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"I am depriving myself of something of mine to give to you" Pope Francis speaks on almsgiving
On Saturday April 9th, Pope Francis said in his address for the monthly Jubilee of Mercy general audience, almsgiving is about paying close attention to the real needs of the person soliciting help. It is not just about the money
"Almsgiving is a gesture of love which directs us toward those we meet," the Pope said in his catechesis. "It is a gesture of sincere attention to those who come to us and ask our help."
"We should not identify almsgiving simply with a (hastily given) monetary offering" he said, "without looking at the person, and without stopping to talk, to understand what they really need."
In off-the-cuff remarks, the Pope challenged the faithful as to whether they are able to "stop and look in the face, look in the eyes, of the person who is asking for my help."
The April 9th assembly in St. Peter's Square was the latest in a monthly series of special audiences for the Holy Year of Mercy, which are held in addition to the weekly general audiences.
The Jubilee of Mercy is an Extraordinary Holy Year that officially began on December 8 – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – with the opening of the Holy Door in St. Peter's Basilica. It will close Nov. 20, 2016 with the Solemnity of Christ the King.
Almsgiving "must carry with it all the richness of mercy," the Pope said in his catechesis, observing that the Italian word for alms – "elemosina" – is derived from the Greek and references "mercy."
"Just as mercy has a million paths, a million processes, so too almsgiving is expressed in many ways to alleviate the disadvantages of all those in need."
He said, "God demands particular attention (be given) to the poor, the destitute, foreigners, orphans, and widows."
He quoted Deuteronomy – "You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging" – he explained how giving to those in need requires "an attitude of interior joy."
He said, Almsgiving should not be seen as a "weight or annoyance from which we free ourselves hastily,"
Speaking off-script, the Pope spoke on the hesitancy to give money to the poor on the argument that they will just use it "to buy wine and get drunk."
"But if he is drunk, it is because he does not have another path!" he said.
"And you, what do you do in hiding, that no one sees? And you judge that poor man who asks for a coin (to buy) a glass of wine?"
Francis turned his catechesis to the Gospel, citing Jesus admonishing us not to give to the poor in order to receive "praise and admiration."
Speaking once again off-the-cuff, the Pope observed that almsgiving should be a sacrifice. He recalled an anecdote of a woman who taught her three young children to always give alms to those who asked. A poor man once approached the children while they were eating, and begged for food. The mother told the children to give half of their meal to the man.
This is an example of being "involved with the poor," he said. "I am depriving myself of something of mine to give to you.
"And I say to parents: educate your children so give alms, to be generous with what they have."
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Belarus delivers suspended sentences to 2 presidential candidates for inciting riots
[JURIST] Belarus' Minsk City Court delivered suspended sentences on Friday to two former presidential candidates, Uladzimer Nyaklyaeu and Vital Rymasheuski, convicted of organizing protests following the re-election [JURIST report] of President Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] in December. The two-year suspended sentences [RFE/RL report] were handed down days after former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau [Free Belarus Now profile] was sentenced to five years [JURIST report]. The two remaining presidential candidates who were awaiting trial, Mikalay Statkevich and Dzmitry Vus, were also supposed to be given sentences Friday, but sentencing has been postponed indefinitely. Another candidate was released in January [JURIST report], and the seventh has fled Belarus to seek asylum in the Czech Republic. All of the detained protesters [Belarusian Helsinki Committee] are accused of violating Article 293 of the Criminal Code of Belarus for inciting and participating in riots. Nyaklyaeu attributed his shortened sentence to the support with protesters of the US and the EU. The EU is set to implement travel bans and asset-freezes on Lukashenko next week, and is reportedly considering further sanctions.
Hundreds of activists were arrested after protesting Lukashenko's 2006 presidential win, including opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich [JURIST reports]. While Lukashenko has since sought to improve his country's ties with western nations, the US State Department has historically criticized Belarus' human rights record [JURIST report]. The UN General Assembly Third Committee and the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights [JURIST reports] have similarly denounced Belarus for human rights abuses. In 2008, the Belarus KGB detained at least 16 journalists [JURIST report] and searched their homes and offices for materials that allegedly libel Lukashenko. Also in 2008, Belarusian district courts sentenced at least 55 demonstrators [JURIST report], including journalists, for participating in a banned "Freedom Day" rally in Minsk to protest the presidency of Lukashenko. An opposition activist who was critical of Lukashenko during his 2006 presidential campaign was sentenced [JURIST report] to three years in jail in 2008 by a Belarusian court after being arrested for making comments that Lukashenko was connected to the disappearances of opposition leaders Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar and Anatoly Krasovsky.


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Congratulations to President George W. Bush!
His new presidential library is a tribute to his leadership. But that does lead to a question.
As the fight gets underway to claim the Obama Presidential Library – the University of Hawaii versus the University of Chicago – is the original intent of presidential libraries as archives of an administration's papers is being lost?
The new reality is that the libraries are a tourist hot spot for a president's political fans. The original goal was to allow the federal government to keep control of presidential records and as a matter of public trust holding former presidents accountable for their actions.
The libraries are built entirely with private money. And an endowment of private money is also required to help with operational costs. But the bill for managing all of the libraries goes to taxpayers. It is part of the budget of the National Archives and Records Administration. And the libraries' budgets are the responsibility of the NARA.
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In December of 2010 the Congressional Research Service reported that the public-private partnership behind presidential libraries opens the government's checkbook to being used to glorify ex-presidents. The CRS said it is "unclear" which part of a presidential library and its exhibits are the work of private funders and which part has the imprimatur of the federal government.
As a frequent visitor to presidential libraries to do research for books I can tell you that these sites rarely highlight stories about questionable actions by any president.
And several critics have noted that when the former president or any of his family remains alive they are given tremendous power over controlling the content of the library even as taxpayers pay the bills.
Former presidents can bar documents and even information about controversial incidents from public access for up to 12 years after their presidency. And too many documents remain classified by government agencies, often under pressure from former presidents and their friends.
The result is that presidential libraries are now often "a huge, glitzy, glamorous museum of spin – a giant campaign commercial in museum form," as Benjamin Hufbauer, the author of 'Presidential Temples: How Memorial and Libraries Shape Public Memory,' told the Los Angeles Times this week.
The Bush Library's curators are sensitive to the growing problem with presidential libraries. They have made a point of letting the public make up their own minds as they offer a fairly straight presentation of the facts of controversial episodes from the decision to go to war in Iraq to the government's role in Hurricane Katrina.
And then there is the smell of corruption.
President Clinton's library in Arkansas was built with donations from several foreign governments and corporations, including the government of Saudi Arabia. Some of those donations arrived while he was still in office.
On his last day in the White House President Clinton issued a pardon for a billionaire commodities trader, Marc Rich. Rich's former wife, Denise, donated $450,000 to the Clinton library. That aroused suspicion that it is possible to buy a presidential pardon.
Rep. John Duncan Jr. (R-Tenn.) was prompted by the Rich pardon to propose legislation requiring any donation of more than $200 to a presidential library be publicly reported. And Duncan's bill has punch.
It makes it a crime for "contributors or fundraising organizations to knowingly and willfully submit false information or omit material information." Duncan was also concerned about donations from foreign leaders and the potential effect those donations could have on a president's decisions at a time when the president is least accountable – the end of his or her term.
Rep. Duncan denies that he introduced the bill to embarrass President Clinton. The complete list of donors to the Clinton Library was made public voluntarily but only during Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings to become secretary of state.
The Duncan bill, a similar version of which was first introduced in 1999, as the Clinton library was being built, has been up for a vote in '02, '07, and '09.
But it has not passed.
The Senate almost approved in 2008 but former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) blocked it because he felt it targeted George W. Bush's presidential library in Texas.
"I introduced and have supported this legislation under both Democratic and Republican Presidents," Duncan wrote in a press release last month before the opening of the new Bush library.
The Bush library foundation has promised to release the names of all its donors – unless they requested anonymity.
But the time has come for Congress, the archives and the presidents to take a look at the growth and use of presidential libraries that began with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's library in Hyde Park, N.Y.
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The newest yin-yang-style poster and teaser featuring Lee Jun Ki and IU are beautiful
There's so much buzz around everything Scarlet Heart: Ryeo, and understandably so. After all, it has a stellar cast, a plot line that is bound to steal your heart, and all those adorable oppas dressed in royal threads. No wonder, then, that every poster and teaser that comes out gets us super excited. But these latest ones….you have to see them to believe it!
While Lee Joon Ki channels darkness, passion and fire, IU looks resplendent in all white, channeling air, water and hope.
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Brushing Up on Graphing (Day 2 of 3)
Lesson 6 of 10
Objective: Students will be able to identify the major parts of a graph and demonstrate high quality graphing skills by creating and analyzing line graphs from population data.
Big Idea: Create and use an interesting, contemporary data set to drive a discussion of the practice and use of graphs in scientific study and discussion!
This lesson is the second in a three lesson series on reviewing graphing guidelines and creating graphs using Excel. The purpose of this lesson seriesis to work with graphing on a deeper level for freshman and sophomore level students. Although many students have had practice with graphing in the lower grades, their expertise is limited and seems to focus mainly on bar graphs rather than line or other types of visual representations of data. Extracting and analyzing data from visual resources such as graphs is an important skill for science students and one I want to begin building into our classroom structure as soon as possible in our new semester.
During Day 1, students explored graphing using Excel.
Standards: RST.9-10.3, RST.9-10.7
Today, students will analyze their Excel graphs, assess their quality against our graphing guidelines and begin to translate those skills into hand-drawn graphs.
Standards: SL.9-10.7, RST.9-10.7, SP1, SP8
On Day 3, we will compare our graphs, list out the most important aspects of well-constructed graphs, and discuss the information we can obtain and predict we can make from graphed data.
Standards: SL.9-10.1, SL.9-10.1d, HS-ETS-1, XC-P-HS-4, SP1, SP4, SP7
In the past, I have experimented with utilizing either Excel or the hand drawn graphs as the entry point for our graphing guidelines review and discussion. I have found that starting with the Excel piece is a better fit for the skills I want students to practice and engage in over the three day arc. During the Excel lesson, students really focus on following a multi-step procedure and then together today we unpack that experience in a substantive way. By allowing students to do the slow work of planning out and drawing graphs on the second day, this activity series allows students to reflect upon the meat of their Excel experience while applying our guidelines discussion and analysis to their hand drawn graphs.
This was by far the best graphing lesson arc I've experienced as a teacher and based upon student work such as the samples I have included below, I believe this use of student work in Excel for comparison and analysis prior to constructing hand drawn graphs is the piece that had been missing for me and my students in past versions of graphing review lessons.
1. Ask students to take out the Excel graph that they created yesterday.
2. Post on the board the following prompts:
- what do you notice about your data?
- what were some of the challenges you encountered as you created your graph in the computer lab?
3. Use the spokesperson protocol to provide time for small group discussions about the prompts and gather feedback from all groups in a large group discussion.
- Note: I found that students really need and appreciate this time to discuss the pitfalls they encountered and to share their list of tips and tricks for working with Excel. Doing so allows them to release the stress that comes from working with a new tech tool and builds community as students see common experiences within the group and compare their strategies for dealing with technology issues.
4. Ask students to take out their graphing activity handout from yesterday. Ask them to share out the major guidelines for a well constructed graph. Write them on the board and clarify terminology as needed by your class. Remind students that these graphing rules are found on the top of their handout as well as on the half-page graphing guidelines sheet they received yesterday.
5. Tell students that today they will be graphing the same data by hand using graph paper, rulers, and colored pencils.
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1. Provide students with the materials they need: graphing paper, rulers, and colored pencils.
2. Allow students to work on their graphs for the remainder of the class period. During this time frame you can walk around to assist in student focus on the task or you can observe from your desk area. My main goal during this session is to be an observer and to allow students the space and time to work through their skill based questions on their own or in a collaboration with other learners as much as possible.
- Note: I find that students choose their best working conditions pretty wisely: some stay at their desks and work solo while other work in pairs at their lab tables. Some students will reference their written graphing guidelines, others confer with each other and reference the graph they already made using Excel, while other students prefer to come up to the board to review vocabulary or clarify concepts with me.
3. If a student finishes early, review their graph with them together to ensure it is of the best quality. If they have no other revisions to do, they can work on the analysis questions on the original assignment document.
4. As the class period comes to an end, tell students that they should bring both of their constructed graphs to class tomorrow for our discussion. The student sample graphs A and B show that our discussion about graphing at the start of the class using our work with Excel yesterday had a positive impact and that students were able to transfer their observations and analysis of their Excel graphs and graphing guidelines to the work they did today with their hand drawn work.
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Would you do your grocery shop at Poundland?
Poundland is urging us all to ditch the supermarkets, and do our weekly shop at Poundland instead. Its 'Switch to Poundland and Save' campaign suggests you "switch your shopping to Poundland who has everything you need including top brands - you will soon see it makes all the difference."
But can this really save you cash, and is it viable?
Poundland is one of Britain's few retail success stories of the last 20 years. It opened its first store in Burton-upon-Trent in December 1990, and in the intervening years it has become Europe's biggest single-price discounter, with over 400 stores. In the last trading year it made a profit of £18.3 million (up 50% from a year earlier).
Weekly shop?Every week four and a half million people visit the stores, but now it is trying to muscle in on the supermarkets.
It is more feasible to do a grocery shop there than you might imagine. The store now sells a range of groceries, from Kellogg's cereals to Heinz beans and Warburtons loaves. There's a range of different products from fizzy drinks to pasta and cleaning products, so it may be possible to stock up on everything aside from the fresh and frozen products.
Of course, if you want something really specific and fairly niche, you'll have more luck in a massive supermarket than a smaller Poundland, but if it's bread and milk you're after, you'll find it.
The question is whether it will save you any money...
Saving?It's worth bearing in mind that some manufacturers make packages specifically for the store to enable them to sell them for £1. Take milk, for example, it's usually still sold in pints. However, Poundland sells milk as part of a 2-for-£1 offer, in bottles of 750ml. Toblerone was famously willing to knock off a triangle for the store in order to keep the price at £1.
Poundland is keen to point out that it doesn't make unfair comparisons, and that all sizes are clearly labelled, but its worth knowing if you're planning to make some casual comparisons yourself.
It's also worth highlighting that these things may cost no more elsewhere. Take Ambrosia Devon Custard - it's two for £1 at Poundland, which is currently matched by Tesco and Asda. Alternatively, take Flash Bathroom spray - it's £1 at Asda and Ocado, and on offer at 99p from Sainsbury's. And the milk... it's 1500ml for £1 in Poundland, but 2270ml for £1 in Asda.
In many cases Poundland is among the cheapest, but it's not always the best value.
FlawAnd here's the problem with a campaign like this. Poundland is rightly highlighting that it is a serious contender for some of your weekly shop. In many instances, if you add Poundland to the shops you check prices in, you will find that the discount store comes out matching or beating the cheapest elsewhere. The trouble is that you can't rely on it. You need to do the legwork (checking the pack sizes and the prices) to be sure.
The other problem is that because it isn't included in any of the online price checkers, you'll have to go into the store itself to see what it's charging.
Plus, of course, once you venture into Poundland, there's a chance you'll be gripped with the 'it's only a pound' mania and come out with half a ton of plastic tat too.
But what do you think? Do you shop at Poundland for your weekly groceries? Would you? Let us know in the comments.
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Posted on 03 Mar 2010
American International Group Inc. (AIG), whose history in insurance spans 90 years from a Shanghai start-up to the biggest U.S. bailout, is exchanging its roots in Asia for cash as rivals seek to expand beyond shrinking markets.
AIG's planned $35.5 billion sale of Hong Kong-based AIA Group Ltd. to U.K.'s Prudential Plc, announced this week, comes as the firm negotiates with MetLife Inc. on the disposal of its No. 2 overseas life insurer. The divestment of smaller units may follow, drawing interest from rivals seeking Asian growth like Prudential Financial Inc. of the U.S. and Axa SA and Allianz SE, said Randy Binner, an analyst with FBR Capital Markets.
"The Asian market is higher growth, and I think that's very much reflected in the price that they're paying for this property," Douglas Meyer, a Fitch insurance analyst, said of London-based Prudential's AIA deal. The AIG units "are fairly unique properties in terms of the scale of their businesses there, and those just don't exist elsewhere."
The U.S. life-insurance market contracted 15 percent last year amid the economic slump, prompting carriers to seek growth elsewhere. They're trying to tap into rising demand in Asia, where increasing affluence will help drive 40 percent of global life insurance premium growth over five years, according to a 2009 study by McKinsey & Co.
That's a boon to AIG Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche as he sells pieces of what was once the world's largest insurer to repay a government rescue. With the AIA deal, he's handing Prudential a franchise ranked first in Hong Kong, Thailand and Singapore, according to Citigroup Inc., an adviser to AIG. By combining AIA with existing operations, Prudential will become the No. 8 carrier in China, Citigroup said.
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AIA has "a very good presence in Hong Kong and Thailand," said Phil Leung, the Shanghai-based head of mergers and acquisitions for Bain & Co. in China. "Most importantly, they have a very strong presence in China."
China's insurance market, which was the world's sixth largest in 2008, expanded by an average 30 percent annually since 1978 to 1.1 trillion yuan ($161 billion) last year. The life insurance market alone may grow to as much as $275 billion in gross premiums by 2015, making it at least the fifth largest, according to McKinsey.
"The biggest bang for the buck is going to be India and China," said Wayne Dalton, an analyst with SNL Financial. "The reason for that is because of scale."
MetLife's negotiations for AIG's American Life Insurance Co. may lead to a deal valued at $15 billion, people with knowledge of the matter have said. Including AIA, AIG has struck deals to raise more than $47 billion selling assets since September 2008 when it was rescued by the U.S. The New York-based insurer's bailout is valued at $182.3 billion.
Interest from rival life insurers and the success of the AIA deal may entice AIG into bringing two more Asian units back to the market, Binner of FBR said. In October, Benmosche dropped plans to sell AIG Star Life Insurance Co. and AIG Edison Life Insurance Co., saying the two units had more value under AIG.
"When AIG says, 'Well those are no longer for sale,' you have to infer that as part of the negotiation process," Binner said. "If they're really going to get rid of AIA and Alico, it seems less plausible that they're going to keep Star and Edison."
Life insurance expanded by 14 percent in emerging markets in 2008, led by growth in South and East Asia, compared with a 7.8 percent decline in industrialized countries, Swiss Reinsurance Co. said in a December report. While the region is poised for further growth, "intense competition" is weighing on profits, Yvette Essen, an analyst at AM Best Co., said in a report on both life and property-casualty sales.
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"We need to improve the exposure to emerging markets," Axa CEO Henri de Castries said in a February conference call. Emmanuel Touzeau, spokesman for Paris-based Axa, declined to comment. Michael Matern, a spokesman for Munich-based Allianz and Bob DeFillippo of Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential Financial declined to comment.
Aflac Inc., the world's biggest seller of supplemental health insurance, has no plans to join the hunt for large acquisitions, CEO Dan Amos said in an interview. Insurers, whose capital declined as stock markets slid in 2008, need to conserve funds in case of further dips, he said.
"I don't think we're in acquisition mode," Amos said. "The issue out there is preservation of capital."
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MetLife, the biggest U.S. life insurer, is seeking to add to an international presence that it boosted with the 2005 purchase of Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup for more than $11 billion. Axa, Prudential Financial and New York-based MetLife each reported higher levels of capital after markets rebounded.
"In developing insurance markets around the world, the growth rates are, on average, twice what the growth rates in the U.S. are," MetLife Chief Financial Officer William Wheeler said in September 2008. "The margins are better; the return on capital is better."
John Strangfeld, CEO of Prudential Financial of the U.S., said last month that his firm was "an attractive buyer" of life insurance assets after the company reported record profit in the fourth quarter. Germany's Allianz is focused on investing in its existing businesses, Werner Zedelius, a management-board member, said in Taipei last year. Still, Allianz isn't "excluding acquisitions in developing countries," he said.
"The growth opportunities for a lot of the Asian market are relatively strong," said Robert Riegel, managing director for Americas insurance at Moody's Investors Service. "The current amount of insurance sold, life insurance, retirement products, insurance protection, is relatively modest."
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Mitt Romney indicated in Sunday morning's debate that he believes politics is for the rich.
Romney said his father, Michigan Governor George Romney, had told him, "Mitt, never get involved in politics if you have to win an election to pay a mortgage."
"If you find yourself in a position when you can serve, why you ought to have a responsibility to do so if you think you can make a difference," he recalled his father telling him. "Also, don't get in politics if your kids are still young because it might turn their heads."
A few seconds later, he bragged about his run against Teddy Kennedy.
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No trip to Cayenne can pass without a visit to this venerable institution, known for its festive atmosphere and the Cuban bands that brighten the weekends.
With its gardens and palms, faded colonial facades, and concentration of shops, the Place des Palmistes doesn't seem to have changed since the 1950s.
But don't be fooled by its laid-back atmosphere during the heat of the day. At night, this is the spot. And this delightful period building, a historical monument built in 1890, is not just a chic hotel. It's also home to the best bar around, bar none.
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TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Andre Ellington wasn't in a walking boot, and that's not been the case most Wednesdays this season.
Since he injured his left foot just before the first game, the Cardinals have had to nurse the dynamic young running back through a week of practice then turn him loose on Sundays.
Ellington, his foot heavily taped, has not missed a game, and his latest was his best yet.
In Arizona's 24-13 win over Oakland last Sunday, he carried 24 times for 88 yards and caught six passes for 72 yards, becoming the fifth player in franchise history with at least 80 yards rushing and 70 yards receiving in the same game.
In just his second season, Ellington has become the lynchpin for most everything Arizona does on offense.
"There isn't another guy in the league like him," quarterback Carson Palmer said, "maybe a Jamaal Charles-type guy, which there aren't many of him. He's got that ability in the pass game and the run game, the ability to go the distance, the ability to run between the tackles. He does a lot for us and he can do it all."
The Cardinals should be grateful that in the 2013 draft combine, Ellington — a speedster at Clemson — injured his hamstring, resulting in a slow 40-yard time. Maybe it was that or his relatively slight stature, but Ellington slid to late in the sixth round, where Arizona made him the 187th player selected overall.
Ellington burst onto the scene midway through his rookie season, rushing for 157 yards against Atlanta, including an 80-yard touchdown run. But coach Bruce Arians points to a contest in Week 15 as the one that let him know he had a player he could build an offense around.
"Probably the Tennessee game," Arians said, "when he really flashed running and catching. That was probably his best receiving game. You knew there was a great future there."
In that game, Ellington gained 71 yards in 10 carries and caught four passes for 87 yards.
While scouts may have wondered if Ellington could succeed, he said he never did.
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With Arizona off to a 5-1 start, Ellington leads the team in yards rushing (393) and receptions (25).
"It's been phenomenal," Palmer said. "He's been the workhorse. He's gutted it up and sucked it up and played through pain and not been able to practice every single day every week. Had to kind of work himself back into shape on Sundays, which is not easy. When he's back there each week, he's been in the passing game, blocking, he's been running the football, he's been 'Decoy Leroy' on some plays."
When Ellington first was injured, there were dire rumors that it was serious, that he would miss extended time.
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Ellington said it was a partial tendon tear and something he would just have to live with.
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So every day he is in early for treatment, then after practice he stays late for more treatment.
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Posted on March 15, 2013 by FDA Voice
By: Jesse Goodman, M.D., M.P.H.
Graduate students who won a faculty-judged "America's Got Regulatory Science Talent" competition at the University of Maryland recently filled my office with some of their ideas and energy.
Their winning ideas, and their commitment and excitement, bode well for the future of the sciences involved in ensuring that medical products are safe and effective. Perhaps above all, the problems that inspired their ideas provided powerful reminders that consumers should be engaged by health professionals and involved in their own care, including understanding the names and purposes of any medicines they are taking.
Jane Kalinina and Neha Patel, who are both pursuing degrees in law and pharmacy, saw the need for better patient awareness and understanding while working in pharmacies.
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C3S and CAMS to represent Copernicus at the 2018 AAAS EU Exhibition area in Austin
The ECMWF-run Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) will be presenting their activities and products at the next annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
The 2018 AAAS meeting will take place from 15-19 February in Austin, Texas, where thousands of scientists, engineers, policymakers, educators and journalists will gather to share ideas on recent developments in science and technology.
Copernicus is sharing the exhibition stand with various Directorates-General of the European Commission, which is one of the main sponsors of the five-day gathering and is promoting its Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme there.
At the EU Exhibition area participants will be able to attend information sessions on the Copernicus services as well as see monthly C3S climate-change updates and live CAMS maps.
The Copernicus AAAS information sessions will take place at the European Commission's stand (No. 1207) in the Austin Convention Center at the following times:
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The DeSales University Division of Performing Arts is pleased to announce the annual Spring Choral Concert to be presented at 8 PM on Friday, May 1, and Saturday, May 2. The free event, under the direction of J. Bennett Durham, will be performed in the Connelly Chapel on the campus of DeSales University.
"The month of May is a very special time on campus," says John Bell, head of the Division of Performing Arts. "Spring has sprung and students appear without their heavy layers of jackets, mittens, and hats. The flurry of energy surrounding final exams begins to accelerate and the excitement of commencement is in the air. It's a marvelous time of rejuvenation. And in the midst of all of this activity, we have the opportunity to quiet ourselves and enjoy our choral students as they raise their voices in song, celebrating this season of new beginnings."
This year's concert, entitled "If It Ain't Got That Swing," will feature the talents of the DeSales University Chorale and Schola Cantorum in collaboration with the Eric Mintel Quartet, an energetic jazz ensemble based in Bucks County, Pa. Each group will share a few songs before combining to close the concert with a swingin' set of choral jazz. "With varied selections ranging from Irish folksongs to Dave Brubeck tunes, the concert will have a little something for everyone to enjoy," says Durham.
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Members: Robbie Wulfsohn – Vocals Tory Geismar – Guitar Jon Becker – Guitar Sampson Hellerman – Drums Josh Shpak - Trumpet, EWI Calvin Barthel – Trombone Nadav Shapira - Bass Ripe is seven musical soulmates who refuse to believe in a single definition of dance music. They are an unstoppable groove, an extended moment of ecstatic release, the catalyst for taking "just another night" and elevating it into something else entirely. They are the swagger of funk filtered through a rock anthem, a musical journey that somehow gets as stuck in your head as your favorite pop banger. They are the anchors of a rapidly growing community, a series of new friends becoming good friends becoming part of the extended family as their sound spreads and their world deepens. They are here to look at joy with the same depth as most people look at sadness, to find a happiness that is heavier and more meaningful than simply a distraction from the negative. Born all over, formed in Boston, Ripe is ready to bring the whole world to its feet.


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There seems to be evidence to suggest that our world and everything in it are only ghostly images: projections from a level of reality so beyond our own that the real reality is literally beyond both space and time. The main architect of this astonishing idea is one of the world's most eminent thinkers - physicist David Bohm, a protégé of Einstein's. In this executive summary, Chuck gives a current perspective on some of the areas that define our reality.
- Could the Cosmos be a Super-Hologram?
- What is one of the fundamental errors commonly made in the field of Astronomy?
- What is the Nature of Reality?
- What are the implications of this understanding?
The Holographic Universe by Dr. Chuck Missler, was recorded in the Executive Briefing Room of The River Lodge, New Zealand.
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Bao (Chinese: 包; Pinyin: Bāo; Japanese: 包 Pao) was an active member of the Psycho Soldier Team through The King of Fighters '99 and The King of Fighters 2001. With his debut, he became the youngest playable character in the series.
Bao was an abandoned orphan left by his parents in the care of a mountain temple in China. Asked by the head priest to adopt him, Chin Gentsai agrees as Bao exhibits psycho power. Before it could get out of control, Chin decided it necessary that Bao should train with him in order to control such power, introducing the boy to Sie Kensou, his other adoptive student, and Athena Asamiya. As Bao trains with them, Kensou gradually loses his powers until they become obsolete. It is unknown how it happens, but Bao and Kensou continue to lose and gain their powers as the years progress as both of them share the same source of energy: the Dragon Spirit. It is unknown exactly how this magnificent energy works, but Ron and Misty (sole survivors of the fallen NESTS organization) seem to take an interest in it, revealing a probable importance of the Dragon Spirit in future KOF storylines.
Development historyEdit
Bao was created by developers to fill in the missing gap for the team caused by the newer gaming mechanics introduced in The King of Fighters '99, specifically the expansion of teams from 3 to 4 members.
The staff went through various concepts of a character to insert into the Psycho Soldier Team, including counterparts for its existing members (an idol younger than Athena, Kensou's love rival, an old woman who looks after Chin) as well as one concept involving "a mighty male character with a scary appearance but a heart of gold and a love of nature." Eventually, they settled on the young boy who shared the same powers as his teammates.
Because of his addition to the cast, it is remarked on the 10th Anniversary site that the average age of the Psycho Soldier Team dropped from 42 to 34.
Bao is a relatively small target and his attacks can be weak, but his special moves allow him to be very mobile. Most of his attacks, known as the Psycho Ball Crash attacks, involve consuming himself in an aura of Psycho power, rolling into a ball, and launching himself in various directions. The mobility of these moves can allow him to attack and evade at the same time and can even be used to finish matches with a time-out.
He also has projectiles that match the trajectories of his Psycho Ball Crash attacks, as well as an SDM that launched a small projectile that traveled slowly across the screen but could be "detonated" into a large burst for high damage. However, the power of these were adjusted according to Psycho Soldier Team's storyline; in The King of Fighters 2001, Kensou had regained more use of his powers, namely his Psycho Ball projectile, but this severely reduced Bao's Psycho Ball to a slow, small, and weak ball with incredibly short range. The projectile in his SDM also burst automatically at short range.
In all of his appearances, Bao wears an orange Chinese outfit with a large cap, long sleeved shirt and mid-thigh length shorts with white trim, black socks, and white shoes. His cap became much, much larger in The King of Fighters 2001 for unknown reasons. He is also among the shortest characters in the whole series, though he and Choi Bounge are exactly the same height.
Game appearancesEdit
- The King of Fighters '99
- The King of Fighters 2000
- The King of Fighters 2001
- The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match
- SvC Chaos: SNK vs. Capcom (cameo; he appears briefly, sticking out of Hugo's hair and disappearing within it again in Hugo's intro animation)
Related charactersEdit
- Athena Asamiya (friend, teammate, and training partner)
- Sie Kensou (friend, teammate, training partner, and a bit of an older brother figure; they both share the Dragon Spirit's power)
- Chin Gentsai (teammate and master; he adopts Bao from a mountain temple)


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Just like the good ol' days, American Idol led Fox to a Tuesday night win — but not with its old audience.
With its first live show of the season, Idol pulled in 15.8 million viewers and a 5.0 in the adults 18-to-49 demo to help Fox notch the highest Tuesday demo rating of any network all season. The two-hour episode, however, lost in terms of viewership to CBS' NCIS-NCIS: Los Angeles combo, which averaged about a million more viewers.
Idol recap: Who got a second chance?Against Idol , NCIS (18 million, 3.4) hit a season low in the demo, but NCIS: LA (15.7 million) rose a bit to a 3.1. ABC was far more affected by Idol: Last Man Standing (7.4 million, 2.1), Cougar Town (4.3 million, 1.5) and The River (4.1 million, 1.5) all slumped to all-time rating lows.On NBC, Parenthood closed out its third season with 5.1 million and a 1.9 (up 4 and 12 percent) to tie Unforgettable in the demo.8 p.m.
CBS: NCIS 18 million viewers (3.4 demo rating)ABC: Last Man Standing 7.4 million (2.1); Cougar Town 4.3 million (1.5)Fox: American Idol 15.8 million (5.0) [8-10 p.m.]NBC: The Biggest Loser 5.7 million (2.0) [8-10 p.m.]CW: Hart of Dixie (R) .89 million (0.3)9 p.m.
CBS: NCIS: Los Angeles 15.7 million (3.1)ABC: The River 4.1 million (1.5) CW: Ringer 1.1 million (0.4)10 p.m.
CBS: Unforgettable 9.9 million (1.9)ABC: Body of Proof 6.7 million (1.3)NBC: Parenthood 5.1 million (1.9)


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The city's 4-year high school graduation rate dipped last year for the first time in a decade – edging down to 60.4 percent, according to state education officials.
The city's graduation rate was 60.9 percent in 2011, according to state calculations.
The city's slide mirrored those in other big cities across the state, even though the state's overall graduation rate held steady at 74 percent.
State officials said the minor drops had been expected because of increased graduation standards.
Last year's graduating class was the first that needed a 65 out of 100 on all five Regents exams in order to earn a high school diploma.
The old passing mark, which was raised gradually over five years, had been 55.
"Despite all the naysayers, raising standards was the right thing to do," said State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch. "Our teachers and students rose to the challenge. Now it's time to rise to the next challenge." Curriculum and exams in high schools are being aligned with higher standards known as Common Core starting in the coming school year – meaning grad rates could continue to sag for a number of years.
The hike of standards comes in reaction to a disconnect between high school graduation rates and measures of college readiness.
Nearly 80 percent of city public high schools grads who enrolled at CUNY 2-year colleges required remediation in math, reading or writing last year.
The city's calculation of its high school graduation rates for 2012 – which include August graduates – is being released later today.
The city put its graduation rate at 65.5 percent in 2011.


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By Emma Thomasson and Ruma Paul
DHAKA (Reuters) - Clothing chain Primark laid out plans on Thursday to pay more compensation for the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh as victims and their families demanded other western brands follow suit.
The collapse on April 24 that killed 1,129 people has galvanized some of the clothing industry's big names to try to improve safety standards at suppliers but they have failed to agree on a compensation fund for victims despite months of wrangling.
Hundreds of victims and their families held a rally at the site of the world's most deadly industrial accident since the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India. Children carried placards reading: "Please come forward, our parents were killed while working for you. Compensate us."
Primark, the only retailer to pay compensation so far, said it would pay out for the third time to 550 workers employed by its partner New Wave Bottoms at the factory. Each will receive another three months wages.
But with many workers making as little as $38 a month, there is anger that little progress has been made on a broader scheme to compensate the families of the dead and hundreds more injured in the disaster who will need years of support.
"Survivors and victims' families at Rana Plaza today remembered their loved ones and all ask the same question: When will we finally receive compensation for our loss?" two global trade unions involved in the process said in a statement.
About 3.6 million of Bangladesh's 155 million people work in the clothing industry, making it the world's second-largest garments exporter behind China. Around 60 percent of garment exports go to Europe and 23 percent to the United States.
A factory fire on the outskirts of the city on October 8, in which seven people died, has raised concerns that standards have not changed significantly since the April collapse and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched a $24 million project this week to improve safety in the industry.
But while workers say that better safety standards are essential, many of them are equally worried about their low wages. A wave of pay strikes last month hit nearly a fifth of the country's garment workshops and looks set to force a rise of between 50 and 80 percent in minimum wages.
Rock bottom wages and trade deals have made Bangladesh's garments sector a $22 billion industry that accounts for four-fifths of exports. Retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc, JC Penney Co Inc and H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB all buy clothes from its factories.
The International Labour Organisation has been coordinating talks to try to get an agreement on setting up long-term funds for Rana Plaza workers and for victims of a fire at the Tazreen factory in November 2012, which killed 112 workers - but there has been little progress.
Some of the 28 brands supplied from Rana Plaza say their production was outsourced to the factory without their knowledge, while others say they prefer to pursue their own compensation plans.
Primark, whose low prices have helped it expand to more than 250 stores in Britain and Europe, has already paid six months salary to all 3,621 workers affected by the collapse and their families, committing some $2 million in short-term financial support and food distribution.
"Primark is calling on other brands involved in the Rana Plaza disaster to make a contribution by paying short-term aid to some 3,000 workers or their dependents who made clothes for their labels," the company, owned by Associated British Foods, said in a statement.
The company said it would press ahead with plans to pay long-term compensation in the New Year despite the lack of a response from others in the sector. The unions and families have proposed 1.8 million thaka ($2,300) per family of the deceased.
Primark, whose supplier occupied the second floor of the eight storey building, also pledged to pay a further three-months salary to all Rana Plaza workers or their families if the other brands fail to contribute.
Advocacy groups, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and the International Labor Rights Forum, noted that Canada's Loblaw Cos Ltd had also committed to provide short-term relief, while Italian retailer Benetton and Spanish chain El Corte Ingles were participating in attempts to establish a fund.
They said Zara-owner Inditex, Britain's Bonmarche and Mascot of Denmark had signaled their intent to contribute to a fund, but said scores of other brands were doing too little.
"It is time that all brands linked to the tragedies step up and ... pay into the fund, and thereby take financial responsibility for a disaster that they failed to prevent," said Ineke Zeldenrust of the CCC.
(Editing by Patrick Graham)


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If you right click the link and open in IE window, that works, as does searching Google.ca in IE alone.
I've run AVG and Mbam with no negative results.
My Hosts file does not contain any link to google.
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Mass Disruption
Thirty Years on the Front Lines of a Media Revolution
Few Canadians are as acquainted with our nation's political and business landscape as John Stackhouse. The former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, Stackhouse has been plugged into the country's economic, political, and social issues for over two decades. He speaks, eloquently and fairly, about where Canada stands: historically, at present, and in the country's fast-approaching next phase.
John Stackhouse is currently Senior Vice-President in the Office of the CEO at Royal Bank of Canada, where he is adviser to the executive leadership team and board of directors on economic, political, and social affairs, and a champion for the bank on public policy. He was editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail from 2009–14, was previously editor of the Report on Business section, and also served as the newspaper's national editor, foreign editor, correspondent at large, and development issues correspondent. His latest book is National Business Book Award nominee Mass Disruption: Thirty Years on the Front Lines of a Media Revolution, a work that examines how the world's major newspapers are learning to survive in the digital era. He has also worked for Report on Business Magazine, the Financial Times, The London Free Press, and the Toronto Star.
"Stackhouse is a great storyteller—with a sharp eye for detail and a light touch of humour."— The Globe and Mail
Stackhouse has won five National Newspaper Awards, a National Magazine Award, and an Amnesty International Award for human rights reporting. He is the author of two previous books: Out of Poverty: And Into Something More Comfortable and Timbit Nation: A Hitchhikers Guide to Canada, which The Calgary Herald called "both candid and reassuring, and paints us as better, happier people than we may be giving ourselves credit for." He is also a contributing author to The Bre-X Fraud, Travels with My Laptop, and Foreign Correspondent: Fifty Years of Reporting South Asia.
In addition to his role with the Royal Bank of Canada, Stackhouse is a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute and the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs.
Canada is the world's poster child for diversity and multiculturalism: the nation that can represent world peace. We have opened our doors and integrated immigrants and cultures better than anyone. But the planet that we welcome is not sitting idly at our doorstep. From investments to exports, and education to travel, our world is changing even faster than Canada. Our moment abroad is now.
In this informative and fascinating keynote, John Stackhouse, an award-winning foreign correspondent, author, and editor, explores Canada's place in the 21st century, the challenges that lie ahead, and how we can prosper from the profound transformations underway on our planet.


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I've read some excellent books about Presidents Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt of late. However, little if anything was written about the subjects of this book, Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Eleanor Roosevelt, and their rivalry in those books. Given that I've never read any books about either of these fascinating women, I anxiously awaited my place in line at the library to check this one out.
I suppose if someone had already read extensively about these two women, there is probably little new information. After reading the book's description, I thought this sounds "juicy" – I was not disappointed. When I say "juicy" I don't mean anything tawdry or un-toward. It's just that the contrasts between these two first cousin Roosevelt women were so striking that it made for a fascinating read.
Co-authors Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer did a great job of chronicling the lives of these two fascinating, albeit strikingly different personalities. They both adored their father and uncle, Theodore Roosevelt. Eleanor, basically orphaned at a young age when her mother died and her alcoholic father Elliot had issues of his own to deal with (eventually drinking himself to death), was a sort of awkward "ugly duckling", while cousin Alice proved to be a handful for Theodore and her stepmother (Alice's mother died shortly after her birth).
The girls were friends and playmates in their younger days and saw one another often. Alice flamboyantly immersed herself in politics after getting a taste of life in the White House and Washington, D.C., while Eleanor married her distant cousin Franklin. A good portion of their well-publicized rivalry was pure politics – Alice a Republican and Eleanor a Democrat.
Eventually Eleanor gained the confidence to step out on her own, but she and Alice shared one thing in common – both of their husbands had "roving eyes". Alice's husband Nick Longworth, an Ohio Congressman, was a well-known philanderer. Franklin's now well-publicized proclivities and his relationship with young Lucy Mercer were painful for Eleanor to deal with, yet when she finally confronted him and stood up for herself, she may have begun to out-distance Alice.
Eleanor was, and still is, considered an admirable First Lady. Eleanor's newspaper column was a huge success, while Alice's efforts in that arena fell flat. Yet, Alice always seemed to be in the thick of things in the world of politics, and not just with Republican administrations. She managed through the years to ingratiate herself and get invited to numerous Democratic White House events.
Even though Alice had a sharp tongue and would often criticize or say something not-so-nice about her cousin Eleanor, the two cousins respected and, I suppose, loved one another. After all, they were family. Alice had honed a spot-on imitation of Eleanor and was often asked to give a performance at parties. Eleanor eventually worked up the nerve to strike back in her own way during the 1924 New York gubernatorial campaign when Alice's brother Theodore, Jr. was running for governor.
I found this a fascinating and well-written account of these two women who made their mark in the world. If you've never read much about one or the other of these women, pick up a copy at the library and enjoy.
If you're interested in the other books I mentioned about Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, here are the links for the reviews: River of Doubt, Before the Trumpet, The Roosevelts: An Intimate Portrait.
Rating: ★★★★★
Have a GREAT day . . . someday it will be HISTORY!
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will be in attendance to assess the suitability of climbing's inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games.
Rob Adie commented on the BMC Website:
"The World Championships is a key event in the IFSC bid for Olympic inclusion in 2020, and there will be several IOC delegates present to watch the event and judge how good competition climbing would be as an Olympic sport."
There are four sections to the competition: lead, bouldering, speed and paraclimbing.
The men's bouldering qualifications started at 9am yesterday in Paris, followed by women's lead qualifications.
British climber Ned Feehally qualified in 15th place in the bouldering and is through to the semi-final.
The full list of British climbers competing are Gill Peet, Diane Merrick, Katy Whittaker, Helen Haldenby, Dave Barrans, Jon Partridge, Adam Watson, James Garden and Ned Feehally. As well as Fran Brown, Reanne Rackton and Samantha Bate-Jackson who are competing in the Para-Climbing event.
This morning's competition kicks off with the men's lead qualifications followed by the women's bouldering qualifications.
- For a live stream of events and full schedule, visit Ifsc.tv.
Rob Adie of the BMC also commented:
"To help the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) in their bid for Olympic inclusion please go to their Sport Climbing 2020 page on Facebook and click like. Increasing the number of fans of this page is also key to the IFSC Olympic bid."


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