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ELIZABETH JACKSON: As Australian troops are gradually withdrawn from Afghanistan, there'll be more young veterans living in the community than at any other time since the Vietnam War.
Since then, there's been a greater understanding of the long-term mental health effects of war, including post-traumatic stress disorder.
The Government's new strategic vision for Australia's defence forces includes $25 million to help deal with the problem, but some are already questioning whether that will be enough.
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SIMON CULLEN: Throughout 2010, Major-General John Cantwell was the commander of Australia's forces in Afghanistan. He returned home with the mental scars of battle.
It's an issue that's been given extra prominence through yesterday's release of the 2013 Defence White Paper.
In unveiling the new strategic plan, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced there'd be $25 million set aside to boost mental health care for service personnel.
JULIA GILLARD: The critical importance of looking after the health and wellbeing of our serving and ex-service men and women, including in relation to mental health disorders.
SIMON CULLEN: The Veterans Counselling Service will be extended to border protection staff, those involved in dealing with disaster zones, and people hurt in training accidents as well as their families.
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SIMON CULLEN: By the end of this year, most Australian troops will have returned from Afghanistan.
There's growing recognition within the Defence Force that many will require mental health care and support in readjusting to life back in Australia.
Former Defence Force chief Admiral Chris Barrie isn't convinced the extra $25 million will be enough.
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I think that getting families really involved in this is important. They're the people that are going to recognise there's been a change, if there is a change. They'd be the first point of contact, I'd say, in recognising PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in any way.
SIMON CULLEN: General John Cantwell says families often bear the brunt of the mental health challenges facing veterans and he's hopeful there'll be further changes to the way the Defence Force deals with the issue.
SIMON CANTWELL: I think there will still be quite a few difficulties for our veterans who are seeking the help that they deserve. And this is largely because they are dealing with a large bureaucracy and these are always difficult things to do, particularly if one is mentally unwell. It's the worst time to wrestle with some bureaucrat over form-filling.
ELIZABETH JACKSON: Retired Major-General John Cantwell ending that report from Simon Cullen in Canberra.
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be kind. 5 things (sacred life.)
there is a big movement around kindness and let's just be honest, it is necessary. and as much as i want to be kind and i think i am kind, i also know that some days i don't feel it. when i am in front of a personality that is harsh or in my face, i can feel my belly start to ache, my heart starts beating faster and i can feel my skin turn clammy.
it is hard to always feel kind and giving. especially when you are hurt but the other person, or maybe you just don't care for them. the truth is, we don't always get along. so how does that work when you are suddenly are thrown into a stressed environment? i recently saw this quote and it put a big fat smile on my face.
"kindness is in our power,
even when fondness is not.
~samuel johnson
there isn't a day that goes by where we are near someone or maybe a situation we don't want to be part of. it makes us uneasy, maybe angry or sad and in the middle of all of that, we are human, we share regardless of what sets in front of us. we show love and kindness. even when we aren't fond of the person or the situation. maybe not each time or with each person, but i am sure we move forward way more often than what our true self really wants to.
there are little things i try to do to ease my unease, to put a smile on my bitchy resting face. call them my kindness go-to's. a little sweet "i don't wanna" tool kit. yeah, that made it all sound kind of crappy, didn't. but here is why it works. because we all need kindess. our souls not only need to receive it, but to give it. sharing more creates habits for those times where fondness just isn't showing up.
i am alone, a lot. alone with my thoughts and it is so dang easy to allow old thoughts and story to take over my noggin. when i feel that happen
i know it is time to pull out of it and be who i a know i am….a nice person.
5 kindness moves.
..smile — even when you don't want to. a smile can change someones day. by the way….be sure to smile at your own reflection. it always begins with you. ie. self-love.
..if you love someones style or haircut, tell them. don't be shy, do it. sharing compliments is always sweet
..leave a love note for the next person. i use these stickers behind as little reminders.
..there is nothing better than opening the mailbox and seeing that someone wrote me a real note. and so i have been trying to sit down
through the week and lick an envelope. it really is a game changer. i love happy note cards like these, oh and these too.
..#makeithappy – kid president is full of truth and i love his kind sensibility.
now go spread kindness, even when fondness just isn't happening.
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i love wearable reminders. i have several go-tos and meditative jewelry is a simple way to keep it close.
so often i can feel a situation getting the best of me and i will just take a breath and hold on to my mala, or other
"sacred" touchstones. for me it really does work.
kindness, part of the sacred collection is something that i created for this
very reason. i believe that reminders are always a good thing to have on hand.
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Thank you for sharing your heart's mind, for filling this world with color and beautiful design and for being YOU. I love your guts, Kelly B.
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what Jamie said.
oh! I really love Samuel Johnson's words of wisdom and I had not seen them before. thanks for sharing them along with your words- "when i feel that happen i know it is time to pull out of it and be who i know i am….a nice person."
me, too… me, too.
Thanks for this reminder to spread some kindness and for your 5 kindness moves. Need to spread a little kindness each & every day!
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Standing before a packed auditorium Thursday, a group of seniors — many of them overcome by emotion and fighting back tears — recounted their experience at the once-struggling but iconic Fox Tech High School and doled out advice to their younger classmates.
Affectionately called "the last herd" after the school's longtime buffalo mascot, the seniors will graduate at 5 p.m. Friday at the Alamodome as the final clan of "traditional" students — because starting next year, all Fox students will be in a law or health professions magnet program.
Thursday's event was the "Last word from the last herd," a mix of whooping campus pride and a nod to the struggles the seniors had faced as their school went through its own maturing process, losing hundreds of students and its treasured football program and other varsity sports.
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"McGinley would leave no stone unturned"
God only knows what is going on behind the scenes as the 2014 Ryder Cup captaincy politicking reaches its zenith prior to next week's gathering of great minds.
Martin Dempster in The Scotsman steps forward with a commentary that won't make Monty happy, but does make plenty of sense for the cause of Paul McGinley in light of Tom Watson's appointment.
Forget the fact it would be a bit like David versus Goliath in terms of stature between him and Watson. Forget the fact also that McGinley doesn't have a major title to his name and has only finished in the top five once on the money-list in 21 seasons on the European Tour.
Of more importance is the fact he's been groomed for this position, having served under both Montgomerie and Olazabal as vice captain in the Ryder Cup and also proving himself on his own two feet when leading Great Britain & Ireland to victory over Continental Europe in the 2011 Vivendi Cup.
McGinley would leave no stone unturned in his bid to become a winning Ryder Cup captain as well and would quickly earn the respect of his opposite number, even though their paths will rarely have crossed due to a 17-year age gap. Having won seven of the last nine biennial bouts, this is no time for Europe to be making knee-jerk reactions to Watson's appointment – and, sadly, tossing Sandy Lyle's name into the hat next week would fall into that category. It's simply too late now for one of the great ambassadors for European golf to be given his chance of the captaincy.


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Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika explained to Beritabali.com that the cooperation between Bali and Australia is taking place in humanitarian areas, such as disaster relief and educational programs.
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Given the circumstances, an away draw yesterday with a clean sheet wasn't the worst result. Still, the issues with our performance and the fact they were all so easily avoidable left quite a bitter taste. Some weird decisions were made in my opinion regarding the Starting XI and substitutions. I have no defence for Roberto Di Matteo – the bloke got it wrong.
I had no issues the backline; I prefer Luiz to Cahill, Ivanovic to Azpilicueta and was in favour of starting Terry and Cole even if not 100% fit. The decision to start Frank Lampard in midfield though was the first poor one. I'm still backing him to make a sizeable and helpful contribution to the club this season but at the minute, there's no avoiding the fact he's playing badly and has been solidly ineffective so far. His passing was all over the place yesterday. One moment stood out right at the end where he had an opportunity to play in Eden Hazard but over hit the through ball massively. Again – just a really disappointing performance. Mikel was OK; he showed some fantastic close control in the first half to keep possession in difficult situations. He ruined his game though with one terrible back pass to Cech which could've easily cost us the game.
The really bad decisions though were made in attack where Ramires and Ryan Bertrand were selected out of position yet again. Ramires has so much to offer this team, with his pace, his stamina and work ethic he could control games against the likes of QPR so easily from a deep position – he's yet to impress so far however. I wonder how long he'll have to fail to impress before the technical staff realise he's never going to, if started on the right flank? As for Ryan Bertrand, one positive to draw is Chelsea are yet to concede in a game where he's started in midfield. For him to be continually selected after the money we've spent on attackers though, he needs to start offering a lot more creativity, or he needs to stop being picked, one of the two.
Overall the system was needlessly defensive and it left Eden Hazard as the sole creative outlet behind Fernando Torres, who I'm not sure even touched the ball 10 times. Despite it offering nothing however, we left the set up as it was until Victor Moses was bought on (to debut) after 60 minutes to replace Bertrand. He made no difference. He looked lively and eager to take defenders on but had little influence playing on the right wing. Hazard moved out left and Ramires dropped back so, ultimately, we were left playing the tiresome, unimaginative, long ball 4-3-3 that continually failed last season. Sturridge coming on for Torres was a smart decision – leaving it till the 80th minute to make the change wasn't. Most infuriatingly of all though, Oscar wasn't even asked to warm up at any point. In a tight game that's heading towards a 0-0, a committee of football brains asked to design the perfect player to come on and make an impact, would come up with Oscar. His omission baffled me completely.
Overall, I'd say we got what we deserved. Although, we were denied two clear penalties; Ryan Nelson pulling back John Terry as he ran to meet a cross and Shaun Wright-Phillips obstructing Eden Hazard after the Belgian had rounded him easily. The referee made some poor decisions to our detriment, making sure Di Matteo wasn't the only one.
Regarding the pre-match handshakes – I don't particularly want to write much. We did our bit. If Ferdinand doesn't want to shake Terry's or Cole's hand, what the hell can you do? You certainly can't force him. Whatever.
Conclusion: Every manager makes mistakes; the good ones just don't make them over and over again. We're still top, still looking OK-ish – I'm not prepared to get frustrated with RDM or any player just yet. If Lampard starts, Ramires is played wide and Oscar if left out again against Juventus on Wednesday however, I won't be happy. For me they wouldn't be debatable decisions, understandable either way. They'd just be mistakes that have made before and we need to avoid making again.


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Dog Training - With Love And Care!
by Mark
Any pet owner is required to train his or her pet dog before it becomes a situation of embarrassment for you in public. Most people suffer from acute behavioral problems with regard to their dogs - the most common being, biting, scratching, chewing one's shoes and unnecessary barking.
In the midst of such a crisis, all dog owners will surely want to teach their dogs and make them as civilized as they can. This, in turn, will strengthen your relationship with your best friend and help in pouring more love and affection between you and your pet dog.
Here are some simple, easy going tips of how you can train your dog -
It's quite natural behavior for the dogs to bite and chew just like my 3 months old Chihuahua used to do but what a dog owner can do is to teach "obedience" training. It means that, first of all train your dog to "sit", "stand", or bring the newspaper from the doorstep. "Tom" the eldest of my pets has become a genius in bringing our everyday newspaper from the doorstep. This acts as a basic teaching and handling tool for your dog
Effective dog training requires good timing. This is the most difficult thing for most dog owners to learn that is, a specific period of the day (mostly before dinner) should be kept exclusively for training and no fluctuation should occur with regard to that time period.
Learning how to communicate without words is the most important basic skill as dogs cannot understand human language. Certain words like: "sit down" or "stand up" should be stressed upon and pronounced exactly in the same manner so as to make them familiar with those words.
The dogs should be trained so as to greet the guests and stop unnecessary barking. Jack used to growl loudly whenever he would see some guests in our house but now he can well differentiate between a stranger and a guest.
They should be praised for their good work with some words like "well done" or patting their back which should be repeated so as to make them aware of those words or particular gestures.
Many dogs react strangely because they are not taken out for regular walks. So, a dog owner should have the habit of taking his/her doggy for a morning or an evening walk as this will help the dog to be more socialized with the environment and people. Even I am trying to take my Chihuahua for a regular evening walk as she is too shy to meet new people.
Just as we show patience while educating our kids we must have that same patience ready while training our pet dogs because most dogs are moody and by giving a cookie or favorite biscuit in his mouth for every training session, we can demand his/her obedience.
Another way of educating your dog is to arrange for a pet video show in you house. Make it a habit to watch pet videos with your dog just as I did while training Tom. It will help the dog to understand in a more better way. 164th Street Pet Salon is a pet shop situated in New York from where a video was sent to me by my friend. This video worked out a lot
Never blame a sick dog for misbehaving rather it's our duty to take the dog immediately to a vet for a medical checkup
Last but not the least; we should approach them in a more positive and humane way as they are our best of pals and a part of our family.
This is just the most amazing example of a woman who clearly loves her dog and whose dog loves her... they have incredible communication, bonding and connection...
VERY Heart warming!
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Pets are not just pets - faithful friends of humans!
Thursday, March 1, 2007 by Mark
Hi Friends! Welcome to Mark's world of pets... oh! I forgot to tell you about my family. Well I have 2 dogs, 2 cats and 1 parrot and it's an expanding list. I will let you know about the newcomers in my family as and when they come in. Do you think pets are just pets... think again! I am sure that if you are having a pet you will say... obviously not! They are more than just being pets. Yes - they are the faithful friends and companions of humans. They are a part of the family and provide fun and enjoyment to the members. Every family needs a pet for companionship. The companionship of a pet in one's life plays a vital role in changing the life style of a person by bringing in joy and entertainment in a daily fixed schedule. No matter whether it's dog, cat or a rabbit, it's for sure that the the pet would give you all it can to make you happy, without asking anything in return.
Researches have shown that pets especially dogs and in some cases miniature horses can relieve stress and remove loneliness and anxiety. Pets are now being a part of the therapeutic treatment for the depressed. They act as a soothing remedy to the ailment. Pets have better sense of responsibility and understanding. I have observed it several times myself. It was this summer when my mom got sick and I was in Charlotte at that time. I got the news and came back to LA and I found "Jack" sitting right beside my mom and he is down. Jack is the eldest member in my pet family- He is a Golden Retriever. Even I heard from Anna that he has not taken his meal and has never moved from his place till it was needed.This is just an example of pet behavior which many of the animal lovers have noticed among their pets. All of you and your children can learn the value of your animal pets with people who are going through a hardship in their lives. So the message goes right from all of us that Pets are invaluable friends of humans. Those of you there who are still thinking on having a pet, should ideally wait no longer in choosing your new member in the family.
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Argos Belli Brings Back Valentine's Dinner to Benefit SickKids
January 19, 2011 - Canadian Football League (CFL) - Toronto Argonauts News Release
Toronto - Now there's no need for the women of Toronto to worry about plans for Valentine's Day; the Argos have the solution. In an ongoing effort to raise money for the SickKids Foundation, Argos DT Adriano Belli is organizing his second Big Kiss Valentine's Day Dinner. Ladies will dine on a three course dinner prepared by Argos players including Belli, Matt Black, Mike Bradwell, Joe Eppele, Byron Parker, Jason Pottinger, Chris Van Zeyl and others with all of the proceeds going to SickKids.
Commented Belli, "This event combines all my passions - women, food, my teammates and raising money for the SickKids Foundation. I'm looking forward to cooking for the ladies, spreading a little Valentine's Day romance and having fun, all for a great cause."
Here are the details of this special event:
EVENT: Big Kiss Valentine's Dinner
DATE: Friday, February 11 TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Cirillo's Culinary Academy 4894 Dundas Street West, between Islington and Kipling Toronto, Ontario
COST: $100 (includes 3 course dinner, a glass of wine and a rose) Tickets at door Net proceeds to benefit SickKids Foundation
The Big Kiss Fund was created by Adriano Belli in an effort to support SickKids Foundation to enrich the lives of sick kids in a variety of ways. Nicknamed the 'Kissing Bandit', Belli endeavours to enlist the assistance of not only his fellow teammates, but other local professional athletes, so that kids have an opportunity to meet and interact with their sports role models. Belli approaches companies to make donations to SickKids Foundation for every sack or tackle he makes during the season. As well, Belli arranges for patients and their families to attend every Argos home game, visits patients in the hospital regularly and organizes an annual toy donation. Belli committed fully to his cause by singing a classic rendition of the national anthem at the Argos SickKids Game Day on October 3, 2008. The gregarious defensive tackle also auditioned for the 2008 version of CTV's Canadian Idol to raise awareness and funds. His first Valentine's Day dinner took place in 2009. Donations can be made at www.sickkidsfoundation.com/fundraise and clicking on Adriano's Big Kiss Fund.
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ltcsmpte is deprecated and will soon reach its end-of-life.
It is superseded by libltc + libtimcode + ltc-tools.
Linear (or Longitudinal) Timecode (LTC) is an encoding of SMPTE timecode data as a Manchester-Biphase encoded audio signal. The audio signal is commonly recorded on a VTR track or other storage media.
libltcsmpte provides functionality to both encode and decode LTC from/to SMPTE timecode and optionally offers SMPTE date support.
Furthermore the source-code includes a JACK audio connection kit example client (jltc) and utilities to convert incoming LTC to MTC (ltc2amidi) as well as a small tool to dump SMPTE from an audio-file (ltcdump).
Download Source from the Sourceforge File Repository. Changelog.
ltcsmtpte is maintained at sourceforge subversion repositories: Browse Web SVN
Checkout URL:
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configure script, but if you get the source from the repository, you first need to generate the build environment with something alike:
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make. see the INSTALL file for further instructions on gnu autotools.
./configure –help for information on optional features (in particular:
If Doxygen is available, the documentation can be rendered from the source by calling
make dox. Self-tests can be run with
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Consult ltcsmpte.h and framerate.h for a detailed reference of available functions. The documentation is also available as Unix manual pages.
tests/decoder.c and
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Copyright (C) 2008-2010 by Jan Weiß
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This Week in the News…
Posted: March 15, 2002 at 1:00 am, Last Updated: November 30, -0001 at 12:00 am
Following are highlights of national news coverage George Mason received during the past week:
Friday, March 8, Associated Press Newswires
Millions of Enron Corp. Shares Still Being Sold–and Bought
"As for shareholders hanging on to the stock, Enron said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission last month that existing equity 'has and will have no value' in an approved reorganization plan. Todd Zywicki, a bankruptcy-law professor at George Mason University, said that means Enron likely will propose canceling existing equity to issue new stock in whatever emerges from bankruptcy."
Monday, March 11, Wall Street Journal
Archivists Save Record of Internet's Response to the Sept. 11 Attacks
"In their own way, online materials are quite powerful. Will Net historians face accusations of insensitivity for their efforts to publish? That was a concern for organizers of a new site called the Sept. 11 Digital Archive, which officially launches today. 'It's complicated,' says Joshua Brown, executive director at the American Social History Project at the City University of New York Graduate Center, which produces the site along with the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University … The site collects e-mail messages, photographs, personal recollections, entries from online 'weblog' journals and more. You can view the materials–or submit your own–at www.911digitalarchive.org."
Monday, March 11, Canadian Press Newswires
U.S. Mostly Back in Pre-9/11 Mode
"Peter Stearns, provost of George Mason University in Virginia, said the emotional impact of Sept. 11 has worn off among the students on his campus, who are mapping their plans for spring break. 'With due respect to the families who lost members Sept. 11, this is both standard and reasonably healthy. It's like after a natural disaster–society can and must recover and move on,' he said."
Monday, March 11, CNN, Crossfire
Can Government Put Price Tag on Human Life?
Bill Press: "We will never be the same since 9/11. We did not hear that after Oklahoma City. We did not hear that after 1993 and the World Trade Center. I think most Americans accept this as a uniquely horrible event in our history. Doesn't that argue for a unique form of compensation to these victims alone?"
Michael Krauss, George Mason University law professor: "No, I don't think it does. I don't think it's actually seen as a unique event as far as compensation is concerned…. It seems to me that there are two types of compensation that a free country provides. One is through insurance, through contracts that you can purchase. The other is through tort law and it's the bad guy who pays, not the government who pays."
Wednesday, March 13, The Washington Post
Memories of Sept. 11 Documented Online; George Mason Helps Build Archive on the Web
"Lundy's recollection is part of a digital archive of the Sept. 11 attacks that George Mason University scholars are collecting so people can share what they saw, heard and did that day. Teaming with the City University of New York, George Mason's Center for History and New Media has launched the digital archive, at www.911digitalarchive.org, as a historical record of the response to the events of Sept. 11 in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. 'Most people are unaware of the fact that they are historical actors," said James T. Sparrow, associate director of the project and visiting assistant professor at George Mason. "We want to enable ordinary people to capture their part of history, to place the event in context and get the firsthand experience of historical subjects.'"


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post5557789903615458208..comments2016-10-22T14:06:21.224+00:00Comments on RORATE CÆLI: Final Audience: "I am not abandoning the Cross"New Catholichttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-86485812807984856922013-03-01T01:13:08.639+00:002013-03-01T01:13:08.639+00:00Dear @JM, not commenting on the rest of what you ...Dear @JM,

not commenting on the rest of what you said,

but failure to comply with guidelines of the decency of past times, not now in force with any value of Church law, is no sign of a sin.

Even if, perhaps, for some reason or other, one were right to wish that they had remained email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-47586571302750883442013-02-28T14:02:22.675+00:002013-02-28T14:02:22.675+00:00Tom S. said... "Paul Haley: Christ did not...Tom S. said...

"Paul Haley:

Christ did not resign his office? I was unaware that being the son of God, second person of the Holy Trinity was an "office".

Your displeasure at "having two popes" is a straw man at best - as there will not be "two popes" at all. And aside from that, problematic for whom, other than yourself?
<Paul email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-52513805173974173032013-02-28T01:25:02.101+00:002013-02-28T01:25:02.101+00:00Benedict vs Benedict, Deus Caritas Est: 35. This ...Benedict vs Benedict, Deus Caritas Est:

35. This proper way of serving others also leads to humility. The one who serves does not consider himself superior to the one served, however miserable his situation at the moment may be. Christ took the lowest place in the world—the Cross—and by this radical humility he redeemed us and constantly comes to our aid. Those who are in a position firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-69006419667514369252013-02-28T00:28:39.895+00:002013-02-28T00:28:39.895+00:00I believe that this is a good decision on the Pope...I believe that this is a good decision on the Popes part. We have a ever changing world and, not in a good way. We have to pray that Our Lord God, through the Holy Spirit, will choose a traditional Roman Catholic that will bring the Catholics back to the true meaning and worship of Our Roman Catholic Faith.
Our Lord Jesus has already been much offended and so many souls have been lost, firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-77379495980299990482013-02-27T20:51:28.179+00:002013-02-27T20:51:28.179+00:00Barona, if you think a "stronger younger capt...Barona, if you think a "stronger younger captain" is able to save the ship I must respectfully disagree. It is only Christ who can do that, and he can do it with such instruments as he chooses, even ones which, humanly speaking are not up to the task. We must have faith that even now the Lord himself is our pilot, and that out of this misstep (I say with all due respect to firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-52002247371960393932013-02-27T20:32:38.647+00:002013-02-27T20:32:38.647+00:00Fred said: "Is there simply anyone on the ho...Fred said:

"Is there simply anyone on the horizon for Roman Pontiff who writes as well of spiritual matters as this man, Benedict XVI?"

Not in that fussy, gentle, very German professorial way.

But we don't need more of that now.

Now, we need totally uncompromising, clear, charitable expositions of the Church's unfailing doctrine and Benedict email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-70148819857464698172013-02-27T20:09:28.503+00:002013-02-27T20:09:28.503+00:00Is there simply anyone on the horizon for Roman Po...Is there simply anyone on the horizon for Roman Pontiff who writes as well of spiritual matters as this man, Benedict XVI?

Obviously not.

His Holiness is one in a million.JabbaPapahttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-9180444216017319962013-02-27T19:01:48.478+00:002013-02-27T19:01:48.478+00:00Is there simply anyone on the horizon for Roman Po...Is there simply anyone on the horizon for Roman Pontiff who writes as well of spiritual matters as this man, Benedict firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-72451722791189884192013-02-27T18:29:39.490+00:002013-02-27T18:29:39.490+00:00The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it...The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord! (cf. Job 1:21)

And then: Always rejoice. Pray without ceasing. In all things give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all. And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-92125416660763980152013-02-27T16:33:27.714+00:002013-02-27T16:33:27.714+00:00@I am not Spartacus. One of my favorite lines i...

@I am not Spartacus.

One of my favorite lines in the New Testament is what follows that: "What kind of man is this that even the wind and seas obey him?"

Can you imagine the utter incredulity at seeing that. It still jumps off the page all these years later. firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-65046795111295241392013-02-27T16:09:09.108+00:002013-02-27T16:09:09.108+00:00Paul Haley: Christ did not resign his office? I ...Paul Haley:

Christ did not resign his office? I was unaware that being the son of God, second person of the Holy Trinity was an "office".

Your displeasure at "having two popes" is a straw man at best - as there will not be "two popes" at all. And aside from that, problematic for whom, other than yourself?

And while I cannot speak to Tom firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-77039844039053734582013-02-27T15:41:59.453+00:002013-02-27T15:41:59.453+00:00Thank you Holy Father...we'll be praying for y...Thank you Holy Father...we'll be praying for firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-38206371526312987702013-02-27T15:40:20.634+00:002013-02-27T15:40:20.634+00:00Gladius, What you stated may be accurate in the l...Gladius,

What you stated may be accurate in the larger concept of Vatican initiatives; at the parish level the absence of Marian devotions belies your assertion, "devotion to the Holy Rosary, devotion to Our Blessed Mother is strong in the Church." True, this belief is limited to my personal observations, but how often has anyone experienced a Novena and Litany to Mary? I know of Throckmorton P.https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-66969930279522005432013-02-27T15:16:19.377+00:002013-02-27T15:16:19.377+00:00Thank you Holy Father for eight years of teachings...Thank you Holy Father for eight years of teachings and for restoring the Extraordinary Form of the Mass. We pray for you. Viva Papa Nostro email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-59251682427039631022013-02-27T15:04:41.780+00:002013-02-27T15:04:41.780+00:00Dear Barona: But if the ship is in stormy weather... Dear Barona: But if the ship is in stormy weather, taking on water from all sides, if his lieutenants and infighting, incompetent, even hoping the ship will go down - and this same captain after careful discernment cannot deal with the crisis that needs immediate attention to save the ship - then, yes, a good captain would step aside for a stronger younger captain who can rescue the ship....I am not Spartacushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-67662975812914657922013-02-27T15:00:59.354+00:002013-02-27T15:00:59.354+00:00Andrew: How any sane person could say that Marian...Andrew:

How any sane person could say that Marian devotion is alive in the Church today is beyond reason. While there are pockets of sincere and GENUINE devotion the majority of today's members ignore or even have disdain for anything Marian.

Lip service is not what was asked for. Walking around with a rosary swinging, kissing the feet of a Fatima statue or visiting email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-46950845744742255152013-02-27T14:56:06.648+00:002013-02-27T14:56:06.648+00:00As I have said elsewhere, Christ did not resign th...As I have said elsewhere, Christ did not resign the office He was given and neither should Benedict XVI. The concept of having two popes living at the same time is problematic, to say the least. Those of us who are advanced in age with physical problems untold, know full well the demands of life and we can empathize with Benedict but that does not mean we give up and retire to a monastery. No,Paul firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-17663212960282591462013-02-27T14:11:40.437+00:002013-02-27T14:11:40.437+00:00We wish him well in prayer, Whatever he has decide...We wish him well in prayer, Whatever he has decided.

I wonder if his departure is going to be televised. I'm sure EWTN will be pulling feed off of CTV. email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-34156959646403693482013-02-27T14:03:13.848+00:002013-02-27T14:03:13.848+00:00Thank you, Holy Father, for your faith and for you...Thank you, Holy Father, for your faith and for your love. Thank you above all for giving us back the Eternal True Mass. May God bless you and protect you and grant you eternal happines with firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-24167992000028186522013-02-27T13:38:08.564+00:002013-02-27T13:38:08.564+00:00I firmly believe that the Holy Father's resign...I firmly believe that the Holy Father's resignation is for the "good of the Church". Anyone who has followed Joseph Ratzinger knows that personal considerations did not play a part. Yes, he is frail, and yes due to this frailty he has discerned that he cannot deal with the evil, the filth that is undermining the "good of the Church". The events of the past week confirm theBaronahttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-28882681279503036452013-02-27T13:28:07.121+00:002013-02-27T13:28:07.121+00:00Gladius, I am sorry to say but your comment make...Gladius,

I am sorry to say but your comment makes no sense. Whether its the great devotion of Blessed JP II to Our Lady (Totus Tuus) to the canonization of the great Marian Knight St. Maximilian Kolbe, to the large movement to have Our Lady declared Mediatrix of All Graces/Co-Redemptrix, to devotion to the Holy Rosary, devotion to Our Blessed Mother is strong in the Church. Vatican firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-36305737675766929202013-02-27T12:16:51.760+00:002013-02-27T12:16:51.760+00:00Our Lady of the Rosary came to Fatima and requeste...Our Lady of the Rosary came to Fatima and requested devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary be established throughout the world.

Real, every day devotion to Our Lady was placed in a closet by the Second Vatican Council where it has remained ever since.

The only remedy to the crisis in the Church continues to be all of Christendom praying the Rosary every email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-19978542.post-83713545687111020762013-02-27T11:22:21.935+00:002013-02-27T11:22:21.935+00:00Let us pray the 15 decades of the Holy Rosary for ...Let us pray the 15 decades of the Holy Rosary for the Cardinals to elect a Holy, Traditional Pope who will rebuild and strengthen the faith of his Brothers to Jesus Christ. May the new Pope do what Christ wants him to do and not of the world. He must bring the people to Christ and not to the world. He must do what is right, though fires from heavens should fall. Viva Cristo Rey!Daniel Rosaupanhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com


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THE Scottish Government's recent decision to bring Prestwick airport into public ownership has raised the question of why the same could not be done to save Grangemouth.
Grangemouth, however, is a far bigger proposition and is complicated by the fact that energy policy is reserved to Westminster.
Unlike the UK government, the Scottish Government has indicated that it is prepared to consider a move into state ownership.
Despite calls for that to happen from unions and those of a left-wing persuasion, most experts believe that such a move would be very much a last resort. Perhaps the biggest challenge to be overcome when examining the practicalities of nationalising a plant such as Grangemouth would be finding the expertise to run it.
Such specialised skills are not to be found within the ranks of either the Scottish or UK governments.
Presumably, an operator would have to be found. There are questions over how that would be financed by a government currently battling an economic downturn. More cash would have to be found for investment from budgets which are already squeezed.
The Scottish Government will have commissioned studies into Prestwick before the airport was taken into public ownership and doubtless similar exercises are being undertaken by civil servants when it comes to Grangemouth.
Taking this step without any obvious expertise and in a difficult market means that any move to nationalise, experts believe, would be a last throw of the dice to keep the plant open. That is not to say that economists believe it is impossible, just problematic.
A more convincing argument can be made for using government funds to modernise the plant in the hope that, in partnership with the private sector, Scottish jobs can be saved and uncertainties surrounding oil and gas supplies can be mitigated.


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Volkswagen has recently announced the adding of a Premium Package for the 2014 Beetle, which is available for both body styles, Coupe and Convertible.
The new Premium Package signed by Volkswagen and aimed towards the Coupe and the Convertible versions of the Beetle will be added to the versions equipped with the 1.8T or with the TDI Clean Diesel engine. The package will be adding features available on the R-Line trim level such as the climatronic automatic climate control, the bi-xenon headlights, the automatic headlights, the satellite radio, RNS 510, navigation system, rain sensing windshield wipers and much more.
Besides these goodies, the Premium Package will also be adding the R-Line bumpers, the grey mirror caps and door sills, the auto dimming rearview mirror, the Fender audio system and so on. Exterior color choices include the Platinum Gray, the Oryx White or the Deep Black, for both models. The 1.8T will ride on the 19-inch Tornado alloy wheels and the TDI on the 18-inch Disc rims, finished in Galvano Grey. Prices will start from 27,355 USD for the 1.8T Coupe and they will go up to 29,355 USD for the TDI Coupe, while the Convertible will start from 30,755 USD for the 1.8T while the TDI from 32,755 USD.


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Chapter 4: The Adventure of Knowledge
The problem of human existence and activity is really the problem of the human consciousness. Or, to put it more precisely, the problem is that man is not able to realise that this is the problem. Knowledge and activity are the fruits of education. But neither knowledge nor activity is unconcerned with an object outside. This would mean that our relationship with external things is the deciding factor in judging the worth of our knowledge and the value of our activities. This, again, suggests that the worth and value of our education lies in the meaning attached to our relationship with the objects of our study. The whole question is one of subject-object relation. There is no such thing as either knowledge or effort unrelated to an aim or objective. If this aim is to be missed, if the purpose is to go out of one's mind, if the object is to be separated from the subject, if the content of consciousness is to be cut off from consciousness, then, the result is obvious. And this is exactly what has happened to our educational methods, to the entire process of education today. When knowledge is devoid of content, what do we call it? Mere name? Only words? Objectless knowledge would be tantamount to an aimless activity. How would knowledge of this kind, activity of this character, contribute to human weal—bring real knowledge, power and happiness, which are the ultimate aims of humanity?
It is impossible to avoid reference to fundamental principles in the solution of ultimate problems. This is to say that one cannot entirely free oneself from the need to judge things philosophically and be under the cozy and misconceived notion that philosophy is a lyrical theory and errand of unpractical thinking, for, philosophy is not an 'arm-chair' affair as the wise old man is usually dubbed by the inexperienced younger blood, but forms the science of laying the very foundation of human society and life in general.
Things in the world are not so simple as they appear on the surface. That some people are friends and some are enemies, some things are good and some bad, some beautiful and some otherwise, is the outcome of the credulous thinking of an illiterate mind. Such judgments as these imply a wrong assessment of the relation of the subject with the object, of consciousness with its content. At this stage it would not be proper to delve into this matter without, first of all, getting ourselves acquainted with the state of affairs in which mankind as a whole is placed, an outline of which is pictoriously depicted in the Aitareya Upanishad. To paraphrase this description in a language intelligible to us:
The One Being that was from eternity, outside which there was nothing, willed to materialise itself in the form of creation. It concretised itself, through this Universal Will, into the Presiding Person of the whole universe. It grossened itself into the density of the material worlds (which are constituted of the five elements: ether, air, fire, water and earth).
The process of manifestation of the worlds, originally as the object of subjective experience, was something like this: From the Mouth of this Universal Person Speech came out, and from Speech Fire. From His Nostrils Breath came out and from Breath Air. From His Eyes Light came out and from Light Sight. From His Ears Sound came out and from Sound the Quarters or the Directions. From His Skin Hairs came out and from Hairs Plants and Trees. From His Heart Mind came out and from Mind the Moon. From His Navel the Out-going Breath came out and from the Out-going Breath the principle of Death. From His Virile Member Vital Force came out and from Vital Force Waters.
This description of the origin of cosmic differentiation is intended to give an idea of the state of consciousness in which the human being particularly finds himself at the present moment. Though it is difficult to make a complete analysis of consciousness from this narration given by the Upanishad, there is, no doubt, in it a hint at the method of the type of analysis that has to be conducted for the purpose of acquiring a correct knowledge of the exact position of man in the universe. But the Upanishad takes us by a greater surprise when it does not end the story with this description alone, and goes further, and makes it a little more difficult for us to understand what has actually happened to us in the state in which we are today. The individuation of the Cosmic Being is not merely the separation of a part from the Whole, as a simple reduction or subtraction of a quantity from a larger measure, so that we cannot say that we as individuals are small gods, because we are little bits of that very same Supreme Cosmic Person. We are not small chips of this larger mass of gold, but something worse has happened to us, so that we have ceased to be the gold that we were once. In fact, there is nothing in this world that can act as a comparison to what has actually happened to us. Metaphors, images, examples and similes of every kind fail here. The condition in which we are is something quite different from what any language can explain. This is the reason, perhaps, why we cannot understand either ourselves or others, properly. To baffle us, as it were, with a greater mystery, the Upanishad goes on:
When the individual was separated from the Whole, Fire became the speech and entered the mouth of the individual; Air became breath and entered the nostrils; Sun became sight and entered the eyes; The Quarters became sound and entered the ears; Plants and Trees became hairs and entered the skin; Moon became the mind and entered the heart; Death became the out-going breath and entered the navel; Waters became the vital force and entered the virile member.
We should be careful to observe the tremendous reversal of process that has taken place in the functions of the principles originally at the time of cosmic individuation, and subsequently at the time of the commencement of the individual's functions, independently. Let us take only one of the functions mentioned above: when there was the first isolation of the individual from the Cosmic Being, we are told that from the Mouth of the Universal Person Speech came out and from Speech, Fire. But, when it becomes the question of the individual's function, we are told that Fire became speech and entered the mouth of the individual. What operated as the cause primarily during the origination of things becomes the effect in the individual, so that, we may say, while the power that we call Speech is the effect of the location called the Mouth in the Universal Person and the principle of Fire is the effect of the power of Speech, the reverse is the case with the individual; that is, Fire, which was the last effect originally, becomes now the first cause and engenders the force of speech in the individual and restricts the operation of the vocal organs in the mouth. To take the instance of another function: Nostrils, breath and air act as cause and effect successively, originally, but now, in the individual, the process is reversed so that Air, breath and nostrils form the order of succession in a cause-and-effect relationship. And so on, with the other functions.
From a consideration of the above description of the evolution of the individual from the Cosmic, we have only to conclude that a great woe has come upon man, so that he has not got a direct means of easily contacting the Cosmic through the faculties or powers with which he is immediately endowed. For, in the 'reversal-process' of the functions, described above, the 'original' function operating as an 'effect' turns back upon the individual as the 'cause' of its functions, as it happens in reflections, wherein the features either become topsy-turvy or inversed in some way. And how does a reflection contact its original? There is a partial similarity of this position with the attempt of the reflection of the sun in water to come in contact with the original sun. In this comparison, the similarity is that the reflection truly pictures the original even as man is supposed to be made in the image of God. Now, how can a reflection catch the original or become the original? What is its relation to the original? Apparently there is no relation, for the two are far removed by the absence of any real contact, mutually. Yet, there is a relation; else, the original will not appear in the reflection. The analogy of the reflection of the sun in water; though it presents the context of the similarity between the original and the reflection, is, at the same time, partial: it does not represent the whole truth. This is because the reflection of the sun is spatially removed from the original by a great physical distance, while, in the case of the Cosmic Being and the individual, no physical distance can be introduced between the original and the reflection. The two overlap each other, as it were, which is the reason why the whole circumstance becomes difficult to investigate and even to understand.
The reversal of the process of the functions in the descent of the Cosmic to the individual can be explained by another analogy, namely, the reflection of our own face seen through a mirror in which the right becomes left and the left becomes the right: what exists as the effect in the Cosmic becomes the cause in the individual. In the terminology of the Vedanta philosophy, the process of the Universal Being passes through the stages of isvara, hiranyagarbha and virat, which are the cosmic levels of the Absolute itself. Here, the latter stage is the effect of the former. But in the individual these cosmic levels are reversed in the form of the experiences known as visva (waking condition), taijasa (dreaming condition) and prajna (sleep condition). While the virat is the lowest effect in the cosmic procession of descent, Visva is the highest cause in the individual, so that we may say, at least in some sense, that the connecting link between the individual and the Cosmic, that is, between visva and virat, is the waking consciousness of the individual. But, beware! The waking individual is not an exact quantitative part of the virat, for the former is also a reflection at the same time, so that it does not and cannot partake the characters of the original, such as omniscience and omnipotence, to mention only two of the prominent characteristics of the Universal.
The whole case has been laid bare. Without entering into further investigative comments, we may leave the reader here with the power of his own thought and imagination for deeper contemplation on this dramatic event.
However, a clue for this onward research may be given here: The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (I. 3) says that every individual function is smitten with death, that is, with the principle of change and destruction, and that when these functions are freed from the clutches of death they revert to the original from which they came. So, how can the reflection become the original, the part become the whole, the effect become the cause? The answer is: by freeing the reflection or the part from the conditions which make it a reflection or a part. And what are these conditions? The principles which cause change and destruction, which are the constituent factors of individuality on account of which it is that the individual is said to be mortal, while the Cosmic Being is immortal. This Upanishad says that speech, when it is freed from the principle of death, becomes Fire. Similarly, breath, when it is freed from the principle of death becomes Air. The eyes, when they are freed from death, become the Sun; and likewise with the other functions. The meaning here seems to be that the reversal process of functions referred to above is the principle of death in the individual and the individual becomes the Universal when the former is freed from the principle of death or destruction. Becoming has to revert to Being.
And, death or destruction does not mean annihilation but a tendency to move from the effect to the cause, a change that is necessitated by the urge within the part to become the whole, for the latter contains the former, in fact, in an organic oneness. What we call evolution in a vast sense is nothing but this; the struggle of the universe to evolve from the lower to the higher, in which process the individual's tendency for the Universal is included. The whole universe is busy with the activity of re-arranging its constituents for a self-realisation of itself in the Absolute. Evolution is a movement of the not-self to the Self, by deepening as well as expanding its jurisdiction, inwardly in quality and outwardly in quantity, until the Supreme State is reached, wherein quality and quantity merge into the single Being. of the Infinite Self. For an interesting and majestic discourse on the relation of the Absolute to the individual one is referred to the 4th Section of the First Chapter of the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. As our present concern is the educational process, we shall not touch this subject here to any extent more than necessary for our present need for clarification.
There can be no real meaning in education if it is not a systematised art of contacting reality by graduated stages. And reality is inseparable from our own life, our very existence—anything unconnected with our existence is not reality for us. From the above-quoted description of man's position in the universe, provided to us in the Upanishad, it appears that reality, to us, is an approximation of experience, by degrees, to larger dimensions of universality. Thus, the educational process also has to be a gradual rise of experience, by degrees, through the different stages which connect our existence with reality.
A consideration of the true educational process, then, obliges us to take the immediate facts of experience as the basic truths of education. This means to say that no experience whatsoever can be outside reality, for every experience is a part of it, as it is revealed in some degree, and every degree is a degree of reality. Education, then, is a universal movement of the mind towards self-recognition in the highest state of Reality, though it takes its stand in and commences from the most initial and primitive stage of experience. It ranges from a child's simplest notion of the external world to the loftiest concept of the scientist and the philosopher. If, from this point of view, we are only to name the themes that may have to be gathered by the studies to be comprehended in the educational process, we may tentatively list them thus: the kindergarten stage and the Montessori methods of approach; reading, writing and arithmetic in their most basic forms; elementary geography and history in the form of stories and inspiring narratives; simple dramatic portrayals; grammar, language and literature through stages of increasing width and intensity; mathematics, natural science, botany, zoology and physiology; ethics, civics, sociology and political relationship; astronomy, physics, chemistry and biology in their more developed form; psychology, aesthetics, economics, the philosophy of history, and world-culture. This enumeration of subjects practically covers all that is taught today in our colleges and universities, perhaps the only things that are taught to us in these institutions under the, impression that these subjects exhaust all possible studies. But this is a sad mistake. The study of reality is not complete merely with a sojourn into these empirical extensions of the human mind in the visible world of sense-perception. To detect why these studies are incomplete in themselves, we have to go back to the evolutionary details supplied to us in the Upanishad as observed in the earlier paragraphs. At best, all these studies are the worst forms of knowledge that we can hope to gain, for these are only notions gathered subjectively concerning the objects ofthe outside world which manages to retain its own independence over the individual experiencing subject. But, how is the world so independent and unmanageable? For an answer we have only to go back to the Upanishad. The world ofthe elements-earth, water, fire, air and ether—has unfortunately become the cause of our experiences which are the effects produced by our sensations of them. This is only the knowledge which the reflection has of the original, far removed from truth due to the reversal process mentioned in the Upanishad. If the reflection can be regarded as the original, our present-day educational career also can be regarded as the final shot in man's pursuits. No wonder that Sage Sanatkumara considered all this knowledge as only a name, because it has estranged itself from the original which is supposed to be its object. Yet, Sanatkumara regarded 'Name' as the first step in the investigation of reality; the 'name' points to what is 'Named', though it is no more than a mere 'pointer'. So, too, is the need and the extent of value of our empirical sciences and arts. But, if knowledge is isolated from its object, how can knowledge bring happiness? How can knowledge be equated with power? How can knowledge be the same as virtue? For, happiness, power and virtue are associated with reality, and when knowledge is unconnected with reality—because it is only a symbol, a pointer, a reflection, and not the original-it remains only a name, though in the sense of the lowest degree of reality. It becomes a pretension to progress, growth and culture if it usurps the status of the original by exceeding the limits of a 'pointer'; a 'hint' or a 'reflection'. We have to investigate into the principles of real knowledge more deeply and courageously. What is real knowledge? What should be the aims and methods of education? What should be the nature of a comprehensive curriculum?


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For our next installment in the Sustainable Family Supper Project, we turn to farming. I was honestly surprised to learn when first beginning to research organic and sustainable food that conventional farming still uses heavy amounts of pesticides. I just assumed that since it was common knowledge pesticides were bad for you and bad for the environment, that we've reduced our use. After all, Silent Spring was published before I was born! But in fact, while some highly toxic pesticides have been banned in recent decades, there are still dangerous amounts of pesticide residue on our fruits, vegetables, nuts and grains. The National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy tracks 637 chemicals currently in use in the United States. Others are lingering residue of now-banned insecticides that remains in the soil for decades. Because of the latter, it is impossible to completely avoid pesticides but we can reduce our exposure by buying organic as much as possible. As with most environmental toxins, the risks are greater to young children whose developing systems are more heavily impacted.
Why are pesticides bad? Chemicals commonly applied to food crops are linked to cancer, developmental and neurological problems, asthma, allergies, autism, birth defects and reproductive disorder in humans, and kill birds, bees and fish. The use of pesticides also leads to significant health risks for farm workers (and their children). The UK's largest supermarket chain has recently banned the use of eight pesticides linked to honeybee deaths.
Best to Buy Organic: The Environmental Working Group has a list of 43 fruits and vegetables ranked in order of their level of residual pesticides, including their "Dirty Dozen" wallet guide. Generally, look for organic options for produce with thinner skins or peels, including strawberries, grapes, peaches, apples, winter squash, green beans, spinach and potatoes.
Many small farms are not certified but may use similar practices, so the best option is to get to know your local farmers, through a community-supported agriculture (CSA) program and/or farmers markets, and ask about their pest management practices. They generally range from organic or "eco-ganic," to integrated pest management (IPM, which emphasizes natural techniques before chemical) or conventional. Generally speaking, small farms will use fewer toxic chemicals than industrial farms even if they are not organic, and many are actively involved with local and regional environmental efforts to minimize the impact of farming practices on soil and water.
When not buying direct from a farmer, we generally look for certified organic produce from the US. In the winter, we eat significantly less local for the obvious reason that winter produce options in the DC area are slim. I try to buy Florida citrus as much as possible, since it travels less than produce from California or South America. And I try to avoid produce from China, even if it is certified organic, because recent events seem to indicate that Chinese standards are a little more laxly enforced than I am comfortable with. Unfortunately, some of the more affordable "organic" products are imported from China, particularly apple juice and frozen vegetables.
Support Local Farms: If you're looking to get closer to your food's source, now is the time to consider signing up for a CSA program. CSA farms accept customers who basically invest in the farm by purchasing a share in that season's crops. Many CSA farms also sell at farmers markets, but the CSA program enables them to minimize some of the inherent risks in farming and gives them much-needed capital up front. You take on some of that risk as a member, as drought or other problems could reduce the amount of food you will take home. Look for a farm that has a cooperative arrangement with other farms to help reduce the fluctuations in quantity that might occur from week to week. Visit www.localharvest.org to find a CSA farm near you. We belong to Potomac Vegetable Farms here in Virginia, which will be opening registration to the public on February 15.
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tomususe replied to wimb's topic in Windows PEHello to everybody in this forum, I'm new here (registered 5min ago), but I follow your work since W7RC was released. First I will thank you for the inspiration, improvements, advantages making winpe better. Compared with you guys (developpers, administrators), I'm a newbie/greenhorn. I cant programm, assamble, compile, develop things - so I do not understand every thread in this forum. Most of you, I think, trace a winemb-feature-package integration into a winemb install.wim and applies the traced information (files/reg-keys) over a Win7 setup install.wim to finally copy it to the winpe.wim. This is effective but time expensive and difficult. Because of my "enduser"-knowledge, I would microsoft tools do the job for me and would share me success with you. I decided to try the reverse way ... 1.) I mouted winpe.wim (round 8000files / 774MB) and install.wim (round 48000files / 4.3GB). 2.) I copied everything to a temp-working directory (except sxs, framework, driverstore) = 1.15GB. 3.) I deleted some things, winpe does'nt need (SAT, MIGWIZ, SPP, WUA, SLIC, NLS...) = 550MB 4.) The remaining files compared with the files from winpe.wim (525 duplicates -100MB) =450MB 5.) I copied all the files into winpe.wim and applied as much regkeys as I found 6.) the final winpe.wim growed from 112MB to 329MB A.) The booted winpe.wim consists of explorer-shell, IE8, controlpanel, mediaplayer, mmc, networkcenter, fax/scan, vss, printer, remotedesktop, directx, ......ect.....ect. B.) Now I mounted winpe.wim again integrated WMI-package, and enabled Service-Profiling C.) After unmounting I booted once again and executed every bat, com, exe, vbs, msc, services ....etc. D.) Now I used wpeutil to save the profile E.) I mounted winpe.wim a third time and applied the traced profile, which removed additional 100MB (big disadvantage - the winpe.wi is'nt serviceable anymore from this point) Finally I ended up with a 270MB winpe.wim including 80% of the original W7 in about 3hrs. Last but no least I would thank you guys again for the great work. Hope to see you in W8 :-)) Bye tom