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Pope Francis has lamented the abandoning of the traditionally Christian practice of not working on Sundays, saying it has a negative impact on families and friendships.
Study: Black College Graduates Twice As Likely To Be Unemployed
In the report, "A College Degree is No Guarantee" from the Center for Economic and Policy Research, study authors Janelle Jones and John Schmitt find that the Great Recession has been difficult for all recent college graduates, but black graduates remain the hardest hit by unemployment.
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This calls for a Stargate SG-1 - McGuyver intro!!!
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Ten is my doctor
There right from the start
He left and told me
If Eleven's your doctor
Seared onto your heart
Be brave and whisper
All of the feels I have ever had.
but Nine is my doctor
If Nine was your doctor
When you travelled through time
Rose was fantastic, you know what?
Or if you were there from the start
And watched all Classic Who
You're excited for Twelve? Well then;
Say my name and every color illuminates.
I declare a time war.
Daleks scream, "EXTERMINATE!"
The Doctor died and silence fell.
There he goes, back in time.
Saving everybody's lives.
Grab her hand and whisper, "RUN!"
Yes. I have been waiting years for us to have enough Doctors to make this post exist.
This blog is 100% satisfied with the 12th Doctor's casting
One last hurrah for the drunk giraffe.
Matt Smith on his final episode
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i am so happy it's peter capaldi. guys, if you're disappointed, pelase don't be. he's fucking amazing and acting is as natural for him as breathing. it's going to be brilliant!
New Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi to replace Matt Smith as the Twelfth Doctor
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Peter Capaldi is the twelfth Doctor.
After months of feverish speculation, the actor, best known to viewers as the star of The Thick of It, was unveiled as Matt Smith's replacement during a live BBC1 programme this evening.
In a recorded interview prior to the big reveal, Smith said of his sucessor "If I was gonna pick someone… I'd pick him…
"If I had to give him a message, I'd say 'You're gonna have to work hard, buddy'.
"I'm excited because I know what's coming and he's gonna have a blast."
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Taking a break from football and basketball and other fall sports - Looks like the New York Yankees will sign not only Pettitte but Mariano Rivera and Hiroki Kuroda for the 2013 season. I love Pettitte and I thought he did well when he wasn't injured last season, so I'm always happy whenever he returns. Mariano will be 43 but as a closer, age shouldn't be too much of a factor. Missed him last season. Kuroda was awful at the start of 2012 but turned into a dynamo - and with CC Sabathia also pitching, looks like the Yankees will have a formidable lineup.Of course, pitching rotations always look great before the season starts. Ask me again a few months in when we know what injuries and mishaps we're REALLY dealing with.Still, a Pettitte return would be a nice early Christmas present for this fan girl! :) If you're a Cablevision or Newsday subscriber, you can read the whole story here.
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I miss diliman and blogging. :l I have a lot to write about but I'm still too busy (lazy) to do it. Haha So I guess I'll just go to Diliman. Gonna hang out (study) at the lib then ROC. :> Hope to see my fab friends! :)
This is a project of UP Manila's CAMP Student Council, CPH Student Council, in partnership with Run for Change. I am friends with the whole CAMP SC and I have friends who are CPH SC members, but I originally did not have any plans at all to join/run/volunteer whatsoever in this race.
Don't get me wrong, I have always wanted to join a race but I have always been too lazy to do it. First of all, one has to have the proper attire to train and run a race. Running shoes are just exorbitantly expensive! Second, races cost so much! If I really wanted to keep myself fit (but of course I do, I'm just too lazy to exercise haha), I could just run at my own pace. I don't get paying just to run. But admittedly, EmpoweRun's singlet is nice. If I had the money, I would have bought a singlet fro myself right then and there. But I didn't. haha And races are so early! Why can't they schedule it mid-afternoon at least? I am not an early riser pa naman. And besides, Empowerun was scheduled on a Saturday and the night before that was a Friday (as Rebecca Black has probably told you by now), 11/11/11 at that wherein a lot of events were scheduled on that night! A night of partying equals to a Saturday spent in bed. Or so a thought.
Because up until two days prior to Empowerun, I was bent on spending my Friday night partying. But due to a perhaps, unfortunate turn of events, I decided to go ahead and volunteer for Empoerun. No, I still didn't run. I didn't think I'd have the energy to run so early in the morning. :))
Oh, but the things I do for you! Hay. But I do not regret it. I enjoyed volunteering and seeing hunky dragon boat men (who were not runners but were practicing at Manila Bay). Hung out at PazMen after the event and had ice cream at Caramia right after. No pictures for that part but here are some of the pictures during EmpoweRun. :)
Pictures courtesy of Monique Ponce. :)
(1-r) Chelsea, Nella, John, Henni and me
Call time for council members was around 12am (Tim Chua and Monique arrived at that time). Volunteers' call time was around 2am. :) Since I'm not really allowed out at that time, I asked permission from Chad Tiu if I can arrive late. Hehe So I was picked up 3.30 and arrived at CCP around 4. Got a bit lost going there. Turned out, I was even way earlier than Chad! :))
The Pocari Sweat bottles we arranged! We became water girls for the day. Filling up cups with water and giving them out to the runners. At one point, the dragon boat people approached the table to ask for Pocari Sweat, I was close to giving in to them but I called Patman for back-up. Haha Oh such hunky body and charming eyes! :)) I was even offered to try-out for the dragon boat team which I quickly dismissed since there is no way I'll be able to survive their rigorous training. Have you seen my arms? :))
(l-r) Patrick Manlapaz, Chad Tiu, Chelsea, Nella, Alyanna, and me
With the College of Allied Medical Professions Student Council and Volunteers :)
The ever beautiful, Monique Ponce! :) She's so supportive of Tim. :)
With Moi's medal. :))
Super late post! :))
Hung out at the AS Parking Lot with Zoe and the usual suspects. :)) Then proceeded to the CS Amphitheater to watch Friday Night Lights. :) The fireworks display was just amazing! Kudos to JMA for this event! At ang galing sumayaw ng UP Streetdance Club! (Still, I'm loyal to Indayog. :P). Then, Up Dharma Down performed. I wasn't really a fan of UDD, but I'm now a convert! Ganda pala ng voice ni Armi! Nagka-lss tuloy ako after that. Thanks also to Raf for recommending me songs of UDD to listen to! :) Capped the night off at Cantina! :)
This was one awesome night to culminate my awesome sem in Diliman! :)
Here are the super late pictures, care of Zoe. :)
With ze photographer, Zoe! :)
My favorite Diliman 09s, Raf and Aureli! :)
Raf and my apo, Dan. :))
Ang kasabayan ko sa mga random trip sa buhay, the (in)famous Raf Roque! :)
My frustration for this sem is that I won't be taking any classes in Diliman. :( My two sems (one was last summer) in Diliman proved to be one of my most enjoyable sems. The place is really conducive for studying (not that I really studied, haha). I guess I got tired commuting to smoky, smelly Manila. I hate the concrete. I hate that there are snatchers just outside the gate. Gah. I wish I transferred sooner. </3 UP Manila best represents the real world but from my stay in Diliman and my brief stay in UP Baguio and from the stories of my friends from UP Miag-ao, their campuses resemble the surreal, a world where the university life is really embodied to the fullest.
I'll miss the trees and the clean air. Even if the people I hang out with there are always smoking, my allergies didn't act up. Not unlike in Manila where I get allergies every single day. I'll miss walking around Palma Hall. I'll miss FT at the beach house, at LB, at UP Mercato. I'll miss tambay at the plot. I'll miss people taking me out to eat. I'll miss the ice cream, the cheese corn and all the yummy food. I'll miss studying at the CAL lib, at ROC and at Katipunan. I'll miss my favorite Diliman brods, Raf and Aureli! :> And even those who bully me. :) I'll miss the Manila turned Diliman brods, Bojit, Yo and Benjo. I'll miss my other Diliman friends (yes, I have other friends in Diliman other than the brods. Haha)
Which is why I'll be visiting Diliman tomorrow! Yehey! :> Aaaaand. GAH. I hope to find a way to bend the rules to my favor. *fingers crossed, wish me luck*
P.S. I wish you'd tell me what's bothering you. Though I can't bring myself to tell you what's bothering me either. Hay. Life. :( I just want you to know that I will try my best to be here for you.
The problem with broken hearts is not because a person chose to love. Broken hearts exist due to empty promises, of lies masked in sweet conversations. The problem with broken hearts perhaps is that some minds are too fiddle to decipher lies from sincere statements. The problem with broken hearts is that some people are just too cold-hearted, they just play and play with the other person's feelings. The problem with broken hearts is that it's difficult to recover from it.
I am no expert in love. After all, I've only had one boyfriend so far. But that lasted so long and I can say that during the relationship I really did give it my all, I really did love and a part of me wanted it to last forever. But it didn't. Ten months after the break up I can say that I have fully recovered from the scars of that relationship. But at the same time, I know that I have become a commitment-phobe.
How the relationship ended and the boys I am surrounded with have made me stronger. I am now stronger and better in controlling my emotions. Before, words would sway me easily since admittedly I am pretty easy to please. But now, I have become more intelligent. Which is why I have realized that there is no point in yearning for a serious, long term relationship at this point in my life. It seems that I'd have to extend my one year rest period from relationships and guys in general. I have a lot of guy friends and I can say that at our age, they really aren't mature enough to sustain a long-term, committed relationship. They're still too enthralled by the thrill of women and sex, of alcohol, drugs, gambling and what not. I'm not saying that they aren't great boys because they are. I love my friends to death but I wouldn't want to be their girlfriend! Not right now anyways. I have observed that guys mature, or more aptly put, get over the playing and the vices once they reach the age of 26. So, if ever I'm committing next year or in the coming years, it has to be to someone older, or at least someone who's over that playing and vices stage.
Either way, I am not in a hurry to commit, nor am I in a hurry to have my heart broken all over again. Besides, I am not mature enough to handle a committed, mature relationship. Neither am I patient enough to go dating. Haha I don't like the hassle of it all. I guess I'm really not into boys right now.
To all broken hearts, fix yourself. Fix it with laughter, with love from friends and family. And do not love when you are not ready. Do not give away your heart when it is still mending.
And to the meanies out there, quit playing. Quit your lies and empty promises. You wouldn't want karma to hit you, would you?


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The utility industry has a great source of steady returns in the long term as this sector provides consistent recurring revenues and strong cash flow. In this article, we will consider three outstanding utilities - NorthWestern (NYSE: NWE), NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) and Dominion Resources (NYSE: D) - in order to pick the strong growing utility that will help you preserve your money, while earning a solid dividend
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Small-cap stocks are generally perceived riskier than large-cap stocks, but they still have their fair share of strategies with market-beating potential. In the small-cap universe, there are some committed dividend payers who have paid dividends consistently over the years and have raised them over extensive periods of time. Some of these dividend-paying equities may represent good candidates for income-centric retirement portfolios; let's take a look.
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Financial news has focused on many sectors and themes over the past several years: big energy companies, commodities, a never ending attention on tech stocks, cloud computing, and even Buffett buying a railroad. One of the most unheralded stories over the same period has been the continual, nearly unbreakable, strength in the utility sector. Looking at a three-year chart of the Dow Jones Utility Index produces a nearly perfect low-to-high more »
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The global economic picture is darkening rapidly and severely. The United States unemployment rate is still above 8.00%. The European Union is falling into a deep and dark recession. German bankers are scheming up a sophisticated plan to somehow keep the euro alive or conduct an orderly exodus from the common currency. Chinese bankers are suddenly realizing the fact that their economy is not an unstoppable machine, and are more »
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I recently used the Motley Fool CAPS Screener to come up with some new investment ideas. The screen I ran was pretty simple, I wanted at least a 2% yield, 10% or better EPS growth in the last 3 years, and the stock had to be rated 4 or 5 stars by the CAPS community. Looking at the utilities industry, there were 3 that had a yield of over 4% that looked like they could be attractive. The names I came up with were TECO Energy (NYSE: TE), UniSource Energy (NYSE: UNS), and Northwestern Corp (NYSE: NWE). Since most investors only buy one or two companies to represent an industry, let's find out which of these 3 looks like the best buy.


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A DIY Tree Swing With Flair
With summer in full swing (pun intended), this carefree swing just begs to be hung from a giant tree in your yard for fun-filled afternoons... and it's not just for the kids.
Over on designlovefest, Natalie Shriver shows us how to make a simple swing using just a wooden board and a lot of color and creativity. (Funky paint job and tassels optional... but why not go a little wild here?)
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I like the idea of painting the swing and adding tassles on it, my girls would love that. I bought them a cool tree swing from www.treeswingstore.com/ and they love it. It's probably the best money I've spent this summer for them and me.
I believe this swing is not safe. The ropes are just thrown over a branch, and nothing stops them from moving down the branch. Or even snapping after some use due to friction with a tree bark below it.


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Scientific name: Axonopus compressus (Swartz) Beauv.
Synonyms: Milium compressum Swartz; Paspalum platicaulon Poiret, (also misspelt platycaule); Paspalum compressum (Swartz) Raspail
Common name:Broad-leaved carpet grass
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Native of tropical America.
Perennial creeping (stoloniferous) grass forming low mats, with erect seed heads up to 60 cm tall (although usually much shorter).
Widespread common weed in fine-leaf lawns, gardens and shaded areas (otherwise a useful pasture and lawn grass).
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Stems and leavesPlants have hairy nodes and produce runners (stolons) which readily produce roots. Leaf sheaths are somewhat flattened, either hairy or hairless. Ligules consist of a hairy rim. The leaf blades are rather broad for a grass, linear to narrowly egg-shaped (linear ovate), 2-16 x 0.3-2 cm in size, with a blunt tip and hairy margins.
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Inflorescences usually have 2-3 (sometimes there are up to 5) slender racemes (2-10 cm long) at the top of an erect or inclined stalk up to 60 cm long. They are digitately or almost digitately (sub-digitately) arranged. Seeds are enclosed in bracts (ie. lemma and palea).
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Short broad leaves with tubercular hairs (ie. with wart-like swelling at the base). Nodes are hairy unlike those of Axonopus fissifolius (narrow-leaved carpet grass). As the common names suggest, the leaves of Axonopus compressus are also usually broader than those of Axonopus fissifolius.
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At DIFF, as with any other film festival, there are a wide variety of short films coming from all over the world. But are short films a self-sufficient genre within themselves, or are they regarded as a rite of passage for aspiring filmmakers at the start of their careers?
This is an interesting question and is answered in various ways by different filmmakers. Ahmed Ghoneimy ('Bahari') says that short films are not a necessary first step for a filmmaker to start their career. Yet the Palestinian short film juror Annemarie Jacir, who is a filmmaker herself, says: 'It's a good way to start a career, but it's not a thing that leads to a career.'
Klaus Eder, the FIPRESCI Secretary General and the Shorts & Features Jury President, explains that, just as there are no rules in life, so it is not necessary that short films are the first step for aspiring filmmakers. Whilst conceding that new filmmakers can find some value in shooting short films 'to try and understand what cinema is about', he continues by explaining that filmmaking should not depend on a budget but instead 'on ideas.' Those ideas, when developed, lead to a story, and that story is what determines the genre of the film, its length and the necessary budget.
Shorts allow for filmmakers to play fast and loose with rules, trying experimental approaches that would present challenges in longer formats. As Ahmed Ghomeiny says, 'It's a way to be brave and break conventions'. Hopefully theatres across the country will be more receptive of bringing back the idea of screening short films preceding a feature film, as Annemarie and Klaus suggest.
Now all we have to do is wait for the jury's verdict!


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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Trolley service in Wilmington is getting a makeover.
Mayor Dennis Williams and Delaware Secretary of Transportation Shailen Bhatt helped announce a new route and fare changes for the trolley Monday.
The fare has been dropped from $1.15 to $1 and the 6:30 a.m. start for the trolley's 12-hour run has been moved back to 10:45 a.m. The new route includes a connection to the Riverfront, an area the trolley stopped visiting in 2012.
Will Minster, director of business development for Downtown Visions, one of the groups that led the effort for change, says he hopes ridership returns to levels of previous years. He says when the trolley launched in 2002, the monthly ridership was about 12,000, but now it can be as low as 1,200.
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So if we want to go to the spiritual world definitely we have to use the scripture and if we are using the scripture then we have to see which scripture gives the best result. The highest result is given through the Srimad Bhagavatam and what is that? Worship of Krishna! Then we have all the different rasas culminating in worship of Radha and Krishna in Vrindavan.
Feb 28 2011 Interview with Kalakantha Das
As construction of the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium is now moving rapidly, fundraising has become a top priority. Campaign Chairman Ambarish Das has asked his Godbrother Kalakantha Das from Gainesville, Florida, who has worked and taught in the fundraising field, to help design the campaign. Here he answers some of my questions
Feb 28 2011 GBC Meeting Report 2
After concluding four days of strategic planning, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness' (ISKCON) Governing Body Commission (GBC) resumed their regular Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mayapur, West Bengal. Friday, February 25th was entirely dedicated to reviewing proposals submitted to the GBC by various ISKCON members and committees. Proposal topics have a wide range- from adjusting temple standards, to refining the role of particular committees, to establishing new offices and services in ISKCON
The Strategic Planning portion of the GBC's 2011 Annual General Meeting has just ended. The four-day meeting was well attended by the full GBC, many GBC deputies, and about forty devotees from around the world. During my own attendance as a member of the Strategic Planning Team facilitating the meeting, I moved between the various committees, initiatives, and breakout sessions and was left with an overwhelming impression of synergy. The dictionary defines synergy as "a mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct elements or participants
Feb 27 2011 Ghee Lamps in a Bag and the Lord in My Hands
"Out of His causeless mercy, the Supreme Personality of Godhead presents Himself before us so that we can see Him. Since we have no transcendental vision, we cannot see the spiritual sac-cid-ananda-vigraha ... We can only see material things like stone and wood, and therefore He accepts a form of stone and wood and thus accepts our service in the temple..."
Feb 27 2011 Appartment for sale in Mayapur Dham
Srila Prabhupada has assured the devotees again and again that yes if you practice diligently, attentively, follow the process then you also can come to that stage of going back to Godhead just as so many other great devotees have done in the past. So thank you very much
Feb 26 2011 Japa Chant everyday Mornings
Feb 26 2011 The Holy Name
The poor, bewildered, living entities in Kaliyuga can be benedicted by hearing and chanting the Holy Names of Lord Krishna. H. G. Parividha Prabhu, H. G. Govinda Prabhu, and H. G. Gaurahari Prabhu teach the Mahamantra on the cold streets of London
So whether we are a GBC member or guru, a sannyasi, a temple president, a sankirtana leader, a brahmacari, a grhasta, a teacher, a student, a mother, a father, pot washer - whatever our situation is we are actually one in our identity. These things are all externals
In recent weeks you have probably noticed more social unrest and rioting around the world. This is being directly caused by increased slaughter of animals
On the auspicious appearance day of Srila Narottam Das Thakur (February 18th) the students and teachers of Sri Mayapur International School held their second annual 24 hour kirtan
Feb 25 2011 No. 1 blockbuster Movie
The following is a short movie. I see it as a preaching resource useful to introduce people to our philosophy of the soul, vegetarianism, prasad, and the Holy name - presented in a palatable way. Feel free to send it around your email contact list so it can go viral!
Feb 24 2011 Live From Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir! HH Radhanath Swami - Disapp HH Gour Govinda Swami
He took first, second and sannyasa initiation within eight months of joining Iskcon and meeting Srila Prabhupada. There were complaints. People complained to Prabhupada that, "This new man, he has so much responsibilities, he is a sannyasi."
Feb 24 2011 Tapping into Sridhama Mayapur's Potency
In just a few days the Mayapur Institute's Gaura Purnima Courses and the Mayapur Festival will begin. Devotees from around the world will be entering Sridham Mayapur, as Srila Prabhupada desired, to access the mercy, spiritual strength and inspiration to continue and expand their services
Feb 24 2011 There is a flower in my cosmos
Having chanted a few rounds and feeling somewhat wise, sometimes we worry that the alien religion (Krishna Consciousness) and its sacred texts that we have adopted is not 'secular' enough for today's twenty-first century sensibilities
An in-depth interview with the Christchurch pujari:" "At first, it seemed just like any other day," says Sevananda Dasa, a priest at the Christchurch ISKCON temple. "I was up on the altar, offering the chamara whisk to the Deities....
An audio recording about one topic of the GBC agenda, what Srila Prabhupada meant when he said "The GBC is the ultimate managing authority."
How can a sick person enjoy? One who is sick, you have a severe headache and if you see food it is very irritating. Isn't it? A sick person cannot enjoy. Therefore the conditioned soul is not an enjoyer. Enjoyment is for the greater souls. Enjoyment is for pure devotees
Feb 24 2011 Welcome to Mathura
Memories of an Indian Holy Town by Hayagriva Swami about his 1972 Kartik pilgrimage. Hayagriva was known as Prof. Howard Wheeler when he joined Shrila Prabhupada in 1966 as one of the original devotees. He was Shrila Prabhupada's first book editor, and the early issues of BTG carry many of insightful articles and poems of this talented writer
This paper aims to present the contribution of Bhaktivinoda Thakur to the establishment and development of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). It regards his personal life as the role model for the practitioners of Vaisnavism, and it considers his input in expanding preaching techniques, both innovative and traditional ones
Feb 24 2011 Hare Krishnas and Chaitanya College at Croome Park Worcester published by the National Trust(c) 2010
Feb 24 2011 Please mark your calendar - March 20, 2011
Naturally such a personality as Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura plays a very important role and a very important place within our Sampradaya, within our Iskcon Society in particular being the inspiration and spiritual master of the founder acarya of our society, His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada
Feb 23 2011 "The Bhagavad-Gita as it never was" Praghosa Prabhu's book distribution adaptation of the first two chapters of the Bhagavad-gita (GBC meeting)
At that time Arjuna spoke the following words: Oh infallible sankirtana leader Krishna please park up my sankirtana van so that I can look on the street to see where it is best to distribute books, let me see who has come out today to do their shopping. When Arjuna saw all the stressed faces of the shoppers he spoke the following words....
Feb 23 2011 GBC AGM Report- February 20th, 2011
The 2011 Governing Body Commission (GBC) Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) commenced on February 20th in the Society's world headquarters, Mayapur, West Bengal. Madhusevita dasa, this year's GBC chairman, welcomed the GBC body, appreciating that thirty-one out of thirty-three voting GBC members were present at this session
Feb 22 2011 Invitation to Tirobhava Mahotsava
Feb 22 2011 Mayapur Currency Exchange Information
Feb 22 2011 New Zealand earthquake: 65 dead in Christchurch
Editor's note:Our ISKCON temple was severely damaged and the Deities were broken, also some devotees received injuries but we don't know how serious those are at the moment
Feb 22 2011 My Spiritual Grandfather, Our Devotional Line
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, Srila Prabhupada's spiritual master, is my grand spiritual master, but I feel that I never really knew him so well until I read his biography Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Vaibhava by my godbrother Bhakti Vikasa Swami. Many of the quotes and references below come from that work, which has helped bring me closer to my spiritual grandfather
Feb 21 2011 Reporting on the first day of the GBC meeting
Audio report about the first day of the GBC meeting including India's phenomenal book distribution results, Pastoral Abuse, Vedic Planetarium, cow protection and more...
In Indonesia we had President Suharto who was eighty or ninety years old. He had to be dragged down. Amassed millions of dollars, overseas accounts we saw with Ferdinand Marcos and recently with Hosni Mubarak in Egypt - eighty two or eighty three years old and clinging to power to the very end
That a devotee who subhasubha-parityagi, that a devotee renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things. A devotee's position is very, very elevated. It is actually not so easy to be subhasubha-parityagi. Bhaktiman yah sa me priyah - then one becomes very dear to Krishna as soon as we renounce both auspicious and inauspicious activities
Feb 20 2011 ISV celebrates "Bringing back old friends"
The first Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 2011 entitled "Bringing back old friends" was concluded yesterday and the final results offered to Lord Nityananda at a celebration honoring His divine appearance day held at the ISV temple in San Jose, CA
Feb 20 2011 Bhaktivedanta Manor looks to the Future
Over the past year Bhaktivedanta Manor has conducted a Review of all of its activities by speaking to a breadth of devotees across its key community groups – the review, headed up independently has been a project that has unfolded into a wide ranging review of the practices at the temple and feelings of devotees who visit, work and serve around the temple


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Yu-Gi-Oh GX Tag Force 2
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 2 brings the Yu-Gi-Oh! Phenomenon back to the PSP with new features that are sure to please the fans � they were the ones that suggested them! The biggest new addition to this game, again based on the hugely popular GX TV Series is the ability to compete in four player Tag Duels.
It was the feature most requested by the YGO players and Tag Force 2 delivers their wishes in spades. Teams of two players can now play against another team of two thanks to the PSP�s Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi mode, while the Infrastructure Mode gives the user access to downloadable content such as new decks and specific cards.
In addition to this, Tag Force 2 has grown � with over 2500 cards within the game to discover, trade and use there�s enough to keep hardened gamers pleased. Plus, for the first time on a handheld YGO title, the cards can now be viewed at actual full size thanks to the improved widescreen capabilities of the PSP.
The story mode perfectly mimics the look of the cartoon and uses familiar locations and storylines to immerse users into the YGO environment once again. The rules of the Trading Card Game are reproduced to the letter ensuring players sharpen up their skills in the TCG at the same time.
- Over 2500 cards
- Stories and settings from the TV show
- 4-player duels now included!
- Downloadable content and items
- View cardss full size thanks to PSP widescreen
Comments on Yu-Gi-Oh GX Tag Force 2
Game Information
- Region: USA
- Media: UMD
- Size: 1.30 GB
- Publisher: Konami
- Genre: Miscellaneous: Card Battle
- Language(s): English
Release Information
- Release Group: EMiNENT
- Release Date: 2007-09-19
- Filename: et-ygogx2
- Dirname: Yu-Gi-Oh_GX_Tag_Force_2_USA_PSP-EMiNENT


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"For Greater Glory" – A look at Christianity in the face of violence
"For Greater Glory" tells the story of the Mexican Government's persecution of the Roman Catholic Church following its anti-catholic laws written in 1917. It follows the lives of various Cristeros, those Mexicans who revolted against the government in the name of religious liberty. The movie goes beyond being just another Western movie to exploring some extremely important sociological and religious themes. I won't summarize the plot (you can find that here), but there will still be SPOILERS below.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good
The general Enrique Gorostieta Velarde is clearly a "good guy." He was, himself, no Christian and certainly not a Roman Catholic, but he stood up against those who would persecute people simply for their beliefs. He also did not stand for compromise: he wanted toleration to be granted to Roman Catholics. He fought for an ideal. Even if that ideal was not one of the faith he was fighting to defend, he felt that there was injustice, and fought against it.
It is unclear whether the historical Enrique Gorostieta Velarde ever became a Christian. In the film, it certainly make it seem as though in making his arguments, he came into a kind of faith in God. It also seems to be the case that the historical general had some political ambitions in that he desired to bring about a change in the Constitution to provide for more toleration.
Father Christopher is an example for Christians everywhere. He does not back down in the face of violence. He became a martyr by standing in front of men who were doing him violence and proclaiming Christ to them. His martyrdom served as inspiration for a number of people in the film.
The Bad
The anti-catholics in the film are clearly the "bad guys." It is hard to argue with this. Anyone who chooses to attack and kill people simply because of their beliefs certainly qualifies for the catchall "bad guy" terminology.
Plutarco Elías Calles, the Mexican President, an atheist, decides that he must use a violent crackdown to keep the Roman Catholic Church from becoming involved in Mexico. He couches his oppression of the Roman Catholics in language of secularism. Instead of focusing upon their religion, he makes his argument based upon the rule of government: the Roman Catholics serve a ruler (the Pope) who is outside of this country, and so they are a danger to the stability of this country. Despite this "secular" language, the fact of the matter is that throughout the film, the government is vicious not just towards the Roman Catholics as people who serve a different master, but also simply as religious persons. Crosses are burned and churches are destroyed. People are slaughtered during worship. It is a wholesale war against Christianity.
The Ugly
The film does not draw a hard and fast line between "good" and "bad," however. There are also the ugly: those who, with good intentions, also commit atrocities. The Cristeros (those who fought for religious tolerance of Roman Catholicism) who commit atrocities were the "ugly." Some felt they had to fight evil with evil, and committed horrible acts in the name of their cause. This is exactly what Christians are called to avoid.
Just War and Pacifism
The movie brought up the constant debate within Christianity between just war theorists and pacifists. It was surprising how lucidly it presented the issues. There were those in the film who refuse to use violence to fight against the government, citing Christ's example of turning the other cheek. Yet even they become involved in getting supplies such as bullets to the Cristeros. On the other hand, there are those who argue for a just war tradition: when injustice is running rampant, should not Christians be among those who stand up against it, even if that calls for using force? The film never answers one way or another; instead, it leaves it to those watching to weigh the merits of just war and pacifism.
I tend to favor the just war theory myself. It seems to me that if a government like the Nazi Regime exists, then it is perfectly justifiable to use force to prevent them from perpetuating their evils.
Historically, according to more than one source I looked up, it is argued that the Cristeros actually had little impact on the overall outcome of the changes and toleration which came to Mexico. Instead, it was a deal negotiated by the Vatican with the Mexican government. Yet it seems for me historically perplexing as to why, exactly, the Mexican government would have desired a compromise if the Cristeros were not in operation. I speak here as no expert on the topic by any means. I'd be interested in reading your own thoughts.
The Elephant in the Room
It is hard to see this movie without thinking about the elephant in the room: atheists are in power, and religious people are killed. It's a theme in the movie, but it also plays out time and again throughout human history: the French Revolution, the Soviet Union, the massacres of Armenians in Turkey, the Spanish Civil War, and more. Why is it that it seems, historically, every time a secularist government has taken power, the religious persons are the ones who suffer violence?
The answer to this vexing question seems to me to be quite clear: the notion that religion is violent and secularism stops violence is just false. Not only that, but the distinction between secular and religious is, itself, a mere construct with no ontological reality. I have argued this before when I discuss the Myth of Religion.
"For Greater Glory" is a movie that should be a must-see for those interested in worldview discussions. I could see it being used at an interfaith group, church youth group, or seeker group to generate discussion. The movie is definitely violent, and it shows the good, the bad, and the ugly unapologetically. It is for that reason that it must be seen.
What is perhaps the most shocking part of this movie is the fact that, prior to watching it, I had never heard or even imagined that Mexico had persecuted Christians. The violence committed against Christians by others in authority continues into the modern era, and it is truly depressing to know how little we hear about it. I can't help sometimes but join with David and say "How long, Oh LORD?" (Psalm 13).
This article first appeared at Always Have a Reason.
If you are being persecuted as a Christian, and you defend yourself from those who hurt you and others, you are not a follower of Jesus.


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Why do all these surveys? Because data and information are the keys to good work in developing countries, we believe in having great data to grow new ideas. Projects in developing countries need to start by understanding the problem and taking an inventory of our resources to solve those problems.
For example, we started out in early 2009 with a large online survey of health personnel about medical imaging in third world countries. We found that 93% of health personnel who had worked in developing countries reported radiology to be missing or completely inadequate; 75% said that infectious disease control was the leading need for better imaging. We write up these findings and publish them in medical journals for health care workers and policy makers to learn from.


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The MP International (MPI) group specialises in organising exhibitions, conferences and special events. As part of the Pico group, MPI is headquartered in Singapore with 10 offices across Asia and Europe. We have organised and managed over 1,000 events on a national, regional and international level.
Together with our network of partners on the ground, we make sure that your event is organised with a deep understanding of the market, no matter where it is held. Our track record speaks for itself.
Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific
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MP Singapore appointed to manage ASEAN Tourism Forum 2015
MP Singapore Pte Ltd has inked an agreement to manage the 2015 edition of ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF). The international forum will be held in Myanmar for the first time and will take place in the capital city of Naypyitaw.
The ATF 2015, hosted by the Myanmar Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, will be managed by MP Singapore and the Myanmar Venture Group. It is expected to attract 1,500 attendees from more than 20 countries.
Held yearly in various ASEAN cities, the ATF is the region's premier travel and tourism fair showcasing the region's travel products and services. The forum will see the largest gathering of tourism professionals including tourism ministers and officials from ASEAN member countries, China, India, Japan, Korea and Russia in Myanmar.
Mr Jason Ng, Executive Director of MP Singapore, said, "MP has been organising exhibitions and conferences for the last 25 years and we are delighted to be appointed to manage the prestigious ASEAN Tourism Forum."
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Dragon Reviews
New York Daily News
The large canvas and pseudo-superhero tactics work for a bit, but then the action gets sidetracked in place of myth-building.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
New York Times
As a whole, it does not quite work, especially at the end, when Mr. Chan tries for a Shakespearean climax of filial rebellion and paternal rage.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5
An exhilarating opening fight scene sets the stage for this otherwise cheesy chop-socky Hong Kong saga.
This is London
There are good action sequences but it has been ham-fistedly cut for UK distribution.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5
Little White Lies
Dragon roars.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Dragon delivers a few swift kicks and a barrage of bone crunching punches to the standard expectations of a remake. Dragon is a stunning display of martial arts action, mesmerizing detective work, and engaging performances.
Full Review | Original Score: 8.5/10
New York Post
The movie hurtles along at a pitch of sentiment and melodrama that would make MGM blush, and it's mostly very diverting.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
A fun collision of "A History of Violence," traditional over-the-top Hong Kong martial arts pictures and sort of a "C.S.I.: Yunnan Province."
Slant Magazine
Peter Ho-Sun Chan and Deonnie Yen Chan are too resourceful to let things remain dull for long.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4
Movie Chambers
A superior martial arts film with excellent cinematography and a story to match.
Full Review | Original Score: A
AV Club
Yen's strengths have never been in his expressiveness, and Dragon plods when it centers on dramatic struggles, then leaps exhilaratingly to life whenever the fighting begins.
Full Review | Original Score: B-
Grolsch Film Works
a mannered mix of detective story, morality tale, family tragedy and Buddhist allegory, all wrapped in virtuoso visuals and some very tricksy action choreography... The story may be familiar, but wuxia has never quite looked like this before.
Urban Cinefile
It's been described by its makers as 'Colombo meets CSI' but this doesn't fully capture the epic tone and the brilliant images that fuel one of the most interesting of recent Chinese films with martial arts traditions
Gracefully acted, brilliantly shot, and effortlessly combining both character study and superb butt kicking, Wu Xia is an excellent post-modern subgenre gem.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Empire Magazine
Full of blistering action sequences worthy of the Shaw Brothers legacy. A treat for martial arts fans.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Village Voice
It's an adept genre exercise with rare primal depths.
The List
Chan's film may be derivative of plenty of other films (most notably David Cronenberg's A History of Violence) but it manages to keep things fresh and exciting.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Time Out New York
Hi-ya!-accentuated kung fu smackdowns make everything better.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
Yen again proves one of the few martial artists equally adept with subtler emotional beats.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5
TIME Magazine
A martial-arts morality play as lithe as it is forceful.


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Climate and Health Summit 2013
Taking place alongside the UN climate talks (COP19) in November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland, the 2013 Climate and Health Summit coordinated action to protect human health from the impacts of climate change across all sectors.
Drawing on the 2011 Durban Health Sector Call to Action, the Summit was designed to build a road-map for the international health community to work towards in the run up to the 2015 climate negotiations in Paris.
Date: 16 November 2013
Venue: Warsaw Marriott Hotel, Poland
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Nick Smith: in the Nick of time
Nick Smith has been put in charge of some of the most contentious issues facing the government. Luckily he doesn't mind a fight
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Nick Smith is a highly strung green in a government that wants to build roads, bridges and other whopping objects. He is the climate change minister in a government whose coalition partner thinks climate change is a hoax. He is a notably pale politician who must help clinch a deal with the Maori Party over the beaches, where brown and white once threatened to come to blows.
Luckily Smith is used to being in trouble.
Right now he's a minister without an office, as Labour is still clearing its stuff out of the Beehive. But the MP for Nelson, in Napier to help train National's new MPs, fires volleys of bullet-points through the phone. Smith's manner has always been staccato: the PhD in civil engineering - his subject was landslides - is one of the brightest people in parliament.
That is probably why he got the ACC portfolio even though he wasn't the spokesman in that area. ACC is big, complicated, and political gelignite, and National has promised to "investigate" whether parts of it should be opened to competition. There's another possible firestorm. Smith remains cheerful. "It's a really interesting area to work in."
Smith is one of the rare National MPs who stayed in the news during nine years of opposition impotence. His disputes and his crusades are legion. What other MP has been convicted of contempt of court? How many others attracted a multimillion-dollar libel claim from a multinational? "We constantly joke, `Nick, don't get arrested again'," his electorate chairman, Russell Wilson, said recently.
But look, Smith says unconvincingly, he's changed now. "I've mellowed with age," says the 43-year-old, "and I've spent too much of my time with lawyers."
The government of John Key has put infrastructure spending at the centre of its programme. But what will the bulldozers do to the environment?
"Inevitably, if you want to get more infrastructure built," says the minister for the environment, "that's going to come into clash with resource management law."
Environmentalists are profoundly suspicious of National's plans to reform the Resource Management Act and to "soften" the Labour government's Emissions Trading Scheme, the official programme to reduce greenhouse gases.
Smith replies that he doesn't so much want to alter the environmental outcomes of disputes under the law, but the process. At present, decisions are made by dozens of local bodies, some of them tiny, and then routinely appealed to the Environment Court. The result is often expensive and unnecessary delay.
He offers a couple of examples. "TrustPower has applied for a quite controversial power scheme on the Wairau River in Marlborough. The process has been awful. It went to a commissioners' hearing and it dragged out for more than two years, but everybody knew from the word go that it would be appealed to the Environment Court. I have sympathy with the Marlborough District Council, which is the administering body for the law. They don't have a high level of expertise with a very large hydro development. They've never had one before.
"And an organisation like Fish and Game has spent hundreds of thousands of their environmental money [fighting the proposal] knowing all the time that the thing was going to the Environment Court.
"Another example is a highly controversial Mokihinui hydro scheme on the West Coast proposed by Meridian. Now Buller District Council is one of our smallest councils in the country. For them to be dealing with a $200m proposal... You've got a council with a population of 3000 or 4000 processing a consent that's got major implications way beyond the Buller District." The officer concerned with processing resource consent applications, he says, was probably also the dog control officer.
Smith wants to set up a new body, the Environmental Protection Agency, with a trained and professional staff equipped to do the administrative work with these complex proposals, which would be considered either by the Environment Court or a board of inquiry. Time-wasting and expensive hearings by tiny local bodies would be omitted.
The RMA, he says, is an impediment to efficient investment in infrastructure "and that's not helping the environment either". Auckland has a worse air pollution problem than Los Angeles, he says, with cars stopping and starting in congested traffic. A better roading network would help the environment.
The RMA, despite some changes by the Labour-led government, presented huge difficulties for the development of environmentally friendly electricity projects such as wind and geothermal. Smith believes there is great potential for green power in New Zealand. The geothermal area of the central North Island had the advantage that it was close to the major growth areas of Auckland and the Waikato. There was some potential for hydro although "we're certainly not going to be damming every last river", he says. "And there is some longer-term opportunity around tidal and wave energy."
This might sound green, but green lobbyists are not necessarily convinced. They will wait for Smith's detailed proposals and see how the law changes work in practice.
Likewise with the Emissions Trading Scheme, which National is to reconsider. The scheme sets limits on greenhouse gases, penalises those who emit clouds of them and rewards those who don't. Labour had already allowed agriculture, which produces half of the country's greenhouse gases, and exporters a long "holiday" before they had to enter the scheme in 2018. Environmentalists were angered at this and now wonder whether National will do something even worse.
Won't Smith just cut a special deal for National's political mates, the farmers and businesspeople?
"The reality is," Smith replies, "our mandate went far beyond farmers and businesspeople. And what's more, you can't separate farmers and business from the general interests of New Zealanders. New Zealand Steel employs a huge number of New Zealanders. It has a huge impact on the south Auckland, north Waikato economy. Same too with the aluminium smelter in Invercargill. The farming sector there's hardly a part of New Zealand that all of our interests are not connected with agriculture and business. To pretend that they are special interests - those interests go the core of New Zealanders."
Again, time will tell. In the meantime, Smith appeals for a bipartisan approach - and here the hope of consensus seems forlorn, particularly with National's right-wing coalition partners.
Smith will also be involved in tricky negotiations with the Maori Party over the foreshore and seabed issue. This too is full of thorns, and is not resolvable if either Pakeha or Maori seek ownership of the beaches. However, Smith believes there is a way through the middle - one signposted by the Labour government's recent deal with Ngati Porou.
That arrangement, Smith notes, "gives local iwi a direct say in any resource consent decision around the coastal area within their area. My view is that that does give us a steer".
Shared management of the resource, with Maori getting a say and Pakeha continued access to the beaches, is a possible way. Maori, however, had a deep interest in natural resources and had sought ownership "out of frustration, in my view. Historically they feel shut out, and so they run an ownership argument".
But, he asks, "Why do we have this idea that somebody has to own a thing? Does somebody own the air? The water? The sea? Does somebody have to own the beach? Well, I'm not so sure."
Smith is a centrist who was deeply unhappy with the right-wing direction National took under Don Brash. This led to the strange incident in 2003 when Brash, having ousted Smith's good friend Bill English as leader, offered Smith the deputy's job. Smith had some kind of collapse as a result the details remained sketchy - and Brash withdrew the offer "for Dr Smith's sake and the party's".
Smith explains the episode was personal and political. English took a more inclusive approach to policy, "and so when Brash took over it was hugely uncomfortable. It was not where I wanted the National Party to go. I like Don as a person but my view is that his politics belonged to a previous era."
John Key, however, had taken it back to the centre, and now "I feel National is in the same head-space where I am".
* Aged 43, the second-youngest member of National's front bench. Minister for the environment, climate change issues, and ACC.
* MP for Tasman 1990-96. Since then, MP for Nelson.
* Entered parliament aged only 24.
* Held a variety of portfolios in National governments in the 1990s.
* Partner of Linley Newport, an economist, to whom he got engaged in May. They plan to marry in March.
* Previously married for 20 years to Cyndy, with whom he had two children.
- Sunday Star Times
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