics in Frederick, Maryland.
What to do? There's always the little blue pill, but rushing to a prescription may not be the best approach. Bottom line, says Dr. O'Connell: Try not to take it personally if he used to want to tear off your clothes when you walked in the door and now he hardly notices the new skirt you're wearing. The reason may simply be a biological one, not that he isn't attracted to you. Instead of closing up, talk to him about his sexual feelings and needs—and yours.
2. Pornography
It's a touchy subject among psychologists and sex therapists—some say that porn can fuel the passion in a relationship, while others think it can tear a loving relationship apart. What most experts agree on, however, is that when a man develops a pornography addiction, it can be devastating to a relationship.
"When porn becomes addictive," says Les Parrott, PhD, a Seattle-based psychologist and the author of Crazy Good Sex, "a man relies on it to become stimulated instead of relying on his spouse." He explains that the neurochemicals flooding a man's brain during a porn fix (also called "eroto-chemicals" by psychologists) can create a cocktail in the body that researchers believe may be as addictive as cocaine.
The problem? "Studies have shown that porn fuels unrealistic expectations about what sex should be like," says Dr. Parrott. "It makes men less satisfied with their partners."
Do you suspect that your guy may be getting sexual gratification from pornography instead of you? "A woman should pay attention to that feeling, that instinct, and follow up on it," says Dr. Parrott. Ask yourself: Is he spending more time alone in the basement on the computer? Is he not interested in physical intimacy the way he used to be? "When you're thinking, 'I wonder if that may be going on,' chances are it may be. Listen to your gut."
While a pornography addiction can be hard thing for a marriage to recover from, Dr. Parrott says you can heal and he can get help. "You can turn this around," he says. "He needs to acknowledge the problem, and set up safeguards to prevent himself from falling into it again."
3. Low Testosterone Levels
According to estimates, as many as 13.9 million American men have low testosterone, also known as hypogonadism, and it may be the reason he's turning you down night after night.
How can you tell if your husband has this condition? In addition to a low libido, symptoms of low testosterone include decreased energy, low mood, fatigue, loss of muscle mass and even erectile dysfunction, says Abraham Morgentaler, MD, associate clinical professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and a urologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. According to Dr. Morgentaler, as many as 97 percent of men who have low testosterone levels report a negative impact on their sex lives. Fortunately, the condition is treatable.
4. Lack of Kissing and Hugging—from You
Did you kiss your husband good morning? Hug him before you left for work? Here's the thing, says Raphael Darvish, MD, MBA, a physician with Concierge Medicine in Los Angeles: His disinterest in sex could be because you're not showing him enough everyday affection. "Loss of libido in men often has little to do with medical causes and a lot to do with the women in their lives," says Dr. Darvish. "Not feeling wanted and no or limited physical contact can really hurt a relationship."
What can you do? Try a spontaneous hug, kiss or back rub, he says. It could have big payoffs for his happiness and your sex life.
5. An Undiagnosed Health Condition
Loss of sex drive for a man doesn't just mean problems in the bedroom. His low libido could be a clue to other concerning health problems, says Phil Nguyen, MD, an erectile dysfunction expert with the Boston Medical Group. "The penis can be considered a barometer of overall health for men, and if there are problems in this area, it could be symptomatic of larger health issues such as diabetes, prostate cancer or heart disease," he says.
While a loss of sex drive doesn't always mean he has a health condition, it wouldn't hurt to mention your concern to him so he can pass along any questions to his doctor.
6. Allergies
Sniffles, sneezes and coughs…oh my! Allergies just aren't sexy. Now, a new study from researchers at the Cleveland Clinic confirms that his sneezing could be messing with your sex life. According to the study's findings, as many as 83 percent of people who suffer from allergies—seasonal or otherwise—report a decline in sex drive and sexual satisfaction. The reason is simple: A runny nose and watery eyes definitely doesn't help you get in the mood.
The lesson? If his allergies are getting worse, a trip to the doctor for a new prescription could cure them—and help your sex life, too.
7. The Economy
"Not tonight, honey, I'm worried about our stock portfolio." Could his worries about your financial future really be interfering with his libido? Yes, says Eric Plasker, MD, author of The 100 Year Lifestyle. "Those under an extreme amount of stress often lose their sex drive, temporarily," he says.
Clearly, you can't remove the source of his stress or turn your investments from red to green on the stock charts, but you can encourage him to make simple changes that will boost his health, and his libido. For example, instead of dinner and a movie for your next date night, do something active together, suggests Dr. Plasker. "Exercise makes people feel better about themselves and may increase endorphins." You can also make him a healthy, lowfat dinner. "Those who eat heavy, fattening, greasy or overly sugary foods may feel tired and sluggish, not sexy," he adds.
8. Excessive Masturbation
Yes, masturbation can be an awkward thing to discuss with your husband. But if he's masturbating too much, says Hilda Hutcherson, MD, an ob-gyn and the author of What Your Mother Never Told You About Sex, it may mean he'll be less interested in sex with you. Here's why, she says: "If a man is spending a lot of time masturbating, he can become accustomed to a higher, more intense level of sexual stimulation, which is stronger than he can get from the vagina. This can eventually make it hard for him to enjoy sex with you."
What to do? Talk about it! Don't let it be an isolating issue for the two of you, she says, and encourage him to turn to you when he's in the mood.
Ready for some more sex...talk? Then listen in as Radio WD contributing host Tra'Renee discusses sex and marriage in her segment "Sex with Your Spouse – Are You Still Having It?"–only on WomansDay.com.
Sarah Jio is the health and fitness blogger for Glamour.com. Visit her blog, Vitamin G.
WD wants to answer your toughest sex questions! Submit your most pressing sexual questions to wdsexualhealth@gmail, and we will address the topic in an upcoming article—anonymity guaranteed.


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Motivation and Reality
First of all how can we be able to be in a perfect fit condition physically if we have no motivation nor we see the reality of what will happen next. Passing from generation to generation, we can notice how we evolutionate eating. People throughout the century have been fatter than before due to the fact that our ancestors were eating what they found in the middle of their way. Those foods were the only thing they see and in addition to that, it was not a big amount of it. But nowadays, we can see how people want to be fit by doing diets, going to the gymnassium and find many ways to get thinner and thinner. And the role of motivation also come there. With motivation, people can have better result rather than doing it for fun. Not only you need motivation but also reality. In real life, people need to expect the consequences of what will other people will say about him or her. Whether they will be criticized or will give you good eyes of your results. As a matter of fact, been deeply motivated can give you more opportunities to complete your goal because you will have a reason why you want to do it. On the other hand, after your very successful goal, you will see the results and therefore comes the reality of your dreams.
The most important thing you need to have is motivation. Motivation is the power for you to do the things you want. Indeed, you need to be very motivated so that you can stick to your plan to success your goal. If a person wants to have a very beautiful body, especially girls, then they need to find something or someone who can motivate them, persuade their goal and also try to focus in their goals. You can restrict what you normally eat and try to reduce all the high carbohydrates you consume normally with other natural foods such as fruits and vegetables. For example, I am highly motivated by super models from magazines. Seeing them posing in their thin and slim body makes me feel I am too fat. So, any time I get rid to all the things I need to avoid, I see the pictures and try to stick to my plan. It is a torture for me but in my opinion I think it is worth it. After so many barriers I have been through I will finally see my results and I will like my new look. I know that it is hard to resist for your favorite food and your stomach is burning for it, desiring for you to give what your stomach wants but you restrain. Trying to refuse your stomach, you will be causing your body not only to burn carbohydrate but also to increase your apetite. But then, you can eat foods that are highly concentrated in low calories. You need to think again and again why you want to do this. Again, you need to be motivated. For example, many people want to be thin because then other people will not make fun of how chubby is him or her; they wil not stay at home anymore because they had considered themselves that they were ugly and fat. Another major reason is that they want to show how she or he wants to be, including their personality, how they want to dress and because of it they cannot wear those clothes because they are too fat and do not fit in the dresses they want to show.
If fat people have not been fat and have not been exceeding the amount of food they eat, they will have enter to the sport teams and there will had have met friends and also had have a healthy body. They will have been very beautiful thin girls and boys and will be actracted to anyone. For example, a girl that wanted to eat more and more but her mother try to motivate her and try to calm her down that if she eat more it will have drastic consequences. Then, when she grown up, she is a very beautiful girl with the most impecable body every woman wants. Every man around will be seized by her, will have more interest in her rather than in other girls that are chubby and fat. I consider that not all the people are looking for a good looking girl or boy but also they are looking for what is inside you, how your feelings are. But physical appearance is as much important as feelings. People will feel very attractive because of the good looking, but, what if that person is bad or do not care of anyone feelings?, then I will also consider that physical look is not too important as your feelings.
From generation to generations, people have been changing their eating style because everywhere you can find foods; especially fast foods in which are considered as junk foods with a lot of artificial concentration and are not healthy for your body. Our ancestors were the ones who eat too little and were seeking for more but they did not have the opportunity to eat all the foods and desire they want due to the fact that they did not find many delicious food in those era. They ate whatever they could found in their surroundings so they could have survived until nowadays. Time had passed, and we can see that the world evolutionated and it continue to evolutionate providing us with all the resources to find food easily. And because of it, we can eat whatever we want and our stomach desire. We can find any restaurant and fastfood stores and eat whatever we wanted. Due to this, we eat more than our body normally need per day. For instance, chicken fried contains a lot of oil and preservatives, in other words they have a high concentration in carbohydrates. If a person can eat tons of chicken fried, his or her body will gain a lot of carbohydrate and the body will results with many consequences such as overweight.
A side from that, it is important to take in consideration how to follow your plan. How to stick with all this. Normally, people who ask for help such as weight watcher, will tell you to write down everything you eat during all the entire days. They will try to reduce the things your body do not need and will only give you the necessary foods for your body. Then if you stick to this test, then you will gain points. Winning these points you can be very proud of yourself and will be like a role model to the other people whom also needed help from a trainer. There are people who are very excited for the firts weeks but then, in the middle of it, they give up and will quit. Most of these people will do that and will say that the program never result for me. This is the main reason of why their goals does not success. They said that it does not work but, first of all, did they finish the program? People need to follow their trainies and try to do all the things well so that we can see the results in months.
Overall, we can say that been motivated will give you more power to achieve your goals and because of it, you will be able to see the results of how well you have succeeded. Throughout centuries, our ways to eat have been change due to the fact that we now have the facilities to eat whatever we can find. In those times where there were poor amount of food, our ancestors tried to survive with what they had, but nowadays we can easily find food everywhere. If you want for your goals to succeed then, you need to continue with your trainie and try to stick to your plan. If you cannot, then find courage to deal with it and do not give up all the things you have already done. In other words, why will you give up if you are already in the middle of it? Why dont you finish what you have already started?.


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Alternative 13 News: A New way to Involve Young Citizens in NGDO Cooperation Work Through Social Media and Gaming
Anesvad is a Spanish Non-Governmental Development Organization (NGDO), independent and a confessional whose aim is to promote and protect health as a fundamental human right. At present it is developing projects in 19 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
In April 2012 Anesvad launched a project called Alternative 13 News with the purpose of finding new ways to involve society in international cooperation projects. This involvement would go beyond the traditional financial contribution and would aim at testing new communication strategies in the area of cooperative work; such as exploring the use of new technologies and social media in this way; and looking for new means of communication to reach young people.
This project was part of "Conexiones Improbables," a platform where Anesvad opened and showcased its projects to citizens and organizations. This is an example of a new way and strategy that many social organizations are using to connect with citizens (Herranz 2014).
Alternative 13 News was an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that lasted for 3 weeks. From a fictional situation, these games make the player feel he/she is experiencing the event as real. Alternative 13 News was an experiment that sought to explore new forms of awareness, in this case the right to health. New forms of communication that generate complex context-based knowledge on topics that affect every person on his own and ultimately move to action, all in a fun and interesting way.
In this case, Alternative 13 News consisted of a news site that collected new and information feature reports related to the right to health. Fictional news were projected into the future, the year 2013; and the objective for the players were go to through the situation of being deprived of the right to health.
This fictional news allowed them to experience the reality that millions of people live every day in developing countries. To increase its plausibility the game started with fiction video news conducted by popular and well-known journalists; the news site had advertising banners as any webpage; and there were winks to contemporary events such as the news related to Wikileaks.
Players enrolled in the Alternative 13 News platform had to stand up for several types of challenges. First, challenges to act and defend their rights, such as signing a petition to remind the government that it must respect international conventions including the right to health; Second, challenges to become journalist and write stories, like one about the resale of drugs in a neighborhood in the city of Barcelona or another one about how the city of Santander suffered an infections due to the lack of drinking water; Third, challenges to investigate and search for information, like finding a cartoon in the news that had to do with the current health news, such as how budget cuts are affecting public health services. As participants met challenges, points were given.
There were also other collaborative challenges where players had to join to solve a series of riddles to uncover a hidden plot (e.g., Who Killed the Judge B. Perez? Or Where is Sara Beramendi?). And also some dilemmas and challenges in the form of collective decision-making, which was resolved by a vote by all participants. For example, if the conditions of a general 48-hour strike were accepted.
Social organizations and NGOs are increasing social media use to reach citizens (Guo and Saxton 2013; Waters et al 2009; Nah and Saxton 2013) and this project is a clear example of such development. During those three weeks, Alternative 13 used social media (Twitter, Pinterest, Youtube to Wordpress and Blogger blogs) to make content more dynamic. The news site was updated as the challenges were issued.
This experience resulted in 167 registered users of which 65 resolved one challenge at least. Most of the players were students of Advertising and Communication degree at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For the three weeks a total of 548 challenges were solved and 1,100 private messages were exchanged between players and the game masters.
According to these data, more than 10% of the players were heavy contributors, people who followed the game from the beginning to the end and finished the game by completing most of the available challenges. These figures are considerably hither than those revealed by other research works on the subject, where heavy contributors do not go beyond 1% participants.
The question was whether it was possible to create an online project to raise awareness on the Right to Health, aimed at young people, and to prove it an attractive and interesting experience.
The answer was positive both in quantity terms (number of articles written, connection time to the web site and scores), and qualitative terms (for the quality of the articles written). The knowledge generated among participants in the project may have contributed in varying degrees to create a desire to change these situations, encouraging the involvement of citizens in transforming and changing their social environment. Eventually, it was shown that a fictitious situation in the past may become reality in the future. If we look at the current state of affairs in developed countries like Spain, the effects of the economic crisis and the slow disappearance of the welfare state are transforming a fictional situation in a far more real experience.
ReferencesHerranz, J. M. 2014. "Different Ways to Reach Transparency and Trust through communication Management inSpanish Nonprofit Organizations." In ICT Management in Non- Profit Organizations, edited by J.A. Ariza-Montes and A.M. Lucia-Casademunt, 36-55. Hershey: IGI Global.
Guo, Chao and G.D. Saxton. 2013. "Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy."Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 43(1): 57-79.
Nah, Seungah and Gregory D. Saxton. 2013. "Modeling the adoption and use of social media by nonprofitorganizations." New Media & Society 15: 294-313.
Waters, Richard D., Emily Burnett, Anna Lamm, and J. Lucas 2009. "Engaging stakeholders through social networking:How nonprofit organizations are using Facebook." Public Relations Review 35 (2): 102-106.


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Installing the Slovak Keyboard (Windows XP)
Using the Slovak keyboard (Windows XP)
The active keyboard is indicated on the Taskbar (e.g., the English keyboard is represented by the letters EN). To select the Slovak keyboard, first open the software you intend to use (e.g., Microsoft Word) and make sure that the software has the focus (click inside the software window). Then click the letters on the Taskbar (EN in the example illustration below) to open a keyboard menu and select Slovak (SK).
The Slovak keyboard should now be active, with the letters SK appearing on the taskbar. You may wish to work with the Language Bar on the screen. To restore the Language Bar, right-click SK and select Restore the Language bar on the menu. The Language bar should now appear docked to the title bar of the software window. You can also drag the Language bar down into the document area if you wish, as illustrated below:
To return the Language bar to the Taskbar, click on the minimize button (button with a minus sign on right side of Language bar).
The On-Screen Keyboard can be used as an aid in learning the layout of the Slovak keyboard. To start the On-Screen Keyboard, follow this Start Menu path: Programs/Accessories/Accessibility. You can enter characters via the keyboard, using the On-Screen Keyboard as a template, or you can enter characters directly by clicking the keys on the screen.


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Exam Schools: The Ups and Downs of Selective Public High Schools
The plight of low-performing students dominates our education news and policies. Yet America's high flyers demand innovative, rigorous schooling as well, particularly if the country is to sharpen its economic and scientific edge. Motivated, high-ability youngsters can be served in myriad ways by public education, including schools that specialize in them. In a new book from Princeton University Press, Exam Schools: Inside America's Most Selective Public High Schools, co-authors Chester Finn and Jessica Hockett identify 165 such high schools across America.
In this Fordham LIVE! conversation, they and others will examine some of the issues that selective-admission public high schools pose. Who attends them? How are their students selected? Are such schools the future of gifted education or do they unfairly advantage a select few at the expense of most students? Just how different are they, anyway?


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We plan to include edits and controls to make the invoice number unique and enhance duplicate payment avoidance in new systems. In addition to these efforts, we have selected a contractor to review SAMAS transactions, vouchers and other records as appropriate to identify overpayments. The contractor will be responsible for collecting the overpayments and remitting them to the appropriate State agency after deduction of the contractors fee. In the near future we will be contacting agencies to begin the payment review process by the contractor.
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A local family is mourning the loss of a man whose life ended while he was out hunting Monday evening.
A local family is mourning the loss of a man whose life ended while he was out hunting Monday evening.
Curtis S. Powelson, 31, was bow hunting when he accidentally fell into a sinkhole Monday evening near his residence off of Red Oak Lane near the Buckhorn area.
Powelson was a Marine at Fort Leonard Wood, according to Pulaski County Assistant Coroner Michael McCart.
Around dusk Monday, the hunter made contact with his wife, advising he just shot a deer and was returning to the woods in an attempt to track the animal.
When the man failed to return home, his wife reported him missing to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department.
Law enforcement and fire fighters then began a late-night search, which ended shortly after 3 a.m., when the hunter's body was discovered at the bottom of a large sinkhole located just a short distance from his home.
The sinkhole was about the size of a car at ground level and was estimated to be approximately 65-70 feet deep, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Long.
After examining the scene and speaking with the property owner, authorities assume the sinkhole recently opened, possibly during the heavy rains last month. It is believed the hunter did not see the opening before falling into it, due to being hidden behind tall foliage, along with the existing low light conditions.
The hunter's death has been ruled accidental by the Pulaski County Assistant Coroner, Michael McCart. Further details will be released once the victim's relatives have been notified.


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Janet Yellen's first appearance before Congress was notable as much for her style — a slower speaking pace than Ben Bernanke, and far more understandable than Alan Greenspan — as substance. But the Federal Reserve chairwoman did make notable policy points. Here are a few.
1.) The economy is still not "normal."
We learned this in a back-and-forth with Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, who pressed Yellen on why the Fed is basically ignoring its 6.5% unemployment threshold for considering interest rates.
"Congressman, I believe that I am a sensible central banker and these are very unusual times in which monetary policy for quite a long time has not even been able to do what a rule like the Taylor rule would have prescribed. For several years, that rule would have prescribed that the federal funds rate should be in negative territory, which is impossible," Yellen said.
"So the conditions facing the economy are extremely unusual. I have tried to argue and believe strongly that while a Taylor rule or something like it provides a sensible approach in more normal times, like the great moderation, under current conditions when this economy has severe headwinds from the financial crisis and has not been able to move the funds rate into the negative territory that rule would have prescribed, that we need to follow a different approach."
2.) We're not quite at the point at which the debate over the labor-market participation rate matters for Fed policy.
The participation rate is near 35-year lows, and many have pointed out that the decline in this rate is because of aging baby boomers leaving the workforce. The debate isn't esoteric — the question of labor-market slack is key to the Fed's decisions on interest rates. All the while, Yellen's comment suggests the Fed is not yet at the point at which the cyclical vs. structural debate will matter.
"So there's no — no doubt in my mind that an important portion of this labor force participation decline is structural," Yellen said. "That said, there may also be, and I'm inclined to believe myself based on the evidence, that there are also cyclical factors at work. So that decline has a structural component and also a cyclical component. There's no sure-fire way to separate that decline into those two components, but it is important to realize that we're seeing declining participation also among prime-age workers and among younger people."
3.) Let's chill out over the last two jobs reports.
They weren't good. But Yellen is willing to look past them.
"There were weather factors — we've had unseasonably cold temperatures that may be affecting economic activity in the job market and elsewhere. The Committee will meet in March. We will have a broad range of data on the economy to look at, including an additional employment report, and I think it's important for us to take our time to assess just what the significance of this is," she said.
4.) What it would take for the Fed to actually hike the pace of bond purchases.
It doesn't look likely at this point. But Yellen did spell out what conditions would be necessary.
"Well, I think a significant deterioration in the outlook, either for the job market or concerns — you know, very serious concerns that inflation would not be moving back up over time. But the Committee's emphasized that purchases are not on a preset course and we will continue to evaluate the evidence," she said.
5.) Emerging markets are on their own.
This is consistent with what other Federal Reserve officials have said, for sure, but Yellen reiterated that point.
"Well, certainly capital markets are global, and the monetary policies of any country affect other countries in such a world," Yellen said when asked about what's been happening in Indonesia, India, South Africa, Turkey and Brazil. "But we've been very clear at the outset that we initiated our program of asset purchases and an accommodative monetary policy more generally to pursue the goals that Congress has assigned to the Federal Reserve, namely supporting economic growth and employment in the context of price stability. We have tried to be as clear as we possibly can about how we would conduct this policy."
— Steve Goldstein
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