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This year has not been what most would call a banner year for religious freedom in the United States. It could, however, be worse. Just ask Christians in Europe.
While widespread discrimination against Christians is a relatively new phenomenon in the United States, it's almost standard protocol throughout the European Union, where for decades aggressive forms of secularism, many state-sponsored, have pushed European Christians out of the public square.
That, however, may be changing. In recent years, Christian nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have cropped up across the European continent to advocate for Christians in the media, the legislatures and the courts. Partly through the efforts of those groups, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) hosted a special seminar in Rome in June on how to combat hate crimes against Christians.
According to Martin Kugler, who with his wife, Gudrun, founded one of those NGOs, The Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians, that topic would have been unthinkable for OSCE just a few years ago.
Kugler sat down with Our Sunday Visitor to discuss the reasons behind the change, as well as the overall state of religious freedom in Europe.
Our Sunday Visitor: When you talk about the situation Christians in Europe face, you differentiate between persecution, intolerance and discrimination. What do you mean by those terms?
Martin Kugler: Persecution is what our brothers and sisters in the Arab world, Africa or Asia face. That's not what Christians are going through in Europe. Here, we face intolerance, which covers the social issues, the marginalization and exclusion of Christians from the public square and in the media. There's also discrimination, which is a legal concept. We make those distinctions because it's clear we need a different response to legal questions and social questions.
OSV: Could you give a few examples of the discrimination against Christians in Europe you've seen in recent years?
Kugler: People in America might be familiar with one of the more well-known cases from this past year. In the United Kingdom, an Egyptian Coptic Christian who worked for British Airways wanted to wear a small cross as a necklace, but her employers told her no. It wasn't a matter of security — it was a very small cross — and, as she pointed out, her Muslim and Sikh colleagues were permitted to wear signs of their faith. When she wouldn't take it off, she was forced to go on unpaid leave.
There also was a case of a nurse who prayed with a patient in the hospital, and was fired for that, even though she asked the sick person first if they wanted to pray. Then there are many cases about parents' educational rights. For example, in Spain, the socialist government introduced a new obligatory subject for high schoolers: Education for Citizenship. It was a very ideological course designed to reshape values in a politically correct way. It was really biased against the Church. It fought the pro-life issues and told students that same-sex marriage is a good thing and adoption rights for homosexual couples are important. Fifty-five thousand parents sued the state. They had no other option. They weren't allowed to take the kids out of the lesson. This issue was resolved, however, when a new government was elected and the course was dropped.
OSV: What about intolerance?
Kugler: First of all, we have the problem of dealing with the media who are communicating negative stereotypes about Christians. If, say, the BBC does a program on bioethics, nine out of the 10 experts they feature will be hostile to the Christian viewpoint. There actually was an internal document at the BBC that said among BBC journalists there is a real bias against Christianity. There also was a television movie in the U.K. where the main villain was a pro-life lady. To make matters worse, they intentionally cast someone who closely resembled the most famous pro-life activist in England. They're all about promoting stereotypes. Then there have been political leaders thrown out of office because they've said something about their religious faith. [Italian politician] Rocco Buttiglione is a well-known example of this. Because he said he did not believe homosexual behavior was in line with the dignity of the human person, he was denied a seat on the European Commission.
OSV: When it comes to questions of intolerance and discrimination, would you say the situation has grown better or worse over the last decade?
Kugler: On one level the situation has worsened. There are more instances of both intolerance and discrimination, which is concerning. On another level, Christians are getting better at responding to these problems, and there is much more awareness of them. That's encouraging. Ten years ago, it would have been almost unthinkable that the EU or OSCE would try to tackle the problem in any meaningful way. Then, if you complained about such things, people would dismiss you, saying Christians are the majority — they can't be discriminated against. Now there are people seeing that it's not a question of who is in the majority but of rights. Some very dramatic cases — the Buttiglione case or both the evangelical pastor who was put in prison and the Anglican bishop who was sent to a re-education seminar [because of their remarks about homosexuality] — have been like an alarm clock for Christians in Europe. That in turn has led to more NGOs in civil society who are focused on the problem.
OSV: In your experience, what works and what doesn't when it comes to tackling these problems in the public square?
Kugler: What works is to tell stories. It's especially important to tell stories to journalists who are maybe not Christian, but who are still tolerant. With the right story, you can open their eyes. It also helps to talk to the bishops. Many are encouraged when laypeople come and offer their help and support on a certain issue, and feel more free to speak out. What does not work is a purely juridical approach. It's good to defend people in the courts. It's important, and there are good groups doing that, but it's not enough. That's because even the members of the courts are influenced by the media. For example, there was a judgment in Italy against the public appearance of the cross. It was an absolutely biased judgment and was later overruled, but the bias of the initial judge is proof that you can't answer this problem just by legal arguments. You need those, but you also have to tell your story in a good way through the media.
OSV: How would you compare the situation in Europe on these issues to the situation in the United States?
Kugler: Well, the separation of church and state is seen differently in the States. It's very clear, but clear in such a way that it empowers people to talk about their faith. Your president can say he's praying for the people or a politician can say "God bless you," and that's OK. Your bishops also speak out on issues and nobody thinks that is strange. Essentially, the concept of religious freedom is more positive in the U.S. It's normally seen as the freedom to confess, the freedom to have religion. In Europe, for a long time now, many intellectuals and journalists have perceived it as the right to be free from religion and the influence of the Church. The liberal secularist streak is much stronger in Europe than in America. The left wing parties are stronger here, and they have used their power to communicate their anti-religious ideas.
You also have many ex-communist countries where the entire populace between [ages] 70 and 20 were raised without any sort of Christian education. They were never given any idea of the basics of Christian belief or Christian social doctrine, so it's easier for secularists to convince these people that the Church shouldn't have the right to speak in public. This is just one more reason why it's so important for laypeople to stand up and defend religious freedom. It is, of course, also the bishops' responsibility, but sometimes it's more effective if a doctor or nurse or journalist stands up and explains their beliefs. As Christians, we must become better defenders of freedom so that 50 years from now people can say, "Thank God there were Christians who defended freedom in society."
Emily Stimpson is an OSV contributing editor.
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The Hermes Birkin Bag of Beer
The beer in question is called Westvleteren. It is made by Trappist monks in Belgium. They make only what they need, and no more. If you want to buy the beer, you need to order it directly from the abbey. They have a phone number that you call, and you have to give them your license plate number. Each person is allowed to buy one case of beer/license plate/month. You need to order the beer two months in advance. Once you have called for the month, the system will recognize your number and will block it from getting through again for the end of the month. The beer comes in bottles without labels and it is against the monk's wishes to resell the beer. If you do that, you can lose all of your ordering privileges. This makes it surprising that the bar would put it on their menu. I guess it doesn't get many Trappist monks as visitors. Since 2002, it has been ranked as the best beer in the world, giving it even more of a cult following.
Our second night in Belgium, I decided to be coy and just walk into one of the beer shops and try to order the Hermes Birkin Bag of Beer and see what the proprietor would say. This is when being a girl helped. The proprietor told me that because of the high demand but low supply, it is very expensive for stores to carry the beer, so it is actually illegal in Belgium to sell Westvleteren if you are able to get your hands on some. He did tell me that another one of the beer shops in Brussels does sell it illegally.* At this point, TLS was overjoyed at my cleverness and you would have thought that Hannukah came early.
The next day, we made a pilgrimage to the anonymous beer store. After loading up two bags with two dozen beers, at the cash register I once again very sweetly mentioned that there was a great beer I had heard about that I just needed to try, I could not remember the name, if was Westvsomething or other, would they by any chance carry it? The woman at the cash register told me that they did carry it, and from a locked cabinet behind the register, produced three unmarked bottles of beer, one of each of their varieties. We asked to purchase one of each. The cost, 7,95€, or $10.25 in today's prices. That's right, we paid over $30 for just three bottles of beer. I have to say that I felt a bit like I was in the Prohibition era walking down the streets of Brussels carrying three unmarked bottles of illegal beer in my hand.
*For confidentiality reasons, I will not post the name of it on my blog. However, if you are planning on going to Belgium and would like to try some, you can email me and I will give you the name of the shop.
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That is a fabulous story! And the next time I'm in Brussels (LOL) I'll be sure to give you a ring for the name of the bootleg beer store!ReplyDelete
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dambun wrote:eddinanM3 wrote:dambun wrote:I agree... he is a much better CB than a FB.... But he is also a rather safe backup for FB, too.....
Very very good signing IMO.... (if for a good price)
The only worrying thing is that it won't be good, if we face ManCity.... because their strikers will know his weaknesses....
First off the odds of Bayern playing Man City in the CL qualifying round are slim and even if we did happen by chance to get them in a two legged affair, Tevez is most likely gone this summer and Balotelli is too unrational to know anybodys weakness so that is the last thing I would be worried about at this time.
It's a 20% chance according to Mutu....
FCBayernMunchen wrote:Well, looks like we got him.
Still not convinced about him, but hopefully he will shut me up.
MoFattal wrote:FCBayernMunchen wrote:Well, looks like we got him.
Still not convinced about him, but hopefully he will shut me up.
Same here .... I know he is a very good CB but I doubt that Boateng-Badstuber will work especially against the big boys... hopefully I'm also wrong
shileno wrote:AMLN wrote:Boateng and Badstuber are a very promising CB pair
Let's pray for that
I hope we get another CB, someone with more experience. We already know very well what means having a young defense, unless our board is making long-term plans and sticking with Badstuber, Gustavo and Boateng.
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Bookanista Review: This Is W.A.R. by Lisa and Laura Roecker
It's Bookanista Thursday and you know that that means....review time! This week I am talking about THIS IS W.A.R, the latest by Lisa and Laura Roecker. Now, you already know I am a huge Roecker fangirl, but this book....this is AMAZING!!! But more on that in a moment. First, here are the other Bookanista reviews:
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Everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club saw Willa Ames-Rowan climb into a boat with James Gregory, the Club's heir apparent.This is not a story of forgiveness...
The mystery of their best friend's murder drives four girls to destroy the Gregory family. Emily Thorne would be proud.
And everyone at Hawthorne Lake Country Club watched him return. Alone.
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Enter the W.A.R.—the war to avenge Willa Ames-Rowan. Four girls. Four very different motives for justice and revenge, and only one rule: destroy the Gregory family at any cost.
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As I mentioned previously, I am a die hard Roecker fan. The Liar Society series has been excellent so I went into THIS IS W.A.R with very high expectations. And I wasn't disappointed in the least. In fact, I must admit that this book is my favorite by the Roecker sisters to date.
The book is basically a mystery presented with such compelling writing that you are sucked in from the first sentence. There are twists and turns to keep you guessing, dark raw emotion to keep you intrigued and just enough humor, at just the right times, to keep you reading.
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Hey, does "Someone's at the door" sound familiar in a way that creeps you out, yet also makes you think about Harriet from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip? Hmmm...interesting. Maybe, like me, you've seen American Gothic. Maybe in 1995 you had a total crush on both Gary Cole and Jake Weber. (The Gary Cole crush has since waned. The Jake Weber crush has only grown stronger.) And oh yes, there really is that much screaming. Complete series, available on hulu.
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The high court has upheld a government rule requiring spouses to prove they can speak English before they can join their partners in Britain.
Mr Justice Beatson dismissed a judicial review challenge brought by three couples to the immigration rule, introduced last November, on the grounds that it was racist and would break up their families.
The couples included Rashida Chapti, a British citizen. She has been married for almost 40 years, has six children and divides her time between Leicester and India. Her husband, Vali, wants to join her permanently in Britain but he does not speak, read or write English.
The high court judge, sitting in Birmingham, said the requirement to have passed a pre-entry English language test did interfere with the couple's article 8 rights to a family life but this was justified in the interests of promoting integration and protecting public services.
Beatson also rejected the argument that the language tests were discriminatory because they required someone with a degree in English from India to sit the test but not Spanish-speakers from California.
The judge said that the decision to distinguish between nationals of countries considered to be "English-speaking" and those from elsewhere was rational.
The ruling is a major victory for the home secretary, Theresa May, in her efforts to persuade the courts to adopt a less rigid approach to article 8 human rights cases.
The immigration minister, Damian Green, said: "We believe it is entirely reasonable that someone intending to live in the UK should understand English, so that they can integrate and participate fully in our society. We are very pleased that the courts agree with us."
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Hina Majid, the JCWI's legal director, said: "No one in their right mind would pretend that learning English is not a good thing for immigrants in the UK to do. This ruling, however, will mean that many British citizens will continue to experience enforced and indefinite separation from loved ones, partners, and in some cases, their children.
"It is already a legal requirement that partners and spouses must demonstrate linguistic skills shortly after arrival in the UK. In countries experiencing conflict, poverty, natural disasters and political instability, it can however be extremely difficult to acquire linguistic skills prior to arrival in the UK. Spouses in parts of Sudan, Yemen and Gaza for example often struggle to find decent tuition."
According to the new rules, spouses will be required to attain a "basic" level of English that can be reached after 40-50 hours of tuition.
But Majid said that a far more effective way of reaching that level would be to charge spouses home tuition rates for English classes immediately on arrival in the UK, instead of the current prohibitive overseas rates.
"This would mean that more could afford to attend high quality classes early on," she said.
"It would not only improve linguistic skills, but would also bolster our struggling education sector, keep families together and ultimately save the taxpayer from forking out millions for the implementation of this scheme."
The proposal to introduce pre-entry English language tests for those coming to Britain to join a spouse or civil partner on a spousal visa was first proposed by Labour ministers three years ago to encourage integration, help newcomers get work and make clear to migrants the importance of learning English. It was introduced by the coalition last November.
The tests apply only to those who come from non-English-speaking countries. The top five nationalities of those coming to marry UK citizens are Pakistan (8,570 people), India (5,110), Bangladesh (2,780), US (2,110) and Thailand (1,776).


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The operatic choir, Corale Lirica San Rocco
Bonn/Bologna, 9 May 2017 - The Corale Lirica San Rocco will be giving a benefit concert in Bologna on 13 May, as part of the annual celebrations of World Migratory Bird Day. The operatic choir, which gave a concert in Bonn the last four years, will now perform in its home city. The matinee will start at 11.00 hrs in the historical Cappella Farnese di Palazzo D'Accursio.
Under the musical direction of Marialuce Monari, "The Melodrama: The Wings of Love" will take us through arias from major works of Donizetti, Verdi and Ponchielli. It is about love without boundaries translated in different ways to remind us of migratory birds that span the globe.
Fernando Spina, a member of the choir, initiated the tradition of the concert as a special contribution to World Migratory Bird Day. He serves as chair of the Scientific Council of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, which together with the Agreement on the Conservation of Migratory African-Eurasian Waterbirds organizes WMBD.
The theme of this year's World Migratory Bird Day is "Their Future is Our Future – A Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People". Migratory birds are excellent indicators of the state of the planet. We need to preserve their habitats for a sustainable future, because their future is our future. The campaign contributes to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and provides a link to the COP theme.
Entrance to the concert is free but attendees are invited to make a donation. The Italian Federal Ministry of the Environment, the research institute ISPRA and the City of Bologna are benefactors of this event. The proceeds from the concert will be donated to a project related to bird conservation.
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Event 100 Meter Dash
Mark 12.22
Place 1st
Race/Results Page Girls
Round Finals
Heat 1
Team Saint Anthony's
Native Country USA
Season Outdoor 2017
Level HS
Meet Date May 5, 2017 - May 6, 2017
Date Added May 7, 2017
Grade 2017
Timing FAT
Personal Best? No
Season Best? No
Venue Saint Anthony's HS, Huntington, NY, USA
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A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, HEADING HOME charts the underdog journey of Israel's national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel finally ranked among the world's best in 2017 making it eligible to play in the prestigious international tournament. The roster includes Craig Breslow, Ike Davis, Ryan Lavarnway, Josh Zeid and other Jewish Americans from Major League Baseball teams. Most of the Team Israel players have a tenuous relationship to Judaism and have not traveled to Israel before. Their odyssey takes them from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul, where the team discovers the pride of representing Israel on the world stage. POST-FILM Q&A with Director Daniel Miller


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KRYSTAL WADE is hosting the Wildest Moments Blogfest to celebrate the release of her book, Wilde's Meadow. It's not to late to sign up and just by taking part you're entered to win a Kindle Fire!! All you have to do is tell us all about your wildest moments.
Krystal is not only an awesome writer (I am loving Wilde's Fire--the first book in her trilogy), but she's also a really sweet girl. Be sure to pop over to her site, enter her blogfest, take a look at her books and tell her congrats!!
And...before I get started on my entry, I'd like to say that this post did not turn out the way it was supposed to. I meant to write some lighthearted fun story about some crazy thing I did as a kid. But then I started thinking about all those crazy times and this is what came out instead....
I have had many wild moments in my life, especially in my youth. In trying to decide what to write about my mind counted down a list of stuff.
The summer I spent in juvie I was fifteen (that was also the summer I met my husband in that same charming facility)
The summer I spent living in the laundry room of an apartment building? I was sixteen that year.
Or maybe I should tell about the time me and my best friend hitch-hiked all the way from New Jersey to Florida on a whim? That was a couple months after I turned seventeen.
All very wild times. Now it's like looking back on another lifetime. Thank GOD my kids are nothing like I was. Although, in my defense, my kids haven't had a reason to be the way I was. I was definitely a product of my upbringing. And my entire teenage years were crazy. I spent most of them bouncing around to different group homes, foster homes...the street. Here and there and everywhere.
At the time I had this crazy, drug-fueled, sad, wild, amazing, exhilarating, depressing, horrible, unbelievable life. I spent most of it hating myself.
And I never thought I'd overcome any of it. And it could have gone so many other ways. But it didn't. I did overcome it. I married the guy I met in juvie and we rehabilitated each other. We raised four beautiful, amazing kids. We found something in each other that a lot of people spend their whole lives looking for. And we held onto it with both hands.
From the vantage point of adulthood, it all happened how it was supposed to. This was the life I was meant to live. Every story in me is shaped by that insane, crazy, wounded kid I used to be. I write stories about other worlds and magic and adventure and love--but in each one of those fantasies, I leave pieces of the truth. Of myself. Of who I am and who I used to be.
When I write, I don't try to put a theme in...but, when the books are done, the themes are always the same. Love is worth any sacrifice. Perseverance will get you far. People are not always what they seem to be--you have to look past the surface.
And one of my biggest dreams is that someday some kid...some screwed-up, wild, crazy kid will read something I wrote and some part of them will recognize a kindred spirit and believe that things can get better.
And if I could do that--if I could give a kid hope, or inspiration or the desire to keep trying for even one more day...if I could do any of that then-- in a lifetime of wild moments--that would be the wildest one of all.


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Also, in completely unrelated news, but still in France, you can buy canned air straight from Paris for the low, low price of $9.99 without ever having to step foot on a plane, in a hotel or Paris.
Apparently, love is in the air.
The End.
Hilarious - I've peed my pants :-)
Thanks for that!
clever beyond words.
except for the words describing how clever you are!
I saw the canned air thing too - UGH! And I feel bad for Lance, kind of. It's hard to know - is cycling another sport where everyone dopes? arrghhh.ReplyDelete
I have some bottled Cape Cod air here that I would gladly send you for free. I love how you passed those savings on to us, and since you and Lance have so much in common maybe I will just stick with your fan club.ReplyDelete
What a dope, sure the air was his last hope.ReplyDelete
Note to self: do not attempt to read this blog while drinking soda.ReplyDelete
Poor Lance, he needs you!ReplyDelete
Now I am left wondering if he really beat all that cancer too??? hmmm can air hmmm do you think it comes in multiple flavors? I would like my air chocolate flavored please no need to add the love just plain chocolate.ReplyDelete
Lance doesn't know (or maybe he does) what he is missing.ReplyDelete
Funny, as always. French air, huh? What could I put in a can that the French would want. This will keep me up tonight thinking of my next genius money-making enterprise.ReplyDelete
Funny as always but I've been to Paris and the air is overpriced.ReplyDelete
Hmmm---canned love coming your way?ReplyDelete
I say they need to leave Lance alone and quit being haters.ReplyDelete
Your Lance Armstrong panel is brilliant! Made me LOL!ReplyDelete
Also, don't waste you money on that canned Paris air. People smoke like chimneys over there and they smoke those stinky Gauloise cigarettes to boot. Any canned air, once opened, would just make you hack, cough and gag.ReplyDelete
Cans of air are not environmentally friendly. Tell Lance to get a pipeline instead. Canned air sucks and they leak too.ReplyDelete
Canned air is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of!ReplyDelete
Canned air from France? That's absolutely ridiculous! Why would anyone buy that?
Now, canned air from Italy...THAT would be worth buying :)
You really are hilarious. :-)ReplyDelete
Oh, canned air!
How can a US agency strip Lance of awards he won in France?
HILARIOUS!!!!!! My son heard the news about Lance and said, "Mom, I think that means Lance actually did do drugs". Kinda burst the kid's bubble a bit.ReplyDelete
I love this post. Bravo my freind. :)))ReplyDelete
*snort* laugh.ReplyDelete
Hey! I have something in common with Lance, too. I have no titles either. :D Go me.
Canned air is the craziest thing since bottled water. Sucks to be Lance Armstrong right now.ReplyDelete
Well, I guess I better empty my wallet to buy some canned France air! Thanks for the heads up! lolReplyDelete
You are too funny!ReplyDelete
I had to wipe off my computer screen!ReplyDelete
Canned air? Oh Jesus protector of all that is good and holy, deliver me from water restaurants and canned air.ReplyDelete
Do spray face and eyes with canned air. It may cause eye damage. Instead spray canned air into a paper bag and then huff it. Remember safety is key.ReplyDelete
Does the air smell of Garlic and onions? If not I'd ask for my money back :)ReplyDelete
LOL! Mostly law abiding. Yeah. Me too!ReplyDelete
Canned air? What's so special about that? It already comes in bags. They call it Doritos. So will they call the CANNED air Pringles?ReplyDelete
Zero wins? Ouch burn! :pReplyDelete
I can almost swear that I smelled a trace amount of that Parisian gas coming from a pizza truck the other day. Frivolous people and their disposable incomes should buy my air, not outsource it to France.ReplyDelete
Nice way to kill two birds with one stone on that canned air, saving money and finding love. WIN!ReplyDelete
Little shortie post. I got really sad when I saw there wasn't much to it. I really look forward to your posts. Ah, I'll just be grateful for the laughs I was able to get. Also, Lance died.ReplyDelete
Girl, you're funny!ReplyDelete
LOL just doesn't suffice for this post. Too, too funny!ReplyDelete
oh geez. hahaha.
but i like the idea.
I can go to Montreal to smell French farts. If you paid me 6372.00 I might visit France and I've had eight years of French classes, Two in collage. I'm sure there are nice French people, but I've never met one that didn't treat me like a human.ReplyDelete
HHHMMMmmm... are these two things connected?!?! Just askin'!ReplyDelete
Hey, beautiful lady, I have an award for you on my blog :)ReplyDelete
Oh my... I have that in common with him too!ReplyDelete
I feel sad about Lance Armstrong. I'm not sure why. It's not like I followed his career or anything, and doping is doping. But it still makes me feel sad. He's lucky to have a friend like you!ReplyDelete
I hear if you turn your nose up, the air smells better.ReplyDelete
By the makers of bottled water.ReplyDelete
LOL! you are so hilarious! xxReplyDelete
It's been one of those days. Thanks for the smiles and chuckles!ReplyDelete


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the lactose as such has no affordance for me; it is simply one of the things that nourishes me when I ingest milk. This confusion of levels has haunted much of comparative psychology. (See Box 2.)
The fundamental hypothesis of ecological psychology and of this book is that affordances and only the relative availability (or nonavailability) of affordances create selection pressure on the behavior of individual organisms; hence, behavior is regulated with respect to the affordances of the environment for a given animal. This hypothesis has many important implications. One of the most profound is that behavior (in the most general sense, including perception and cognition) is not caused. Affordances are opportunities for action, not causes or stimuli; they can be used and they can motivate an organism to act, but they do not and cannot cause even the behavior that utilizes them.
To say that behavior is not caused has an unscientific ring--especially within psychology, where a positivist intellectual culture still thrives. Yet "the psychological" is, precisely, the uncaused actions and awareness of animals as they encounter their world. An animal's actions and awareness have a rich causal substrate, not just in the animal's nervous system but in the environment surrounding the animal; however, none of these causal factors, either individually or collectively, completely causes psychological states.
|Box 2
Affordances and Resources
The resources encountered by an animal are the affordances of the environment. But no
animal can encounter all the resources of its environment. An animal encounters other
animals, some plants, and many objects, events, and places, but these are not the entirety
of its environment. An animal that encounters a piece of fruit does not thereby encounter
the fructose or carbohydrates contained in the fruit, even though it ingests them. Although
frugivorous animals appear to develop a taste for combinations of sugars and carbohy-
drates, and maybe even for particular kinds of sugars and carbohydrates, this is still not
quite the same thing as encountering those molecular entities as such. All terrestrial ani-
mals need oxygen, but few have encountered oxygen as such.
The ability to encounter an affordance requires a perceptual system attuned to the use
of information enabling that affordance to regulate action. Interestingly, there are micro-
organisms that use oxygen concentrations to guide their locomotion, but this is unknown
among the dominant phyla of terrestrial animals (arthropods and vertebrates). Resources--
or, to be more precise, special combinations of resources commonly found in certain habi-
tats--become affordances when natural selection works to evolve such specific regulatory
activity. And it is always an empirical question as to what affordance an animal is aware of
or acting on--whether one considers burrowing worms or thinking humans.


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Castleford moved up to fourth place in the Hunters York Senior League's Premier Division with a 51-run success against fellow promotion hopefuls Beverley Town.
Skipper David Wainwright was in good form with bat and ball again while Connor Hyde also played a big part with four wickets as Beverley never threatened to get close to Castleford's 208-6 total.
After being put in to bat first, Cas lost a couple of early cheap wickets, but reached 120-2 as Wainwright and Eddie Cole (26) set up the possibility of a good score.
Wainwright hit a patient 78, including seven boundaries, and when he was out Connor Fisher (18) and Liam Hyde (39 not out) carried on the good work with Castleford's score useful on a pitch that was not easy to bat on.
Beverley were quickly reduced to 20-3 in their reply and although Michael Cooke, with 53, provided some resistance they fell behind the asking rate with wickets going down at regular intervals from 68-3.
They did manage to bat through their 50 overs to deny Cas full points, finishing on 157-9 with Connor Hyde taking 4-26 and Wainwright 3-40. There was also a wicket each for Amir Ditta and Eddie Morrison.
Castleford Seconds had their Division Three Ebor game at Londesborough Park abandoned without a ball being bowled.
Castleford Seconds were in winning form on Friday night in the North Readman Trophy when they beat Carlton Towers in a T20 match at Savile Park.
After being put in, Carlton Towers were kept to 147-8 in their 20 overs with Henry Bayston (35 not out) top scoring and wickets taken by George Swaby (2-19), Luke Edwards (2-21), Liam Hyde (1-24), Nathan Smith (1-17), David Tomlinson (1-18) and Martin Gibson (1-17).
Castleford lost two early wickets in their reply, but a superb 50 from Eddie Morrison took the side a long way towards their target.
Murray Coyle supported with 14 and Edwards weighed in with an unbeaten 32 after coming in at number five to ensure that the home team got home with four wickets and eights balls to spare.
Castleford under 11s were edged out in a tight Pontefract Junior League contest with Pledwick under 11s.
They made 74-3 in their 16 overs with Ben Kilby Paul and Charlie Goose both hitting 15. But Pledwick went one run better, making 75-3 in their 16 overs with one wicket each for Kilby Paul, Pierce Memerry and Louis Cadman.


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(Interestingly, when I googled it, the British version of this ad came up - and, amazingly, it's frame for frame the same as the South African version. So someone, somewhere, thinks this concept works well enough to translate it exactly into another culture, and torture an entire other consumer market with it. In god's name, who pays that person's salary?!)
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The Department of Spanish and Portuguese in collaboration with the University of Toronto Libraries would like to invite you to the Luso-Brazilian Film Screenings: Literature & Cinema that will be held every Monday during the month of March at the Media Commons Theatre (Robarts Library, 3rd floor).
PLACE: Media Commons Theatre (Robarts Library, 3rd Floor)
DATE: Mondays of March 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2014
TIME: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Screening 1 (Mar 10, 2014): Macunaima (Brazil, 1969) Directed by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade. Based on Mario de Andrade's novel
Screening 2 (Mar 17, 2014): Mutum (Brazil, 2007) Directed by Sandra Kogut. Based on "Campo Geral" by João Guimarães Rosa
Screening 3 (Mar 24, 2014): Sleepwalking Land (Terra Sonâmbula, Portugal/Moçambique, 2007) Directed by Teresa Prata. Based on Mia Couto's novel
Screening 4 (Mar 31, 2014): Budapest (Brazil, 2009) Directed by Walter Carvalho. Based on Chico Buarque's novel
All movies are in Portuguese with English subtitles. Each movie will be introduced and contextualized by Luso-Brazilian studies specialists, and a Q&A session will follow each screening.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Bumps Are Showing!
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- Theresa said...
Congratulations. They both look so beautiful! I am guessing double pink, but pink or blue a blessing for sure!
- July 31, 2013 at 9:03 PM
- Debbie said...
Soo exciting for you Janette! I am going to go with they are both having boys...(but just so you know, I am NOT good at predictions, haha). How fun for them to be going through this together too. My sister and I had our baby girls 10 weeks apart and they grew up and remain to this day best friends. And two of my grands are only 10 days apart. We got one of each that time...oh! and I had it predicted the other way around from what actually happened, haha. Soo many good times are ahead for all of you!
- July 31, 2013 at 9:06 PM
- Debbie said...
I knew (or hoped) that we were going to be treated to a little baby bump post. Don't they both look just beautiful?
OK, here's my guess: I think you are going to have two little girls. I also think they are going to be best friends forever. One will be outgoing and adventurous, and the other will be the quiet sidekick.
A kite... and a string.
There. How's that for prophecy? I never do things half way. I'm obsessive like that.
Oh, and one of them needs to have strawberry blond hair just because I happen to like it.
(BTW, do you know how many times I have said THANK YOU to the Lord for new stuff in your neck of the woods?)
- August 1, 2013 at 3:59 AM
- Tanna at The Brick Street Bungalow said...
Beautiful, beautiful Little Mommas! I know you are on Cloud 9 Janette. I don't know what gender they will be, but I DO know they will be adored and lavished with love. Praises to our Father. blessings ~ tanna
- August 1, 2013 at 5:09 AM
- Sandy said...
They are both cute as a button and I know their little blessings will be, too. Just for fun I will say that Mrs. Wright will have a boy, and Mrs. Wilson will have a girl! And may our Lord bless each family with health and well being, peace and prosperity, now and always!!
Love you~
- August 1, 2013 at 7:37 AM
- Farm Girl said...
How fun, I am so excited for you and you thought you were busy now. :) You will be hopping even faster.
I am so glad that the Lord has blessed you this way this year. He is so good. The girls look just beautiful.
- August 1, 2013 at 7:50 AM
- GratefulPrayerThankfulHeart said...
Oh, this is so exciting!!! Adorable girls with bumps!
- August 1, 2013 at 7:51 AM
- Sharon said...
These moms-to-be are so adorable! Looks like your daughter is feeling better, too.
Here's my prediction:
Mrs. Wright will have a boy.
Mrs. Wilson will have a girl.
Either way, prayers will continue. You must be SO excited!!
- August 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM
- Maryann said...
I love baby bumps...the ladies are radiant. You have to be over the moon with excitement! I am guessing two girls but I am seldom right about these things....congratulations!
- August 1, 2013 at 11:21 AM
- Rebecca said...
:) I'll follow with great interest!
- August 1, 2013 at 3:06 PM
- Vee said...
Okay...I love a guessing game...boy for your daughter-in-law and a girl for your daughter. I have to add that I thought that I was having a boy with my daughter and a girl with my son so I'm not ver good at this. Both gals look healthy and happy! Just as cute as they can be!
- August 1, 2013 at 4:13 PM
- Sonja Goodson said...
No one is less accurate at this game than me... wrong every time,(including being sure Kate ws having a girl!)so I won't even try. Your girls are adorable, there is nothing more beautiful than a young mom to be. Just think of the joy ahead as these little ones join the clan. They will be BFF's! :)
- August 1, 2013 at 5:46 PM
- Lea Culp said...
Oh, how exciting and either way, they are going to have so much fun growing up together. I'm thinking it's boys, but girls or one of each would be just fine too. Sweetest blessings!
- August 1, 2013 at 6:48 PM
- camp and cottage living said...
So exciting!
Your daughter-a boy.
DIL-a girl.
It is a guess, of course!
- August 1, 2013 at 7:29 PM
- Nikki (Sarah) said...
A big huge Mazal Tov - congrats to the Wright family. I'm excited for you guys. Babies are the best....and children are total fun.
- August 2, 2013 at 7:02 AM
- Kathryn Ross said...
Jeanette - so very exciting for you! May they have joyful and healthy pregnancies and safe deliveries! How grand, too, that you are near to them - my little grandbaby is a two - three times a year visit - not counting Skype. Will be seeing her in three weeks when she turns three!
Hoping you have plenty of pinks to surround you in the kitchen and the joy of passing on all your "sage" advice as a consummate homeschooler and homemaker!
Joy to you!!
- August 2, 2013 at 7:29 AM
- Angel said...
Yea! So excited for you! I'll go with one of each - one blue and one pink. :)
- August 2, 2013 at 9:59 AM
- Sue said...
Wonderful news for all, I am so elated to read this Janette! Your joy just exudes on the page.I am going with one of each.
So glad to hear from you I too have been so busy and am hoping to try and catch up this weekend.
Give Master Benjamin a big hug from me.
- August 2, 2013 at 1:52 PM
- Cecilia Marie Pulliam said...
Children are a joy at any age, but grandchildren take that to a higher level. Congratulations. Love the pictures, Janette. Both are beautiful new moms to be.
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The Stockholm Declaration outlines what members of the International Dialogue must do to revive commitment to the New Deal, and take it the next level, to achieve the UN's ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, leaving no one behind - particularly in fragile and conflict affected environments.more »
The Independent Review of the New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States, conducted by the Centre on International Cooperation (CIC), has just been released. To download the report, and to learn more about the Independent Review, click on "more".more »
The International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding is the first forum for political dialogue to bring together countries affected by conflict and fragility, development partners, and civil society. The International Dialogue is composed of members of the International Network on Conflict and Fragility (INCAF), the g7+ group of fragile and conflict-affected states, and the Civil Society Platform for Peacebuilding and Statebuilding (CSPPS). The International Dialogue is presently co-chaired by the Sierra Leonean Minister of Planning and Economic Development, H.E. Nabeela F. Tunis, and the Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, H.E. Marie-Claude Bibeau.
The New Deal for Engagement in Fragile States is a key agreement between fragile and conflict affected states, international development partners and civil society to improve current development policy and practice in fragile states. Countries committed themselves to pursuing more political ways of working to address the root causes of conflict and fragility and to channelling investments in fragile states in line with basic but adapted aid effectiveness principles. The New Deal calls for five Peacebuilding and Statebuilding Goals (PSGs) to be at the forefront of all international efforts in fragile and conflict-affected countries. It was crafted by the International Dialogue and signed by more than 40 countries and organizations at the 4th High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness on November 30th 2011 in Busan, Korea.
Realisation of the SDGs in Countries Affected by Conflict and Fragility: the Role of the New Deal
This Conceptual Note is intended for national actors and their international partners operating in countries affected by fragility and conflict. Its purpose is to support their efforts to realise the 2030 Agenda, including but not limited to SDG 16, using the principles of the New Deal. This can be achieved by: 1) Supporting country-owned transitions towards resilience through prioritisation and sequencing of the SDGs in ways that take account of conflict and fragility; 2) maximising the possibility for greater coherence and accountability between country-led planning, stakeholder consultation processes, and partner support; and 3) working to ensure results are sustainable.
The Stockholm Declaration on Addressing Fragility and Building Peace in a Changing World
The Stockholm Declaration is the International Dialogue's latest affirmation of its commitment to creating clear pathways out of fragility and towards greater resilience, as a means of preventing conflict and achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ensuring that no-one is left behind. Recognising the urgency of the challenges posed by fragility, conflict, and violence, over 50 countries and organisations endorsed the Stockholm Declaration on 5 April 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, during the 5th Global Meeting of the International Dialogue.


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How do the activities / actions and principles of Bush et al contradict / undercut humane democracy?
Is America Becoming Fascist? [counterpunch.org] - " ... No doubt, fascism is a descriptor too carelessly thrown around; but Nixon and Reagan, no matter how reprehensible their politics, were not quite fascist. Bush is the most dangerous man in contemporary history: Hitler didn't have access to weapons that could blow up the world, and no American or other leader since World War II with access to such weapons has been as out of control. Perhaps a non-controversial statement may be that the fascist tendency always exists, at the very least latent and dormant. But when more and more of the latency becomes actualized, there comes a point when the nature of the problem has to be redefined. We may already have crossed that point. As Eco notes, "Ur-Fascism can still return in the most innocent of guises. Our duty is to unmask it and to point the finger at each of its new forms - every day, in every part of the world." And as Eco reminds us, Roosevelt issued a similar warning."


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Asked about her experience as the new group member, Parineeti said: "First, I was completely star-struck by these guys. There was this bond between them and they understood each other. They knew exactly what to do. On the other hand, I thought that I might just mess this up.
I didn't know what to do. But within 10 mintues, I felt welcome and these people are so mad that I realized why I was cast for this film... because I am like them. I really found friends for life and that is my biggest takeaway from the film."
The "Ishaqzaade" actress says she always thought comedy was an easier genre, but she was proven wrong after working on "Golmaal Again", helmed by Rohit Shetty.
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Reader Spotlight: Semjon Becker
Meet Semjon Becker, a bassist from Germany who got his start standing up his father's guitars and tried to emulate the double bass. Years later, he and his dad reflected on that story, and his dad bought him a bass.
Semjon is this week's No Treble reader in the spotlight. Here's his story…
Hello, fellow bass players! I am Semjon Becker, 23 years old, currently studying mechanical engineering and loving music on stage and in the studio. Always traveling between a very technical and a very emotional world, I am challenging myself to find a balance between both (if there is any) and complement each other. I grew up around music and designed und built my own computer when I was younger – I guess I just can't lose hold of any of those sides of me.
Always a stone's throw away from my university in Aachen and my hometown Siegen, both NRW, Germany.
Day gig:
After I talk to my boss at the institute about that new prototype, I set up that 3D-printer, click "start," rush home, pick up my bass, travel 2,5 hrs by train to finally sit down with my friends in the studio and hit the strings! Wait, is that what they call a job?
Years experience:
If I remember correctly since 2008. Time flies!
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Yes! Besides various individual jobs and sessions, the one steady band I have is a jazz fusion quartet called "4 Wheel Drive". This project is very special to me because all band members decided to make music out of pure passion and without any restrictions that usually encounter in commercial environments and affect your creativity. You don't travel 5-6 hrs for a 2 hrs rehearsal if you'd only do it for the lettuce – it's just from the heart.
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My father used to lean his electric guitars upstanding against the sofa. And when I was a kid, I occasionally watched the orchestra on TV and tried to imitate the upright bass players by picking up the electric guitar (that was standing as tall as me) and strumming on it, as it was an upright bass. Sitting with my family at Easter, years later in my teens, we merrily remembered that story and decided to buy me a bass. Best decision ever!
My bass superpower/claim to fame:
I think I studied Tom Kennedy's bass solos in such an extent that allows me to sometimes anticipate and sing along his new solos as I hear them.
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In my early years, I listened to the Dave Weckl Band, Chick Corea, and Mike Stern almost exclusively because that's what I grew up with and considered to be a very free approach to music. Later on, it was Robben Ford, James Taylor, Mariah Carey, John Mayer, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Muse, Christian Aguilera; I could go on forever… Today it's Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck. I love you, Joe Dart! <3
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There were many observers, inside and outside of agriculture, who thought that the Illinois Livestock Management Facilities Act (LMFA) couldn't please all and benefit the state's economy.
But those skeptics have virtually been silenced, notes Nic Anderson, livestock business developer for the Illinois Livestock Development Group, based at his home in Divernon, just south of Springfield.
In his consultant's role, he promotes growth of all of the major grain and livestock commodity groups in the state and also represents the Illinois Farm Bureau.
Anderson, who was raised on a hog farm in Henry County, IL, was specifically brought on board as an industry liaison in 2005 to help farmers understand and cope with this massive regulation.
"Livestock producers felt this thing was going to kill them. It was too prohibitive. There were too many rules, and it was forced on the industry by the state legislature and opposition groups that wanted to have set rules and guidelines on how producers build livestock facilities," he observes.
Yet once the details were sorted out, the regulation has become very easy to work with, says Anderson. Setbacks are based on animal units and animal thresholds.
For example, the setback is a quarter mile from residential areas for 1,000 animal units (1,000 animal units equals 2,500 hogs over 55 lb.) and a half-mile from population centers. For each additional 1,000 animal units, the setback increases 220 ft. for residential and 440 ft. for populated areas.
The notice of intent to construct since 1997 started out slow but has achieved growth over time.
"The big thing it establishes is, no matter what county I am in throughout the state, we all have the same standards and there is no favoritism because there is no township or county control. The state has set a standard that is high enough to supersede local control, as long as the area is zoned agricultural," Anderson explains.
"We don't try to build barns in non-agricultural areas or around cities," he explains.
The challenge for Illinois today is that city folks move to the country and have certain expectations. They live in an agricultural zone and yet they would like to prohibit livestock from coming into their area, which results in some real clashes right away, he admits.
A big part of Anderson's job is to deflect those criticisms and help producers site new barns or expand their facilities.
The Illinois pork industry has seen growth of 5-15% over the last three years or so using the LMFA rule. But dairy and beef cattle industries have lagged behind. Illinois boasts just 125,000 dairy cows and produces only 25% of its milk requirements.
Of the 134 notices of intent to construct in 2007, hog applications represented close to 120,000 pig spaces, or about 75% of the building applications, similar to the previous two years. He estimates the pork industry injects $70-100 million of new monies into the state's economy annually.
So while the pork industry in Illinois has seen a bit of a boom in the last three years, Illinois' livestock industry overall is somewhat stagnant, while it continues to grow nationwide. Total livestock receipts in the last decade fell from $2.3 to $1.7 billion.
Pork producers are younger than their livestock counterparts in Illinois; their average age is 45 vs. 55 for beef cattle and dairy farmers.
Higher labor costs have led the economic drain in Illinois. But Anderson believes that the current economic/energy crisis in agriculture will actually drive the return of the livestock industry to places like Illinois, to enjoy easy access to markets and a bountiful supply of corn and soybeans.


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The Gators women's cross country team finished first overall in its home meet on Saturday and had runners sweep the first three spots while the men's team finished second.
For the women's 5K race, senior Genevieve LaCaze was the first runner in with a time of 17:05.09. She was followed by junior Florence N'Getich and sophomore Cory McGee. This meet was LaCaze's last home meet of her college career.
"I thought I came in with a bang and won, so I had to leave with a bang, but I mean, I just got such a support like I've never had before," LaCaze said. "Having Florence come in was the biggest bonus we could have hoped for, and Cory as a freshman last year was just progressing the whole year and to come in now and have her in practice, I couldn't be running any better without these girls."
LaCaze said she enjoys running in Gainesville because of the atmosphere.
"I just love the heat as well," she said. "So I got the warmth, I got the crowd, and I got the home ground we train on every single Monday morning. I pretty much got everything that puts together great ingredients for a good result. Having our home meet here at this time of year because it's not too important that we don't run our best, but we always seem to perform. I guess that matters a lot when we're in front of our crowd."
The home meet was third place finisher, Cory McGee's, first meet of the season.
"I'm definitely excited with the result," McGee said. "I think that it definitely went the way that I planned. Kind of going out and really seeing where I felt good and relaxing into the pace and getting with the people who I'm comfortable running with and who I run with every day really helped."
University of Florida assistant track and field and cross country coach Todd Morgan is excited to see how LaCaze, N'Getich and McGee will perform in the upcoming meets.
"Those are three competitive, good athletes and they've been training well together," Morgan said. "Not a surprise to see it, but it was a great start to the year. Those three are going to do big things. And we've got good depth on this team, and I think it will show a little more in the next few meets how solid we are depth wise, too."
The men's team was second overall behind Michigan and had three runners finish their 8K race in the top 10. Sophomore Matt Mizereck finished first for the Gators and second overall with a time of 24:38.50 with sophomore Mark Parrish in seventh and freshman Jimmy Clark in eighth.
"It was a tight battle," Morgan said. "And those are two good teams that came down, and we're grateful they came down and ran us… It was as good of an early season cross country meet as you're going to see as far as three good schools going at it."
Mizereck was really happy with his performance at the Mountain Dew Invitational. He said running at home was a lot more comfortable and that really helped.
"I felt like I did really good," Mizereck said. "I came out conservative, just followed the group. Second lap where we needed to start pushing, I did that, took the lead a little bit – started pushing those hills. And I feel that really did a lot to some other competitors out here, so it helped me to get a little advantage over them. So, all and all I think I did really well compared to last year."
Both cross country teams have three weeks before their next meet in Wisconsin. Mizereck and LaCaze said they will continue to work hard until they head west.
"Start getting those miles in, just really work our legs," Mizereck said. "Just get ready to have the endurance and strength for Wisconsin because we're going to need it there."
"Just doing what we're doing, it's obviously working, so why stop now," LaCaze said. "We all came in fit which is obviously a good start, but coach has just really put together some great sessions that allow us to really strengthen our weaknesses. And I think mine is speed at the moment."
Morgan agreed that a lot of hard work will be put in over the next few weeks. The Gators will compete in the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational on Oct. 14.
"We're going to get after it over the next couple weeks because training-wise," he said. "Wisconsin is going to be a war so we're excited to go in there and see how we stack up against some great teams."
Gator Country reporter Darby Underwood can be reached at email@example.com. You can also follow her on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/darbyunderwood.


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Five D Thoroughbreds and Wind River Stables' KATHMANBLU (Bluegrass Cat) was sent off the 6-5 favorite in Saturday's $163,800 Golden Rod S. (G2) at Churchill Downs and fulfilled all expectations with a dominating 8 1/2-length victory under jockey Julien Leparoux. The Kenny McPeek charge took command of the race entering the stretch and merely strutted her stuff from that point forward, drawing off to stop the clock in 1:44 2/5 for 1 1/16 miles on the fast main track.
The bay filly recalled to mind the 4 3/4-length jaunt of Rachel Alexandra in this same race two years ago. That filly would, of course, go on to an eight-for-eight sophomore season that saw her crowned Horse of the Year following wins in the Kentucky Oaks (G1), Preakness S. (G1), Haskell Invitational (G1) and Woodward S. (G1).
While Kathmanblu's connections may not dreaming that big, they must have been beaming later in the day when Santiva (Giant's Causeway) ran nearly a full second slower to take the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) on Churchill's Stars of Tomorrow II card.
"She is now a big time (Kentucky) Oaks prospect," McPeek said. "She's not a big filly; she is a little compact filly, and as the months go on she has gotten better and better. I'll think she will keep going as a three-year-old."
Gran Lioness (Lion Heart) set the early pace in the Golden Rod, posting splits of :24 1/5 and :48 4/5 while Kathmanblu tracked just in behind while outside of Missyoulikecrazy (Lion Heart). Missed the Point (Distorted Humor) scooted through on the rail to briefly make it three across the track, but couldn't keep pace with Missyoulikecrazy and Kathmanblu as those two ran up to the outside of Gran Lioness. Missyoulikecrazy grabbed a momentary head advantage through six furlongs in 1:13 2/5, but by that point Kathmanblu was ready to unleash her run.
The juvenile miss catapulted to the front through a mile in 1:38 and turned the race into a paid workout as she pulled away, improving her record to 6-3-1-1, $320,731.
"She obviously won easily," Leparoux said. "I don't know how good she can be. That's not my job; that's the trainers' job. I think she is really good on both turf and dirt. I think she is a very good filly on the turf. And she proved today she can run on the dirt, too. We've got options."
Kathmanblu paid $4.60, $3 and $2.80 while keying the $22.20 exacta and $273 trifecta. Missyoulikecrazy easily held second by 1 1/4 lengths over Suave Voir Faire (Suave), who rallied from the rear to take third. The place spot was worth $4 and $3.40 at 4-1 while show returned $6.40 as the 35-1 second-longest shot on the board. Aide (Arch) followed in fourth another three lengths back and rounded out the 4-2-5-1 superfecta that totaled $690.60. Gran Lioness, Sweet Deal to Win (Impeachment) and Missed the Point completed the order under the wire.
Kathmanblu was making her second start over the Churchill main surface following an unplaced effort in her career debut on June 12. McPeek switched her to the turf for her next start and the filly scored by a half-length at Ellis Park in her second try. Given two months off, she returned to be second in her stakes bow, the P.G. Johnson S., on Saratoga's grass before breaking through with a first black-type win when scoring by four lengths in the October 14 Jessamine S. on Keeneland's turf. That was enough to earn the miss a shot at the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G2), where she posted a game third following a troubled trip.
"In the Breeders' Cup she had a troubled trip; it seemed like not a whole lot went right that day," McPeek said. "Obviously she is a good, talented filly. This time of year we got enough time to come back in three weeks here and (if) you're going to find out if they like this surface then you got to do it now. She was doing well so there was no hesitation at all.
"We will probably put her on the shelf for a while. At this point, we will take her to Gulfstream for the winter and take it one day at a time. She probably won't run until late February or early March. I like to have two races in them before the Oaks."
Bred in Kentucky by Five D Thoroughbreds, Kathmanblu is the first stakes winner out of multiple stakes-placed Abba Gold (Devil's Bag), who has since produced an unnamed yearling Pulpit colt. Abba Gold is herself a daughter of dual stakes heroine Valiant Jewel (Buckley Boy), making her a half-sister to Friendly Michelle (Artax), who captured the 2004 Prioress S. (G1) and La Troienne S. (G3) as well as placing in the Acorn S. (G1) and Las Virgenes S. (G1).
Kathmanblu, who RNA'd for $57,000 as a Keeneland September yearling, comes from the same family as this season's Comely S. (G3) runner-up, Speightful Affair (Speightstown).


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♥ Bell jars. They always remind me of sweet Sylvia Plath. The one with the wilted rose I've mentioned earlier, it's from flea market, and the other two are new finds from the sale basket. I was so glad to stumble upon them by mistake since I've been looking for these for ages. I think I'm going to conjure up something floral and macabre inside of them, we'll see!
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Of the over 200 species of birds that have been identified at Fort Matanzas, one species in particular has garnered most of the visiting public's attention- the great horned owl. This is due to the fact that in recent years a pair of these owls have made their nests in very prominent locations near the park's visitor center. This allowed the public to observe the owls on a day to day basis, in great detail, including the rearing of five owlets. Even though the owls still inhabit the area, they have not nested "publicly" since 2012. Nevertheless, park staff are often questioned as to the whereabouts of these locally famous park inhabitants.
The scientific name of the native and adaptable great horned owl is Bubo virginianus. These owls breed throughout the United States, except in the arctic. They are not particular about nesting tree types or species of tree. Their nests are not elaborate, sometimes consisting of nothing more than a flattened branch ringed with feathers, moss, and ferns; the remains of an old squirrel nest; or a tree cavity.
Great horned owls mate for life, and are permanent residents of their territories (at least in Florida, which has an ample prey base all year long). Courtship hooting begins in November, and breeding usually occurs in late December. The female usually lays one or two eggs per clutch and incubates them for an average of thirty-three days. Both parents feed the young, which venture out along the branch away from the nest at five to six weeks after hatching, and fly about a week later. The parents continue to help feed and look after the young owls until they can successfully hunt on their own. By the time of the next breeding season in October the juveniles will fly off to establish their own territories. (Great horned owl territories range from a third to two square miles in size.)
Great horned owls are excellent nighttime hunters because they can see well in low light, and have binocular vision which can gauge depth. They swoop down from high perches, catching and crushing prey (usually medium-sized mammals, birds, and lizards) in their talons. They eat their prey whole, later regurgitating undigested bone and fur as "owl pellets" that can be found on the ground near owl nests.
Adult great horned owls have no real predators, but they may be killed in fights with eagles or other owls, or by collisions with moving automobiles. Eggs and young may be preyed upon by feral cats. In the wild this owl species can live up to thirteen years.
While not the largest owl in North America, the great horned owls' wingspan ranges from forty to sixty and a half inches across, with females being generally larger than males. Their distinctive namesake, their "horns", are actually just tufts of facial feathers that help funnel sounds to their ears.
Whether the owl couple of Fort Matanzas (Pa and Ma Tanzas?) decide to nest publically again or not, the park will continue to provide feeding and nesting habitat for them and all the other avian species that inhabit this part of Florida on a temporary or permanent basis.


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