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Pope Francis: the Eucharist allows us to make our lives a gift
June 23, 2014
The reception of Holy Communion transforms us and allows us to make our lives a gift, Pope Francis said in his June 22 Angelus address.
The Pope noted that the Feast of Corpus Christi was being celebrated that day in Italy and in many other nations.
"Jesus stresses that he did not come into this world to give something but to give himself, his life as nourishment for all those who have faith in him," the Pope said. "Our communion with the Lord obliges us to imitate him, making our existence a bread broken for others, as the Master has broken the bread that is truly his flesh."
Through Holy Communion, "the charity of Christ, welcomed with an open heart, changes us, transforms us, makes us able to love, not according to human measure, always limited, but according to the measure of God," the Pope continued. "One cannot measure God's love: it is without measure! And then we become able to love even those who do not love us: and this is not easy."
"We ask Our Lady to help us to rediscover the beauty of the Eucharist, to make it the center of our lives, especially at Sunday Mass and in adoration," he concluded.
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- Le parole del Papa alla recita dell'Angelus (Holy See Press Office)
- Pope's Angelus address: Make your life a gift for others (Vatican Radio)
- Angelus: The Love of God with without Measure (VIS)
- English translation (Holy See)
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Pope Francis just told us all we need to know ... that each time we take part in Mass and are nourished by the Body of Christ, "the presence of Jesus and the Holy Spirit acts in us, shapes our heart," and speaks interiorly to us in a way that shapes our behavior according to the Gospel. ... In this way, we become able to love those who do not love us – which, the Pope said, is not an easy thing to do – and to confront evil with goodness, to forgive others, to share, and to welcome. Profound!


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Lawmakers have put a clear target on the Metro Nashville Public Schools system in a bill that would allow groups looking to open charter schools to apply straight to the state Board of Education.
Under the proposal, the option to circumvent the local school board would only be available in Nashville and Memphis. The legislative language, which was released late Monday before a Tuesday meeting, won its first victory in the House Education subcommittee today before a standing room only crowd.
The legislation singles out counties with a population of at least 600,000, subtracting all other towns and cities besides Nashville and Memphis. With 635,000 people in Davidson County and 935,000 people in Shelby County, the two school districts clearly qualify. Other big counties like Knox and Hamilton fall shot on the population benchmark by more than 150,000 people.
The measure also stipulates that charters can use the Board of Education as an authorizer only after the local school district has twice been asked by the BOE to reverse decisions to reject applications. Both Memphis and the MNPS school system have been asked to reverse multiple charter applications.
Amy Frogge, an MNPS board member, told committee members the proposal will create something of a "shotgun wedding" for districts and charter schools that take the alternative chartering route. She urged the group to delay a vote to hear more stakeholders, including Director of Schools Jesse Register.
Lawmakers instead pushed to act on the legislation, voting 6-3 to approve the bill with bipartisan support and sending it to the full Education Committee. The opposition was also bipartisan as Rep. John Forgety, R-Athens, voted against the legislation because it was "a problem looking for a solution."
Last year, MNPS repeatedly rejected a charter school application, and was told by the Board of Education to reverse its decision. When the school board refused, the Department of Education fined MNPS $3.4 million.
Board members continued to criticize the legislation at its school board meeting Tuesday night, and called for a speedy assessment of their legal options to fight the proposal should it become law.
Members expressed concern not only because the legislation is focused on Davidson and Shelby County, but because the move would take decisions away from locally-elected school boards and charter schools winning approval from a new statewide authorizer would be funded with local tax dollars siphoned from the school district.
Board member Michael Hayes said he generally favors the idea of a statewide authorizer, but that he too was disappointed with the legislation. He said his problem is the measure lacks a method for keeping the outside authorizer accountable.
"All of that language is missing from this four page document," he said.
While charter school advocates have pushed for a statewide body to OK charter applications for years, the flare up in MNPS frustrated lawmakers who saw the action by local officials as snubbing state law which lent momentum to the effort.
MNPS school board members suggest the legislation's attempt to single out select school districts will backfire given an ongoing legal battle in Shelby County over 2012 legislation that targeted the county in the process of a school district merger.
"Given the context of the recent federal court decision in Shelby County, it's surprising that a Memphis legislator would bring this kind of constitutionally suspect legislation," said board member Will Pinkston, a former top aide to former Gov. Phil Bredesen. "I'm guessing there are any number of organizations — school boards, parent groups, civil rights groups — that might be ready and waiting to litigate over this one."
The Board of Education is opposed to establishing a statewide charter school authorizer, and would rather see BOE decisions to reverse local school board decisions be binding, the board chairman told The City Paper. The board has agreed with 35 of 45 local school board rejections of charter school applications.
Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, is sponsoring the bill in the House. He said the legislation is targeted at Nashville and Memphis because they have the most charter schools.
The legislation now heads to the full House Education Committee.
The lawmakers throughout the country are huffing and puffing trying to make "all men are created equal" sound plausible.
My guess is that sometime during the next century the "unequal" will have destroyed civilization as it is known today.
With any luck, the GOP can just legislate the Democrats out of existence.
If the schools, particularly in Shelby and Davidson counties, were performing better there would not be this much debate or concern about charter schools. People want these alternate choices because they want better opportunities for the students. The local school board has every incentive to deny choices outside of their system, and no incentive to allow this kind of competition. To continue to allow a local school board to be the final authority on a charter school in their district is absurd.
Look at how Amy Frogge failed her own district. The people in her district wanted a charter school and she continued to vote against it, even to the point that she brought on a $3.4 million penalty. It's pretty obvious that her concern was not better education or better opportunities for students, it was simply keeping the fiefdom intact, poor performance and all.
The state is overstepping its authority. Is it legal to target two school systems? This is where the money is and the Charter Schools want their share. It is scary to think that Edu. Sec. and Rhee are at the root of this and our Governor is standing by and letting them run the state. I hope a good person will run against Haslam. We can't take eight years of this wimp.
KENW, I live in Amy Frogge's district, and I am VERY HAPPY with her. She has not failed this district at all. I do not want my property taxes that I pay for public schools going to for-profit companies to operate charter schools. It is NOT absurd to have our elected school board make the final decision on whether or not to grant charters. Great Hearts has failed four times to provide the required information in their charter application. Ms. Frogge is not interested in "poor performance for all" as your straw man argument would have others believe. I voted for Amy Frogge, and I'm happy that I did.
Notice how the Legislature is quiet about how Charter Schools and vouchers will be funded. Nothing has been said because it will involve tax increases. Cut in the state government won't be enough, especially since Haslam has already conducted his review and determined that no cuts are needed.
Toss in this new proposed Czar to weed out antiquated laws with $70K just for the head honcho and it makes me wonder who really is the tax and spend, big government party. But I digress.
State needs to stay out of local government, just as the state wants the federal government to stay our of the state arena (another Republican, or maybe it's just southern, mantra).
Charter schools must not be a good idea since the TN's Republican politicians aren't forcing down the throats of all counties. It must be a high business shenanigan. Force it where you can make money. Big Republican Government.
Another example of the two faced Repulican tea party. One the one hand they want less government. On the other hand, if you don't believe exactly as they do, they want more government control. That is absolutely incongruous and will be shown to be their downfall.
I challenge ANYONE and EVERYONE to listen to the intensity that our School Board brings to the oversight of all our schools - here is the most recent meeting:
Then watch the meetings of the State BOE.
Really? Which organization do you rather have dismantling our neighborhood schools and replacing them with Charters and Magnets on the other side of town?
If the video is not enough to tell you how accountability to electorate, and spending "Nashville's own money" brings intensity to decision making, consider the frequency of meetings. Nashville's Board meets every two weeks - and its members are constantly in our schools, talking to parents, attending workshops, keeping their fingers on the pulse.
The State Board meets every couple of months. Where is the State BOE between meetings? Are they at our PTO meetings? Are they speaking at Peabody? Or, are they holed up in their mountain retreats?
YES - The State has moved all our schools forward by requiring every child to take the ACT, by adopting the Common Core Standards, by sending our Hall Taxes back to us. BUT, when it comes to the complex fine-grained details of opening charter schools, they are absolutely not the right body to make fully informed, and tough, decisions for all of Nashville's children and taxpayers.
Chris Moth, 2020 Overhill Dr
Smaller government? More local control?
Let us be honest.
The only plausible reason to target Memphis and Nashville has to be the locales are Democratic strongholds. The Republican dominated state legislature needs to exert some dominance over these rogue districts.
To those who posted about the oxymoronic Republican ideology of preaching small government while simultaneously creating more government: absolutely priceless! I love it.


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On June 2, police charged Ashley Nicole Threatt, 19, of Hillsville with two counts of breaking and entering, two counts of grand larceny and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to a news release from the Hillsville Police Department.
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Galax is one of only 11 destinations across the state chosen by the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) to create a giant LOVE artwork to bring more family travelers to Virginia.
UPDATE - Police now characterize the death of a 54-year-old Woodlawn man as stemming from a farm accident, according to Sheriff J.B. Gardner Thursday.
A search began for Claude Gardner after family members reported him missing Tuesday. The search was called off after midnight due to bad weather to resume Wednesday.
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The last thing, the very last thing, that involved athletes representing Galax High School in the 2011-12 school year was the acceptance of a state championship trophy.
The Maroon Tide won its third state title of the year – its first ever in baseball, 41 years removed from its most recent tournament appearance – by holding off a gritty Holston 9-8 in the Group A Division 1 championship game Saturday at Radford University.
Life Center of Galax launched a major expansion last week, breaking ground for the construction of a new three-story patient dormitory, to include detox and medical units, a new dining room and serving facilities, therapeutic group rooms, a lecture hall, a new lobby and admissions offices, a patient courtyard and patient lounge space.
The addition to the facility will expand the facility on Painter Street in Galax, its grounds and parking areas.
By LARRY CHAMBERS
INDEPENDENCE — A 49-year-old Galax woman has been charged in connection with the alleged abuse of an incapacitated adult in her care.
On April 27, Grayson County Circuit Court grand jury indicted Melanie Melinda Melton of Longview Lane on one charge of abuse or neglect of incapacitated adult, which is a class 4 felony. The indictment was sealed.
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Other threads on this topic: Good 1st Aid/Survival-Wilderness Medicine type books???? http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=629423&highlight=survival+books -deleted- Fieldcraft & Survival http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=626670 -deleted- Survival book (fiction) http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=610231 -deleted- Survival handbook http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=597308 -deleted- Come on guys, looking for a good read! http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=602903 -deleted- On Combat book by Grossman http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=595397 -still there!- Survival books http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=587214 -deleted- Your Xmas wish list / deals thread http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=612597 -deleted- TEOTWAWKI Fiction http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=614190 -still there!- Mindset book/Defensive shooting http://glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=584050 -still there!- The reading room http://glocktalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=122 -still there!- Fiction books: The Road - Cormac McCarthy 25074: It was pretty good, based on some sort of nuclear winter type o situation that the survivors turned into cannibals. All except the main characters. Oily_oink: Good read, "The Road". yardmonkey: I liked The Road. It was a pretty dark story but that is the setting for you. It's just set in post TEOTWAWKI which isn't going to be Disneyland. The characters (a man and his boy) really grow on you and you really root for them to make it since the chances are sooo slim. You almost kind of wonder why they keep going as it is such a grim world that is left. Primalscream: I just finished THE ROAD... Very dark. Very simplistically complicated. I laughed only once while reading it... Right at the end: boy: How do I know you're one of the good guys? man: You don't. You'll have to take a shot. boy: Are you carrying the fire? man: Am I what? boy: Carrying the fire. man: You're kind of weirded out, aren't you? On the Beach (book and movie) - Nevil Shute 25074: It was also made into a movie in the 50's. Apparently there is a nuclear world war and due to the winds and all Australia is the last place to get the radioactive fall out. Ronnoc: I think On the Beach was remade a few years ago and updated. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219224/ boomcat (movie) Alas, Babylon - Pat Frank bhowle: first published in 1964. I'd read it once about 30 years ago and just did a re-read and still enjoyed it. boomcat: my personal fave, I read it once a year mitchshrader: Alas, Babylon is another (ancient) good read.. if you've not. BroBrandonB: Lucifer's Hammer and ALas, Babylon are two of my favorite books. You can get both of them pretty cheap at amazon. fourdeuce2: When it comes to realism, I thought books like Alas, Babylon were much more realistic than some of the others. Lucifer's Hammer - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle bhowle: Lucifer's Hammer is good. boomcat Cali-Glock: I read Lucifers Hammer back in 1977 or 78 when I was a kid and I loved it! I was already a fan of such books as My Side of the Mountain, the writings of Jack London and Joseph Conrad, and big into backpacking so I was already an S&Per but Lucifer's Hammer was one of the books which began to get me thinking about S&P from a more "adult" perspective. It is truly one of the great survival novels. I am pretty sure my origional copy of Lucifer's Hammer is in one of my many boxed-up books in storage in the basement, but I just purchased another copy. I am on business in So-Cal and went to go see a movie on Wednesday. Nothing interesting was playing so instead I went to Borders and purchased Lucifer's Hammer, the current issue of ShotGun News and book (Weird California) for my wife. Purchasing a second copy of Lucifer's Hammer was definitely the better investment of my money than going to the movies! The book might be 30 years old, but it is still wonderful! If you have not read it, I definitely recommend this great survival novel! Valdrin: Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle know how to write a story. I've read Lucifer's Hammer a couple times over the past few decades; some of the social attitudes and technology are a bit dated (the book was written in the 70s), but it is a great EOTWAWKI novel . mitchshrader: Lucifer's Hammer would make a prepper out of a lot of people.. not sure it'll entertain you so much as scare you silly.. quake: Lucifers Hammer is imo right up there with Unintended Consequences, Atlas Shrugged, and the Sackett series in the short list of books every young man should have read. WSC36: I read Lucifer's hammer for the first time not too long ago. A family member recommended it to me. I liked it and thought it was entertaining and thought provoking. Four out of Five stars. It begged for a sequal which never came. BroBrandonB: Lucifer's Hammer and ALas, Babylon are two of my favorite books. You can get both of them pretty cheap at amazon. fourdeuce2: I've done a little writing, and thought that Lucifer's Hammer would make a good base for other people to write stories covering how THEIR part of the country(or world) would survive the impact and the aftermath. There have already been a few stories written along those lines, like A.T. Hagan's. Myth: Interesting coincidence this should come up just now. I just got through re-reading Lucifer's Hammer a few days ago. GREAT book! There really aren't that many books out there that are still good the second and third time around, but this one is. I also like it because the guy with the big ranch gets to call the shots . Anyway, if any of you haven't read it, you really should. Good story line, well written, and lots of plausibility to the overall scenario and it's results. Pournell actually enlisted Mel Tappan as a consultant when he was researching the book, and it shows. Definitely rates in my top 5 of all SHTF stories. Penguini66: Now Lucifer's Hammer on the other hand, DAMN! Excelent book. Anybody who spends time reading this forum should spend some time and read Lucifer's Hammer. I'm about 2/3 the way through and I couldn't put it down last night. I was up until 4AM. What has it taught me? I've way underestimated the importance of a truly off road capable vehicle. I've way underestimated the importance of a useful skill in a PAW/TEOTWAWKI. I've way underestimated the importance of a secure bug out location. Even if I plan to bug in, a plan for bugging out must be in place. I've even underestimated the importance of food. Its just a book. And fiction at that. But some good lessons IMHO. chrome_gnone: Lucifer's Hammer is a great book. I only read it and Footfall last year for the first time and despite its age it reads like any modern novel short of a couple of everyday enhancements like satellite tv or the internet. Footfall is not as good but it is still a great read. micad: I read it also and enjoyed it. dissthis: I read LH last week and liked it


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I was 'cheerin'g for the bhawks up until the third period yesterday purely because of the canucks fans being so annoying and in your face. I thought that the canucks outplayed the hawks in the third and 1OT periods. What do you guys think about the the penalty shot call? legit call or bad call?
Tomorrow night is either gonna be awesome or completely horrible. Boston has a chance to close out the series in Montreal, although I'm pretty sure it's going to a Game 7. The Buffalo/Philly series is back in Philly for Game 7. I'm going to be pissed if Buffalo doesn't win this series. They blew their chance to close it out yesterday. Then the big one, Game 7 between the Canucks and Blackhawks. I would love nothing more for Chicago to eliminate Vancouver for a 3rd straight year, but I have a bad feeling that Vancouver will pull through.
I'm gonna say fuck it to our weekly pick up game tomorrow night and watch hockey instead. That and I shattered my stick yesterday on a slap shot and have haven't been out to pick another up.
hahahaha That would be the best. Zoma, are you from BC? My friends got tickets to game... 5 (i think that was the one in van) off of craigslist. Not sure for game 7 anymore, but they got theirs the day before the game. You might be able to find some.
tuukkatime, im going to be extremely pissed if Philly doesnt win the series.
This was probably brought up yesterday but what do you guys think about Luongo? Does Chicago just have his number or do you think long term he might not be in the Canucks plans. I know last off season people were talking about Schnieder and Luongo lost his C making it seem like it could be possible for a move but he makes 5 million a year and has a 10 years remaining. Think Vancouver is kicking themselves over that contract now or you think he'll earn it with better play from here on out?
Though a friend told me that if you wait outside the game until the opening whistle goes, the scalper's price drops dramatically.
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Her love of Bowen theory began in 1979. She's been practicing it ever since, in her personal and clinical life. Her clients have found it a valuable set of knowledge and strategies to improve any and all relationships. Whether that improvement is "microscopic" or much more significant, Bowen said it was "huge" because it reverses a pattern that often has been continuing for generations.
And he observed, as I have observed, that when one motivated person works to change their own part in relationship patterns, two things happen. 1. The individual gains great inner strength. 2. Their health becomes contagious to others in contact with them. Yes, it may be a delayed effect, but it does happen. The deep satisfaction of this, to a person with social work values, is that when working with one person, I know that eventually more people will be benefited than just my own client.
Contrast that to therapies where the therapist blames the other family members for the client's problems, and even encourages cutoff from the blamed persons!! To me that is tragic because it reduces the potential size on the client's support system. On occasion it is necessary. In cases where true safety is at stake, that is the exception, of course. This means both physical and emotional safety. But I seek to empower my client to learn, sooner or later, how to hold their strength when in contact with the challenging family member or other challenging people.
DANA TERRELL'S PASSION FOR SERVICE TO STRUGGLING PEOPLE, CREATIVITY AND RESEARCH LET HER TO CREATE iBE – Integrated Bowen and EMDR Therapy
Dana Terrell's initial research demonstrated that with a single case in one year, the client increased her score on the Differentiation of Self Scale 10.7 points. That is more than Murray Bowen, MD thought was possible in one lifetime!
The good results have encouraged Dana to continue her research on a group iBE protocol, so that more people can access quality EMDR and Bowen therapies affordably and in a time-efficient format.
Link here to learn more about Dana's iBE practice.


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Roy Hibbert Says Pacers 'Don't Deserve' No. 1 Playoff SeedApril 1, 2014
Despite his team's season-long transparent pursuit of the Eastern Conference's No. 1 playoff seed, Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert doesn't want his team to capture it if it isn't earned.
With five losses to show for their last six trips to the hardwood, the Pacers (.693 winning percentage) finally relinquished control of the conference to the two-time defending champion Miami Heat (.699).
What is Hibbert's take on the news of the demotion? A slight tip of the cap and the latest in a line of troubling signs emerging from the Circle City, via Pacers.com's Scott Agness:
It's hard to sound the panic alarm for a team with a No. 2 conference standing this late in the season—unless the players are ringing it themselves.
"We've got horrible body language," David West said after Sunday's 14-point loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, via Candace Buckner of The Indianapolis Star. "At times our chemistry and us being a together group is just not there. That's what given us some success and it's just not there right now."
What is there now is an offense that struggles mightily just to put up 80 points, a defense seeing its work undone at the opposite end and a group of players obviously frustrated with one another:
"We've been in a downward spiral," Hibbert said after Monday's 103-77 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, via ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst. "And we've been splintering a little bit."
Splintering at the absolute worst possible time.
With the team-wide offensive struggles and an overall strengthening of the conference playoff picture, Indy's postseason run is shaping up to be more challenging than the team could have ever imagined. The fact that the setting has possibly changed for that push is a major deal.
Hibbert might be taking a state-of-the-franchise look at the situation, but the truth is the Pacers need to secure that No. 1 seed—deserved or otherwise.
How do I know home-court advantage is so important for Indiana? Because the Pacers have been saying it is all season. West said this in November, via Windhorst:
We believe in this locker room that we can get the No. 1 seed and we started the year with that attitude. The fact that Game 7 of the [2013] conference finals wasn't in our home building we felt was the difference in a trip to the Finals....
The Pacers had been in the driver's seat for most of the year, but they've been careening off track for a while now. That season-opening sprint seems to be catching up to them in a bad way. USA Today's Sean Highkin wrote:
More than anything, the Pacers are just burned out. The playoffs aren't going to be any easier for them, and if they can't regain home-court advantage, a potential Eastern Conference Finals series with the Heat will put them at a serious disadvantage.
Having home court would certainly help, but it may not be enough to repair the apparent cracks in this franchise's foundation. Toxic team chemistry poses a much bigger threat than a potential Game 7 away from home.
But the Pacers likely need both home-court and strong chemistry—plus superstar production from Hibbert and Paul George—to make the type of playoff noise they imagined earlier in the season.
Noise that's so far removed from everything we've heard out of Indianapolis as of late that it's hard to even remember the tune.


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TOTALLY CLUELESS—If you're a fan of the classic 1995 flick Clueless, this is the event for you. Snap! and Holocene are presenting a screening, costume contest (dibs on "Tai"), followed by DJ Colin Jones spinning the best of '90s jams. Attend, and remember, it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty. WSH
Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30 pm, $3
PHANTASM—This Phantogram show will be oodles of pretty—from Sarah Barthel's luxurious voice, to the multimedia backdrop, to the Portlanders in their breezy sundresses. Grab an icy cocktail and dance to the chill, spacey pop of the New York band. CF
Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell, 9 pm, $16-18, all ages