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DETROIT (AP) — A newly elected Detroit city councilman said he wasn't drunk and was a victim of racial profiling when police ticketed him for a "bogus charge" of failing to use a turn signal.
The city's police chief said George Cushingberry Jr. was legally stopped Tuesday night and noted that both black and white officers were involved in the incident.
Cushingberry acknowledges there was a strong odor of marijuana in the car, but he said the smell was from a passenger who was legally carrying medical marijuana.
Two officers followed policy and summoned a supervisor after Cushingberry identified himself as a public official during the traffic stop. He had been at a bar.
Cushingberry told the Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1gNuCfL) that he had an empty rum bottle in the car from a party several days earlier.
"It was obvious that I wasn't drunk because he didn't give me any field sobriety," he said.
Cushingberry was released but ticketed for failing to use a signal.
"That is a bogus charge. I intend to fight it," he said.
The city said Friday that Detroit's inspector general's office is investigating Cushingberry's conduct. Results of the probe will be made public and shared with Mayor Mike Duggan, the City Council and state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, according to the city.
Police Chief James Craig Jr. also said there will be an internal investigation of how a supervisor handled the stop.
The officers who made the stop "did nothing wrong. There was a legal stop. ... I met with both officers. We had a great conversation," Craig said Friday.
Cushingberry said he had a shot of rum during a meal at the Penthouse Lounge, six glasses of water and two diet Cokes.
Cushingberry, who is black, claims he was targeted by white officers. The police chief, however, said one of the officers involved is black. Detroit is 82 percent black.
"I think they've got to do far more sensitivity training with some of these people who came on the force later who are not as sensitive to the racial issues and to following the law," Cushingberry said.
Cushingberry was elected to the nine-member City Council in November.
Information from: Detroit Free Press, http://www.freep.com
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Ten of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers will pay a combined $8.5 billion under an agreement that will end case-by-case reviews of foreclosure-abuse claims stemming from a 2011 deal with regulators.
Companies including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. must provide $5.2 billion in mortgage assistance and $3.3 billion in direct payments to wronged borrowers, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve said in a statement today. The banks were among 14 servicers ordered to hire independent consultants to help clean up foreclosure practices amid claims they improperly seized homes in the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis.
"When we began the Independent Foreclosure Review, the OCC pledged to fix what was broken, identify who was harmed, and compensate them for that injury," Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry said in a statement. "While today's announcement represents a significant change in direction, it meets those original objectives by ensuring that consumers are the ones who will benefit, and that they will benefit more quickly and in a more direct manner."
JPMorgan, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, will pay $700 million for the cash portion of the deal in addition to other settlement costs, according to a person briefed on the matter who declined to be identified because a bank-by-bank breakdown hasn't been announced.
Executives of New York-based JPMorgan "are pleased to have it now behind us," said Amy Bonitatibus, a spokeswoman for the bank. "We have helped nearly one million homeowners avoid foreclosure over the last four years and will continue to help others who may be struggling," she said.
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Bank of America, which separately agreed today to pay $11.7 billion to resolve mortgage disputes with U.S.-owned Fannie Mae, said in a statement that the Charlotte, North Carolina-based lender was profitable in the fourth quarter after accounting for that cost and an additional $2.5 billion for expenses including litigation and a regulatory settlement.
"We support the new approach because it expands the number of borrowers who will receive payment, speeds the delivery of those payments, and will provide support for homeowners still struggling to make payments," Dan Frahm, a Bank of America spokesman, said in an e-mail.
Citigroup, the third-biggest U.S. bank by assets, will show a $305 million pre-tax charge for the cash payment when it reports fourth-quarter results on Jan. 17, the company said in a statement. The New York-based lender's $500 million share of the mortgage assistance will be absorbed by existing loan-loss reserves, according to the statement.
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Rush Offense: 10.6% (6th)
O-Line Adjusted Line Yards: 4.43 Yards (4th)
O-Line Adj. Sack Rate: 5.7% (14th)
Analysis: The solid play of this offense is based off three core components. (1) Their offensive line is playing an amazing brand of smashmouth football, executing their blocks very well which allows (2) an already talented player like Marshawn Lynch to bowl over defenders and get positive yards on pretty much every play. This then allows their rookie (3) quarterback to make plays when necessary, but for the burden to not be on shoulders as much. When it's short yardage, the responsibility falls to Lynch and then when he's in 3rd and medium or 3rd and longs he's making plays enough of the time to keep the chains moving enough for his team to score 20+ a game.
Sure Lynch might not be as flashy a player and get long runs like Adrian Peterson or CJ Spiller can, but his innate ability to steadily gain yards punishing defenders on a play by play basis with a few nice eludes here and there is reminiscent to me of Curtis Martin. The Jets are going to have to be disciplined tacklers to have a chance from keeping the Seahawks from moving the ball on them at will. Look for Cromartie to mark Sidney Rice most of the game, as he's their deadliest target by a wide margin so far this season.
Pass Defense: -22.0% (3rd)
Rush Defense: -19.2% (6th)
Defensive Adjusted Line Yards: 3.91 Yards (13th)
Defensive Adj. Sack Rate: 7.3% (11th)
Analysis: If their line isn't doing a super-duper job at defending the run (13th), but they are still grading out well against the run that tells me that their linebackers are having an insane season. The Jets are going to have to think long and hard about how to attack this defense. The Jets might relish using Greene, Powell, Hilliard and even Tebow to try and grind out some tough yards against the line, but not expect to average over four yards much of the day because the linebackers will be swooping in to stone the runner. The Jets need to consider how to move the ball on the ground and beat those linebackers and while I hate to say it, that actually might mean Wildcat. Irvin and Clemons have done a good job in getting to the passer, and so the Jets are going to have to figure out how to neutralize them. That might mean short passes, rollouts, screen plays, anything to counter a good pass rush. Of course that is able to work on most teams, but with players like Richard Sherman, Brandon Browner and Marcus Trufant, the Jets are going to be bumped at the line of scrimmage. The Jets are going to have to figure out ways to buy Sanchez more time (max protect) but at the same time get those receivers free sooner rather than later.
The Seahawks aren't weak much of anywhere, but the Jets should consider trying to exploit the Seahawks trouble against slot receivers. Look for Keller to be split out or see them move Kerley inside often to take advantage of that specific weakness for Seattle.
Special Teams: 2.6% (10th)
Analysis: This is a bad week for the Jets to be without Joe McKnight, one of Seattle's strengths is their ability to cover their kicks quite well, putting opponents in bad starting position of drives. Considering just how dominant this Seattle defense has been this year, the Jets are going to have to do anything they can to mitigate this and get their drives started further downfield because this could quickly become a field position game for the Jets. The Seahawks kicker has had a mediocre year, so if it comes to clutch or long-range kicks, keep that in mind too.


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Finding God on the (counselor's) couch: Prayer as personal therapy
An interesting guest op-ed in today's New York Times explores the image of God as a therapist--not necessarily her therapist, but therapist for the nation's tens of millions of evangelical Christians. Tanya Luhrmann, a Stanford anthroplogist who spent time studying evangelicals associated with The Vineyard churches, spends today's highly coveted NYT column-inches talking about how evangelical Christians of Rick Warren fame on down describe the ways in which God is the Rollo May-esque "unconditionally loving" figure with whom one can share every secret without fear of judgment. (I wrote about Luhrmann's research in my June 2012 column.)
What's great about Luhrmann's writing is the empathy and care with which she tell people's stories: the couple who lost a child late in pregnancy who relied on the Gospel of John in their despair, asking with Peter, "Lord, to whom shall we go?" Or the pastor of a church in which a vibrant young father of two died suddenly who has the courage to admit in his congregation that "Creation is beautiful but not safe."
Where Luhrmann surprises and disappoints is when she departs from her research: "This approach to the age-old problem of theodicy is not really available to mainstream Protestants and Catholics, who do not imagine a God so intimate, so loving, so much like a person." What was that again? On the contrary, I know piles of mainliners and Catholics who also rely on that personal relationship, so I'm not sure where Luhrmann is getting her info when she writes this way. In fact, I think that's one common thread that Christians across denominations can offer to our culture's sense of abandonment: the proposition of a relationship with a God who, if the stories preserved in the Bible and Christian tradition can be trusted, is ever eager to be with us in good times and bad.
That's not to say that a relationship with God is a cure-all, as the death by suicide of Rick and Kay Warren's son, Matthew, tragically illustrates--though we can be confident that God's embrace of Matthew endures even now. But I do wonder how the world will change if fewer and fewer people are convinced of the possibility of intimate relationship with God, one that constantly draws us beyond ourselves--another reason for those of us who live in that constant relationship to be generous in sharing its fruits.


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Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) doubled its earnings on Monday and topped expectations in the fourth quarter despite softer sales.
The No. 1 U.S. meat producer also forecast higher protein costs in 2013, which it says will help alleviate some of the pressure on grain costs.
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The Springdale, Ark.-based meat producer posted net income of $181 million, or 51 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $95 million, or 26 cents.
Excluding one-time items, Tyson earned 55 cents, topping average analyst estimates of 44 cents in a Thomson Reuters poll.
Sales for the three-month period ended Sept. 29 fell to $8.37 billion from $8.4 billion a year ago, missing the Street's view of $8.48 billion. Tyson said higher prices for chicken could not wholly offset a sharp volume decline in beef and soft pork prices.
"Our earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year indicate that Tyson Foods is rising above the noise of commodity markets to produce solid, more consistent results," Tyson CEO Donnie Smith said in a statement. "It has taken us several years and a lot of work to get to this point, and although there is much more to be done, I believe we have reached a new level of sustainable performance."
Looking toward fiscal 2013, Tyson said capital investments, strong liquidity and reduced interest expense has put it in a better position to begin the challenging new year.
At the same time, prices are expected to continue improving, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasting a 2% decrease in domestic protein production.
While grain costs are forecast to be higher in 2013 as a reflection of this past summer's drought, Tyson said certain capital investments as well as higher meat prices will help offset the increase.


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Earlier this week, spurred on by Jay McInerney's wild youth which seemingly involved very few blowjobs, we asked men if they expect women to go down on them. Today, we asked women if they expected men to go down on them. As you read the following answers, I'd like you to keep in mind that almost every man expected women to go down on him.
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Cover the bottom of a large saucepan with a layer of grape leaves. De-stem the remaining leaves and place vein-side up on your work surface. Place about 3 ounces of meat filling on each leaf and roll them up. Once you have rolled all your grape leaves, stack them in a circular pattern in the pan. Add a little lemon juice, some olive oil and enough water to just cover the top of your last stack. Cover and let simmer for about an hour.
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In an effort to better serve the community we've changed the way users interact with our moderators. Please note the following:
1) As of now, the email address firstname.lastname@example.com is no longer active. Don't use it to submit problems!
2) Instead you have two simple options:
a) Every post in both the forums and the front page comments has an icon on it like this: Clicking it (you'll need to be logged in to see it) will pop up a form where you can quickly fill out your issue. We automatically log your username and forum email, and a link to the post you're reporting and who posted it. That way the mods have all the info they need to follow up on the problem.
b) If you want to send a more general report, instead of email you can go to this page: http://arstechnica.com/mods/ There you'll find a handy form that does the same thing as the post report options. A link to this page can be found above in the nav, right under the search box, just in case you forget it. You'll need to be logged in, we're only going to take reports from people who are registered and logged in as a way to cut down on less-than-serious people.
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Why kill the email option?
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As we begin to anticipate the buzz at the Richmond Coliseum for a Northeastern-Delaware championship game the night of March 11, it's worth checking in with Tom Yeager's basketball collective as conference play ramps up.
Yes, the standings appear inverted as the league trends downward, thanks to a series of injuries, surprises, and lapses large and small.
The CAA is the 24th-ranked league in Division I, according to RealTimeRPI.com, and no team is rated among the top 120. That relegates the league back to NCAA one-bid status, with a consolation prize of an NIT berth if the regular season champ also doesn't cut down the nets the second weekend in Richmond.
Northeastern (4-0) and the Blue Hens (3-0) are atop the pile. The Huskies and their healthy, veteran crew already have three road wins, while Delaware and its balanced, veteran bunch led by CAA top scorer and underrated defender Devon Saddler has two.
Hens' coach Monte' Ross has shelved his usual pre-game speeches and simply holds up a photo of K.C. Keeler in front of his team and says, "You guys want this to happen?"
Prohibitive fave Drexel (1-3) already is three games behind in the loss column and doesn't have enough healthy bodies to field a competitive softball team, never mind hold a decent practice. The Dragons already were missing Chris Fouch and lately have been without Damion Lee and Darryl McCoy.
"We didn't play well even before the injuries," coach Bruiser Flint correctly pointed out.
As for now pointing toward three days in March, Flint said, "It's been that way for a while. It's not because we've got injuries. It was like that anyway."
George Mason (2-2 before Tuesday's game against JMU) appeared poised to be the class of the conference. But the Patriots melted down on defense in the second half against Northeastern and then lost to a deeply flawed UNC Wilmington (1-3) team that was dump-trucked by James Madison (3-1 before the Mason game) three days earlier.
The Sherrods were outrebounded by an almost unfathomable 51-27 margin. And no, Keith Rendleman didn't have 45 of those boards. The Seahawks had as many offensive rebounds (21) as Mason did defensive rebounds.
"We're fine with riding Sherrod and then different guys stepping up on a given day to be that secondary scorer," Mason coach Paul Hewitt said, referring to alpha dog Sherrod Wright. "The thing that we cannot do, and it can be the downfall of our team, is if we drop off in our defensive effort and attention to detail."
Towson (3-1) and double-double machine Jerrelle Benimon are a national-caliber feel-good story after winning one game all of last season. Coach Pat Skerry infused the roster with several transfers — Benimon included — and the program is trending upward in advance of moving into a snazzy, new on-campus arena next season (free marketing slogan: Towson Arena – A Skerry Place to Play).
The Tigers came back from the dead in regulation to beat William and Mary (1-3) in double-overtime last week. That loss likely contributed to the Tribe's "meh" start and performance the following game at Hofstra (2-1), which is held together with duct tape and coat hangers after November arrests decimated the roster.
W&M has been collecting Marriott points and souvenir refrigerator magnets since Christmas. The Tribe has spent 16 of 21 days on the road, counting Wednesday's game at Georgia State.
Coach Tony Shaver remains high on his group, but doesn't want to hear about contending for the CAA title at the moment, after a five-game losing streak.
"I think it's too early for us to talk about that right now and I told our team that," he said. "I said a couple weeks ago that I thought we were good enough to beat anybody in this league and I thought anybody in this league is good enough to beat us. But when you let a number (of games) slip away from you, we don't need to talk about contending right now. We need to talk about playing well at Georgia State and go from there.
"It's tough on the road sometimes, but the great teams find a way to win on the road, as well."
Speaking of small steps, that brings us to Old Dominion (0-4). One of the league's signature programs is the only winless team in conference play.
The Monarchs' youth and inexperience and injuries have been well documented. The latest is a knee injury to freshman guard Deion Clark that's likely to sideline him for at least the next few days.
Hard to say what's more remarkable: ODU's uncharacteristic struggles or its win over Virginia.
The irony is that even in a season when the league is historically down and the race appears wide open, ODU might be too anemic to contend.
"Right now, trying to solve global warming isn't really what I'm after," head coach Blaine Taylor said. "We're just trying to see if we can't get a win, to tell you the truth. If all of a sudden, you get a little something going, maybe you set your sights on something different, but right now, we just want to have a chance to go in the locker room and high-five and feel good about a good performance or a good day of competition."
Leave it to Georgia State coach Ron Hunter to provide a different take. Not that the Panthers (1-3) are world beaters. They've lost seven of eight, six of which by five points or less, including last Saturday's 86-83 gut-punch to Delaware on Saddler's 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining.
Hunter, living in a 39th-floor condo in Atlanta, joked that, "It's probably not a good idea for me to be on the 39th floor, with these one-point losses. My wife has me on lockdown right now."
Hunter will coach Wednesday's game against William and Mary barefoot, part of his work with Samaritan's Feet — the charity that distributes shoes to impoverished kids worldwide.
Hunter took his team to South Africa last summer to hand out shoes and to reach out. The trip also provided a lesson for his own players, giving them a first-hand look at poverty and conditions elsewhere.
He said they picked up on a prayer they heard among South African people, summed up as 0-0-1. It means: Please bless us, if we don't have breakfast or lunch, allow us to have dinner. In other words, if zero breakfast and zero lunch, please grant us one dinner.
"That's kind of been a rallying call for us," Hunter said, "is that when you think things are bad or when you're on a losing streak, or you're not playing well, there are children around the world who not only don't have a pair of shoes, they don't have a meal. It puts a lot of things in perspective."


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October 12, 2012
Inter Press Service examines how Mexico's government and non-governmental organizations are working to stem the spread of HIV among people who use injection drugs. "According to a project financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria since 2011, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Mexico is 5.77 percent among intravenous drug users ... compared to 0.24 to 0.3 percent in the general population aged 15 to 49," IPS writes, noting HIV prevalence among drug users is highest in "northern Mexico, one of the areas in the country hit hardest by drug trafficking." The news service adds "[t]here are 28 syringe exchange programs in this country of 112 million people, insufficient to serve the entire population of intravenous drug users." IPS discusses funding shortfalls for syringe exchange programs, legal hurdles to obtaining clean injection equipment, and how the government aims to continue receiving Global Fund money through 2013 (Godoy, 10/11).
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OSLO (Reuters) - About 3,000 reindeer on an island near Antarctica are to be slaughtered to stop damage to the environment by the descendants of a tiny herd introduced a century ago for food by Norwegian whale hunters.
A 16-strong team, mostly Sami reindeer herders, has arrived in South Georgia, a British overseas territory, and is preparing to round up and cull all the reindeer on an island that is home to penguins and seals and has no native grazing animals.
"The reindeer have become very destructive," Reidar Andersen, director of the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate which oversees the team, told Reuters. Reindeer naturally live only in the Arctic or sub-Arctic regions at the other end of the globe.
The animals have trampled native plants, such as tussac grass, caused erosion and pose a threat to South Georgia's king penguins and local birds such as the pipit and pintail by destroying their nests.
The team was working this week to set up fences and a corral for the reindeer, based on Sami traditions, Andersen said.
Most reindeer will be slaughtered with a bolt gunshot to the head. Some in remote areas, or those near penguins where stampeding reindeer could trample birds, will be shot by rifles. The project is likely to last for two southern hemisphere summers.
The reindeer are part of a global problem of invasive species - animals or plants that take over new habitats, like European rabbits in Australia or Asian carp in U.S. rivers. Invasive pests can spread disease and undermine food production.
One estimate a decade ago of the global damage caused by invasive species was $1.4 trillion a year, said Geoffrey Howard, global invasive species coordinator for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
"It's almost impossible to know the cost," he told Reuters by phone from Nairobi. "How do you work out how much a badger is worth, or the value of an elephant?" The IUCN groups governments, scientists and environmental organizations.
In South Georgia, reindeer were introduced in the early 20th century by Norwegian whalers who wanted to use them as food.
"I feel sure they will thrive and become prolific in time, if they are left alone, which would most assuredly be an asset to South Georgia," whaler C.A. Larsen wrote in 1911 of the introduction of the first 10 reindeer from south Norway.
But the plan has backfired.
The cull "is the kind of action that's needed from time to time to correct previous mistakes", said Arild Skedsmo of the WWF conservation group. He also said Norway should act to get rid of its king crabs, introduced to the country from the Pacific, and sitka spruce trees brought from North America.
Eradicating reindeer is a prelude to a harder battle to rid South Georgia of rats, brought 200 years ago as stowaways on seal hunters' ships. The French islands of Kerguelen near Antarctica also have big herds of reindeer, originally Swedish.
Andersen said the reindeer meat would be transported to the Falkland Islands, which has a population of about 3,000. The hope is it will be sold to locals and to visiting cruise ships.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Some people have been questioned in the fatal shooting of an 8-year-old British girl visiting relatives in a rural Jamaican village, but no one has been arrested in the high-profile case, police officials said Monday.
Assistant Police Commissioner Devon Watkis, the top police commander for four parishes in northern and western Jamaica, said that "a number of people" had been temporarily detained for interviews about the killing. He didn't disclose how many but stressed that nobody had been charged.
"Since this involves the killing of a small child there's even a little bit more vigor in our investigations and we are mobilizing all our resources," Watkis told The Associated Press. "But there have been no arrests yet."
Earlier Monday, British media said eight people were arrested for the shooting attack that killed Imani Green, a schoolgirl from the Balham district of south London. But Watkis, police spokesman Karl Angell and other officials confirmed later that arrests had proved elusive three days after the killing.
Imani was mortally wounded when a lone gunman opened fire Friday night on a group of her family members as they gathered at a relative's roadside shop in the normally sleepy Red Dirt district of the village of Duncans in Trelawny parish. Three adult relatives were wounded and were reported in stable condition.
Imani arrived with her mother and older sister shortly after Christmas to visit relatives in Jamaica. The child suffered from sickle cell anemia and received authorization from her south London primary school to visit Jamaica until the end of the month in hopes that the sunny weather would help her condition.
She was apparently sitting on a stool inside the tiny clapboard general store and bar run by an adult cousin when a male wearing a hoodie burst in and started shooting.
Imani's Jamaican grandmother, Sandra Fisher, described her horror of finding the child lying in the bullet-scarred shop.
"After the bullets ring out I was scared and was shouting, 'Where's Imani? Where's Imani?' After a few minutes I was told she was dead in the shop so I went down there and, oh Jesus, I saw her lying down in a pool of blood. I couldn't believe it. It was Imani, it was ...," said Fisher, her voice trailing off.
National Security Minister Peter Bunting, citing initial reports from police, suggested on Sunday that the attack may have been a reprisal shooting related to Jamaica's lucrative lottery fraudsters. The multimillion-dollar scam typically uses disposable cellphones to cheat mostly elderly Americans out of their savings by enticing them to transfer money to claim winnings from a bogus lottery.
The tourist mecca of Montego Bay and its surrounding areas, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) away, are the hotbed for the scam, which has been linked to more than 600 homicides in this tourism-dependent Caribbean country.
Watkis said police are looking at a number of possible motives, including the lottery scam. But he said the investigation was still in progress and it was premature to announce a likely motive.
Residents in yam-growing Trelawny parish said they were shocked at the British child's slaying.
Homicides have historically been rare in their rural area, but times may be changing. On Monday afternoon, two Jamaican men were shot by gunmen in Red Dirt, the same district where Imani and her Jamaican relatives were attacked. One of the men died and the other was taken to a hospital.
Police would not speculate on whether the shooting that killed Imani had any links to Monday's attack.
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I DO mull over them after writing them down, and by sharing I have received even MORE information as to what they may mean (especially like this last one! ). However, I don't get into analyzing WHAT I did or HOW I did it or WHY it was experienced that way....that's the labeling I'm talking about. The analyzing that's important to me is the various 'feelings' and 'knowing' I get with regard to learning after writing it up, reviewing it, and sharing it with others.
That sense of 'realness' is undeniable when one is within the experience, and I only write up those that seem to have some sort of lesson or learning for me. THAT means it's 'real' for me, enough to share. Many times I have 'regular dreams' that I don't post (but do write down) because, IMO, EVERY bit of information we receive, whether awake or dreaming, has potential learning.
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The Pagosa Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest plans a prescribed burn of 90 acres this week on the south side of the Chimney Rock National Monument rock spires 17 miles southwest of Pagosa Springs.
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Windows Vista officially launched on Jan. 30, 2007, and subsequently became one of the most heavily criticized Microsoft products ever released. Thanks to the recent release of the acclaimed and fast-selling Windows 7, Vista is now a distant memory -- for the most part. But a number of high-profile and important executives in Redmond, Wash., have left Microsoft since Vista came on the scene. Some executives have retired, such as Bill Gates and Jim Allchin, while others have resigned (or "retired" with quotes) and joined another company, and a few have been let go, forced out or fired. Some of the executives were Microsoft veterans, while others were newcomers. The one thing they all share is they left the company after Vista arrived.
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Their best player was struggling and their main backup was on the bench with a broken leg.
Louisville still had more than enough to win its third national title.
Luke Hancock made four straight 3-pointers in the first half, and Peyton Siva and Chane Behanan had monster second halves to lead the top-seeded Cardinals (35-5) to their first national title since 1986 on Monday night with an 82-76 victory over Michigan.
Hancock finished with 22 points, including a perfect 5 for 5 from 3-point range. Siva had 14 of his 18 points in the second half, and Chane Behanan had 11 of his 12 rebounds in the second half. Behanan also chipped in 15 points.
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Almost three months after superstorm Sandy, dozens of business owners are struggling to reopen while others say patrons don't know they're alive.
Dealing with insurance companies, lost income, unemployment claims and rebuilding costs, Marilyn Schlossbach doesn't know how or when she will reopen her oceanfront businesses here.
"The downside to this storm is the lack of light shined on the business community and how the business community affects everything going forward," said Schlossbach, who owns Langosta Lounge, Pop's Garage and Lightly Salted Surf Mercado. "People seem to have this thing in their head that we are only seasonal businesses."
Many business owners are reporting tens of thousands of dollars in lost revenue since the storm with little or no help from insurance companies.
The storm also put a slew of employees out of work. Some full-time executive chefs at Langosta Lounge moved on to new jobs, Schlossbach said.
New Jersey businesses made about 36,000 commercial property damage claims related to Sandy with $255.6 million in losses paid, said Marshall McKnight, spokesman for the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance. Business-interruption claims totaled 12,000 with $53.4 million paid.
The state has worked with businesses to investigate delays, denials and unsatisfactory settlements from insurance companies.
"We have had some success in expediting matters," McKnight said.
Experts say the insurance claim process has stalled rebuilding plans across New Jersey. Dealing with documents and client representatives can be daunting, said Ronald Cook, director of the Small Business Institute at Rider University in Lawrenceville, N.J.
"Insurance companies themselves just seem to be completely overwhelmed," Cook said. "They don't have enough horsepower to handle the sheer volume of claims."
Insurance providers are working around the clock to settle claims quickly, said Chuck Leitgeb, vice president of the Insurance Council of New Jersey. However, most oceanfront businesses flooded, so the National Flood Insurance Program would pay their claims instead of their insurance companies.
Insurance companies act as a liaison, Leitgeb said.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering low interest loans for businesses affected by Sandy. FEMA partnered with the Small Business Administration and approved $30 million in low-interest loans to businesses, officials say.
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But it's been a painful recovery for business owners like Christopher Wood in downtown Sea Bright, N.J. On Wednesday, he reopened Woody's Ocean Grille after a $400,000 rebuilding project. His insurance provider kicked in $150,000, and he is awaiting response on more money.
But if that doesn't come soon, he'll be paying construction bills out of pocket or getting a small-business loan.
"We just opened that restaurant 15 months ago," he said. "The lost revenue, that hurts. It's an uncomfortable thing."
Vendors also get hit in the crossfire. Restaurants often have agreements with vendors who depend on that income.
Wood said his previous closure affected at least six food vendors, five liquor companies and four beer distributors.
Schlossbach said she pays her vendors each time she gets financial assistance.
Cubacan and Stella Marina in Asbury Park are wrapping up massive rebuilding projects. The storm surge flooded both restaurants, leaving about $100,000 in damage.
The landlord's insurance company and personal savings have covered some costs, said Joe Cetrulo, who owns both restaurants. His insurance provider is lagging.
Cetrulo said his furniture and equipment should be covered, but the insurance company argues he has no flood insurance.
"We are fighting it," he said. "It's just a back-and-forth argument with them."
Challenging times
But waiting on insurance money could cost entrepreneurs their businesses, Cook said.
"If you are unable to be in business and have a presence in the marketplace, there is always a risk that your regulars will be going elsewhere," he said.
Superstorm Sandy came at a fragile time for small businesses still recovering from the recession, Cook said.
"You're already weakened, and now you are going to be suffering more," he said. "At the same time, you are now rebuilding and trying to recover on a reduced cash flow."
Schlossbach is struggling to make ends meet. She and her husband have a mortgage and newborn twins with no salary from their most profitable business, Langosta Lounge.
Schlossbach was denied unemployment because she is a corporate officer. Her husband was approved.
"The bills don't stop on certain things just because the rest of our world stops," she said.
Schlossbach is raising money through the crowdfunding site gofundme.com to purchase new chairs for Langosta Lounge. So far, customers have donated $10,000, she said.
Other Jersey Shore businesses owners also are using the website to raise money, Schlossbach said.
"I think everyone is getting really frustrated and nervous, so we decided to take matters in our own hands."
Desolate towns
Reopened businesses also are in a tough spot. Owners say areas like the Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., business district and Asbury Park boardwalk are desolate.
"It's very, very slow," said Cathy Pusczko, owner of Everybody's General Store in Point Pleasant Beach. "It seems like everything is at a definite standstill."
Her gift shop didn't earn the thousands of dollars it usually makes during the holidays. Pusczko thinks her customers still are recovering or don't know the business district is open.
"A lot of people just think there is no way we are open," said owner Robert Ilvento of the Silver Ball Museum arcade in Asbury Park.
Cetrulo estimates his restaurants have lost nearly $500,000 in revenue since November. Though the eateries are more profitable in the summer, winter crowds still dine on weekends.
Business owners say their only hope is a strong tourism season that offsets losses.
"I am pretty optimistic about this coming year," said Dennis Tafuri, general manager of Cubacan and Stella Marina. "People are going to come in droves to support the Shore."
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IRS says spending cuts shouldn't delay tax refunds
WASHINGTON -- Here's a bright spot amid the doom and gloom of the government's automatic spending cuts: They shouldn't delay tax refunds.
Any furloughs at the Internal Revenue Service will be delayed until summer, after the tax filing season ends, acting Commissioner Steven Miller said in a memo to employees this week.
Miller said he wants to minimize the impact of spending on taxpayers and IRS workers, though employees could be furloughed for five to seven days, if the spending cuts remain in effect this summer. The agency will also continue a hiring freeze and reduce spending on travel, training, facilities and supplies, he said.
The IRS boasts that most taxpayers get refunds within 21 days, if they file electronically and get refunds deposited directly into bank accounts. About 75 percent of individual filers get refunds. Last year they averaged $2,803.
The spending cuts, known as the sequester, are to take effect Friday.
Other IRS services may be affected. Taxpayers may not be able to reach IRS workers when they call help lines, and there may be longer waits at taxpayer assistance centers, according to a Feb. 7 letter from the Treasury Department to Congress.
Also, the IRS won't be able to review as many tax returns.
"This could result in billions of dollars in lost revenue and further complicate deficit reduction efforts," the Treasury letter said. "In recent years each dollar spent on the IRS has returned at least $4 in additional enforcement revenue."


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If you regularly read music press, you've heard about Gary Clark Jr. and his vintage sound. Regarding the Texas guitarist, the word "blues" gets thrown around a lot. You're going to see a lot of reviews where people call "Blak and Blu" a "blues" album. It isn't.
Clark's full-length debut is an R&B; album with more guitar than you're used to hearing. On multiple times during the record, you think you're getting one style, then you're thrown for a loop on the very next song. Creativity isn't a bad thing, but if I'm being promised the messiah of blues music, I want to hear more ... you know, blues songs. Songs like the title track almost venture into R&B; territory at times with Clark crooning all over the very polished-sounding record. Don't get me wrong though; if you want to hear old school chitlin' circuit blues guitar, you'll get it on "Blak and Blu." So much in fact, that there's a solid 2-minute block of shredding on "When My Train Pulls In" that gets better every time you hear it.
Other standouts include "Glitter and Gold" and a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone from The Sun" segued into "If You Love Me Like You Say," a piece from blues musician Little Johnny Taylor. Overall this isn't a bad album, but it definitely could be more concise.
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Horoscopes for week of May 22, 2003
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Aries? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Ancient Hawaiians had a sport they called "Lele Kawa," in which they dived off cliffs into the ocean. "Pu'u Keka'a," a tall volcanic cinder cone in West Maui, was a perfect place from which to jump, but everyone avoided it. Legend held it was a taboo place: "the leaping place of the soul," where the souls of the recently dead left the earth and ascended into the spirit world. But that all changed one day in the 19th century when a great warrior, Chief Kahekili, climbed to the top of Pu'u Keka'a and plunged into the sea, shattering the taboo and mutating the myth. Since then, hundreds of other divers have tried it. By my reckoning, Taurus, you now have the courage and daring to make a comparable shift in the way things have always been done in your sphere. Ready to shatter a taboo and mutate a myth?
How much do you want to know about your destiny in the coming week, Taurus? How far do you dare to go? For more insight into your shimmering, undulating fate, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
Mokuola is a small island off the coast of the big island of Hawaii. In the old days it was reputed to have curative powers. Seekers who went there in quest of healing had to help stir up the magic, though; they couldn't just lie back and expect the spirits of the place to do all the work. One way a visitor could ensure a long life, according to legend, was to swim underwater around the island three times. This emphasis on a participatory style of healing parallels a situation in your life, Gemini. Although you're now within reach of a rejuvenating influence, you'll have to collaborate with it aggressively in order to coax out its full benefits.
No one knows you better than you do, Gemini. But maybe you'll be inspired to dig up even more self-knowledge in the coming week if you tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
As the sun set on a gorgeous spring day a few weeks ago, my companion accidentally left her purse beneath the Western world's biggest Buddha statue at a serene Buddhist mission near a Maui beach. Whoever found it chose not to return it. In contrast, on a chilly night last January, I lost my wallet on a litter-strewn street in a San Francisco slum. The woman who found it spent an hour on the phone until she tracked me down, then drove 20 miles to deliver it to me personally. The moral of the story, as far as it applies to you in the coming week, Cancerian: It's preferable to lose something of value in a poor, homely place than in a rich, beautiful place.
Hungry for more inspiration, Cancerian? Curious about the unfolding mysteries? For more juicy details about your destiny in the coming week, check out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Even on Hawaii's most elegant beaches, the water can be wild. Rip currents and rogue waves come out of nowhere, sweeping swimmers out to sea. Local inhabitants echo what the travel guides warn: Never turn your back on the ocean. In general, it's a good idea to observe similar caution when dealing with any elemental force of nature. Having said that, though, I'll note that this is one of those rare times when you Leos could actually get away with turning your back on the ocean, metaphorically speaking. Maybe that's because you yourself are, at least for now, an elemental force of nature.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Leo. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Your sense of mission should be heating up, Virgo. Your tribe needs you more than usual. Your potential is ripening at the same time it is becoming most useful to your cohorts. But wait: That doesn't mean your path will be effortless in the coming weeks. There will be adversaries and agents of confusion you'll have to outwit. In order to be a radiant instigator of beauty and truth for your allies and a cagey master of strategy when dealing with your competitors, I recommend the paradoxical approach Jesus described: Be as pure and harmless as a dove and as wise as a serpent.
Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Virgo. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
I'm writing this horoscope in Maui, where I've fallen in love with the Hawaiian language. It doesn't matter that I don't understand the literal meaning of many Hawaiian words. Their melodious, expansive rhythms have a magical effect that's both soothing and stimulating. While listening to a native speaker, I find myself perceiving my surroundings more vividly. My defense mechanisms subside, my heart opens, and I relax into a more receptive relationship with the whole world. I predict that a similar mood will soon bless you, Libra, whether or not you hear Hawaiian. Expect a long surge of alert, empathetic curiosity.
Want more clues, Libra? Need further insight? I discuss your coming week in greater depth in your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
I know a sailor who was aboard a submarine that bombed Iraq with cruise missiles last March. He said that in the days leading up to the attacks, the crew's regular entertainment hour featured a steady diet of porn videos authorized by the top brass. The sailor figured this was a weird form of motivational psychology meant to pump up the testosterone levels of his fellow warriors as they prepared to unleash America's destructive fury. He felt terribly conflicted about it. While he believed then and still believes that the war on Iraq was the right thing to do, he hated this pathological approach to psyching up the troops. He refused to watch the porn and tried to talk other sailors into boycotting it. In the spirit of his integrity, Scorpio, I urge you to renounce the philosophy that the end justifies the means. You can't afford to do bad things in the name of following your heart.
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Scorpio? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Many of you Sagittarians have a tortured relationship with discipline. You know you need it if you hope to fill your life with epic adventure. But you sometimes resist planning ahead and marshalling your resources, feeling that would interfere with having more immediate, short-term fun. Trouble is, though, when you avoid planning and marshalling, the short-term fun you get caught up in is often trivial and unsatisfying. That's the bad news. Here's the good news: You're in a phase when you can make a dramatic shift in your relationship to discipline, rendering most of what I just said irrelevant.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Sagittarius? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Suggested reading list for the coming weeks: 1. Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, by Rick Brinkman and Rick Kirschner. 2. Never Be Lied To Again, by David Lieberman. 3. Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff, by Lori Baird. 4. Everything You Know Is Wrong, by Russ Kick. 5. You're a Genius -- And I Can Prove It!, by Kimberly Kassner. 6. Journal entries or notes you wrote to yourself between March and May, 2001.
Need a few more whacks applied to your mental blocks in the coming week, Capricorn? A few more caresses administered to your growing edge? Cruise on over to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
You're entering puberty again! Congrats! It'll be on a higher octave than last time, so you'll have more savvy to deal with the hormonal rush. To facilitate this unpredictable foray into serious goofiness, I'm happy to present you with the wisdom of sixth grade girls I know, gleaned from sayings they've scrawled on their backpacks and binders. Enjoy. Understand the groove. Learn as if you'll live forever. Explain yourself wildly, not carefully. Wake up -- but not too fast, or you might hurt yourself. Question authority, including the authority that told you to question authority. It's all so funny -- how can you not be laughing? When you shout "halaluya," never spell it right. Live the freakiest truth. Give me chocolate or I'll scream.
Got enough clues to chew on for a while, Aquarius? If you need more, give yourself the luxury of your Expanded Audio Horoscope for the coming week. The reading costs $6.
A German woman who recently died bequeathed her nephew $275,000. Trouble is, he's a homeless man who wanders around a lot. Executors of the woman's will have not yet been able to locate him. This resembles a situation in your own life, Pisces. Even now, a rich source of blessings is trying to track you down and attract your attention. So far you've been oblivious. Let's hope you wake up to the presence of the gift very soon.
Want to explore the coming week even further, Pisces? Dig deeper? Feel stronger? Consider tuning in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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ManaSystems (www.manasystems.co.uk) seeks to provide Open Source tools and utilities for the book and library industry.
ManaSystems is initially offering tools to aid ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 conversion. Please see
ISBN Conversion here
ManaSystems (www.manasystems.co.uk) seeks to provide Open Source tools and utilities for the book and library industry.
ManaSystems is initially offering tools to aid ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 conversion. Please see
ISBN Conversion here
Index Data has released version 1.01 of their SimpleServer toolkit for implementing information retrieval servers in Perl, now with support for SRW/SRU.
The built-in CQL parser makes it possible to write a single set of 'glue' routines for your backend database, and have instant support for both Z39.50, SRW, and SRU. Existing SimpleServer-based servers can implement SRW/SRU simply by upgrading to the latest version of the software and adding configuration to determine the mapping of the CQL query language.
Documentation and code is available from Index Data or CPAN.
Index Data has released a new implementation of the ZOOM abstract API for Perl.
ZOOM-Perl makes it easy to write clients for Z39.50, SRU, and SRW. It supports mapping incoming MARC records to MARCXML in UTF-8 to facilitate conversion and display, for example using some of the XSLT stylesheets made available by the LoC. Under the hood, ZOOM-Perl is based on the YAZ toolkit, and shares the reliability and interoperability of that toolkit.
Dowload and documentation available from CPAN.
CUFTS is an open source (GPL) OpenURL link resolver designed for use by library consortia. CUFTS services include link resolving, journal lists (including integrated print records) and storage of basic ERM data. Developed at the Simon Fraser University Library for the Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), the main CUFTS server is currently handling fulltext link resolving for over 30 members and associates.
Jon writes: "Another update to the Loughborough Online Reading List System (LORLS). Changes include the tagged-ref-import script omitted previously, also some fixes for tagged reference (specifically RefWorks) import and export. Fixed modcode suggestions if a user tries to create a new module with a code that already exists. MARC.pm now used to decode the records supplied by Z39.50 (including ones with local control numbers and no real ISBN/ISSNs or multiple ISSN/ISBNs). Displaylist now does caseless matching of stages/dept codes as we had some instances of lists "invisible" to browsing because of incorrect case for these. Added some extra indexes as suggested by Ben Charlton."
Josh writes: "The Evergreen software development team has spent the past couple of days attending the PINES Annual Membership meeting and demonstrating the progress we�ve made so far with Evergreen. We are now ready to release the circulation demo to everyone, and installation instructions for accessing the software."
Joshua writes: "The new version of Koha (2.2.2) is available for download. Koha was the first open-source Integrated Library System (ILS). Developed initialy in New Zealand, in January of 2000, it is currently maintained by a team of volunteers from around the globe. Koha includes a full catalog, opac, circulation and acquisitions system. Koha 2.2 is more than 247,000 lines of code, developed by more than 30 developers (excluding translators). With the 2.2 version, Koha is now a mature product, with a lot of nice features. It's used in more than 50 libraries including academic, public, school, and religious, and has demonstrated good scalability (from 1 to 8 branches, and from 1,000 to 300,000 items). For more details on Koha 2.2.2 read the Release Notes."
Katherine writes: "The Windows, GNU/Linux, and Source distributions of Greenstone v2.53 are now available for download. Important changes in this release include, in no particular order: a brand new installer; much improved GLI compatibility with Java 1.5.0; the ability to import documents exported from DSpace, and vice versa; a smarter HTMLPlug that blocks the images in the HTML files it processes, and no others; new GLI metadata sets: Qualified Dublin Core, NZGLS, AGLS, and RFC 1807; Lucene building support (for real this time!); an improved and much more bandwidth-efficient GLI applet; support for subfields in the Greenstone Editor for Metadata Sets (GEMS); and many many other improvements and bug fixes."
Kyle writes: "The Georgia Public Library service is ahead of schedule on development of the Evergreen ILS and in January released pre-alpha source code that can be downloaded from their cvs site. They have also set up a public demo site. For further information, read the Evergreen blog."
anon writes: "opac2rss is a perl script that extracts checkout information from a Dynix system and creates an RSS feed for it. It would be great to get all your holds, fines, overdues, etc as an RSS feed from any ILS vendor."


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Grand Forks creates a new website to recruit oil patch companies to the region.
The oil boom keeps moving east.
The northeastern North Dakota city of Grand Forks has created a new website as part of a campaign to recruit oil patch companies to the region.
City officials say three companies have announced expansion plans into the region to meet growing demands from the oil industry for their products. One company, Steffes Corp., is expanding its Dickinson plant to Grand Forks.
Grand Forks Mayor Michael Brown says the city believes it can help companies who are looking for space to expand.
The site is accessthebakken.com.


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Filed under: Milwaukee area | Tags: 1970s, bronx, brooklyn, gangs, new york city, non state, rackets, violence, youth
Saturday the 21st 7pm at the CCC (732 E Clarke St.)
Some random description:
"An intimate look at life on the streets for young teens gang members. Black and Latino teenagers of the South Bronx struggle to make it on the streets. This is Pre Hip – Hop, Pre Rap, and before Break Dancing took over the youth culture of the Bronx. It is right before the advent of Graffiti writers/bombers and Break Dance Crews that took off and became the new black culture a few years later. The film takes place in the summer of 1979. Shockingly realistic interviews with gang members of the infamous Savage Nomads and the savage skulls. Amazingly this authentic documentary does not contain any of the normal pitfalls that befuddle today's more exploitative investigative reports on gangs of the " 60mins." type. Filmmaker Gary Weiss of SNL manages to let the kids speak for themselves. Most of the footage are real interviews. A few scenes are reenactments of stories as told by some of the younger street kids. A rare glimpse into late 70′s New York towards the end of the infamous South Bronx Gangs. Anyone who is a fan of "The Warriors" would appreciate this film. The documentary shows many sides of the mainly Puerto Rican / Latino community of the South Bronx including. reformed gang members, current gang members, the police, and the community leaders who try and reach out to them."
This screening is free. Bring snacks to share. Tell yer friends.


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A bishop who bucks the trends
Prior to this week I can't say that I knew a lot about Cincinnati's Archbishop Dennis Schnurr, but two recent actions have certainly set him apart from many of the country's bishops.
First, Schnurr released a letter, published in his diocesan newspaper, on the upcoming collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Since attacks on CCHD first surfaced about two years ago, several bishops began to distance themselves from the organization. And when new accusations were made against the group recently, there was little in the way of a response from the bishops.
Schnurr's short but effective letter hits on the key points that Catholics in the pews need to know about CCHD. He explains what the organization actually does, giving real examples of some of the fruits that have come from its work in the local community. He supplies concrete facts on what CCHD is doing, as opposed to generalizations that the organization is only focused on "anti-Catholic" activities. He explains the role of CCHD by pointing out that its work reduces the demand on agencies that serve the poor, namely Catholic Charities. And he addresses head on the criticisms of the organization without getting into a petty argument with CCHD's detractors, stating plainly that no group that is working in opposition to Catholic teaching will receive CCHD funding.
If that wasn't enough, Schnurr sent out another letter that hit the web this week, this one in response to the question of distributing communion under both species as a regular practice at Mass. Phoenix Archbishop Thomas Olmsted announced last month that communion from the cup would no longer be the norm in his diocese (which drew a good deal of criticism, including here at US Catholic) and Madison, Wisconsin's bishop Robert Morlino followed suit a few weeks later.
Many were waiting to see who the next bishop to jump on board would be, but no bishops had come out against the move. Enter Schnurr, who in a letter to the priests of his diocese made clear that he has no intention to limit communion from the cup. He also points out, without ever attacking or criticizing the reasoning of his fellow bishops in Phoenix and Madison, that the often cited explanation that the indult allowing the distribution of communion under both kinds had expired is not exactly correct.
Hopefully other bishops will be inspired by Schnurr's example to speak out in favor of helping the poor and welcoming the faithful to the Eucharist. That type of attitude could go a long way in rebuilding a bridge--rather than putting up barricades--between the church hierarchy and the people they serve.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
That would be a nice feature to have. I think the slimserver streamer object is currently the only one that accesses the CLI for slimserver, so that may be what needs to be modified, as opposed to writing a GSD interface from scratch.
Are you trying to use a Squeezebox as an IR blaster?


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Man stabbed to death in a park for just 50c, court told
A MAN has been fatally stabbed in the chest and a teenager charged with murder after an alleged robbery in a park.
And police have said the alleged attack netted only 50c.
Forty-nine-year-old Mark Anthony Hemmings was stabbed to death on Monday night.
Jamie Lloyd Murray, 19, faced Caboolture Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon charged with his murder.
The teenager allegedly confronted Mr Hemmings and his partner at a park in Bluebell St at Caboolture about 9pm.
It was alleged that Mr Murray was armed with a bike seat.
Mr Murray struggled with Mr Hemmings before stabbing him in the chest, it was alleged.
He then made off on a bicycle, police alleged.
People took to social media to express concerns after hearing loud screams in the area on Monday night.
Police were immediately called.
They conducted a thorough search of the area.
A police spokesman said Mr Murray was found and taken into custody.
Mr Murray appeared in handcuffs in court yesterday at the request of the prosecution due to the serious nature of the charges.
He was also charged with two counts of armed robbery.
Police told the court that the robbery was over only 50c.
Mr Murray was remanded in custody.
A committal mention is scheduled for February 8.
He is not required to appear on this date.


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Korea Gets Two Shots at Palme d'Or
South Korea scored big at this year's Cannes Film Festival, with two films chosen to compete for the famed Palme d'Or at next month's 65th annual celebration on the French Riviera. But compared with recent years, Asia was largely underrepresented in the official selection, which features a strong American presence.
On Thursday the festival announced its lineup, which includes director Hong Sang-soo's "In Another Country" and "The Taste of Money" from director Im Sang-soo. Mr. Hong's feature "Hahaha" won the Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes two years ago.


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Cry it out: Can it harm a baby's brain?
Parents often worry that letting a child cry it during sleep training can have negative effects on a baby's brain. Here's how my guest experts, Dr. Marc Weissbluth and Dr. Bob Sears, tackled the question during today's healthchat on infant sleep:
Dr. Marc Weissbluth:
There are published studies that show that when children are given the opportunity to learn to fall asleep unassisted (acquire self-soothing skills) no harm occurs. There are no published studies that show that when babies are allowed to cry in order to learn how to sleep better that harm occurs. This is discussed in detail in my blog (weissbluthmethod.wordpress.com)
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Listen in as First Person Radio hosts Laura Waterman Wittstock and Miguel Vargas talk to four artists about the New Indigenous Film Festival, a co-presentation of Intermedia Arts and MIGIZI Communications. All of the feature films are premiering in the festival that opens on February 23rd in Minneapolis, MN. Curator John Gwinn is joined by Theresa Sweetland, and Armand Garnet Ruffo.
Over the last fifteen years, John Gwinn's work has been concentrated on combining media arts with youth development and education. He co-founded Phillips Community Television (PCTV) in the early 1990's, and through that organization, helped to empower thousands of Minneapolis teenagers to tell their own stories through video, photography and other media. In December, 2008, he began a new job with Migizi Communications, doing the same kind of youth media work, specifically focusing on American Indian youth. He has produced media pieces that have been shown at festivals around the country and internationally, and has curated film and video showings in Minneapolis at several venues.
Armand Garnet Ruffo, Ojibwe. was born in the small northern town of Chapleau, Ontario and currently resides in Ottawa, where he teaches Native literature and creative writing at Carleton University. He has previously taught creative writing at both the Banff Centre for the Arts and the En'owkin International School of Writing in Penticton, British Columbia. A Windigo Tale is his feature directorial debut. The original play script won the CBC Arts Performance Showcase Award, and, in 2003, it went into feature script development with acclaimed Canadian playwright and filmmaker Colleen Murphy.
Theresa Sweetland is the Executive/Artistic Director of Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. Her passion and know-how have brought together diverse sectors of the community, artists and developers, elders and teens, prisoners and poets, to build collaborations and partnerships that expand and enrich lives and build community. She holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Minnesota and a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from The University of Minnesota Hubert H Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Theresa is a Co-Founding Artistic Director of B-Girl Be, the world's first international women in hip hop summit.
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