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Russian Orthodox Church cites deep differences with Holy See
Source: Interfax-Religion
March 11, 2016
The Moscow Patriarchate has stated that profound differences persist in relations with the Holy See.
"Despite the understanding reached on many vital problems of modernity, profound differences remain between Orthodox and Catholic Christians, in particular in their views on our common history full of tragic events," the Moscow Patriarchate's Department for External Church Relations head Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk said in an interview with Interfax-Religion.
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Uniates) has remained a stumbling block in Orthodox-Catholic dialogue, he said. "This block again and again ruins attempts to establish dialogue, to bolster mutual understanding and to bring our positions together. Events of the recent past - the destruction of three Orthodox dioceses by Uniates in western Ukraine in the early 1990s and the seizure of several hundred churches - and of the distant past prove this," he said.
Actions of Ukrainian Uniates have remained the main problem between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Holy See. The issue concerns the destruction of three Orthodox dioceses by Uniates in western Ukraine in the late 1980s - early 1990s, the relocation of the center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from Lvov to Kiev, its desire to attain patriarchate status, the proliferation of Uniates' mission to traditionally Orthodox lands of eastern and southern Ukraine, and Uniates' support of schismatics. This is accompanied by insults of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church against Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church after the beginning of the Maidan.
The patriarch of Moscow and the pope met for the first time in history on February 12. The meeting had been prepared in secrecy for two years. The issue of holding such a meeting was on the Orthodox-Catholic agenda for about 20 years. Patriarch Kirill and Pope Francis signed a joint declaration at the meeting in which they in particular stated that "it is today clear that the past method of 'uniatism', understood as the union of one community to the other, separating it from its Church, is not the way to re-establish unity." They also called on Orthodox Christians and Uniates to reconcile and respect each other.
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John: Again, you show an ignorance of history. The "Orthodox" populace you talk about that silently stood by--well they were mostly in prison camps, executed, or utterly terrorized. Were the communists Orthodox? Please, get real, and stop spouting nonsense.
Johannes Paulus:
John: I don't deny that I've studied much of the history of the Greek Catholics in Ukraine. The Orthodox don't have a monopoly in suffering and dying for what they believe in, they are not the only people willing to be tortured and abused, so I don't at all feel a special sympathy for the Orthodox that I would not give the Ukrainians and Romanians who were mistreated especially by Communists and the silent "Orthodox" populace who supported their regimes.
Johannes Paulus: You obvious don't know the history of the unia in Ukraine--not surprising if you're Catholic. The Catholic Church wouldn't want people to know much about that very dark chapter in its history. I have studied it and it is indeed evil. Orthodox people burned alive, hung, tortured, forced to become uniates--that is how the unia came to be in Ukraine. And it goes on today. Orthodox priests beaten up, killed, parishioners threatened--that is how the unia returned to Ukraine. During WWII they were Nazi collaborationists, murderers of Jews and Poles, terrorising their own people. They came to Ukraine with violence and continue in the same vein. Study history before implying that the Russians are at fault. It's too easy to blame the Russians for everything, especially if you don't know a thing about the history of the unia.
Johannes Paulus:
Are all these attacks unwarranted? Are the Orthodox such saints, and the Ukrainian Catholics such evil and diabolical spawns of Satan that they just suddenly started attacking Orthodox (influenced by Russians- don't even deny it)for no apparent reason other than they're evil Nazi Catholics?
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The Voice of Ireland and RTE 2fm presenter Eoghan McDermott spends his working life like a bird in a cage, cooped up in TV and radio studios. It's an environment that he loves.
But Ireland's fast-rising media star is also a passionate fan of the great outdoors, and in summer he can be found unwinding in his favourite place on earth… Connemara. So when his bestie pal Niall 'Bressie' Breslin invited him on a cycling trip around the Scottish Highlands, McDermott didn't have to think twice about accepting.
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Travelling by bicycle is a great way to see Scotland, McDermott says. Cyclists can enjoy rolling countryside, dramatic coastlines, atmospheric glens and idyllic towns and villages using country roads and a choice of dedicated cycle routes.
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Eoghan and Bressie take a well-earned break
However, Dubliner McDermott hadn't taken into account the fact that he and his Mullingar mate Bressie are not a match made in cycling heaven.
"Bressie is a top-class cyclist and has been training for an Iron Man challenge for a year, whereas I hadn't been on a bike since my schooldays," Eoghan reveals.
"In your 20s you have an air of invincibility, but I'm in my early 30s now and I still have that, and it was absolutely misguided.
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Unguided ordnance displayed included the Bazalt FAB-250, FAB-500 and DRDO HSLD GP bombs, Bazalt ODAB-500PM fuel-air explosives, ZAB-250/350 incendiary bombs, BetAB-500Shp powered concrete-piercing bombs and B-8 80 mm rocket launchers. Note the giant Bofors M70 135mm Rocket launcher on the right.
Aero-Vodochody claim that there is no better trainer than the L-159B to meet IAF AJT requirements. When negotiations for the Hawk had almost completed, Aero jumped in and quoted a more realistic price and offered to co-develop and co-market the aircraft with India. The aircraft generated sufficient IAF interest to merit a visit to the Czech Republic by a senior team followed by extensive evaluation.
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Monday, June 21, 2010
Raavanan (Tamil) and Villain (Telugu) gets Rs 12 crore in the first three days.
Raavan failed to make any headway over the weekend at the box office after a poor start on Friday. The collections remained similar for the three days. Friday business was around 5.75 crore, Saturday was 5.25 crore nett and Sunday was 6 crore nett.
The film was poor in most circuits but single screens dominated circuits were very dull. CP Berar CI and Rajasthan are likely to stay below 1 crore for the whole week which is very bad for a major release. Mumbai grossed around 6.25 crore nett , Delhi/UP was 3.75 crore nett and East Punjab was 1.75 crore nett for the weekend.
The film is likely to show a big drop over the weekdays and the first week business is likely to finish at around the 23-24 crore nett range. The Tamil (Raavanan) and Telugu (Villian) versions did better comparatively as they grossed around 12 crore combined (8cr Raavanan, 4cr Villian) over the weekend but even their good business was limited to the bigger centres.
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The 2013 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Wow. She's stunning.
Glad she lost the short white hair!
x2 Still don't know why she thought shaving off her hair and dyeing was a good idea.
Has George Clooney seen this?
Could you please refer to her as Inara in all future posts? It would make some of us very happy.
Morena Baccarin + White House Correspondents' Dinner = Homeland reference
Holy God
I hope she left Brody at home. No? Has anyone checked on the Vice President?
She's so sexy. She's one of my favourites.
Her eyes are really beautiful.


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Get over it, cracker-monkeys.
MY people (Soros, nonAmericans, al Qaeda) now rule.
No matter what they say, the Constitution will still be there.
Courts can make all the silly, contradictory decisions they want; the fact is that our representatives swear to support the Constitution and not what some moonbat judges say about the Constitution.
..Soros is spending $50 million to rally 200 academic, business and government policy leaders to explore "establishing new international rules" and "reform the currency system." (April 8 meeting)
..What Soros wants to accomplish is to move along the globalist agenda of replacing the U.S. dollar as the world's reserve currency, with the goal of diminishing the ability of the United States to set the terms for the global economy," Corsi explained.
Soro involvement with Libya
from wnd link
The joint U.S. and international air strikes targeting Libya are widely regarded as a test of Responsibility to Protect a set of principles, now backed by the United Nations, based on the idea that sovereignty is not a privilege but a responsibility that can be revoked if a country is accused of "war crimes," "genocide," "crimes against humanity"
...Soros is also a primary funder and key proponent of the global organization that promotes the military doctrine "Responsibility to Protect," cited by the White House as allowing the use of force to attack Gadhafi's forces. UN for us global affairs.
"progressive" constitution is nothing more than wing it as you go rules change by the hour highest bidder gets to call the shots.
Sounds like Mexico to me and it's the last thing we need.
I am shocked! SHOCKED, I say!
As I see it, George Soros, an enemy of the United States, needs to be stopped.
By any means necessary, IMO.
A rational and just constitution compatible with a free society and with human nature recogmizes and accepts that:
The needs of some do not justify violation of natural rights of other. The feelings of some do not justify the violation of natural rights of others. The noble visions of some do not justify the violation of natural rights of others.The purpose and duty of the state is to defend, protect, and preserve natural rights, not to violate them.


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How Far Shall we go With Genetic Testing?
Recently I saw this sign on a house in the China Town of Singapore, advertising for "Genetic Testings for Health and Innate Talents". Having a look on their homepage > I could find that they have two main objectives:
- Discovery of genetic variations that contribute to disease risk. (Disease Susceptibility Genetic Test or Genetic Predisposition Test)
- Discovery of genetic variations that contribute to intelligence, personality characteristics, superior athletic performance, vocal ability, dancing ability, and other areas where humans can excel. (Innate Talents & Traits Genetic Test)
Obviously a lab in the US is testing some SNPs on Affymetrix Arrays > for them. It is not clear what they are testing, especially in terms of "Innate talents". They have some testimonials > that do not really say much. With or without knowing a genetic disposition it makes sense to take care on ones diet and exercise the body. If an inherited disease is known in the family, it is wise to be careful and observe the body. Many genetic markers are only linked to a disease at a low percentage of penetration, but there is no guarantee that the carrier develops the disease later. Often this is a severe psychological burdon and requires genetic and psychological consulting.
Even more suspicious is the testing for "Innate Talents". What is really known about it and how far shall we go?


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Translation from FR or IT to US English 2 Outstanding Story Plots Going Beyond Fiction - Native Speakers Only
Budget $150-200 USD
Greetings Freelancers! :-)
Salut à tous les Freelanceurs! (fr)
Salve a tutti i Freelancers! (it)
Here an exciting opportunity for an experienced translator with good credentials / portfolio and excellent skills in grammar, syntax and vocabulary (US English Only USA born/ living).
I am a native French & Italian speaker who fully understand American culture, written jargon, slang, etc... seeking for a native / natural US English speaker only to complete the project.
As I don't like my own "English style", I need a GOOD quality job by a motivated professional translating 2 outstanding story plots coming from real life introduced in concise and narrative way both : a French and or Italian "journalistic style"... (only facts... and NO "sorcery" at all) and another "academic style" writing.
They really go beyond fiction!!! So it is important that person can use the nuances of language that come with the genre... to convey same intimate original quality...
Basic technical/business writing experience is not likely to be sufficient unless YOU are personally a fan of thrillers because YOU will enhance storytelling while "immersing" & emphasizing tremendous plots and premise of two 100% Genuine original content...
Whole project consists of 20 and ¼ pages (A4 format Times New Roman Font 11pt - standard spaced):
1- First Italian plot summarized within 8 and ¼ pages ;
2- Second French plot summarized within 8 pages ;
3- A quick overview summarizing plots within 1 and half page ;
4- Within First Italian plot there is an additional second intrigue embedded into same storytelling summarized in 1 and half page (intentionally written in "journalistic style") ;
5- A short "about" 1 page only.
Payment range from $ 150 to $ 200 USD.
Some additional text will be released for translation after first job completion.
The key requirements are :
1) Obviously NO automated software of any kind as I can't be fooled that way (as you can guess...)
2) You should NOT ALTER the content or meaning of the two stories in any way, but ensure that the use of US English language is both linguistically and academically correct and clear.
However you can draw out the high points, add drama and /or irony where necessary and the hooks needed to CATCH reader' interest.
Within a plot there are few funny sentences/ statements /slang expressions who seem to me as being quite difficult to render with same humor in US language.
By conveying credibility it is as if I were hand in hand with a friend who is telling me a bewitchment tale.
3) To retain ACCURATELY story plot meaning while translating, you MUST continue with the present tense still used in synopsis.
4) If and only IF you understood above said requirements AND you can write compelling / CATCHING text in US English, you can definitely bid.
As you must have references and writing samples of previous work available, please provide.
In order to make good choice I absolutely MUST rely on your real overall capacity to properly achieve work.
So best way for me to appreciate that is to send you previously the sample of 1 and half page summarizing additional intrigue embedded into first Italian plot in order to receive from you translated sample.
So I could analyze (analyse)/ compare your work as being native target language speaker.
Obviously, if you do a good job you can get long-term opportunity to work with me again in the very near future.
Please read TWICE this text and (please...) bear in mind that I can't be gulled by automated translation...
Thanks for attention. :-)
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In praise of only children - the great things about having just one!(295 Posts)
Just wanted to start a positive thread about how fab it is to have an only child! In reaction to all the threads worrying about how sub-optimal some folk find it not to have more than one...
So here goes - to start off a list in praise of only children :
- you can take them to stuff appropriate to their age group without having to drag along a disinterested sibling
- peace and calm at home with no sibling rivalry and squabbles/ violence
- you can do something with another family without involving 2 cars/people carrier
- far easier to combine one child with work/social committments
- easier to provide financially for 1 child
Lover is one of those words that has shifted meaning in common parlance, which is a shame. When you come across the word in Jane Austen or the Little Women books, it doesn't mean that the pair are having it off!
Anyway - I have an only, and its lovely to be able to have the time (and money) to let her follow her interests to the full.
nessus there is a world of difference between loving somone and being 'in love' I really would think twice about referring to your child as your lover, thats a role for an adult. Nor should she be your sister or your sole companion. Let her be your daughter - and you be her mum. Most kids need parents not 'lovers' or adults acting like 8 yr olds.
Seek out other adults for your trips and cinema, and certianly if you feel the lack of a lover in your life (someone to cuddle with and be 'in tune' with) then please find someone not related to you and over the age of consent.
Sorry for thread hijack - this is one of the things I do feel is a danger in only having one child especially if you are a single parents. You use your child as a substitute for adult company. What on earth do the poor kids do when they are 16 and wanting/needing to rebel against mum?!
Halia, although I agree that Nessus post did concern me with the role a child should take in the dynamics of a family and agree with mocuh you have said, this is not the danger in having one child. I'm afraid a child becoming friend, sister, carer substitute can happen to any child whether one or one of many (I know this first hand, I am 1 of 4 and took exactly that role with my emotionally fragile mum).
Oh please don't let this thread go sour and turn into something else. It has been so lovely to read. Please, if you want to air differences re the lovers thing, could you start a thread for it? (though I hope it won't be necessary as I imagine tempers may be lost)
Sorry Dorothea, totally right I was enjoying it too, have given myself a slap for getting drawn in! BTW dd and I had a fabulous time at her first gym class today, whilst half the mums juggled little ones trying to show them their forward rolls and rocking crying baby in a car seat, us parents of one got to jmp around on the equipment too
We aren't sure we will conceive successfully a second time. We are letting nature take its course at the moment, but this thread is helping me to feel it is genuinely fine if we don't have another. DS is totally the light of our lives anyway
My main fear of having no more DCs is that DS might feel burdened by our care/grieving for us when we get old/die, and that he'll wish he had someone to share it with. But having said that, I am my mother's only child (my dad has others) and I don't really feel that way. Or at least, I don't think it would be all that much nicer to contemplate my mum's eventual death if I had a sibling.
In any case, so many of the people in my extended family are on rotten terms with their siblings (as adults) that in fact it makes me feel friends are often more reliable sources of support than family at those crisis times.
Sorry, waffling a bit there but mainly I wanted to say hooray for all the positive and warm messages here. I expect to revisit and re-read in the future.
WOW. Look where this has gone in my absence. My child and I live a full and expansive life. We are blessed with wonderful friends and close family and I am lucky enough to have the means, time and inclination to invest in making our lives as rounded and enriching as possible.
As a single parent that works 30+ hrs a week, I refuse to apologise for having the desire to spend time with my child. As much as I love my friends, I can't surely being out every weekend with mojito in hand!
As to stating that she is my sole companion, please highlight where I said that?! No, I am not some socially or emotionally inept person that substitutes all adult relationship with that I have with my child. That would clearly be unhealthy.
Halia, your over the age of consent comment is simply abhorrent. What exactly are you insinuating?
flobbleflobble, I am sorry that your thread hasn't remained as positive as you would have hoped. It wasn't my intention when I chose to contribute as GrimmaTheMore mentioned, lovers is a term that has been greatly misappropriated, much to my own amusement.
I have no problem with the term lovers and if anyone finds the very notion hard to deal with, that is for you to deal with, not me.
I look forward to reading what others have to say on the original topic matter, afterall, this is a place for celebration.
sorry for getting drawn into an of topic area - wont' clutter up thread with other thoughts on that topic.
I think the thing about siblings is really important. As parents of an only we are often told "oh they will miss out on having a sibling" but I know just as many siblings that dont' get on, or who are politely distant as I do the wonderful mutually supportive playmates and adult friends.
Having just been talking about what happens when GParents die I am very glad DS is an only because at least there wont' be any false expectations or arguments about whether big sis ought to sort out mum and dad because she lives closest, or whether Brother Jo should be cut out of the will because he ran off with a stripper.
Having read this thread, my heart goes out to people who are struggling to conceive their FIRST child - I am very grateful to have my DS - I cannot have any more, have been to hell and back). But, I am SO HAPPY
that I have a wonderful, kind, gentle DS whom I love with all my heart. He is definitely not lonely (our house is always buzzing with friends, etc), he is not spoilt (we get him to save his pocket money for some things rather than just buying them for him), etc.... and he is very generous with his belongings/sharing. He can be quite shy, but is generally getting over this (having started at sec. school now), and is gaining in confidence thanks for brilliant teachers. So, please be thankful for your "only" children (hate that term!) and remember that some people are not lucky enough to have one. (By the way, my sister has 5 and it's a madhouse, but it's always interesting!!!!) Live and let live.
flobble thanks for starting such a great thread- I am so undecided at the moment about whether to even have a 2nd child or not and threads like yours really help
As a parent of two I haven't read the whole thread, but feel the need to point out that whilst only children
will may choose to have chicken pox immediately before your vital presentation to the board while DH is out of the country, they will not wait until the last spot has healed and then immediately get it again in the manner of Multi-child households.
But I'm sure the vast majority of the other stuff is true as well.
DD is an only and it's great. DH can cope with just the one so I get to go out with out worrying he's lost/forgotten a child. We've got out life back quite a bit as we only have to work around DD's naps and the PIL are happy to have her overnight loads (they would struggle with two I think). Don't desperately need a bigger house/car/shed.
Sadly I do want to re-use DD's Itti Bitti nappies.... so we'll wait and see. We're lucky enough to (currently) have a choice.
An only-child friend did say that she worried about being the sole carer for her parents as they grew older. This is actually my only concern for DD being an only.
It's seven years now since I started this thread.
My dd is now 12 and has never wanted a sibling.
She is sociable and has lovely friends but also likes to have time in her own company or with her family.
We share lot of interests and can follow them together with nobody being left out.
I have been able to devote resources to helping her with her dyslexia such that it no longer seems to be holding her back. She is very happy at her new school.
I have changed career and love my new job.
Life is good for us and a family of three can be a very happy one.
If anyone is struggling or worrying about having an only child I hope this thread helps.
awwwwwwwww Snog, that's just lovely
Snog. A couple of weeks ago I had to have surgery because of a bad labour and have been told that I won't ever be able to carry another child. My DS is 17mo and my whole world and I loved reading this thread and recognising that even when it all feels really hard it could be so much worse...!
Thank you for starting it and for coming back and saying what you did. for you
Wow, thanks you guys! Smileys AND flowers!
<blows kisses to tyranno and raisin>
Snog, thanks for posting this. Lovely to hear. I am an only (always had tons of friends and never bothered about a sibling) but wanted DD (5) to have a sibling. Now pushing 41 with several miscarriages under my belt, have decided enough is enough. DH wants to keep going but I can't so DD will definitely be an only now. I feel sad but I know I was a happy only and am trying to think of all the advantages for us and her.
After witnessing two boys literally rolling on the floor of a supermarket fighting over a 20p one had found before their dad tore them apart I was quite happy to have one.
Now, as I sit watching four sibling punching, kicking, name calling and crying as they wait to get on a ride at the park, I am ecstatic.
And watching the look on DSs face - the kid equivalent of WTF????? - is a joy.
DS is 3rd generation OC, the first time I took him out for a walk (or hobble, stitches still in situ) in his pram a neighbour asked when I'd be having the next and I replied that this would be my only child. Since then people have said mean things such as "one's not a family", well I'm perfectly happy with our little unit, DH, DS and I get on well together and now DS has a lovely GF who we also think the world of. My relationship with my DM is a bit strained, and she does have a selfish streak, but not convinced that it's because she's an OC.
I admire women who can manage large families, but it wouldn't have suited me, perhaps I'm a bit selfish, enjoy quiet time and hobbies etc. Have never regretted our decision to have only one child.
My DD is an only child by choice. It took me a long time to have her and I have always been perfectly happy with one. We are incredibly close and have the freedom to go out and about without worrying about pleasing various siblings etc. She spends lots of time with her friends and is close to my friend's 3 kids but can very happily amuse herself. We love the chaos of having a houseful but both her and me breath a sigh of relief once everyone goes home and all is quiet again.
When I split up with my ex, my DD informed me (in a very firm voice), "It's ok if you want to have a boyfriend, Mam, but no babies ok!" Not that I wanted anymore kids anyway but that was me told lol.
I don't understand why people worry about this. Being an only is fine, as is being one of seven. It doesn't make much difference - eldest/onlies do a tiny bit better at school and are a tiny bit more law-abiding. That's it.
This thread has really helped me!
I have DS who is 2; have tried to have more but a few miscarriages down the line I'm beginning to think it's time to stop at one and make this our life. Stuck at the point of "do I don't I" - more ttc or not.
My DS is my world, I have been a SAHM since he was born and I couldn't imagine anything different. We take him everywhere. The poster who mentioned meals at restaurants - so true! We take DS with us when we eat out during the day and he loves it, is very well behaved, and sees it as a real treat. Can't imagine struggling with two!
Thanks for this thread.
useful ammunition helpful thread, thank you!
We have two year old DS and love being the three musketeers, no plans to have any more.
I don't buy the sibling = playmate argument after my experiences with my brothers.
And as for the "burden" of looking after us when we're old, I wonder what people think childless people do? We will ensure we have sufficient care insurance and savings in place to pay for the appropriate levels of assistance. I wouldn't want to be a burden for anyone, whether we have one child or ten!
I can't remember who mentioned regular trips with their DS to carluccios for lasagne but I love that idea, what a great ritual to begin and an opportunity for some regular, quality 121 time, I'm going to do that too from now on, thanks for the suggestion!
Final positive for me about deciding to only have the one child is our sex life! Now sexy time is just for DH and me to enjoy ourselves, no pressure, just fun
Best decision we ever made. Always felt/knew we only wanted one and stuck to it and did not bow to pressure to "go on, give him a playmate!" as someone once said to us.
I would make the following observations:
* Actually our DS has never been short of a playmate - family, friends, school friends have always been around to play, sleepover and to go away on holiday with. Best thing about that arrangement is they are not around when you don't want them to be.
* DS has always been able to enjoy as much of our undivided attention and time as he has wanted.
* We have a very chilled family dynamic - no squabbling with other kids, no dramas and the older he gets the better it gets!
* As DS is getting older (almost 13 now) he arranges his own social life so no pressure after this age to worry that they have no one to play with (something I often see raised on this board). The onus to make their fun for them in place of siblings (again something I often see raised here) is not apparent anymore after this age.
* The way kids interact with one another these days means that they can connected with friends without the need to be in their company physically. I know of many children with siblings who are cloistered away in their own rooms interacting with their friends - not with their siblings.
* There are pros as well as cons in having a sibling too remember. They can give rise to resentment, jealousy, ill feeling and upset and make one anothers lives a misery at times - and not just as children. This can carry on into adulthood too. How many people have a sibling who they don't talk to, have lost contact with, have nothing in common with or who they are in conflict with or who causes them emotional misery, pain or upset or who just makes family life difficult?
* Children with siblings don't always get on with them and many wish for them to be as far away from them as possible a lot of the time. Never underestimate how siblings can argue and how much conflict and discord this can cause in a household.
* One child is totally manageable in terms of washing, ironing, feeding and looking after generally. Less work and less stress all round!
* One child is far more manageable financially. You are able to give them more in every sense - not just in material terms.
After almost 13 years I'm still 100% happy with the decision we made to have one child.
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As Congresswoman Giffords Lies in Medically-Induced Coma, Homeland Security Memo Says Alleged Gunman Who Killed Six and Wounded 14 Outside Tucson Supermarket May Have Been Influenced By Newsletter Published By 'White Nationalist' Think Tank; Federal Judge Killed in Rampage Got Death Threats in 2009 Immigration Lawsuit
(Posted 5:30 a.m. Monday, January 10, 2011)
By SKEETER SANDERS
As an Arizona congresswoman lay in a medically-induced coma in a Tucson hospital a day after she was shot in the head at nearly point-blank range during a meet-and-greet with constituents, evidence mounted Sunday that the alleged gunman had plotted to assassinate her -- and that the plot may have been politically motivated.
Jared Lee Loughner, 22, of Tucson was formally charged by federal officials Sunday on two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of attempting to kill a member of Congress in the shooting spree outside a local supermarket that killed six people -- including a federal judge, an aide to Giffords and a nine-year-old girl -- and wounded 14 others, including two other members of Giffords' staff.
Meanwhile, a memorandum by the Department of Homeland Security disclosed by Fox News on Sunday said that Loughner may have been influenced by a newsletter published by a white-supremacist think tank.
The memo noted that Loughner had made several references in postings on his MySpace page to American Renaissance, a newsletter and Web site operated by the New Century Foundation, a group described by the Anti-Defamation League as a white-supremacist organization that "promotes pseudo-scientific studies that attempt to demonstrate the intellectual and cultural superiority of whites and publishes articles on the supposed decline of American society because of integrationist social policies."
The Foundation was founded in 1990 and is headed by Jared Taylor, who also edits American Renaissance. While the newsletter "generally avoids the crude bigotry and stereotyping characteristic of many other racist publications and Taylor himself personally refrains from anti-Semitism," according to the ADL, "Taylor promotes his views by attacking racial, ethnic, and religious diversity, which he calls 'one of the most divisive forces on the planet' and therefore 'dangerous.'"
In a separate report, the hate-group watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center says that American Renaissance "regularly features proponents of eugenics and blatant anti-black racists" and that the New Century Foundation "also sponsors conferences every other year where racist "intellectuals" rub shoulders with Klansmen, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists."
For its part, American Renaissance hotly denied having any connection to Loughner. In a statement posted on its Web site Sunday, the newsletter claimed that the DHS memo "is so hopelessly wrong that it is hard to believe it is a genuine government document.
"No one by the name of Loughner has ever been a subscriber to American Renaissance or has ever registered for an American Renaissance conference," the statement said. "We have no evidence that he has even visited the AR website.
"American Renaissance condemns violence in the strongest possible terms, and nothing that has ever appeared in it pages could be interpreted as countenancing it," the statement said.
Yet even as the newsletter denied having any connection to Loughner, the lead article in its January 2011 issue touted "a dramatic uprising against the policies of President Obama and the Democratic Congress" in the November midterm elections, specifically citing "the decisive factor of the white vote" in making "the crucial difference as Republicans scored historic gains in dozens of elections both state and nationwide."
The article was headlined, "The Great White Wave."
Loughner posted numerous anti-government rants on his MySpace and Twitter pages. Both social networking sites quickly took Loughner's pages offline.
Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik told reporters at a news conference that the suspect had a YouTube channel under an account called "ClassItUp10." Loughner's YouTube profile stated, among other things, that some of his favorite books were Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto, George Orwell's Animal Farm and Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
One video told viewers that they "don't have to accept the federalist laws," called for a return to the gold standard, and accused the government of mind-controlling and brainwashing the citizenry.
Loughner attended Pima Community College in Tucson until college authorities suspended him last fall after receiving complaints of inappropriate behavior in class. Loughner chose in October to drop out rather than having the mental health evaluation and clearance which would have been required for him to re-enroll.
According to court records, Loughner had two previous offenses, one of which was for drug possession.
U.S. Army officials said that Loughner had attempted to enlist, but his application had been rejected as "unqualified" for service in 2008. They declined further comment due to confidentiality rules, but military sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said Loughner had failed a urine test, disqualifying him for service.
Doctors at the University Health Center in Tucson said Sunday that although Giffords was shot in the head at nearly point-blank range, the bullet did not strike any critical parts of her brain. "This was a devastating wound that traveled the length of the brain on the left side," Dr. Peter Rhee, the hospital's trauma director, told reporters during a press conference.
The bullet entered the back of Gifford's head and exited through her forehead, according to her family. She was put in a medically-induced coma and on a ventilator after surgery that doctors said will help her brain rest and recover.
The next few days and weeks will be critical to determine how much brain function Giffords has lost, if any. Also of importance is how much swelling there is of the left side of Gifford's brain and whether she'll be able to recover speech and movement on the right side of her body, which the left side of the brain controls. "Brain swelling is the biggest threat at this point," Dr. Michael Lemole, chief of neurosurgery at the University of Arizona, told ABC News.
Among the six people killed in Saturday's rampage was John Roll, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Judge Roll, 63, was not appearing at Representative Gifford's event in his judicial capacity, but rather as a courtesy visit, according to AZ Central.com, the Web site of The Arizona Republic newspaper of Phoenix.
A statement posted Sunday on the district court's Web site called Roll's death "a grievous loss," hailing him as "a warm, compassionate judge and inspirational leader in what is one of the busiest districts in the country. His death will leave a significant void in the District of Arizona and the entire federal judiciary, and we are all deeply saddened."
Roll was appointed to the federal bench in 1991 by then-President George H.W. Bush and had served as chief judge of the district since 2006.
Roll had presided over some of Arizona's most contentious court battles, many of them having to do with illegal immigration. At the time of his death, Roll was the presiding judge in a federal lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of a recently-imposed ban on Latino ethnic studies in the Tucson Unified School District.
Roll had previously received numerous death threats in 2009 while he presided over a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against an Arizona rancher who made citizens' arrests. A jury dismissed the plaintiffs' claims of civil-rights violations, but did find the rancher liable for assault against several of the plaintiffs.
During the trial, Roll informed everyone in the courtroom that he had received telephoned death threats and that court security would be tightened. Passions over illegal immigration were running so high that Roll's office received more than 200 threatening phone calls in a single day.
Callers threatened not only Judge Roll, but also and his family. "They said, 'We should kill him. He should be dead,'" U.S. Marshal David Gonzalez told The Arizona Republic at the time.
The youngest victim of Loughner's alleged rampage was only nine years old -- and, as it turned out, her life both began and ended amidst a major national tragedy.
Christina Taylor Green, the youngest granddaughter of former Philadelphia Phillies manager Dallas Green, was born on September 11, 2001 as the nation was reeling in shock from the terrorist attacks that destroyed the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon and killed more than 3,300 people.
Ironically, Christina had come to see Representative Giffords at her meet-and-greet after having been elected to the student council at her elementary school. Her parents, John and Roxana Green, both saw their daughter as a future politician.
"She was a good speaker. I could have easily seen her as a politician," John Green, a supervisor of amateur scouts for the Los Angeles Dodgers, told the Arizona Star-News. Roxanna Green said of her daughter: "She was all about helping people, and being involved. It's so tragic. She went to learn today and then someone with so much hatred in their heart took the lives of innocent people."
Dallas Green, vacationing at his winter home in the Caribbean, was stunned by the news. "It's pretty hard," he told the New York Daily News. "We're all hurting pretty bad. I can't believe this could happen to any nine-year-old child. [It's] the worst thing to ever happen to us."
The shootings have sparked a nationwide debate over what observers say is the increasingly poisonous histrionics and superheated rhetoric that has dominated political discourse in recent years, particularly over illegal immigration. Sheriff Dupnik blamed the shootings on what he called "The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country," and that, "unfortunately, Arizona . . . has become the Mecca for prejudice and bigotry."
Giffords became the target of numerous threats against her last spring after she voted in favor of the health-care reform law. Her offices in Tucson were vandalized. Giffords was one of 20 members of Congress who were placed on a political "hit list" by former Alaska governor and GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin on her Web site, which included a map of the U.S. that featured gun-sight crosshair images placed on the districts of vulnerable Democrats in last November's elections.
In a March appearance on MSNBC following the vandalism at her Tucson office, Giffords lashed out at Palin. "Sarah Palin has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district and when people do that, they've gotta realize there are consequences to that action," she said.
In a statement on Facebook, Palin said "my sincere condolences are offered to the family of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of today's tragic shooting in Arizona. On behalf of Todd and my family, we all pray for the victims and their families, and for peace and justice."
The controversial target map was subsequently pulled from the Web site of Palin's political action committee, SarahPAC, but numerous screenshots of the map remain online elswhere.
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